thoughts on various current threads (re: Amma's anger)

[Guest guest]

There's an incident at the ashram in one of the AC or EW books, in

which Amma comes into the lunchroom overhearing 2 ashramites making

fun of another person and how they chanted, mimicking the person.

Amma started scolding them, how it was bad behavior and childish, etc.

A guy watching all this started laughing, quoting Amma herself how

Amma never gets angry, but just shows anger.

 

The guy continued to laugh, saying it was all " Amma's play " , and that

Amma was just making a show of anger. Amma told him that she was

indeed very angry and upset at the behavior of the other 2. The guy

didn't believe Amma, quoting Amma to herself, continuing to laugh at

the scene. Amma had to repeatedly insist that she was angry and to

take the situation seriously before the guy shut up and took it for

what it was: guru's anger used to scold inappropriate behavior. By

believing she wasn't really angry (ie Mother-bhava vs. guru-bhava),

the people in question would've forgotten the scolding, and the

bystander would've remained ignorant of the subtlties of what Amma says.

 

I still meet devotees who quote Amma like the guy in the incident did,

claiming that she never gets angry (ie, meaning they can do no wrong).

tom

 

Ammachi , " Prajna " <prajnaji wrote:

(snipped)

>

> Does Amma get angry? I don't think so. She does put on a good show

> sometimes though, and I have been on the receiving end of it. It was

> very good for my ego, I will always be grateful for that day.

> (snipped)

[Guest guest]

Amma's anger-the guru's anger is truly no " laughing matter. " It's

quite serious. I recall the story of Amma turning very fierce into

Kali in the very early days during a darshan night against some who

were attacking the devotees on their way to see her and torturing

them. Everyone became very frightened.

 

Don't mess with Mother Nature, the Creatress!

 

 

 

Ammachi , " tom " <tomgull wrote:

>

> There's an incident at the ashram in one of the AC or EW books, in

> which Amma comes into the lunchroom overhearing 2 ashramites making

> fun of another person and how they chanted, mimicking the person.

> Amma started scolding them, how it was bad behavior and childish,

etc.

> A guy watching all this started laughing, quoting Amma herself

how

> Amma never gets angry, but just shows anger.

>

> The guy continued to laugh, saying it was all " Amma's play " , and

that

> Amma was just making a show of anger. Amma told him that she was

> indeed very angry and upset at the behavior of the other 2. The

guy

> didn't believe Amma, quoting Amma to herself, continuing to laugh

at

> the scene. Amma had to repeatedly insist that she was angry and to

> take the situation seriously before the guy shut up and took it for

> what it was: guru's anger used to scold inappropriate behavior.

By

> believing she wasn't really angry (ie Mother-bhava vs. guru-bhava),

> the people in question would've forgotten the scolding, and the

> bystander would've remained ignorant of the subtlties of what Amma

says.

>

> I still meet devotees who quote Amma like the guy in the incident

did,

> claiming that she never gets angry (ie, meaning they can do no

wrong).

> tom

>

> Ammachi , " Prajna " <prajnaji@> wrote:

> (snipped)

> >

> > Does Amma get angry? I don't think so. She does put on a good

show

> > sometimes though, and I have been on the receiving end of it. It

was

> > very good for my ego, I will always be grateful for that day.

> > (snipped)

>