Amritan Shishire Wahni (In the winter, fire is nectar)

To-day is 21st December, 2011. It is very cold. I have worn my warm clothes- woolen shirt, jacket, sweater, trouser, socks etc. Even then the cold is affecting and it is very painful. I have reached my office. The heater is on. The heat of the heater touches my limbs. It gives special pleasure which warm clothes can not give. I am thinking about the persons who have no warm clothes. The pleasure of getting the heat of the fire for them is inexpressible.
“Amritam shishire wahni, amritam priyadarshanam. Amritam raaj sammanam amritam ksheer bhojanam.” In this shloka, four nectars have been described. But, fire in the cold has been put on the top. This shows the extreme pleasure of having heat in the cold. Second nectar is the meeting of the dearest. The third is royal honor given to a person and the fourth is eating milk and its product. The poet of the shloka is of olden time when air-conditioner and heater were not in use. In the the burning summer, coldness of A.C. is also very pleasant but in poet’s time AC was not in use. Sheetal, mand, sugandh (cold, slow and scented) for wind is described in books by poets. But this is not in the four nectars. It may be because in summer, one can enjoy it in the forest and in old time there was no scarce of forest. But, in winter, cold was very painful for yogees (sages) who generally have no clothes at all. And so for them it was number one nectar.
To meet the dearest gives immense pleasure. When the beloved and lover meet after a long time, pleasure of them is beyond words. When parents meet their children after a long time, the pleasure is beyond expression.
When I get honor from a great person, it is incomparable. Suppose, someone is given Bharat-Ratna, Param-Veer-Chakra, Padma-Vibhushan or Padma-Bhushan or any other prize from Honorable President, can you imagine his pleasure? Simple meeting gives immense happiness, what about getting prize?
In ancient time, vegetarian food was given priority. Non-vegetarians were condemned in the society. Among vegetarian foods, milk and its products were very tasty, healthy, and easily digestible and have been called nectar. That was the reason that cows were treated like mother and abode of all gods. Cow-slaughtering was the greatest peccadillo and unpardonable.
But, among all, fire in the winter gave heart touching bliss and so it was placed on top most position.

HE THAT IS DOWN NEEDS FEAR NO FALL

‘Jake kachhu na chahiye soi shahanshah’.We don’t put our bags on our heads in the train. I also sit on the birth and the luggage is also put on it. Coming in the world, I totally forget the Almighty Who brought me in the world and is running the whole universe. Who brings milk in the mother’s breast just after the birth of a new baby? Who feeds the baby in the womb? Who has manufactured this miraculous universe? Who makes day and night. Who has created rivers, mountains, oceans, the earth, the moon, the sun, the planets and our wonderful galaxy? Who has made the beautiful flowers? The birds, animals, creatures in the sea and all around, the human beings, the male and female pairs of all live creatures, the water, the clouds, the rains, the rainbow, the solar and lunar eclipses etc. are very peculiar riddles. From the very childhood I have been watching these puzzles but no answer I have found till date of the above questions.
What is the purpose of all these things? What is death? Where does one go after death? What is rebirth? What is ghost? Can one explain the universe?One cannot know all these things. But there is one Person Who knows all these things. If I merge myself to That, I can also know everything. What is the process of merger? It is very simple but people think it very tough. The place of The Person is in the heart of the human body which is in the right side of the chest contrary to the biological heart which is in the left side of the chest. If I also begin to remain in the heart all the time, I can merge myself to That. For this I have to make regular practice.Initially,I have to do ‘Who am I’ process but after some time I become stable and start to enjoy in remaining in my permanent place, the heart. How simple is this?-------------------------Ohm Namo Bhagvate Shri Ramanay.

YEN BAALO NA PAATHITAH (WHO DID NOT GIVE EDUCATION TO HIS CHILD)

“Maataa shatru pitaa vairee yen baalo na paathitah. Na shobhate sabhaa madhye hans madhye wako yathaa.” The parents are enemies, who do not give education to their children. The illiterate does not look beautiful in the assemblies, like a duck among swans. “Roop youvan sampannah, vishaal kul sambhavah. Vidyaa heena na shobhante nirgagandhaah iv kinshukah.” A person is a very handsome youth having robust health, but he does not look good without education, like the flower ‘Palash’ having no scent.
When one feels that a job will be performed even in his absence, he would never take interest. When he feels his presence and involvement essential, he concentrates sincerely. I remember one of my friends’ relative’s remarks. One day I with my friend went to his relative house. It was winter season and some people were playing playing-cards in the sun in the campus. My friend’s relative was lying on the bed covered in a blanket. His son was doing gardening work. After our arrival, his son became busy in attending us. When he was alone I enquired about his health indicating him sleeping in the day time. He smiled and replied that he was quite well and hearty. He was only pretending to be looked like a sick so that his son could work sincerely. When his son would see his father well and robust, he would become lazy and would leave the work for his father.
In our day to day life, we see people doing homework of their children. They seldom allow their children to labor. Their all works are being done by servants. The result is that their children become dull. They become ‘chhahariyaa lappa’, the plant in the shed, unable to give fruit. The child who does his homework and all other works himself becomes far better and become successful in the life. They are like the plant in the open sky which is capable to bear sun, rain, cold and wind and can give good fruit. If someone does not give opportunity to his child to work and experience himself, he is the biggest enemy of his child.

THE MASTER COOK.

One of my friends doesn’t know cooking. When he first time told this to me, I was surprised and thought he was speaking white lie. Till that time, I thought cooking and eating the most simplest and urgent jobs in the world which everyone must know. But I was wrong. When I came to know about one of my close senior relatives also not knowing cooking, I realized the fact. I started to study the reason why some people don’t know the easiest thing. To-day I got the answer. When you do practice of anything, the toughest becomes easiest. When I leave the practice, the easiest becomes difficult. My friend belongs to a joint family. He was married to a girl who belonged to separate family. After marriage, the girl became dominating like most of the Indian individual families. He began to hate the joint families. He began to see only the demerits of the combined family. He became totally inclined towards his in-laws’ side and ignored the parents’ side. Naturally persons of parents’ side also started to keep distance. Ultimately, he became separate to enjoy the separate family. Initially, he found himself in great pleasure. After sometime, his wife became ill. There was none to see her. He had to take leave. The whole money was spent on the treatment. He became very poor. His other brothers and sisters are in good positions. No one knows the fate of a person. “Triyaa charitram purukhasya bhagyam, daivo na jaanaati kuto manushyah.” In joint family, by whose fate we prosper is not known.
Now my friend has become master cook. He has worked the job of a cook in so many hotels. He and his wife prepare food for so many persons and keep it in tiffin boxes. My friend takes the tiffin boxes on his cycle to so many offices. Before marriage he had not got chance to cook food. His mother and sisters never gave such opportunity to him and that was the reason of his ignorance about the cooking. He never knew how to cook rice, pulse and vegetables. He didn't even know how to ignite the oven. He had no experience of facing oven heat in the burning summer, washing cooking pots with ice-cold water in winter and ignite the oven with wet wooden fuel in rains. He never knew about the illness of his mother and sisters.

NAVRATH (7)

I enjoyed Sauraath Sabhaa too much. During sabhaa periods we had summer vacation in our schools and colleges. I visited the place all the days. Most of my friends and relatives came there. I enjoyed meeting and talking with them very much. So many relatives of distant places stayed at my residence. We used to make prior arrangements for their halt. This was usual feature of nearby villages of Sauraath. Those days, it seemed like a festival in the whole area. After my marriage, visiting Sabhaa-Gaachhee gave more pleasure. The reason was that, before marriage I felt some fear and shame to talk regarding marriage. The fear was due to forceful marriage introduced newly those days. The shame was natural due to nourishment in the Mithila Culture and ancient Sanskrit family background.
My hero Navrath had worn red dhotee and white kurta. Red dhotee was the symbol of the candidate ready to marry. The candidates were taken interviews. Selection was based on the answers given by them. If the boy was found inferior to the girl, he had to pay some nominal dowry. If the girl was found inferior in quality and dynasty, her guardian had to give nominal dowry. Due to evaluation on reign, a better family male married so many brides. Sometimes the number increased so much that the bridegroom was unable to recognize his all brides. That was the worst system which was highly condemned in our youth group. The result was obvious, so many poor background bachelors remained unmarried. The unmatched age group youths and minor girls were made couples. laaloo, Baaloo, Bikkoo and Kaaloo are examples of this unmatched marriage. There was a big gap in the age of them with their wives. No maid remained unmarried. population of girls was lower due to male dominating society. The deficiency was also due to a single better background male marrying unlimited number of girls. ---------------------contd.

NAVRATH (6)

There is a big pond in the eastern side which was very beneficial for the people for different purposes. The embankment and steps are made pucca. The cleaning of the pond was done every year by the government. The water was pure. Since, the gathering time was June, July; hence very hot and people always took bath and cleaned their bodies and mouth. On the southern bank of the pond, there is a large well of about 7.0 meter diameter. The water was used for drinking purpose. There was fixed place for every village and platforms were made for seating purpose. To locate a village and a person was very easier. Persons were having lists of grown-up youths of villages. Eager guardians of marriageable girls contacted the parents of youths and settled the marriages. The youths came there and sat on the platform with their guardians. They wore red dhotis (lower garment) and kurtas and paags (Maithils’ turbans). Seeing red dhotis, people at once knew about the candidates ready for marriage. The interviews of such candidates were taken and people chose suitable candidates for their marriageable daughters. There was no custom to see or have interviews of girls. Boys’ side only enquired about the girls from their old relatives of the village or of the locality. What a great respect to the women! No girl was left unmarried. Sometimes poor youths had to pay money to the girls’ guardians. Great importance was paid to the kul (dynasty), gotra and mool (the classification according to the culture of the dynasties, done by Darbhanga Maharaj). Getting advantage of the custom, not to see the girls; some un-matching marriages were done. Some people started to see the girls on sacred places like temples and places of pilgrimage. Loop-holes of this were also sought and beautiful other girls were started to be shown in place of the originals.
Gathering in Sauraath (Sauraath Sabha) was started far earlier. In starting, due to curiosity, people gathered with full enthusiasm, but Hon’ble L.N.Mishra did a lot to develop it. His younger Hon’ble Jagannath Mishra also took too much interest for its development. Water supply, electric supply and transportation facility by introducing more busses to Sauraath on the occasion were given. Inns, cottages, tents to stay and restaurants for food were made. Doctors and medical facilities with medicines were 24 hours available. Sugar, kerosene oil, beaten paddy, rice, pulse, mustard oil, fine flour, sujjee, cothes and other essential food stuffs for marriage purpose were made available on subsidized rates. I can say this time as the golden period of Sauraath Sabha.------------------------- contd.

HAM BHEE AGAR BACHCHE HOTE (WERE WE CHILDREN)

To-day is Baal-Divas (Children’s-Day). It is celebrated every year on 14th November on the birth-day of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. It is because Pt. Nehru loved children too much. We call him Chaachaa-Nehru.
Gyaanies (realized soul) are like children. The ultimate knowledge is also the same. When I remove all garbage filled in my mind from this physical world, I reach to my Self. Children live in present. They quarrel with their friends. When they again meet, they have no malices of the past. They start to play as if they never quarreled in the past. Children are tension free. Gyanies are also tension free. We worldly people weave spider nets and are trapped in them. Again, we become busy and vexed to come out from the net. Realized persons do not involve in these spider-netting and so they have no anxieties to come out from it. Ramkrishna Paramhans was just like a child, having pure heart and pure mind which had only love and no enemity. We all should have a soft heart and pure mind like children.------ Happy children's day.

NAVRATH JEE (5)

Seeing the rudeness of modern incivilized wives and more inclination of modern youths towards wives’ mothers’ side, Navrath decided not to marry. Whenever his parents conversed about this mater, he refused to talk. All the youths of the village of his age group got married. So many guardians of grownup girls approached for him also but he never nodded his head. One day, his sister sat on fast-unto-death to make his brother agree for marriage. Navrath could bear everything but he could not see tears in his sister’s eyes. Lastly, he bowed down and accepted to marry. He wore red dhoti and white kurta and started to Sauraath-Sabhaa.
Sauraath is a village in Madhubani district in Bihar. It is at a distance of 5km in the north- east of Madhubani town on Madhubani-Pokhrauni (a village on Darbhanga-Jaynagar NH) road. On the main road, there is a big orchard where Maithil Brahmans gather to settle the marriage of their sons and daughters. Now a day, it is quite defunct. A few persons reach to contact the panjikars (the persons who verify the dynasties of the boy and the girl so that no blood of the two families may match and who register their marriage) for registration (siddhant) of the marriages. There was time when approximately one lac people reached in sabha gaachhee. There was a proverb that when the number of persons reached one lac, the leaves of the oldest pipal tree faded. -------------- contd.

NAVRATH JEE (4)

My hero Navrath is very special. He is exceptional brother. He is an ideal example of brother’s love to once sister. We generally see that before marriage a man is brother, son, nephew and other relatives of paternal side. But after marriage, relation towards paternal side declines and wife’s side inclines. Sometimes, when lower background youth comes in contact with higher people, he totally breaks relation from paternal side and completely becomes jack of wife’s side. He forgets the sacrifices of paternal side persons. He fails to recall how his parents managed money for his studies, keeping themselves half fed or remaining total hungry. He overlooks the sister’s loss, how she left her all comforts and served her dear brother. He never wants to remember his brother’s sacrifice; even being more intelligent than him he left his studies for his dearest brother’s study. He forgets how his brother started a job to help and to continue his younger’s study from his salary. He totally forgets the ptri-rin (father’s debt) to make his sisters’ hands yellow and to tame and educate the younger brothers. He gets rid of all these liabilities in a moment and believes in enjoying the riches.

NAVRATH JEE (3)

It was summer time and schools were closed for long days’ vacation. Gurujee had gone home, Dhamiyaanpattee, his village to enjoy the holidays. Dhamiyaapattee is about 3 KM west to Jaynagar, in Madhubani district. The total shortest distance from Karmauli to dhamiyaanpattee for pedestrians will be about 20 KM. One day in a very fine morning, Gurujee was sitting on his dalan (an outside sitting and resting place, especially for outsiders) studying some books. He saw Navrath jee coming. That was the time when we treated guests as gods. “Atithi devo bhav- guests are like gods.” Now a day, we hide behind the door seeing a guest and inform him about our absence. The guests return from our door. Those days many unknown guests used to stay on our doors. Who does not know Haribodhjee. He was famous to welcome guests. It was well known that anybody could stay there have meal. Whenever I crossed the way before his house, found some guests staying there.
Gurujee stood and welcomed Navrathjee. Navrathjee was served water to wash hands and feet. Gurujee offered breakfast, tea and betel. He took him to the nearby pond to take bath. Soap and oil were offered. Delicious lunch of so many vegetables, pickles, sweets, curd and sugar were offered. Navrathjee took betel and requested to return back. At the time of departure, Gurujee humbly enquired about the visit. Navrathjee Bowed his head and whispered, ‘Gurujee, I had come to get the dues money of 2 paise on you’. Gurujee went inside and gave the money to Navrathjee. He returned back to karmauli.
People take interest in telling this story. But, I think this a joke. It may be possible that he might be coming from some nearby village and might have wanted to meet gurujee and at the time of returning he might have told about the dues. To travel the up and down journey of 40 KM on foot for mere 2 paisa is not a wise step. The matured person like Navrathjee could not take such type of foolish decision.------------ contd.

NAVRATH JEE (2)

My hero Navrath is an ideal brother and the rarest of all. He is an ordinary farmer. He is alone brother and has only one sister. His parents died when he was mere fifteen and his sister was of eleven year old. He left his studies and started farming. He also started a road side shop where he kept all daily usage items. Tea, betel, nut, biscuit and breakfast items were available there. The village breakfast items beaten rice, curd and sugar were always available. The beaten rice and curd was so special that people passing through the road could not pass the shop without taking the taste of the items. His tea and betel were so special that persons came there from long distance to enjoy them. Suppose, a man is coming from Basopatti. He is crossing so many markets in the way. He has great urge to take tea and betel in the way. But, the eagerness to enjoy Navrath shop forces him to postpone stopping in the mid-way and he is bound to come directly to Karmauli Navrath shop. Navrath jee is never in hurry mood. He prepares the tea and betel in his own style. At least five minutes in betel and ten minutes in tea is must. I never saw him angry. In my child hood I purchased bataashaa and sakarpaalaa (both items are prepared from sugar) several times. Some of my seniors stole items from the soap so many times. Some items were kept in the outside verandah and some in the room. The naughty boys ordered for the item which was in the room. When he went inside, the boy stole something from outside verandah. Whether he knew it or not, but some boys had regular practice. I think, he knew it but never rebuked them. Sometimes, in the absence of those naughty fellows, he expressed abusive comments about them and their dynasty. The shop was near the Sanskrit Vidyaalay and primary school. Teachers of both schools often took breakfast of beaten rice, curd and sugar at the shop. Gurujee (Pandit Jay Madhav Thakur, Headmaster of Sanskrit Vidyaalay) regularly took breakfast from the shop. Someone brought it from the shop for Gurujee. He was paying for it on monthly basis. Navrath took the money without fail. He was writing the daily account of all those persons, who paid on monthly basis. Some naughty boys had also monthly account. But, getting opportunity, they used to tear away the pages and got rid of paying. There is a very interesting story about Navrath jee and Gurujee which shall be told in the next blog. ------contd.

NAVRATH JEE (1)

I have seen people bowing before their other halves. They are compromising to pass their lives. They are not enjoying rather eating the time anyhow. Sometimes, wife is of lower land and sometimes husband is of lower land. The stronger makes the counterpart to bow. But, most of the time husbands yield. When wife becomes obstinate, she conquers. When both are from upper land, they enjoy blissful life. If both belong to lower land, life becomes hell and sometimes the result is very dreadful to the extent to the departure of one or both from the world itself. In the case of varying level, compromising is the only way.
I don’t understand whether decision taken by most of my friends to break relations with their parents, brothers, sisters and other relatives of parents’ side and to become slave of counterparts and their relatives, is matured or not. But, one thing is clear that he has not done his prime duty towards his parents’ side, and for which he shall be punished in the heaven and in his future birth.
"Bhoomergareeyasee maata, swargaat uchchatarah pitaa". One cannot pay back the debt of the parents. Can anyone repay the nine months nourishing in the womb. Can you tell the price of mother’s milk? Can anybody evaluate the pain of the mother at the time of giving birth of a child? Can I refund the father’s loan? Father wants to be the winner of the universe; but he only wants to be defeated by his son. He prays and tries his best to pour all qualities to his children. I am remembering my own days when my children were studying. I was always anxious about my kids’ education. Whenever I passed near any educational institution, I thought about their education in the campus. Similarly duty towards sisters and brothers is also called paternal debt (pitri rin). ------------ In the next blog.

COBRA (SNAKE)

COBRA (SNAKE)
‘Upadeso hee moorkhaanaan prakopaay na shaantaye. Payahpaanan bhujangaanaan kewalan vishvardhanam’. To preach a fool does not give him peace rather increases his anger. If you feed milk to a snake, its poison increases more. I was allotted a building where I started to reside. So many creatures lived in the house with me. Among them there were three cobras also. A situation came when they were ordered to leave the house. Two of them willingly left. Senior most did not leave. He came to me and prayed to allow him to stay. Taking mercy, I allowed him to live till further order. That was a blunder decision. People search points to kick out this type of creature. But, person like me has so many diseases like simplicity, laziness, kindness, anxieties and harmlessness. When the message of harmlessness spreads, people will not value you. The more the power to sting, the more value is given. When Narad,s cobra bit and killed persons, people left to go on that route. Narad preached it not to bite and it left biting. The persons walking by threw stones and wounded it. In the returning journey, Narad saw the wounded cobra and asked about his condition. The snake told about his preaching and it’s behaving saintly. Narad uttered that he had forbidden biting, not hissing. This is true for every person. If you have no nuisance value, your value is zero. The cobra bit me very silently. I didn’t know anything and continued behaving as usual.
A time came when I was ordered to leave the house. The house was allotted to another person. The new person did the first thing that he kicked the cobra out. Now, he spent his time peacefully.
The poison of the snake is still in my body and always reminds me about the cobra type man. There is a proverb- ‘When you see a cobra and a cobra type person, first kill the cobra type person and then cobra’. I have seen and experienced the proverb. --------------------- Ohm Namo Ramanaay.

अवांच्छित पाहुन (५)

सर्व-प्रथम संग्रहालय देख' गेलहुं। सामने में अशोक स्तम्भ देखि अप्रतिम आनंदक अनुभव भेल। राष्ट्रीय प्रतीक चिन्ह'क श्रोत प्रत्यक्ष ठाढ़ छल। सम्पूर्ण संग्रहालय'क भ्रमण केलहुं। एके ठाम भगवान् बुद्ध'क असंख्य प्रतीक देखि मोन आह्लादित भ' गेल। पुनः खुदाई स्थल पर गेलहुं। जतय स' अशोक स्तम्भ टूटिक' निकलल छैक ओ स्थान देखलहुं। पुनः बुद्ध स्तूप, बुद्ध मंदिर जतय भगवान् अपन प्रथम पांच शिष्य के उपदेश देने छलथिन्ह ओतय गेलहुं। भगवान् ओही पांचो व्यक्ति के जे हुनकर घोर विरोधी छलनि तकरे कियैक प्रथम शिष्य बनेलनि ई विचारणीय विषय अछि। संभवतः ओहि पांचो के सत्य पथ पर पूर्वे स' अग्रसर देखि ई निर्णय लेने हेताह। अथवा ज्ञान प्राप्तिक जांच अपन घोर विरोधिक हृदय जीतव जानि ई निर्णय केलनि। तत्पश्चात्  मृगवन गेलहुं। ओतय जानवर सब स्वक्षंद विचरण क' रहल छल। हरिण'क पर्याप्त संख्याक कारणे अहि स्थान'क नाम मृगदाव अछि । एकटा  गाइड ठकवाक पूरा प्रयास केलक जकर चर्चा बाद में करब। ----बाद में पुनः।

अवाञ्छित पाहुन (४ )

UNWANTED GUEST (4)
------------------------Coming out from Vishwanath Temple, we went to a nearby hotel to take breakfast. For adoration, we had taken nothing and were completely in fast. We were very hungry and ate to our quench. The food was made in pure ghee and was very tasty. After taking food, Vinod wanted to take rest; he was feeling feverish. Body acts according to your mind. When you feel pleasure in your mind, health is well. Health becomes ill when you feel unhappiness in your mind. This is my personal experience. Once I did not take rest for ten days and became ill. My head became hot and I started to speak uninterruptedly. I requested my friends to pour water on my head. They poured hundreds buckets water on my head. In other time, I would have been seriously ill but that day it suited me and I felt comfortable. Persons involved in worshipping God seldom fall ill. When we have tension, so many diseases capture us.
Vinod had visited Benares so many times. He was more interested in interaction with his aunt, uncle and cousins. I was more interested in walking and visiting more places. That was why Vinod fell ill. I left Vinod to take rest and myself started for Sarnath, the place where Lord Buddha gave his first preaching to his five disciples (old friends who had previously left him seeing him taking food), after realization.----------contd.                

अवाञ्छित पाहुन (३)

--------------------- After sitting some time in the temple premises, we again walked before all the statues. Bowed down again before all gods and prayed for mental peace. Till that time, we had become stable and familiar with the place. The natural fear while visiting unknown place had disappeared. Now, no one was looking towards us as if, pandas have third senses to identify the new entrants and cheated persons. Panda’s eyes are like C.C.TV cameras. Visitors are unknown but they are always in the vision of pandas and their every activity is captured by their C.C.TV cameras (eyes).
Now, I want to tell something about pandas. Their activities and conditions are not better than beggars. I think, this is due to mismanagement. They are busy from 3.0 AM to 12.0 PM, but get a few coins which are insufficient for maintaining their families. Their fees are not fixed. Some give more, some less and some don’t pay anything. They are totally dependent on visitor’s mercy. They can be called organized beggars who have the right to disturb the peace of pilgrims. In the modern high-tech era, the temples should be managed in planned way. All pandas should be kept salary-paid. They should act like waged guides. They should prove themselves friends and well-wishers, so that pilgrims may not be afraid and hatred may not develop in them about the pandas. -----------contd.

अवांछित पाहुन (२)

After worshipping all gods and goddesses in the campus of Kashi-Vishwanath temple, I reached the last statue of Pawan-putra Hanumaan. Tarun was also brought there. His clothes were completely wet due to sweating. The atmospheric temperature was high and Pandaas (priests) had ragged him too much. Sweat’s drops were seen falling from his forehead while adoring Hanumaanjee. I was totally ignorant about the behavior of pandas with Tarun. After worshipping Hanumanjee, I gave a ten-rupee note on behalf of both of us to the pandas and got rid of them. We sat on a verandah to take rest and become normal, as the pandas had disturbed us badly. Tarun told me the whole story how pandas had cheated all the money by swearing him of father, mother, brothers and sisters. I went into deep thinking about this situation. People go to temples to get rid of worldly anxieties and to have peace. But, these pandas are big hurdles and they snatch our peace and we swear not to go again on the pilgrimages.
In most of the North-Indian temples, you will have this type of misconduct where people become vexed from these obstacles. In South-Indian temples, trusts or the government have made good arrangement for the visitors by taking some fees. Free entry is also there but in separate queue. Pandas do not disturb there. Perhaps they are waged. I am surprised why not this type of procedure is introduced in North-Indian temples. In Patna, at Mahaveeer Mandir near station, this type of arrangement has been done. There is free service for keeping foot wears. One can very peacefully worship there without anxieties of shoe-stealing or hindrance by the pandas. Many thanks to the Mahaveer Mandir managing committee.  ----------again next.

अवाञ्छित पाहुन (१)

१९९२ के अगस्त माँस जिनगी भरि याद रहत। पहिलुक बेर काशी विदा भेलहु। संग में कार्यालयक मित्र तरुण  रहथि। बच्चे स' काशीक नाम सुनैत छलियैक। मिथिलाक अधिसंख्य  विद्वान् बनारस में अध्ययन-अध्यापन लेल जाइत छलाह आ ओहिठाम धाख जमौने छलाह। शंकर जीक त्रिशूल पर अवस्थित काशीक  कल्पना में भरि रस्ता डूबल रहलहुँ। उत्तर-भारतक सांस्कृतिक राजधानीक यात्रा पर जायब कोनो तेसर लोकक जात्रा जेकाँ बुझा रहल छल। तरुण  पहिलहुं कतेको बेर ओतय भ' आयल छल ताहि कारणे  ओकरा लेल ई यात्रा सामान्य छलैक। हमरा त' बुझू जे मोन होइत छल जे पाँखि लागि जाय आ उडिक'' चलि जाइ। संझुका बेर में हम सब पहुँचलहुं। ठहरवाक मादे निश्चिन्त छलहुँ। हमर त' मोन होइत छल जे एखने पूरा बनारस घूमि आबी, मुदा तरुण  स्थिर छल आ भोरुक घुमवा पर मतैक्य भेल। तरुणक मौसी-मौसाक स्नेह देखि अप्पन मौसा-मौसी याद आबि गेली।
हमर माय त' जखन हम मात्र चारि वरखक रही तखने चलि बसली, मुदा दुनू मौसी के देखने छियन्हि। कहावत छैक 'मरय माय, जीबय मौसी'। अर्थात मायक विकल्प मात्र मौसी भ' सकैत छथि। अहि स्वार्थी आ वैयक्तिक परिवारक युग में संबंधी आ ओकर मित्र दूनू के स्वागत ह्रदय स' मात्र माय, मौसी आ बहीन टा क' सकैत छथि। भोर होइते स्नान क' क' काशी-विश्वनाथक दर्शन लेल विदा भेलहुँ। ओहिठामक पंडा सबहक छीना-झपटी सब दिन याद रहत। हमारा दूनू गोटेके अलग-अलग क' देल गेल। पंडा सबहक चलाकी देखू जे अलग-अलग लूटब आसान बूझि ई प्रपंच रचलक। तरुण हमारा स' उम्र में कम छथि आ बड भावुक प्रवृत्तिक। जखने हुनका माय-बाप, भाय -बहीनक सप्पत देलकनि, हुनका संग में जते रुपैया छलनि सबटा द' देलखिन। हम बच्चे स' डोकहर -कपिलेश्वर में पंडा सबहक चालि स' परिचित छलहुं, तयं हमारा पर हुनकर मायाजालक कोनो असरि नहीं पड़लनि। -------------------क्रमशः।

Natural Love.

Mother’s love towards her children is natural. No one can take the place of mother, even father cannot. ‘Maay marne, baap pitiya’. After the death of the mother, father behaves like uncle. Mother can sacrifice everything for her child. She sleeps in the wet clothes wetted by her child and keeps the child in the dry side. There is never artificiality. A son kills her mother and takes out her heart to offer and please his beloved. In the way, he fell down and the heart slipped from his hand. A voice came from the heart, ‘Oh my child! Aren’t you heart more?’ “Kuputro jaayet kwachidapi kumaataa na bhavati”. A bad son may take birth, but never a bad mother.
Naanee-daadee (grandmothers), Mausis (mother’s sisters) and sisters are on second position. Naanaa-daadaa (grandfathers) and brothers are on third and uncles are on fourth. All other blood relations are on fifth. Friends can come on any position. There have been persons who have sacrificed their lives for their friends. In the film Sholey, we have seen the friendship of Jay and Veeru.
Natural love and artificial love are quite distinguished. Even a child recognizes it. When a child is away from its mother, it feels some unsafe. As soon as it looks its mother, it runs towards her and feels safe. I have seen showy person pretending love towards the person whom he always hated. Nevertheless, the artificiality is always exposed and people laugh on the fake action.
Naturality needs no clarification. When confusion arises, imitator has to give explanation but natural lover becomes silent. Mocker has no hesitation in harming the person whom he pretends to love. Real lover cannot do so whether the person remains with him or go away from him. He only wishes his wellbeing. One child was missed from its mother in the crowd. The organizers found the child weeping alone. They announced about him on mike. There were two claimants. The child was too small to recognize its mother. Taking advantage of this a fake woman also became pretender. Now, before organizers there was a vital problem to detect the actual mother. One of the arrangers was very wise. He thought a plan. He gave the proposal to cut the child in two pieces and distribute them between the claimants. The fake mother agreed. The real mother began to weep and said to give the child to the other woman (the fake one). Thus, organizers detected the real mother and gave the child to her. A mother can accept the separation but cannot bear the death. ‘Yug-yug jiyo baso lakh kosh, more abhaag tohar nahi dosh’. My child may stay at far distance no matter, but he should remain well. It is my misfortune, not his fault.
All relations are based on mutual give and take except mother. Mother only knows to give. ‘Bhoomergariyashee maataa’. Mother is greater than the earth. One cannot repay her loan. ‘O maan teri surat se alag bhagvaan ki surat kyaa hogee’. I have not seen God, but He is always with me as my mother.----------Ohm Namo Bhagvate Shree Ramanaay.

POSITIVE-NEGATIVE

The universe is formed by positive and negative particles. In the nucleus of every element (+) and (-) particles balance each other and make the element stable. Every creature is in pair. Male is positive and female is negative. Every work has positive and negative aspects. Coins have two faces, head and tail. Head may be called positive and tail, negative. Thoughts are positive and negative. It depends upon me which I choose. Positions are up and down. Up may be taken + ve and down - ve. Climbing up is difficult, falling down is easier. To remain in positive position is difficult and requires penance. To go in negative position requires no effort, rather one enjoys going and remaining there.
Good and bad are +ve and –ve respectively. Sat (good) and asat (bad) are also denoting them. To remain in sat (good habits- truthfulness, honesty, love to all, dutiful, non-violence= not to harm by mind, speech or action; and having satwik food= vegetarian fresh food) is a great penance. To go in asat (bad habits- to speak lie, to hate, fraudism, dishonesty, hinsa= to harm others, taamasee food= rotten non- veg with rich spicy food, drinking habits, quarrelling, kaam, krodh, lobh, moh etc.) is our natural weakness and we enjoy staying in it. By the grace of guru we do not fall and go towards sat and enjoy it. The pleasure of enjoying sat is indescribable. “Kaavya shaastra vinoden kaalogachchati dheemtaam. Vyasanen cha moorkhaanaam nidrayaa kalahen waa”. The scholars spend their time in enjoying books and discussing epics while the fools spend it in bad habits, sleeping and quarrelling.
Negativeness is more powerful. I spend my whole life remembering and talking about our bad events. We always remember sorrow and never talk about happiness moment. Suppose, you have done thousand helps to anybody, they all will be forgotten if one of your actions does not suit him. I remember one event. One person remained my intimate for more than five years. During this period, there was no day when we did not meet. One of my actions did not suit him. The result is that we have no communication for more than three years. There is another person who remained my intimate for more than twenty three years. One of my nearer actions made him annoyed. He stopped talking with me. We have no talk for more than three years.
Positive message spreads slowly. Negative news spreads all around in a moment. We take too much interest in hearing and spreading others’ vices. Hearing others’ praise we become jealous. We stop talking about his praise rather start to spread his evils.------------Ohm Namo Bhagvate Shree Ramanaay.

माँ दुर्गे.

‘Shambhun bhajanti bhuvi kepi mude pumanso, Vishnun namanti nanu kaamadmev chaanye. Devendra mauli sumano rajsaa sujustan, Kankaalikaa charanamev wayan shrayaamah.’ One cannot get knowledge without the grace of maan Bhagvatee. Brahma and his power are inseparable. Maan is the energy of Brahma. Without maan Lord Shiva is only shaav (dead body). Raam Lakshaman and Sita are going in the forest. The foot-path is very narrow. It’s both sides are covered with thorny dense bushes .Raam is in the front, Sita in the middle and Lakshaman is in the back. Until Raam is in the vision of Lakshaman, he is normal and talks like realized soul. When they come on straight path in the dense bushes, Maan Sita covers Raam and he becomes out of vision of Lakshaman. Lakshaman starts to talk like ignorant. He starts to wander in the physical world full of sorrow. He prays maan. Maan sita pours grace and starts walking keeping her a bit left or right. Lakshaman gets vision of Lord and again come in light of knowledge. When Lakshaman (jeeva-creature) is in the contact of Raam (Almighty), he is in full knowledge. When illusion (Maan Sita’s disciple) covers, he becomes total ignorant. When Maan pours grace, illusion disappears and the creature comes in bliss. Durgaa-Poojaa festival is the celebration of victory of gods (moralistic, noble persons) over giants (sinners, terrorists). Giants always disturb the peace of the universe. Bad elements seem undefeatable horrors, but they are internally very weak. When someone is involved in anti-social activities, his moral is lost. Though, externally he seems tougher, he is very weak internally. When nobles unite, they always defeat terrorists. In the past, we have seen the victory of goodness over wickedness so many times. Raam killed Raavan and all giants of the universe. Lord Krishna killed Kans and infinite wicked-elements in the very childhood. Nrisingh (God, incarnation of half man and half lion) killed Hiranyakasipu, the demon-king. Vaarah (hog embodiment of God) killed the giant Hiranyaaksh.
Once, gods and demons battled hundred years. Gods were defeated. Demon’s leader, Mahishasur (demon in the form of buffalo) became the king and sat on the chair of god Indra, the king of gods. Gods were kicked out of heaven and walked on the earth like mortals. Mahishasur and demons started to enjoy the shares and assets of gods. Gods gathered and in the leadership of Brahma, reached where Shiva and Vishnu were sitting. Vishnu and Shiva became too much angry. A light came out from Vishnu. Similarly a light from Shiva and from every god came out. All the lights were collected at one place. The collection of energies touched the sky and lighted all directions. It took the form of a divine lady, Maan Durgaa. All gods gave their weapons, ornaments and other useful articles to her. Maan sat on the lion given by the king of mountains, The Himalayas. Maan first killed Mahishasur’s armies, then army chief Chikshur and at the last she killed the demon Mahishasur. Gods showered flowers on Maan and prayed her heartily. Maan being pleased asked them to beg whatever they willed. They narrated that their all problems were solved with the end of Mahishasur and further requested to appear whenever they prayed. Maan Okayed and disappeared.
Again, once in the past, Shumbh and Nishumbh, two demons defeated the gods and started to enjoy their shares and possessions. Gods were kicked out of the heaven. Giants always humiliated them. Gods remembered Maan Durgaa’s word and started to pray her. Maan Parvati appeared. She killed the demons Dhumralochan, Chand-Mund, Rakta-veej (the giant whose every drop of blood produced one dreadful giant like him), Nishumbh and at last Shumbh. After the demon’s death gods became too much pleased. They rained flowers on Maan Ambika and started to pray her with full devotion. Maan promised to appear whenever they fell in trouble. Giving too much blessings, she disappeared.
These events are symbolic. We all have good and bad ideas. Most of the time good ideas are defeated by bad ideas. When we pray Maan Bhagvati, she pours grace and kills bad thoughts. The ill thoughts take birth again and again. Hence, we celebrate Durga-Pooja every year, with full devotion, to kill our inner evils and purify ourselves.
------------JAY MAAN AMBE. OHM ramanaarpanamastu.

PRAVRITTI-NIVRITTI ( Inclination-declination

‘Jaanaami dharman na cha me pravrittih. Jaanaamyadharman na cha me nivrittih.’ All creatures are bound to act according to their past life deeds. After death the soul is free to choose the womb and it chooses according to its unfulfilled desires. The above shloka (Sanskrit poem) has been told by Duryodhan. Someone asked him about his all actions against dharma (social rules). He replied that he knew dharma but had not inclination towards it and he also knew adharma but had not declination against it.
Duryodhan is symbolic. Previously his name was Suyodhan but according to his action, people started to tell him Duryodhan. Every person is Duryodhan and Dhritrashtra. Everyone knows dharma and adharma but likes and dislikes are according to past deeds. All are blind towards their children’s fault like Dritrashtra.
All know what is good and what is bad. But we are under God’s maayaa (illusion). Due to delusion, we are like blinds. We are like the monkey whose feast (full of corn) is in the jar. Due to greed, it does not open its feast and his feast is captured in the jar. The moment, the monkey opens its feast, it is free. Similarly, the moment we know the truth and get rid of maayaa (delusion), we are free from all sorrows and bondages. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ohm Ramanayaswaha.

SUKHEE BHAI

His full name was Sukhnandan Paathak. We called him Sukhee Bhai. He dealt in so many trades; such as, making cream from milk by centrifugal machine, mango business, selling of daily usage materials in his shop. But, the main business was preparation of raw sugar from sugarcane. Though he was dealing in raw sugar, I never found sugariness in his voice. He was straight forward and that is why he was not successful businessman. ‘Aadau namrah tatasteebrah kaaryakaale tu tatprah, kaaryan kritwaa punarnamrah sa eb safalam banik.’ He is successful businessman who is initially very polite, then fast, at the time of dealing very prompt and after finishing work again very polite. Sukhee had none of these characteristics. He was always in reluctant mood. If you purchased or not, his behavior never changed. He was always busy in his own thoughts. Perhaps he was remembering The Almighty or cursing his poverty or thinking about his new business.
Sukhee bhai had three sons and two daughters. The first daughter Urmee is the eldest. She is my sister’s friend and both are married in the same village. Whenever I go to meet my sister, I go to see her also. In my childhood, I always visited my sister’s house. Specially in Durgaa-pooja, I stayed there for all the ten days. Once, Chandoo bhai and Nandoo were also with me. Their mother’s sister (mausee) was there. We three went to see Urmee. She is very gentle and loves me like her own brother. Ladies have natural weakness towards their mother’s-side persons. Seeing us, Urmee became very pleased and spoke loudly, ‘Hey Chandoo-Nandoo! You too have come? Hearing her voice, her sister-in-law commented, ‘Chand baabaa Nand baabaa tesar ke bhaujee jaldee sa kahoo, taruaa tarkaaree tilkoro taroo’. Sukhee’s eldest son is four classes senior to me. Rest two sons are junior to me. The youngest daughter is very small.
Sukhee bhai was economically poor and was maintaining his family by the business and by farming other’s fields on half yield. In my childhood I never knew this and always thought him rich, due to his raw-sugar business and daily usage shop. We purchased a few material and raw-sugar according to our purchasing capacity and requirement, but there was huge quantity there for which we children were always greedy. I am remembering Vimaljee. He was six year old and liked cold drink too much. He always wanted to purchase the cold drink shop.
Down trodden children always surrounded his raw sugar machine to steal sugarcane and raw-sugar. He took a stick and chased the children. Again they gathered and he chased. This gathering and chasing were continued from morning to evening.
One day, I was passing through the way beside Sukhee’s shop at about 4 PM. He was sitting on the ground keeping his right hand on his head. He was alone and thinking something in a very sad mood. I greeted him good afternoon and asked about his sadness. He uttered, ‘All children have gone to school. A very tough and cruel head-master has joined in the school. He sends senior boys to catch these children and keeps them in the school from morning to evening. He gives Villanyatee (imported) milk in the morning and midday-meal in the school. New school dresses are being given. Bigger children get bicycles. No child comes here now . I have become very alone and charmless. I will not remain alive for long.’
To-day, early in the morning, one very sad news spread in the whole village. Sukhee-bhai died in the night. He was sleeping in the outside verandah of the shop alone. No one knew about his health in the night. In the morning, family members saw him dead and started to cry. I have come to see his dead body. I am standing in his courtyard. Seeing his dead body, I have gone in the past. I remember the meeting with him a few months earlier when he was very sad and abusing the headmaster. People thought him very cruel towards the poor children, seeing his action chasing them. But, he had inner love for them. Remembering his internal affection towards the down trodden children, my eyes are wet. I salute his inner love. May God bless eternal peace to his soul! -------Ohm Namo Bhagvate Shree Ramanaay.

EXTERNAL APPEARANCE

Gyaanees (realized soul) may appear in so many forms and moods- angry, pleased or romantic, but internally they are always in bliss and they have nothing to do with these external matters. They do all acts like ordinary persons. They eat, walk, play, laugh and sing. But, they are not affected by these things. They know that they are only acting their roles like actors on the stage. They enjoy their roles by doing so natural that ordinary person is trapped in illusion. He begins to doubt about them and their  realization. Some gyaanees have adopted such things which have been prohibited for gentle persons. I have seen realized souls taking cigarettes, tobaco and other prohibitted things. Parasuraam and Durvaasaa are gyaanees but, they have adopted anger which is strictly forbidden. Although anger is bad, but if it is done for the betterment of a person, it is good. Parents never think evil for their children. When they see that their children are going on wrong path, they show anger. The anger is for the improvement of the children. Both Parasuraam and Durbaasaa have adopted anger for the benefit of the world. When, Kshatriyas kings forgot to rule with justice, started doing unjust and became terrors, Parasuraam vowed to kill them. According to his promise, he made the world free from unjusts. Chandramaa (the god moon) has adopted kaam, but it is only external. He is gyaanee and away from this worldly evil. People may say so many things about lord Krishna's activities, but he is embodiment of God himself and the world is his playground. His all acts are for show. He is always away from these worldly affairs. -------Namo Bhagvate Shree Ramanaay.

FAST AND STURDY

Up till now, we are hearing about slow and steady. The present era is of fast and sturdy. The competition has become global. By the tortoise speed we cannot come in the race. It is impossible to tour the world on bullock cart. Can the plow with oxen compete with the modern ploughing instrument which can plough several acres of land in a few hours and in better way. I have seen students of dull brain doing well due to hard labour. But, they cannot be genius who can compete in global competition. Slow and steady was winner in bullock cart era. Charkha (hand spinning wheel) cannot come in the race with hi-tech mills where everything is automatic. To top in the world one will have to be fast and sturdy.
There was a tortoise and a rabbit. The rabbit laughed at the speed of the tortoise. The tortoise challenged for a race. The rabbit thought to rest in the midway and slept. The tortoise continued its walking until it reached the goal. When the rabbit awoke, it ran to the goal where the tortoise was already present. The rabbit became too much ashamed. This story is symbolic but it happens daily. So many important lessons are hidden in the story. One should not laugh on others; rather see one’s own fault. When I resolve to do a job with full heart, I surely become successful in it. The ego will surely be defeated. All egoistic are defeated, though they seem most powerful and undefeatable. One should not take rest until he reaches the goal. And the main lesson is, ‘Slow and steady wins the race’.
Now one question arises, ’if slow and steady wins the race, what the result of fast and sturdy would be’. The answer is obvious, ‘It will break all records’. ---Ohm Namo Bhagvate Shree Ramanaay.

CHHAHARIYAA LAPPAA.

The title refers to the plant which develops in the shade. It looks more beautiful than the plant in the open but it is unable to produce crops. It can be used as a good cattle fodder. The animals can eat it with good taste because it is very soft.
One-day, I read news about the sterilization of so many animals in the zoo. I was very surprised to read it. The animals are purchased on high cost for zoos. I thought what disadvantage of increasing the number is. If the numbers increase, they can be sold to other zoos on higher prices and a big economic advantage can be gained. One of my relatives is working in a famous zoo. Once, he came to me. I asked him the question. He told about the difference between animals in the zoo and wildlife in the forest. In the forest creatures live on hunting. ‘Jeevo jeevasya bhojanam’. The stronger animals kill the weaker. During hunting, the weaker runs away with full speed and strength to save its life and the stronger follows it with higher speed. Thus, both have to exercise too much and their muscles become stronger. Contrary to it, animals in the zoo are kept in the barrier and are fed their favorite food. They do not exercise and their physique becomes weak. Naturally, their issues are short-lived. So, sterilization is being done to limit the number of weaker race. The stronger race is again brought from the forest.
Similar is the case with human race also. The child, who is tamed with all comfort and lavishness, does not do well in the future life. He becomes nervous seeing simple problem. His result is always poor in exams. Contrarily, the poor background child does better than luxurious background child. But, the best result is of the child who has been cared properly, neither poorly nor lavishly.
Never impose your thought on your child. Allow him to take his own decision. If your child is struggling, don’t disturb him by providing him a ladder (helping him by money or any other way). Allow him to feel scorching sun and freezing coldness. But, always watch and guide him properly. If your son is getting less salary, don’t bother. He will adjust and will try to make more income. You have to see only that the means must be proper. Thus, his all-round development is sure. If you don’t allow to maintain him in the salary he gets and help him with your resources, you are his greatest enemy.
However, you always come to help when you see him desperate and hopeless of his life. Always guide him and suggest him the right path.---------------Ohm namo bhagvate Shree Rsamanaay.

kacharaa (garbage).

I am Rameshanand. My wife is Ramolaa. I have a peculiar habit to store wastes and see every paper in the leisure. Some letters take me to my past. When I start to read, I begin wandering in the event and forget myself. I never become free until I read all old papers and it makes me busy at least for two hours. You will be surprised to know that the books and copies studied by me since class one to the last class of education are still safely kept in the almirah. I have kept letters written by my father, friends and others, safely. There are so many old photos of my forefathers, old friends and relatives in my album. Old toys, books, nails and spikes, shallow tape, fevicol, pens and pencils, erasers are in another case. Old TV, radio, camera, table fan, emergency light and torch, refrigerator, washing machine, old furniture etc. beautify my house. You will find old axe, spade, chisel, mallet, file, spanner, hammer, plough, plough-share, drum, harmonium, guitar, and violin also. You can say me orthodox or traditionalist like general Indians. Majority of us are conservatives. I like the TV serials Ramayana, Mahabharata, ShreeKrishna etc. Sampoorn Ramayana, Ham sath sath hain, Nadiyaa ke paar, Pratighaat etc. are my favorite movies. I am in favour of joint family. Whenever, I hear about joint family, I become too much pleased. I worship gods and goddesses and also my fore-fathers. I respect my seniors and love juniors. I am a religious man and frequently visit sacred places to worship gods. I see Sanskaar and Aasthaa channels on TV. I often visit pravachan kaaryakram (preaching) of saints. I like to meditate and recite spiritual songs (bhajans). I perform japas (silent recitations of Mantras) and penance. I perform 1000 Gaayatree japas daily. I frequently go on fasting to purify myself. I sometimes take only fruits for so many days. During Durgaa-poojaa (Navraatraa) I remain nine days, only on fruits. I am complete vegetarian and never think to harm any creature.
Contrary to my nature, my wife dislikes all above things. In brief, she dislikes everything which I like and vice-versa. She has more faith on her mother side than on herself or on God. She cannot hear an ill word against her mother side. She can trust even on a new born baby of her parent side but cannot trust on anybody of in-laws side. She can leave even her husband for her father, mother, brothers and sisters. She hates waste. Whenever she finds time, she throws it. Sometimes she throws old TV, sometimes old radio and sometimes my clothes, important papers and books. When I enquire about an important paper, she never accepts that she has seen it.
I had gone on a tour and have returned back after so many days. I have seen special glazing on her face. Previously, I had seen such type of happiness only on two occasions; the first, at the time of the death of her mother-in-law and the second time, when her father-in-law died. I didn’t dare to enquire about her happiness. I took bath, ate and slept. When I awoke, I went near my glazed almirah. It was complete empty. I went near another wardrobe and found it also empty. All the old photos from the album were disappeared. The old letters, books and cards were thrown away from the house. The rooms are now very neat and clean. My house now looks high-tech.
I go to my study room. I want to read the book ‘Dashrath-Nandan-Shree-Raam’ written by Chakravartee Raajgopaalaachaaree, but I didn’t find it. Likewise, I found none book of my choice. Being hopeless, I thought to read some letters written by my father, but could not find a single letter. In another room my wife is extremely pleased and busy in talking with her mother and sisters on cellular phone. I am very sad and gloomy in my study room as if I have forgotten my civilization, culture and my roots. I have become complete vacant. I bore the first jerk at the time of my mother’s death. I also tolerated the 2nd jerk of my father’s death. This third jerk is the heaviest which has uprooted me. Now, I am like a pulled up tree blowing in the storm. ------------Namobhagvate Ramanaay.

Vinamrata (gentleness)

‘ Sheelan param bhooshanam’ (gentleness is the greatest ornament). Gentleness is the Brahmastra (sure shot weapon) by which one can win the universe. You cannot always win by body (physical force) strength. ‘Shathe shathyam samaacharet’ (tit for tat) is not always successful. Suppose opposition is stronger than you, what will happen? He will defeat you. If the opponent is weaker, you will defeat him. But the victory will not be permanent. The enmity will increase more and he will always be thinking to take revenge. Your peace will also be disturbed and you will always have to keep yourself alert. Moreover, you have to face the police and court. If found guilty (the probability is more for winner), you will be punished and will be sent to jail. Sometimes, capital punishment may also be given. The person whom you killed became free from the thorny world. You (the killer, victorious) remained alive to die every moment. Is this called victory? No, this victory is worse than the defeat.
Gentleness is the seed of the tree ‘Ajaatshatru (whose enemy has not taken birth). ‘Asaadhunaamapi saadhunaa (politeness even with stupid, to love even to abuser).’ This is not easy. Only Gyaanees (realized soul) can do this. Can an ordinary person love to his enemy? To conquer the heart is real victory. Some may say you coy or coward. But this is not so. The person who has no enemy is the bravest of all. Was Gandhijee a coward? He was the bravest in the world at the time. His weapons satya (truth) and ahinsaa (non-violence) are still the most powerful. Anna Hajare implemented them and forced the government to bow down.
Never condemn anybody. Always see the qualities of others and praise them. The wave of admirers or decriers reaches immediately to the person or persons for whom these acts have been performed, even though done secretly. Human babies, animals and plants also feel the love and hate.
Suppose, you praise the qualities of your condemner. This message reaches to him through any source. He will repent and remain no more your enemy. Maharshi (the great saint) Vishwaamitra always criticized the great sage Vashishtha [brahmarshi- the sage who has won kaam (will), krodh (anger), lobh (greed) & moh (attachment)]. But, Vashishtha never said a single word against him. Vashishtha was called Brahmarshi and was honoured more everywhere. Vishwaamitra also wanted to be called by the same name. But, everyone called Vishwaamitra Maharshi. Vashistha also called him by the same name. This aggravated Vishwaamitra’s anger more. One day, he went with his sword to Vashishtha’s cottage in the mid night, to kill him. He silently stood behind the cottage and started to watch the internal activities. He heard the whispering sound of husband and wife (Arundhatee). Arundhatee:- ‘Why don’t you call Vishwaamitra Brahmarshi?’ Vashishtha:- ‘At present, Vishwaamitra is the greatest saint and penance performer in the universe. He is my dearest and I always wish and pray for his long life, name and fame. The only thing to be achieved by him is to conquer the anger. The moment he wins the anger he will be Brahmarshi.’ Hearing the whispering words, tears of repent began to flow. He knocked the door. Vashishth opened the door and saw Vishwaamitra with surprise. Vishwaamitra fell down and started to wash his feet with tears. Vashishtha hugged him calling Brahmarshi.
When I leave my ego and bow down, I win the world. The small plants beside the river bow down before the devastating flood and always survive. The big trees stand erected their chest are uprooted and destroyed in the deluge. Raam became successful to defeat world's most powerful Raavan due to his politeness and latter's ego.Kauravs were defeated due to their ego and Pandav's politeness. Krishna's weapon was gentleness and Kans was most egoistic and so he was killed. Now , say which is more powerful, politeness or ego?
Though, Raam had capacity to dry the sea but he first worshipped it. When it didn’t give way, he showed a bit anger. --------------------------------------------------------Namo Bhagvate Shree Ramanay.

NIRBHAYTAA (fearlessness)

“Sarvatra bhayvarjanah”. Gandhijee never feared from anything and gave this slogan, which is the main thought of our religious-epics. Due to this very fearlessness, he was able to fight boldly with the world’s most powerful kingdom, defeated it and forced it to fly to its country, crossing the seven seas.
Fearing from antisocial elements, so many persons bow down. But, gyanees never surrender and prefer to sacrifice their lives than to compromise with their principle. Gyanees are few and bad elements become successful in spreading their activities by horrifying the society. They dance blatantly on the main chowk-chauraahaa and people don’t dare to speak against them. Rather, they are silent spectators. In the main crowded market, terrorists perform crime but in the court we find no witness. Getting the advantage, the criminals manage to escape and do another crime.
Always remember The Almighty. No one can harm you if He is pleased. And He is always pleased on them who eagerly call Him. Remember the story of Prahlaad, Dhruv, Gaj-Grah (the elephant and the crocodile) and Draupadee. How many persons are there who call Him like Draupadee. When one realizes the fact that only He can save him and totally surrenders to Him, he is saved. None can harm him. The only thing is to have full faith and piety.
“Nainan chhindanti shastraani nainan dahati paawakah. Nachainan kledyantyapo na shoshayati maarutah.” Aatmaa (soul) is immortal. This cannot be cut by weapons, the fire cannot burn it, the water cannot sink and the wind cannot blow it. When we are always in the light of the knowledge of immortality of the soul, we don’t fear from anything.
There is no question of fear at all. If, I am afraid, I have no faith on my deity. It means I have neither devotion nor the knowledge of immortality of the soul.-----------------------NAMO BHAGVATE SHREE RAMANAAY.

TEACHER’S DAY,5 September, 2011.

The tutor prepares the child to deal with the society and the world. Thus, he not only gives the knowledge of books but also teaches the formulae to be successful in the world. “Vin guru gyaan na hohin.” Ram, Krishna, Buddha, Mahavir all had guru. Sometimes, we she a gyanee without guru. This is his past life’s guru’s teaching and grace. Atmaa (the soul) is the ultimate guru of all. Although, gyaanees may not have physical guru, he is always with his permanent guru (atmaa). “Gururbrahmaa gururvishnu gururdevo maheshwarah. Guruh saakshaat parambrahma tasmai shree guruve namah.” Guru (tutor, teacher) is Brahmaa (the creator), Vishnu (the tamer, the domesticator), Mahesh (the protector, the god of knowledge). He is Almighty Himself and therefore I bow before him. Parents gave birth. But, I was like a blind person wandering in the darkness. I went to my guru. He gave me a lamp and divine eye. Now, I can move freely and unafraid in the world. One question arises whether parents are great who gave birth to me or the tutor who gave knowledge-eye to me and made me man from a two footed animal. The comparison should not be done and it is not proper. But, if only one option is given I would prefer the tutor. However, we should always remember that parents are called the first guru of a child.
“Guru Govind dou khare kaake lagoon paay, Balihaaree guru aapkee Govind diyo bataay.” The poet has put the guru above God. That is, guru is above all. And it is his uncontroversial position due to his work. The child is the father of the man. The society is formed by the individual. If individual is good, society will be good. If individual is bad society will be bad. Thus he not only reforms individual but the society also. The child becomes father and he makes his children according to his education and culture. Hence, the tutor reforms the generations.
Like sadshishya, sadguru is rare. Like the sadshishya,sadguru also searches the sadshishya more eagerly. Raamkrishna Paramhans used to go to the top of the building and called loudly to his hidden disciples. Lastly they were bound to come to him. Vivekanand became the rarest disciple who not only spread his own name and fame but also his guru and our country. A citizen of a dependency, established the gurudom in the whole world and made them his followers. The society should give full regard to all tutors. The poise of the gurus cannot be lessened seeing some teachers below standard. Our old gurukul system was ideal and that should be again established. The professionalism of education has reduced the dignity of teachers but it should not be taken as general. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ohm guruve namah.

SEE TOWARDS YOURSELF

‘Buraa jo dekhan mai chalaa, buraa na miliyaa koy. Jab aapan dish dekhiyaa, mujh saa buraa na koy.’ Kabeeer searches bad persons but finds none. When, he looks towards himself, observes that he is the worst in the world. I waste my whole life looking towards the evils of others. But, don’t find time to see towards myself. Instead of seeing merits of others, I only see their evils and invite them to come to me. And after sometime, all evils come in me.
One of my friends criticizes even yogeeshwar Krishna. He says that Krishna had infinite girls’ friends, 16 thousands wives and the Rasleelaa is nothing but open corruption. But, he should know that Krishna was yogeeshwar. The Raasleelaa is symbolic. It is nothing but the dance between Atmaa (jeevaatmaa) and Permaatmaa (God). We people, who are all the time indulged in worldly affairs, cannot know this Parmatma-gyaan (spiritual knowledge). We are unable to think about sacrifice (sacrifice one’s all for the service of the people), love (unselfish love with all creatures), service to all creatures thinking Lord Shiva in all and speaking truth in all circumstances (I am habituated to speak lie in simple behavior and talking and think myself clever in cheating others). I have seen families planning, practicing and doing rehearsal of speaking lie. Krishna was present with all Gopies in the same time. His 16 thousand wives were enjoying with him at the same time. In the present context, how this is possible. Even the greatest wizard cannot do this. This is only the play of Brahma and His Mayaa (illusion).
You are in the dogma that you are the best in the world and your thought is super most. But you are the worst. You see your food habits always searching tasteful things as if you have come on the earth to eat only. I have seen people busy in planning and managing to drink and to eat non-vegetarian items, from morning to evening. See your betel and tobacco chewing habits. See your thinking, which is always busy to harm others. See your working, which is involved in digging ditches for others to fall in it. See your tongue, which always ejects fire. See your selfishness, which all the time wants to cut other’s head and add to your children. See your ears, which like other’s abuses. Look towards your eyes, which want to see other’s decay. At last, see your mind, which never thinks to serve the society and always likes evils. --------OHM NAMO BHAGVATE SRI RAMANAY.

LAALACH (GREED) BUREE BALAAY.

Greed is sure to lead us to ruin. ‘Makkhee baithee doodh par, pankh gayo laptay. Haath male aur sir dhune, Laalach buree balaay.’ The bird flying in the sky is trapped in the net by offering corn. The tiger is hunted by giving the greed of goat. The fish is caught by giving fodder. And, every creature is trapped in the worldly affairs with the greed of gaining some advantage. ‘Swaarath laagi karahin sab preetee.’
‘Lovah paapasya kaaranam’. Greed is the root cause of sin. The robbers commit dacoitee in the greed to have enough money to enjoy. Greedy person leaks the foot of the sinner. Crimes and corruption are due to greed. ‘Bin maange motee mile maange mile na bheekh.’ Sometimes, I want to offer something to a person. In the meantime, this person shows much greediness. I begin to hate with him and don’t give even the thing which I had wished to offer. Suppose a person is highly qualified and has enough reaches but, he is greedy. You can say him the poorest, the most foolish and a dead body. ‘Rahiman we nar mar chuke je kanhu maangan jaanhi. Unke pahale we mue jin mukh niksat naanhi.’ The great poet Raheem says that the person who begs is like a dead man and the person who says no has died prior to the panhandler.
‘Kaamah krodhah tathaa lovah hridi tishthanti taskaraah. Gyaan ratnaaphaaraay tasmat jaagrat jaagrat.’ In the heart three thieves reside to steal the jewel, knowledge. Hence, awake! Awake!
Sometimes we see that the bum is not needy but he begs due to laziness or old-habit or to get profit by earning more. He is worse than the actual beggar. We, the sons of Ayaachee Mishraa should prefer to die than begging.-------NAMO BHAGVATE SRI RAMANAAY.

KAARAJ DHEERE HOT HAI

“Kaaraj dheere hot hai, kaahe hot adheer. Samay pay fal hot hai, sau ghat seencho neer.” Every work has to be happened at fixed time. Human baby comes on the earth after living nine months in the mother’s womb. Cows and she-buffaloes give birth to their babies in one year. Mangoes ripe in four months after coming manjar (flower). Trees like mangoes, banyans, bamboos, neems, pippals, tars grow and start giving fruits after so many years. When we sow the seed of potato, pulses, paddy and wheat it takes time to grow and give crops. We have to keep patience and wait. If someone wants the fruit in haste, it is impossible and premature which will not last long. Who will want the human baby to take birth in six months? Will it survive? Who will like to eat unripe sour mangoes?
Sometimes, we attempt to perform a job so many times and become unsuccessful all the time. At last, we leave the attempt. It is not good. We have to attempt all the times and never yield. At due time, we will be successful. It is my personal experience that labor never goes in vain. When we become tired and total surrender before all mighty, I find the work miraculously performed. One of my colleagues tried so many times in a prestigious exam but couldn’t succeed. When only one chance was left, he surrendered before Lord and tried. He miraculously topped the list. When Draupadee was proud of her stronger five husbands, Krishna did not come and Dushshaasan started to take out her sari and make her naked. When she got no help from her husbands and elders in Dhritrashtra’s assembly, she totally surrendered before Krishna. Krishna at once came and Dushshaasan could not make her naked, rather he fainted.
We know the story of King Bruce and the spider. King Bruce was defeated seventeen times and became hopeless. He was so frustrated that once he decided to commit suicide. He was taking rest in his bed room. He saw a spider moving upward on the wall. It fell down on the ground. It tried 2nd, 3rd, and 4th----up to seventeen times and failed. But, in 18th time it became successful and reached to the ceiling. Seeing this event, Bruce was filled with zeal, attacked at the enemy king and won.
Once, Anna also became frustrated and decided to commit suicide. In the meantime, he saw a book on Swami Vivekanand. Reading the book, he was full of enthusiasm. He decided to serve the society. He got so many national awards for serving humanity. Recently, he brought a great revolution against corruption and became the 2nd Gandhi and Jayprakash.---------------------Ohm Namo Bhagvate Ramanay.

MORAL VALUES

To-day (28.08.2011, Sunday) Anna broke his ansan (fast) at 10.00 AM. One theory has again been proved successful to-day, which was proved greatest powerful for sure success long before, in 1947. The undefeatable Britishers were defeated by this theory. A half-clad, rural look person forced the super power of the world to leave India forever. The Brahmastra (the sure sot weapon) of truth and non-violence can force any ante power to bow down. One cannot fight with the government by mussel power. But, 12 days fast of Anna concentrated the whole world towards the issue of corruption and formation of Lokpal. The parliament unanimously accepted his all proposals. Prime Minister and Congress General Secretary Mr Rahul Gandhi saluted Anna.
Before moral values, all qualities are shorter. A seventh pass retired truck driver of Indian Army forced intellectuals and modern people to bow down before him. He is unable to speak English and cannot speak correct Hindi fluently. He can speak only Marathi correctly. The Indian famous rural dress dhotee, kurtaa and Anna topee are his dresses. He has nothing special but moral values, fearlessness and honesty. He has control over hunger and does not fear from death. Like Gandhi-giri, Anna-giri has become famous. He is pucca disciple of Gandhijee. His famous proverb ‘naach kare bandar aur maal khaaye madaaree’ has become famous. ‘Lokpal’ will be ‘brahmastra’ to eliminate corruption.----- Vande Maatram.

LIFE IS BUT A CHANCE

There was a prince. His father, the king wished to handover the kingdom to his son and himself to go to the forest for penance. His Prime Minister was very cunning. He managed the army chief and captured the reign and put the king in jail. The prince fled to the forest. His condition became very wretched. He changed his dress and began to wander hither and thither. To get rid of hunger, he started begging. Once, he went to a village which belonged to another country. No one knew him. In disguise of a beggar, he went door to door and reached to a cottage of an old woman. She was a very pious and spiritual woman and great devotee of Lord Krishna. Seeing the beautiful young prince, she thought as if Krishna had come in disguise. She worshipped him and offered sweets and fruits. He took rest in the cottage. In the evening, he played with the village boys. The old lady introduced him as her distant related grandson. He stayed there for some days and spent the time in playing, singing and dancing with village boys. There, he heard about the swayamvar (self-choosing bridegroom ceremony by a marriageable girl) of the princess of the kingdom. He wanted to see the swayamvar and went to the ceremony place with his new village friends. The princes of so many countries were sitting on beautiful chairs, specially decorated for them. My prince sat among the rural boys with his friends on the ground. Even being in costume of a village boy, there was a special glazing on his face. The princess took wedding garland in her hands and started moving around. She reached to one prince, saw his face and moved ahead towards another. Here I recall one scene of ‘Kalidas’s Meghdootam’. “Sanchaarinee deep-shikhev raatrou, yan yan vyateetaay patibmveraa saa. Narendra maargatt iv prapede, vivarnabhaavan sah sah bhoomipaalah.” Like the above scene, in the swayamvar of Indumatee, the princes are sitting in the row. Garland in her hands, she moves before every prince. The scene seems like a female moving on the raajmaarg (state highway) having a lamp in her hand and passing across regal buildings one-by-one. The prince’s face in the front shines like the building in the front. The prince’s face left back seems dull like the building left back. This ‘Upamaa Alankaar-coparision’ appealed so much to the latter poets that they started to tell Kalidas ‘deepshikha kavi’.
My princess also gave two rounds and lastly chose my hero, the village boy sitting on the ground. My hero got married the princess. With the help of this neighbor king (his father-in-law), he attacked at his kingdom and won. The treacherous prime-minister and army chief were punished and the previous king (his father) was crowned.
Life is always a chance. I don’t know what will happen in the next moment. Before a second there is life and after a second we find death. ‘Man proposes, God disposes.’ God’s writing is fixed which is sure to be happened. I start my own dream which may be similar or adverse to the God's writing. If similar, the result is auspicious. If the line of action is reverse, result is adverse. Hence, it has been called to do the job ideally which has been allotted by the heaven. Never curse your circumstances or fate. Always think that God has given most favorable situation to all, which will best suit us. OHM NAMO SRI RAMANAY.

WHERE THERE IS WILL THERE IS WAY.

In 1971,I wanted to take admission in C.M.College,Darbhanga in Intermediate First Year. My father-in-law went there and applied for the same. I had just passed Matriculation and was quite unknown to Darbhanga. This town seemed me to be a very big one because I had seen only Kaluahi, Khajauli, Jaynagar and Madhubani. These towns were very small compared to Darbhanga. After somedays, I was told to see myself, the position regarding the admission list. I went to C M College and saw the list.To my great surprise! the names of aspirants having lower marks were published in the list. Though I had more marks, my name was not there. When enquired about, found that students who had more marks, were eligible for direct admission. When seats remained vacant by direct admission, lower marks list was published. It was the mistake of the person who applied even having direct admission marks. Whether it was done so knowingly or unknowingly, I can't say. Because, in the refusal case, I would have been bound to take admission in R K College, Madhubani which is my district town and I could attend the classes from my village and the cost of my education would have been lesser. I was not knowing the things, started myself attempting for the same. 'Where there is will there is way.' By the grace of Almighty, I became successful in taking my admission in C.M.College, Darbhanga which was a prominent college of Mithila Region, a constituent college of Bihar University. This was a mile stone in my career. Had I taken admission in R K College, the line would have been changed.
I have seen so many times unexpected result coming. Unwillingly, I order somebody to do a work which I think impossible. After giving order I forget the matter. The person whom I order takes the job on his top most priority and becomes successful. Seeing the result I become surprised.-------Ohm Namo Ramanay.