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Namaste <<First Name>> <<Last Name>> ji,
Wishing you a very happy and prosperous new year! We would like to express our sincere thanks to all of you who donated generously for Food Bank Drive and the Chennai Clothing drive. We are continuing clothes collection to ship another 20 ft. container soon. Please see details below.
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Soul in the body: Lamp in a Hall
- Acharya Dr. Harish Chandra, Ved-Ratna
YajurVeda 40.15 states that we are a composite of matter and spirit:
वायुरनिलममृतमथेदम् भस्मान्तं शरीरम्
Our tiny soul is the inherent force (of consciousness), non-material, and immortal, enveloped by the body made of matter that will end (die) becoming ash.
Think of the soul in the body as a lamp in a large hall. Entering into a hall in dark night, you switch on the lamp – a small lamp in a corner of the hall. Its filament glows, making the entire hall lit up. That’s the way our body looks when we are awake. Our body is quite unconscious when we sleep as if the lamp has been switched off. Upon death, the body is permanently in sleep as if the lamp has been physically removed from its holder. It is the soul that makes the difference between life and death. A soul-less body is dead body.
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Chennai Clothing Drive
We would like to express our sincere thanks to all the people whodonated generously for this effort. Meenakshi Temple sent one container of clean clothes to Rotary International, Chennai, India.
Please bring any sheets and clothes for all ages that you can share. Used clothes are welcome, please make sure that clothes are washed, clean and usable. Please fold and put them in separate bags and mark as follows:
- Men's Western (shirts-vests/ Trousers/ Shorts)
- Men's Indian (Kurta Pajama, Indian dresses)
- Women's Indian (dresses, Saris/ Salwar suits)
- Women's western (dresses, shirts, pants, skirts)
- Boys
- Girls
- Children’s
Donations Cash or Check (Payable to Arya Samaj Greater Houston, in memo Chennai Clothing). Stations are for your convenience to stack the clothes in right station. Clothes can be dropped off M-F 7am - 11am and Sat/Sun 8am - 4pm.
Please do not send any accessories, undergarments, woolens or warm clothes. Anything not acceptable by the receiving side has to be discarded before packing.
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