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Thiruvananthapuram: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam asked people to imbibe and follow the teachings of legendary social reformer Sree Narayana Guru, who showed humanity the right path devoid of all discriminations. 
Inaugurating the conference of pilgrims at the Sivagiri mutt at Varkala in the district as part of the annual Sivagiri pilgrimage, Kalam said the Guru simplified the complex `Advaita' theory and gave the message `one man, one religion, one God' for the comprehension of the common man.Kalam said the Guru's message that one should not seek to know another person's caste status contributed to a great extent for the unification of humanity.
He wanted the pilgrims to take a new year pledge to become finer human beings learning from the messages of the Guru.
State Forests Minister Binoy Viswom presided.In his presidential address, he said the Guru was not just another sanyasi who rooted his philosophy in salvation of man in another world, but offered practical solutions to the problems faced by man in his daily life. This made him a revolutionary. His definition of Advaita was sharp and lucid. The blind worship of money and wealth of late is a threat to society. The Guru's philosophy is the only reply to such problems, he said.
Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said the increasing trend of addiction to liquor in the State was a matter of concern. The rate of liquor consumption in the State was really alarming. The statistics being published in the media make one think that Keralites are consuming only liquor. The ideals of the Guru should be implemented in life to practise abstinence, he said.
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Inaugurating the conference of pilgrims at the Sivagiri mutt at Varkala in the district as part of the annual Sivagiri pilgrimage, Kalam said the Guru simplified the complex `Advaita' theory and gave the message `one man, one religion, one God' for the comprehension of the common man.Kalam said the Guru's message that one should not seek to know another person's caste status contributed to a great extent for the unification of humanity.He wanted the pilgrims to take a new year pledge to become finer human beings learning from the messages of the Guru.
State Forests Minister Binoy Viswom presided.In his presidential address, he said the Guru was not just another sanyasi who rooted his philosophy in salvation of man in another world, but offered practical solutions to the problems faced by man in his daily life. This made him a revolutionary. His definition of Advaita was sharp and lucid. The blind worship of money and wealth of late is a threat to society. The Guru's philosophy is the only reply to such problems, he said.
Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said the increasing trend of addiction to liquor in the State was a matter of concern. The rate of liquor consumption in the State was really alarming. The statistics being published in the media make one think that Keralites are consuming only liquor. The ideals of the Guru should be implemented in life to practise abstinence, he said.
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