to snatch off someone elses property market it as your own is cruel and crude

I am not questioning the tendency or the sincere motives behind the desire to share..share anything including posts in social media..

It is even good and welcome.. it becomes a digest of general knowledge, even though most often it is just gossip..

But to snatch off someone elses property market it as your own is cruel and crude.

. And as if an icing to the cake if you claim that you should be praised and assigned copyright for the stolen property just shows decadence,,,

If you think that the society we live in is just a heap of muck, I have very little to say..

I know no one can write or publish only what he thinks or imbibes.. we have to draw wisdom from others over and our masters are placed in a wide spectrum over space and time.. Krishna, Vyasaa, Socrates, Valmiki, Gandhi, Gurudeb, EM Shankaran Namboothiripad and so on..

I would look silly if I just pass on what these masters have written as my own.. But even that can happen in social media..

In fact I am not publishing many articles in my collection over the years.. because I am not able to decide whether I wrote them myself or whether I copied them..

And my posts in social media a decade ago were made almost anonymously, and I have found many appearing in other names..

But there again I cannot claim any authorship because usually, however huge or tiny the material, I just type it on to the console, and never keep copy..

I am not claiming that I am much of an author or intellectual in any way.. but if a fellow of very low intellectual threshold like me can feel so much on the subject, just think of the haplessness of the really great ones.

Our living body is the temple and the sanctum is our heart..

Our living body is the temple and the sanctum is our heart..

That Black Fellow Krishna  told Arjuna this..

idam sareeram Kountheya kshetram iti abhidheeyate..

इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रं इत्यभिधीयते

this body, Son of Kunthi, is called the Kshetram of abode of the Supreme

and

easwarah sarvabhootaanam hrud deshe Arjuna tishtathi.

ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशे अर्जुन तिष्टति

eashvarah sarvaboothaanaam hruddrshe arjuna tishtati 

easwara.. god resides in the heart of all living things..

Both are from Gita...I mean Bhagavat Gita

I am sure you have kept your body clean and have lighted the sanctum of your heart with love and care for all.

So you have always done your duty to Him.

The photos and idols are just symbols.

I do not say you should ignore them or throw them away- but sure, your feeling of guilt is unnecessary and misplaced

We feel it comfortable to think that God is all love and mercy towards bhakthas

Regarding bhakthi (faith in God), do we really know the behavioural pattern of God..?

We feel it comfortable to think that God is all love and mercy towards bhakthas(devotees)..

We do not have any proof for that..

I am not an atheist..…

My faith may be misplaced, it may not convince many..I have no evidence to sho

There really is no comparision between us and the one who made us..

But shedding  all objectivity, reasoning and logic,, I trust that He is so merciful that He will look after our interests..

It is well enough if we do not interfere with His sweet process..

My faith may be misplaced, it may not convince many..I have no evidence to show.. And He will not come in the open and utter a word.. that rogue Krishna..

But that has carried me through sixty three years and more..

A good enough show for me..

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠..

 

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐨 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐞, 

𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐥𝐞, 

𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰.. 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬.. 

Howecver, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭..

 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠..

preserve your body even if you will have to give up everything else for that

 

सर्वमेव परित्यज्य शरीरमनुपालयेत्

शरीरस्य प्रनष्ठस्य सर्वमेव विनश्यति॥

चाणक्यराजनीतिसारे २--३

sarvameva parityajya śarīramanupālayet

śarīrasya pranaṣṭhasya sarvameva vinaśyati||

cāṇakyarājanītisāre 2--3

ChanakYa, the great Statesman, Political Scientist of Ancent India says this

Please preserve your body even if you will have to give up everything else for that. Once the body is lost, all other things are just gone for you

Knowingly or unknowingly we follow this dictum most of the time.. The cosmetic Industry and trade in the world thrive on this.. I did not see anyone quoting this aphorism of Chanakya in any of the toilet Soap or toothpaste advertisement. Strange.

The idea of exercise in peacetime, having good food always, fierce armed combats in battles and wars, all come out of this urge to keep the soul and body together.

സര്‍വമേവ പരിത്യജ്യ ശരീരമനുപാലയേത്
ശരീരസ്യ പ്രനഷ്ഠസ്യ സര്‍വമേവ വിനശ്യതി॥
ചാണക്യരാജനീതിസാരേ ൨--൩
രാഷ്ട്രതന്ത്രജ്ഞനും അമാത്യവര്യനും ആയ ആചാര്യ ചാണക്യന്‍റെ ഒരു ഉപദേശം.
എത്രയധികം പരിശ്രമിച്ചും എന്ത് വില കൊടുത്തും സ്വന്തം ശരീരത്തെ രക്ഷിക്കുക. നിങ്ങളുടെ കയ്യില്‍ ഉള്ള എല്ലാം അതിനുവേണ്ടി നഷ്ടപ്പെടുത്തിയാലും സാരമില്ല. എന്തെന്നാല്‍ ശരീരം നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടാല്‍ നിങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് എല്ലാം നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടു കഴിഞ്ഞു.
അറിഞ്ഞോ അറിയാതേയോ ഈ ഉപദേശം നാം എല്ലാവരും എപ്പോഴും നടപ്പില്‍ വരുത്താറുണ്ട്. ഈ ലോകത്തിലെ ആരോഗ്യ പരിപാലനത്തിനുള്ള സാധനങ്ങള്‍ക്കും സുഗന്ധ വസ്തുക്കള്‍ക്കും എല്ലാം ഉള്ള വിപണിയും വ്യാപാര സാധ്യതയും എല്ലാം ഈ തത്വത്തില്‍ അധിഷ്ടിതമാണ്.
ഒരു സുഗന്ധ സോപ്പിന്‍റെയോ ടൂത്ത് പേസ്ടിന്‍റെയോ പരസ്യത്തിലും ഈ ചാണക്യ വചനം ഉപയോഗിച്ചു കാണുന്നില്ല എന്നത് അത്ഭുതകരം തന്നെ.

സമാധാനം നിലനില്‍ക്കുന്ന സമയങ്ങളില്‍ തീവ്രമായ വ്യായാമം നടത്തുക, എപ്പോഴും പോഷകാംശം നിറഞ്ഞ ഭക്ഷണം കഴിക്കുക, യുദ്ധങ്ങളില്‍ ഏറെ വാശിയോടെ പൊരുതുക, ഇങ്ങിനെ പലതും ശരീരം എന്ത് വില കൊടുത്തും രക്ഷിക്കണം എന്ന ഉല്‍ക്കടമായ ആഗ്രഹത്തില്‍ നിന്ന് ഉണ്ടാവുന്ന പ്രവണതകള്‍ ആണ്.

slanderer as well as listener share the sin

 

Kalidasa said this millenniums ago..

in Kumaarasambhavam..

In the words of Uma

न केवलं यो महतो अपभाषते शृणोति तस्मादपि यः स पापभाक्

na kevalm yo mahato apabhaashate shrunothi tasmaadapi yah sa paapabhaak..

meaning..

Not only a fellow who makes slanderous comments about a great person, but even one who happens to hear that spoken become a partner in the sin..

രണ്ടു മൂന്നു സഹസ്രാബ്ദങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് മുമ്പ് കവികുല സാര്‍വഭൌമനായ കാളിദാസന്‍ കുമാരസംഭവത്തില്‍ പറഞ്ഞു.

ന കേവലം യോ മഹാതോ അപഭാഷതേ ശ്രുണോതി തസ്മാദപി യഃ സ പാപഭാക്

മഹാന്മാരെക്കുരിച്ച് അപവാദവും നുണകളും പറഞ്ഞു നടക്കുന്നവന്‍ മാത്രമല്ല പാപി ആവുന്നത്, അത് കേട്ടുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന ആള്‍ക്കും ആ പാപത്തിന്‍റെ പങ്ക് തീര്‍ച്ചയായും ലഭിക്കും.

Aparna, Uma,Parvati

 

पार्वतीमौषधीमेकामपर्णां मृगयामहे।

शूली हालाहलं पीत्वा यया मृत्युञ्जयोऽभवत्॥

pārvatīmauṣadhīmekāmaparṇāṁ mṛgayāmahe|

śūlī hālāhalaṁ pītvā yayā mṛtyuñjayo'bhavat||||

We have been searching the entire mountain range for a medicinal herb which has no leaves.. the herb that would relieve a person suffering from fatal pain in the stomach and save him from death.

Yes, we have found Parvathi, the Aparna. The Lord Shankara who wields a trident had faced instant death after drinking halahala the poison, but was saved from death by that beautiful damsel.

Here Shiva is called Shoolee the one who wields the trident. Shoolee also means the one who is afflicted with fatal pain in the stomach

Parvathi.. means the one who is born to the mountain.. The daughter of Himavan the mountain is also called aptly by that name

Aparna.. means a plant without leaves. Uma the Parvathi was called Aparna because she did penance to woo Lord Shiva .. and during the penance she refused to take even a leaf a day as food..

Mrityunjaya.. The person who was relieved of death.. the patient Lord Shiva who destroyed even the God of death Yama is famously called Mrityunjaya

Uma is indeed Parvathi Aparna.. just like a leafless herb born in the mountain relieving a patient of pain in the stomach, Uma the Aparna prevented sure destruction to Lord Shiva by holding on to his neck tight when he drank the poison Halahalam during the churning of the Milky ocean

So mother Uma is the medicine Aparna who relieves us of sure destruction, no doubt..

 

 

 

accept realities if you are genuinely wise

 

अनागतं यन्न ममेति विद्यादतिक्रान्तं यन्न ममेति विद्यात्।

दिष्टं बलीय इति मन्यमानास्ते पण्डितास्तत्सदां स्थानमाहुः॥

महाभारते शान्तिपर्वे १०४-२२

anāgataṁ yanna mameti vidyādatikrāntaṁ yanna mameti vidyāt|

diṣṭaṁ balīya iti manyamānāste paṇḍitāstatsadāṁ sthānamāhuḥ||

mahābhārate śāntiparve 104-22

If one is realistic enough to accept that what has not happened, what has not been attained is not his

If one is sufficiently matter of fact in his realization that whatever that has happened is not in his control

and

If he realized that the facts and circumstances and serenditpity as it is obtaining in the immediate present is the decisive and powerful motive force in life

Then he is the really learned person

And he would definitely occupy a very respectable place in the array of good and sensible persons.

From Mahabharatham.