Digest Number 376

December 13, 2001

Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:54:47 -0000

"aikya" <aikya

Benefits of Bhajan Singing

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Have any of you noticed benefits from singing devotional songs?

My proposal to present a paper in March 2002 on "Malayalam Songs

to the Goddess: Growing Towards Compassion" to the West Coast

Conference of the American Academy of Religion (at St. Mary's College

in Moraga) has been accepted. I received the official notice of

acceptance yesterday. It is another example of Amma's grace and a

chance to share some of our blessings. I thought it would be fun to

include what Amma's children on the internet have to say.

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Yes I do have that habit .. In the early morning and in the night just

before sleep I used to listen to some of the bhajan type music .. It

brings down all my fluctuating thoughts and i really feel peaceful

vibrations after that . My favourites are amma amma thaye , guruthi puja

( famous malayalam cassette about devi ) , aarthi vol ii ( famous hindi

bhajan about devi by anuradha pothuval ) and few devotional songs which

i used to listen during childhood .. When we do anything with lots of

love , it transforms us, whether it is singing , dancing , seva ,

chanting , anything .. and if it is in a group it will be a waooo ...

and i have noticed that some of the artists whether it is singers ,

dancers , painters .. any artists , if they do that with a lot of

devotion .. if they really do it from their heart , you can see a

special aura in them . may be because of its effects our old rishis

gave a spiritual devotional colour to many of the musical and dance

forms , especially in india ..

When you do research don't foget what amma told "If you read anything

for 1 minute , You should have 10 minutes time to think about it " . Let

Amma guide you for your quest for knowledge dear aikya . .. bye ..

Om Shanti

with luv

Amma's Kuttan

December 13, 2001

namah shivaya to amma's kuttan,

> Yes I do have that habit .. In the early morning and in the night just

> before sleep I used to listen to some of the bhajan type music .. It

> brings down all my fluctuating thoughts and i really feel peaceful

> vibrations after that . My favourites are amma amma thaye , guruthi puja

> ( famous malayalam cassette about devi ) , aarthi vol ii ( famous hindi

> bhajan about devi by anuradha pothuval ) and few devotional songs which

> i used to listen during childhood .. When we do anything with lots of

> love , it transforms us, whether it is singing , dancing , seva ,

> chanting , anything .. and if it is in a group it will be a waooo ...

i so enjoyed you sharing this with us. it made me very peaceful. the beauty

of it came right through your words.

but i'm wondering so much, did you not see amma when she came near you on

tour recently? you would so adore her singing and the singing of her swamis

and all her devotees.

pranams to you,

kenna

December 14, 2001

Namah sivaya!

i would like to know about the Guruthi pooja cassette and by whom it is

sung. it is on Chottankarai Devi.

In Amma's Love

raji

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Kenna

Thursday, December 13, 2001 8:22 PM

Ammachi

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