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SAMBODHI
ancient, it has always been renewing itself ceaseless work of unbroken line of gurus is responsible for this perpetual renewal. Even today, there are many Gurus of great spirit who practise and preach truths and values of our tradition through their way of life. It is through these great Gurus, living personalities, that the masses of Indian people maintain their contact with the truths and practices that constitute their faith. Whenever there is a moral crises, spread of unrightedsness, our vedic tradition which has an intrinsic vitality, has thrown up a Guru who has both the wisdom and the tremendous enthusiasm to halt the rupture and gather and drive back the community into an era of cultural revival and national resurrection. These great gurus, using their own ingeneous efforts have time and again, revived the philosophical, religious and social values for which our country stood and thereby arrested the deterioration of our culture when cultural values are neglected, there is an increase of barbarism and immorality in the society. This, in short, is more or less the sad condition of the present day of our society. The need of the hour is forthwith to arrest this deterioration by reviving the great philosophical and religious values taught by our great Gurus.
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