SCIENTISTS engincers,
doctors, IT professionals,
management aders,acad-
cemicians andeducational-
istsfromall over the world
have started getting associ-
atedwwith Amma’smission,
Often forsaking successful
professional life. Manypco-
plehave asked me what at-
tractsus to Amma, andthe
answeris quite simple: She
‘sthat unique phenomenon
ontheearth today who rep-
resentsagrandsynthesisot
Science, Spirtualityand
Service. Neverbefore was
witnessed such agrand syn-
thesisin recent times,
(Often, people are under the
impression thatscience and
spirituality are two distinct
lines, planesor streamsof
thoughts which shall never
meet. However, inthe
‘words of Amma, “The ulti-
‘mate truth orknowlede is
‘one which hasno second.
How canScientificand Spir-
itual knowledge be differ-
cent? Bothare twodifferent
facets of the same truth.”
‘Tobuild any institution of
societal or educational
transformation, itismeces-
sary tofirst build men and
womenof great character
and dedication who wil
then buildandmanage the
newly created institutions,
‘Often, westart buikiing
reat physical infrastruc-
turesand we donot fine
people toleadthem, There
‘are many good universities
With outstandingteachers
aand students ofhigh charac-
terand competences; but
theyarenotabletocreate
citizens ofthe world asone
family Itisforthiseason
‘Ams has founded Amrita
Vishwra Vidya Peetham,
which hassince become a
deemed university. Builtun-
der Amma's guidance, this
deemed university is raw-
ing cveral distinguished
menandywomen from
The Indian EXPRESS
rwerexpe
When science alone is
NOT ENOUGH
Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, popularly known as
Amma, feels that in the search for the Ultimate Truth}
science and spirituality are on the same path
across the world. Amma has,
revived the ancient Gurakul
system, whichwill bring
aboutanew transformation
ineducation,
‘Amma's university has laid
stress on the development
of Intelligence Quotient
(10), Emotional Quotient
(EQ) and Spiritual Quo-
tient (5) together. Amma
thas said that the greatest
Amowledge is the knowl-
edge of one’s essential n=
ture, one'sown Self. tis
thisunfokiment, which will
Source: Indian Express (Newsline), Page No: 2, Edition-Pune, Date: 3 M
cccurin thousandsofstu-
entsin Amma's Vishwa
Vidya Peetham or World
University, with Amma
putting forward a grand
synthesisof Science, Spr
tuality and Service.
‘Thisintegration, embraced
inlove and compassion is
‘Amma’s message tothe
modemwor'd, Ammais the
‘oneandthe unique teacher
ofthe world who hasinte
arated the highest of Science
with thehighest of Spiritual.
ity both directed tothe high-
¢estservice of humanity, The
Amit Institute of Medical
‘Sciences (AIMS) in Er-
nakulamisanexampleof
this grand synthesis, Count-
lesspoorchildren and dest-
tutemenand women have
been saved by the expert
doctors of AIMS supported
bytheservice-oriented staff
forwhich the service of ail
ing patientsis theservice to
‘Ammaand hence service
God, Similarly, the Amrita
Institute of Technology &
Science (AITS) at Ett
radai wasthe fistto install
PARAM 1000 supercom-
puter in India,
Unlikcotherspirituallead-
ers, Anima hasembraced
science and technology
‘wholeheartedly. However,
she doesnot rly onthe s
‘ences aloné, feeling that it
alone cannotsolve the prob-
Jemsof the world; otherwise
there would not have been
sormuch ofviolence, ordes-
peration,orsorrow inthe
‘world. The application of
science andgeehnology for
the service of humanity re-
quiresa strong spiritual
foundation. And thisiswhat
‘Ammaisteaching thorough
herinstitutesand master
disciples,
Assaid by Vijay Bhatkarfor-
‘mer head of Parart super-
computer project at Centre
JorDevelopmentof Ad-
vanced Computing
(CDAC), Pune
far 2011