Amma spreads warmth, love (Delhi)

[Guest guest]

>From the Times of India - apparently bidding to become

the official newspaper of Amma's tour (see 4th

paragraph). I always get a chuckle from the CM of

Delhi's name!

 

Keval

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Amma spreads warmth, love

 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2004 11:26:39

PM ]

 

NEW DELHI : Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi was received

by a throng of devotees, to the sound of

Panchiwadiyam, at the Indira Gandhi stadium on Tuesday

evening.

 

Chairman, Times Group, Mrs Indu Jain, minister of

state for sports and youth affairs Vijay Goel, Delhi

finance minister A K Walia, transport and power

minister Haroon Yusuf, CBSE chairman Ashok Ganguly

were present at the satsang organised in honour of

Amma.

 

Endearingly addressed as the ‘‘hugging saint’’, Amma

was welcomed by chief minister Sheila Dikshit as the

state guest. ‘‘Whenever Amma comes here, Delhi is

blessed,’’ said Dikshit lighting the lamp to

inaugurate the programme.

 

‘‘Inspired by Amma, The Times of India has initiated a

campaign whereby the letters T stands for the tender

love of Amma, O for oneness and I for innovation. To

realise this inspiration, the Times Foundation and

Spiritual Tourism is promoting worldwide the message

of global oneness June 8 onwards,’’ said Mrs Jain.

 

Amma addressed the 20,000-strong audience on the

importance of living a stress-free life. Citing

several examples, she emphasised on the need to repose

faith in God and free ourselves of all tensions in

life. To make her point she narrated an anecdote. ‘‘A

man in a train compartment kept running the length of

the eight compartments. People around him were very

curious as to the reason for his frantic behaviour. In

reply to their queries, he said he was doing so in

order to make his long journey home more bearable,’’

Amma recounted.

 

Amma went on to add how it was useless for the man to

be so frantic because anyway he would reach home only

when the train reached the station. So why give

himself so much of trouble over such a trivial issue?

 

Shlokas and bhajans were part of the performances.

Children from the Amrita Vidyalayam School , Delhi ,

performed the traditional dance forms of Kerala.

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/564544.cms

 

 

 

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