INDIA HAS A DEEP ROOTED FORMIDABLE HIDDEN HERITAGE WHICH IS EMBEDDED DEEPLY WITH CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL AND TRADITIONAL VALUES OF HUMAN BEINGS AND NATURE. IT IS THIS INDIGENOUS NATURAL INSTINCT THAT NEVER GETS SATURATED FOR THOSE WHO ARE FORTUNATE TO BORN IN INDOMITABLE INDIA. TO NAME A FEW, SHREE ADHI SHANKARA, RAMANUJA, MADHVACHARYA, WHO LEAD THE COUNTRY SPIRITUALLY. THEN GAUTHAMA BUDDHA,GURU NANAK, MAHAVEER,WHO INITIATED THEIR OWN FOLLOWERS THROUGH THEIR THOUGHT PROCESSES AND WISDOM. ALONG THE SAME LINES SAINT THIRUVALLUVAR, SAI BABA, RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHAMSA, SARADA DEVI, VIVEKANANDA DEVOTED THEIR LIVES TO SPREAD SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION SO THAT THE HUMAN RACE CAN WITHSTAND ANY HURDLES WITH EASE. ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED ARE CALLED PURANA PURUSHAS (ANCIENT DIVINE BLESSED MEN AND WOMEN). PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE UNIVERSE GOT ATTRACTED TO PEACEFUL NATURE OF THESE SAINTS AND SOME OF THEM PREFERRED TO STAY IN INDIA.
DR.ANNIE BESANT STARTED THEOSPHICAL SOCIETY IN MADRAS; AUROBINDO ASHRAM MOTHER STARTED IN PONDICHERRY; MOTHER TERESA STARTED THE FOUNDATION FOR ORPHANS, TREATMENTS TO LEPROSY PATIENTS IN KOLKATA. I FEEL ALL OF THESE GREAT SOULS WERE ATTRACTED BY PERSEVERANCE AND TOLERANCE OF INDIAN PEOPLE.
PEOPLE STARTED REALIZING THE REALITIES OF LIFE AND STARTED DEVOTING MORE TIME TO SPIRITUALITY, YOGA, MEDITATIONS WHICH STARTED GIVING INNER PEACE AND TRANQUILITY IN DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.
PUTTAPARTHI SAI BABA, SWAMI DAYANANDA, SWAMINI AMRITANANDA MAYI MATHA, VEDHANTA MAHARISHI, JAGGI VASUDEV, SWAMI RAMDEV, SHRI SHRI RAVISHANKARJI, ADHI PARASHAKTHI BANGARU ADIGALAR AND MANY OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS ARE NOT ONLY PROPAGATING THE HIGH AND RICH VALUES OF SPIRITUAL AND MORAL LIVING,BUT THEY PUT FORTH THEIR EFFORTS FOR WELFARE ACTIVITIES OF SOCIETY TO UPLIFT THEIR EDUCATIONAL,MEDICAL AND FOOD REQUIREMENTS.
FINALLY WITH AN INTERESTING NARRATION I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE TODAY'S THINKING ON BILL CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF U.S.A. WHO VISITED INDIA TWICE AS PRESIDENT WAS ASKED BY AN REPORTER WHAT IS HIS IMPRESSION OF INDIA, BILL CLINTON TOLD "I AM TOTALLY AMAZED TO SEE PEOPLE OF INDIA LIVE HAPPILY IN ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES". THIS COMMENTS REALLY HAVE SO MUCH MEANING WITHIN AND SPEAKS VOLUMES ON THE INDIAN PEOPLE TOLERANCE AND PERSEVERANCE WHO ARE LIVING WITH REALITIES OF LIFE.
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