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Ammachi: Pure unconditional love, serving humanity

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Last week, I returned from a four-day spiritual retreat in Marlborough, MA with Ammachi. Formally known as Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, she is affectionately known to devotees as Ammachi, or Amma, because of her motherly bhava (mood, or attitude).
I’ve found a lot of people at Harvard are unfamiliar with Amma, so here is a brief [...]

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A Post-Valentine’s Day Thought

Monday, February 16, 2009

In light of the fact that Valentine’s Day was yesterday, I thought it might be apt to bring up the topic of love, and its role in Hinduism.
Of course, religious love is encouraged in any religion — devotion to God, or to any ideal is always seen as positive; and in fact, the Bhakti Yoga [...]

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