Read in தெய்வத்தின் குரல் where Kaanchi Mahaswamigal says, that there are some தமிழ் lovers who like to rename some old Sanskrit words to what they call as தமிழ் words. And gives example as மந்த்ரி , because a மந்த்ரி keeps telling good things like மந்த்ரம் constantly and continuously to a King, he got the name as மந்த்ரி . Some people didn’t like a Sanskrit word coming into தமிழ் and so wanted to call him as அமைசர் , not realizing or with no knowledge that this அமைசர் in Tamil has come from Sanskrit word of அமாத்தியர். In Sinhala also the roots of this அமாத்தியர் can be seen for minister very clearly.
Like wise many people who have rejected what they call as ‘Idol’ and Vedas or Sanskrit still like to call their countries with Sanskrit ‘Stan’ meaning ‘seat’ I guess or place?
Indirectly or directly these people who have rejected are the ones who are preserving Sanskrit with their very own names. Like wise the holy books which say ‘Idol’s have no place in worship are actually preserving ‘Idol’s by mentioning about it in every possible places of their holy books. Great way to preserve these wonders of Sanskrit roots and Idols with love or hatred,knowing or unknowning.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Adi Shankarar Period
Many people including many Hindus have the understanding that Adi Shankarar time as in 8th century. But its not right, I may not have the knowledge to refute why its not 8th century but Kanchi Mahaswamigal from the Shankarar’s linage argues and proves it with many facts in 5th volume of தெய்வத்தின் குரல் in www.kamakoti.org The real time period o Adi Shankarar is said as more than 2000 years. Many learned Hindus themselves it may be shocking and might not even be able accept it…The proof goes to many pages with many historical and Sanskrit slogans proofs. It also shows how those ancient Indians had a beautiful and very complicated and yet very logical ways in determining of times using slogans and play of words in Sanskrit. And it’s a pity that our media has not taken this important message to world and especially to Indians. The west most, if not all always wanted to degrade Hinduism (since they abandoned Vedic religion and had converted to some other religions, they continue to have an aversion towards the mother of all religions). It’s a pity that some of our so called educated people also join in and want to say that Hinduism has nothing to offer, when it actually has everything to offer.
I really wonder when the time will come for media to act responsible and with any social sense. Ofcourse we know Albert Einstein quote, ‘Press controlled by vested interests’, but should this also happen in India? Which has had a great history of its own even before the printing was thought of in the west. Shouldn’t we take lessons from Tilak or Bharathiyar who both used press to spread the message useful to society?
Even in ‘In woods of God Realization’ Swami Rama Tirtha mentions how youth should use the media effectively to educate societies. Our schools systems is still under its colonial slavery and its no use to expect that children coming out of this ‘foreign’ system to do anything to feel proud of their religion or language or tradition, but it must be done by people who really love their country and more importantly the world, irrespective of religions. This is because as mentioned, Veda’s decide our Vedar(weather) and these vedas are preserved as now because of the work of Adi Shankarar whose arrival saw the disappearance of many so called religions out of the face of India only to take refuge in other countries(otherwise still India will be in confusion of 72 துர்மதங்கள் as mentioned by Kanchi Mahaswamigal). It’s a great duty and responsibility for everyone to celebrate Adi Shankarar birth day in great reverence and thanks giving for his contribution in mere 32 years which is unmatched in the world history for benefit of all by preserving Vedas.
The benefits of Vedas is for all, not merely for Brahmins. But its Brahmins who shall chant it for the benefit of all in the whole universe. And its not right to question why only Brahmins, can the nuclear technology be given to wrong hands? Wrong hands non disciplined might and misuse such a powerful tool to bring destruction. The same applies for Vedas to be chanted by properly trained in mind and discipline to chant it and preserve it and pass it for next generations orally. Again more of its explanations in better sense comes in www.kamakoti.org
I really wonder when the time will come for media to act responsible and with any social sense. Ofcourse we know Albert Einstein quote, ‘Press controlled by vested interests’, but should this also happen in India? Which has had a great history of its own even before the printing was thought of in the west. Shouldn’t we take lessons from Tilak or Bharathiyar who both used press to spread the message useful to society?
Even in ‘In woods of God Realization’ Swami Rama Tirtha mentions how youth should use the media effectively to educate societies. Our schools systems is still under its colonial slavery and its no use to expect that children coming out of this ‘foreign’ system to do anything to feel proud of their religion or language or tradition, but it must be done by people who really love their country and more importantly the world, irrespective of religions. This is because as mentioned, Veda’s decide our Vedar(weather) and these vedas are preserved as now because of the work of Adi Shankarar whose arrival saw the disappearance of many so called religions out of the face of India only to take refuge in other countries(otherwise still India will be in confusion of 72 துர்மதங்கள் as mentioned by Kanchi Mahaswamigal). It’s a great duty and responsibility for everyone to celebrate Adi Shankarar birth day in great reverence and thanks giving for his contribution in mere 32 years which is unmatched in the world history for benefit of all by preserving Vedas.
The benefits of Vedas is for all, not merely for Brahmins. But its Brahmins who shall chant it for the benefit of all in the whole universe. And its not right to question why only Brahmins, can the nuclear technology be given to wrong hands? Wrong hands non disciplined might and misuse such a powerful tool to bring destruction. The same applies for Vedas to be chanted by properly trained in mind and discipline to chant it and preserve it and pass it for next generations orally. Again more of its explanations in better sense comes in www.kamakoti.org
Friday, December 25, 2009
Why caste in Hinduism?
This question has been asked to me often. Reading on this in Kaanchi Mahaswamigal’s தெய்வத்தின் குரல் I got the clearest understanding on this.
It’s also a pleasant surprise when I read in Swedish Religious book for school children when it mentioned the core of its existence ‘Caste gives security and determined roles in society’.
The division of labour in ant or honey societies much appreciated by the west, but Hinduism’s caste’s definition of division of labour which actually gives security to society and gives strength to works is ridiculed. And in our own religion, ‘English/West’ educated minds are unable to understand the real reasons.
When one does not have something which is good, that does not mean one should say what the other has is bad or to be ridiculed. This is very bad social disorder which affects society’s very existence.
The caste on the other hand as still followed by films ‘cast by’ gives people their ‘individual determined role’ in society. Just as an actor/actress given a determined role in film. Play the role and do the share of contribution instead of being a victim from an outsider who mocks at the role being played for any reason.
There might have been few incidents where little exploitation might have happened, but it got blown out of proportions during foreign rule of
Reminded of Kaanchi Mahaswamigal’s palm tree and creeper comparison with Hinduism and rest of other religions. While a creeper might grow faster and reach on top of palm tree to question why palm tree has not grown, it actually forgets that not only the palm tree has seen hundreds and thousands of such creepers, but also the very creepers gets their strength to creep on the existence and tolerance of the palm tree without which the creeper wouldn’t have grown to the top to ask the question.
Thus, Hindus caste gives society’s social security which includes the job and rest….while Hindus four stages of life as Brahmachariyam, Grahastham, Vaanaprastham and Sannyasin defines the timeperiods where one performs these works. In Brahmachariyam one learns as a student and in Grahastham one does the work and contributes to society what is learnt and passes the skill to children. In Vaanaprastham, one goes to forest with wife leaving children to carry on. While in Sannyasin, one leaves even the wife and wonders in search of God…for which one should have done all 3 earlier stages as preparations/qualifications to reach God in Sannyasin.
Thus every work of Hindus in caste is nothing but a service to God and to be taken as a division of labour in society’s needs. This is the true meaning of மக்கள் சேவை மகேசன் சேவை to see God in everyone and to perform duty as service to God whatever one may do.
Just a while ago, I read and learnt that ‘Urbi et Orbi’ in Latin means ‘To the city and the world’ – Not surprising my earlier post on ‘யாதும் உரே யாவரும் கேளிர் ’.
Monday, December 21, 2009
தாயுமானவர் பாடல்கள்
http://www.mountainman.com.au/thayumanavar/intro.htm
Please check on the introduction given in above link to know how the western minds like to treasure them.
And also ask ourselves if we have taken these songs and life/message of Thayumanavar using our media of films/papers/magazines..how many of us know his life? Would the school children when they leave school, do they know anything about him?
'What is there that I can do?
It is all Thy will'' -
Thus at times I think.
But when maya of evil ways blinds me,
''All is of my own doing'' - I say.
And yet at still other times
I lie prostrate, unaware of anything happening.
Pray will it so
That this witless one
By Thine own deed
Walketh in the path of righteousness.
Oh! Thou, Guru Holy
That is Truth-Knowledge-Bliss!
http://www.mountainman.com.au/thayumanavar/tay_0279.htm
Though born to call Tamil as mother tongue, many words I can't understand and have to refer to English translations...its a pity and shame...yet I think in future school children should be educated about Thayumanar's song.
இந்து சமயத்தை பற்றி சிறுவர்களுக்கு கற்பிக்க வேண்டும் வேறு சமயங்களை பற்றியும் தெரிந்திருக்க வேண்டும். பெரியவர்கள் இவற்றை நடைமுறையில் செய்து எதிர் கால சமுகம் மேன்மை பெற செய்ய வேண்டும்.
Please check on the introduction given in above link to know how the western minds like to treasure them.
And also ask ourselves if we have taken these songs and life/message of Thayumanavar using our media of films/papers/magazines..how many of us know his life? Would the school children when they leave school, do they know anything about him?
'What is there that I can do?
It is all Thy will'' -
Thus at times I think.
But when maya of evil ways blinds me,
''All is of my own doing'' - I say.
And yet at still other times
I lie prostrate, unaware of anything happening.
Pray will it so
That this witless one
By Thine own deed
Walketh in the path of righteousness.
Oh! Thou, Guru Holy
That is Truth-Knowledge-Bliss!
http://www.mountainman.com.au/thayumanavar/tay_0279.htm
Though born to call Tamil as mother tongue, many words I can't understand and have to refer to English translations...its a pity and shame...yet I think in future school children should be educated about Thayumanar's song.
இந்து சமயத்தை பற்றி சிறுவர்களுக்கு கற்பிக்க வேண்டும் வேறு சமயங்களை பற்றியும் தெரிந்திருக்க வேண்டும். பெரியவர்கள் இவற்றை நடைமுறையில் செய்து எதிர் கால சமுகம் மேன்மை பெற செய்ய வேண்டும்.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Maulana Jallaludin Rumi’s Masnavi and Ramana Maharshi’s Talk
The word Navi in Masnavi or Mathnavi again reminds one to think its relation to Noah or நாவியம் or as its Sanskrit meaning ‘boat’. Even in Buddhism the Hinayana and Mahayana its ‘yana’ means ‘boat’…guess all roots from Bhagavad Gita’s ‘Arjuna, Cross the ocean of Samsara with wisdom boat’?
It was few years back when I initially read on Maulana Jallaludin Rumi(Persians or people from Afghanistan would like to call him as Maulana Jallaludin Bhalki, during Mongol’s invasion his father migrated to Rum from Bhalki, so he is known by two places but his Masnavi finds its place everywhere now in world and that’s most important for everyone) it was an instant love and attraction and decided to spend time to share few of what I read to the earlier topic on Idols and Forms.
…The building of the prophets was without lust,
And accordingly its splendor ever increased.
Yea, many are the noble temples they have raised,
Though all were not named "The Most Remote Temple."
The Ka'ba, whose renown waxes greater every moment,
Owed its foundation to the piety of Abraham.
Its glory is not derived from stones and mortar,
But from being built without lust or strife.
…The "Truth," which is our real self, lies hidden within our phenomenal and visible self, and the Prophets reveal it to us.
…The Truth is yourself, but not your mere bodily self,
Your real self is higher than 'you' and 'me.'
This visible 'you' which you fancy to be yourself
Is limited in place, the real 'you' is not limited.
.. Your real self lies hid beneath your outward self,
For 'I am the servant of him who looks into himself.' "
…"What a youth sees only when reflected in a glass,
Our wise old fathers saw long ago though hid in stones.
..He is as Azar, maker of idols; I am only the idol;
Whatever instrument He makes me, that I am.
..The significance of forms. 2
Be not intoxicated with these goblets of forms,
Lest you become a maker and worshipper of idols.
Pass by these cups full of forms, linger not;
There is wine in the cups, but it proceeds not from them.
Look to the Giver of the wine with open mouth;
In one 'twas said, "Leave power and weakness alone;
Whatever withdraws thine eyes from God is an idol."
Yea, the Reason of man is a boundless ocean.
O son, that ocean requires, as it were, a diver. 8
On this fair ocean our human forms
Float about, like bowls on the surface of water;
Yea like cups on the surface, till they are. filled;
And when filled, these cups sink into the water.
The ocean of Reason is not seen ; reasoning men are seen;
But our forms (minds) are only as waves or spray thereof.
Whatever form that ocean uses as its instrument,
Therewith it casts its spray far and wide. 9
Till the heart sees the Giver of the secret,
For more find it http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/masnavi/ and many other sites
Below from Ramana Maharshi’s Talks
Talks between the Master and two Moslems on a previous occasion.
D.: Has God a form?
M.: Who says so?
D.: Well, if God has no form is it proper to worship idols?
M.: Leave God alone because He is unknown. What about you? Have
you a form?
D.: Yes. I am this and so and so.
M.: So then, you are a man with limbs, about three and a half cubits
high, with beard, etc. Is it so?
D.: Certainly.
M.: Then do you find yourself so in deep sleep?
D.: After waking I perceive that I was asleep. Therefore by inference
I remained thus in deep sleep also.
M.: If you are the body why do they bury the corpse after death? The
body must refuse to be buried.
D.: No, I am the subtle jiva within the gross body.
M.: So you see that you are really formless; but you are at present
identifying yourself with the body. So long as you are formful why
should you not worship the formless God as being formful?
The questioner was baffled and perplexed.
http://www.arunachala-ramana.org/downloads/downloads.htm
It was few years back when I initially read on Maulana Jallaludin Rumi(Persians or people from Afghanistan would like to call him as Maulana Jallaludin Bhalki, during Mongol’s invasion his father migrated to Rum from Bhalki, so he is known by two places but his Masnavi finds its place everywhere now in world and that’s most important for everyone) it was an instant love and attraction and decided to spend time to share few of what I read to the earlier topic on Idols and Forms.
…The building of the prophets was without lust,
And accordingly its splendor ever increased.
Yea, many are the noble temples they have raised,
Though all were not named "The Most Remote Temple."
The Ka'ba, whose renown waxes greater every moment,
Owed its foundation to the piety of Abraham.
Its glory is not derived from stones and mortar,
But from being built without lust or strife.
…The "Truth," which is our real self, lies hidden within our phenomenal and visible self, and the Prophets reveal it to us.
…The Truth is yourself, but not your mere bodily self,
Your real self is higher than 'you' and 'me.'
This visible 'you' which you fancy to be yourself
Is limited in place, the real 'you' is not limited.
.. Your real self lies hid beneath your outward self,
For 'I am the servant of him who looks into himself.' "
…"What a youth sees only when reflected in a glass,
Our wise old fathers saw long ago though hid in stones.
..He is as Azar, maker of idols; I am only the idol;
Whatever instrument He makes me, that I am.
..The significance of forms. 2
Be not intoxicated with these goblets of forms,
Lest you become a maker and worshipper of idols.
Pass by these cups full of forms, linger not;
There is wine in the cups, but it proceeds not from them.
Look to the Giver of the wine with open mouth;
In one 'twas said, "Leave power and weakness alone;
Whatever withdraws thine eyes from God is an idol."
Yea, the Reason of man is a boundless ocean.
O son, that ocean requires, as it were, a diver. 8
On this fair ocean our human forms
Float about, like bowls on the surface of water;
Yea like cups on the surface, till they are. filled;
And when filled, these cups sink into the water.
The ocean of Reason is not seen ; reasoning men are seen;
But our forms (minds) are only as waves or spray thereof.
Whatever form that ocean uses as its instrument,
Therewith it casts its spray far and wide. 9
Till the heart sees the Giver of the secret,
For more find it http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/masnavi/ and many other sites
Below from Ramana Maharshi’s Talks
Talks between the Master and two Moslems on a previous occasion.
D.: Has God a form?
M.: Who says so?
D.: Well, if God has no form is it proper to worship idols?
M.: Leave God alone because He is unknown. What about you? Have
you a form?
D.: Yes. I am this and so and so.
M.: So then, you are a man with limbs, about three and a half cubits
high, with beard, etc. Is it so?
D.: Certainly.
M.: Then do you find yourself so in deep sleep?
D.: After waking I perceive that I was asleep. Therefore by inference
I remained thus in deep sleep also.
M.: If you are the body why do they bury the corpse after death? The
body must refuse to be buried.
D.: No, I am the subtle jiva within the gross body.
M.: So you see that you are really formless; but you are at present
identifying yourself with the body. So long as you are formful why
should you not worship the formless God as being formful?
The questioner was baffled and perplexed.
http://www.arunachala-ramana.org/downloads/downloads.htm
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Idols and Noah Ship
People have asked me why Hindus worship Idols? Is it not a stone?or metal? Frankly these questions only made me to look for answers which I had never thought even though I had prayed in temples.
Finally reading on Kaanchi Mahaswamigal in www.kamakoti.org and looking also in Swami Vivekananda's teaching I got the answers and more...explanations which I am sharing as below.
Idols are only the initial steps to reach god. Idols with their form for our eyes gives a definite form which helps our mind to concentrate when we meditate or these images reminds us the Godly qualities, just like a photo does.
If Idols are kept as initial steps, the final goal is to reach God in everyone and every being, everywhere irrespective of any religion or country or language or to see no differences at all.But just ONE BEING, what Hindus call as 'Brahman' or 'Aathman'....There is lot of explanation on this in 'Talks' with Ramana Maharshi.
Another example I try to say, is just as a small girl fancies a plastic 'doll' as if its her own baby, the Hindus look upon Idol as a God in their exercises to reach GOD in everyone everywhere.
Alright having mentioned, my understanding on this, I do have my own questions, Why is those societies who have abandoned this worship(enough proof is there to say everywhere Idol worship in one way or form once happened), now still give importance to different 'statues' of their own God or saints or even their political leaders...?
Its really funny, because after saying no statues to GOD, but accepting statues of people is now seen in many countries, even countries who refuse to accept any religion...They go out and garland with flowers and give other decorations...The same philosophy which Hindus have been having for God is now in principle accepted by people who have either rejected any God or what people will call as Hindu Gods.
While writing on the idols, it also reminds me on ancient links on 'Noah ship'..Read again in தெய்வத்தின் குரல் www.kamakkoti.org that how this Noah meaning to say a boatman in Sanskrit who helps to reach other side of Samskara ocean as Hindus call it...We are all in Samskara ocean and the boatman(a boat of wisdom as mentioned in Bhagavad Gita and wise man or or guru or God) helps to sail across the ocean...It also continues to say Navy,Naval,Navigator comes from all the same root and in Tamil நாவியம் means boat...as well...All roots from Sanskrit....
While writing the other thought comes is what many hundred years ago in Europe, how they sent (and set fire) their dead bodies in boat...I guess the idea of this is what comes when we say worSHIP or friendSHIP or championSHIP and all other ships...guess some thoughts to share?
Finally reading on Kaanchi Mahaswamigal in www.kamakoti.org and looking also in Swami Vivekananda's teaching I got the answers and more...explanations which I am sharing as below.
Idols are only the initial steps to reach god. Idols with their form for our eyes gives a definite form which helps our mind to concentrate when we meditate or these images reminds us the Godly qualities, just like a photo does.
If Idols are kept as initial steps, the final goal is to reach God in everyone and every being, everywhere irrespective of any religion or country or language or to see no differences at all.But just ONE BEING, what Hindus call as 'Brahman' or 'Aathman'....There is lot of explanation on this in 'Talks' with Ramana Maharshi.
Another example I try to say, is just as a small girl fancies a plastic 'doll' as if its her own baby, the Hindus look upon Idol as a God in their exercises to reach GOD in everyone everywhere.
Alright having mentioned, my understanding on this, I do have my own questions, Why is those societies who have abandoned this worship(enough proof is there to say everywhere Idol worship in one way or form once happened), now still give importance to different 'statues' of their own God or saints or even their political leaders...?
Its really funny, because after saying no statues to GOD, but accepting statues of people is now seen in many countries, even countries who refuse to accept any religion...They go out and garland with flowers and give other decorations...The same philosophy which Hindus have been having for God is now in principle accepted by people who have either rejected any God or what people will call as Hindu Gods.
While writing on the idols, it also reminds me on ancient links on 'Noah ship'..Read again in தெய்வத்தின் குரல் www.kamakkoti.org that how this Noah meaning to say a boatman in Sanskrit who helps to reach other side of Samskara ocean as Hindus call it...We are all in Samskara ocean and the boatman(a boat of wisdom as mentioned in Bhagavad Gita and wise man or or guru or God) helps to sail across the ocean...It also continues to say Navy,Naval,Navigator comes from all the same root and in Tamil நாவியம் means boat...as well...All roots from Sanskrit....
While writing the other thought comes is what many hundred years ago in Europe, how they sent (and set fire) their dead bodies in boat...I guess the idea of this is what comes when we say worSHIP or friendSHIP or championSHIP and all other ships...guess some thoughts to share?
Friday, December 18, 2009
தெய்வ தமிழ் நாட்டினிலே
MS Subbulakshmi Sings Deivathamizh Naattiniley
வீரம் இன்றி பேதையர் போல் வாழ்திருந்தோம்…
இருள் அடைந்த நாடு இதென்று எவரோ சொன்னார் ..
அந்த இழிவும் ஒரு பெருமை என்று எண்ணி வாழ்தோம்
Whenever I listen to this song, it pains me again what a land of temples, and வேதம் நிறைந்த Tamizh Naadu and so on…yet still there are beggers on the street and not many really want to care for those poor who are made poor by our own life styles which we want to parade as ‘civilized’.So just writing as it comes in, but something wanted to write long back...and have shared this thought with friends.
So when I had time, I compiled the Nayanmars who were from தெய்வ Thamizh Naadu and listed to my knowledge as I read in my search on internet….This is only my own understanding/collection and not necessarily the right one. Few information missing..would like to get those information and any corrections to be done.I will upload them soon.
And just as the song says,
இதை அமரர் நாடு என்று அறிந்தோம் . – This is the country of divine paradise for eternity
A time shall come for everyone of this Deiva Thamizh naadu and the world to understand these above lines as well.
வீரம் இன்றி பேதையர் போல் வாழ்திருந்தோம்…
இருள் அடைந்த நாடு இதென்று எவரோ சொன்னார் ..
அந்த இழிவும் ஒரு பெருமை என்று எண்ணி வாழ்தோம்
Whenever I listen to this song, it pains me again what a land of temples, and வேதம் நிறைந்த Tamizh Naadu and so on…yet still there are beggers on the street and not many really want to care for those poor who are made poor by our own life styles which we want to parade as ‘civilized’.So just writing as it comes in, but something wanted to write long back...and have shared this thought with friends.
So when I had time, I compiled the Nayanmars who were from தெய்வ Thamizh Naadu and listed to my knowledge as I read in my search on internet….This is only my own understanding/collection and not necessarily the right one. Few information missing..would like to get those information and any corrections to be done.I will upload them soon.
And just as the song says,
இதை அமரர் நாடு என்று அறிந்தோம் . – This is the country of divine paradise for eternity
A time shall come for everyone of this Deiva Thamizh naadu and the world to understand these above lines as well.
சோசியல் Darwinism, மாதா பிதா குரு தெய்வம்
My experience of traveling after my experience of Swedish life was confined to colonial ‘slaves’ who are still under the slavery mindset of ‘social Darwinism’.
I first came across this word, social Darwinism in Science, Technology and Society (STS) studies in LiU. This course itself was an eye opener to my initial madness of technology/science can solve our problems. I had to study this course because I understood, technology/science will alone not solve problems….but by the end of the course it took me to a stand where I felt, science/tech may actually bring more problems…and then it took me to different learning on Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy or Swami Vivekananda or finally Deivathin Kural.
What I am trying to say is in many countries who were former slaves to colonial greedy powers, what now remains is still the scars of colonial days. And almost all the societies suffer ‘social Darwinism’. From India, Srilanka, Papua New Guinea to Rwanda all these countries suffer this mind set of ‘showing I am stronger than you’ a direct outcome of ‘survival of strongest’ or what some knows as ‘social Darwinism’. There are people who have accepted this social Darwinism is very dangerous for societies and have mentioned that it is the cause of societies to disappear from the face of earth. Yet in the former slave colonies….still this continues in all different modifications and levels. In all these countries the people’s mindset is actually not fit for social Darwinism. But because they now are enjoying what they term as ‘freedom’ from colonial masters, they want to continue practicing what colonial masters practiced and initiated them through their education and all other levels.
Its very painful when you see and you know the disease and its dangerous effect and you can’t do much. Not many can understand this either…
I wouldn’t have understood all these had I not lived in Sweden, where I never felt this mindset in my entire period. Not that I want to say there is no social problems, it may be there in different other form. But being never colonized, I guess Sweden has resisted this and continue to resist ‘social Darwinism’ at every level.
Bharathiyar’s lines தாழ்வு பிறர்க்கு என்று எண்ண தான் அழிவான் என்ற சாத்திரம் கேளாயோ ’ ‘If one thinks loss is for the other, one actually invites one’s own destruction’ is the warning to thesw...Guess this was Bharathiyar reply to social Darvinism which he must have seen in his own period.
All these can be changed only through correct education…as mentioned in ‘Deivathin Kural’ or as mentioned by Swami Vivekananda…but is our teachers listening…I just read a news, that teachers have been told to dress ‘decently’ in Deiva Thamizh Naadu, I guess that shows where we are now.
I read in Deivathin Kural, Matha to show who is Pitha, to show who is Guru, to show who is God…
I first came across this word, social Darwinism in Science, Technology and Society (STS) studies in LiU. This course itself was an eye opener to my initial madness of technology/science can solve our problems. I had to study this course because I understood, technology/science will alone not solve problems….but by the end of the course it took me to a stand where I felt, science/tech may actually bring more problems…and then it took me to different learning on Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy or Swami Vivekananda or finally Deivathin Kural.
What I am trying to say is in many countries who were former slaves to colonial greedy powers, what now remains is still the scars of colonial days. And almost all the societies suffer ‘social Darwinism’. From India, Srilanka, Papua New Guinea to Rwanda all these countries suffer this mind set of ‘showing I am stronger than you’ a direct outcome of ‘survival of strongest’ or what some knows as ‘social Darwinism’. There are people who have accepted this social Darwinism is very dangerous for societies and have mentioned that it is the cause of societies to disappear from the face of earth. Yet in the former slave colonies….still this continues in all different modifications and levels. In all these countries the people’s mindset is actually not fit for social Darwinism. But because they now are enjoying what they term as ‘freedom’ from colonial masters, they want to continue practicing what colonial masters practiced and initiated them through their education and all other levels.
Its very painful when you see and you know the disease and its dangerous effect and you can’t do much. Not many can understand this either…
I wouldn’t have understood all these had I not lived in Sweden, where I never felt this mindset in my entire period. Not that I want to say there is no social problems, it may be there in different other form. But being never colonized, I guess Sweden has resisted this and continue to resist ‘social Darwinism’ at every level.
Bharathiyar’s lines தாழ்வு பிறர்க்கு என்று எண்ண தான் அழிவான் என்ற சாத்திரம் கேளாயோ ’ ‘If one thinks loss is for the other, one actually invites one’s own destruction’ is the warning to thesw...Guess this was Bharathiyar reply to social Darvinism which he must have seen in his own period.
All these can be changed only through correct education…as mentioned in ‘Deivathin Kural’ or as mentioned by Swami Vivekananda…but is our teachers listening…I just read a news, that teachers have been told to dress ‘decently’ in Deiva Thamizh Naadu, I guess that shows where we are now.
I read in Deivathin Kural, Matha to show who is Pitha, to show who is Guru, to show who is God…
Thursday, December 17, 2009
யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் கேளிர்
When I read on Baltimore or Coimbatore or Indore or Singpore or Ullanbatore or Nishapur, or Jaipur or Bangalore or Mysore or Borobudur or the other numerous ‘ur’ s or ‘ore’ s it just reminds me of Tamil saying Yaathu ure yaavarum keylir as All are towns, All are our friends.
Its also interesting to know that Abram or Abraham comes from Ur again.
In another place a Tamil scholar of some university was mentioning in a TV talk show that all the bads in towns like Allahabad or Ahmadabad comes from ‘pathi’. This is quite clear when we know there were names of Gods in Zarathusthra who moved from Saurashtra region of India to mid east also have these names of God ending with ‘pathi’. This is no surprise as we still have the names as ‘Pasupathi’
Another name while writing comes to mind is on ‘son’ who is coming in many Scandinavian names as Anderson or Patterson and our own names like Kathireson or Murugeson. Guess there must be some kind of links…Perhaps some Tamil pundits will be able to tell what ‘son’ means?
Its also interesting to know that Abram or Abraham comes from Ur again.
In another place a Tamil scholar of some university was mentioning in a TV talk show that all the bads in towns like Allahabad or Ahmadabad comes from ‘pathi’. This is quite clear when we know there were names of Gods in Zarathusthra who moved from Saurashtra region of India to mid east also have these names of God ending with ‘pathi’. This is no surprise as we still have the names as ‘Pasupathi’
Another name while writing comes to mind is on ‘son’ who is coming in many Scandinavian names as Anderson or Patterson and our own names like Kathireson or Murugeson. Guess there must be some kind of links…Perhaps some Tamil pundits will be able to tell what ‘son’ means?
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
பாரதியார் பிறந்த நாள்
வேதம் நிறைந்த தமிழ் நாடு,பாரதியாரின் பாபா பாட்டு மற்றும் பல வரிகள் நினைவில் இருக்க வேண்டியவை.
Each year Bharathiyar’s birthday 11th December reminds me what a man he was and what a contribution he had done in his short life. Yet it gives me sad to see that every year his birthday goes not much of notice. Every schools in Tamil Nadu and rest of the world where Tamils live should dedicate the day to celebrate and remember his works with Talks/debates and other cultural activities.
I am very happy to remember singing a Villuppaattu on Bharathiyar when in school as a kid of 11 years. Wonderful thing is that the teacher who trained us was not our school’s Tamil teacher but our English teacher who also taught religion in school. She penned so much of words on how Bharathiyar’s songs was a waking up call to those slaved by the English. I still remember the songs on Viduthalai Viduthalai or Aum Shakthi Aum…
If we don’t give the children right knowledge when their minds are young, it will be hard to teach them anything useful when they grow up with ‘English’ education.
We are now in an age where people wants to celebrate in grand scales for those in film industry or a politician who talk much on Tamil culture but nothing much done by them for this great poet who lives in every Tamil hearts.
Few years back I happened to read on Bharathiyar’s ‘Fox with the golden tail’ in chennaionline. But when I do a search now, I can’t find it. Wonder why this excellent writing of Bharathiyar in English is not seen in the internet now. Is it because he talks and simply reveals on religious conversions or is it because he talks on his own community’s pitiful and pathetic low levels of intellect and spiritual wisdom which also contributed to other religions to come and convert Veda followers to their own religions?
Wish it appears somewhere soon for us to help in understanding our own failures for others to get conversions from Vedic religion.
Also sad to see his photos without the red kumkum. Its not hard to see why, if we just know why ‘Fox with golden tail’ is difficult to get in internet as thought in above para the reason why many of recent photos of Bharathiyar shown without red kumkum gets clear.
But it’s a weak attempt to show him without his religious identity….He loved his language, country, religion yet he loved humanity and all beings for it was very clear when he said, ‘If a human goes without food, whats the purpose of this universe’. Remember he said not one Tamil or Indian or Hindu, but a human.
Even the modern film recently made on his life, did not do justice to him…with the usual ‘modern’ style of film making they had not touched anything that old films(like Kappalottiya Thamizhan or Veerapandya Kattabomman, Avvaiyar) touch.
Each year Bharathiyar’s birthday 11th December reminds me what a man he was and what a contribution he had done in his short life. Yet it gives me sad to see that every year his birthday goes not much of notice. Every schools in Tamil Nadu and rest of the world where Tamils live should dedicate the day to celebrate and remember his works with Talks/debates and other cultural activities.
I am very happy to remember singing a Villuppaattu on Bharathiyar when in school as a kid of 11 years. Wonderful thing is that the teacher who trained us was not our school’s Tamil teacher but our English teacher who also taught religion in school. She penned so much of words on how Bharathiyar’s songs was a waking up call to those slaved by the English. I still remember the songs on Viduthalai Viduthalai or Aum Shakthi Aum…
If we don’t give the children right knowledge when their minds are young, it will be hard to teach them anything useful when they grow up with ‘English’ education.
We are now in an age where people wants to celebrate in grand scales for those in film industry or a politician who talk much on Tamil culture but nothing much done by them for this great poet who lives in every Tamil hearts.
Few years back I happened to read on Bharathiyar’s ‘Fox with the golden tail’ in chennaionline. But when I do a search now, I can’t find it. Wonder why this excellent writing of Bharathiyar in English is not seen in the internet now. Is it because he talks and simply reveals on religious conversions or is it because he talks on his own community’s pitiful and pathetic low levels of intellect and spiritual wisdom which also contributed to other religions to come and convert Veda followers to their own religions?
Wish it appears somewhere soon for us to help in understanding our own failures for others to get conversions from Vedic religion.
Also sad to see his photos without the red kumkum. Its not hard to see why, if we just know why ‘Fox with golden tail’ is difficult to get in internet as thought in above para the reason why many of recent photos of Bharathiyar shown without red kumkum gets clear.
But it’s a weak attempt to show him without his religious identity….He loved his language, country, religion yet he loved humanity and all beings for it was very clear when he said, ‘If a human goes without food, whats the purpose of this universe’. Remember he said not one Tamil or Indian or Hindu, but a human.
Even the modern film recently made on his life, did not do justice to him…with the usual ‘modern’ style of film making they had not touched anything that old films(like Kappalottiya Thamizhan or Veerapandya Kattabomman, Avvaiyar) touch.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Climate Change and பகவத் கீதா
Before writing on the Bhagavad Gita its better we try to take a note on what few of the great minds born in different religions and countries have said on Bhagavad Gita….For its universal message did long back as far as 1650s(http://picasaweb.google.com/smaramanan/TheySaidIt#5258325732178525122)
have taken the people…attention. But with modern communication devices and technological progress has Bhagavad Gita reached its wider audience?
When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous. – Albert Eintein
The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity. – Aldoes Huxley
Warren Hasting the first Governor-General of India (1773-1784) in his foreward to Bhagavad Geetha..These books will stay even when our rule disappears. English empire whether it existed may be doubted but the greatness of Bhavag Geetha shall be eternal and their value is timeless....my attempts in translation
http://picasaweb.google.com/smaramanan/TheySaidIt#5258325790460587026
Oppenheimer remembered the Bhagavad Gita lines: "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one." and "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-08.html
Perform prescribed duties (not something you choose in modern casteless societies and then wait for job bank to send an offer or compensation or making societies to dive in anarchy because of unemployment and more of its explanation here
http://www.kamakoti.org/newlayout/template/hindudharma.html/3/1/hindu/The+Vedic+Religion+And+Varna+Dharma
)
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-09.html
Actions in sense of sacrifice
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-10.html
Creation explained and more here..(As I have already stated, their sound produces in our nadis as well as in the atmosphere vibrations that are salutary not only to our own Self but to the entire world. Here we must understand "lokakshema" or our welfare of the world to mean the good of mankind as well as of all other creatures. This concern for all creation that finds expression in the Vedas is not shared by any other religion. "Sanno astu dvipadesancatuspade"-- this occurs in a mantra: the Vedas pray for the good of all creatures including bipeds, quadrupeds etc. Even grass, shrubs, trees, mountains and the rivers are not excluded from their benign purview. The happy state of all these sentient creatures and inert objects is brought about through the special quality of the Vedas.http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap15.htm
)
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-11.html
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-12.html
Purpose of Yagnas or sacrifices in fires to appease Devas (Devotion, Devotees are from Devas but are we doing what is prescribed to be done for Devas? பலர் செய்வதில்லை It all begun when the Agni worshipers as Atar or as ‘Yasna’ or Zarathushtra or Zorostrians felt to keep ‘No worship to Devas’…
http://picasaweb.google.com/smaramanan/SwedishLearnings20042006#5252498982452576306
which is sincerely followed by its cousins of the mid east religions…Krisha tells us ‘those eating without offering to Devas in sacrificial offerings are thiefs’(What is a yajna? It is the performance of a religious duty involving Agni, the sacrificial fire, with the chanting of the mantras. The word itself is derived from the root "yaj" meaning "to worship", to evince devotion. The performance of a yajna is meant to please the Paramatman and the various deities. Yajna is also called "yaga". http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap16.htm)
‘The third purpose is the most important and it is achieved by performing sacrifices, as taught by the Gita, without any expectation of reward. Here we desire neither happiness in this world nor residence in paradise. We perform sacrifices only because it is our duty to invoke the blessings of the Gods for the welfare of the world. In this way our consciousness will be cleansed, a pre-requisite for enlightenment and final liberation. In other words the selfless performance of sacrifices means that we will eventually be dissolved in the Paramatman.’ http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap18.htm
http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap19.htm
The Lord himself has spoken about them in the Gita. When Brahma created the human species he also brought the yajnas or sacrifices into existence, bidding mortals thus: "Keep performing sacrifices. You will obtain all good fortune. May these sacrifices of yours be the cow (Kamadhenu) that grants you all you desire"
Saha-yajnah prajah srstva puro'vaca Prajapatih
Anena prasavisyadhvam esa vo'stvista-kamadhuk
If we assume that Brahma "created humans and with them sacrifices", it is likely to be construed that he first created human beings and then sacrifices. But actually it is stated in the Gita that Prajapati created yajna along with humankind (saha-yajnah prajah srstva). Yajna is mentioned first and then praja (mankind).
Since the mantras of the Vedas are the source of creation, the vibrations produced by chanting them will bring the divine powers invested with the authority of performing certain functions. To recite such mantras at a sacrifice is like writing the address on an envelope. It is by performing homa in this way that the oblation is conveyed to the deity invoked by Agni.
The real punch from Mahaswamigal’s here an example ‘Englishmen thought up a shrewd plan. They induced other countries to start factories using machinery and fomented new, unnecessary desires among people there. And they sold lumps of coal and chalk to these countries and got in return foodgrains, cotton, etc, in abundance. In this way they brought country after country under their heel.’…’ Our country grows cotton. When our spinning mills did not prosper, the English took our cotton to Lancashire, made "nice" cloth and sold it to us, making in the process four times profit. The celestials produce rain for us from the water vapour formed from our own seas. But, unlike the English, they do not make any profit out of it (in the transaction).’
Is it all that matters?
Absolutely not…the further explanations comes here
‘However, we need the grace of the gods if we are to be blessed with rains. To deserve such grace we must perform sacrifices. Otherwise there will be no rains on earth. The result will be famine or the rain will fall into the sea and not on land, or it will be either ativrsti (too much rain) or anavrsti (no rain). We have to depend on the denizens of the celestial world to send us the right quantity of rain to create abundance on this planet.’
http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap19.htm
Recently read in a Tamil newspapers some Vedic Chanting priests were invited to Rome to chant/perform and explain in Vedas…It shows the world is beginning to change its opinion for a better direction…but still a long way to openly talk about in their popular channels of mass media.
have taken the people…attention. But with modern communication devices and technological progress has Bhagavad Gita reached its wider audience?
When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous. – Albert Eintein
The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity. – Aldoes Huxley
Warren Hasting the first Governor-General of India (1773-1784) in his foreward to Bhagavad Geetha..These books will stay even when our rule disappears. English empire whether it existed may be doubted but the greatness of Bhavag Geetha shall be eternal and their value is timeless....my attempts in translation
http://picasaweb.google.com/smaramanan/TheySaidIt#5258325790460587026
Oppenheimer remembered the Bhagavad Gita lines: "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one." and "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-08.html
Perform prescribed duties (not something you choose in modern casteless societies and then wait for job bank to send an offer or compensation or making societies to dive in anarchy because of unemployment and more of its explanation here
http://www.kamakoti.org/newlayout/template/hindudharma.html/3/1/hindu/The+Vedic+Religion+And+Varna+Dharma
)
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-09.html
Actions in sense of sacrifice
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-10.html
Creation explained and more here..(As I have already stated, their sound produces in our nadis as well as in the atmosphere vibrations that are salutary not only to our own Self but to the entire world. Here we must understand "lokakshema" or our welfare of the world to mean the good of mankind as well as of all other creatures. This concern for all creation that finds expression in the Vedas is not shared by any other religion. "Sanno astu dvipadesancatuspade"-- this occurs in a mantra: the Vedas pray for the good of all creatures including bipeds, quadrupeds etc. Even grass, shrubs, trees, mountains and the rivers are not excluded from their benign purview. The happy state of all these sentient creatures and inert objects is brought about through the special quality of the Vedas.http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap15.htm
)
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-11.html
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-03-12.html
Purpose of Yagnas or sacrifices in fires to appease Devas (Devotion, Devotees are from Devas but are we doing what is prescribed to be done for Devas? பலர் செய்வதில்லை It all begun when the Agni worshipers as Atar or as ‘Yasna’ or Zarathushtra or Zorostrians felt to keep ‘No worship to Devas’…
http://picasaweb.google.com/smaramanan/SwedishLearnings20042006#5252498982452576306
which is sincerely followed by its cousins of the mid east religions…Krisha tells us ‘those eating without offering to Devas in sacrificial offerings are thiefs’(What is a yajna? It is the performance of a religious duty involving Agni, the sacrificial fire, with the chanting of the mantras. The word itself is derived from the root "yaj" meaning "to worship", to evince devotion. The performance of a yajna is meant to please the Paramatman and the various deities. Yajna is also called "yaga". http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap16.htm)
‘The third purpose is the most important and it is achieved by performing sacrifices, as taught by the Gita, without any expectation of reward. Here we desire neither happiness in this world nor residence in paradise. We perform sacrifices only because it is our duty to invoke the blessings of the Gods for the welfare of the world. In this way our consciousness will be cleansed, a pre-requisite for enlightenment and final liberation. In other words the selfless performance of sacrifices means that we will eventually be dissolved in the Paramatman.’ http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap18.htm
http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap19.htm
The Lord himself has spoken about them in the Gita. When Brahma created the human species he also brought the yajnas or sacrifices into existence, bidding mortals thus: "Keep performing sacrifices. You will obtain all good fortune. May these sacrifices of yours be the cow (Kamadhenu) that grants you all you desire"
Saha-yajnah prajah srstva puro'vaca Prajapatih
Anena prasavisyadhvam esa vo'stvista-kamadhuk
If we assume that Brahma "created humans and with them sacrifices", it is likely to be construed that he first created human beings and then sacrifices. But actually it is stated in the Gita that Prajapati created yajna along with humankind (saha-yajnah prajah srstva). Yajna is mentioned first and then praja (mankind).
Since the mantras of the Vedas are the source of creation, the vibrations produced by chanting them will bring the divine powers invested with the authority of performing certain functions. To recite such mantras at a sacrifice is like writing the address on an envelope. It is by performing homa in this way that the oblation is conveyed to the deity invoked by Agni.
The real punch from Mahaswamigal’s here an example ‘Englishmen thought up a shrewd plan. They induced other countries to start factories using machinery and fomented new, unnecessary desires among people there. And they sold lumps of coal and chalk to these countries and got in return foodgrains, cotton, etc, in abundance. In this way they brought country after country under their heel.’…’ Our country grows cotton. When our spinning mills did not prosper, the English took our cotton to Lancashire, made "nice" cloth and sold it to us, making in the process four times profit. The celestials produce rain for us from the water vapour formed from our own seas. But, unlike the English, they do not make any profit out of it (in the transaction).’
Is it all that matters?
Absolutely not…the further explanations comes here
‘However, we need the grace of the gods if we are to be blessed with rains. To deserve such grace we must perform sacrifices. Otherwise there will be no rains on earth. The result will be famine or the rain will fall into the sea and not on land, or it will be either ativrsti (too much rain) or anavrsti (no rain). We have to depend on the denizens of the celestial world to send us the right quantity of rain to create abundance on this planet.’
http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap19.htm
Recently read in a Tamil newspapers some Vedic Chanting priests were invited to Rome to chant/perform and explain in Vedas…It shows the world is beginning to change its opinion for a better direction…but still a long way to openly talk about in their popular channels of mass media.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
இந்தியா உலகுக்கு - உலகு இந்தியாவுக்கு
‘The power of religion of religion in India is something unimaginable else in the contemporary world. It operates on hundreds of levels, from folk deities like Bhima to the most abstruse and elaborate structures of Hindu theology, each level appropriate to particular social rank or caste. Progressive intellectuals - scientists, industrialists, politicians – in big cities like Bombay and Calcutta rail against it, blaming it for India’s material backwardness, but its waves lap at their very doors.’
The writer had written these in Life, America’s then leading magazine in 1949, under ‘HOLY MAN’ Sri Ramana Maharshi has India’s answer to most of man’s problems.
The writer very well understands the foolishness of the ‘ Progressive intellecuals’ and that’s why he clearly identifies them and does not leave it for reader to guess. The scientists, industrialists, politicians WHO ARE THEY? The products of the MacCaulay’s education which corrupted the minds of the Indian brains from 1835.
The writer himself tells about it in another lines in the same article ‘Even India’s political life, with all its forms borrowed from Western democracy, is a series of religious ceremonies to Indian man in the street.’
Today the people of India want to take pride when their so called national newspapers write on ‘Indian democracy’. Where is Indian democracy? In truth as the writer had mentioned, so called Indian democracy is borrowed from Western Democracy since Western world lacked a proper Varna Dharma to let Kings/Shatriyas to rule they were forced to invent/discover what is termed by them as Democracy and with MacCaulay’s 1835 education policies and politics Indians ever since been hypnotized to believe that they have something called ‘Indian Democracy’.
It’s a pity as the scientists, industrialist and politicians who are termed as the progressive intellectuals are unable to understand how they had been over centuries been hypnotized to believe and accept and glorify the MacCaulay’s educational system and to force upon their next future generations. Its high time that these so called progressive intellectuals understand the truth that they have been all along been hypnotized and they had to stop the suicidal path and start to think a best and older method of education which their forefathers had followed in India.
Even if these so called progressive intellectuals are trying to enjoy the new material success they have begun to enjoy because of having made themselves victims to MacCaulay’s education, the Western intellectuals if there are any should sincerely make attempt to remove this hypnotic spell upon rest of Indians. This needs to be done because Indians have to really save the world, unlike the holywood films where Americans are shown to rescue the World.
Indians with their own spiritual genius alone can save the world crisis, if we admit that there is one. And the World has to make efforts to make Indians understand that they come out of this hypnotic education which Indians have sincerely believed to help them since 1835 and continue to this day.
World which is fully aware of the dangers of such education has corrected their educations but fails to admit when it comes to India and instead want to play safely for their own narrow purposes. But by such actions world is actually bringing much disasters to its own societies. Instead, world should tell India to stick to its roots/traditions/religions/culture not only for India’s good but for its own very survival.For India with a billion population can definitely survive with its own sacrifices in millions if required, but rest of World has no chance to survive. This is what the history tells us when we look back how the Vedic Religion once practiced in all places of world have reduced to ruins but in India it continues as ever.
The writer had written these in Life, America’s then leading magazine in 1949, under ‘HOLY MAN’ Sri Ramana Maharshi has India’s answer to most of man’s problems.
The writer very well understands the foolishness of the ‘ Progressive intellecuals’ and that’s why he clearly identifies them and does not leave it for reader to guess. The scientists, industrialists, politicians WHO ARE THEY? The products of the MacCaulay’s education which corrupted the minds of the Indian brains from 1835.
The writer himself tells about it in another lines in the same article ‘Even India’s political life, with all its forms borrowed from Western democracy, is a series of religious ceremonies to Indian man in the street.’
Today the people of India want to take pride when their so called national newspapers write on ‘Indian democracy’. Where is Indian democracy? In truth as the writer had mentioned, so called Indian democracy is borrowed from Western Democracy since Western world lacked a proper Varna Dharma to let Kings/Shatriyas to rule they were forced to invent/discover what is termed by them as Democracy and with MacCaulay’s 1835 education policies and politics Indians ever since been hypnotized to believe that they have something called ‘Indian Democracy’.
It’s a pity as the scientists, industrialist and politicians who are termed as the progressive intellectuals are unable to understand how they had been over centuries been hypnotized to believe and accept and glorify the MacCaulay’s educational system and to force upon their next future generations. Its high time that these so called progressive intellectuals understand the truth that they have been all along been hypnotized and they had to stop the suicidal path and start to think a best and older method of education which their forefathers had followed in India.
Even if these so called progressive intellectuals are trying to enjoy the new material success they have begun to enjoy because of having made themselves victims to MacCaulay’s education, the Western intellectuals if there are any should sincerely make attempt to remove this hypnotic spell upon rest of Indians. This needs to be done because Indians have to really save the world, unlike the holywood films where Americans are shown to rescue the World.
Indians with their own spiritual genius alone can save the world crisis, if we admit that there is one. And the World has to make efforts to make Indians understand that they come out of this hypnotic education which Indians have sincerely believed to help them since 1835 and continue to this day.
World which is fully aware of the dangers of such education has corrected their educations but fails to admit when it comes to India and instead want to play safely for their own narrow purposes. But by such actions world is actually bringing much disasters to its own societies. Instead, world should tell India to stick to its roots/traditions/religions/culture not only for India’s good but for its own very survival.For India with a billion population can definitely survive with its own sacrifices in millions if required, but rest of World has no chance to survive. This is what the history tells us when we look back how the Vedic Religion once practiced in all places of world have reduced to ruins but in India it continues as ever.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
இளமையில் கல், சரித்திர தேர்ச்சி கொள்
BBC to launch kids, English entertainment channels in India
http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=13455
In the UK CBeebies targets children below the age of six. CBeebies’ basic aim is to educate and entertain the BBC’s youngest audience.
After Tilak and Bharathiyar there has never been a true son of the soil to report and use the media as how it should be used to educate its people.
There was Swami Vivekananda a one man army who conquered the world stage with his ‘Sisters and Brothers of America’ and after more than 100 years people have left his wonderful country which he described as ‘every particle of dust is sacred’ only to land up in America and rest of the world seeking material progress. Yes, people certainly have got the material progress they looked for, but have been reduced to nothing state where they don’t even have the courage to whisper what Swami Vivekananda roared as Lion of Vedanta. Well I it makes me wonder if one should become a begging Sannyaasin to roar on the Genius of India’s spirituality and its education.
Right now there is lot of happening around educating ‘young minds’ even before they turn 7 and its here where Swamijis message should actually go. But we allow foreign channels to ‘educate’ our young minds and the result is young and old are foreigners in their own lands.
When are we going to have truly a channel to tell whole world what India means to world and to Indians by the true understanding of India and not corrupted by foreign education?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58386806@N00/2849820331/
That was in 1835 by Macaulay
1890s to 1902 Swami Vivekananda
1920s through 40s Mahatma Gandhi
1900s for 100 years…Kanchi Mahaswamigal tells us all in detail with action points…Are we listening?
Or parade shamelessly in the world with what Macaulay should be laughing in his grave? For having given up everything and taking up their education to master and excel in their own democrazies, educations, medicines? And becoming foreigners in our own lands because we still look and cherish such foreign education?
Worse is some so called intellects want to say ‘We can’t blame everything on colonialisation or that British done bad we should look and accept blame on ourselves’.
To them answer is we blame British not for Everything, and we accept blame on ourselves for ONLY ONE THING and that is THEIR EDUCATION, which we shamelessly have accepted and continue to accept in all its forms which is the cause of all other troubles…just as how Macaulay planned it. Its just that ‘education’.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
'தெய்வத்தின் குரல்' எடுத்து செல்வது நம் முதற் கடமை
இந்தியாவில் வாழும் மக்களுக்கு இந்தியாவை பற்றி அதிகம் கல்வித்திட்டத்தில் கூறவில்லை, மாணவர் கற்றதெல்லாம் வெளிநாட்டு படைகள் இந்தியாவை எவ்வாறு சூறையாடினார்கள் என்பது தான்.
இந்திய வரலாற்றை காஞ்சி மகாஸ்வாமிகளின் தெய்வத்தின் குரல் தொகுப்பில் படித்து தெரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும். சுவாமி விவேகானந்தருக்கு பின் இந்தியாவின் வரலாற்றை மிஹத்தெளிவாக சொல்லியிருப்பவர் காஞ்சி மகாஸ்வாமிகள்.
தெய்வத்தின் குரலை உலகில் உள்ள அனைவரும் படித்து அதன் படி நடக்க முயற்சி யாவது செய்ய வேண்டும். அதற்கு முதலில் இவற்றை அவர் வாழ்ந்த தெய்வ தமிழ் நாட்டில் அனைவருக்கும் தெரிவிக்க வேண்டும். இதற்கான முயற்சிகளை அனைத்து தமிழ் மக்களும் முழு மனதுடன் உழைக்க வேண்டும். எமது நாழிதல்கள் மற்றும் தொலைக்காட்சி முலம் தெய்வத்தின் குரலை ஒவ்வொரு கிராமத்துக்கும் எடுத்து செல்ல வேண்டும். இதை செய்வதன் முலம் தமிழுக்கு மாத்திரம் அல்லாது உலகில் உள்ள அனைத்து ஜீவராசிகளுக்கும் மங்களம் உண்டாகும்.
தெய்வத்தின் குரலை ஒவ்வொரு தமிழனுக்கும் பின் இந்தியனுக்கும் மற்றும் உலகோருக்கும் எடுத்து செல்வது நமது முதற் கடமையாகும்.
http://www.kamakoti.org/tamil/
http://www.kamakoti.org/newlayout/template/hindudharma.html
This must be the first duty for us.To take this message to world for the benefit of not just Indians/Tamils but the whole Universal beings including all people and what we call nature in plants/animals and all.
But its sure, even if we don't do it, it will find its place in the years to come. Just as how Adi Shankarar's work and Thiruvalluvar's work is still in its all respect and need.
இந்திய வரலாற்றை காஞ்சி மகாஸ்வாமிகளின் தெய்வத்தின் குரல் தொகுப்பில் படித்து தெரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும். சுவாமி விவேகானந்தருக்கு பின் இந்தியாவின் வரலாற்றை மிஹத்தெளிவாக சொல்லியிருப்பவர் காஞ்சி மகாஸ்வாமிகள்.
தெய்வத்தின் குரலை உலகில் உள்ள அனைவரும் படித்து அதன் படி நடக்க முயற்சி யாவது செய்ய வேண்டும். அதற்கு முதலில் இவற்றை அவர் வாழ்ந்த தெய்வ தமிழ் நாட்டில் அனைவருக்கும் தெரிவிக்க வேண்டும். இதற்கான முயற்சிகளை அனைத்து தமிழ் மக்களும் முழு மனதுடன் உழைக்க வேண்டும். எமது நாழிதல்கள் மற்றும் தொலைக்காட்சி முலம் தெய்வத்தின் குரலை ஒவ்வொரு கிராமத்துக்கும் எடுத்து செல்ல வேண்டும். இதை செய்வதன் முலம் தமிழுக்கு மாத்திரம் அல்லாது உலகில் உள்ள அனைத்து ஜீவராசிகளுக்கும் மங்களம் உண்டாகும்.
தெய்வத்தின் குரலை ஒவ்வொரு தமிழனுக்கும் பின் இந்தியனுக்கும் மற்றும் உலகோருக்கும் எடுத்து செல்வது நமது முதற் கடமையாகும்.
http://www.kamakoti.org/tamil/
http://www.kamakoti.org/newlayout/template/hindudharma.html
This must be the first duty for us.To take this message to world for the benefit of not just Indians/Tamils but the whole Universal beings including all people and what we call nature in plants/animals and all.
But its sure, even if we don't do it, it will find its place in the years to come. Just as how Adi Shankarar's work and Thiruvalluvar's work is still in its all respect and need.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Thursday, December 14, 1882
http://books.google.rw/books?id=1k4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=ramana+maharshi+winthrop&source=bl&ots=uEXTqDOAPL&sig=iZB5xNp439kR8M1NYLhvYaYaUYI&hl=en&ei=bpcaS53ABInilAeLk7zyCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CB4Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Just few minutes ago was watching a programme on India’s rich wedding in Rajasthan and Onam festival in Kerala in BBC Knowledge channel
http://southafrica.bbcknowledge.com/feasts/
There was an excellent question asked about the different kitchens kept for the wedding party and the workers who prepare the food. Do not know when the rich Indians will ever understand the meaning…well I am just reminded again and again….what Swami Vivekananda said long back…
Open your eyes and see what a piteous cry for food is rising in the land of Bharata, proverbial for its wealth! Will your education fulfill this want? Never.
Yes, just like in the above link when the American journalists reported on Sri Ramana Maharshi to in Life 30th May 1949 issue western journalists and people alike try to give their own opinions and understanding of India and its vast differences.
Indians truly educated about their rich country present their country to the world as how Swami Vivekananda did more than 100 years ago. I do not see if there is any single Channel or even newspapers reporting about it, except negative reports and its not surprising knowing that these reporters are only products of ‘hypnotic ‘education which has De-Indianiszd them for over 200 years. Wish time changes soon and we have our own channel reporting the real story.
How will it happen? It can happen only through a better education right from the school.
And it brings me to connect what read in ‘Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna’
‘Trampled daily under the English boots’
"As without strong determination the farmer cannot bring water to his field, so also without intense yearning a man cannot realize God. (To Vijay) Why don't you come here now as frequently as before?"
VIJAY: "Sir, I wish to very much, but I am not free. I have accepted work in the Brahmo Samaj."
Degrading effect of serving others
(To Vijay) "You yourself perceive how far you have gone down by being a servant of others. Again, one finds that people with many university degrees, scholars with their vast English education, accept service under their English masters and are daily trampled under their boots. The one cause of all this is woman. They have married and set up a 'gay fair' with their wives and children. Now they cannot go back, much as they would like to. Hence all these insults and humiliations, all this suffering from slavery.
Imagine this was said Thursday, December 14, 1882. More than 125 years and still its true. (Moreover it was said to a work in Brahmo Samaj, which was actually formed to talk high of Hinduism…and this was also where Narendra was initially inclined before meeting Sri Ramakrishna. This is also a clear message to those who claim to represent Hinduism but fully educated in ‘English education’ what shall be their end…nothing but similar to Brahmo Samaj…)But we may have got used to this ‘English education’ which over these years has made us English Masters in the ‘slave’ education system. It has made to such an extent that we even want to parade it proudly about the achievement in this slavery…but never want to accept it as slavery, instead want to claim our ‘superiority’ in this slave English education which Ramakrishna Paramahamsa talked about.
We now have people groomed up in this 125 years of mental slavery to insult our own glorious past wisdom and lessons because we have now become masters in this slavery and so will not accept it as a ‘daily trampled under their boots’…today we are either trampling or get trampled as/under our own ‘masters’ who have mastered the ‘English education’ that’s talked about.
Wonder when we will ever get rid of this hypnotic spell and understand what Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is talking here as ‘English education’.
But it must be understood by the numerous schools run by Sri Ramakrishna Mission order. Having Sri Ramakrishna name or Swami Vivekananda name for schools and yet having syllabus similar to the same ‘English education’ as referred by him would it be liked by them if they happen to visit these schools?
The great monks of this order should have a syllabus completely different from the ‘English education’ that’s referred and instead have a syllabus in a way to make students feel proud of their own religion, heritage, culture, language and make Sanskrit the compulsory language to learn for everyone and to make children to live under the direct supervision of the monks compulsorily through out their study period.
Just few minutes ago was watching a programme on India’s rich wedding in Rajasthan and Onam festival in Kerala in BBC Knowledge channel
http://southafrica.bbcknowledge.com/feasts/
There was an excellent question asked about the different kitchens kept for the wedding party and the workers who prepare the food. Do not know when the rich Indians will ever understand the meaning…well I am just reminded again and again….what Swami Vivekananda said long back…
Open your eyes and see what a piteous cry for food is rising in the land of Bharata, proverbial for its wealth! Will your education fulfill this want? Never.
Yes, just like in the above link when the American journalists reported on Sri Ramana Maharshi to in Life 30th May 1949 issue western journalists and people alike try to give their own opinions and understanding of India and its vast differences.
Indians truly educated about their rich country present their country to the world as how Swami Vivekananda did more than 100 years ago. I do not see if there is any single Channel or even newspapers reporting about it, except negative reports and its not surprising knowing that these reporters are only products of ‘hypnotic ‘education which has De-Indianiszd them for over 200 years. Wish time changes soon and we have our own channel reporting the real story.
How will it happen? It can happen only through a better education right from the school.
And it brings me to connect what read in ‘Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna’
‘Trampled daily under the English boots’
"As without strong determination the farmer cannot bring water to his field, so also without intense yearning a man cannot realize God. (To Vijay) Why don't you come here now as frequently as before?"
VIJAY: "Sir, I wish to very much, but I am not free. I have accepted work in the Brahmo Samaj."
Degrading effect of serving others
(To Vijay) "You yourself perceive how far you have gone down by being a servant of others. Again, one finds that people with many university degrees, scholars with their vast English education, accept service under their English masters and are daily trampled under their boots. The one cause of all this is woman. They have married and set up a 'gay fair' with their wives and children. Now they cannot go back, much as they would like to. Hence all these insults and humiliations, all this suffering from slavery.
Imagine this was said Thursday, December 14, 1882. More than 125 years and still its true. (Moreover it was said to a work in Brahmo Samaj, which was actually formed to talk high of Hinduism…and this was also where Narendra was initially inclined before meeting Sri Ramakrishna. This is also a clear message to those who claim to represent Hinduism but fully educated in ‘English education’ what shall be their end…nothing but similar to Brahmo Samaj…)But we may have got used to this ‘English education’ which over these years has made us English Masters in the ‘slave’ education system. It has made to such an extent that we even want to parade it proudly about the achievement in this slavery…but never want to accept it as slavery, instead want to claim our ‘superiority’ in this slave English education which Ramakrishna Paramahamsa talked about.
We now have people groomed up in this 125 years of mental slavery to insult our own glorious past wisdom and lessons because we have now become masters in this slavery and so will not accept it as a ‘daily trampled under their boots’…today we are either trampling or get trampled as/under our own ‘masters’ who have mastered the ‘English education’ that’s talked about.
Wonder when we will ever get rid of this hypnotic spell and understand what Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is talking here as ‘English education’.
But it must be understood by the numerous schools run by Sri Ramakrishna Mission order. Having Sri Ramakrishna name or Swami Vivekananda name for schools and yet having syllabus similar to the same ‘English education’ as referred by him would it be liked by them if they happen to visit these schools?
The great monks of this order should have a syllabus completely different from the ‘English education’ that’s referred and instead have a syllabus in a way to make students feel proud of their own religion, heritage, culture, language and make Sanskrit the compulsory language to learn for everyone and to make children to live under the direct supervision of the monks compulsorily through out their study period.
Friday, December 4, 2009
கானாவில் இந்து சமயம்
Its hard to believe, yet had to believe it when one sees it and hears it. Long back when I saw a footballer by the name Appiah from Ghana it struck me that there must be a link between the name and our names.
Later I also saw another name as Sankara in one of African countries and was again wondering the name's link to our lands.
Recently happen to work and meet one whose name is Shiva and was wondering whether the name has links to Jews Siva or Shiva(which naturally as explained earlier has its roots to our Shiva). Finally asked my friend on his name and he said that its Hindu name Shiva and he is a Hindu by birth to parents from Ghana.
He also surprised me saying there are few thousands Hindus like his family in Ghana...check it out if you look for Hindumonastryinafrica you will read more of it...
hhhmmm what a pleasant surprise in this part of the world.
Later I also saw another name as Sankara in one of African countries and was again wondering the name's link to our lands.
Recently happen to work and meet one whose name is Shiva and was wondering whether the name has links to Jews Siva or Shiva(which naturally as explained earlier has its roots to our Shiva). Finally asked my friend on his name and he said that its Hindu name Shiva and he is a Hindu by birth to parents from Ghana.
He also surprised me saying there are few thousands Hindus like his family in Ghana...check it out if you look for Hindumonastryinafrica you will read more of it...
hhhmmm what a pleasant surprise in this part of the world.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Modern Gladiators?
Its no offence, but just wondering…having seen the film where those ancient slaves as Gladiators of Roman Empire to fight and met their death while the rich assembled to drink and watch these gladiators die in pain.
I am wondering who are our modern gladiators…there could be many depending on where one lives…but in our societies there are couple of modern gladiators…one colonial masters pseudo team sport called cricket players and then local but modernized actors and actresses.
Our society has much to do when it comes to basic health, clean, education and food. But neither its people nor its so called politicians have any sense of responsibilities for these basic needs, but everyone even if they lack these will stand outside the shopping complexes which have all these imported electronics items which show them these cricket/films to watch standing unmindful of the dust and beggars. Completely lost in the ‘entertainment’ which has come along with them since the colonial masters devised these ‘entertainments’ when they directly ruled the country. And since they left, they have been successfully continuing their ‘hypnotic spell’ through their education which the colonial slaves have now mastered to en extent which surpass all the expectations of ‘Mc Colay’ who when introduced this education some 200 years ago mentioned, India’s wisdom can be nothing more than a shelf of a British library…. Or something to this effect.
Ofcourse it’s a different story this approach of under estimating about India or Indians costed that once mighty British empire just like that might Roman empire or mighty rulers of Egypt empires or Persians or Mughal or Alexander to go down in history with the arrival of Mahatma Gandhi. And now their English cousins have certainly not following the English but hijacking India’s so called educated people to these ‘entertainment’ to a complete madness level which could be understood only by a few. On the contrary, had the British paid more attention to what Warren Hasting said on Bhagavad Gita been paid attention in administration of India, perhaps who knows the British might have extended their rule for few more centuries.
If cricket and films have hypnotized and hijacked the society far from its ancient skills and wisdom, there is something to be happy about in all these and that is not all the people have the luxuries to have the hypnotic education which makes to go behind all these modern gladiators.
So that’s how there was a film where they even started showing the history of cricket coming to slaves and how it had hijacked its masses. While watching that film which was literally showing cricket of 5 day match, I was wondering when is this society going to learn anything about its own glories instead of making themselves fools by making such films showing how they amidst struggles tried imitating their colonial masters and how they adopted it as an entertainer. Untill then hypnotic and hijacked gladiators will continue to entertain its own hypnotic and hijacked society.
A time shall come for people to raise the question just as in the film, at the brink of the empire collapsing the gladiator asking those have come to see the ‘entertainment’, “Are you entertained”…when people begin raise this question against these modern gladiators that day shall mark the new path for re-generation for the society to get its self free from the hypnotic spell that’s on their heads for more than 200 years.
I am wondering who are our modern gladiators…there could be many depending on where one lives…but in our societies there are couple of modern gladiators…one colonial masters pseudo team sport called cricket players and then local but modernized actors and actresses.
Our society has much to do when it comes to basic health, clean, education and food. But neither its people nor its so called politicians have any sense of responsibilities for these basic needs, but everyone even if they lack these will stand outside the shopping complexes which have all these imported electronics items which show them these cricket/films to watch standing unmindful of the dust and beggars. Completely lost in the ‘entertainment’ which has come along with them since the colonial masters devised these ‘entertainments’ when they directly ruled the country. And since they left, they have been successfully continuing their ‘hypnotic spell’ through their education which the colonial slaves have now mastered to en extent which surpass all the expectations of ‘Mc Colay’ who when introduced this education some 200 years ago mentioned, India’s wisdom can be nothing more than a shelf of a British library…. Or something to this effect.
Ofcourse it’s a different story this approach of under estimating about India or Indians costed that once mighty British empire just like that might Roman empire or mighty rulers of Egypt empires or Persians or Mughal or Alexander to go down in history with the arrival of Mahatma Gandhi. And now their English cousins have certainly not following the English but hijacking India’s so called educated people to these ‘entertainment’ to a complete madness level which could be understood only by a few. On the contrary, had the British paid more attention to what Warren Hasting said on Bhagavad Gita been paid attention in administration of India, perhaps who knows the British might have extended their rule for few more centuries.
If cricket and films have hypnotized and hijacked the society far from its ancient skills and wisdom, there is something to be happy about in all these and that is not all the people have the luxuries to have the hypnotic education which makes to go behind all these modern gladiators.
So that’s how there was a film where they even started showing the history of cricket coming to slaves and how it had hijacked its masses. While watching that film which was literally showing cricket of 5 day match, I was wondering when is this society going to learn anything about its own glories instead of making themselves fools by making such films showing how they amidst struggles tried imitating their colonial masters and how they adopted it as an entertainer. Untill then hypnotic and hijacked gladiators will continue to entertain its own hypnotic and hijacked society.
A time shall come for people to raise the question just as in the film, at the brink of the empire collapsing the gladiator asking those have come to see the ‘entertainment’, “Are you entertained”…when people begin raise this question against these modern gladiators that day shall mark the new path for re-generation for the society to get its self free from the hypnotic spell that’s on their heads for more than 200 years.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
அடம் from ஆத்மா
http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part2/chap2.htm
Few days back got an email where it mentioned the link on Peru and Thiruvannamalai and it immediately reminded me on my earlier reading on the link of www.kamakoti.org
The temples built in Egypt to Mexico to Rome or Athens might now be in ruins...but still in India people are there to chant Vedas and to build any new temples and maintaining the old temple...inspite of all challenges there will be people to chant Vedas and there is no doubt and no fear.
Just to let readers know,
Veta in Swedish means 'to know' and Ved means 'fire wood' and they say 'manisha' to mean people.
In Jews, there are many names like Siva,Rani,Ruban and they also have Siva to mean a month and death ceremoney. In Vedic religion or Hinduism as its popularly known Siva symbolises 'death' of ego.
The story of Adam and Eve from Aathma and Jeeva and the pippal tree is so interesting and must be known and taught to many Indians...Guess a time shall come for that soon.
Untill then lets wait and be patient?
Few days back got an email where it mentioned the link on Peru and Thiruvannamalai and it immediately reminded me on my earlier reading on the link of www.kamakoti.org
The temples built in Egypt to Mexico to Rome or Athens might now be in ruins...but still in India people are there to chant Vedas and to build any new temples and maintaining the old temple...inspite of all challenges there will be people to chant Vedas and there is no doubt and no fear.
Just to let readers know,
Veta in Swedish means 'to know' and Ved means 'fire wood' and they say 'manisha' to mean people.
In Jews, there are many names like Siva,Rani,Ruban and they also have Siva to mean a month and death ceremoney. In Vedic religion or Hinduism as its popularly known Siva symbolises 'death' of ego.
The story of Adam and Eve from Aathma and Jeeva and the pippal tree is so interesting and must be known and taught to many Indians...Guess a time shall come for that soon.
Untill then lets wait and be patient?
Friday, November 20, 2009
Challenge to modern science and technology
When I stood before the tall and wide Raja Gopuram of Thiruvannamalai I wondered if the modern science and technology can ever build this kind of temples and gopuram without the help of the Indians. When I mean Indians I meant the Indians who still preserve the caste system which preserves these skills of temple architecture or sculpture making or any work where skills are passed from father to son generations upon generations and not the Indians who might have mastered the modern science and technology of their colonial masters.
Even the people whose forefathers have built these wonderful temples will want to talk proud of the education which has stripped them of the glories that belong to them by the de-Indianizing and hypnotic education for more than 200 years.
There may be countries around the world, including Angur wat in Cambodia which boasts of the largest temple complex in world or any countries of the Middle East from Syria to Jordan could talk of their old temples standing tall, but in ruins.
Its again these ruins tells us that these temples built for sun or of the Gods when these countries ruled by their kings ruled the land. But even though their sizes take away our breath for a moment, can these countries ever rebuild such temples again? They have almost all have converted to new religions for even if they wish to build, they may not be able to build for the skill of temple building is broken as they don’t have the caste system which preserved these skills in society, just as how the Brahmins have preserved the Vedas and Sanskrit because of this caste system. The Swedish religious schools teach their children, Caste gives security as it gives people determined roles in society. But I wonder how many of Indians are given this wonderful truth.
"The day when, surrendering the spiritual into their hands, our countrymen would sit at the feet of the West to learn religion, that day indeed the nationality of this fallen nation will be dead and gone for good."
Long back I remember reading this and I was wondering over it again and again...for sometime I see and read in newspapers on such scenarios...
Swami Vivekananda continues,
"I believe that by this cultivation of religion and the wider diffusion of Vedanta, both this country and the West will gain enormously. To me the pursuit of politics is a secondary means in comparison with this. I will lay down my life to carry out this belief practically. If you believe in any other way of accomplishing the good of India, well, you may go on working your own way."
100 years on and our pple are having their own ways fully ignorant of Swami Vivekananda's deep understanding on accomplishing good not only to India but whole world.Heart of the world is India, and India’s heart is spiritualism. This should be always remembered by Indians and the people of world with respect and pride. Its clear to see, when in other parts of the world, Vedic religions remains are in ruins, it is still and will continue to be vibrant in India. While idol worship is only mentioned in their holy books in India idol worship continues to be stepping stones to reach the one god and to feel one god in everyone.
If the modern science and technology educated Indians can ever help it should be to help these caste system to be preserved and continued for future generations and not be fooled by the modern science and technology which had stripped other societies of caste.
People talk of modern science and technology has help many societies, but they should try to learn from those societies history that those societies lacked caste system which made the discoveries and inventions as ‘necessity’ which forced the people in those societies to look for better ways of living from their harsh climate and a lack of social order. Fortunately for Indians caste gave them a security in society and the kings ruled well when Europeans had to revolt against their kings. It’s a pity that Indians are later made to follow the ideas of west, of throwing away the royal kings. Ofcourse I don’t mean that we should have a king who can not rule well in power, but what I meant is that kings ruling countries in ancient India was what we now see in these Big Raja Gopurams or numerous temples of granite stones and big reservoirs or water tanks or preserving Devarams or songs in praise of God all of these wouldn’t have been possible without Kings and the system which helped to keep the kings in power. While the colonial masters made and created every ‘laws’ to strip those Indian kings/queens of their powers, the very same colonial masters were strengthening their kings and their queen. It was just the same tactics followed by those religious followers in destroying all the other temples wherever they invaded but making sure that their own only stone temple is kept in safe by not allowing not followers of their religion not even to enter close to the stone temple. But making sure to include a pilgrimage to their only stone temple one among the 5 pillars of their religion. Just as how in one country they should protect Royal family but destroy all other royal families, these religious followers also did to see that all stone temples should be destroyed but their own stone temple be preserved and be visited by only their followers and not by people of other religions.
And even in this stone temple, even if they may not practice caste as known to us, but they do follow the ‘clan’ and ‘tribe’ to clean their stone temples and not the other tribes are allowed to clean or enter the inner shrines…Thus we can clearly see how ‘caste’ in its form as ‘clan’ and ‘tribe’ is still used in other places and other countries for the same purpose of ‘security’ for preservation of something which is considered vital for that society.
Anyway, the challenge to modern science and technology to build another temple similar to Thiruvannamalai can it be succeeded? There may be bigger temples and larger gopuram like towers built in other parts of the world in different historical times, but they are now in ruins. Their remains can talk proud of those societies skills in their past temple building skills, but now neither they can re-produce another temple nor will they make an attempt as they are all now in a new religion. But in the land where Swami Vivekananda said, where every dust is sacred, in India we will still see that people untouched by the colonial education still preserving these skills because of the caste system and the temple building continue to give guidance and advice to future generation inspite of all external threats. For this is the land which is existing for preserving Vedas and therefore God shall see that its preserved for it also includes the land called ‘Deiva Thamizh Nadu’.
Even the people whose forefathers have built these wonderful temples will want to talk proud of the education which has stripped them of the glories that belong to them by the de-Indianizing and hypnotic education for more than 200 years.
There may be countries around the world, including Angur wat in Cambodia which boasts of the largest temple complex in world or any countries of the Middle East from Syria to Jordan could talk of their old temples standing tall, but in ruins.
Its again these ruins tells us that these temples built for sun or of the Gods when these countries ruled by their kings ruled the land. But even though their sizes take away our breath for a moment, can these countries ever rebuild such temples again? They have almost all have converted to new religions for even if they wish to build, they may not be able to build for the skill of temple building is broken as they don’t have the caste system which preserved these skills in society, just as how the Brahmins have preserved the Vedas and Sanskrit because of this caste system. The Swedish religious schools teach their children, Caste gives security as it gives people determined roles in society. But I wonder how many of Indians are given this wonderful truth.
"The day when, surrendering the spiritual into their hands, our countrymen would sit at the feet of the West to learn religion, that day indeed the nationality of this fallen nation will be dead and gone for good."
Long back I remember reading this and I was wondering over it again and again...for sometime I see and read in newspapers on such scenarios...
Swami Vivekananda continues,
"I believe that by this cultivation of religion and the wider diffusion of Vedanta, both this country and the West will gain enormously. To me the pursuit of politics is a secondary means in comparison with this. I will lay down my life to carry out this belief practically. If you believe in any other way of accomplishing the good of India, well, you may go on working your own way."
100 years on and our pple are having their own ways fully ignorant of Swami Vivekananda's deep understanding on accomplishing good not only to India but whole world.Heart of the world is India, and India’s heart is spiritualism. This should be always remembered by Indians and the people of world with respect and pride. Its clear to see, when in other parts of the world, Vedic religions remains are in ruins, it is still and will continue to be vibrant in India. While idol worship is only mentioned in their holy books in India idol worship continues to be stepping stones to reach the one god and to feel one god in everyone.
If the modern science and technology educated Indians can ever help it should be to help these caste system to be preserved and continued for future generations and not be fooled by the modern science and technology which had stripped other societies of caste.
People talk of modern science and technology has help many societies, but they should try to learn from those societies history that those societies lacked caste system which made the discoveries and inventions as ‘necessity’ which forced the people in those societies to look for better ways of living from their harsh climate and a lack of social order. Fortunately for Indians caste gave them a security in society and the kings ruled well when Europeans had to revolt against their kings. It’s a pity that Indians are later made to follow the ideas of west, of throwing away the royal kings. Ofcourse I don’t mean that we should have a king who can not rule well in power, but what I meant is that kings ruling countries in ancient India was what we now see in these Big Raja Gopurams or numerous temples of granite stones and big reservoirs or water tanks or preserving Devarams or songs in praise of God all of these wouldn’t have been possible without Kings and the system which helped to keep the kings in power. While the colonial masters made and created every ‘laws’ to strip those Indian kings/queens of their powers, the very same colonial masters were strengthening their kings and their queen. It was just the same tactics followed by those religious followers in destroying all the other temples wherever they invaded but making sure that their own only stone temple is kept in safe by not allowing not followers of their religion not even to enter close to the stone temple. But making sure to include a pilgrimage to their only stone temple one among the 5 pillars of their religion. Just as how in one country they should protect Royal family but destroy all other royal families, these religious followers also did to see that all stone temples should be destroyed but their own stone temple be preserved and be visited by only their followers and not by people of other religions.
And even in this stone temple, even if they may not practice caste as known to us, but they do follow the ‘clan’ and ‘tribe’ to clean their stone temples and not the other tribes are allowed to clean or enter the inner shrines…Thus we can clearly see how ‘caste’ in its form as ‘clan’ and ‘tribe’ is still used in other places and other countries for the same purpose of ‘security’ for preservation of something which is considered vital for that society.
Anyway, the challenge to modern science and technology to build another temple similar to Thiruvannamalai can it be succeeded? There may be bigger temples and larger gopuram like towers built in other parts of the world in different historical times, but they are now in ruins. Their remains can talk proud of those societies skills in their past temple building skills, but now neither they can re-produce another temple nor will they make an attempt as they are all now in a new religion. But in the land where Swami Vivekananda said, where every dust is sacred, in India we will still see that people untouched by the colonial education still preserving these skills because of the caste system and the temple building continue to give guidance and advice to future generation inspite of all external threats. For this is the land which is existing for preserving Vedas and therefore God shall see that its preserved for it also includes the land called ‘Deiva Thamizh Nadu’.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Children who keeps the flames burning
Cape of good hope, thats how those Europeans wishing to look for the hope of Good in India called the African tip.....After 9 years of my travel outside India, when I landed in Chennai and later met few children in Chengalpattu, Ramakrishna mission I felt that the children still keep the flames of good hope burning amidst the 'modernity' eroding or seeming to erode values of this land of good hope...
I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came to
Mylapore Kapaleeshawarar Kovil.
Most important change I noticed was its tank or theertham full. Once it was a playground for children and youth has now been giving a fantastic view of water with ducks and all kinds of fishes enjoying their habitat..sourounded by trees on all 4 sides….
Great to see Spiritual Library but it should have more books/audio/video and other media stuffs….
Saddened to see that all paintings on the walls had been removed…it was earlier a showcase of Deiva Thamizh Naatin Chitra Kalai ….It was a delight to see those, for none in world can paint like those paintings.
Aadhi Kesavaperumal Kovil
Mylapore Chitra Kulam is attached to this temple and its believed in this kulam Perumal
Came to resque the elephant which was caught by the crocodile…It was a pleasant surprise to me when I visited it coincided with the day’s function.
Maadhava Perumal Kovil where PeyAzhvar lived among other saints who are related to this temple.
Visit to this temple just took me off by surprise for its spot cleanliness and peaceful nature. Few years back, renovation had taken place and it was wonderful to see temple.
A priest here told me that I should live in
Also saw a small spiritual library in the entrance. Hope here again it gets more space/books and other audio/video/media stuffs.
Parthasarathy Kovil Kovil
Swami Vivekananda’s letter to one of his Mylapore friend asking him to visit to the temple immediately and fall prostrate to Sri Parthasarathy..is kept on a board here on both entrances of the temple.
From Aazhvars time this temple has attracted devotion and Swami Vivekananda and Mahakavi Bharathiyar visited this temple.
I went on mid-day time and saw temple almost without much change..it was as if to visit the temple after a couple of weeks being away.
There was Annadanam getting ready on the second entrance side and I was bit late there and so didn’t have time to wait for the second round…so had to rush back.
Alarmelmanga puram Aancheneyar Mylapore with 18 feet I guess
I refer it as my school Aanchaneyar as its close to school where I studied..PSSenior Sec school…
Close to this is also my visit to PSSSS school and saw Pillayar there under Arasu tree at the entrance and met our Tamil,Chemistry,English teachers…and saw other staffs like PT, Cleaning, Attendents,office staffs identifiable after more than 16 years…leaving the school…Met the principal as well.
Tamil/Chemistry teachers went some time talking and gave an impression that old students should make it a point to visit the school and if possible to carry some books or anything to pay back. Both were extremely happy though spent few minutes with them.
Vadapazhani
It was wonderful to see lots of improvement in this temple..At the entrance water was coming to wet and clean our foots…(Wondered why this is not implemented in other temples?)
Then as I entered the floor tiles are polished and spot clean…
Meditation room was having a dim light and was A/C…
There was minor changes in vigrahas positions but otherwise it kept the same old feeling of back home through my mind.
Ramakrishna Mission Mylapore
Same old feeling of back home…except the old temple structure now houses a new image for Holy Mother and looked some old visitors still wanted to sit in this old temple’s first floor meditation hall…
Ramakrishna Mission T Nagar
This was my first visit though I lived in Chennai for 15 yeas..
It was so nice to see Children of the hostel playing under Swamiji’s watchfull eyes and later getting themselves ready for Bhajans and Arathi..
Here on another day, I also had a wonderful experience to watch and be blessed on a day of Vidyaarthi Homa and to listen to a wonderful speech by Swami Gautamanandaji.
Ramakrishna Mission Chengalpat
The most wonderful children I have met was here…Impressive discipline shown during the Bhajans and Arathi ..songs at top of their voice with full of devotion…
The boys within couple minutes while helping to get me a neem stick were showing the true hospitality by inviting me to stay for few more days…There was no motivation for these children, but simply the land’s deep rooted tradition of sincere hospitality in seeing their guest happy….I really regretted that I had to leave and felt that I should make another visit soon.
T Nagar Shopping
New multi storied shopping malls full to its capacity..jewellery shops built in multi storied complexes and still people are all full and making only moves by few inches…same for silk sarees and all other electronic.household items…definitely buying capacity has gone up…even right at the entrance to these shopping malls people are pushing their way even though the entrance is wide..people were seen queing even from the road side..
People standing and eating on the roadside their favorite dishes/fruits/ice creams…(It was unbelievable for in 2000 while in Kaaligaata when I looked at the same sight of people eating on the road and other things I never thought it will happen in Chennai).
Also visited Maayajaal a number of theatres in one complex (again importing ideas of the western/modern idea of entertainment). The ride to that along MRTS through IT express highway showed a different road in Chennai.
So can we say people in Chennai are all rich and happy now looking at the shoping malls/eating outlets/cinemas?
Oops the same old small children as young as even 5 years calling out ‘Anna anna anna…’ while in the auto waiting for traffic signal or as I find a place to walk in the crowded streets in T.Nagar I see how limbless body fully covered in the sweat/dusts of the road and under the mercy of the burning sun beggars still looking for pennies..and passers walk totally oblivious as if to say I have nothing to do with his/her state.
It only re-confirms Swami Vivekananda’s words and his identification of the roots to the problem in spite of large multi-storied complexes, buying/spending wealth, and technology to probe moon and earth…
Open your eyes and see what a piteous cry for food is rising in the
And now we hear country’s brilliant brains (educated from such a failed system of western education/model) will spend millions and millions on giving unique id and they say its for better efficiency…to people who barely can meet day’s food/shelter/health..
Mahatma Said long back, 'There is enough for the needy but not enough for the Greedy' and so the blame is now on the 'lack of science and technology' and not the 'lack of hearts to share the haves with have nots'...and so the foolish act of self cheating to market science/tech and its education/admin continues...
Saturday, November 7, 2009
To reach every hearts of India
Why have we still not took the message of Swami Vivekananda to every single Indian villages and children?
Sorry to say this, but still I see lot of things that should have changed since Swami Vivekananda’s life and message has not changed.
So sometimes I feel nothing, really nothing has changed and still ALL his message seems as true as ever and relevant. Yes agreed, that voices of great persons are for eternity.Yet Swami’s voice on society’s plight was said 100 years and still the society seems not to have learnt anything from his message.
Swamiji said, to spend few lakhs on learning Sanskrit…How many Sanskrit colleges are opened because of His wonderful message on learning Sanskrit and its use to our life. Considering the fact most of India ’s wisdom lives in this language which once united this land.
If American press took his ‘Sisters and Brothers of America ’ to world, shouldn’t his country press/journalists take his message in every single report they write in their every day’s report. Whenever they hear on anything which affects society, they should link the incident they report to Swamiji’s message and see how the incident could have been avoided(if it was something bad) or improved(if it was something good) or appreciated( if it was something better) or confirm(if it was best).
There are many ways to take Swamiji’s message from temple spiritual discourses to school books, to TV programs to educational films. But are we doing it.
There are many TV channels who talk of many country’s rich culture/traditions/ spiritual values..But do we have something similar to talk on Advaita philosophy in Indian TV channels?
Yes there is only hope that there are monks who have renounced their family life to take the world as their family. Its only with this hope that we can think of a better future for our generation to come.
If the followers of Swamiji’s call had with so much un-imaginable difficulties and had set up the Advaita Ashram to spread his message it shows their will and commitment which is certainly the inspiration for rest to follow. Many could read on how amidst those harsh conditions monks printed out and sent across country and world from Advaita ashram in those early days. But looking now, we need to question if during those harsh days if the monks printed out, we still have a long way to travel to give his message to those who still remain unheard and wanting to talk on other religions or other prophets.
There is nothing wrong to talk of other religions or prophets, but its important that they all take and accept that all religions are essential one and the same, as Ramakrishna Paramahamsa said different religions are only different ways to reach the same GOD.
Recently I happen to read a very important and most wonderful book ‘My Idea of Education – Swami Vivekananda’ from Advaita Ashramam https://advaitaashrama.org/publication/book-details.php?bid=1509 from where I quote
A few hundred, modernized, half-educated, and denationalized men are all that is there to show of modern English India- nothing else.
The education that you are getting now has some good points, but it has a tremendous disadvantage which is so great that the good things are all weighed down. In the first place it is not a man-making education, it is merely and entirely a negative education. A negative education, or any training that is based on negation, is worse than death.
The present system of education is all wrong. The mind is crammed with
facts before it knows how to think.
It is one of the evils of your western civilization that you are after intellectual education alone, and take no care of the heart. It only makes men ten times more selfish, and that will be your destruction.
The education that you are receiving now in schools and colleges is only making you a race of dyspeptics. You are working like machines merely, and living a jelly-fish existence.
Open your eyes and see what a piteous cry for food is rising in the land
of Bharata, proverbial for its wealth! Will your education fulfill
this want? Never.
On one side, new India is saying,' What the Western nations do is surely good, otherwise how did they become so great?' On the other side, old India is saying, 'The flash of lightening is intensely bright, but only for a moment; lookout, boys, it is dazzling your eyes. Beware!.'
Our English education has destroyed everything and left nothing in its place. Our children have lost their politeness. To talk nicely is degrading. To be reverential to one's elders is degrading. Irreverence has been the sign of liberty. It is high time that we go back to our old politeness. The reformers have nothing to give in place of what they have taken away.
My idea of education is personal contact with the teacher-gurugriha- vasa. Without the personal life of a teacher there would be no education.
Why do you not become Sanskrit scholars? Why do you not spend millions to bring Sanskrit education to all the castes of India ?
Our pedagogues are making parrots of our boys and running their brains by cramming a lot of subjects into them...Goodness gracious! What a fuss and furry about graduating and after a few days all cools down! And after all that, what is it they learn but that what religion and customs we have are all bad, and what the Westerners have are all good! At last, they cannot keep the wolf from the door! What does it matter if this higher education remains or goes?
Q. What is the defect in the present university system?
A. It is almost wholly one of defects. Why, it is nothing but a perfect machine for turning out clerks. I would even thank my stars if that we all. But no! See how men are becoming destitute of sraddha and faith. They assert that the Gita is only an interpolation, and that the Vedas are but rustic songs! They like to master every detail concerning things and nations outside of India , but if you ask them, they do not know even the names of their own forefathers up to the seventh generation, not to speak of the fourteenth!
There should be an institution to train teachers who must go about preaching religion and giving secular education to our people; they must carry both.
Unless we accept and acknowledge and attempt to correct our ways in educations and try to get these wonderful thoughts of Swami on education, not much will change in our societies. And therefore its our utmost duty that THESE THOUGHTS OF SWAMIJI ON EDUCATION SHOULD REACH ALL TEACHERS IN INDIA, for his words of wisdom are still applicable and painfully true to this day of education in the country.
We must make efforts that this book finds its place in every Indian language and in every single school and more importantly get into the blood/nerves/ brains and hearts of every Indian
Channels on TV
Have been here in Kigali for few weeks now and once again started to watch some foreign channels coming over the TV and once again began my wondering over channels in our countries.
Why is that our local channels show only about our films and cricket...or if they add anything else it will be some beauty shows or some sports of tennis in other countries...
Why is that our channels can not take some lessons from these channels which exlcusively talk on history,tribes,travels, documentries,etc...Its really surprising me, because our countries have so much of rich culture, history and places of interest and the TV could be used in a better way instead of showing pple running around trees or dancing alone...
Yes I do hear some voices that speaks to say that there are channels which talk on our spirituality...but I guess they have done more damage than what and how spirituality topic should be discussed...What I mean is to talk on Ancient glorious past from every single village and to talk on all those great saints and sages who lived and gave messages from Thiruvalluvar, to 63 Nayanmars to Kabir to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa or Ramana Maharshi or Yogaswami and the rest?
We need to bring their message either through the traditional way of spiritual discourses in temples or in TV/Films...
Yeh I also hear that their message is all the same who is to follow...thats the most important question and our purpose of life...I guess but just hope that channels do bring in such topics at some point of life....
Why is that our local channels show only about our films and cricket...or if they add anything else it will be some beauty shows or some sports of tennis in other countries...
Why is that our channels can not take some lessons from these channels which exlcusively talk on history,tribes,travels, documentries,etc...Its really surprising me, because our countries have so much of rich culture, history and places of interest and the TV could be used in a better way instead of showing pple running around trees or dancing alone...
Yes I do hear some voices that speaks to say that there are channels which talk on our spirituality...but I guess they have done more damage than what and how spirituality topic should be discussed...What I mean is to talk on Ancient glorious past from every single village and to talk on all those great saints and sages who lived and gave messages from Thiruvalluvar, to 63 Nayanmars to Kabir to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa or Ramana Maharshi or Yogaswami and the rest?
We need to bring their message either through the traditional way of spiritual discourses in temples or in TV/Films...
Yeh I also hear that their message is all the same who is to follow...thats the most important question and our purpose of life...I guess but just hope that channels do bring in such topics at some point of life....
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Why Why Why?
This was the question that came up as I stood inside the Kigali Genocide memorial...its a moving experience and I really didn't actually wanted to visit...feeling it will bring my emotions down(also a feeling instead of rememering these dark histories, a better way would be to see that we have better spiritual/moral values are taught/places of such activities set up like meditation centers, or prayer halls where every religions come without fear or favor and sit and mediate or read from different religions or help the poor,destitute or orphans,disabled or help any suffering person without showing any religious/ethnic/lingistic identity but as children of ONE GOD help each other) and just as I feared tears did roll down as I was there...
But thinking why did it or any of the other genocides in world history happened...I could only get an answer as there is definitely something seriously wrong in the moral/spiritual values as taught in the society...perhaps either the moral/spiritual teaching itself is wrong or the teachers are wrong......unless this is accepted/acknowledged and corrections are made its hard to give any useful correct directions for future generations.....
Yes Jesus said LOVE IS GOD and so many other spiritual teachers have said and lived their message but as I was once telling one of my friend that always the religious founders if they meet together they will all agree that each other message all the same but it seems all the religious followers are fighting over their misinterpretations of their founders..it reminds me of what I read Homage to YogaSwami '"What have you been up to?" Yogaswami asked her rather playfully.
Many a times I had difficulties in expressing why every dust in India is sacred as Swami Vivekananda mentioned as he was about to return to India...but I guess for those who knew world dark histories that existed and when Swami Vivekananda said in Chicago, 1893 world religions of parliament 'I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came to southern India and took refuge with us in the very year in which their holy temple was shattered to pieces by Roman tyranny. I am proud to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still fostering the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation. I will quote to you, brethren, a few lines from a hymn which I remember to have repeated from my earliest boyhood, which is every day repeated by millions of human beings: "As the different streams having their sources in different places all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee."'
These lines should express clearly why every dust in India is sacred...India needs to be strong only to protect the rest of the world with its moral/spiritual duties/responsibilities about which Swami Vivekananda spoke...
But certainly one should accept that world including India(Read on India's duty to world from Swami Vivekananda or Deivathin Kural of Kanchi Mahaswamigal) failed in stopping what should have never happened here...
But thinking why did it or any of the other genocides in world history happened...I could only get an answer as there is definitely something seriously wrong in the moral/spiritual values as taught in the society...perhaps either the moral/spiritual teaching itself is wrong or the teachers are wrong......unless this is accepted/acknowledged and corrections are made its hard to give any useful correct directions for future generations.....
Yes Jesus said LOVE IS GOD and so many other spiritual teachers have said and lived their message but as I was once telling one of my friend that always the religious founders if they meet together they will all agree that each other message all the same but it seems all the religious followers are fighting over their misinterpretations of their founders..it reminds me of what I read Homage to YogaSwami '"What have you been up to?" Yogaswami asked her rather playfully.
"I've been to the Hindu temple in the neighborhood. It was so peaceful there."
"You mean that stone temple?" asked Yogaswami laughingly. "You went to worship the stone gods in the stone temple! There is only one temple and that is the temple of yourself. And to find God you have to know this temple of yourself. There is no other temple. No one can save you!"
"What about Christ and Buddha? Can they not help us?" interjected the American lady. From her demeanor it was clear that her question was not motivated by a desire to elicit information but was rather the reaction to her wounded religious susceptibilities arising from Yogaswami's remarks."
"The Buddha and Christ saved themselves through their own efforts. Afterwards the priests got hold of the rubbish and propagated it. The priests played the fool. Each man for himself - in this spiritual business. Don't believe anyone who promises to help you. No one will help because no one can. Another may point the way but you have to do the walking."'
Einstein's word on 'Goal is to raise spiritual values' is missing in many education or if religion is taught in societies its really not from heart but from lips or as they says its superficial and has little impact or in some cases its taught in wrong ways that people begin to hate religion it
Many a times I had difficulties in expressing why every dust in India is sacred as Swami Vivekananda mentioned as he was about to return to India...but I guess for those who knew world dark histories that existed and when Swami Vivekananda said in Chicago, 1893 world religions of parliament 'I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came to southern India and took refuge with us in the very year in which their holy temple was shattered to pieces by Roman tyranny. I am proud to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still fostering the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation. I will quote to you, brethren, a few lines from a hymn which I remember to have repeated from my earliest boyhood, which is every day repeated by millions of human beings: "As the different streams having their sources in different places all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee."'
These lines should express clearly why every dust in India is sacred...India needs to be strong only to protect the rest of the world with its moral/spiritual duties/responsibilities about which Swami Vivekananda spoke...
But certainly one should accept that world including India(Read on India's duty to world from Swami Vivekananda or Deivathin Kural of Kanchi Mahaswamigal) failed in stopping what should have never happened here...
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Marketing Technology
Recently have been arguing with some of my friends over how our countries are being slowly and steadily geting victims of 'market' economy for Technology.As one could easily see, if there are products they need market to sell and this market is nothing but people...to sell a product a need is most of the time artificially created by the very sellers..but all these are unknown to buyers and they simply 'thank' these sellers...not known to the ill effects of these technology..
Its so sad to see especially when these people are someone who had a glorious past and whose forefathers built temples which stand tall and strong even after 1000 years...and they have many scriptures of wisdom still preserved...
Anyway..while looking at the Kigali streets and how its people hand pick and clean those gardens or with a brooms or simply a knife to cut weeds...its so wonderful just as Mahatma Gandhi adviced India's vast population not to depend on technology which will take away jobs and create other evils(environment or social) or as adviced by Kanchi Mahaswamigal to assemble infron of the temple and clean every week-ends...but I guess our people whose education is from the 'western' influence will want to have the 'technology' imported to bring machines and chemicals and polythenes and what not, all possible technology and then claim to clean our streets? not realising how much of damage we are bringing to our own and future generation....
We must realise where to have the technology and where not...and I remember during a class discussion, the Professor asked a question, 'What happens to family when it depends on technology instead of family members inside kitchen'...I quickly gave the answer as 'Break up of family', and the Professor said, 'Erosion of family'...yes the 'Technology Erodes the family and breaks it up or just that family is no more there' and thus Science,Technology and Society its start up as a discipline in western countries itself is a clear proof that they have realised to some extent the damage the technology has done on society...but just as the Professor lacked courage to write in words what she said, and instead spends millions and millions on do research...the west is never going to accept all the damage this science/technology has done...it needs a spiritual flood which shall clean the minds from its dependency on matter....untill then the marketing of science/technology will continue and the damage only spreads to the rest of the world? Is any Indians listening...for here people if they want with genius brains could turn the tide at any moment...who knows....but so far we see only that they continue to be under the 'hypnotic' education they had received for 200 years....
Its so sad to see especially when these people are someone who had a glorious past and whose forefathers built temples which stand tall and strong even after 1000 years...and they have many scriptures of wisdom still preserved...
Anyway..while looking at the Kigali streets and how its people hand pick and clean those gardens or with a brooms or simply a knife to cut weeds...its so wonderful just as Mahatma Gandhi adviced India's vast population not to depend on technology which will take away jobs and create other evils(environment or social) or as adviced by Kanchi Mahaswamigal to assemble infron of the temple and clean every week-ends...but I guess our people whose education is from the 'western' influence will want to have the 'technology' imported to bring machines and chemicals and polythenes and what not, all possible technology and then claim to clean our streets? not realising how much of damage we are bringing to our own and future generation....
We must realise where to have the technology and where not...and I remember during a class discussion, the Professor asked a question, 'What happens to family when it depends on technology instead of family members inside kitchen'...I quickly gave the answer as 'Break up of family', and the Professor said, 'Erosion of family'...yes the 'Technology Erodes the family and breaks it up or just that family is no more there' and thus Science,Technology and Society its start up as a discipline in western countries itself is a clear proof that they have realised to some extent the damage the technology has done on society...but just as the Professor lacked courage to write in words what she said, and instead spends millions and millions on do research...the west is never going to accept all the damage this science/technology has done...it needs a spiritual flood which shall clean the minds from its dependency on matter....untill then the marketing of science/technology will continue and the damage only spreads to the rest of the world? Is any Indians listening...for here people if they want with genius brains could turn the tide at any moment...who knows....but so far we see only that they continue to be under the 'hypnotic' education they had received for 200 years....
Friday, October 30, 2009
Deiva Thamizh Naatinile
Ever since I listened to this and ever since any incidents that pains me as it happens in Tamil Nadu, this song sung by MS Subbulakshmi comes to my mind. The song tells us how the God's divine land of Tamil Nadu( Vedam Niraintha Tamil Nadu of Bharathiyar is just as appropriate) is swayed by ignorance to a level where even insults is taken by its people as praise and glory to such a low level of ignorance the people have fallen..This is exactly what one feels each time when one reads/hears about something that really pains....but even just as the song says, Deiva Thamizh Naatinile....there are always hopeful of other news/incidents that happen and tells us that its really the God's divine land...and as in Deivatthin Kural as flowed from Kaanchi Mahaswamigal, this land even if at times gets swayed by modernism or any 'ism' it has always come out shining with double brilliance in its work of enlightening the people of world...and as he said, thats the history of Deiva Thamizh Naadu.....while explaining the greatness of Tamil Nadu, Kanchi Mahaswamigal tells how when someone migrates to another land from Tamil Nadu, they easily accept and adopt the new language and in few generations their children forget Tamil language....but when someone comes and lives in Tamil Nadu, they never forget their own language and even after many generations, they still keep speaking their own language....Tamil Nadu does not force its new arrivals its own language...it let the new arrival to live with its own glory...not just that it allows and preserves any great piece of work of the arrivals.....and he quotes how Saints Thiyagarajah's songs in Telugu is preserved by Tamil music lovers...and no doubt again Bharathiyar said it, 'Sundera Telunginil Paatisaithu' what a glorious contribution to another language by this Deiva Thamizh Naatin one of the greatest sons.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Kigali streets a lesson to learn
When I was about to come out of the airport, I was told that polythene bags are not allowed by the Rwanda customs...True to it I have been seeing roads of Kigali clean even to challenge Singapore (in the roads I have seen so far)....Its not merely the cleanliness but also the message on using paper instead of polythen...because when I went into Naakumat the 24/7 shopping center there too there was no polythene bags but instead things were packed in paper bags. This is what I was thinking why in other countries this is not done...while we talk lot on environment if we don't use papers or mud cups(like in Kaali gata) instead of plastic/polythene bags...
This also reminds me on our ways of talking a lot on child workers, and never bother to talk on child acting and making money...the worst of all is when film makers make film on the same subject of child labour using children in their films...how could they ever justify it?
Anyway our countries have lessons to learn from Kigali streets on cleanliness and there is nothing much to add now...
This also reminds me on our ways of talking a lot on child workers, and never bother to talk on child acting and making money...the worst of all is when film makers make film on the same subject of child labour using children in their films...how could they ever justify it?
Anyway our countries have lessons to learn from Kigali streets on cleanliness and there is nothing much to add now...
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Nadodigal
Couple of Months back while I happen to be in Chennai I happen to see the film...Certainly it was not my interest....and this is certainly a big surprise to many who know me from my college days...when I happen to see quite a lot...
Anyway with an interest to see what the new Tamil movie makers have to offer to Tamil audience I wanted to give a try...I knew that Tamil film industry has a talented great artists who could simply take away the audience out of this world into their screens....But after watching the movie....nearly 30% after it started I just felt that our industry really lost it rythm...of its past talented artists....what I read and heard about the movie later was much shocking to me , as pple are all in praise of this film...not surprising though....pple have fallen down and they are not aware of how they have fallen down...Now let me open up my secret which gives me the confidence to write all these....I watched this film after many years of not watching a Tamil film...I can't even rememeber when or what the last Tamil film I watched before this...so with all the expectations and to see the same story line or theme of film I was seated there....but I was shown that many years have passed and a new generation is out there....who really don't know what they are all doing and how their productions are sub standard in comparison to earlier ones...and it just reminds me of my father's own opinon when I was a kid...
Anyway with an interest to see what the new Tamil movie makers have to offer to Tamil audience I wanted to give a try...I knew that Tamil film industry has a talented great artists who could simply take away the audience out of this world into their screens....But after watching the movie....nearly 30% after it started I just felt that our industry really lost it rythm...of its past talented artists....what I read and heard about the movie later was much shocking to me , as pple are all in praise of this film...not surprising though....pple have fallen down and they are not aware of how they have fallen down...Now let me open up my secret which gives me the confidence to write all these....I watched this film after many years of not watching a Tamil film...I can't even rememeber when or what the last Tamil film I watched before this...so with all the expectations and to see the same story line or theme of film I was seated there....but I was shown that many years have passed and a new generation is out there....who really don't know what they are all doing and how their productions are sub standard in comparison to earlier ones...and it just reminds me of my father's own opinon when I was a kid...
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