DHYAN FOUNDATION

Dhyan Foundation is raising funds for expanding the capacity of our gaushala in Darbhanga, Bihar. It is presently home to over 100 stray cattle rescued by AWBI officers from illegal slaughterhouses. We require funds for- Shed construction Fencing Medicine and veterinary doctor Electricity Fodder Your contribution will help save stray cattle from - Painful death from feeding on toxic wastes and plastics Surviving on sewer water Harsh winter chill Inhumane treatment by butchers Clean the city  Solve traffic problems created by stray cattle on roads This contribution is exempted by income tax department under section- 80G Bank details - Account Details for transfer of funds (For Indian Nationals/NRI/People with Indian Passport): Dhyan Foundation: Savings Account #00921000102439 IFSC Code: HDFC0000092 HDFC Bank, GK 1, New Delhi Account Details for transfer of funds (For People with Non-Indian Passports): Dhyan Foundation: Savings Account #0092...

The British punctured our roots, killed cows and poisoned our minds, and left behind generations of ‘brown Englishmen’, writes  Yogi Ashwini Macaulay in his infamous ‘Minute’ in 1835 changed the course of how Bharat (or India as we call it now) would be perceived by its countrymen. He planned to uproot the Indian culture through English education. He advocated education for a selected class and wanted to create eminent clerks to serve the lower cadres in British administration, “Brown Englishmen”. The fact that most of us find it perfectly normal to address him, who ravaged our culture, as “Lord” Macaulay and find the idea of cow, which nourishes us, being our mother or goddess absurd, is a direct indicator of the fact that Macaulay succeeded in brainwashing us. A brainwash to the extent that no matter what we write here or whatever stats we share, the Brown Englishmen, even if they make it through the end of this article, would still not find anything wrong in killing co...

Despite controversies around gau rakhsaks and vigilantism, there are groups of cow lovers working silently and doggedly towards the well-being of the bovine species in the state. Cow care centres located at Avedem in Paroda, Zambaulim and Shirvoi in Quepem, and Valpoi in Sattari, are a blessing for injured bovines and abandoned cattle. While the first three are run by Dhyan Foundation, a New Delhi-based spiritual and charitable organisation, the one in North Goa is run by Jai Sree Ram Gau Sanvardhan Kendra, a registered animal welfare trust. Representative image The fact that thousands of stray cattle have been treated and nursed back to life at these cow shelters points to the fact that an increasing number of people are abandoning their cows and buffaloes once they turn 'unproductive', thereby adding to the stray cattle menace. "The number of cattle in our gaushalas is increasing rapidly. Unfortunately, this is a sign of the degeneration of our soc...

NEW DELHI: With cases of  vigilantism over cow  going up, a number of animal rights NGOs have become vocal over the issue of  gau rakshaks  taking the law into their own hands. While these groups have been trying to highlight cases of illegal cow trafficking through the police, they say the recent attack by a vigilante group makes things tougher for them. Dhyan Foundation ,  one such  NGO , has been working against illegal smuggling of cows and camels across Delhi-NCR region which has led to high volatility on the ground recently. The group, along with PFA, has been holding 'peaceful car rallies' across the capital for the past few months to highlight the issue of illegal trafficking of animals. "Such attacks by vigilante groups makes it more difficult for NGOs that are trying to sort things out peacefully. We got to know about a couple of cases recently but we approached the police so that the violators could be caught through the course of law. ...

  यह लेख सीमा सन्देश में प्रकाशित हुआ था   

Two young volunteers of NGO Dhyan Foundation on Saturday saved life of a cow by pulling her out of the bed of the Sidhwan canal here. An abandoned cow fell into the canal near Sigma College of Nursing here. For hours, she was not able to get out on her own as it was difficult to climb the several feet high concrete slope of the canal’s bank. The case was brought to the notice of the Dhyan Foundation whose volunteers Dushyant and Mithun reached the spot. Both rushed to the spot and tried to seek help to pull her out. The help of the police was also sought which did not come about.  Both volunteers finally arranged a rope and pulled the cow with it after a long struggle. Both also sustained minor injuries in the process. “We are taught by Yogi Ashwini Ji to selflessly help the weak and those in distress, be it a human being, animals, bird or even plants which fall within out sight,: said Dushyant, a young entrepreneur and DF volunteer . The articl...

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Even as we hear about cow vigilantes taking the law unto themselves now and then, here is a group of ‘cow lovers’ who are making a difference to the lives of cattle, silently. Leading the pack of Social workers is Aparna Pal, a commercial artiste. At the risk of making neighbours ‘unfriendly’ due to her cow compassion, Aparna feeds green fodder to around 20 stray cows in Gomti Nagar’s Vivek Khand area, around 8 pm, almost daily. These cows assemble outside her house without fail to have their daily share of green vegetables. Aparna leaves her house around 7pm each day with empty sacks to collect green vegetables from nearby vegetable sellers. “They keep aside cabbage, spinach, peas and other similar vegetables for me and I collect them for the cows,” said Aparna. There is adequate arrangement for clean water as well. While neighbours object to Aparna’s gesture, nothing deters her. “I take the responsibility to clean the place after the cows are gone. I even lift the...

यह लेख सहारा समाचारपत्र  में प्रकाशित हुआ था ।

State : Karnataka District : Chamrajnagar Taluk :  # Kollegal Grampanchayats affected :27 Estimated cattle which are dying due to starvation: 1.6 lakh Chamarajanagar district's Kollegal taluk is technically just 142 km from Bengaluru city but the change of scene is so dramatic that you could be in another world. On the parched earth carcasses lying everywhere.... the cattle which are still alive look like mere skeletons and are on the verge of giving up their fight against hunger, There is no food, no rain and farmers helpless as authorities are doing little in this crisis.. Dhyanfoundation  has started fodder distribution points to provide free fodder everyday. Daily tonnes of fodder is being supplied & distributed by our volunteers. We are simultaneously pushing Animal Husbandry department to act and start supplying free/subsidised fodder in the affected areas. But till government departments take concrete action we need your help to sustain this initi...

      प्रदेश में गहरा रहे चारा संकट को देते हुए ध्यान फाउंडेशन ने किसानों की मदद के लिए हाथ आगे बढ़ाया है। फाउंडेशन की पूनम कपूर ने बताया कि कोल्लेगल तालुक की 27 ग्राम पंचायतों में चारे की भारी कमी है। पहले किसान व पशुपालक अपनी गायों को चरने के लिए जंगल में छोड़ दिया करते थे, लेकिन पिछले 3 साल से वन विभाग ने गायों के जंगल में प्रवेश पर रोक लगा दी है। तब से चारे का संकट बढ़ गया है। पशुपालक गायों को चराने 30 से 50 किमी तक ले जातेहैं। कुछ पशुपालक पशुओं को बेचने को मजबूर हैं।  किसानों की ऐसी हालत को देखते हुए ध्यान फाउंडेशन ने दंताल्ली, कुरोतिहोसूर, गानीगमनगाला, काल्लीडोड्डी, गोपीनाथम गांव में नि:शुल्क चारा वितरण केन्द्र स्थापित किए है। हूग्याम में भी चारा वितरण केंद्र शुरू किया जाएगा। डॉ रेणू ने बताया कि फाउंडेशन के कार्यकर्ता गांव-गांवजाकर पशुपालकों को पशुओं को न बेचने के लिए समझा कर मदद का भरोसा दे रहे हैं। इसका किसानों पर असर भी हुआ है। उन्होंने बताया कि राज्य सरकार ने कोल्लेगल के रामपुरा में एक गौशाला स्थापित की है, लेकिन वहां 500 से ज्यादा गायों क...

Dhenu sadanam rayeenaam  (Atharvaved 11.1.34) Cow is fountainhead of all bounties The above sloka reflects the deep understanding of the creation as possessed by the Vedic seer. A special animal, it's every aspect is a boon to mankind. The Vedic seers called it the mother, the source of nourishment of creation.               This gentle bovine has garnered a considerable amount of interest and reference that go beyond ancient Vedic texts spanning other civilizations like Greece, Mesopotamia and Rome.                                                                                 The Egyptians worshipped her as Hathor, the Goddess of Fertility, while those from this side of the Indus called her the Kamdhenu (cow...

A truck carrying camel carcasses was caught in the national capital on Tuesday, just as it was entering a cold storage in West Delhi. The truck was headed to Jagdish Cold Storage House located at Lawrence Road when it was seized by police over allegations by animal activists that it was loaded with both camel and cow meat. The truck was immediately brought to Keshav Puram Police Station by animal rights activists from People For Animals and Dhyan Foundation and susequently an FIR was registered. Here's all need to know: The seizure unearthed the secret workings of Jagdish Cold Storage which functioned as an illegal slaughter house for cattle and camels. India Today reporters entered the storage house to find carcasses -- allegedly of cows and cow-calves -- which had been freshly butchered, skinned and readied for packaging. "These are surely a cow-calves as you can see in the carcass, that the legs are white, the face is smaller and the skin which is still a...

The article was published in The Times Of India.

सम्पूर्ण मानव जाति की उत्त्पत्ति का स्रोत एक ही है और सभी उसी एक में मिल जाएंगे अर्थात हमारा आदि और अंत एक ही है। हम सभी के देव और देवी भी एक ही हैं और कुछ पूजनीय जीव भी जैसे कि सर्प, गाय आदि। गाय और गौवंश में कुछ तो ऐसा है कि जिसने दुनिया की सभी संस्कृतियों में एक प्रतिष्ठित स्थान अर्जित किया है। वर्तमान समय में 'हौली काऊ' को भारतवर्ष से जोड़ा जाता है पर इतिहास के पन्नों से इस गोजातीय देवी की सर्व उपस्थिति  का पता चलता है। मेसोपोटामिया के निवासी बैल को असाधारण शक्ति और जनन क्षमता का प्रतीक समझ औरोक्स के रूप में उसकी पूजा करते थे। बैल, बेबीलोन देवता एन्न, सिन और मर्दुक का भी चिन्ह था और गाय, देवी ईश्तर की। असीरियन देव निन का भी राज्य चिह्नन मानव - बैल के रूप में था।  प्राचीन बेबीलोन निवासी तथा असीरियन लोगों ने अपने महलों (जिसमें देवताओं का आह्वान करने वाले शिलालेख रखे थे ) की रक्षा करने के लिए,  विशाल पंखों वाले बैलों की प्रतिमाओं का निर्माण किया था। ईरानियों के पास भी उनके महलों की रक्षा के लिए भारी पंखों वाले बैल थे। सेमिटिक कानांइट्स के लिए भी बैल बाल का प्रतीक था...

हमारे पूर्वजों को सृष्टि के नियमों का सम्पूर्ण ज्ञान था। वह गाय के महत्त्व और उसके प्रति दुर्व्यवहार और शोषण के परिणामों से भी भली-भांति परिचित थे। वेदों में भी गाय के महत्व का उल्लेख है। अथर्ववेद में कहा गया है : धेनु सदनाम् रईनाम ( 11.1.34) अर्थात गाय सभी प्रकार की समृद्धियों व उपलब्धियों का स्रोत है।’ गाय ही है जो मनुष्य को दूध और उससे बने उत्पाद प्रदान करती है। उसका गोबर ईंधन और खाद तथा उसका मूत्र औषधि और ऊर्वरक प्रदान करता है। जब बैल भूमि की जुताई करते हैं तो भूमि दीमक मुक्त हो जाती है। जब हम यज्ञ द्वारा दैविक शक्तियों से संपर्क करते हैं तो गाय का घी और उपला ही उपयोग में लाया जाता है। कहा जाता है कि जब गाय ने संत कबीर के ललाट को अपनी जिव्हा से स्पर्श किया था तो उनके भीतर असाधारण काव्य क्षमताएं जागृत हो गई थी। गाय, समृद्धि और बहुतायत का प्रतीक है, वह सारी सृष्टि के लिए पोषण का स्रोत है, वह जननी है, मां है। गाय का दूध एक पूर्ण आहार है। जिसका अर्थ है उसके दूध में सम्पूर्ण पोषण है। उसके दूध में केवल उत्तम कोलेस्ट्रॉल है और इस बात से भी कोई अनजान नहीं कि गाय अपने प्रश्वास में ऑक्स...

The article was published in Goanvarta

The article was published in Vishvamitra, Kolkata

Article by Yogi Ashwini ji in Hindi abroad newspaper, Canada

       Article by Yogi Ashwini ji in Pryaksh Bharat.