"I Transform India Transforms" Chinmaya Mission's transformation movement
Mumbai,
December 19, 2015: Enlightenment, enthusiasm and
eagerness to transform India by transforming the individual was the order of
the day at Sri Shanmukhananda Chandrasekhara Saraswati Auditorium on December
19, 2015. Chinmaya Mission brought
together India’s most meaningful voices to set the country’s transformation
spirit in action. Determined to bring about a movement, Chinmaya Mission
spearheaded ‘I transform, India
transforms’, a leadership conclave which opened on an impactful note with a
video message from Shri Devendra
Fadnavis, Hon. Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He said, “We need the
population to be charged with a feeling to develop the country, that's when the
pace of development will increase manifold. India has the advantage of
demography, democracy and demand based on which the next global destination for
manufacturing can be India. We have an ancient culture that inculcates values
and virtues in our population, and organisations like Chinmaya Mission are
rightly taking this initiative to begin the transformation from within to
transform the country.”
Held at one of Mumbai’s most iconic
auditoriums, ‘I transform, India transforms’ proved to be a confluence of
visionary voices from the fields of politics, business, literature, science,
social sector as well as spirituality including:
● Shri
Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group: On Leadership Excellence
● Dr.
Swati Piramal, Vice Chairman, Piramal Enterprises
Ltd: On leading through Scientific Transformation
● Amish, Author, Shiva Trilogy and
The Scion of Ikshvaku: On
transformation based on Culture
● Swami
Tejomayananda, Global
Head, Chinmaya Mission: Spiritual
insights on Self-Transformation
● Swami
Swatmananda, Resident Acharya, Chinmaya Mission Mumbai: On the movement ‘Transforming Indians to transform India’.
The common string across each of
these voices was their belief in individual transformation which would lead to
a nation-wide movement. It was diversity at its best in the audience as well
that comprised India’s youth, professionals, entrepreneurs, homemakers,
change-makers and followers of Chinmaya Mission.
The first speaker for the morning,
Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group, shared his views ‘On
Leadership Excellence’. Based on his learnings from the Gita, he listed the
Group’s core values of integrity, commitment, speed, seamlessness and passion.
Mr. Birla said, “It is how leaders act that eventually defines the company. The
management made extra effort to demonstrate our commitment to our values by
practicing them. Bringing in change or sending across a powerful message is a
multi-layered process in any institution.” On how the Group defines passion, Mr
Birla explained, “A missionary zeal arising out of emotional engagement with an
organisation that makes work joyful and inspires each one to give his or her
best. Relentless pursuit of growth and objectives with the highest levels of
energy and enthusiasm that is voluntary and spontaneous.”
In her impassioned address that
brought out the facets of leading through Scientific Transformation, Dr. Swati Piramal, Vice Chairman,
Piramal Enterprises Ltd, compared
the battle at Kurukshetra as a metaphor for an ordeal that each person must go
through for progress. She said, “Leadership in action includes ideas such as a
call to adventure, crossing the threshold, the hero's journey, an elixir, and
the gift.” Dr. Piramal explained these ideas using the life examples of icons
such as Steve Jobs, Julius Caesar, APJ Abdul Kalam, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and
more. As the host of the event and
speaking on the essence of Transforming
Indians to transform India, Swami
Swatmananda, Resident Acharya, Chinmaya Mission Mumbai pointed out the
seven levels of transformation. He said, “These are physical fitness, emotional
peace, intellectual clarity, spiritual strength, dynamic patriotism, cultural
pride and a global vision.”
Touching upon leading a
transformation based on culture, author Amish
of Shiva Trilogy and The Scion of Ikshvaku fame, emphasised
the importance of swadharma and how we can follow it using the example of
Valmiki. He said, “The important lesson that Ratnakar learnt to transform into
Valmiki was that only he can control his swadharma, his own personal dharma, no
one else.” Amish highlighted that once Valmiki took charge of his own
swadharma, he became one of the greatest rishis of India. He continues,
“Valmiki didn't just transform the India of his time but continues to transform
the India of today through the story he wrote.” Thrilled at the unanimous impact
created at the grand event, Chinmaya
Mission’s Global Head Swami Tejomayananda simplified the process of
transformation by explaining that it begins with a moment of inspiration. He
said, “All of us have these moments but it’s only when the inspiration is
followed by hard work that complete transformation takes place.” Clarifying
that a spiritual experience does not exclude daily life, he said, “Spirituality
is the most dynamic thing. It is the practice of examining each and every
experience of life and learning from it.”
While creating a ripple of change by
reaching as many individuals as possible, the powerful conclave served another
great cause, that of contributing proceeds from its donor passes towards the Chinmaya Transformation Scholarship for
deserving students, workshops to empower the youth on ‘seven levels of
transformation’ and for farmers’ relief in Maharashtra.
Committed to serving humanity and
propagating peace through the principles and teachings of Vedanta, Chinmaya
Mission has initiated a suite of initiatives in the upcoming year, 2016, which
marks the birth centenary of Chinmaya Mission’s founder and visionary, Swami Chinmayananda.
The conclave was dedicated to Swami Chinmayananda who personified his
life mission of empowering individuals and bringing about a collective change
through teachings of Vedanta. Through
this transformation movement of the 21st century, Chinmaya Mission
is leaving no stone unturned in making every Indian uphold the transformative
spirit of ‘India is what we the people make it’. Chinmaya Mission’s programme
of ‘Transforming Indians to Transform
India’ took shape back in 2013. In the past six months, the Mission has
conducted over 950 workshops starting
with a national road-show-cum-rally launched on May 8, 2015 in Kerala, which
after traversing the length and breadth of India, will conclude in May 2016.
About
Chinmaya Mission: Chinmaya
Mission believes in inner transformation of individuals resulting in a happy
world around them. Through the knowledge
of Vedanta, it empowers the lives of people to face the modern life challenges
of stress, anxiety etc. Established
in India in 1953, Chinmaya Mission is a global spiritual organisation engaged
in the dissemination of Vedanta & the science of the self as expounded the
Bhagavad Gita. True to its principle – “To give maximum happiness to maximum
people for maximum time”, Chinmaya Mission is at the forefront of serving
humanity while enabling Inner Transformation. There are more than 300 centres
of Chinmaya Mission in 25 countries with over 30 centres in North America. In
India it serves through 225 centres, more than 85 schools, 7 colleges, rural
development in 1000 villages, 50 temples, hospitals, old age homes, orphanages
and many other social initiatives.
About I Transform India Transforms: I Transform, India Transforms is a
leadership conclave by Chinmaya Mission Mumbai aimed to empower individuals
with inner strength, higher vision and a spirit of service, enabling a national
transformation and an emergence of India as a global super-power. The program
is based on the vision: 'You change and the world around you will change.'
Chinmaya Mission had launched the ‘Transforming Indians to Transform India’ in
2013. Over the last 6 months, the mission conducted over 950 workshops with a
national road-show-cum-rally launched on 8th May 2015 in Kerala, which after
traversing the length and breadth of India will conclude on 31st
December 2015.
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