Month: September 2003

CEOs Sponsor Five Amrita-PURAs Out of their admiration for Amma, their respect for President Kalam and their love for India, five CEOs agreed to sponsor “Amrita-PURAs” in their hometowns. One outcome of Amritavarsham50‘s CEO Summit was that five of the participating industrialists and executives agreed to take responsibility for initiating President Kalam’s PURA plan in…

Swamini Krishnamrita Prana, Mata Amritanandamayi Math Swamini’s Amritavarsham50 Women’s Initiative Speech: “Amma’s Expression of Motherhood” And the Announcement of the Initiative’s Resolutions and Action Items. “When Amma talked about the ‘Awakening of Universal Motherhood’ at the United Nations, She was not delivering a speech about a theoretical concept. Amma Herself has been expressing this quality, every minute…

“When Divinity Wanted to Manifest Herself, She Manifested in Amma” 26 September 2004 After inaugurating the Mata Amritanandamayi’s new AIDS Hospice, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, India’s Honourable Union Minister for Human Resource Development, delivered a powerful speech on Amma and Her mission. “Pranams to the lotus feet of Amma and to the huge congregation of Mother’s…

24 September 2003 “Why am I following Amma? The answer is that Amma is a unique person who has made a grand synthesis of science and spirituality.” —Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar—the chairman of Pune’s ETH Research Lab and the architect of India’s first super computer—presented a stirring speech about Amma during…

The Main Summit 26 September 2003 The Summit began with both Amma and President Kalam addressing the assembled CEOs Everyone rose as Amma walked into the CEO Summit room with President Kalam. Amma and the President had just come from discussing the proceedings of the previous day’s pre-summit. Amma bowed to the CEOs and then…

Summit Resolutions & Initiatives The CEOs came up with a list of Resolutions, which they then presented to President Kalam. They also sponsored five PURA communities. Amma, the President, and the heads of the Hinduja Group and Sycamore Networks also agreed to come together to launch a Leadership Institute. 26 September 2003 Following the President’s…

Karnatic Music Lights the Lamp for Interfaith Summit 24 September 2003 The Karnatic music recital, which introduced the “Religions Embracing for Peace & Harmony” was led by two of India’s prominent artists, Dr. L. Subramaniam and wife Kavitha Krishnamurthi Subramaniam. The musical instruments in the recital included two violins, one played by Dr. Subramaniam, and…