Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 2.Mantram-8 : Swami Krishnananda
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NAVA-RATHRI : MAHA-NAVAMI : VIJAYA-DASHMI :
I wholehearted welcome all children to Akshara Brahmam.
Today millions of children in Kerala irrespective of caste, creed and gender will get initiated into Akshara (school education) On Rice or on sand they are made to write - Hari Shree Ganapathaye Namaha.
An Acharya who initiates the children will write the above mantra on the child’s tongue. This culture has been followed since time immemorial. People of other religions too follow this due to its significance . Let us look at what Hari Shree means. This is a reminder to all children regarding the two assets that they have in Life.
First is Hari and next is Shree. Something that no one can ever remove from our Life ....
what is that? They are the various skills like .....positive mind, humility and clarity in communication. If one is capable of developing these skills , there will always be plenty of opportunities awaiting them. Furthermore they will never fail in Life. These values are the real assets .
Shree .... ‘the wealth’ What does this mean?
This wealth is our good associations and the time that is spent constructively in making everybody and ourselves happy. Today , in order to be Happy, we see people chasing money with their occupations and in the process getting restless and having no time for others.
One should not forget to use their time wisely and in making others happy as it is TIME that is the most precious asset and wealth. TIME once lost can never be got back.
Let us celebrate this Vijayadashami with a new understanding. Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvathi are the powers of our determination, devotion and dedication. Finally our aim should be sharing happiness, joy and harmony in and around us.
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08/10/2019
Mundaka Upanishad :
Chapter-1:
Section-2.
Mantram-8.
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You see, when a person has some substance and stuff, and he is considered as a worthwhile individual, he is received with an affection and an impunity which one can mistake for an eternal attitude of the person who so manifests this affection. But once the worthwhileness of the person is not to be seen any more—he becomes a pauper, suppose—the way in which he will be repelled will be more forceful than the force which was at the back of the affection that was shown earlier. Hatred is more forceful than love. A person will simply crush you in one second when hatred manifests itself, because you are not wanted, and the way in which this unwantedness will be shown and thrown on your face will be such that you will not like to live in the world one day more. So do not rely on these friends such as yajnas, etc. They will throw you down.
Ashtadasoktam - avaram yeshu karma :
Poor indeed are these so-called yajnas which are performed by eighteen ingredients of persons. Sixteen priests, and the yajnamana and his wife, constitute eighteen in number in large sacrifices like the Ashvamedha, Rajasuya, etc.
Etac chreyo ye’bhinandanti mudhah :
Fools who cannot exercise their understanding properly, mudhah, as they are called, who imagine that this is real blessedness, who think they will go to Indraloka and be happy there, what happens to them?
Jara-mrtyuh te punar evapiyanti :
They come back to this Earth. Once again they are born, and they will die as creatures that are plenty in this world. That is, you will be reduced to the same condition in which you were before commencing the yajna. Therefore, relying on them will be the height of unintelligence of a person. Ignorance is at the back of the imagination that blessedness will be in Indraloka, or any kind of loka whatsoever. You do not want to go to any loka at all. What you experienced in this world is only magnified in these lokas, which are conditioned by space and time in the same manner as this world of physical experience is conditioned by space and time, etc.
To be continued ....
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NAVA-RATHRI : MAHA-NAVAMI : VIJAYA-DASHMI :
I wholehearted welcome all children to Akshara Brahmam.
Today millions of children in Kerala irrespective of caste, creed and gender will get initiated into Akshara (school education) On Rice or on sand they are made to write - Hari Shree Ganapathaye Namaha.
An Acharya who initiates the children will write the above mantra on the child’s tongue. This culture has been followed since time immemorial. People of other religions too follow this due to its significance . Let us look at what Hari Shree means. This is a reminder to all children regarding the two assets that they have in Life.
First is Hari and next is Shree. Something that no one can ever remove from our Life ....
what is that? They are the various skills like .....positive mind, humility and clarity in communication. If one is capable of developing these skills , there will always be plenty of opportunities awaiting them. Furthermore they will never fail in Life. These values are the real assets .
Shree .... ‘the wealth’ What does this mean?
This wealth is our good associations and the time that is spent constructively in making everybody and ourselves happy. Today , in order to be Happy, we see people chasing money with their occupations and in the process getting restless and having no time for others.
One should not forget to use their time wisely and in making others happy as it is TIME that is the most precious asset and wealth. TIME once lost can never be got back.
Let us celebrate this Vijayadashami with a new understanding. Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvathi are the powers of our determination, devotion and dedication. Finally our aim should be sharing happiness, joy and harmony in and around us.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
08/10/2019
Mundaka Upanishad :
Chapter-1:
Section-2.
Mantram-8.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You see, when a person has some substance and stuff, and he is considered as a worthwhile individual, he is received with an affection and an impunity which one can mistake for an eternal attitude of the person who so manifests this affection. But once the worthwhileness of the person is not to be seen any more—he becomes a pauper, suppose—the way in which he will be repelled will be more forceful than the force which was at the back of the affection that was shown earlier. Hatred is more forceful than love. A person will simply crush you in one second when hatred manifests itself, because you are not wanted, and the way in which this unwantedness will be shown and thrown on your face will be such that you will not like to live in the world one day more. So do not rely on these friends such as yajnas, etc. They will throw you down.
Ashtadasoktam - avaram yeshu karma :
Poor indeed are these so-called yajnas which are performed by eighteen ingredients of persons. Sixteen priests, and the yajnamana and his wife, constitute eighteen in number in large sacrifices like the Ashvamedha, Rajasuya, etc.
Etac chreyo ye’bhinandanti mudhah :
Fools who cannot exercise their understanding properly, mudhah, as they are called, who imagine that this is real blessedness, who think they will go to Indraloka and be happy there, what happens to them?
Jara-mrtyuh te punar evapiyanti :
They come back to this Earth. Once again they are born, and they will die as creatures that are plenty in this world. That is, you will be reduced to the same condition in which you were before commencing the yajna. Therefore, relying on them will be the height of unintelligence of a person. Ignorance is at the back of the imagination that blessedness will be in Indraloka, or any kind of loka whatsoever. You do not want to go to any loka at all. What you experienced in this world is only magnified in these lokas, which are conditioned by space and time in the same manner as this world of physical experience is conditioned by space and time, etc.
To be continued ....
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