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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
AKHIL BHARTIYA PRATINIDHI SABHA
7- 9 March 2003, NAGPUR Dt. 7.3.03
125th birth anniversary
celebrations of Shri Ma of Sri Aravindashram
The ABPS along with
our entire country feels highly elated that Feb 21, 2003 marks the
beginning of 125th birth anniversary celebrations of Shri Ma, an ardent
companion of Mahayogi Shri Aurobindo who heralded the dawn of national
awareness and spiritual vigour and totally devoted to the spiritual
upliftment of mankind.
It is the life and thought of our great men since times immemorial that
has kept our national life vibrant and dynamic even under adverse
circumstances. Shri Ma is a link in that chain. Born in France, she chose
to opt for Bharat, deeply impressed by Her eternal spiritual traditions.
She moved higher and higher in her spiritual quest under the care and
concern of Shri Aurobindo. She treated the children of the country as her
own and roused the spiritual consciousness among them. She beckoned them
to display their dynamism so that Bharat could play the role of the mentor
of mankind.
It was she who declared that Bharat is a living force, as living and
lively as Lord Shiva and other gods.
Concerning the future of Bharat she could foretell that Her true destiny
lay in her being the 'Vishwaguru'. The future of the world system is
dependent on Bharat. The spiritual eminence of Bharat enables Her to shine
as the living symbol of spirituality before the world at large. Our
Government should uphold the eminence of Bharat in the realm of
spirituality and equip themselves in accordance with it.
It was the conviction of Shri Aurobindo that the Hindu Dharma is none
other than the Sanatana Dharma which is in fact the genuine nationhood of
our country. The rise and decline of the Sanatana Dharma is
correspondingly related to the rise and decline of the Hindu Nation. Shri
Ma fully shared this conviction. Besides, she strongly believed, just as
Shri Aurobindo, Partition to be unreal and it must go - go it would. For,
there in lay its role on the world stage. She insisted the map of Akhand
Bharat should adorn the Ashram Campus as the center of inspiration
withstanding all the pressure exerted from political quarters to remove
it.
It is the considered view of the ABPS that the thoughts of Shri Ma are
capable of cleaning the world at large polluted with greed, selfishness,
hatred, lust, and such other materialistic cravings and also infuse the
spirit of sacrifice among our countrymen to make Bharat capable of playing
the role of Guru of mankind.
ABPS calls upon our countrymen in general and Swayamsevaks in particular
to organize purposeful programmes on the occasion of the 125th birth
anniversary of Shri Ma, get involved in programmes so arranged by others,
carry spiritual and nationalistic thoughts of Shri Ma to the people at
large and awaken in them intense national spirit.
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