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New Year's Eve Puja & Satsang with Swamini

Next event (Yearly): Dec 31, 2024 4:30pm to Jan 1, 2025 12:30am

Ring in 2024 with a special New Year's Eve Bpuja and satsang at MA Center Chicago on Tuesday, Dec. 31st with Swamini Ambikamrita Prana.

The New Year's Eve satsang will including chanting, a talk by Swamini, bhajans, arati, and meditation. Here's the schedule (subject to change):

4:30PM – 5:00PM - Talk by Swamini

5:00PM – 7:00PM - puja

7:00PM - 8:30PM - Puja prasad distribution, followed by dinner
8:30PM - 9:00PM – Cleanup
9:00PM - 9:30PM - Amma video

9:30PM - 10:30PM -Chanting of the Lalita Sahasranāmam

10:30 - 11:30PM – Bhajans and arati
11:30 - 11:50PM - Tea break
11:50 - 12:05AM – Welcome the dawn of 2025 with a chant for universal peace

If you have any questions, please email macenterchicago@ammagroups.org

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Our daily spiritual practices include:

WHITE FLOWER MEDITATION
Daily* at 6:00 pm

Amma requests everyone to regularly practice this meditation once or twice a day for the benefit of the entire world. Join us every evening (except Satsang days, which are generally every Saturday) for Amma's White Flower Meditation via Zoom:

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The White Flower meditation at 6 pm CT is preceded by a 10-minute silent Ma Om meditation, so please feel free to join the Zoom early (at 5:50 pm CT) to participate.

A photo of the MA Center Chicago altar, including Amma's picture