PATNA: Emphasizing the relevance of love and unity propounded by Bhagwad Gita, former vice-chancellor of L N Mithila University (LNMU), J P Singh, said even scientists like Albert Einstein and Julius Robert Oppenheimer were greatly influenced by the holy scripture.
Delivering the keynote address at a seminar on 'Sanskrit literature and Indian culture', organized by the Third World Study Circle, on Monday, on the occasion of the second death anniversary of Sudha Rani, former head of Patna University's Sanskrit department, Singh said the main message of the Gita is "Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow and never stop questioning the existing system and the established order of the society."
All the great modern philosophers, including Kabir, Gandhi, Vivekanand and Ambedkar, never hesitated from questioning the established orders. He opined that even the ideas of Karl Marx and
Sigmund Freud were influenced by the philosophy enshrined in the Gita.
Earlier, inaugurating the seminar, state animal husbandry and fisheries minister Giriraj Singh expressed concern over the fast deteriorating moral and cultural values in Indian society. He said education alone would not help preserve our cultural values. Literacy rate has increased considerably in recent times but, simultaneously, the decline in values has also been sharp.
Pleading for sincere efforts to preserve Indian culture, former head of PU English department, Shaileshwar Sati Prasad, said blind imitation of western culture has been telling on our own culture and traditions. "Our education system and science and technology must be based on our own culture to give the best results," he said.
Former head of PU economics department, Nawal Kishore Chaudhary, retired PU professor of political science Lal Narain Sharma and Save Earth Foundation chief Tilak Raj Gandhi also addressed the seminar.
Delivering the keynote address at a seminar on 'Sanskrit literature and Indian culture', organized by the Third World Study Circle, on Monday, on the occasion of the second death anniversary of Sudha Rani, former head of Patna University's Sanskrit department, Singh said the main message of the Gita is "Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow and never stop questioning the existing system and the established order of the society."
All the great modern philosophers, including Kabir, Gandhi, Vivekanand and Ambedkar, never hesitated from questioning the established orders. He opined that even the ideas of Karl Marx and
Sigmund Freud were influenced by the philosophy enshrined in the Gita.
Earlier, inaugurating the seminar, state animal husbandry and fisheries minister Giriraj Singh expressed concern over the fast deteriorating moral and cultural values in Indian society. He said education alone would not help preserve our cultural values. Literacy rate has increased considerably in recent times but, simultaneously, the decline in values has also been sharp.
Pleading for sincere efforts to preserve Indian culture, former head of PU English department, Shaileshwar Sati Prasad, said blind imitation of western culture has been telling on our own culture and traditions. "Our education system and science and technology must be based on our own culture to give the best results," he said.
Former head of PU economics department, Nawal Kishore Chaudhary, retired PU professor of political science Lal Narain Sharma and Save Earth Foundation chief Tilak Raj Gandhi also addressed the seminar.
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