The power of the pen and force of speech are the two indispensable
media for inducing positive values in the masses. Above all, it is charismatic and powerful personality of the leader, who, by presenting himself as a role model, can
motivate others for bringing about the desired changes in thoughts and action
for establishing a new world order. These three aspects of revolution, namely
power of pen and speech and personality of the leader, are amply exemplified in
the success story of the founder, mentor and guide of this mission. Every
moment of his life, and all his endeavors have remained solely dedicated to
the desired objective.
Power of pen: His
easily comprehensible commentaries (in Hindi) of almost the entire range of
Indian scriptural literature (Sanskrit) are today available for the common man.
The enormous literature created by him includes, inter alia, translations of
the four Vedas, 108 Upnishadas, 6 Darshanas, Smritis, Brahmanas and Aranakyas,
of which he carried out in-depth study and worked tirelessly to make these available
to the common man at an affordable price. Besides, based on his own experience,
he authored about 1500 books providing simple guidelines for applying the principles
of spirituality in day-to-day living. His literature is relevant to all faiths
and beliefs of the world. Many articles published in the aforementioned eight
monthly periodicals have been translated and published in several Indian
languages and in English. The most revolutionary concept of this Ideological
Revolution is the system of distribution of its literature. Because of the
prohibitive costs of printing-publication and distribution, most of the quality
literature being produced these days does not reach the common man. The founder
of this mission overcame this difficulty by creating a unique institution of
mobile human-libraries. (Jhola pustakalaya) The mission makes books
available to its members (and others) at no profit no loss basis and the
missions volunteers, from moving door-to-door, motivate the educated masses to
read and exchange books periodically without paying any subscription or cost
there for. The readers are also advised to read aloud-relevant portions for the
benefit of the illiterate members of family. Literature is also being sold for home
libraries.
Power of Speech: Besides
literature, the other medium for reaching the masses and inducing excellence in
mass psychology is the power of speech i.e. by discourses and musical rendition
of reformatory ideas through songs and slogans. Practical training in both
these fields (public speaking and singing) is being imparted to thousands of
volunteers in the courses run at Shantikunj round the year. The curriculum basically
consists of man-making material. The students are specially groomed to be
courageous and develop a higher level of character to be able to motivate the
masses by example.
Power of Personality: The
personality of the guide and preacher must be far more powerful and impressive
than the power of his pen and speech. If the preacher lacks charisma
or has a substandard personality, he would only provoke ridicule or curiosity
instead of providing motivation to the masses. It is only the miracle of
charisma of the founder-mentor of this mission which has been able to groom over
one million social architect through training camps organized at Shantikunj.
In
order to coordinate and monitor the activities the field workers have been
groped into a large number of centers scattered all-over the country and
abroad. These are called “Pragya peeths “ the seats of wisdom. The total
number of such centres today is more than 24 thousand in the country and
abroad. These institutions are self sustained being managed on meager voluntary
contributions of twenty paise and two hours of time daily by each member.
-Shri Ram Sharma Acharya
-Shri Ram Sharma Acharya
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