Site Problems
Dear Friends and Family, We’ve recently been having issues with this site. Due to some unavoidable changes in our servers, we’ve lost much of our content here on Tale of Grace, mostly during the years of 2009 to 2013, and have been unable to recover it. Do you have records of our posts during that […]
Touching Amma to Bless Ourselves
I remember one summer, Amma was gone from the ashram, and many were pining inwardly. Br. Shubhamrita gave a satsang to westerners, and in it discussed that our Holy Mother Amma had said that She had given each person, each child of Hers, precious memories of interactions with Her, and that these should be […]
Our Friend, Venerable Palden Gyatso
Dearest Friends and Family, In 1993, along with some friends, Link, Anni and I started the “Northeastern Connecticut Tibetan Awareness Society.†At that time, I was working at the University of Connecticut. Using my position, I was able to arrange talks and presentations about numerous topics requiring our intellectual concern. Through this medium, we arranged […]
Silence, Community, and Democracy
Dearest Friends and Family, There comes a point when one wonders whether keeping silent in the face of bad behavior is no longer a virtue, when done in the hope that those perpetuating it will reflect on themselves. Some think that many are silent because they have been intimidated. Other times, people mistake silence as […]
Rich Indian Tourists in India
Dearest Friends and Family, In our recent travels in India, we have come across a cultural phenomenon that is, I think, unique to India. The Rich Indian Family on Holiday. Disclaimer: Realize that I speak by way of stereotypical generalization. Rich Indians are tourists in their own country. Carefully educated towards the echelons of corporate […]
Sugunanandan-Acchan’s 86th Jayanti
Dearest Friends and Family, Yesterday, Tuesday, May 26, 2009, was Amma’s Father- Sugunanandan-Acchan’s 86th birthday. It was so sweet. The bell rang around 10:45, the residents filled the Bhajan hall, where Amma sings evening Bhajans. A smaller area had been made within it, screened off with the palm thatch screens, which are simply beautiful. There […]
Truth, Liberty and the Quest
Dearest Friends and Family, As most of you know, we live here in Amma’s Ashram in Amritapuri. Having met Amma, and sensing the reality of Love in operation within her, as Herself, we were thrilled to be able to live in the community she has created, in the hope of being able to fully embrace […]
Anni’s 21st Birthday and Abdu’l Baha
Dearest Friends and Family, Today would be Anni’s 21st birthday. We are reviewing and adjusting, (in Link’s case, as he had made alot of picky-unni rules for himself) the vows we made last year on this day. This morning as we returned from our walk, we saw the morning star. We may have mentioned that […]
Return of Precious Days with Damayanti Amma
Dearest Friends and Family, Before Amma left for the 10 day north India tour, she had the Tour bookstall storage room turned into a room for her Mother, Damayanti Amma. That room, located directly beneath Amma’s interview room, in her ‘house’ was originally the ashram meditation hall and Vedanta Vidyalaya. Now, it seems restored to […]
The Road to Mysore
  Dearest Friends and Family, Amma is now in Mysore. We remember our several travels on the road from Mananthavati to Mysore. The first year, I recall, we were told it was only two hours journey. But, lo! the ashram bus took over 6. Even now, I remember the tremendous heat in the bus…we […]