Wearing the veshti itself connects you immediately to your rich culture and heritage and reminds you that you are the son of the greatest civilisation of the planet.
The class was well attended according to Christchurch standards...20 people in the morning cold...most in sarees and dhoties....wearing thirumann on their foreheads...mostly white...very few Indians.
The importance of faith in a spiritual master was the topic of discussion today.
Good points came out in the class. the constant eagerness to liberate oneself is the most important stimulus for oneself to seek God. In that seeking, one need not get frustrated at one's inability to overcome vices, one need not feel guilty, instead one should feel humble and surrender to god and allow him to take care and accompany in the journey.
One should have a strong conviction about doing his duties.
Hope I follow some of these in my daily life. I should probably have the japa mala in my pocket all time and whenever I feel there is spare time which I feel is getting wasted i can at least chant!
I read a book on Gandhi yesterday. It is a pity that I come to know so much of Post Gandhi Gandhian movement in India from a foreign author and from a library in a foreign nation.
The book introduced me to Vinobha Bhave and Jayaprakash Narayan and narayan dessai and Bhoodhan movement and other such very relevant stuff which are still burning problems in post independence India.
sadly enough, our history books stop with pre independence Indian history. Nobody had taken any pain to teach us post independence as sixty years of experience has already passed with India not reaching any better heights than its neighbor, more populated but definitely more advanced than us.
Youth of today have to be taught more about leadership and responsibility and about the recent mass leaders and how they stood strong in principles. I am strongly convinced that Gandhian way is the only way ahead to solve problems of disparity India is facing now. the villages becoming empty, rising urban poverty, failing agriculture...these are all parts of a vicious cycle...which can be disrupted only by proper planning and concentration on policies which will not give victory immediately but will definitely make a stronger India.
I am now reading a book on Jihad, the shade of swords...a compelling history of jihad and its present state written by a Indian Muslim author.
Will write when I read more.
Hari Aum Tat Sat.
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