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It was in the year 1991 that THE DIVINE MOTHER, SHRI JAGANMATHA, commanded
a great realized soul who has now our Poojya Sri Guruji to establish this ASHRAM in the name and style of TATTWA LOKA ASHRAM
TRUST out of Her sincere desire to redeem the suffering humanity and bring about its spiritual uplift. SHRI JAGANMATHA has always been showering mercy on ignorant children by showing the correct path of spiritual
awakening.
It will not be out of place to mention here that Lord Shiva took human
birth as SHRI ADHI SANKARA for establishing Sanathana Dharma, which is the strong base of Indian culture. At a time when people had moved away from their lofty spiritual principles and were fighting among themselves
in the name of relision. Shri Adhi Sankara’s avathar brought immense relief
and paved the way for the blossoming of atmans born as human being.
Although Shri Adhi Sankara travelled the length and breadth of the country
to emphasise that the aim of human birth – the greatest gift of the Divine – is to realize the divinity enshrined
in the human body, man has been and continues to be in misery and is longing for redemption.
Keeping this in view, SHRI JAGANMATHA founded this Ashram, which is dedicated
to Sri Adi Sankara, Bhagavan Sri Ramana, Sri Aurobindo, Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Mahaveer, Sri Seshadri Swamigal, Jesus
Christ and Prophet Mohammed.
The DIVINE MOTHER wanted this ASHRAM to be in the forefront to bring out
the importance of the “RAMA MANTRA”, - the Taraka Mantra, which name indicates SHIVASAKTHI, Lord Shiva and his
consort in the Ardhanareeswara form. The name SHIVA means Mangalam and RAMA means
Ananda – BLISS -, which is an offshoot of Mangalam. The exquisite splendour
of Lord Shiva, who in the Lord of the Four Vedas, could be compared to a diamond and the word RAMA to be brilliant rays surging
forth from the diamond, which are inseparable.
RAMA MANTRA is the essence of the Four Vedas. The four Vedas and RAMA MANTRA are like the apple and the juice contained in it, which are also inseperable. The chanting of RAMA MANTRA with pinpointed devotion will change the ego-centric attitude
of man into Divine-centric consciousness leading to oneness with the Divine.
Lord Shiva says while explaining the Mantra to the Devi that “the
one who resides in the inner self of all beings – animate and inanimate – is called RAMA. These two Bheejaksharas RA and MA are considered to be as sacred as the four Vedas and hence the Divine
Mother has plced utmost importance on the chanting of this mantra as the best way to realize the divinity of human birth. SHRI JAGANMATHA sketched this word “RAMA” in the form of fire atop the
hill of Shri Arunachaleswarar at Thiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu, in 1992 on Mahasivarathri day.
The aim of human birth, the greatest gift of the divine, is to realise
the divinity enshrined in the human body, to improve the physical, mental and inner well-being of the mankind, to liberate
from the meanness of the mind and to help the fellow human being in distress – “IDHAM SAREERAM PAROPAKARAM”.
OBJECTS OF THE TRUST
The object of the Ashram is to educate people on how to lead a meaningful
life and make people understand how significant human birth is. Human birth is
an opportunity that should not be wasted but utilised to realise man’s full potential through meditation – the
remedy for all his ills is to be sought not outside but within by obtaining spiritual awakening.
ACTIVITES – PAST AND PRESENT
From then on the Trust has been doing social service on a very modest
scale. It organised a sports meet for the physically and visually challenged children,
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arranged for distribution of Braille books and examination guides to
blind and deaf students, copies of Holy Koran to Muslim boys and crutches to the physically challenged persons. Every
year, during Dasara, saris are distributed to deserving women.
ACTIVITIES ON THE ANVIL A project for construction of a self contained
home for the aged destitutes, a nursing home to provide medical facilities for the poor and the aged; a house for dissemination
of vedic and cultural knowledge and promotion of the teachings of religious stalwarts, a centre of excellence in management
studies and research programme for the disabled and a meditation hall for the public at large, irrespective of caste, creed,
sex and religion is on the anvil involving an outlay of Rs.15.00 crores
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