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.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
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...
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