Saturday, October 30, 2010

PARENTS.

Ethnicity is the backbone of life’s journey. Parents are the last link of the chain before us whom we can see, talk, copy and follow. They are the visible gods before us. When the gods in the human forms are present before us, what is the necessity to search imaginary gods? “Bhoomer gareeyashi maataa, swargaat uchchatarah pitaa.” None can take place the position of father and mother. One can show and pretend to love but the natural love of parents is beyond description. They are the roots of the family. If the roots are stronger, the tree will automatically be strong. Deeper the roots, longer the tree.
‘Kuputro jaayet, kwachidapi kumaataa na bhavati’. Mother may be bad for others but she has selfish less love for her children. Child gets first training under its mother. If the mother is good, child will automatically be good. When we enquire about a girl or a boy regarding marriage, we first ask about the behavior of the parents. If someone ill behaves, his parents are abused. Shivajee always gave credit to his mother for his success. ‘One who rocks in a cradle, rules the world’. A wicked beloved of a youth begged heart of his mother. He killed his mother and took the heart. While bringing, he fell down. The heart cried,”Oh my son! Did you hurt severely?” Grand salute to the mother’s heart!
Father is the first guru. In our society, no one can take guru mantra from his father. The hidden thought is, father is automatic guru and there is no need to make the same person guru again. No person wants to be defeated by any other person but his son. The son may have so many demerits, but father always praises him. People laugh on him due to his words for his son, but no matter; he always speaks good words for his son. He always tries to hide the defects of his son. He wants all happiness of the world for his son. Dhritrashtra is ill famed due to Duryodhan.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

real worship

REAL WORSHIP
A person rises at 3.0 A.M., coming from toilet and brushing teeth takes bath. He performs 1000 Gayatri japas. He meditates one hour daily. He goes to the Hanumanji temple 3.0 km away from his residence. Thus, he exercises along with worshipping god. In the daytime, he always keeps himself busy in talks about God. In the evening, he daily goes to bhagvati sthan Rajeshwar. In this way, he passes his time piously.
Having all these spiritual things, there are some peculiarities in him. He is very selfish. He knows only his wife, his children and wife’s side in-laws. He never talks to his father, mother, sisters and brothers. He never gives single paisa to the beggars. Instead, he beats them. He earns a lot. He builds a grand house. His single sister lives with her two daughters in nearby hut. She is widow. Nevertheless, he has no time to see her. Her condition is very pitiable. Anyhow, she manages food for herself and for her daughters.
Time passes. His sister’s son-in-laws earn too much. She with her daughters and son-in-laws lives in Delhi. Sister leads a pleasant life. The man adopts bad habits. Drinking, gambling and visiting red light areas became his regular habit. His sons did not get education. They also adopted the bad habits of his father. The person became poor. His condition became like beggar. Sister hears this. She becomes eager to see her brother. Her daughters and son-in-laws forbid her to go there. But, sister is unable to stop. Her sleep disappears. She stops taking food until she meets her brother. Ultimately, she goes to her brother with all her children. She requests her brother to live with her. He is ashamed. But sister does not know formality. Her love is real and not for show. She bounds her brother to live with her. Grand salute to sister’s natural love which does not know revenge or any other thing. She only knows love.
God is the treasure of love and pity. Everything of the world belongs to God. We become rich or poor according to His will. What is one’s fault in taking birth in a rich or poor family? All are God’s children. He keeps His children in the role of king or beggar on the world stage. Who am I to comment or to hate with His creation? Nothing is in our hand. Not a single leaf shakes against His will. Our duty is to perform our roles (duties) properly and love all. When we love one’s child, he becomes pleased. Similarly, God becomes pleased when we love all creatures (His children). Without love and affection all spiritualities are useless.

Monday, October 25, 2010

pralay

PRALAY (TOTAL DISTRUCTION)
“Wasansi jeernaani yathaa vihaay nawaani grihnaati naroparaani; tathaa shareeraani vihaay jeernaanyanyaani sanjaati navaani dehee.” When our clothes become old, we change them and become pleased. Similar should be the case with the body. We should be cheerful with the pleasant feeling that old diseased body will be changed and a new body will be replaced. But, the situation is different. We become aggrieved hearing the name of death. This is because all worldly relations are with this body. Once one leaves his body, none will like to continue the relation with the soul. All fear with the soul (ghost). Everyone tries to burn the body as soon as possible. Just after the funeral ceremony, people take bath and give tilanjali (having sesame, kusha and water in the hand and offering to the departed soul). It is symbolic to detach (break) all relations from the dead person.
The name ‘pralay’ is very fearful. We become afraid hearing the name. Nevertheless, in the broad sense, it is nothing but mass death (destruction). Like individual’s death, mass destruction is necessary. When the society becomes old i.e. it is captured by rotten customs, replacement becomes essential. We should not live in garbage. The garbage must be burnt. The old rotten traditions must be replaced by the new. We get rid of our defects (sins).
This is neither pessimistic nor suicidal view. This is like falling of ripe fruits, getting rid of old diseases, defeating stronger enemy in the battle and like pleasure after getting rid of fearful dreams when awakened.

Monday, October 11, 2010

POSITIVE THINKING

‘NINDAK NIYARE RAAKHIYE AANGAN KUTI CHHAVAY, BIN PAANI SAABUN BINAA NIRMAL KARE SUBHAY’. There may be so many criticizers of your activities. Never try to quarrel with them. Think deeply on the criticizes. There may be so many facts against you, which are not known to you, or you may be paying little attention towards those demerits. Try to conquer those defects. Never hate critics. Never say ill words in the presence or in absence of them. Rather pray God to give them good thoughts. To hate or telling ill words increase bitterness and enmity. Praising the foes in the absence, forces them to repent and they become your stronger friends. Thus, you increase the number of your friends. ‘JO TOKO KANTA BUE TAAHI BOY TOO FOOL, TO KO FOOL KO FOOL HAI WAAKO HAI TIRSHOOL’. Never lose patience. Get good things from hostiles’ speeches and leave bad for them. In every event, there are hidden opportunities. According to our worldly knowledge, we become aggrieved seeing adverse happenings. However, everything, which happened, what is happening and what will happen is for the good sake of the person. The great saint Naarad knew his previous births. In one of his previous births, he was the son of a maidservant. A group of sages visited the village for some days. His mother served them. The child also went with his mother and copied her. Saints loved the child too much and gave good food and affection. When they started to depart for other place, the child began to cry. He prayed the saints to take him with them. But, they did not agree and preached him to remain with his mother. After some time, a snake bit his mother. The only shelter was snatched. Regarding worldly view, worst happened with the boy. But spiritually, the boy became free. He joined the sages group and became famous saint.
There is no matter of shame to make apology upon ones mistake. To err is human. If you apologize, you become greater. Even the cruelest bows before apology. I conquer my biggest enemy ‘ego’. I come nearer to God crossing this very barrier.
----------------------------------------Ohm Ramanarpanmastu.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

शर्मनाक क्षण.

It was December 1968. I was reading in class nine in TNHE School Kaluahi. Mahendra was in class five in Karmauli Middle School. Kripa was also with him. The block level examination was held in the Khajauli Middle School, to select better students for district level examination. I taught Mahendra too much for the test. Though he was not so brilliant, test time preparation made him capable to understand the questions. Fresh preparation caused his success in the block. Kripa could not succeed. District level test was to be held at district headquarter Darbhanga. The venue was Zila School Darbhanga. Many intelligent students of different blocks appeared in the test. I took a room in a roadside hut on the western chauraha of DMCH. That hut belonged to the breakfast hotel owner, which was in the front portion. The room was in the backside. My room was in the southern portion. There was another room also in the northern side. In that room two other students stayed. I had brought rice, pulse, beaten rice and all necessary things from home. The only problem was to cook food. The hotel owner cooked food and I paid for the same. We took bath on the roadside PHED tap. The toilet was backside big mango orchard. Hundreds of men, women and children gathered there with water-pot in the hand in the morning and evening. Among them majority were of rickshaw-pullers, hawkers, beggars and outside new comers like us. There was a single cot in the room. I had brought one blanket and one bed sheet. One teacher was sent from the school to see the student. I was ignorant about the teacher. The very first day I saw him in the Zila School. I am forgetting his name but he was from village Bengra. I didn’t think that he had reached for my shake. When we started from there he came with us in the hut. He took dinner with us and stayed with us. In the morning, he gave me a bill of Rs five of bus and rickshaw fair. I refused to pay the same. He became annoyed and at-once became ready to leave the place in angry mood. I said him about scarcity and promised to pay later. Initially I was pleased about his presence. I thought he would guide Mahendra. But he was useless. The whole day he was wandering hither and thither. He visited cinema daily. He came to us only at the time of taking meals and to sleep at night. It was winter of December. I had only one blanket, which was insufficient for three persons. Moreover, he was a guest who was eligible to have major share of it. The purpose for which he was sent was not fulfilled, rather he proved himself a burden. Furthermore, he was a very low quality person. Once I heard him talking with his friend. He was talking very cheaply using vulgar words, which is generally not expected from a teacher.
The test was to be taken for one week. One day I was sitting in the field, which was in the backside of the examination hall. Perhaps the test subject was mathematics. One student brought the question in the field. I also became tempted. I solved the questions, went to the window and called Mahendra. He was not expecting the help, so he heard my voice after a good time. I totally forgot what I was doing. It was illegal which was to be done hurriedly. Two senior students came silently and caught me. They took me before a teacher who was taking class under a tree in the field. The teacher shouted on me and slapped me strongly. I was very ashamed and returned with a heavy mind. I promised not to repeat the work in future.

Friday, October 1, 2010

महात्मा गाँधी.

आज राष्ट्रपिता महात्मागांधी का जन्मदिन है. उनके समान कर्मयोगी का अवतरण कभी-कभी होता है. एक लंगोटीधारी ने दुनिया के सबसे ताकतवर साम्राज्य को सत्य-अहिंसा के अस्त्र से पस्त कर दिया। ' अहिंसा सत्य अस्तेय ब्रह्मचर्य असंग्रहः, शरीरश्रम अश्वाद सर्वत्र भयवर्जनह, सर्वधर्मीसमानंत्व स्वदेशी अस्पर्शभावना' यही उनका मूलमंत्र था। अहिंसा- मनसा, वाचा, कर्मणा किसी की बुराई नहीं करना। अहिंसा का itanaa सम्मान करते थे कि विरोधियों का भी अहित नहीं चाहते थे.४ फरबरी, १९२२ को चौरी चौरा में शराव दूकान के विरोध में करीव २००० प्रदर्शनकारियों पर पुलिस ने गोली चलाई। तीन मरे और अनेक घायल हो गए। यह देखकर भीड़ हिंसक हो उठी और लोगो ने चारो तरफ से पुलिस पर हमला कर दिया। हजारो प्रद्रशंकारियो को देखकर पुलिस घवड़ा गयी और पीछे मुरकर थाने में लौट गयी। भीड़ ने अपने मृत दोस्तों का बदला लेने के इरादे से चारो तरफ से थाने में आग लगा दी। दारोगा सहित बाईस पुलिसकर्मी ज़िंदा जला दिए गए। उन दिनों asahyog aandolan chal rahaa था। विदेशी वस्त्र, शिक्षा, नौकरी, पद एवं सम्मान का सर्वत्र बहिस्कार किया जा रहा था. aandolan shirsha par tha. chauri chaura ki ghatnaa ke बाद गांधीजी ने देखा कि यह हिंसा की or jaa rahaa hai aur sabhi kiya karaya par paani fir जायेगा। उन्होंने अवज्ञा आन्दोलन को तुरत समाप्त करने का आह्वान किया। १० मार्च १९२२ को उन्हें गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया और उन्हें ६ साल कि सजा सुनाई गयी। गांधीजी सत्य को भगवान मानते थे। चोरी नहीं करना, ब्रह्मचर्य व्रत (ब्रह्म में विचरण) धारण करना, संग्रह नहीं करना, शारीरिक श्रम, स्वाद नहीं देखना, कही भी भय नहीं करना, सब धर्मो की समानता, स्वदेशी भाव और अस्पृश्यता का त्याग। उनके इस मूल मंत्र को अगर हम सदा स्मरण रखे तो कल्याण ही कल्याण है।