Samskriti off NH 9
Bharata Yatra 2004
Saturday, 28 February 2004 — on the side of NH
9, on the way to Pune, Maharashtra
When Amma opened the door to Her camper, it was clear
She had recently been given an elaborate padapuja by
the devotees of Hyderabad; the spot between Her eyebrows
was caked with several layers of sandal paste, tumeric
and kumkum. Perhaps this was one of the reasons
why Amma was late in leaving and hadn't been able to
meet up with Her tour group for their roadside lunch.
By the time Her camper arrived at the lunch spot, everyone
had already finished eating and was getting ready to
re-board the buses.
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No matter, Amma would quickly distribute prasad from
Her camper itself. As Her children queued up—including
field workers of the farm land that had served
as picnic sit——Amma fed each one
a piece of sweet biscuit by hand. Of course that
package was not enough, so Amma found another
package, this time of salty biscuits. Then that
ran out, and Amma found something else, some murukkus,
a fried, salty Indian snack. When that supply
also depleted, Amma started handing out all the
fruit given to Her by devotees. In the end, it
seemed just enough; everyone got something—except,
perhaps, Amma.
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In Her satsangs these days, Amma
often talks of three kinds of people: prakriti, vikriti and samskriti.
Prakriti people, Amma says, take only their share
but don't concern themselves with the needs of
others. People of vikriti nature not only eat
their own share, but also snatch as much as they
can from others. Very rare these days, says Amma,
are the samskriti, those who take as little as
possible and then share as much as they can with
others. As Amma emptied Her camper to feed Her
children, one was reminded of these insightful
words and how the True Masters demonstrate their
every teaching with their actions. |
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—Sakshi
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