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11-Point Program for Inculcating Righteousness and Nobility in Our Youth
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11-Point Program for Inculcating
Righteousness and Nobility in Our Youth
Our readers are aware that All World Gayatri Pariwar (AWGP) is observing ‘Yuva Kranti Varsha’ (Youth Revolution Year) from Vasant Parva 2016 to Vasant Parva 2018. Its aim is to search and awaken youth who can pledge to serve the nation. At its conclusion, ‘Yuga Srijeta’ convention is planned to be held at Nagpur (Maharashtra) from January 26 to 28, 2018. The objective is to guide the chosen youth towards making them righteous so that they can contribute their might towards nation-building. Its merit would be judged by the firm pledge taken by the youth participants rather than the number of them attending the convention.
Due to the limited space available for the program, we are permitting only ten thousand registered youths to participate. On the final day (January 28, 2018), in the august presence of distinguished guests, a ‘Youth Vision Document’ is proposed to be released. Let us understand the framework on which this document is based. The central theme is to add, refine and organize the youth with virtuous traits so that they can dedicate themselves to achieve specific nation-building goals. 1. Sadhaka Yuva (A self-disciplined youth) – Our chosen youth will start with the refining of the self and then get engaged in nation-building. He / She will firmly believe in the motto – ‘When we transform ourselves, the world will be transformed’. By Sadhaka Yuva, we mean a determined young volunteer who will continuously refine himself / herself. This will be his 24x7 sadhana - which requires control over senses, thoughts, time and money. He will do regular upasana (modes/methods of uniting the self with the Supreme Self) so that he continues to refine himself. He will devote his time and resources for social service and in the upliftment of the nation. This will certainly make him able to influence other youths and add them to his team so that they contribute to noble objectives pursued by him.
2. Organizer - Our chosen youth will develop organizing ability so that he / she can form a group of like-minded youths. That group may work as Yuva Mandala, Sanskriti Mandala or a unit of DIYA (Divine India Youth Association) in his / her college or university. There will be separate Mandalas (units) in rural and urban areas and they will work in unison with the Youth Cell of Shantikunj, Haridwar (Headquarters of AWGP). All the youth groups so formed will be trained at Shantikunj and be associated with different constructive programs of the Mission.
3. A Good Speaker - Our chosen youth should have good communication skills so that he / she can communicate Mission’s message effectively. He may use his verbal or written skills for this purpose. In order to augment their skills, they will be trained at Shantikunj from time to time. In every zonal center in different states, such skilled youths will be prepared who will act as catalysts for our youth revolution.
4. Self-reliant – The youths so developed in the coming nine years (during the period of Matrashakti Shraddhanjali Mahapurashcarana) will become self-reliant. They will get involved in different projects launched by the Mission for making them self-reliant and capable; and will also make other fellowbeings self-reliant. In this process, they will help the nation directly or indirectly in becoming strong and prosperous. These units called sv³vala®bº lokaseva mandalas (svalokam), based on swadeshi, self-reliance and cow-based products, will soon be seen functioning in every village, town and city. They will give a tremendous boost to our economy.
5. Addiction-free – The youths who are addiction-free will play an important role in making the society healthy. Our organized youth volunteers will aim at eradicating all types of intoxications. The de-addiction programs will consist of mass awakening through rallies, workshops, films and social media. De-addiction camps will also be organized in several places so that the affected people can get rid of their addictions. We will also take the help of psychological / spiritual methods for making affected people addiction-free.
6. Nonresident Youth – Our youth groups working abroad will also help in this endeavor of the Mission. They will organize youth consciousness awareness camps in different countries. Gayatri Chetana Centers abroad will act as catalysts for establishing Bala Sanskara shalas, forming new Yuva Mandalas and Yoga and Naturopathy Mandalas, so that nonresident Indians can get the benefits of our programs.
7. Rural Youth – Yuva Mandalas in rural areas will accelerate Yuga•Ìi’s Plan of Grama Tirtha. These youths, with the help of village administration and the villagers, will make their villages / small towns ‘Âdarïa Grama’. Ideally, an ‘Âdarïa Grama’ should focus on cow-based economy, cleanliness, organic farming, tree plantation, self-reliance, processing the village products in the village itself, establishing libraries, Sanskara shalas, encouraging the children through games and competitions, etc.
8. Women Empowerment – Right from the beginning, Pujya Gurudev laid emphasis on women empowerment. He was of the view that only women can uplift women. Under the guidance of Vandaniya Mataji nationwide Mahil³ Mandalas were established and they had been working towards women’s welfare. Now, our young women force will work intensely towards eradicating dowry and purdah system, and in educating and training women about their security, health and hygiene, education and self-reliance. One confident young woman volunteer along with 5-6 progressive women (forming a Mahila Yuva Mandala) can easily take care of women upliftment in their village /small town. Several such Mahila Mandalas can be formed in the cities.
9. Divine Workshops – The Youth Cell of Shantikunj, Haridwar has prepared material for conducting twenty different types of workshops for providing new direction to the youth and making them learn the art of living a happy and harmonious life. Youth groups can use this material for mass awakening through slide projectors, PowerPoint presentations or through movies. There are several themes for conducting the workshops, like ‘achieving excellence in work and day-to-day life’, ‘stress management’, ‘health, wealth and spirituality’, etc. Such workshops are being conducted by the central team at different places. Now the time has come when our youth groups should avail of this opportunity to accelerate this program.
10. Eradication of Social Evils - It is the prime duty of our youth to awaken the masses about the evil customs / traditions and make efforts to eradicate them. Our immediate focus should be on female feticide, dowry, expensive marriages, begging and discrimination based on caste, color and creed. Our youth should learn to remove negativity and depression among the fellow citizens and augment their positivity. Addiction-free and the depression-free manpower is the backbone of any prosperous country. Our new youth revolution will start from this point. Further, we will have to teach the masses how to shun the abuse of social media and how it can help in spreading positivity. Otherwise, this habit of misusing social media will lead us to negative thinking. At present, even the village youths are under the grip of WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, pornographic clips, rumor-spreading clips, etc. This is also an evil trait and we will have to open a front to counter this.
11. Clean and Healthy India – We will have to prepare a dedicated youth brigade for making a clean and healthy India. Clean India campaign has already been picked up with the initiative of our Prime Minister. Our Mission has been helping in this initiative since its inception. Our aim is to clean rivers Ganga and Yamuna, along with their 51 tributaries by 2026. We will have to create awareness and seek the assistance of public for regular cleaning of water sources. Scientific techniques should also be used for this purpose. People in our country are religious-minded. Very often we see holy baths and fairs organized on the banks of rivers. We will have to create awareness about what is ‘true bath’ and ‘Puñya arjana’ in spiritual sense. Otherwise, all the efforts done in cleaning the rivers will go waste in just two days of a fair. In order to keep our youth healthy, we will have to inculcate in them the habits of doing exercises, yoga, pranayama, etc as well as taking nutritious food. Then the youth force may be utilized in developing herbal gardens, kitchen gardens and Smriti Upavanas along with Shriram Sarovaras in villages and towns. In the above lines, we have just given an overview of the ‘Youth Vision Document.’ Its elaborated version will be made available in ‘Yuga Srijeta’ Program. A solemn pledge would be taken by the youths gathered at the convention on the Republic Day (January 26, 2018). In this program, the peers will guide them in the methodology of implementing their pledge. We hope that this ‘Yuga Srijeta’ program will prove to be a milestone in the direction of ‘Yuva Kranti’. With prayer-filled wishes for a Happy, Healthy and Harmonious New Year, 2018,
(Pranav Pandya)
Our readers are aware that All World Gayatri Pariwar (AWGP) is observing ‘Yuva Kranti Varsha’ (Youth Revolution Year) from Vasant Parva 2016 to Vasant Parva 2018. Its aim is to search and awaken youth who can pledge to serve the nation. At its conclusion, ‘Yuga Srijeta’ convention is planned to be held at Nagpur (Maharashtra) from January 26 to 28, 2018. The objective is to guide the chosen youth towards making them righteous so that they can contribute their might towards nation-building. Its merit would be judged by the firm pledge taken by the youth participants rather than the number of them attending the convention.
Due to the limited space available for the program, we are permitting only ten thousand registered youths to participate. On the final day (January 28, 2018), in the august presence of distinguished guests, a ‘Youth Vision Document’ is proposed to be released. Let us understand the framework on which this document is based. The central theme is to add, refine and organize the youth with virtuous traits so that they can dedicate themselves to achieve specific nation-building goals. 1. Sadhaka Yuva (A self-disciplined youth) – Our chosen youth will start with the refining of the self and then get engaged in nation-building. He / She will firmly believe in the motto – ‘When we transform ourselves, the world will be transformed’. By Sadhaka Yuva, we mean a determined young volunteer who will continuously refine himself / herself. This will be his 24x7 sadhana - which requires control over senses, thoughts, time and money. He will do regular upasana (modes/methods of uniting the self with the Supreme Self) so that he continues to refine himself. He will devote his time and resources for social service and in the upliftment of the nation. This will certainly make him able to influence other youths and add them to his team so that they contribute to noble objectives pursued by him.
2. Organizer - Our chosen youth will develop organizing ability so that he / she can form a group of like-minded youths. That group may work as Yuva Mandala, Sanskriti Mandala or a unit of DIYA (Divine India Youth Association) in his / her college or university. There will be separate Mandalas (units) in rural and urban areas and they will work in unison with the Youth Cell of Shantikunj, Haridwar (Headquarters of AWGP). All the youth groups so formed will be trained at Shantikunj and be associated with different constructive programs of the Mission.
3. A Good Speaker - Our chosen youth should have good communication skills so that he / she can communicate Mission’s message effectively. He may use his verbal or written skills for this purpose. In order to augment their skills, they will be trained at Shantikunj from time to time. In every zonal center in different states, such skilled youths will be prepared who will act as catalysts for our youth revolution.
4. Self-reliant – The youths so developed in the coming nine years (during the period of Matrashakti Shraddhanjali Mahapurashcarana) will become self-reliant. They will get involved in different projects launched by the Mission for making them self-reliant and capable; and will also make other fellowbeings self-reliant. In this process, they will help the nation directly or indirectly in becoming strong and prosperous. These units called sv³vala®bº lokaseva mandalas (svalokam), based on swadeshi, self-reliance and cow-based products, will soon be seen functioning in every village, town and city. They will give a tremendous boost to our economy.
5. Addiction-free – The youths who are addiction-free will play an important role in making the society healthy. Our organized youth volunteers will aim at eradicating all types of intoxications. The de-addiction programs will consist of mass awakening through rallies, workshops, films and social media. De-addiction camps will also be organized in several places so that the affected people can get rid of their addictions. We will also take the help of psychological / spiritual methods for making affected people addiction-free.
6. Nonresident Youth – Our youth groups working abroad will also help in this endeavor of the Mission. They will organize youth consciousness awareness camps in different countries. Gayatri Chetana Centers abroad will act as catalysts for establishing Bala Sanskara shalas, forming new Yuva Mandalas and Yoga and Naturopathy Mandalas, so that nonresident Indians can get the benefits of our programs.
7. Rural Youth – Yuva Mandalas in rural areas will accelerate Yuga•Ìi’s Plan of Grama Tirtha. These youths, with the help of village administration and the villagers, will make their villages / small towns ‘Âdarïa Grama’. Ideally, an ‘Âdarïa Grama’ should focus on cow-based economy, cleanliness, organic farming, tree plantation, self-reliance, processing the village products in the village itself, establishing libraries, Sanskara shalas, encouraging the children through games and competitions, etc.
8. Women Empowerment – Right from the beginning, Pujya Gurudev laid emphasis on women empowerment. He was of the view that only women can uplift women. Under the guidance of Vandaniya Mataji nationwide Mahil³ Mandalas were established and they had been working towards women’s welfare. Now, our young women force will work intensely towards eradicating dowry and purdah system, and in educating and training women about their security, health and hygiene, education and self-reliance. One confident young woman volunteer along with 5-6 progressive women (forming a Mahila Yuva Mandala) can easily take care of women upliftment in their village /small town. Several such Mahila Mandalas can be formed in the cities.
9. Divine Workshops – The Youth Cell of Shantikunj, Haridwar has prepared material for conducting twenty different types of workshops for providing new direction to the youth and making them learn the art of living a happy and harmonious life. Youth groups can use this material for mass awakening through slide projectors, PowerPoint presentations or through movies. There are several themes for conducting the workshops, like ‘achieving excellence in work and day-to-day life’, ‘stress management’, ‘health, wealth and spirituality’, etc. Such workshops are being conducted by the central team at different places. Now the time has come when our youth groups should avail of this opportunity to accelerate this program.
10. Eradication of Social Evils - It is the prime duty of our youth to awaken the masses about the evil customs / traditions and make efforts to eradicate them. Our immediate focus should be on female feticide, dowry, expensive marriages, begging and discrimination based on caste, color and creed. Our youth should learn to remove negativity and depression among the fellow citizens and augment their positivity. Addiction-free and the depression-free manpower is the backbone of any prosperous country. Our new youth revolution will start from this point. Further, we will have to teach the masses how to shun the abuse of social media and how it can help in spreading positivity. Otherwise, this habit of misusing social media will lead us to negative thinking. At present, even the village youths are under the grip of WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, pornographic clips, rumor-spreading clips, etc. This is also an evil trait and we will have to open a front to counter this.
11. Clean and Healthy India – We will have to prepare a dedicated youth brigade for making a clean and healthy India. Clean India campaign has already been picked up with the initiative of our Prime Minister. Our Mission has been helping in this initiative since its inception. Our aim is to clean rivers Ganga and Yamuna, along with their 51 tributaries by 2026. We will have to create awareness and seek the assistance of public for regular cleaning of water sources. Scientific techniques should also be used for this purpose. People in our country are religious-minded. Very often we see holy baths and fairs organized on the banks of rivers. We will have to create awareness about what is ‘true bath’ and ‘Puñya arjana’ in spiritual sense. Otherwise, all the efforts done in cleaning the rivers will go waste in just two days of a fair. In order to keep our youth healthy, we will have to inculcate in them the habits of doing exercises, yoga, pranayama, etc as well as taking nutritious food. Then the youth force may be utilized in developing herbal gardens, kitchen gardens and Smriti Upavanas along with Shriram Sarovaras in villages and towns. In the above lines, we have just given an overview of the ‘Youth Vision Document.’ Its elaborated version will be made available in ‘Yuga Srijeta’ Program. A solemn pledge would be taken by the youths gathered at the convention on the Republic Day (January 26, 2018). In this program, the peers will guide them in the methodology of implementing their pledge. We hope that this ‘Yuga Srijeta’ program will prove to be a milestone in the direction of ‘Yuva Kranti’. With prayer-filled wishes for a Happy, Healthy and Harmonious New Year, 2018,
(Pranav Pandya)
