Akhand Jyoti magazine Mar 2020

VOLUME: 18 | ISSUE:2 | March-April 2020

The Challenge of Lamp to DarknessThe darkness has its own power. When its favorable time, night, comes, then it appears that it has engulfed the entire world in its fold. Its influence is worth observing. The eyes remain intact, all other things are also in their places, but the irony is that one cannot see anything. The objects kept near one’s feet may become the cause of one’s stumbling down.

The darkness is always frightening. One may consider a rope lying on the ground as a snake and a bush as a ghost. Thanks to sleep, which pushes us into the state of oblivion; otherwise, if we keep awake, the period of the night may appear like climbing a mountain.

Considering the severity of darkness, we have to praise the lamp, which, when lighted, changes the situation drastically. Even its dim light makes us aware of the nearby things and circumstances. Half the problem is solved regarding the position of nearby objects.

The lamp may be small, its value may be less, but being the progeny of Light, it challenges the darkness that has spread all around. It transforms the atmosphere of despair into hope and enthusiasm. This is the virtue of leadership.

- Param Pujya Gurudev Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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MARCH-APRIL 2020