Category: Satsang
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Attachment to Detachment: Q&A with Amma
13 Jan 2017, Amritapuri Ashram Beach Meditation Amma gathered with the devotees on the beach for meditation. The gentle rumbling of waves and cool, onshore breeze quieted everyone’s mind. After sometime spent in contemplation, someone raised their hand with a question for Amma: “Amma, you ask us to live a life of love and compassion,…
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Why Amma always wants to serve food
27 Jan, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu – Bharata Yatra 2017 After finishing the program in Trivandrum, the tour group drove to KayanaKumari where the next program was to be held. Upon their arrival Amma decided to serve prasad. Once all the food had been distributed, sitting on the veranda of Amrita Vidyalayam, she began to tell the…
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Whatever be the condition, our mind should be on God
13 March 2017, Amritapuri Ashram The ocean breeze carried the scent of salt water onto the shore. All were gathered under the palm trees in meditation with Amma. Aside from the rhythmic crashing of waves and occasional bird chirping overhead, the beach was quiet. After the meditation came to an end, Amma asked if anyone…
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Morphine and the last thought at death
Action becomes habit, and habit determines character 14 March 2017, Amritapuri Ashram It was Tuesday in the ashram, a quiet day reserved for the practice of sadhana. Amma had come out to meditate with the devotees and serve prasad. She asked if anyone had a question. One devotee raised their hand and asked a question…
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The Body and Mind of a Mahatma – Nothing to lose, nothing to discard
12 March 2017, Amritapuri Ashram Amma came for an evening meditation in the bhajans hall with all the visitors and residents of the ashram. Though most people were sitting in meditation even before Amma arrived, the effect of her presence was unmistakable once she sat down, crossed her legs, and closed her eyes. The entire…
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Be a Beginner with the Attitude of Gratitude
7 March, Bengaluru, Karnataka – Bharata Yatra 2017 It was a rainy night filled with lightning and thunder in Bengaluru. Amma, having just arrived from Mysore, was serving prasad to the tour group and all the local volunteers. She asked if anyone had a question. One devotee from the tour group raised his hand and…
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Cultivating Devotion with Yearning, Dispassion and Discrimination
22 Feb, Kozhikode – Bharata Yatra 2017 The tour group stopped in Kozhikode at the house of Chandrahasan, a devotee who had known Amma for over thirty years {news}. It was lunch time and Amma had just passed out prasad. She asked the devotees gathered there whether anyone had a question. A devotee raised their hand…
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Compassionate Advice on India’s Republic Day
25-26 January, Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala – Bharata Yatra 2017 Amma held a two-day Brahmasthanam Festival at her Ashram in Kaimanam. As Amma arrived, people lined the road leading to the ashram, standing with flowers and lit oil lamps to welcome Amma. As her car pass through, they garlanded Amma and received her blessings. At the ashram,…
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Amma’s words on Bhagavad Gita
My Dear Children, Bhagavad Gita is the essence of all the Vedas and its message is the for the entire humanity. It is the Lord’s message to the whole world, given to Arjuna as a proxy, who in the midst of adverse circumstances was completely unnerved being at a loss to discern his Dharma. In…
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Feminine and masculine qualities should evolve hand-in-hand in family life
In family life feminine qualities and masculine qualities should evolve hand-in-hand. Only then will we experience fullness. That is the reason why some children raised by single mothers or fathers have problems. For the child’s mind and intellect to mature it should receive the supervision of both the mother and the father. The mother’s love…