Mumbai, India
Today I was asked to read before our global
leaders the following excerpt from the preface of the book “Bhagavatam.” It was how we began the day’s meetings.
“We must know the present need of human
society. And what is that need? Human society is no longer bounded by
geographical limits to particular countries or communities. Human society is broader than in the Middle
Ages, and the world tendency is toward one state or one human society. The ideals of spiritual communism, according
to Srimad-Bhagavatam, are based more
or less on the oneness of the entire human society, nay, of the entire energy
of living beings. The need is felt by
great thinkers to make this a successful ideology. Srimad-Bhagavatam
will fill this need in human society. It
begins, therefore, with an aphorism of Vedanta philosophy, janmady asya yatah, to establish the ideal of a common cause.
Human society, at the present moment, is
not in the darkness of oblivion. It has
made rapid progress in the fields of material comforts, education and economic
development throughout the entire world.
But there is a pinprick somewhere in the social body at large, and
therefore there are large-scale quarrels, even over less important issues. There is need of a clue as to how humanity
can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity with a common cause. Srimad-Bhagavatam
will fill this need, for it is a cultural presentation for the re-spiritualization
of the entire human society.”
(There’s more!)
May the Source be with you!
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