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KARMAYOGA EMANATES FROM KARMA-LOGY

A poor Scottish farmer was walking down the road when suddenly he heard a cry for help. To his horror, he found a boy mired in black muck upto waist and struggling furiously to pull himself out. The farmer immediately geared up, swung into action and pulled out the boy to safety. He brought him home, gave a wash and something to eat, then let him go home. Next morning, an aristocratic gentleman knocked at his door. The farmer came out to be greeted by him, "You saved my son. I am grateful to you and wish to reward you." "Thanks", said the humble farmer, "But I don't need any reward. I just did what I felt, should have been done at that moment of reckoning." "Is he your son?" asked the nobleman pointing to the young lad standing behind and peeping curiously. The farmer nodded in affirmation. The aristocrat nobleman offered to educate his son as a gesture which the poor farmer accepted after a bit of hesitation.   Years passed. Farmers son gr...

NGOs OUT, GOVERNANCE OUTSOURCED, PERFORATED GOVERNMENT LEAKING ALL AROUND

Almost twenty thousand overseas funded NGOs with nefarious intentions and sinister designs have been booted out of the nation. Very rightly and righteously. For that, salutes to NSA Doval, HM Shah and PM Modi.   A widespread vacuum in governance was thus created.   Suddenly the Saffron-Palton discovered, they have had no proper, eligible replacement to fill in those slots and vacancies in 2014. It had never occurred to them before that they were supposed to groom a Shadow Prime Minister, Shadow Home Minister, Shadow Education Minister…Shadow Planners, Shadow Vice-Chancellors, Shadow Directors, Shadow Chief Economic Advisor, Shadow RBI Governor….Shadow Vice President etc. etc. in league with IIMs.   Suddenly the Saffron-Palton found they have been scratching one anothers backs all these years, singing glories to Dr. Hedgewar and Guru Golwalkar, never cared to raise so many formidable Dr. Hedgewars during 100 years of glorious national service, writing and rewriting...

MYSTICISM OF NAVAGUNJARA

When Arjuna was wandering in jungles on hills of Manibhadra during fratricidal war of Mahabharata , he came across quite a strange animal that appeared to be an aggregate of different limbs of nine diverse animals. That was Navagunjara 3 ft. in height with his head of a rooster, neck of a peacock, waist of a lion, hump of a bull resembling Siva - linga , serpent as tail, three legs from an elephant, tiger and an antelope with a human hand holding a lotus in bloom. Dazed by the strange monster like appearance, Arjuna instinctively picked up his huge Gandiva to shoot an arrow in self-defence and suddenly retracted when he happened to glance at the blossoming lotus in hand. As he contemplated in amazement observing the animal, Vasudeva Sri Krsna appeared before him and introduced the animal, Navagunjara as one of His own manifests similar to the Visvarupam described by Him in Chapter 11 of Srimadbhagvadgita .   Navagunjara symbolised multifaceted approach to perceive the Ul...

IN PURSUIT OF LAKSMI : : DEVI OF MISERIES AND AGONIES !!

A Railway Board member was caught red-handed in 2014 bribing his way into the seat of Member (Electrical) from Member (Staff) only to have a direct control over funds to the tune of Rs. 2500 Crores. Since the greed was insatiable, it landed him behind bars and destroyed whatever he already had. People have been falling prey to unmitigated greed and landing themselves in serious situations. In pursuit of Laksmi through corrupt and immoral means, so many have fallen prey to unmitigated disasters, yet continue doing so in the fond hope of Steve McQueens The Great Escape through the tunnel of yet another set of immorality.   This is a strange human conduct. Reasons may be several. However, lack of proper Samskara -s i.e. attitude/habit/imprints on mind is the prominent one which may be inculcated only through right up-bringing right since childhood. Absence of Samskara -s leads to Lobha i.e. greed. If untamed, it further leads to delusion then over-confidence to be able to go scot-f...

CONCEPT OF ‘BHARATA MATA’ HAS ITS ROOTS IN ATHARVA VEDA

“For what is a nation? What is our mother-country? It is not a piece of earth, nor a figure of speech, nor a fiction of the mind. It is a mighty Shakti, composed of the Shaktis of all the millions of units that make up the nation, just as Bhawani Mahisha Mardini sprang into being from the Shaktis of all the millions of gods assembled in one mass of force and welded into unity. The Shakti we call India, Bhawani Bharati, is the living unity of the Shaktis of three hundred million people …” - Sri Aurobdindo (Bhawāni Mandir)    Concept of Bharata Ma does have roots emanating from Bhumi - Sukta of Atharva Veda (12.1) wherein Planet Earth is declared as ‘Queen of all’, deified, sanctified and venerated.    सत्यं बृहदृतमुग्रं दीक्षा तपो ब्रह्म यज्ञः पृथिवीं धारयन्ति । सा नो भूतस्य भव्यस्य पत्न्युरुं लोकं पृथिवी नः कृणोतु ॥१॥ Satyam Brhadrtamugram Diksa Tapo Brhama Yajnyah Prthivim Dharayanti I Sa No Bhutasya Bhavayasya Patnyurum Lokam Prthivi Nah ...

SAKSI-BHAVA : HIGHEST STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Saksi - Bhava is the state of consciousness wherein one beholds whatever is available to be beheld howsoever polarising, absolutely dispassionately by nurturing equanimity without any personal involvement, subtle or gross whatsoever. And Saksi is the one incessantly engrossed in the state of Saksi - Bhava excoriated of prejudices and predispositions described as Sthitaprajnya in BGita who never rejoices or recoils. Even if one is called upon by the Providence to act upon something, it shall be accomplished absolutely dispassionately with no inclination to possess or enjoy proceeds, whatsoever. Inspiration if any, is again devoid of any involvement whatsoever. Param Brhamatma is the Absolute, Ultimate Saksi . He beholds all cosmic activities and events absolutely dispassionately. Not even a whiff of involvement exists yet entire cosmicity is meant for Him alone. Prakrti acts, enacts and reacts just for the sake of the Absolute Saksi !! Indirectly, nurturing Saksi - Bhava without w...

SISTERS AND BROTHERS OF AMERICA !!

I recently completed reading of the volume on complete proceedings of THE WORLD PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS 1893 published by RK Mission, Kolikata. The Parliament was held at Chicago from Monday, Sept. 11 to Wednasday, Sept. 27, 1893 and was propositioned as the first such Parliament held in the world by Americans. That was not to be true. Most of us are aware of only the introductory oration of Swami Vivekananda (hereafter SV) which was greeted by a burst of applause all over. Little are we aware of the sterling contributions that SV rendered to the entire Parliament till his last speech on the last day. I am taking the liberty of highlighting all those, point by point in addition to some other interesting happenings in my own way.   First Parliament on Religion was held long ago by Samrata Asoka . Organisers of the World Parliament Of Religions at Chicago were informed about it, much to their chagrin by SV .   Subjects covered at the Parliament included women's progress, pu...

JAGANNATHA PRABHU WITHSTOOD EIGHTEEN INVASIONS WITH THREE BY HINDU KINGS

The shrine, one of four Dhams founded by Adi Shamkaracharya in 810 CE, is dedicated to Shri Jagannatha Prabhu, incarnate of Bhagavan Vishnu, one of three in the Trinity of supreme divinity and raised by King Indradyumna, nephew of Bhagavan Shri Rama of Avanti in Satya Yuga. Structure at present was completed by the King Anang Bhimdeva in 1174 as Bhagavan Jagannatha, Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra are deities to whom the shrine is dedicated, celebrates annual Ratha-Yatra on second day of Shukla-Paksa in the month of Ashadha.   Shri Jagannatha Mandira at coastal Puri in Odissa has survived a long spell of sanguinary history. Like Shri Somnatha Mandira in Gujarat, Jagannatha Dham too encountered no less than seventeen attacks between 800 AD to 1740 AD with sixteen of them in less than four centuries 1390 onwards. On every occasion of invasion Murti-s were rescued to some safe location, then brought back to the original place and rituals resumed. It had to be repeated eighteen times ov...