HSS Sydney News Leer | Issue 7 1 HINDU SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH AUSTRALIA ABN : 84735237721 Issue 7 , 2019 Sydney News Letter About HSS Australia Hindu Dharma and the culture practiced by the Hindu community makes a significant contribution for the benefit of humanity. HSS Australia works to develop unity and harmony in the Hindu community to effectively promote these salient features to build a strong Australian-Hindu community IN THIS ISSUE Boudhik Varga Yuva Temple Run Hills Bhag Sankranti Utsav Southwest Bhag Sankranti Utsav Veer Savarkar Shaka Sahal News from Perth Message from SanghachAlak Aatmeeya swayamsevaks and sevikAs, praNAm ! Firstly, I wish you all the very best wishes for the new hindu year chaitra shukla prapadA of shree vikaari naama samvatsara, which starts for us all on Saturday April 6 th , 2019. Relavely counted with a bhaarateeya historic perspecve, it is the start of the 5120 th year of kaliyuga and the 2076 th year of vikrama samvat. VarSha-prapadA is a most auspicious fesval day of celebraon for all hindus across the world and especially so for all swayamsevaks/sevikAs too around the world. It is only on this day that we pay our respects to the founder of the sangh, param-poojya shree keshav baLirAm heDgewAr popularly and lovingly known as Doctorji. Just be- fore utsav celebraons in shAkhA this day, we respecully offer Adya sarsanghchAlak praNAm. We acknowledge our debt of gratude towards this great son of bhArat. We usher in yet another year, full of hope for beer things to happen in the new year. In bhArat it is the advent of spring where the bounful mother earth bedecks herself in a riot of floral colour. Here in Australia though, it is winter for us, but we know that when winter arrives, spring cannot be far away! As we look forward and resolve to create a beer year for us all yet again, with renewed zeal and vigour, it is also a me of introspecon and retrospecon which we call simhAvalokan. While we all work selflessly in various tasks as kAryakartAs, we achieve some successes, but we also have some other experiences. It is these other not -so-sweet experiences that we must learn our greatest lessons from. We must guard our resolve from slipping when things do not go as planned or the going seems tough. Speaking with a sweet tone regardless of anything that happens is a key aspect of every kAryakartA. However, if we do come across some bier words from any- one, we must be strong enough not to let that shake our resolve. We are aſter all, human and we realize that ‘to err is human’. At such mes, instead of doing the easy thing which is walking away and quing, do the right thing, which is, stand our ground in the face of adversies and strengthen our resolve to carry on trudging the thorny path of philanthropy that we have chosen, because the new year promises that success is ours one day and it is assured. We must be ‘in’ the system to ‘clean’ the system! Continued.. Upcoming Events Abhyas Varga in May Boudhik Varga in June
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HSS Sydney News Letter | Issue 7 1
HINDU SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH
AUSTRALIA ABN : 84735237721
Issue 7 , 2019 Sydney News Letter
About HSS Australia
Hindu Dharma and the culture practiced by the Hindu community makes a significant contribution for the benefit of humanity. HSS Australia works to develop unity and harmony in the Hindu community to effectively promote these salient features to build a strong Australian-Hindu community
IN THIS ISSUE
Boudhik Varga
Yuva Temple Run
Hills Bhag Sankranti Utsav
Southwest Bhag Sankranti Utsav
Veer Savarkar Shaka Sahal
News from Perth
Message from SanghachAlak
Aatmeeya swayamsevaks and sevikAs, praNAm !
Firstly, I wish you all the very best wishes for the new hindu year chaitra shukla pratipadA of shree vikaari naama
samvatsara, which starts for us all on Saturday April 6th, 2019. Relatively counted with a bhaarateeya historic
perspective, it is the start of the 5120th year of kaliyuga and the 2076th year of vikrama samvat.
VarSha-pratipadA is a most auspicious festival day of celebration for all hindus across the world and especially so
for all swayamsevaks/sevikAs too around the world. It is only on this day that we pay our respects to the founder
of the sangh, param-poojya shree keshav baLirAm heDgewAr popularly and lovingly known as Doctorji. Just be-
fore utsav celebrations in shAkhA this day, we respectfully offer Adya sarsanghchAlak praNAm. We acknowledge
our debt of gratitude towards this great son of bhArat.
We usher in yet another year, full of hope for better things to happen in the new year. In bhArat it is the advent
of spring where the bountiful mother earth bedecks herself in a riot of floral colour. Here in Australia though, it
is winter for us, but we know that when winter arrives, spring cannot be far away!
As we look forward and resolve to create a better year for us all yet again, with renewed zeal and vigour, it is
also a time of introspection and retrospection which we call simhAvalokan. While we all work selflessly in various
tasks as kAryakartAs, we achieve some successes, but we also have some other experiences. It is these other not
-so-sweet experiences that we must learn our greatest lessons from. We must guard our resolve from slipping
when things do not go as planned or the going seems tough. Speaking with a sweet tone regardless of anything
that happens is a key aspect of every kAryakartA. However, if we do come across some bitter words from any-
one, we must be strong enough not to let that shake our resolve. We are after all, human and we realize that ‘to
err is human’. At such times, instead of doing the easy thing which is walking away and quitting, do the right
thing, which is, stand our ground in the face of adversities and strengthen our resolve to carry on trudging the
thorny path of philanthropy that we have chosen, because the new year promises that success is ours one day
and it is assured. We must be ‘in’ the system to ‘clean’ the system! Continued..
Upcoming Events
Abhyas Varga in May
Boudhik Varga in June
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We must keep our faith strong and become the catalyst to enrich the experience by our behavior in thought,
speech and action. It may seem difficult, but it is surely possible. We must keep our faith strong and become the
catalyst to enrich the experience by our behavior in thought, speech and action. It may seem difficult, but it is
surely possible. Excuses like, I am busy with work or studies, I don’t have time, I don’t have the inclination, I can-
not feel the magic, I need a break etc. are all valid from one’s own stand point and perspective. No one can dis-
pute that. However, the truth is that ‘time is a stretchable concept’ to the one with a stronger will! We must
remember that those who won and overcame the toughest of hurdles were the ones who persevered, held on
to their hope that goodness will one day prevail, and they will play their part sincerely. We all remember our
mantra ‘truth alone prevails’, Satyameva jayate! Those who stopped the onward march never reached the goal.
How must shree rAma have felt on the morning of his coronation day when he was told that he had to give up
everything of his princely possessions and aspirations and proceed to the forests for 14 years? How must
yudhiShThira have felt when he, the crowned emperor, who had just performed the ashwamedha yagna, had to
give up all his kingly possessions and proceed to the forest for a period of 12 years with his brothers and wife?
Did they lose their resolve and give up? Do any one of us have such a hardship? Surely not! Let us make a prom-
ise today that we will re-read the rAmAyaNa and mahAbhArata to take inspiration from the deeds of rAma and
dharmarAja. Let us discuss and debate these issues in shAkhA during bauddhik time to become aatma-bali. Let us
make our bodies vajra-anga-bali by playing hard during shAkhA khel and shareerik time!
Let us all reflect again on this varSha-pratipadA day and together strengthen our resolve to remain steadfast in
the face of adverse conditions and emerge victorious to celebrate our victories again and again on vijaya
dashami day year after year!
ever lovingly and humbly yours, inspired daily by you beautiful souls,
ek akinchan kAryakartA,
nihAl agar,
sanghachAlak, Sydney mahAnagar, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh.