STRENGTH OF BRAHMACHARYA ( to be continued ) The impact of the western culture on the minds of todays youth is crossing all danger signals . Their rudderless ships r floating on the surface of this materialistic world without any direction whatsoever . The youth who r the future of India r aimlessly wandering without any destination . The greatest fear is , what will happen t these fresh flowers if they r not well protected in time from the harmful effects of sensual pleasure . The wild fire of lust & greed is engulfing the entire youth community . They r becoming the victims of the so-called modern culture . They r falling prey t all sorts of bad habits & becoming weak , physically , mentally , intellectually & spiritually . Due t lack of proper guidance from parents , elders & teachers , they r dissipating their youth energy only t invite physical & mental diseases . Forgetting their prime duty - t study & t acquire knowledge & skills through self-discipline & concentration - students r spending most of their precious time in entertainment & enjoyment . They r least bothered about the long-cherished moral , ethical & spiritual values taught & practised by their ancestors & r blindly imitating the western culture . The result is all-round moral & spiritual degradation . Swami Vivekananda could sense this danger long ago when he said : But mark you , if you give up that spirituality , leaving it aside to go after the materialising civilisation of the West , the result will be that in three generations you will be an extinct race ; because the backbone of the nation will be broken , the foundation upon which the national edifice has been built will be undermined , & the result will be annihilation all round . ( Excerpts from the book Youth ! Arise Awake & know your Strength published by Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence , RAMAKRISHNA MATH , Hyderabad ) Good Afternoon friends & may U always b blessed .. JAI JAGANNATH
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 06:43:29 +0000
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