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 …
The true object of religion is to bind mankind together and to bring them all to God. – Keshub Chunder Sen * * * * * All things are not ill and all things are not well, but all things shall be well, because this is God’s world. – Robert Browning * * * * * Give every man thy ear but few thy voice. Take each man’s censure but reserve thy judgment. – Shakespeare
Recently we have received an article with spiritual contents from a contributor, and we intend to publish it. Since our journal is in English there should not be any linguistic barrier for our brothers, sisters outside this state. We rather, welcome such contributions from outside. The topics need not be restricted to religious or spiritual thoughts, only thing is that these should be consistent with the ideals of Brahmo faith and do not be hurtful for our readers and admirers. Read More …
On this auspicious first day of Baishakh 1425, we are sadly reminded of the deplorable and ghastly condition of our society. All around we find a serious degradation of the human species. Humans have forgotten the essential humane qualities like compassion, tolerance and love for one’s fellow beings. Rabindranath Tagore and Shri Aurobindo, each in his own way, believed that human civilization one day would evolve into a supreme state when divine qualities would be an integral part of humanity. Read More …
By Sivanath Sastri Continued from last issue… We should earnestly seek, therefore, to establish the pure spiritual worship of the Supreme Being in our domestic and social lives. All theists should make it is a rule in their houses to commence the day with a short ritual of Divine Service and to mark all the important events of their domestic and social lives by the observance of religious rituals representing the worship of the Supreme Being. But do not rituals Read More …
Dwarakanath Ganguly’s 175th birth anniversary passed away quietly on 20th April, this year. A crusader for the plight of the downtrodden – Dwarakanath has almost faded away from the history of 19th century Indian Renaissance. Dwarakanath Ganguly born on 20th April, 1844 in a Kulin Brahmin family at a village named “Magurkhanda” in Bikrampur district, which is now part of Bangladesh. His father was Krishnadhan and mother Udaytara. His father employed at a Government office at Faridpur. Dwarakanath started his Read More …
Every problem is open to a spiritual solution. The process begins by recognizing what kind of awareness we are working from, because for every challenge in life there are three levels of awareness. Contracted Awareness:- This is the level of problems, obstacles, and struggle, fear contributes to a sense of confusion and conflict, we keep doing more of what did not work in the first place. If we remain at this level, we will be frustrated and exhausted. Expanded Awareness:- Read More …
“BARSHOSESH” & “BARSHOBORON” at SADHARAN BRAHMO SAMAJ Barsho Sesh Special musical programme was arranged on the occasion of “Borshosesh 1424” at Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. On 14th April, 2018 the programme started after a brief prayer offered by Smt. Sunanda Chatterjee. Smt. Chatterjee, through her prayer conveyed the message that the year which has passed also left many good and bad events and we should learn lessons from these events. The musical programme was conducted by Sri Jyoti Shankar Banerjee along Read More …
The Indian Messenger is the English mouthpiece of The Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. This journal is published regularly since 1883. This is an effort to publish the main articles and selected news online for the global readers. We also welcome articles and views from anyone on related subjects.
An inspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune we can never exhaust which gives us year after year a revenue of pleasurable activity. To have many of these is to be spiritually rich. -R L Stevenson * * * * * The individual, if he is filled with love of mankind, with breadth of vision, with courage and with endurance, can do a great deal. – Bertrand Russel * * * Read More …