Also see batgap.com/amma-sri-karunamayi/
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Amma Sri Karunamayi
00:02:23 - The Mother of the Universe and the Challenges in Society
00:05:00 - Inner Transformations in Preparation
00:07:40 - The Importance of Physical Presence and Love
00:09:51 - The Mechanics of Spiritual Transmission
00:12:23 - The Importance of Spiritual Awakening
00:14:43 - The Awakening of Spirituality
00:16:54 - Vasudhaika Kutumbam (One Family)
00:19:14 - Controlling Negativity Through Spirituality
00:21:17 - The Blossoming of Heart-Oriented Qualities
00:23:43 - Protecting Animals and the Environment
00:25:57 - Recognizing an Avatar on Earth
00:28:11 - Appreciating Divine Beings and Feeling Love
00:30:22 - Burning the Curtains of Ego and Selfishness
00:32:28 - Learning Meditation from Amma
00:34:24 - Miracles and the Natural Order of Things
00:36:25 - Seva: Service as a Spiritual Practice
00:38:28 - The Importance of Seva (Service)
00:40:34 - Raising Collective Awareness of Love and Positivity
00:42:42 - Cultivating Patience and Tolerance
00:45:03 - The Sri Lalita Sahasranama Mahayagyam Celebration
00:47:27 - The Power of Mantra Recitation
00:49:26 - Pouring of Holy Rivers' Waters
00:51:31 - The Power of Spiritual Mechanisms
00:53:27 - The Power of Women and the Lalita Sahasranama Mahayagna
00:55:51 - Empowering Women to Stand Strong
00:57:59 - The Rise of Feminine Collective Consciousness
01:00:11 - The Eternal Nature of Individual Souls
01:02:17 - Spiritual Maturity and Awakening
01:04:31 - Attaining the Absolute Bliss
01:06:39 - Website and Contact Information
Sri Karunamayi is revered in India as an embodiment of Divine Motherly Love, due to the love and affection that she showers liberally on all people, animals, and even plants, the spiritual knowledge and guidance that she gives freely to all of humanity, and the humanitarian works that she has undertaken. “Amma” as she is affectionately called by her followers, is simply the Telugu word for “mother”- Telugu being Amma’s native language.
Born in 1958 in South India, Sri Karunamayi spent a childhood immersed in an atmosphere of prayer and worship created by her deeply spiritual parents. Both of her parents had received visions indicating that Sri Karunamayi was not an ordinary child, and her astrological chart indicated that she would dedicate her life to serving humanity.
Naturally inclined towards charity as a child, Sri Karunamayi, or “Amma,” would often give away food and clothes to whomever needed them.
As she grew into a young woman, Amma felt an inner urge to begin spending more and more time in the family worship room, immersed in prayer and meditation. As she was now a first-year college student, she was forced to make time for meditation by reducing the time she spent sleeping. As her meditations deepened and intensified, she also began reducing her intake of food. These meditation sessions grew in length until one day Amma locked herself inside a room of the house and remained there in meditation for a month.
Though her family members were perplexed, they did not dare to disturb her, having witnessed the profundity of her meditations before. When she finally emerged, she seemed like a different person to her family members. Though she still showed the same sweet affection to which they were accustomed, her demeanor now expressed a more impersonal, universal love. Determined to fulfill the sacred purpose of her life, Amma gently told her mother that it was time for her to go into seclusion in the sacred Penusila Forest, to meditate there in solitude. Always respectful of her daughter’s divine nature, and trusting completely in God, Amma’s mother did not try to stop her from going.
Amma never felt that these meditations were done for her own sake, as she was following the example of India’s ancient Vedic sages, who meditated for hundreds of years in order to discover the best teachings for all of mankind. Through Amma’s austerities, she determined which of the Vedic teachings and practices would be of greatest benefit to people living in this difficult modern age. After performing such intense tapasya for over 10 years, Amma decided that it was time to share her knowledge with all those who thirsted for true spirituality, wherever they may live in the world.
Website: karunamayi.org
Books:
Sri Karunamayi a Biography
Blessed Souls I the Teachings of Sri Karunamayi (I)
Sri Suktam with Samputita Sri Suktam
YOGA IS UNION - The Yoga of Amma Sri Karunamayi
Interview recorded 4/13/2015
9 июл 2024
