»» Thought for the Week (Updated on 27 March, 2006)

People, where they are should never forget one truth, that is the celebration of life. Every moment love should spring. This is possible when social justice and equality are integrated into our community life.

Infact, religions all over the world have professed ideals in broader terms. But, the tragedy is the misguided religous propagandists miss the wood for the trees; they just get struck to the superficialities or dogmas forgetting the essence. That is exactly where they have gone wrong.

As the poets have sung

Where there is intolerance
Sorrow holds the sway;
Where there is tolerance
Joy reigns night and day

Happiness lies in self satisfaction. We have got to think more deeply about this.

Poets have been telling us time and again;

Mind is like an unbridled horse;
Go behind it only to force
Your way to ruin
Bridle it and you can go
To the real heaven

The only way to control our sense is through meditation "Pranayama" supplements that, Yoga complements it. If only we can forget the sorrows of Yore, failures of days gone and think of what we can do in future, certainly we will achieve a lot.

- Sri Balagangadharanatha Swamiji
Excerpted from "Shree Kshetra Adichunchanagiri" Monthly
Vilume 2    Issue 9    March 2006