Religion has its truth in its moral significance, not in external practices of imaginary value; its value is in upholding man in his life of good thoughts, good words and good deeds. – Rabindranath Tagore * * * * * The dreamers are the saviors of the world. As the visible world is sustained by the invisible, so men, through all their trials and sins and sordid vocations, are nourished by the beautiful visions of their solitary dreamers. – James Read More …
Freedom is a wonderful concept. But it is very difficult to be free in the real sense of the word. We are not free of our inner conflicts and our eternal fear of the unknown. Freedom is something that has to be earned by cultivating a mind capable of thinking freely, rationally and then acting according to our judgement with a clear conscience to do what we feel is right. It is much easier said than done. We are shackled Read More …
By Sanjoy Chanda The Brahmo Samaj was established on the foundation of universalism. There is a Vedic sloka which says: “ekam sat, biprabahudhavadanti” – truth is one, the sages call it by different names. Raja Rammohun Roy was a man of religion. We know him as a reformer and an activist. But the motivating factor behind all his actions was his great religiosity. Throughout his life he had been a seeker of truth, a seeker of the true religion. That Read More …
The Parliament of Religions, Town Hall, Calcutta (Concluding the year-long celebrations of the birth centenary of Pramahansa Ramkrishna) 1st March, 1937 Dear friends, The Parliament of Religions that is commencing to-day is one of the items, perhaps the last item in the programme of year-long celebrations in connection with the Centenary of the birth, or as others would have it, the advent into this world of Pramahansa Ramkrishna. This Parliament of Religions has evoked cordial responses from far and Read More …
By B.R.Panda Jogi Padmalochan Das is one of the four pillars of Balasore, Brahmo Samaj. His immense contribution towards founding of Balasore Brahmo Samaj will always be appreciated and cherished. Belonging to an orthodox Brahmin family Jogi Padmalochan Das followed all the customs and traditions of a Hindu family. He used to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors and performed all rituals, including ‘puja’ and ‘aarti’ in the Radha – Krishna temple in his village. But deep down in Read More …
Domestic News Adya Sraddha Ranjit Sarkar, son of late Ajit Kumar Sarkar and late Malabika Sarkar and husband of Smt. Suparna Sarkar of Golf Green Phase II Apartment Owners’ Association , 3rd Floor, Golf Green, Kolkata – 700095. Shri Sanjib Mukherjee conducted the divine service as also read out from the scriptures. Hymns were rendered by Shri Supratim Chakrabarty, Smt. Sumana Mukherjee, Shri Shankar Prasad Mitra, Miss Arunima Sarkar and Miss Atreyee Sarkar. A life sketch of late Ranjit Sarkar Read More …