Guest guest Posted August 14, 2002 Report Share Posted August 14, 2002 55 independence day Happy independence day to all of you 'vande matram' mantra contributed in getting our independence in a major way, till today we cherish this word given to us by bankim chandra chattarjee , below is the poem of vande matram with english translation by shri aurbindo, http://www.bhavans.info/vandemataram.html Aurobindo himself was very instrumental behind the scenes in getting our independence and which happens to be is his birth day also which is not at all coincidental , but a reward as we can understand from his own words given during his speech on celebration of the independence "The Fifteenth of August 1947 (written for All India Radio by Aurobindo) August 15th, 1947 is the birthday of free India. It marks for her the end of an old era, the beginning of a new age. But we can also make it by our life and acts as a free nation an important date in a new age opening for the whole world, for the political, social, cultural and spiritual future of humanity. August 15th is my own birthday and it is naturally gratifying to me that it should have assumed this vast significance. I take this coincidence, not as a fortuitous accident, but as the sanction and seal of the Divine Force that guides my steps on the work with which I began life, the beginning of its full fruition. Indeed, on this day I can watch almost all the world movements which I hoped to see fulfilled in my lifetime, though then they looked like impracticable dreams arriving at fruition or on their way to achievement. In all these movements free India may well play a large part and take a leading position." for complete speech go this link below http://www.planetwork.org/india.independence.html jai gurudev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2002 Report Share Posted August 14, 2002 --- dear birendra, thank you for your wishes. i too wish you and everyone else on our independence day. good wishes jai guru dev anu In , "birendra_m" <birendra_m> wrote: > 55 independence day > > > Happy independence day to all of you > > > 'vande matram' mantra contributed in getting our independence in a > major way, till today we cherish this word given to us by bankim > chandra chattarjee , below is the poem of vande matram with english > translation by shri aurbindo, > > http://www.bhavans.info/vandemataram.html > > Aurobindo himself was very instrumental behind the scenes in getting > our independence and which happens to be is his birth day also which > is not at all coincidental , but a reward > as we can understand from his own words given during his speech on > celebration of the independence > > > "The Fifteenth of August 1947 (written for All India Radio by > Aurobindo) > > August 15th, 1947 is the birthday of free India. It marks for her the > end of an old era, the beginning of a new age. But we can also make > it by our life and acts as a free nation an important date in a new > age opening for the whole world, for the political, social, cultural > and spiritual future of humanity. > > August 15th is my own birthday and it is naturally gratifying to me > that it should have assumed this vast significance. I take this > coincidence, not as a fortuitous accident, but as the sanction and > seal of the Divine Force that guides my steps on the work with which > I began life, the beginning of its full fruition. Indeed, on this day > I can watch almost all the world movements which I hoped to see > fulfilled in my lifetime, though then they looked like impracticable > dreams arriving at fruition or on their way to achievement. In all > these movements free India may well play a large part and take a > leading position." > > for complete speech go this link below > http://www.planetwork.org/india.independence.html > > > > jai gurudev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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