जीवन का लक्ष है एकेलेपन से एकान्त तक की सफर तय करना ; जीतनी सचाई के साथ,जीतनी गहराई के साथ यह सफर की जाए उत्ना अच्छा है क्योंकी इस सफर में पथ भी हम ,पथिक भी हम और मंज़िल भी हम ही हैं ....भले कोई रस्ते में मिले या नहीं ,कोई साथ दे या नहीं ,भले कोई हमे समझ पाए या नहीं , भले कहीं कठिनाई आजाए........च ल ना तो हमें नदी की तरह है ........कहीं भटक न जाए ....
Monday, 24 June 2019
Vipassana-the art and science of looking within...
Yashodhara asked Siddhartha Gautam..." Dear,if u worry about everyone's sorrow in life,you will drown,life is like that,you can't worry for the world"... The heart broken Siddhartha replied..." yes dear,I know I will drown,but where will I go alone even if I swim and cross the life?" The very thought of life going through disease, depression,old age and death and the misery felt by the humanity accompanying each of these put him in deep thoughts...
He didn't want to temporarily swim and somehow cross the life, again to get entangled with the pain and pleasure of life's cycle ,but to know the cause of human misery, suffering and to overcome that...
In search of a lasting remedy for the human suffering,he left the palace,his home and painstakingly his loving family too,not that he didn't love them dearly,not that he was not capable of reigning his kingdom,but for a larger cause,for a larger family,for an eternal goal for the humanity...
He practiced painfully various meditation methods, neglected his health but finally discovered the reason of human suffering and the art and science of looking within for achieving eternal remedies for life's fall outs. The blessed peepal tree saw his enlightenment,the awakening of him and tirelessly sharing his wisdom and knowledge and helping inumerable souls to look within and find the remedies inside..
That transformed, Siddhartha Gautam,to Gautam the"Buddha"- the knower!
Buddha never claimed to be God neither messanger of God. He just observed the nature and it's eternal laws of life. He realised anybody can be a Buddha, an awakened soul, whoever walks the path,and he never claimed any monopoly over enlightenment. He taught the world,misery comes from undue attachment to everything which are changeable, perishable... What we cling today as ours,will be tomorrow someone else's... But we normally don't want to realise that. What we feel extremely delighted today to have t,losing that tomorrow causes excruciating agony... He taught the same principle of life as Krishna taught the world through Geeta. Arjuna was a medium for the world to get enlightenment on Kurukshetra's battle field and for ages and ages to come. Buddha through his art and science of understanding life and true living gifted the world Vipassana... A technique,an attitude to look within.
All through life we look only outside,how to achieve success,wealth,compare with others and in the bargain we fall prey to greed,lust, addition,lie, wrong means of livelihood... And we suffer more from our reaction to the inevitable which happens to us,than by what actually happens to us. Buddha taught the world the finest art of doing ones best,practicing purest of actions and stay composed and surrendered for the happenings which are beyond our control... He amply demonstrated the root cause of misery is desire... The deeper the root of desire for achieving the mortal gains,the farther we are from a divine life,a grateful living,a surrendered attitude and we bring on ourselves endless misery...
May Lord Buddha help the world to look within,than out, practice compassion than achieving material goals,find success in living a life rightly than leading a life richly... May Vipassana...the art and science of looking within becomes an eternal practice for the humanity...
May we be blessed within, look inwards and March to self enlightenment through everyday practice of leading a life of right thinking and right living... The contemporary world needs Buddha,a divine path finder more than anything else !
Spare a moment ! Spare a thought !!!
He didn't want to temporarily swim and somehow cross the life, again to get entangled with the pain and pleasure of life's cycle ,but to know the cause of human misery, suffering and to overcome that...
In search of a lasting remedy for the human suffering,he left the palace,his home and painstakingly his loving family too,not that he didn't love them dearly,not that he was not capable of reigning his kingdom,but for a larger cause,for a larger family,for an eternal goal for the humanity...
He practiced painfully various meditation methods, neglected his health but finally discovered the reason of human suffering and the art and science of looking within for achieving eternal remedies for life's fall outs. The blessed peepal tree saw his enlightenment,the awakening of him and tirelessly sharing his wisdom and knowledge and helping inumerable souls to look within and find the remedies inside..
That transformed, Siddhartha Gautam,to Gautam the"Buddha"- the knower!
Buddha never claimed to be God neither messanger of God. He just observed the nature and it's eternal laws of life. He realised anybody can be a Buddha, an awakened soul, whoever walks the path,and he never claimed any monopoly over enlightenment. He taught the world,misery comes from undue attachment to everything which are changeable, perishable... What we cling today as ours,will be tomorrow someone else's... But we normally don't want to realise that. What we feel extremely delighted today to have t,losing that tomorrow causes excruciating agony... He taught the same principle of life as Krishna taught the world through Geeta. Arjuna was a medium for the world to get enlightenment on Kurukshetra's battle field and for ages and ages to come. Buddha through his art and science of understanding life and true living gifted the world Vipassana... A technique,an attitude to look within.
All through life we look only outside,how to achieve success,wealth,compare with others and in the bargain we fall prey to greed,lust, addition,lie, wrong means of livelihood... And we suffer more from our reaction to the inevitable which happens to us,than by what actually happens to us. Buddha taught the world the finest art of doing ones best,practicing purest of actions and stay composed and surrendered for the happenings which are beyond our control... He amply demonstrated the root cause of misery is desire... The deeper the root of desire for achieving the mortal gains,the farther we are from a divine life,a grateful living,a surrendered attitude and we bring on ourselves endless misery...
May Lord Buddha help the world to look within,than out, practice compassion than achieving material goals,find success in living a life rightly than leading a life richly... May Vipassana...the art and science of looking within becomes an eternal practice for the humanity...
May we be blessed within, look inwards and March to self enlightenment through everyday practice of leading a life of right thinking and right living... The contemporary world needs Buddha,a divine path finder more than anything else !
Spare a moment ! Spare a thought !!!
Sunday, 23 June 2019
When fear takes over faith,doubt takes over hope....
What keeps the world going? A spontaneous question comes to my mind in the wee hours of the day. The answer comes from within, it's not wealth,it is not facilities,not even fame or name... Probably it is faith,it is reliability,it is hope... Of humanity,for humanity, from humanity...
Had read a story long back. An ascetic ( in true sense of soul) was living in the end of a village. He was liked by one and all for his noble nature. His only belonging was a white horse whom he had reared with utmost love and care and with his help he used to travel and help people. One evening when he was going to some place riding the horse,he saw a man lying on the road side, wrapped with a blanket , groaning with pain and tossing from one side to other. The scene was so very pitiable and the man was alone ! The ascetic got down from the horse back, spoke to the groaning man and he told he is having severe pain in stomach. Without a second thought,he lifted the man on his shoulder and put him back on his horse back and drove to reach the nearest medical help centre. After few minutes,as the darkness descended thicker,in a lonely place,the pillion rider got down, removed his dramatic attire and in no time the ascetic realised he is no ordinary patient,but the most wanted dacoit of the area. He threw the ascetic down from the horse back and in a fraction of second drove away with the horse... Ascetic realised the situation and walked back to his hermitage alone. His wound didn't bother him as much as the loss of faith. He entered the hut quietly and went to sleep.
Divine works in miraculous ways ! In the dead of the night the dacoit got up with a weird feeling, felt how different is the ascetic. When he threw him down and drove away with his most loving companion he didn't even utter a single word of displeasure! How great that soul could be and how did he ,one of the same human race stoop so low to wound him,steal his horse and ran away and all this for greed to have the horse and in disguise of a patient! His conscience arose and he could not sleep the whole night. Before the dawn,he took the horse back and tied him in the Ascetic's stable,he thought no one can see him. But the ascetic was awake and came out and saw him return. He stood frozen for a moment. Touched the feet of the noble ascetic and asked him to punish whatever way he thinks right for his wrong doing last night. The ascetic's divine nature guided him as usual and he prayed God to pardon him and had only one request! " Please don't tell anyone this incident, otherwise, people will lose faith and hope and no one will ever help a poor,needy,sick person lying on the roadside and that will be curse for the society where people will not believe a needy one!!!" The dacoit left with a sigh of relief and a strong sense of change in his heart...
In recent times of corroded doctor-patient relationship,the story came to my mind often. This has made me think so often about society,an ailing society which has lost its hope because someone somewhere has behaved like the dacoit and with rapidly changing world of informatics, the fire of fear and faithlessness have taken over the eternal values of hope and faith and doctors and hospitals have started becoming defensive beyond comprehension... Very pathetic and dangerous situation. Doctor, patient relationship is nothing different than a parent child one or a teacher student one!
Today even hospitals and doctors are so sceptical they don't even allow a doctor to have a glimpse of his/her ailing parents in the name of providing security to treating doctors and health care institutions! May be some dacoit relatives chose to beat the doctor and vandalise health care institutions in the event of any unsuccessful outcome or mishap. But impact has gone deep down in society and entire health care industry has become doubtful about patient and relatives imposing unflinching faith on the doctors anymore. Similarly general public has developed a fear, doubt and apathy towards the noblest profession available on Earth because some black sheep are there on every profession. But as a matter of fact the situation is so delicate now, students are preferring not to become doctors or health care professionals and they can be something else,but what is the choice for society! No one would love to visit a doctor,fall sick or be in hospital,but it is a reality. As long as human race will exist,there will be diseases,old age,deaths... All the more now. Society needs a compassionate,robust, loving and supportive,so also competent doctor fraternity and health care system. It was ,it is and will be the primary need for any society... We as a society are slipping our feet in the tricky sand of the vast sea every moment and probably not realising the damage being caused to us , unfortunately by us...
If the child loses its faith on its father or mother to hold it back when it falls and doing so only with love and loses the security,if the students lose the hope to be taught,guided and made finest human beings by their teachers,and patients lose faith that their treating doctor will treat,care them best...then who will save such a society ???? Vice versa... If there are no loving children,no budding students,no patients waiting to be treated and cared, imposing their unflinching faith and belief... Then what's the meaning of a parent,a teacher or a doctor...
We as a healthy society and medical professionals need to introspect and search deep within.. let's not allow fear to take over faith,doubt to take over hope...and do everything needed to narrow down,if not possible delete or erase the gap which is increasing every morning between the most faithful relationship on Earth... Doctor-patient...
I wish both sides walk through the gap and seal it with divine love and care,faith and hope...may be difficult but possible... I am sure!
Spare a moment ! Spare a thought !!!
Had read a story long back. An ascetic ( in true sense of soul) was living in the end of a village. He was liked by one and all for his noble nature. His only belonging was a white horse whom he had reared with utmost love and care and with his help he used to travel and help people. One evening when he was going to some place riding the horse,he saw a man lying on the road side, wrapped with a blanket , groaning with pain and tossing from one side to other. The scene was so very pitiable and the man was alone ! The ascetic got down from the horse back, spoke to the groaning man and he told he is having severe pain in stomach. Without a second thought,he lifted the man on his shoulder and put him back on his horse back and drove to reach the nearest medical help centre. After few minutes,as the darkness descended thicker,in a lonely place,the pillion rider got down, removed his dramatic attire and in no time the ascetic realised he is no ordinary patient,but the most wanted dacoit of the area. He threw the ascetic down from the horse back and in a fraction of second drove away with the horse... Ascetic realised the situation and walked back to his hermitage alone. His wound didn't bother him as much as the loss of faith. He entered the hut quietly and went to sleep.
Divine works in miraculous ways ! In the dead of the night the dacoit got up with a weird feeling, felt how different is the ascetic. When he threw him down and drove away with his most loving companion he didn't even utter a single word of displeasure! How great that soul could be and how did he ,one of the same human race stoop so low to wound him,steal his horse and ran away and all this for greed to have the horse and in disguise of a patient! His conscience arose and he could not sleep the whole night. Before the dawn,he took the horse back and tied him in the Ascetic's stable,he thought no one can see him. But the ascetic was awake and came out and saw him return. He stood frozen for a moment. Touched the feet of the noble ascetic and asked him to punish whatever way he thinks right for his wrong doing last night. The ascetic's divine nature guided him as usual and he prayed God to pardon him and had only one request! " Please don't tell anyone this incident, otherwise, people will lose faith and hope and no one will ever help a poor,needy,sick person lying on the roadside and that will be curse for the society where people will not believe a needy one!!!" The dacoit left with a sigh of relief and a strong sense of change in his heart...
In recent times of corroded doctor-patient relationship,the story came to my mind often. This has made me think so often about society,an ailing society which has lost its hope because someone somewhere has behaved like the dacoit and with rapidly changing world of informatics, the fire of fear and faithlessness have taken over the eternal values of hope and faith and doctors and hospitals have started becoming defensive beyond comprehension... Very pathetic and dangerous situation. Doctor, patient relationship is nothing different than a parent child one or a teacher student one!
Today even hospitals and doctors are so sceptical they don't even allow a doctor to have a glimpse of his/her ailing parents in the name of providing security to treating doctors and health care institutions! May be some dacoit relatives chose to beat the doctor and vandalise health care institutions in the event of any unsuccessful outcome or mishap. But impact has gone deep down in society and entire health care industry has become doubtful about patient and relatives imposing unflinching faith on the doctors anymore. Similarly general public has developed a fear, doubt and apathy towards the noblest profession available on Earth because some black sheep are there on every profession. But as a matter of fact the situation is so delicate now, students are preferring not to become doctors or health care professionals and they can be something else,but what is the choice for society! No one would love to visit a doctor,fall sick or be in hospital,but it is a reality. As long as human race will exist,there will be diseases,old age,deaths... All the more now. Society needs a compassionate,robust, loving and supportive,so also competent doctor fraternity and health care system. It was ,it is and will be the primary need for any society... We as a society are slipping our feet in the tricky sand of the vast sea every moment and probably not realising the damage being caused to us , unfortunately by us...
If the child loses its faith on its father or mother to hold it back when it falls and doing so only with love and loses the security,if the students lose the hope to be taught,guided and made finest human beings by their teachers,and patients lose faith that their treating doctor will treat,care them best...then who will save such a society ???? Vice versa... If there are no loving children,no budding students,no patients waiting to be treated and cared, imposing their unflinching faith and belief... Then what's the meaning of a parent,a teacher or a doctor...
We as a healthy society and medical professionals need to introspect and search deep within.. let's not allow fear to take over faith,doubt to take over hope...and do everything needed to narrow down,if not possible delete or erase the gap which is increasing every morning between the most faithful relationship on Earth... Doctor-patient...
I wish both sides walk through the gap and seal it with divine love and care,faith and hope...may be difficult but possible... I am sure!
Spare a moment ! Spare a thought !!!
Friday, 14 June 2019
Integrity...the soul's eternal virtue...here to stay !!!
Does integrity matter and if at all to whom does it matter?
At the outset I will say integrity is the highest and best virtue of one's character. It can start with an individual and can encompass a nation or the world...
I had read a story in my 2nd standard " for whom do we plant trees? " After decades and decades the story is printed in my mind and today when I am writing on this topic it makes more sense than ever. It said a simple truth,the person who plants the trees probably hardly ever sits under it's shade or enjoys it's fruits. But he leaves it for the world, for the generations to come and may be someone, sometime will take rest under it's shade and quench his thirst and hunger by eating a ripe fruit and remember the soul in gratitude.... That's the rewards the man gets for spending his life's sweat and blood and planting trees....He may not be living,but his intention and integrity certainly makes the world a better place....
Another story goes like this...Actually these are not imaginary stories, these are hard life lessons,great values, deep thoughts and divine philosophies put by authors for common understanding and following....
There lived a Brahmin( the one who knew bramah,not by title or birth) long ago,who with his family lived only on the alms which they get before sunset and worked in Kings court and didn't charge. That's a principles he followed.
One day the Prime Minister heard he lives a very hard life and seeing his work,knowledge and integrity he was pained and requested king to offer him some handsome salary because he deserves. King knew his integrity and resolve,went to his home in disguise in the evening and was hungry. They didn't recognize the king,offered him the little food they had collected for the family and after the guest ate all of them had only water as there was no food. Then King revealed his identity and requested him to accept a handsome amount of wealth. But he politely refused and explained...He saud, in each time and place there are few people who are following principles and integrity and that is everything for them and a blessing for the world and the entire world exists and maintains balance because of some such people.... So how can i leave that for my comfort ???
The king stood still and learnt the greatest lesson of his life ....
Moral is....never weigh or judge the value of doing good... it can never be measured in any finite terms...who knows who is destined to get the fruit of the tree you plant and prays God to bless u and the world....
Do good, the good will come back....
Spare a moment ! Spare a thought !!!
At the outset I will say integrity is the highest and best virtue of one's character. It can start with an individual and can encompass a nation or the world...
I had read a story in my 2nd standard " for whom do we plant trees? " After decades and decades the story is printed in my mind and today when I am writing on this topic it makes more sense than ever. It said a simple truth,the person who plants the trees probably hardly ever sits under it's shade or enjoys it's fruits. But he leaves it for the world, for the generations to come and may be someone, sometime will take rest under it's shade and quench his thirst and hunger by eating a ripe fruit and remember the soul in gratitude.... That's the rewards the man gets for spending his life's sweat and blood and planting trees....He may not be living,but his intention and integrity certainly makes the world a better place....
Another story goes like this...Actually these are not imaginary stories, these are hard life lessons,great values, deep thoughts and divine philosophies put by authors for common understanding and following....
There lived a Brahmin( the one who knew bramah,not by title or birth) long ago,who with his family lived only on the alms which they get before sunset and worked in Kings court and didn't charge. That's a principles he followed.
One day the Prime Minister heard he lives a very hard life and seeing his work,knowledge and integrity he was pained and requested king to offer him some handsome salary because he deserves. King knew his integrity and resolve,went to his home in disguise in the evening and was hungry. They didn't recognize the king,offered him the little food they had collected for the family and after the guest ate all of them had only water as there was no food. Then King revealed his identity and requested him to accept a handsome amount of wealth. But he politely refused and explained...He saud, in each time and place there are few people who are following principles and integrity and that is everything for them and a blessing for the world and the entire world exists and maintains balance because of some such people.... So how can i leave that for my comfort ???
The king stood still and learnt the greatest lesson of his life ....
Moral is....never weigh or judge the value of doing good... it can never be measured in any finite terms...who knows who is destined to get the fruit of the tree you plant and prays God to bless u and the world....
Do good, the good will come back....
Spare a moment ! Spare a thought !!!
Thursday, 13 June 2019
The rough book
You were born new and beautiful
Like all other books with you...
But your purpose was different;
You never denied your lap
For a difficult Maths problem
To a boring geography map,
You never minded burden of
Coding and decoding of
thousands of vocabulary,
May it be from
Sanskrit to economics
Or astrophysics to statistics;
You are witness to many afternoon
Sketches to nostalgic memories,
You are torn at some pages
Even dirty or folded in others,
But you don't mind
You don't complain not even once;
You are the backbone
Of your family of books,
You are the brain of subjects
You nourished and nurtured
All others in your bag;
To help them to be neat
Proficient,organised and worthy,
You spared them from all the burden
All the trouble and helped them to flourish
unflinchingly carrying your legacy;
You never looked back, never
Looked at your torn image
Not even at the dirt on your edge'
You are happy with giving
A life to all others in your bag;
A beautiful life,
A meaningful one to their existence
And loved to see them
Flourish in their own ways!
Torn pages didn't bother you
Immature handwriting didn't
Deter you, your look didn't
Matter you, because you
Have a beautiful soul within!
Because you had all the wisdom and memory,
Abundance of love and care,
A heart full of nostalgia and
Always ready to share;
The world around you
Is beautiful, worthy and amazing
Because you and only you are there...
There is always a rough book
In and around our lives
Spare a moment ! Spare a thought !!
To feel,to realise,to appreciate
And to be grateful for it before it is over!!!
Like all other books with you...
But your purpose was different;
You never denied your lap
For a difficult Maths problem
To a boring geography map,
You never minded burden of
Coding and decoding of
thousands of vocabulary,
May it be from
Sanskrit to economics
Or astrophysics to statistics;
You are witness to many afternoon
Sketches to nostalgic memories,
You are torn at some pages
Even dirty or folded in others,
But you don't mind
You don't complain not even once;
You are the backbone
Of your family of books,
You are the brain of subjects
You nourished and nurtured
All others in your bag;
To help them to be neat
Proficient,organised and worthy,
You spared them from all the burden
All the trouble and helped them to flourish
unflinchingly carrying your legacy;
You never looked back, never
Looked at your torn image
Not even at the dirt on your edge'
You are happy with giving
A life to all others in your bag;
A beautiful life,
A meaningful one to their existence
And loved to see them
Flourish in their own ways!
Torn pages didn't bother you
Immature handwriting didn't
Deter you, your look didn't
Matter you, because you
Have a beautiful soul within!
Because you had all the wisdom and memory,
Abundance of love and care,
A heart full of nostalgia and
Always ready to share;
The world around you
Is beautiful, worthy and amazing
Because you and only you are there...
There is always a rough book
In and around our lives
Spare a moment ! Spare a thought !!
To feel,to realise,to appreciate
And to be grateful for it before it is over!!!
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Gratitude... The best way to live life....
Buddha said,"our greatest defeat is in the inability to face the possibilities of life"...we actually don't have any idea what all we can endure till we go through it. '
He again said " the best way to live life is to live a life of gratitude' and demonstrated amply. He says, the sky we have over our head,the Earth which gives us home and food,the air we breath and the water we drink, the seasons and flowers which bring divine consciousness to our soul are all the gifts from Nature and God...Have we created them? It's such a fundamental truth... everyone will agree. So every morning when we open our eyes ,we must be thankful for this. If not anything, for having this knowledge and consciousness to realize... Even if we didn't learn anything, still we should be grateful... because atleast we are healthy.... Even if we are sick...still we must be grateful.... because still we are alive and that's the most wonderful blessing on Earth.....
May the world get drenched with conscious living and gratefulness...
Spare a moment ! Spare a thought !!!
He again said " the best way to live life is to live a life of gratitude' and demonstrated amply. He says, the sky we have over our head,the Earth which gives us home and food,the air we breath and the water we drink, the seasons and flowers which bring divine consciousness to our soul are all the gifts from Nature and God...Have we created them? It's such a fundamental truth... everyone will agree. So every morning when we open our eyes ,we must be thankful for this. If not anything, for having this knowledge and consciousness to realize... Even if we didn't learn anything, still we should be grateful... because atleast we are healthy.... Even if we are sick...still we must be grateful.... because still we are alive and that's the most wonderful blessing on Earth.....
May the world get drenched with conscious living and gratefulness...
Spare a moment ! Spare a thought !!!
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