Q's & A's Part-1

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ka preyasi vidheya
karuna dinesu sajjane maitri..
Q: What should be one's favorite duty in life ?
A: Being kind to all the suffering living beings and making friendship with the honest and holy.
ko muko yah kale
priyani vaktum na janati
Q: Who is a stupid man ? (ko muko)
A: He who does not know to speak sweetly (priyani vaktum)when needed.
kim danam
anakanksham
Q: What is a gift ?(kim daanam)
A: That which is presented without being asked for.
kah pujyo vidvadbhih
svabhavatah sarvada vinito yah
Q: Who deserves the respect (kah pujyo) of even the learned ? (vidvadbhih)
A: That one who is by nature (svabhaavatah) endowed with humility at all times.(sarvadaa viniito yah)
kah panguriha prathito
vrajati ca yo vardhakke tirtham
Q: Who (kah) is the really lame man ? (pangur-iha prathito)
A: That one who goes about on pilgrimage to holy places (vrajati -tiirtham) only after old age has set in.(vaarddhake)
kim smarttavyam pirusaih hari
nama sada na yvani basa
ko hi na vacyah sudhiyah
paradosascantaram tadvat
Q: What (kim) is fit to be remembered (smartavyam) always by man ? (purusaih)
A: The Holy Name of the Lord (Hari-naama) always (sadaa), and not (na) the speech (bhaasaa) of the unregenerate ones. (yaavanii)
Q:What (ko) should a wise man (sudhiya) avoid speaking ? (na-vaacyah)
A: Talking about others' faults (para-doshaa) and speaking falsehood (caanrtam tadvat)
mryutyhu yadavadhaanarahitam
Q:What (ko) is the cause of destruction (mrtyuh) ?
A: A lazy and listless attitude of mind.(yad avadhaana-rahitatvam)
kahi bhagavat priyah syat
yo'nyam nodvejayedabudvignah
Q:Who is (ko hi)  dear (priyah-syaat) to the Lord ? (bhagavat)
A: That one (yo) who does not get angry (anyam-n-odvejayed), nor causes others to get angry. (anudvignah)

Silence Please..............Mounam Sarvathra Saadhanam!!!!

I hereby apologize to all people I have interacted with, if any time my words were offending,irritating etc etc etc and all rest. Surely it would be un-intentional and I never meant it!! EOM!

K says..
anudvega-karaḿ vākyaḿ
satyaḿ priya-hitaḿ ca yat
svādhyāyābhyasanaḿ caiva
vāń-mayaḿ tapa ucyate
BG 17:15
Speech which does not humiliate and thereby hurt the listener is true and pleasant and beneficial; is really the product of penance involving the entire neurophysiological and neuromuscular processes of speech and articulation respectively.

Inappropriate [too short, too long, too harsh, stupid, meaningless, too enticing] talk is a cause of all LOSSES, slavery, imprisonment or other type of losses.
AtmanaH mukha doSheNa badhyante shuka sArikAH |
bakAH tatra na badhyante maunaM sarvArtha sAdhanaM ||
shabdArtha
## Atman.h ## = self
## mukha ## = mouth
## doSha ## = fault
## shuka ## = parrot
## sArikA ## = a bird (nightingale / cuckoo ? )
## baka ## = stork
## badh.h ## = to trap, to tie down.
## mauna ## = silence
## sarva ## = all
## artha ## = objective
## sAdhana ## = instrument
bhAvArtha
Nightingales and parrots are trapped because of the fault of their own mouths.
However, storks are not caught. Silence is indeed the instrument that
achieves all ends.


I shut up now!!

Good for telephone bills tooo :-P

But if you dont speak up at the right time you are in loss too...

--pradeep

Why Swami Vivekananda asked an Old man to play FootBall!!!

Once an aged gentleman had approached Swami Vivekananda
for his guidance in vedanta and renunciation. Swamiji asked that

person to go and play foot-ball and come back to receive the lessons.

The aged person expressed his inability to do so, because of his old age. 

Then swamiji explained to him that one should learn vedanta, etc., when one is young enough to control the mind, body, senses, etc.,

as it is of no use even if swamiji teaches him at that old age.

the old habits will overtake the mind and it is difficult to control the mind at that age.

"tvayi mayi chaanyatraiko vishnuh
vyartham kupyasi mayyasahishnuh
bhava samachittah sarvatra tvam
vaanchhasyachiraadyaadi vishnutvam..

         bhajare moodamathe!!....."

in you, in me and everywhere there dwells only one, the all-pervading reality,
i.e., vishnu or parabrahma paramaatma. getting impatient and angry with other is
meaningless. giving up all egoistic-feelings of duality completely and maintaining
equal-minded in all circumstances, attain soon the vishnu-status.

Meditation......

Beter..management..of..life...!!!!....every..one..would..like..2..do..that...
In..my..quest...for.making...and.leading..a..simple...life...
I..have..tried..and..still.trying...many..different..things....,
today..got..a..chance...2..read..a..book..on..MEDITATION...
frankly..till..now.dint..had..considered..this..one..seriously...
Some..of..the..points..which..I..had..noted..are..here...
Hope..willb..usefull..2..all..who..is.reading...this...

• Meditation...means..to.think..deeply..and..constantly
• Subconscious...and...Unconscious...layers..of..mind..are...storehouse......
• ..of..acumulated.KARMA...
• Meditation..purifies..accumulated..KARMA...
• All..of..us..meditate....
• [When.we..worry..then..also...but...ofcourse...that.will.result..in..bad..effects]

To..brief..in..Universal...meditation,,4..types..are..defined,
[details...of..meditating...
UM-I
Meditation.involves..constant..chanting..of..any..manthra..word...anythingds..
.Mental..repitition..of..chosen.word..like..[om/shanthi/HK...etc].....

UM-II
Mouna..Dhyana...Silent..Meditation.involves..focussing..one's..own..breathe..

UM-III
Shravana..Dhyana,,Meditation.involves..constanttly..listening..to..holy.words ..manthras..songs..positive..suggestions...etc..etc..

UM-IV
Ekagratha..Dhyana...Visual...Meditation.involves..constantly...looking.at...object...
[disciplining..of...consscious..mind].


.Will..add..more..information..once,,I...complete..
For..more..information...check..out..this..site..of..the..author..of..the..book....Sanathan..dharama.

Ganesha..Chathurthi.....

GANESH...CHATHURTHI....one...of...major..festival...for...all..of..us..indians....

• As..per.our..tradition..we...keep..ganesha..idol..brought..last..

year..along...with..the..new..ganesha..idoll.which..we..bring....now... ........pooja...is..done..4..both....and..visarjana[immersing..in..holy..water]..is..performed..
with..old..Ganesha..idol........New..one...is..kept..in..pooja..mandir..and..we..perform..poooja.
.till..next..year..Ganesh..Chathurthi..[same..process..continues..]

• pooja...is//performed.all..4...times..of..that..day//[we..did..only..3..times..]
• this..is..one..of..the..days..where..i..wear..dhoti..and...shalya..

whole..day..[aaah]

• we..r..supposed..visit..108..ganaptahis.[i..did...108..darshans..till..my

..college..days..].
..now..only...9..ganapathi...4..obvious..reasons//

• 21.times..danda..pranama..[baski][uttak-baitak]..innfront..of..

the..LORD...as..a.
.mark...of..accepting..our..mistakes..and..asking..him..2..forgive..[he..takes..all..our..sins..]

• NOT..supposed..tosee..Moon..as.he..is..cursed..for..that..

on..that..day...but..shud..see..
mon..next..day..[story..behind..GC]


I..tried..to..identify..the..significance..of..Ganesha..Chaturthi
.using..my..limited..knowledge..
correct...me..if..any..thing..is...wrong...
MORALS....
As..per..the...stories..from..our..puranas...on..GC.[Symanthakopakyana..]

• Relation..between..MOM..and.SON

...........Ganeshji.comes..to..earth..to..take..his..MOM..safely..
to..KAILASH..after..the..aashad
[eetc]...

• No..one..shud..make..fun..of..others.for..any..reasons...

.........Moon.God...makes...fun..of..Gaesh..for...his..fat..stomach
..and...tiny..chariot...mouse...as
a..result..he..is..cursed..by..ganesha....i.e...y..no..one
..shud..see..moon...on..GC..day

• Respect..for..everyone..including..children..juniors..etc..etc

Even..though..ganesh..is..a.small..kid..all..big..daities
..like..bramha..vishnu..shiva..etc..etc..
worship..him..and..take..his..blessing..
for..starting...their..activities....

• Think...before..U..act......

Shiva....beheads...ganesh..during..fight...without.
.realising..that..ganesh..is..his..son..and.
.then..repents..when..he..comes..to..know..that.
.he..killed..his..son..which....was..a...
thoughtless..act...and..decision..taken..in..hurrry..

• Any..one..born..in..this..world..are..under..maya..and..have..to..face..

miseries..and..burdens..of..life...

Supreme..Personality.. KRISHNA...under..maya..also..undergoes.
.lots..of..problems..in..his..life...KRISHNA..is..
alleged..by..his..relatives..etc....to..have..killed..
King..Prasena..and..others.
for..getting..precious..symathaka..mani
[jewel..from...SUN...god]

• All..gr888..powers..and..wealth...come..with..even..more..responsibilites..

If..not..handled..properly..can.be..dangerous..else..will..be..very..much..
rewarding....

King..Prasena...did..not..handle..properly..the..holy.
.and..powerfull.syamathaka..mani..
[jewel..from..SUN..God]..hence..is..killed.
..by..Lion..immediatly..
but..King..Akroora..handled..the.Mani
..by..the..it..was..supposed..o..be..used..
He...built..many..cities..haridwar...etc..etc
..and..many..temples..using..the..wealth..
provided..by..mani..]

• No.one..shud..be..under.estimated..at..any..cost.. .
• We..need..to..be..humble..and..kind..even..if..we..gr88..powers...
  

Ganeshji's..chariot..is..a..mouse.[ride..on..a..mouse!!!!!!]
.even..a..small...animal..can..be..useful..
Ganesh..even..if..he..is..very..powerful..GOD.
..use..small..as..chariot..humbly..

Other..significance..

• During..Independence..struggle...,,BalaGangadharTilak..i

ntroduced..GC..as..sociall.fest...using..this..as...stage..
for.social..gathering..and..spreading..awareness..among..the..masses...

• Even..now..we..can..see..lots..of..sanghas'/associations../groups..etc..etc..in..each..

and..every..galli..of..our..country...celebrate..GC..as..a..socia..fest

• GC..is..celebrated..by..al..caste..and..levels..of..people.all..over..the..country...
  

Spiritual..signiifcance...

• All..our..sins..problems..etc..etc..are..taken..away..by..LORD..when.

.we..perform..visarjana[immersing.idols...in...the..holy..waters].

• Visarjana..also..signifies..that..nothing[our..body.wealth..property..etc]..is.. forever..and..al...has..to...get..dissolved....like..the..idol..dissolves
  

More..information..on..this...can..be..found..at..the..following...locatiosns...

1. WIKIPEDIA......GANESH..CHATHURTHI....
2. SIX.gr888...THOUGHTS..on..Ganesh..Chathurthi

Wish..that..LORD..GANESHA..bring..lot..of..positive..energy..wisdom..and..luck..to..all....
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