>From Steve Briggs, who wrote India: Mirror of Truth (http://www.kumarclub.com/)
Hi Rick I was reading the thread about Maya Amma, but since i don't seem to have an active FFL account i can't add my bit. This is what i remember: When i met Maya Amma in 1982 she was living in a hut near the Kanya Kumari temple; she was attended by a few male devotees and surrounded by a pack of dogs. She was very old and the villagers said she liked to ride drift wood out to sea for days at a time. Fishermen from Kanya Kumari would often see floating about. I never heard anything about her walking 'under the water.' The account that she fed both dogs and people without discriminating between the two is accurate. I received morsels of banana both before and after the dogs several times along with my friends. I understand about the guy who didn't eat the prasad. I hesitated but am glad i took it. I don't remember Maya Amma saying anything. Her eyes conveyed it all. When i was with her she looked younger and her eyes clearer then the photo in the link. If you post this i'm wondering if anyone knows when she passed away or if she's still living. When i returned to KK in 1996 there was no sign of her so i assumed she had departed. If she's still living i'd definitely make the effort to see her when in India. Having Maya Amma's darshan is a treasured memory! Steve To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
