Nina Rao interviews Nani Ma about her deep devotion to serving her guru and her service work with Ganga Prem Hospice.
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“When we watch our breath, it slows down. The breath and the mind are connected. Either the breath slows down and the mind slows down, or the mind catches hold of one thing, which is the name, and the name has its power by itself. The name has its own power.” – Nani Ma
This time on the Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast, Nani Ma shares with us:
- Her religious upbringing into Christianity
- Being pulled to India from a young age
- Seeking liberation from suffering and pain
- The story of meeting her guru, Babaji
- The beauty and power of the Ganges river
- Her daily routine and how she meditates
- How to deal with difficulties by watching our breath
- Reaching one-pointedness through chanting single-worded mantras
- Moving through the physical death of a guru
- Forming cancer clinics in India and Ganga Prem Hospice
“The strange thing is about the scriptures, of which I read a lot; we just read them, and they’re just words. But they’re not actually just words, they’re true. Every single word is true. And it’s only when it dawns on us after years and years that we can surrender and give up our efforts.” – Nani Ma
About Nani Ma:
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Nani Ma is from the United Kingdom and sought spiritual enlightenment at a very young age. One day, she realized that serving the multitude and helping the needy is also an aspect of spiritual practice. So, she started taking care of the terminally ill cancer patients in the hospital, guiding the people who are suffering from pain and death to embark on a new journey. Together with Dr. A. K. Dewan, she established the Ganga Prem Hospice. Ganga Prem Hospice is a spiritually-orientated, non-profit hospice for terminally ill cancer patients. The Hospice has been constructed at the foot of the Himalayas on the bank of the river Ganga.