⏱️ 1 min | This verse is recited at the beginning of Amma’s 108 Names and often before beginning an activity, such as a seva or talk. It honors many of Amma’s divine qualities. The script is shown on screen in Sanskrit and English.

⏱️ 5 min | Taking in these beautiful words of Amma, slowly and reverently, is a great practice. She uses the metaphor of a tree to invoke a beautiful world. We can feel the depth of her call and resolution for peace, kindness and unity to prevail.

⏱️ 9 min | Arati is a ceremony where a flame is waved before an object of devotion as a way to express gratitude and connect with the divine. During evening spiritual programs, this joyous ceremony and song is performed at the end of the evening.

⏱️ 5 min | Take part in an authentic ashram experience. Swamini offers flowers and lights a lamp while ashramites chant Vedic prayers. The video ends with traditional peace prayers from the Vedas.

⏱️ 3 min | This is a great prayer to memorize. We ask for help to do selfless service with the right attitude, as a divine instrument. To perform the work with love and concentration, we call out for the divine in order to imbibe the qualities needed for surrender.

⏱️ 3 min | This profound prayer can be found posted on the walls in many places of the Amritapuri ashram. We pray to work without a sense of doership and for mental, emotional and physical strength for the work. We pray to derive happiness from the spirit we work in.

⏱️ 5 min | Swamini offers flowers and lights the lamp while ashram residents recite Vedic chants and a beautiful rendition of Amma’s dhyanam sloka. The spirit of the ashram is very tangible here.

⏱️ 1 min | This reverent sequence of Vedic prayers is recited in Amma’s ashrams and centers around the world. Hearing it, we can enter deeply into the spirit of the ashram and all its activities and global initiatives.

⏱️ 3 min | This ancient and auspicious prayer to Shiva is used in many ceremonies at Amma’s ashram in India. It invokes the god Shiva, with His qualities. With it, we bow to the One who dances the cosmic dance wearing the moon.

⏱️ 117 min | Bhagavati Seva is a powerful worship ritual dedicated to Devi. It's aimed at restoring balance, removing negativity, and seeking blessings for prosperity, health, and overall well-being. A linked handout provides all the chants so you can follow along.

⏱️ 128 min | This powerful ceremony brings us right into the heart of a traditional puja in Amritapuri. Text on screen provides all words to all chants. Artistic shots of the pujari’s hands and cinematic shots of the ritual show the reverential experience.

⏱️ 161 min | Sw. Shantamrita Puri profoundly explains the ceremony. This Vedic ritual brings prosperity and well-being to all. We can offer impurities and prayers to the fire. Enjoy the striking visuals of the ceremony accompanied by bhajans, with words onscreen.

⏱️ 8 min | Enjoy this narration which tells of the significance and a puja done for tulasi. Visual shows the puja being done by a group of ashramites. The ceremony honors tulasi as a manifestation of the Divine Mother and Her sacrifice and humility.

⏱️ 5 min | This exercise reflects on the theme of waking, walking, resting, sleeping and acting in remembrance of the Divine Mother and Nature. Br. Rishi Chaitanya includes the example of how Amma always bows and speaks to a certain sunbeam that comes to her room each morning.

⏱️ 13 min | Let the magical scenery bring you to the heart of the Amritapuri sea and the role it played for Amma. She would dance in bliss and Nature would dance along. In this practice, we are invited to dedicate the many colored blossoms of our mind to the divine.

⏱️ 54 min | Reflection, known as manana in Sanskrit, is one of the three pillars of spiritual life. Swamiji provides prompts for reflection with Amma quotes and a discussion of each. Let us contemplate on challenges and experiences for growth.

⏱️ 10 min | For Earth Day, it’s good to make and achieve specific goals. For example, we can create a goal for tree planting, or cleaning a roadside, or even starting a new sadhana practice! Enjoy this great set of provided suggestions.

⏱️ 35 min | Br. Madhavamrita Chaitanya asks a series of questions designed to investigate taming the unruly mind. He posts several prompts, many surprising, such as the role of humility and how it offers the ability to maintain a more even mental state.

⏱️ 13 min | Br. Yoga Chaitanya uses two prompts to help us explore patience in our practice and with ourselves. He starts by asking what patience means to us. Then, we explore situations or things we’d like to be more patient about.

⏱️ 11 min | In this session, we explore questions related to perseverance, like: what is something you would do if you knew you couldn’t fail? Then, we explore whether perseverance is a choice or not.

⏱️ 12 min | In this journaling session, we explore enthusiasm. We start with making a list of daily life circumstances where we wish for more enthusiasm. We move on to connecting enthusiasm with the love we could show ourselves today.

⏱️ 46 min | Take an inner journey of reflection on our own experiences with courage. What does it mean to us? In what areas of our life could we be more courageous? How would it affect us? What blocks us from doing what we want to do?

⏱️ 28 min | In this practice, we explore our fears in writing in four ways. We explore objectively and with innocent attitudes. Questions include: Why is fear a problem for me? How am I blocking myself from taking action?

⏱️ 26 min | In this writing session, we go deeper. For example, we look at which problems listed in session 1 bother us the most and why. We explore the relationship between negativity and the fear it arises from.

⏱️ 20 min | Noting how fear is the root cause of all our negativities, we explore what aspect of love factor could infuse the fear and related negativity and transmute it to positivity. While infusing love, how do we also surrender rather than give up or give in?

⏱️ 24 min | This journaling session explores many topics, such as the role of anger or greed in our life. How do our personal relationships affect our happiness? How do we reduce expectations and attachments? What are the effects of a spiritually minded lifestyle?

⏱️ 23 min | Here we go deeper. How much are we able to offer actions with the attitude of a divine ceremony? What helps us cultivate this attitude? We also explore forgiveness of ourselves and others for mistakes, and what helps with this.

⏱️ 23 min | We begin by exploring how meeting Amma or a guru changed our outlook on life. Then, we have a look at how their presence in our life deepened our devotion, wisdom and humility.

⏱️ 25 min | Like having a non-judgemental friend, journaling is a way to explore. We look at things like what triggers anger? In what ways do we compare ourselves with others? How does this comparison affect our self esteem? How does gratitude affect us?

⏱️ 12 min | Here we explore some self-inquiry questions. What is our perception of our true Self? What thoughts or habits cloud our understanding of our Self? How can we use inquiry to challenge and transcend these patterns?

⏱️ 23 min | How do role models influence our purpose? Should purpose only contribute to society or can it be personal? We look at the difference between purpose and ambition. Then examine the difference between seeking and finding.

⏱️ 23 min | How does our purpose affect others? Can we be purposeful and considerate toward others at the same time? Is the idea of karma yoga and not being attached to the fruits of one’s labor incompatible with a purposeful life?

⏱️ 23 min | Does purpose involve “what” we want to be or “who” we want to be? Is it wise to choose a purpose and stick with it for our entire life? Why or why not? Apart from procrastination, what are obstacles to living with purpose?

⏱️ 13 min | Consider a challenging circumstance you faced or face now and how your past actions might have contributed to it? Look at the opposite, and explore how a favorable circumstance is influenced by your past actions or attitudes?

⏱️ 13 min | In this journaling exercise, we examine specific actions: karma yoga. How do actions performed selflessly—and without attachment to results—impact your life? We also explore forgiveness and how this might contribute to positive karmic outcomes.

⏱️ 12 min | Let’s examine our connection to all. How do our actions influence our own karma and that of all beings in our community or world? We examine how our actions could take us closer to our ideal future self.

⏱️ 46 min | In this exercise, we examine moments when following a higher wisdom changed our life. What changed in our life after we met Amma? What does it mean to be an instrument in the guru’s hands? Do you have an example such as helping someone?

⏱️ 25 min | Enjoy an interesting exploration of innocence. Does learning inhibit innocence? Is there a contradiction between moving with awareness and acting from innocent spontaneity? Why or why not? How do we recover the capacity for wonder?

⏱️ 23 min | Let’s explore the correlation of compassion and innocence. What about the difference between guilt and shame? Does atonement play a role in restoring innocence?

⏱️ 22 min | What is the correlation between innocence and remaining in the present moment? Why does Amma say seekers should release shame and self-consciousness? To increase innocence, what is more important: devotion or knowledge?

⏱️ 27 min | In this exercise, explore some prayers and whether we use these regularly or under specific circumstances. Remembering a prayer that was answered, what factors do you think helped? We also spend time writing a prayer.

⏱️ 26 min | We explore concepts of the divine that we pray to, such as: with form or formless? What is the internal feeling of the divine for you? How can we create more space in our life to experience prayer and develop devotion and surrender?

⏱️ 25 min | How can our prayers become more selfless and compassionate when we reflect on our interconnectedness and oneness? We reflect on other prayers, and also write a prayer of gratitude toward God or our loved ones.

⏱️ 23 min | Is surrender spiritual or material? Is it practical in today’s world? What do we find most difficult to surrender? What factors besides fear influence surrender? Explore these questions and more in this journaling session.

⏱️ 23 min | Is the definition that "surrender is Selfless” adequate? If not, what else is there in surrender? What is the role of meditation in surrender? Is surrender compatible with the “go-getter” ethos? Why or why not?

⏱️ 23 min | Continuing to explore the many angles in surrender, we look at things like giving up coffee or chai. How are these expressions of surrender? We look at paradoxes, like can we be a leader and surrender at the same time?