Testimonial Category: Scientists
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Sri. Khushwant Singh, Author and journalist
In all my life I have not met a warmer personality than Her [Amma]. Even an agnostic like me had great difficulty in holding back my tears. — Sri. Khushwant Singh, Author and journalist Amritapuri Visitor’s Diary, Amritapuri, 1993
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Alice Walker, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Amma presents the kind of leadership we need for our planet to survive. This is the most heroic person I’ve probably ever met. Because she is sitting there hugging people. This is the most heroic thing that any of us could do now. Because shooting each other is not heroic. The most heroic is caring,…
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Dr. Steven C. Rockefeller
When I think of Amma and her life of devotion and service, I see a shining example for all of us of the spirit of reverence, compassion and care.
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Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Amma is truly such an enormous fountain of energy and love and compassion. I think if all of us were to get even a fraction of it within our own beings, there would be only joy in the whole world… Whatever little I can do with her inspiration, I will strive my best to accomplish…
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Andrew Cohen, spiritual teacher and founder of the magazine What is Enlightenment
For me Amma is the ideal. She is the yardstick. She is the measurement to which all of us [must hold ourselves], whether we are beginners on the spiritual path or matured seekers. She always shows that you can give more love, show more compassion. Amma is the greatest living saint on this planet. I…
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Sri. Sanjay Gupta, Managing Director, Dainik Jagran
Amma is playing a transformative and inspirational role to help people cross a lot of barriers of religion and caste so they can be spiritually uplifted. – Kochi, 25 September 2003 —Sri. Sanjay Gupta, Managing Director, Dainik Jagran, a leading Hindi daily newspaper, during Amritavarsham50, Kochi, 25 September 2003
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Sri. N.V.R. Nathan, Director, IILM Institute for Higher Education
What I have seen Amma doing is way beyond what most are able to achieve in such a short time. She is actually touching the heart of the people. She is able to make everyone realise that it is one’s duty to work for humanity. – Sri. N.V.R. Nathan Director, IILM Institute for Higher Education…
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Dr. Timothy Conway, author of Women of Power & Grace
She [Amma] is one of the most glorious lights to appear in the history of religion. Just her stamina—embracing these millions of people one by one, day after day, without a break, all over the world—is some kind of divine gift. No mere human resources could accomplish this. —Dr. Timothy Conway, Ph.D., author of Women…
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Dr. K.S. Fathima Beevi, Syndicate Member, Mahatma Gandhi University
When we go to Amma for darshan, we forget what is happening around us. When Amma hugs us, we feel it to be something special that we have never got from anyone else. Her love, smile, kiss and the way She talks to us are things I cannot describe. Her love is forever.” —Dr. K.S.…
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Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam, Indian classical dancer
Amma symbolises the truth and beauty of life. —Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam, Indian classical dancer, during Amritavarsham50 Kochi, Kerala, 24 September 2003