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 * * * * * The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares. – Emerson * * * * * It is not the function of our Read More …
Summer heat is here, interspersed with, thunder-showers and rain. Human mind is a state of consciousness. Its behaviour is not always consistent or logical. Take for example the manner in which it reacts to the weather, or rather, its changes. Each summer we experience prolonged heat-waves in the month of the May. We curse them. When thunder-showers give us respite we enjoy, but at the same time we again curse when they bring death and destruction in their trail. Such Read More …
Rammohun Roy was born in West Bengal 246 years ago. We have read in our school history books that Rammohun he was the harbinger of Modern India and was instrumental in abolishing the Suttee system. Also it was he who uplifted the Hindu religion from its rituals and dogmas. But then why is Rammohun relevant today? Rammohun was the first Indian who was a liberal at heart. Rammohun founded the Brahma Sabha a place for the worship of the One Read More …
Book Release Programme 200 years passed since Ramchandra Bidyabagish, a scholar and the first Minister of Brahmo Samaj wrote “Bangabhasabidhan” a Bengali dictionary. To commemorate this occasion Sadharan Brahmo Samaj organized a Book release programme on 5th May at 6 pm in the Samaj prayer hall. Bangla Abhidhaner Dusho Bachar-O-Tathhopunji (1817-2017) written by Asitabha Das and Pradosh Kumar Mitra, published by Patralekha was unveiled by eminent educationist Prof. Pabitra Sarkar. He explained the Importance of dictionary and suggested Calcutta University Read More …
By C. H. Hunter The problem of world peace has two main features, the problem of fear and the problem of freedom. The main cause of the world’s unrest is fear; – how should we go about banishing fear and what will we substitute for it? There are two weapons that banish fear; Brotherhood and Freedom. We banish fear by believing in and practicing brotherhood, by having confidence in the good or higher part that we must appeal. This higher Read More …
By Sivanath Sastri Continued from last issue… The altered view of life necessarily leads the modern Indian theist into fields of social reform. If society is to be a tabernacle of the Supreme, we must necessarily strive to make it a fit tabernacle for Him. An old story about Lakshmi, the goddess of fortune, repeated by Bengali women on Lakshmi’s day, goes on to say that, there was a poor Brahmin, so poor that he would not get his ordinary Read More …