We are fighting for a righteous cause – our right to live with honour and in peace – are not for the sake of self-glory or to rule over others. – Guru Hargobind Singh * * * * * Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God. – Emerson * * * * * You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. – James Allen
They say man is mortal. But this observation is valid only in the narrow confines of our existence on the earth which is just one of the satellites of the sun which is the only source of energy to keep the life, as we know it, going. This is not a great idea. This is a mere truism. Not only this. In spite of all our vanity that there has been a vast advancement of knowledge since the time of Read More …
By Pratap Chandra Chunder Continued from last issue… At meeting held in the United States of America, Tagore said, India had never had a real sense of nationalism even though from the childhood I had been taught that idolatry of the Nation is almost better than God and humanity, I believe I have outgrown that teaching and it is my conviction that my countrymen will truly gain their India by fighting against the education which teaches them that a country Read More …
Continued from last issue… About this interview the India Gazette of July, ,27 1829 noted : “An eminent native philanthropist who has been taken the lead of his countrymen on this great question has been encouraged to submit his views of it in a written form and has been subsequently honoured with an audience by the Governor General who are learn, has expressed his anxious desire to put an end to a custom constituting so foul a blot.”. The Gazette Read More …
191st Bhadrotsava 2019 Programme Bhadra 4th 1426, 22nd August 2019, Thursday 6.00 pm – Kirtan, Conducted by Sri Supratim Chakravarty 6.30 pm – Divine Service by Smt. Jayasree Bhattachayra, Hymns conducted by Sri Kaushik De Bhadra 5th 1426, 23rd August 2019, Friday 3.30 pm – Opening of Handicrafts Exhibition of Brahmo Samaj Mahila Bhavan 6.30 pm – Ananda Mohon Bose Memorial Meeting Speakers Sri Pradip Home and Sri Sandip Datta Bhadra 6th 1426, 24th August 2019, Saturday Anniversary of the Foundation of Read More …
Brahmasangeet Programme at Sadharan Brahmo Samaj On 13th July, 2019 a Brahmasangeet programme was arranged at the Prayer hall of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. At 6.30 pm the programme started after a brief prayer offered by Smt. Sutapa Roy Chowdhury. 10th volume of Brahmasangeet Swaralipi published by Sadharan Brahmo Samaj was formally released by Sri Asish Kumar Pain, President of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. Students of “Brahmasangeet Shiksha Kendra” sung 15 Brahmasangeet conducted by Sri Samir Das. Handwork Exhibition at Brahmo Balika Read More …
If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance. – Thomas à Kempis * * * * * Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole. – Emerson * * * * * For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we Read More …
We are almost in the middle of the year. But a question arises in the mind. Does it really Matter? Upanishad says: নাভিনন্দেত মরণং নাভিনন্দেত জীবিতম্। কালমেব প্রতীক্ষেত নির্দেশং ভূতকে যথা ॥ Do not welcome death, nor welcome life. Wait for the appointed time as the servant waits for the masters bidding. But it does not mean that ascetic renunciation will be our aim in life. Our father has sent us to this wonderful world to fulfil certain goals as ordained by Him Read More …
By Pratap Chandra Chunder Richard Church, English writer and critic, has called Rabindranath Tagore the “universal man”. To be precise I looked up some modern standard dictionaries to find out the meaning of the word ‘universal’ in this context. The recent Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary defines the word ‘universal’, as “affecting or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group”. Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary defines the word as “including or covering all or whole Read More …
Continued from last issue… The cruel custom of burning widows had the sanction of antiquity and the approbation of the Hindu people. The alien Rulers did not venture to touch it lest thereby they incurred the displeasures of the Hindus and stood the chance of losing their revenue and empire. The custom could have been stopped if the Nizamat Adalat had given rulings on the lines indicated by Rammohun Roy. No special resolution would have been necessary in that case. Read More …