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Darshan Education Foundation
Kirpal Ashram
Vijay Nagar
Delhi 110009
India
Tel: +91 274 145 45
Email: def@darshanacademy.org
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Meaning of the Darshan Academy Logo
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The logo for the Darshan
Academy schools was designed to reflect the purpose for which these schools were
created—to bring about the physical, mental, and spiritual development of each student.
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The blooming lotus flower represents the
unfolding of each student’s highest potential in life: physically, intellectually,
emotionally, ethically, and spiritually.
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The circles represent the potential of each student
to tap into academic knowledge and spiritual wisdom – the holistic development of
body, mind, and spirit – that the Darshan Academy schools foster. These include:
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Mastery of academic subjects such as reading, writing,
math, languages, science, and social studies;
Appreciation of the arts, such as poetry, literature,
music, and fine arts;
Development of the physical body through sports, wellness,
health, and fitness;
Experience in selfless service to make a contribution
to the world in a peaceful way;
Building skills in leadership, team-building, and conflict
resolution; and
Gaining spiritual experience through meditation on the
inner Light and Sound that that connects one with the Source of all wisdom and love,
the greatest power of all, the power of God.
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To represent the spiritual aspect of education,
the design can also be interpreted as a person sitting in meditation. It represents
the aspect of the spiritual curriculum in which students sit in silence to focus
within to discover their divine essence as soul. Through meditation, in which we
focus at the point between and behind the two eyebrows, one can connect with the
inner Light and Sound. Meditation leads to peace, gives students the ability to
concentrate which improves their studies, and opens up a doorway to experience firsthand
their true nature as soul, the inner spiritual realms, and God.
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The blue color of the lotus petals represents
the peace, serenity, and love which the Darshan Academy spiritual curriculum provides
with its period of meditation and its focus on ethical values.
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The five petals of the lotus flower signify the
five inner spiritual realms experienced in meditation.
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The red color of the semi-circle below the flower
represents the divine love and blessings of the Creator, supported and nurtured
by those who made Darshan Academy possible. This especially includes the founder
and inspiration for the school, the great Master Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj.
It includes the poet-saint, Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj, for whom the school was
named. It also includes those who developed the spiritual curriculum and programs
and those administrators, teachers, and staff who lovingly use those programs to
teach the students.
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The words, "Be good, do good, be one"
were given by Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj. "Be good" means to become
a good person, in which we are the abode of ethical virtues, including nonviolence,
truthfulness, purity, humility, love for all, and selfless service. "Do good"
means to be of service and help to others, including those who are different from
us, as one family of God. It also means to love and serve all creation, including
all human beings, living creatures, and our planet. "Be one" means to
perfect our spiritual practices and experience the oneness of our Creator. By doing
so, we help to bring about a world of peace, unity, and love.
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