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More Vanity Anecdotes (Post no.5228)

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Date: 17 JULY 2018

 

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Post No. 5228

 

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WORDS ARE SHARPER THAN SWORDS!

A magnificent ball was given in Paris. Pauline Bonaparte decided “to blot out every woman there “ She entered the ballroom when all the guests had already assembled. At sight of her the music stopped, silence fell upon the assemblage. Her costume was of the finest muslin bordered with golden palm leaves. Four bands, spotted like a leopard’s skin, were round about her head, while these in turn were supported by little clusters of golden grapes. She had copied the headdress of a Bacchante in the Louvre. All over her person were cameos and just beneath her breasts she wore a golden band held in place by an engraved gem. She had indeed blotted her rivals.

Nevertheless Madame de Coutades, who halted her, took a sly revenge. She went up to Pauline, who was lying on a divan to set off her loveliness, and began gazing at the princess through a double eye  glass. Pauline felt flattered for a moment and then became u easy. The lady who was looking at her said to a companion, in a tone of compassion,
What a pity! She really would be lovely if it were not for that!
For what? asked her escort.

Why are you blind? It is so remarkable that you surely must see it.
Pauline was beginning to lose her self composure. She flushed and looked wildly about wondering what was meant. Then she heard Madame de Coutades say,
Why, her ears? If I had such ears as those I would cut them off!
Pauline gasped and fainted away.


Xxx
One of Disraeli s admirers, speaking about him to John Bright, said,
You ought to give him credit for what he has accomplished, as he is a self-made man.
I know he is, retorted Mr Bright ‘ he adores his maker’.
Xxx

 

Henry James, the novelist, once lived near the estate of a millionaire jam manufacturer, retired. This man, having married an earl’s daughter, was ashamed of the trade whereby he had piled up his fortune.
The jam manufacturer one day wrote Mr James an insolent letter, vowing that it was outrageous the way James servants were trespassing on his grounds Mr James wrote back,
Dear sir, I am sorry to hear that my servants have been poaching on your preserves.
P.S. you will excuse my mentioning your preserves, won’t you?
Xx

When Jack London was in Korea reporting the Russo Japanese War, an official came to his hotel one day and told him that the entire was gathered in the square below to see him . London felt enormously set up to think his fame had spread to the wilds of Korea. But when he mounted the platform that had been erected for him, the official merely asked him to take out his bridge of artificial teeth. The crowd watched closely as he did it . And then for half an hour they kept him standing there, taking his teeth and putting them back again, to the applause of the multitude.
Xxx

 

A Chicago matron was recently seated next to Mrs Cabot at a Boston Tea Party During the crisp exchange of conversation, Mrs Cabot advanced the Information that
“ in Boston, we place all our emphasis on breeding “
To which the Chicago matron responded,
“ in Chicago we think it is a lot of fun , but we do manage to foster a great many outside interests.

Xxx subham xxx

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ஹிந்து தேசம் என அறிவிக்க ஹிந்து மாநாட்டில் தீர்மானங்கள் (Post No.5226)

Written by S NAGARAJAN

 

Date: 17 JULY 2018

 

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Post No. 5226

 

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ஏழாவது அகில இந்திய ஹிந்து மாநாட்டில் நிறைவேற்றப்பட்ட தீர்மானங்கள்!

ச.நாகராஜன்

 

ஏழாவது அகில இந்திய ஹிந்து மாநாட்டில் நிறைவேற்றப்பட்ட தீர்மானங்கள் மிக முக்கியமானவை. ஒவ்வொரு ஹிந்துவின் மனதிலும் எழும் உறுதியான தீர்மானங்கள் இவை.

 

இவற்றின் சாரத்தை தமிழிலும் மூலத்தை ஆங்கிலத்திலும் இங்கே படிக்கலாம்.

 

1.இந்தியாவை ஹிந்து தேசம் என அறிவிக்க சட்டபூர்வமாக முயற்சிகளை எல்லா ஹிந்து சங்கங்களும் எடுக்கும்.

  1. நேப்பாளத்தை ஹிந்து தேசம் என அறிவிக்க அகில இந்திய ஹிந்து மாநாடு முழு ஆதரவையும் அளிக்கும்.
  2. மத்திய அரசு தேசம் முழுவதும் பசு வதையைத் தடுக்க அறிவிப்பை வெளியிட வேண்டும்.
  3. பாகிஸ்தான், பங்களாதேஷ், லங்கா ஆகிய நாடுகளில் உள்ள ஹிந்துக்களுக்கு இழைக்கும் கொடுமைகள் பற்றி அகில உலக மனித உரிமைகள் நிறுவனமும் இந்திய அரசும் இணைந்து ஆய்வு நடத்த வேண்டும்.

 

5.வெளியேற்றப்பட்ட காஷ்மீரி பண்டிட்கள் மீண்டும் அங்கு குடியமர்த்தப்பட வேண்டும்.

6.ஜம்முவிலும் இந்தியாவெங்கிலும் சட்டத்திற்குப் புறம்பாக வாழும் ரோஹிங்யா முஸ்லீம்கள் உடனடியாக நாட்டை விட்டு வெளியேற்றப்பட வேண்டும்.

 

  1. ராம சேனை தலைவர் ப்ரமோத் முத்தாலிக் அவர்களை நுழையக் கூடாது என்று தடை விதித்திருப்பதையும் கோவா அரசின் நியாயமற்ற நடவடிக்கைகளையும் இந்த மாநாடு கண்டிக்கிறது.

 

  1. சனாதன சன்ஸத்தின் ஊழியர்களை நாத்திகவாதிகளைக் கொலை செய்த சம்பவம் பற்றி ஆய்வு நடத்தும் முகமைகள் தேவையற்ற விதத்தில் கொடுமைப் படுத்துவதை தடுக்க மத்திய அரசு நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும்.

 

  1. *Resolutions passed in the 7th All India Hindu Convention*

 

  1. All pro-Hindu organisations will use constitutional means to work towards declaring India, a Hindu Nation (not just for the country, but for the well being of the world). The Indian parliament should respect and fulfil the moral rights of the Hindu majority and declare India, a Hindu Nation.

22-06-2018 TRUTH 15

 

  1. The All India Hindu Convention extends its full support to Nepal being declared as a Hindu nation.
  2. The Central government should take into account the sentiments of the Hindu majority and declare a nationwide ban on cow slaughter and religious conversion, as well as take a prompt decision on constructing Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
  3. The International Human Rights organization and the Indian government should jointly investigate the atrocities inflicted on the Hindus in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Also the lives of the Hindu minority settled there should be secured.
  4. The displaced Kashmiri Pandits should be rehabilitated. Panun Kashmir, a Union Territory should be established in Jammu & Kashmir for the Kashmiri Pandits.
  5. The Rohingya muslims living illegally in Jammu and across India should be deported immediately.

 

  1. The All India Hindu Convention condemns the ban on the entry of Shri Pramod Muthalik, Founder-President, Sri Ram Sene, and the unjust policing of the state government of Goa.
  2. The Central government should take steps to prevent unwarranted harassment of Sanatan Sanstha’s innocent seekers by the agencies investigating the killings of atheists.

 

ஹிந்து நிறுவனங்களின் பொது வேலைத் திட்டம்

 

  1. 223 சிறிய, நடுத்தர மற்றும் பெரிய தர்ம ஜாக்ருதி சபைகள்

 

  1. 42 புதிய இடங்களில் மாதாந்திர ராஷ்ட்ரீய ஹிந்து ஆந்தோலன்
  2. 56 ஹிந்து ராஷ்ட்ர சங்கடக் ஒர்க்‌ஷாப்புகள் !
  3. ஹிந்து ராஷ்ட்ரம் பற்றி 36 கருத்தரங்கங்கள்!
  4. ஹிந்து ராஷ்ட்ர ஜாக்ருதி பைடக்கை 485 கிராமங்களில் நடத்தல் (ஹிந்து ராஷ்ட்ரம் பற்றி வெகுஜன விழிப்புணர்ச்சிக் கூட்டங்கள்)!

 

  1. ஹிந்து மாநாடுகள் – 26 மாவட்ட அளவிலும் 10 மண்டல அளவிலும் 3 மாநில அளவிலும்!
  2. 95 சௌர்யஜாக்ரன் முகாம்கள், 50 அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட பேச்சாளர்களுக்கான பயிற்சி ஒர்க்‌ஷாப்புகள், 60 சமூக ஊடக ஒர்க்‌ஷாப்புகள், மற்றும் 40 ஆன்மீக தொடர்பான ஒர்க்‌ஷாப்புகள்

நடத்தப்படும்.

ஹிந்து என்று சொல்லிக் கொள்வோர் அறிவற்ற அச்சுப் பதிப்புகளாலும், மின்னணு ஊடகங்களாலும், மிஷனரிகளால் தூண்டிவிடப்பட்ட கான்வெண்ட் பள்ளிகளாலும், ஹிந்து விரோத கல்விக்கூடங்களாலும், செகுலர் என்று சொல்லிக் கொள்ளும் அரசியல் முகமைகளாலும் ஹிந்துத்வம் பற்றிய தவறான கருத்துக்களை ஹிந்து ஒற்றுமையைக் குலைக்கவும் அரசியல் ஆதாயங்களுக்காகவும் பரப்புகின்றனர்.

 

அனைவரது நன்மைக்காகவும் புனித வழியில் வாழ்க்கையை அர்ப்பணிக்கும் ஹிந்து தர்மம் மற்றும் அதன் அடிப்படை கொள்கைகள் பற்றிய  அறிவும் அதன் மீது மதிப்பும் இல்லாத சக்திகளை எதிர்த்து உலகெங்குமுள்ள ஹிந்துக்கள் உட்பிரிவுகள், வகுப்பு பேதமின்றி ஒன்றாக இணைந்து சவால்களை எதிர் கொள்ள வேண்டும்.

 

ஆங்கில மூலத்தைக் கீழே காணலாம்:

*Common action plan by the participating Hindu organizations !*

  1. 223 small, medium and large Dharmajagruti Sabhas, and Ek vakta (Single Speaker) Sabha !
  2. Monthly Rashtriya Hindu Andolans (National Hindu Movement) at 42 new

places !

  1. 56 Hindu Rashtra Sangathak workshops !
  2. 36 symposia on Hindu Rashtra !
  3. 485 village level ‘Hindu Rashtra-jagruti Baithak’ (Public Awareness Meetings on Hindu Nation) !
  4. 26 district level, 10 zonal level and 3 state level Hindu conventions !
  5. 95 Shouryajagaran camps, 50 spokesperson training workshops, 60 social media workshops and 40 spirituality related workshops will be conducted.

[Thanking you, Yours Truly, Shri. Ramesh Shinde, National Spokesperson, Hindu

Janajagruti Samiti, (Contact : 09987966666) JAYATHU JAYATHU HINDU RASHTRAM

The (ALIKA) Hindus, the ignorant print and electronic media, missionary guided convent schools and anti-Hindu educational institutions, encouraged by so called secular political agencies are bent upon promoting wrong ideas regarding Hinduism and disrupt Hindu unity to derive political benefits. All Hindus across the world irrespective of sects and class need to remain united to face the challenges ahead from forces who have no knowledge or reverence for Hindu Dharma and in its basic tenets, that uphold a sacred way of life dedicated to the welfare of all without malice and ill will.

நன்றி:  TRUTH VOL. 86 NO. 10 DATED 22-6-2018

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Truth may be blamed, but cannot be shamed! (Post No.5218)

Written by London swaminathan

 

Date: 14 JULY 2018

 

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Post No. 5218

 

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More  Proverbs on Truth!

Truth and oil are ever above!

Truth is always visible; perceivable. No one can hide it. It stands out.

In Tamil there is a proverb, you can never hide a whole pumpkin in the cooked rice. White pumpkin grown in Tamil Nadu is of the size of four foot balls. (Tamil-Muzup puusanikkaayai sotril maraikka mudiyaathu)

Truth needs not many words.

A liar must concoct a big story. To justify one lie another lie is added. From a mole hill a mountain is created. But with the truth, just the facts will do the work.

Truth may be blamed, but cannot be shamed.

We normally attribute all our failures to something. It may be a fact, but it wont justify our action.

A poor man says that he stole something because of poverty or starvation.

A prostitute may say that she entertains people because she needs money.

So one may blame the truth but it can never be shamed. That is the real fault lies somewhere no on truth.

Tamil poet Tiruvalluvar’s Tamil Veda Tirukkural says,

Even it be to save your own beloved mother from starvation, let not your hands be defiled with what the sages have condemned as a heinous wrong.(656)
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1.Many a true word is spoken in jest

2.In wine there is truth

3.Children and fools speak the truth

These three proverbs are very interesting.

Drunken men, children and fools speak the truth!

Even saint Rama Krishna Paramahamsa said this: “Heaven sometimes speaks through the mouths of lunatics, drunkards and children”.
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1.Nothing hurts like the truth!


2.Truth finds foes, where it makes none

3.All truths are not to be told

4.Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.

 

Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar and Manu, the law maker agree on this point.

 

Tamil Veda Tirukkural says,

What is truthfulness? It is the utterance of such words that smack not of even slightest taint of evil (Kural 291)

Manu says

In a case where telling the truth would cause the death of a servant ,Sudra or a ruler/Kshatriya or a Brahmana, one should tell a lie, for that is better than the truth- Manu Smrti 8-104

If it will produce pure, unmixed good, even falsehood may be considered truth — Tirukkural, 292

satyam bruyat priyam bruyat na bruyat satyam apriyam
priyam ca nanrutam bruyat esha dharmah sanatanah

Speak truth in such a way that it should be pleasing to others. Never speak truth, which is unpleasant to others. Never speak untruth, which might be pleasant. This is the path of eternal morality, sanatana dharma (Manu Smrti 4-138)

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Lies have short legs

Liars have need of good memories

Great talkers are great liars. (Think about our politicians)

It is a well known fact that one lie must be supported by another lie. They will expose themselves. They cannot last long.
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A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth

All of us know the famous fable. A villager always called everyone for help saying Tiger is comin, Tiger is coming; When all the villagers ran for his help he mocked at them as fools. Oe day when he was really attacked by tiger he raised the same slogan and no one came for his help. The consequence is obvious.

One lies make many

Murder will be out ( cannot be hid)

A traveller may lie with authority.

Lying and thieving go together.

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It is true that all men say.

If many honest impartial voice their opinion and if it is the same, then there must be truth in it. One doesn’t need to worry about common man.

 

Tamil Veda Tirukkural says,

the arrogant fool, who denies what all the world firmly believes

will be considered a veritable demon stalking the earth- kural 850
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Common fame is seldom to blame

Paper won’t blush 

 

I have already given Sanskrit proverbs on Truth in an article.

Please read my earlier posts.

–Subham–

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HINDU BRONZES IN COLOMBO MUSEUM (Post No.5211)

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Date: 12 JULY 2018

 

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Post No. 5211

 

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COLOMBO MUSEUM IN SRI LANKA HAS GOOD BRONZES OF Lord Nataraja and Tamil saints Appar, Sundarar, Sambandar and Maniikavasagar. Parvati’s statues and Kathirgama Karthikeyan are also remarkable pieces.

 

Following are some good bronzes:

NATARAJA, DANCING SIVA

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SIVA WITH FOUR HANDS

SIVA AND VISHNU WITH SRI AND BHU DEVIS

 

SUNDARAMURTHI NAYANAR, TAMIL SAINT

TAMIL SAINT MANIKKAVASAGAR IN THE CENTRE

TAMIL SAINT APPAR IN THE CENTRE

PARVATI

SIVA, SAMBANDAR, PARVATI

KATHIRGAMA DEVA KARTIKEYA

HANUMAN

–subham-

 

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Interesting Life Story of Bhartruhari and Bhadragiriyar! (Post No.5210)

Bhartruhari meeting his former wife; Mogul painting

 

Written by London swaminathan

 

Date: 12 JULY 2018

 

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Post No. 5210

 

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Bhartruhari    is a popular name in Hindu literature. But there were many poets and kings with the same name . One Bhartruhari  was a grammarian. Another Bhartruhari  was a poet and author of 300 verses Niti Catakam, Srngara Catakam and Vairagya Catakam. He lived in fifth century CE

The latest one lived around tenth century who was the contemporary of famous Tamil devotional poet Pattinathar. This Bhartruhari  composed Bhartruhari or BHADRAGIRI pulampal in Tamil, that is lament of Bhartruhari.

Whoever it was there is an interesting story who became the subject of folklore in Chattisgarh and Rajasthan. He was the disciple of Saint Goraknath.

The hero of our story is linked with king Vikramaditya. That name is also confusing. There were many Vikramadityas in India and the most famous one lived 2200 years ago
His wife name was Pingala and she repented for her mistake. Later he came to her on his travel to holy places with his followers. That meeting became the subject of Moghul paintings and folklore. The story changes from place to place.

 

Throughout India the beggar minstrels sing the wistful melodies of with the ever recurring refrain about the impermanence of life. They say neither the body nor the wealth last for long. They very often refer to Bhartruhari. Whether it is the name of the saint or grammarian or the poet who wrote 300 verses on Love, Peace and Renunciation is of historical interest.

 

Tradition says that the happy king or poet was metamorphosed by the inconstancy of his wife Pingala. Two pictures here show that Bhartruhari coming to beg alms from his erstwhile wife. He left her after an incident which showed that she loved someone else who loved someone else. We see a love triangle in the story. After becoming an ascetic, he got the name Gopichand and he met his penitent wife. In the picture, we see Bhartruhari accompanied by some wandering friars and his former wife with half a dozen attendants. They are on the banks of a stream with beautiful natural scenery.

A fruit that which gives long life was presented to Bhartruhari by a Brahmin.

He gave to his youngest wife Pingala

Pingala gave to her secret lover- a police officer- Mahipala

Mahipala passed it to his beloved Lakha

Lakha who fell in love with the king passed it to Bhartruhari, the king.

 

This awakened Bhartruhari and he abdicated the throne to his brother Vikramaditya of Ujjaini.

 

The confusion here is no one knew which Vikramaditya and which Bhartruhari.

 

Any way the message is clear—Impermanence of Life which is a popular theme in all ancient Sanskrit and Tamil hymns.

Here is the Tamil version
His name is Bhadragiri. He met Pattinathar, a merchant turned ascetic. Tamil history says he was a king and became an ascetic. His verses are called Bhadragiriyar lament (pulampal in Tamil). In some places, he imitates Tamil poets Tirumular and Pattinathar. It is a philosophic poem. He was against caste. He quoted Kapilar Ahaval. Bhadragiri was praised by a later poet Ramalinga Swamikal.
 

–subham–

 

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See You Later, Alligator!(Post No.5208)

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Date: 11 JULY 2018

 

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Post No. 5208

 

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Extravagance Anecdotes

 

Poor Benjamin Franklin


After 150 years the truth is out about Benjamin Franklin. The name Poor Richard might easily have derived from his bank account rather than from his almanac, said William Fulton Kurtz after reading early records of the bank of North America, where Franklin and many of his illustrious compatriots kept their money. He was overdrawn at least three days out of every week.

Xxxx

Expense or Will?

When EH Harriman, the railroad magnate and millionaire, was dying, reporters were on the spot for the story. The reporter of one of the metropolitan dailies was notorious for his enormous expense accoun s. After the millionaire’s death, the reporters expense account carefully itemised but out of all just proportions, was handed over to the city editor. He looked it over and handed it back, saying,
“If this is the will, it is worth a story”.

Xxx

Generosity anecdotes

 

Let me Die First.
When Frederic the Great was seized with his mortal illness, he asked whether it was necessary to forgive all his enemies. On receiving the proper answer. He said to the queen,” Dorothy write to your brother that I forgive him all the evil he has done me; but wait till I am dead first”.

Xxx

Vote for my Opponent!

Abe Lincoln was a simple man with honest generous impulses. When he was a candidate for the legislature it was the practice at that date in Illinois for two rival candidates to travel over the district together. The custom led to much good natured raillery between them.

 
On one occasion he had driven out from Springfield in company with a political opponent to engage in joint debate. The carriage, it seems, belonged to his opponent. In addressing the gathering of farmers that met them, Lincoln was lavish in praise of the generosity of his friend.
“I am too poor to own a carriage, he said. But my friend has generously invited me to ride with him. I want you to vote for me if you will but if not then vote for my opponent for he is a fine man.

Xxx

ALLIGATOR OR IMAGINATION!

Imagination anecdotes
Professor Buckland, the distinguished biologist of the early 19th century, gave a dinner one day, after dissecting a Mississippi alligator.
How do you like the soup? asked the doctor after finishing his own plate, addressing a famous gourmand of the day

.
Very good indeed, answered the other; turtle, is it not?
I only ask because I do not find any green fat.
The doctor shook his head.
I think it has some what musky state, said another.
Not unpleasant but peculiar.
“All alligators have”, replied Dr Buckland, “the fellow I dissected this morning, and whom you have just been eating.”
There was a general rout of guests.
Everyone turned pale.

Half a dozen started up from the table and hurriedly left the room.
“See what imagination is!” exclaimed Dr Buckland.

 

“ If i had told them it was turtle or terrapin, or birds nest soup, they would have pronounced excellent”.
Tell me, doctor, was it really an alligator?
Alligator! Laughed the Doctor. Stuff and nonsense — it was nothing but a good calf’s head.
Xxxx Subham xxx

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Hindu Treasures in Moscow Museum (Post No.5207)

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Date: 11 JULY 2018

 

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Post No. 5207

 

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The following sculptures, paintings, wood carvings are from Moscow Museum; they depict Hitopadesa/ Panchatantra story (Crane and Crab), graceful women from Gujarat, Wayang puppet of Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, Mahabharata war, Sarasvati from Burma, Mandala from Buddhism, Rama-Hanuman carving in teakwood, Kubera and Urvasi-Pururuvas story of Rig Veda. There are many more treasures from South Asian and South East Asian countries. They are copied from the book.

 

SARASVATI FROM MYANMAR/ BURMA

DREAM OF MAYADEVI ABOUT BUDDHA’S BIRTH

HINDU THEMES IN BALI FOLDING SCREEN

CRANE AND CRAB STORY FROM PANCHATANTRA

 

WOMEN FROM GUJARAT

 

KUBERA- LORD OF TREASURES

MANDALA FROM BUDDHISM

 

RAMA AND HANUMAN ON TEAK WOOD CARVING

 

URVASI AND PURURUVAS- STORY FROM RIG VEDA.

 

WAYANG PUPPETS OF INDONESIA WITH HINDU EPIC CHARACTERS – SUBHAM-

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A STORY ON HOSPITALITY-RIG VEDA AND PERIYA PURANA (Post No.5204)

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Date: 10 JULY 2018

 

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Post No. 5204

 

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Hospitality is a virtue praised in the Rig Veda (10-117) and the  Sangam Tamil Literature. A Tamil verse in Purananuru ( verse 182) says that even if it is the ambrosia from Indra Loka, Tamils wouldn’t eat it alone, without sharing. From the oldest book in the world Rig Veda to the latest film songs, Hindus praise this virtue as an act which gives one religious merit (Punya). Tirukkural, the Tamil Veda has lot of verses on it. There are thousands of Choultries (Chatras) which have been giving free food for guests from the Vedic Days.

In Bhagavad Gita (3-13), Lord Krishna says that one who cooks for himself alone is a sinner.

There is a story in Tamil Periya Purana to illustrate this point:

Periapuranam written by Sekkizar , is a great Tamil literary master piece which gives the life stories of 63 Siva Devotees of Tamil Nadu in verses. Like Shakespeare had portrayed human nature in all its diverse subtle aspects in his dramas, Sekkizar  has given us  unrivalled picture of the myriad sided character of the human mind in the world of religious and mystic life. The only difference is that Shakespeare used the medium of drama for unfolding his ideas, while poet Sekkizar has chosen the narrative form of literature. We have about 4000 verses in the Periya Puranam. Sekkizar lived 500 years before Shakespeare.

Here is the story highlighting the virtue of hospitality:-

Ilayankudi was a small village in Tamil Nadu. There lived a farmer by name Maran. He was so philanthropic that he donated all his wealth or life earnings to the devotees of Lord Siva.

According to Periya puranam, Lord Siva wanted to show the world that Mara Nayanar was imbued with true love and service towards his devotees.

One day ,during the rainy season, a Siva devotee knocked at the door of Mara Nayanar at the dead of night. Nayanar received him with a smile in his face and asked him to wait in the front room. When he asked his wife to cook something for him, she told him that there was no rice in the house.  She remembered however one thing; they sowed the paddy that day in their land, and if they could be collected, she could prepare some food.

As he heard his wife’s words, he felt glad as though he had recovered a lost treasure. He started at once to bring the paddy seeds. It was pouring down and there was pitch darkness. Impelled by love and spirit of hospitality, he took a basket, covered his head and collected as much paddy as he could from the muddy field. The seeds were floating the rain water. His wife prepared food after cleaning them. She asked him to collect the greens (spinach) from the backyard and prepared different dishes with the same greens.

When the food war ready, hot and steaming, Maran went to the front of the house to invite his guest for dinner. But the guest suddenly disappeared and in place rose a Brilliance and the couple saw the Divine Presence of Lod Siva and Parvati.

 

This story illustrates two things: the respect shown to Siva’s devotees and the hospitality.

We have a beautiful hymn Rig Veda (10-117) about this virtue:

 

Guests in the Rig Veda (10-117)

 

The Devas have not given hunger to be our death,

even to the well-fed man death comes in many shapes

The wealth of the liberal never wastes away,

he who gives no protection finds no consoler.(1)

 

He who, possessed of food, hardens his heart against

the weak man, craving nourishment, and suffering,

who comes to him for help, though of old he helped him

surely such a one finds no consoler.(2)

 

He is liberal who gives to one who asks for alms

to the distressed man who seeks food, wandering; success comes to him in the challenge of battle

and for future conflicts he makes a friend for him. (3)

 

He is no friend who does not give to a friend

to a comrade who comes imploring for food;

let him leave such a man – his is not a home—

and rather seek a stranger who brings him comfort. (4)

 

Let the rich man satisfy one who seeks help

and let him look upon a longer pathway;

wealth revolves like the wheels of a chariot,

coming now to one, now to another. (5)

 

–Subham–

 

 

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SANSKRIT WAS SPOKEN BY ALL! (Post No.5201)

 

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Date: 9 JULY 2018

 

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Post No. 5201

 

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There is a good article written by S P Caturvedi of Nagpur in the Woolmer Commemoration Volume published in 1940. I am attaching the pages for verbatim report.

Following are the interesting points in the article:

1.Sanskrit was a Spoken language; even Sudras spoke Sanskrit.

2.Age of Panini is closer to Mahabharata; he lived before ninth century BCE.

3.Panini lists 2000 roots; but only 900 were used in Classical Sanskrit.

4.There is a big time gap between Panini and Patanjali.

  1. Panini did not use the word Samskrtam for the language.

6.Panini’s vocabulary was ancient.

  1. The vocabulary of Ashtadyayee was vast and rich; almost all conceivable topics in the world are covered.
  2. There is no force in the argument that Sanskrit was refined or adorned by Panini. Grammarians don’t create languages. They only write grammar for the existing language.

The article is very crisp and interesting: –

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

–Subham–

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STINGY AMERICANS (Post No.5195)

Economy & Endurance Anecdotes (Post No.5195)


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Date: 8 JULY 2018

 

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Post No. 5195

 

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STINGY ROOSVELT


Shortly before sailing back to England foreign correspondent Quentin Reynolds was received by President Roosevelt in his office at the White House. While he was there the President put through a transatlantic call to another eminent statesman, Winston Churchill.
Mr Reynolds was slightly startled when, after a conversation, the President said
‘I will have to hang up now. My three minutes are up’.

Xxx

STINGY COOLIDGE

A visitor to the Whitehouse during the Coolidge administration said to the President that that he would greatly appreciate the gift of a cigar, not for himself but for a friend who had the eccentricity of collecting cigar bands from famous smokers all over the world .

President Coolidge thought the matter-over for a few seconds, then reached for a box of cigars.
Taking one out he carefully removed the band , replaced the cigar in the box , and handed the band to his visitor .

Xxx

BIG MONEY MAKES YOU STINGY!


At Lobbs, the famous English bootmaker, one day, I saw on the floor a heap of twenty or thirty boots , all needing cobbling badly.
Oh sir, Lobbs explained , these Belong to the best customer I ever had . He used to come in here and order15 or 20 pairs of boots ,
But when his father died he left him some three million dollars.

“Well, sir, since then he has not ordered a single pair of New boots but sends the old ones to be repaired”.
Who is he, Lobbs, I asked.
An American, sir…… his name is Pierpont Morgan
Xxxxx

 
Endurance anecdotes
In the days of the homestead law a prospective settler sought out a lawyer friend and asked him to explain the law and its operations.

I don’t know the exact text of the law, said his friend, but I can give you the draft of it. The government is willing to bet you 160 acres of land against 14 dollar that you can’t live on it five years without starving to death

 

XXX

BUYER SENT HOME!

Much more eccentricity anecdotes

Alfred Stieglitz has always been a highly arbitrary and erratic dealer in paintings . Once, at a show of the work of Georgia O Keefe, a wealthy woman expressed, with a slightly patronising attitude, a desire to purchase a certain picture . Repelled subtly by the woman’s manner Stieglitz snapped,
“Why do you want that painting? Give me some reason why you want it”
The prospective purchaser could think of no satisfactory reason and was refused the picture.

Xxx

 

‘Don’t you know who I am?’

A traffic cop will signal Pop Gershwin to stop. Pop has been exceeding the speed limit, perhaps in the u unconscious belief that the father of the jazz king has rights that even the police force must respect.
Don’t you know who I am? He asks the officer
I am the father of George Gershwin
At the same time, being a New Yorker, he pronounces the first name to rhyme with judge
(The Jewish American pronunciations of George and judge are surprisingly similar)

The officer scratches his head. He doesn’t know every judge in Gotham. Perhaps this judge Gershwin is a big run up in the Bronx. Better to be safe than sorry.

A salute and he  lets Pa Gershwin pass.
Who now can tell Pa that Gershwin isn’t the king?
Xxxx SUBHAM XXX

 

 

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