my view on amma

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This year in Los Angeles, CA, USA, Amma didn't give out spiritual

names. I don't know if she is known to give them easily, but she

didn't do it on this visit. She did give mantras. Part of my seva

was to hand out information on mantras, laminated sheets

which I offered to people, and eventually got back from them.

People were very interested, even if they didn't want to ask for a

mantra. It was fun work!

 

, "rajeshwari iyer"

<rajii31@h...> wrote:

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> >

> >Amma has chosen to bless people anyways, but one of her

chosen and

> >recommended means is to advise people to chant the LS.

Because of

> >Her sankalpa (resolve, intention) on this choice, the chanter

will

> >surely experience extarordinary benefits if he follows her

advice.

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> I just like to add - Had anybody taken Mantra Diksha from

Amma would be

> adviced to chant LS.

> Often I have heard Amma saying 'children scriptures are

important but more

> important is to do sadhana and goddess will lead one to their

path - DO

> SADHANA IS HER WATCHWORD.

>

> One devotee taking her darshan was well read in scriptures -

amma just

> commented - 'YOU HAVE read enough, now, it is time to

concentrate on

> sadhana' - extract from her monthly magazine.

>

> Had anybody noticed - it is widely proclaimed that amma gives

mantras easily

> without even judging her followers of their spiritual sadhana

but I

> strongly disagree with this statement ,amma asks her tobe

follower to write

> their personal chosen GODDESS NAME in a piece of paper -

via this she is

> able to judge their spiritual sadhana and initiate mantras

accordingly.

>

> Another observation- not everyone gets manta diksha - a crowd

of 20thousand

> only 10 people ask for mantra diksha. She uses some spiritual

power to

> distill the number of followers.

>

> I must confess- she is one spiritual leader who can be

approached by

> anyone(both educated and uneducated, orthodox and

unorthodox) - she exhibits

> that sort of simplicity. She does not give elaborate procedure

for mantras.

> It is simple and can be chanted anywhere and everywhere.

>

> she is very sharp and very clever. She once said - being born in

a fishing

> village all that she knew was Lord Krishna but her previous

birth

> evolvement has shown her Goddess. HER advice is simple '

think of any god

> that comes to their mind and chant LS -that god will accept it.

There is no

> competition in that level.

>

> SHE MAKES VERY CLEAR THAT NO BODY NEED TO

CONVERT THEIR RELIGIION. This,

> statement I hear from many spiritiual leaders. Once

Shankaracharya came

> across a foreigner who was very keen on converting herself to

hindhuism - he

> strongly disapproved and adviced her to follower her birth

religiion.

>

> I observe that even in Guruvayur THEY CHANT LS. Can

anybody clarify why

> Nambodries in that temple carry a small pouch in thier left side

of hip,

> what does that say.. Why elephant gets erection when he

reaches main

> entrance. why and what does that say or got to do with god.

>

> raji