Category: Around Amma 2014
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Kathakali performance on Amma’s teachings
14 Sep 2014 – Amritapuri This afternoon, a special Kathakali performance titled “Amritopadesam” (Immortal teachings), was offered to Amma in Amritapuri’s main hall, as she was giving darshan. The 3 and half hours performance depicted Amma’s teachings, with focus on her power and inspiration to bring a change in the lives of all those who…
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Onam celebration at Amritapuri Ashram
7 September 2014, Amritapuri, Onam Celebrations “There are things that awaken enthusiasm and freshness whenever we think about or experience them,” Amma remarked in her Onam address this morning. This is certainly true about the annual Onam festival in Amritapuri. People from all over Kerala, India and abroad returned to their spiritual home, Amritapuri, to…
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War is our creation, not God’s
23 August 2014 — Amritapuri Ashram On Friday, a devotee visiting the ashram from Berlin told Amma that when she is around Amma, she is aware of the spiritual truth that God is pervading everything. She said she draws a lot of strength from this understanding, but when she returns home, she gets overwhelmed by…
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Focus on a higher goal and overcome all attachments
15 August 2014 — Amritapuri Ashram Yesterday, after meditation, Amma was asked a question about how to love without expectations like Amma does. The following is a short excerpt from Amma’s detailed answer. Amma: Human birth is meant for realizing our oneness with God. Yet, during the course of our life we develop so many…
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Amma feeding a fledgling
Recently, a baby bird that had fallen out of its nest was brought to Amma during darshan. After feeding the bird, Amma said that its pathetic condition and heartfelt cries reminded her of all the suffering being experienced throughout the world and how the only way to rid the world of such suffering is through…
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Multiple Dharmas, One Goal
18 July 2014 — Amritapuri, Satsang at the beach Question: Amma, it is said there is only one dharma [duty]—to realize the Self. But I seem to have so many dharmas—family dharma, office dharma, social dharma… Is there really only one dharma? Amma: For a spiritual person, the goal of life is to know the…
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Amma meets with members of U.S. Congress
9 July 2014, Washington D.C. Amma met with several members of the U.S. Congress on July 9, 2014. The meeting, which took place in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C., was held at the request of U.S. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (California). During Amma’s meeting with Rep. Roybal-Allard, discussions emerged over the plight of large…
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Attraction to the Guru leads us to freedom
“Our inner relationship or bond of love with the guru is actually the unity we feel towards our own True Self—the Atman. So, we should not mistake the love or closeness we have towards our guru as mere external closeness. We are turning inwards and getting closer to our True Self because the guru is…
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Ensure that the flowers that are our children bloom
17 June, Santa Fe, New Mexico — America Yatra 2014 Extracted from Amma’s question-and-answer session. Question: Amma, your presence has brought fragrance to our lives. I would like to know: How do we bring your fragrance to the West, where the children are suffering so much due to drugs and violence? If Amma would say…