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Master in his address at Nagpur, after his others bring happiness whenever they go. Let
installation, made a profound statement which I us belong to the first category so that we will live
quote “Brethren, our collective aim now respected and die regretted.
onwards will be simple and that is “Where there May the consecration of Lodge Vidarbha
is a need, there is a Mason”. That will be our No.470 mark the beginning of a glorious era for
slogan for the next 3 years”. If we can follow this the Masonic movement in and around the
dictum of our beloved Grand Master and make industrial area of Butibori in the Vidarbha region
a difference to as many lives as possible, we in Maharastra which is the central most part of
would not only make this world a better place to India. May the blessings of the Great Architect
live but we will live in the hearts of those be bestowed on all of us.
beneficiaries for generations to follow and find a
place in their prayers. Whenever we are in a
position to help someone let us just do it,
because God is answering someone's prayer
through us.That is why it is said that helping
hands are holier than praying lips. Besides, the
beauty of life doesn't depend on how happy we
are but it depends on how happy God and other
fellow beings are because of us. Some people
bring happiness wherever they go. Some
Masonic Landmarks of our Fraternity

Masonic Landmarks are a set of principles that 5.The Hiramic legend of the Third Degree
many Freemasons claim to be "both ancient 6.The symbolism of the operative art
and unchangeable precepts of Masonry". 7.That a Mason be a man, freeborn, and of
Issues of the "regularity" of a Freemasonic age.
Lodge, Grand Lodge or Grand Orient are 8.The Volume of The Sacred Law — an
judged in the context of the Landmarks. essential part of the furniture of the Lodge.
Because each Grand Lodge is self-governing, 9.Prohibition of the discussion of Religion and
with no single body exercising authority over the Politics.
whole of Freemasonry, the interpretations of 10.A Grand Master is ultimately responsible for
these principles can and do vary, leading to the government of the fraternity. His
controversies of recognition. Different Masonic prerogatives to make freemasons at sight, to
jurisdictions have different Landmarks. Year grant dispensations for conferring degrees, to
1773 saw the publication of Book of establish “Lodges under dispensation” and to
Consititution. preside over every assembly of the Craft, are
The landmarks of the fraternity are inviolable. The equality between the brothers
1.The fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of is an unalterable principle.
man, the moral law, the Golden Rule, and the
hope of life everlasting.
2.Belief in a Supreme Being
3.Belief in a persistence of personality
4.A "book of law" as an indispensable part of the
"furniture" (or furnishings) of the Lodge

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