Category: Around Amma 2014
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Spirit of Sacrifice and Service celebrated with Love
26 – 27 April, Ernakulam Brahmasthanam, Kochi – Bharata Yatra 2014 Despite soaring temperatures, many thousands turned out for Amma’s two-day Brahmasthanam Festival at Kochi. Amma gave talks on both days, led bhajans and then gave darshan throughout the day and deep into the night. On the second day of the programs, the darshan ended…
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Pandit Karuppan Award for Amma
26 Apr 2014, Kochi Brahamasthanam Festival Amma was presented with the Pandit Karuppan Award at her program in Kochi today. The award was presented by Moopil Swamiyar Shankarananda Brahmananda Bhooti, the spiritual head of the Trissur Brahmaswom Matham, an Ashram in the lineage of Adi Sankaracharya dedicated to the propagation of Vedic knowledge. The award…
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Vishukkani – Even in the midst of difficult times, happiness can be found
15 April 2014, Amritapuri Excerpted from Amma’s message during the occasion of the Vishu Celebrations at Amritapuri Vishu is a festival that is deeply connected to our culture and to nature. When we hear the word Vishu, what first come to mind are images of the golden kanikkonna flower and vishukkani. The importance placed on…
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Spiritual practices set you free
Monday, 7 April 2014, Amritapuri, Seashore Meditation and Question & Answer Question: Amma, how can I have self-discipline without being too hard on myself? Amma: Daughter, if you have the desire to build a house, what will you do? You will think about how you want it to look, you will sit with the architect,…
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Brahman is the Principle of Love
04 April 2014, Amritapuri Seashore Meditation and Question & Answer Session Question: Amma, if everything is Brahman—if I am Brahman, you are Brahman, the microphone is Brahman—then what is the need for all these spiritual practices aimed at purifying the mind? Amma: Son, tap water is water, the water in the backwaters is water, seawater…
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Spiritual life is to become fearless
1 April 2013, Amritapuri Question: “When I think about the law of karma, sometimes I feel quite afraid.” Amma: Everything that is born one day has to die. You are not the body. You are not the mind. So, why be afraid? We need to fearlessly strive for dharma. For that, you need dedication and…
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Amma visits Ponna Bhagavati Temple
31 Mar 2014, Amritapuri Amma was invited to Ponna Bhagavati Temple, Parayakadavu during the temple’s annual festival. Accepting the invitation, this evening after meditation and Satsang on the beach, Amma went on foot along with thousands of ashram residents and visitors. It was such a festive look everywhere. The villagers came running from their homes…
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Laughter & Wisdom on the Seashore
31 March 31 2014, Amritapuri Around 4:15, Amma came to the beach for meditation with the ashramites and visiting devotees. When it was over, she asked an ashramite from Germany to speak. He told a story about how, when he was helping Brahmachari Shubamrita with a program in Europe, he had taken the opportunity of…
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Shyam aaye, Holi celebrated
17 Mar 2014, Amritapuri As she does on every Monday when she is in Amritapuri, Amma came to meditate on the Ayurveda beach in the afternoon. After the meditation, as it was the Holi celebration day, she asked devotees to explain the meaning of the special festival, the festival of colours. As soon as the…
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Amma in Parippally
23 Feb, Parippally – Bharata Yatra 2014 The travel journey between Palakkad and Trivandrum on Amma’s Bharata Yatra had a peculiar aspect: The route to follow meant that the caravan of buses would pass right by Amritapuri on the way to the capital of Kerala. The lunch stop was at Paripally orphanage. It was a…