Category: Ashram
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Life at Amritapuri
Nowhere on earth is life lived as fully as it is in Amritapuri. Every nook and corner of the ashram sparkles with dynamism. From the stillness of the morning hours when the ashram is rapt in meditation to the vibrancy of the night when the air is filled with Amma’s ecstatic bhajans, Amritapuri is always…
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Stories of the old days
18 & 23 November 2004 — Amritapuri Achan’s Satsang to Ashram Residents As Amma often laments, the elderly are not valued in today’s world. In fact, they are most often pushed away as a nuisance. In truth, their wealth is in their years, the vast amount of knowledge they have acquired during their long lives—knowledge…
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Deepavali Celebrations Japan 2004
Deepavali Celebrations at the Mata Amritanandamayi Centre in Tokyo, Japan on 11 November 2004 Special pujas and prayers for peace and harmony were conducted at the Tokyo centre
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Amma’s ashrams, satsang groups & institutes to join in world peace Prayer
16 September 2004 — Amritapuri As Tuesday, the 21st of September draws nearer, Mata Amritanandamayi Math has begun to coordinate thousands of gatherings around the planet for world peace. Amma’s hundreds of thousands of devotees from around the world will offer their day’s spiritual practices for the cause of world peace, and all of Amma’s…
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World peace is not possible by human effort alone
9 September 2004 — Cochin, Kerala “Usually, only when our human efforts fail, do we approach God,” Amma said in Her morning satsang at the Brahmasthanam Festival in Cochin. “The current status of the world is such that world peace is not possible through human effort alone. Therefore, we have to pray for God’s grace.…
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Watch out for those green lights
Amritapuri — Friday, 20 August 2004 Today Amma came to give satsang to all the ashramites. One of the first questions put to Her was by a new visitor to the ashram. “Amma,” he said, “When I first came to the ashram I had a wonderful experience. I felt my aajnja chakra [third eye] open…
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Celebration of Amma’s birth star
30 January 2004 — Amritapuri Tonight is Kartika. As always on the night of Amma’s birth star, the ashram was alit with various lights and candles, in particular, the pathway Amma follows from Her room to the bhajan hall. Towards the end of the night’s set of bhajans, Amma surprised everyone by practicing a new…
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Lakshmi arrives in Amritapuri
11 December, 2003 AmritapuriA large crowd gathered in front of the temple this morning, as Amma welcomed Her newest resident into Amritapuri. New ashram residents don’t usually cause such a stir, but this is a special case. Her name is Lakshmi – the elephant. It was just after 11 a.m. and everyone was on or around…
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The paradox of Knowledge
those who think they know, do not know, and those who think they do not know, know not
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Amma in San Ramon 2003
2003, San Ramon Amma visited San Ramon in the summer of 2003. Outdoor meditation with Amma was started early Morning. Amma’s Satsang was there before her darshan followed by babies for their first meal from Amma.