Guest guest Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Hari OM! Dear Ones, Today is Poojya Gurudev Swami Chinmayanadaji's Birthday, on this occation, how appropriate is the following message from Gurudev MESSAGE TO WORLD PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS Swami Chinmayananda To build a new edifice with fresh materials is comparatively easier than to repair an old, neglected palace, ruined by time and disuse. The mother of all religions, Hinduism, has a very firm foundation and a strong edifice, built with an extreme sense of beauty with many artistically built-in surprises. But for more than 1,500 years it has been neglected, abused, and misused, so that in spite of its heavily built charms and artistic proportions, today it stands as an ugly dilapidated Temple of Truth. To repair and rebuild the fallen columns is the work that is now facing the Hindu community. In this ugly edifice, living together packed in its limited living space, the occupants feel no more any pride in their sacred home, nor do they feel any comfort and satisfaction to be under its leaking roofs. It is commodious enough to house all spiritually minded religious people in the whole world when once it is fully repaired and rebuilt. This should demand the cooperation and the involvement of every Hindu family. Can we inspire the necessary heroism in the hearts of all and the necessary muscle in the Hindu body politic? No doubt, we cannot. But all that we need now is only small groups of inspired Hindu youth working in every district of the country, with vigor and determination, demonstrating to all onlookers the great vision of a united, awakened, Hindu community, determined to discover a total Hindu renaissance. The tradition of the world is that people come together in a spirit of cooperation only in the political and economic fields, but never in the fields of social revival, nurtured by a purely selfless sense of reverence to the past. If we can thus bring about such pockets of inspired activities, the millions of Hindus in India will draw a new inspiration and start their own seva independently, in their own individual environments. Will the Hindu youth come forward to suffer and strive for rebuilding their own community, and therefore their own nation? Just because you have accepted me as your President, you cannot sit back and hope that this sick, old man will accomplish any spectacular magic. Every community will have to lift itself by itself. The necessary inspiration is to bloom forth in the heart of each sincere worker. They must draw their inspiration from their clear understanding of the goal towards which they are all putting forth their efforts. This we must achieve! We can achieve it! No doubt, we will achieve! With Prem and Om, Thy Own Self Swami Chinmayananda ***************************************************** With Love & OM! Krishna Prasad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Dear all, Radhe Krishna! I really appreciate the appropriateness on the part of Sri Krishna Prasad to have published the speech of Guruji on this date. It is, indeed, the duty of each one of us to follow Guruji's words in letter and spirit and act in accordance with his precepts. We should remember that preaching is easy, but practice of the precepts is very difficult. In other words, we should put into practice, every word we utter and every thought which passes through our mind. The sign of a good guru is oneness in thought, word and deed, and teaching good habits . This is particularly true of everyone of us, because we have different roles to play in actual life, in family circles, our job sites and in society at large. We are always judged by our actions and what we talk to others. Our thoughts, which are embedded in our conscience, we alone know. In the present day situation, the conscience is our best Guru, and if one is true to his conscience, he is true to everything else. Lovingly K.V. Gopalakrishna. adidaiveekam wrote: Hari OM! Dear Ones, Today is Poojya Gurudev Swami Chinmayanadaji' s Birthday, on this occation, how appropriate is the following message from Gurudev MESSAGE TO WORLD PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS Swami Chinmayananda To build a new edifice with fresh materials is comparatively easier than to repair an old, neglected palace, ruined by time and disuse. The mother of all religions, Hinduism, has a very firm foundation and a strong edifice, built with an extreme sense of beauty with many artistically built-in surprises. But for more than 1,500 years it has been neglected, abused, and misused, so that in spite of its heavily built charms and artistic proportions, today it stands as an ugly dilapidated Temple of Truth. To repair and rebuild the fallen columns is the work that is now facing the Hindu community. In this ugly edifice, living together packed in its limited living space, the occupants feel no more any pride in their sacred home, nor do they feel any comfort and satisfaction to be under its leaking roofs. It is commodious enough to house all spiritually minded religious people in the whole world when once it is fully repaired and rebuilt. This should demand the cooperation and the involvement of every Hindu family. Can we inspire the necessary heroism in the hearts of all and the necessary muscle in the Hindu body politic? No doubt, we cannot. But all that we need now is only small groups of inspired Hindu youth working in every district of the country, with vigor and determination, demonstrating to all onlookers the great vision of a united, awakened, Hindu community, determined to discover a total Hindu renaissance. The tradition of the world is that people come together in a spirit of cooperation only in the political and economic fields, but never in the fields of social revival, nurtured by a purely selfless sense of reverence to the past. If we can thus bring about such pockets of inspired activities, the millions of Hindus in India will draw a new inspiration and start their own seva independently, in their own individual environments. Will the Hindu youth come forward to suffer and strive for rebuilding their own community, and therefore their own nation? Just because you have accepted me as your President, you cannot sit back and hope that this sick, old man will accomplish any spectacular magic. Every community will have to lift itself by itself. The necessary inspiration is to bloom forth in the heart of each sincere worker. They must draw their inspiration from their clear understanding of the goal towards which they are all putting forth their efforts. This we must achieve! We can achieve it! No doubt, we will achieve! With Prem and Om, Thy Own Self Swami Chinmayananda ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ***** With Love & OM! Krishna Prasad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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