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Chinmaya International Foundation (CIF): Hari Om. In the tranquil setting of Adi Sankara Nilayam, the Chinmaya Mission Kolkata study group of 52 campers, accompanied by Br. Diwakar Chaitanya, had a deeply enriching retreat from 9 to 12 September 2024 on the Tapovan Shatkam.  Tapovan Shatkam is a melodious composition that summarises Upanishadic Wisdom in six verses as a hymn to our Param Guru Sri Swami Tapovan Maharaj. The camp was facilitated by Br. Ved Chaitanya from CIF and Br. Diwakar Chaitanya from Chinmaya Mission Kolkata.  Participants had the opportunity to attend live sessions of the Joyful Living webinar, engage in soulful bhajans, offer Chuttuvilakku (lighting 1008 oil-lamps around the temple) at the Chinmaya Swayambhu Ayyappa Temple and partake in meditative sessions.  Overall, the retreat was a celebration of spirituality and personal growth, leaving everyone uplifted and inspired. ==============================================================================...

===================================================================================== 1.#Opinion : Tuesday 23,  JuL 2024, 05:30. 3611. /  1. #On the Concept of Righteousness and Justice -7. Swami Krishnananda. // ====================================================================================== Though it may be conceded that the Contract Theory is perhaps the truth of the historical origin of human law and government, even this manner of the origin of law must have itself originated from a principle which ought to have a logical priority over the historical accident of the origin of law as propounded by the Contract Theory. Here we come to a subtle philosophical point which would not ordinarily occur to the mind of the common man. Why does there come about a necessity for man to frame a law at all by mutual consent? The answer to this question is the logical ground which explains the meaning of law and the necessity for law. The principle which is prior to the human effort...

============================================================================== Monday 22, Jul 2024 05:30.  SECTION IV. A SYMPOSIUM COMMENTARY ON SWAMI SIVANANDA’S 8TH SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTION: Swami Chidananda. 2.Brahmacharya in Modern Society-4. ============================================================================== The main function of the lower extremities is drainage, cleansing, elimination. That is their function. But if this is set aside and not given its rightful place and some special function alone is exaggerated and blown-up out of all proportion, and the mind becomes hooked on this wrong exaggerated aspect of the eliminatory instrument, then this causes problems. The Cosmic Intelligence Power and its manifest counterpart prakriti (nature), has built in a mechanism within all living creatures, that there is a time when this principle of appropriation is not at all manifest, not at all functioning. In an infant and in a child it is not there at all. In its joy of livin...