Download or read book Talks, Volume 5 written by Swami Paramatmananda Puri and published by M A Center. This book was released on 2014-11-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1968, Swami Paramatmananda Puri Has Lived The Life Of A Renunciate In India, Moving There At The Age Of Nineteen. It Has Been His Good Fortune To Have Kept The Company Of Many Saints And Sages Over The Years, Culminating In His Meeting With His Guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, Amma, In 1979. As One Of Her Senior Disciples, He Was Eventually Asked To Return To The U.S. To Serve As Head Of The First Ashram In The West, And Did So From 1990 To 2001. Many Of The Residents And Visitors To The Center Have Shared That One Of The High Points In Programs Were Swami’s Talks. With Wit And Humor, He Has Synthesized East And West And Created A Forum For Spiritual Learning. Contents: Bhishma The Great, Part 2; Obstacles To Peace; Cry To Amma; The Power Of Karma; Real Vedanta; Amma’s Vedanta; Work As Worship; Purity Of Mind; Questions And Answers; Divine Love. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.