Teaching Gita, thru sign language

Miss-Delectable · 01-09-2007, 11:47 PM

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He is perhaps the only one in the world to teach the Bhagavad Gita through sign language.

Not that it was a matter of choice for him. Anantadev Das had lost the capacity to hear when he was just a year old.

Going to deaf school first in Mumbai as a nine-year-old, Das, founder of Bangalore-based Sanatana Dharma, an organisation involved in cultural, educational, social and spiritual activities for the deaf, says that he found the answers he was seeking in the Bhagavad Gita, the divine discourse spoken by the Supreme Lord Krishna Himself and the most popular of all the sacred scriptures from ancient India.

It was in school that he first met deaf children wearing hearing aids. He studied the English language, learnt grammar and passed SSC. While some of his friends went to America, he had to stay back, more as an obedient son to his mother than as an option.

In an interview to this website's newspaper, with the help of an interpreter, Das disclosed that before his graduation in History and Philosophy from a university in Mumbai, he was searching for answers to questions like why he became deaf, why people kept fighting each other, hated each other and kept secrets to themselves.

Das then plunged into research, met people belonging to different communities, Hindus, Muslims and Christians alike, and finally after reading the Gita, realised that “the body and not the soul was deaf.”

Happiness dawned on him only thereafter.

As a special leader and social worker for the deaf, Das who was in Coimbatore for the three-day India Deaf Expo last week, had visited the US and given a lecture for deaf children in a university there.

Currently teaching the deaf the meaning of life through sign language in Bangalore, Das said he wanted people with normal hearing capability to involve themselves more in helping the deaf.

Das has also plans to buy some land and construct a temple for Krishna, possibly in Karnataka.

anantadev · 01-12-2007, 09:16 PM

Thank you much for putting this news in your esteemed website.

With spiritual love,

Anantadev

shel90 · 01-12-2007, 09:30 PM

That is very inspiring!

murli108 · 01-12-2007, 10:07 PM

Welcome to this site, anantadev.

Nesmuth · 01-12-2007, 10:39 PM

Haribol!

AnitaPrakash · 01-18-2007, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss-Delectable

Welcome to Newindpress.com

He is perhaps the only one in the world to teach the Bhagavad Gita through sign language.

Not that it was a matter of choice for him. Anantadev Das had lost the capacity to hear when he was just a year old.

Going to deaf school first in Mumbai as a nine-year-old, Das, founder of Bangalore-based Sanatana Dharma, an organisation involved in cultural, educational, social and spiritual activities for the deaf, says that he found the answers he was seeking in the Bhagavad Gita, the divine discourse spoken by the Supreme Lord Krishna Himself and the most popular of all the sacred scriptures from ancient India.

It was in school that he first met deaf children wearing hearing aids. He studied the English language, learnt grammar and passed SSC. While some of his friends went to America, he had to stay back, more as an obedient son to his mother than as an option.

In an interview to this website's newspaper, with the help of an interpreter, Das disclosed that before his graduation in History and Philosophy from a university in Mumbai, he was searching for answers to questions like why he became deaf, why people kept fighting each other, hated each other and kept secrets to themselves.

Das then plunged into research, met people belonging to different communities, Hindus, Muslims and Christians alike, and finally after reading the Gita, realised that “the body and not the soul was deaf.”

Happiness dawned on him only thereafter.

As a special leader and social worker for the deaf, Das who was in Coimbatore for the three-day India Deaf Expo last week, had visited the US and given a lecture for deaf children in a university there.

Currently teaching the deaf the meaning of life through sign language in Bangalore, Das said he wanted people with normal hearing capability to involve themselves more in helping the deaf.

Das has also plans to buy some land and construct a temple for Krishna, possibly in Karnataka.

Dear all,
HARI KRISHNA!
It is very much true that Das is the only deaf in the world who teaches the Bhagavad Gita to the deaf as well as the hearing people.
He is a very humble,supportive and a very understanding person.

Cheers!
Anita

murli108 · 06-14-2008, 12:31 PM

namaste all,

yes, anantadev is the founder of santana dharma for the d. i hope all of you hear about this man. thanks a lot.

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Miss-Delectable Capt Tony Nelson, Jeannie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: No.1 Shopping Capital in Australia Posts: 10,225 Blog Entries: 3	Teaching Gita, thru sign language Welcome to Newindpress.com He is perhaps the only one in the world to teach the Bhagavad Gita through sign language. Not that it was a matter of choice for him. Anantadev Das had lost the capacity to hear when he was just a year old. Going to deaf school first in Mumbai as a nine-year-old, Das, founder of Bangalore-based Sanatana Dharma, an organisation involved in cultural, educational, social and spiritual activities for the deaf, says that he found the answers he was seeking in the Bhagavad Gita, the divine discourse spoken by the Supreme Lord Krishna Himself and the most popular of all the sacred scriptures from ancient India. It was in school that he first met deaf children wearing hearing aids. He studied the English language, learnt grammar and passed SSC. While some of his friends went to America, he had to stay back, more as an obedient son to his mother than as an option. In an interview to this website's newspaper, with the help of an interpreter, Das disclosed that before his graduation in History and Philosophy from a university in Mumbai, he was searching for answers to questions like why he became deaf, why people kept fighting each other, hated each other and kept secrets to themselves. Das then plunged into research, met people belonging to different communities, Hindus, Muslims and Christians alike, and finally after reading the Gita, realised that “the body and not the soul was deaf.” Happiness dawned on him only thereafter. As a special leader and social worker for the deaf, Das who was in Coimbatore for the three-day India Deaf Expo last week, had visited the US and given a lecture for deaf children in a university there. Currently teaching the deaf the meaning of life through sign language in Bangalore, Das said he wanted people with normal hearing capability to involve themselves more in helping the deaf. Das has also plans to buy some land and construct a temple for Krishna, possibly in Karnataka. __________________

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shel90 In a pink and black world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: In the land of the free Posts: 23,974 Blog Entries: 3	That is very inspiring! __________________ Shel~ "A child educated only at school is an uneducated child." -George Santayana

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murli108 Flute Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Earth Posts: 96	namaste all, yes, anantadev is the founder of santana dharma for the d. i hope all of you hear about this man. thanks a lot.