The Bhavan stands for the reintegration of Indian culture. In a world falling to
pieces under the impact of an amoral technological avalanche, it tries to hold fast
to the fundamental values for which our culture stands - RITA, SATYA, YAGNA and
TAPAS
FAITH in God who informs the Cosmic Order;
TRUTH which is accord between mind and word and deed;
DEDICATION which offers all moments of life as an offering to God;
SUBLIMATION which purifies the body and mind and transmutes instincts, passions
and emotions into things of beauty;
This, regardless of forms and doctrines, is Dharma, the three-fold aspects of which
are SATHYAM, SHIVAM, SUNDARAM - Truth, Love and Beauty. For these values our forefathers
lived and died. So did Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Dayananda, Swami Vivekananda,
Gandhiji and Sri Aurobindo, among the moderns.These values are embedded in our national
outlook, we command the respect of the world because of them.
We can look forward to the future with confidence only because they have the vitality
which gives the power to vindicate their validity even in this fear and avarice
ridden age of ours.
We, the Bhavan's family, whether it is the smaller one or the larger one, must take
every effort in restoring an awareness of these values in personal and collective
life.
- K.M.Munshi