The Logo
The logo of NSS fitted in the shield of Glory is imbued with its trust and loyalty, it provides to the manhood. The protective Shield enriched with its spike of Golden Grains consecrates wisdom for spreading the light of truthful knowledge, dispelling the darkness of ignorance. The best form of knowledge it dispenses, paves way to explore the vast ocean of knowledge and to uncover eternal life.
The Moto
Tamaso Maa Jyotir-Gamaya |
Lead me from darkness to light.” When the Vedas refer to darkness and light, they mean ignorance and knowledge, respectfully. This is so because ignorance, like darkness, obscures true understanding. And in the same way that the only remedy for darkness is light, the only remedy for ignorance is knowledge. The knowledge spoken of here is again the knowledge of one’s true nature.
Currently, in the darkness of our ignorance, we believe ourselves to be bound and limited (otherwise we would not be reciting these mantras in the first place). But the Guru and the scriptures are telling us that, in truth, we are not, never will be and never have been bound. Eternally we sat-cit-ananda. The only thing that can remove our ignorance regarding our true nature is a spiritual education at the hands of a True Master like Amma. At the culmination of such an education, light floods the room, as it were; darkness vanishes.