Author: Richard Schiffman
Publisher: New Age Books
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 362
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8178221144

Description

Mother of All is the compelling story of one of the great mystics of our time. Mother Anasuya Devi of Jillellamudi was revered by millions in southern India for her home-spun wisdom, motherly love, and extraordinary spiritual powers.

Her profound yet enigmatic teachings powerfully challenged traditional patriarchal views and rejected the common Hindu belief that the world is an illusion. Married and the mother of three children, she was a living witness to her own core teachings that the earth is sacred and that spirituality comes from embracing life in full.

Author Richard Schiffman-one of only a handful of westerners who ventured to her remote village-gives a first person account of his life-transforming experience with the Mother.

REVIEWS

Mother Anasuya Devi (1923-1985) of Jillellamudi was a beloved spiritual leader in Southern India. Here, NPR Commentator Schiffman takes us to the village of the Mother and acquaints us with her life and teachings.
-Publishers Weekly

A magnificent portrayal of a very great human, contemporary and timeless, a uniquely unusual expression of God’s being in the world.
-Joseph Chilton Pearce

You can never fall from my lap.
-The Jillellamudi Mother

Contents

Introduction by the author

Foreword

PART I- THE JOURNEY TO JILLELLAMUDI

The Journey to Jillellamudi
The Arrival
The House of All

PART II- THE EARLY YEARS

The birth young Amma
Food
What is Death?
In the Eyes of the Perceiver
Creator, Sustainer, Destroyer
Mother Earth
Lost And Found
The teacher and the Taught
Protectress of the Distressed
Marriage
Initiation
Jillellamudi
Hyma

PART III- MOTHER OF ALL

Morning Darshan
Guru?
Signs and Wonders
Mothers Departure

Appendices and Glossary

Appendix I- Mother on Herself

Appendix II- Mothers Teachings

Glossary