Bharat (India) is one of the oldest and continuing civilisational state in this planet. Its contribution to the
world has been extensive be it through the power of yoga, Ayurveda and of later, Vedanta.
While we boast of a rich and a continuing cultural heritage, Santana Dharma, the indigenous culture and tradition of the land has been under threat for centuries and continues to remain under threat even today due to the operation of certain vested interests.
The last 1,000 years have been particularly painful with ‘double colonisation’, first the Mughals and then the White Mughals’ (British).
The Islamic conquests and British takeover of the sub continent during the medieval and modern era was not just expansionist alone. At a deeper level, it led to destruction of our places of worship, centres of learning (Nalanda, Takshashila to name a few) etc. Our beliefs and practices were ridiculed as crude and animistic.
Post independence, while Anglicisation of education had its advantages but it led to confused identities and a need of constant validation from the west for even the most basic Indic practices and way of life such as yoga and meditation.
Through the Swami Dayananda Sevak Training Programme, we hope to create a platform for committed Sevaks to fulfill one's patriotic and spiritual aspirations which ultimately leads to one's emotional growth. |
