Vision 2000 - Swami Vivekananda 100th anniversary Celebration

As the  New Dawn Awaits

History hums a tune today
A melody that began a century ago
When a sole soul, a humble soul
A divine soul,
From India......
Touched the shores of an unknown land
And proclaimed,
"Sisters and Brothers of America....."

His words echoed
Through the halls, through the air
Across the nations across the oceans
Beyond space and time, and
Multiplied a thousandfold,
As if to reinforce
Lord Krishna's words
"Ekohum Bahusyami"..
And so, we gather here
To shape a new century
To welcome a new dawn
      Hindus and Buddhists,
      Christians and Sikhs
      Jains and the Jews
      Ecologists and Biologists
      Astronomers and Philosophers
      Physicians and Politicians
Recognizing the eternal laws of nature
Naturally,
The laws that are as true today,
as they were
When Gautam Buddha was here
When Mahavir was here
And when Jesus was here
The laws that declared
"Vashudhaiva Kutumbkam"The 
Entire Cosmos is one family.
Today, as we all prepare to greet
The new dawn 

Let us all remember that divine soul
And let us all,
"Arise, Awake, and stop not till the Goal is reached.

Meenal Pandya