Amma said "My life is infinite and my history is limited."


There is a magazine and as well as there are number of books about Amma written by Indians as well as Foreigners. This shows that Amma has influenced not only Indians but others as well. Below listed are a few books.

Publications:

The book "Mother of All - A Revelation of the Motherhood of God in the Life and Teachings of the Jillellamudi Mother" by Richard Schiffman is available from Blue Dove Press, which also produces other valuable spiritual books. This book is recommended as it gives a glimpse of Mother's divinity.

"This is a magnificent portrayal of a very great human, contemporary and timeless, a uniquely unusual expression of God's being in the world. Schiffman has that gentle gift to 'imply without compelling,' rather winning the reader over to a new insight rather than trying to overwhelm with reasons for seeing differently." - Joseph Chilton Pearce author of The Magical Child.

The author, Richard Schiffman, is nationally known as an on-air journalist whose features regularly appear on the National Public Radio shows: Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Living of Earth. He has studied in India for over four years and is the author of Sri Ramakrisnhna - Prophet for the New Age.

Journal- 'Mother of all'

A Quarterly Publication from Secunderabad (India)

Jillellamudi Amma Seva Samithi, Hyderabad,( associated with Sri Viswajanani Parishat, the nodal organisation at Jillellamudi) apart from conducting pujas and functions also brings out a quarterly journal by name 'Mother of All'.

The journal contains articles in English and Telugu on Amma, spiritual and developmental activities at various centers, Amma's sayings, photos and the experiences of devotees.

Subscrption:

  • Indian Rs 30/- per annum in India.
  • US$ 10 (or equivalent) abroad.

    • If you want to know more about the journal, please call or write to the following address:

    Ms.M. Usha Rao (or) Mr. M.S. Saratchandra Kumar.
    (Ph: 91-40-7833069 or 91-040-7833069, from outside India).

    201, Suvarna Apartments,
    H.No. 12-7-110,
    New Mettuguda,
    Secunderabad-500 017.
    India.

    AMMANESS - by M. Dinakar.

    Mr. M. Dinakar in his book 'Ammaness' touches upon cocepts such as grace, worship, divinitymind, matter, surrender etc.

    The author says "This book is presented with a trepidation. A trepidation born out of the inadequacy of the verbal medium in expounding the eternal truth". This book is a collection of the random thoughts of a devotee who stayed at the lotus feet of Amma for several years.

    "Creation" "Myth" "Change" "Wishes" "Necessity" "Science" "Grace" "Worship" "Divinity" "Matter" "Manthra" " "Surrender "

    (Copies available with Sri Viswa Janai Parishat, Jillellamudi- 522 113, Guntur District, A.p., India)

    Message of AMMA Jillellamudi - by Dr. Sreepada Gopalakrishnamurthy

    Dr. Sreepada was a student of science and not a pundit of philosophy. He taught physics in several colleges. Ever since he came to see the Mother Jillellamudi, he studied her sayings, edited and wrote number of books on Amma embodying her teachings. This book gives a glimpse of that vision, which he tells us, is inspired by the Mother.

    ABOUT THE BOOK:

    In this book Dr. Sreepada explains Mother's Philosophy through her teachings.

    Some visitors ask Amma their doubts, She gives them satisfying replies. Pundits of Vedanta question her. Theirs is the knowledge of books. Hers is from her own experience and understanding. She was not observed to be reading Vedantic texts, but she quotes from them if the pundits argue! Scholars of Vedanta came to her to find out themselves how much she knows. Each one returned after realizing that she knew more.

    'CREATION' Creation has no begining, no end.

    'POWER OF ATMAN' That which is all over as power, that is Atman.

    'ALL ARE POWER ONLY' All forms are His and so He has no(particular) form(of preference). All volition is His and so He has no particular volition, All attributes are His and he has not one particular attribute. All names are his and he has not one name.

    'PRAARABDHA' Praarabdha is not (the fruit of our) earned (Karma) it is allotted (experience) to us.

    'LIFE' The expected is not what happens; that which is your lot, that is what shall happen.

    'WHY DO I SUFFER?' 'I', remaining as I, has become 'you' and so experience appears as another's.

    'SALVATION' Satiation is salvation itself.

    WOMEN OF POWER AND GRACE - by Dr.Timothy Conway

    In this highly- acclaimed, eye-opening book, Timothy Convay, Sage, scholar and devotee of One spirit, writes 'Amma Anasuyadevi seems to have consciously known of her oneness with divinity from her very birth. A remarkable spiritual prodigy, she went on to marry, raise a family and then become "Mother" to a vast group of grateful souls. Moreover, Amma's counsels constitute a profoundly healing and enlightening teaching of " original innocence " that will strongly appeal to people who feel burdened by guilt and shame.

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