Dear Friends,
Namaskaram!
Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist, also considered a philosopher although he himself rejected the title. He is best known as the author of The Prophet, which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one of the best-selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages. In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes.
This month, our front page covers the simple teachings of Gautama the Buddha, which we can follow in our daily life.
In happenings section, we have covered (i) Farmer’s Association meeting (ii) Green health home and Mobile dispensary (iii) National Seminar on “Traditional and Scientific Wisdom of Herbs” (vi) Brainstorming session on “Sustainable Living” (v) Motivational camp and (vi) Exposure visit etc.
In the wisdom section, Journalist, Sisir Kumar Ghose describes how the technologies and industrialisation has plundered the planet, Max Ehrmann, Writer of a
famous prose poem “Desiderata” tells us “To love oneself” as we are not superfluous, have a feeling that you are wanted by others and so you love yourself and finally Dr.S.Cromwell Crawford, Professor, Dept. of Religions appeals for Bio-centric approach for saving the spaceship earth.
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With best wishes
G.Vasudeo,
Secretary,
Vivekananda Kendra – NARDEP,
Kanyakumari – 629 702,
Tamilnadu.
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