{"id":308000,"date":"2021-08-24T01:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T23:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/like-waves-dancing-in-the-ocean\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:42:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:42:36","slug":"like-waves-dancing-in-the-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/like-waves-dancing-in-the-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Like waves dancing in the ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Prof. Sureshchandra Upadhyaya has recently passed away. Indian teacher and scholar, profound connoisseur of Hindu culture. He met Chiara Lubich in 2001.<\/em>  The face adorned with a white beard that reached his belt. A small man from whom clear and essential thoughts emanated. Prof. Sureshchandra Upadhyaya was a person with a vast culture and profound spirituality. He was an expert in Sanskrit and Hindu culture which he continued to study \u00a0and spread also through his teaching activity. The meeting with Chiara Lubich and her charism in 2001 marked the beginning of a deep spiritual and intellectual friendship which included other Indian academics.  Prof. Upadhyaya was a leading exponent of the \u201cBharatiya Vidya Bhavan\u201d of Mumbai, the Institute of Indian Culture, present throughout India. He joined it in 1960 at the age of 28 as a Sanskrit teacher, then, in 1972, he was promoted to academic director and continued his career with great passion, guiding many students with their PhDs.  He received numerous awards, including: the \u201cEminent Vedic Scholar\u201d award of the University of Mumbai (India), the \u201cCertificate of Honour\u201d of the President of India, the \u201cEminent Sanskrit Scholar\u201d award of the Government of Country and the \u201cBest Teacher Award\u201d of the Government of the Indian State of Maharashtra.  On 5<sup>th<\/sup> January, 2001 in Coimbatore (India) in the hall of the Nani Kalai Arangam College, the award ceremony of the prestigious \u201cDefender of Peace Award\u201d to Chiara Lubich took place. There were 500 people present, mostly Hindus, a qualified audience including Prof. Upadhyaya. After listening to Chiara, he said, \u201cAs long as there are people like this, God is with us and one day the earth will become heaven. All faiths seek the truth and truth is nothing but love and peace as Chiara tells us \u201d.  Another time he said: \u201cChiara Lubich tangibly reveals to me that God can be experienced through profound unconditional love. As soon as you love God, you also love yourself and others as God loves the whole of creation. As you spread your love, your experience of God deepens within you and overflows out of you. Loving then becomes your very nature, like the flowers that emanate their fragrance all around. Driven by love and compassion, it flows effortlessly, self-forgetful, like<em> waves that dance in the divine ocean<\/em>. Let us be inspired by Chiara\u2019s commitment to live by loving one and all, to experience the presence of God inside and outside of us and to feel happy beyond all measure \u201d.  On 12<sup>th<\/sup> August, 2021, Prof. Upadhyaya finally reached the bliss of \u201cAnanda\u201d (the pure state of joy and happiness) about which he often spoke. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>A.M.A<\/em><\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2ID42kDSgrY  Here is the memory of Prof. Upadhyaya written by Roberto Catalano, professor of theology and practice of interreligious dialogue at the Sophia University Institute in Loppiano (Italy)  <a href=\"http:\/\/whydontwedialogue.blogspot.com\/2021\/08\/uppadhyaya-ji.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/whydontwedialogue.blogspot.com\/2021\/08\/uppadhyaya-ji.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Sureshchandra Upadhyaya has recently passed away. Indian teacher and scholar, profound connoisseur of Hindu culture. 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