Indian expats urged to contribute towards Kingdom’s development goals
TDT | Manama
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
Staff Reporter
Thanking Bahrain’s leadership, Pujya Swami Brahmavihari Das, International Coordinator of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, urged Indian expatriates here to contribute to Bahrain’s development goals.
Speaking to The Daily Tribune, on the sidelines of the event held at Swaminarayan Sanstha Mandir in Manama on Friday, Swami Brahmavihari Das thanked Bahrain’s people on behalf of all Indians.
“We will create a beautiful temple of harmony and oneness. I believe we are one and the world is one. “Bahrain has always been very close to our heart.
In 1997, His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, came here and met Amir HH Shaikh Isa, who asked Swamiji where he was staying permanently?
“Pramukh Swami Maharaj was surprised as he would never think of a permanent home after visiting nearly 17,000 villages and cities across the world.
“We, Sadhus move from place to place, heart to heart and people to people and there is no permanent home. As Swamiji answered, His Highness Shaikh Isa asked him to make Bahrain the permanent home.
“We were instantly permitted to start this cultural mandir. His Majesty and HRH the Crown Prince also uphold the open-hearted leadership of HH Shaikh Isa. And thus this land is blessed with this great leadership.”
Swami Brahmavihari Das also said that Royal Leadership offers a great signal to the rest of the world that Bahrain is open-hearted.
He also emphasized the need for heart-to-heart relations among all people.
“Heart-to-heart conversation is important in life, be it between husband and wife, among friends, parents to children, or brothers. It reflects the real essence of the cosmos.”
“The world must shift from wealth creation to creation of well-being.
Speaking at the event, Swami Brahmavihari Das said harmony is the most required quality for humans and that is the way forward.
“The fact that there are seven billion faces and many races proves harmony is created by God.”
“We are not the fastest, we are not the strongest, we are not the most fearless; so how can one say that humans are the most powerful.
Because of our interconnectivity, humans are the most powerful.
We have powerful communication tools called languages, which no animal has.” He said temples are pillars of Hindu culture, which is over 10,000 years old.
“One culture that has communicated over 10,000 years is the Hindu culture.” Indian Ambassador Piyush Srivastava also spoke on the occasion.
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