From: rkrithiv@hopi.intel.com (Ramamurthy Krithivas)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.tamil
Subject: The Cause that needs you .........
Date: 2 Oct 92 23:56:39 GMT
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The  following is  the  editorial  of the magazine, Tattva Darsana,
published  from Madras, India. It  explains  in brief, the various
activities carried out under the banner of Sister Nivedita Academy.

If you  would like  to have further information in regards to this
organization, Please try to reach Sadhu Rangarajan at:

         Sister Nivedita Academy
         118 Big Street
         Triplicane, MADRAS 600005. India.
         Phone: 846135.

The organization is in the process of having its own printing press
and  library [Books, Relics : That otherwise would have been stolen
and shipped out of the country].

Your  contribution, both  monetary  and in-kind, would be towards a
cause that  propogates and preserves the unity and culture heritage
of India.

The Academy also holds regular summer schools,on various aspects of
the our vast cultural heritage:And it might just suit your brothers
or sisters or nephews or nieces or cousins. They could enrol in one
of the  classes  and know  more about their heritage, a summer well
spent !

If your parents would like to spend their  valuable time  towards a
noble cause [especially  if they are retired] please tell  them  to
contact Sadhu Rangarajan.

Also  if  you would  like  to share  your knowledge or express your 
opinion about Hinduism/India,do compile your thoughts and send them 
to  the  above  mentioned  address. It  might gain a wider range of 
audience that read Tattva Darsana. 

And now please read on ................................



[Begin : Editorial]
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                    THE CAUSE THAT NEEDS YOU
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In  the mid  seventies, Indian  nation  passed throught  a  period of
crisis  threatening  the very  Independence  won by the country after
years  of  struggle and   sacrifice. Total  collapse   of  all social,
cultural,national,moral and spiritual values  manifested on  one hand,
in  the form of corruption, nepotism, naked selfishness, exploitation
and  lack of  patriotism, and on the other hand, authoritarianism and
supression   of  democratic  rights  and values. The  aching of a few
patriotic  hearts  yearning for a way out  reminded us of the opening
scene  of  Bankim  Chaterjee's  Ananda Math   --   a voice wailing in
wilderness  seeking  a way  out, and another responding to the former
and demanding  "Devotion" as price. We felt a urge  to light a little
lamp with the wick of devotion to motherland and  the oil of the holy
spiritual and national values propounded by the saints and savants of
this land. We knew well that, thought this lamp could  not dispel all
the  darkness around, it  would certainly  help in lighting many more
such small lamps.We found many response from many young and dedicated
men  and  women, who joined  us in  this sacred task. Sister Nivedita
Academy, dedicated  to uphold the  ideal  of spiritual nationalism of
Swami  Vivekananda  and Mahayogi Sri  Aurobindo, and  named after the
illustrious  spiritual daughter  of Swami Vivekananda  herself at the
altar  of  Mother Bharat, was born  on the auspicious Tamil New Years
day, April 13, 1977. The birth of this  baby was hailed  and  blessed,
by a great patriot and national leader, the Bhishma-Pitaamaha  of the
Indian freedom struggle,Sri J.B. Kriplani.

He was not only a  source of inspiration to us, but also wrote a soul-
stirring preface to  Vande Mataram authored by this Sadhu and brought
out  as the  very  first  publication of  the Academy, on the Akshaya
Tritiya Day--the day auspicious for the worship of  the Bharathamatha-
on April 21, 1977, just eight days after the inception of the Academy.

The Academy  was  nourished and  nurtured with the blessings of saints,
spiritual savants, and  elders  belonging  to various  Hindu spiritual
and nationalist  movements. It received the enthusiastic and dedicated
support of dynamic patriotic youth of the nation who were attracted by
the call of "VANDE MATARAM".

The Vijnana Bharathi course was started to impart the knowledge of our
holy culture and spiritual heritage to the youth and instill  in  them
the ideals of patriotism and nationalism. Soon the need for  a journal
to effectively propogate these values was felt and TATTVA  DARSANA was
started  on Febuary 29, 1984, with   the blessings of  the Holy Mother
Mayamma of Kanyaakumari. Her visit to the academy on April 12 '85, was
followed by  the journey of this saadhu to distant lands, South Africa,
Mauritius and  Reunion. On his triumphant return  Swami  Chinmayananda,
hailed  him: "We need  such champions  of Hinduism who scream into the
sleeping ears of Hindus,reviving and revitalizing them in their hearty
consciousness of their proud past".

The  work of the Academy  received the  crowning glory when this Sadhu
was  given  the Deeksha by  a great spiritual stalwart of Modern India
H.H. Yogi Ramsuratkumar Godchild Tiruvannamalai  on April 26 1988. The
Academy and all  those associated  with  it  for  years came under the
spell  of the great  saint and have been receiving constantly the much
needed solace and  inspiration  for their sadhana of service. The Yogi
Ramsuratkumar Youth Association, started as a wing of the Academy,with
the  Master's blessings  is spearheading  today  a World  Movement for
Ramnam, to carry out the message of Ramnam to every nook and corner of
the  world and  to fulfil the  target of 15,500 crores of Ramnama japa
fixed by Mataji Krishnabai, the illustrious Mother of the Anandashram,
founded by our Master's Guru, Papa Ramdas. A news and feature service,
HINDU  VOICE INTERNATIONAL  was started  to enlighten Hindu society of
all that it is happening around them.

The Academy, a registered  public  charitable trust donations to which
are exempted u/s 80-G of IT Act[India], has  set up with the blessings
of  our  master, Yogi  Ramsuratkumar  Indological  Research Center and
Library to provide critical guidance to students from  the country and
abroad to do intensive research studies on the heritage and culture of
Bharat.The Academy is in need of its own premises to house its growing
library  with a vast collection of very valuable books,  bound volumes
of spiritual and cultural journals etc, and to set up its own printing
unit  to expand  its  publication wing. We  are  sure  of  getting the
patronage and support of philanthropic and spiritual minded patriots
for our noble cause. May the grace of our master, Yogi Ramsuratkumar
unite us all in this man-making and nation building mission !

Vande Mataram !

Signed:
Saadhu Rangaraajan.

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Thanks for your time and patience.

Krithi.