A renaissance
We mean to see this inheritance flourish again. Not kept as a relic, but built anew, in great works and in lives held to a higher standard.
सूत्रधार · the thread-holder
We hold the threads.
A fellowship of young people, bound in common purpose across the world, devoted to the renewal of a great inheritance and to the building of what outlasts us.
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The Weave
One thread is a single life. Woven together, they are a tradition, and we are here to keep the weave whole.
A fellowship
Bound in solidarity and common purpose, we stand for one another, answer when called, and hold one another to a mark few keep.
A shared greatness
Greatness here is shared by design, handed from one set of hands to the next.
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The Mark
Our mark is three threads, bound as one: a vow we keep and a standard we answer to. The Sanskrit सूत्र means both thread and aphorism: the line you follow, and the truth worth keeping short.
- The trinity त्रिमूर्ति
- Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva: the making, the keeping, and the change that clears the way for more. One movement told in three turns.
- The three guṇas गुण
- Sattva, rajas, tamas: clarity, motion, and stillness, the qualities woven through all things, and through us.
- The vow
- Purity in thought, word, and deed. A thread worn against the body is a reminder you cannot set down.
- The thread-holder सूत्रधार
- The sūtradhāra holds every strand in time, as the director holds a play. We took the name, and answer to it.
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Joining Us
The Society gathers bi-annually. Membership is by invitation only.
We keep no register and run no campaign. Members find their way in through those already here.