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कुटु ुं ब प्रबोधन ्
Kutumba Prabodhan

अनुव्रतः पितुः िुत्रो मात्रा भवतु सुंमनाः।

जाया ित्ये मधुवत ुं वाचुं वदतु शुंततवाम ्॥ (अथवववेद 3.30.2)

In an ideal home, children are obedient to their parents. The

parents are well-wishers of their children. The husband and
wife’s mutual relationship is sweet and happy. Only such
families always thrive and are happy.
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Family - Society
 Four broad entities / existences of universe Vyashti – An Individual, Samashti – Society , Srishti – Nature
and Parameshti – Universal Soul.
 Samashti is classified into Aashramas, For the sustenance and development of the Vyashti or the
individual. They are Brahmacharya, Grihasta, Vaanaprastha, Sanyaasa
 That which holds together these 4 is the Dharma. Dharma infuses a feeling of mutual understanding and
cooperation in a family and society –
न राज्युं नैव राजास त ्, न दन्डो न च दान्न्डकः |
धमेणैव प्रजाः सवावः, रक्षन्न्तस्म िरस्िरम ् ॥
(महाभारतम ्,शान्न्तिवव)

 Love, sense of belonging, Mutual acceptance,

willingness to work for others, tolerance or willingness
to sacrifice are binding factors of a family.
 Grihastasharama / Family system is the core of all
ashramas as it
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 Being a grihasta a Man learns his first lesson of

progress from I to we here in family.
 Grihastashrama is full of Rasa representing one
where the most intense physical, sexual,
emotional, occupational, social and material
attachments exist in a human being's life.
 Grihastas not only pursue a virtuous life, they
धन्यॊ गृहस्थाश्रम: produce food and wealth that sustains people of
other Ashramas and generations to come via off-
springs.

Joyful home, wise children, a wife who is soft spoken,

सानन्दुं सदनुं सुताश्च सुतधयः कान्ता पप्रयभापिण
reliable friends, faithful to wife and having obedient
सन्न्मत्रुं सधनुं स्वयोपितत रततः चाज्ञािराः सेवकाः ।
servants, hospitable to guests and shivapooja
आततथ्युं तशविूजनुं प्रततददनुं तमष्टान्निानुं गृहे
everyday, enjoys tasty food , with company of noble
साधोः सङ्गमुिासते दह सततुं धन्यो गृहस्थाश्रमः ॥
people grihastshrama is blessed.
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।धन्यॊ गृहस्थाश्रम:।
 Grihastasharama is the core of the society as it supports all the
other three.
 Grihasta follows dharma to gain artha and satisfying his
natural urges ( kama) eventually to attain moksha
 These are 4 Purusharthas

Duties of a Grihasta: PANCH MAHAYAJNAS

Brahma / Rishi yajna
Daiva yajna
Pitru yajna
Bhuta yajna
Moksha Manusha yajna
 ।धन्यॊ गृहस्थाश्रम:। ॐ
हपवधावनमन्ननशालुं ित्न नाुं सदनुं सदः। सदो दे वानामतस दे पव शाले ॥७॥
“Its main four parts are store-house, kitchen, bed room and drawing
room.”
Rigveda says:
ता वुं वास्तून्युश्मतस गमध्यै यत्र गावो भूररश्र्ङगायासः | अत्राह तदरु
ु गायस्य
वर्षणवः िरमुं िदमव भातत भूरर ||
“O husband and wife, we design for your habitation a house wherein sun-
rays come plentifully. Here in such a well-ventilated house can dawn upon
you the divine light whereby you may realize the super most stage of God.”

न गृहुं गृहतमत्याहुः गृदहण गृहमुच्यते ।

a house/ building is not a home until it has a GrihiNi.
Grihini herself is home.

यत्र नायवस्तु िूज्यन्ते रमन्ते तत्र दे वता:।

Wherever women are given their due respect, even
the deities like to reside there
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Current Scenario
 Due to proliferation of delusional
properties about self-centered living
imported from west, Indian family system
is passing through worst time ever
 Lack of कुल-धमं (kula-dharmaṃ/ )/Family
system promotes अधमव (adharma)
 Increase in break-ups, divorces
 Old-age homes on the rise
 Orphanages
 Misuse of laws
 Over usage / misusing of nature resources
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Current Scenario
कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्न्त कुलधमाव: सनातना:।
धमे नष्टे कुलुं कृ त्स्नमधमोऽतभभवत्युत ।।B.G.1.40।।

 With destruction of Kula, the eternal family tradition is

destroyed.
 Virtues are lost leading to adharma
 Predominance of adharma , Leading to degradation of
women
 This results in undesirable progeny, and makes lives of
those destroyed family & family members a living hell
 A fatherless society is a chariot driven without a
charioteer
 Adharma also percolates into the eduational, healthcare,
economical and political system due to the destruction of
the family.
 Remember family is the core of any society. Its very easy
to control society if families are destroyed.
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Current Scenario
Cause
 Too much exposure to television programmes & reality shows
 Lack of TV programmes which propounds dharma.
 Depiction of relationships as a burden rather than a responsibility.
 Unnecessary usage of mobiles and other electronic gadgets
 Very minimal interaction / healthy informal conversations
 Saha bhojana is done rarely in contrast to A family that dines together, thrives
together
 Easy access to Porn and nudity related materials to young generation
 Disrespect to elders and our own customs
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Cause
 इष्टान्भोगान्न्ह वो दे वा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभापवताः।
तैदवत्तानप्रदायैभ्यो यो भुङक्ते स्तेन एव सः।।BG 3.12।।
The devas, gratified with necessary action will grant you the
things sacrificed. Hence whosoever enjoys their gifts without
offering them to these devas, is surely a thief.
 Getting up late not performing daily prayers and offer oblations
to Savitr
 Not doing exercise to keep body healthy
 Over Indulgence in passive entertainment, watching TV for
long hours
 Accumalating wealth and not donating when capable
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Rastriya Swayamsewak Sangh (R.S.S) has started a movement, a new project to face this grave challenge
and to revive the indigenous family system
Kutumba Prabodhana
Awakening of the Family System
आहार तनद्रा भय मैथुनुं च सामान्यमेतत ् िशुतभनवराणाम ्| धमो दह तेिामतधको पवशेि: धमेण हीनाः िशुतभः समानाः ॥

Dont’s Do’s

 To be mere participant in mundane aspects of
animality e.g.. food, fear and procreation
 To discard everything old as obsolete like
dharmic rituals related to karma kanda
 to be under the illusion that everything
modern as correct & scientific
 To disregard the time-tested family traditions
 To perform yajnas, vratas and other essential daily
duties / yajnas
 To practice tradition and find out for ourseleves
the timeless truth.
 Bowing to parents, elders & dharmic people.
Sharing love with youngsters.
 To Embrace with an open mind, the present day
healthy, essential needs.
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Kutumba Prabodhana has been organizing various programmes, workshops and other activities to review
this family system of our Sanatana Dharma

Saptahik Satsang (Weekly get together of family

members)

 Weekly Informal gathering

 Discuss about family and its good deeds
 Talk only positive & healthy aspects of the life.
 Contemplate on inspiring thoughts and actions.
 The get together should provide inspiration and strength of mind
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Kutumba Milana ( Families, Neighbors get together)

These are some of the subjects that can be discussed

 Fortnightly / Monthly gathering
 Converse about each others families and their
good deeds
 how they benefited the family when preserved
and what harm caused when they were lost;
 a comparative overview of this gain and loss;
 whether the children are assets or a burden;
 whether to create assets for the children or make
them the very assets for the society
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Counselling for the newly wed

 Lack of undivided joint families

 Both husband & wife work for amassing unlimited wealth
 Go after all kinds of luxury goods and gadgets
 No time to understand & accept each other
 Mutual dependence is irrelevant & issues not needed.

 efforts are made to convince this abiding truth to them.

 Support them to muster courage to face problems rather than
get disheartened.
 try to probe problem’s origin together. With mutual jointly try
to find out ways & means to resolve them.
 The newly wed are too guided to lead a joyful & colourful life.
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Shri Mata Kutumb Chintan Yatra - A Study tour

 People in many villages, even now, live in mutual cooperation, one admiring the other for the
latter's fortune, each identifying and respecting likes and dislikes of others.
 Study tours for city based couples, to such orthodox families, as honoured guests are
arranged once in a year by Kutumba Prabodhana.
 The tour will be of 2 days without any formal sittings.
 Entire village participates in this 2 days of अतततथ सत्कार.
 discussions with regard to subjects like healthy food habits, simple customs like daily pooja
etc.
 major part of the tour is exclusively reserved for freely mixing with members of the hosting
family .
 observe their regular house-hold chores.
 Participants are encouraged thus to arrive at their own conclusion out of the insight they
form in 2 days of their Chintana Yatra.
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