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Hindu Unity Day - 2011 1 United We Serve 2 Acharya Sabha message 3 Hindu Unity Day Schedule 3 Why a Hindu Unity Day ? 4 An example of Unity - WAVES 5 Dr. Subramanian Swamy - prole 6 Rajiv Malhotra - prole 7 Tapan Kumar Ghosh - prole 8 Kamal Kumar Swamy - prole 9 Threats facing Sanatana Dharma10 Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha 12
Day II - Sunday
August 14th - 11 am to 3 pm
Serving the Community - Our Dharma At the DFW Hindu Temple (Youth Center) 1605, N Britain, Irving, Texas 75061
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Hindu Unity Day - 2011 is designed to be a two day event One of the main highlights of the Hindu Unity Day event of 2011 will be the presentations on Burning Issues by four Hindu Community Leaders who are fearlessly ghting on the side of Dharma - against Adharma. We will celebrate the spirit of the Kshatriya, who puts himself at risk on the Kurukshetra, in defence of Dharma.
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August 7, 2011
The various Sampradayas (Spiritual Traditions) of Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) have been living in harmony for centuries without one attempting to change the other. That comes from the religious and spiritual culture of Hindu Dharma, that accommodates different modes of prayer and worship. On this Hindu Unity Day, this truth has to be highlighted more than any attempt to forge unity. Swamy Dayananda Saraswati, Convener, Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha
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An example of a Collaborative Hindu Project WAVES Conference on Varna, Jati and Kula - July 29, 30 and 31, 2011
The Picture above shows Dr. Pranav Pandya, President of the All World Gayatri Parivar, and Chancellor of the Dev Sanskriti Vishwa Vidyalaya, Haridwar, Himalayas, delivering the inaugural Keynote address at the WAVES Conference on Varna, Jati and Kula, in July 2011. Sanatana Dharma Foundation, Dallas, TX worked along with the World Association of Vedic Studies (WAVES) and the All World Gayatri Parivar (AWGP), to organize a critical conference on the topic of Varna, Jati and Kula. Swami Tattvavidananda of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, represented the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, at the Conference. In addition,the two day conference featured many other Speakers such as Dr. Subramanian Swamy, Head of the Legal Cell, Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha and President Janata Party, Shri Rajiv Malhotra, President and Founder of Innity Foundation and Author, Breaking India, Dr. R. Vaidyanathan, Professor of Finannce, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Dr. M.G. Prasad, Founder of Ashtanga Yoga Vignana Mandiram, Mysore, Dr. K.L.Shankaranaryana Jois, Retired Assistant Professor of Sanskrit, from the Maharaja Sanskrit Patashala, Mysore, Dr. Bal Ram Singh, Director of the Center for Indic Studies, University of Massachussets, Dartmouth, Dr. S. Kalyanaraman, Director of the Saraswati River Research Institute, Chennai, Dr. Madan Lal Goel, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of West Florida and many others. The Conference, attended by over a 100 delegates, was a rst of a kind experiment where many participants presented remotely from different parts of the world. Sanatana Dharma Foundation is proud to have played an important part in drafting the Conference Resolutions as well as creating a Position Paper that will be of value to the whole of Hindu Society. The topic of Varna, Jati and Kula which are foundational institutions of Hindu Dharma, have been historically conated into the single English term Caste, which distorts our understanding of the phenomenon. Hindus must reclaim the narrative regarding this social order that has stood the test of time, in the international community. Otherwise, this gets projected as a weakness.
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Dr. Subramanian Swamy was elected as a Member of Parliament ve times, from different constituencies and has served as a Minister of Law and Commerce, Government of India. Under Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, he served as Chairman of the Commission on Labor Standards and International Trade in a capacity equivalent to the rank of a cabinet minister. He rst came into the political spotlight for protesting against the emergency imposed in 1975. He went underground for a period of 6 months to avoid being arrested by police. Under the instruction of Jayaprakash Narayan, Dr. Swamy escaped to US, so that he could mobilize overseas Indians and world media against the emergency. Today, he is the President of the Janata Party, and the Head of the Legal Cell of the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha. He helped normalize relations between India and China, in 1981 and was instrumental in getting the sacred site of Kailash Manasarovar opened for Hindu Pilgrims and was also the rst Hindu pilgrim to also visit the site. He is renowned for ghting numerous court cases, often making arguments himself, even though he is not a lawyer by profession. He is on record saying, that if one can develop a taste for the law, it is quite enjoyable and stimulating. He helped stop the Sethusamudhram Ship channel Project, so as to protect the Ramasethu, and today, he is in the center of the ght against corruption, especially the 2G Spectrum scam, in the Supreme Court of India.
Dr. Subramanian Swamy received the Hindu Dharma Rakshaka - Kshatriya Award from Sanatana Dharma Foundation, during the Hindu Unity Day 2008, for his courage in defending the Rama Sethu, as a sacred and historical monument of India. It is the spirit of the Kshatriya, the willingness to stand up against the forces of Adharma, the willingness to put oneself at risk, and ght for the Dharma, and do what is right, even though what is right may not be comfortable or popular that the Hindu Dharma Rakshaka Kshatriya Award attempts to honor.
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In the Bhagvad Gita, the principal Kshatriya of that age Arjuna, argues with Bhagvan Shri Krishna that he would rather walk away from the conict altogether or rather die without striking a blow. Bhagvan Shri Krishna asks his protg Arjuna to rise up resolved to do battle with the Adharmic forces of his time, and advises him that even death in the cause of his Dharma is a superior end. He further asks him to act while being unattached to the outcome, to discharge his Dharma, without regard to pleasure or pain, fame or infamy, success of failure.
The purpose and mission of the Sanathana Dharma Foundation is to strengthen Hindus, Hindu Communities, Hindu Culture, Institutions and Society in the US, India and the world as a whole by : 1. Promoting Research, Education and Awareness of Hindu issues and concerns
2. Facilitating Harmony and Unity amongst Hindus and Hindu organizations, and enabling Collaborative Action 3. Clarifying, Preserving, Protecting and Strengthening the Hindu Identity, spanning its various Sampradayas (Ancient Traditions) represented by its Acharyas and Gurus (Hindu Saints deeply learned in the Hindu Scriptures) 4. Sponsoring Strategic Initiatives that are aimed at Strengthening Hindu Society, Hindu Institutions and People, especially its vulnerable sections in India 5. Positioning issues and concerns of Hindus in the World bodies and World Media, in such a way that representation of Hindu issues are fair, accurate credible and well informed
Sanatana Dharma Foundation is proud to support the concept of Hindu Unity Day in Dallas, TX. The fragmentation in Hindu consciousness needs to be reversed urgently. It is critical for Hindu survival. The forces ranged against Hindu Dharma are vast, with considerable expertise, and great nancial strength. In this Kurukshetra, all Hindus must nd a common ground.
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The above Picture was taken at the First Hindu - Jewish Summit, February 5 and 6, 2007
The Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, already had four major conventions, in the years 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2010. A complete overview of the activities, conventions, meetings and resolutions of the Acharya Sabha is available at the website www.acharyasabha.org . Sanatana Dharma Foundation, is fundamentally inspired by the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha and encourages all Hindu organizations to get acquainted with the resolutions of the Acharya Sabha, and relate to them, as the highest possible level of leadership and guidance that Hindu Society can get today.
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