{"id":45222,"date":"2024-05-17T09:08:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T03:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/?p=45222"},"modified":"2024-05-17T09:08:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T03:38:46","slug":"st-petersburg-bk-mruthyunjaya-bhai-and-bk-banarsi-bhai-took-part-in-youth-for-transformation-dialogue-about-values-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/?p=45222","title":{"rendered":"St.Petersburg : BK Mruthyunjaya bhai and BK Banarsi bhai took part in \u201cYouth for Transformation. Dialogue about Values in Education\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>BK&nbsp;Mruthyunjaya&nbsp;bhai and BK Banarsi bhai took part in \u201cYouth for Transformation. Dialogue about Values in Education\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>event in St. Petersburg, Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">St.Petersburg, Russia : <\/mark><\/strong>BK&nbsp;Mruthyunjaya&nbsp;bhai and BK Banarsi bhai became chief guests at a public event \u201cYouth for Transformation. Dialogue about Values in Education\u201d held at Lighthouse, the Brahma Kumaris Centre in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening the dialogue,&nbsp;<strong>Mr Anatoli Likhtin<\/strong>,&nbsp;Head of Department, Russian Academy of Economics and Civil Service under the President of the Russian Federation, said, \u201cParents and educators invest a lot of energy and resources in raising the younger generations, however we can see that the lack of values in the lives of young people make those huge investments go waste. I have practised the raja&nbsp;yoga&nbsp;meditation for quite a while and have got a practical experience of its usefulness. Today I am happy that we have an opportunity to get a&nbsp;first-hand&nbsp;introduction of the programs&nbsp;offered by the&nbsp;Education Wing and Medical Wing of the&nbsp;Brahma Kumaris.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The appreciation letter for Santosh Didi, Brahma Kumaris director in St. Petersburg, has been sent recently by the Chairperson of the&nbsp;<strong>Social Policy Committee<\/strong>&nbsp;of the City Administration. The Committee expressed their gratitude to the BK organization for&nbsp;their&nbsp;active participation&nbsp;in the annual All-Russia voluntary initiative \u201cA Week of Goodness\u201d&nbsp;(April, 2024). The guests&nbsp;were shown&nbsp;a&nbsp;brief&nbsp;presentation of&nbsp;the event.<br>A&nbsp;detailed&nbsp;video introduction of the \u201c<strong>Nasha Mukt Bharat<\/strong>\u201d&nbsp;campaign&nbsp;(\u201cAddiction-Free India\u201d) caused a round of applause from the audience. Everyone was especially happy that respected&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Banarsi<\/strong>, one of the main instruments behind the&nbsp;project, personally came to St. Petersburg.&nbsp;Talking about the impressive results of the 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;year of the project implementation, Dr. Banarsi bhai ji said, \u201cThe uniqueness of the project is in its getting an overwhelming support of the President, central government, state governments as well local people irrespective of their caste, creed, nationality, or profession. We have done a study&nbsp;which&nbsp;shows that the lifestyle based on raja yoga meditation enables 97% of substance addicts&nbsp;to&nbsp;leave their addiction without any withdrawal symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next day, 8 May (Wed), Dr. Banarsi ji conducted an extended Zoom session dedicated to the project for centrewasi&nbsp;BK&nbsp;sisters in 12 cities of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Respected BK&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Mruthyunjaya<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;bhai ji&nbsp;<\/strong>gave a talk on the Value Education program carried out by the Brahma Kumaris in co-operation with the leading universities of India. He said, \u201cThis&nbsp;education&nbsp;is&nbsp;not just for \u201clearning, earning and living\u201d, but for overcoming all the weaknesses of&nbsp;our&nbsp;consciousness,&nbsp;removing&nbsp;negative, impure&nbsp;and&nbsp;unnecessary thoughts.&nbsp;This is why this knowledge has been embraced by all communities, all religions,&nbsp;and&nbsp;almost all the nations. Thought&nbsp;Labs&nbsp;have&nbsp;been added recently to&nbsp;our&nbsp;ongoing&nbsp;programs,&nbsp;in which an individual can go deep into one\u2019s original nature, original qualities and purpose of living in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BK&nbsp;Mruthyunjaya&nbsp;bhai ji requested those in the audience who had never experienced anger to raise their hand. Just one guest raised his hand! That was&nbsp;<strong>Prof. Alexander Shabrov<\/strong>, former&nbsp;rector of St. Petersburg Medical Academy, famous cardiologist, author and science administrator, who had visited Mount Abu a few years ago.&nbsp;BK&nbsp;Mruthyunjaya&nbsp;bhai noted, \u201cWe see that even after having so many degrees etc, we still get affected by anger!&nbsp;This education is meant to&nbsp;eradicate&nbsp;such negativities,&nbsp;and overcome a&nbsp;lack of inner power, tolerance, understanding, good wishes and pure feelings. Let&nbsp;us&nbsp;work together for divinization of human consciousness and ultimately for divinizing our society, making it holy, pure, peaceful and blissful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summing up her experience of the dialogue,&nbsp;<strong>Ms.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Elena Kalinina<\/strong>. Rector of St. Petersburg Social and Economic Institute, president of Women\u2019s Alliance, said, \u201cYour idea that thoughts transform one\u2019s character and that our joint spiritual decisions can transform the world is very important. Everyone is experiencing now that the layer of civilization in today\u2019s world proved to be very thin. The concept of Goodness is no longer present in interpersonal and international relations. Spiritual renaissance is the way to achieve both individual harmony and world harmony. Your experience is very interesting, and we are definitely going to think about how to apply it in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prof. Victor Romanov<\/strong>, president of St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design,&nbsp;former&nbsp;Olympic champion&nbsp;and world champion in bicycle racing, thanked the guests&nbsp;from Mount Abu&nbsp;\u201cfor another subtle and deep lesson for me and all of us\u201d. He said, \u201cAs I listen to you, I feel that although I knew these things before, here they become a truth one cannot reject. You mentioned your agreement with the Ministry of Social Justice of India. I feel that if we make an effort to bring about values and justice in our society, we can overcome the issues of drug addiction and other social evils.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a few minutes of powerful meditation, special guests of the event proceeded to the Conference Hall of Lighthouse for a brief sneh-milan with Santosh Didi,&nbsp;BK&nbsp;Mruthyunjaya&nbsp;bhai,&nbsp;and&nbsp;BK Banarsi bhai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" data-id=\"45223\" src=\"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8036-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8036-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8036-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8036-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8036-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8036-696x472.jpg 696w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8036-1068x725.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8036-619x420.jpg 619w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8036.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"45226\" src=\"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8068-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8068-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8068-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8068-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8068-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8068-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8068-1068x713.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8068-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8068.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"45224\" src=\"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8050-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8050-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8050-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8050-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8050-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8050-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8050-1068x713.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8050-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"45227\" src=\"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8099-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8099-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8099-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8099-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8099-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8099-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8099-1068x713.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8099-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/omshantimedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC_8099.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BK&nbsp;Mruthyunjaya&nbsp;bhai and BK Banarsi bhai took part in \u201cYouth for Transformation. Dialogue about Values in Education\u201d&nbsp;event in St. Petersburg, Russia St.Petersburg, Russia : BK&nbsp;Mruthyunjaya&nbsp;bhai and BK Banarsi bhai became chief guests at a public event \u201cYouth for Transformation. Dialogue about Values in Education\u201d held at Lighthouse, the Brahma Kumaris Centre in St. Petersburg. 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