From: Melody McClarty (mmcclarty@mcttelecom.com)
Date: Tue Oct 01 2002 - 03:56:33 PDT
Message-ID: <001401c26939$4b905e00$f40020ce@mmcclarty> From: "Melody McClarty" <mmcclarty@mcttelecom.com> Subject: Re: Amma's b'day in Amritapuri Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 10:56:33 -0000
Jai Ma .. Ammachi ... Happy B day ... !! :)
Thank you Bala for the wonderful disertation of the
her B day ... Thank you ... thank you ....
:) You are so blessed to be there with her ... :)
Jai Ma
Melody
----- Original Message -----
From: "Balakrishnan Shankar" <balakrishnan_sh@hotmail.com>
To: <amma-l@hindunet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:00 AM
Subject: Amma's b'day in Amritapuri
> Hi everyone,
>
>
> This is bala- i was able to attend Amma's bday here in Amritapuri last
> week by Amma's grace.. just a small note:
>
> there were about 25 THOUSAND people for Devi Bhava ALONE!!! And in the
> morning , after pada puja, there were about 5000 people - so overall, Amma
> saw about 30000 people last thursday!
>
> The Paada Puja was ... divine... I went in at about 5 am to sit in the
> crowd that waited till 9.00 am for Amma to arrive... At 5 am we had about
> 10000 people there- all chanting the Sahasranama..
>
> you can imagine the atmosphere there! 10000 people chanting 'Om
Parashaktyai
> namaha' can be quite a 'mantric nuclear explosion'...
>
> followd by Swamiji's Satsang .. and the the Panchavadya started . This is
> the traditional kerala style of welcoming kings etc .. or before the
temple
> doors are opened- drums and cynbals majestically resound heralding a
divine
> event..
>
> and then when it reached a crescendo, under a twirling umbrella , Amma
came
> ..
>
> i wonder why i just didnt explode then and there .. there was so much
energy
> there ...
>
> The Paadapuja started- we saw it on closed circuit TV .. the crowd was
huge
> .. and so devoted.. thousands were in tears chanting 'Om Amritheshwaryai
> namaha' as Swamiji showered Amma's feet in lotus petals..
>
> after the Puja , Amma gave a long satsang .. details later ...
> and then Swamiji announced that next year's b'day, the 50th bday, is to be
> an international festival- with delegates from 125 countries!!!! and One
> Hundred thousand youths from india alone... and also Amma is going to
build
> One Hundred Thousand more houses for the poor over the next ten years ..
>
> the huge crowd burst into thunderous applause at these announcements.
>
> and then darshan started...
>
> I tried going back to my room, to take a breather before coming back for
> the evening Devi Bhava - well it was quite a task going towards the room
> when you have 25000 people walking in the opposite direction!!!
>
> there were people everywhere .... even when the morning darshan was going
> on, there was quite a crowd lining up for darshan tokens for the evening
> devi bhava-
>
> Before Devi Bhava , there was ecstatic bhajans.. Amma finished morning
> darshan at around 6 pm... then came back after a short break to start
> bhajans and then a marathon Devi Bhava - thecrowd for Devi Bhava alone was
> around 25000!!!!! Darshan went on till 9. 30 am... Amma met approx 1500
> people per hour!!
>
> At the end of the darshan Amma had sat for the entire 24 hours .. with
> break of about an hour in between!!!
>
> I got darshan at around 6.30 am .... i was wonderstruck at Her shining
face
> and bubbling energy after having hugged 20000 people!!!
>
>
> ....
>
> more details later ....
>
> bala
>
> ps: By the way Ethan... have been reading your 'liberation' posts- I
disagre
> with your statement when you sat Amma is one of the few liberated
beings...
> Amma is not a Liberated Being- On the other hand,She is the Being that
> Grants Liberation!!
>
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