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A Bi-monthly review devoted to the Propagation of Sri Babaji's Message and of Universal Brotherhood Through Meher League. Vol. V]
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CONTENTS Message of Sadgnru Meber Baba Sayings of Master Sri Meher Baba About the Master S1i Baba's 7th Tour to the \Vest Biography of Sri Meber Baba ... What is love ? by Sri Meher Baba Practical Lessons on yoga by Swami Sri Sivanandji The wisdom of the Vedas b v Sjt Dharma De v The Mundaka Upanishad Saidapet Muni;::ipality Harijan page Re view of books Thoughts for the month Meher Asramam · Members of Meher League Meher Leagp e. Our exchange
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THE
MEHER GAZETTE A Bi-monthly review devoted to the Propagation of Sri Babaji's Message and of Universal Brotherhoad Through Meher League.
Vol. I V ]
MAR C H-J UNE 1936
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MESSAGE OF SADGURU MEHER BABA (1 936-3 7) 1. Ind ia beca me depressed wi th the establishment of the depressed classes. \Vhen the depressed classes are rai sed up, India will find herself to be one of the greatest countries in the world . 2. To change our out ward religion for another is like going from one cage to another. 3. The aim of ) ife .c:hould be Universal Self.
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SAYINGS OF MASTER SRI MEHER BABA 56. One who upsets nothing is a good man, and one who is upset by nothing is a G od-man. 57. The more you become a student the more are your chances of becoming a teacher. 58.
Unintell igent ad vance often results in downfall.
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O ne who tries to excuse h imself deceives
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Greed brings war, contentment brings peace.
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It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.
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ABOUT THE MASTER Bro Dadachaoji writes, (letter dated July 24-36),-"For the present the Master has planned to go to Ralzuri, about 20 miles from Ahmednagar and on the road to Nasik, on the same Dhond-Manmad branch of the G.I.P. Ry., and stay thl're in a hut with a few of the select mandali, the Asramam at Meherabad remaining in tact as at present .••••• "
SRI SABA'S 7th TOUR TO THE WEST (Continued from page 68.) By Bro. Dadachmzji.
11th July. Discussion re film work continued. There were also some visitors, relatives of the Mertens family, with whom Baba had private talks, and advised each individually. In the afternoon I3aba and the entire party (Mertens family, visitors and all) went to Zurich, to the studio of Otto Haas Heyr., a very well-known designer of Zurich, and an arden t devotee of Baba. It was a very big party of about 25-half of them drove in three cars, the others came by train. All had a nice afternoon out with Baba. Some of the workers in the designing dc:partment were introduced to Baba. 12th July.
Baba retired in seclusion to the mountains.
13th July. This was the day specially fi xed for visitors, whom Baba saw individually between 9 and 11 in the morning, and between 3 and 5 in the afternoon. About 50 of them came to-day- mostly from Zurich-men and women, in different professions and walks of life, desirous to see Him, and ask for His grace and guidance in various problems, material and spiritual. And all, who saw .him, were so charmed with His personality ! Some of them openly said that their life's desire was fulfilled to-day. The family and the closer group of His devotees who were all around him had to be satisfied with occasional glimpses that He gave them. To-day, being the day of visitors, they had to wait for their turn, and they all wanted so much to be with Him. And knowing tlJ ... :( heart's desire He would allow each by turn, even for a few seconds, to have a glimpse of Him when a group· of visitors had finished · They had their usual daily '(ood' in H is presence, after supper, when , in spite of a very tiresome d:~y ·tn talking and explaining thing<> to so many of the visitors, He stayed am idst them all for about two h.1urs · (To be continued) No Dian who is fit to live need fear to die.
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BIOGRAPHY OF SRI MEHER BABA (Continued from page 69 of last issue) Sri Baba used to play th e games of ata -pata, gilli danda, and cricket when he was doing bu siness. H e used to entertain friends in the evening. He and Mr. S. V. Rahim became friends ; they used to spend evenings in reading newspapers, and discussing the merits of the poems of the great Persian poet Hafi z. Baba hired a small room, in which were hung the photos of saints and prophet~:', including those of Her Holin ess Baba Jan and Hi!' Holiness U pasni Maharaj. A raU ceremonies were performed every evening and in the morn ing on Thursdays and Sundays. Songs composed by Sri Baba on various Sadgurus were then sung, Sri Baba had his reali zation with the grace of Sri U pasni Maharaj. In 1921 our Master composed one of the most beautiful poems in Gujarati language. It is still sung at the time of the arati ceremony of the Maharaj. The following is an English translation of the song by one who once belonged to our Mandali. (1) U pasni Mah'raj, great Chief of Saints art thou! With justice fair and love's might Thou rulest all, l'vow, Let's ahnys take Thy nam e and think of Thee, 0 Father! The trailless, hueless, formle,s, Av' tar Thou art, Master.
(2) God Thou became, but not before destroying pride; Release us all from Maya , and make God our Guide! Intoxicate us all with IO\'e to God, 0 Leader! The traitless, hueless, formless Av'tar Thou art, Master! (3)
Make us gi ve up all wrath and lust and love of pelf ! Give us God's light, and see that we don't love low self! And bring us to love's land from Maya's sea. 0 shelter ! The trailless, hueless, formless Av'tar Thou art, Master.
(4) For sake of Thee we have renounced all Slz ariats' shell ; Help us to give up all, and sit near Thee all well ! We are e'er Thine, come what come may ; so let us not totter! The traitless, hueless, formless Av'tar Thou art, Master ! Be still prepared for death.
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(5) Make sinners saintly, and turn wicked into good ! Have mercy on us all and joi11 us with Godhood ! Much kind and mighty Thou art,- 0 Mukti's Promoter ! The traitless, hueless, formless Av'tar Thou art, Master! (6) Amongst the low as well as high Thou hast sojourned ; In things and places all, Thou, seeing God, hast earned. Free from race prejudice. Thou art a true Arbiter, The traitless, hueless, formless Av'tar Thou art, Master !
(7) Sat-Chit-Ananda, 0 Sadguru Maharaj, Thou art! Together met today we pray with zeal and heart. Oft we revere and bow to Thee, Divine Director ! The traitless, hueless, formless Av'tar Thou art, Master! (To be continued)
WHAT IS LOVE? (By s,i Meher Baba)
(Continued from page 70 of the last issue-) The first aspect : I L must be borne in mind that the highest human love is not the highest absolute love-the divine love is the highest aspect of the all pervading love. One who gets divine love gets God. The divine love itself is a mighty Ocean. It enables the Jivat¡ man to become Paramatman. The divine love is beyond reason and intellec~ and so beyond creation. Nobody can create this highest aspect of love in himself, unlike the other lower aspects of love. The divine love is given and not created. It is a gift from the Paramatman in the Shivatman state to the Jivatman. The divine lo\¡e may ' bc defined as the love for Paramatman by which a Jivatman becomes in the end one with Paramatman. There are three kinds of certainties-Yakin-regarding the existence of God. They are,(a) (b) {c)
Intellectual certainty =ilmul Yakin. Sighted certainty= ainool Yah11. Realized certainty= haque Yahn. Let death be daily before your eyes.
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The most that philosophy or intellectual gymn~stics and shariat (religious rites and dogmas} can achieve is ilmul Yallitt. They may make one intellectually certain about the existence of God, but it is only the love for God, the divine love, that enables one to find Him, and see Him actually, and finally to become one with Him. One gets the sighted certainty (ainool Yakin) by seeing God, a:1d th e reali zed certainty {haque Yakin) by becoming one with Him. For the purpose of illustration regard God as water and the longing for water as love; and philosophy, or Shariat, as a water-di vining rod. With the help of a water divining rod one may become aware of the existence of water, though one may not actually !'ee it. This is certainty without seeing, and knowledge without experiencing. If one has no longing for the water one will ce rtainly remain satisfied with this intellectual certainty only. But if one lon gs for water one will zealously undergo all the troubles of getting it till one gets it. Needless to say that, after seeing it, the longing for drinking it wi il become intense, and this intense longing will drive one to drink it. (To be continued)
PRACTICAL LESSONS ON YOGA by S wam i Sri S iva11andji.
(Continued from page 74 of the last issue.) 4. During concentration you will have to collect carefully the dissipated rays of the mind. Vrittis or wh irlpools or thought waves will be ever rising from the Ocean of Chitta. You will ha ve to put down the waves as they arise. If all waves sub side the mind becomes calm and serene. Then the yogi enjoys peace and bliss. Therefore happiness is within. You will have to get it through control of mind and not through money or women or children or name or fame, or rank or power. 5. Chitta is the mind-stuff or mental substance. It takes various forms. These forms constitute vrittis. It gets transformed or modified (Parinama). These transformations or modifications are the thought waves, whirlpools or vrittis. If the chitta thinks of a mango, the vritti of a mango is formed in the lake of Chitta. This will subside and another vritti will be formed, when it thinks of milk (mill~ -vrtt i ). Countless vrittis are rising and subsiding in the Ocean of Chitta. These vrittis cause restlessness of mind¡ Living is death ; dying is life.
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'JVhy do vrittis arise from the Chitta? Because of samskaras and vasanas (desires). If you annhilate all desires, all vrittis will subside by themselves. 7. 'When a vritti subsides it leaves a definite impression in the sub -conscious mind. It is known as samskara or latent impression. 1 The sumtotal of all samskaras in known as Karmas?-ya' or receptacle 1 of works. This is called Sanchit Karma or accumulated works'. When a man leaves the physical body, he carries with him his astral body of 17 tattwas and the Karmasaya as well, to the mental plane. This Karmasaya is burnt by highest knowledge obtained through Asamprajyata Samadhi. (To be continued)
THE WISDOM OF THE VEDAS: VEDIC YAJNAS AND ANIMAL SACRIFICES By Bro. Dharmadeva Siddhantalaukara (Hotts.) (Continued from page 74) But it may be said that the Aswamedha, Gomedha, Ajamedha and Naramedha, etc are found mentioned in the Vedic literature. What is their meaning if not sacrifice of horses, cows, goats and men ? Without going into the d~tails of this question here (which of course, requires a good deal of exposition) let me only state that these words have been interpreted quite differently in the Brahm::1nas, Pranava Vada of maharshi Gargya Yana and other ancient Sanskrit books. For instance, 1 the word Aja' in Ajamedha stands according to Mahabharata and Panchatantra (a famous Sanscrit book) not for goat but for particular seeds. The verse runs as follows : " Beejair Yajneshu Yashtavyam Iti Vai Vaidikee shrutih. Aja Sanjnani beejaani Chhaagan no hantumarhatha" tShanti Parva Ch. 337.) ie, It is stated in the Vedas that we should perform homa with 1 particular seeds. By the word ' Aja" used there it is only seeds that are meant. Do not therefore kill goats. Exactly the same idea is expressed in the Panchatantra where it is stated that those priests who kill animals in the Yajnas are foolish There is no death.! what seems so is transition.
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people (moorkhah), who do not know the real meaning of the Vedas. Where it is said that oblations of 'Ajas' are to be given, it is not a reference to goats but only to a particular kind of seeds or rice. ( Etepiye Yajnikaa Yajnakarmani pashoon Vyaapadayanti te moorkhah paramaar· tham shruter najaananthi.) (To be continued)
THE MUNDAKA UPANISHAD: THE SECOND MUNDAKA. FIRST CHAPTER, (Continued from page 75) 4. Fire (Energy) is His head, the moon and the sun are His two eyes• the four sides are His ears, the t evealed Vedas are His Word, the air is His Breath, a~d the universe in his heart. This earth originated from His feet. He is the inner self of all beings, [It is interesting to note that the Upanishad says that this e':lrth spang forth from the feet of the Brahman. It is absurd to say that the Brahman has feet. The same idea in this mantra is expressed in the oft quoted but misinterpreted mantra of the Yajur Veda, viz :_ "Braahmanosya mukhamasidbaahoo rajanyaha kritaha I Ooroothathasya yadvysyaha padbhyam soodro ajayatha R
(The literal translalion of this is " Brahmans were born of His (Brahman's) mouth, Kshatriyas ant of His arms. Vaisyas out of His thighs, and Sudras out of His feet." The word 'His' refers to 'Purusha, in the preceding mantra-the formless, omnipresent Being. It is absurd to say that this fom:less Brahman bas a head, arms, thighs and feet, What is then the true meaning of this important mantra? He, who is the head (mukh) of men, by virtue of his intelligence etc, is the true Brahman. So, he is said to be born from the 'head.' He who is a soldier, strong (Bahu) and powerful is a' Kshatriya.' So, he is said to be born from the ' arms '. He who goes from He place to place and trades (using his· ' thighs'-ooroo) is a Vaisya. who does manual service to others, either because he is poor or ignorant, is 11. Sudra. So, he is said to be born out of His feet. The mantra also says that one can rise easily from Karmayoga to joana Yoga. In a healthy society we will always find learned men, great soldiers . merchants, and poor servants. All these are necessary for the evolution · of the society. One should not domineer over the other by virtue of The bad man's death is horror.
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birth alone. One can become a brahmin, and one a Sudra in the same birth. It is · therefore clear that one born on this earth can rise in evolution only by disinterested service, which is represented by the feet of the Lord. So, says the Mundaka Mantra that the earth sprang forth from the feet of Brahman.) 5. From Him originated Agni (energy), whose fuel is the Sun : from the Moon Parjanya (clouds) : herbs grow on the earth : Man emits seed into women ; thus many creatures are boru ~rom the Purusha (Brahman-the find! cause): [This mantra describes the evolution of beings on this earth. From Him comes the energy deposited in the sun: From the Moon we get clouds: Nourished by 'rain herbs grow on earth: Nourished by them male and female produce many creatures.) 6. From Him have emanated the Rik, the Sarna, the YajurVedas, Deeksha, all Yajnas, gifts, the year, Yajaman, and all the worlds which the Moon and Sun purify. It comes (Deeksha is dedicating one-self to a particular object. from the word "deeksh" meaning to dedicate onec:;elf to. The 'deeksha evidently is the resolve to do everything which would help the evolution of humanity. What is an Yajna? The correct meaning of this word is ~ive.n in "The Terminology of the Vedas and European scholars." It is this: The word Yajna which orginally indicates any action requir· ing association of men and objects, productive of beneficial results is always translated by European scholars, as sacrifice. The notion of sacrifice is a purely Christian notion and has no place in the Vedic philosophy. It is foreign to the genuine religion of India. Hence all translations in which the word sacrifice occurs are to be rejected as fallacious;." The word is applied to the five great daily duties of every human being,-(i) the Brahma yagna (studying and teaching books of knowledge, practicing 'yoga' etc), (ii) Deva Yajna (association with devas or good, learned men, kindling fire with ghee and odoriferous subs· tances), (iii) Pitriyagna (serving p~rents, teachers, and others with shradha (devotion), and in a way pleasing to them (tarpana), (iv Vaiswadeva yagna (giving food to animals, outcasts, lepers, insects etc), ( v) Atithi yajna (hospitality to guests). Yajna is certainly not animal sacrifice).
The word 'Kratu' means 'ability', 'power', to do a thing. It also means 'intelligence'. It is an epithEt of Vishnu, who pervading everyBe of good cheer about death.
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t hing, is omnipresent and omniscient. The Yajaman, who strives his best to help the evolution of humanity, must have 'power' and 'intelli'Dakshinaha' are gifts made to gence' , which originated from H im. deserving people. Samvatsaraha is the year; throughout the year the Ya ja"ttan must do his duty without fail. He has duties throughout the day when the Suo and the Moon shed thei r rays purifyin g th e worlds wh ich form the solar system. (To be continued.)
SAIDAPET MUNICIPALITY. (O il a P odrida)
(1) Scene( near the con"ervao cy lane behind the brahmin street, Saidapet.) 1st Ct'tizm: Is there really a Municipality in the town? 2nd Citizen : They say there is one. 1st Cii izen : W ho is the (?hairman and Vice-Chairman of that Mi schievous-ality ? 2 mi Citi zetl : Then ? 1st Citizen: I suggest that they be reque s t~d to spend a few hours in this garden of Eden, where they can enjoy them sel\'es to their heart's content.
2nd Cit izen : I shall take the earliest opportunity of making that humble suggestion to them. I shall also invite our good D istrict Collector to see that garden, the like of which he has not seen till now. Once he sees it be will record "Saidapet M. admistration (A,) shall recommend the Chairman for a Knighthood, and the Vice-Chairman for a Victoria Cross." (Both: we shall meet again- Good bye).
(2) An open letter to Mr. S. R. Ramanujam Pillai, the Redoubtable Chairman, Municipal Council, Saidapet. My dear Chairman, If I die I shall be with God.
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Satyameva jayate nanrutham (Truth alone conquers, not falsehood). Dharana tharmamithya hurdharmo dbarayati prajaha (That which supports, that which holds together the peoples of this universe, that they call Dharma). Says the Gita, "That which is like poison at first, but like nectar at the end ; that happiness is declared to be satvika, born of the blissful kl.oowledge of the self, ie, self-realization." "That which from the union of the senses with their objects at first is as nectar, but in the end is like venom, that pleasure is called rajasic." PIPa~e
read these quotations carefully, meditate on them for a while, and let me see whether that will be productive of any good in the Municipal administration. You hold a very responsible position, but you do not realize it. "Sincerity " says Tillotson, "is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be." I ask you in all humility "Are you sincere as the Chairman of Saidapet Municipality?" You promised to be unselfish aDd sincere. Then why did yon want Rs. 20 more as allowance ? \Vby did you sacrifice the poor Head Master of the Boys' school on the altar of your vagaries, and withhold his appeal petition for a long time? Is this not criminal ? \Vho is responsible for this malfeasance ? The fir!>t duty we owe is towards our children in the school-the future citizens. Your text-book muddle is still fresh in our minds. You have been acting against the order of the Government in this important matter of selection of the text-books with impunitv. I shall You had fixed the third Friday explain this in detail in my next letter. of every month for the ordinary meeting. It was working very !'ati~Â factorily for about two years. Actuated by your principal 'dwarapalaka ' you chaogPd this convenient rule. Is it not vengeance ? Napolean said "Vengeance has no foresight." A man without forethought, says Coleridlle, scarcely desPrves the name of man. O ne word more: Tt i!' a sorr y ~ p, c:: t::l.rl e to !'ee two 'dwarapalaka!.' domineering over you at the meetings as if the Municipal Atlas is borne by them and them alone I To sit helplessly in the Chair allowing them to talk imperiously whenever we put a quest1on to you is certainly the sorriest of spectacles. Fortunately now there is a Commissioner, who i!:If I live He will be with me.
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like a silver lining in a cloud. Why not you take advice, if necessary, from him? Will you, at least hereafter, deal with us straight, and !>pare me the trouble of referring to this unpleasant subject again ?
(3) (Continued from page 73 of last issue.) I give a few extracts from the dissenting minute submitted by me to the Government. "The Municipal Council met on the 16th ultimo. One of the CounciiJors, Advocate Mr. Gnana prakasam Pillai, B. A., B. L., moved on a question of principle a resolutio!l that the pay of certain teachers should not be interfered with, and that the recommendation of the budget Committee in that matter must not be accepted. I second~d the resolution, and another Councillor 1\'lr. Abdus Salaam Sahib supported it. Then Mr. Khadir Hussain Sa hib (of this Councillor more hereafter) openly said that he and others had no objection to the resolution, but insisted on the adjournment of the meeting to the next day. Mr. Gnana¡ prakasam and myself {I fore saw foulplay in this move of Mr. Khadir Hussain) and some more qf the Councillors objected to tile adjournment. Mr. Abdns Salaam then said "\Vhy should you object to the adjournment ? They say they ha <J e no objection. \Vhat will be done to-day will be done tomorrow." Instead of putting the proposition to vore the Chairman misused his powers and adjourned the meeting to the next-day. The Council met the next day. There was an extraordinary development that day as I foresaw. Mr. :Kbadir Hussain moved an amendment that the resolution might be passed except in the case of the Head Master Mr. Rama~wami Aiyar. I then and there warned the Council that the case of the Head Master was stronger than that of the others, and that the amendment was ill-conceived and unjust. Mr. Gnanaprakasam Pilllli strongly protested but in vain. The amendment was declared passed! I then moved the following resolutions, and did not take part in the unjust and improper proceedings. I moved: " As the recommendations of the select Committee appointed to frame the budget do not seem to have been made on any difinite principles laid down by Government, it is moved that the matter be remitted to it again for proper consideration and report." "A3 the Councillors were not given copies of the budget as recommended by the select CommitteP, and a satisfactory discussion on Defer no time.
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the same is not possible with the bald extract given with the agenda, I move that complete copies of the budget alii recommended by the Committee be given to the Councillors before discussion, and for this reason this meeting be adjourned to next month-" As these reasonable resolutions were not accepted, I gave a note to the Chairman to the effect that we (minority) would not take part in that day's budget proceedings and would send our dissenting note to Government. (To be continued-) HARIJAN PAGE Mahatma Gandhiji addressing the Kengeri, near Bangalore, said :
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"What is required of you is regular day-to-day conduct towards Harijans, which will enable them t•J know that a better day has dawned for them· Then you will know that you will do well to take the Harijan with you to the temples, if you have a living belief that this untouchability is wrong· You will know that if there was a temple which will take you and shut its doors for a Harijan, you will shun it, just like what you would do with a scorpion or a snake. You will then believe with me that this temple which shuts its doors to Harijans is not inhabited by God. I will take, by way of example, the greatest of Hindu temples in India, the Kasi Viswanath temple. It is called Viswanatb. The deity in that temple is the Lord of the Universe- And yet in the name of that Visvanath, the Savarna Hindus have today the inpudence to say to the Harijans 'yon can't come to this temple'. This is atrocious. It will be interesting to our spiritually-minded readers and brothers to be told that the old Karaneeswaran Temple at Saidapet, Madras, has been thrown open to om brother-and-sister-Harijans recently. I congratulate the trustees on their wisdom and foresight. Brother M. C- Rajah M. L· A·, who has been doing so much for the Harijan cau3e was present on the occasion. May God shower His choicest blessings on him•
REVIEW OF BOOKS We thank Bro· Dhan Raj (managing Editor of "East and West") for sending us his booklet "T. L. Vaswani-an interpretation '• (2nd Edition). In this excellent brochure he bas brought t together the opinions of great men on Sadbu Vaswani and His Massage, and a few excerpts from His most instructive books- Mahatma Vaswani needs no introduction- He is one of the great spiritual leaders of the world. His Delays have dangerous ends.
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message to the distracted world of to-day is "Unity and Love," and ''disinterested action·" According to Him Religion is Realization, and His message to us is "go and proclaim to the people to live religion, not quarrel and fight." I give here two of His quotations. In ''spirit of Hindu culture," He says, "Brabmacharya ! It was the soul of Hindu Civilization . The dominating civilizations suffer from luxury-loving materialism, from bboga· Hindu culture recognises the truth that self-restraint is an important principle of a truly dynamic progressive civili zation . In "Religion and Culture'' He says "Democracy will not come to its own without a vision of the atman· There is a democracy that levels down . True democracy is that which levels up. The Rishis had a vision of true democracy, for they reali zed that every one, no matter bow poor, was a home of atma-shakti, an abode of God. The booklet must be in the book-shelf of every spiritual aspirant It can be got from the author, Krishta Kunj, HyderabadSind, India. THOUGHTS FOR THE MONTH 1· Morality is religion in practice ; religion principle·
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Wardlaw. 2· The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man. C· Sumner· MEHER ASRAMAM (Saidapet, Madras) 1. Members of Meher League may assemble loiere and spend some time in meditation• They meditate on and practise the virtue of ' Perseverence ' in March, and ' Contentment ' in April. 2. Earnest spiritual aspirants may go to the Asramam and spend some time in that quiet place. "MEMBERS OF MEHER LEAGUE" BROTHERS:
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Kodanda Ram· Manikka Mudalliar. K. Sundaram Pillai· Venkataraman. Narayana Char. Every day is the best day in the year.
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MEHER LEAGUE When His Holiness Sri Sadguru Meher Babaji graced Saidapet with H ;is Presence the following resolutions, among others, were passed in His immediate presence:i. That a League called "Meher League'' be formed with the object of promoting Universal Brotherhood. ii, That all persons, who are aged 15 and above might become members of the League. iii. That the only condition for becoming a member is that he or she should undertake in writing to promote Universal Brotherhood in thought, word and deed. iv. That the League should spread the message of our Divine Lord Meher Babaji viz, Universal Brotherhood. His Holiness Sri Meher Babaji is the patron of the League. President: C. V. Sampath Aiyangar, Vice-President: M. Vadivelu Mudaliar, Treasurer: C. V. Ramanujacharlu. Secretaries : Sister V. T. Lakshmi, M.A. L.T., M.R .A.s. K. S. Srinivasan. N. B¡ Those who wish to join Meher League may apply to:C. V. Sampath Aiyanger, 66, 3rd Cross Road, Sankarapuram, Bangalore City.
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