ashokpaul
April 29th, 2010, 06:15 PM
Our aim in organizing Arya Prashikshan Satra is to unfold the truth. We have expounded truth as truth & error as error. The exposition of error in place of truth & of truth in place of error doesn't constitute the unfolding of truth.
To speak of, write about, & believe in a thing as it is, constitutes truth. He that is prejudiced tries to prove that even his error is truth, while the truth of his religions opponent is error. He can't, therefore, know what the true religion is. Hence it is the bounden duty of truthful & learned men to unfold this right nature of truth & error before all men in their writings & speeches & then to leave them free to judge what promotes their welfare & what is prejudicial to their interests, & to embrace what is true & reject what is false.
This will lead to the happiness of the people at large. Though the human souls posses the capacity for the ascertaining truth, yet through self-interest, obstinacy, wrong-headedness, ignorance & the like, it is led to renounce truth & incline towards untruth. We have freed ourselves from these influences while organizing the Satra. It is not our object to hurt anyone's susceptibilities or to injure anyone. On the other hand, our aim is to further the advancement & advance the well-being to help humanity in the attainment of what is right, and to enable them to accept truth and reject falsehood. In our opinion there is no other way of elevating the human race.
It is our firm belief that everything calculated to the advancement of knowledge and righteousness is like poison to begin with but like nectar in the end. We have kept all this in view while organizing the Satra. Let all those who attend it being attend with an open mind, enter into the spirit of the Acharya and form an independent opinion.
The perusal of the satra will help men to sift truth from error and to embrace the former and renounce the latter. It does not become wise men to mislead people. The ignorant are sure to misinterpret what we say, but if the willing will realize what our aim is in organizing these satra, we shall consider our labor amply rewarded.
We invite humanity to attend the satra in the hope that they will embrace the truth and make our labor fruitful We consider it the first and foremost duty of every man to proclaim the truth without fear or favor. May the Omniscient, Omnipresent, Supreme Spirit who is the true personification of Existence, Consciousness and Bliss through his grace diffuse this spirit and give it permanency.
"Blessed are the men and women whose minds are centered on the acquisition of knowledge; who possess sweet and amiable tempers; who cultivate truthfulness and other similar virtues; who are free from vanity and un cleanliness.; who enlighten the minds of those who are in ignorance; whose chief delight consists in promoting the happiness of others by the preaching of truth, by generous distribution of knowledge without fee or reward; and who are engaged in altruistic work as prescribed by the Vedas."
It is the highest duty of parents, preceptors., and relatives to adorn children with good sound education, nobility of character, refinement of manners, and amiability of temper.
To speak of, write about, & believe in a thing as it is, constitutes truth. He that is prejudiced tries to prove that even his error is truth, while the truth of his religions opponent is error. He can't, therefore, know what the true religion is. Hence it is the bounden duty of truthful & learned men to unfold this right nature of truth & error before all men in their writings & speeches & then to leave them free to judge what promotes their welfare & what is prejudicial to their interests, & to embrace what is true & reject what is false.
This will lead to the happiness of the people at large. Though the human souls posses the capacity for the ascertaining truth, yet through self-interest, obstinacy, wrong-headedness, ignorance & the like, it is led to renounce truth & incline towards untruth. We have freed ourselves from these influences while organizing the Satra. It is not our object to hurt anyone's susceptibilities or to injure anyone. On the other hand, our aim is to further the advancement & advance the well-being to help humanity in the attainment of what is right, and to enable them to accept truth and reject falsehood. In our opinion there is no other way of elevating the human race.
It is our firm belief that everything calculated to the advancement of knowledge and righteousness is like poison to begin with but like nectar in the end. We have kept all this in view while organizing the Satra. Let all those who attend it being attend with an open mind, enter into the spirit of the Acharya and form an independent opinion.
The perusal of the satra will help men to sift truth from error and to embrace the former and renounce the latter. It does not become wise men to mislead people. The ignorant are sure to misinterpret what we say, but if the willing will realize what our aim is in organizing these satra, we shall consider our labor amply rewarded.
We invite humanity to attend the satra in the hope that they will embrace the truth and make our labor fruitful We consider it the first and foremost duty of every man to proclaim the truth without fear or favor. May the Omniscient, Omnipresent, Supreme Spirit who is the true personification of Existence, Consciousness and Bliss through his grace diffuse this spirit and give it permanency.
"Blessed are the men and women whose minds are centered on the acquisition of knowledge; who possess sweet and amiable tempers; who cultivate truthfulness and other similar virtues; who are free from vanity and un cleanliness.; who enlighten the minds of those who are in ignorance; whose chief delight consists in promoting the happiness of others by the preaching of truth, by generous distribution of knowledge without fee or reward; and who are engaged in altruistic work as prescribed by the Vedas."
It is the highest duty of parents, preceptors., and relatives to adorn children with good sound education, nobility of character, refinement of manners, and amiability of temper.