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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER2011
DURGASTHAMI
VIJAYA DASHAMI CELEBRA-
TION.
SURYA KIRAN A SELF
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME
FOR STUDENTS
GANAPATHI HOMAM AND SRI
CHAKRA PUJA.
DEEPAWALI CELEBRATION
AYURVEDIC CONSULTATION.
SRI GIRISHJIS SATSANGH
ON LALITA SAHASRANAMA
OctoberNovember 2011 Volume 1 Issue
VISHWA BHANUVISHWA BHANUVISHWA BHANUVISHWA BHANU
Satyam Vada, Dharma chara
A Bi-monthly bulletin of Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation
From the Directors penFrom the Directors penFrom the Directors penFrom the Directors pen
We have just passed through the glorious nine days worsh
of Mother as Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati, as Shakti, the wiel
of power, as the love incarnate Mother of the Universe and as
VidyaVidyaVidyaVidya, the Goddess of learning. These three aspects of motherhood
encompass all the different aspects of human existence and strugg
It is the occasion to invoke VidyaVidyaVidyaVidya in us and drive away AvidyaAvidyaAvidyaAvidya. I
the eradication of Avidya and the reinforcement of VidyaVidyaVidyaVidya in our
lives, lies the essence of true Indian education. A man of true edu
tion looking around him should be able to realise that the so called
phenomenal world of names and forms is nothing but a BommakoBommakoBommakoBommako
varying expressions of one Infinite Self.
This is the only way to break down the man-made barrier
Inculcating this ethical idealism in our youth is of paramount
importance to keep the Indian society from going astray. Let us
learn to capture that vision ofOneness.Oneness.Oneness.Oneness. - the message of the DurgDurgDurgDurg
PujaPujaPujaPuja in our daily lives and share it with one and all.share it with one and all.share it with one and all.share it with one and all.
Be the witness and do notBe the witness and do notBe the witness and do notBe the witness and do not
react, only thus can you be happreact, only thus can you be happreact, only thus can you be happreact, only thus can you be happ
Swami Vivekananda.Swami Vivekananda.Swami Vivekananda.Swami Vivekananda.
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OctoberNovember 2011 Volume 1 Issue
NAVARATHRI CELEBRATION
On Astami day of Navarathri, several
local well wishers came to AnandaDham rendered bhajans in praise of
Devi. Sishuvihar students and all the
children from the locality came with
their bundle of books to be kept for
puja at the feet of Mother Saraswathi
It is believed that if the books are
kept at the feet of Mother Saraswathi
during the Pustaka Puja days of
Durgastami and Mahanavami they would
be blessed by Mother and do very wellin studies.
VIDYARAMBHAM
From early morning toddlers were
brought by their parents for the
Vidyarambham on Vijayayadasami day
ceremony. Mananeeya Lakshmi didi
performed the ceremony for many
toddlers. All the Sishuvihar children
did their vidyarambha by writing thetraditional Ganapathi invocation
Harisree Ganapathaye Namah on
rice kept in plates before them and
then took back their books which
they had placed in front of Devi
Saraswathi on the Astami Day. Elder
children too followed the same proce-
dure. Mananeeya Lakshmi Didi had to
go to a temple and also to Sri Sai
Vidya Bhavan for Vidyarambha cere-mony.
CELEBRATION OF VIJAYA DASHAMI
Satyam Vada, Dharma chara
Our ideal is the Brahmin of spiritual culture and renunciation, the ideal
Brahmin-ness in which worldliness is altogether absent and true wisdom is
abundantly present Swami Vivekananda
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DEEPAVALI / KUTUMBA YOGAM
OctoberNovember 2011 Volume 1 Issu
SURYA KIRAN
Self Improvement Programme
On 8th Oct2011 ten children from four different
schools viz Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Sai Vidya Bhavan,
Phoenix Public School and Amrita Vidyalayam,
attended the Surya Kiran Self- improvement
programme on pursuit of excellence.
11th Oct2011 was Poornima day. The regular monthly
Ganapathi Homam and Srichakra Puja were conducted
by students of Gurupadam in the morning. In the
evening there was Vishnusahasranama archana.
On 26th Oct ober 2011, Deepa
Day, Sevanjali Trust, Kodungal
conducted a day long Kutumba Sammeat our campus. About 500 people attend
Man. Didi inaugurated the Samme
Morning session had talks by vari
guests and the evening session consis
of cultural programmes by children
Bharatiya Vidya Niketan, Vyasa Vidyal
and Amrita Vidyalaya. At the onset
sandhya, the whole of Ananda dhamam c
pus was lit with oil lamps by our inmates
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Give this life for the service of others , then I shall know that your coming
here has not been in vain
Swami Vivekananda
OctoberNovember 2011 Volume 1 Issue 4Satyam Vada, Dharma Chara
On the 29th, Sri Gireeshji released thebrochure of Sri Vidya devotees conference to be
held on 10th and 11th December 2011 at
Ananda dham
On the 29th and 30th of October
2011 ( Saturday and Sunday ) Sri
L. Gireesh Kumar conducted the
regular study classes on Sri Lalitha
Sahasranama. About fifty devotees
attended the class on both days
inspite of bad weather.
SATSANGA PRABHASHANA
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH OF
NOVEMBER2011
POORNIMA PUJA.
SOORYA KIRAN (Self Improvement Programme)
SISHU DIVASAM (Childrens Day)
WORSHIP OF LORD AYAPPA MANDALA PUJA FOR 41DAYS.
YOGA SANGAMAM.
SRIMAD SW. NIRMALANANDA GIRIJISAYURVEDIC CONSULTATION
YOGA CLASSES FOR VILLAGE SCHOOLCHILDREN
YOGA CLASSES FOR LADIES
OctoberNovember 2011 Volume 1 Issue 4
Satyam Vada, Dharma chara
Anybody comes to you for vain dispute, politely withdraw yourself.SSSSwwwwaaaammmmiiii VVVViiiivvvveeeekkkkaaaannnnaaaannnnddddaaaa
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POORNIMA PUJA
9th November 2011 was Guru
Nanak Jayanthi. It being a
Poornima day Regular Ganapathi
Homam and Sri Chakra puja,
were conducted in the morning
by Gurupadam Vedic
Gurukulam students.
What I want therefore is to introduce the study of Vedas by stimulating a
greater regard for them in the minds of the people, and to pass everywhere
the injunctions of Vedas.
Swami Vivekananda
OctoberNovember 2011 Volume 1 IssueSatyam Vada, Dharma chara
This is the home of our Ganapathi
SRIDHARA SMRITI HALL
SURYAKIRAN
SELF IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME
On 12th November we had Suryakiran class. 6children from 2 different schools attended.
A 3 hour workshop on observation power and
memory development was conducted for them in
our Sridhar Smriti Hall.
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I am superior to many , I am inferior to a few , but no where am I th
last , I can also do something
Nachiketa Kathopanishad
OctoberNovember 2011 Volume 1 Issue 4
Satyam Vada, Dharma chara
CHILDRENS DAY CELEBRATION
Tiny tots of our Sishuvihar weredressed in different attires,
representing great spiritual,
political and cultural leaders Of
Mother India. Sister Nivedita
and Chacha Nehru were
the two Guests of Honour who
lit the lamp along with Didi.
Children were made to speak
as well as perform on stage the rolesthey chose to dress up as.
After performance, each of them
recited a poem or sang a song.
It was a grand sight to see the tiny tots
spontaneous performance on the stage.
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Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevo-
lence and mercy in the world and thus , become pure and perfect ,
Be grateful to the man you help , think of him as God.
Swami Vivekananda
OctoberNovember 2011 Volume 1 IssueSatyam Vada, Dharma chara
41 DAYS OF BHAJAN SANDHYA WORSHIPPNG LORD AYYAPPA
Heralding the advent of Mandala season, from 17th November was
started a programme of house visits to organise a simple worship of Lord Ay-
yappa under the leadership of Susri Bindu with a team of four Vidyarthini in-
mates Divya, Vishnupreeta, Selvi and Preeti, two Samskar Varga boys
Gopakumar and Gokuldas and an elderly devotee from the neighbourhood Smt.
Baby.
For 41 days they have decided to visit 41 houses singing the glory ofAyappa Swami and singing His Bhajans, doing archana, puja and concluding with
chanting Ayappa Ashtotharam followed by Aratrika. They have already visited
20 houses so far. There was good response from all the houses.
YOGA SANGAMAM
On 20th November, there was a Yoga Sangamam for all the yoga students
who have learnt Yoga from this centre for the last 2 years. Out of the 200
participants only 36 turned up. The purpose of this Sangamam was to take a
feedback from the participants and make them aware of the forthcoming
150th Birth Anniversary celebrations of Swamiji.
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AYURVEDIC CAMP
Srimad Swami Nirmalananda Giriji
arrived at 1.30 pm. There were
about 150 patients who came forconsultation on 25th November. 2011
Consultation continued till 4pm.
There was no class on
Kathopanishad this time by Rev
Swamiji as he had some other
Important engagement.
SAMARTHA
We have been requested to conduct
yoga classes for UP & HS school
students coming under three
Panchayats. On the 26th November 11,
the first yoga class in
Koozhimutttam Panchayat school
consisting of 4 UP and 2 HS girls
schools students from classes V to X
was conducted by Smt Jisha Satheesh.
This will be a 16 hour scheme of the
Block Resource Centres under the SSACampaign of the government. Children
will be taught not only yoga but also the
other techniques of memory and
personality development and about life
and message of Swami Vivekananda.
There were 43 girls present. A 2hr
long class for 7 coming Saturdays will
also be conducted by our
team in this school.
The national ideals of India are renunciation and service.Intensify her in
these channels and the rest will take care of itself
Swami Vivekananda
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OctoberNovember 2011 Volume 1 Issue 4Satyam Vada, Dharma Chara
PDC FOR CHILDREN
Vedic Vision Foundation in collaboration with Nair
Service Society conducted a one day Personality De-
velopment camp for children aged 10 to 15 years at
NSS Karyalaya at Lokamaleswaram, on Sunday the
27th of November. A total of 25 children partici-
pated. Susri Bindu, Susri Divya Sri Sunil and stu-
dents of Suryakiran together conducted the camp
which won much appreciation.
YOGA SATRA
A yoga Satra of a months duration for ladies
(housewives) has been started in Anjapalayam, 3 km
from our centre on 28th of November. A total of 12
ladies have registered for the Satra. Classes are
held from Monday to Friday from 11 am to 12.30
noon. Smt Sarita Babu who has been trained by us ishandling the satra.
Throughout the history of mankind , if any motive power has been more potent than anotherThroughout the history of mankind , if any motive power has been more potent than anotherThroughout the history of mankind , if any motive power has been more potent than anotherThroughout the history of mankind , if any motive power has been more potent than anotherin the lives of all great men and women , it is that of faith in themselvesin the lives of all great men and women , it is that of faith in themselvesin the lives of all great men and women , it is that of faith in themselvesin the lives of all great men and women , it is that of faith in themselves ....
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SWAMI VIVEKANANDAS
CONTRIBUTION TO
NATIONALINTEGRATION
Dr. M. Lakshmi Kumari
There is no leader in our country who
has pondered over the health of our nation in
all its varied aspects as the illustrious patriot
saint Swami Vivekananda. His patriotism had its
roots in the depths of our nations spiritual
heritage, but his nationalism grew like a giantbanyan tree propping itself up on an infinite number of roots, covering the entire fertile area of natio
possibilities and potentialities. Added to this was his deep conviction that India has a message to the
tire humanity and that has to be conveyed through the lives of its people. That is what made him bring
danta from its Himalayan heights to become practical in the lives of the lowest and lowliest in the count
His meditation on the rock at the lands end of India added a universal dimension to his
tionalist ideas, confirming his dreams and aspirations on the role of Mother India as a JAGAT GURU.
we are celebrating the 150th anniversary of Swamijis Birth Anniversary it will do good to remind oursel
of the vision Swamiji has bequeathed to us and his very valid observations as to why we have failed
achieving what we should have.We all know that our national body is weak today with all types of disea
germs debilitating it at all fronts. One cant but wonder how could Swami Vivekananda, way back in 1century so clearly foresee this weakness and the consequent onslaught of the terrible disease.
The Indian nation is a multifaceted gem with its varied cultural traits, races, religions, languag
and so on. It is only natural that our problems are therefore more complicated, more momentous, than t
problems in any other country. But that doesnt mean that there are no solutions for these. The unfor
nate thing is that we all know the cure but do not have the national will to apply the medicine. The ves
interests that dominate our national scene today continue to project the diversities but not the unity
our people, further and further fragmenting our nationhood. Recognition of unity in diversity had been
uniqueness of Indian culture. Instead of discovering the unity and endorsing it through educational, cons
tutional, political formulations, attempts are made to deliberately keep the people divided for petty pol
cal gains. This is the double tragedy afflicting the nation today. At this rate of dispersion and disrupthow long can we hold to our nationhood?
The greatest torture to which our society is presently subjected to is the revival of casteism in
most terrible and endangering form. The occasion demands that we look at the situation through the ey
of the Master Builder Swami Vivekananda who foresaw this calamity and forewarned us.
During his wanderings over the country, after the passing away of his Master, Swamiji made v
sincere attempts to discover the strength and weaknesses of our nation. His aim was to strengthen f
ther the pillars that have carried this magnificent monument of this nation from ancient days and thus
the nation out of its enfeebling weakness. He understood that India is the crucible of a gigantic spirit
It is when the national body is weak
that all sorts of disease germs,in the political state of the race or
in its social state, in its educational o
intellectual state, crowd into the sys
tem and produce disease
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amalgamation and the benefits of this must be shared by the entire mankind. Scattered throughout the
Vivekananda literature we find his well-considered observations on both the positive and negative aspects
of casteism and other national problems. It would be a good education for all of us to recall some of his
very valid observations in order to face the challenges which threaten to tear apart our centuries old so-cial fabric. Even if the maddening crowd is not willing to listen to it, at least those who have not yet lost
their sanity would certainly gain through this exercise.
Swami Vivekanandas perceptions take us back to the very root of our problem. When comparing it
with the European civilization he says, inter alia, The object of the peoples of Europe is to exterminate
all in order to live themselves. The aim of the Aryan is to raise all to their own level, nay even to a
higher level than themselves. The means of the European civilization is the sword; of the Aryans,
the division into various Varnas (natural castes). This system of division into varnas is the stepping
stone to civilization, making one rise higher and higher in proportion to ones learning and culture. In
Europe it is everywhere victory to the strong and death to the weak. In the land of Bharata every
social rule is for the protection of the weak.Clarifying further he adds: The institution of caste has always been very flexible to ensure a
healthy uprise of the races very low in the place of culture. It put, theoretically at least, the whole
of India under the guidance - not of wealth, nor of the sword but of intellect chastened and con-
trolled by spirituality.
Institutions such as these were necessary to protect our nationhood in those bygone days. Those
which have outlived their purpose must now die a natural death. Swamiji points out that it is refusing to
give up privileges that has been the ruin of the caste system. This can now be hastened in two ways; the
higher reiterating the spiritual ONENESSand extending their hands of sympathy and help, the lower
putting all-out efforts to suffuse themselves with a new confidence and strength that modernism can pro-
vide and coming out of the throes of caste stigma. They must show a readiness and willingness to breakopen their shackles in the larger interests of themselves and the nation rather than be fooled into accept-
ing backwardness as a treasure to be perpetuated for ever.
Whatever we any do at the social or political levels, in the final analysis, it is the individuals or
groups sincere effort alone that will bring strength and dignity. Without the concerted effort from both
sides, focused on the vision of the whole, we would only be widening the gulf with every succeeding genera-
tion, plunging our nation deeper and deeper in to the abyss of perennial class/caste conflicts and confron-
tations. We must have a very tall leader like Swamiji to take us out of this deep abyss.
Only when spiritually viewed does life show its totality, wholeness and dynamism. Nurturing the
spiritual awareness and aspirations of our people is the only sure remedy that Swami Vivekananda pre-
scribes for our national malady. All evils come relying on differences. All good comes from faith inequality, in the underlying sameness and oneness of things.Giving up religion and along with it spiritual
aspirations of man, is not the remedy. Swamiji points out that religion must be kept within its proper
limits and society must be given the freedom to grow. He further adds, All the reformers in India
made the serious mistake of holding religion accountable for all the horrors of priest craft and de-
generation of society and went forth to pull down the indestructible structure; and what was the re-
sult? Failure. Caste is simply a crystallized social institution which after doing its service is now fill-
ing the atmosphere of India with its stench; and it can only be removed by giving back to the people
their lost social identity.
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This same mistake is being repeated today as well and the results are for all to see. To nourish tr
secular instincts in one and all and eradicate fanatic sentiments and approaches, a universal spiritual dime
sion must be stressed upon in every aspect of our national life. Real secularism is unfortunately gett
transformed into pseudo-secularism adding its own share to the stench.Swami Vivekananda was extremely averse to the idea of caste as a hereditary system which he kn
hinders mans progress. On the other hand he could also find some intrinsic worth in the intellectual cat
gorization of the people so that entire groups of people could be helped and supported in every way
move forward.
In this progress Swamiji aimed not only for economic or political freedom but also for a moral, c
tural, intellectual and spiritual kinship based on true freedom of mind. He believed in leveling up and not
leveling down.
Variations in capacity and occupation cant be ruled out or eradicated by any number of constit
tional means. They must remain in the society to make it richer, dynamic, ever moving forward. At the sam
time Swamiji reminds us that our mission is for the destitute, the poor and the illiterate peasanand laboring classes and if after everything has been done for them first, if there is spare ti
then only for the gentry
One must raise oneself by ones own exertionthis holds good in all spheres.
In that lies the glory of mankind. We must help the less fortunate ones to help themselves to rega
their vitality. Swamiji adds his warning note when he says, But then you must take care not to set
class strife between the poor peasants, the laboring people and the wealthy classes. Make it a po
not to abuse the moneyed classes.
He was a champion of the cause of the poor, the fallen and the downtrodden and urged his count
men to correct the mistakes of the past by preaching Vedantic ideals to one and all, irrespective of cas
creed and sex so that they all can discover the essential divinity within.Presently, with questionable intentions, selfish motivations and wrong methods, we have tried
bridge the gap and the result is predictably, utter chaos. We have once again proved that even good wo
when carried out in an improper way creates a backlash which will hurt the giver and the receiver.
For the regeneration of India his Mahamantra was RENUNCIATION AND SERVICE. He cal
upon Indians to intensify them in all spheres of national life to check the erosion of spiritual values by m
terialistic encroachments.
Who will show the light? For that matter who has the light anyway?
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