Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Promoting intellectual growth of the devotees

[He urged the students to read books on spiritual leaders such as Vivekananda and Aurobindo and enrich their perspective on life... B.K. Krishnaraj Vanavarayar, chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Coimbatore...‘English education with Indian orientation needed’ The Hindu Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007] 11:18 AM
To link the name of Swami Vivekananda with Sri Aurobindo is a common practice in our country. Gandhi and Nehru are also treated as inseparable although their thinking and functioning varied widely. Such popular linkage does great harm to the true reception of the concerned personalities.

Admirers of Swami Vivekananda are legion, but only a minuscule of them has read the works of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. The majority are either unwilling or incapable of bearing the requisite intellectual strain. As a result, they never graduate from the traditional Shankaracharya school of Vedantic interpretation.

On the other hand, Sri Aurobindo's commentaries with evolution as the pivot find more audience in the Western world than in India. This is not a very pleasant situation. All neo-Hindu sects in India have a big responsibility in promoting intellectual growth of their devotees by advising them to read the works of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo. [TNM]
Prabhu Premi Sangh All World Gayatri Pariwar Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha Arsha Vidya Gurukulam Arya Samaj Art of Living Foundation Ahobila Matha Aurobindo Ashrama BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha Brahmakumaris Eshwareeya Vidyalaya Brahmo Samaj Chinmaya Mission Divine Life Society Dvaita Ashta mathas of Udupi Gaudiya Math Hindu Aikya Vedi International Society for Krishna Consciousness Kanchi Shankara matham Kaginele Kanaka Guru Peetha Lingayat Movement Maha Nirvani Akhara Mata Amritanandamayi Math (Kerela) Ramachandra Mission Ramakrishna Math and Mission Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha Swadhyay Parivar Sarada Math and Mission Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham Sree Dharma Paripalana Yogam Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra Satsang Theosophical Society Adyar Vivekananda Kendra Vedics Foundation Yogoda Satsanga Society of India Vishwa Hindu Parishad Saiva Siddhanta Church Sringeri Mutt Sri Viswaroopa Panchamukha AnjaneyaSwami Foundation Sri Ramachandrapura Samsthanam Jagad Guru Kripalu Parisat Simhapuri Dharmika Trust, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh

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