GOOD QUOTES

BEST WAY TO SERVE GOD

Serving God will bring you closer to God and the easiest way to serve God is to serve humanity for the Divinity is present in all. Look around you;The hands that help are holier than lips that pray. Real devotion did not lie in selfish acts but in honest thinking and living and helping others in need or distress. God realization is not possible through construction of temples, great and costly charities done or reading hymns done with out a good heart but only possible through sincere and simple acts of compassion performed with a true sense of devotion.

CASE FILED AGAINST LORD KRISHNA FOR LOOSE CHARACTER

Many people have problem that Lord Krishna had 16,108 wives technically: But Missionaries,Mlecchas and even ignorant Hindus tried to portray and make fun of Sri Krishna as playboy without understanding the core essence of Hindu philosophy. Some people even joke about it and say he was the biggest playboy the earth has ever seen. I look upon Gods as role models, who led their life in such a way as to set examples for ordinary humans. I am a Hindu and, naturally, whenever people confronted me with the question, "What kind of God is your God who had so many wives?", I used to feel unhappy.

At the out set I want to give meaning of "Play Boy" which means "a wealthy man who spends his time enjoying himself,  appreciates the pleasures of the world in a selfish way only seeing his enjoyment, and his main motto is following only woman, he follows woman with out knowing one another."

But no where it is mentioned that lord krishna has the above qualitites.As per Mahabharata, Krishna had a total of 16108 wives, of which eight were his principle wives and the other 16100 were rescued from Narakasura, where they had been forcibly kept. These women were in disgrace because they had lived with the demon king and none of their families would accept them. So, Krishna gave these women the status of his wives. This marital status was not for sexual pleasure but to give them shelter and a respectful place in the society. This is the story that why Krishna had 16,108 wives.

But which society, whether past or present, would allow a person to declare, "I have 16,000 wives," and for those 16,000 wives to accept one husband? Is it really possible to have a family with so many wives? That said, all the 16108 wives unanimously declare their mutual love for Krishna. This is so unlike the playboy attitude of the conventional male who usually tends to thrive on cheating on one without letting the other know about it. And speaking numbers, 16000 is really HUGE. That is like owning a village full of wives. No playboy in the history of mankind can ever manage to achieve that feat because it is not the deceit of the playboy but the natural charm of the divine. It is not the playboy's lust but the Godhead's pure love. Only a divine incarnate can have such an overwhelming charisma, A mediocre playboy cannot. In a nutshell, reading Bhakti and judging it is really difficult. I choose to perceive it as pure love and would refrain from calling my beloved Lord Krishna a playboy

When comming to the case, with the spreading of Hinduism worldwide, a nun filed a case against ISKCON, for spreading its activities and gaining followers in Poland. She wanted ISKCON should be banned because its followers were glorifying a character called 'Krishna' " who had loose morals, having married 16,108 women. While defending the case the ISKCON defendant requested the Judge to "Ask the nun to repeat the oath she took when she was ordained as a nun, but She would not. The ISKCON man seek permission and read out the oath for the nun.  The oath declares that the nun is married to Jesus Christ. The ISKCON man said, "Your Lordship! Lord Krishna is alleged to have 'married' 16,000 women only. There are more than a million nuns who assert that they are married to Jesus Christ. Between the two, Krishna and Jesus Christ, who has a loose character? And what about the nuns?" The case was dismissed. A few years back This case was very senastional.

Last but not least I don't want to approach My beloved krishna and his activites as a cynic. I want to approach the story of God as the glory of the Lord, the choices he made and interpret it in the context of its divine way. The logical men and women can scoff for their loss is theirs and mine is a spiritual gain. My purpose in undertaking spirtual practice is and has never been material. I take pride in remaining steadfastly anchored in being spiritual.

VISION WITHOUT SIGHT?

Ancient Poet Surdas was a great and devout devotee of Lord Krishna who is the 15th century sightless saint, poet and musician, is known for his devotional songs dedicated to Lord Krishna. Surdas is said to have written and composed a hundred thousand songs in his magnum opus the 'Sur Sagar' (Ocean of Melody), out of which only about 8,000 are extant. He is considered a saint and so also known as Sant Surdas, a name which literally means the "slave of melody".

He has composed and sang number of devotional songs in praise and glorifying Lord Krishna. Surdas was blind. Whenever he sang Lord Krishna used to sit in front of him as a child and enjoy the songs and dance to the tune of the songs of Surdas. Occasionally, Surdas had the vision of Lord Krishna’s darsan and Surdas never felt sorry for being blind.

One day a doctor approached Surdas and offered to cure his blindness. Surdas replied. “You are very kind and benevolent in offering to restore my eye sight- Can you assure me the vision of the Lord Krishna which ‘am now enjoying even without sight?”.

The doctor had no answer.

Blessed and realized are those who have “vision even without sight.”

PRAYING TO GOD

A black smith, who deeply loved god, had to face lot of suffering.One of his acquaintances was an unbeliever.He said to him one day, “How can you lay your trust in God who sends suffering to you”?

Quietly answered the blacksmith, “when I have to make a tool, I take a piece of iron and put it into a fire.Then I strike it on the anvil to see if it will take temper.It it, does, I know I can make something useful out of it.If not, I toss on the scrap heap.This has made my prayer to the lord again and again Lord! Put me into fire of suffering but, pray, do not throw me on the scrap-heap.

MY KOLAMS OF PONGAL AND UGADI

VIJAYI VISHWA TIRANGA PYAARA JHANDA UNCHA REAHEI(N) HUMARA

The Indian national flag embodies the democratic, secular and liberal values enshrined in the Constitution of India and is the symbol of our national pride. To me maintaining the dignity of the flag is of utmost importance and the reason behind is the inspiration I got from a Rashtriya Jhanda Geet of my school days “Vijayi vishwa tiranga pyaara! Jhanda uncha rahei(n) humara”, composed by a Hindi Poet Shri Shyamlal Gupta which gives a message to all the Indians to sacrifice everything for the respect of our flag and country.This song got glued to my mind and developed a spirit of patriotism and respect towards my national flag.

Jhanda uncha rahei(n) humara

Vijayi vishwa tiranga pyaara

Sadaa shakti sarsaane waala,
Prem sudha barsaane waala,
Veero ko harshaane waala,
Maatru bhoomi ka tan-man saara, - 2times

Jhanda uncha rahei(n) humara.

Vijayi vishwa tiranga pyaara

Swatantra ke bheeshan run mein,
Lakhkar josh badhein kshan-kshan mein,
Kaape shatru dekh ke mann mein,
Mit jaye bhay sankat saara  - 2times
Jhanda uncha rahei(n) humaara.

Jhanda uncha rahei(n) humara.

Vijayi vishwa tiranga pyaara

Is zande ke neeche nirbhay,
Rahei(n) swaadheen hum avichal nishchay.
Bolo Bhaarat maata ki jay.

Swatantrata ho dheyey humara

Jhanda uncha rahei(n) humara.

Vijayi vishwa tiranga pyaara

Aao, pyaare veero! Aao;
Desh- dharm par bali-bali jao
Ek saath sab mil kar gaao,
“Pyaara Bhaarat desh humaara,
Jhanda uncha rahei(n) humaara.

Iski shaan na jaane paaye,
Chaahei(n) jaan bhale hi jaye,
Vishwa vijay karke dikhlaaye,
Tab hove praan poorna humaara
Jhanda uncha rahei(n) humaara,
Vijayi vishwa tiranga pyaara.”

And finally the English translation:

The conqueror of the world, our tri-colour
Let our flag always fly high

It showers strength always
It oozes out love nectar
It gives pride to the brave
It is the heart and mind of Motherland
Let our flag always fly high

In the intense battle for independence
It gives josh to every moment
The enemy trembles after seeing it
(And for us) our fear and danger goes away
Let our flag always fly high

Under this flag we are fearless
And our intention is the birth of Swaraj
Shout Jay for Bharat Mata
Now our aim is independence
Let our flag always fly high

Come, beloved braves, come
Sacrifice everything for our nation
In one voice sing together
Beloved is our nation Bharat
Let our flag always fly high

Let its prestige never go away
Even if we give away our lives for that
Let Victory Victory be ours
Let our pledge be realised
Let our flag always fly high