Greetings.

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Dear friends and devotees,

 

Bhakti is eternal.

 

The New Year is the season of renewal and a time of commitment, a time

to colour our own lives with shades of harmony and hope. If the Creator

had one message for us it would be. " All this I have created for

you, take pause and reflect and do not corrupt or make desolate your

world. If you do, there is no one to set it right after you " . The

message is simple. We are all responsible, not only for natural ecology

but also for the intricate web of humanity.

 

In the New Year, we could pray with a heart filled with infinite

gratitude and ask " Dear Creator receive our prayers and grant us

both perception and knowledge of the things we ought to do and also the

grace and energy to accomplish them " .

 

Bless our centres of learning. May knowledge and sound learning flourish

and abound in them, inspire all who teach and all who learn to seek

wisdom to consolidate the web of humanity.

 

Direct holders of religious leaders invite those in their fold not to

embrace themselves while excluding others. Help them to see those of

other faiths not as different but the same in the gift of humanness that

you so lovingly have bestowed on every soul that breathes.

 

Evoke in every heart true love of peace, and guide those who occupy

places of power that free from limited perception, in quietness and

equanimity they may make decisions that fill the earth with justice,

prosperity and harmony, service and sustainability.

 

Let us see in the coming year on our TV screens, and in all news papers,

news of the end of terrorism, strikes and agitations, linguistic

jealousy and economical crisis. Let us expect progress in all fields

everywhere in this Universe.

 

Nothing prevents us from dreaming that we shall succeed through

imagining a world where all beings live in harmony, free from fear and

may all share in the blessings springing from the good that will be

done.

 

Let us remember that inner peace is a necessary condition to make peace

with those around us. From there it spreads to the family, to the

neighbour, to the nation and to the world.

 

Let us recollect the great scholar Jiddu Krishnamurti's words,

" If we know how to look at violence, not only outwardly in society,

the wars, the riots, the national antagonism and class conflicts but

also in ourselves, then perhaps we shall be able to go beyond it " .

 

May all be peaceful and happy. May all be free from ignorance. May all

be free from conflicts. May all be filled with infinite compassion and

composure.

 

Let us pray the Supreme Jagadguru Lord Krishna to give us more knowledge

to understand the essence of Gita and to elate our minds to follow

Sanatana Dharma in the days to come.

 

Let us all remember forever the preaching of Adi Sankara in

Bajagovindam:

 

bhagavad giitaa kijncidadhiitaa,

gangaa jalalava kanikaapiitaa,

sakridapi yEna muraari samarcaa,

kriyatE tasya yamena na carcaa.

 

Let a man read but a little from the Bhagavad-Gita, drink just a drop of

water from the Ganga, worship Murari (Krishna) just once. He then will

have no altercation with Yama (the lord of death).

 

Wishing you all a happy and prosperous NEW YEAR 2010,

 

With love and regards,

 

Sastry