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‘Young,
free and single’.
These three words best describe
the mentality of today’s youth.
They are at a delicate transition
in their lives, expected by society
to be responsible and yet by that
same society trusted with
sponsibilities or allowed to think
for themselves. It is a period
where they have to leave their
childhood dreams and accept the
realities of life. If we can learn to
trust them, to respect their views,
to treat them as the young adults
they are - and at the same time
still love them as we did when
they were children, then may be
they will be able to accept these
realities and take on the task to
improve the world we live in.
If not, they may rebel against
society and in effect, against us.
We can see Swamishri preparing
yesterday’s children to become
tomorrow’s leaders...
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With Youth |
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Away In Body, Close At Heart... |
A debate was organised by students of the Akshar Purushottam Youth
Hostel in Vallabh Vidhyanagar. The topic of discussion was ‘Shriji
Maharaj is ours because...’ After a vigorous debate the judgement
was left for Swamishri to decide...
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Youth : Gunatitanand Swami says, ‘There are many who cook,
many who write and many who do other such activities, but these
activities are only for our bodies. But what has to be done is something
else... Remembering the image of God...’ Where is Ekantik dharma
mentioned in this talk?
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Swamishri : We have to eat, don’t we? Because it is the agna
we have to do it, or else we’d starve! We should do everything
according to agna. If the guru says so, we’d even have to graze
cattle... We have to do all activities. But we should recognise
our company. We should sit with those who won’t lead us astray...
If it's seva or katha, all are the same. There are many different
talks because each one is said according to the situation. For example,
Gunatitanand Swami has also said, ‘What will you achieve by
following niyam-dharma? True Satsang is atmabuddhi!’ So we
should put niyam-dharma on the side? No. We should realise that
each talk is said due to particular circumstances. Maybe there was
a man in the audience who was firm in his niyam - dharma but who
was finding faults in other devotees. We should always bear this
in mind.
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(25 November 1991, Vidhyanagar)
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