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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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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


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


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


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

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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

Swami Vivekananda

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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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