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“In today’s context it is imperative that youth practice and understand the importance of dharma, and dharmic life,” says Kanchan Banerjee, National Co-ordinator Hindu Students Council.

From the most ancient times, the people of the world have been searching for pleasure, for meaning, for the cause, for the origin and for destiny. These quests are often called ‘scientific queries’, and through these queries we discover two things: the world of matter or the unconscious and its laws and principles and second, the world of the conscious, or the inner nature of being and its nature, laws and principoles. These two cannot exist without the other. Harmonizing these two domains has been the goal of people from all ages.

The vast wisdom that has been stored up by these sages is often referred to as the Sanatan Dharma: meaning the eternal laws and principles of being.

In the Ganga of this ancient Hindu civilization, thousands of Rishis as well as organizations and individuals have offered their wisdom, wealth, labor and their entire life to millions. HSC is a new stream in this river. “It is a part of the continuity to keep the vital force of the Hindu ideals and ideas alive and to live and help society and the people apply these principles according to the age and situation”, Kanchan Banerjee explains. HSC is a humble offering of the self-conscious Hindus, to the world for the promotion and development of the great Hindu heritage. But more importantly, for our own future generations, we today have a great responsibility to keep our rich culture from being forgotten or misunderstood. We must also rediscover the principles of our culture and reformulate the ways to express these principles for every new age; HSC has already undertaken this responsibility.

For centuries people in India have reformed an modified the ways of expressing and applying these principles to their life. Ashrams, Maths, organizations, temples, cultural centers have worked for ages to keep the dynamism of this Hindu civilization vibrant. Increasing efforts have been initiated in USA too. The residents of USA, live in  multi-cultural society, and it is important for them to understand and practice the dharma way of life.

Swami Vivekananda, at the end of the last century came to America and presented Hindu Dharma to the world. Why did he cross seven seas to come here? There was a purpose behind it. This purpose was that America, ‘the land of liberty would act as an impetus to truly understand and spread the message of the sages. And this is exactly what is happening. America has helped in many different ways to rediscover the wisdom of the east by being open to experiments and by giving new meanings to this age-old wisdom. HSC has joined in to continue the work Swami Vivekananda started over 100 years ago. Therefore, HSC, being in America, has an added responsibility. As part of one of the most affluent communities in the US and Canada while carrying the treasures of the most ancient civilization, HSC is poised to make a major contribution to the world of tomorrow. They have an obligation to the ancestors to make the science of spirituality available to all.

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