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April 6 - April 12, 2019
Life is a gamble. You do not know how the dice will fall. But once they have, how you move the pieces is in your hands.
“If we go strictly by the Vedas, a Brahmin is one who has sought and found brahma; one who has found God within himself, in his thoughts, gained through knowledge. Do Drona or I look like we have found God? I cannot even find the way to my house on most days! A Kshatriya is supposed to be one who has found God in action, by doing his duty. A Vaishya is one who has found God in trade, by creating wealth; and a Shudra is one who has found God in love, by serving society. It has nothing to do with where or to whom anyone is born. You could be the Shudra son of a Brahmin father or vice versa.
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When our schools fail to teach our children what they should know, other schools take their place and teach different lessons, which we may not like. We are building our own funeral pyre.”
For Arjuna, it was just a target; for you it was love and beauty; for them it is food.”
Stithapranja is the aim of the ideal man – to remain calm in all circumstances, all the time – in birth, death, love, war or peace. Live in the world like a drop of water on a lotus petal, thinking only about doing one’s duty, irrespective of the results, and not getting bothered about success or failure. That is the meaning of life!’
The people who meekly follow caste rules are really the people who are afraid of breaking them. They are cowardly, not cruel. They deserve understanding rather than derision. The future is in the hands of young men like you, who must lead the change. Our
Never associate any evil with a group. Hate their sins, but not the people. Be generous. Keep giving and the world will return those favours manifold.
You have a good heart and are intelligent, but that is not enough to survive and succeed in life.
What makes you passionate, angry, irritated, frustrated, happy and sad at the same time? What makes you feel alive?”
Fighting for the voiceless, powerless, ignorant and poor, will put fire in your veins and give your muscles incredible power. Then you will not be alone. The whole Universe will come to your aid.
The reward for failure was oblivion.
No self-respecting God would allow a good man to be happy for long. God has relevance only in the unhappiness of good people.
The Guru stood watching the trembling Untouchable with pity and horror, his mind raging with conflicting emotions. The warrior in him wanted to hug the boy and declare to the world that he had found the most talented archer of all. The human inside him wanted to celebrate the achievement of a poor Nishada against all odds. But caste prejudice choked such foolish thoughts and he felt inexplicable hatred towards the Untouchable who had put him in such a fix.
any decision you take will affect some people favourably and others unfavourably. The right decision is always based on the greatest common good and not in favour of one particular group.”
attachment was the root of all misery and unhappiness. Equanimity is the virtue leading to moksha.
How long could India resist her enemies, with such a heartless caste system, useless rituals, corrupt rulers, irresponsible citizens, and a religion that denied the real world for the sake of imaginary happiness?
