PM wishes to see India as global spiritual hub
Stresses on embracing yoga to face uncertainties of life
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for making India the global hub for spirituality and wellness and said the world, as it battles a pandemic, is looking at wellness and health, and that India has much to offer on these fronts.
Modi was addressing the valedictory session of Sahaj Marg (Heartfulness meditation) at the Kanha Shanti Vanam here, run by the Shri Ram Chandra Mission. Congratulating the Mission on its completion of 75 years, Modi, in his virtual address, emphasised the need for embracing yoga and meditation to effectively face the uncertainties in life.
The Prime Minister lauded Kamlesh Patel (Daaji), president of Shri Ram Chandra Mission & Guide of Heartfulness, for his contributions in keeping people energetic and healthy in a fast-paced world. “In such times, through Sahaj Marg, the Shri Ram Chandra Mission is performing a great service to humanity. Daaji is a beautiful amalgamation of goodness of the West and India. Under Daaji’s spiritual leadership, Shri Ram Chandra Mission is inspiring the whole world, and especially the youth towards a healthy body and a healthy mind,” Modi said.
Modi said as India fought the coronavirus, the whole world watched to see what would happen. “Our Yoga and Ayurveda also played a major role and India’s fight against corona is
OUR YOGA and Ayurveda also played a major role and India’s fight against coronavirus is inspiring the while world.
NARENDRA MODI,
Prime Minister
inspiring the while world,” the Prime Minister said.
India, he said, is following is a human-centric approach to furthering global goals, and this approach is based on a healthy, balanced welfare for the well-being of the people.
“In the last six years, India has undertaken the world’s largest public welfare programme, to give the poor a life of dignity, providing universal sanitation, coverage under social welfare schemes,” Modi said.
“There has been extensive work on preventive healthcare. Ayushman Bharat has more beneficiaries than the population of the US and many European nations, and is the world’s largest healthcare scheme,” he said.
Kamlesh Patel (Daaji), Guide of Heartfulness, said, “The transformational benefit of Heartfulness Meditation lies in transmission of Pranahuti (life force), unique to our practice and helps make it easier for the seeker in making meditation a daily part of their lives and benefit from it. The Heartfulness Institute stands out by making relentless efforts to share the learnings from this ancient tradition, free of charge, to people across the world. The Heartfulness practice is a certain way of achieving peace, leading to samadhi. It is known to offer a state of deep meditation and bliss within the first few weeks of practice.”
He also invited the Prime Minister to visit the Kanha Shanti Vanam.
Hyderabad, Feb. 16: Unidentified thieves attempted to break into a private bank’s ATM centre at Neredmet Crossroads in the wee hours of Tuesday.
According to the police, miscreants went to the ATM located at Neredmet Crossroads and tried to open the locks of the cash dispensing machine.
“Upon hearing a patrol van in the vicinity, the men fled the place. Their attempt at stealing the cash came to light on Tuesday morning when area locals saw the broken parts and called the cops via dial 100.
No money was lost, but the ATM was partially damaged,” said the police.
On receiving information, the Neredmet police visited the spot and took up the investigation.