'Develop satsang for spiritualism'

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Repeat reading a must to grasp Vedic treatises 'Develop satsang for spiritualism' NT Bureau

Chennai, June 20:

THOUSANDS ATTEND Sri Nachiyappa Gnana Desika Swamigal, the 12th pontiff of Koviloor Adheenam,

releasing the books, a compilation of public discourses of Swami Dayananda Saraswati

at a function in Chennai yesterday. Photos: K Vijay Anand

CLICK FOR IMAGES http://newstodaynet.com/20jun/20-pg3-3.jpg http://newstodaynet.com/20jun/20-pg3-2.jpg To understand the essence of Vedanta, certain percepts have to be repeated quite often just like the way a teacher keeps repeating to din into the ears of the students, said R Seshasayee, managing director, Ashok Leyland. Speaking at a function yesterday to release the two-volume collection of public lectures delivered by Swami Dayananda Saraswati, he said for spiritually advanced people, a guru like Lord Dakshinamoorthy would be most appropriate as extolled by Adi Sankara in his works on that deity. 'But for spiritually immature people, books of Dayananda Saraswati were of great help,' he said. The two-volumes on Mundakopanishad, the discourses by Dayananda, were also released on the occasion. The books were released by Sri Nachiyappa Gnana Desika Swamigal, the 12th pontiff of Koviloor Adheenam. 'According to Vaishnava Siddhantha, a person

finds a guru through untiring search and the deeds of the past lives. But here without much searching, our guru is here to guide us,' he said, pointing to Dayananda Saraswati. M S Ananth, director, IIT Madras, through an in-absentia message said the works of a Nobel Prize winning scientist and Dayananda were strikingly similar. For, if one read the books authored by both, a feeling of having understood everything crept in. But on closing the books, the feeling of not having understood the contents prevailed. 'In such cases, repetitive reading would help in grasping the essence of the books,' said Ananth. In a world of conflict, satsangs (associations with noble people) was a valuable asset for those inclined to spiritualism. Kapila Vatsayan, chairperson, Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, said, 'transcribing words heard has been a part of our country's tradition.' Messages from Dayananda's books and his discourses were most valuable as they

came out of enlightened consciousness of a spiritual personality, she observed. Sri Nachiyappa Gnana Desika Swamigal said books have an important role to play in communicating philosophy, Vedic thoughts and truisms in simple words for generations to assimilate, understand and benefit from such literature. Dayananda Saraswati said a dedicated team was behind the release of the books. 'I used only simple words as the ideas should be communicable for everyone to understand my works,' he said. He had taken care in the usage of words in the volumes for conveying the intended meaning without repetition of words and phrases Sheela Balaji, managing trustee, Swami Dayananda Educational Trust, said they were planning to bring out four titles every three months.

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