The true object of religion is to bind mankind together, and to bind them all to God. – Keshub Chandra Sen * * * * * Only those of tranquil minds, and none else, can attain abiding joy by realizing within their souls the Being who manifests one essence in a multiplicity of forms. – Upanishad * * * * * Seek not your own life – for that is death but seek how you Read More …
Waiting is a vital part of our mortal existence and spiritual journey. Manusanhita says “নাভিনন্দেত মরণং, নাভিনন্দেত জীবিতং। কালমেব প্রতীক্ষেত নির্দেশং ভৃতকো যথা“ – Covet neither death nor life; wait for whatever time brings, just as a servant waits for the wage of his labour. We are forbidden to crave for earthly gains or to be too eager for enjoyments in the world beyond. We are to wait patiently and with detachment for whatever has our Universal father offers us Read More …
Great men have been compared to Janus, the Roman god. On the one hand, they face back towards the past, and sum up in their personality the accumulated culture of the ages. Yet their gaze is turned towards the promise of the days to come, and they already see in their hearts the vision of a richer, fuller life. In them, the past with all its strife and endeavour and achievement, its success and its failure, seeks a full and Read More …
By Sivanath Sastri We must bear in mind that modern theism, such as we are preaching in India today, is not merely a philosophical school like the esoteric monotheism of the Upanishads, or the system of Socrates and Plato in Greece, or of the Stoical philosophers of ancient Rome. Not is modern Theistic Church a body for mere theological discussion like the many conflicting schools of darshanas of medieval India, or the theological schools of medieval Christianity. Theism in modern Read More …
Annual Utsava at Bhawanipur Brahmo Samaj (Padmapukur) On 24th June at Annual Utsava at Bhawanipur Brahmo Samaj (Padmapukur) was celebrated in the samaj. Sri Amit Das conducted the service and hymns were sung by a group of female and male singers conducted by Sri Supratim Chakraborty. Sri Amit Das narrated the brief history of the Bhawanipur Brahmo Samaj (Padmapukur) during the service. A good number of Brahmos and local people attended the utsava. In the end tea and snacks were Read More …