Vivek Express Gives Fascinating Glimpse into Swami Vivekananda's Life

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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS/VD)

Mangalore, Aug 5: Vivek Express, an exhibition train depicting the life and principles of Swami Vivekananda chugged into Mangalore Central Railway station on Friday August 5.

The train will be stationed here for three days from August 5 to Sunday August 7. The train exhibition is open to public between 10 am and 6 pm, free of cost.

On Friday morning a short programme was held at the station during which a floral tribute was paid to Swami Vivekananda.

The train exhibits a large collection of pictures and gives details of historical moments from Swami Vivekananda's life. Information on the landmark World Parliament of Religions of 1893, where he delivered his famous speech that had the American audience rise up in applause, is also exhibited.

Inaugurating the exhibition S K Raina, divisional railway manager, Palakkad, said that the train had so far covered 79 railway stations of eight states. In all, 240 stations are expected to be covered nationwide and so far six lac people had visited the exhibition.

Commenting on the Netravathi new railway bridge here, he said that it will be completed by the end of this year. Ruling out the claim made by Mangalore City Corporation that money had been kept aside for the construction of the underpass at Jeppu, he said that once the money was released, the construction work would immediately be undertaken.

Vice-chanceller of Mangalore University T C Sivasankara Murthy said that the exhibition enabled fostering of national integrity and patriotism. India's younger generation has been overtaking its counterpart in China and the USA, which had been a country of young people 50 years ago, he said, and added, "Swami Vivekananda's life has always been an inspiration for the youth."

Inspector general of police Alok Mohan, president Ramakrishna Math Swami Jitakamanandaji, Dr Prabhakar Bhat Kalladka among others were present.

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gopal gawshinde, INDORE/KUDREMUKH
Sun, Aug 07 2011
Great efforts.thanks a lot to organizers ,it would be better if posters av materials ,books also be display and sale.More publicity should be done before train arrives at station.

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SUJITH POLALI, POLALI
Sat, Aug 06 2011
AWESOME WORK BY RAILYWAY DEPARTEMENT KEEP IT UP

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A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.
Sat, Aug 06 2011
K. PUNJA: I do sincerely thank you for your compliment about my
comments. When people use religion to create fight or to
hoard wealth through religion, it
creates great hurt in my heart.
We all must work hard through our
spiritual influence to create an
atmosphere to laugh together and
to wipe the tears of the crying
people. I read that statement of
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA in the book
"Barrow's Lectures" when I was in
college 46 years back, that
was registered in my brain for ever. Thank you again and GOD
bless you for your kindness in
complimenting my comments which is
giving me greater inspiration to
write more comments.

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Vivek , Mangalore
Sat, Aug 06 2011
Swami Vivekananda is no doubt a Great Person. We are in 21st century now and its very very difficult to live Swami Vivekananda's life though not impossible just because of the Globalization, Temptation, competition etc. 21st century is all about Security, bank balance, Assets, High Standard of Living, Creating Mass wealth,Facebook, Ego.Sky is the limit.This may be possible if top 200 companies in the world turn into charity and be an example for the other companies just like Sir Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Tatas do. There is so much in this world for peoples need but little for people's Greed - MG

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praveen raj, mangalore
Sat, Aug 06 2011
Swami Vivekananda is my inspiration.my youth days were guided by him.he gave me confidence. my am overwhelmed to see this train

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RAGHU, MAGALORE
Sat, Aug 06 2011
ಅಮೆರಿಕದ ಶಿಕಾಗೋದಲ್ಲಿ 1893 ರಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ವಿಶ್ವಧರ್ಮ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ ದಲ್ಲಿ ಸರ್ವಧರ್ಮ ಸಮನ್ವ
ಯತೆ ಹರಡಿದ ಮಹಾ ಚೇತನ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿವೇಕಾ ನಂದರು. ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬ ಧರ್ಮಗುರುವೂ ತನ್ನ ಧರ್ಮದ ಹಿರಿಮೆಯನ್ನು ಒತ್ತಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಈ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತೀಯರ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಗ್ರಂಥ ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆಯು ಎಲ್ಲ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳ ತಳದಲ್ಲಿತ್ತು. "ತಳದಲ್ಲಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಅದು ಕೆಳಗಲ್ಲ. ಅದು ಮಾನವ ಧರ್ಮದ ಚಿಂತನೆಯ ತಳಹದಿ' ಎಂದು ಗುಣಾತ್ಮಕವಾಗಿ ಸಾರಿದ ಸ್ವಾಮೀಜಿ, ದೇವ ನೊಬ್ಬ ನಾಮ ಹಲವು, ತಮ್ಮ ತಮ್ಮ ನಂಬುಗೆಯ ದೈವವನ್ನು ಆರಾಧಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬನಿಗೂ ಹಕ್ಕಿದೆ' ಎಂದು ಸಾರಿ ಹೇಳಿದರು.

ಸ್ವಾಮೀಜಿಯವರ ಬೋಧನೆಯ ಕೆಲವು ತುಣುಕುಗಳು

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ajith kini, udupi
Sat, Aug 06 2011
ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿವೇಕಾನಂದರ ಸರ್ವಧರ್ಮ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನದ ‘ಚಿಕಾಗೋ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸ’ ಎಂದೇ ಖ್ಯಾತವಾದ ಭಾಷಣದ ಕನ್ನಡಾನುವಾದವಿದು.

“ಅಮೆರಿಕದ ಸೋದರಿಯರೇ ಮತ್ತು ಸೋದರರೇ!
ನೀವು ನಮಗೆ ನೀಡಿದ ಉತ್ಸಾಹಯುತ ಆದರದ ಸ್ವಾಗತಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಿಸಲು ಹೊರಟಾಗ ಅನಿರ್ವಚನೀಯ ಆನಂದವೊಂದು ನನ್ನ ಹೃದಯವನ್ನು ತುಂಬುತ್ತದೆ. ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಪ್ರಾಚೀನವಾದ ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಿಗಳ ಸಂಘದ ಪರವಾಗಿ ನಾನು ನಿಮಗೆ ಕೃತಜ್ಞತೆಯನ್ನು ಸಲ್ಲಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಬೌದ್ಧ ಧರ್ಮ, ಜೈನ ಧರ್ಮಗಳೆರಡೂ ಯಾವುದರ ಶಾಖೆಗಳು ಮಾತ್ರವೋ ಅಂತಹ ಸಕಲ ಧರ್ಮಗಳ ಮಾತೆಯಾದ ಹಿಂದೂ ಧರ್ಮದ ಪರವಾಗಿ ನಾನು ನಿಮಗೆ ಕೃತಜ್ಞತೆಯನ್ನು ಸಲ್ಲಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಮತ್ತು ವಿವಿಧ ಜಾತಿ ಮತಗಳಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿ

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rajesh, kuwait
Sat, Aug 06 2011
ಒಂದು ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತ ಹಾವಾಡಿಗರ ದೇಶ ಎಂದು ಪಾಶ್ಚಿಮಾತ್ಯರು ನಂಬಿದ್ದರು. ಆ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಂದುತ್ವ ಮತ್ತು ಭಾರತೀಯ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯನ್ನು ವಿದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯಗೊಳಿಸಿದ ಖ್ಯಾತಿ ಇವರದು.
ಇವರ ಮಾತುಗಳು, ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು ಈಗಲೂ ಅನೇಕ ಜನರಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಸ್ಪೂರ್ತಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಆತ್ಮವಿಶ್ವಾಸ ಮೂಡಿಸುತ್ತದೆ

ದೇಶ, ವಿದೇಶದ ಅನೇಕ ಇತಿಹಾಸಕಾರರು ಹಾಗೂ ಲೇಖಕರು ಇವರ ತತ್ವಗಳಿಂದ ಪ್ರಭಾವಿತರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಭಾರತದ ಅನೇಕ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರರು ಇವರಿಂದ ಪ್ರಭಾವಿತರಾಗಿದ್ದರು

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K. Punja, Mangalore/US
Sat, Aug 06 2011
I liked Mr. Mathew's comments. The point he makes and I agree with is that true spirituality transcends religion. Religion is a path, not a goal - why fall in love with and be fanatic about the road when it is only an aid to one's journey - it is the progress towards the one's goal that matters. The goal is about human values pure and simple and not about religion. Whether it is the great religious journey of Saint Assisi or Swami Vivekananda, they are an inspiration to us all. Teh important lesson I learned from the Swami's life is that he started life like any ordinary Indian boy, a student and disciple. The only difference being that he made great spiritual progress and urged others to do the same. He is one of the greatest free thinkers that India has had.

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Arjun, India
Fri, Aug 05 2011
Not sure how they maintain/account expense incurred for such trains. It's a great initiative even if it comes from tax payers pocket. I remember sometimes back another train had come to mangalore which has the theme of mother Teresa..It would be also great to have museums depicting great minds, scientists and philosophers from all walks of life, this is enriching experience for a seeking mind-specially the tiny tots..our young kids.

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chamaraja Rao, Mangalore, Las Vegas, NV USA.
Fri, Aug 05 2011
Fine photographs and a brief account of what the train accomplishes by travelling across India. Good publicity for the mission.

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Dr S Kamath , Mumbai
Fri, Aug 05 2011
One of the Best works by Railways Indian Youths need the Message of Swami Vivekananda ji to get the Nationalistic Thoughts .Swami Vivekanandas Vision of Universal Brotherhood is needed so that all religions should be considered to be going towards the same GOD

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A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.
Fri, Aug 05 2011
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA is perhaps the
most repected HINDU Swami
ever lived, and he was respected
by all religious followers. He
opened his lecture at the World
Parliament of Religions in 1893
representing the HINDU religion.
He started addressing the audience
"sisters and brothers of America"
and one of the most touching
part of the lecture was this statement " I can't believe
in a GOD or religion
which can't wipe the tears of the
widow and cannot give a piece of
bread to an orphan child". This
challenge is equally applicable to
all the religious followers to
be religious in practical life.

His life was one of the most simplest and humblest which must
be a pattern to all the genuine
Swamies. Now the majority of the
Swamies are in competition to hoard
more wealth under their control.

He travelled in India with a water
pot and two books The BHAGAVAD
GITA and THE IMITATION OF CHRIST
written by THOMAS A. KEMPHIS who
was a CATHOLIC saint. He had no
money with him, but lived by the
gifts given by total strangers.
What a great and inspiring spiritual journey it was?

To have a better world and to live
in peace, we must learn from great
people like SWAMI VIVEKANANDA whom
I deeply and greatly respect.

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