Time is a GIFT
om, saha nAvavatu [nau avatu],
saha nau bhunaktu,
saha vIryaM karvAvahai,
tejasvI nAvadhItamastu ...
“And though you were the foulest of sinners, this knowledge alone would carry you like a raft, over all your sin. The blazing fire turns wood to ashes: the fire of knowledge turns all karmas to ashes.” (Bhagavad Gita 4:36, 37)
“Everything in future will
improve if you are making
a spiritual effort now.”—Sri Yukteswar
“ Though a man be soiled with the sins of a lifetime, let him but love me, rightly resolved, in utter devotion: I see no sinner, that man is holy. Holiness soon shall refashion his nature to peace eternal; O son of Kunti, of this be certain: the man that loves me, he shall not perish. (Bhagavad Gita 9:30, 31)
“The good is one thing; the pleasant is another. These two, differing in their ends, both prompt to action. Blessed are they that choose the good; they that choose the pleasant miss the goal.”
–Katha Upanishad 1:2:1
http://blog.atmajyoti.org/2008/04/choosing-between-the-good-and-the-pleasant/
"Hari Shree Gana Pathaye Namaha Aavighnamasthu"
!! Sarvey Bhavantu Sukhinah, Sarvey Santu Niramayaah,
Sarvey Bhadrani Pashyantu, Maa kaschit Dukkhabhag Bhavet !!
tvameva maataa cha pitaa tvameva |tvameva bandhushcha
sakhaa tvameva |tvameva vidyaa draviNaM tvameva
|tvameva sarvaM mama devadeva ||
sama (control of mind),
dama (control of the senses), uparati (turning away), titiksa (endurance)
and sraddha (faith)
Be happy for good people
Be friendly with happy people
BE compassionate with suffering people
Ignore the sinful people
There are ten attributes of dharma. They are: patience or courage,
forgiveness, self-restraint, non-stealing, purity, control of the
senses, thoughtfulness, knowledge, truthfulness and angerlessness.
read to improve thinking
read to learn from the best
read classic books
read diversely
read to find other perspectives
The Toyoda Precepts
1. Be contributive to the development and welfare of the country by working together, regardless of position, in faithfully fulfilling your duties.
2. Be ahead of the times through endless creativity, inquisitiveness and pursuit of improvement.
3. Be practical and avoid frivolity.
4. Be kind and generous; strive to create a warm, homelike atmosphere.
5. Be reverent, and show gratitude for things great and small in thought and deed.
Gita talks- Krishna 620, Arjuna 57,
Sanjaya- 67, Drutharashtra- 1- total 745
Guruji, you said earlier that the ego is useful for action. Is it possible to act without ego?
Sri Sri: Yes. An enlightened person will act without any ego.
See, praising a wise person is useless. They will anyway do good work. They will continue doing good work even if you blame them. Praise a fool -- that will pump up their ego and motivate them into doing good work. Have you noticed, the ego troubles ones own mind more than others?
How to love somebody you hate the most?Sri Sri: First just accept that person. Just accept that they are incorrigible and will never change. Then understand that they are a victim themselves, of their circumstances and their ignorance. Compassion is the next step. See, step by step we have 1, 2, 3. Acceptance, understanding and love.
Q: What is the difference between skill and manipulation?
Sri Sri: Good question. In manipulation, the intentions are not that good. There is viciousness behind the action. In skill the intentions are clear and good. Manipulation leaves you with a guilty feeling. It will pinch you. When you are using your skill your conscience is clear. With manipulation there is dishonesty. You are dishonest to yourself and to the other person. When you are using skill there is honesty. And only you can know the difference! Others can't.
Also in chanting -- we will do chanting later today, we will chant sathyam param dhimahi a few times before meditation. It means let the ultimate truth dawn in my intellect. Beauty, truth and divinity. It is good to chant just before meditation.
Happiness lies in liking what you and not doing what you like.You have to have smartness, intelligence, dynamism, and creativity along with honesty
Guruji has said this about meditation
A mind without agitation is meditation
A mind in the present moment is meditaion
A mind which has become no mind is meditation
A mind that has no hesitation is meditation
A mind that has no anticipation is meditation
A mind that has come back home to the source is meditaion
love , compassion, sense of belongingness, sense of gratefulness and vision for everyone
Sathyam Bhruyaath
Priyam Bhruyaath
Mathbhruyaath sathyam apriyam
Priyam cha na anrutham bhruyaath
(Speak the truth, speak the soothing word,
Even if true, do not speak the harsh word,
Even if soothing, do not speak the untruth. )
