Renaissance Artists & Writers Association - R.A.W.A.

<body bgcolor="#000080" text="#FFFFFF" link="#00FFFF" vlink="#00FF00" alink="#FF00FF"> <p align="center"><a name="top"></a></p> <p align="center">Your browser does not support frames so you have reached RAWA's no-frame, text-only home page.</p> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="left"> <tr> <td valign="middle" align="center" height="45" width="45"><b><a href="http://www.ru.org" target="_top"><font face="Arial" size="1">HOME<font face="Arial" size="2"><br> </a></b><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="1">ru.org</td> <td valign="middle" align="center" height="45"> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><u><span style="text-decoration: overline"><b><font color="#00FFFF" face="Arial" size="4">Renaissance Artists & Writer's Association - RAWA<br> </b></span></u><i><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>Art for Service and Blessedness</b></i></td> <td valign="middle" align="center" height="45" width="45"><a href="http://www.ru.org/searcheng.htm"><b><font size="1"><font face="Arial">SEARCH<br> </b></a><font face="Arial" size="1">ru.org</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" align="center" height="45" width="45"></td> <td valign="middle" align="center" height="45"> <p align="left">  <p align="left">Art has the capacity to awaken social consciousness and lead a person towards spiritual self-realization. However, in the present age art has become a slave of both commercial and political interests. Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, (RAWA), was founded by Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar in India in 1958 in order to restore art to its true role as an instrument for social and spiritual awakening. He envisioned a New Artistic Renaissance where artists and writers would unite and inspire society to move forward in a progressive direction. </p> <p align="left">RAWA is working to achieve these aims through the following programmes: <br> 1. formation of artists cooperatives <br> 2. sponsoring art exhibitions <br> 3. publication and production of recordings, books and journals <br> 4. organizing concerts, theatrical productions, and other events which provide a  means for deserving artists to reach the public <br> 5. holding meetings and  conferences where artists can discuss  their common problems and interests <br> 6. encouraging artists and writers to participate in social service programmes</p> <p align="left">RAWA's founder, P. R. Sarkar, composed <a href="ps.htm">5018 songs</a> and wrote several essays on the role of the artist in society. His essay, "The Practice of Art and Literature", has inspired artists around the world to begin to reverse the tide of materialism and  to create an art "for service and  blessedness".</p> </td> <td valign="middle" align="center" height="45" width="45"> <p align="left"></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align="center"> </p>   <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a name="project"></a></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial Black" size="4">The Renaissance Millennium Project </p> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="60%" valign="top"><font color="#FFFFFF"><span style="text-transform: uppercase"><font face="Arial Black">This site is under construction!</span><p><font size="2">We are soliciting materials for the following projects:<br> <br> <font SIZE="2"><b>The Artist as Shaman<br> </b>Self realization through the making of art, the cosmic dance of the artist.</p> <p><font SIZE="2"><b>The Body Adorned<br> </b>Utilizing the body as a means of worship and expression of the inner Divine -k<font SIZE="2">iirtan, dance, painting or decorating the body. </p> <p><font SIZE="2"><b>Higher Octaves</b><br> The voice as a means of devotion, utilizing music as spiritual inspiration, from the Gregorian Chants to trance music of the club scene</p> <p><b><font size="2">If you wish to contribute to this site or get more information on RAWA please contact the <a href="mailto:unmantrananda@anandamarga.net">Renaissance Millennium Project</a></b></p> </td> <td valign="top"><b><i><font color="#FFFFFF">    <br>      </i><font color="#FFFFFF"><i>"</i>Art or literature is one of the sources by which the common people are inspired to establish themselves in the Cosmic Mental Sphere. That is why the effort (sadhana) of the artist or the writer through the ages has been to see the one among the many, to lead many to the path of One.<font color="#FFFFFF">"</b> <p align="right"><b><a href="http://www.anandamarga.net/sarkar.htm" target="_blank">P. R. Sarkar<br> </a></b><font size="2">Founder of RAWA</p> <p align="left"><b><a href="#quotes"><font face="Arial" size="2">more quotes</a></b></p> <p align="left"> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><a name="ps"></a></p> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="15" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="70%" valign="top" align="left"><b><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial" size="4">Prabha'ta Sam'giita</b> <p><b>  </b>  Prabha'ta Sam'giita is a new trend in the  world of music. It is named after its composer Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar. In Sanskrit <i>Prabha'ta</i> (pronounced "prabhat") means dawn and <i>Sam'giita</i> (pronounced "sangeet") means song, hence the the compositions are also known as Songs of the New Dawn. They came into being when Prabhata Ranjan Sarkar composed his first song at Deoghar, India on September 14, 1982. Over the span of eight years the treasure of Prabhata Samgiita  grew rich in content, style and variety. On October 20th, 1990, the day before P. R. Sarkar's worldly departure, the number of Prabhata Samgiita stood at a staggering 5018.</p> <p>     In Prabha'ta Sam'giita one will find a variety of temperaments such as devotional songs, songs of mystical love, songs of social consciousness and ecology, marching songs, songs depicting various stages, feelings and experiences in spiritual meditation, songs on seasons, songs on Krsna and Shiva and many more. The composer used a variety of forms and styles with elements spanning from classical to folk music. </p> <p>     Prabha'ta Sam'giita is now a full-fledged school of music with its own distinct style. It has heralded a new dawn in the realm of music and culture. It inspires the singers and listeners to shake off depression, melancholy and fatigue, and generate vitality in life. Novelty, excellence and uniqueness in its inner spirit, rhythm and tempo and melody are the hallmarks of these songs, blended with the view to give a wonderful supra-aesthetic effect to the human  mind.  With its strong sublime ideation and feeling of optimism in reaching one's spiritual goal, Prabha'ta Sam'giita are an embodiment of the inner truth of human life.</td> <td valign="top" align="right">  <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p align="center"> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a name="quotes"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><font face="Arial Black" size="4">QUOTES</p> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="90%"> <tr> <td width="100%"><b><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial Narrow">The following quotes are from <a href="http://www.anandamarga.org/sarkar.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial Narrow">P. R. Sarkar's</a><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial Narrow"> work Abhimata, The Opinion. <br>     </b> <p align="left"><b>     <font color="#FFFFFF">"The ideal of an artist is to be established in a transcendent realm, beyond the limits of the senses. So the artist, or more precisely, the worshippers  of fine arts, have to be spiritual aspirants. Only those who look upon everything of the world as Spirit can realize in everything a subtle, blissful, Transcendental Entity. The greater the artists' understanding of their kinship with God, the greater their art. Those who possess a creative faculty yet do not seek the Transcendental Entity, cannot create a worthy or successful work of art.<font color="#FFFFFF">"</b></p> <p align="left"> <b>   <font color="#FFFFFF"> "Though separated by many countries, many states, many religions, many communities or by many languages, the human race is an indivisible entity. Every human mind is but  the diversified individual manifestations of that same indivisible Cosmic Mind. Today we look forward to the advent of that artist, that writer who will convey this truth to the hearts of humanity in a still sweeter language, still more strongly and deeply.<font color="#FFFFFF">"</b></p> <p align="center"> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a name="addresses"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><font face="Arial Black" size="4">ADDRESES</p> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="90%"> <tr> <td width="42%"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>Indian subcontinent:  <a href="mailto:rawa-del@rawa.net">rawa-del@rawa.net</a></b></td> <td></td> <td width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>North & Central America: <a href="mailto:rawa-nys@rawa.net">rawa-nys@rawa.net</a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>East Asia:  <a href="mailto:rawa-hk@rawa.net">rawa-hks@rawa.net</a></b></td> <td></td> <td width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>South America:  <a href="mailto:rawa-gts@rawa.net">rawa-gts@rawa.net</a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>South East Asia:  <a href="mailto:rawa-mnl@rawa.net">rawa-mnl@rawa.net</a></b></td> <td><b><font face="Arial" size="4">@</b></td> <td width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b> Western Europe:  <a href="mailto:rawa-ber@rawa.net">rawa-ber@rawa.net</a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>ASouth Pacific:  <a href="mailto:rawa-man@rawa.net">rawa-suv@rawa.net</a><br> <br> Sub Sahara Africa: <a href="mailto:rawa-nai@rawa.net">rawa-nai@rawa.net</a></b></td> <td width="50"> <p align="left"></td> <td width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>Balkans, Middle East & North Africa:<br> <br> <a href="mailto:rawa-hellas">rawa-hellas@rawa.net</a></b></td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <p align="center"><a href="#top">To Top of Page</a></p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><a href="mailto:webmaster@rawa.net"><b>WEBMASTER</b></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p> </p> </body>