Saturday, January 30, 2010

The Garbage

Developments are increasing . These developments are achieved by scientific inventions called Technology . Naturally things produce garbage , so these physical
facilities are producing physical and mental garbages . People are trying to dispose off physical garbage but the resul is zero . India has the solution and that is ,
remove mental garbage and find relief from all garbages . Mental garbage is of two type..Manobhav and Maya .Manobhav[ god of love ] is male and it is produced by mental
illness and maya[ deluding potency ] is female and produced by physical facilities . Goswamiji Tulsidas has narrated a beautiful story of Rishi Narda who has become a prey of
garbages .In the Himalaya mountains there was a most sacred cave; the beautiful heavenlystream (Ganga) flowed near by. The sight of this most holy and charming hermitage highlyattracted the mind of the celestial sage Narada. Seeing the mountain, the river and theforest glades, his heart developed love for the feet of Lakshmis lord. The thought of Haribroke the spell of the curse* (pronounced by Daksha a saint , which did not allow him to stay at oneplace); and his mind, which was naturally sinless, fell into a trance. Seeing the sagescondition, Indra (the chief of gods) became apprehensive. Summoning the god of love, hereceived him with great honour and said, For my sake go with your associates! The godof love (who has a fish emblazoned on his standard) set out gladdened at heart. Indraapprehended that the celestial sage sought to occupy his abode. Those who are lustful andgrasping are afraid of everyone like the evil-minded crow.Just as a foolish dog, on seeing a king of beasts[ lion ], should run away with a dry bone,fearing in his crass ignorance lest the lion should rob him of it, Indra too in hisshamelessness thought as above.When the god of love reached that hermitage, he created a semblance of thevernal season by his illusory power. In dire dismay the god of love with his accomplices acknowledged his defeat andclasped the sages feet, addressing him in accents of deep humility. Narada told Almighty all the doings of MANOBHAV[ god of Love ].Almighty said most formidable is the MAYA (deluding potency) . No one was ever born in this world, who is beyond its charm.With an impassive look, yet in coaxing accents, said the Lord, By your verythought self-delusion, lust, arrogance and pride disappear, O narda .Almighty constructed a city, of which king brought and showed the princess to narada and said, Tell me aftermature thought all that is good or bad about her.Seeing her beauty the sage forgot all about his dispassion and remained gazingon her for a long time. When he read the auspicious marks on her body, he was lostin reverie. He was gladdened at heart, but he would not openly mention the happycharacteristics. He who weds this girl, he said to himself, Shall become immortal;and no one shall be able to conquer him in battle. He whom she selectsfor her lord shall be adored by the entire creation, both animate and inanimate. Havingread these characteristics the sage kept them to himself, and mentioned a fewfabricated ones to the king. Telling the king that his daughter was of good promise,Narada left. He thought within himself, Let me devise and try some means wherebythe princess may choose me for her husband. He had no more zeal to practise Japa(muttering of sacred formulas) or austerity. Good God, how am I to get the girl? hesaid to himself.Suddenly he asked the almighty to give his beauty so that the girl marrys him.Finally god gave the ugly face to narda and was insulted by the girl and thus the manobhav and maya garbage was kept aside and Narda was free .

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 .

Friday, January 1, 2010

Human Life

Vishisht Advaita is knowing the real truth of human life and that has been explained in Vedas . Rishi Valmiki explained in Ramayan that the true translation of Vedas Gyan is Bhakti of Bhagwan Rama . Rishi Vedvyas explained it in Mahabharat AND narrating Gita by Bhagwan Krsn , incarnation of Rama .

This has also been explained in Sribhagwatam that there remained a confusion between Gyan and Bhakti and to emphasize that the true Gyan is Devotion or Bhakti , Vedvyasji narrated the Krsn as supreme , therefore to be more clear about VISHISHTA ADVAITA I quote the following shlokas …

Aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate;
Iti matwaa bhajante maam budhaa bhaavasamanvitaah.
I am the source of all; from Me everything evolves; understanding thus, the wise,
endowed with meditation, worship Me.
Macchittaa madgatapraanaa bodhayantah parasparam;
Kathayantashcha maam nityam tushyanti cha ramanti cha.
With their minds and lives entirely absorbed in Me, enlightening each other and always
speaking of Me, they are satisfied and delighted.
Teshaam satatayuktaanaam bhajataam preetipoorvakam;
Dadaami buddhiyogam tam yena maamupayaanti te.To them who are ever steadfast, worshipping Me with love, I give the Yoga of
discrimination by which they come to Me.
The devotees who have dedicated themselves to the Lord, who are ever
harmonious and self-abiding, who adore Him with intense love, who are ever devout, obtain the
Divine Grace.
Teshaam evaanukampaartham aham ajnaanajam tamah;
Naashayaamyaatmabhaavastho jnaanadeepena bhaaswataa.
Out of mere compassion for them, I, dwelling within their Self, destroy the darkness
born of ignorance by the luminous lamp of knowledge.

Let me hope that this 2010 turns whole WORLD to Bhakti or Devotion to that Almighty and serving the Humanity and not this perishable body of self.