Pandurang Shastri Athavale

thumb|It is my experience that awareness of the nearness of God and reverence for that power create reverence for self, reverence for the other, reverence for nature and reverence for all of creation Pandurang Shastri Vaijnath Athavale (19 October 1920 – 25 October 2003), known as Dada (Gujarati: દાદા, Marathi: दादा), meaning elder brother in Marathi) was an Indian philosopher and social reformer who gave discourses upon the Hindu religious texts Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads. Quotes It is my experience that awareness of the nearness of God and reverence for that power create reverence for self, reverence for the other, reverence for nature and reverence for all of creation. Devotion as an expression of gratitude to God can turn into a social force and bring about transformative changes in all aspects of human life and at all levels of society. - Acceptance speech while receiving the 1997 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, from HRH Prince Philip at a public ceremony held in Westminster Abbey, May 6, 1997Leader of Spiritual Movement Wins $1.2 Million Religion Prize New York Times, March 6, 1997.. References External links The Official web portal of the Swadhyay Parivar : www.swadhyay.org Category:Philosophers from India Category:2003 deaths Category:Templeton Prize laureates