Wall of Wisdom

Argument v/s Uncertainty

2012-01-26T03:25:00.004+05:30

An Open Argument is more so interesting if we learn from it, but if we are only up proving our own point then no use of an argument. Uncertainty is the spice of Life, for if everything is certain then it becomes boring and mundane..... Certainty of life would kill that flavor in life and then the proverb "Expect the Unexpected" would stand no more.
Iti - Mayank

The logic of compassion

2012-01-25T09:37:00.000+05:30

We all feel and know something of the benefits of compassion. But the particular strength of the Buddhist teaching is that it shows you clearly a "logic" of compassion. Once you have grasped it, this logic makes your practice of compassion at once more urgent and all-embracing, and more stable and grounded, because it is based on the clarity of a reasoning whose truth becomes ever more apparent as you pursue and test it.

We may say, and even half-believe, that compassion is marvelous, but in practice our actions are deeply uncompassionate and bring us and others mostly frustration and distress, and not the happiness we are all seeking.

Isn't it absurd, then, that we all long for happiness, yet nearly all our actions and feelings lead us directly away from that happiness? Could there be any greater sign that our whole view of what real happiness is, and of how to attain it, is radically flawed?

To realize what I call the wisdom of compassion is to see with complete clarity its benefits, as well as the damage that its opposite has done to us. We need to make a very clear distinction between what is in our ego's self-interest and what is in our ultimate interest; it is from mistaking one for the other that all our suffering comes.

Excerpted from "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying” by Sogyal Rinpoche

Self grasping

2012-01-24T16:07:00.001+05:30

"If all the harms,
Fears and sufferings in the world
Arise from self-grasping,
What need have I for such a great evil spirit?"

Excerpted from "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying” by Sogyal Rinpoche

Heaven within

2011-12-30T12:40:00.000+05:30

The kingdom of Heaven is within. ~ Jesus

Anyways

2011-12-30T12:19:00.000+05:30

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway.

Excerpted from ‘The Paradoxical Commandments’ by Dr. Kent M. Keith

Take whole responsibility

2011-11-27T18:58:00.001+05:30

Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. ~ Vivekanand

Real misers

2011-11-17T07:50:00.000+05:30

"Those who don’t listen are real misers because they even can’t pay attention."

Link of truth

2011-11-12T10:39:00.000+05:30

“Though you youngsters of the new qeneration dwell in towns infested with deceitful fate, the link of truth still remains.” ~ Milarepa

Paradise

2011-11-11T20:04:00.000+05:30

"Paradise is not somewhere else. It is within you. And it is not in some other time, after death. It is in you right now." ~ Osho

Failed to satisfy your thirst

2011-11-10T11:38:00.001+05:30

All the water and drink you've consumed
From beginningless time until now
Has failed to satisfy your thirst or bring you contentment.
Drink therefore of this stream
Of enlightened mind, Fortunate Ones.
~ Milarepa

Attachment

2011-11-08T22:19:00.000+05:30

Milarepa replied, "I am Milarepa, the yogi from Tibet. There is a great purpose to not having possessions." He then explained this in a spiritual song: "I have no desire for wealth or possessions, and so I have nothing. I do not experience the initial suffering of having to accumulate possessions, the intermediate suffering of having to guard and keep up possessions, nor the final suffering of loosing the possessions. This is a wonderful thing. I have no desire for friends or relations. I do not experience the initial suffering of forming an attachment, the intermediate suffering of having disagreements with friends and family, nor the final suffering of parting with them. Therefore it is good to be without friends and relations. I have no desire for pleasant conversation. I do not experience the initial suffering of beginning conversation, the intermediate suffering of wondering whether to continue the conversation, nor the final suffering of the conversation deteriorating. Therefore I do not delight in pleasant conversation. I have no desire for a home land and have no fixed residence. I do not experience the initial suffering of partiality of thinking that 'this is my land and that place isn't.' I do not experience the intermediate suffering of yearning for my land. And I do not experience the final suffering of having to protect my land. Therefore I do not have a fixed abode."
~ Milarepa from Ten Teachings from the Songs of Milarepa

Equality of past, present & future

2011-11-07T10:53:00.000+05:30

In the beginning, nothing comes;

In the middle, nothing stays;
At the end, nothing goes.
Of the mind there is no arising and extinction!
Thus, one remains in the Equality of past, present, and future.

Extract from "The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa”

Do not delay

2011-11-06T15:33:00.000+05:30

“The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.” ~ Milarepa

Too small

2011-11-06T09:13:00.000+05:30

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” ~ Dalai Lama XIV

Acquire merit

2011-11-04T09:06:00.001+05:30

"Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves and hold fast to this rule" ~ Milarepa, Yogi of Tibet

My religion

2011-11-03T09:49:00.001+05:30

"My religion is to live and die without any regret" ~ Milarepa (one of the most widely known Tibetan Saints)

Peaceful mind

2011-11-02T09:47:00.000+05:30

There once was a farmer who discovered that he had lost his watch in the barn. It was no ordinary watch because it had sentimental value for him.

After searching high and low among the hay for a long while; he gave up and enlisted the help of a group of children playing outside the barn.

He promised them that the person who found it would be rewarded.
Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn, went through and around the entire stack of hay but still could not find the watch.

Just when the farmer was about to give up looking for his watch, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another chance.

The farmer looked at him and thought, "Why not? After all, this kid looks sincere enough."

So the farmer sent the little boy back in the barn.After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand!

The farmer was both happy and surprised and so he asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed.

The boy replied, "I did nothing but sit on the ground and listen.

In the silence, I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction."

Moral
A peaceful mind can think better than a worked up mind.

Allow a few minutes of silence to your mind every day, and see, how sharply it helps you to set your life the way you expect it to be...!

Respect yourself

2011-10-30T23:34:00.000+05:30

Respect yourself and others will respect you. ~ Confucius

Universe of Light

2011-10-23T20:17:00.001+05:30

“Come out into the universe of Light. Everything in the universe is yours, stretch out your arms and embrace it with love.” ~ Swami Vivekananda

Address at the final session

2011-10-22T20:07:00.001+05:30

The World's Parliament of Religions has become an accomplished fact, and the merciful Father has helped those who laboured to bring it into existence, and crowned with success their most unselfish labour.

My thanks to those noble souls whose large hearts and love of truth first dreamed this wonderful dream and then realized it. My thanks to the shower of liberal sentiments that has overflowed this platform. My thanks to this enlightened audience for their uniform kindness to me and for their appreciation of every thought that tends to smooth the friction of religions. A few jarring notes were heard from time to time in this harmony. My special thanks to them, for they have, by their striking contrast, made general harmony the sweeter.

Much has been said of the common ground of religious unity. I am not going just now to venture my own theory. But if any one here hopes that this unity will come by the triumph of any one of the religions and the destruction of the others, to him I say, "Brother, yours is an impossible hope." Do I wish that the Christian would become Hindu? God forbid. Do I wish that the Hindu or Buddhist would become Christian? God forbid.

The seed is put in the ground, and earth and air and water are placed around it. Does the seed become the earth, or the air, or the water? No. It becomes a plant. It develops after the law of its own growth, assimilates the air, the earth, and the water, converts them into plant substance, and grows into a plant.

Similar is the case with religion. The Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth.

If the Parliament of Religions has shown anything to the world, it is this: It has proved to the world that holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world, and that every system has produced men and women of the most exalted character. In the face of this evidence, if anybody dreams of the exclusive survival of his own religion and the destruction of the others, I pity him from the bottom of my heart, and point out to him that upon the banner of every religion will soon be written in spite of resistance: "Help and not fight," "Assimilation and not Destruction," "Harmony and Peace and not Dissension."

ADDRESS AT THE FINAL SESSION
Chicago, September 27, 1893

Address at the parliament of religion

2011-10-21T20:58:00.000+05:30

Sisters and Brothers of America,

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world; I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects.

My thanks, also, to some of the speakers on this platform who, referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands the idea of toleration. 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 paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee."

The present convention, which is one of the most august assemblies ever held, is in itself a vindication, a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in the Gita: "Whosoever comes to Me, through whatsoever form, I reach him; all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to me." Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now. But their time is come; and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal.

RESPONSE TO WELCOME
Chicago, September 11, 1893

The Optimist Creed

2011-10-20T19:43:00.003+05:30

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

The river

2011-08-22T09:26:00.001+05:30

In the valley of Kadisha where the mighty river flows, two little streams met and spoke to one another.

One stream said, "How came you, my friend, and how was your path?"

And the other answered, "My path was most encumbered. The wheel of the mill was broken, and the master farmer who used to conduct me from my channel to his plants, is dead. I struggled down oozing with the filth of laziness in the sun. But how was your path, my brother?"

And the other stream answered and said, "Mine was a different path. I came down the hills among fragrant flowers and shy willows; men and women drank of me with silvery cups, and little children paddled their rosy feet at my edges, and there was laughter all about me, and there were sweet songs. What a pity that your path was not so happy."

At that moment the river spoke with a loud voice and said, "Come in, come in, we are going to the sea. Come in, come in, speak no more. Be with me now. We are going to the sea. Come in, come in, for in me you shall forget you wanderings, sad or gay. Come in, come in. And you and I will forget all our ways when we reach the heart of our mother the sea."

Excerpted from 'The Wanderer' by Kahlil Gibran

We are One

2011-08-15T22:52:00.002+05:30

I honor you...
I honor the place within you
where the entire universe resides.
I honor the place within you
of love and light, of peace and truth.
I honor the place within you where,
when you are in that place in you
and I am in that place in me,
there is only one of us.

Religion

2011-08-10T09:11:00.002+05:30

“Religion is a ploughed field, sown and irrigated by the desire of someone who aspires to paradise or by someone who fears hell.” ~ Kahlil Gibran

Teaching

2011-08-07T17:42:00.001+05:30

“Before teaching others begin by educating yourself. Teach by example before teaching by words.” ~ Kahlil Gibran

Love

2011-08-07T17:13:00.003+05:30

“Love does not possess nor would it be possessed; for Love is sufficient unto Love”
Excerpted from “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran

The Anthem of Humanity

2011-08-06T08:28:00.001+05:30

I have existed from all eternity
and behold I am here,
and I shall exist till the end of time
for my being has no end.

I soared into limitless space
and took wing in the imaginal world,
approaching the circle of exalted light;
and here I am now mired in matter.

I listened to the teachings of Confucius,
imbibed the wisdom of Brahma,
and sat beside Buddha
beneath the tree of insight.
And now I am here,
wrestling with ignorance and unbelief.

I was on Sinai when Yahweh shed
His effulgence on Moses,
at the River Jordon
I witnessed the miracle of the Nazarene;
and in Medina I heard the words
of the Messenger to the Arabs.
And here I am now,
a captive of confusion.

I beheld the might of Babylon,
the glory of Egypt,
and the grandeur of Greece;
and I still see the weakness,
degradation, and pettiness
in all those works.

I sat with the sorcerors of Endor,
the seers of Assyria,
the prophets of Palestine;
and I persist in singing the truth.

I memorised the wisdom
revealed to India,
the heartfelt odes wrought
by the inhabitants
of the Arabian peninsular,
and the music that embodies
the sentiments of the Western people;
yet still I am blind and do not see,
deaf and do not hear.

I endured the brutality
of grasping conquerors,
suffered oppression
at the hands of tyrannical rulers,
and was enslaved by despots:
yet a power remains
whereby I struggle against the days.

I saw and heard all that
whilst still a child,
and shall see and hear the exploits
of youth and their consequences;
then I shall grow old,
and achieve perfection,
and return unto God.

I existed from all eternity
and behold I am here;
and I shall exist till the end of time,
for my being has no end.

from “The Vision Reflections on the Way of the Soul” by Kahlil Gibran

The life cycle

2011-08-06T08:17:00.002+05:30

“You were dead, and He revived you;
then He will cause you to die, and
He will revive you; then unto
Him shall ye return.”
The Qur'an, 2:26

The madman

2011-07-31T16:08:00.002+05:30

It was in the garden of a madhouse that I met a youth with a face pale and lovely and full of wonder. And I sat beside him upon the bench, and I said, “Why are you here?”

And he looked at me in astonishment, and he said, “It is an unseemly question, yet I will answer you. My father would make of me a reproduction of himself; so also would my uncle. My mother would have me the image of her seafaring husband as the perfect example for me to follow. My brother thinks I should be like him, a fine athlete.

“And my teachers also, the doctor of philosophy, and the music-master, and the logician, they too were determined, and each would have me but a reflection of his own face in a mirror.

“Therefore I came to this place. I find it more sane here. At least, I can be myself.”

Then of a sudden he turned to me and he said, “But tell me, were you also driven to this place by education and good counsel?”

And I answered, “No, I am a visitor.”

And he answered, “Oh, you are one of those who live in the madhouse on the other side of the wall.”

Excerpted from 'The Wanderer' by Kahlil Gibran

Builders of bridges

2011-07-31T16:00:00.000+05:30

In Antioch where the river Assi goes to meet the sea, a bridge was built to bring one half of the city nearer to the other half. It was built of large stones carried down from among the hills, on the backs of the mules of Antioch.

When the bridge was finished, upon a pilar thereof was engraved in Greek and in Aramaic, “This bridge was built by King Antiochus II.”

And all the people walked across the good bridge over the goodly river Assi.

And upon an evening, a youth deemed by some a little mad, descended to the pillar where the words were engraven, and he covered over the graving with charcoal, and above it wrote, “The stones of this bridge were brought down from the hills by the mules. In passing to and fro over it you are riding upon the backs of the mules of Antioch, builders of this bridge.”

And when the people read what the youth had written, some of them laughed and some marveled. And some said, “Ah yes, we know who has done this. Is he not a little mad?”

But one mule said, laughing, to another mule, “Do you not remember that we did carry those stones? And yet until now it has been said that the bridge was builded by King Antiochus.”

Excerpted from 'The Wanderer' by Kahlil Gibran

The love song

2011-07-24T15:15:00.001+05:30

A poet once wrote a love song and it was beautiful. And he made many copies of it, and sent them to his friends and his acquaintances, both men and women, and even to a young woman whom he had met but once, who lived beyond the mountains.

And in a day or two a messenger came from the young woman bringing a letter. And in the letter she said, “Let me assure you, I am deeply touched by the love song that you have written to me. Come now, and see my father and my mother, and we shall make arrangements for the betrothal.”

And the poet answered the letter, and he said to her, “My friend, it was but a song of love out of a poet's heart, sung by every man to every woman.”

And she wrote again to him saying, “Hypocrite and liar in words! From this day unto my coffin-day I shall hate all poets for your sake.”

Excerpted from 'The Wanderer' by Kahlil Gibran

At the fair

2011-07-23T23:31:00.002+05:30

There came to the Fair a girl from the country-side, most comely. There was a lily and a rose in her face. There was a sunset in her hair, and dawn smiled upon her lips.
No sooner did the lovely stranger appear in their sight than the young men sought her and surrounded her. One would dance with her, and another would cut a cake in her honor. And they all desired to kiss her cheek. For after all, was it not the Fair?
But the girl was shocked and started, and she thought ill of the young men. She rebuked them, and she even struck one or two of them in the face. Then she ran away from them.
And on her way home that evening she was saying in her heart, “I am disgusted. How unmannerly and ill bred are these men. It is beyond all patience.”

A year passed during which that very comely girl thought much of Fairs and men. Then she came again to the Fair with the lily and the rose in her face, the sunset in her hair and the smile of dawn upon her lips.
But now the young men, seeing her, turned from her. And all the day long she was unsought and alone.
And at eventide as she walked the road toward her home she cried in her heart, “I am disgusted. How unmannerly and ill bred are these youths. It is beyond all patience.”

Excerpted from 'The Wanderer' by Kahlil Gibran

Awake if you can

2011-07-01T09:04:00.001+05:30

“Jaise Til Mein Tel Hai, Jyon Chakmak Mein Aag
Tera Sayeen Tujh Mein Hai, Tu Jaag Sake To Jaag”

Just as seed contains the oil, fire's in flint stone
Your temple seats the Divine, realize if you can

Crossroads

2011-05-16T02:27:00.000+05:30

"Man is born as a seed; he can become a flower, he may not. It all depends on you, what you do with yourself; it all depends on you whether you grow or you don´t. It is your choice — and each moment the choice has to be faced; each moment you are on the crossroads." ~ Osho

What is right?

2011-05-08T10:37:00.000+05:30

‎"What is my definition of right? That which is harmonious with existence is right, and that which is disharmonious with existence is wrong. You will have to be very alert each moment, because it has to be decided each moment afresh. You cannot depend on readymade answers for what is right and what is wrong." ~ Osho

Reason for happiness

2011-05-06T09:45:00.002+05:30

"No one can be a reason of your happiness except you yourself."

Suffering

2011-05-01T17:56:00.001+05:30

Truth of life:
There is suffering in the world
Suffering arises from craving and attachment
Suffering can be eliminated
Right views and the middle way are the key to eliminate suffering

Contentment

2011-04-25T14:07:00.005+05:30

"The mind is incomprehensible and exceedingly subtle; it wanders where ever it desires. Therefore, let the wise watch over their minds. A well guarded mind brings contentment." ~ Buddhist quote

Gold and rock are same

2011-04-25T14:00:00.003+05:30

"Even if a person accumulates a pile of gold as higher as Mt. Everest, he would not be satisfied. That is why the sage views gold and rock as the same." ~ Buddhist Quote

The palace and the hut

2011-03-28T14:54:00.005+05:30

Part One: As night fell and the light glittered in the great house, the servants stood at the massive door awaiting the coming of the guests; and upon their velvet garments shown golden buttons. The magnificent carriages drew into the palace park and the nobles entered, dressed in gorgeous raiment and decorated with jewels. The instruments filled the air with pleasant melodies while the dignitaries danced to the soothing music. At midnight the finest and most palatable foods were served on a beautiful table embellished with all kinds of the rarest flowers. The feasters dined and drank abundantly, until the sequence of the wine began to play its part. At dawn the throng dispersed boisterously, after spending a long night of intoxication and gluttony which hurried their worn bodies into their deep beds with unnatural sleep. Part Two: At eventide, a man attired in the dress of heavy work stood before the door of his small house and knocked at the door. As it opened, he entered and greeted the occupants in a cheerful manner, and then sat between his children who were playing at the fireplace. In a short time, his wife had the meal prepared and they sat at a wooden table consuming their food. After eating they gathered around the oil lamp and talked of the day's events. When the early night had lapsed, all stood silently and surrendered themselves to the King of Slumber with a song of praise and a prayer of gratitude on their lips.

Cause and effect

2011-03-19T00:02:00.001+05:30

How long can the lava retain its heat after leaving the volcano?
If you remove sun from the sunrays,
there are no more sunrays.
If you remove gold from the necklace,
there is no more a necklace.
Where is the question of an effect without the cause?
If you remove cause from the effect, then nothing remains.

Excerpted from 'Frozen Thoughts' Vol. 10: Issue 8 (February, 2011)

Novel or Life

2011-03-06T19:14:00.004+05:30

"The chapters of the life need to unfold them on themselves. The more you try to flip the pages to unfold the mystery of life, more mysterious it becomes.....Treat life like a Mystery Novel read it only when the turn of the... page comes, don't flip pages to unfold the mystery, lest you might have to revisit the pages you flipped but didn't read.... " ~ Mayank

No one owns anyone

2011-03-05T15:55:00.000+05:30

“No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.” ~ Alchemist Paulo Coelho

Love and freedom

2011-03-04T23:34:00.001+05:30

“Freedom only exists when love is present. The person, who gives him or herself wholly, the person who feels freest, is the person who loves the most.” ~ Alchemist Paulo Coelho

Are we listening?

2011-03-02T20:36:00.000+05:30

Whether it is teaching, learning, building relationship, or selling – a good listener will always have an edge over others. A good listener will not listen to the words, but he will also listen and understand the emotions behind those words. He will not only listen to what is being spoken, but he will also catch the unspoken messages, and that’s complete listening.
Excerpted from 'Frozen Thoughts' Vol. 10: Issue 7 (January, 2011)

Allow the unexpected

2011-03-02T15:26:00.001+05:30

“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.” ~ Alchemist Paulo Coelho

Kindness

2011-02-26T03:10:00.003+05:30

"There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness" ~ Dalai Lama

Life and death

2011-02-17T02:02:00.001+05:30

"For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one" ~ Kahlil Gibran

Neither friendship, nor enmity

2011-02-13T22:17:00.004+05:30

"Kabira Khara Bazaar Mein, Mange Sabki Khair
Na Kahu Se Dosti, Na Kahu Se Bair"

Kabira in the market place, wishes welfare of all
Neither friendship nor enmity with anyone at all

Eminence is vain

2011-02-11T21:11:00.002+05:30

"Bada Hua To Kya Hua, Jaise Ped Khajoor
Panthi Ko Chaya Nahin, Phal Laage Atidoor"

In vain is the eminence, just like a date tree
No shade for travelers, fruit is hard to reach

Taking all crutches away

2011-01-23T11:58:00.001+05:30

‎"I am not here to convince you about anything. I am not here to give you a dogma, a creed to live by. I am here to take all creeds away from you because only then will life happen to you. I am not giving you anything to live by, I am simply taking all props away from you, all crutches." ~ Osho

Our basic crime

2011-01-16T17:05:00.001+05:30

‎"Before a child even asks a question, you stuff his head with an answer. That is a basic and major crime of all the religions." ~ Osho

I know nothing

2011-01-12T20:08:00.001+05:30

"As for me, all I know is that I know nothing." ~ Socrates

An important gift to a girl

2011-01-10T12:09:00.000+05:30

The most important gift anyone can give a girl is a belief in her own power as an individual, her value without reference to gender, her respect as a person with potential. ~ Emilie Buchwald

All souls are potentially divine

2011-01-09T21:43:00.000+05:30

"All Souls are alike and potentially divine. None is Superior or Inferior."

Love and giving

2011-01-09T09:35:00.001+05:30

"We may often give without love, but we can never love without giving." ~ Swami Chinmayananda

Ask, Seek, Knock

2011-01-08T22:23:00.000+05:30

“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened." ~ Christ

Freedom is to be yourself

2010-12-20T23:47:00.001+05:30

"You are totally free to choose, but once you choose, your very choice brings a limitation.If you want to remain totally free, then don't choose. That's where the teaching of choiceless awareness comes in. Why the insistence of the great masters just to be aware and not to choose? Because the moment you choose, you have lost your total freedom, you are left with only a part. But if you remain choiceless, your freedom remains total.So there is only one thing which is totally free and that is choiceless awareness. Everything else is limited."
Excerpted from 'Freedom, The Courage to be Yourself' by Osho

Liberation

2010-12-19T09:39:00.000+05:30

"...it is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free." ~ J. Krishnamurti

Truth

2010-12-12T15:38:00.000+05:30

“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Sunday Morning Gyan

2010-12-05T08:56:00.003+05:30

Learn from the success of others and not their mistakes.

Not learning from the mistakes may be debated, but just think it this way that mistakes made in one scenario might not be the mistake in another. It also depends on the circumstances and the manner any step is taken and when we tend to learn from someone's mistake, we tend to generally opine that the reason why that person failed is not the right way to deal with something.

While learning from someone's success we learn what is the right way to do something, so..... think as the Sunday Morning Gyan is a Food For Thought.

Mayank

Ordinary man

2010-12-04T21:30:00.002+05:30

"The ordinary man is living a very abnormal life, because his values are upside down. Money is more important than meditation; logic is more important than love; mind is more important than heart; power over others is more important than power over one's own being. Mundane things are more important than finding some treasures which death cannot destroy." ~ Osho

Result of our thoughts

2010-12-02T16:16:00.000+05:30

"All that we are, and all that we become, is the direct result of our thoughts". ~ Buddha

Witnessing

2010-11-24T21:05:00.000+05:30

"Just be a simple witness, a mirror which reflects and makes no judgment. This very moment you can become a witness. Witnessing is the only religion there is." ~ Osho

Creating organic unity

2010-11-21T22:38:00.001+05:30

The word religion is very beautiful, but because of these priests it has fallen into wrong company. The word comes from an origin which means "coming together." But the priests have been doing just the opposite! They are creating splits in man, not oneness. Religion means creating in man ...an organic unity. It has nothing to do with God, it has something to do with you. It has nothing to do with worship, it has something to do with a transformation of your own consciousness. ~ Osho

Understand the whole

2010-11-17T09:22:00.000+05:30

"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life." ~ J. Krishnamurti

Quest

2010-11-16T20:58:00.004+05:30

"A quest is the most significant thing for a seeker. A quest means you want to know, you want to experience, you want to be the truth itself." ~ Osho

Children

2010-11-08T18:30:00.003+05:30

A woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children." And he said: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
Excerpt from "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran

Experience

2010-11-07T22:11:00.003+05:30

"All conditionings are based on belief. And my whole effort is that experience should be the only criterion, not belief." ~ Osho

Joy & Sorrow

2010-11-07T16:46:00.001+05:30

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Excerpted from 'Joy and Sorrow' by Kahlil Gibran

Respect all religion

2010-11-03T09:46:00.002+05:30

(Chorus)
I and I respect all Religion
I and I me pray to the Almighty One
Me give thanks and praise fe the righteous way
But me can't follow...no me can't follow one

(Verse 1)
Me say me look to the Hindu ca me a Indian
Me look to the Muslim and Sikhism
Ina India too much to choose from
Sit down with Sadoo.. Indian holy man
Listen man a talk and me start understand
Go down Africa and me reach a Jam One
Sit down with Rasta and start fe reason
Read out of the bible talk to Christian
When you check it out could a confusion
Religion bring war and contradiction
One god we have one destination
Respect each other and nothing can wrong

(Verse 2)
Me say me learn bout Rama and Hari Krishna
Guru Gobind Singh and the height of Allah
Me look to the East and pray to Mecca
Jesus Christ Christian Messiah
Ina Jerusalem was born the saviour
King Salassi I down a Ethiopia
The conquering lion of the tribe of Judah
Natty Rastafari and me pray to Jah Jah
Me look and me search and me study Buddha
Say nuff mon a talk bout Sai Baba
God bless all mon who fight evil doer
That's why the angels a fan me with the eagles feather

(Verse 3)
Ca me say nuff mon a pray to animal and images
Some kill animal in sacrifices
Say nuff of them a follow demon and witches
Them worship the devil and satanic verses
But I and I no mek fe mek no compromises
Give thanks to the Lord and the highest praises
You spread the good word and bring good wishes
You mix ina evil the highest watches
You clean up your heart and break no promises
Live good with all colour and all races
Overcome tribulation man faces
A me say dust-to-dust and ashes to ashes

(written by: Steve Kapur)

Focus on future

2010-10-29T20:37:00.001+05:30

“At the point of realization, do not look into your past; but focus on your future.
Use knowledge, not to dissect your past; but to construct your future.”
Experted from 'Frozen Thoughts' Vol. 10: Issue 4 (October, 2010)

Truth, a pathless land

2010-10-26T21:55:00.002+05:30

"Truth is a pathless land, and you can not approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect." ~ J. Krishnamurti

Pride and arrogance

2010-10-24T08:40:00.003+05:30

"It is those people who do not empty or share what they have that suffer from pride and arrogance."
Excerpted from 'Frozen Thoughts' Vol. 10: Issue 3 (September, 2010)

My love

2010-10-23T08:13:00.001+05:30

“Love is love, only when, what yo do and what you do not do, does not alter my love for you."
Excerpted from 'Frozen Thoughts' Vol. 10: Issue 3 (September, 2010)

Secrets of life

2010-10-21T22:28:00.002+05:30

"Without meditation you do not know the secrets of life, you only know the surface of life" ~ Osho

Kindness

2010-10-20T22:59:00.001+05:30

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness." ~ Dalai Lama

The message

2010-10-15T00:11:00.003+05:30

"There are so many messengers carrying loads of messages everyday, which we fail to observe in our mundane life. The message is important and not the messenger."
Excerpted from 'Frozen Thoughts' Vol. 10: Issue 4 (October, 2010)

Frozen thought

2010-10-13T22:05:00.002+05:30

"Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they built temples." ~ J. Krishnamurti

Forward thinking

2010-10-12T22:38:00.003+05:30

"At the point of realisation, do not look into your past; but focus on your future.
Use knowledge, not to dissect your past; but to construct your future."
Excerpted from 'Frozen Thoughts' Vol. 10: Issue 4 (October, 2010)

Authority & intelligence

2010-10-08T21:46:00.001+05:30

"The following of authority is the denial of intelligence...and the process, self-knowledge & freedom are abandoned." ~ J.Krishnamurti

Keep me away

2010-10-07T22:50:00.003+05:30

"Keep me away from the wisdom, which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children." ~ Kahlil Gibran

I or Hari

2010-10-03T00:07:00.006+05:30

"Jab Mein Tha Tab Hari Nahin, Jab Hari Hai Mein Nahin
Sab Andhiyara Mit Gaya, Jab Deepak Dekhya Mahin" ~ Kabir

When "I" was then Hari was not, Now Hari "is" and "I" am not
All the darkness (illusions) mitigated, When I saw the light (illumination) within.

With the flow

2010-10-01T06:57:00.002+05:30

"When you go with the flow, you become one with existence and when existence is with you... everything is possible."
Excerpted from 'Frozen Thoughts' Vol. 10: Issue 3 (September, 2010)

Be quite

2010-09-30T09:42:00.000+05:30

“A seed while growing makes no sound. A tree when falling makes huge noise. Destruction shouts, but creation is always quite. Be quite, achieve more.” ~ Unknown

No greed

2010-09-21T22:43:00.001+05:30

“Sayeen Itna Deejiye, Ja Mein Kutumb Samaye
Main Bhi Bhookha Na Rahun, Sadhu Na Bhookha Jaye” ~ Kabir

Give so much O God, suffice to envelop my clan
I should suffer no hunger, nor the visitor goes unfed

Undisturbed

2010-09-19T13:21:00.003+05:30

Lord Buddha was sitting under a banyan tree. One day, a furious Brahmin came to him and started abusing him. The Brahmin thought that Buddha would reciprocate in the same manner, but to his utter surprise, there was not the slightest change in the expression on his face. Now, the Brahmin became more furious. He hurled more and more abuses at Buddha. However, Buddha was completely unmoved. Actually there was a look of compassion on his ace. Ultimately the Brahmin was tired of abusing him. He asked, "I have been abusing you like anything, but why are you not angry at all ?"

Lord Buddha calmly replied, "My dear brother, I have not accepted a single abuse from you." "But you heard all of them, didn't you?" The Brahmin argued half-heartedly. Buddha said, "I do not need the abuses, so why should I even hear them?" Now the Brahmin was even more puzzled. He could not understand the calm reply from Buddha. Looking at his disturbed face, Buddha further explained, "All those abuses remain with you." "It cannot be possible. I have hurled all of them at you," the Brahmin persisted. Buddha calmly repeated his reply, "But I have not accepted even a single abuse from you ! Dear brother, suppose you give some coins to somebody, and if he does not accept them, with whom will those coins remain?" The Brahmin replied, "If I have given the coins and not needed by someone, then naturally they would remain with me."

With a meaningful smile on his face, Buddha said, "Now you are right. The same has happened with your abuses. You came here and hurled abuses at me, but I have not accepted a single abuse from you. Hence, all those abuses remain with you only. So there is no reason to be angry with you." The Brahmin remained speechless. He was ashamed of his behavior and begged for Buddha's forgiveness.

Freedom from thought

2010-09-17T10:53:00.000+05:30

"The ending of sorrow is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge is always within the shadow of ignorance. Meditation is freedom from thought and a movement in the ecstasy of truth. Meditation is explosion of intelligence." ~ J. Krishnamurti

Man's own mind

2010-09-16T12:12:00.001+05:30

"It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways." ~ Buddha

Problem and solution

2010-09-14T15:43:00.001+05:30

"If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem." ~ J. Krishnamurti

Difference

2010-09-13T00:31:00.002+05:30

“How the world sees you makes a small difference. How you see yourself makes all the difference.”
Excerpted from ‘Frozen Thoughts’ Vol. 10: Issue 3 (September, 2010)

Like a shadow

2010-09-08T09:30:00.000+05:30

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him. " ~ Buddha

Freedom and love

2010-09-07T19:44:00.002+05:30

"Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom." ~ J. Krishnamurti

Mask of ideas

2010-09-05T22:39:00.002+05:30

"Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put on a mask of my ideas, for it will be an illusion and you will thereby deceive yourself." ~ J. Krishnamurti

Healed people heal

2010-09-04T23:02:00.003+05:30

"Hurt people hurt and healed people heal." ~ Gil Fronsdal

Without judgement

2010-09-03T13:54:00.000+05:30

“The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement." ~ J. Krishnamurti

Still mind

2010-09-02T23:34:00.002+05:30

"To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still." ~ J. Krishnamurti

Restless mind

2010-09-01T19:26:00.001+05:30

“Maala Pherat Jug Bhaya, Mita Na Man Ka Pher
Kar Ka Manka Chhor De, Man Ka Manka Pher” ~ Kabir

Eons have passed whirling rosary, restless remains the mind
Give up the beads of rosary and rotate the beads of mind

Law, order and society

2010-09-01T19:17:00.003+05:30

Lao Tzu became very famous, a wise man, and he was without doubt one of the wisest men ever. The emperor of China asked him very humbly to become his chief of the supreme court, because nobody could guide the country's laws better than he could. He tried to persuade the emperor, "I am not the right man," but the emperor was insistent.

Lao Tzu said, "If you don't listen to me... just one day in the court and you will be convinced that I am not the right man, because the system is wrong. Out of humbleness I was not saying the truth to you. Either I can exist or your law and order and your society can exist. So... let us try it."

The first day a thief who had stolen almost half the treasures of the richest man in the capital was brought into the court. Lao Tzu listened to the case and then he said that the thief and the richest man should both go to jail for six months.

The rich man said, "What are you saying? I have been stolen from, I have been robbed—what kind of justice is this, that you are sending me to jail for the same amount of time as the thief?"

Lao Tzu said, "I am certainly being unfair to the thief. Your need to be in jail is greater, because you have collected so much money to yourself, deprived so many people of money... thousands of people are downtrodden and you are collecting and collecting money. For what? Your very greed is creating these thieves. You are responsible.
The first crime is yours."