Shri Krishna on the chariot, his hand raised in the gesture of teaching, Arjuna at the edge of the frame

Our values|हमारे मूल्य

Our true measure is transformation.

Hansi Gita Bhawan’s success cannot be measured only by attendance, buildings, celebrations or recitation. Our true measure is transformation.

What does Hansi Gita Bhawan Trust stand for?

Transformation, and it says so in those words: the Trust holds that its success cannot be measured by attendance, by buildings, by celebrations or by how much is recited. Six commitments bind every trustee and every future generation of trustees, in a stated order, and they are published so that a reader can hold the Trust to them rather than take the claim on faith.

Hansi Gita Bhawan Trust · Deed of Trust, registered 3 October 1968

Trustee dharma

Six commitments, in this order.

These bind every trustee, and every generation of trustees, of Hansi Gita Bhawan.

A hundred-year institution cannot depend upon the character of its founders alone. Its Dharma must survive them. Those entrusted with Hansi Gita Bhawan must remember: we do not own this institution; we hold it in trust for generations we will never meet.

सौ वर्ष की संस्था अपने संस्थापकों के चरित्र भर पर निर्भर नहीं रह सकती। उसका धर्म उनसे आगे चलना चाहिए। जिन्हें हांसी गीता भवन सौंपा गया है, उन्हें यह स्मरण रखना है: यह संस्था हमारी संपत्ति नहीं; यह आने वाली पीढ़ियों की धरोहर है, जिसकी रक्षा और संवर्धन का दायित्व हमें सौंपा गया है।

Dharma before personal interest.व्यक्तिगत हित से पहले धर्म।

Service before recognition.यश से पहले सेवा।

Transparency before convenience.सुविधा से पहले पारदर्शिता।

Character before position.पद से पहले चरित्र।

Capability before entitlement.अधिकार से पहले योग्यता।

Institutional purpose before individual ambition.व्यक्ति से पहले संस्थागत उद्देश्य।

No individual, family, donor, trustee or generation shall become greater than the purpose of Hansi Gita Bhawan.

कोई व्यक्ति, परिवार, दाता, न्यासी या पीढ़ी हांसी गीता भवन के उद्देश्य से कभी बड़ी नहीं होगी।

Our youth ideal

The generation we seek to nurture.

We seek a generation that is ambitious but not consumed by ambition; modern but not severed from spiritual roots; questioning yet capable of shraddha; devotional, and therefore inclined towards Seva.

हम ऐसी युवा पीढ़ी गढ़ना चाहते हैं जो महत्वाकांक्षी हो, पर महत्वाकांक्षा में डूबी नहीं; जो आधुनिक हो, पर अपनी आध्यात्मिक जड़ों से विमुख नहीं; जो प्रश्न करे, पर श्रद्धा भी रखे; और जो भक्तिमय हो, और इसीलिए सेवा की ओर झुकी हो।

The purpose is not to withdraw young people from the world. It is to prepare them to enter the world with Dharma.

Our institutional journey

श्रीकृष्ण → गीता → ज्ञान → विवेक
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धर्म → कर्म → सेवा → लोकसंग्रह

Shri Krishna is the spiritual centre; the Gita transmits His teaching. Knowledge must mature into discernment; discernment must reveal Dharma; Dharma must guide action; and action must flower as Seva and Lokasangraha — the welfare and stability of society.

कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः।
लोकसंग्रहमेवापि सम्पश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि॥

Bhagavad Gita 3.20

Seva

Not separate from spiritual life.

Education, Annadaan, mentorship, preservation of knowledge and support for those in need are not separate from spiritual life. Properly undertaken, they are expressions of it.

Seva asks for compassion and respect, and no ego. The one who receives is never smaller than the one who gives.

सेवा में करुणा हो। सम्मान हो। अहंकार नहीं। सेवा पाने वाला, सेवा देने वाले से छोटा नहीं होता।