Monday, 16 December 2013

Why are tulsi leaves used while offering naivedya to a deity?

Why are tulsi leaves used while offering naivedya to a deity?

Thus we have learnt about the gathering of tulsi leaves which imparts spiritual benefits. We often see that while offering naivedya (food offering) to a deity it is offered with the help of two leaves of tulsi. One of them is kept on the naivedya while other is offered to the deity. Let us now understand as to why tulsi leaves are used while offering naivedya to a deity.

Tulsi has the greater capacity to absorb and emit sattvik and Krushnatattva frquencies present in the universe. Therefore use of tulsi while offering naivedya imparts two benefits.

The tulsi leaf used while offering naivedya absorbs the subtle frequencies emitted from the food. When this tulsi leaf is offered to the deity, the deity principle rapidly absorbs the frequencies present in the leaf.

There is subtle covering of raja-tama present in the atmosphere around the food to be offered to the deity as naivedya. When a tulsi leaf is kept on the food, the sattvik frequencies emitted from the tulsi leaf reduces this covering. Besides the atmosphere around the plate or banana leaf meant for serving the naivedya gets purified. This retains the sattvikta of naivedya for a long period.

Thus the tulsi leaf is used for offering naivedya for receiving the grace of the deity by pleasing Him/Her. Therefore there is a rich tradition of offering prayerful obeisance to tulsi plant loved by Lord Vishnu every morning and evening as mark of gratitude because it is a destroyer of negative energies and a purifier of the atmosphere.
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Saturday, 14 December 2013

भारत एक हिंदू राष्ट्र है


  • ये 10 चाणक्य नीतियां अपनाएंगे तो स्त्री हो या पुरुष कभी धोखा नहीं खाएंगे
    गर्व_से_कहो_हिन्दू_है

    पहली नीति: आचार्य चाणक्य कहते हैं कि किसी भी राजा की शक्ति उसका स्वयं का बाहुबल है। ब्राह्मणों की ताकत उनका ज्ञान होता है। स्त्रियों की ताकत उनका सौंदर्य, यौवन और उनकी मीठी वाणी होती है।

    दूसरी नीति: आचार्य कहते हैं कि कभी भी अग्नि, गुरु, ब्राह्मण, गौ, कुमारी कन्या, वृद्ध और बालक, इन सातों को हमारे पैर नहीं लगना चाहिए। शास्त्रों के अनुसार ये सभी पूजनीय और सदैव पवित्र हैं। अत: इन्हें पैर
    लगाकर इनका निरादर नहीं करना चाहिए।

    तीसरी नीति: चाणक्य के अनुसार ये सात जब भी सोते हुए दिखाई दें तो इन्हें तुरंत उठा देना चाहिए। ये सात लोग इस प्रकार हैं- द्वारपाल, नौकर, राहगीर, भूखा व्यक्ति, भंडारी, विद्यार्थी और डरे हुए व्यक्ति को नींद में से तुरंत जगा देना चाहिए।

    चौथी नीति: लक्ष्य कैसे प्राप्त किया जाए... इस संबंध में आचार्य चाणक्य ने बताया है कि किसी भी कार्य की शुरूआत से पहले हमें खुद से तीन सवाल पूछने चाहिए। ये तीन सवाल ही लक्ष्य प्राप्ति में आ रही बाधाओं को पार
    करने में मददगार साबित होंगे। इसके साथ ही ये कार्य की सफलता भी सुनिश्चित करेंगे।
    ये तीन प्रश्न हैं-
    - मैं ये क्यों कर रहा हूं?
    - मेरे द्वारा किए जा रहे इस कार्य के परिणाम
    क्या-क्या हो सकते हैं?
    - मैं जो कार्य प्रारंभ करने जा रहा हूं, क्या मैं
    सफल हो सकूंगा?

    पांचवी नीति: आचार्य कहते हैं जिस धर्म में दया का उपदेश न हो, उस धर्म को छोड़ देना चाहिए। जो गुरु ज्ञानहीन हो उसे त्याग देना चाहिए। यदि पत्नी हमेशा क्रोधित ही रहती है तो उसे छोड़ देना चाहिए और जो भाई-बहन स्नेहहीन हों, उन्हें भी त्याग देना चाहिए।

    छठी नीति: जीवन में सफलताएं प्राप्त करने के लिए कई बातों का ध्यान रखना अनिवार्य है। इस संबंध में आचार्य चाणक्य द्वारा कई सटीक सूत्र
    बताए गए हैं। इन्हीं से एक सूत्र ये है सर्प, नृप अथवा राजा, शेर, डंक मारने वाले जीव, छोटे बच्चे, दूसरों के कुत्ते और मूर्ख, इन सातों को नींद से नहीं जगाना चाहिए। ये सो रहे हों तो इन्हें इसी अवस्था में रहने
    देना ही लाभदायक है ।

    सातवीं नीति: शारीरिक बीमारियों का उपचार उचित दवाइयों से किया जा सकता है, लेकिन मानसिक या वैचारिक बीमारियों का उपचार
    किसी दवाई से होना संभव नहीं है। इस संबंध में आचार्य चाणक्य ने सबसे बुरी बीमारी बताई है लोभ। लोभ यानी लालच। जिस व्यक्ति के मन में
    लालच जाग जाता है वह निश्चित ही पतन की ओर भागने लगता है। लालच एक ऐसी बीमारी है जिसका इलाज आसानी से नहीं हो पाता। इसी वजह से आचार्य ने इसे सबसे बड़ी बीमारी बताया है।

    आठवीं नीति: आचार्य चाणक्य कहते हैं समझदार मनुष्य वही है जो विवाह के लिए नारी की बाहरी सुंदरता न देखते हुए मन की सुंदरता देखे। यदि कोई उच्च कुल या श्रेष्ठ परिवार की कुरूप कन्या सुंस्कारी हो तो उससे विवाह कर लेना चाहिए। जबकि कोई सुंदर कन्या यदि संस्कारी न हो, अधार्मिक हो, नीच
    कुल की हो, जिसका चरित्र ठीक न हो तो उससे किसी भी परिस्थिति में विवाह नहीं करना चाहिए। विवाह हमेशा समान कुल में शुभ रहता है।

    नवीं नीति: आचार्य चाणक्य कहते हैं भगवान मूर्तियों या मंदिरों में नहीं है। भगवान हमारी अनुभूति में ही विराजमान हैं। हमारी आत्मा ही भगवान का मंदिर है। सभी के शरीर में आत्मा रूपी मंदिर में अनुभूति रूपी भगवान
    विराजित रहते हैं। बस इंसान इन्हें महसूस नहीं कर पाता और दुनियाभर में खोजता रहता है। जबकि भगवान हमारे अंदर ही मौजूद हैं।

    दसवीं नीति: आचार्य के अनुसार मूख शिष्य को उपदेश देने पर, किसी बुरे स्वभाव वाली स्त्री का भरण-पोषण करने पर और दुखी व्यक्तियों के साथ किसी भी प्रकार का व्यवहार करने पर दुख ही प्राप्त होते हैं।

    -लाईक करिए

    भारत एक हिंदू राष्ट्र है

    हिन्दुत्व की दहाड़

    The Development Journey

Tanuja Thakur

If mental disquiet or excessive unwanted thoughts, sexual thoughts or suicidal thoughts keep coming to the mind; or excessive anger overcomes someone, then one must realize that all this is being caused by the subtle negative energies in present times. This has been found out during spiritual research. Thus, to overcome these kind of problems one should pay attention to qualified spiritual practice .
source : www.tanujathakur.com

Thursday, 12 December 2013

SHUBH SHREEMAD BHAGVADGITA JAYANTI (13/12/2013, Friday)...

SHUBH SHREEMAD BHAGVADGITA JAYANTI (13/12/2013, Friday)...
Shree Sanatana Dharma Prachar Samiti at Shree Jyotisar Tirth (Kurukshetra), where Lord Shree Krushna (The Sanskrit name for God is Krushna, or ‘One who attracts all) delivered the sermon of Bhagavad Gita, the doctrine of Karma and Dharma. It is here that He showed his Virat rupa (Universal form).
.... The Bhagavad gita was originally spoken in 3137 BC. This date can be established by astronomical references found within the Mahabharata, the larger, 100,000-verse book in which the Gita is found. Since then, it has become one of the most widely read texts of the world.
The zeitgeist at the moment, certainly in the West, is for a book that brings humanity together; that creates harmony where there is discord. What is required is a book of truth that rises above the religious classifications that are often based upon geographical, tribal linguistic and cultural boundaries. The Gita, a sacred conversation between Shree Krushna and Arjuna, is the oldest of all, spoken before all the religions of the world were born. To the scholar, the Gita ranks as the main text that encapsulates the essence of ethics and spirituality. Yet to the genuine spiritual seeker it is much more than that: it is a sublime and metaphysical dialogue of universal importance that will provide immediate clarity and reward. For thousands of years it has enriched the minds of the greatest eastern thinkers; now is the time for it to be found on the bedside tables in the west. It is the most important gift to give to someone at a key point in his or her life. Only 700 verses long, the Gita is written in easy language, is poetic, clear and concise.
We can see that rival religious followers and their holy books seem to be the cause of much conflict in the world. An intelligent person might reasonably question how another holy book – with another set of followers – could possibly help the situation. Yet the Gita itself is not a sectarian book for a particular tribe or race, at a particular time in history. Its metaphysical teachings are universal in nature, transcendental to the divisions of geography, ethnicity, language or time period. They are concerned only with the spirit, which knows no mundane identity, and the spirit’s eternal relationship with God. They cover how to attain enlightenment, become free from illusion, and how to restore peace and happiness to life. In this the Gita is the essential information for all thinking people who value peace and prosperity in the world...... http://deshika.wordpress.com/bhagavad-gita/
समिति अध्यक्ष श्री अशोक कुमार बी. अग्रवाल एवं सचिव श्री राजेश एम. सोड़ावाला दि. २८/०२/२०१४ से १०/०३/२०१४ तक प्रस्तावित धर्म प्रचार यात्रा एवं श्रीमद् भागवत ज्ञानयज्ञ सप्ताह की सुचारू व्यवस्था हेतु कुरुक्षेत्र, पिहोवा, मारकंडा एवं शुकतीर्थ (शुक्रताल) में ....

Dharma Granth KALPAVRIKSHA

ಕಲ್ಪವೃಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಹಿತವಾವುದು, ಅಹಿತವಾವುದೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಯದು. ಬಯಸಿದ್ದನ್ನು ಕೊಡಬಲ್ಲದು ಆದರೆ ಬಯಸಿದ್ದೆಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ಕೊಡಲಾರದ್ದು. ಹೊಟ್ಟೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಊಟ ಮಾಡಿರುವ ಮಗು ಮತ್ತೆ ಸಿಹಿ ತಿಂಡಿ ಅಥವಾ ಭಕ್ಷ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿದರೆ, ತಾಯಿ ಆಮೇಲೆ ಕೊಡುವೆನೆಂದು ಹೇಳುವುದು ಅದರ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಕೆಡಬಾರದೆಂಬ ಒಂದೇ ಒಂದು ಕಾಳಜಿಯಿಂದ ಮಾತ್ರ. ಅದೇ ರೀತಿ ಭಗವಂತ ಕೂಡ ಕೆಲವೊಮ್ಮೆ ನಾವು ಕೇಳಿದ ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ನಮಗೆ ಯೋಗ್ಯತೆ ಇದ್ದರೂ ಕೂಡ ಕೊಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಇತರ ದೇವತೆಗಳಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಹರಿ ಅಷ್ಟು ಬೇಗ ಒಲಿಯುವುದಿಲ್ಲ, ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಭಕ್ತರಾದ ಸಾತ್ವಿಕರ ಸತ್ವಗುಣ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಯಾಗಲೆಂದು ಕಾಯುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಜೀವರು ಸಂಸಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು, ತಮಗೆ ಯಾವುದು ಹಿತವೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಯದವರು. ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ಬೇಡುವ ಭರಾಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಹಿತವನ್ನೂ ಬೇಡಿಬಿಡುವರು. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಶ್ರೀಹರಿ ಬೇಡಿದುದನ್ನೆಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ಕಣ್ಮುಚ್ಚಿ ಪೂರೈಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ಮತ್ತು ಈಡೇರಿಸಿದ ಲೌಕಿಕ ಪುರುಷಾರ್ಥಗಳಿಂದ ಭಕ್ತ ತನ್ನಿಂದ ವಿಮುಖನಾಗಬಾರದೆಂಬ ಕಾಳಜಿಯಿಂದ, ತಾಯಿಯಂತೆ ಪೊರೆವನು ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕು. ಶ್ರೀಹರಿ ಎಂದಿಗೂ ತಾಮಸರಿಗೆ ಒಲಿಯುವುದೇ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಭಗವಂತ ಕೇವಲ ಮೋಕ್ಷವನ್ನಷ್ಟೇ ಕೊಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ, ಮೋಕ್ಷ ಸಾಧನೆಗೆ ಪೂರಕವಾದ ವಿಷಯ ಸುಖವನ್ನೂ, ಸುಸ್ಥಿತವಾದ ದೇಹವನ್ನೂ, ಅವನ ಪಾದದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಸುವಂತಹ ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನೂ ಕೂಡ ಕೊಟ್ಟು, ಸಲಹುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಸಾಧನೆಗೆ ಅವಕಾಶ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಡುತ್ತಾನೆಂಬ ವಿಚಾರವನ್ನು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ ಪಡಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ’ಕಲ್ಪವೃಕ್ಷ’ದ ದೃಷ್ಟಾಂತವನ್ನು ಕೊಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಕಲ್ಪವೃಕ್ಷ ಕೂಡ ಕೇವಲ ವಿಷಯ ಸುಖಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾತ್ರ ಕರುಣಿಸಬಲ್ಲದೆಂದೂ, ಮೋಕ್ಷ ಕೊಡಲಾರದೆಂದೂ ತಿಳಿಯಬಾರದು, ಅದು ತತ್ವಜ್ಞಾನವನ್ನೂ ಕೊಡಬಲ್ಲಂತಹದು. ಹರಿ ಎಂದಿಗೂ ತನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಶರಣಾಗತರಾದ ತ್ರಿವಿಧ ಜೀವರಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರವೇ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಲೋಕಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಕಲ್ಪವೃಕ್ಷದಂತೆ ಅಪೇಕ್ಷಿತವಾದ ಸುಖವನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತಾನಾದ್ದರಿಂದಲೇ ಅವನು ’ಶರಣಜನ’ ಎನಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೆ. ತನ್ನನ್ನು ದ್ವೇಷಿಸುವವರಿಗೆ ಅವನು ಎಂದಿಗೂ, ಏನನ್ನೂ ನೀಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

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Divine Love Notes

Dear Human:
You've got it all wrong.
You didn't come here to master unconditional love.
That is where you came from and where you'll return.
You came here to learn personal love.
Universal love. Messy love. Sweaty love. Crazy love. Broken love. Whole love.
Infused with divinity.
Lived through the grace of stumbling.
Demonstrated through the beauty of... messing up. Often.
You didn't come here to be perfect. You already are.
You came here to be gorgeously human.
Flawed and fabulous.
And then to rise again into remembering.
But unconditional love? Stop telling that story.
Love, in truth, doesn't need ANY other adjectives.
It doesn't require modifiers.
It doesn't require the condition of perfection.
It only asks that you show up. And do your best.
That you stay present and feel fully.
That you shine and fly and laugh and cry
and hurt and heal and fall and get back up
and play and work and live and die as YOU.
It's enough. It's Plenty.

~~C Walsh

Bhagwad Geeta - Lord Krishna

The Gita – Chapter 4 – Shloka 18

जो मनुष्य कर्म में अकर्म देखता है और जो अकर्म में कर्म देखता है, वह मनुष्यों में बुद्भिमान है और वह योगी समस्त कर्मों को करने वाला है ।। १८ ।।

One who sees action (Karma) in inaction (Akarma), and inaction in action, is a wise man and a great sage. That man who has accomplished all actions is a Yogi.

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Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Krishna and Bhagavad Gita

GOOD NIGHT THOUGHTS:

Yes..Without taking risk, there is non success. Srila prabhupada risked his two heart attacks on board Jaladhootha ship while travelling to America for preaching, but, he did not return. He risked his health and established Krishna Consciousness all over the world. So, we are here now.

Every action in this material world has risk. So, do not fear for risks. If your activity is according to dharma, no need for fear. Lord will take care of its completion any way.

Bhagwad Geeta / Tanuja Thakur

अनेक बार सूक्ष्म जगतकी जानकरी रखनेवाले सिद्ध, तांत्रिक या अन्य अध्यात्मविद या तो द्वेष वश या अन्य कारणवश मुझपर सूक्ष्म स्तरपर आघात करते हैं; परंतु गुरुकृपाके कारण उनके सर्व प्रयास विफल हो जाते हैं ! यदि इस ब्रह्मांडमें यदि मेरेश्रीगुरुने मुझे अकेले विचरण हेतु छोडा दिया है तो मेरे 'शुभचिंतक' यह कदापि न सोचें कि उनके सूक्ष्म आघात मेरा अहित करनेमें सक्षम हैं, स्थूलसे अपनेसे दूर करनेसे पहले मेरे श्रीगुरुने मेरे ऊपरके सूक्ष्म कवचको अभेद्य बनाया है अब अभेद्यपर वार करेंगे तो अहित किसका होगा स्वयं सोचें ! आशा करती हूँ यह मैं जिनके लिए लिख रही वे इसे पढकर मेरा संकेत अवश्य समझ जाएंगे और पुनः यह दुस्साहस करनेका प्रयत्न नहीं करेंगे |
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Hare Krishna
Bol Baanke bihari Lal ki Jai
M - O - T - H - E - R

"M" is for the million things
she gave me,
"O" means only that she's
growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to
save me,
"H" is for her heart of
purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with
love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right
she'll always be,

Put them all together, they
spell
"MOTHER,"
A word that means the
world to me. Don't read
without dropping
a comment if you love your
mother
Unpredictable life:

When I got enough confidence,
"The stage was gone."

When I was sure of losing,
"I won."

When I needed people the most,
"They left me."

When I learnt to dry my tears,
"I found a shoulder to cry on."

When I mastered the skill of hating,
"Somebody started loving me."

That's Life!!!!

PLEASE READ, IT TOUCHED MY HEART!

PLEASE READ, IT TOUCHED MY HEART!
It will take just 60 seconds to read this and change your thinking.. Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.. Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake.Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene. One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man could not hear the band -he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Days, weeks and months passed.One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window.The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, 'Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.' Epilogue: There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations.Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy. 'Today is a gift, that is why it is called The Present

Monday, 9 December 2013

The Ego and the Self

The Ego and the Self



The etymology of the word ego is simply “I” in Latin. It was used by Latin speakers in the very same way that we use the first person singular nominative case personal pronoun in modern English, which is “I”. In present day, we use the word “ego” to make a specific distinction; for example when we wish to address an inflated sense of self-worth, but also to refer to our identity that we have built around ourselves. But what, actually is the “ego”, and what is its relationship with that which we call “self”?
We can say that the ego is fundamentally a construct. It is made of parts just like a building is made up of concrete and, our ego is made up of our dreams and fears, aspirations, memories and so on. Let’s take a quick look into what the traditions of the West and East say on the subject.
For Sigmund Freud, the Ego is a part of a psyche’s apparatus that functions as a mediator between our basic human instincts (ID) and the moral that is socially upheld as desirable (Super Ego). (Super ego is the aspect of personality that holds all of our internalized moral standards and ideals that we acquire from both parents and society–our sense of right and wrong.)
The latter two elements of our psyche are in mutual contradiction and it is the job of the Ego to ‘unify’ these contradictory aspects. The result of this synthesis is something that is –apparently– stable and coherent, even though it is under a lot of pressure and always under construction. The metaphor of the Iceberg is usually employed to exemplify the mechanics and visibility of these forces: the Ego is the tip, the visible part, is only there because it’s supported by another deeper and less accessible mass of ice.As for the Buddhist, they claim that nothing possess an underlying reality. One of the most common (and normal) aberrations of our mind is to think in terms of identities. The concept ofAnatta or no-self is very clear on this: there is no thing that has a substance, they are all aggregates. The same happens with our ego: it is illusory to think that it exists. The Story of Nagasena and the Chariot is often told to exemplify: There is no such thing as a Chariot, they are parts just put together.
The same is valid for the ego: there is no such thing. What we are is a constant flow of sensations and thoughts and to identify ourselves with any of this is to create attachment to an illusion with ultimately leads to suffering. There are equivalent thoughts in Western philosophy by thinkers such as John Locke, Heraclitus and David Hume who appeal to the ‘bundle theory of the self’ and to the Theseus Ship Paradox which is just different ways of putting what the Buddhists are saying.
For Hinduism on the other hand, there is such thing as a Self and it is called Atman. It is what we find when we peel away all the illusory layers of the mind (where the Ego lies). It is equal to that of the impersonal Absolute (Brahman)-like a spark to the sun (they are both fire)-. Again, there is emphasis in self-knowledge, for it is through it that we can pierce the veil of illusion and see our true nature.
Lao Tzu wrote “knowing others is wisdom. Knowing the self is enlightenment”. It seems that many traditions highly value this kind of knowledge and see it as a means to happiness. We should be vigilant of our Ego and keep in mind that is something that has been constructed, and therefore something that can be reconstructed and reshaped in whichever way we want. If it is inevitable to have an ego we should resort to shape it to our convenience. To see it as a tool and not as a master might bring us many benefits.
Alan Watts said: “[the] ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself. Just as the word “water” is a noise that symbolizes a certain liquid without being it, so too the idea of ego symbolizes the role you play, who you are, but it is not the same as your living organism.”In the video below Alan Watts talks about the illusion of the Ego and that its a social institution with no physical reality –

To know this, and to be open to evolve the idea that we have of ourselves will bring dynamism and evolution in our being: It is a good idea not to take oneself too seriously, for the identification of ourselves with an ‘I’ petrifies, on the other hand self-discovery and to laugh at oneself opens the gates to self-realization. Watts explained, “…man’s un-happiness is rooted in the feeling of anxiety which attends his sense of being an isolated individual or ego, separate from “life” or “reality” as a whole. On the other hand, happiness – a sense of harmony, completion, and wholeness – comes with the realization that the feeling of isolation is an illusion”
Resources:
Is Your Ego Your Servant or Your Master?

Sunday, 8 December 2013

Shri Shirdi Saibaba Evening Aarti - 1730 to 1830 IST (based on suN SEt


╮ शिव रुद्राष्टक ╭დ•~



~•დ╮ शिव रुद्राष्टक ╭დ•~
नमामीशमीशान निर्वाण रूपं, विभुं
व्यापकं ब्रह्म वेद: स्वरूपम्।
अजं निर्गुणं निर्विकल्पं निरीहं, चिदाकाश
माकाशवासं भजेऽहम्॥
निराकार मोंकार मूलं तुरीयं, गिराज्ञान
गोतीतमीशं गिरीशम्।
करालं महाकाल कालं कृपालुं,गुणागार
संसार पारं नतोऽहम्॥
तुषाराद्रि संकाश गौरं गभीरं, मनोभूत
कोटि प्रभा श्री शरीरम्।
स्फुरन्मौलि कल्लोलिनी चारू गंगा,
लसद्भाल बालेन्दु कण्ठे भुजंगा॥
चलत्कुण्डलं शुभ्र नेत्रं विशालं, प्रसन्नाननं
नीलकण्ठं दयालुम्।
मृगाधीश चर्माम्बरं मुण्डमालं, प्रिय शंकरं
सर्वनाथं भजामि॥
प्रचण्डं प्रकृष्टं प्रगल्भं परेशं, अखण्डं अजंभानु
कोटि प्रकाशम्।
त्रय:शूल निर्मूलनं शूलपाणिं, भजे अहं
भवानीपतिं भाव गम्यम्॥
कलातीत-कल्याण-कल्पांतकारी,
सदा सज्जनानन्द दातापुरारी।
चिदानन्द सन्दोह मोहापहारी, प्रसीद-
प्रसीद प्रभो मन्माथारी॥

The Gita – Chapter 4 – Shloka 13

The Gita – Chapter 4 – Shloka 13

ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य और शूद्र —- इन चार वर्णों का समूह, गुण और कर्मों के विभाग पूर्वक मेरे द्वारा रचा गया है, इस प्रकार उस सृष्टि-रचनादि कर्म का कर्ता होने पर भी मुझ अविनाशी परमेश्वर को तू वास्तव में अकर्ता ही जान ।। १३ ।।

I, the Lord, O Arjuna, am the creator of the four castes (namely, Brahmin, Ksatriya, Vaishya and Sudra). You must understand Arjuna, that I who created these four orders of society, am a non-doer.

## Read earlier shlokas at Bhagwad Geeta - Lord Krishna ##

Friday, 6 December 2013

** Incarnations of Lord Ganesh in each Yug ! *

** Incarnations of Lord Ganesh in each Yug ! *


1. Mahotkat Vinayak
He was born to Sage Kashyap and Aditi in the Krut era (yug). In this incarnation, He reinstated Righteousness (Dharma) by slaying the two demons, Devantak and Narantak and then ended this incarnation.


2 Gunesh
In the Tretayug, Ganapati was born to Uma on the fourth day (chaturthi) of the bright fortnight of the Hindu lunar month of Bhadrapad as Gunesh. In this incarnation, He slew the demon Sindhu and married Siddhi and Buddhi, the daughters of Lord Brahma.


3 Ganesh
In the Dvaparyug, once again He was born to Parvati as Ganesh. Ganesh then slew the demon Sindurasur and set free several kings and valorous men whom he had imprisoned. It is in this incarnation that Ganesh preached the eternal philosophy in the form of Ganeshgita to His devotee named Varenya.

4 Dhumraketu
According to the Bhavishya Puran, the fourth incarnation of Ganesh by name Dhumraketu or Dhumravarna will take birth in the Kaliyug and de­stroy the evildoers.

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