ARISE! AWAKE! ... 4

ARISE! AWAKE! ... 4

We need forceful spiritual teachers, men of renunciation and character who can take the audience by storm, who can speak with authority and not as apologists weakly stating scriptural principles with neither courage nor conviction. Such a one was Swamiji. Whither another like him? We need many a mini-Vivekananda at least today to represent his cause, the Divine Mother's cause, so that India is galvanised into productive action of non-exploitative nation-building and world-regeneration through spiritual preaching. Character, electric personality and overwhelming love are the trinity of attributes we most need today in many a soul so that a wonderful movement may be set in motion and this fallen race of ours may once more reach sublime spiritual heights and lead the world unto peace and enlightenment. 

Written by Sugata Bose

POESY : তেল আনতে গিয়ে

তেল আনতে গিয়ে

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একদিকে ওমান, অপরদিকে ইরান,

মাঝখানে প্রাণঘাতী ভীষণ হোরমুজ |

আয়াতুল্লা কয়, "তব শেষ অভিলাশ কি ?"

কহে ডুবিবার আগে, "খাব আমি তোরমুজ |"

রচনা : সুগত বসু (Sugata Bose)

ARISE! AWAKE! ... 3

ARISE! AWAKE! ... 3

World civilisation has to be built. It cannot be if major powers play their selfish roles. Hindu spirituality must play its part. It is not doing so. Massive preaching of Ramakrishna-Vivekānanda in a robust way across the whole world is necessary. Manhood must manifest in spiritual propagation, not effeminacy in monastic dance. The world is thirsting for spiritual knowledge and peaceful repose. India is failing to supply it although it has such resources at its disposal. There must be massive mobilisation of spiritual arsenal across the world. This is the one way to save the world from continuing conflict and war. 

Civilisation is a human affair. It is not nationalistic in nature anymore in a closely connected world. The Government of India ought to facilitate this foreign policy of ours that was highlighted by Swami Vivekananda well over a century ago, that of propagating the Vedānta the world over in all its phases. Now is the time. Ramakrishna Mission, gear up. Spread Ramakrishna-Vivekānanda in a bold manly manner. It is the charge that you bear. Exhibit the zeal that is expected of you. Yours is a world mission. You must fulfil it. The peerless Paramahamsa did not visit this earth for anything short of spiritualising the whole world and ushering in a new civilisation. 

Written by Sugata Bose

SANĀTAN DHARMA AND THE ABRAHAMIC FAITHS ... 1

SANĀTAN DHARMA AND THE ABRAHAMIC FAITHS ... 1

Abrahamic religions all believe in a single earthly life whereas the truth is that the soul repeatedly takes up different forms till it attains human birth and then through a series of births attains fulfilment in freedom from the embodied self. This is the philosophical stance of the Sanātan Dharma which is the truth as it can through spiritual experience be verified and to the experiencer validated. Thus, Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all flawed which effectively means that they are not divinely revealed religions in the truest sense, as claimed, because the Divine cannot make such a huge mistake in describing phenomenal reality. 

Written by Sugata Bose

ARISE! AWAKE! ... 2

ARISE! AWAKE! ... 2

Hindus today are at the crossroads where they must make a choice as to whether they will cling to their Dharma and fight inimical ideologies hell-bent on their destruction or they will forsake Dharma and surrender to these dastardly forces to usher in their own doom. For thirteen hundred and ninety years ever since the first Arab forays into Hindu heartland in 636 CE Hindus have suffered the worst genocide history can testify to. An estimated minimum of 80 million Hindus were killed by Islamic jihad and a far greater number---in the view of Ferishta the population of Hindus at the time of the first Islamic invasion was 600 million, and by the end of the nineteenth century this had plummeted to 200 million---, 400 million had vaporised into thin air owing to Islamic slaughter, persecution, enslavement, abduction of Hindu women, economic deprivation and forced conversion. The European colonial powers stemmed the Islamic assault but replaced it with their own brand of sophisticated proselytism and economic drainage which reduced the richest country in the world to one of the poorest. Portuguese torture of Hindus, their Inquisituon, is of especial mention here. Thus, over the past fourteen centuries Hindus have endured genocide after genocide till the final injury came in the form of dismemberment of the motherland in 1947. No other race would have forgiven so much civilisational pain inflicted on them but the Hindus sadly have. Not only that, apparently they do not care to know about the horrors their forefathers had to endure. This is not only sad but positively dangerous, for amnesia thus can precipitate a worse ordeal in future and utterly annihilate this debilitated race of hurt heritage and injured identity. 

In this age Swami Vivekananda arose along with seminal sages and savants, patriots and Hindu ideologues like Bankimchandra Chatterjee, Dayānand Saraswati, Sri Aurobindo, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, Sitaram Goel, Ram Swarup and others who have laid down the blueprint for Hindus to follow in defence of civilisation, identity and person. We should read their works, heed their message and act in accordance in defence of the Dharma. Upon our awareness depends our survival. This is verily the dharma of the Hindu in this perilous hour of his. 🕉 

Written by Sugata Bose

ARISE! AWAKE! ... 1

ARISE! AWAKE! ... 1

For some time past Christianity is being preached using Hindu symbols and by plagiarising Hindu philosophy in the name of Christ to facilitate conversion of Hindus to the Christian fold. But Hindus are not to be duped so easily. So, economic incentives and academic facilities are also provided to ease induction. Here we have work at hand. Our brethren need sympathy, support and awareness of their Dharma to foster solidarity. The poor and the middle classes must not be exploited economically by the rich. Godmen and famous Gurus must not dupe and fleece the commoner. The Vedānta Dharma must be preached in truth, not for serving political agendas but for raising the consciousness of the masses. Hindu girls must be supported and families offered financial support so that they may raise multiple children well. Highly educated and talented  people must have more children so that the genes proliferate and upgrade the population qualitatively. Swami Vivekānanda must be preached across the body politic of the nation, not in a soft, selective manner that conceals more than it reveals his essential message but in a vigorous vein that is characteristic of him and his thought. Let the worship of Vivekānanda be popularised and see what a wonderful change comes. No soft sentimentality, no soft music and dance that is typically effeminate but real manhood that thunders and awakens the sleeping populace. Arise, Hindu, awake! Now no hour of rest. The sun shines on the eastern horizon. Come ye out and receive its first radiance.

Written by Sugata Bose

THE RESURRECTION

THE RESURRECTION 

The Resurrection of Jesus symbolises the spiritual ascent of man, of the divine in him, his sublimation of self, the upward movement of the spiritual power that is coiled up in him, his inward flow, his depth-dive unto the Divine. Resurrection is not only of the Son of God but of the Son of Man, the grand occasion of the confluence of man and God. Herein Jesus, the son of Mary, becomes Christ, the Master of man. Christianity has the Resurrection as its cornerstone. Verily, verily, arise, awake and resurrect thyself! Become a Christ unto mankind. Amen.

Written by Sugata Bose