Tag: Onam
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Onam: Awakening the innocent heart
Just as trees and plants bloom during Onam season to present to the world, let us also awaken the goodness within us.
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We can create happiness even in the midst of sorrow
Oṇam celebrates the harmony between all beings in the universe—sentient and insentient. It symbolises the healthy relationship between humans and nature
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Increase our circle of compassion
We have learned to fly like a bird and swim like a fish but have forgotten to walk and live like humans. Only when we realise this will our life become joyful.
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Onam is an occasion to make ourselves and others happy
Onam is a time that transforms even the elderly into little children; it awakens the child in everyone. It is a time that everyone joins in the Onam games and celebrations and forgets everything else.
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Let us make our entire lives an Onam
11September 2019 — Amritapuri AshramExcerpts from Amma’s Onam message: Amma’s children have all come together here to celebrate Onam with Amma. For Amma, my children are the very pookkalams* and flowers of Onam. The unity of my children and their love-filled hearts are what make these pookkalams so beautiful to Amma. The thought of Onam…
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Onam: a beautiful memory of the past and a bright hope for the future
25 September 2018, Amritapuri Ashram (excerpt from Amma’s Onam Message) Onam is usually a time of celebration. However, this Onam, our minds are weighed down with grief. Many people lost their lives in the recent floods and landslides here in Kerala. Many people lost their homes and everything they had. It is heart-breaking that such…
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Onam celebrations – pookkalam, sadya, tug of war and cutural programs
4 Sep 2017, Onam celebrations, Amritapuri Ashram For the last ten days, as per the tradition of the Onam harvest festival, the entire state of Kerala has been ordained with lush, beautiful flower mandalas. At Amritapuri, each day the floral decoration in front of Amma’s room was unique. Each day, the beautiful arrangement depicted a…
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In search of “the modern,” dont forget the “old” truths
4 Sept 2017 — Amritapuri Ashram Amma’s Message on Thiruvonam Amma bows down to everyone, who are embodiments of divine love and supreme consciousness. The festival of Onam brings with it a sweet sankalpa—an ideal whose sweetness and novelty never fade with time. Amma is happy when her children come together here on the occasion…
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Onam celebrations at Amritapuri
4-14 Sep 2016, Onam celebrations, Amritapuri For each of the 10 days of the annual Onam festival, ashram residents as well as students took turns making beautiful big pookkalams (floral designs) at the foot of the steps to Amma’s room. Each day when Amma came out for darshan, she would stand there for some time,…