President Premadasa: Nectar-Bliss-Heart, Lion-Roar-Soul

by Sri Chinmoy

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First published by Agni Press in 1990. Reprinted with permission of Sri Chinmoy.

Table of contents:

• Section 1
  1. Dedication
• Poems And Aphorisms
  1. Beloved President Premadasa, ...
  2. Sri Lanka'S Mind...
  3. Your Soul Has Made A Permanent Contract...
  4. Every Morning Lovingly, Compassionately...
  5. O Ignorance-Fighter, O Truth-Lover, ...
  6. Your Inner Pilot, ...
  7. Your Faith-Filled Heart...
  8. Father-Mother, Brother-Sister, ...
  9. Municipality:...
  10. Overwhelming Odds And Adversaries...
  11. Your Illumination-Mind...
  12. When You Deliver Your Momentous Speeches, ...
  13. Compassionately Yet Powerfully...
  14. Dauntlessly And Smilingly...
  15. Unlike Others, ...
  16. Your Poise-Flooded Eyes...
  17. Physically You Are Strong;...
  18. To Smoking, Drinking, Gambling, ...
  19. You Are Indeed A Giant...
  20. To Those Unfortunate Ones...
  21. O Supreme Pilot Of The Sri Lankan...
• Poems As Captions To Photographs
  1. President Premadasa'S Father
  2. President Premadasa'S Mother
  3. Ranasinghe Premadasa At Age 4
  4. The President'S Wife, Mrs. Hema Premadasa
  5. President Premadasa'S Son, Sajith
  6. President Premadasa'S Daughter, Dulanjalee
  7. President Premadasa With Reverend Father D. J. Anthony, His Former Teacher
  8. With India'S Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
  9. With United Nations Secretary-General U Thant
  10. With United States President Ronald Reagan
  11. With Then United States Vice President George Bush
  12. With British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
  13. My Brother And Sister Sufferers, ...
  14. The Prime Minister Bathes...
  15. O Outer World, ...
  16. A God-Lover Within, ...
• Essays And Aphorisms
  1. Premadasa Is At Once A Heart Of...
  2. Premadasa Is, In The Outer World...
  3. On 2 January 1989 He Became President....
  4. President Premadasa Comes To Prove To The...
  5. The Buddha Was His Own Compassion-Light In...
  6. Premadasa Is At Once Compassion-Pyramid And Determination-Volcano....
  7. He Bravely Fought Against His Brooding, ...
  8. To Ignorance-Night How Could He And Why...
  9. A Devout Astrology-Believer Is He....
  10. Countless Followers Of The Lord Buddha Listen...
  11. In Napoleon'S Dictionary The Word "Impossibility" Was...
  12. With His Climbing Aspiration And His Spreading...
  13. His Newspaper "Janatha" Awakened The Sleeping Lives,...
  14. My Inner Eye Saw The Inner Sun...
  15. True, He Was Not Born With...
  16. A Great Admirer Of Artists, A...
  17. Children Sing, Children Dance, Children...
  18. President Premadasa Is A Cosmopolitan Heart Of...
  19. Unconditional Self-Giving Does Exist On Earth....
  20. President Premadasa Is Religious To The Core....
  21. President Premadasa Has Always Been A Great...
  22. President Premadasa Is A Universal Man, ...
• Brief Excerpts From The Writings Of President Premadasa
  1. "A Government Is Made And Unmade By...
  2. "I Am Determined To Set An Example...
  3. "Indian Hospitality Has Always Been Gracious....
  4. "A Great Poet Looks At Society And...
  5. "All The Great Religions—and We Have Four...
  6. "What Is Religion?...
  7. "One Cannot Be Regarded As Great By...
  8. "I Have Said That We Have Replaced...
  9. "My Objective Is Not The Defeat Of...
  10. "We Are Not Only Building Shelters, ...
  11. "If You Hope To Lead The People,...
  12. "Pratap The Elephant"...
• Section 6
  1. Observance In Kandy Of
  2. Excerpts From President Premadasa'S Speech
  3. Sri Chinmoy'S Prayer At The Ceremony
• Excerpts Of An Interview On National Television In Colombo
  1. Interviewer: Thank You Very Much, Sri...
• Section 8
  1. Peace Concert At The Presidential Palace In Colombo
  2. Visit To Ratnapura
  3. Remarks By Sri Chinmoy At The Peace Mile Relay Held At The Ministry Of Sports In Colombo 7 January 1990
  4. Excerpts From Sri Chinmoy'S Acceptance Of The Honorary Degree
  5. Reception Held By Colombo Mayor M. Hussain Mohamed In The Colombo Town Hall 8 January 1990
• Private Meeting Between President Premadasa And Sri Chinmoy At The Presidential Secretariat
  1. Sri Chinmoy: I Came Here For Your...
• Section 10
  1. A Letter From The Presidential Secretariat
• Songs About President Premadasa
  1. Ranasinghe Premadasa: Lion-Hero
  2. Sri Lanka'S Tallest Tower
  3. Rashtrapati Premadasa
  4. Ranasinghe Premadasa