SWADES MANTRA

O India! With this mere echoing of others, with this base imitation of
others, with this dependence on others, this slavish weakness, this
vile, detestable cruelty-wouldst thou, with this provision only, scale
of highest pinnacle of civilization and greatness. Wouldst thou attain,
by means of thy disgraceful cowardice that freedom deserved only
by the brave and the heroic? Forget not that the ideal of thy
womanhood is Sita, Savitri, Damayanti, forget not the god thou
worshippest is the great Ascetic of ascetics, the all renouncing
Sankara, the Lord of Uma; forget not thy marriage, thy wealth, thy
life are not for the sense-pleasure, are not for the individual personal
happiness; forget not that thou art born as a sacrifice to the Mother’s
alter; forget not that social order is but the reflex of the Infinite
Universal Motherhood; forget not that the lower classes the ignorant,
the poor, the illiterate, the cobbler, the sweeper, are thy flesh and
blood thy brothers. Thou brave one, be bold, take courage, be proud
that thou art an Indian, and proudly proclaim, “I am an Indian, and
every Indian is my brother”. Say’ the ignorant Indian, the poor Indian
and destitute Indian, the Brahmin Indian, the Pariah Indian is my
brother”, Thou, too clad with but a rag round thy lions, proudly
proclaim at the of thy voice, “The Indian is my brother, the Indian is
my life, India’s gods and goddesses are my god. Indian’s society is
the cradle of my infancy, the pleasure garden of my youth, the
sacred heaven, the Varanashi of my old age”. Say, brother, “The soil
of India is my highest heaven, the good of India is my good,” and
repeat and pray day and night “O” thou Lord of Gauri, O Thou
Mother of Universe, vouchsafe manliness unto me! O Thou Mother
of Strength, take away my weakness, take away my unmanliness
and make me a Man!
Swami Vivekananda
 12th JANUARY: THE NATIONAL YOUTH DAY
Dear Friends,

United Nations were declared Year 1985 as “International Youth Year” and during that time our Government was
declared that Swami Vivekananda as a National Youth Leader and his birth day 12th January will be observed as
“National Youth Day”. Since then we are observing 12th January as National Youth Day.

Today we call it as International Youth Day, as what we can understand this from his works and message.

It’s significance as on world today as we see from Mr. Arnold J Toynbee 'World famous Historian -- " Today we
are still living in this transition chapter of world's history, but it is already becoming clear that chapter which had
a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending if it is not to end in the self-destruction of the human
race. In the present age, the world has been united on the material plane by Western technology, But this
Western skill has not only `Annihilated Distance': it has armed the peoples of the world with weapons of
devastating power at a time when they have been brought to point-blank range of each other without yet having
learnt to know and love each other. At this supremely dangerous moment in human history, the only way of
salvation for mankind is an Indian way. The Emperor Ashoka's and the Mahatma Gandhi's principle of non-
violence and Sri Ramakrishna’s testimony to the harmony of religions ; here we have the attitude and the
spirit that can make it possible for the human race to grow together into a single family and in the Atomic Age,
this is the only alternative to destroying ourselves.“

A Voice:
–I belong as much as to the INDIA as to the WORLD.
–Bold is my message to the WEST but bolder is my message to the EAST my beloved countrymen.
–My idea that can be put into single words-the high ideal Upanishads to translate in to simple English and
scattered them through Out the World so that even a child can understand it.
–If there is one word that you find coming like bomb from in the Upanishads, bursting like a bomb-
shell upon the masses of ignorance, it is the word, fearlessness.
–Ye are the children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings. Ye divinities on earth-
sinners! It is sin to call a man so; it is a standing libel on human nature. Come up, O lions, and shake off the
delusion that you are sheep; you are souls immortal, sprits free, blest and eternals.
–Men men these are wanted, everything else will be ready. But Strong, vigorous, believing young man
sincere to the backbone is wanted. A hundred such and the world become revolutionized”.
 AKHIL BHARAT VIVEKANANDA YUVA MAHAMANDAL
THE IDEA :
1. ‘No nation is Great or Good, because Parliament enacts this or that, because its men are great and
good.’
2. ‘Men, men -these is wanted; everything else will be ready.’ “So make man first.’
3. ‘When there will be such men (real men) how long it will take to drive away famines etc from the
land?’
4. We must have life-building, man-making, character-making , assimilation of ideas.
5. ‘The first great thing to accomplish is to establish a character.’
6. ‘Therefore first make Character- that is the highest duty to perform.’
7. ‘Let the lotus of your character be full blown, and the results will follow.
8. ‘It is best work among youth in whom lies our hope.’
9. “Be and Make. Let this be our motto.’
10. The whole secret lies in organization, accumulation of power, Co-ordination of wills . Push on with the
Organization’

• From these and similar ideas of Swami Vivekananda was born the “MAHAMAMDAL” in 1967, in
Calcutta. It has now about a hundred centers in different States of India.
• Its members are neither to leave their home nor studies, nor normal avocations, but to offer only their
surplus energy, time and if possible money for this work.
• The Mahamandal makes no discrimination on grounds of Religion, Caste or Creed and stands for
Harmony of Religions and National Integration.
 AKHIL BHARAT VIVEKANANDA YUVA MAHAMANDAL
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

• To work for producing better human material for a better society with a view to rebuilding India
• ’Being and Making‘ to go on simultaneously, each helping the other process.
• There are three things in the make-up of man. There is the body, there is the mind, and there is the soul: - The hand,
the head and the heart.
• To infuse in the youth a sense of self-discipline , social responsibility, team work and above all shradha (faith in one
self)
• To propagate the adding values at embodied in the Character-building and man making ideals of Swami Vivekananda,
particularly among the youth..
• To harness youthful energy in a discipline manner for nation building activity through selfless service to the country. For
the purpose to work among the youth interested in character building..

ACTIVITIES :
• Items of work undertaken by the centers of the MAHAMANDAL :

• Physical Exercise, Study Circle, Free Coaching Class, Audit education Centers, Libraries, Slum work, Medical help,
Cottage industries, Student’s Home, Integrated development scheme for Children, Help to indigent persons and
distressed in natural calamities, and other types of social service.

• Organize public meetings, seminars, discourses in educational institutions and holds youth training camps where the
participants are provided with concrete self-development methods including the method of mental concentration and
auto suggestion…..
 AKHIL BHARAT VIVEKANANDA YUVA MAHAMANDAL
PUBLICATION:
• The Mahamandal has so far published more than 80 books and booklets in different languages on
subjects which may interest the youth.
• The Mahamandal publishes a bilingual (English & Bengali) monthly Organ, Vivek Jivan, for spreading
the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, to coordinate the activities of the units, and to disseminate its
ideas far and wide.

SRECIAL FEATURES:

• It goes to the Youth, where they are;

• Works for the Youth and ‘on their mind’;
• For recovery of faith in themselves;
• To provide a positive life-view and an aim of life ; and
• Offers practical methods of self-development

AN APPEAL

• We appeal to all thinking young men, who have faith in the leadership of Swami Vivekananda, in his
undying message for mankind, and soul-strring call to the nation, to join the Mahamandal for ushering
in a new life in India through a ‘Man- making and Character-building movement.’
 ENGLISH PUBLICATION OF MAHAMANDAL
Sl No Name of the Book Unit Price

1 Swami Vivekananda : A Study 45.00

2 A New Youth Movement 6.00
3 By Questioning 10.00
4 Vivekananda, Youth and New India 0.50
5 What every Student Ought to Know 3.00
6 Vivekananda-the Power 1.00
7 A Plan for Action 1.00
8 The Problem of Youth : Its Solution 0.50
9 The Role of Common Man in India's Regeneration 0.50
10 Vision to Reality through New Revolution 2.50
11 Solving Problems the Vivekananda Way 0.75
12 Mental Concentration Why and How 6.00
13 How to Build Character 5.00
14 National Integration and Swami Vivekananda 1.00
15 In Store for the Twenty First Century 1.00
16 Religion : for Discord or Harmony 1.00
17 Leadership its Concept & Qualities 8.00
18 Aims & Objective of A.B.V.Y.M 0.75
19 The Idea and the Method of the Mahamandal 1.00
20 Way to Regeneration 1.00
21 values to Imbibe 4.00
22 Renunciation & Service 2.00
23 Vivekananda Darshan ( Sanskrit) 3.00
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Total Price English Publication 104.50
 HINDI PUBLICATION OF MAHAMANDAL
Sl No Name of the Book Unit Price
1 Manasanyog 2.00
2 Charitrya Nirman Ka Pakriya 0.60
3 Samsayoka Nirakaran 0.75
4 Mahamandal ka Uddeshya aur Karyakram 0.75
5 Vivekananda Yuva Shakti & Adhunik Bharat 0.75
6 Rastriya Ekta & Swami Vivekananda 1.00
7 Punarijjiban Ka Upai 1.00
8 A.V.V.Y.M kha Swarup abong Karya 0.75
9 Netritha ka Arth abong Goon 3.00
10 Vivek Giti 6.00
11 Jiggsha ththa Samadhan 10.00
12 Charitrya Nirman 10.00

VIVEK JIVAN
(Monthly Organ of Mahamangal)
Published in English and Bengali
Subscription: Rs 25/= per Ammun (including Postage)

Available At::
• Mahamandal City Office: 6/1A, Justice Manmatha Mukherjee Roe, Calcutta-700-009
• Some Ramkrishna Mission and Mahamandal Centres
 BENGALI PUBLICATION OF MAHAMANDAL
Sl No Name of the Book Unit Price
1 Pariprashnen (Part-1) 12.00
2 Pariprashnen (Part-2) 12.00
3 Janaganer Adhikar 4.00
4 Aso Dishari Path Dekhao 3.00
5 Naba Biplab O Swami Vivekananda 2.00
6 Yuva Samashya O Swami Vivekananda 1.50
7 Sikhhai Samadhan 5.00
8 Neti Thake Eti 3.00
9 Manasanyog 8.00
10 Charitragathan 8.00
11 Charitrer Goon 6.00
12 Samajsebar Uddeshya O Upai 2.00
13 Swamijir Bartaman Bharat 5.00
14 Bhartiya Sanskriti O Sanatan Bhabdhara 3.50
15 Punarijjibaner Upai 1.00
16 Jivan Gara 5.00
17 Amader Karaniya 1.00
18 Netrityer Adarsha O Gunabali 6.00
19 Bharatiya Sanskritik Otishya 3.00
20 Ekti Yuva Andolan 8.00
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Total Price Bengali Publication 99.00
All Expansion is life, all contraction is death. All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law
of Life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying.
 SELF DEVELOPMENT METHOD
AUTO SUGGESTION (THE MIRACLE THAT OBEYS YOU) SELF EVALUATION CHART

• I am going to be a man of character, because this will enable • Self-respect

me to render the world the most useful service, because this • Self-confidence
will enable me to help build a better society to make a glorious • Truthfulness
India, and because only this will enable me to do the greatest
good to myself, for without the strength of character nothing • Clear thinking
can be achieved in the material world or in the inner life of • Courage
man. • Determination
• I know that I have the ability this object which I have chosen • Honesty
as my definite purpose. I know that I can become a man of •
character, therefore, I will permit nothing to interfere with my Sincerity
doing so. I demand of myself persistent, aggressive and • Diligence
continuous action toward its attainment.. I will concentrate my • Initiative
mind upon this desire for five minutes daily, just before retiring • Resourcefulness
at night and just after arising in the morning for the purpose of
determining just how I shall proceed to transform this idea into • Tolerance
reality. • Courtesy
• I will succeed, because I believe in myself, I believe in the • Sympathy
infinite power that is in me. I will read the teachings of Swami • Reliability
Vivekananda, for in them I shall find the seeds of this self- • Self Control
confidence, as also those of self-control, accurate thought,
determination and also the ways of building character. As • Self Reliance
Swami Vivekananda is a bright figure standing for all these I • Patience
will concentrate on his figure every day in such a manner that it • Spirit of Service
will be embedded in the inmost recesses of my mind, so that it • Poise
will always guide me toward my aim bringing me the fulfillment
of my life which I will use for the good of mankind. I know this • Unselfishness
as the definite goal of my life. • Sense of Discipline
• May the infinite power that resides in me be of help to me so • Cleanliness
that I may realize the goal of my life. • Common Sense
• ** Read this every day to motivate yourself
• Do it every week. Identify qualities that need improvement and Rate yourself in the following ratings
try to improve the character and evaluate yourself on regular • A: 80% and above, B: 70% +, C: 60% + ,: 50% +,E: 50% or less
basis. Quality Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
 A VOICE
• A man is an infinite circle whose circumference is nowhere, but the centre is located at one spot; and God is an
infinite circle whose circumference is nowhere, but whose centre is everywhere.
• India will raise, when thousand of such man and women filled with the zeal of courage and fortified with the
power of holiness preaching the gospel of equality, the gospel of friend ship, the gospel of salvation, then will the
India will arise. ..
• Let us all work hard, my brethren; this is no time to sleep, on our works depends on the coming of the India of the
future. She is there ready waiting, she is only sleeping, Arise and awake, and see her seated here, on her eternal
throne, rejuvenated, more glorious than she was-the motherland of ours.
• Feel, my children; feel for the poor, the ignorant, the downtrodden; feel till the heart stops and the brain reels and
you will go to mad; then pour the soul out at the feet of the Lord, and then will come power, help and indomitable
energy. Struggle, struggle, was my motto for the last ten years, Struggle, still say I. When it was all dark, I used to
say struggle; when light is breaking in, I still say, struggle. Be not afraid, my children. Have fire and spread all
over. Work, work……
• My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work
out the whole problem, like lions. I have formulated the idea and given my life to it……..They will spread from
Center to Center, until we covered the whole of India.
• Number does not count, nor does wealth or poverty; handful men can throw the world off its hinges, provided they
are united in thought, word and deed- never forget the conviction. The more opposition there is the better. Does a
river acquire velocity unless there is resistance? ….
• But appreciation or no appreciation I am born to organize these young men ; nay hundreds more in every city are
ready to join me; and I want to send them rolling like irresistible waves over India, bringing comfort, morality,
religion, education to the doors of the meanest and the most down trodden. And this I will do or die. If you are
really my children, you will fear nothing, stop nothing, you will be like lions, and we must rouse India and the
whole world…………….”
• “Let New India arise- out of the peasant’s cottage, grasping the plough; out of the huts of fisherman, the cobbler
and the sweeper. Let her spring from the grocer’s shop, from beside the oven of the fritter-seller. Let her emanate
from the factory, from the marts and from the markets, let her emerge from groves and forests, from hill and
mountains. ‘India will raise, when thousand of such man and women fired with the zeal of holiness, fortified with
the eternal faith in the Lord, and nerved to lion’s courage by their sympathy for the poor and the fallen and the
downtrodden, will go over the length and breadth of the land, preaching the gospel of social of help, the gospel of
social raising-up- the gospel of equality’.
• ……….When death is inevitable, it is not better to die like heroes than as stocks and stones? And what is the use
of living a day or two more in this transitory world? It is better to wear out than rust out- specially for the sake of
doing the least good to others.’
Swami Vivekananda
THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA
Let New India arise- out of the peasant’s cottage,
grasping the plough; out of the huts of fisherman,
the cobbler and the sweeper. Let her spring from
the grocer’s shop, from beside the oven of the
fritter-seller. Let her emanate from the factory,
from the marts and from the markets, let her
emerge from groves and forests, from hill and
mountains. ‘India will raise, when thousand of
such man and women fired with the zeal of
holiness, fortified with the eternal faith in the Lord,
and nerved to lion’s courage by their sympathy for
the poor and the fallen and the downtrodden, will
go over the length and breadth of the land,
preaching the gospel of social of help, the gospel
of social raising-up- the gospel of equality.
Swami Vivekananda