TO commemorate the 150th birth
anniversary of
Swami Vivekananda (1863-2013), Ramakrishna Mission Malaysia
observed the release of the ‘Arise, Awake!’ postal stamp on Aug 2.
The stamp takes inspiration from the
holy man’s famous quote “Arise, Awake! Stop not till the goal is
reached”.
Centre president Swami Supriyananda said
with the release of the stamp by Pos Malaysia, the mission was gearing
up to celebrate Vivekananda’s 150 years in a fit and proper manner
appropriate to his universally respected stature as a world teacher,
thinker, leader, prophet, pathfinder and humanity benefactor.
In line with that, a series of
Personality Development programmes for youths through Vivekananda’s life
and message are being planned for two years, 2012 and 2013, all over
Malaysia.
Supriyananda said the mission had lined
up the set of programmes to help them with inner confidence and
character.
“The half-day free programmes will be
starting next month, and they will focus on physical, mental and
spiritual health. We go to gyms to develop the body, and to temples to
perform rituals, but a positive mentality also needs to be built. When
you build character, you have everything,” he said after the event held
at the mission’s centre in Petaling Jaya.
Also present at the event were
Ramakrishna Mission, Belue Math, India general secretary Swami
Prabhananda, and Toh Puan Uma Sambanthan.
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