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Longtime devotee Aniello Panico tells a story from one of the happiest days of his life: the day Bhagavan Adi Da met and Blessed his mother (when she was 79 or 80 years old) at the Mountain Of Attention, during the Ten-Day Gathering of 1995-1996. This video tells the whole joyous story.

ANIELLO: "I like to share this story because it shows the human compassion and humor of the Guru."

The cookbook Aniello and Brenda helped create for Aniello's mother, Elodia Rigante's Italian Immigrant Cooking, and a New York Times article on the book, Recapturing the Flavors of an Era (August 27, 1995). Aniello, quoted in the article, "We all got heavier putting this cookbook together. . . I gained seven pounds."

For a photo of Adi Da with Aniello's mother, click here.

For a photo of Adi Da holding Aniello's mother's hand, click here.

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Longtime devotee Aniello Panico tells of his son Alexander's suicide in 1994 (when Adi Da was at the Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary), and the story of Avatar Adi Da's Blessing Regard for Alexander and for Aniello.

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Longtime devotee Aniello Panico tells the story of his first encounter with Adi Da Samraj, in 1972, at the Melrose Ashram in Los Angeles.

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Longtime devotee Aniello Panico recounts some of his earliest times with Adi Da Samraj in 1972.

To learn more about the significance of the Vedanta Temple (in Hollywood, California) in Adi Da's life and work, click here.

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