HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

What India is going through with its youth is not something new. This is exactly what America went through in its history in the 1960s. The youth, frustrated with the lives led by their parents, rejected and rebelled against the set standards of the society and formed rules of their own, by discarding and disowning their connections with their families and experimenting with drugs, alcohol and other dangerous addictions. This was also known as the ‘hippie’ movement.

 

The youth, however, never got the answers to their questions and they went deeper and deeper into a blind, dark alley. It is there that they suddenly saw light in the form of His Divine Grace, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, a distinguished scholar and a pure devotee of Lord Krishna, who had stepped on to the shores of America. Over the next decade, he went about transforming the lives of these very youngsters, who were on the precipice of sunset to a new world of joy, happiness and devotion. This he did by revealing the ancient and timeless knowledge of a highly civilized society in the Vedic times, thereby also quashing some theories that the Vedas were meant for people of a particular time, place and nationality.

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ROLE OF IYF

 

India, the country of hopes and dreams, love and romance, business and fun, and overall, it has a deep spiritual & cultural heritage, promises a better tomorrow for every ambitious seeker. However, as we now stand on the threshold of a new era, the youth of our country appear lost and confused.

 

Newspaper reports reveal increasing youth related crimes, a sad consequence of blind, hedonistic pursuits, championed by the modern society. Sadly, violence is now spilling out of the T.V screen into the homes and streets of India. Complex lifestyles, failing family bonds, mushrooming of pubs and discotheques has resulted in disintegration of social and moral values.

 

As a pure spirit soul, each individual is primarily blissful and happy in nature. Being victimized by such unhealthy and competitive lifestyles, the youth especially are experiencing the resultant frustrations. ISKCON Youth Forum (IYF), with its team of qualified and dedicated members, is committed to address this scenario and provide an atmosphere in which the youth of today can not only enlighten and save themselves from progressing in the wrong direction, but also redirect themselves to grow into a powerful individual.

 

OBJECTIVES OF IYF

 

• Equip youth with essential life skills through personality development seminars.

• Assist in their academic pursuits through tested study techniques & concentration methods.

• Deepen their knowledge, understanding and ability to apply the theology and values of Vedic philosophy.

• Enable them to develop ethical discrimination in critical circumstances as well as day to day decision making.

• Securing youngsters from self-destructive addictions that harm mind and body.

• Provide them a sense of balancing between personal and professional life, work and entertainment.

• Counseling and befriending to address the troubled and confused youth.

• Provide residential training to those interested in learning and practicing the art of meditation.

• Visit places of heritage and spiritual interest to deepen one’s connection with glory of Indian culture and civilization.

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YOUTH HOSTEL (BACE)

Bhaktivedanta Academy for Culture & Education (BACE), The educational wing of ISKCON Ajmer that conducts scriptural & cultural classroom courses and facilitates accomodations and foods for Youths at different colleges of Ajmer.

 

The purpose of BACE is to conduct courses for a systematic study of vedic literatures, and various other courses on lifestyle management and cultural training.

 

In BACE , Students are provided Gita study sessions, other Vedic literatures sessions, Shloka classes, Traditional music classes and mentors to learn all these things. A student can learn all these things along with his academics.