Do not bother. pursue only one and be sure and confident that all other things / virtues will follow you . but in cultivating one virtue you should be sincere . understand the meaning of sincerity . many teachers / preachers / saint / sadhus / monks /pandits / maulavis / books tell you many goods to be aspired and many bads to be omitted / some give you to follow five , some ten , and some eleven and some hundred . but i say , take one quality that you like and be ready to cultivate it at any cost .if you insist for one and win it , the single one , be sure , all / most of qualities are there with you .make the choice from among any , see ! for example - take Harishchand for Truth ; Lord Bauddha for compassion (Karunaa) ; Jesus for Love ; Muhammad for Brotherhood ; and Mahavir and Gandhi for Nonviolence (Ahimsaa ). take any Hero for one Virtue and begin to try to practice sincerely in your life and society . see the result , as you grow in that one chosen virtue others virtues and qualities come in to you as water comes to Sea by different rivers , unwanted and not demanded . you may ask what did then Sea do to achieve this , yes that is Humility . Sea has gone so humble that it has decided to set itself in the lowest place on Earth to live in . humility is the seed of virtues . so pursue only one virtue , that i say .
you take one way of action to achieve your goal and when achieved, the targeted , the other goal / quality / virtue is coupled and cuddled with your- achieved . all the knowledge is one not breakable in fragments . you achieve one , you find all / whole . this is the Golden Rule of the RIT /Nature . see ! great Rishi Shankaracharya was a Sanyasin and his pursuit was knowledge but after he achieved knowledge he became a devotee (bhakt ) Kabir , Mira ,Tulasi Nanak were Devotees and achieved knowledge . King Janak was a karm yogi/ an administrater and was known for his perfect knowledge . you can achieve all by practicing one ; Gyan <>Bhakti <> Karm . Likewise - Love <> Non -violence <>Brotherhood <>Compassion <> Truth <> Humility . and so on and so forth .
In reality there are only two sides/ ways / ends - the one is Good and the other is BAD. all that is good lead to God hood And those bad lead to Satanic/Demonic cult . the man is the material , the raw material from whom the God and Devils are molded . if you go to right direction , you will have to pursue at least one virtue to the end and you are happy to know that you are a success . (Why Good and Why Bad is an other subject to discuss separately)
Thus i give you the simplest formula to follow that could be , of a very hard , most difficult and complicated road of life that intend to go on path of goodness . PURSUE only one VIRTUE and OTHERS will and will follow . do not bother , do not confuse , do not doubt , do not discuss and do not argue , start just now ; to aspire for one of your choice , only one and have the all . God may bless / help you ''योगम् क्षेमं वहाम्यअहम् '' तुम योग का आरंभ करो , क्षेम का वहन मै करूंगा , अर्थात तुम्हे मंजिल तक जाने में पूरी पूरी मदद करूंगा , चिंता मत करो । -- गीता में श्री कृष्ण
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
WISDOM OF UPNISHADA. .
There are three basic and important questions / problems in human life . 1 - what is Truth ? 2 - what should we do ? 3 - what should we not do ?. answers of these three questions are given in two lines only in Ishavashya Upanishada .(the smallest and the best of all Upnishdas having only 18 shlokas in all . ) but as i think , the first shloka of this Upnishada is the key shloka and other 17 shlokas are in the support of this one , the first . and all the above three questions are answered in a way that excel all knowledge and learning . these lines were written about 5000 years ago are still relevant in our lives , universal and true on the eve of scientific discoveries . these lines are ------
'' ईशा वास्यम इदं सर्वम् यत् किंच जगत्याम जगत :: तेन त्यख्तेन भुंजीथा , मा गृधः कस्यस्विद धनम् । '' । ०१।
In the first line it says , '' this whole creation is pervaded by ISHA ( universal soul ) . the answer of the first question . now the first half of the second line says , -'' whatsoever (health , wealth ,place , country , body , mind , ability and intelligence ) has been come to you as your share enjoy it all (at least wish to enjoy it for 100 years, said in other shloka ). now there in two words MAA GRIDAH , there is negation ; not to covet /greed /envy others' and for more than allotted to you . in the last two words, the reason ,not to covet , has been given by raising a question , i. e. who is the owner of this worldly wealth ? none except Ishaa. ( because this world and worldly wealth is doomed to suffer , fail and die ) all in this world is ephemeral , so enjoy that you have ; do not covet for more and envy others' .
the English version of this shloka goes like this . '' whatsoever that exists in this temporary world is the manifestation of God /Ishaa . He is in all , in and out and in all times . He has given you your share , enjoy it to full ; do not covet for more and envy others . this external world and its' possessions are doomed to die .
*** some references are taken from other shlokas . for detail , read Ishaavashya Upnishad and all the 18 shlokas . but what is use of going in detail . '' ( किमन्य शास्त्र विशतरै )
In my humble opinion this one shloka is master guide , if we sincerely follow in practice in our lives . all the bads in our lives are because of greed . greed is the root cause of all the evils .all other evils are originated in / from greed . that is why greed is being negated . again you are advised to enjoy your life in full .
'' ईशा वास्यम इदं सर्वम् यत् किंच जगत्याम जगत :: तेन त्यख्तेन भुंजीथा , मा गृधः कस्यस्विद धनम् । '' । ०१।
In the first line it says , '' this whole creation is pervaded by ISHA ( universal soul ) . the answer of the first question . now the first half of the second line says , -'' whatsoever (health , wealth ,place , country , body , mind , ability and intelligence ) has been come to you as your share enjoy it all (at least wish to enjoy it for 100 years, said in other shloka ). now there in two words MAA GRIDAH , there is negation ; not to covet /greed /envy others' and for more than allotted to you . in the last two words, the reason ,not to covet , has been given by raising a question , i. e. who is the owner of this worldly wealth ? none except Ishaa. ( because this world and worldly wealth is doomed to suffer , fail and die ) all in this world is ephemeral , so enjoy that you have ; do not covet for more and envy others' .
the English version of this shloka goes like this . '' whatsoever that exists in this temporary world is the manifestation of God /Ishaa . He is in all , in and out and in all times . He has given you your share , enjoy it to full ; do not covet for more and envy others . this external world and its' possessions are doomed to die .
*** some references are taken from other shlokas . for detail , read Ishaavashya Upnishad and all the 18 shlokas . but what is use of going in detail . '' ( किमन्य शास्त्र विशतरै )
In my humble opinion this one shloka is master guide , if we sincerely follow in practice in our lives . all the bads in our lives are because of greed . greed is the root cause of all the evils .all other evils are originated in / from greed . that is why greed is being negated . again you are advised to enjoy your life in full .
Monday, April 27, 2009
विनयपत्रिका से
हरी आपने मेरे ऊपर बहुत से अनुग्रह किए हैं ;आपने मुझे मनुष्य बनाया और जीवन में बहुत बड़े बड़े उपकार किए ;परन्तु अब आपसे कुछ और मांगता हूँ क्योंकि आप अति उदार हैं अतः मेरी एक और मांग स्वीकार कर लें । मेरी मन रूपी मछली विषय रूपी जल से एक क्षण के लिए भी अलग होना नही चाहती , इसी से दारुण दुःख भोग रहा हूँ । आप अपनी कृपा को डोर बनायें अपने चरणों को वंशी का कांटा और उसमें प्रेम का चारा लगाकर मुझे फंसा लीजिये । इससे आपका मनोरंजन भी होगा और मेरा उद्धार भी । हे हरी आपने ही यह बंधन बांधा है , आप ही मुक्त करिए ।
विनय -पत्रिका । १०२ । तुलसीदासजी
तू दयाल है तो मै दिन ; तू दानी तो मै भिखारी ; तू पाप समूहों का नाशक तो मै भी प्रसिद्द पापी हूँ ; तू अनाथों का नाथ तो मेरे जैसा अनाथ कहाँ मिले गा ; तुम आर्त लोगो का दुःख हरने में बेजोड़ हो तो मेरे जैसा आर्त भी नही कोई इस दुनिया में ; तू ब्रह्म तो मै जीव और तुम स्वामी तो मै सेवक ; पिता ,माता ,गुरु , सखा सभी रूपों में तू मेरा हित चिन्तक है ; मेरे तुम्हारे रिश्ते तो अनेकानेक बनते हैं ; तुम्हे जो भी पसंद हो चुन लो और उसी को मानकर जिस किसी भी तरह अपने चरणों में शरण दो । वही । ७९ ।
निम्न कारणों से मै बहुत पहले ही इसीलिए आपकी शरण में आ गया हूँ , ज्ञान , वैराग्य , भक्ति , साधन , तो मुझे सपने में भी नहीं मिले , दूसरी तरफ़ लोभ -मोह - मद -काम क्रोध ऐ सारे दुश्मन रात दिन मेरे पीछे पड़े हैं ; इन सब से मिलकर मेरा मन कुपथ पर चला गया है और अब तो मेरे वश में नहीं इनसे फिरना , तुम्हारे से भले फ़िर जायं । संत तो कहते हैं ए विषय दोषों के घर और शोकप्रद हैं , यह जानकर भी इन्ही से अनुराग है मुझे , यह स्यात् आपकी वजह से है । आप तो विष को अमृत और आग को हिम बना सकते हैं और बिना नावके उस पार करने वाले हैं । मालिक तो बहुतेरे हैं परन्तु तुम जैसा कृपालु और हित करने वाला कहाँ मिलेगा , ऐसा समझ कर और भलीभांति jankar मै तो केवल एक तुम्हारे भरोसे ही rahataa hun । यह जीवन की विपत्ति जाल तो कहे ते मोहि । बिसारो । जानत ।
kahe te हरि mohi bisaro
jaanat निज महिमा मेरे अघ तदपि न नाथ सम्हारो । पतित पुनीत दीन हित असरन सरन कहत श्रुति चारो ॥
हौं नहीं अधम सभीत दीन किन्धौं वेदन मृषा पुकारो । खग गनिका गज ब्याधि पांति जहँ तहं हौहूँ बैठारो ॥
अब केहिं लाज कृपानिधान ! परसत पनवारो फारो । जौ कलिकाल प्रबल अति होतो तुव निदेस ते न्यारो ॥
तौ हरि रोष भरोस दोस गुन तेहि भजतो तजि गारो । मसक बिरंचि बिरंचि मसक सम करै प्रभाऊतिहारो ॥
यह सामरथ अछत मोहिं त्यागहु नाथ तहाँ कछु चारो । नाहिन नरक परत मोकह डर हौं यद्यपि अति हारो ॥
यह बडि त्रास दास तुलसी के नामहु पाप न जारो । वही । ९४ ।
विनय -पत्रिका । १०२ । तुलसीदासजी
तू दयाल है तो मै दिन ; तू दानी तो मै भिखारी ; तू पाप समूहों का नाशक तो मै भी प्रसिद्द पापी हूँ ; तू अनाथों का नाथ तो मेरे जैसा अनाथ कहाँ मिले गा ; तुम आर्त लोगो का दुःख हरने में बेजोड़ हो तो मेरे जैसा आर्त भी नही कोई इस दुनिया में ; तू ब्रह्म तो मै जीव और तुम स्वामी तो मै सेवक ; पिता ,माता ,गुरु , सखा सभी रूपों में तू मेरा हित चिन्तक है ; मेरे तुम्हारे रिश्ते तो अनेकानेक बनते हैं ; तुम्हे जो भी पसंद हो चुन लो और उसी को मानकर जिस किसी भी तरह अपने चरणों में शरण दो । वही । ७९ ।
निम्न कारणों से मै बहुत पहले ही इसीलिए आपकी शरण में आ गया हूँ , ज्ञान , वैराग्य , भक्ति , साधन , तो मुझे सपने में भी नहीं मिले , दूसरी तरफ़ लोभ -मोह - मद -काम क्रोध ऐ सारे दुश्मन रात दिन मेरे पीछे पड़े हैं ; इन सब से मिलकर मेरा मन कुपथ पर चला गया है और अब तो मेरे वश में नहीं इनसे फिरना , तुम्हारे से भले फ़िर जायं । संत तो कहते हैं ए विषय दोषों के घर और शोकप्रद हैं , यह जानकर भी इन्ही से अनुराग है मुझे , यह स्यात् आपकी वजह से है । आप तो विष को अमृत और आग को हिम बना सकते हैं और बिना नावके उस पार करने वाले हैं । मालिक तो बहुतेरे हैं परन्तु तुम जैसा कृपालु और हित करने वाला कहाँ मिलेगा , ऐसा समझ कर और भलीभांति jankar मै तो केवल एक तुम्हारे भरोसे ही rahataa hun । यह जीवन की विपत्ति जाल तो कहे ते मोहि । बिसारो । जानत ।
kahe te हरि mohi bisaro
jaanat निज महिमा मेरे अघ तदपि न नाथ सम्हारो । पतित पुनीत दीन हित असरन सरन कहत श्रुति चारो ॥
हौं नहीं अधम सभीत दीन किन्धौं वेदन मृषा पुकारो । खग गनिका गज ब्याधि पांति जहँ तहं हौहूँ बैठारो ॥
अब केहिं लाज कृपानिधान ! परसत पनवारो फारो । जौ कलिकाल प्रबल अति होतो तुव निदेस ते न्यारो ॥
तौ हरि रोष भरोस दोस गुन तेहि भजतो तजि गारो । मसक बिरंचि बिरंचि मसक सम करै प्रभाऊतिहारो ॥
यह सामरथ अछत मोहिं त्यागहु नाथ तहाँ कछु चारो । नाहिन नरक परत मोकह डर हौं यद्यपि अति हारो ॥
यह बडि त्रास दास तुलसी के नामहु पाप न जारो । वही । ९४ ।
Friday, April 24, 2009
LEARNING OF SENSE OF PROPORTION
Many statements given in very nonsensical way have great sense and wisdom and every man in search of wisdom should try to understand these kind of expressions by those great engineers of words and expressions . these statements are very common in expression but have far going sense of understanding . there are many , in world philosophy and thoughts , some of them are given here to give you the style to be carried on to add and enrich your way of thinking and understanding .
'' I may be the wisest man in Athens , because only i know that i am a fool .''
'' I know only one thing that i know nothing .'' - Socrates .
'' Beautiful is not always good but good is always beautiful .''
''Wise men use their enemies better than fools their friends . ''
''There is no great genius without some touch of madness . ''
''Those proud in humility are proud in that they are not proud . ''
''It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance .''
''To be ignorant is first step to learning. .''
''Judges are men ( with pride and prejudices ).''
''The best of men is , who thinks / is ; what he appears .''
''Blessed are those who are poor , hungry , hapless and neglected as God love them . ''
'' We are born free but every where in chains . ''
''Have only one habit that there should be no habit at all .''
''Poor of the world ! be united for you have nothing to lose but your chains and whole world to win .'' -Marx
''Arjun ! if you win , the kingdom is your and if lose go to heaven , so fight . '' - Lord Krishna
'' The hell is not good , but it is good that hell is , the road toward hell is paved with good intention . ''
'' Every moment you live because every moment you die . (breathing-in and out is slow death . )''
'' When you are not , God is there and when you are , you are nothing .'' --Kabir .
'' The simpler you grow , the greater you become . ''
'' You are the smallest and you are the greatest and you are therefore The God .'' - Upnishad
-------........ advised more studies , like- wise .
'' I may be the wisest man in Athens , because only i know that i am a fool .''
'' I know only one thing that i know nothing .'' - Socrates .
'' Beautiful is not always good but good is always beautiful .''
''Wise men use their enemies better than fools their friends . ''
''There is no great genius without some touch of madness . ''
''Those proud in humility are proud in that they are not proud . ''
''It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance .''
''To be ignorant is first step to learning. .''
''Judges are men ( with pride and prejudices ).''
''The best of men is , who thinks / is ; what he appears .''
''Blessed are those who are poor , hungry , hapless and neglected as God love them . ''
'' We are born free but every where in chains . ''
''Have only one habit that there should be no habit at all .''
''Poor of the world ! be united for you have nothing to lose but your chains and whole world to win .'' -Marx
''Arjun ! if you win , the kingdom is your and if lose go to heaven , so fight . '' - Lord Krishna
'' The hell is not good , but it is good that hell is , the road toward hell is paved with good intention . ''
'' Every moment you live because every moment you die . (breathing-in and out is slow death . )''
'' When you are not , God is there and when you are , you are nothing .'' --Kabir .
'' The simpler you grow , the greater you become . ''
'' You are the smallest and you are the greatest and you are therefore The God .'' - Upnishad
-------........ advised more studies , like- wise .
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
RAISING OF UNDERSTANDING .
We are always in search of competent / perfect Guru but the intellectual Shankara charya is of opinion that not perfect Guru but perfect student is required to achieve perfect knowledge . knowledge is universal and pervading the whole creation / universe in the form of consciousness . now it is individual ability raised to this consciousnees . the more you raise your receptivity , the more you understand and realize it . विद्या ददाति विनयम् विनयाद पात्रताम our formal education gives us receptivity and the moment we have the receptivity knowledge comes to us without any effort or Guru or school . you can learn it from stones , plants , animals , say ; the whole nature there to your service to open all the secrets of this universe . it is said one rishi called Dattatreya had many Gurues including a prostitute . this approves the fact thatit is student who is able to have the whole knowledge of this universe provided he is good / competent recepter . so we should increase our hunger for knowledge and raise our receptibility . if one goes to sea , he can fetch the water with his pot that he has and not more than that . but on the other if you go to sea and live with it you can use the whol of the sea . this is what with knowledge . we have to raise ourselves up to the sea and the whole of the sea is ours . it is open to all . Guru is not needed .
The second thing that is importent is clarity in learning and not confussion . you have to delete much of that you have learnt wrong . when you feel that there is some confussion in learning , means you are lead to wrong track . there is no contradiction in knowledge i.e. pure knowledge . say what Vedant tells you or Qura'n or Bible Or any authority of knowledge is trust worthy and if you feel some problem it means your understanding is mislead or unable to follow or the meaning you draw is out of refernce . it is sure that the moment you feel no difference between what Vedas and Qura'n or Bible says . or say you will come to the same that is told by any living and non-living in this nature . each and all speak to you and the same thing , the same fact that is truth and TRUTH AND TRUTH and nothing else .
The moment you begin to feel unity in this universe ,know that your efforts are going to bear fruit. when you begin to feel with that you smile with a flower or weep with a unhappy child , or hungry with hungry , you are nearer the door of knowledge . right knowledge reduces the doubts and the wrong on the other side raise doubts . there are many such words and statements that clear all of our doubts in Vedant and leave no chance of any question to be raised or unanswered . such are - THAT I AM == THAT THOU ART == SERV KHALU IDAM BRAHM == ISHAVASHYAM IDAM SERVAM . सो अहम् अस्मि == तत त्वं असि ==सर्व खलु इदं ब्रह्म == ईशावाश्यम इदं सर्वं ।
The second thing that is importent is clarity in learning and not confussion . you have to delete much of that you have learnt wrong . when you feel that there is some confussion in learning , means you are lead to wrong track . there is no contradiction in knowledge i.e. pure knowledge . say what Vedant tells you or Qura'n or Bible Or any authority of knowledge is trust worthy and if you feel some problem it means your understanding is mislead or unable to follow or the meaning you draw is out of refernce . it is sure that the moment you feel no difference between what Vedas and Qura'n or Bible says . or say you will come to the same that is told by any living and non-living in this nature . each and all speak to you and the same thing , the same fact that is truth and TRUTH AND TRUTH and nothing else .
The moment you begin to feel unity in this universe ,know that your efforts are going to bear fruit. when you begin to feel with that you smile with a flower or weep with a unhappy child , or hungry with hungry , you are nearer the door of knowledge . right knowledge reduces the doubts and the wrong on the other side raise doubts . there are many such words and statements that clear all of our doubts in Vedant and leave no chance of any question to be raised or unanswered . such are - THAT I AM == THAT THOU ART == SERV KHALU IDAM BRAHM == ISHAVASHYAM IDAM SERVAM . सो अहम् अस्मि == तत त्वं असि ==सर्व खलु इदं ब्रह्म == ईशावाश्यम इदं सर्वं ।
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