Raj Sadosh
Abohar: BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute, USA, was inaugurated in Robbinsville, New Jersey, at the site of Swaminarayan Akshardham North America.
Hundreds of people participated in the ‘Satsang Diksha Homatmak Path.’ The unique yagna involved offerings in a sacred fire while selected verses from the Satsang Diksha were recited. The yagna was performed to pray for world peace along with an auspicious beginning for the research institute. Children sang Vedic peace prayers and recited Sanskrit verses.
PP Mahant Swami Maharaj joined the ceremony virtually from Ahmedabad and inaugurated the institute with the lighting of the inaugural lamp (deep-pragatya) symbolizing the spreading of the light of knowledge throughout the world. Diyas were subsequently lit by members of the assembly present in New Jersey. Mahant Swami Maharaj then blessed the attendees as well as all the people who remotely joined the live broadcast.Swami ji Maharaj said, “Yogiji Maharaj had envisioned such an institute and was passionate about youths learning and discoursing in Sanskrit. The research institute has fulfilled this vision. May students excel in their studies and work together to serve society, expanding the circle of unity across the world. In the spirit of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam," meaning the world is one family; let's reach out to extend the circle of global harmony.”
Swami ji Maharaj said, “Yogiji Maharaj had envisioned such an institute and was passionate about youths learning and discoursing in Sanskrit. The research institute has fulfilled this vision. May students excel in their studies and work together to serve society, expanding the circle of unity across the world. In the spirit of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam," meaning the world is one family; let's reach out to extend the circle of global harmony.”
115 representatives from over 50 Hindu Mandirs and NGOs were present. Mahamahopadhyay Pujya Bhadresh Swami arrived from India to preside over the inauguration event. He is one of the world’s leading scholars a Hindu philosophy and Sanskrit and the author of the Sanskrit commentarial and philosophical texts, the Swaminarayan-Bhashyam and the Swaminarayan-Siddhant-Sudha. Swami ji reinforced Mahant Swami Maharaj’s messages of global harmony, public service and educational excellence.
The ‘BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute’ is the first such center of learning and research of Indian languages and Hindu scriptures in the Swaminarayan tradition to open in the United States. EOM