ONCE, a bird sat on the mast of a ship. When the
ship sailed through the mouth of the Ganges into
the 'black waters' of the ocean, the bird failed to
notice the fact. When it finally became aware of the
ocean, it left the mast and flew north in search of
land. But it found no limit to the water and so
returned. After resting a while it flew south. There
too it found no limit to the water. Panting for
breath the bird returned to the mast. Again, after
resting a while, it flew east and then west. Finding
no limit to the water in any direction, at last it
settled down on the mast of the ship.
What a man seeks is very near him. Still he wanders
about from place to place. As long as a man feels
that God is 'there', he is ignorant. But he attains
knowledge when he feels that God is 'here'.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Saturday, December 15, 2012
15-12-2012 Srimad Bhagavad-Gita Sloka, Sri Ramakrishna story,swami vivekananda quotes with some meanings
SRIMAD BHAGAVADGITA
samsktit:
Anye ca bahavah sura madarthe tyaktajivitah
Nanasastrapraharanah sarve yuddavisaradah
English:
And there are many other heroes, equipped with various weapons and missiles, who have staked their lives for me, all skilled in warfare
Equipped=provide with necessaries
SRI RAMAKRISHNA
WHAT YOU ARE AFTER, IS WITHIN YOURSELF
A man wanted a smoke. He went to a neighbour’s house to light his charcoal. It was dead of night and the household was asleep. After he had knocked a great deal, someone came down to open the door, At sight of the man he asked, “Hello! What’s the matter?” The man replied, “Can’t you guess? You know how fond I am of smoking. I have come here to light my charcoal.” The neighbor said, “Ha! Ha! You are a fine man indeed! You took the trouble to come and do all this knocking at the door! Why, you have a lighted lantern in your hand!”
What a man seeks is very near him. Still he wanders about from place to place
Charcoal=wood- carbon
Fond=very loving, affectionate
Lantern=lamp.
Seek=look for, search.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
Never say, ‘no’, never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature, you can do anything and everything, you are almighty
samsktit:
Anye ca bahavah sura madarthe tyaktajivitah
Nanasastrapraharanah sarve yuddavisaradah
English:
And there are many other heroes, equipped with various weapons and missiles, who have staked their lives for me, all skilled in warfare
Equipped=provide with necessaries
SRI RAMAKRISHNA
WHAT YOU ARE AFTER, IS WITHIN YOURSELF
A man wanted a smoke. He went to a neighbour’s house to light his charcoal. It was dead of night and the household was asleep. After he had knocked a great deal, someone came down to open the door, At sight of the man he asked, “Hello! What’s the matter?” The man replied, “Can’t you guess? You know how fond I am of smoking. I have come here to light my charcoal.” The neighbor said, “Ha! Ha! You are a fine man indeed! You took the trouble to come and do all this knocking at the door! Why, you have a lighted lantern in your hand!”
What a man seeks is very near him. Still he wanders about from place to place
Charcoal=wood- carbon
Fond=very loving, affectionate
Lantern=lamp.
Seek=look for, search.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
Never say, ‘no’, never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature, you can do anything and everything, you are almighty
Thursday, December 13, 2012
18 purans
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BRHMA PURAN
Contains two parts- Purva Bhaag and
Uttar Bhaag. Purva Bhaag contains tales of creation, description of Lord Rama
and Lord Krishna. Uttar Bhaag contains a detailed description of Purshottam
Tirtha prominent among all the holy places.
PADMA PURAN
Contains five parts. In the first
part, sage Pulastya explains the essence of religion to Bheeshma. The second
part contains a description of the earth. Third part contains tales of creation
as well as geographical description of India. Fourth part describes the life of
Lord Rama. In the fifth part, essential knowledge of religion has been
discussed in dialogue style between Lord Shiva and Parvati.
VISHNU PURAN
Also contains five parts. First part
narrates about the creation of the universe, Pralay and churning of the sea.
Second part contains geographical description of earth divided into seven
islands. Third part describes about the origin of Buddhism. Fourth part
contains a description about the populating of the earth from the beginning.
Fifth part is entirely devoted to the life and plays of Lord Krishna.
SKAND PURAN
It is the largest Purana. It is
mainly devoted to Kartikeya (Skanda), the son of Lord Shiva and Parvati.
Besides, it contains a lot of tales related to Lord Shiv and many holy places
of pilgrimage devoted prominently to Shiv.
SHIV PURAN
It is also a huge compilation of
tales devoted primarily to the life and plays of Lord Shiva. It is divided into
seven Samhitas, which together contain more than twenty-four thousand stanzas.
VAMAN PURAN
This Purana is entirely devoted to
Vaman avtaar (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu narrated in dialogue style between
the sage Pulastya and Narad.
MARKANDEY PURAN
Markandeya Purana begins with a
question put forth by sage Jaimini. In reply to this question, sage Markandeya
narrates what constitutes the subject matter of this Purana. Popular Durga
Shaptashati which is sung in Navratris is derived from this Puran. Several
Yagyas are done from the mantras taken from this Puran.
VARAH PURAN
It contains the tale of rescue of
the earth by ‘Varaha’ avtaar (boar incarnation) of Lord Vishnu.
BRHMAVAIVARTTA PURAN
This Purana contains four parts.
First part contains the tale of creation. Second part contains tales related to
goddesses. Third part contains tales related to Lord Ganesh. In the fourth
part, tales related to the life and plays of Lord Krishna have been given.
AGNI PURAN
This Purana is devoted to Agni. It
is presented in preaching style by Agni to sage Vashishta. It contains the
description of various incarnations of God, Lord Rama and Krishna as well as of
the earth and stars.
BHAVISHYA PURAN
This Purana contains five Parvas
(parts). The first part contains description of creation. Second, third and
fourth parts contain detailed description of Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Surya
respectively. In the fifth part, description of heaven has been given.
KURMA PURAN
Lord Himself has narrated this
Purana in Kurma (tortoise) incarnation to Narad. Narad narrated it to Sutaji
who in his term narrated it to an assembly of great sages.
MATSYA PURAN
Tales of Lord’s fish incarnation and
preservation of Manu and the seeds of all life during Pralay by Matsya avtaar
is the main theme of this Purana.
GARUD PURAN
In Garuda Purana, Lord Vishnu
preaches his vehicle, Garuda about the subtleties of religion and life.
Besides, trivial tales related to religion and moral, this Purana also contains
description of diamond like jewels and the ways to identify best kind of
jewels. This puran is widely used for after death knowledge and ceamtion and
relevant secraments. It also discribes the result of Karma and about
the soul, death, heaven, hell, ghost. rebirth and salvation.
BRAHMAND PURAN
It is the last of the eighteen
Puranas. Presently it is available in different pieces and no connection seems
to exist between them. Once, it had contained Aadhyatma Ramayana.
BHAGWAT PURAN
Because of its beautiful
presentation style, Shrimad Bhagwat Purana has a high rank in Sanskrit
literature. It contains tales related to various incarnations of Lord Vishnu
and mainly deals with the life and plays of Lord Krishna. The whole story of Lord
Krishna is derived from here. This also contains Mahabharat and Geeta.,
LINGA PURAN
Preaching about the glory of Lord
Shiva and Linga Puja is the main objective of this Purana. In two parts, this
Purana contains tales related to the creation of the universe, origin of Linga,
and of all the Vedas, Brahma, Vishnu etc. from this Linga.
NARAD PURAN
It is a Vaishnav Purana presented in
a style of dialogue between Narad and Sanat kumar. This Purana contains
detailed description of major places of pilgrimage.
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13-12-2012 Srimad Bhagavad-Gita Sloka, Sri Ramakrishna story,swami vivekananda quotes with some meanings
SRIMAD BHAGAVADGITA
sanskrit:
Bhavanbhismasca karnasca krpasca samitinjayah
Asvatthama vikarnasca saumadattistathaiva ca
englis:
Yourself and Bhisma and Karna and Krpa,who is ever victorious in battle; and even so Asvatthama, Vikarna and Bhurisrava
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
Be free; hope for nothing from anyone. I am sure if you look back upon your lives you will find that you were always vainly trying to get help from others which never came. All the help that has come was from within yourselves.
Vainly= uselessly, proudly.
SRI RAMAKRISHNA STORY
HOW ONE CAN ENTER THE MANTION OF GOD
IT is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of door of God’s mansion lies the stamp of Ego. One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stamp.
There was once a man who had acquired the power to tame ghosts. One day, at his summons, a ghost appeared. The ghost said, “Now tell me what you want me to do. The moment you cannot give me any work I shall break your neck. “The man had many things to accomplish and he had the ghost to do them all, one by one, At last he could find nothing more for the ghost to do. “Now”, said the ghost, “ I am going to break your neck.” “Wait a minute”, said the man. “I shall return presently.” He ran to his teacher and said, “Revered sir, I am in great danger. This is my trouble.” And he told his teacher his trouble and asked, “What shall I do now?” The teacher said, “Do this. Tell the ghost to straighten the kinky hair.” The ghost devoted itself day and night to straightening the hair. But how could it make a kinky hair straight? The hair remained kinky.
Likewise, the ego seems to vanish this moment, but it reappears next. Unless one renounces the ego, one does not receive the grace of God.
Mansion=a large dwelling (=living place) house
Tame=docile, gentle.
Summons=an authoritative order to appear in court.
Accomplish=fulfill, complete, finish entirely.
Revered=respect.
Reappears=appear once again.
Renounces=give up,surrender,forsake.
sanskrit:
Bhavanbhismasca karnasca krpasca samitinjayah
Asvatthama vikarnasca saumadattistathaiva ca
englis:
Yourself and Bhisma and Karna and Krpa,who is ever victorious in battle; and even so Asvatthama, Vikarna and Bhurisrava
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
Be free; hope for nothing from anyone. I am sure if you look back upon your lives you will find that you were always vainly trying to get help from others which never came. All the help that has come was from within yourselves.
Vainly= uselessly, proudly.
SRI RAMAKRISHNA STORY
HOW ONE CAN ENTER THE MANTION OF GOD
IT is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of door of God’s mansion lies the stamp of Ego. One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stamp.
There was once a man who had acquired the power to tame ghosts. One day, at his summons, a ghost appeared. The ghost said, “Now tell me what you want me to do. The moment you cannot give me any work I shall break your neck. “The man had many things to accomplish and he had the ghost to do them all, one by one, At last he could find nothing more for the ghost to do. “Now”, said the ghost, “ I am going to break your neck.” “Wait a minute”, said the man. “I shall return presently.” He ran to his teacher and said, “Revered sir, I am in great danger. This is my trouble.” And he told his teacher his trouble and asked, “What shall I do now?” The teacher said, “Do this. Tell the ghost to straighten the kinky hair.” The ghost devoted itself day and night to straightening the hair. But how could it make a kinky hair straight? The hair remained kinky.
Likewise, the ego seems to vanish this moment, but it reappears next. Unless one renounces the ego, one does not receive the grace of God.
Mansion=a large dwelling (=living place) house
Tame=docile, gentle.
Summons=an authoritative order to appear in court.
Accomplish=fulfill, complete, finish entirely.
Revered=respect.
Reappears=appear once again.
Renounces=give up,surrender,forsake.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
04-12-2012 Srimad Bhagavad-Gita Sloka, Sri Ramakrishna story,swami vivekananda quotes
SRIMAD BHAGAVAD-GITA
CHAPTER ONE
Samskrit;
Dhrishtaketush chekitaanah kaashiraajashcha veeryavaan
Purujit kuntibhojashcha shaibyashcha narapungavah.
English:
“Drishtaketu, Chekitana and the valiant king of Kasi, Purujit, and Kuntibhoja and Saibya,the best of men,
THEN COMES THE TIME FOR ACTION
Do you know my attitude? Books and things like that only point out the way to reach God. After finding the way, what more need is there of books and scriptures? Then comes the time for action. A man received a letter from home informing him that certain presents were to be sent to his relatives. The names of the articles were given in the letter. As he was about to go shopping for them, he found that the letter was missing. He began anxiously to search for it, several others joining in the search. When at last the letter was discovered, his joy knew no bounds. With great eagerness he opened the letter and read it. It said that he was to buy five seers of sweets, a piece ,of cloth, and a few other things. Then he did not need the letter any more, for it had served its purpose. Putting it aside, he went out to buy the things. How long is such a letter necessary? As long as its contents are not known. When the contents are known one proceeds to carry out the directions. In the scriptures you will find the way to realise God. But after getting all the information about the path, you must begin to work. Only then can you attain your goal.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
FAITH AND STRENGTH
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is greatest hearsay to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin - to say that you are weak, or others are weak
CHAPTER ONE
Samskrit;
Dhrishtaketush chekitaanah kaashiraajashcha veeryavaan
Purujit kuntibhojashcha shaibyashcha narapungavah.
English:
“Drishtaketu, Chekitana and the valiant king of Kasi, Purujit, and Kuntibhoja and Saibya,the best of men,
THEN COMES THE TIME FOR ACTION
Do you know my attitude? Books and things like that only point out the way to reach God. After finding the way, what more need is there of books and scriptures? Then comes the time for action. A man received a letter from home informing him that certain presents were to be sent to his relatives. The names of the articles were given in the letter. As he was about to go shopping for them, he found that the letter was missing. He began anxiously to search for it, several others joining in the search. When at last the letter was discovered, his joy knew no bounds. With great eagerness he opened the letter and read it. It said that he was to buy five seers of sweets, a piece ,of cloth, and a few other things. Then he did not need the letter any more, for it had served its purpose. Putting it aside, he went out to buy the things. How long is such a letter necessary? As long as its contents are not known. When the contents are known one proceeds to carry out the directions. In the scriptures you will find the way to realise God. But after getting all the information about the path, you must begin to work. Only then can you attain your goal.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
FAITH AND STRENGTH
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is greatest hearsay to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin - to say that you are weak, or others are weak
Saturday, November 24, 2012
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