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This is the same woman
11-12 October 2003, Helsinki, Finland Amma’s visit to Helsinki, Finland, was the talk of the whole country, as thousands gathered for Her darshan at the Cable Hall. It was Amma’s fifth visit to this beautiful Scandinavian country. On the morning of the first day’s program, the Bishop of the Orthodox Church in Helsinki, Rev. Ambrosius,…
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God is your only real relative
“One should have the conviction that God is one’s only real relative. Children, you should know that eventually all other relations and worldly objects will give nothing but sorrow. Let your bond be with God alone. This does not mean that you should abandon your wife and children, or that you should see them as…
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23 Hours of Darshan
After 23 Hours… Darshan Ends Amma leaves after 23 hours on stage – end of AmritaVarsham50 Amma joined Her children in the Amritavarsham50 stadium on 27 September at 9:30 a.m. After an award ceremony, some speeches and cultural programmes, She began giving darshan. It wasn’t until 8:00 a.m. the next morning that Amma left the…
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Dr. Saleha Mahmood Abedin
Dr. Saleha Mahmood Abedin, Sociologist, Muslim Scholar and Director of Institute for Muslim Minority Affairs, London “We want complimentality, we want to be recognized as women, we want to be different.” —Dr. Saleha Mahmood Abedin “Men and Women as ‘Two Wings of a Bird’” “I begin in the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful. “Distinguished…
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Shri. Joseph Pulikkunnel
Shri. Joseph Pulikkunnel, Director, Indian Institute of Christian Studies, Christian reformer “It is commonly believed that in Semitic religions, the male dominance is a divine dictate. This is not the case.” —Joseph Pulikkunnel “Adopting Universal Motherhood: An Opportunity for Men” “Pranams to Amma, who has transformed Herself into the amrita [nectar] of love and compassion for the…
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Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan
Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Founder and Former Academic Director, Indira Gandhi National Centre of the Arts, New Delhi, India “We want the principle of complimentality and not of competition. The principle of being different, the principle of being one-not-complete-without-the-other and the principle of the mother.” – Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan “Reverence or Exploitation: Portrayals of Women in Classical Art…
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Smt. Mridula Sinha
Smt. Mridula Sinha, Chairperson, Central Social Welfare Board, India “When Brahma created the world, he was worried who would look after the world. Then he created a mother. So we have to treat them as special.” -Mridula Sinha “Old Abuses, New Solutions” “My pranam to our Amma and all sisters and brothers who have come to…
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Dr. Poornima Advani
Dr. Poornima Advani, Chairperson, National Commission for Women “Let us resolve, over here, that we would never take money for the marriage of our sons, that we would never give money for the marriage of our daughters.” —Dr. Poornima Advani “Altering the Image of Women in the Minds of Abusers” “I bow down to the Mother…
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Swamini Niranjanananda
Swamini Niranjanananda, Resident Acharya, Chinmaya Mission International Foundation “We have to go back to the state of the Vedic Age, where women were considered as a person and not a chattel of men.” —Sw. Niranjanananda “Reinstating Women’s Roles in Religion” “om brahmanandam paramasukhadam kevalam jnaanamurtiim dandvatitam gaganasadrusham tat-tvam-ashyadi laksyam ekam-nityam vimalam achalam sarvadhi saksi bhutam bhavatitam…
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Prof. Mangalam Srinivasan
Prof. Mangalam Srinivasan, Special Advisor, John F. Kennedy School of Government “Amartya Sen tells us: ‘The effects of inequality impoverish women as well as men.’” —Prof. Mangalam Srinivasan “Women in the Workplace: Increased Visibility Is Not Enough” “Pujya Sri Ammaji, the Honourable Assembly, swamijis, and religious preceptors, assembly and the colleagues. I am going to start…