Post Date: 26-DEC-2010 Bangalore
Pada Yatras have been highly successful with transformation and penetration beyond imagination.
Our programs created huge waves in Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Kadapa, Guntur, Karimnagar and Hyderabad.
Within a short span of 4 weeks, we reached around 86,000 people (we will share exact details shortly) one-on-one.
The last 4 days from Dec 19-22 were even bigger success with crowds of 15,000 to 50,000 attending Divya Satsangs of Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Peeth in all these cities. Last year (NOV-2009 to MAR-2010), we reached out to around 70,000 people one-on-one plus the ripple effect (West Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Anantapur).
It has a rippling effect from village to village, from college to college, school to school, parents to children, children to parents, relatives, other spiritual organizations, the Ayyappa Swamis, the Bhavanis (Devi Deekha), the Hanuman Deeksha, orphanges, government officials, priests, devotees, politicians, teachers, farmers, etc. The rippling effect must have reached out to several lakhs of people within a matter of one month and still continuing. We have plenty more to do. Such gigantic undertakings are IMPOSSIBLE without a spiritual backing. You can probably do a political rally luring people with money or get people to watch cricket.
It is easier for a Hindu to say "Hinduism is great", for a Christian to say "Christianity is Great", for a Buddhist to say "Buddhism is Great", etc. But people from different faiths coming together and appreciating our culture (while respecting their own), working for promoting our culture, encouraging people to deepen their roots is worth admiring. It needs a standing ovation. These young men from all different countries study India, it's scriptures, it's universal applicability and are serving India. They go back to their own countries and share so much about what they saw first hand in the villages of India. This has another rippling effect around the world.
Mahatma Gandhi was a very skinny man. We got our independence not just because of Gandhiji but because of the spiritual wisdom he gained from India and it's scriptures. He used to read the Bhagavad Gita every day. At his place or ashram, there used to be Satsangs every single day. We can learn a lot of things from many countries and cultures like "team work from Japan, precision from Germany, marketing from USA, royalty from England, etc." But when it comes to Human Values, acceptance, unity in diversity, etc., India stands number ONE. There is sooooo much more we all must be proud of.
It is easier to give away money or gifts to the poor. (We are not talking about situations during natural calamities.) Our programs open up the hearts and minds of people, boost their morale, self confidence, improve their health, restore family values and strengthen the culture.
Our work does not stop here. We penetrate villages even deeper and make each village self sustaining. We all have a LOT of work ahead of us. You will hear more in the coming weeks and months.
We have all reaped the benefits of this great culture. Now, we have a huge responsibility to preseve this culture not only for India but for the whole world. Let us join hands.
Please:
1. Enroll your friends of just Telugu friends and relatives into the Google Group.
2. Donate generously: www.backtotherootsproject.org
Thanks for your support and cooperation.
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