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This does not mean that new Smritis have to come into being, but that their interpretation should be newly oriented according to circumstances. Inasmuch as Hinduism has no common organisation or an established social form of administration as there is, for instance, in Christianity, the ultimate deciding authority in matters of doubt regarding the visesha dharmas becomes a little difficult to fix upon. A possible solution is to leave the matter to the heads of the different section of Hinduism, who will decide the nature of the case as applicable to conditions within their own circles. There seems to be no other alternative since there is no single Guru or Head for the whole of the Hindu religion. In the present context of social and international life, it is necessary that the wide reaches of Hinduism should be allowed to take effect without taking sides of any parochial nature, an unfortunate feature that can manifest itself occasionally due to the characteristic weakne...

Opinion  29./02/2016.  267. All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE : 5 A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! 5. STRENGTH & LAW OF PROSPERITY : The secret of prosperity, of course, would be to live within your income, to spend less than what you earn, and not go into debt. That would be the greatest wisdom in a nutshell! If you have not got the cash, then don’t purchase items—go without them. Yet, there are certain laws of prosperity which stem from eternal spiritual truths. If you begin to f...

Though it may be true to some extent that a study of Sanskrit may help Harijans in feeling a sense of elevation in themselves, and to this extent a study of Sanskrit may be regarded as very helpful, the difficulty cannot be solved by a mere study of the Sanskrit language. The solution lies more in a transformation of the mental attitude that people have towards them or they have towards others, which can be brought about by the spirit of education alone, and education cannot be equated merely with the knowledge of a language, whatever be the importance of the study of a language in the process of education. As for the Harijans, the required incentive can be provided if they can be made to properly understand and appreciate the value of Sanskrit literature as also the knowledge of which it is the medium of expression. The Smritis embody two aspects of dharma or the law : - (a) Samanya dharma or the unchangeable basic law of life which cannot be changed and does not stand i...

Opinion  28./02/2016.  264. All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE : 4 A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! 4. HOW TO CHOOSE A PROFESSION - 1. In deciding upon a profession, you must now take a new look at the professions and reconsider what professional activity really implies. It constitutes your service and your contribution to the welfare and progress of the entire society in which you are living. 2. Professional life is self-giving, is giving of oneself for the service of and benefit and...

To equate Hinduism with casteism is again wrong to the hilt.  In fact, Hinduism is no ‘ism’ at all, if an ism means a creed or a cult or even a caste.  The name Hinduism was not given to it by the Hindus, and this name was not even known to them before the entry of the Greeks and the Persians into India.  The eradication of casteism is quite all right and perhaps necessary if casteism means a fanatical sticking to outdated forms, meaningless routines and an unjustifiable social stratification derogatory to the dignity of the human individual.  But if the system of caste means merely an allocation of function to individuals and groups according to their knowledge and capacity for the overall well-being of the organic structure of the human society, it is something which cannot be avoided by anyone who has a proper knowledge of human nature, its ways of working, and its aims in life.  It is absurd to make it felt that Harijans are to be exposed t...

Opinion  26./02/2016.  258. All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE : 3-12. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! 3. TWELVE KEYS TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS :12. 12. THINK NOBLY- ( 12 & Last key ) As you think, so you will become, just as you reap what you sow. In the same way, you will ultimately experience and attain what you constantly think and feel. Your inner thoughts lead to outer action. Repeated actions grow into habits. Such habits become permanent qualities in your very nature. ...

 The catholicity of Hinduism, its breadth of outlook, is not equivalent to a featureless uniformity of approach like a common form of diet that may be prescribed to everyone in the world. The catholicity implies that everyone is equally hungry and needs food, but it does not mean that everyone should be served the same kind of diet. While there is a basic unity among fundamentals, there is an infinite variety in the methods of approach and the working out of the details. The principles of dharma, artha, kama and moksha as the foundational pre-requisites for an integral approach to life as also the most scientific psychology that is behind what is known as varnashrama dharma are enough testimony to refute the fallacious argument that there is very little that is common in the form of a prescribed formula of religious observances, obligatory for all. It is doubtful if any other religion has within its bosom such a power of absorption, such a strength of transmutation ...

Opinion  26./02/2016.  258. All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE : 3-10&11. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! 3. TWELVE KEYS TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS :10&11. 10. BE ABSOLUTELY TRUTHFUL & You must be rooted in absolute truthfulness. Even at the cost of your life, never utter falsehood. Never be dishonest in any of your dealings with anyone in this world. Be a person of integrity, of verity. Become established in truthfulness in thought, word, and deed. Truth is God. One ...

1. The influence of religion over the masses is definitely on the wane, since religion, unfortunately, has latterly tended to become formalistic, ritual-ridden and church-oriented, with its social rigidities, mechanised disciplines and an emphasis which began to appear more like an external pressure on the individual rather than a spontaneous incentive for the development of the natural spiritual potentialities of the seeking spirit. Corruption and such other pointers to personal and social deterioration can be attributed ultimately to a lack of the true spiritual sense among mankind. The charge against Hinduism that it is fatalistic is born of an ignorance of the scientific law of cause and effect, traditionally known as karma, upheld by Hinduism as one of its necessary tenets in the field of its vast compass. Very few, even among Hindus, have a correct knowledge of what true Hinduism is. This is perhaps the fate of the majority of followers of the other religions in t...

Opinion  25./02/2016.  251.  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE : 3.8 & 9. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION 3. TWELVE KEYS TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS :8 & 9. 8. REFLECT UPON IDEAL PERSONALITIES - Reflect upon the lives of ideal personalities. Draw strength and inspiration from their lives and teachings. Try to mould your life upon their pattern. Always have a great ideal before your mind. Think of it at all times-morning, noon, evening, and night. Develop it into the constant ...

In the third system, all phases of life's activities are dedicated to God. On an unselfish basis, man's duties are thus integrated. This is known as Karma Yoga or the Yoga of selfless service. The prime and crucial act in this system is the shedding of the ego. When the personal ego is completely abnegated, all creatures upon earth are clearly apprehended as visible manifestations of God, as moving temples in which the Divine is enshrined. The service of others then becomes natural and easy, and every act is performed not as a secular act, but as an act of worship. Engaged in the transmutation of dynamism into divine realisation, one may do his worship everywhere. The teacher in the school, the doctor in the hospital, the farmer in the field, the businessman in the stock-exchange, everyone engaged in professional activity, can transmute his dynamism into pure devotion by adopting a humble and worshipful inner attitude. In the fourth system, man is employed...

Opinion  24./02/2016.  247.  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE : 3.7. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION 3. TWELVE KEYS TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS :7. 7. PRAY TO GOD - Pray to God and ask Him for inner strength and guidance. God’s Divine Name has immense power. Repeat His Name always and remember him under all situations. Remember God constantly with love in your heart. Have absolute faith in your inseparable relationship with Him. Cultivate constant remembrance of God by seeing His in...

O man! Selfish works will not lead you to the Goal of Yoga. Only unselfish works will help you. Sadhana means something much sterner. You have to ascend the top through the hard way. But once you reach the top, you will drink the nectar of Immortality and Eternal Bliss. There are various systems of Yoga which I shall now briefly describe. The first is the intellectual system in which man employs his human faculties in a supreme exercise :- the realisation of the Truth. This is known as Jnana Yoga or the Yoga of Intellect. One listens to the expositions of the nature of God, acquires an understanding of the Reality, then by reflecting upon it again and again, ultimately, one penetrates into it through the power of reason in the depths of meditation. The second system is known as Bhakti Yoga or the Yoga of Devotion or Love. This is a very sweet path, one which is peculiarly suited and easily adapted to the emotional temperament. One grows into close rela...

Opinion  23./02/2016.  244.  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE : 3.6. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION 3. TWELVE KEYS TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS : 6. 6. ADOPT VIRTUES - Adopt certain virtues and principles and stick to them in all your activities of life. Never leave these principles. Never move away from virtue. These principles will be your true friends and helpers. They will assure your progress and ultimately grant you supreme happiness and success. Periodically make certain simpl...

A slender creeper entwined that tree and reached up to a great part of the height. It appeared to be strong, though it perilously dangled in the air. A greedy man, desirous of possessing honey, without much effort, began to ascend the tree with the sole help of the creeper. He was too lazy to cut steps on the trunk of the tree and thought that the creeper was strong enough to take him to the top. When he was a few feet above the ground, a violent wind broke the creeper and the man fell down and fractured his limbs. Similar is the case with those who try to ascend the tree of Yoga (Divinity), in order to drink the honey of Moksha, with the help of the creeper of Kamya Karmas (actions with selfish motives and desires) through short-cut paths. The path of Yoga lies along the trunk of the tree of Divinity. You have to improvise steps on it, with some effort, which is Sadhana (spiritual practices). You have to ascend step by step, starting with 1. Yama, 2. Niyama, 3....

Opinion  21./02/2016.  240.   Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE : 3.5. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION 3. TWELVE KEYS TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS : 5. 5. VALUE CHARACTER - Value character more than anything else on the earth. Be perfectly truthful. Do not, let your speech be vulgar or rude. Speech must be clean, polite, and joy-giving. Cast away egoism, pride and selfishness. These three form the blemish upon human character. They arise out of ignorance and greed. Ignorance makes...

Neither is Yoga a religious cult. Certain Eastern concepts do lie behind it. This is true. But these concepts do not have anything to do with the evolution of the science Proper. Yoga is comprised of highly evolved and practical techniques which may be applied by persons of any race, nation, caste, creed, church or sect. As philosophical definitions were being formed and as religious concepts of the Hindus were being formulated, the science of Yoga was evolved. Certain metaphysical concepts are peculiarly Hindu and Eastern, but Yoga which is separable from its philosophical and metaphysical background, is a science of universal and practical value. Yoga is essentially a spiritual matter concerning spiritual methods. It is an intensely practical approach towards the realisation of the supreme Reality, the very Centre of all life—God. And it is the heritage of all humanity. Worshipful Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj used to tell a beautiful parable regarding...

Opinion  21./02/2016.  235.   Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE : 3.4. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION 3. TWELVE KEYS TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS : 4. 4. CONSERVE YOUR ENERGY - Then you must conserve your energy. Never waste your energy in useless pursuits.  Too much talking and gossiping, aimless wandering, habit of worrying, losing your temper frequently—all these drain away your energy.  Give up, all habits that are likely to have an adverse effect on health.  Smoking a...

Neither is Yoga 'Fakirism', the impression that is obtained by many tourists and travellers, especially by news-people who, with a strong preference for the sensational and the fantastic, have managed to create the fantastic idea that Yoga is some form of self-torture—lying on a bed of nails, burying oneself underground, chewing or swallowing pieces of glass, drinking acid, swallowing nails or piercing oneself with pins and needles.  This has nothing to do with Yoga, and real Yogins have nothing to do with all this. Neither is Yoga any weird ceremonial or peculiar rite.  It is not hedonism. It is not paganism. It is not palmistry.  It is not prophesying.  It is not astrology.  It is not thought-reading, nor is it the dispensing of charms to ward off evil spirits or 'possessions'.  None of these is Yoga.  If people call themselves Yogins and then explain their Yoga by exhibiting any of these unusual feats, then they are misusing t...

Opinion  20./02/2016.  232.   Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE : 3.3. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA   Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION 3. TWELVE KEYS TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS : 3.  3. GUARD YOUR HEALTH : Now we come to the factors upon which depends the proper working out of your programme of life. Health is the key factor. Without health you can do nothing. Without health you can succeed neither in studies, nor in character-building, nor in sports and social activities, nor in home-life. Health is a mat...

2. *First and foremost, Yoga is not mere acrobatics!  **Some people suppose that Yoga is primarily concerned with the manipulation of the body into various queer positions, standing on the head, for instance, or twisting about the spine, or assuming any of the numerous odd poses which are demonstrated in the text-books on Yoga!!  ***These techniques are correctly employed in one distinct type of Yoga practice, but they do not form an integral part of the most essential type!!!  ****Physical posture serve at best as an auxiliary, or a minor form of Yoga!!!! " Secondly, Yoga is not the performance of magical feats.  I mention this especially because among the many misconceptions that abound about Yoga, this one is due to certain pretensions which have been made by fake Yogins—pseudo-Yogins.  Anything that is good is all too easily corrupted by perverted people.  At all times in the history of the world this has happened.  Behind th...

Opinion  19/02/2016.  225.  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE : 3.2. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION 3. TWELVE KEYS TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS : 2.  2. DRAW UP A WISE PROGRAMME : The second important thing is to draw for yourself a wise programme of life to help you to develop along the desired lines and to gradually attain the aim of life. Such a programme will provide a plan of action in meeting with all problems that face the young student, the growing youth, to deal with all situa...

1. In Sanskrit, the primary definition of the term Yoga is the state of union with the Divine or the experience of oneness with the great Reality. Yoga, therefore, represents the experience of Truth, the consciousness of Reality, the union with the Divine. There are also secondary meanings of the term Yoga. Yoga is also a set of scientifically evolved and intelligently formulated practical techniques enabling man to shed himself of all the impurities imposed upon him by the nature of his body, mind and senses, and aiding him to concentrate his thoughts entirely upon the Supreme. Thus Yoga means anything that man may do to purify his lower nature, to restrain his senses, to direct his mind towards God, to come into a deep interior level of worship of the Divine and finally to realise his eternal oneness with the Divine Consciousness. The application of yoga is universal. It may be applied within the religious framework. Yet it clearly transcends religion. It ...

Opinion  18/02/2016.  225.  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE : 3.1. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION 3. TWELVE KEYS TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS : 1. DEVELOP A CLEAR CUT AIM : First, you must form a correct conception of how you wish to develop and perfect yourself. You must cultivate a clear-cut idea of what you want to become. This will give you a definite and clear-cut aim in life. Without such an aim, your life cannot move forward powerfully and progressively. You will be pulled in ...

"This is the bridge of life, O Meza.  All these being are trying to cross the bridge to the other side. But very few, as you see, are able to do so. Why? Because there are so many trap-doors hidden in the bridge. They open downward into the stream so that most people are plunged into the water and washed away. Those who really want to reach the other side are rare. And of these, few are vigilant and careful enough to avoid all the pitfalls on the way. Great is the rejoicing on the other side when one or two are able to do so." Then the vision fades. Remember "The Vision of Meza." Be diligent. Keep your gaze ever fixed upon the goal and avoid the pitfalls through discrimination. Rush not towards the merely pleasant. Move towards the good even though it is hard! Then, Mind Your Own Business! Attain the Atmic experience. And reach life’s goal. You have heard these ideas. Now ponder upon them. Reflect over them. Do not allow ...