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MIT graduation amidst Sanskrit chants
Amid chants of Sanskrit prayers on a bright and sunny morning, some 2,300 students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received their graduate and undergraduate degrees in Cambridge.
Swami Tyagananda, the institutions Hindu chaplain, offered an invocation in the language of the gods to reflect the large international crowds spirit of unity and goodwill at one of the best-known educational campuses in the US.
May we come together for a common purpose - common be our prayer, common our goal, Tyagananda, who also quoted from Swami Vivekanandas works, told the institutions 139th commencement exercise.
May the one and the same divine reality lead us. May we be granted clear understanding and the courage to pursue the goals of social justice, non-violence, harmony and peace, he said.
Peace. Peace. Peace be unto all.
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Deccan Herald
Date
2005-07-14
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2005-07-14
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hindu
Date
2005-06-17
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Date
2005-07-14
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