The Musk-Deer

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The Musk-Deer

         Our senses are so constituted that we seek for substances extraneous to us. They are of no use for self-analysis.

      The musk-deer produces musk in its own body. But in search of the fragrance of that stuff, it wanders about. Man’s position is akin to it. He has divinity enshrined in himself. But seeks for it in regions other than himself.

Lord, when shall I clarify my understanding realize your presence in me?

-          Tayumanavar

 

 

 

 

Little Children

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Little Children

       This old world ever looks new. The constant coming in of the little children is the mark of its being new.

      This world is not free from miracle. The presence of a little child is the presence of Divinity. There is no miracle greater than this. The wicked man puts off his wickedness in presence of a little child and resumes his original bliss. So, does everyone when one comes to the august presence of the little one.

            When one becomes a sage that one re-becomes a little child mentally.

                                                Vedanta

Fear of Disease

 

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Fear of Disease

    

              Disease is an unavoidable factor of life. Birds and beasts quietly put up with it while man gets upset when it develops.

     A disease like fever comes to eliminate the bad matter in the system. Instead of giving it scope to do its scavenging work man out of fear hastens to suppress it with medicine. It reappears as some other disease. Fear of ill health is on the increase.

Refusing to be mentally affected by the disease of the body is the sure means of healing it quickly.

        -Mahābhārataa

Invocation

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Invocation    

 

                                     

           We rouse up the inert matter by polarization, magnetization, electrification and so on. We rouse up the living beings by invocation.

        The forces of nature are invoked by mechanical means. The unknown persons are invoked into friendship. The gods are invoked by propitiation. God is invoked by prayer and devotion. Invocation is the

means of creating link with the good and the great.

When invoked the dormant spiritual power in man becomes dynamic and vibrant.

                                                                                 - Vedānta

Practical Wisdom

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Practical wisdom

     Some are born with practical wisdom. Others acquire it by right living. But it never comes to the calculator and the disputer.

     Gaining the practical wisdom is very easy. Man must divert himself of all complexities. He ought to resume the baby’s simplicity. The promptings of conscience alone should be spoken. A cheerful calmness is to be maintained always. Then the native genius sprouts. It is called practical wisdom.

   Those that sanctify their thought, word and deed with holiness and truthfulness evolve spontaneously in wisdom.

-Mahābhārataa

Non-Possession

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Non-Possession 

        While the birds and beasts move about free from entanglement man alone cannot travel easily because of his possessions. increased ownership is viewed a mark of civilization.

             By multiplying his wants man is adding to his cares and worries.Greed for excessive wealth gnaws at his heart. Anxiety about protecting the superfluous belongings wrecks his mind. As overeating ruins the body extra-possession hardens the heart.Such a man becomes alien to calm living and high thinking. 

                              Sufficient unto the day is evil enough thereof 

                                                                                      -Jesus Christ 

Quit ye Like Men

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Quit ye Like Men

         Birds and beasts come into the world in their true colours and quit the world in their true colours. But man, alone is not faithful to his make.

        Observe a hundred tigers. All of them reveal the tiger’s nature. Do the same with snakes, doves and cows. They are all found faithful to their species. But man is an exception. In the human physique are engaged tigers, serpents, doves and cattle. There are also angels in the human temple.

The virtue of man is his manhood. Let him become a superman before he quits the world.

-Mahābhārataa

The Boat

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The Boat

    The day the primitive man contrived the boat he made a long stride in his conquest of Nature. 

      The boat can be used only in water and not on land. The boat may be in water but no water should get into the boat. Earthly life is similar to the boat on water. Man may live in the world. But worldly desire should not get into his heart. It will drown him. All misery is due to earthly desire. 

         Be in the world, but be not of the world if you want bliss.

                                                                                           -Ramakrishna

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Adoration 

       Mind is constantly undergoing modification. It takes the characteristics of the object it adores.

        White cloth can be dyed in any colour. Such is the way of the mind. It can assume any trait, good or bad. As such the ideal set before it should be great. God is held to be the repository of everything good Adoration of God is therefore salutary. Worshipping Him with all fervour hastens the purification of the mind.

 Saints attained their sanctity through the adoration of the Omniscient.

                                                                      - Tiruvalluvar

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Seeking Liberation

     Bondage of any kind is a stigma to beings. They struggle to liberate themselves. Man, in particular wants to rid himself of all barriers.

      Man is able to realize some day that he is not the body. He is the immortal self-enshrined in the body. All limitations belong to the body and not to the self. Transcending the body consciousness is liberation. In self-knowledge the shackles of the body such as birth and death are dropped off.

             As the snake is different from its slough man the self is different from his body. He Ought to seek liberation from the sheath called the body.

                          -Ramakrishana

 

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Sacrifice of knowledge (Jnana yajna )

       Jnana yajna or the sacrifice of knowledge it is when man carries enlightenment to the ardent. Among the gifts it is the foremost.

     Mind blunders due to ignorance. Man, also suffers due to ignorance. Right understanding is the panacea for all maladies. It brings in immediate relief. That man who endows people with knowledge is the true benefactor. Money can be misused; but wisdom can never be misused. It enriches life.

   The welfare of the society is based on sacrifice. The best among the sacrifices is the giving of knowledge.

                     - Bhagavad Gita

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May 19

Brightness

          

        Brightness of the personality is a boon worth having. It is not a gift come from any extraneous source, but it is an unfoldment from within.

      He who lives a clean and cheerful life develops brightness. Delinquency combined with melancholy annuls it. Choosing between the dull depression and the gay brightness is in the hands of man. When one rouses oneself up to the higher possibilities in life, brightness follows suit.

Brightness Thou art; endow me with brightness.                                        – Vedanta

 

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May 18

The Watchman

     

May I be provided with the watchman of discrimination. Then there is no missing the way or going astray. Life will be straight forward and evil-proof.

        When all are sound asleep at the dead of night, the thief tries to steal in. But if the watchman be awake and alert he dares not break into the house. When discrimination is sharp the burglar of base thought dose not steal in.

         To them, ever devout, worshiping Me with love, I give the yoga of discrimination by which they come to me.

                            Bhagavad Gita

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May 17

Architect

      Nature is the embodiment of beauty. It is possible for man to enhance that beauty by a touch here and a readjustment there. Man is therefore a born architect.

       It is to the credit of man that he has converted a desert into a garden of Eden and a sickly and desolate place into a health resort. Turning his attention on himself man can improve his health, make the body robust, turn the mind congenial and divinize his entire career.

    Man is the architect of his own destiny.

                                       Bhagavad Gita

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May 16

                                    Cleanliness

          

Physical cleanliness and that of the house can be had very easily. But the cleanliness of the mind is hard to attain.

        Very many people are not clean in mind. Unwanted thoughts and base feelings constantly crop up within. They remain concealed from others. But the conscience within is aware of them. Unclean thoughts are to be diligently driven out. To be pure in thought, word and deed is cleanliness.

Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God

-                                           -  Jesus Christ

 

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 Dharma 

    The goal of life is to transcend  all karma, bad and good. Doing dharma or the sanctioned act is the means to it. 

     The performer of the duty become eligible for pension. Even so it is the man of actionlessness. Man qualifies himself in the world of action and then transcends into the that which is all peace. The phenomenal existence is the means to enter into the noumenal beatitude. 

    Renounce all dharmas and take refuge in Me alone. I shall liberate you from all sins, grieve not. 

- Bhagavad Gita

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                      Fear of the Supernatural

        Concept of the supernatural is peculiar to mankind. Animals and birds are free from it. Fear of the supernatural is instinctive in man.

        Ghosts, devils and spirits are freely believed in by mankind. Stories pertaining to them are prevalent everywhere. Dread of them is traditionally maintained. A man dares not to go alone at the dead of night into a grave yard. Fear of the disembodied has a grip on him.

   Ghosts and goblins are all the creation of the credulous mind. They have no external reality.

                                                                         -vedanta    

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May 13

                The Gross and The Subtle

         Man is constituted of the body and the mind. The gross aspect is the body and the subtle, the mind. Both the aspects require to be kept fit.

         When the body is affected its effect is on the mind too. Similarly, any changes in the mind makes a corresponding effect on the on the body. Sorrow in the mind for example pulls down the other. Of the two the mind is more powerful. It is so because the subtle governs the gross. When the mind is kept buoyant the body responds to be hale and hearty.

Keep the body virile and the mind serene.

    -vedanta

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May 12

                                        The Inner Light

      Man is blessed with the inner light. The physical eye does not and cannot see it. The light within cognizes itself. It cognizes the things outside.

      The inner light is constant. It reveals itself through the glass of the mind. The defects in the mind seemingly blur the light within. But actually, the light remains ever unaffected by the modifications of the mind. Man ought to ignore the limitations of the mind and seek to get fixed in the inner light.

        Lord you are the inner Light; lead me to the inner Light.

-                                                             - Vedanta

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May 11

                                                   Peace 

                              All beings love peace because it is their original state. It is in peace alone that social progress is possible.Peace is the criterion for mutual understanding and cordial relationship. 

                 Elements in nature are usually at peace. Occasionally they are in turmoil, pressed hard for readjustment. Beings resort to strife because of compulsion. Peacemakers among men are the salt of the earth.

                        Peace follows enlightenment. When man establishes peace at heart no external force can disturb it.

                                                                               - Vedanta