Happy Mahrishi Valmiki Jayanti -2013
Dear Friends,
Mahrishi Valmiki was a great Sanskrit poet
and wrote the famous Hindu epic – the Ramayana. Valmiki Jayanti is celebrated
to mark the birthday of the poet who is considered the Ai Kavi or the first
poet and contributed a lot in the social life of India through his social
philosophy. The festival falls on the day of the full moon in the month of
Ashwina, between September and October. This year it is celebrated on 18th
October, 2013. On this occasion we are releasing the IIIrd online lecture of
our Lecture -Series.
The 150th birth anniversary of Swami
Vivekananda (12 January, 2013) was celebrated all over India and in different
countries of the world. Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports of India decided
to observe 2013 as the year of 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
Year-long events and programs were organised by different branches of
Ramakrishna Math, Ramakrishna Mission, central government and different state
governments of India, education institutions, youth groups etc. In this
continuation several initiatives were taken by the Centre for Positive
Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies (CPPIS) Pehowa (Kurushetra). First we published a
book “Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda” in 2012 and then created its online
version in January, 2013. One part of our book “Contemporary Indian Philosophy”
published in 2013 was dedicated on Swami Vivekananda. A special issue of
Value-Education of Milestone Education Review released this year. This lecture
adds another volume in CPPIS’s contributed to this great occasion.
“Swami Vivekananda and
Value-Education” delivered by Swami Vivekanandaji (Secretary, Ramakrishna
Mission Ashrama, Chandigarh) is the third lecture in our online lecture series.
This lecture delivered at Celebration 150th Birth Anniveersary of
Swami Vivekananda by the Department of Philosophy, P.G.Govt. College for Girls,
Sector-11, Chandigarh held on 11th October, 2013.This is a very
important and useful lecture delivered by Swamiji to motivate the students
particularly and inspire Indian youth generally. You can download this lecture
from the following link:
Hope this initiative of
the Centre welcome by our scholars and a kind response we will hear from them.
We are thankful to our teachers and scholars who are continually motivating us
for this kind of initiatives. We seek their blessings all time to do CPPIS’s
work better.
Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal
