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Our Jagannatha Vallabha
Vedic
Research Center was established in India, at Jagannatha Puri (Orissa)
in 1995, for the study of the culture, philosophy, religion and
spirituality of ancient India and the propagation of such knowledge in
an independent and objective manner, free from all sectarianism.
This is a very important and urgent
work, because the foundations of the ancient Indian civilization are
still very modern and practical. In fact, they constitute the solution
to the present day problems of human kind.
The application of such principles
brings the perfect balance and integration between matter and spirit,
scientific integrity and emotions, sense pleasure and serenity, and the
other apparent dualities of the world.
During the Vedic period and for
many centuries after that, India remained famous as the happiest, most
prosperous and peaceful place on earth - a vast land of fabulous
wealth, inhabited by wise and powerful magicians.
In her golden age, her civilization
spread as wide as Iran and Singapore, establishing centers and colonies
in a pacific manner, without any imperialistic war - simply by offering
the native peoples a better way to live.
Indian merchants sailed the seas as
wide as China and Egypt, taking advantage of the monsoon winds and the
favorable currents, and returned home carrying many travelers who were
anxious to study in Indian universities.
Alexander the Great failed in his
campaign to conquer India because his soldiers were unable to fight
against the incredible "magical" weapons of the Vedic warriors, but he
carried back home a much more valuable treasure than he had even dreamt
of: hundreds of texts of spiritual and material knowledge.
To preserve, translate and study
those invaluable texts, Alexander built the great Library of
Alexandria, and around it, a wealthy and powerful city, that was for
centuries greater and more glorious than Rome itself, and gave birth to
the extraordinary cultural phenomenon of Hellenism - the fusion between
the Greek and the eastern (Indian) cultures.
Unfortunately that glorious
civilization was wiped away and buried under the dark centuries of the
European middle ages, and only a few relics survived.
The Indian land suffered many
invasions and attacks, massacres and the systematic destruction of
universities, libraries, temples and centers of culture and
spirituality. However, for those who know how to search, there is still
a vast wealth of knowledge and wisdom, preserved by great souls, honest
scholars and true representatives of Sanatana Dharma.
Such living tradition is now rising
again, to survive and prevail over the last attack, that is now
threatening us all at global level.
The danger does not come only from
the globalization of the consumeristic/commercial culture of the
western type, from the resurgence of intolerant abrahamic
fundamentalisms, or from the desperate and cynical nichilism of those
who do not see any solution to the sweeping degradation of human kind.
The religious movements and
organizations, the philosophical and academic schools that study and
teach the Vedic tradition today tend to present a perspective of
knowledge that might be correct but is sectarian. They do not allow
researchers to verify the context, develop a multi-dimensional general
vision and to experiment the application of the theoretical concepts by
taking them to the practical level of personal realization.
This problem is particularly
serious in the academic institutions where the study of the Vedic
tradition is approached from a colonial angle - from an alien and
hostile perspective, meant to demonstrate defects in Vedic civilization
even when do not really exist. The purpose of such biased presentations
is to establish the superiority of their own ideology - secular,
atheistic or based on some other faith.
It is not easy to find an adequate
presentation of Vedic knowledge even among those who consider
themselves as faithful followers of its scriptures, because in the
course of time the original Indian culture has been covered and
distorted by cultural, religious and social superimpositions
accumulated starting from the 7th century of the present age.
However, it is still possible.
We invite you to participate
directly to this wonderful enterprise.
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