Hershey prasad

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On Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at 03:34 PM, Rick wrote:

> rickiesharma

 

> "(Amma) She sometimes gives Hershey's Kisses to her

devotees! That definitely appealed to my chocoholic tendencies ..."

 

Namah Shivaya Bros & Sister....if my memory serves me correctly:

The true story about why Amma gives Hershey's kisses (in the USA) would

come from Amritapria, Cathy Schmidt, who may have been challenged to

find sweets for prasad at the last minute during Amma's first visit to

Taos in the late '80s....so when any of our brothers and sisters see

Amritapria or Steve Schmidt, her husband, the exact tale could be told.

I have memory of asking her why Amma would offer chocolate in 100 heat

in Santa Fe, when I first attended the public program there. Seems like

Amritapria also told me that Amma gave hard candies in India.

 

So...for those who are traveling to Toronto, etc, surely maybe one of

you could get a "sworn statement" from Amritapria. Keval, will you or

Vigi ask her and keep us all in the know.

 

BTW...I was so overwhelmed with the blessing prasad that Amma gave us

in the form of Hersheys, that I wrote the company in 1996 by email,

then talked by phone to CS. My hope was to get the company to make

huge donations. The results could not be printed...as the Cust.

Service person assumed I was a nut talking about "a South Indian Saint"

passing out Hershey Kisses to thousands. Later, I believe someone

mentioned that a devotee is within the higher administration at Hershey.

 

ONS,

Amritavarshini

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> So...for those who are traveling to Toronto, etc,

> surely maybe one of

> you could get a "sworn statement" from Amritapria.

> Keval, will you or

> Vigi ask her and keep us all in the know.

>

>

 

I've heard the story that hard candies rather than

Hershey kisses are given in India because chocolate

would melt in the infernal Indian heat. That's not

usually a problem on the North American tour because

of a/c darshan halls, though the Bryant College gymn

has no a/c and can get very hot!

 

I just returned from New York, and awaiting more of

the same in Toronto next week. I connected very

briefly with Gabriella, and re-connected with Kenna

(met her several times in Detroit/Ann Arbor) Sorry I

missed the rest of you (Len, Aikya's friend Shreedevi,

et al). Yes, I did go to the Mets game on Sunday.

Mets beat the Phillies 6-1, and it was a very

entertaining game, with several good defensive plays

and back to back home runs by the Mets. By Amma's

blessing (!) they got the game in and played all 9

innings, despite threat of rain. It started to come

down at monsoon levels as I was riding the #7 train

back from Shea right after the game.

 

Keval

 

 

 

 

 

 

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