LIVE: Kumar Mangalam Birla, Mohan Bhagwat attend concluding function of RSS training camp in Nagpur

The chief guest of today's program, the honorable Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla ji, has come here to experience the Sangh. All our specially invited guests, the honorable Sarvadhikari ji of Vidarbha province, the honorable Sanghchalak ji of Nagpur metropolis, citizens, mothers, sisters, and dear volunteer brothers.

We are at the two-thirds mark of the Sangh's centenary year programs, and the conclusion of this Varg is also taking place here. The programs will continue until the next Vijayadashami. Across the entire country, a very large outreach has happened, going into society, talking to society, mingling with everyone. The experience of all the workers has been very good, and it will continue.

It is noted that what our chief guest said is that we have to do this, and we have to be prepared for it. This mindset is now well-established among the general public of India. And its results are also visible. As was said in the personal song, the result of Hindu awakening has come. That result is visible. The Hindu society, which bears the responsibility of India, is becoming aware and awakened to fulfill its responsibility. And its results are becoming clear in many directions.

For India to move forward, this favorable environment is being created in the public mind. Along with that, circumstances are also showing their colors. Our chief guest has given a very brief but accurate description of it. In the conflicts of the world's selfishness, even countries that have no connection to those conflicts are being crushed. The war is between Iran and America, and oil prices are rising here. Now, circumstances are always like this. Some good things happen, some things that don't seem good happen. Therefore, if a person thinks normally, they will always be doubtful. And it is a natural human tendency to see negative things more quickly.

So, attention goes to the crisis in the situation. But one does not think about what one has in the situation. Overcoming circumstances is only possible for those who, no matter what the situation, keep themselves prepared and have faith in their own strength. We have to take a thousand steps forward. While thinking about how to take these 10 steps, we keep the goal after a thousand steps constantly in mind.

There are many things to say. India's time has come. The world, caught in conflicts and selfishness, unable to find a middle path between its own development and the destruction of creation, is stumbling and needs India. Because the element that connects all these is not available to the rest of the world.

The world knows how to develop the body. It knows how to develop the intellect. It also knows how to develop the mind. But it does not know how to develop all three together. To develop one, the other two have to be suppressed. This is the prevailing practice. The world knows about individual freedom and happiness. It knows about social freedom and happiness. It knows about the nurturing of creation. But it does not know how to do all this together.

If you give rights to the individual, the priority of social welfare is lost. If you give rights to society, the individual has to be suppressed. And if there is material development of humans, there will be the erosion of creation. If you want to protect creation, stop development. The world is stuck in this kind of problem. The element that can move all three forward together is not available to the world.

Artha (wealth) and Kama (desire) are necessary for life. We also have this belief. And from Artha and Kama, a person eventually gets tired. He needs Moksha (liberation). The world knows this too. But how to run all three together? A person should progress towards liberation, and also be prosperous in means. He should fulfill the desires necessary for a good life. How can all this happen together? The world does not know.

The knowledge is in books. The world reads and speaks it. There are speakers in the world who explain this in lectures. People listen to their lectures and understand them too. But when it comes to practicing it directly, the question of habit arises. Because action happens through the coordination of body, mind, and intellect. That coordination must happen together, and the body must fulfill the mind's desire in the light of the intellect. For that, habit is necessary. The result is always of habit.

A beggar and a beggar woman met on the road. They fell in love instantly. Both decided they would get married. Now, if they were to get married, they asked each other, 'What do you have? What do you have? We need something, right?' The beggar had nothing. He said, 'I found a broken coin. I buried it in the ground near the city's north gate. Let's go get it and get married.' They both set off.

The king of the city was coming. The procession was coming on an elephant. It was being announced ahead, 'The king is coming, clear the way.' The subjects stood on both sides to see their king. Cheers began. A crowd gathered. The king was looking down from above. He enjoyed it. 'My subjects are cheering for me. How popular I am.' No one's attention was on anything else. The king was passing by. Everyone was eager to see his magnificent form. But the king on the elephant saw that in such a crowd, a ragged man and a ragged woman were going somewhere. They were not paying attention to him or the crowd. They were pushing their way through, in a great hurry.

'Brother, the whole world is looking at me. Why don't they have time to look at me?' He told his minister, 'Go and ask them what urgent work they have that they are leaving without looking.' The minister told the commander, the commander told the havildar. The havildar went and stopped them. He asked, 'Where are you going?' They said, 'Havildar ji, please clear the way. We have to get married. We are going to get the broken coin quickly.' He said, 'Stop. The king is coming, don't block our way.' The havildar caught both of them and brought them before the king and said, 'They are getting married, and he has a broken coin. He was going to get it. That's why he is not paying attention to you. I stopped him, and he said, 'Let us go, don't stop us.'

The king said, 'Brother, what's so great about a broken coin? If you wait a little, the marriage won't be called off. It will happen later. Wait a little.' He said, 'No, Your Majesty.' The king said, 'For your coin, I'll give you a rupee.' 'No, no, Your Majesty, please let us go.' He became stubborn. When a man becomes stubborn, even a king is helpless. The king said, 'I'll give you a gold coin.' 'No, I don't want it.' 'Okay, I'll give you a gold rupee.' The king kept increasing the offer. He kept refusing. Finally, the king said, 'I'll give you half my kingdom.' Even then, he did not agree.

But women are practical and clever. His fiancée pulled his torn kurta and said, 'Accept it now. He is the king. If he gets angry, he will kill you. He is offering half the kingdom now, so accept.' So he said, 'Alright, Your Majesty. It is acceptable.' Immediately, the king called people and performed the consecration of his half-kingdom right there. Then he said, 'Come, now for a meal at our place.' He said, 'For a meal? Yes, you have become a king, our equal. Now come, have a meal first.' He said, 'Alright, Your Majesty, you go ahead. I will come in five minutes. I'll just get the coin.'

Now, it was his habit. Every coin... the poor man had no wealth, he found one broken coin, he was very careful with it, he was always thinking about it. The situation changed, but his nature did not.

We hear that at one time India was the world's guru. And not just a spiritual guru. From 1 AD to 1600 AD, India was the world's number one country economically. In knowledge and science, we were also at the top. If you trace the roots of today's world's physical knowledge, you will eventually reach India again. The discussion of India's knowledge heritage, if we study it, we realize this. So, from here, along with culture, civilization, and spirituality, economics, physical sciences, all knowledge, Ayurveda, mathematics—all of it came from here. We were like that.

So why did this situation arise that we had to endure a thousand years of slavery? Those who enslaved us were not superior to us in any way. Their numbers were not greater. They came from far away and conquered us. They were not better than us in any respect; they were worse. So, there were some things of ours that we did not preserve. We forgot. We lost our preparation. We will have to make that preparation again. And the meaning of the song that was sung earlier is the same: that the effort to make that preparation has begun.

The Sangh has completed 100 years. But many have done it before and are still doing it. The effort to awaken Hindutva has been going on since before Swami Vivekananda and Dayanand. The Sangh developed a methodology through which the entire Hindu society, while maintaining all its diversity of languages, sects, and castes, could be bound in one thread, become one for each other. And in their lives, the feeling would arise that this country is mine, this society is mine, this religion and culture is mine. Whatever special qualities I have, I owe almost all of them to them.

Today, people all over the world are studying our family system. Where did we get that family system? It has been passed down in our tradition. 'Matru Devo Bhava, Pitru Devo Bhava, Acharya Devo Bhava, Atithi Devo Bhava.' This kind of lifestyle is still found in Hindu society. The world wonders how we became like this even today. Where did we get that way? From our tradition.

I have been nourished by the food, water, and air of this country. The prosperity and security of this country gave my ancestors the values that shaped my character. On that basis, when I perform feats in the world, I get the credit. But whose is this? It belongs to this nation. The society, the land, its creation including the land, forests, animals, water, and the society and people living on it—because of all this, I have received all this. So I have to give it back. My tradition also teaches me to give back.

Conquer creation, loot creation, exploit it. Creation is made for your use. Our tradition did not say this. Our tradition said you are also a part of creation. And all these are your nourishers. Therefore, if there is a Tulsi plant, it is also a mother. If there is an animal, a cow, it is also a mother. And a flowing river, it is also a mother. You have to live your life with this gratitude. Earn with both hands and distribute with a thousand hands. This is the life we have received. We have received this habit generation after generation through our values, through our culture. The world does not have this habit.

And therefore, understanding, reading, and hearing all these things, the world says that this world needs a new path. That path will be given by India. And therefore, India's time has come. But just the time coming is not enough. One has to be prepared for that time. The chief guest said correctly, 'The future has already arrived.' Our preparation, all destiny is waiting for it.

We have been saying for many years—not just the people of the Sangh, but the people of India—that India is the world's guru. India will become the world's guru. We have to make India the world's guru. We have been saying this for a long time. So where are we stuck? We are stuck in our preparation. The founder of the Sangh, Dr. Hedgewar, participated actively in the efforts for social upliftment during his time, gained experience, discussed with his contemporaries, and reached the conclusion that all these things should happen.

But for this to happen, the preparation of society is necessary, so that such prepared people are available to do all these tasks. Capable workers—that's the point, isn't it? All tasks are good. For the material progress of our country, for the development of industry, for the development of agriculture. But we have to give a new path. So we cannot copy the rest of the world. We have to establish a new path based on our own thoughts and work hard with selfless intelligence.

So we need people whose minds are complete in themselves, whose hearts are constantly awakened with a clear vision of self-realization. And who have a firm resolve to implement that self-realization in all aspects of life—personal, family, social, national—and are acquiring all the necessary qualities through continuous practice. People who are ready to live and die for society, country, and nation. A continuous supply of such people is needed. If other supply chains get disrupted, they can be fixed. This supply chain should never be disrupted.

And therefore, to fulfill everyone's tasks, this work was started 100 years ago. It is a task that requires great effort. Time has to be spent on each individual. Years are spent, and then a person is slightly prepared. And therefore, focusing on this above all other tasks, its culmination is what you see in the form of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh today.

Why does the Sangh have to do all this? Not for itself. This is all for the nation. It is a very good thing if history does not even take our name. All credit should go to society. Because the organized strength of society will lead to the redemption of the nation. The Hindu is responsible for India. The strength of an organized Hindu society, the religion that connects everyone, moves everyone forward, elevates everyone.

The element that connects, known as the soul in the body, mind, and intellect, is known as God in the individual, society, and creation. It is known as Dharma, which binds Artha and Kama and moves towards Moksha. Our country is a Dharma-prana (life of Dharma) country. While protecting our Dharma, we have to make our nation supremely prosperous and glorious.

Because the world listens only to those who have strength. Everyone knows this. This is the path. India is saying this. India's point is correct. But it is not accepted because it is correct. It is accepted because it has a stick. This is how the world is. We see that powerful people do as they please. Those who do not have strength have to bow their heads and be beaten. Whether you want to take over a country completely, or drop a bomb on someone, or stop the world's oil supply. All this is because of power. And therefore, a powerful, glorious country is the biggest thing. We cannot spoil it.

And this country also does not intend to spoil anyone with its strength and glory. It has come to take care of everyone. When such an India stands up, the world will find a new way. India has to stand up on the basis of its own way and show it. And for that, capable and virtuous individuals must be present in society. By their presence in society, by converging in various social activities, an environment should be created in society. The entire society, inspired by a feeling of mutual affection, forgetting differences and selfishness, should move forward to make its country big.

Understanding that a country becomes big when the world needs it. A country does not become big to dominate the world. India is a Dharma-prana country. It becomes big to give Dharma to the world.

One of our workers expressed this to the new generation of Hindus living abroad: you have to live and work in such a way that the people there wish for their own Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. India has to stand up in this form, with its own way, so that the whole world sees and says that on the foundation on which they have built their country, we will build our country on the same foundation, based on our nature.

And when all such nations are built, because the foundation on which construction is happening is the foundation of world brotherhood, of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, of seeing oneness in all. When nations of the world are also built on this basis, all the nations of the world, while maintaining their own existence, will continue to make their appropriate contribution to the existence of the entire world, living together in a spirit of mutual friendship. With such a dream, the work of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has begun.

Now the Sangh is known everywhere. It receives the affection and trust of society. And that is why these things are coming before you. The Sangh wants to create such an environment in the entire society. It wants to create a nationwide group of individuals who can create such an environment. If this happens, everything else will happen automatically. Because there is no shortage of talent in our country. Talented people are present in our country today in all fields. Abroad too, they are leading in their respective fields.

And therefore, the main quality needed is to completely renounce selfishness and differences based on self-realization, and to work for our country and nation. To build a nation that will work for the world. A training program runs to create such a quality. The programs you saw, performed by the trainees, look very simple and straightforward from the outside. What is their connection to such a vast and broad objective? It is not apparent from the outside. You have to come inside and see, then it becomes apparent. It cannot be explained in words. It cannot be written in books. It has to be experienced. And that is why in this Varg, we invite guests to see the Sangh from the inside. And we invite you to such programs to see that this effort of the Sangh is ongoing, but in reality, it is not just the Sangh's effort. We all have to make this effort because India's time has come.

India now has to move in the direction of upliftment. The desire to move is there in everyone, but there are also obstacles. There are people who want to divide us. Forces that do not want India to become big are trying to create unrest in social life by finding small pretexts. Their machinations are also ongoing. With the strengthening of these values, their own plans will fail. Thinking this, many types of elements are trying to influence our values directly or indirectly. I will not go into much detail. The situation is before you. By overcoming all these situations, becoming successful, and building an India that gives a new path to the world based on Dharma—this is the duty that destiny has placed before us. The construction of India has happened for the fulfillment of that duty. Be prepared to fulfill that duty. That is why the Sangh's effort continues.

My request to you is: do not remain just spectators. Come to the Sangh. See the Sangh, understand it. Then, directly participate in the Sangh's work by wearing such a uniform and attending programs in the Shakha. Or, if it seems difficult, the Sangh's volunteers are doing so many tasks. There are various organizations, activities, and service work going on. You can become a well-wisher and supporter in all of them. You can become a worker there. Or you can help from time to time in all these matters.

Or, if you take this feeling in your mind and do some good work for the country with honesty and selfless intelligence, we will maintain contact. We believe that even if you do not set foot here in the Sangh, if you are doing this, you are a volunteer of the Sangh. But now the time has come for the entire society to be active with a clear vision of the self in mind, for the benefit of its nation, for the benefit of its world. If this happens, in the coming two decades, we will see that India about which Swami Vivekananda had said: 'I do not know the future, nor do I have faith in it. But one scene I see clearly before my mind's eye. My sacred Mother India, more glorious than her past glory, sitting on the throne of the world's guru, bestowing fearlessness and peace on the whole world with both her arms.' May we see that day with our own eyes, in this very body, through our own actions. I give you this good wish and conclude my statement.

Flag. At the time of the flag hoisting, I request the guests who have arrived to please stand at their places. Attention!

The chief guest of today's program, the honorable Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla, who has come here to experience the Sangh, all our specially invited guests, the honorable Sarvadhikari ji, the honorable Sanghchalak ji of Vidarbha province, the honorable Sanghchalak ji of Nagpur metropolis, respected citizens, mothers, sisters, and dear volunteer brothers. We are in the middle of two-thirds of the centenary year programs of the Sangh, and the conclusion of this class is also happening here. The programs will continue until the next Vijayadashami. A very large outreach across the entire country, going into society, talking to society, mixing and mingling, has happened for all the workers and will happen further. And the experience is very good. It comes to our attention that what our chief guest said, that we have to do this and we have to be prepared for it. This mental attitude is now well-prevalent among the general public of India. And its results are also visible. As was said in the personal song, the result of Hindu awakening has come. That result is visible. The Hindu society, on whose shoulders the responsibility of India lies, is becoming aware and awakened to bear its responsibility. And its results are becoming clear in many directions. It is before all of us. For India to move forward, this favorable environment is being created in the public mind. Along with that, circumstances are also showing their colors. Our chief guest has given a very brief but accurate description of it. In the selfish struggles of the world, even countries that have no connection with that struggle from afar are being crushed. The war is between Iran and America, and oil prices are increasing here. Now, circumstances are always like this. Some good things happen, some things that don't seem good happen. Therefore, if a person thinks normally, he will always be doubtful. And it is a natural tendency of a person to see negative things more quickly. So, his attention goes to the crisis in the circumstances. But he does not think about what he has in the circumstances. Overcoming circumstances is possible only for those who, no matter what the circumstances are, keep themselves prepared and have faith in their own strength. We have to take a thousand steps forward. Thinking about how I should go in these 10 steps, while keeping the goal after a thousand steps constantly in mind. There are many things. India's time has come. The world, caught in conflicts, caught in selfishness, stumbling between its own development and the destruction of creation, needs India. Because the element that connects all these is not available to the rest of the world. The world knows the development of the body. It has knowledge. The world knows the development of the intellect. It has knowledge. It also knows the development of the mind. But how to develop all three together? If one has to be developed, the other two have to be suppressed. This is the prevailing practice. The world knows the freedom and happiness of the individual. The world knows the freedom and happiness of society. The world also knows the nurturing of creation. But it does not know how to do all this together. If rights are to be given to the individual, the priority of social welfare is lost. If rights are to be given to society, the individual has to be suppressed. And if there is material development of humans, there will be erosion of creation. If creation is to be protected, stop development. The world is stuck in this kind of problem. The element that can move all three forward together is not available to the world. For life, meaning and action are necessary. We also have this belief here. And from meaning and action, a person sometimes gets tired. He needs liberation. The world knows this too. But how to run all three together? The world does not know. The information is in books, and the world reads and speaks it. There are speakers in the world to explain it in lectures. People listen to and understand their lectures. But when it comes to doing it directly, the question of habit arises. Because action happens through the coordination of body, mind, and intellect. That coordination has to be done together, and the body has to fulfill the desire of the mind in the light of the intellect. For that, habit is necessary. The result is always of habit. A beggar and a beggar-woman met on the road. They fell in love instantly. Both decided they would get married. Now, if they are to get married, they had a discussion. What do you have? What do you have? You need something, right? The beggar had nothing. The beggar said, 'I found a broken coin. I have buried it in the ground near the north gate of the city. Let's go and get it and get married.' Both set off. The king of the city was coming. The procession was coming on an elephant. In front, everyone was announcing that the king was coming. Clear the way. The subjects stood on both sides to see their king. Cheers began, a crowd gathered. The king was looking down from above. He enjoyed it. My subjects are cheering for me. How popular I am! No one's attention was on anything else. The king was going on the road. Everyone was eager to see his magnificent form. They were all looking there. But the king sitting on the elephant saw that in such a crowd, a ragged man and a ragged woman were going somewhere. They were not paying attention to him. They were not paying attention to the crowd either. They were making their way through the crowd and going in a hurry. 'Brother, the whole world is looking at me. Why don't they have time to look at me?' He told his minister, 'Go and ask them what such urgent work they have that they are leaving without looking.' The minister told the commander, the commander told the havildar. The havildar went and stopped them. He said, 'Where are you going?' They said, 'Havildar ji, please clear the way. We have to get married. We are going to get that broken coin quickly.' He said, 'Stop.' The king said, 'Don't stop them. Let them go.' The havildar brought both of them in front of the king and said, 'They are getting married, and he has a broken coin. He is going to get it. That's why he is not paying attention to you. I stopped him, and he said, 'Let us go, don't stop us.' The king said, 'Brother, what's so great about a broken coin? If you wait a little, the marriage won't be called off. It will happen later. Wait a little.' He said, 'No, Maharaj.' The king said, 'For your coin, I will give you one rupee.' 'No.' 'No, Maharaj, please let us go.' He became stubborn. When a man becomes stubborn, even a king is nothing before him. The king said, 'Brother, I will give you a gold rupee.' 'Don't want it.' 'Okay, I will give you a gold coin.' The king kept increasing the offer. He kept refusing. Finally, the king said, 'I will give you half the kingdom.' Even then, he did not agree. But women are practical and clever. His fiancée pulled his torn kurta and said, 'Accept it now. He is the king. If he gets angry, he will kill you. He is offering half the kingdom now, so accept it.' So he said, 'Alright, Maharaj. It is acceptable.' Immediately, the king called people and performed the consecration of half his kingdom right there. And then he said, 'Come, now for food at our place.' They said, 'For food? Yes, you have become a king, you are our equal now. Come, first have food.' He said, 'Alright, Maharaj, you go ahead. I will come in five minutes. What is it? I will bring the coin.' Now, it was his habit. Every single coin... the poor man had no wealth, he had found one broken coin, he was very careful about it, he was thinking about it. The circumstances changed, but his nature did not change. We hear that at one time India was the world's guru, and not just a spiritual guru. From 1 AD to 1600 AD, India was the first country in the world economically. We were also at the top in knowledge and science. If we go to the root of the world's physical knowledge today, we will find it. Again, the discussion of Indian knowledge heritage is happening. If we study it, we realize it. So from here, along with culture, civilization, and spirituality, economics, physical sciences, all knowledge, Ayurveda, mathematics—all of this went from here. We were like that. So why did this situation arise that we endured a thousand years of slavery? Those who enslaved us were not superior to us in any way. Their numbers were not greater. They came from far away and conquered us. They were not better than us in any matter. They were worse than us. So, there were some things of ours that we did not keep. We forgot. We lost our preparation. We will have to make that preparation. And the meaning of the song that was sung personally is the same, that the effort to make that preparation is ongoing. The Sangh has completed 100 years, but many people have done it and are still doing it. The effort for Hindu awakening has been going on since before Swami Vivekananda, Dayanand, and Maharishi. The Sangh developed a method of work such that the entire Hindu society, while maintaining all its diversities of language, sects, and castes, could be bound in one thread. To become one for each other, and for this feeling to come into their lives that this country is mine, this society is mine, this religion and culture is mine. Almost all the credit for the special qualities I carry is due to them. Today, people from all over the world are studying our family system. Where did we get that family system from? It has been in our tradition. 'Matrudevo bhava, Pitridevo bhava, Acharyadevo bhava, Atithidevo bhava.' This way of life is still found in Hindu society in abundance. The world wonders how we became like this even today. Where did we get that method? From our tradition. I have been nourished by the food, water, and air of this country. The values that this country's prosperity and security gave to our ancestors, from those values, my character was formed. On that basis, when I perform feats in the world, I get the credit. But whose is this? It belongs to this nation. Society, land, creation including land, forests, animals, water, and the society and people living on it. Because of all this, I have received all this. So I have to give back. My tradition also teaches me to give back. Conquer creation, loot creation, exploit it. Creation is made for your use. Our tradition did not say this. Our tradition said you are also a part of creation. And all these are your nourishers. Therefore, if there is a tulsi plant, it is also a mother. If there is an animal, a cow, it is also a mother. And a flowing river is also a mother. You have to live your life with this gratitude. Earn with both hands and distribute with a thousand hands. We got this life. We got this habit generation after generation through our values, through our culture. The world does not have that habit. And therefore, understanding, reading, and hearing all these things, the world says that this world needs a new path. That path will be given by India alone. And therefore, India's time has come. But just the time coming is not enough. One has to be prepared for that time. The chief guest said it correctly. The future has already arrived. Our preparation, all destiny is waiting for it. We have been saying for many years. We are not people of the Sangh. We are people of India. India is the world's guru. India will become the world's guru. We have to make India the world's guru. We have been saying this for a long time, so where have we stopped? We are still there. Our preparation is still pending. The founder of the Sangh, Dr. Hedgewar, participated actively in the efforts that were going on for the upliftment of society during his time. He took experience, discussed with his contemporaries, and he came to the conclusion that all these things should happen. But for this to happen, the preparation of the society is necessary, due to which such prepared people are available to do all these tasks. Competent workers—that's the point, isn't it? All tasks are good. For the physical progress of our country, for the development of industry, for the development of agriculture. But we have to give a new path. So we cannot copy the rest of the world. We have to establish a new path based on our own thoughts and work hard with selfless intellect. So, people are needed whose minds are self-realized, whose hearts are constantly awakened with the clear vision of self-awareness. And who have the firm resolve to implement that self-awareness in all aspects of life—personal, family, social, national. And who are continuously acquiring all the necessary qualities and virtues through spiritual practice. Those who are ready to live and die for society, country, and nation. A constant supply of such people is needed. If the rest of the supply chain gets messed up, it can be fixed. This supply chain should never get messed up. And therefore, to fulfill the tasks of all, he started this work 100 years ago. It is a task that requires a lot of effort. Time has to be spent on each individual. Years are spent, and then a person is slightly prepared. And therefore, they have focused on this, moving away from all other tasks. And its culmination you are seeing in the form of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh today. Why does the Sangh have to do all this? Not for itself. This is all for the nation. It is a very good thing if our name is not even mentioned in history. All credit should go to society. Because through the organized strength of society, the nation will be redeemed. The Hindu is responsible for India. The strength of an organized Hindu society, its religion which connects everyone, moves everyone forward, elevates everyone. The element that connects, known as the soul in body, mind, and intellect. Known as God in individual, society, and creation. Known as Dharma in Artha and Kama, to move towards Moksha. Our country is a Dharma-prana country. Protecting its own Dharma, it has to make its nation supremely prosperous and glorious. Because the world listens only to those who have strength. Everyone knows this is the path. India is saying this. India's point is correct. But it is not accepted because it is correct. It is accepted because it has a stick. This is how the world is. We see that powerful people do as they please. Those who do not have strength have to bow their heads and be beaten. Whether you want to take over a country completely, or drop a bomb on someone, or stop the world's oil supply. All this is due to strength, and therefore, a powerful, glorious country is the biggest. We cannot spoil it. And this country also does not intend to spoil anyone with its strength and glory. It has come to take care of everyone. When such an India stands up, the world will get a new way. India will have to stand up based on its own way and show it. And for that, the necessary virtuous individuals should be in society. By their presence in society, by converging in the activities of various societies, an atmosphere of society should be created. The entire society, inspired by the feeling of mutual affection, forgetting differences and selfishness, should move forward to make its country big. Understanding that its country becomes big when the world needs that country. A country does not become big to dominate the whole world. India is a Dharma-prana country. It becomes big to give Dharma to the world. One of our workers expressed this to the new generation of Hindus living abroad: that you have to live and work in such a way that seeing you, the people there wish for their own Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. India has to stand up in this form with its own way so that the whole world sees and says that on the foundation on which they have built their country, we will build our country on the same foundation, based on our nature. And when all such nations are built, because the foundation on which construction is happening is the foundation of world brotherhood, of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, of seeing oneness in all. When the countries of the world are also built on this basis, all the nations of the world, while maintaining their own existence, will continue to make their appropriate contribution to the existence of the whole world, living together with the spirit of mutual friendship. Seeing such a dream, the work of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has begun. Now the Sangh is familiar everywhere. Society's affection is also received, and there is trust. And therefore, these things are coming before you. The Sangh wants to create this atmosphere in the entire society. It wants to create a nationwide group of individuals who can create such an atmosphere. If this happens, everything else will happen automatically. Because there is no shortage of other talents in our country. Talented people are still present in our country in all fields. They are also leading in their respective fields abroad. And therefore, the main quality needed is to completely renounce selfishness and differences based on self-awareness, and to work for our country and nation. To build a nation that will work for the world. A program of training runs to create such a quality. The programs you saw, the students performed, they look very simple and straightforward from the outside, and what is their connection with such a vast purpose? It is not apparent from looking from the outside. You have to come inside and see, then it becomes apparent. It cannot be told in words. It cannot be written in books. It has to be experienced. And therefore, in this class, we invite guests to see the Sangh from the inside. And in such programs, we also invite you that this effort of the Sangh is ongoing, but in reality, it is not just the Sangh's effort. We all have to make this effort because India's time has come. India now has to move in the direction of upliftment. The desire to move is there in everyone, but there are also obstacles. There are people who try to divide us. Forces that do not want India to become big are trying to create unrest in social life by finding small pretexts. Their machinations are also ongoing. With the strengthening of these values, their own boat will sink. Thinking this, many types of elements are trying to influence our values directly or indirectly. I will not go into much detail. The situation is before you. By overcoming all these situations, becoming successful, and building an India that will give a new path to the world based on Dharma—this is the duty that destiny has placed before us. India has been created for the fulfillment of that duty. We should be prepared to fulfill that duty. That is why the Sangh's effort continues. My request to you is this: do not remain mere spectators. Come to the Sangh, see the Sangh, understand it. Then, directly participate in the Sangh's work by wearing such uniforms in programs and branches. Or, if it seems difficult, the Sangh has so many of its own works. There are various organizations, activities, and service projects. You can be a well-wisher and a collaborator in all of them. You can become a worker there. Or you can help from time to time in all these matters. Or, if you take this feeling in your mind and do some good work for the country with honesty and selfless intellect, we will maintain contact. We believe that even if you have not even set foot here, if you are doing this, you are a volunteer of the Sangh. But now the time has come for the entire society to become active in this way, keeping a clear vision of the self in mind, for the benefit of its nation, for the benefit of its world. If this happens, in the coming two or three decades, we will see that India about which Swami Vivekananda had said, 'I do not know the future, nor do I have faith in it. But one scene I see clearly before my mind's eyes. My sacred Mother India, more glorious than her past glory, sitting on the throne of the world's guru path, providing fearlessness and peace to the whole world with both her arms.' May we see that day with our own actions, with these eyes, in this body. I give you this good wish, and my speech is concluded.

The chief guest of today's program, the honorable Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla ji, has come here to experience the Sangh. All our specially invited guests, the honorable Sarvadhikari ji of Vidarbha province, the honorable Sanghchalak ji of Nagpur city, present citizens, mothers, sisters, and dear swayamsevak brothers.

We are at the two-thirds mark of the Sangh's centenary year programs, and this class is also concluding here. The programs will continue until the next Vijayadashami. A very large ' Sampark' (contact) campaign has been conducted across the entire country—going into society, talking with society, mingling with society. This has happened for all workers and will continue further.

And the experience has been very good. It is noted that what our chief guest said—that we have to do this and we must be prepared for it—this mindset is now well-prevalent among the people of India.

And its results are also visible. As was said in the personal song, the result of Hindu awakening has come. That result is visible. The Hindu society, on whose shoulders the responsibility of India rests, is becoming aware and awakened to fulfill its responsibility.

And its results are becoming clear in many directions. It is before all of us. For India to move forward, this favorable environment is being created in the public consciousness. Along with that, circumstances are also showing their colors.

Our chief guest has given a very brief but accurate description of this. In the conflicts of the world's selfishness, even countries that have no connection from afar are being crushed.

There is a war between Iran and America, and oil prices are rising here. Now, circumstances are always like this. Some good things happen, some things that don't seem good happen.

Therefore, if a person thinks normally, they will always be doubtful. And it is a natural human tendency to see negative things more quickly. So, attention goes to the crises in the situation.

But one does not think about what one has in the situation. Overcoming circumstances is possible only for those who, no matter what the circumstances, keep themselves prepared and have faith in their own strength.

We have to take a thousand steps forward. Thinking about how to take these 10 steps, while keeping the goal of a thousand steps in mind.

There are many things to say. India's time has come. The world, caught in conflicts and selfishness, unable to find a middle path between its own development and the destruction of creation, is stumbling and needs India.

Because the element that can unite all this is not available to the rest of the world. The world knows about the development of the body. It has knowledge of the development of the intellect. It also knows about the development of the mind.

But how to develop all three together? If one is to be developed, the other two have to be suppressed. This is the prevailing practice.

The world knows about individual freedom and individual happiness. It knows about social freedom and social happiness. It also knows about the nurturing of creation.

But it does not know how to do all this together. If rights are to be given to the individual, the priority of social welfare is lost. If rights are to be given to society, the individual has to be suppressed.

And if there is material development for humans, there will be erosion of creation. If creation is to be protected, then stop development. The world is stuck in this kind of problem.

The element that can move all three forward together is not available to the world.

Artha (wealth) and Kama (desire) are necessary for life. We also have this belief here. And from Artha and Kama, a person eventually gets tired. They need Moksha (liberation). The world knows this too.

But how to run all three together? A person should keep moving towards liberation, while also being prosperous in means. They should fulfill the desires needed for a good life properly.

How can all this happen together? The world does not know.

The knowledge is in books, and the world reads and speaks about it. There are speakers in the world to explain it in lectures. People listen to and understand their lectures.

But when it comes to practicing it directly, the question of habit arises. Because action happens through the coordination of body, mind, and intellect. That coordination must be done together, so that the body fulfills the mind's desire in the light of the intellect. For that, habit is necessary.

The result is always of habit.

A beggar and a beggar woman met on the road. They fell in love instantly. Both decided they would get married.

Now, if they were to get married, they asked each other, 'What do you have? What do you have? We need something, right?' The beggar had nothing. He said, 'I found a broken coin. I buried it in the ground near the city's north gate. Let's go get it and get married.' They both set off.

The king of the city was coming. The procession was coming on an elephant. It was being announced that the king was coming. 'Clear the way.' The subjects stood on both sides to see their king. Cheers began. A crowd gathered.

The king was looking from above. He enjoyed it all. 'My subjects are cheering for me. How popular I am.' No one's attention was on anything else. The king was passing by. Everyone was eager to see his magnificent form. They were all looking in that direction.

But the king on the elephant saw that in such a crowd, a ragged man and a ragged woman were going somewhere. They were not paying attention to him or the crowd. They were pushing their way through, in a great hurry.

'Brother, the whole world is looking at me. Why don't they have time to look at me?' He told his minister, 'Go and ask them what urgent work they have that they are passing by without looking.'

The minister told the commander, the commander told the havaldar. The havaldar went and stopped them. 'Where are you going?' They said, 'Havaldar ji, please clear the way. We have to get married. We are going to get that broken coin.' He said, 'Stop.' The king said, 'Don't stop them. Let them go.'

The havaldar brought both of them before the king and said, 'They are getting married, and he has a broken coin that he is going to get. That's why he is not paying attention to you. I stopped him, but he said let him go.' The king said, 'Brother, what's so great about a broken coin? If you wait a little, the marriage won't be called off. It will happen later. Wait a little.'

He said, 'No, Maharaj.' The king said, 'For your coin, I will give you a rupee.' 'No, no, Maharaj, please let us go.' He became stubborn. When a person becomes stubborn, even a king can do nothing before him.

The king said, 'Brother, I will give you a gold rupee.' 'Don't want it.' 'Okay, I'll give you a gold rupee.' The king kept increasing the offer, and he kept refusing.

Finally, the king said, 'I will give you half the kingdom.' Even then, he did not agree.

But women are practical and clever. His fiancée pulled his torn kurta and said, 'Accept it now. He is the king. If he gets angry, he will kill you. He is offering half the kingdom now, so accept it.' So he said, 'Alright, Maharaj. It is acceptable.'

Immediately, the king called people and, right there, gave him half the kingdom and performed his coronation with water. Then he said, 'Come, now for a meal at our place.' He said, 'For a meal? Yes, you have become a king, our equal. Now come, have a meal first.' He said, 'Alright, Maharaj, you go ahead. I will come in five minutes. I will just get that coin.'

Now, it was his habit. Every single coin... the poor man had no wealth, he found one broken coin, he took great care of it, he thought about it constantly. The circumstances changed, but his nature did not change.

We hear that at one time India was the world's guru, and not just a spiritual guru. From 1 AD to 1600 AD, India was the world's leading country economically. We were also at the top in knowledge and science. If you trace the roots of the world's physical knowledge today, you will find your way back to India.

The discussion about India's knowledge heritage is ongoing. If we study it, we realize that from here, along with culture, civilization, and spirituality, economics, physical sciences, all knowledge, Ayurveda, mathematics—all of it went out from here. We were like that.

So why did this situation arise that we endured a thousand years of slavery? Those who enslaved us were not superior to us. Their numbers were not greater. They came from far away and conquered us.

They were not better than us in any way. They were worse than us. So, there were some things of ours that we did not maintain. We forgot. We lost our preparation.

We have to make that preparation. And the meaning of the personal song that was sung is the same—that the effort to make that preparation has been ongoing.

The Sangh has been around for 100 years, but many people have done this work. They are still doing it. The effort for Hindu awakening has been going on since before Swami Vivekananda and Dayananda.

The Sangh developed a methodology through which the entire Hindu society, while maintaining all its diversities of language, sect, and caste, could be bound in one thread, become one for each other, and develop the feeling that this country is mine, this society is mine, this religion and culture is mine.

Whatever special qualities I possess, almost all the credit for them goes to them.

Today, people all over the world are studying our family system. Where did we get that family system? It has been passed down in our tradition.

'Matru Devo Bhava, Pitru Devo Bhava, Acharya Devo Bhava, Atithi Devo Bhava'—this way of life is still found in Hindu society. The world wonders how we are still like this.

Where did we get this way? From our tradition. I have been nourished by the food, water, and air of this country. The prosperity and security of this country gave our ancestors the values that shaped my character.

Based on that, I perform my deeds in the world, and I get the credit. But whose is this? It belongs to this nation.

Society, land, creation along with the land, forests, animals, water, and the society and people living on it. Because of all this, I have received everything. So I have to give it back.

My tradition also teaches me to give back. Our tradition did not say to conquer creation, to loot and plunder it. Creation is for your use. Our tradition said you are also a part of creation, and all these are your nourishers.

Therefore, if there is a tulsi plant, it is also a mother. If there is a cow, it is also a mother. And the flowing river is also a mother. You have to live your life with this gratitude. Earn with two hands and distribute with a thousand.

This life we have received, its habit has come to us through our values, through our culture, generation after generation. The world does not have this habit.

And therefore, understanding, reading, and hearing all these things, the world says that this world needs a new path. That path will be given by India.

And therefore, India's time has come. But just the time coming is not enough. One has to be prepared for that time.

The chief guest said it correctly: 'The future has already arrived.' Our preparation... all destiny is waiting for it.

We have been saying for many years—not just us in the Sangh, but all people of India—that India is the world's guru. India will become the world's guru. We have to make India the world's guru. We have been saying this for a long time. So where are we stuck? We are stuck in our preparation.

The founder of the Sangh, Dr. Hedgewar, actively participated in and took experience from all the efforts going on in his time for the upliftment of society. He discussed with his contemporaries and reached the conclusion that all these things should happen.

But for this to happen, the preparation of society is necessary, so that such prepared people are available to do all these tasks. Qualified workers—that's the point, isn't it? All tasks are good.

For the material progress of our country, for the development of industry, for the development of agriculture. But we have to give a new path. So we cannot just copy the rest of the world. We have to establish our own new path based on our own thoughts and work hard with selfless intelligence.

So we need people whose minds are fully developed in self-awareness, whose hearts are constantly awakened with a clear vision of self-realization, and who have the firm resolve to implement that self-realization in all aspects of life—personal, family, social, and national.

And all the qualities necessary for that, which they are acquiring through practice, that practice continues for them constantly. They are ready to live and die for society, country, and nation. A constant supply of such people is needed.

If the rest of the supply chain gets messed up, it can be fixed. This supply chain should never get messed up.

And therefore, to fulfill the tasks of everyone, he started this work 100 years ago. It is a task that requires great effort. Time has to be spent on each individual. It takes years, and then a person is slightly prepared.

And therefore, focusing on this above all other tasks, its culmination is what you see in the form of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh today.

Why does the Sangh have to do all this? Not for itself. This is all for the nation.

It is a very good thing if history does not even take our name. All credit should go to society. Because through the organized strength of society, the nation will be redeemed.

The Hindu society is responsible for India. The strength of an organized Hindu society, of its religion that unites everyone, moves everyone forward, and uplifts everyone.

The element that unites is known as the soul in the body, mind, and intellect. It is known as God in the individual, society, and creation. It is known as Dharma in binding Artha and Kama and moving towards Moksha. Our country is a Dharma-prana (life of Dharma) country.

Protecting our Dharma, we have to make our nation supremely prosperous and supremely glorious.

Because the world listens only to those who have strength. Everyone knows this is the right path. India is saying this. India's point is correct, but it is not accepted just because it is correct.

It is accepted because of the 'lathi' (staff/strength). The world is like this. We see that powerful people do as they please. Those who do not have strength have to bow their heads and take beatings.

Whether you want to take over a country completely, or drop a bomb on someone, or stop the world's oil supply. All this is because of power. And therefore, a powerful, prosperous country is the biggest... we cannot spoil anything.

And this country has not set out to spoil anyone with its strength and prosperity. It has set out to take care of everyone. When such an India stands up, the world will find a new way.

India has to stand up and show the world based on its own way. And for that, the necessary qualities must be present in the people and society. By interacting with society and converging in the activities of various societies, an environment is created in society.

The entire society, inspired by a feeling of mutual affection, forgetting differences and selfishness, moves forward to make its country great, understanding that its country becomes great when the world needs that country.

A country does not become great to dominate the whole world. India is a Dharma-prana country. It becomes great to give Dharma to the world.

One of our workers expressed this to the new generation of Hindus living abroad: 'You have to live and work in such a way that the people there wish for their own Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.'

India has to stand up in this form, with its own way, so that the whole world sees and says that on the foundation on which they have built their country, we will build our country based on our nature.

And all such nations, because the foundation on which the construction is happening is the foundation of world brotherhood, of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (the world is one family), of seeing oneness in all.

On this basis, when the countries of the world are also built, all the nations of the world will continue to maintain their existence properly and make their appropriate contribution to the existence of the whole world, living together with a feeling of mutual friendship.

Seeing such a dream, the work of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has begun.

Now the Sangh is familiar everywhere. Society's affection is also received, and there is trust. And therefore, these things are coming before you.

The Sangh wants to create this environment in the entire society. It wants to create a nationwide group of individuals who can create such an environment. If this happens, everything else will happen automatically.

Because there is no shortage of talent in our country. Talented people are present in our country in all fields. Even abroad, they are leading in their respective fields.

And therefore, the main quality needed is to completely renounce selfishness and differences based on self-realization, and to work for our country and nation. To build a nation that will work for the world.

A training program runs to create such a quality. The programs you saw the students perform may look very simple and straightforward from the outside, but what is their connection to such a vast and broad purpose? It is not apparent from the outside. You have to come inside to see, then it becomes apparent.

It cannot be explained in words. It cannot be written in books. It has to be experienced. And therefore, in this class, we invite guests to see the Sangh from the inside. And in such programs, we also invite you to see that this effort of the Sangh is ongoing, but in reality, it is not just the Sangh's effort.

We all have to make this effort because India's time has come. India now has to move in the direction of upliftment. The desire to move is there in everyone, but there are also obstacles.

There are people among us who sow discord. Forces that do not want India to become great are trying to create unrest in social life by finding small pretexts. Their machinations are also ongoing.

With the strengthening of these values, their plans will fail. Thinking this, many types of elements are trying to influence our values directly or indirectly.

I will not go into much detail. The situation is before you. By overcoming all these situations, becoming successful, and building an India that gives a new path to the world based on Dharma—this is the duty that destiny has placed before us.

The construction of India has happened for the fulfillment of that duty. We must be prepared to fulfill that duty. That is why the Sangh's effort continues.

My request to you is: do not remain just spectators. Come to the Sangh. See the Sangh, understand it. Then, directly participate in the Sangh's work by wearing this uniform and coming to the programs and branches.

Or, if it seems difficult, the Sangh itself is doing so many works. There are various organizations, activities, and service projects. You can become a well-wisher and supporter in all of them. You can become a worker there.

Or, from time to time, you can help in all these matters. Or, if you, with this feeling in your mind, do some good work for the country with honesty and selfless intelligence, we will keep in touch.

We believe that even if you do not set foot here, if you are doing this, you are a swayamsevak of the Sangh.

But now the time has come for the entire society to become active in this way, keeping a clear vision of the self in mind, for the benefit of its nation and its world.

If this happens, in the coming two or three decades, we will see that India about which Swami Vivekananda had said: 'I do not know the future, nor do I believe in it, but I see one vision clearly before my mind's eyes: this holy Mother India, endowed with more glory than her past glory, seated on the throne of the world's guru, granting fearlessness and peace to the whole world with both her hands.'

May we see that day with our own eyes, in this very body, through our own actions. I give you this wish, and my speech is concluded.