Message from Swami Sarvarupananda,Vice Chairman of Ramakrishna Mission
As we step into the 65th year of our emancipation from foreign dominations, let us all pray to the Lord who dispenses all our happiness and sorrow to shower His choicest blessing on Sri Lankans and to the whole humanity at large, so that we all live in peace, harmony, happiness and prosperity.
Also let us look back on the ideals and aspirations of our beloved forefathers who strove hard to build up a united, prosperous and peaceful Sri Lanka. On this day let us pledge to work hard to resist all evil forces tending to weaken the economically, morally and spiritually, and give our best to the nation on its onward march.
May we re-dedicate ourselves and resolve to make those ideals and aspirations a reality.
It is also our duty on this special day to pay our homage to all the past leaders of the nation, who dedicated their lives for the development of the nation.
I quote the convocation address given by the Guru to his students, after the completion of their education, before leaving from the Gurukula system of education.
May the Lord protect us both, may the Lord nourish us both, we both, work together with great energy. May
May the Lord protect us both, may the Lord nourish us both, we both, work together with great energy. May our study vigorous and fruitful in our daily life, and the love and harmony dwell amongst us
our study vigorous and fruitful in our daily life, and the love and harmony dwell amongst us.
He also blesses and instructs them, how to conduct their day to day activities in a community living. “By the grace of the Lord, always Common be your prayers Common be the mind, and be united in your thoughts Common be your councils, and be united in your assembly Common be your accords and be united in your hearts, Common be your aims and your deliberations, so that, you all live together in peace, prosperity and happiness.” One should grow in four dimensions that is 1. Physical dimension, 2. Mental dimension, 3. Intellectual dimension and 4. Spiritual dimension. The flowering of personality and ones satisfaction and contentment towards excellence depends upon the balanced development of the body, mind, Intellect and the heart.“Religion is the idea, which raising brute unto man, and man unto God.” said Swami Vivekananda.
If we believe in God that is the centre of all religions, and that each of us is moving towards him along one of these radii, then it is certain that all of us must reach that centre And at the centre, where all the radii meet, all our differences will cease.
On this 65th Independence Day Celebration, I pray the Lord to shower his choicest blessing on the President, Prime Minister, Minister and all the others who are working for the Country’s onward march in every spheres of the Nation’s development and peace.