Monday, August 11, 2014

People are really good at heart?

You may not know this girl, but you should definitely know her. She is Anne Frank, one of the most discussed victim of Nazi's Concentration camp. She wrote diary during the concentration camp. She was just 15 when she died and yet even after being at Nazi's concentration camp she wrote in her diary, "Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart". I don't know what made her so strong, so different, so kind, so godly. The whole world remembers her as a character, as a symbol of humanity.

 I was in 8th or 9th class, I don't remember. We had a chapter in our English textbook, Letters of Anne Frank something like that. I was so inspired and moved by this little girl who was of my age that, i have this sentence stuck in my mind, and I believe in her. But there are times being humans we forget humans, and act selfish, greedy and become someone that is worse than animals. Rape, frauds, misguiding innocent peoples. I feel pity on calling ourselves humans. Lets remember this girl each time we ever become that creature who is worse than any living being. Lets shape this world the way Anne Frank saw it. Lets be the change we wish to see in the world. Lets be good at heart and be humans.

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Orator Of Divine Light - Swami Vivekananda

 When it comes to spirituality, very first name you would hear is the Swami Vivekananda. He is one of the greatest Spiritual Leader from the great soil of India. If you ever felt low in your life, please read philosophy of Swami Vivekananda. Here's something about this great personality.

Swami Vivekananda (Narendranath Datta) was born in Kolkata on 12 January 1863. His father, Vishwanath Datta, was a successful attorney and his mother, Bhuvaneshwari Devi, was endowed with deep devotion, strong character and other qualities. A precocious boy, Narendra excelled in music, gymnastics and studies. Born with a yogic temperament, he used to practise meditation even from his boyhood, and was associated with Brahmo Movement for some time.

He accepted Shri Ramakrishna as his Guru and started his journey to find himself. Within a few years two events occurred that brought a great responsibility on the young shoulders of Narendra. The first was the death of his father and the second was the illness of his guru. He had no job and had brothers, sisters and a mother to feed. In spite of poverty at home and inability to find a job for himself, Narendra joined the group as its leader. At the age of 24 he took vow to remain sanyasee and thereby Narendra become Vivekananda.

Vivekananda found himself and decided to preach people the vedic philosophies and the knowledge of atman.  He decided to explore India and know what are the problems the masses facing in there daily life. Upon a very thorough study he came to conclusion that the masses needed two kinds of knowledge: secular knowledge to improve their economic condition, and spiritual knowledge to infuse in them faith in themselves and strengthen their moral sense. And to bring this into effect hi founded a dedicated organization, "Ramakrishna Mission" .

He decided to attend the World Parliament of Religions so as to spread the message of his guru's teachings. With help of the funds collected by his disciples and the raja of Khetri, he managed to attend the parliament. He started one of his speech at the parliament with, "Sisters and Brothers of America". To these words he got a standing ovation from a crowd of seven thousand, which lasted for two minutes. When silence was restored he began his address. With his speeches made him famous as an ‘orator by divine right’ and as a ‘Messenger of Indian wisdom to the Western world’.

"Awake, Arise And stop not till the goal is achieved." - Swami Vivekananda