To the Patriots
| To the Patriots | |
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 "To the Patriots": the front cover[note 1] | |
| Author | Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Philosophy |
| Publisher | Ananda Marga Publications |
| Publication date | January 1960 (IND) |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 32 |
| ISBN | 81-7252-18-2 |
| Location in Sarkarverse |
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To the Patriots is a small book of 32 pp. published for the first time on January, 1960 in Ranchi (Jharkhand, wikipedia:India) by the philosopher and social reformer Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar aka Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (1921–1990).[note 2] The book contains the presidential address discourse to the "History Section" of the "Progressive Writers’ Conference" held in Jamalpur (wikipedia:Bihar, India) on 1 January 1960.
"Although the anti-exploitation sentiment is the most important factor in building a nation or a group of nations, this sentiment will not be able to sustain a nation or a group of nations for a long time. One day exploitation must cease [...]. As soon as administrative power passes into the hands of moralists, then exploitation will cease to exist [...]. What will happen then? The sentiment of spiritual inheritance and Cosmic ideology will keep people united. It is true that this spiritual sentiment will not help to form a nation inside any particular country, but it will definitely unite the entire planetary world, and even the universe, into a nation. Then there will be only one nation a universal nation. Today human beings, to whatever country they may belong, should, on the one side, propagate an anti-exploitation sentiment [...] and form strong nations in their respective countries; and, on the other side, preach the theory of one spiritual inheritance that every living being is the child of the Supreme Entity, and that all the people of all nations belong to the same family [...]. And if people dedicate themselves to the welfare of the entire human race, their respective nations will also be benefited indirectly because their nations are not outside the universe! Along with the theory of spiritual inheritance, one Cosmic ideology will have to be propagated too, and that ideology is that one Supreme Entity the Cosmic Entity is the goal of all living beings. This spiritual sentiment will keep human beings united for all time to come. No other theory can save the human race."
The discourse examines the benefits and limitations of patriotism, starting with a deep analysis of the concept of Nation referred to the different areas of the planet, it's based on Sarkar's ideology of "Cosmic Brotherhood".
References
Footnotes
- ^ "To the Patriots" cover page as it appears on the publisher's web site, Ananda Marga Publications, 2012, retrieved 24 December 2012
- ^ Between 1955 and 1990 the author wrote in English, Bengali and Hindi. He wrote in the name "Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar" when treating sociology, economics, philology and various other subjects, and in the name ""Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti"" when focusing on spiritual topics. Many of his books he gave as dictations; others were compiled from his discourses, some of them in small pocket-books.
Citations
- ^ Sarkar 1960, p. 31.
Sources
- Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (1960), To the Patriots, Ananda Marga Publications, ISBN 81-7252-18-2 Check
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