The Sevashram Sangha under the guidance of Swami Nirliptananda Ji will be hosting a series of lectures on Hinduism in connection with the centenary year celebration of BHARAT SEVASHRAM SANGHA.
The first lecture took place on the 9th April 2016 at 4pm with a full audience eagerly waiting for it to begin. It started with Swamiji, (Swami Nirliptananda) performing a short prayer starting with OM. The MC, Bharti Tailor, who is the executive director of the Hindu forum of Europe and Belgium, apologised for the absence of of Mr C B Patel but assured us that he will be present at the second lecture. She then introduced the speaker Professor Jatindra Saha, BSc Hons, MSc, MS, PhD, CPhys, MInstP, MBNES who is a scholar of Hinduism and Vedic Philosophy, especially Vedanta and Science.
Next Professor Jatindra Saha started the lecture by conveying that the prime objective of Hinduism is to “know thyself”, to know who you are and to discover your true identity. It is his opinion that Hinduism is about the quest for truth, not belief. Professor Jatindra said that Hinduism is about explaining things and that it’s also about the goal of human life.
He stated that Hinduism is much science as it is philosophy. He believes that the Atman is the coordinator of everything, which I found a very interesting indeed. Professor Jatindra Saha comes from a very scientific background and his scientific knowledge and delivery was very impressive and he had the audience enraptured the whole time. This was very evident in the Question and Answers session that followed after Professor Jatindra finished his lecture. There were lots of intelligent questions from the audience and the discussions that took place were so intriguing and it really got me thinking and questioning things myself.
Lastly the event ended with Swamiji thanking everyone for coming and that he hoped everyone found the lecture as stimulating as he did. Bharti Tailor then informed us that the second lecture will be on the 14th May at 16:00 – 17:30pm and that it will be on the Origin, Action and Fundamental teachings of Hinduism. The event ended with social mingling, teas, biscuits, and it was so nice to see an array or people from all over the world still engrossed in the subject and carrying on their own discussions amongst them.
I thought the first lecture was a great success and very thought provoking. I look forward to the second one but my only wish would be that more young people like myself turn up too.
