NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 30, 2003: An historical meeting of the mind and heart took place between His Excellency Abdul Kalam, President of the Republic of India, and His Holiness, Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. The President welcomed Swamiji by reciting the Peace Mantra from the Vedas and commending Swamiji’s worldwide service to humanity in order to bring inner and outer peace. Summarizing on three main points, His Excellency felt that children should have education that includes ethical and moral values, that religious leaders should seek harmony amongst themselves and that poverty should be fought. When Swamiji was asked by the President why people go to war, the conclusion after discussion was, “If you want peace remove the I and the Me, then hatred will vanish from mind and body and then peace will come.”
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