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VISHWA BHANU 1 VOL. 1 ISSUE 3

VISHWA BHANU VISHWA BHANU VISHWA BHANU VISHWA BHANU

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTHOF AUGUST2011

• PILIGRIMAGE TO KANYA-

KUMARI BY OUR SEVIKAS

• VISITORS TO ANANDA DHAM

• RAMAYANA SAMAPANAM

• INDEPENDENCE DAY &

SURYAKIRAN (SAMARTHA)

• VISIT TO MALIANKARA COL-LEGE, MOOTHAKUNNAM

• JANMASHTAMI CELEBRA-

TIONS

• SREEMAD SW. NIRMALANAN-

DAJI’S VISIT

• SRI L. GIRISHJI’S PROGRAMME

A Bi-monthly bulletin of Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation

From the Director’s pen From the Director’s pen From the Director’s pen From the Director’s pen An enchanting and enriching experience:

By the grace of Swamiji I was given a wonderful opportunity to st

Swamijis works in detail, when the most famous publishers of Ker

D.C. Books requested me to compile Swamijis message for daily re

ing covering the whole year, essentially 366 pages of Swamijis ins

ing thoughts, if necessary with a footnote or commentary. My fthought was, oh!! what is there? I can just pick up 366 quotati

and present them. Then came the detailed letter that each mess

should be one full page, it must include special pages for import

days, it should contain stories, letters etc. That brought the reali

tion that it is not an easy joke. First effort was to find out someon

copy down from Malayalam complete works. Fortunately one of

well-wishers Smt Padma who is extremely fond of writing came

ward, followed by another friend Sri. Sudhakar to check up with a

compare with English. Step 2 was to bring some order into the

rangement of thoughts. A lot of mental shuffling went on till a betiful pattern emerged. That was to arrange the thoughts, taking

spiration from the magnificent gateway to Vivekananda Literat

which Swamiji himself has provided. His famous quotation “Each s

is potentially divine……etc.,”. That brought to mind the picture

“the ascent of man” from small m

capital M, passing through the gate

and on to the ladder of Swamijis

giving and soul stirring message.

gate way first leads us to one’s own and then to unravel the mysteries of

world without. Then starts the real

cent through Karma, Bhakti, Jna

and Raja yoga.

So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold evman a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, p

not the least heed to them...

Swami Vivekananda

Janmasthami in town




Piligrimage:

On 4th April 2011, Smt Padma Adigal local well wi

er along with Smt Sulochana and Smt Parvathy – inmates

Vedic Vision, were taken to KanyaKumari via Trivandrum fotwo days piligrimage. They visited the Padmanabha Sw

temple at Thiruvanthapuram, Devi Kanyakumari temple, Na

raja temple at Nagercoil and Suchindram temple at Such

dram and the most memorable visit to Vivekananda Rock M

morial. It has left a deep impact on the minds of all of them

Samapanam of Ramayana Parayana

13th of August was the Ramayana Parayan

Samapanam day. A quiz competition for the toddlers

Sandeepani Sishuvihar, for middle age group children and

the high school children on Ramayanam. Samapanam end

with parayanam from Ramayanam and deeparadhana. All

members of the Ramayana parayanam group received token

affection from Lakshmi didi.

Look not for success or failure. join yourself to the perfectly unselfish will and work on.

Swami Vivekanan

AT KANYAKUMARI

AT THIRUVANAN-

THAPURAM

RAMAYANA QUIZ FOR ALL AGES

Sri Murali Mohan from Singapore visitedAnandadham and stayed in Kendrafor 10

days. He underwent yoga training and par-ticipated in all the programmes of Kendraduring his stay. Sonia , a French lady visit-ed Anandadham and attented our Jan-masthami programme .

RAMAYANA SAMAPANAM




Work on with the intrepidity of a lion but, at the same time with the tenderness of a

flower Swami Vivekananda

At 9 am all the children of Sandeepani Sishuviharalong with their parents and the inmates of Ananda dhamassembled in front of the auditorium for flag hoisting.

Adaraneeya Lakshmi didi hoisted the flag followed by Na-tional anthem. Sweets were distributed amongst all. Didi

spoke to the parents on the subject how the tiny tots could

be taught little , little things at home and motivating themto imbibe the spirit of sharing. The programme concludedwith Shanti mantra.

SURYA KIRAN (Samartha)

PROGRAMME

A Unique programme is designed to develop a groupof children who are studying class 8th in multilevel person-ality Development programe. The whole programme is de-

signed to bring out the best in them and make them Samar-

tha in all aspects of their life. Regis-tration for Suryakiran started by 9.15

am. 10 students from 3 schools came.Formal inauguration with deepa prajwa-

lan by Lakshmi didi was at 10 30 am.

Both didi and Sudhakarji took classesfor the children. Informal introductionsession was taken by Su. Sutapa. The

programme ended at 12.45 with Shanthi

mantra. Due to Onam vacations, manychildren couldn't not take part.

VISIT TO MALIANKARA COLLEGE

Lakshmi didi and Sudhakarji were invited to talk to the stu-dents of NSS unit at Maliankara college in Moothakunnamon 20th August. There were 150 students from the second

year degree. Didi delivered a talk based on Vishwa Bhanu

exhibition (PowerPoint presentation) on Swami Vivekanan-da’s life and message and Sudhakarji spoke on Yoga and its

basis. Su Sutapa taught them a deshbhakti geet in Hindi. It

was a three hour programme.

NSS CAMP STUDENTS– MALIYANKARA

NATIONAL ANTHEM AFTER FLAG HOISTING

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION BY THE

TINY TOTS OF SANDEEPANI SISHUVIHAR




JANMASHTAMI CELEBRATIONS

On the 21st of August the whole town of Ko-

dungallur wore a festive look .. At Ananda dham, in

the morning there was a grand demonstration of little

Krishnas on stage. All the Sandeepani Sishuvihar

children as well as other children of same age be-

came little krishnas there by creating Mini Vrinda-

vanam at Ananda Dham. There were bhajan compe-

tition too for the senior children. Lastly before the dis-tribution of prasadam all the mothers with their little

Krishnas danced to glory in a circle to the song of

Krishna. The whole atmosphere was charged with

vibration of these Krishna Bhajans and the joy ema-

nating from in the minds of all the participants.

Each little Krishna with the help of their mother and father plan

a Tulsi sapling in the Vrindavanam Park of Anandadham as a symb

gesture. From afternoon onwards there was a continuous flow of child

mostly between age group of 5 years to 12 years in Ananda dham. Th

parents and relatives dressed them up as Krishnas, Radhas or Gopiand then they were taken to the main town in a procession.

I promise to take care of this Tulsi sapling which

I am planting so that it will also grow into a healthy plant

First, have faith in yourselves. Know that though one may be a little bubble and another may be a mountain-h

wave, yet behind both the bubble and the wave there is the infinite ocean. Therefore there is hope for every o

There is salvation Swami Vivekanan



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For two consecutive days on 27 th and 28th

August, Sri L.Girish Kumarji delivered talk

on Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam.70 people

attended the classes.

LAST WEEK OF AUGUST

Sreemad Swami Nirmalananda Giriji visited Anandadham on the 26th,fourth Fri-

day of this month. Fifty patients had their medical consultation .




HIGHLIGHTS IN THE MONTHOF SEPTEMBER 2011

• GANESH CHATURTHI IN

ANANDADHAM

• SEMINAR—VIGNANA SA-

DASU

• ONAM-PUDAVA TO NEEDY

LADIES

• UNIVERSAL BROTHER-

HOOD DAY PROGRAMME

• STUDY TOUR BY STU-

DENTS OF M.P.S.

NADAVARAMBU TO KEN-

DRA

•SREEMAD SWAMINIRMALANANDA GI-

RIJII’S VISIT

• SRI GIRISHJI’S PRO-

GRAMME

• NAVARATHRI STARTS!

FOR WHAT AM I, WHAT WAS I EVER, BUT A TOOL IN HIS HANDS

Swami Vivekana




On 1st September Children of

Sandeepani Sishuvihar were brought

by their mothers early in the morn-

ing to be present for the Ganapathi

homam on the occasion of Ganesha

Chaturthi. After puja, all the mothersgot busy in making pookolam – to

welcome the Thiru Onam. Three stu-

dents from LKG, Nakshatra dressed

as Mahabali and Anagha Bose

dressed as Vamana and Kartik as a

Brahmin boy were made to enact as

the real King Mahabali who was

blessed and assured by Vamana,

that he could come to see his beloved subjects once in a year. Keralites believe that every year

during Thiru Onam, their most adorable King Mahabali visits them and hence they celebrate his

arrival by beautifully decorating their houses with pookolam and wearing new dresses as well aspreparing onasadya and having community feasts.

Chidren of those ancient Aryans, through the grace of the Lord may you have the

same pride, may that faith in your ancestors come into your blood, may it become a

part and parcel of your lives, may it work towards the salvation of the world!

Ganesha Chaturthi




VIJNANA SADAS

On the 4th of September there was a one day seminar

‘Vijnana Sadas – A knowledge initiative organized jointly byPrabhakaram Foundation and Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vi-

sion Foundation, Kodungallur. The programme was inaugurat-

ed by Revered Lakshmi Didi. Her inaugural address was on

the topic ‘Eternal values for a changing society’. Eminent

speakers like Dr.C. Suresh Kumar, Dr. Induchoodan, P. K.

Ravindran, Adv. V. Ratnakaran , Dr. T Vijayan, Sri Sreekuma-

ran Namboothiri and Sri. V.K Prasannan were present. The

topics that were covered by the speakers as follows:-

Changing Lifestyles and Challenges, Environmental issues—

Perspectives and solutions, An ethical approach to Village Models, Challenges of modern

times—A value based

approach, Values depicted in Puranas and Itihasas, Traditions

and Faith– Concepts and Practice and Oriental Life Sciences–

Relevance in modern era.

The aim of this seminar was to bring together people with a

flare to acquire knowledge and who are willing to contribute

their part by taking up social activities / projects which will

act as catalysts for finding solutions to the problems of our

times as well as those of the next generation. This interaction

is expected to pave way for developing a knowledge centre for

all like minded activities and develop a community for holistic

living practices. Fifty people participated in the seminar.

ONAM PUDAVA TO NEEDY LADIES: We have been giving

onam kits(food items) for the last many years on the occasion

of Onam. For a change this year instead of kits, we decided to

give sarees to the needy. Accordingly thirty ladies were given

Onam Pudava from Lakshmi Didi.. Children received sweets

and Swamiji’s photos. All the recipients were selected earlier

and they were given tokens so that only need persons are

cared for.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands ,

bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

Swami Vivekananda

A knowledge initiative




Universal Brotherhood Day

Universal Brotherhood Day was celebrated in VK Vedic Vision on 11th Septemb

Eleven schools in and around Kodungallur were approached for Elocution competit

in both Malayalam and English which involved reciting from memory any one of

two speeches of Swamiji which were supplied to them 15 days in advance and a Q

competition based on India and Swamiji. It being Onam vacation time out, of

children who were expected from 10 schools, only 8 schools responded. There w

54 participants in all. It was a whole day programme, with competitions in the mo

ing and the function after lunch.

The programme started at 3-30 pm sharp. Rev Srimad Swami Veerabhadranan

of R.K.Math, Haripad was present as Chief Guest. He gave away the prizes to

winners and tokens to the judges. Swamiji gave an inspiring speech highlighting h

Swamiji can be a role model to the children. He called upon the children to h

confidence in themselves. Great works have always been initiated by single perso

Hence one disciplined individual can alone do wonders if one has faith and willpo

to stand against adverse circumstances .

U.B.DAY CELEBRATION

Be perfectly unselfish, & you will be sure to succeed.

Swami Vivekananda



VISHWA BHANU 10 VOL. 1 ISSUE

In the morning of 16th Septem-

ber, children of classes IV, V,

and VI of Mukundapuram Public

School, Nadavarambu, were

brought on a study tour to

Anandadham by their teachers.They were told about Swamiji’s

life and teachings by Lakshmi

Didi and then were taken to

see the Vishwabhanu Exhibition

based on Swamiji’s life and

messages. Each panel was ex-

plained to them in detail. Children took keen interest in the paintings and

asked various questions to clear their doubts. After light refreshment

they left the campus by 12.30 noon. Couple of children of the class V stu-

dents were trying to draw the portrait of Swamiji within that short time.

M.P.S. CHILDRENS’ VISIT TO ANANDA DHAM

Hold on, boys, no cowards among my children.... Are great things ever done smoothly ?.....

I want iron wills & hearts that do not know how to quake… The lord bless you.

Swami Vivekanan




SWAMIJI’S MONTHLY VISIT & SRI GIREESH KUMARJIS CLASS

Satsanga & Swadhyaya:

Sreemad Swami Nimalananda Giriji visited Ananda Dham

on 23rd. After the Ayurvedic consultation from 2pm to

4pm, his Upanishadic class followed upto 6pm. About a 100

patients were benefited and 50 People attended the class

on Kathopanishad.

On the 24th and 25th September Sri Girish Kumarji

conducted the classes on Lalitha sahasranama from 4 pm

to 6pm each day. 50 people attended the classes.

Persevere on, my brave lads. We have only just begun. Never respond ! Never say enough !

Swami Vivekananda

Book sales Rs 4,236.00

Donations Rs 29,452.00

Patrons (L D Pa-

trons)

Rs 4,000.00

Yoga Donation Rs 800.00

AT A GLANCE




NAVARATHRI CEEBRATION

During Navaratri, we invoke the energy aspect of God in the form of

the Universal Mother, commonly referred to as "Durga," which literally means the remover of

miseries of life. She is also referred to as "Devi" (goddess) or "Shakti" (energy or power). It is

this energy, which helps God to proceed with the work of creation, preservation and destruction.

In other words, we can say that God is motionless, absolutely changeless, and the Divine Mother

Durga, does everything. Truly speaking, our worship of Shakti re-confirms the scientific theory

that energy is imperishable. It cannot be created or destroyed. It is always there. This year

Navarathri started from 28th September. Whole stage of our auditorium was decorated with bo-

ma kolu (Display of dolls). For the next 10 days Sishuvihar children will have their prayers on the

stage everyday. The inmates started reading ‘Chandi’ which will be completed on Vijaya Dashamiday.

Work, work, for to work only for the good of others is life. Swami Vivekananda




Continued from previous issue…...

SCIENCE, SPIRITUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

By Dr. M. Lakshmi Kumari

Today most of us, most of the time, live only

at the level of our physical personality, sensing the

world which exist only at the sensory level, taking it

for granted that there exists clear cut subject –

object differentiations. Even those who claim to live

at the higher conscious levels of emotions or intel-

lect are better only in degree. Man must learn to

reach out to his fourth dimension – the spiritual di-

mension – either delving deep into his heart’s capac-

ity to love, transcending barriers or raising himselfhigh into the realms of analytical knowledge and de-

veloping a new concept of Reality and a vision of the

Oneness.

What is of paramount importance in balancing

our rights and responsibilities in our relationship

with the environment is to understand that Nature

is the concretized externalized expression of the

same Truth of which we are all part of. Therefore,exploitation of nature and degradation of our envi-

ronment tantamount to degradation of the dignity

of human life itself. Ecological awareness which at-

tunes us to nature and her laws can have a profound

bearing on the sanctity of human life. The more one

develops rapport with nature and comprehends her

laws, the more one will be able to fit oneself into

the Whole, into the Cosmos.

Such a “systems” view of life is gaining wide ac-ceptance in the West presently, which recognizes

the continuous interactions among living beings and the surrounding eco systems, as

also the complex, yet natural interdependence that exists in nature. The intercon-

Whatever you do let that be worship for the time. Swami Vivekananda




nectedness, interrelatedness and interdependence that are being revealed at every

step are not only revelations of the facets of One Omniscient Truth but are also point-

ers to man as to how he has to rectify his mistakes and save the planet we live in. A

new approach to life and its challenges based on such a global ecological awareness or

in Indian terms ‘spiritual’ approach or in modern terminology ‘holistic’ or ‘systemic’ viewis very much warranted today as we are posed with the question of the very survival of

mankind.

In this vision of Reality lies hidden the mystery and mastery of creation, an

understanding and appreciation of which would make living joyful and fulfilling at every mo-

ment, a fact we in India had recognized, realized and practised since long. A profound re-

spect for nature and the wisdom inherent in it was the hallmark of Indian culture. It

helped us to see beauty, glory and goodness where otherwise one saw only ugliness and evil.

Tolerance became a by word in life. A feeling of genuine hospitality and warm friendship

replaced feelings of resentment and strangeness. Moderation in conduct, balance in behav-ior and harmony in activity followed. Ecological balance and social justice were the ‘natural

outcome of such a wholesome living in tune with nature – centered round the vision of a

Universal Reality – where the individual felt himself bound to the cosmos as a whole. This

became the ‘dharma of the individual’.

To sum up, let me recall the words of Schumacher, that renowned admirer of Ma-

hatma Gandhi who envisaged this shift in values thus “Wisdom demands a new orientation

of science and technology towards the organic, the gentle, the non-violent, the elegant and

the beautiful”. Drawing inspiration from our vast treasury of knowledge we in India must

be the forerunners in creating sustainable models of development. Gandhian model defi-nitely was one such model for all to emulate. But it need not stop with Gandhi. Every one

of us can create our own model to fit ourselves into the whole. But the transformation

should start with ourselves. It is such a holistic or spiritual outlook that education, reli-

gion, culture, etc., should lead us to during our growth and unfoldment.

An awareness of our unbreakable relationship with the entire cosmos and a deep

concern for everything around us is a must for all can reconvert this world into a healthy

home for all of us to live together joyously and harmoniously. Therefore the only prayer of

a truly enlightened mind should ever be “Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu” and we Indians

should strive to make it the Universal prayer of the entire humanity.

Never say, "No", never say, " I cannot", for you are infinite. Swami Vivekananda

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