Tag: Seattle
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Familiar faces
30 May Seattle — Washington, USA Yatra 2007 After touching down at Sea-Tac International Airport, Amma went to a devotees’ house located just to the north of Seattle. As has become customary, a number of devotees had gathered there to welcome Amma to the U.S for this, her 21st annual tour of the country. Amma quickly…
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20th Anniversary of Amma in the West
3 June 2006 — Seattle, Washington, USA When Amma’s plane touched down at SeaTac Airport in Seattle on May 31st, it marked the 20th year that Amma has come to the United States. As Swami Amritaswarupananda pointed out in one of his morning talks during Amma’s “Northwest Retreat,” a lot has changed in the past…
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A hope for the world
2 June 2006 — Seattle, Washington, USA On the first night of Amma’s ”Northwest Retreat,” a seven-year old girl named Amritavarshini from Eugene, Oregon came for Amma’s darshan. As the child approached Amma, she gently placed a garland around Amma’s neck. The garland was not made of flowers, but of dollars—$200 to be exact, everything…
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Space needles, Pine trees and rain: Amma in Seattle-Tacoma
1 – 4 June 2006 —Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, USA Amma has come to Seattle for the past 20 years, and for the past 13 years it has been the first city of her U.S. Tour. But this was the first year that Amma held a program in the heart of the city, just a stone’s throw…
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Amma visits Seattle 2005
Photos from Amma her annual visit to Seattle in 2005. Programs where held from 2-5 June
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Singing with devotion
Seattle, Washington – Saturday, 5 June 2004 Amma has said that when Her children sing to Her, She is not listening to the melody and rhythm but to the feeling, the powerful longing behind the voice. But that doesn’t mean She is beyond having a good laugh with some of Her more musically challenged children.…
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Malayalam pathikkamo, Amme?
Seattle, Washington — Friday, 4 June 2004 Friday night in Seattle, one of Amma’s teenaged daughters from Canada came to Her with a question. “Amma, can I study Malayalam?” Amma gave Her a big smile and nodded Her head “yes!” Three hours later when Amma was leaving the darshan hall, the same girl was standing…
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The Mother of all kinds of children
1 June 2002, Seattle Mother enters the States in Seattle, holds a day of public programs and a three-day retreat, and the “US Summer Tour” is begun. When She reaches the venue for the first morning program, as will be the case for every morning program for the next month and a half, there is…