Third International Vedic Conference held in Delhi

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By: Jaggi Vassudhev Posted on: 10/26/2005

 

 

Third International Vedic Conference held in Delhi

 

 

Atma Jyothi Award to Mr. D R Kaarthikeyan and call for imbibing the

core values of the Vedic Culture.

 

"The Vedas are not just something to be memorized and recited, but

are a blue print to the Existence", said Sadhguru, the Founder of

Isha Yoga Foundation, who inaugurated the 3rd International Vedic

Conference at Sri Sathya Sai International Centre, in New Delhi.

Elaborating further he said "Just as there is a technology to

engineer the world outside, there is also a technology to engineer

the inner situation and achieve well-being of the Mind, Body, &Soul. "

 

 

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasdev, a Realised Master, Yogi & Mystic, inaugurated

the third vedic convention, organized jointly by Sir Ganga Ram

Hospital and Research Institute of Vedic Culture, on Oct. 22nd &

23rd, 2005. Sadhguru also presented the Atma Jyothi award to Mr.

D.R.Karthikeyan - Former CBI Director and former Director General,

National Human Rights Commission. Complementing Mr. Kaarthikeyan,

Sadhguru said that although he had not met many police officers in

his life, Mr. Karthikeyan was exceptional in his gentleness, humility

and sensitivity to life around. Lauding his deep commitment and

enthusiasm to work for the well-being of humanity, Sadhguru said that

the world needed many more people in uniform like Mr. Kaarthikeyan.

 

 

Sadhguru also presented the award to Prof. Dr. B.M. Hegde: Former

V.C., Manipal Academy of Higher Education, for his lifetime

commitment to providing education on par with global standards in the

country and abroad.

 

 

Speaking on the importance of Vedas, Sadhguru who is also referred to

as the `rational guru', gave many instance of the relevance of Vedas

to modern life.

 

 

"The Vedas are the repository of the culture of this land over many

millenniums of human civilization - a culture so gentle and

enlightened that even Gods came down to live here. Deep love and

reverence for all creation formed the basic tenets of this distilled

essence of wisdom of the countless sages, seers and enlightened

beings. At a time when the life of the planet is driven to the brink

of extinction from the excesses and misuse of modern science, it is

all the more important that the world looks increasingly towards the

Vedic knowledge and values for a solution," he said

 

"Unfortunately, after centuries of destruction and suppression of

this culture, what is available to the layperson today is not the

glory of the ancient, but a complex jumble of superstitions, myths

and blatant distortions. Wanton trivialization and commercialization

of this precious and sacred knowledge has made it sound ridiculous

and distasteful to the young and the intelligent.

 

 

"It is therefore, highly fitting that along with pooling and

collating the ancient knowledge still available with us from various

sources, that we also authenticate, validate and popularize this

knowledge. We hope these will fill up the current lacunae in our

understanding the ancient knowledge." He added.

 

 

Other speakers at the conference include Dr. L.M. Singhvi, Padma

Vibhushan, Member of Parliament, Jurist and Spiritual Thinker, Dr.

Naresh Treehan, Padma Vibhushan, Cardiac Surgeon, and Padma Vibhushan

Dr. Karan Singh, Member of Parliament, eminent scholar and spiritual

thinker.

 

 

`Sounds of Isha', Isha's exclusive music group rendered a special

concert of songs composed in different mystical traditions, that

enthralled the audience.

 

 

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