Friday, January 22, 2010

Goswamiji Tulsidas

Goswamiji Tulsidas is known to everybody for his Rambhakti and hindu scriptures eg. Ramcharitmanas , Vinaypatrika , dohavali , Kavitavali , Hanumanchalisa
etc. He was devotee as well as a great social welfare seer . He tried in Ramcharitmanas to teach the human beings a noble life . Vedas are said to be oldest scripures
which describe of the nature and the almighty . Sadadhar prithavidyamutemam kasme devay havisha vidhem , this vedmantra cites the almighty to be one . Gita
also cites the humans to be of two types only.Dwau bhootasargau loke’smin daiva aasura eva cha;Daivo vistarashah proktah aasuram paartha me shrinu. There are two types of beings in this world—the divine and the demoniacal; the divinehas been described at length; hear from Me, O Arjuna, of the demoniacal! Similarly Goswamiji wrote in Ramcharitmanas that there are no confusions regarding
God and regarding Dharm or religion also . He described the definitions as...Parhit saris dharm nahi bhayee, par peeda sam nahi adhamayee . It says that there is
no religion other than helping the needy and serving the humanity . The people who do not follow the nature and do not preserve the environment and hurt the
creatures are most unreligious and sinful .Tulsidasji described the qualities of a good friend...je na mitra dukha hohin dukhari, tinhahi bilokata pataka bhari.nija dukha giri sama raja kari jana, mitraka dukha raja meru samana. jinha ke asi mati sahaja na ayee, te satha kata hathi karata mitayee.kupatha nivari supantha chalava, guna pragatai avagunanhi durava. deta leta mana sanka na dharai, bala anumana sada hita karai.bipati kala kara sataguna neha, sruti kaha santa mitra guna eha. age kaha mridu bacana banai, pachhe ¡ anahita mana kutlai.ja kara chita ahi gati sama bhai, asa kumitra pariharehiu bhalai. sevaka satha nripa kripana kunari, kapati mitra suula sama chari .One would incur great sin by the very sight of those who are not distressed tosee the distress of a friend. A man should regard his own mountain-like troubles asof no more account than a mere grain of sand, while the troubles of a friend shouldappear to him like Mount Sumeru, though really they may be as trifling as a grain of sand. Those fools who are not of such a temperament presume in vain to
make friendswith anybody. A friend should restrain his companion from the evil path and lead himon the path of virtue; he should proclaim the latters good points and screen his faults,should give and take things without any scruple and serve his friends interest to thebest of his ability and finding him in distress love him a hundred times more than ever.The Vedas declare these to be the qualities of a noble friend. He, however, whocontrives to speak bland words to your face and harms you behind your back andharbours some evil design in his heart, and whose mind is as tortuous as the movementsof a snake is an unworthy friend and one had better bid good-bye to such a friend. Astupid servant, a stingy monarch, a bad wife and a false friendsthese four aretormenting like a pike. At last Tulsidas prays to that Almighty...jaki kripa lavalesa te matimanda tulasidasahun ,payo parama bishramu . who else cancompare with Him as a disinterested friend and a bestower of eternal bliss? Nowherecan we find an almighty, by an iota of whose grace even the dull-wittedTulasidasa has found SUPREME PEACE .

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