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In Search of Questions

Vivekdisha: Knowledge in All DirectionsVol. , No.

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A monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order

started by Swami Vivekananda in

P RABUDDHA B HARATA

or AWAKENED INDIA



raditional Wisdom

Tis Month Editorial : Learning Science

Prabuddha Bharata—100 Years Ago

In Search of Questions Dr Chinmoy Kumar Ghosh

Innovative Science Education Dr N V C Swamy

Vivekdisha: Knowledge in All Directions

Swami Narasimhananda

and Swami Divyasukhananda

Importance of Vivekananda Study Circlesin Educational Institutions

Swami Dayakarananda

Vedanta and Its Message of Fearlessness R S Vaidyanathan

Swami Brahmananda

Swami Prabhavananda

Vedanta-saraSwami Bhaskareswarananda

Mahendranath Gupta:Last Days with Sri Ramakrishna

Swami Chetanananda

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vkd Yg Audh Smth, B-gluru, Innovative Science Education.

Vivekdisha: Knowledge in All Directions

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lg rmt r. T rprt uthrd Swm Nr-

mhd, AdtAhrm, lkt,d Swm D-ukhd, RKMVU.

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nanda Study Circles in Educational

Institutions r th ll-rud dl-pmt th yuth d cll r cr thr umr.

Sr S dth, tg tu-dt rm Hdrd, prt cpul h thught Vedanta andIts Message of Fearlessness.

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s a boy o ive, Rghunth rkhrmn,n th mt tut lgcn tht mdl

Id prducd, w kd y h wdwdmthr t tch hr m r rm th ry S-krt chl. Wh guth rqutd thtudt wrkg th ktch r r, th y, d-cdng t h m un, pckd up pc urnng chrcl ldl d kd ghuth t ‘ctch’th cl. ghuth hd ctr wth hm,ut h hd th prc md t cp up m th d lg rud d rc th urg chrcl t. udv Srvhum, th rputdmtr th chl, w truck ghuth’quck wt d rthwth rqutd h mthr t

put Rghunth undr h chrg r rml chl-g. ghuth, cur, w t gg t lt htchr d ll th qutnng. En h w ng

trducd t th lpht, h hd h rt qutrd, ‘Wh d ka, th rt lttr, prcd, kha, thcd?’ It wuld urly hv rqurd m ud-mtl lgutc kll th tchr’ prt t -wr uch qur, ut th y’ utur crr wuldt hv hrd r hm t gu.

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pruppt ut th tur th phcl

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wrk th ld’. ‘T tudy hll, ctg tl, cm duly wh w rgrd t, t crrct prpctv, th tudy thmt ct rm l th plt ur,’h ctud. ‘T rm, th z, th clur,

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chrd Curt w mthmtc wh

md th ujct trtg. ‘Fr r th ttc th Curt hu w lld wth wr rmud th p lm dmtrt’ Pltu’ prlm, whch wr ‘ urc dl c-t r th grdchldr’ vrl whm wtt ‘mthmtc d rltd purut’. Icd-tlly, Pltu’ prlm vlv dg th urc mllt r udd y gv cld ctur pc. A phycl lut t th prlm pr-

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abstractly, d prc t reectively; thr vurtqut ‘Wht?’ () th cmm tp,

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thm t tc hw t r lkd, t dttructur d rhythm t mmdtly pprt,nd t l hnd mlr wrld n rdr t tthr , trg d mprl.’

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Prabuddha Bharata—100 years ago

JNANA AND BHAKTI IN THE VEDIC AGE: October 1910

T he heart is the crowning glory o man. Man is man because he owns it, otherwise what dierence is there between him and an

animal. It is the lamp o Sattva that lights his mind and shows him the path to immortality. I there be anything in him, more than any other, to indicate his innate innite nature, it is the heart, and heart alone. Because it alone seems to partake o the quality o the absolute reedom o his nature, and will not be bound and thwarted by any law that this nite world can impose! Nay, it aspires to break down all the bars that nature hersel has orged or man, and soar alot,ree as reedom itsel! Thereore in it is the temple in

which the Innite Lord dwells eternally in man, and in it blossoms the sweetest fower that is ever accept- able to the Lord—Bhakti or devotion.

There is an eternal relation between man and man, and between man and God; and it is the heart which is attempting to assert the kinship, dulled though it might be by those extraneous infuences o the world that separate man rom his ellow-man and rom God. The result o such infuences becomes maniested as the Ahamkara or selshness in man. Thereore or

all purposes we can take this Egoism to be the causeo all this evil estrangement. But moments come intoour lives now and then when the veil o selshness

becomes thinned within us and the true colour o the heart asserts itsel in fashes o unselsh aection and real devotion towards man and God. …

An undeveloped mind loves to enjoy the physicalfush o beauty, its glamour appeals to his senses,while a developed mind with its long train o past experiences will set aside the claims o the surace-

charms o beauty and nd its satisaction only in the inner attributes o the mind. And a perect mindwill go beyond them even, nding them to be but imperect refections o the innite beauty o the

Soul, in whom alone is real and eternal bliss! Such a mind thereore will proclaim the goal o man to lie outside all attributes or gunas, in the Nirguna, the unconditioned—or their keen insight rends the veil o all name and orm, and kisses the eet o the ever-beautiul in the direct perception o the Mothero all beauty!

Such is the history o the evolution o the idealso man—rst Rupajamoha, or inordinate attraction

or what appears beautiul to the eyes, then the appreciation o the higher charm o the gunas or the internal qualities o the mind, and then the perceptiono the absolute unconditioned beauty, the Akhanda-

Ananda! And when a man has come to this stage, then alone is he able to love or love’s sake, or he sees the Beautiul equally in all, and thus becomes sama-darshi. Then, rom the highest God to the lowliestworm that crawls in the dust, he loves all, he eelsor all; he sees his ideal o beauty maniested in every

atom o the Creation! Then to him the whole universe appears ull, intensely, absolutely ull, o the Beautiul, the Lord! He is the Bhakta, or the lover o God. His Bhakti or love maniests itsel rst in the concrete orms, gradually rises to abstractions, and then reaches nally to that unconditioned state where he sees the whole universe fooded with the light and the glory o the Lord. The whole world then appears to be but the living image o the Lord Himsel! Thusrom the beautiul Pratik0pasana, or the worship



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o concrete objects that remind him o the Lord, the Bhakta proceeds to the glorious Vishvaruparchana,or the worship o the universe as the image o the

Lord; rom worship in little temples made o bricks and stones, he rises to worship the Lord in the stupen-

dous Cosmos; rom the worship o particular images,or symbols o God immanent in Creation, he learns

to bow down beore this Universal Image! These are the stages o the development o Bhakti

or devotion, mainly classied into the two divisionso the lower and the higher, the Apara and the Para.

Thus we see, the nal states o Jnana and Bhakti areone and the same. The dierence between them liesonly in the means adopted to reach that goal: The

Jnanin attempts to reach that state through reason or the intellect, while the Bhakta does the same through the culture o emotions or the heart. …

The man o Vairagyam being ree rom the trammels o selshness, views all as his own sel, i he is a ollower o the path o Jnanam, or looksupon all as the Lord’s own, as his nearest and dear- est in the Lord, i he is a ollower o the Bhakti path—or Vairagyam is the sine qua non o both Jnana Yoga and Bhakti Yoga. The path o pure Jnana

Yoga is not or all, as there are always in the worldew such heroic souls who can breathe the air o its dizzy heights, who can discard the body idea rom the beginning. Hence those ever-kind and compas-sionate Teachers o humanity who are worshipped

in India as Incarnations o God, have preached the religion o Love, sweet in unbounded devotion and tender resignation, which is easy o access to any devotee aspiring sincerely and earnestly or it. ‘Sweet is the Beloved and blessed indeed is the Creation in

which He dwells everlastingly’—that seems to them to be its keynote. One gentle touch o the Lord, onesweet look rom him, is immortalising. This appar-

ent misery exists only to intensiy the happiness, tosweeten the devotion, to draw the soul nearer to the

Blessed Lord. And the advice given, thereore, when the heart

smarts under the deadly blows that ate ever inficts,when whole nature seems to sco at us without any mercy and the world appears like a dreadul cemetery

void o all that is loving and beautiul, is to seekshelter in the blessed eet o one or other o theseIncarnations o God who were intensely human and intensely divine—the glorious Sri Krishna o thePauranic age, the ever-loving Sri Chaitanya o a ew

centuries back, or last though not the least, the im- mortal Sri Ramakrishna, o our present day, whose kindly ace glowing with intense divine ervour andwhose cheering words alling like nectar rom the lips that cursed none, are sources o unending in-spiration to all who have seen Him, or have studied

His unique lie. But one might well ask the question—without dis-

paragement to these noble ideals o God-intoxicated men—Had India not the good ortune to enjoy, even as early as the age o the Vedas and the Upanishads, this ever-burning, maddening love or God and His Creation that we nd in the later prophets?

Expressions o such intense devotion are to beound even in the Rig-Veda. In the eyes o those

noble seers (Rishis) o old, the whole Creation was enveloped in a hallowed mystery o the immanent presence o the Lord. To them every part o it and indeed every object in it seemed bathed with His eter-

nal beauty and every soul appeared to live and move and have its being in and through His divine mercy! To their beatic vision, the air appeared as the benignfow o His divine grace, re as the symbol o His purity, space as that o His innitude, the Vedas as His breath, nay, the very atom carried to them the presence o the divine love!

We nd thereore in their living prayers an earnest beseeching or power to appreciate that love which maniested itsel in this wonderul Creation—or

what else could be the motive o the Deity to have projected this out o Himsel, to have become Manyout o the One? A mighty wave o love coming rom

the Deity Himsel had spread its charm over their hearts, and His loving presence was realised by theseers in every object o Creation—in the snow-capped

peaks o the Himalayas, in the clapping thunder o the impetuous seas, as well as in the blue wide expanseo the heavens. BrahmachariTejNarayan



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In Search o QuestionsDr Chinmoy Kumar Ghosh

adviddhi pranipatena pariprashnena sevaya;

Upadekshyanti te jnanam jnaninas-tattvadarshinah.

Lrn t huml rrnc, ncr nqur, ndrvc; th w wh hv th ruth wll m-

prt yu tht kwldg.1

One o a g prc- lkt. tut w uchtht thugh I hd t th lt tt

jg th prc, I w crrd t. T

crwd w hutg lg: ‘ Bhenge dao, gurhiyedao; dwn wth t, nh wth t’, ‘dite habe, dite habe; w dmd t, dmd t’, ‘cholbe na, cholbe na; t w’t d, t w’t d’, d th lk. Fr pr lkm wh hd trd t th prc y chc,t w t pl t mk ut wht thr dmd

w r wht w t ruld ut. Out cur-ty, I kd m: ‘ Ki chalbe na? Wht t ruld ut?’ T pr gt rrttd d ht ck:‘ Prashna kara chalbe na; qut r ruld ut!’

t u tk th pth lt rtc; w jump th dwg lk tht pr th prc d d t lk rg qut. But w wt t kw ut mthg r crld dtl, w d t pr dp t th mt-tr rg qut. rtutl, mt u d tht. W thr lk t r qutr lk thr dg . I th ld duct tchr umg th tttud prt r r-u prlm.

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I hd th pprtut t g thrugh r c-dry tudt’ xmt ppr phyc. Hcurd mr th t- pr ct mrk tth xmt. H hd prrmg ct-tl wll t th r cdr ll t, wthrgrd cur t th mrk curd t th ttcductd h chl. H xmt ppr

hd l lutd h prt tutr, wh w qut rwd du t th r hgh crchd t r cdr xmt tudt ttdg h tutrl hm. Hwr, Iud ru lcu th ppr, uch pll-g d grmmtcl mtk d, mt cruclly,ccptul rrr. T mtk hd thr gutcd r hd grd. Wh I ptdth ut t th tudt h dmttd th mtk,ut xprd rluctc hwg thm t h

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tutr. O urthr prg I ud tht h tutrd nt lk ng qutnd, nr d h ncur-g rg qut durg h cl. I y qutv h cl, h r h dcurgd tly y th tutr ut y th pr wll, thy

l uch qutg ld t wtg tm. Stu-dt d gurd lk r hppy tht th tdcttd y th tutr r gd ugh t tch thmuch-drd mrk t th xmt. S, whc qut th uthrty uch tutr? r-r, th tudt r g rd-md t,th nthr thr t rd th mn txtk tmnd gn nr rw thrugh th lgrphc lt-rtur. Tugh thy r pld wth th ytm,uch tchr d nt rlz th r dng mr drvc t tudt th hlpg thm.

Oc I hppd t vt chl d trct wth tudt th urth tdrd d thrmthmtc tchr. T tchr w gvg l- lgth murmt th mtrc tm.

Wh I kd th tchr ut th ttu kw-ldg cqurd h tudt, h rpld tht th pupl hd lrnt rthng nd cl tt hd chduld r th xt d, h w w g-

g rv cl. T I kd th tudt: ‘D yu kw th rlt tw klmtr d mtr?’ All rd thr hd d cm ut wthth prct rpl: km = ,000 m. ‘Wht ut thrlt tw mtr d ctmtr?’ Agvrydy wrd prctly: m = cm.

T chl w tutd n th utkrt twnd I w curu t kw hw th tudt cm-mutd t th chl rm thr hm. I tht c-ct, I kd thm: ‘Hw r yur hm rm

th chl?’ Nw, nt ngl hnd w up. And thqut w ut dtc thy trd vry dy!Smthg mlr hppd wh I kd th tu-dt t gv tmt th lgth d rdth th clrm, r t tll hw my ctmtrlng wr thr pn. Fnll, I kd thm: ‘D uknw hw much mtr ? Cn u hw m urtmt mtr?’ Ty wr xtrmly httd t t ll rthcmg wth thr rpl. Wthm pru, hwr, m thm trd t

prd thrugh d lgug thr tmt mtr, whch w r rm ccurt. Wh thtchr w kd hw th tudt, wh kwth cr ctr wth xcttud, dd tkw hw much mtr w phyclly, h xcu

w tht h hd t prdd wth mtrcl y th hdmtr! T whl pd rgut ur tt twrd th prctcl pplc-t wht w lr th clrm.

On nthr ccn I wnt t th nnul prtmt r rwd chl lkt. Tchl w hldg th mt mll rctgulrld pprxmtl 0 × 60 m. A mu chl

whr tudnt h t g thrugh rl trngnttt r curg dm ught t hv gv lttl mr mprtc t prt. W m t hvrgtt th dvc gv y Swm vkd,

wh tld m yuth tht thy wuld ‘rr tHn thrugh tll thn thrugh th tud th Gt’. Nvrthl, cdrg tht thr h prmum rl tt mtr lk l-kt, w m t md t much th ld g mll; th mttr cug mr ccr w m-thg drt. I lmt r prt mt th

m rc hpp t th mt ppulr vt.T trck r th rc wr drw prlll t thlgth—ut m— th grud. T grud

w d cdt. p t th hudrd mtrhg l t w tll pl, ut yd thtt w trcu. Stn nd pthrd, whch culdcu jury t tdr t, wr trw rud. A m rc d t d t th hg l. Trur hd t rrt thr mmtum wth thvll t mtr r crg th hudrd m-

tr l. I th prc mt thm wr llg dw d gttg jurd. Ltr, I cm t kwtht th ch rgzr th prt mt w mthmtc tchr. Surprgly, t dd t ccurt hm tht th m trck culd hv ldlg th dgl th grud, prdg thuuf ct cuh yd th hg l.

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ctg wth th tudt-tchr th u cnductng quzz t chl, I ctd n xmplth llwg qut: I th qutrl rdu th rth , th whch mg th llwg th clt pprxmt t th dtc tw

th nrthrnmt xtrmt Khmr nd Kn-kumr: () /2, () /3, () /4, () /6. Ic-dntll, R = 6,400 km (pprx.), nd th dtnctwn th d plc ut 3,200 km. S, () th rght wr. Hwvr, ly tchr cmut wth th crrct rpl. A urthr pr nt thmttr rvld tht mt thm kw th vlu ut wr t wr th dtc twhmr d ykumr. Ty kw cuthy hd rd ut t mwhr. I thy culd r-mmr t, thy kw t. But th dtc rrrdt mght t hv dcumtd ctgrcllyt gl plc. It rqur th kwldg gg-rphy—r my lttl t mgt, wrk-g ck rm ’ xprc trl crId—ut mr th ythg l t rqur -tt twrd murmt d prctcl ppl-ct. I c, wr lk /4 r /6 rdtly cu r ccr.

Smtm ck n Klkt I w ltnng t urxt-dr ghur’ dughtr prprg r hrug xmt. Sh w rctg prtculrtc tm d g: ‘lkt cty tutd th k vr Hghly.’ I kd hr thr

whthr th th prcrd w t lrn tht Kl-kt ct tutd n th nk Rr Hghl.Cn h nt tkn t n th ght nd hwnth rr? Sh wll rdl rlz tht th ct lkt tutd t k. But th gtlm

rpld: ‘Yu d t kw. l h rprductht r ntnc n th xmntn ppr, h wllgt zr.’ O ct gr wth uch ttmt.A rl tchr cnnt prjudcd. Mrr, tudt h t d r h r hr cplty cmprh, t mmr. It m thtth r pych prt d gurd, whch

prclt t th tdr md thr wrd, d- rl ct th tudnt’ mntl tttud twrdth prc lrnng. And th r rmn n th

tudnt’ mnd, mntng tl n n w r ththr, thrughut thr tudthp tur.

All th cdt uggt tht lrr d t hv th tmprmt t pr. Tyd t qut. Ad mt urtutl, qu-

tg clrm grll dcurgd tchr. Tr r rl w nd mn whchlrr c cqur wrg kll—t dc-ttd n cl, rdmd nwr t lct qutn

prdd n klt ll n th mrkt, nd . But wht thy rlly d t mtr th qu-tg kll. O c thr culct gucntc tmpr. T cn utnttd thrughxmpl tk rm th lv grt pr.

Questioning behind Achievement Durg h chldhd, Alrt Et wuld mzd th ght mgtc cmp -dl lw ptg twrd th rth. H udt k why t hppd t d . H dd t gt tctry wr rm h tchr, ut t ltrtg h md phml ctrut twrdur undrtndng th phcl wrld, ncludng mgtm. Amg h thr rl qut d

mgnng, prhp th mt ntrtng th nrltd t th ccpt rltv vlcty. H udt mgn trllng n hcl wh pd culd crd dtly. I h dd up trvllg t th pd lght, h rd, h wuld lght cm t tdtll. H ught th wrt th nd mn rltd qutn nd ltr rrdt th pcl thr rltt, whch rlutn-zd ur udrtdg phyc.

Qutg d dutg ccptd l w

prt Et’ tttud twrd l. T rgm-tt t Lutpld Gmum, th chl h t-tdd uch, crtd hm dp-rtdcptcm ut uthrty grl d cdmcuthrt prtculr. Fr hm cptcm turdut t vrtu whch h culd clg t thrugh-ut h l. H ud t : ‘T tchr n th lm-try chl pprd t m lk rgt d th Gymum th tchr wr lk lutt.’

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rg qutg. Nclu Cprcu qu-td th gctrc mdl th ur. H

prpd th hlctrc hypth, whch w -tlhd thrugh th rtn Gll. Nw-t qutd: ‘D th m ll twrd th

rth n th m mnnr th ppl? Ar thr m-t gudd y th m prcpl?’ T utcm h prg w th url thr grt-t. Sr C m rd th qut: ‘Wh th c lu?’ H urg r wr t th dm thr mlr qut ld hm t dcrth m Ect. Durg th v yr h pt th Beagle—Dcmr 83 t Octr 836—th

ug Chrl Drw rd umru qutd kpt crrpdg wth lmt vry whh lt culd hlp hm wth wr. T mrch t-

wrd h thry vlut w jury xp-rtl lrg trggrd y vrl qut.

T urg r lrnng thrugh qutnng ntrtrctd t th dmn cntt. Tr r lxmpl rm thr ld xcllnc. Rndr-th gr dd t hv rml duct, uth w gvg t qutg. I hd th prvlg

vtg prtculr ct dr Bhv

Shntnktn, whr m th k rd th yug drth r kpt. O th k w cc d hd pg wth th dcrpt n lctrmgnt. A Bngl nt pnnd n thk y gr rd: ‘ Khub jotil bishoy, na dekhlebojhar upay nei; r cmplctd mttr, n cn-t udrtd t ul t.’ It dd rct h tttud t qutg d lr-g thrugh xprc.

Durg h qut r Gd, Swm kd

pprchd m ctmprr t d gd kd thm: ‘H u Gd? ’ T m-

prtt pt hr t tht rlgu l ut th drct th qut. htm Gdhnr prrmd n xprmnt n lrtr. Hdd t pck up cd d lkl rm ttl kptn th hl chmtr lrtr. prrmh xprmnt, h pckd th up rm th rlt l. H rd plty qut d ught -wr t thm rm th cr hum xtc.

Trugh th rl-l xmpl w tht nhuld t ccpt ythg wthut dp prg r wthut hng n’ dut clrd. Trr, h t tk th trul t qut.

The Scientifc Method o Inquiry T cntc mthd nqur l grt mph qutg. h mthd t rtrctd

wth th ur wll lrtry; t prmtth rlt hum xtc. T mthd d-mnd tht n huld mk und rtnd r prtt qut wh prlm rud. g prpr qut th rt tp th mthd. T xt tp t rm hypth pl wr t th qut; th hpth-, cur, mut ttl. T thrd tp ttt th hpth. Ad th urth t drw rc thr w ccptg r rjctg th hpth d th utcm th ttudrtk t tp thr. I th hpth c-cptd th th wr td, ut rjctd ltrtv hypth h t rmd d llth tp hv t rptd.

A ung mn xtn, Gll hd rd

church chdlr wgg trm. H tdtht lgr th chdlr, grtr w th tm prd cllt. H l rd tht thtm prd w dpdt th mpltud.H th kd th qut: ‘Wht th tur vrt th tm prd cllt wthlgth?’ H rmd th hpth tht th tm

prd r th qur rt lngth. Stndrdclck wr nt ll t tht tm. H murdtm ug h pul t mtr. Tugh

th murmt tm w t vry ccurt, tculd tlh th crrct h hpth.Ltr, th m rult w drd rm th lw mchc d l vrd wth mr pht-ctd mthd t mur lgth d tm.

T ctc tttud d t rtrctd tth hrd cc l. Prpr qutg mthrw lght pprtl -rtl dmtl u. T llwg xmpl llutr-tv. Sm t mmr lkt fc wr



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ud t htul ltcmr. T r thg r th dl w tht thr rdc wrr rm th f c. I th c th qut tlv w th llwg: ‘Hw t mk thm cm tm?’ T f c rt dcdd t tk wlr

mur plg chrtrd u rm drt pt. But thr w gct mprvmtn th tutn. Cnquntl, th hpth tht

plg chrtrd u wuld l th prlmculd nt ull ccptd. Smthng l w n-cr. Trr th f c cnductd wrkhpn ‘Orng Gd Prctc n th Of c’, whchdmntrtd hw th lu punctult nd r-gulrt wr crucl t ucc. Ar th wrkhpth tut mprvd cdrly. Tu, th -lutn w cmntn th wlr murnd th nculctn prpr lu trgtd t -rvg gd f c prctc.

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Tm Alv Ed w grt vtr wh hdmr th thud ptt h m. H ddnt rc prpr cnntnl ductn nd

w nt rd kng qutn r chllngng -

umptn. Wth rgrd t xplrng th unknwnh lvd th llwg wy: () D t hv d r prjudcd md, () lwy hv p md twrd qut, () ptc d

prvrc py, d (v) thg l.

T lt dctum dd crucl. N prc xplrt h r-tl dg. Nw d-g thrw urthr lght th prc kg wr t qut rd t r tg thdcvry. Ad th c vrd t ly rmrrch cductd th phycl cc, ut th cl cc wll.

Tr trtg cdt ut th up-rngng Idr I R, th 944 nl lurt n

phc: ‘Whn ll h rnd grwng up n Brk-l cm hm rm chl thr mthr kdthm, “S, wht dd yu lr tdy?” But t hmthr. Wh h cm hm h mthr kd,

“Izzy, dd yu k gd qut tdy?” ’⁸It h n uggtd tht ‘thughtul ltrc

chrctrzd y tudt wh c rd, wrt dthk th cmplx d crtcl wy dd

pt-dutrl dmcrtc cty’. I thr wrd,h curg tudt t ltc d crtcl

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whl xplrg ujct whch ly ptv tt-tud twrd qutnng nd rtnl thnkng cnur. Edw G lph pt t th mprtc qutg phlph d rlg: ‘Frmncnt tm ntl tchr uch Scrt nd

Ju h mpld rl-qutg t hcthr dcur, t tmult thkg, d/r ttr mt mg thr udc.’

T mu S ductt d crtc NlPtmn, wh thrugh h rl wrtng h nqut crtcl ut th lcu th prt Sduct ytm d th dvr ct grtrmph tchlg th cultur d trd-t, h md gct ttmt ut thrl qutg: ‘Erthg w kw h trg qut. Qut, w mght rth prcpl tllctul trumt ll thum g.’10

I th Gospel o Sri Ramakrishna thr c-cut th mprtc g t qutg Sr mkrh. H hd cm t BmdhPl’ hu t th Sth Brhm Smj. Amg thBrhm Smj mmr mld thr w u-judg wh kd Sr mkrh: ‘Sr, d

Gd hw mr grc t th t thr? I , H c ccud th ult prtlt.’ Srmkrh ccptd th qut wth grc dtrtd dcung th u t lngth n h wn tl.Athr Brhm dvt, ut mptc, kdth u-judg: ‘Why d’t yu ccpt wht h y?’A l d Sr mkrh d hrpl tth Brhm dt: ‘Wht rt m r u? ccpt wrd wthut cct! Wh, tht hypcry! I yu r ly cutrt.’ T d

dt rlzd h mtk nd lt qut hmd.11 Sr mkrh w t tchr th cmm th trm; h dd t tch clrm.But h w tchr tchr, tru ductt.

All th ductnt mntnd h ld prtculr mph qutg. W r udt clrm ytm whr th tchr k qu-t d th tudt rply. Attmptg rvrl rl r rw, t rd tht tudnt

wuld crg thr lmt. T r rc-

t md tht dcurg qutg. Suchr r uudd, d t mut rtrtd thtth thkg culty tudt d thr urg tqut huld vr dcurgd.

I cclu, lt m rcll thr prl

xprc. t th prmr chl rurlId r tll mgd l tchr. Hr h hd th ttut, mt dcpl,d g l ll ujct—lgug, mth-mtc, cc, d m thr. I uchchl th tudt cl wr g tughtmthmtc. T tchr w xplg utrc-tn, nd th xmpl chn w ‘72 mnu 45’. Ttchr ttd tht ‘c th ut plc dgt thutrhnd grtr thn tht th mnund, wh t tk ln rm 7 t th tn’ plc t gt2, whch l th utrct 5’. Br thtchr culd prcd y urthr rght yug grl td up nd d: ‘chr, n th pru ln-gug cl yu d tht tkg l mddd t huld vdd.’ T tchr w vly

prplxd y th trrupt d mhw m-gd t prd rpl—whch mght, r mghtt, hv td th grl. Sg th my rct

w twld. Frt thr w lg hm, I w crryg my pckt crdt crd mult-tl k, d cd rpct rth grl. I rlzd tht th thkg cplt lrr huld vr udrtmtd.

Dvlpmt qutg kll ctrl tth prdgm h rm tchg t lrg,

prpd y th neso.1 gv tru hp tth chm w wuld dtl rqur upprtrm th gvrmt, ut mr th tht w hll

h t gnrt wrn mng gurdn, tch-r, -cdmc mmr t, d ll pplccrd, cludg u d m. Qutg mut cm vry gct prt ll tchg-lrg trct. T u l wth th tu-dt, d r utl w wth th tchrnd gurdn wll. W nd t lw rmmrth dctum: ‘Tr cnnt hgh prt wh cn-nt qutnd.’1 P

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Eductn nt th munt nrmtn tht put nt ur rn nd run rt thr, undgtd,ll ur l. —Swm Vknnd

is insi saeen is ldtd t w wh rt md mr th hundrd r g. It nt mrl ttmnt

th pchlg duct ut , dl, dctmt ur prt duct tm. T

prgrmm chl d cllg duct l-lwd Id td d wht kw th ‘culy ytm’. It w trducd hr 836, th m yr tht Sr mkrh w r.Sc th t h udrg cmtc chg, ut c t rm th m.

I cul’ tm Id w tll g ruld th Et Id Cmp. T cmp udt rg clrk d lwyr t grt ct rm Eg-ld. It w mtrtrk cul’ prt

t dlp tm tht culd tr ‘t’ tqul clrk nd lwr. All tht th pplhd t d w t llw thr mtr ldly dmtt thm t th t thr cpct. It wdr tht Id’ urucrtc d lgl y-tm hrtd rm th Brth rchc. Autdr c hv vur th y wtchg thbb tln r ‘Y Mntr’ nd ‘Y, Prmtr’ d rdg Chrl Dck’ mu

vl Bleak House.T m th c wth th ductl ld.

Btw cul’ tm d t dpdc,Id w Brth cly. y vt wrtrducd Egld dvr r durg th

prd. t dd t prclt dw t Id,c th Brth Gvrmt dd t thk thy

wr dd y lv t. Nt ly tht, th prc trr t w p-tvly dcurgd.

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Wth dpdc, Id w r t tr-duc cr chg. T w d crtr tchlgy—tmc rgy, pc cc,mdc, d ltly rmt tchlgy. But m thr ld, lk duct, thg c-

tu t jut thy wr x dcd g. T v mr tru cc duct.

Why Id, wth ppult mr th ll, t l t prduc Nl Prz wr?T r cmmnl kd qutn. En th ppl Id rg wh h wrddth prz rct r h hurd rth wrk thy dd rd, pclly th tdStt. A cutr prduc gt th ldtht t rpct mt. Act Id rpctdkwldg d prducd grt thkr. S ddct Grc. Act m rpctd pwr,d t prducd grt grl. dl Eurprpctd rt, d t gv r t glxy cm-

pr d rtt. O d t mk y gu t wht mdr Id rpct!

E thugh cc w kw t td hdt rg ct Grc, t rlly cm t ulllm Eurp durg th rmt d E-

lghtmt, wh t w rd rm th trgl-hld th m Cthlc Church. Sc th th nt lkd ck. T th cnc tht tught chl d cllg ll vr th wrld tdy.

Srl mt Id ctt—PrrM G K Mnn, Rj Rmnn, nd rcntl C N R —hv mg th glct cc Id. I rp, th gvrmt Id hrcntl tlhd m nw nttutn n dr-t prt th cutry wth th jctv pr-

mtg dcd ctc tchg d rrch.T dd wlcm m. But th murm t ddr th prlm rm th wrg d.T c prlm l lwhr: t th vry rt cc duct, t chl d cllg ll.O ught t ddr th prlm t th llt mk y mgul mpct.

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Hw cc g tught Id chl

td? A prt wh h g thrugh thhmwrk tk chldr wuld htcd th xc mph lg u-mrcl prlm. T chldr m th thrll dcrng thng thml. Scnc tught

t wr mthg tht c ud ly -tw k cvr. Scc thr ll rud u;ut w hrdly tc t cu w hv t trd t d .

Tr trtg cdt tld th c-nctn. A thr nd h ung n wnt r wlk vg. ry d clud gthrd dt trtd rg hvly. Ty tk hltr udr hug tr, wtg r th r t tp. T thrthught h wuld u th wt t tch h mthg ut th ur crdl drct. T quckl lrt hw t dt th drctcrrctly, whch pld th thr mmly.

Prtl, th r tppd d th rturdhm. T prud thr tld th ’ mthrut h chvmt dtyg th crdldrct. T mthr t w pld. Sh kdth , ‘Sn, whch w t?’ T prmptlrpld, ‘Lt u g ck t th tr.’

T th rult cc duct urchl. It rrl mprd up th md chldr tht cc thr ll rud u. It

jut qut kpg ’ y d r pd ug th md t cct th gthrd ct.Scc duct ught t trg r-

t rthr th lrg rmul rt dlvg umrcl prlm.

On cmmnt tht tchr mk n th rgrd tht thr n w ttng th cmprhnn

kll tudt xcpt rl xmt, whch t grll prdd r ur xm-t d vlut ytm. T tru. But td t m tht ll clrm tchg huld grd twrd xmt. Tt why mttudt cdr duct urd d c-ry vl t tlrtd t gt l.

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t hm r hr r mth, hw wll wuld thtudt l t prrm? T th crtr tdcd whthr th tudt h l t prp-rl r th ujct r h ctd mchrprducg ct.

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Hw c mk cc lrg trtg tchl d cllg lvl? T qut kd ductt ll r th wrld. T t tut cd y Id l. A lttl mrth y yr g th m u w dcud dtl y th prr phyc t th ClrIttut chlgy. Ty td tht tudt jn cnc cur wth grt xpcttn cuthy hv rd d hrd ut t . But thy trt ttdg cl thy l thrtrt—th l r mud d ruttht thy m th jy lrg.

T lut th prr rrd t w rtrtg. It w lt tht gl tchr—up-

prtd y thr prr, wh wuld r tutr-l n t mllr grup—huld cnduct thlctur cl r ll tudt. Nw xprmt

wr t dd t llutrt th phmtudd. A t qut wuld l prprdr u dcu . All th lctur wrt rcrdd tp r pl cmplt k. It w l uggtd tht Prr RchrdFym rqutd t gv th phyc lcturthrughut th thr-yr cur.

T prjct w mplmtd l c, dlctd mxd rctn. Fnmn hml d tht thr wr pprtut t rpt th cur

h wuld d t mwht drtl. But h cl-lgu wr th p tht th xprmt

w rudg ucc. Wthut lg y tmthy rught ut th prtd vr th lcturr n thr lum, whch n cm mu th Feynman Lectures on Physics. E r lp r th k h t lt t ppu-lrty d tll t-llr.

Why w Fym ch t gv th lctur?H w n xtrrdnr gnu n phc, Nl

Prz wr, chrmtc prlt, ut mrth thg l h hd th kck, lk Swm

kd, mkg cmplctd thg m- pl d t grp, wthut cmprmg dlty. A rd thrugh h k, l

Fm hldg prl crt wth th rdr!

Aut dcd g th grmt r-tk hd prgrv-mdd crtry duc-tn. H cm up wth chm r cmmnng mnnt prr n ru dcpln cnct prpr vd clrm lctur thr p-clt, th Eglh d d. T rmt

w tht th Fym lctur. T d w tdtrut th d r t chl d cllg l-rr, tht thy culd hw t tudt tupplmt thr clrm lrg. cd-mc Bglr cd k trt. Butr th dtl culd wrkd ut, th cr-tr w trrrd t thr dprtmt. Tw crtr cdrd th prjct wtulxpdtur d prmptl hld t. N w-dr, thg vtv c xpctd rm thurucrcy.

Scc tudd udr vrl dcpl. Itlgug mthmtc. Er th d-cpl ud glxy gt r thrm dcrr nd nntr. N cntc d-cvry r vt tk plc vcuum. Trr lwy hum g hd thm. T ct hrdl r mphzd cc tchg. Tujct tught t ll ut th hv c g prcl. Tr lt gy d ctyhnd r dcr r nntn. It hgh tm

tht th cc currculum t chl d cllgll ncrprtd th lmnt l: th htrcldvlpmt cc d th rl plyd y c-tt. T d m lrt, r thr rvrl r why th ught t d.

History o Science

Scntt r th prduct th r th l n. T prlng cl, pltcl, nd rlgu cndtnct thm much th ct thr. T l



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rpd t th cdt, thugh thr w wy. Ar ll, thy t r hum g. Sm thm ur thml thr ctc purutd gr th utd wrld, r cmprm wtht. Tr r thr wh r thr c gt

prlg jutc, c thr ctc ck-grud h gv thm ttr prpctv th

wrld. Tr r rl uch ntnc ll, whch cupl r ctd hr.

Durg th ddl Ag Eurp rtullll Eurp t wr udr th ctrl th m Cthlc Church. Frthkg wrwd up; dgm ruld th ppl d thPp d th Church wr cdrd lll.T Erth w thught t th ctr th u- r, wth ll th plnt nd th Sun tkn t-llt rvlvg rud t. T gctrc thhd hrtd rm th tchg Art-tl, whch hd ccptd th Church intoto. Spkng gnt t w cndrd nthmd w puhl y dth. T Sph Iqu-t, md t uppr ll hrtcl thk-g, w ll-pwrul d cm ghtmr rth cmm ppl.

Wht w th rp th ctt? Sm thm urd thr hd n th nd lk trch,ll n ln wth th dgm, nd tlrd thr tch-ng t ut th Church. But thr wr hndul thr—grt thnkr—wh ujctd th dgmt crtcl xmt. Ty hd t thr dplrcnt trnmcl rtn prng th xctppt, tht th Sun w t th cntr th lrtm, d tht th Erth, lk thr plt, r-

vlvd rud t. Sm thm pk ut gt

th dgm, rug th rk xcmmuctd dth. O thm, Grd Bru,

w urt t th tk. Cprcu, wh prvddth lgc r th hlctrc th, cpd th I-qut y dyg turl dth r th Ppcm t hr ut h k!

ltmtl, th md w chckd wthth dt rt Luthr, wh w dut Chrt th Pp, ut wh rud t c-cpt hm th l uthrty. Luthr trtd th

Prttt mvmt y trltg th Bl tGrm d hvg t pulhd. T kg thrth Eurp cutr wr th rt t jump tth pprtuty d mrc th w mvmt.T lrtd thr ppl rm th clutch

th Iqut d th Cthlc Church. Sccurhd, d h vr lkd ck.

I tudt r t md wr th htrcdlpmt, th wll h prpr pprc-tn hw cnc h grwn. W h t rmm-r tht cc t rz l. It grwth nt mrcl. Er cl r pltcl uphl hhd t mpct ctc dvlpmt. Sccct tudd lt rm th u-c. Othrw, t wll cm wht t h -cm tdy, dull dd ujct.

Wh r mt ctt cdrd thttd? T lgc rm th ddl Ag Eurp, whn th Church hd prcutd cnttr thr lrl d. Sctt hr uch pr-cut, c th kw tht cc c urly r tmphr whr c rllyxpr h r hr p. T h gv r t

pqut tut ur cutr, whr mt c-

tt hv th Gd, v thugh thy r hyt dmt t.T llwg cdt llutrt th dcht-

m. A chltchr tch h tudt thmrg cl, dtl, ut hw lr clptk plc. H th ppl r l th r- t g hm d prrm rtul, r thr lr clp th r. T tchr h ttk th nd r ltn t th un, t rcuhml rm th clutch hu, th mthcl

dm tht dvur th u, cug clp!

The Dilemma o Consciousness

T cdt m ppr t jk, uttht prcly th tut cd y my qu-tum ctt td. T dlmm qutum

phc thrllng tr, ut t hrdl nd plcn th currculum t undrgrdut r ptgrdutlvl. T tll vlvg try, wth m th t r rud th wrld ggd t. It



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d tht mt ur tudt r dprvd ttt. T try c rcutd hr ry.

It trtd ut ctur g cuu w wth th dt t whch mr undmntl,mttr r rdt, rgy. Nwt’ lw pply t

mttr d xwll’ t rdt. xwll’ qu-t culd t ttd t th rmwrk rmu-ltd Nwtn. It tk th gnu Entn t

wht hpp wh Nwt’ qut r ttdt th xwll muld. T cquc wth mrgc th pcl d grl thr rltt. Mnwhl, Mx Plnck hd dmntrtdtht rgy xchg tk plc dcrt pckt,clld qunt, thu gng rth t th nw quntumthr nd t -prduct, quntum mchnc ndqutum lctrdmc. A th clché g, th

wrld h vr th m g.Qutum phyc d tl x tdy. Sc-

c h lw dlg wth th mt wrld, xcpt r lgy. Ev th lttr tdyg xprd th lgug th phycl c-c. Qutum phyc cg dd d tdy.N mttr wht t d, t h t l t gv tctr xplt r th w-prtcl

dulty d th Et-Pdlky- prdx rmt trllg tr th lght, whch rdd y th pcl thry rltvty. Tl l lut ud r k humccu. T dt h rgg r v-rl dcd, ut r w txtk mk

pg rrc t t.Aut dcd g th uthr trtd r-

g cur ‘Scc d Ccu’ tth Swm kd Yg Audh Sm-

th, dmd uvrty Bglr. T rt prt th cur, pg qurtr, trducdcncun undrtd n Vdntc ltrtur.T rt th cur tk th tudnt n jurnthrugh htry, rm th prd th Grk tmdrn tm. T cur tlkd ut th grwth cnc n th htrcl cntxt, wth th l

prmt ctt d thr ctrut kpt cu. T dck rm tudt lgg tdvr dcpl h vry ptv, d th

cur w rd t ll tudt t th mtrd dctrl lvl.

T llwng qutn thn r: Shuld uch cur rm tgrl prt cc tchg,r huld t rd prtl? T uthr’

p tht uch cur cvrg ll mjr d-cpl cc, whthr phcl r lgcl,huld rd dtl r th udth n ld n th trdtnl mnnr. En whldng , n lmnt htr cnc huld trducd t th c lvl tl, th dtl g

prvdd ltr. Durg h tur t th Id I-ttut chlgy, Ch, th uthr ucc-ull mplmtd th prgrmm h curn ud mchnc nd rdnmc. It plt d , nd t hgh tm t wr dn. Tr ndrth k n th ujct. A mpl rch wll

yld t lt hl dz xcllt txt.Tr r l rl upplmtr d l-

l td r cnc ductn. T Ntnl G-grphc h rught ut rl CD rutpc cc t hlp tudt grp udm-tl prcpl. rgzt h rughtut v ut th nrnmnt, plnt l, mrn

crtur, wthr, d gll wrmg. All thmk th tudy cc jy d rwrdg x- prc. Wht dd th wll t mk th wdly vll d t utlz thm.

Talking and Appreciating Science

Scc dtur dcr, t,d t. It r-grwg dcpl.It mpg vry pct ur l thrugh tprg, tchlgy. Bhd vry tchlgcl

dlpmt thr th udt cc. Wthut cc tchlg pl. It th mg tht dly lckg th currculum chl d cllg. chlg t rlccl t ll cu tllctul prprtrght. But cc pulc prprty. It ct cpyrghtd. T tm h cm r ductr dtchr cc t p m ttt t thct d trduc rrm. (Continued on page 82)



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Vivekdisha: Knowledge in All DirectionsSwami Narasimhananda and Swami Divyasukhananda

Siin on a o t th uthrmt tp Id, Swm vkd rumtd th ll Id w cg. Wht w th w

ut? W thr wy ut t ll? dttg th prlm h hd h jur cr th -t, h rlzd tht duct w th pcr ll vl.

It w prly th rlzt tht md hm wrt h lttr dtd 24 1894 t AlgPruml: ‘r t gt up ud, u m mgc-ltr, mp, gl, tc., d m chmcl.Gt r g crwd th pr d lw, th Prh, d lctur t thm ut rl-g rt, d th tch thm thrugh th mgc- ltr d thr thg, trm, ggrph,tc., th dlct th ppl.’

A mgc ltr c rm ld pr-

jctr. Fctd t mthd m- prtg rmt, Swm vkd wtdt put thm t gd u tkg kwldg tth m. H tdd t prd duct ung th ltt tchnlg. Hw thrlld h wuldh t th luch ductl tllt;hw much mr thud h wuld h

wth th dt th Itrt d th upr-cdtd cctt d cc t rmtt ur. Ad h wuld hv hd udl jy

wtg th cuc th tchlg tllt cmmuct d th Itrt. T wht hppg t vkdh, yth pc cc d Irmt d Cmmuc-t chlgy (i).

The Birth o Vivekdisha

A prt t rt t rch th urchd, tupl th rurl ppulc th l Swm

kd’ tchg, th mkrh -

vkd vrty (RKMVU) g th Vkdh prjct n 4 Jul 2008. T d th vtur wr w Dcmr 25, wth - vtt rm th Id Spc rch Org-tn (iso) rqutng th Mn t prtcpt nt Vllg Rurc Cntr (v) prjct. An ch th ductl phlph Swm k-d, th prjct v mprvg th td-rd rurl l Id y hcg th qulty c mt d rvc, prtculrly thld duct, hlthcr, tt, d m- pwrmt thrugh th u pc tm drmt tchlgy tl.

kdh tr t r tl-duct, tl-mdc, dvry rvc, d kll dvlpmt

prgrmm ug th Id Eductl Stl-lt, esa.

Whl rlr tllt wr cpl mrltrmttg rd gl, prt-d tlltr r mr dvcd d hv pprtly u-dg pttl. esa cmmuct t-llt prmrly ud r trctv tllt-dduct. g dcrcg thrugh thtchlg, kdh dur t prdmultru d-d rc utl t lclcdt. T rc r dgd t crtvu cm grt r th cr.

Dlrd tml th lcl lgug, th r- vc cm ry hp t rurl ppl.

Prntl, Vkdh ctr mtl t th undr- prvlgd rurl ppulc urt dl pt th tt Wt Bgl d Jhrkhd: Blur,Klkt, Nrndrpur, Mdnpur, Purul, Mn-dwp, Cch Bhr, hkul, Sdhkhl,rd ch, Brwtl, Chptl, Lm-k, d Gutgr. Ech plc h lcl prjctcntr wth tllt dcnrncng qupmnt.



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T qupmnt cmpr cmr, cmputr, pk-r, mcrphn, nd ntnn wth trnmttr ndrcvr. t th ctr Wt Bgl hv prjctr t dpl th mg rcd thcmputr n much lrgr crn. Whl th c

tllt cnnctt nd qupmnt h n up- pld iso, th mkrh k-d rt h purchd, dlpd, dmprd th tm t ttr ut t nd. Mt th ctt r trmttd rm th xprtctr t th mkrh kdrt t Blur th. T kdh ctrt mkrh , rd, ch, cl trmt prgrmm t thr ctr. t th ctr r lctd rmt rg rdfcult t rch y cmm md trprt.It t uch r- r tht kdh dukwldg t prd ppl th pprtut hcg thr qulty l.

Tele-education Unolded

I td’ wrld duct dd r ut-l dvlpmt. It cmp w v duct tht k t mpwr ppl ll g

t um rplty r crtg d jyg utl utur. l-duct, whch ui t prvd dtc duct, ull th w v. A th wrld cmg crgly c-ctd, i-d tchg prctc ductr g xtl ud dmphzd, lthugh c-t-c mtg r chrutrct rl tm r tllrqurd t upplmt -

chrnu nd ndpndnt lrn-g, duct t cmmr ct. i cltt hgh lvl trct mg tudt d tchr, wth thd multmd-d mtr-l. dcrcg mkdymc th cmmuct -tw tchr d tudt p-rtd pc.

I cmpr t trdtl clrm lr-g, i-d lrg r grtr drt lrg gl, prjct, ctvt, d xrc. Itl llw lrr t mk ull u thr wmultpl cgt lt d ct pwr.

I th i-d tchg-lrg prc tch-g cm mr dymc d th tchr dtudnt cm nthud, cc t hgh qultnd updtd tud mtrl xpnd thr hrzn.chr r mttd t tch mr crtl ndxchg l pl wll pdggcl tch-qu d trtg wth thr cutrprt llvr th gl v dy-t-dy .

Sc th g th d duct h trumtl th dlpmt ct. Ithld tru td’ kwldg cm wll.Rmkrhn Mn Vknnd Unrt lpcl mph prjct tht mprt duc-t r kpg chldr—pcll th pr—tllctull tmultd, mtll cud, dmtll t, tht th r l t d-

lp ll-rud prlt dwd wth thcult j, tllctul kwldg, hkt, mtl rch, d g, mtl cctr-

t d cu. Wht xctl hpp tl-ductcr? A tchr g l ug wrtg rd r cmputrzd multmd prnttn.T trmttd multul t ll ctr

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jg th prgrmm t th urt xprtctr. I th rch ctr th tudt rl t d hr th tchr, th multmd

prtt, d thr tudt prtcptg th tl-duct cl. Smlrl, th tchr t

th uvrty c d hr th tudt ll prtcptg ctr, thugh ctr t tm.It vrtul clrm wh udr r tdd. It crt rt trct twth tchr d th tudt vrl ggrph-clly ltd ctr.

Promise o Tele-education:The Vivekdisha Experience

Studt cl x t twlv r tught phyc,chmtr, mthmtc, lg, cmputr cnc,

lu ductn, cmmunct Englh, nd thrujct thrugh multmd prnttn—txt,

pctur, mt, vul clp, d vd rcrd-g rm lrtr d prt thtr. Allcl r cductd trctv md thlcl lgug. Fr tc, r ctr WtBgl, th lgug Bgl. i tl lk lp-tp, mtr, d dgtl cmr r ud

t mk th tchg-lrg prc t lmr ctv ut l jyul d rut-ul xrc.

Itrct d dcug th lrnr nput tht tkthm t lghtly hghr lvlth th ctl cl-rm cr. h tch-nqu tcklng qutnd th rt wrtg pr-

c d rlt wrr l hghlghtd wthxmpl. Studt rcurgd t k qu-t tll th tt prpr udrtdg th tpc. chr rm d-rt ttut cludg cllg d urt r

lutr rc wth grt -

thum. Fr tc, mt prr rmth S cduct rgulr cl r tudt udrgrdut chmtr prgrmm. Cttdck rcvd rm th cr d th

prgrmm ctuul updtd r mdd

d tudt d.Hw d th u i mpr th qult

tchg vrtul clrm? Ppl wrkg th kdh prjct h xprcd thti h th pttl r crg cc t dmprg th rlc d qult tchg.T mprvmt th qulty duct dtrg crtcl u, prtculrly t tm ductnl xpnn nd rpd gllztn. i-hcd lrg mlz tl r wg c-tul t, l rmt, xmt,d cmputg, prdg thu pltrm r -qur, l, d ctruct w rm-t y tudt. Lrr tudy thy wrk, dlrg cm l trct d mr rltt vrydy l.

I ctrt t lrg rt, i-hcdlrg prmt crd lrr-ggmt, th tudt c vw xprmt y umr

tm. T kd tudy hlp rch th lr-g xprc. Engaging Lessons · A tudt cl ght, Nd htu, :

‘I c w l grp th dhnd th tpc nd pctur, whch I culd t udr-

td rlr.’ i c utlzd ctl t mktchg mr ccrt

ctrt t ctllrg thrugh k,

whch g r ttrct d gu d.

chg ujct lkth tm d ph-

lg hum rg -tm r th prprt

lrtr g d rl-ltut r c pt.

•Paticipative

ecation

•Skillevelopment

•CommnicativeEnglish

•Valeecation—basichmanitaian

ansocialvales

•Speaingliteacythoghomalannon-

omalmethos

•Iniancltalanspiitalheitage

•Healthawaeness

•Msicanpainting

•Inomationtechnologyecation

•Mltimeiaecation

• Teacheecation

•Impatinginigenosknowlege

•Geneatingawaenesso

e-govenance

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Motivation to Learn · i cltt hghll trct mg tudt d tchr

wth th d multmd-d mtrl. Itr-ctv multmd gg tudt th lrg

prc, cr mtvt t lr, d l

thm t g dp t th ujct wth j dthum.

A Picture Speaks a Tousand Words · DptSh, tudt cl ght, : ‘I c udr-td tpc much mr ly y g pctur.’Clurul pctur c cmmuct lt r-mt t lrr d l thm t grp d

wthut much rt. Dfcult ccpt—th cl-ct plt, wrkg th hum hrt,

wrkng drnt cntc ntrumnt, tmctructur, d th lk—r l udrtdthrugh pctur.

Achieving Visual Realism · Anmtn n -ct tchng tl, prtculrl n th l cncd th phcl cc clrm. It hlp chvg vul rlm. Ccpt lk th crdccycl d chmcl dg d pplct lkth e r ly xpld ug mt.

Interactive Multimedia · i prd tr-

ctv multmd w t dcumt thtc rd, wrtt, d chckd ttl. dl, rgulr tudt t vkdh, lvtht th pltrm prd hr ttr pprtuntt trct wth th tchr dth ujct tught.

Harnessing Student Potential ·

i llw lrnr t mk ull u thr wn multpl cgnt ndct lt. i-hcd

lrg prmt thmtc, -tgrtv pprch t tchg dlrg. T pprch lmtth rtcl prt twdrt dcpl wll -tw thr d prctc, whchchrctrz th trdtl cl-rm pprch. T trm undmntl kll nd cncpttht r th udt hghr

rdr thkg kll d crtt c cl-ttd y i.

Practical Demonstration · d clppghlp tudt hv vvd d th wrkg ctc prcpl, mch, d ctul t

lk Nwt’ lw mt, utml dcmputr, chrmml mmt, d narplct.

Virtual Dissection Lab · rtul dct plt d ml c crrd ut thrughcmputr multn. T nl tudnt t h ufct umr prctc wthutdturg th clgcl lc kllg -ml r plt.

Revising Lessons · Dgtl cmr d vdt tudt t g thrugh thr l mytm cry t clrly grp d prtdn th clrm. T lrnr l t lrn t n’w pc.

Generating Multimedia Content or Tele-education

Ctt grt th ky cmpt tl-duct. Pulct prt ct

updtd quckl whl i-d mtrl c ly rvd d updtd, d th dckrm lrr d prl ggd tch-g r th ctul tchg xprc.

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At th xprt ctr vkd vrty,multmd prtt r mtly dvlpd lcl lgug t t ull tudt d. T yl-lu cll llw th currcul lcl chlduct rd r uvrt. Cr l tk

t mtvt ll ctgr tudt t dvlp r urg t lr mr d grp th d pr-td r crul thught.

T ctl trg prgrmm k-dh r dgnd tht th nrmtn prdd dmd-drv d prtt t th dy-t-dyl d wrk rurl ppl. T vlu-ddd -rmt pcc t th tm d ggrph-cl lct. Dcumtr d lm lcllgug drt ct rlt t rurll—hrtcultur, muhrm cultur, dr, dhry, d th lk—r crd cclly.

Telemedicine Initiative

lmdc tchlgy mk t pl r dc-tr t xmn, d, nd drct th trtmnt

ptt rmt hlthcr ctr rm h- ptl r thr tlhd hlthcr ttg. Ttchlgy gv rurl rdt cc t mdcl

pclt wh r n unll n rmt r

nd th ptnt th ct trllng t urncntr. T pclt rc culd nl gnrldg d, xprt pthlgcl p, wll trtmt pclzd ld lk dr-mtlg d rthpdc. T tchlg c

l ud t prvd llw-up cr r ptt wh h hd urgcl trt. Furthr, tc hlp lcl dctr d -pclt g d-

ncd knwldg tht wuld nl thm t rttr trtmt.

T vkdh tlmdc prgrmm rgu-lrl prd trtmt t ptt cmg tt ctr r-ug r lk hkul dSdhkhl, d ccll t Purul dCch Bhr, thrugh dctr t th k-d rt. T ptt c tlk t thdctr d xpl thr lmt thrugh vd-crcg. T dctr t th urt c

w cl-up mg th ptnt’ ctd d prt nd xmn thm t cl qurtr. Mt p-tnt rc thr mdcn rm th lcl Vk-dh ctr.

25 2009 urgttl d r r-dt th Sudr. It w tht d tht

Ccl Al truck. It dttd th ld wtht cyclc wd d hghtdl w. h ccll cutl hml drcd thm t tk hl-tr rl cmp t m-hw ur th rmth.Fld lw-lg rg wr ldd wth c-tmtd l wtr r

mth. Fr m tm tmd thugh th -ctd hd thg t td t drp t drk.

O 27 lrg umr pttctd y Cycl Al cm t th vk-dh ctr t Sdhkhl, Sudr,r trtmt. All th ptt trctd

wth dctr d rcd mdcl dc.t thm wr urg rm ru,

A session of the Vivekdisha

telemedicine programme

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cut, cld d cugh, drrh, d tmch l-mt. T rqurd mdc wr t mm-dtl t Sdhkhl. Aprt rm thr rl rvc prvdd y th mkrh tth vctm th cycl, vkdh prvdd

vrtul hptl r th ctd. T l trk-g xmpl th uul tlmdc.

Other Services at Vivekdisha

T cp r dlpg qult l d r-drg rc t tht ct rtull dl.Bd t tl-duct d tlmdc r- c, kdh h l tk up thr pr-grmm t t vru ctr. T clud thllwg:

Vocational raining · A l-hlp grup cm- prg wm d tch thutc ug grl h n trnd n c cmputr prtnt l th mmr mg thr w rm prl mr r t qup thmlr utur j. T r rcg thrtcl l- thrugh dcrcg rm th ur-ty xprt ctr, whl prctcl trg g mprtd thrugh th cmputr prt t th

rmt ctr. Studt drt cl r lhvg th pprtuty t lr th c cmputr prt t drt rmt ctr thm mr.

Advisory Services · Exprt th ld g-rcultur d ml hudry gv dvc m-

prvg cultvt mthd d grculturl yldundr th Vkdh prgrmm t th rmt l-lg Wt Bgl d Jhrkhd. A w wr- prgrmm h cductd rm th

xprt ctr t rd. T llgr r lmd wr mdr rgc rmg mthdd thr ctv. Durg th rct ttck lt ptt lght Wt Bgl, th rmr r-cvd tmly hlp udr th prgrmm.

Value Education · Iculct hghrhum lu, prtculrl th uth, mprtt jct th kdh prjct.

lu md d prctd ’ w lmk l wrthwhl d ju. culct

th tttud prctg hghr dl l dt tz yug md rght rm thr chld, kdh’ lu duct prgrmm

prd multmd prtt th tch-ng th Rmkrhn-Vknnd trdtn t

tudt vru g grup, llwd y lvlytrct . Emph ld plcg

lu r tudt durg th dcu drnt tpc ntd trtng lu ductn prt ujct.

Interaction with Self-help Groups · Fllwng Swm Vknnd’ cll r l-rlnc tnct l-hlp grup rd r llhd gr-tn nd dlpmntl prjct. Exprt dc nttr kll dvlpmt d mrktg trtgr prvdd t mmr th l-hlp grup.

Expert Services · Schlr d tchcl x- prt rm rud th gl r mrhlld kdh t rch th prjct wth dr wlth xprt, d, d twrk.

Indian Youth Science Congress · T cr-c w hld rm 5 t 7 Ju 2009 t th jGndh Ntnl Inttut r Yuth Dlpmnt,Srprumudur. O 6 Ju 2009 th hkul

ctr kdh jd th tchcl -n th cnrnc thrugh dcnrncng.T cntr md prnttn n drnt pct grculturl prprt nd d curt uch hm grdnng r nutrtnl upprt, u wldrut d vgtl, d mxd crppg.

Light in the Darkness

T ru rmt ctr ur pwr cut, - pcll durg ummr d. T clrm

th cntr r nlpd n drkn durng uchtm. But tht drk mmdtly dprd th glw mrgc lmp. T tudttll h th pprtut t tud thr tl- duct clrm, trctg wth tchrml w, lkg t cr r rd. Drk- g dplld th lght kwldg.Swm kd wuld url h d-lghtd t th dmt th lght knwldg tht knw n und. P



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Sai Viveanana eains wh l-n n thc nd prtult r gn t tu-dt thr ug g, ct wll url

ch hghr tdrd t ll ll: ‘rtu-tly th l, th vt mjrty pr rgrpg thrugh th drk l wthut dlt ll. I m wth dl mk thudmtk, I m ur tht th m wthut dlmk thund. Trr, t ttr t hn dl.’1 Hr cm, n th cntxt th prntttutl tructur duct, th cty kd tud crcl, whch l tu-dt t kw thr dl l d muld thm-lv ccrdgly.

Vivekananda Study Circle: What It Is?

T tchr d tudt m ductlttut cr Id h trtd tkw d m th d Swm vkdd h mtr Sr mkrh, d whch mg-y th tchg ct Id th mdrctxt. O thy dcd t tudy tgthr mRmkrhn-Vknnd ltrtur xng cn- vt tm d plc t ml rgulrly drd d dcu prtt ltrtur. Wh th

mtg r purud wth dut, d d- vlp tw t mmr d, tm, vk-d tudy crcl crtd.

T mtg grll trt wth th gg chru dtl g r hm. T, th prtcpt rd rm m Swm

kd’ wrk—lctur, lttr, d thr wrtg. Ty dcu th vru u cctd wth th d prtd th rd txt, prtcu-lrl thr rlc t dl l. Sr mmr

tr t xpln th dfcult u, upprtd thrkwldg d xprc. w d dcdt r durg th dcu, whch mkth mtg ll th mr trtg. Ar thth rd th Gospel o Sri Ramakrishna r uchthr k. In twn th ng dtnl ngr hym t rrh thr md.

Sm tud crcl g thr mtg wthth chtg dc mtr. Shlk rm thBhgdgt r l rctd d thr mg xpld y quld pr. T mmr thr crcl cht tgthr th Swdh tr—tk rm lctur Swm kd(4.479–80)—whch, whn ncrl cntmpltdup, pr th yuth dp rpct

r Id’ culturl hrtg d lg rp-lty t r d rgrt th cutry.wrd th d th prtcpt mdtt r

hrt whl. Bd, rc ctt c-ductd thrugh th tud crcl, th ru pctcctd wth t r l dcud. Swt dthr dl r rd t th hr, whch rltr dtrutd prd— jul d t thmtg. T mtg crt turl dmng th mmr nd h th ct thng

th md tchr d tudt lk, mkg thm thughtul ut ldg ttr l.

Occll r prdcll th mmr th tud crcl rrng pcl lctur n lcttpc m mnk th Rmkrhn Mnr thr xprt, d th thught-prvkg lc-tur udutdl prd grt mptu t thgrup. Bd, th mmr mtm jurtgthr t plc plgrmg, jy th hly t-mphr thr, d lr ut th culturl hr-



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tg Id. Fr whl, thy g yd thr rut l d rl t rlz th wrd Swmj: ‘T, ur mthrld, hrlg d rlg l r t , r t ck, r thd-rck up whch th whl uldg t l h d’(3.77).

Nt nl h tchr nd tudnt trtd tud crcl, n mnlclt th ldrl nd ung ppl h dn th m wth thm prdg prtul vlu. Ctr th mkrh -n t run uch tud crcl r th nt ung ppl. Trr l prt tudy crcl r wm, wth mlr jctv, t

vru plc. Tr mmr tudy th ltrtur Hly thrSr Srd Dv d Str Nvdt, mg thr k.

Importance o the Study Circles

Studg mkrh-kd ltrtur ddull dut grt vlu, ut dg t grup d th

kd tud crcl prduc dt d gct -t whch wll dcud xt.

Frt, tudt wh h t th cp rcg lu du-ct thr chl d cllg h th pprtut r tthrugh th tud crcl, whch hlp thm kw d dlpth hghr vlu l.

Scd, th dcu durg qut-d-wr tth tudy crcl clr my dut tht grlly rm drmt

th m tpc r pprchd thrugh ltry rdg. r-vr, dcug k grup grt t tm mr dut prtculr tpc th wh rd ll l.

Trd, ll th ctvt th tudy crcl—th gthrg lk-mdd ppl, th chtg, th grup tudy, th hr wth thrgrc c tck d wr d t r tmphr,th prrul tttud tudt d tchr, th rc ct-t—tgthr lt th mmr’ md d hrt d hlpthm mprv thr cpcty t kw d cc th hghr dm- l mdt dy-t-dy prlm.

Furth, tudg th wrk Swm kd hlp d- lp cr mpth r ppl dtr. Ad, m th tud crcl, th mpthtc lng h urthr ld ntcncrt rc ctt r th nd. Durng th ctt th

yuth gt chc t cm c-t-c wth jct pvrty dth umru prlm cd th pr, whch rd thrhrt ll th mr. T tr t rlz th ll-ncmpng lng Swmj, whch md hm uttr: ‘T pr, th lw, th r Id h rd, hlp—th ct r, tr hwrthy my. Ty k lwr d lwr vry dy, thy l th lw





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grmm tht nt thr tudnt nd prr.Ty ru lrry ctg gd cllct k d vry yr wrd chlrhp t mycmclly pr tudt. Sm yr ck thycductd r cchg cl r th t

tudt d. ctl th udrtk rl wrk mg ctm th Al ccl WtBgl. A w r g th grl tudt bestrtd prt tudy crcl udr th m N-

vdt Study Crcl.At th Id Ittut Scc (iisc), B-

gluru, uch tud crcl w trtd ut tw r g. T Jdpur rt, lkt, dth ii t hrgpur hv, th lt w yr, r-gzd uch tud crcl. Sm rch ctr th mkrh th d mkrh -, lk th mkrh Ittut Cultur, lkt, mkrh th, Ch,mkrh th, Bgud, Bgluru, dmkrh th, lr, Bgluru, l rutudy crcl r th t th yuth.

More Needed

T prtcpt th tud crcl h, r

grdutg rm thr ductl ttut, hgh prl prrmc, r rm crrup-t, glgc, jlu, d thr c; thcrr ut thr dut rpld w ppl’ hrt; th ld mpl ut dgd l thrml nd n ct t lrg, thucmg mdl ctz.

On th thr hnd, th tutn tudt wh thr thr

ut mprg thml rllw dcpl rqur m-mdt ttntn. Wthut prprgudc durg thr tudt l,my yuth gt dtrckd rmuprght du t thr prp-t, whm, c, d d cm- p. T cll t cr dl pr wh wh thmdr uth t t rm

chrctr-mkg duct: y duct Swm vkd d t m llg th md wthlt ct; h rthr xhrt: ‘W wt tht du-ct whch chrctr rmd, trgth mnd ncrd, th ntllct xpndd, nd

whch c td ’ w t.’T t prd r mprtg hum vlu t

uth whl th r thr t; th thtm whn th r mr cpl mng lu,

whch g trmndu nrg, nthum, cncn-trt, rcptvty, d purty md. Sr m-krh y:

Wh m I d th ? T r lk u-dultrtd mlk: l lttl lg dd.

rvr t c rd t th Dty. But mlkdultrtd wth wtr d much lg. Itcum lrg qutty ul.

T y r lk rh rth pt, gd v-l n whch n cn kp mlk wthut n wrr.Sprtul ntructn ru thr nnr cncu-n wthut dl. But t nt wth th wrldl-mdd. O rd t kp mlk pt thth ud r curd. T mlk my tur ur.’

Swmj rmrk ptmtclly: ‘y th

th ugr grt, th mdr grt,ut thm wll cm my wrkr. Ty wll wrkut th whl prlm, lk l.’

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Trr, t wll grt prl d cl-lct mrt th uth td cduct dcurg tud crcl thr ttut. I trtd tudt d prr c ru vk-nnd tud crcl n nttutn lk th ii, iisc,

d bes, why wuld t t pl t d thm n thr nttutn? Surl t pl, pr-

vdd cr trt d lg r hghr vlucm rm wth. Prt d tchr culd ltk th ntt t npr uth n th drctn.Smn m thnk tht nl mll numr tudnt n n nttutn cn h th pprtuntt prtcpt th tud crcl, thr t much u lrgr cl. I rply t

ugh t mt tht y mvmt trt ly wth mll umr mmr d th, lwlyut rmly, prd tll t rch vry crr -ct. O cur, r th, th udr h t ncr t th cr. P

Reerences . Te Complete Works o Swami Vivekananda,vols

(Caltta:AdvaitaAhrama,1–,1;,17),.1.

2. <www.vsc.iitm.ac.in>accessedAugust1. 3. Complete Works,.4. 4. M,Te Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna,tra.Swami

Nikhilaada (Chai: Ramakriha Math,),–4.

5. Complete Works,..

anyotheVivekanandaSocietiesmayeelthat

enitewokotheseens[socialplit]isot-

sietheipesentscope;thatthetetaskoastentis

sty;thattheeoethewisestcosetheycanpopose

tothemselvesisaconstantreadingobooksotheSwami

Vivekananda,withaviewtoassimilatinghisthoughtand

expressingitlaterintheirownlives.Thosewhoadoptthis

methoaelikelytoencontetwoiclties.Inthestplace,theywillbeapttoneglecttheo-

estorthetrees.InreadingtheworksoVivekananda,

theyaeliabletoogetthatbehinallhisbooks,allhis

tteances,stansthemanhimsel,ifeentomeach,

onlypatiallyexpessethoghthewholemass.Btit

isthismanhimselthattheyeallyneetonestan

andappropriate;histriumphthattheyrequiretorealise;

hisingingcheeohopeaneancethattheyshol

stivetomaketheiown.

Theseconddifcultybeorethestudentsisstillmoeseios.TheeisaangeotningtheSwami’s

booksintoanewbonage,byteatingeveywoo

thetextassacred,andreadingandre-readingcon-

stantly,tillthebrainisdazedandtheearsaredeaened

anweloseallchanceonestaning,evenasthe

ChistianchillosesthebeatyotheEnglishBible,o

theTemple-BrahminorgetsthethrillotheSalutations.

TheSwamihimselwasageatincanationoeeom.

Tositinhispresencewastoexperienceanemancipa-

tion.Hewasnothing,inotabeakeobonage.How

thencanaVivekananaSociety,inaithlnesstohim,

netaketoastenhancfsponthemin?Isitnot

clearthatonlywhenourownthoughtisrstactive

canwenestanthevaleohisopinionsaneci-

sions?…

Aselmethoowokwillbeontobethato

commondiscussion.Itisonlybyinducingtheboystosty,age,anthinkotothemselvesthesbjects

andquestionsproposedthatwecanreachareeand

livingknowledge.Attheendoaninormalconversation

orormaldebate,asthecasemaybe,passagesmightbe

eaomtheSwami’sothebooks,bywayoascetain-

ingsomeauthoritativeverdict.Insomesuchwaywe

mighthopetobeseceomangeoeaeningthe

intelligenceanegaingtheopinionotheG,by

makingoitanewbonage.

Forheisnotthegreatestteacherwhocantellusmost,bthewholeasstoasktheeepestqestions.

Letusthenprepareourselvestoaskquestions,andas

wereturntotheSwami’sownworksatereachmonth

osixweeksoschintellectalexcsions,wemayest

assuredthatweshallfndthemmoreandmoreluminous,

tillatlasthiswholepersonalitystandsrevealedtous,

becausewehavelearnttoloveevenasheloved,tohope

ashehope,antobelieveashebelieve.

—Complete Works of Sister Nivedita,4.383–8

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I

as ony th thr d tht I w rdg th wrd Swm kd—jut mll prtn ndd h unrl mphn,

ut prg ugh r tg y lk m t pdr vr:

Fr, rlgn cnnt hlp mn whrr h m, whrr h tnd, t nt much u; t wllrm ly thry r th ch w. lg,t hlp mkd, mut rdy d l t hlphm n whtr cndtn h , n rtud r nrdm, th dpth dgrdt r thhght purt; rwhr, qull, t huld l t cm t h d. T prcpl dt,r th dl rlg, r whtvr yu my cllt, wll ullld t cpct r prrmg th grt uct.

I trtd thkg wht dt culd gv m tht t md m ttr—ttr ugh t cl’ mgl dl chllg. T rpl tI gt rm mkrh-kd ltrtur.Out th my prctcl chrm tht dt h,

thr prtculr ppl t m: () t mg rl, () t mg th, d () tmg rvc.

Tt dt tch rl xplctlttd Sr rh t Arju: ‘Svalpamapyasyadharmasya trayate mahato bhayat ; lttlt th dhrm prtct () rm grt r.’T mg I l ud th BrihadaranyakaUpanishad : ‘ Abhayam vai janaka prapto’si; Jk, yu hv dd chvd th tt rl.’

Frl th l tg prtult—thAdvt tg— th aittiriya Upanishad put t:‘Whn mn nd rl upprt n Tt whch vl, crprl, dl, d upprtl,h h th td rl. I h mk thlghtt drtt It, thr r r hm.’

Fr cud l xtrl ctr. I mthg thr th l, th cm th

plt r, r n m thnk tht thr m dgr t l, w r th utur, y thtxtrl ctr. But c rlz tht uty

th ruth nd drnc r jut pprnc, thn rch th tt rl. A crllry th phlph, I ud tht dt c ‘grt m trgth’, Swmj put t, d ctch m t rl. I l thr wll t yjct t th pt tht th rl tlgrt trngth n ppl. Epcll, th rln rqurd r u, th yuth, t c th chllgth wrld p.

I w c mlt th tt dt, th

tnt rln, thr wuld tngl chng ur lv. T rl ttd thrugh d-nt nt rtcl, tht gnd thrugh phcltrgth. O cm rl cu h th

phcl trgth t ht cm cr;t th, th rl dt turl, thkd rl tht cm wh rlztht thr ct ythg t r —th r-ln nt dtruct, ut cntruct. T r-l tht r ut phycl trgth c gvim

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rth t htrd d mlc, ut rl thrugh dt g rth t crg l, r rl-z tht vrythg ’ w Sl.

‘Tr ct ythg tht c tl r m, dulty ly pprt, uty l xt.

rd mn r mthng jut lk ng rd l, whch urd, r hw c I rd ml?’ I w c rt t url th w, th I m ur t wll much prct-cl hlp r u d thr wll. m t mmuch; d t huld , I upp, t ll whrch r prctclt dt. A r-mttl w ld; , y th pplct th mg ur lv, I m ur th wrld wuld ttr

plc r u t lv , r thr wll cu rr mr. A I h lrd mtd, thrl ctructv, gvg rth t lv.

W ll knw th gd ld tr th Adtn:A rp ppr t nk n drkn nd cur, ut whn lght hd n t, n rlz tht t l rp, d cqutl r c. Sm-lrly, wh th lght th kwldg uty thg dw, ll pprt r c t ct u.

I cclu, lt u rmmr Swm k-

d’ wrd: ‘Strgth, O m, trgth, y thphd, td up d trg. A, t thl ltrtur th wrld whr u d th

wrd “Ahh”, “rl” ud gn nd gn; n nthr crptur n th wrld th djct ppldthr t Gd r t mn. Ahh, rl!’ P

(Continued from page 564)

Reerences

. Bhagavadgita,4.4.

2. Te Complete Works o Swami Vivekananda,vols

(Caltta:AdvaitaAhrama,1–,1;,17),

.4.

3. JeremyBernstein, Albert Einstein and the Frontiers

o Physics(NewYork:Oxord,1),.

4. RichardPBrennan,Heisenberg Probably Slept Here:Te Lives, imes, and Ideas o the Great Physicists o

the 20th Century(JohnWiley,1),.

5. RonaldWClark, Einstein: Te Life and imes(New

York:HarperCollins,11),1.

6. HiEatradWtrDiipl,Te Life of

Swami Vivekananda,vl(Klkata:Advaita

Ashrama,),..

7. SeeMohandasKGandhi, An Autobiography or the

Story o My Experiments with ruth(Ahmedabad:

Navajivan,1).

8. StuartMKeeley,RahanAli,racyGebing,‘BeyondthSpgMdl:EragigStdt’Q-

tioningSkillinAbnormalPsychology’, Handbook

o Demonstrations and Activities in the eaching o

Psychology,volume3,ed.MarkEWareandDavidE

Johnson(NewJersey:LawrenceErlbaum,2000),92.

9. EdwiGRalph,‘Oral-QtiigSkillNv-

iceeachers:…AnyQuestions’, Journal o Instruc-

tional Psychology,/4(December1).

0. Handbook of Demonstrations and Activities in the

eaching o Psychology,..

. M,Te Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna,tra.SwamiNikhilaada (Chai: Ramakriha Math,

),–.

2. JaqDlr, Learning: Te reasure Within

(Pari:unesco,1);al‘Edati:T

Nary Utpia’ <http://www..rg/

delors/utopia.htm>accessed14August1.

3. PMBhargavaadCChakrabarti, Angels, Dev-

ils and Science: A Collection o Articles on Scientifc

emper (NewDelhi:NationalBookrust,),

1.

(Continued from page 569)

Accrdg t rprt India oday 4 y

th yr, Pr. C N , th rmr drctr th Id Ittut Scc, Bgluru, dth currt chrpr th Sctc AdvryCmmn t th Prm Mntr, h md t hm t tlk cc t chl chldr. Accrd-g t hm, ‘ chldr d’t ctch t cc t ung g, w wll l whtr cntc r tch-lgcl dvtg w hv’. T tudt d htlk mpr. A n tudnt cl nn put t,‘H mk cc ud mpl.’

T wht Ind nd td. Pndt JwhrllNhru w lw drmng ut th d whn wIndn wuld dlp unrl cntc tmpr.Tt pl ly wh w trt pprctg c-nc, nt thrw. P



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TtxtthiartilhabllatdbyMEdithipplrmightltrgivbythathratthVdatatrHllywdadSataBarbarab-tween96and975.

o e easie mdtt, hdd t mmz rc t thr. WhtSwmj pntd ut, Mhrj l mphzd:

S Nry— Gd—d rv Gd vryhum g.

Whr hrj wuld hw th g thth w ut t g t mdh, h wuld c-trl t d wuld wlk; t tht tm dy culdpprch hm. T whl mtr wuld hkg. Ol c dd I hm cmpltl -rd mdh. Tr w ct ru ld hl m, wh td hrj t t.hrj, Swm Shd, Sr mkrh’phw mlldd, d hrj’ rtu, wtthr. Tr w g hll d m ug u.T rught l cntd wtr t th t

Mhrj nd plcd t nr hm. Tn th gn tdc, gg g t th y rh. A thy wr gg d dcg, thy cm d whdth t hrj d wpd thm wth thrhr. Mhrj w cmpltl rd n mdh.T wr ngng th ng t th Krhn nd prg vl mlk t h lp. But h w mdh. T whl plc w chrgd wth m-thng ndcrl. H rught mdh, t wr,t th rml pl. A Shkrchry h d

utull: ‘Our prcpt th ur ctuu prcpt Brhm (thugh thgrt m t wr th).’ ry t l th.Tt whch u r kng, whch I m kng, llth rlly thg ut Brhm.

h r-lthp t w Swmj dhrj wuqu. Wh-r Swmj

wrt t hrj,h wrt Bgl, ‘ urk hrt.’ I hppd t d lttrtht Swmj wrt t Ndt, whch r ntr-tg. H wrt: ‘I rcmmd u —t—xcpt Brhmd. Tt ‘ld m’’ [Srmkrh’] judgmt r ld—m l-

w d. I u h t k dc r gt -d t d ur un, Brhmnnd th nl

I rcmmd, l, l; wth th,my ccc clr.’I wt t tll u wh lmt rl I u

th cht: ‘Our lutt t tht Suprm Bg wh n wthut cnd.’ On tm I w tnd-g hrj d h w chtg tht prr

wth h mt mucl c. Whn h wuld chntth m Gd, r y pryr, t wuld mlt yhrt. S tht cht tuck my md.

hrj w td chr d Sr

mkrh’ phw, whm w ud t cllmlldd, w ttg thr chr. A yug m wh w l dcpl ut t mk hdcm t vt hrj d w td th r hrj. T ug m kd, ‘hrj, tllu wh yu r.’ Ad hrj d, ‘Wll, hw dI kw? Yu k mlldd.’ mlldd d, ‘Id’t kw. Ak hrj!’ I w thkg t thttm, wh d w h t kw wh hrj ?T hrj lkd t m, d I lt hy tht h

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w gg t k m— I jut wlkd wy.Yu rd mthg ut m d yu my

rm p ut hm, ut th d l-g mthg l. Ag wh u mt thmn, whn u th mn nd r n h prnc,

wht yu xprc wht mttr. Wh I rtw hrj—I w ld, ut xt r v-t yr ld—I lt mgtc ttrct, jut mth wuld l r r. Yu culd’t rt. Aduch lv purd rth wh h lkd t m!

Yu m k wht th grl chrctrtc w tht I lt h prc. put t t wrd wuld lk dum m hvg prct drd tryg t dcr hw t tt. Wht c hy? Wh t cm t th prtul dm, wht

u l d xprc u ct uttr, t m- pl t d. T chrctrtc w ll lt wtht h hrdl tlkd, nd t h tlkd ut mnthg, t ly ut rlg r Gd. It lk grl wh lv wth y: h my tlkg ut my thg, ut hr md th y. Ith m w, Mhrj’ mnd w n Gd, nd nculd l tht. I w th rm d t d. Ermrg h wuld td h rm, whr

dt, rhmchrn, nd wm wuld gthrrund hm. W wuld h prlm, ut u’dg d t h prc—yu dd’t hv t tllhm ut ur prlm—wh u cm ut,

yur prlm wuld lvd. Evrydy’ xpr-c w lk tht.

Yu , rlg mthg tht trmt-td. T vry hrd t udrtd. W hv thd tht w c lr rlg rm tchrtchng, lcturng, pkng—ut tht, nd k,

nl ru ur ntrt. Rl rlgn mthng tht trmttd y llumd tchr t thdcpl; d tht trm lc, t

wrd. I h t cnnc u wth rn nd kknwldg, ut g t Chrt nd u l th pr-c Gd. Nt l tht, u l tht Gd mthg tht c kw d xprcd.T mn tlk t Gd! Yu l tht w. And I cnl tlk t Gd. T xctl wht Mhrj mdvry dcpl l h prc. Tr wuld

qut ut th xtc Gd, ut th prc th xmplr Gd, yu’d l tht t t rlz Gd. Tt th grtt lng I c xpr t yu. Yu lt th prc Gd,d yu lt yu culd rlz Gd r yurl

u md lttl ttmpt. Mhrj tught th mtruth tht yu rd th Bhgvdgt, th Bl,th Upnhd, th Qurn—ut whn h pk, thd pwr. Tt th drnc. H wuld mku r r wth hm. H wuld mk u dt u, d th g t tm u culd’t p-

prch hm. Ad th whl mtry wuld jut hkg. Ad yu lt h w t th wrld.

hrj tught: ‘Sprtul l g trmdh.’ Ar u h th Gd mdh, th u cm rl ctr tvry. T yu c rv Gd vry g.Yu , Mhrj pntd ut hw th mdh, thuprm uprturl xprc, t rughtdw, t wr, t th rml pl.

Wth ur phycl y wht d w ut phy-cl thg, ul thg? But wh yu g tmdh d tt th y th prt, wth thty th prt yu Gd. Ad w w tht x-

mpl hrj. H wuld rm mmrd tht l Gd, nd t th m tm h wuld vry rml—h w th prdt g rg-zt d h wuld cduct th wrk.

O cc hrj w rtg m; cur, h w gng m mn tchng, ut I d,‘But hrj, I m hpl. I c’t d t. Yu d’thlp u. Yu nl tlk. Yu dn’t hlp u!’ Yu knw

wht h d? ‘Hw d yu kw tht w r thlpg yu? Frt try t d wht I hv kd yu

t d. k lttl ttmpt. T yu wll rlzhw w r hlpg yu.’ I thr wrd, yu hvt tk tp, d th yu wll d th Lrd tkg hudrd tp twrd u. Sl-rt mprtt. But ultmtly t grc.

Lt m pt ut my w xprc d hw Ilk up t. Yu , w thk Gd wth hglr d lmght pwr, t r dfcult tpprch hm. But I lv Gd cm t u rnd, n mngt u. And th hw I lkd



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up hrj. Whvr I’d r hm d y w wuld r, h wuld y mthg r ct uch wy tht h wuld tk wy thtlg. H wuld jut lk ur w thr, utmr pprchl th v ur w rd. H

ud t mk u lugh wth h jk. O tm hd mthg d ptd ut t thr d-cpl, ‘Lk hw h lughg: h gggl lk grl.’ T h udgd m d, u kw, I rlld th grud lughtr!

Athr tm dt rught t cgr-tt—Eglh cgrtt, t t—dMhrj kd m t kp t. I knw Mhrj ddn’tmk cgrtt, w y hd th whl t.T nxt mrnng whn I pprchd hm, Mhrjd, ‘H, wuld u rg cgrtt r m-lldd?’ I dd’t kw wht t d. Yu , thmtry w r wy rm th hppg d-trct tht I culd’t ru d u m mr, I jut td tll thr, d h gt th whl d. Hd, ‘Yu , Rmlldd, w h ng tht thmthr wh prgt gv m pcl dnd prlg, nd h rc thm n th nm th y. But th c, t jut th ppt:

th m th thr, ur gt thg!’T wrtr th Gospel o Sri Ramakrishna, ,tld my rthr dcpl, ‘Lk t hrj

wh h r lght md, wh h mku. Wtch hm. Sr mkrh ud t d tht

wth th yug y r h cm dw rm thhght mdh. Mhrj lk tht, t, wtchhm durg th prd.’

Wht t tht ttrctd ll th dcpl hrj? Ty wll ll y wth ccrd tht t

w h l. H w mgt, grt ttrct.On d I kd Swm Sudhnnd wh w lttht ttrct—tht hrj lv u mr thur wn prnt nd rnd. H nwr w, ‘Gd l, d tht Gd mt h hrt. Auch, yu tht lv, yu l tht lv.’

It r dfcult t rcgz th grt th grt, t rcgz hl m, ul hrl hml. I mut rk ut t, w d-cpl dd t much grt hrj

h rthr dcpl w. Oc hrj dmthg tht I thught w jut t rght, utSwm Shnnd, wh w l prnt, d, ‘Y,hrj.’ A h cm ut, I d, ‘Yu r lk y-m t hrj!’ Yu kw wht h wrd?

‘Lk hr. I hrj yu hrj. But whtd w ? Shth Mhrj—lld nd wththg ut Sr mkrh. Tt’ wht w .’

Wh tht dfcult t rcgz? l u h th lngng r Gd nd th dr r thruth, u dn’t th nnr l, nnr unldmnt.Yu c’t g xtrl. I’ll tll u cdt.hrj w gut Blrm B’ hu—h w rch m wh hd rtl rug, thck crpt-ng, nd utul ddng. Mhrj ud t mk r hkh, whch th dcpl kpt plhdt hn. A prr wh hd rd th Gospel of Sri

Ramakrishna lrd tht hrj w tg tBlrm B’ hu; h cm t vt hm. Jutth hrj’ ttdt, Sujj hrj—SwmNrnnnd—w w. T prr wlkd nd w hrj mkg tht hkh mdt llrt luxury. H rcvd hck. H wt utd t th prch d thught: ‘T th pr-

tul Sr mkrh! Wht dd I xpct t? Tt h wuld lv utr mpl l. But wht d I ?’ Tu h w cgttg wh Sujjhrj cm ck d kd hm h wuld lkt vt hrj. H dd’t y, ‘I lrdy wt tth rm.’ H d, ‘Y, I cm t vt hm.’ S h

wt , d hrj tlkd t hm. Wh h lth rm, h tld Sujj hrj, ‘Wht mtkI wuld h md I hd g w, hg r-cvd tht rt hck. I trd t judg hly m

wth my d hl!’ Tt prr cm dvtd dcpl hrj.

T wht w hv ud ut rm ur wxprnc. Gd nd r-r ul—Mhrj wuch—r tll lg d hlpg ll u wh

wt hlp. I kw hrj t dd, ut lvg,d h hlp whvr k tht hlp. T grthl r rdg tht ut th kw wthth ukw. Ty hlp u t rlz tht whch unknwn. P



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h txt mpri th ditd t SwamiBhakarwaraada’laVedanta-sara,-dtdbtw8Dmbr954ad20Jaary955.Tenotes—takendownbysomeresidentsotheRamakrihaMath,Nagpr—havbditdadrtrtdbySwamiBrahmhaada,Srtary,RamakrishnaMissionAshrama,Chandigarh.

47. Anayoḥ samaṣṭi-vyaṣṭyor-vana-vṛkṣayor-iva jalāśaya-jalayor-iva vābhedaḥ.

Tis aggregate and individual ignorance are identical, like a orest and the trees or areservoir and the water.

ays eebe tht th ddul dth cllct r md th m pl,

nd th m lw wrk t th th ll. Jut thr ujct-jct ccu d trctn n u durng th wkng nd drm tt,d t up durg dp lp, mlr pr-c hpp ch lvg dvdul. Wth thkwldg yur prtul l wll prctcl.

48. Etad-upahitayor-īśvara-prājñayor-api vana-vṛkṣāvacchinnākāśayor-iva

jalāśaya-jala-gata-pratibimbākāśayor-iva

vābhedaḥ ‘eṣa sarveśvara (eṣa sarvajñaeṣo’ntaryāmy-eṣa yoniḥ sarvasya prabhavāpyayau hi bhūtānām)’ ityādi śruteḥ.

As the ākāś enclosed by the orest is identical with the ākāś enclosed by the trees, or as theākāś reected in the water is the same as theākāś reected in the reservoir, similarly īśvr and prājñ associated with these (aggregate and individual ignorance) are identical.

Tere are such Shruti passages as, ‘He isthe Lord o all, (He is omniscient, He is theinner controller, He is the source o all, He

is the cause o the origin and destruction o creatures)’ (duky phd , 6).

Nw th uthr gng n xmpl. Tr pc vry dvdul tr, d lkw thr pc th rt whl. Smlrly, jut thr r yu thr ph llury prlty wthlt hd thm, thr r l thr ph

wth Rlt hnd thm n th whl wrld. Hth ccu; th yur prtul l wll prctcl. But wht ctull hpp tht wthk Gd m d th dl th wpr.H th knwldg tht th n Gd n ll, ndtht th ply grc ll.

49. Vana-vṛkṣa-tad-avacchinnākāśayor- jalāśaya-jala-tadgata-pratibimbākāśayor-vādhārabhūtānupahitākāśavad-anayor-

ajñāna-tad-upahita-caitanyayor-ādhārabhūtaṁ yad-anupahitaṁcaitanyaṁ tat-turīyam-ity-ucyate

‘(śāntaṁ) śivam-advaitaṁ caturthaṁmanyate (sa ātmā sa vijñeyaḥ)’ ityādi-śruteḥ.

Like the unlimited ākāś which is the substratum o the ākāś enclosed by the orest and the trees, or o the ākāś which

is reected in the water and the reservoir,there is an unlimited Consciousness whichis the substratum o the aggregate and the individual ignorance as well as o theConsciousness (īśvr and prājñ) associated with them. Tis is called the ‘Fourth’, asin such Shruti passages as, ‘Tat which is(tranquil), auspicious, and without a second is conceived o as the Fourth aspect. (He isthe Sel; He is to be known)’ (dukyphd , 7).

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I th tt prājña r dp lp r savikalpa samādhi th wrld rmn upprd r rgttn,ut t c tll cm up. O urthr llumtth wrld d th ‘I’ cmpltly g wy d lybrahmānubhūti, th xprc Brhm, r-

m. dr th th ‘I’ d th wrld d-ppr; ut th rppr whn t ct gn. Inth uccu dth th ‘I’ d th wrlddppr, vr t ppr g th m rm.

Frm th ttmt ut th trcdtturīya, th ‘urth’ tt, th Shrut w lr thtthr thg l xcpt Gd ywhr. Hc,t th xtt yur ‘I’, yur g, rducd y pr-tul prctc d llumt, t tht xtt yu

wll dc prtull. O th hd u dprtul prctc d th thr u prttl: ‘Im tllgt, I hv pwr, I hv dvcd’. Tg mptm grc. It m tp. T ttmt ‘I m prtull dcd’ l-cntrdctr. Or th mptm gnr-c yurl d kw tht yu r l.

50. Idam-eva turīyaṁ śuddha-caitanyam-ajñānādi-tad-upahita-caitanyābhyāṁtaptāyaḥ-piṇḍavad-aviviktaṁ

san-mahāvākyasya vācyaṁ viviktaṁ sal-lakṣyam-iti cocyate.

Tis pure Consciousness, which is known as the‘Fourth’, when not discriminated, like a red-hot iron ball, om ignorance and the consciousnesswith which it is associated becomes the direct meaning o the great Vedic dictum, and whendiscriminated it gives us its implied meaning.

T prt th Shtr w g g. T

udmtl truth tht thr l pur C-cu—Brhm l rl. T wrld, thcrtur, d th lk r ly t ll. Du t upr-mpt t pprg ‘I’, ‘u’, th wrld,ujct-jct, d th rt. Yu mut gv up yur‘I’, yur g, wth th ccu. Yur dvdu-lty, yur prlty, grdully g dppr-g, d ultmtly th turīya ly Gd rm.

Yu mut crull d crrctl udrtdth mg th mahāvākya ‘tat-tvam-asi ’

th Shrut, t drct d mpld mg. I yutk th ltrl mg th crptur, u wll rud. Fr xmpl, yu mrc tgr c-drg t Gd, yu wll d. T mpld mg,lakṣyārtha, tht n rlt thr n tgr, n thr,

n mthr. Hnc, Gd ln plng n drntrm. T xtrl rm g zr. uc td mrg yurl Gd, th ly lty.

Yu r trg t l Gd tmpl, mg,nd plc plgrmg lk Kh nd Pndhrpur.But thy r ly yml, d t Gd thm nl uul n th gnnng. Ultmtl u wllh t xprnc tht Gd wthn u wll vry crtur. Struggl t rlz th.

51. Asyājñānasyāvaraṇa-vikṣepa-nāmakam-asti śakti-dvayam.

Tis ignorance has two powers, namely the power o concealment and the power o projection.

T qut , ‘Wh r w t l t rlzHm?’ Bcu w r grc. Bcu th

āvaraṇa-śakti, pwr cclmt grc, w r t l t Tkur, Gd, thugh

h ur Rlt xtng cntnuul wthn. Flth wth grt rrw; th yur prtul prctc wll t.

52. Āvaraṇa-śaktis-tāvad-alpo’pi megho’neka-yojanāyatam-āditya-maṇḍalam-avalokayitṛ-nayana-patha-

pidhāyakatayā yathācchādayatīvatathājñānaṁ paricchinnam-apy-ātmānam-aparicchinnam-asaṁsāriṇam-

avalokayitṛ-buddhi-pidhāyakatayācchād ayatīva tādṛśaṁ sāmarthyam. Tad-uktaṁ:‘Ghanacchanna-dṛṣṭir-ghanacchannam-arkaṁ yathā manyate niṣprabhaṁcāti-mūḍhaḥ. Tathā baddhavadbhāti

yo mūḍha-dṛṣṭeḥ saḥ nityopalabdhi- svarūpo’ham-ātmā’ iti.

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miles, similarly ignorance, though limited by nature yet obstructing the intellect o theobserver, conceals, as it were, the Sel, which isunlimited and not subject to transmigration.Such is this power o concealment. It is thus

said: ‘As the sun appears covered by a cloud and bedimmed to a very ignorant personwhose vision is obscured by the cloud, so alsoTat which to the unenlightened appears tobe in bondage is my real nature—the Sel,eternal Knowledge’ (Htmlk , 10).

Sdnnd g hr th xmpl th un whch,lthugh g d th gvr lght t th whl

wrld, crd mll clud. Smlrl, dut th lmtd d mprmt ujct-jctccu u, u ct th tlt, whch u d th whl wrld.

Whn th wnd prtul prctc wll lw, thnth lttl grc wll g w d th u Gd, Tkur, wll h wth.

53. Anayā āvṛtasyātmanaḥ kartṛtva-bhoktṛtva-sukhitva-duḥkhitvādi-

saṁsāra-sambhāvanāpi bhavati yathā svājñānenāvṛtāyāṁ rajjvāṁ

sarpatva-sambhāvanā.Te Sel covered by this (concealing power o ignorance) may become subject to samsara(relative existence) characterized by one’s

eeling as agent, the experiencing subject,happy, miserable, and the like, just as a ropemay become a snake due to the concealing

power o one’s own ignorance.

Nw, th ct th āvaraṇa-śakti g m-

td. T ct ujct-jct ccu,‘I’ d ‘m’, d th d tht ‘I m th dr’, ‘Im th jr’. Du t th cclg pwr grc, h t tk rth rptdly th

pul wrld, mr. Sc t u, kwtht u r grc d udrtk tprtul prctc.

54. Vikṣepa-śaktis-tu yathā rajjvajñāna svāvṛta-rajjau sva-śaktyā

sarpādikam-udbhāvayaty-evam-ajñānam-api svāvṛtātmani sva-śakty-ākāśādi-prapañcam-udbhāvayati tādṛśaṁ

sāmarthyam. Tad-uktaṁ: ‘Vikṣepa-śaktir-liñgādi brahmāṇḍāntaṁ jagat sṛjet’ iti.

Just as ignorance regarding a rope, by itsinherent power, gives rise to the illusion o a

snake and the like in the rope covered by it, so also ignorance, by its own power, creates in theSel covered by it such phenomena as ākāś and the like. Such a power is called the power o projection. It is thus said: ‘Te power o

projection creates all om the subtle bodies tothe cosmos’ ( kyudh , 13).

Sdd pkg ut thr uct grc: vikṣepa, pwr prjct. Nt ly lt ccld, ut t plc mthg l ppr. Nt l th rp ccld, ut t plc k . Smlrly, r ccl-mt lt, th wrld ppr. Gd, hml th rgl cu, wth th hlp th my, th

āvaraṇa-śakti, h ccld hml d wth thvikṣepa-śakti prjctng th whl wrld-llun

wth t gr d utl lmt. A mttr

ct, thr thg ut th lty, Gd.T kwldg h utlty prctcl l. I u d nt undrtk ntn prtul prctc ndd t cctrt tl th Idl, thth th pwr m rm ct, d th

wrld wll ppr mr nd mr rl t u—urmd wll drggd dw mr d mr. S, r-

jct th wrld crtd m nd d dp n thctmplt lty.

55. Śakti-dvaya-vad-ajñānopahitaṁcaitanyaṁ sva-pradhānatayā nimittaṁ svopādhi-pradhānatayopādānañcabhavati.

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Brhm g dcrd th fct wll th mtrl cu th uvr, lk pttrd th rth rm whch pt md. T f-cnt cu lw cncu ng, whr thmtrl cu nntnt mttr. In th wrld th

tw cu, lk th pttr d th rth, r dr-t. But th ut hr tht Brhm thth. H th sraṣṭā, Crtr, wll th rulmnt, gr nd utl, rm whch th unr crtd. Brhm crtd rm tl māyā-śākti,

whch th mtrl cu. xpl th Sd-d gv th xmpl pdr.

56. Yathā lūtā tantukāryaṁ prati sva- pradhānatayā nimittaṁ sva-śarīra-

pradhānatayopādānañca bhavati. Just as the spider, when considered om the standpoint o its own sel, is the ecient causeo the web and, when looked upon om the

standpoint o its body, is also the material cause o the web.

T pdr tl th ccu crtr th wd tl th mtrl cu, cu t crtth w rm t w prt. Ordrly, th -

cnt cu—th pttr—rmn utd th cr-td jct—th pt. But th uty th wrldcrtn tht Gd, th Rlt, th fcnt cu,rd wth Crt, lk th pdr whch lv t w.

57. Tamaḥ-pradhāna-vikṣepa-śaktimad-ajñānopahita-caitanyād-ākāśa ākāśād-vāyur-vāyor-agnir-agner-āpo’dbhyaḥ pṛthivī cotpadyate ‘etasmād-ātmanaākāśaḥ sambhūtaḥ’ ityādi-śruteḥ.

From Consciousness associated with the projecting power o ignorance, which has a preponderance o the quality o darkness, hasevolved ākāś , which in its turn has produced

air, om air has come re, om re water, and om water earth, as is mentioned in suchShruti passages, ‘From this Sel has evolved ākāś’ (ttry phd , 2.1.1).

Sdd w dcr Gd’ ll. T rt x-

pr th prjctg pwr Gd ākāśa,pc. It cmpr th thr pwr: sattva, rajas,nd tamas. Ar th, thr lmnt l n thrutl rm. Frm ākāśa cm r, rm r r,rm r wtr, nd rm wtr rth. All th cn-

t sattva, rajas, d tamas utl rm. Scrthg l ut th lmt, ththr guṇa r prt rthg. T m-t n n u t. Whn w mdtt, dcrn, nd

prct l-cntrl, nd whn l Gd r nu, th sattva prdmt; wh w cm dy-mc, gtc, d gg gd r d ctvty,rajas dmt; lz d dull cud ytamas—t h th pwr t drk th md. O-rv th d vr prud.

58. Teṣu jāḍyādhikya-darśanāt-tamaḥ- prādhānyaṁ tat-kāraṇasya. Tadānīṁ sattva-rajas-tamāṁsi kāraṇa-guṇa- prakrameṇa teṣvākāśādiṣūtpadyante.

On account o preponderance o inertiaobserved in them, their cause also must have

an excess o the quality o darkness (tm). At that time the qualities o ttv , rj , and tm are reproduced in ether and the like, in

accordance with the law that the qualities o the cause determine the qualities o the efect.

Sc r vlv ut ākāśa th chrctrtc pc cm t r wll. Lkw, th chrc-trtc r nd pc cm nt th nxt lmnt,r. T chrctrtc th thr cm t

wtr, d rth gt th chrctrtc ll thrlr ur lmt wll t w.

Orvg th ytmtc, grdul vlut

th wrld llumd y Ccu, th humng thnk tht th wrld rl, run r t, ndur. I rlt, ll th pl, ll, Gd, thmtr th dv ply.

59. Etānyeva sūkṣma-bhūtāni tanmātrāṇy-apañcīkṛtāni cocyante.

Tese are called subtle matter, rudimentaryelements (tmātr s), and uncompounded (pñcīkṛt) elements.



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Frm th utl lmt, gr lmt r.T utl lmnt n uncmnd rm h tch-cll thr m: sūkṣma-bhūta, utl mttr, tanmātra, ‘tht l’ r rudmtry mttr, d

apañcīkṛta-bhūta, ucmpudd mttr. Wh

th rt lmt ld, th wr t mxd wth thr. Gr pc cmt th rgl utl pc wth th thr ur u-tl lmt xd prprt. T wll x-

pld ltr .

60. Etebhyaḥ sūkṣma-śarīrāṇi sthūla-bhūtāni cotpadyante.

From these subtle elements are produced subtlebodies and gross elements.

Frm th utl lmt ur utl d grd hv rmd. T r’ pwr hr-g d t xtrl rm h r rm thm.Smlr th c wth ll th n, th mnd, thtllct, d th prāṇa. T l pwrr md t wrk y th lrd my—māyādhīśa.T t cmpt rm grupd t-gthr th rm th utl d. Ltr, th

phycl dy r. Trr, vry h u-

tl prlty. T utl lmt r rml prtcl rgy. Hw th grupg lmttk plc mthg mtru. mmr-g th gv up my d mrg th māyin, thlrd my.

61. Sūkṣma-śarīrāṇi sapta-daśāvayavāni liṅga-śarīrāṇi.

Te subtle bodies are what are known as thelṅg-śrīr s having seventeen component parts.

62. Avayavās-tu jñānendriya-pañcakaṁbuddhi-manasī karmendriya-pañcakaṁvāyu-pañcakaṁ ceti.

Te component parts (o the lṅg-śrīr) arethe ve organs o perception, the intellect, themind, the ve organs o action, and the vevital orces.

I th utl d th t pwr, wth

thr rpctv uct, r grupd tgthr.

63. Jñānendriyāṇi śrotra-tvak-cakṣur-jihvā-ghrāṇākhyāni.

Te ve organs o perception are the ears, the

skin, the eyes, the tongue, and the nose.64. Etāny-ākāśādīnāṁ sāttvikāṁśebhyaḥ

vyastebhyaḥ pṛthak pṛthak krameṇotpadyante.

Tese are produced separately in consecutiveorder om the ttv particles o ākāś and the rest.

Nt l th pwr ch lmt pcc,ut thr ch thm prpdrc

sattva guṇa. T cmt th sattva cmp-nnt ch lmnt ld t th rmtn th jñānendriya, rg prcpt.

65. Buddhir-nāmaniścayātmikāntaḥkaraṇa-vṛttiḥ.

Intellect (uddh) is the modication o theinternal instrument (ātḥkrṇ) that determines (the real nature o objects).

T tllct h th pwr dcrmt d tllum jct.

66. Mano nāma saṅkalpa-vikalpātmikāntaḥkaraṇa-vṛttiḥ.

Te mind (m) is that modication o theinternal instrument which considers the pros

and cons o a subject (ṅklp and vklp).

T md cdr pr d c.

67. Anayor-evacittāhaṅkārayor-antarbhāvaḥ.

Te mind-stuf (ctt) and egoism (hṅkār) are included in these two—[intellect (uddh) and mind (m) respectively].

I th ctxt th āntaḥkaraṇa, trl tru-mt, manas, md, clud ahaṅkāra, gm,d buddhi, tllct, clud citta, md-tu.

(To be continued )



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Mahendranath Gupta:Last Days with Sri Ramakrishna

Swami Chetanananda

, · It wth rt d Durg Puj. rrd t thShmpukur hu t 4.00 p.m. d ud

llck d thr dt Sr m-krh’ rm. T tr kd t d htr Nndn t t hm. Sh w wndrul d-

t nd hd ttnd bhava samadhi llwng

th tr’ truct. Friday, 16 October 1885 · rrd t 7.30.m. T Mtr w xprncng ct cu Durg Puj. H d t Dndr: ‘T whl wrld rd n th l Brhmn, nd I m lng nd.’ Sr mkrh th g t tc th pc-tur h rm. H pclly lkd th thr thtdpctd Gur-Nt, Shv-Gur, d Drupd.

Saturday, 17 October 1885 · Dr Srkr d rnd rrd nd Nrndr ntrtnd thm wth

m dtl g. At 7.00 p.m. th trqurd ut th tm d th wt t dpmdh. Dr Srkr chckd th tr’ hrt dh rd tuchd h y. Tr w r-pn. T mn wr dumundd. T dmttdtht cc culd t xpl th phm.

Whn th hd l th Mtr tld th dttht h utl d hd g, lg lumu

pth, t Surndr’ hrn t Durg nd thr hw Surdr cryg rt th Dv thr.

H kd thm t t Surdr. Wh th d- vt rrvd thr, thy lrd tht th tr’ v hd crrct.

Sunday, 18 October 1885 · Dpt h llth tr hd lg cvrt wth Dr Srkr.⁸

Tursday, 22 October 1885 · Dr Srkr cmtrgud y th tr d g t pd tm

wth hm, dcr th Gospel :

Grh (to the doctor, with a smile): ‘Yu h l-rdy pt thr r ur hur hr. Wht ut

yur ptt?’Dctr: ‘Wll, m prctc nd ptnt! I hll

l rthng n ccunt ur prmhm!’( All laugh.)

tr: ‘Tr rvr clld th ‘rm’. It vry dgru t dv t tht rvr. I m plung nt t wtr h cnnt prrm n mr

ct. It put d t h dut.’ ( All laugh.)Dctr (to Girish, M, and the other devotees):

‘y rd, cdr m yu. I m tyg th phyc. But yu thk m yur w, th I m yur.’ …

(To the Master ): ‘T ll u r ur-g rm d t prmt th ptt t tlk wth ppl. But my c xcpt. Yu my tlk wth m wh I m hr.’ ( All laugh.)

tr: ‘Pl cur my ll. I ct chtth m d glr Gd.’

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Dctr: ‘dtt ugh.’tr: ‘Wht d u m? Wh huld I

ld mtu l? I j m h r-ty dh: currd h, rd h, pckld h,d rth! Smtm I wrhp Gd wth rt-ul, mtm I rpt H m, mtm Imdtt n Hm, mtm I ng H nm ndglr, mtm I dc H m.’10

Friday, 23 October 1885 · It w th dy thull m, llwg Durg Puj, th wrhp th Dn Mthr. At 0.00 .m. Sr Rmkrhn

w tlkg t , wh w hlpg hm wth hck. tr ( smiling ): ‘Why c’t I cut my wl-l cr t tw pc d wrp thm rudmy lg lk ck? Ty wll c d wrm.’ mld (868).

At 11.00 .m. wt t Dr Srkr’ hu trprt th tr’ cdt. T dctr w

r gr t hr ut Sr mkrh. WhDr Srkr ltr cm t Shmpukur, h d t thMtr: ‘I w much wrrd ut u lt nght tthr ’clck. It w rnng. I d t ml: “Whkw whthr r t th dr d wdw h rm r hut? ” ’ ‘Rll?’ d Sr Rmkrhn.

H w r pld th dctr’ thughtulnd ct (87).Saturday, 24 October 1885 · Wh Dr Srkr

rrvd t . p.m. th tr prd th hm- pthc tm mdc. T dctr rmrkd:‘Accrdg t hmpth th phc h tchck up th mptm th d wth thmdcl k. It lk Wtr muc. T grllw th cr.’

Sr mkrh wtd t h h mdh

lutd rm ctc pt w. H d:‘Wll, wh I m mdh I l txctd I wr druk wth ddh [drk md Idhmp]. Wht h u t ut tht?’ Dctr (to

M): ‘In tht tt th nr cntr c t unctn.Hc th lm cm um. Ag, th lg tt-tr cu ll th rgy ruh twrd th r.L ct th rvu ytm. Tr rvctr th p th ck clld th mdulllgt. I tht jurd, my d’ (876).

Nrdr g x g t th tr’ rqut,chrmg th dctr. T dctr th l.

Tt g th tr wt t mdhd th lwly rturd t rml. dcdd tpd th ght thr (877–9).

Sunday, 25 October 1885 · It w ut 6.30.m. M kd Sr Rmkrhn ut h hlth. H

w h wy t Dr Srkr t rprt th -tr’ cndtn. T Mtr d t M: ‘ll th dc-tr tht durg th rly hur th mrg mymuth cm lld wth wtr nd I cugh. Alk hm I my tk th’ (879). th wt t th dctr, wh cm th r.

Dctr: ‘I hv hrd th try tht yu wr

nc lng n th grund uncncu n mdh wh wckd m kckd yu wth h t.’

tr: ‘Yu mut hv hrd t rm . Tmn w Chndr Hldr, prt th Kl tm-

pl t lght; h cm t thur Bu’hu. O dy I w lyg th grud c-ttc md. T rm w drk. Chndr Hldrthught I w gg tht tt rdr t wthur’ vur. H trd th rm d kckdm rl tm wth h t. It l lck mrk m d. Erd wtd t tll thur

Bu ut t, ut I rd thm.’Dctr: ‘T l du t th wll Gd.

Tu u h tught ppl hw t cntrl ngrd prct rgv’ (885).

Monday, 26 October 1885 · chrcld thvt th dy th Gospel :

It w ut t ’clck th mrg wh rrd t th Shmpukur hu n h w t DrSrkr t rprt th tr’ cdt.

Dr Srkr hd dclrd th ll curl.H wrd ct glm vr th md th -tr’ dt d dcpl. Wth uggg d-

t d zl th urd th ptt—thrtchr, gud, phlphr, d rd. A d ung dcpl, ld Nrndr, w prprng t ruc th wrld d ddct thr lv tth rlzt Gd d th rvc hum-t. Ppl ckd t th Mtr d nd nght. Inpt th xcructg p h thrt, h wl-cmd thm ll wth chrul c. Tr md



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t lmt t h lctud r thr wlr.H c md h tlkd t thm ut Gd.Dr Srkr, ng tht cnrtn ggrtd thll, rd hm t tlk t ppl. ‘Yu mutt tlk t thr,’ th phc hd d t th

tr, ‘ut u m mk xcpt mc.’ T dctr ud t pd x r v hur Sr mkrh’ cmp, drkg r

wrd tht ll rm h lp.tr: ‘I m lg much rlvd. I m vry

wll td. I t cu th mdcn? Tn whhuld’t I ctu t?’

: ‘I m gg t th dctr. I hll tll hmvrythg. H wll dv wht t’ (886).

Dr Srkr rrvd t . p.m. d w pldt hr tht th tr w dg wll. H hd lg crt wth Sr mkrh d thdvt.

uesday, 27 October 1885 · T tr wlg ttr. H d t : ‘T dvt lkg n hml Prkrt lk t mrc nd k Gd,

whm h rgrd th Puruh. I m tllg th jut t yu. Ordry ppl huld t hr ththg.’ : ‘Gd prt vru wy. Ev th

lln ur n H prt. Bcu u rll w dvt r cmg t yu’ (895).Dpt h ll, th tr ctud t

pk r wrd ut rnunctn. H rdculdth wh rt mk rrgmt r thr mlyd prprt, d th prct dh. Nr-dr’ thr hd dd, h w trg t prdr h mly.

T tr d:

Whn mn l uttr dpn, h lk n th wrld dp wll d h rltv vmucr. T h ct thk vg my rmkg rrgmt ut h prprt. Gdl rl d ll l llury. thk th

wrld td Gd!A wm w trck wth t gr. Sh

rt td hr -rg th crr hr clthd th drppd t th grud, g, ‘Oh,rd, wht clmty h ll m!’ But h

w vry crul t t rk th -rg.

All lughd. At th wrd Nrdr lt truck y rrw, d ly dw th r. udrtd wht w gg thrugh Nrdr’md d d wth ml: ‘Wht’ th mttr?

Why r yu lyg dw?’T tr d t , wth ml: ‘Yu r-

md m wm wh lt hmd hrl r lpg wth hr rthr--lw d culd’tudrtd th cduct th wm whld mtr trngr. B w xcung hrl h d: ‘Ar ll, rthr--lw ’w. But v tht kll m wth hm. Ad hwd th wm dr t lv wth trgr?’

hml hd ldg wrldly l. I-td g hmd h w cduct, hmld t Nrdr. ht w wh Sr m-

krh rrrd t th wm wh crtczd thcduct mmrl wm, thugh h hrl hd llct lv r hr rthr--lw (896).

It w 5.30 p.m. wh Dr Srkr cm t thMtr’ rm, lt h pul, nd prcrd th n-cry mdc. y dvt wr prt dth cvrt ctud r lg tm. Fllyth tr d t Dr Srkr: ‘I yu w’t tk -nc, I hll tll u mthng. It th: Yu h

hd ugh uch thg my, hur, lc-turg, d . Nw r w dy drct yurmd t Gd. Ad cm hr w d th. Yurprtul lg wll kdld hrg wrdut Gd’ (93).

hursday, 29 October 1885 · rchdShmpukur t 0.00 .m. A uul, h cllctd thtr’ hlth rprt d th l r Dr Srkr’hu. H d Dr Srkr rturd t Shympukury crrg, vtg vrl ptt lg th wy.

Wh th rrd, Dr Srkr tk th tr’ pul d qurd ut h cdt.

tr (to Dr Sarkar ): ‘I udrtd tht yupk m . Tt why thy (pointing to M and the others) d’t wt t g t yu.’

Dr Srkr (looking at M): ‘Why huld I cll u [mg th tr] ? But I m-tnd ur gtm. Wh d u llw ppl ttk th dut yur t?’

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Dr Srkr: ‘Tt thr mtk. Ty huld tld ut t.’

M: ‘Wh huld u jct t thr tkng thdut h t? D’t Gd dwll ll g?’

Dr Srkr: ‘I d’t jct t tht. T umut tk th dut vry’ t.’

M: ‘But thr grtr mnttn Gd m m th thr. Tr wtr vry-

whr; ut yu mr t lk, rvr, rn cn. Wll u hw th m rpct t nwBchlr Scc yu d t Frdy?’

Dr Srkr: ‘I gr wth tht. But why d yucll hm Gd?’

M: ‘Wh d w lut ch thr? It cuGd dwll n rd’ hrt. Yu hn’t gnmuch thught t th ujct.’

tr (to Dr Sarkar ): ‘I hv lrdy tld yutht m ppl rvl mr Gd th thr.Erth rct th u’ r w, tr nthr w, nd mrrr n tll nthr w. Yu ttr rct mrrr th thr -

jct. D’t u tht th dt hr rt th m ll wth Prhld d thr h kd? Prhld’ whl hrt d ul wrddctd t Gd.’

Dr Srkr dd t rply. All wr lt. …It w duk. Sr Rmkrhn cm rd

ctmplt Gd. Fr th tm g hrgt ll ut h pul d. Ar lg tm h cm wr th utr wrld d dt whpr: ‘Yu m md w cm-

pltly mrgd th Idvl Brhm. Artht I w m thg. I ud tht th dctr

wll h prtul wknng. But t wll tk mtm. I w’t hv t tll hm much’ (98–9, 9).

Friday, 30 October 1885 · rrd t thShympukur hu d cllctd th rprt Sr

mkrh’ hlth. H th l t pck up thdctr; thy rrvd t . A uul, Dr Srkrhd lg crt wth th tr d thdvt. T tr w grtul r h r trt-mt, ut h w gvg th dctr prtulty rtur. Igrg Dr Srkr’ hgh ttu, Sr m-krh tld hm hrh truth cu h ldhm: ‘hdr Bu, wht th md

ur ut mn? Wh uch ttchmnt t w? Wh uch lgg r m d m? G up

ll th, w, d drct yur md t Gd wth whl-uld dtn. Enj th Bl Gd.’ DrSrkr t tll, wthut uttrg wrd (95).

Saturday, 31 October 1885 · rrvd t 9..m. d th l t rprt t Dr Srkr th

tr’ hlth. At . .m. Prhudyl hr, Qukr Chrt, cm t t th tr. Hd: ‘Ju t th r. H GdHml. (o the devotees) Nw h (pointing to Sri

Ramakrishna) yu hm—g, h GdHml. Yu r t l t rcgz hm. I hv hm r, v, thugh I hm wdrctl wth m .’ In n cttc md th M-tr hk hd wth hr d ld hm, y-g: ‘Yu wll gt wht yu r kg’ (922). DrSrkr rrd rwrd d xmd thtr. Ty hd dcu ut Gd (923–4).

Sunday, 1 November 1885 · rrd thmrg t vt th tr. Cpt hwthUpdh, dt nd n fcr th Nplgvrmt, vtd th tr. Ty pk ut

j d hkt. Prhudyl hr cm t drwll t Sr mkrh, h w lg t

prrm utrt. Grh, Surdr, Ddr,

hm, d mchdr rrvd d th trtlkd t thm ut lgg r Gd.I th r rturd rm wrk d Dr

Srkr cm t th Mtr. A mundrtndng hd dlpd twn Dr Srkr nd th dtrgrdg tkg th dut Sr mkrh’ t.Dr Srkr tld th Mtr: ‘I hll nt nthng t y. T ppl r gry wth m.’ -

whl Grh tk th dut th Mtr’ t. Tdctr d: ‘I hv thg t y. Yu ppl d

whtr u lk.’ Tn Nrndr ng ng, ndth dctr d t th tr: ‘Pl d’t g tcty. I yu d, I hll lv.’ tr: ‘ Wht cI d? It cm ptuly.’ Dr Srkr xmdth tr’ thrt d th l.

Monday, 2 November 1885 · Wh rrvdt 7. .m., h hrd tht th tr’ cugh hdcm wr. Ltr , t 5. p.m., h rturdr wrk d th tr tld hm tht thr wld h phlgm. rvr, thr w prc-



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g p h thrt. H d: ‘T dy dr-nt rm thr’ d. Smtm I l t wll ntlt lng. Lt m wkn th cncun th

ppl quckly.’uesday, 3 November 1885 · T wthr w

cl Clcutt. rrvd t 6. p.m. Dr Srkrhd t cm r tw dy. T tr’ thrt hd ldg d th dt wr ccrd.Grh d Nrdr l t rm th dctr Sr mkrh’ cdt. T tr d t :‘Etg ttvc d cry r rl mdtt.’

Wednesday, 4 November 1885 · T tr w rul ll. Dr Srkr w d wth thdt d hd t cm r th pt w d.Hwr, h cm t Shmpukur t 10.00.m. tht mrg t xm th trnd prcr mdcn. H nd th Mtrhd lng prtul cnrtn n whchSr mkrh dcrd th g llumd ul: ‘Frt, xprcxurt l d ’ tur cmlk chld; cnd, n cm clmnd rn; nd thrd, n cmr rm g.’ M l t 2.00 p.m.

d rturd thr hur ltr.In th nng, whn th lmp wr lghtd, th tr d tM: ‘Nw tp ll ur cttd thk Gd.’

Friday, 6 November 1885 · Dr Srkr dd tudrtd wh h trt-mt w t wrkg.H thught prhp th

chg w thcu nd tht h rmdmght mr ct

wh wtr cm.It w l Puj. Fllw-

g th tr’ truct, wt t th Sddhhwrl tmpl Tth dmd pcl rg. H cmck t Shmpukur wth prd

r th tr. Dr Srkr rrd t 2.00 p.m.Grh, , d thr trtd hm y gg ng prng th Mthr. At 7.00 tht nng thdt rd wr t th Mtr nd h wntt mdh. T dvt lt th prc th

Dv thr Sr mkrh (924–3).Saturday, 7 November 1885 · M rrd t 2.00

p.m. d ud tht vry w rtg. H th wt t th tr d lrd tht h hd tn lng wll. Dr Srkr rrd. T Mtr dt hm: ‘Tr much ldng rm th thrt!T dt r pndng much mn. I thnk Ihuld rturn t Dkhnwr.’ Dr Srkr rurdhm: ‘Pl d’t wrry.’ T tw m th tlkd

ut kwldg d dvt. Nrdr g cupl g r th dctr.

Sunday, 8 November 1885 · At 8.00.m. put m ld dchrgd rmth tr’ thrt t ppr pckt dtk t t Dr Srkr. T dctr xmd

t d rd ’ rprt th tr’cdt. H thrt hd

ldg th prvu ght dg th mrg.

Hzr cm t t thtr d th lttr chr-ull tld hm: ‘Wh dn’t u rpt mtr dcur m d?’ DrSrkr rrd tht r-, xmd th -

tr, nd tld h ttndntt t wrry. H dd t tylg. tyd tll mdght

d th l r hm. Monday, 9 November

1885 · T Mtr w grlll d th dt’ hrt

wr hvy. Lt ght h hdhd lt hmrrhg. I

th mrg ud ld th tr’ d ht. H wrt h rprt th -

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dctr. In th mntm Dr Prtp Mjumdr cmt Sr mkrh.

Ar mkg h rprt t Dr Srkr, wthm d tk h w t th Prhth Jtmpl. Dr Srkr wt t th Shympukur hu

durg ’ c. T tr tld hm: ‘Yurmdc t wrkg. I hll tk Prtp’ md-c.’ At 3. p.m. wt t Dr jumdr, whrcmmndd tht Dr Srkr cntnu trtng thMtr. Orng th Mtr’ cndtn M td wth hm tht ght.

Tuesday, 10 November 1885 · I th mrg wt t Dr Srkr d cllctd th hm- pthc mdc. At Dr Srkr td thtr; w prt.

tr: ‘Lt m kp hudrd twty-v prct th yu.’ T dctr w pld. Htld Sr mkrh: ‘Pl pry t Gd tht

w m r rm xt ut u.’ Ar r crt th dctr l. I th g th tr’ thrt hmrrhgd g d httdt wr t l t wht t d.

Hly thr hrd th tr’ ru c-dt d cm rm Dkhwr t hlp cr

r hm. Sh uggtd thrugh Shrt tht m- huld pur cld wtr th tr’ hdd put wt twl h dm. Althughthr w n prc, rm tht d n Hl Mthrg t ty mll rm th uppr r tth Shympukur hu d tk rplty rckg th tr’ ml.

Friday, 13 November 1885 · At 10.00 .m. rvd tht th tr w ru md.

Grh: ‘Pl tll u whch dctr w huld

cll.’ ‘I d’t kw,’ th tr rpld. ‘I hv ttchmt t my dy.’

M gthrd nrmtn r Dr Srkr nd thn prprd t lv. O tht dy th tr hd ldng nd w nt cughng, ut h hd thr-g p h wud. H ly t m r

puddg. Br lvg t Dr Srkr, tdnr th dr nd wtchd th Mtr t. H wpt lttl h thught h p.

Saturday, 21 November 1885 · It w -

purm, th ull-m ght utum, clrt-g th ght tht rh pld wth th gp.Tr w tv md Clcutt, ut th -tr’ cndtn cntnud t dtrrt. Grh lt th dctr.

At 4.30 p.m. th Mtr’ thrt gn ldng nd h cm xtrml wk. H ttndnt ddt kw wht t d. khl hld h w hdd g t cry. T tr trd t cl hm.

Dr Srkr rrd. H crull xmd Srmkrh d d: ‘T mdc wll wrk.I pt th whl dy rrchg h ymptm m mdcl k.’ Dr Srkr hd rlr uggtdmg th tr t pcu d cl plcutd Clcutt, rthr th kpg hm th

pllutd cty. T dvt hd ud hu rn hundrd rup pr mnth. M nw mntndtht prpl t Nrdr rt th dctr.Hwvr, th tr vrhrd th pl d vh-mntl ppd m t uch n xpn hu.M rturnd hm wth h hrt nd culd ntlp tht ght. H rturd t th Shympukurhu wh t w tll drk.

Sunday, 22 November 1885 · I th mr-

g dlrd th tr’ hlth rprt t DrSrkr, d th h rturd t Shympukur. Dur-g luch th tr d: ‘I l xtrmly uy.’H kd t mg h t d th put ckn thm. Whn Dr Srkr rrd, h tld th M-tr: ‘Yu r dntl ttr td.’ T Mtr -cm mwht chrul. H wlkd l rund h rm d th g t tr t ct h gzd t th pctur thr Yhd. Hd t : ‘I l trrl wk. d hk-

g. I l utd. Shll I t mthg?’ Srmkrh th qurd ut Nrj dlrd tht h, Gpl, d Bhupt hd g trkhwr t r wrhp t Sh r h r-cvry. H mld.

(To be continued )

Reerences

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Recent AdvancesRamakrihaMiiItittCl-ture,GolPark,Kolkata.. Wbit: www.sriramakrishna.org .x+4pp.Rs1.

hiscollectionmakestheInstituteoCulture’spub-licationsonconsciousnessaquartet.Teprevious

onesocusedonthisareavis-à-visadeeperscientic

approach,philosophyandscience,andlieandmind.Tvlmtgthrtittvalablrorthestudyoconsciousness,which,asthepublish-ersrightlynoteinthepresentvolume,‘iscommonlyivkdbtimprtlydrtdadtradi-torilydened’.Itisnoteworthythat‘inrecenttimes,apartromphilosophersandpsychologistswhohavebeentraditionalinvestigatorsoconsciousness,ithasalrivdthatttirarhrir-science,inormationtheory,andcybernetics’.

Tisisavolumeotheproceedingsoaninterdis-ciplinaryseminarinwhichtheorganizerscasttheir‘netwideenoughtoinviteasspeakersnotonlyphil-phradititbtalmyti’.IwatsurehowoneidentiesmysticsinthepapersIread.Perhaps,whatismeantisenlistingthestatementso‘thmyti’tithrrmrdmht-terances.Te‘mystical’aspectiscertainlyintriguing.Butconsciousnessissuchaspeculative pushpakathatitcanalwaysaccommodateonemoreanalysis,what-everbethebaggageothenewentrant.

Broadly,thecollectioncanbeviewedascentringonthreeorourinterrelated,butnotnecessarilyin-

tegral,themes.Terstconstitutesattemptsatexpli-cationocommonlyheldviewsonconsciousness.AsProessorMukundasaysinhispresidentialaddress,i‘itil lthawrdqtitmany’.Tesecondistheeldoeclecticapproaches.Tthirdirdwithartilatithli-gitiapt,adhaatlatpaprthitrtigarathiadmditatiadthirroleinthedevelopmentoconsciousness.

Nvrthl, thrar i thiwll-prddvlmawrthatdtthrattdtryth

ihrtbatyaddirablttativthqtithmlv.Tmthlpladytat-tractivelyaccommodativemapisprovidedbySwamiBhajanananda.Tereisareshnessinthewayinwhichhgtly,btrmly,it likbtwtm-poraryspeculationsonconsciousnessandtheinsightsmbdddithvatxpriRamakriha-Vivekananda-Vedanta:withunusualclarityhestatesthat‘thtwapti—immat

iad tradtali—bothhaveimportantrolestoplayinhumanlie’.Tisi‘thItgralkwldg(vijñāna)’thatSriRama-krishnaexperiencedandSwamiVivekananda‘appliedinpracticallie’.Inshort,socialactivismiswhatresultsromtheconsciousnessthatbalancesboth.

Tibalaiprbablythvitalkytthat,inonewayortheother,isrefectedinthevolume—thghrtatlytvly—adwhih,Ipp,gbydthamiliari-rliginexus,asSwamiVivekanandacouldharmonizeboth.But,saysSwamiBhajanananda,SwamiVivekananda‘applidthpriiplitgraliipiritalli,adtartdawmvmtpir-italhmaim’.Bydialwll-big,‘ipir-italhmaim,hmabigarlkdpapotentiallyDivine’.

Btthrarprblm.APrrLClark Jharg,miarlikthigiv‘appr-tityritittharabtmthdrthxplratibjtivxpri’.Adthphil-phramgthpartiipat,hbrv,‘artlligthatthpratitirthmthd

havediscoveredcharacteristicsoconsciousnessthatareessentialcomponentsoacompletedescription’.oachievethis,Johnsonstates,itisnecessaryto‘ndawaytitgratbththbjtiv(rdpr)methodsoWesternscienceandsubjective(1stper-son)approaches’.Hereagainoneacestheproblemotherigiditiesoscienceanditsmethods.ReerringtoSwamiBhajanananda’spresentationonintegrationkwldgadi—ithvl-umeonconsciousness—theproessorsuggeststhat‘theintegrationomethods’maygiveusasatisactory

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mdl.Hwvr,rmthtrthprta-tiIamtrwhthrthrwillbqityithemethods.Teeconomicandsocialhegemonieswhihmarkglbalizatihavmidtbhidthm.Ith-alld‘Eatrapprah’apparabit‘mg’,thWtrarddigly

iliatry.Obvirt,Eatrapprahhavebuilt-incompulsiontoseekWesternapproval!

TiividtiPrrAitaChattrj’diidmiatmtaphradrarhmthd,ithprtatibyPrrPitaChatterjeeandtheinterestingviewson‘Coma,SleepadCi’rmthrlgialprp-tiv—phatm-i-th-braiapprah—byPr-sorDavidBates.Teyall,iasweepinggeneralizationispermitted,eitheroverlyorcovertly,suggest‘ascien-ticstudy’oconsciousness—àla DennetorHoward

Gardner.Ontheotherhand,SwamiBhajananandaidtithilarly:thmaiprblmi‘tbringtranscendentalspiritualexperiencewithintheeldoobjectivity’—objectivityperceivedasulll-ig‘thrditi:(i)rpatability;(ii)rprt-ability;(iii)coherence’.

Chrlgially,thattmptimpliithrabtradtthtimSriRamakrihaadthcourteousbutconstantcatechismhewassubjectedtbyDrMahdralalSirar,hiphyiiaadthounderotheIndianInstituteortheAdvancementoScience.Conceivably,theseedsoourpresentde-batesweresownduringthatperioditsel.Butthen,are‘transcendentalexperiencesreportable’?

JonathanShear’spresentationon‘Ethics,Medita-tionandDevelopmentoConsciousness’attemptsto‘describebasicethically-relevantexperiencesreportedbymeditationtraditionsthroughouttheworldandexaminestheirimplicationsorethicsromtheper-ptivihrtplaibility,tmpraryd-velopmentalpsychology,andreal-worldpracticality’.Toughthispaperisilluminatinginitsdescriptionocriteriaocredibility,thecriteriathemselvesseemto

carrysubtleshadowsoWesternobjectivity.TItittCltr’‘al’vlm-

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Swami Vivekananda’s 150th Anniversary

On 24 August 2010 Srimat Swami AtmasthanandajiMaharaj, President, Ramakrishna Math and Rama-krishna Mission, laid at Belur Math the foundationstone or the proposed building to accommodatethe central oce or Swami Vivekananda’s 150thbirth anniversary celebrations.

News from Branch Centres

On 21 July Ramakrishna Ashrama, Rajkot, or-ganized a half-day seminar for young entrepreneurs,technocrats, and aculty and nal year students o engineering and pharmacy colleges on ‘Channeliz-ing Youth Energy or Nation Building: A Viveka-nanda Perspective’. 607 delegates participated inthe event.

With the help o the Bangladesh Red CrescentSociety, the Ramakrishna Mission, Dhaka, organ-ized on 27 August a blood donation camp. In total51 persons donated blood.

Swami Prabhananda, General Secretary, Rama-krishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, inaugur-ated an additional staf quarters at RamakrishnaMission Students’ Home, Chennai, on 8 August,the birthday o Swami Ramakrishnananda.

A new bookstall was inaugurated at Rama- krishna Mission Ashrama, Kanpur, on 8 August.

Sri Manik Sarkar, Chie Minister, Tripura, in-augurated the senior boys’ hostel building and ablood donation camp at Ramakrishna Mission,

Viveknagar, on 29 August.

Relief

Distress Relief · Nagpur centre distributed680 school uniorms, 2,020 notebooks, 680 pens,and 100 geometry boxes to economically poor stu-dents o 15 schools in 12 villages o Nagpur district.

Sargachi centre distributed 3,750 kg ertilizer to368 needy cultivators o nearby areas aected bythe scarcity o rain.

Flood Rehabilitation · Belgaum centre con-tinued the construction o 213 houses or the vic-tims o the October 2009 food at Gokak andSindhanur taluks in Belgaum and Raichur districtsrespectively. Till August the centre had erected 93houses up to the plinth level, 19 to the lintel level,and 84 to the roof level. P

Srimat Swami Smarananandaji Maharaj, VicePresident, Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mis-sion, inaugurated the newly built monks’ quarters atRamakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

Ashrama, Malda, on 3 August and the gymnasiumblock o the ashrama’s school on 9 August.

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