
A mixture of guitar, harmonium, latino percussion things, with excellent singers. Some local groups have been playing – very nice, getting the audience into the songs, clapping and swaying. There are a few people sacked out on the floor.Ĥ:00 a.m. The bookstore crowds are starting to thin out – no longer several deep. the mantra line – it has grown, considerably. Mother is giving out mantras at a good pace, but I am guessing it will be an hour or so at the end of darshan to give mantras to all of those that will be in line if the backlog maintains.ġ:30 a.m. The huge mantra lines in Chile may be surpassed.
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One mantra instruction group is seated in front of me, there is a line into another room full of mantra instruction groups.

I just checked the mantra line, and counted well over 100 people waiting for mantra. Some are bare chested, they all have painted faces and colorful feather decorations - headdress and/or arm bands and/or long earrings down to the abdomen. She tasted one that is good for women’s pain, abdominal pain in the vital body and energetic body.

The lines of people at the bookstore tables are several people deepġ2:15 The photographer was just talking to me about some native medicine men that came and presented some herbs for Amma in darshan this afternoon. “it’s overwhelming” is what some people in the bookstore had said yesterday, and I might suggest that 11 weddings is in the same category.

But I did not get attracted by them.”Īmma: “That is a good thing right? You did not feel any particular desire?”Īmma: “So you have gone beyond your likes and dislikes?”ĪV: “Yes I go beyond my likes and dislikes.”Īmma: “When the likes and dislikes come, do you do Shravanam (listening), Mananam (reflecting), and Nidhidhyasanam (getting established)? Do you think of Shreyas (permanent happiness) and Preyas (temporary happiness)? What is eternal, what is not eternal?”Īmma: “So when you think about it properly, then you get a lot of strength right?”ĪV: “Yes, even sometimes when I see so many desires when I visit the malls, I close my eyes and continue to walk with closed eyes.”Īmma: “So you should try to reflect on the fact that if you run behind the toys you will miss the diamonds, you will miss the jewels.”Īmma: “But if you get the jewels, then you know you have everything that you need.11 p.m. We passed by a shop where there were so many desires. Fulfilling your responsibility in this way, you will never incur sin.Īmma: “So you got the courage to face the situation?”ĪV: “Yes, and I went to visit the corpse with my mother.”Īmma: “Did you think that the bodies can perish but the self cannot perish, the Atman can’t perish?”ĪV Chanted the 22nd sloka of the 2nd chapter:Īs a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the jeeva accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.Īmma: “What were the things that you were attracted to when you were in France?”ĪV: “I went to shops with lots of advertisements but I didn’t buy all that I wanted.”ĪV: “MANY THINGS! In the shops, there were so many things to attract people. Tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṁ pāpam avāpsyasi 2.38 Sukha-duḥkhe same kṛitvā lābhālābhau jayājayau

“…I close my eyes and continue to walk with closed eyes.”īelow are their endearing and enlightening conversation.Īmma: “How did you manage so many months without Amma?”Īmma: “What happened? How did it help you?ĪV: “Because I was afraid of the corpse.”Īmma: “So by learning Gita you were not afraid anymore?”Īmma: “Which sloka did you think of at that time?” When Amma asked how Amritavarshini managed so many months away, she replied that the teachings of the Gita helped her.Īmma continued to talk with Amritavarshini who reflected on how she kept her desires in check when shopping and passing by stores with advertisements geared towards children. During a meditation session at the beach, Amma asked her several questions, and her responses reflected the incredible wisdom gained from having been exposed to the teachings of Gita at such a young age. Since 3 years old, she has been living in the Ashram and attending Bhagavad Gita classes. 25 March 2022, Friday - Amritapuri AshramĦ-year old Amritavarshini returned to Amritapuri after being in France for the past 4 months.
