Month: January 2005
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Kerala CM meets Amma regarding on tsunami proposal
30 January 2005 — Amritapuri Hoping to get the reconstruction plan the Ashram has submitted to the government authorised, Amma held a meeting with Sri. Oommen Chandy, the Chief Minister of Kerala, today at Amritapuri. Amma conveyed to the chief minister the necessity of moving forward quickly with the reconstruction, explaining to him how traumatised…
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Ashram presents house plan to the govt
Jan 29 2005 The Ashram presented a new house plan to the Kerala Government. The plan consists of two bed rooms, a kitchen, dining hall and a toilet on the ground floor and a bed room on the first floor. The building will be built on concrete piling with belt foundation. Turiyamritananda inaugurated the shelter…
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The heat of fire cools down in Amma’s arms
29 January 2005, Amritapuri Amma took the photograph, looked deeply into the eyes of the four-year-old boy it pictured and gently kissed his forehead. She then took the next photo—this one of a girl in pig tails—and did the same. There were around 70 in all, so it took some time. These were photographs of…
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Consoling the distraught in Sri Lanka
28 January 2005 — Sri Lanka Among the people coming for Amma’s darshan in Amritapuri have been a number from Sri Lanka, the tiny island country a stone’s throw from India’s southern tip where more than 30,000 people were killed by the tsunami. They’ve been begging Amma to come to them, to bless the half…
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Advaita & the Tsunami
28 January 2005 , Amritapuri Advaita it is such a simple word. It means “not two.” But within this simple conjunction is cradled the entirety of spirituality. It is the reminder that things are not diverse, as they seem, but One. Man and Nature? Not two. Creator and Creation? Not two. Inside and outside? Not…
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“My hands have been tied”
26 January 2005 ,Amritapuri Today marks one month. One month since the tsunami came. One month since everything changed for millions in South East Asia. 250,000—this is the death toll. But what about the number of people sent into mourning? What about the number of people rendered homeless? What about the number who lost their…
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Sri Lankan government invites Amma to bring peace to the island
22 January 2005 — Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri. K.N. Douglas Devananda—the Honourable Minister of Agricultural Marketing Development, Co-operative Development, Hindu Affairs and Minister Assisting Education and Vocational Training—invited Her Holiness Sri Mata Amritanandamayi to Sri Lanka “to bless Sri Lankans of all faiths and races and to bring peace and prosperity in their lives.” In…
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Amma, please come to Nagapattinam
20 January 2005 — Amritapuri Some 15 villagers from the Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu came to Amritapuri. The fishermen asked Amma to help them overcome their fear of water and begged her to come to Nagapattinam. Amma has donated five boat engines to Nagapattinam villagers who have lost theirs to the tsunami flood. The…
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Tsunami, Population Explosion & Kali Yuga
20 January 2005 — Amritapuri The good news is, according to some estimations, we’ve already completed 5,107 years of Kali Yuga. The bad news is we have 426,893 more to go. In the 12th chapter of the Srimad Bhagavatam*, Suka Maharishi gives King Parikshit a detailed account of what life will be like in the…
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Ashram continues money distribution
18 January 2005 Ashram continued its distribution of Rs. 1,000 to families of Alappad today, serving the remaining six wards of the panchayat. At the request of tsunami volunters from Sri Lanka, Amma has sent Swami Ramakrishnananda to the island country. Ashram has completed a total of eight temporary-shelter halls in Srayikkad, housing some 200…