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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
The book is divided into 37 short chapters. | |||
The volume ends with the statement “Human beings of the world, unite!” followed by the ''Vaedika shloka'': | The volume ends with the statement “Human beings of the world, unite!” followed by the ''Vaedika shloka'': | ||
{{quote box|width=30em|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|title=We are all citizens of this universe |align=right|quote="Parama Purusa (Supreme Consciouness) is my Father, Parama Prakrti (Supreme Operative Principle) is my Mother, and the Universe is my homeland. We are all citizens of this universe. The universe is the thought-projection of the Macrocosmic Mind, and it is in the extroversial and introversial phases of the Cosmic imaginative flow that the creation, preservation and destruction of all entities continues."|source=Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar´s incipit in "Problems of the day", 1958.{{sfn|Sarkar|1958}}}} | {{quote box|width=30em|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|title=We are all citizens of this universe |align=right|quote="Parama Purusa (Supreme Consciouness) is my Father, Parama Prakrti (Supreme Operative Principle) is my Mother, and the Universe is my homeland. We are all citizens of this universe. The universe is the thought-projection of the Macrocosmic Mind, and it is in the extroversial and introversial phases of the Cosmic imaginative flow that the creation, preservation and destruction of all entities continues."|source=Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar´s incipit in "Problems of the day", 1958.{{sfn|Sarkar|1958}}}} | ||
{{quote|''Saḿgacchadhvaḿ saḿvadadhvaḿ saḿ vo manáḿsi jánatám, Devábhágaḿ yathápúrve saḿjánáná upásate. Samánii va ákútih samáná hrdayánivah, Samánamastu vo mano yathá vah susahásati''. | {{quote|''Saḿgacchadhvaḿ saḿvadadhvaḿ saḿ vo manáḿsi jánatám, Devábhágaḿ yathápúrve saḿjánáná upásate. Samánii va ákútih samáná hrdayánivah, Samánamastu vo mano yathá vah susahásati''. | ||
:("Let us move together, let us radiate the same thought-wave, let us come to know our minds together, Let us share our wealth without differentiation, like sages of the past, so that all may enjoy the universe. Let our aspirations be united, let our hearts be inseparable, Let our minds be as one mind, so that we live in harmony and become one with the Supreme").{{sfn|Sarkar|1958}}}} | :("Let us move together, let us radiate the same thought-wave, let us come to know our minds together, Let us share our wealth without differentiation, like sages of the past, so that all may enjoy the universe. Let our aspirations be united, let our hearts be inseparable, Let our minds be as one mind, so that we live in harmony and become one with the Supreme").{{sfn|Sarkar|1958}}}} | ||
=== Chapter 1 === | === Chapter 1 === | ||
Parama Purusa is one's father and Parama Prakrti is one's mother and all are citizens of this universe. The universe is a though projection of the macrocosmic mind and everything in the universe belong to him. Sarkar explained this as— | Parama Purusa is one's father and Parama Prakrti is one's mother and all are citizens of this universe. The universe is a though projection of the macrocosmic mind and everything in the universe belong to him. Sarkar explained this as— | ||