{"id":1119,"date":"2017-03-09T19:24:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T13:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2025-02-09T19:57:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T14:27:35","slug":"swamiji-visits-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/1119","title":{"rendered":"Swamiji visits Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/1119\/attachment\/4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1120\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1120\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/4-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/4-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSwami Amritaswarupananda Puri was in Mumbai on 3rd &amp; 4th February to conduct a 2-day program of Satsang, Bhajan and Dhyan. The program on the 3rd was held at the Swaminarayan Temple, Dadar. After a traditional reception accorded by Mumbai devotees, Swamiji inaugurated the \u2018Gift a Smile\u2019 initiative undertaken by AYUDH, Mumbai.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/1119\/attachment\/1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1121\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSwamiji then addressed the attentive audience with a discourse on the topic, \u2018Spiritual Demonetization.\u2019 In his address, Swamiji stressed on the need to discard all negative tendencies that hinder one\u2019s progress on the spiritual path. After a melodious bhajan session, Swamiji led all present in a guided meditation session.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/1119\/attachment\/3\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1122\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/3-450x226.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/3-600x302.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSwamiji\u2019s program at Nerul Ashram started with distribution of school kits to school-going children of Ransai, the village adopted under Amrita SeRVe. Swamiji regaled one and all with a thought-provoking discourse, wherein he extolled the infinite compassion of Amma, with personal anecdotes and incredible incidents. He then enthralled the audience with some soulful bhajans, followed by a session of guided meditation. The program concluded with the Maha Arati.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/1119\/attachment\/5\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/5-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2017\/02\/5-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri was in Mumbai on 3rd &amp; 4th February to conduct a 2-day program of Satsang, Bhajan and Dhyan. The program on the 3rd was held at the Swaminarayan Temple, Dadar. After a traditional reception accorded by Mumbai devotees, Swamiji inaugurated the \u2018Gift a Smile\u2019 initiative undertaken by AYUDH, Mumbai. Swamiji then addressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1119"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1162,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions\/1162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}