prayfulness an attitude

The body is temple and the one who indwells is Isvvara. you need to have some punya even to know about this, The sacred attributes the five elements, the sun moon and the eight aspect the jeeva who is seeing the altar...is requirred compassion and clear thinking.. A life lived intelligently assimilating the value of values and practising the spiritual disciplines such as ritual prayer, giving, meditaion all these are vital to our growth. the five elemetns as we know comprose the entrire jagat...commanding reverence become of altars of worship...Tehre are five siva temples in south of India  each dedicated to a given elelment. Chidamabaram for space elelment, Thiruvannamalai for Air element, Thiruvanikaval for the water eleemt, kanchipuram (Bala Tripurasundari kshetram) is for the Earth element. thus all elelments are seen in aspects of Isvara...there is no place where thelord is not right..however we give the lord a form, for the purpose of meditation for the sake of ease of visualisation...the Manthras are excellent prayers to think properly and to make proper decisions the essence of mathras and prayer brighten our mind ..where life is a series of decisions..we are successful only when in the right place at the right time but unfortuante is nobodyu knows the right place and right time...waht goes on..at the tiem this prayer focuses solely on clarity of mind. to have priorities clear about what signifies real wealth for us. this is essence of mathra ..it can be any menthra but when we chant these manthra and stotras our mind illumines our eyes while doing arati the shine of the self atman which lights up everything the sense devotional putpours enabling to establish ourselves in the freedom of our true nature...Thus we worshipfully offer our praises to the Lord and praywho pervades everything in the form of the order that sustains.......

resilence.........

Life without obstacles or failure is as good as being good as being dead.

 

 All of us sometime or other are plagued by ill health, finacial woes, realtion ship ofcourse now adays yougster jumping job to job not in constant mind to wrok out in single company for atleast a year! misfortunes...

 

 we handle them determines how good we are ...all these are challenges test on human being whether to accepting the failures and attempting until the success is achieved..we all know the spider wtory that waeve and weave across the ceiling...

 

a proverb also invokes us here "Only he who gets lost , discovers new ways." after reaching success we are no longer willing to improve ourselves...REsilent people donot go as planned donot wallow on failures; they acknowledge the situation learn from mistakes and move forward. never look back..though hurts the failures but learning attitude make such human to adapt and bounce back ...by having stregth to learn the lessons we need to learn, and move on to better things...

 

Success consists  of going from failure without loss of enthusiasm....

A study in avataras of Vishnu teaches us the the change, adapt and evolve...a animal kind of nature of a person changes to human and a human to a servant of god thru success in his life path.... the significant shifting... .from external drive to internal drive ...a place where even the weakest is thrive.....

 

"Be optimistic, Develop resilence, and do not give up.."

cultivate the good nature

We all organise life along good path where our ancestors shown the means for that in the sastras.always we wish for the welfare of all, and not harm to them. One who aspires for good things for oneself should not entertain bad thoughts against others. Accept the tempermental changes that are natural and live in mutual affection with all. If someone is good it is appreciated and not jealousy on them..

The substance of it is we must understand what good nature is and bring it into practice. One who does will be happy and make others also happy.In all circumstances , cultivate the qualities that mentioned in the sastras...

 

Education, wealth are essential for progress in life including dharma. The sastras advice on what should be done ...also makes efforts to enjoy a comfortable life.Inspite of all these, lasting happiness and peace elude..to attain permanent bliss atleast we got to do self inquiry (atma vicharam) daily. (vichartmaka sadhana) that is one must enquire with devotion to God, a wise human seek a self realised guru to be rid of avidya and attain etrenal bliss. surrender to such guru, serve with total dedication and express the doubts with humanity, the guru will defintely realising the competenance give the suitable advice.

 

Teaching is adhered to with sincerity and persistenace one can cross mighty ocean of samsara.  A pertinent point here is that onlythe teaching of a guru who is an Atma ?Jnani, will give the correct result.

 

a small message i read recently from Vidya tirta Mahaswamigal some lines which i remember just sharing here..---

There is no reason what so ever to despair about one's spiritual progress. If one tries strong enough , one will certainly make much progress. After all, Prarbhdha has been compared by Brahma to seed. Not only the seed determines what gets out of the field, but also by the effort that one makes to till the land. By proper manuring and the like the situation can be very much improved. It is menaingless if a man just sits quiet and expects fate to lead him on in the spiritual path....

 

I conclude this saying The effort alone brings a continuing wave of joy.Life often takes up and down, but we that determines how we cope in such situations is our attitude and humanity...thus well education, good cultivated nature and good path thru a sadguru is needed shape the soul to let the glory out.....

desires

“Desires is the root cause of misery,” said lord Buddha.”When one gets out of sorrow distress and misery, he is at the first step of the ladder that lifts him to Peace.

Most of us have abundant desires without realizing the truth that “God grants you what you deserve and not what you desire.” Unfulfilled desires lead to disappointment, distress and depression step by step. At the extreme conditions, however man is passionate to get only one desire fulfilled; that is the desire leads to inner peace.” Peaceful heart is one that is free from worry, trouble and stress. When there is peace in the heart and mind one looks at things in the proper perspective. Wealth dignity and status in society. When they come across a problem desparately cry,” I have everything but no peace of mind.” So the peace is the most important factor for human happiness and prosperity.

When Vibhishana surrenders himself to Rama he says his is a peaceful mission.. Rama given time to Ravana to repent for his sins and return Sita to him. War is sometimes inevitable to establish dharma. Such wars are fought for peace only.

In the Mahabharatha also Yudhisstra strives his best to avoid war. He agrees 13 years of vanavasa for Pandavas. Even though Pandavas provoke him to wage war he only wants peace. When the peace messengers he sends Duryodhana are disrespected, Yudhistra sends Lord Krishna as a peace messenger. He is ready to accept even five houses to live in peace and avoid war and destruction. The price you pay for peace may be very high, but it’s worth is many times more than the price of war. In the Bhagavat gita, Lord Krishna says, readiness to sacrifice for the cause of peace is the most powerful strength.

Why does God tests us?

The question arises in the mind of many, “Why should Truth test us?”

God’s tests are divine tests not to unveil something hitherto unknown. Since he is omniscient, he does not need such unveiling process. Though such tests pronounces his guidance for one man, but addresses both believers and non believers in every event.

The mettle of man is like gold, to be purified in a crucible.” It should be kept in mind that in the course of God’s tests all impurities are removed from us.

In all schools there are test to determine whether the subject taught has been mastered by the student. Testing is beneficial and necessary for the one being tested. One may be optimistic that he is ready to graduate. Testing makes him see where he really stands.

In the school one is taught a lesson and then given a test; but in life, we are given test that teaches us a lesson. In this test, God sees how much we are willing to toil tests our strength and bestows his grace to the necessary extent.

Learning and growth involve testing, testing lets u know how you are doing. If you are not doing so well, turn to God , asking for help. Spend more time in purifying yourself with the help of the Vedas and the guidance of Guru.

Truth tests us.......when....

We all across a number of stories where devotees are put to severe tests, which make them undergo sufferings and pain. Prahlad, son of Hiranya Kasipu, was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu. But his father hated Vishnu , in this confrontation between father and son, Prahlad, the little boy was rolled down mountains, thrown into the ocean forcibly and asked to drank poison, but he survived with his unshakable faith in Vishnu, who ultimately appeared in the form of Narasimha and blessed him. These tests were given to Prahlad to make him grow stronger and stronger I his faith in Lord Vishnu. The story of Harishchandra is another legend to glorify the tests be truth. The whole story runs round the efforts of sage Visvamitra to provoke Harishchandra to break his promise and utter a lie. But Harishchandra was ready to lose his kingdom, wealth and even his wife, Chandramati, to stand firm in his faith in truth. When Truth tested him severely, he did not hesitate to face the tests for protecting the values of Truth. Harishchandra’s name became immortal.

Mohandas karamchand Gandhi after witnessing the stage play of this Harishchandra boy tool an oath to adhere to Truth and strictly followed it in his life thereafter .in all the stories of great devotees of Siva(Nayanmars) and ardent devotees Vishnu(Alvars) we find that God makes them undergo hardships to test the strength of their devotion. At the end, he grants them relief and joy, while vindicating their greatness.

Lesson for arjuna

Arjuna hearing about his son's death resolved to take revenge on Jayadrata who was responsible for luring him away from the spot pf the Chakra vyuha. he vowed that he would smash Jayadrata's head to pieces before the sun set taht day.Jayadrata however , hearing about Arjuna's resolve, went into hiding..

Time was running out and Arjuna was preplexed. it was
Krishna's startegy hid the sunb behind clouds .believing that the sun had set . Jayadrata came out of the hiding the sun and arjuna killed Jayadrata.


The lesson for Arjuna here was that targets and time limits should not be set when emotions are runniing high. Further, arjuna could not concentrate on teh strategy to kill Jayadrata , having one eye always on teh sun.

Wise Managers must study the prevailing situations keenly and take decisions appropriate to the need of the hour, In a world becoming increasingly smaller thatnk s to rapid global communication this ability has nurtured by managers.
Managers will definitely benefit alot from Arjuna's wisdom.

THUS WE CAN SAY, "A KIND WORD CAN BE A CATALYST OF GROWTH, INPERSONAL AS ALSO BUSINESS LIFE." 

Radha.

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Today’s leaders often lack decision making power… the basic principle of modern management is not just coordination but scanning the environment with precision and taking decisions that which is wise…

Arjuna’s concern was wider than self-interest. Today’s managers need to remember that flexibility accommodation and empathy seldom fail to make an intransigent person responsive.

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Today organisations are looking for managers who have the capapcity tolearn from their surroundings and continuously adopt themselves. further, organisations are looking for students who are like Arjuna in the modern day corporate Mahabharatha.

Arjuna learnt from Dronacharya his Guru not he gave him special attention it is just because Arjuna was active learner. To be good manager one should learn continuously otherwise he would stagnate . continuous learning helps one to be creative in solving problems active learning, a keen desire to learn something new everyday, will differentiate managers from others.

Managers should be focused like Arjuna who was only student who took the initiative of going Drona and asking him to teach the skills required for entering Chakra vyuha and remained focused on his objective of being the greatest archer in the world.
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Decision making.........

LESSONS FROM ARJUNA FOR TODAY'S MANAGERS

What set him apart from otherswho also learnt the same guru?

“You are what your deep driving desires is . as your desire is so is your will deed is so is your destiny.”is so is your deed, as your

In todays competitive corporate world it is the manager who plays the major role of synchronizing and co-ordinating  his associates and partners energy and efforts towards accompluishments of organsational goals. He  can do emulating Arjuna in certain respects.

Arjuna was an ultimate warrior full of dynamism and action. He had totally surrendered his ego. If managers could shed their ego and learn even from their subordinates and associates, the experience could be enriching.

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CONTINUOUS LEARNING

“ I know everything” these are the three most frightening words you can hear in the corridors of management colleges. In a fast changing dynamic worlds can we say we know everything?

Or can we say we have reached a stage where there is no need for us to learn or unlearn?