Thursday, August 25, 2016

Motives

Look into the motives behind your actions. Often you don't go for things that you really want. You go for things because others want it. And you are not clear what you want because you never looked into yourself.
Imbibe this: Independence means depending on the inside. You are miserable when you want things from others for comfort. 'I am independent' means 'I am inner-dependent.' So I want nothing from anybody.

Monday, August 22, 2016

Be a student

Be a student in life - 
"Knowledge may come to you from any corner. Each occasion teaches you and each person teaches you. When you are always looking to learn, you will stop underestimating others. Humility will dawn in your life."

don't get discouraged,

One day a school teacher wrote on the board the following:
9×1=7
9×2=18
9×3=27
9×4=36
9×5=45
9×6=54
9×7=63
9×8=72
9×9=81
9×10=90
When she was done, she looked to the students and they were all laughing at her, because of the first equation which was wrong, and then the teacher said the following,
"I wrote that first one wrong on purpose, because I wanted you to learn something important. This was for you to know how the world out there will treat you. You can see that I wrote RIGHT 9 times, but none of you congratulated me for it; you all laughed and criticized me because of one wrong thing I did. So this is the lesson...:
*'The world will never appreciate the good you do a million times, but will criticize the one wrong thing you do...*

But don't get discouraged, 

*ALWAYS RISE ABOVE ALL THE LAUGHTER AND CRITICISM.*
*"STAY STRONG"*

Saturday, August 20, 2016

शांत मन


शांत मन हमारी आत्मा की ताकत है, 
शांत मन में ही ईश्वर का निवास होता है। 

जब पानी उबलता है तो हम उसमें अपना प्रतिबिम्ब नहीं देख सकते 
और शांत पानी में हम स्वयं को देख सकते हैं। 

ठीक वैसे ही हृदय जब शांत रहेगा 
तो हमारी आत्मा के वास्तविक स्वरूप को हम देख सकते हैं 


Relationship

If you don't have a relationship with yourself. All other relationships become shallow.And if your relationship with yourself is so profound & steady then you can naturally develop the skill to handle any kind of relationship around you.

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Unhappy?

No matter how good a place you are at, you will still be unhappy if you are caught up in negativity and frustration. And if you have made it a habit to be frustrated then no one can save you. You will have to get out of it with your own self-effort, and with the help of knowledge.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

look only for the good in everything

Don't concern yourself with the faults of others. Use the scouring powder of wisdom to keep the rooms of your own mind bright and spotless. By your example, other persons will be inspired to do their own housecleaning.

Avoid a negative approach to life. Why gaze down the sewers when there is loveliness all around us? One may find some fault in even the greatest masterpieces of art, music, and literature. But isn't it better to enjoy their charm and glory? Life has a bright side and a dark side, for the world of relativity is composed of light and shadows. If you permit your thoughts to look only for the good in everything, then you absorb the quality of beauty.

Friday, August 5, 2016

Mahabharata

Sharing something profound about how Mahabharata can be interpreted as a philosophy of life.

A good interpretation of Mahabharata..

It was said in the texts that eighty percent of the fighting male population of the civilization was wiped out in the eighteen days of the war.

Sanjay , at the end of the war went to the spot where the greatest war took place; Kurukshetra.
He looked around and wondered if the war really happened, if the ground beneath him had soaked all that blood, if the great Pandavas and Krishna stood where he stood.

"You will never know the truth about that!" said an aging soft voice.

Sanjay turned around to find an Old man in saffron robes appearing out of a column of dust.

"I know you are here to find out about the Kurukshetra war, but you cannot know about that war till you know what the real war is about." the Old man said enigmatically.

"What do you mean?"

"The Mahabharata is an Epic, a ballad, perhaps a reality but definitely a philosophy."

The Old man smiled luring Sanjay into more questions.

"Can you tell me what the philosophy is then?"
Sanjay requested.

Sure, began the Old man.

"The Pandavas are nothing but your five senses, sight, smell, taste, touch and sound and do you know what the Kauravas are?"
he asked narrowing his eyes.

"The Kauravas are the hundred vices that attack your senses everyday but you can fight them and do you know how?"

Sanjay shook his head again.
"When Krishna rides your chariot!"
The Old man smiled brighter and Sanjay gasped at that gem of insight.

"Krishna is your inner voice ,your soul, your guiding light and if you let your life in his hands you have nothing to worry."

Sanjay was stupefied but came around quickly with another question. "Then why are Dronacharya and Bhishma fighting for the Kauravas, if they are vices?"

The Old man nodded, sadder for the question.

"It just means that as you grow up your perception of your elders change. The elders who you thought were perfect in your growing up years are not all that perfect. They have faults. And one day you will have to decide if they are for your good or your bad.
Then you may also realize that you may have to fight them for the good. It is the hardest part of growing up and that is why the Geeta is important."

Sanjay slumped down on the ground, not because he was tired but because he could understand and was struck by the enormity of it all.

"What about Karna?" he whispered.

"Ah!" said the Old man. "You have saved the best for last. Karna is the brother to your senses, he is desire, he is a part of you but stands with the vices. He feels wronged and makes excuses for being with the vices as your desire does all the time.

Does your desire not give you excuses to embrace vices?"

Sanjay nodded silently. He looked at the ground, consumed with a million thoughts, trying to put everything together and then when he looked up the Old man was gone.

He seemed to have disappeared in the column of dust.........
Leaving behind the great philosophy of Life !!!
🙏🙏🙏.

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

ईश्वर का कार्य

🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆 ईश्वर का कार्य ................
एक बार श्री कृष्ण और अर्जुन भ्रमण पर निकले
तो उन्होंने मार्ग में एक निर्धन ब्राहमण को भिक्षा मागते देखा अर्जुन को उस पर दया आ गयी और उन्होंने उस ब्राहमण
को स्वर्ण मुद्राओ से भरी एक पोटली दे दी। जिसे पाकर ब्राहमण प्रसन्नता पूर्वक अपने सुखद भविष्य के सुन्दर स्वप्न देखता हुआ घर लौट चला।किन्तु उसका दुर्भाग्य उसके साथ चल रहा था, राह में एक लुटेरे ने उससे वो पोटली छीन ली।
ब्राहमण दुखी होकर फिर से भिक्षावृत्ति में लग गया।
अगले दिन फिर अर्जुन की दृष्टि जब उस ब्राहमण पर पड़ी तो उन्होंने उससे इसका कारण पूछा।
ब्राहमण ने सारा विवरण अर्जुन को बता दिया, ब्राहमण
की व्यथा सुनकर अर्जुन को फिर से उस पर दया आ
गयी अर्जुन ने विचार किया और इस बार उन्होंने ब्राहमण
को मूल्यवान एक माणिक दिया।
ब्राहमण उसे लेकर घर पंहुचा उसके घर में एक पुराण
घड़ा था जो बहुत समय से प्रयोग नहीं किया गया था,
ब्राह्मण ने चोरी होने के भय से माणिक उस घड़े में छुपा दिया। किन्तु उसका दुर्भाग्य, दिन भर का थका मांदा होने के कारण
उसे नींद आ गयी, इस बीच
ब्राहमण की स्त्री नदी में जल
लेने चली गयी किन्तु मार्ग में
ही उसका घड़ा टूट गया, उसने सोंचा, घर में जो पुराना घड़ा पड़ा है उसे ले आती हूँ, ऐसा विचार कर वह घर लौटी और उस पुराने घड़े को ले कर
चली गई और जैसे ही उसने घड़े
को नदी में डुबोया वह माणिक भी जल की धारा के साथ बह गया।
ब्राहमण को जब यह बात पता चली तो अपने भाग्य को कोसता हुआ वह फिर भिक्षावृत्ति में लग गया।
अर्जुन और श्री कृष्ण ने जब फिर उसे इस दरिद्र अवस्था में देखा तो जाकर उसका कारण पूंछा।
सारा वृतांत सुनकर अर्जुन को बड़ी हताश हुई और मन
ही मन सोचने लगे इस अभागे ब्राहमण के जीवन में कभी सुख नहीं आ सकता।
अब यहाँ से प्रभु की लीला प्रारंभ हुई।
उन्होंने उस ब्राहमण को दो पैसे दान में दिए।
तब अर्जुन ने उनसे पुछा "प्रभु
मेरी दी मुद्राए और माणिक
भी इस अभागे की दरिद्रता नहीं मिटा सके तो इन दो पैसो से
इसका क्या होगा" ?
यह सुनकर प्रभु बस मुस्कुरा भर दिए और अर्जुन से उस
ब्राहमण के पीछे जाने को कहा।
रास्ते में ब्राहमण सोचता हुआ जा रहा था कि"दो पैसो से तो एक व्यक्ति के लिए भी भोजन नहीं आएगा प्रभु ने उसे इतना तुच्छ दान क्यों दिया ? प्रभु की यह कैसी लीला है "?
ऐसा विचार करता हुआ वह
चला जा रहा था उसकी दृष्टि एक मछुवारे पर पड़ी, उसने देखा कि मछुवारे के जाल में एक
मछली फँसी है, और वह छूटने के लिए तड़प रही है ।
ब्राहमण को उस मछली पर दया आ गयी। उसने सोचा"इन दो पैसो से पेट की आग
तो बुझेगी नहीं।क्यों? न इस
मछली के प्राण ही बचा लिए जाये"।यह सोचकर उसने दो पैसो में उस मछली का सौदा कर लिया और मछली को अपने कमंडल में डाल लिया। कमंडल में जल भरा और मछली को नदी में छोड़ने चल पड़ा।
तभी मछली के मुख से कुछ निकला।उस निर्धन ब्राह्मण ने देखा ,वह वही माणिक था जो उसने घड़े में छुपाया था।
ब्राहमण प्रसन्नता के मारे चिल्लाने लगा "मिल गया, मिल गया "..!!!
तभी भाग्यवश वह लुटेरा भी वहाँ से गुजर रहा था जिसने ब्राहमण की मुद्राये लूटी थी।
उसने ब्राह्मण को चिल्लाते हुए सुना " मिल गया मिल गया "
लुटेरा भयभीत हो गया। उसने सोंचा कि ब्राहमण उसे
पहचान गया है और इसीलिए चिल्ला रहा है, अब
जाकर राजदरबार में उसकी शिकायत करेगा। इससे डरकर
वह ब्राहमण से रोते हुए क्षमा मांगने लगा। और उससे
लूटी हुई सारी मुद्राये भी उसे
वापस कर दी।
यह देख अर्जुन प्रभु के आगे नतमस्तक हुए बिना नहीं रह सके।
अर्जुन बोले,प्रभु यह कैसी लीला है?
जो कार्य थैली भर स्वर्ण मुद्राएँ और मूल्यवान माणिक
नहीं कर सका वह आपके दो पैसो ने कर दिखाया।
श्री कृष्णा ने कहा "अर्जुन यह
अपनी सोंच का अंतर है, जब तुमने उस निर्धन को थैली भर स्वर्ण मुद्राएँ और मूल्यवान माणिक दिया तब उसने मात्र अपने सुख के विषय में सोचा। किन्तु जब मैनें उसको दो पैसे
दिए। तब उसने दूसरे के दुःख के विषय में सोचा। इसलिए हे अर्जुन-सत्य तो यह है कि, जब आप दूसरो के दुःख के विषय
में सोंचते है, जब आप दूसरे का भला कर रहे होते हैं, तब आप
ईश्वर का कार्य कर रहे होते हैं, और तब ईश्वर आपके साथ होते
हैं।
बोलिये
बाँके बिहारी लाल की जय ।

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

रिश्ते

Prayer

Prayer doesn't just happen when we kneel or put our hands together and focus and expect things from God.
*Thinking positive and wishing good for others is a prayer.*

When you hug a friend.
*That's a prayer.*

When you cook something to nourish family and friends.
*That's a prayer.*

When we send off our near and dear ones and say, 'drive safely' or 'be safe'.
*That's a prayer.*

When you are helping someone in need by giving your time and energy.
*You are praying.*

When you forgive someone by your heart.
*That is prayer.*

*Prayer is a vibration. A feeling. A thought. Prayer is the voice of love, friendship, genuine relationships. Prayer is an expression of your silent being.*

Monday, August 1, 2016

Do not judge, blame or criticize

Things get worse before they get better.
But don't lose faith. Don't give up hope. Don't compare your blessings with others. Consistently keep performing the enjoined actions and obligatory duties as prescribed for your situation or station in life. Self-effort is necessary to overcome difficulties and hardships in life. Have faith that your sincere intentions and diligent efforts will be fruitful. Adopt the attitude that work is worship. By selflessly performing righteous actions without attachment to outcomes, you will certainly obtain the grace of God and reap the merits of your virtuous deeds. Your pious deeds and disciplined conduct will surely turn your life around and alter the course of your destiny.

The gift of free will has been bequeathed to you by the Lord. So use it wisely. Make the right choices. Perform the right actions and seek the association of the pious and pure, humble devotees of the Lord. Avoid Kusang or bad company. Do not indulge in ninda chugli. Do not judge, blame or criticise. Do not entertain negative thoughts. Think good thoughts and spread positivity to all around. Wish others well and be willing to serve all beings in the way you are best suited to serve humanity, in whatever capacity you can, in accordance with your inherent qualities, natural abilities and attributes.

By God's grace you will obtain success and fulfilment in all aspects of life and obtain your most auspicious destiny both in the here and the hereafter.