Guest guest Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 > I've noticed the transition from Ammachi to Amma in > recent years. Does anyone know the > reason for this? I was just curious when you > mentioned it in your post. Blessings, Iswari > > I've also noticed that "Ammachi" seems to be falling out of favor. I wonder if (or why) the use of "Amma" or "Mother" rather than "Ammachi" was mandated by unilateral fiat or decree of the MA Center/ Amritapuri, sometime around 2001. I have my Amritanjali tapes arranged in numerical order, and vol 62/63 marked the change from "Devotional songs of Ammachi" to "Devotional songs of Amma". FWIW, www.ammachi.org is still a valid domain, though it redirects to www.amma.org. Keval Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Om Namah Shivaya! The reason is not clear. But the meaning of the word 'Ammachi' in Malayalam is 'Mother' mahadevan venkitaraman --- Mike Brooker <patria1818 > wrote: > > > I've noticed the transition from Ammachi to Amma > in > > recent years. Does anyone know the > > reason for this? I was just curious when you > > mentioned it in your post. Blessings, Iswari > > > > > > I've also noticed that "Ammachi" seems to be falling > out of favor. I wonder if (or why) the use of > "Amma" > or "Mother" rather than "Ammachi" was mandated by > unilateral fiat or decree of the MA Center/ > Amritapuri, sometime around 2001. I have my > Amritanjali tapes arranged in numerical order, and > vol > 62/63 marked the change from "Devotional songs of > Ammachi" to "Devotional songs of Amma". FWIW, > www.ammachi.org is still a valid domain, though it > redirects to www.amma.org. > > Keval > > > > Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam > protection around > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 I told my kids this is Ammachi and naturaly they call Her " AMMA " maybe this helps )) joanna > > > > I've noticed the transition from Ammachi to Amma in > > recent years. Does anyone know the > > reason for this? I was just curious when you > > mentioned it in your post. Blessings, Iswari > > > > > > I've also noticed that "Ammachi" seems to be falling > out of favor. I wonder if (or why) the use of "Amma" > or "Mother" rather than "Ammachi" was mandated by > unilateral fiat or decree of the MA Center/ > Amritapuri, sometime around 2001. I have my > Amritanjali tapes arranged in numerical order, and vol > 62/63 marked the change from "Devotional songs of > Ammachi" to "Devotional songs of Amma". FWIW, > www.ammachi.org is still a valid domain, though it > redirects to www.amma.org. > > Keval > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 I always thought it was (is?) an alternate spelling of "Amma-ji", you know the common honorific suffix? I'm guessing that would mean the first "a" is short and the second long. A couple of years ago in an open letter to the local satsang (formal quitting notice and suggestions for improvement), I had protested the use of just "Amma" because I had found that (ignorant) Amma devotees were offended when people used the same word to refer to Sri Karunamayi, as her devotees and she herself uses. For example, a long time ago when I had attended one of Sri K's programs, I was recounting what one of the speakers had said, and the Ammachi devotee I was speaking to was taken aback, saying "Amma? No, no, I have my Amma!". As if there is a monopoly on the word. MAC/Amritpuri's use of it only encourages this ignorance and presumed monopoly or trademark. But, you know how much my words are valued... To me it comes to repoire(sp?). Among devotees, I try to use Amma, but outside the clan, I use Ammachi. tom Ammachi, <mahadevanv wrote: > > Om Namah Shivaya! > > The reason is not clear. But the meaning of the > word 'Ammachi' in Malayalam is 'Mother' > > mahadevan venkitaraman > > --- Mike Brooker <patria1818 wrote: > > > > > > I've noticed the transition from Ammachi to Amma > > in > > > recent years. Does anyone know the > > > reason for this? I was just curious when you > > > mentioned it in your post. Blessings, Iswari > > > > > > > > > > I've also noticed that "Ammachi" seems to be falling > > out of favor. I wonder if (or why) the use of > > "Amma" > > or "Mother" rather than "Ammachi" was mandated by > > unilateral fiat or decree of the MA Center/ > > Amritapuri, sometime around 2001. I have my > > Amritanjali tapes arranged in numerical order, and > > vol > > 62/63 marked the change from "Devotional songs of > > Ammachi" to "Devotional songs of Amma". FWIW, > > www.ammachi.org is still a valid domain, though it > > redirects to www.amma.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Namah Shivayah, I also always thought "Amma" was more informal, meaning mother and "Ammachi" meant revered or honored mother. Of course, "Amma" isn't exclusive to Amma, since it simply means mother. However, since she is THE Mother of all, one could easily argue semantics on that She has one thousand names. Amma seems to be the most popular. Jai Ma! Ananthasree http://www.ananthasree.com Ammachi, "Tom" <tomgull wrote: > > I always thought it was (is?) an alternate spelling of "Amma-ji", you > know the common honorific suffix? I'm guessing that would mean the > first "a" is short and the second long. > > A couple of years ago in an open letter to the local satsang (formal > quitting notice and suggestions for improvement), I had protested the > use of just "Amma" because I had found that (ignorant) Amma devotees > were offended when people used the same word to refer to Sri > Karunamayi, as her devotees and she herself uses. For example, a > long time ago when I had attended one of Sri K's programs, I was > recounting what one of the speakers had said, and the Ammachi devotee > I was speaking to was taken aback, saying "Amma? No, no, I have my > Amma!". As if there is a monopoly on the word. MAC/Amritpuri's > use of it only encourages this ignorance and presumed monopoly or > trademark. But, you know how much my words are valued... > > To me it comes to repoire(sp?). Among devotees, I try to use Amma, > but outside the clan, I use Ammachi. > > tom > > > Ammachi, <mahadevanv@> wrote: > > > > Om Namah Shivaya! > > > > The reason is not clear. But the meaning of the > > word 'Ammachi' in Malayalam is 'Mother' > > > > mahadevan venkitaraman > > > > --- Mike Brooker <patria1818@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've noticed the transition from Ammachi to Amma > > > in > > > > recent years. Does anyone know the > > > > reason for this? I was just curious when you > > > > mentioned it in your post. Blessings, Iswari > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've also noticed that "Ammachi" seems to be falling > > > out of favor. I wonder if (or why) the use of > > > "Amma" > > > or "Mother" rather than "Ammachi" was mandated by > > > unilateral fiat or decree of the MA Center/ > > > Amritapuri, sometime around 2001. I have my > > > Amritanjali tapes arranged in numerical order, and > > > vol > > > 62/63 marked the change from "Devotional songs of > > > Ammachi" to "Devotional songs of Amma". FWIW, > > > www.ammachi.org is still a valid domain, though it > > > redirects to www.amma.org. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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