Vibes
is a new voluntary independent group. In
order to bring Bhagavan Valmiki ji’s
message to English speaking Valmikis, we
hope in the near future, to gain the full
support of all the Sabhas in the UK, and we
ask the Valmiki Sangat to support us in this
quest.
This
communication is particularly aimed at the
young & older Valmikis who have been
born or brought up away from the
“home-land” (Punjab, North India) and
have missed out on the opportunity to learn
about the religion they are born into,
because of the language barrier. Some of our
Brothers and Sisters may feel unable to turn
to their parents or the Valmiki temples to
learn more about Bhagavan Valmiki, &
Valmiki philosophy. We value and respect our
temples, and they serve us well. We do not
propose to replicate the temples roles,
merely to provide a complementary service,
hopefully with their blessings.
Our
aim is to ease the frustrations experienced
by the majority of English speaking Valmikis
and the void that exists in obtaining
spiritual guidance. English speaking
Valmikis are experiencing new environments,
relationships and predicaments, as well as
dealing with the duality of an Eastern
upbringing in a Western environment.
Throughout this time few have realized the
amount of information available to them in
their “new” language. The Beautiful
Philosophy of our Bhagvan that can be a
guiding light in everyone’s lives. Our aim
is to deliver an essential introduction to
Brothers and Sisters on the beauty of
Bhagavan Valmiki’s teaching in a way that
engages our people to develop further
interest in acquiring more knowledge.
A
small inaugural team has put a lot of time
and effort into this project and by the
grace of our Guru, is taking these first
steps. However, we need more brothers and
sisters to join us. Our aim is to unify the
Valmiki community and together tackle the
issues that British Valmikis are facing
today and likely to face in the future.
We
want to bring like-minded Valmikis together
and work on projects they define and to form
action groups to tackle and address relevant
issues in the community. We need you to help
our shape our future. Please contact your
local representative, or e-mail as below,to
register your thoughts, view and interest on
how we can all take this forward. Please
also note the name at present has not been
finalized and is open to opinion.
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Please give us your views : VRU1@aol.com or Bedford@Valmikisabhas.org.uk |
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Dear All I have just received the poem that Rena wrote just after attending the SOAS conference in London University. She recited this poem in a VIBES meeting in Birmingham and younger members of our community were really inspired by it. It sounds great when Rena recites it. Regards Jagdish Rai, Central Valmiki Sabha, UK |
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