The Order on the March

News & Notes from Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

In response to the rampant spread of Covid-19 infections in recent weeks, the Belur Math campus has been closed to devotees and visitors from 22 April. A decision on reopening the campus will be taken after assessing the pandemic situation in the coming months.

Sri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, visited Belur Math on 24 April.

Values Education and Youth Programmes

Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad, is an institute that is imparting Swami Vivekananda’s man-making ideas to students, professionals, and the general public for the last 20 years. From January to April 2021 the institute conducted 61 half-a-day to six days’ online courses under 15 broad topics in which 13,396 people participated. Delhi centre conducted 21 workshops on values education in which 1584 teachers and parents participated.

Covid-19 Relief

Delhi centre, in April, distributed 125 LED projectors among as many Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya schools to enable them to provide online education. Sinthi centre in Kolkata, Bagerhat centre in Bangladesh, Durban and Phoenix centres in South Africa distributed groceries and grains among the needy.

Fire Relief

In a devastating fire at an interior village of Arunachal Preadesh 115 houses were burnt down. Narottam Nagar centre provided food grains, groceries, and utensils to the affected families. Karimganj centre in Assam and Thanjavur centre in Tamil Nadu provided food grains and garments to one and 40 families respectively whose houses were burnt down. Bhubaneswar centre installed a pump set in a village in Bhadrak district where many house were destroyed in a fire accident.

Distress Relief

Eight centres in India distributed 930 saris, 1051 shirts, 1857 trousers, 1152 sweaters/jackets, 1300 blankets, etc among the needy people.

RAMAKRISHNA MATH, UTTARKASHI

Ganganagar, P.O. Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, 249193 Mobile: 9447051231; Email: uttarkashi@rkmm.org

Offering to Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna: An Appeal

Dear Devotees & Friends, Ramakrishna Math & Mission, Belur Math declared open a Math centre at Uttarkashi, an ancient holy town in the Garhwal Himalayas on 20th Oct 2017. There was already an Ashrama on a small piece of land, named “Ramakrishna Kutir” since 1963, maintained directly by Belur Math, where sadhus of our Order used to stay for intense Tapasya in the traditional monastic way, begging food from outside and living a simple austere life. The same tradition continues till date. Monks and brahmacharins of the Ramakrishna Order regularly visit this Ashrama in great numbers on their pilgrimage to the Chardham- Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri & Yamonotri. In view of expanding Swami Vivekananda’s ideal of service and spirituality among the masses we plan to purchase some land around Harsil Valley, near Gangotri. Along with retreat centres for sadhus and devotees, some welfare activities for the benefit of the poor and underprivileged will be taken up after acquiring and developing the land. A sum of Rs. 2 crores is estimated to set up and develop the additional unit of the Uttarkashi Math. We request our friends and devotees, trusts and corporate bodies to contribute liberally to complete this project of welfare and spirituality at the earliest. Donations can be made by NEFT/RTGS to the account given below: A/C Name : Ramakrishna Math, Uttarkashi Bank Name : Union Bank of India Branch Name : Uttarkashi Branch A/C No. : 601802010006696 IFSC : UBIN0560189 Kindly mention the purpose- “Donation for purchase of land and development of the Math”, the PAN and full address of the donor by email to uttarkashi@rkmm.org or SMS to

9447051231.

Donations towards our Math is exempted from IT under 80G Act. May Sri Ramakrishna, Ma Sarada, Swami Vivekananda bless you all. Yours in the Lord, Swami Amaleshananda Adhyaksha

SRI RAMAKRISHNA MATH

Reserve Line, New Natham Road, Madurai 625 014. Tamil Nadu

Phone: 0452- 4225613; Mob: 7010444456 Email:madurairkm@gmail.com; Visit:www.rkmmadurai.org

APPEAL FOR FREE DISPENSARY

We pray that Sri Ramakrishna and Madurai Sri Meenakshi-Sundareswara Shiva bestow THEIR blessings on you all. Our earnest appeal to Devotees, well-wishers, and the public to extend a helping hand for our Free Dispensary Services. Sri Ramakrishna Math, Madurai is rendering the following services for the past 30 years: 1) Spiritual services, 2) Free Dispensary, 3) Free Tuition Centre, 4) Poor Feeding, 5) Free Eyecare camps, 6) General Medical camps and 7) Sarada Vidyalaya School. Free Medical Services in the following special fields are rendered free of cost to all the patients without any discrimination of gender, caste, and creed. 1) Allopathy, 2) Skincare, 3) Homeopathy, 4) Acupuncture, 5) Acupressure, 6) Physiotherapy. These free services include Doctor consultation, Sugar level tests, and Medicines. On all weekdays the Homeopathy Department is open between 10.00 am and 1.00 pm and the Allopathy Department is open between 5.00 pm and 8.00 pm. On an average 100 patients are benefitting daily. Free Eyecare camps: Every third Sunday a Free Eye camp is conducted. This is going on for the past 7 years. Nearly 13,000 patients have benefitted and 2450 underwent cataract operation free of cost. Our Earnest Appeal: The number of patients is increasing day by day. Consequently, the expenses on medicines are also increasing. So far, we don’t have a separate fund for our dispensary. At present, we incur an expenditure of nearly Rs.2,50,000 per month and Rs.30, 00,000 per annum exclusively for the purchase of medicines. So, we request you to donate liberally towards this noble cause either for Recurring Expenditure or as an Endowment. Donations may be sent by Cheque/DD in favour of “Sri Ramakrishna Math”. The bank details for Online payment are: Account Name: Ramakrishna Math; Bank: Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, Branch: Thallakuluam, Madurai 625002; IFSC code: TMBL0000163; SB A/C No.1631 0005 0308 739. After Online payment please intimate us by email or through mobile, your address, mobile number, and PAN number.

Yours in the Service of the Lord Swami Kamalatmananda Adhyaksha

52 Vol.108. No.6 The Vedanta Kesari (English Monthly) June 2021. Regd. with the Registrar of Newspapers for India under No.1084 / 1957. Postal registration number: TN / CH (C) /190 / 2021-2023. Licensed to Post without prepayment TN/PMG(CCR)/WPP-259 / 2021-2023. Date of Publication: 24th of every month. Posted on 27.05.2021

The weak have no place here, in this life or in any other life. Weakness leads to slavery. Weakness leads to all kinds of misery, physical and mental. Weakness is death. There are hundreds of thousands of microbes surrounding us, but they cannot harm us unless we become weak, until the body is ready and predisposed to receive them. There may be a million microbes of misery, floating about us. Never mind! They dare not approach us, they have no power to get a hold on us, until the mind is weakened. This is the great fact: strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery: weakness is death. — Swami Vivekananda

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