When we study the life of Eknathji, it looks as though the Divine Will was preparing him for this ultimate task which was to be the crowning glory of not only his life, but was also to enshrine within it, the hopes and aspirations and the Shraddha and Bhakti which millions had cherished for the great Swami Vivekananda. There is no monument in modern India which glorifies the spirit it enshrines and the builder as well. Like the Song Celestial which purifies the listener and the speaker, so has the Rock Memorial glorified the ideal and the idealist.
“Only the land which mothered the Gita, could have brought forth such a Karmayogi; only in the land of Himavan, Vindhya and Sindhu can you meet such a lion who practises self-restraint.
Only in the country where flows the Ganges can you find such a ‘Kalpavriksha’ which has for its fruit, auspiciousness alone.......”
A life which began humbly in the village of Timtala in Amaravati district, Maharashtra, by sheer pursuit of excellence, by indomitable will, courage and total dedication to the cause and ideals he cherished rose to the pinnacle of glory and in the process of carving out of rock, a magnificent monument to one of the greatest sons of this Motherland, turned his own life into LIFE EVERLASTING. His life and work come as an answer to the vague cries of men, about the lack of opportunities, even for service. Opportunities knock at everyone’s door. To one who is ready to transform oneself first, those very same opportunities become the vehicles to change one’s life into LIFE EVERLASTING.
“Only the land which mothered the Gita, could have brought forth such a Karmayogi; only in the land of Himavan, Vindhya and Sindhu can you meet such a lion who practises self-restraint.
Only in the country where flows the Ganges can you find such a ‘Kalpavriksha’ which has for its fruit, auspiciousness alone.......”
A life which began humbly in the village of Timtala in Amaravati district, Maharashtra, by sheer pursuit of excellence, by indomitable will, courage and total dedication to the cause and ideals he cherished rose to the pinnacle of glory and in the process of carving out of rock, a magnificent monument to one of the greatest sons of this Motherland, turned his own life into LIFE EVERLASTING. His life and work come as an answer to the vague cries of men, about the lack of opportunities, even for service. Opportunities knock at everyone’s door. To one who is ready to transform oneself first, those very same opportunities become the vehicles to change one’s life into LIFE EVERLASTING.
[ part III of III]
-Dr.Lakshmikumari
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KATHA : Vivekananda Kendra
विवेकानन्द केन्द्र कन्याकुमारी (Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari)
Vivekananda Rock Memorial & Vivekananda Kendra : http://www.vivekanandakendra.org
Read n Get Articles, Magazines, Books @ http://prakashan.vivekanandakendra.org
Landline : Himachal:+91-(0)177-2835-995, Kanyakumari:+91-(0)4652-247-012
Mobile : Kanyakumari:+91-76396-70994, Himachal:+91-94180-36995
मुक्तसंग्ङोऽनहंवादी धृत्युत्साहसमन्वित:।
सिद्धयसिद्धयोर्निर्विकार: कर्ता सात्त्विक उच्यते ॥१८.२६॥
Freed from attachment, non-egoistic, endowed with courage and enthusiasm and unperturbed by success or failure, the worker is known as a pure (Sattvika) one. Four outstanding and essential qualities of a worker. - Bhagwad Gita : XVIII-26
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