LEARNING IS LIFE

 Satyarth Prakash: An extract  Satyarth Prakash (The Light of Truth) is an 1875 book written originally in Hindi by Vedic scholar,philosopher, thinker and social reformer  Swami Dayanand Saraswati - to take society back to the Vedas to live a purposeful and noble life. The book was written in Hindi first, revised in 1882 and is currently available in 20 odd languages worldwide. 1. Jivatamas (Embodied Souls) or Individual Eternal Souls of different persons are apparently different yet have the same common characteristics and are capable of reaching the same peak level of Happiness or Bliss in the state of Moksha or Liberation which implies freedom from birth-rebirth karmic cycle 2, Prakṛti or Nature, which is the material cause for the Creation, is also cyclically eternal and is characterised by Sattva (pure existence), Rajas (Rajah means to shine, light or that which conveys information about existence) and Tamas (existence unknowable in its form or ignorance coupled wit...

 Haiku on Tenets of Arya Samaj: Remembering Swami Dayananda Saraswati on his 200 th birth anniversary ~Lalit Kishore In India, on February 12, 2024, the 200 th birth anniversary of Swami Dayananda Saraswati (1824-1883) is being commemorated. He was a great Vedic philosopher, thinker, social reformer and founder of the Arya Samaj. As we remember him on his birth anniversary, let us revisit the basic tenets of Arya Samaj through the following haiku. Haiku: Faith in the Vedas As scriptures of life's truth Is humans' Dharma *** Know Veda-tenets Read, recite, hear vedas To learn and live by *** God is existent - Omniscient and immanent - To be prayed, worshiped *** Ego and doership They are ignorance, darkness Dispel your darness *** Formless Holy God - The real cause of true knowledge, Learning potential *** Do good to all beings Guided by love and righteousness Live simple, care for all *** Just, fair social life With soulf...