Four Interesting Speech Anecdotes! (Post No. 2449)

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Date: 1 January 2016

 

Post No. 2449

 

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Lower Animals!

Henry Ward Beecher was once in the midst of an address. A drunken spectator interrupted him by crowing like a rooster. Beecher was imperturbable; looking at his watch he said, “What! Morning already? I would never have believed it, but the instinct of the lower animals are infallible.”

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Still raining! You may speak!!

 

Dr MacNamara on one occasion, while speaking in a marquee at Bridlington, during a torrential rain, said to the audience, “I am afraid I have kept you too long”.

“Go on, sir, It is still raining,” a voice in the rear replied.

 

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Blowing Whale!

General Sam Carey, the great Ohio orator, was finishing up an exceptionally fiery oration: “You cannot keep me down”, he shouted, “Though I may be pressed below the waves I rise again; you will find that I come to the surface, gentlemen.”

An old whaler, who happened to be in the audience, said, and not too quietly, “Yes, you come to the surface to blow.”

 

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I said nothing important!

On one occasion, when George III came out of the House of Lords after opening the session of Parliament, he addressed Lord Eldon thus: “Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well?”

“Very well indeed, sir”, was the enthusiastic answer.

“I am glad of that”, replied the king, “For there was nothing in it.”

 

–Subham–

‘DONKEY AND ITS SHADOW’ STORY!( Post No. 2442)

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‘DONKEY AND ITS SHADOW’ STORY!( Post No. 2442)

 

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Date: 30 December 2015

 

Post No. 2442

 

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Speech Anecdotes

An Athenian crowd demonstrated impatience at a public assembly one day and hissed the orator Demosthenes (384- 322 BCE, Greece), refusing to hear him. He said that he had a short story to tell them and began,

“A certain youth hired an ass, in the summer time, to go from his home to Megara. At noon, when the sun was very hot, both who he hired the ass and the owner of the animal were desirous of sitting at the shade in the shade of the ass, and fell to thrusting one another away. The owner insisted that he had hired out only the ass and not the shadow. The other insisted as he had hired the ass, all that belonged to the ass was his.

 

Turning away, Demosthenes made as though to depart, but the mob, which had been piqued by the story, would not allow him to leave and insisted that he continue. He then turned upon them and demanded, “How is that you insist upon hearing the story of the shadow of the ass, and will not give an ear to the matters of great moment?” He was permitted to deliver the speech for which he had come. And the fine point of the ass and his shadow remains unsettled to this day.

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Mark Twain lost!

Chauncey Depew once played a trick on Mark Twain (1835—1910, American author, humourist)  on an occasion when they were both to speak at a banquet. Twain spoke first for 20 minutes and was received with great enthusiasm. When Depew’s turn came, immediately afterwards, he said, “Mr Toastmaster, Ladies and Gentlemen, before this dinner, Mark Twain and I made an agreement to trade speeches. He has just delivered mine and I am grateful for the reception you have accorded it. I regret that I have lost his speech and cannot remember a thing he had to say.”

 

He sat down with much applause.

 

—-SUBHAM—-

 

Preach what you Practise! Practise what you Preach!! (Post No. 2438)

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Picture of Bengali Rasgullas

 

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Date: 29 December 2015

 

Post No. 2438

 

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The wife of Tseng Tze was going to the market with her infant son, who cried on the way. Hoping to stop him crying, she told him that on reaching home she would kill a pig for dinner. When they reached home, Tseng Tze, who heard of this, proceeded to seize the pig. The wife stopped him, saying she had only joked with the child.

 

To this he replied: you cannot joke with a child in this way. A child has no knowledge of his own, but depends for it on his parents and follows their instructions. If you deceive him, you will be teaching him to practise deceptions. This will not do. Accordingly they had the pig killed for dinner.

—Anecdote from China

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Following is the anecdote I posted here, five years ago, on 5th November 2011

 

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Rasgulla

Practise what you preach and preach what you practise. Then you develop magical powers. One day a lady came to see Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Having heard many stories about Ramakrishna’s greatness she came for a very simple thing- just to stop her son eating Rasgulla – the milk sweet! She begged and prayed to Paramahamsa to stop his son eating them. Bengalis are very fond of these sweets. Her son was eating them uncontrollably. Wherever she hides them he can find and gobble them up at an amazing speed. When she became frustrated she brought him to Paramahamsa. He smiled at them and asked them to come another day.

 

 

She came back after a week or so and the same old story happened. After listening to all her complaints he asked them to come after some time. Again when they went to Paramahamsa, it was the same old story. The woman was very angry but she wanted to give Paramahamsa one last chance. When she went for the last time she determined in her mind to shout at him if he sent them home without a solution. But to her surprise Paramahamsa asked them to wait. He told the boy firmly,” Hey little boy, don’t eat sweets any more”. The boy nodded his head to say yes. The woman thought that Paramahamsa just dodged them. When she went home, the boy did not show any interest in the sweets. She wanted to test her son. Now she put them openly so that he can easily see them. He didn’t even care.

 

 

Wonder struck woman went to Paramahamsa with her son and paid her respects. With a lot of hesitation she asked Paramahamsa, “Swamiji ! you asked us to go back home and come back here several times. At the end of the session you just told him a few words and it worked miracles. Till this day he never touched the sweets again. What is the secret?”

 

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa smiled and said to her, “Madam, when you came for the first time I was also very fond of the same Rasgullas like your son. With very great difficulty I consumed them little by little. When I completely stopped eating Rasgullas and got full control over my tongue, I told your son not to eat it. I am very glad to know that he completely stopped it.”

 

This anecdote has a very big lesson for us. If you preach what you practise then your words get magical powers and can do wonders.

 

–Subham–

 

 

Interesting Story of Snub-nose! (Post No. 2436)

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Date: 28 December 2015

 

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There once lived in a small town in China a husband noted for his stupidity and a wife remarkable for her cunningness. ‘Always remember, she used to say to her husband when he went out, ‘that all people with long beaked noses are good-for-nothings, beggars, cheats, bad payers, coiners of false money, false-swearers, and will go to hell; while people with small turned up noses are good, and will go straight to heaven. Therefore, that you may not lose, sell only to these last; for, I repeat, the others are bad’.

 

Every day the husband went out, and passed from street to street, examining the passers-by, but never addressing any but those who had their heads raised to look at something, so that he very seldom sold anything.

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One day, when he was observing noses as usual, he saw a man reading a placard which was placed very high. ‘That man will go staright to heaven’, thought he; his nose is so much turned up. Will you buy some clothes, good man?, he asked.

Clothes! You see I have some.

But you appear to me the most honest man that I have ever saw ( I never saw such a nose, he added to himself), ‘and I should like to sell you a whole suit; my wife makes them herself’.

Well, what is the price?’

Of my wife?

No, of the clothes.

Two koou.

But why do you come to this retired place to sell your clothes, when there are so many people elsewhere?

Oh! I have been there; but all the people have had long beaky noses, you see! And I only sell to snub nosed people.

I do not understand; why will you not sell to people with long noses?

My wife, who is a very clever woman, tells me that people with long beaked noses are knaves’.

 

Really, your wife is very sharp, and I understand you now. Well, my friend, I will buy your clothes; but as I have no money with me, I will pay you tomorrow. You have only to come to my house; I live near here. You will see a hurdle covered with eggs, a flag at the end of a mast, and a little plantation of betel.

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Very well; that will do.

The merchant went home to his wife and told her that he had sold a suit of clothes to a man with a snub nose.

Where is the money, she asked.

I have not got it yet, but I shall be sure to get it tomorrow. I am to go to a place where there are a hurdle covered with eggs, a flag on a mast, and a little betel plantation.

The next day, the wife said: ‘Go for your money”

 

The man went off, but could not find the house, and after a long search he came home again.

Did you get the money? Asked his wife.

No, I could not find the house

Well, I will go and look for it myself. If I am not back in an hour,  you will know that I am drowned.

After an hour, his wife did not return, the man set off to the river with the sieve with which he sifted rice, and with this he began to empty the water out.  A passer-by asked what he was doing.

I am emptying the river, replied he, for my wife is drowned, and she had on her best yellow bonnet.

‘Nonsense’, said the other, “I met her just now running away with a man with a snub-nose’.

 

Following Tamil Story is from my earlier blog “MORE PROVERBS, MORE STORIES”, POSTED ON 12 JUNE 2015

 

4.He speaks like the nose less man in the story!

மூக்கறையன் கதை போல பேசுகிறான்!

A certain man who had no nose was always ridiculed in the village. To make the other people as badly off as himself, he began at certain times to praise god and to thank him that he had enabled him to see him. When he thus burst out loud praise, people gathered around him, and asked what they should do to see god. His advice was that they should cut off their noses. This they did one after another. And though they could not see god, they pretended that they could out of very shame. Thus wicked people will try to draw good people over to their own wicked ways.

“A hog that is bemired, endeavours to bemire others”

 

–SUBHAM–

January 2016 Good Thoughts Calendar( Post No. 2432)

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(Pongal/Sankaranti 15th January 2016 in Tamil Nadu)

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Date: 27 December 2015

 

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Festivals in January: 1 New Year; 14 Bogi; 15 Pongal; 16 Kanu Pongal/Tiruvalluvar Day; 26 Republic Day; 31 Vivekananda Jayanti

Auspicious Days: 20, 29

Full Moon 24 and New Moon 9

Ekadasi Fasting Days: 6, 20

 

31 Golden Sayings on Reality, Fact and Factuality from Sanskrit literature.

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Pongal/Sankaranti Kolam/Rangoli

 

January 1 Friday

Big or small, the basil leaf is holy – Kahavatratnakar

Ksudram vaatha visaalam vaa paavanam tulasiidalam

 

January 2 Saturday

Necessity indeed negates ‘dos’ and ‘donts’

Aavasyakataa hi vidhinisedhayoh baadhikaa

 

January 3 Sunday

Nothing in this world is absolutely distasteful for ever– Katha sarit sagar

Kin tadasti hi samsaare paryantavirasanna

 

January 4 Monday

Fire that falls in a place devoid of dry grass dies down on its own – Canakya Cataka

 

January 5 Tuesday

Surely, a half filled pot makes more noise –Subhasita Ratna Bhandaagaara (SRB)

Ardho ghato ghosamupaiti nuunam

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January 6 Wednesday

Only he who mounts a horse, is likely to fall – Kahavatratnakar

Asvamaarohate yastu sa kadaacit patat yapi

 

January 7 Thursday

An entire forest is burnt to ashes by a single park of fire – Kahavatratnakar

Ekenaiva sphulingena dahyate sakalam vanam

 

January 8 Friday

Hail that one sentiment – compassion

Eko rasah karuna eva – Uttama Rama Carita 3-47

 

January 9 Saturday

No effect without a cause – Yoga vasishata 7-57-13

Kaaranena vinaa kaaryam na ca naamopapadyate

 

January 10 Sunday

Even the bitterness of saffron is quite enjoyable – Bhaaminivilaasa

Kaasmirajasya katutaapi nitaantaramyaa

 

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Indian Republic Day 26th January 2016

 

January 11 Monday

Repeated blows beat the bruise – Panchatantra 2-186

Ksate prahaaraa nipatantya

 

January 12 Tuesday

Who can arrogate to himself the creation of the Ganges?

Gangaa kena vinimitaaa – – Kahavatratnakar

 

January 13 Wednesday

Only a walker is likely to trip, if careless.

Gacchatah skhalanam kvaapi bhavatyeva pramaadyatah

 

January 14 Thursday

The crest-jewel, though on one’s own head, cannot be seen by one’s own eye.

Cuudaamanih sirahsthopi drsyate na svacaksusaa – Ramayana manjari 4-12-478

 

January 15 Friday

Water, drop by drop, fills the pot.

Jalabindu nipaatena kramasah puuryate ghatah – Hitopadesa 2-11, Canakya Niti 12-19

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Swami Vivekananda Birth Day falls in  January .

 

January 16 Saturday

Trees prosper with water, not stones – – Kahavatratnakar

Jalasekena vardhante taravo naasmasancayah

 

January 17 Sunday

Speed is the best ornament of the horse – Vaanarasstaka

Javo hi sapiteh paramam vibhuusanam

 

January 18 Monday

Darkness dwells beneath the lamp! – Kahavatratnakar

Tamo dhastaat pradipasya

 

January 19 Tuesday

Certainly, the man with the stick is the owner of the buffalo.

Dandam yasya kare tasya mahisii naatra samsayah

 

January 20 Wednesday

Is a mirror necessary to see your bangle?- – Kahavatratnakar

Darpanam kim apeksante kankanasya niriiksante

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Thyagaraja Aradhana at Tiruvaiyaru 29 January 2016

 

January 21 Thursday

Mountains are enchanting from a distance – Subhasita ratna manjusa

Duuratah parvataa ramyaaj

 

January 22 Friday

A self-willed person cares not for censure –Kumara sambhava 5-82

Na kaama vrttir vacaniiyam iiksate

 

January 23 Saturday

All situations are not identical – – Kahavatratnakar

Na samaanaakhilaavasthaa

 

January 24 Sunday

All of milk does not become milk.

Na hi gavyamasesena navaniitam bhavati

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Thai Pusam (Full Moon Day) Festival at Vadalur, Madurai etc on 24th January 2016

 

January 25 Monday

The crawling crocodile does not turn into a snake by merely slithering.

Na hi godhaa visarpanti sarpanaadahirbhavati – Mahaabhaasya 5- 1-1-22

 

January 26 Tuesday

A surreptitious act is beset with obstacles at every step.- Vikramacaritam 3-61

Nityam pracchannakaaryasya syurvighnaani pade pade

 

January 27 Wednesday

Without fuel, fire dies out

Nirindhano vahnirupaiti saantim

 

January 28 Thursday

When the sun has set does the moon dilly-dally in rising?

Nenduh ksipati kim kaalam pariksinerkamandale – Kathasarit sagar

 

January 29 Friday

It is very difficult to recognise men in disguise – Kahavatratnakar

Parivarthitavesaanaam ruupajnaanam sudurlabham.

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Sweet Pongal; Tamil festival on 15th January 2016

 

January 30 Saturday

A person afflicted with jaundice sees even the moon-white conch, as yellow.

Pasyati piitopahatah sasisubhram sankhamapi piitam – Kaavyaprakaasa

 

January 31 Sunday

The blazing fire in the mountain is seen, while the thing beneath our feet is missed.

 

–Subham–

ஜனவரி 2016 காலண்டர் (மன்மத- மார்கழி/தை மாதம்) (Post No. 2431)

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வித்வான் (அறிஞன்), நற்குணம் பற்றிய 31 பழமொழிகள்

 

விழா நாட்கள் :- 1- ஆங்கிலப் புத்தாண்டு;  14- போகிப் பண்டிகை;  15- தைப் பொங்கல்;  16- கனு, மாட்டுப் பொங்கல், வள்ளுவர் தினம்; 23- ஸ்ரீரங்கம் தேர்; 24-தைப்பூசம்/வடலூரில்ஜோதி தரிசனம் 26- இந்தியக் குடியரசு தினம்; 29-தியாகராஜ ஆராதனை;30 சேஷாத்ரி சுவாமிகள் ஜயந்தி 31- சுவாமி விவேகாநந்தர் ஜயந்தி

முகூர்த்த நாட்கள்:- 20, 29

அமாவாசை:- 9

பௌர்ணமி:- 24 (தைப்பூசம்)

ஏகாதசி:- 6, 20

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ஜனவரி 1 வெள்ளிக் கிழமை

வித்யா விநய சம்பன்னே ப்ராஹ்மணே கவி ஹஸ்தினி

சுனிசைவ ஸ்வபாகே ச பண்டிதா: சமதர்சின: – பகவத் கீதை 5-18

கல்வியும் அடக்கமும் நிறைந்த பிராமணனிடத்திலும், பசுக்களிடத்தும் யானைகளிடத்திலும், நாயிடத்திலும், நாயை உண்ணும் புலையனிடத்திலும் ஆத்ம ஞானிகள் சமதரிசனம் கொள்கிறார்கள்.

ஜனவரி 2 சனிக்கிழமை

பலிப்யோ பலின: சந்தி – வால்மீகி ராமாயணம்7-33-22

பலவானைவிட பலம் மிக்க வீரர்கள் உண்டு.

 

ஜனவரி 3 ஞாயிற்றுக் கிழமை

சர்வநாசே சமுத்பன்னே அர்த்தம் த்யஜந்தி பண்டித: – பஞ்சதந்திரம்

எல்லாம் போகக்கூடிய நிலையில் பாதியை விட்டுக் கொடுப்பவன் அறிஞன்.

ஜனவரி 4 திங்கட்கிழமை

வித்வானேவ விஜானாதி வித்வத் ஜன பரிஸ்ரமம் – குவலயானந்த:

அறிஞனுக்குதான் மற்றொரு அறிஞனின் கஷ்டங்கள் புரியும்

 

ஜனவரி 5 செவ்வாய்க் கிழமை

விகாரஹேதௌ சதி விக்ரியந்தே யேஷாம் ந சேதாம்சி த ஏவ தீரா: – குமார சம்பவம்

ஒருவனுடைய புத்தியை பேதலிக்கக்கூடிய விஷயங்கள் இருந்தபோதிலும், புத்தி தடுமாறாதவனே வீரன்.

புலனைந்தும் வென்றான் தன் வீரமே வீரம்- அவ்வையார்

 

 

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ஜனவரி 6 புதன் கிழமை

பலவதபி சிக்ஷிதானாம் ஆத்மன்யப்ரத்யயம் சேத: – சாகுந்தலம்

நன்கு கற்றவர்களும்கூட தன்னம்பிக்கையை இழக்கிறார்கள்.

ஜனவரி 7 வியாழக்கிழமை

பண்டிதே ச குணா: சர்வே மூர்கே தோஷா ஹி கேவலம்

தஸ்மான மூர்க சஹஸ்ரேஷு ப்ராக்ஞ ஏகோ விசிஷ்யதே – சாணக்கியநீதி தர்பணம்

அறிஞர்களிடத்தில் நற்குணங்கள் மட்டுமே நிரம்பியுள்ளன; முட்டாள்களிடத்திலோ கெட்ட விஷயங்களே உள்ளன. ஆகையால ஆயிரம் முட்டாள்களைவிட ஒரு அறிஞனே மேல்.

ஜனவரி 8 வெள்ளிக்கிழமை

அனுக்தமப்யூஹதி பண்டிதோ ஜன:- ஹிதோபதேசம்—பஞ்சதந்திரம்

அறிஞன் என்பவன் , எதையும் ஊகித்தறிவான்.

 

ஜனவரி 9 சனிக்கிழமை

ஸ்வதேசே பூஜ்யதே ராஜா, வித்வான் சர்வத்ர பூஜ்யதே – பஞ்சதந்திரம்

கல்விகற்றவனை உலகமே போற்றும்; ராஜாவையோ அந்த நாடு மற்றுமே பூஜிக்கும்

 

ஜனவரி 10 ஞாயிற்றுக் கிழமை

ஜடிதி பராசயவேதினோ ஹி விக்ஞா: – நைஷதீய சரிதம்

விரைவில் பிறருடைய உள்ளக் கிடக்கையை அறிந்தவன் அறிஞன்.

 

ஜனவரி 11 திங்கட்கிழமை

ந கலு தீமதாம் கஸ்சித் விஷயோ நாம – சாகுந்தலம்

அறிவுள்ளவனுக்கு தெரியாத விஷயம் ஏதேனும் உளதோ!

 

ஜனவரி 12 செவ்வாய்க் கிழமை

ந்யாயாத் பத: ப்ரவிசலந்தி பதம் ந தீரா: – பர்த்ருஹரி நீதி சதகம்

புத்திமான்கள், நியாயமான பாதையிலிருந்து விலகுவதில்லை.

 

ஜனவரி 13 புதன் கிழமை

அஜராமரவத் ப்ராக்ஞோ வித்யாமர்தஞ்ச சிந்தயேத் – ஹிதோபதேசம்

வயதான ஒருவன் எப்படி மூப்பு, இறப்பு இல்லாத நிலைக்கு ஆசைப்படுவானோ, அப்படி ஒரு அறிஞன் கல்வியையும், செல்வத்தையும் நாடவேண்டும்.

 

ஜனவரி 14 வியாழக்கிழமை

அகுலீனோஅபி சாஸ்த்ரக்ஞோ தைவதைரபி பூஜ்யதே – ஹிதோபதேசம்

நற்குலத்தைச் சேராதவனாயினும், சாஸ்திர அறிவுடையவன், தேவர்களாலும் பூஜிக்கப்படுகிறான்.

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ஜனவரி 15 வெள்ளிக்கிழமை

குணா: ப்ரியத்வே அதிக்ருதா ந சம்ஸ்தவ:- கிராதர்ஜுனீயம்

ஒருவரை நாம் விரும்புவதற்குக் காரணம்- அவரது நற்குணமே; உண்மையிது, வெறும் புகழ்ச்சியன்று.

 

ஜனவரி 16 சனிக்கிழமை

குணீ ச குணராகீ ச விரல: சரலோ ஜன: – சு.ர.பா.

நற்குணமும் நற்குணத்தை நாடுபவரும் அபூர்வமே.

 

ஜனவரி 17 ஞாயிற்றுக் கிழமை

 

குணீ குணம் வேத்தி ந வேத்தி நிர் குண: – மனு

நற்குணமுடையோர், நல்லதையே காண்பர்; அவர்களுக்கு குறைகளே கண்களில் தென்படாது (தர்மன் துரியோதனன் கதை)

 

ஜனவரி 18 திங்கட்கிழமை

குணா: சர்வத்ர பூஜ்யந்தே ந மஹத்யோபி சம்பத: – சாணக்யநீதி

நற்குணமுள்ளவரிடத்தில் அதைப் போற்ற வேண்டும்; இதற்கு ஆண், பெண் என்ற வேறுபாடோ, வயதோ ஒரு தடையல்ல.

 

ஜனவரி 19 செவ்வாய்க் கிழமை

குணா குணக்ஞேசு குணா பவந்திதே நிர்குணம் ப்ராப்ய பவந்தி தோஷா: – ஹிதோபதேசம்

நற்குணமானது, நல்லோரிடத்தில் குணமாகத் தெரியும்; மற்றவர்களிடத்தில் அது ஒரு குறையாகத் தென்படும்.

 

ஜனவரி 20 புதன் கிழமை

கமீசதே ரமயிதும் ந குண: – கிராதர்ஜுனீயம்

நற்குணமானது யாருக்குதான் மகிழ்ச்சி தராது?

 

ஜனவரி 21 வியாழக்கிழமை

ஏகோ ஹி தோஷோ குணசந்நிபாதே நிமஜ்ஜதீந்தோ: கிரணேஷ்விவாங்க: – குமார சம்பவம்

சந்திரனிடத்தில் ஒரு களங்கமிருந்தாலும் அதன் ஒளி (பெருமை) குன்றவில்லை; பல நற்குணங்கள், ஒரு குறையை மறைத்துவிடும்.

 

ஜனவரி 22 வெள்ளிக்கிழமை

இந்த்ரோ அபி லகுதாம் யதி ஸ்வயம் ப்ரக்யாபிதைர் குணை: — சாணக்யநீதி

கெட்ட செயல் செய்கையில் இந்திரனும் கூட சிறுமை அடைகிறான்

 

ஜனவரி 23 சனிக்கிழமை

ஏகோ குண: கில நிஹந்தி சமஸ்த தோஷான் – சாணக்யநீதி

ஒரு நல்ல குணமானது, எல்லா தோஷங்களையும் (குறைகளையும்) அழித்துவிடும்.

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ஜனவரி 24 ஞாயிற்றுக் கிழமை

அகுணஸ்ய ஹதம் ரூபம் – சு.ர.பா.

குணமில்லாத இடத்தில் அழகு இருந்து என்ன பயன்?

 

ஜனவரி 25 திங்கட்கிழமை

சஹநாவவது, சஹநௌ புனக்து சஹவீர்யம் கரவாவஹை: – யஜூர் வேதம்

நம்மிருவரையும் கடவுள் காப்பாற்றுவாராக;

நம்மிருவருக்கும் அவர் உணவு படைப்பாராக:

நாமிருவரும் பெரும் சக்தியுடன் செயல்படுவோம்;

 

ஜனவரி 26 செவ்வாய்க் கிழமை

சர்வே பவந்து சுகின: சர்வே சந்து நிராமயா:

சர்வே பத்ராணி பஸ்யந்து மா கஸ்சித் துக்கபாக் பவேத்

எல்லோரும் சுகமாக இருக்கட்டும்

எல்லோரும் நோயற்றவர்களாக வாழட்டும்

எல்லோரும் நல்லனவற்றையே காணட்டும்

ஒருவரும் துயர் அடையக்கூடாது.

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ஜனவரி 27 புதன் கிழமை

யத்ர விஸ்வம் பவத்யேகநீடம் – யஜுர்வேதம்

பிரம்மத்தில் இந்த உலகம் முழுதும் ஒரு பறவைக் கூடு போல இருக்கிறது. (கடவுளின் முன்னால் உலகமே ஒரு குடும்பம்.)

 

ஜனவரி 28 வியாழக்கிழமை

க்ருண்வந்தோ விஸ்வம் ஆர்யம் – ரிக் வேதம்

உலகம் முழுவதையும் பண்பாடு உடையோராக்குக.

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ஜனவரி 29 வெள்ளிக்கிழமை

ஆத்மவத் சர்வ பூதேஷு ய: பஸ்யதி ச பண்டித: – ஹிதோபதேசம்

தன்னைப் போலவே எல்லா உயிர்களையும் பார்ப்ப்வனே பண்டிதன்/ அறிஞன் ஆவான்.

மன்னுயிரைத் தன்னுயிர்போல் நினை

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ஜனவரி 30 சனிக்கிழமை

க்ருண்வந்தோ விஸ்வம் ஆர்யம் – ரிக் வேதம்

உலகம் முழுவதையும் பண்பாடு உடையோராக்குக.

 

ஜனவரி 31 ஞாயிற்றுக் கிழமை

கோவிதேச: சவித்யானாம் – சாணக்கிய நீதி —பஞ்சதந்திரம்

கல்வி கற்றவனுக்கு வெளிநாடு என்று எதுவுமில்லை (யாதும் ஊரே, யாவரும் கேளிர்).

கம்பன் சோழ மன்னன் மோதல்:

(கற்றவனுக்குச் சென்றவிடமெல்லாம் சிறப்பு

உண்டோ குரங்கேற்றுக் கொள்ளாத கொம்பு?)

 

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–சுபம்-

 

U.S. ARMY AND NAVY ANECDOTES (Post No. 2426)

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Compiled  by london swaminathan

Date: 25 December 2015

Post No. 2426

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General Washington seldom indulged in joke or sarcasm, but when he did, he always made a decided hit. It is related that he was present in Congress during the debate on the establishment of the Federal army, when a member offered a resolution limiting the army to three thousand men. Upon this Washington suggested to a member an amendment providing that no enemy should ever invade the country with more than two thousand soldiers. The laughter which ensued smothered the resolution completely.

 

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One day Lincoln and some of his friends were discussing the amount of man power involved in the American Civil War. Someone asked him how many men the confederates had in the field. Lincoln astonished them by saying, “Twelve hundred thousand, according to the best authority”.

“Yes, Sir”, repeated Lincoln, “twelve thousand – no doubt of it. You see, all our generals, when they get whipped, say the enemy outnumbers them from three or five to one, and I must believe them. We have four thousand men in the field, and three times four make twelve. Don’t you see it?”

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Nearly all great scientific discoveries have been combated and misunderstood, even by great men. Admiral Sir Charles Napier fiercely opposed the introduction of steam power into the Royal navy, and one day exclaimed in the House of Commons:

“Mr. Speaker, when we enter Her Majesty’s Naval Service and face the chances pf war, we go prepared to be hacked in pieces by cutlasses, to be riddled with bullets, or to be blown to be bits by shot and shell; but, Mr Speaker, we do not go prepared to be boiled alive.”

 

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President Lincoln once wrote to General McClellan, when the latter was in command of the army. General McClellan, as is well known, conducted a waiting campaign, being so careful not to make any mistakes that he made very little headway. President Lincoln sent this brief but exceedingly pertinent letter:

“My dear McClellan: If you don’t want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while.”

 

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Stories concerning the clashes between Lincoln and the inadequate General McClellan are common. Lincoln deemed it necessary for McClellan to report frequently and the General chaffed at this. One time he sent the President the following telegram from the field:

President Abraham Lincoln

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Have just captured six cows. What shall we do with them?

George McClellan

 

Lincoln promptly wired:

General George McClellan

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As to six cows captured – milk them

A.Lincoln.

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–Subham–

 

 

Tamil Poet Bharati on Jesus Christ (Post No. 2422)

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Date: 24 December 2015

Post No. 2422

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Bharati was the greatest Tamil poet of our time. He has sung about all the freedom fighters including G K Gokhale, Lala Lajpat Rai, Dadabai Naoroji, B G Tilak, V O C, M K Gandhi and national heroes and Gurus including Veera Shivaji, Guru Gobind Singh, poets including Tagore , Avvaiyar , Valluvan, Ilango, Kambanand Kalidas and philosophers and religious teachers including Shankara, Ramanuja, Vivekananda, Nivedita, Buddha and Jesus.

 

Here is his poem on Jesus Christ:-

 

1.The Lord came died upon the cross,

And rose up resurrected on the third day,

Devoted and glorious Mary Magdalene

Was witness to this wondrous event

Listen, countrymen, to its secret meaning;

The gods will come and live within us,

And shield us from evil, and redeem us for ever

If only we would shed our pride of self.

 

2.Look! Mary Magdalene is Love incarnate;

And look! Jesus Christ is the Holy Spirit!

If first we shed this embroiled evil,

Godly sacred life will manifest itself in three days.

Mary Magdalene, Love incarnate, saw the radiant vision

Of that godly sacred life beaming from the face

Of golden splendour, and praised it in adoration

This is bliss indeed! The greatest, most ecstatic bliss!’

 

3.If you tie the senses fast to the Cross called Truth,

And hammer them down with the nails of austere penance

Gloriously great and sacred life will shine with radiant splendour

In the sublime and celestial body of Lord Jesus Christ.

Look! Mary Magdalene is true womanhood incarnate;

And Jesus Christ is eternal virtue, which all cherish and revere!

Look! This is the finest, greatest secret, and inmost, mystic meaning;

Yet anyone can learn and practise it in just a moment’s time.

(Translated from Tamil into English by P N Appuswami)

–subham–

 

Love speaks even when the lips are closed (Post No. 2421)

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Date: 24 December 2015

Post No. 2421

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One Hundred Quotations on Love, Affection and Kindness—Part 2

 

First part with 50 quotations was published yesterday.

 

51).True love never grows old.

 

52).Love is a sweet torment

 

53).‘Sweet-heart’ and ‘Honey-bird’ keeps no house.

 

54).Love speaks even when the lips are closed.

 

55).The onset of love in damsels is indeed charming – Malavikaagnimitra

Ramaniiyah khalu navaanganaanaam madana visayaavataarah

 

56).Excellence inhabits the emotion of love, not objects – Kiraatarjuuniya

Vasanti hi premni gunaa na vastuni

 

57).Whom does not the cloud-kissed, dew-drenched breeze turn romantic?

Sasikaraambhodhara sanga siitalah samiiranah kam na karoti sotsukam – Rajatarangini

 

 

58).What can the relatives do about a couple courting passionately- – Kahavatratnakar

Striipumaamsau yadaa raktau kim karisyanti baandavaah

 

59).When love is greatest, words are fewest.

 

60).Whom we love best, to them we can say least.

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61).Likeness causes liking.

 

62).Looks breed love.

 

63).Love begets love.

 

 

64).Love needs no teaching.

 

65).Love is not found in the market.

 

66).Time, not the mind, puts an end to love.

 

67).All is fair in love and war.

 

68).Love is a game in which both players always cheat.

 

69).Lovers’ quarrels are soon mended

 

70).The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.

 

 

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71).About young love– Calf love, half love; old love, cold love.

 

72).Love of lads and fire of chats/wood-chips is soon in and soon out.

 

73).Lad’s love a busk of broom, hot awhile and soon done.

 

74).The new love drives out the old love.

 

75).Old love expels another.

 

76).Love without return is like a question without an answer.

 

77).There is more pleasure in loving than in being loved.

 

78).He that loves the tree, loves the branch.

 

79).Where there is no trust, there is no love.

 

80).Where love is, there is faith.

 

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81).Love is never without jealousy.

 

82).Love does much, money does everything.

 

83).Love lasts as long as money endures.

 

84).When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.

 

85).Love and lordship like no fellowship (This proverb may be interpreted in two ways; that neither love nor lordship will tolerate a rival, or that love and lordship are not compatible. The first interpretation applies here.)

 

86).Charity covers a multitude of sins.

 

87).Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

 

88).An iron anvil should have a hammer of feathers (Gentle approach may be the best way to win over a stubborn person.)

 

 

89).The rough net is not the best catcher of birds.

 

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90).To fright a bird is not the way to catch her.

 

91).Honey catches more flies than vinegar.

 

92).Where men are well used, they will frequent there.

 

93).Tender-handed stroke a nettle

And it stings you for your pains

Grasp it like a man of mettle

And it soft as silk remains – Aaron Hill (1685-1750).

 

94).Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand

 

95).Give him an inch and he will take yard.

 

96).Sometimes clemency is cruelty, and cruelty clemency.
97).Kindness cannot be bought for gear

 

98).Kindness come of will.

 

99).Fair words break no bones

 

100).Fair words hurt not the mouth.

 

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Picture: God is seen in the smile of the poor.

 

101).A good word costs no more than a bad word.

 

102).There is a great force hidden in a sweet command.

 

 

103).Krsna, who visited Mathuraa was detained by Kubjaa (the hunch back) – Kahavatratnakar

Mathuraayaam gatah krsno ruddhah tatraiva kubjayaa

 

–the end —

One Hundred Quotations on Love, Affection and Kindness—Part 1 (Post No. 2418)

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Date: 23 December 2015

Post No. 2418

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1).Affection cannot be confined by shutters; uncontrollable tears will roll down spontaneously, when one sees the sufferings and sorrows of the loved ones – Tirukkural 71

 

2).Love locks no cupboards.

 

3).Love laughs at locksmiths.

 

4).Those without affection in their hearts will keep all they have for themselves; the tender-hearted will even give away their bones- Tirukkural 72

 

5).A penny weight of love worth a pound of law.

 

6).There can be life only when the body has soul in it; even so, life without affection is no life at all – Tirukkural 73

 

7).I searched for my god,

My god I could not see

I looked for my soul

My soul eluded me

I sought out my neighbour

And in him found all three

 

 

8).Affection endows one with ardour, and that leads to admirable friendship- Tirukkural 74

 

9).Love is blind.

 

10).The realisation of heavenly bliss follows a happy and affectionate householder’s life – Tirukkural 75

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11).All the world loves a lover.

 

12).The ignorant say that affection is appropriate only to righteousness; but it will also inspire heroism, to be rid of evil – Tirukkural 76

 

13).The life of those who have not traversed love’s way is frittered away – Khavatratnakar

Eesaam vrthaa janma gatam jagatyaam premno na panthaa avalokito yaih

 

14).Love is the quintessence of life; without it, a man is a frame of bones covered with skin – Tirukkural 80

 

 

15).If Jack in love, he is no judge of Jill’s beauty.

 

16).Love is without reason.

 

17).Love is lawless.

 

18).Affection blinds reason.

 

 

19).Even as the scorching sun dries up the boneless worm, righteousness will scorch life without affection – Tirukkural 77

 

 

20).One cannot love and be wise.

 

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21).Lovers are madmen.

 

22).The dead tree on the desert  will not put forth leaves; even so life without love cannot flourish – Tirukkural 78

 

23).If a man’s heart is devoid of love, of what avail are the externals? – Tirukkural 79

 

24).Love increases, more so when beauty and virtue are coupled – Valmiki Ramayana 1-77-27

Gunaad ruupagunaaccaapi priitirbhuyuyo abhivardhate

 

25).The fetters of love are delightful – Brhatkatha manjari

Premabandho hi ramyataa

 

26).In the eyes of the lover, pock marks are dimples.

 

27).No love is foul, nor prison fair.

 

28).Love carried over from earlier births binds soon- Katha sarit sagar

Aasu badhnaati hi prema praagjanmaantarasa sambhavah

 

 

29).Faults are thick where love is thin.

 

30).Labour is light where love doeth pay.

anbe aruyire

31).Love makes one fit for any work.

 

32).Love is free.

 

 

33).It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all- Lord Tennyson 1809-92

 

34).Unbearable is the shattering of fervent love – Katha sarit sagar

Prakrstasya bhangah premnah susduhsahah

 

35).Love conquers all.

 

36).Love rules his kingdom without a sword.

 

37).Love makes all men equal.

 

 

38).Love and business teach eloquence.

 

39).Love makes a wit of the fool.

aadu kutty

40).Those swelling with joy of love do not relish food

— Brhatkatha manjari

Premaati harsa sampuurnaa naabhinandanti bhojanam

 

41).Love makes all hearts gentle.

 

42).Love will find a way.

 

43).The love of proud damsels attains greater heights after love fights – Bharata manjari

Prema pranayakopaante maaniiniinaam hi vardhate

 

44).Love will go through stone walls.

 

45).Love cannot be compelled.

 

46).A man has choice to begin love, but not to end it.

 

47).Love and a cough cannot be hid.

 

48).Myriad are the ways of love – Sanskrit saying

Premno hi naanaagatih

 

 

49).Old love will not be forgotten.

 

 

50).Old love does not rust.

aadu krishna

to be continued……………………………..

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