Author: Natarajan
See it! Solstice full moon photos…Image of the Day !
On June 20, 2016, the moon turns full at 11:02 UTC. The solstice arrives some 11.5 hours later, at 22:34 UTC. Solstice moon photos here from the EarthSky community.
” ஒட்டிய பழமும் …ஒட்டாத பழமும் …” Mahaperiava ‘s Tips for getting Good Orange !
Experiences with Maha Periyava: Ottiya Pazhamum Ottadha Pazhamum (The fruit that sticks and the fruit that does not)
Many years have passed since this happened. Still it remains unfading green in my heart and guides me until today.
My marriage was held in the year 1958. My husband was serving as a Captain in the Army. Since, even after some years there was no putra bhagyam (fortune of a child) for me, my mother took me to have darshan of Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Pithadhipati Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Maha Swamigal.
It was evening time. Shri Kanchi Maha Swamigal was doing japam (litany) sitting in his mena (palanquin). Some time passed by, and then Sri Maha Periyava looked at us with boundless compassion. My mother conveyed my grievance to Sri Maha Periyava. Taking an orange fruit from a plate nearby, Sri Maha Periyava kept meditating, closing His two eyes that were in blossom like lotus flowers, and rolling that fruit over those two eyes.
After sometime, He blossomed his eyes, gave that fruit to me and said, “You take this.”
With great happiness I took that fruit and went home.
Years rolled by. My husband was serving as a Major in charge of guarding the borders. When he came home during his vacation, we both went to Shri Kanchi Matham to have darshan of Shri Maha Swamigal.
It was evening time. Coming out of his room, the God of Compassion welcomed us with vatsalyam (paternal love), looked at me with limitless kindness and said, “Vaama Kuzhandhe! (Come, child! Come inside!)” He took us inside and told us to sit down.
Looking at my husband he asked, “You are serving in the Army, right?” and my husband replied, “Yes, I am in Siliguri.” Periyava asked him, “Can you get oranges there? Can you send me a basket of them?” “Yes”, replied my husband.
Sri Kanchi Maha Periyava looked at me and said, “There are two varieties of the orange fruit. Do you know?”
“I don’t know”, I said.
Periyava explained, “There are two kinds of oranges, one where the fruit sticks to the inner rind, the other, (he gestured with his hand as if He held a fruit and shook it near his ear), like this, rattles, with the fruit not touching the rind. It is this fruit that is tastier and sweeter than the kind that sticks to the rind. Always keep this in mind.”
He had given me a fruit earlier. Years later, He spoke to me about ‘the fruit that does not stick’ to its rind and gave me an insight into a very great truth. He taught me that one must live like ‘the fruit that does not stick’, unattached and unaffected by life. By calling me with the words, “Come, my child”, He made me His child. After I have myself become His child, where is the need of a child for me?
Author: Smt.Lalitha Raman, Sainikpuri
Source: Maha Periyaval – Darisana Anubhavangal Vol.2, Pages 120-122
Source….Facebook input
Natarajan
Message for the Day…”Be a pilgrim on the spiritual path even while attending to your daily duties.”
Joke of the Day…” Bill for Lab report and Cat scan ….” !!!
A woman brought a very limp duck to a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird’s chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, “I’m sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed away.”
The distressed woman wailed, “Are you sure?”
“Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead,” replied the vet.
“How can you be so sure?” she protested. “I mean you haven’t done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something.”
The vet sighed, turned around and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with a old dog. As the duck’s owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.
The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later he returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.
The vet looked at the woman and said, “I’m sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck.”
He turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman. The duck’s owner, still in shock, took the bill. “$150!” she cried, “$150 just to tell me my duck is dead?!?”
The vet shrugged. “I’m sorry. If you had just taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it’s now $150.”
Source………www.ba-bamail.com
Natarajan
Image of the Day….Astronaut Tim Peake has returned to Earth after an historic mission aboard the ISS…
The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft capsule carrying International Space Station (ISS) crew members, Timothy Peake of Britain, Yuri Malenchenko of Russia and Timothy Kopra of the U.S., descends beneath a parachute near the town of Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan, June 18, 2016. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
Source….www.businessinsider.com
Natarajan
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A Must Read….” Values of Punniyam & Paapam” …!
Jaya Jaya Shankara Hara Hara Shankara – Actually Sri Periyava narrates this incident under Deivathin Kural Volume 1 Madham Section reiterating Karma theory. It is a foreign lady and not a man but the gist is more important to take here. Thanks to TV Shivram for sharing it in Whatsapp. Ram Ram
Values of Punniyam & Paapam
Once a foreigner interested in the philosophy of Hinduism was waiting for Darshan of Mahaperiva ( Most revered Mahaswami) at Sri Madam to clarify his doubt. Shortly, he got his appointment and without wasting time, he put forth his question.
Once a foreigner interested in the philosophy of Hinduism was waiting for Darshan of Mahaperiva ( Most revered Mahaswami) at Sri Madam to clarify his doubt. Shortly, he got his appointment and without wasting time, he put forth his question.
Swamiji, I understand all your concepts, value them but for one particular faith (i.e.) same soul taking various births, papa, punya being carried forward to the next births etc. Can you please make me comfortable on this aspect? Because, in all our religions, we get the reward for what we do in this birth only. (i.e.) if we are honest, God is pleased and blesses us with benefits and we are dishonest, we get punished by Him.
At this point, Periva asked him, whether he owns a car and if he could do a favour of collecting some statistical information within Kancheepuram using his vehicle. The guest readily agreed, at the same time wondering why his question was not answered spontaneously.
Please, Swamiji, go ahead, What is the service you expect me to do now?
Periva said, Please go around 10 maternity centres within Kancheepuram and collect the data of children born within the last 2 days – Child’s gender, health condition, parents name, status, educational qualification, time of birth.
The man said – Fine, this is nothing, – immediately rushed in his car like Lord Muruga goes in Thiruvilayadal and within a day he was back in the matam with exact statistics in front of Mahaperiva. He went through the statistics, about 15 children were born in 10 hospitals, 8 female and 7 male infants, out of which 3 children had malnutrition defects, 2 children were the first child of highly rich parents born in luxury hospitals, while 4 were children of coolie labourers who already had few children.
Maha Periva now looked at the gentleman and started asking few questions:
Do you think any of these children have been honest / dishonest within 2 days of their birth? Probably they could not even recognize their own mother. So, they have neither earned papa or punya in this birth.
According to your concepts, all these children should be living exactly identical to each other, but not so practically, some are ill, some are healthy, some are born to rich parents, some are born to poor parents. Remember all children born in the same day, same longitude, latitude, you can’t blame their horoscope which is going to be almost identical.
The gentleman was dumbfounded!
It is here the concept of previous birth erupts! All these children have taken their present birth according to their deeds (karma) and the resultant papa, punya which they have assimilated in their previous births.
Hara Hara Shankara Jaya Jaya Shankara
Source….input from a friend of mine….
Natarajan
Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam – June 19, 2016
வாரம் ஒரு கவிதை… ” புறக்கணிப்பு ” !!!
புறக்கணிப்பு
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சிறப்பு கவனிப்பு வேண்டாம் என்றால் வலிக்காது
புறக்கணிப்பு என்றும் உனக்கு ! …. எதிர்பார்ப்பு இல்லையேல்
ஏமாற்றமும் இல்லை ! ….உன்னை கண்காணிப்பது
உன் மனசாட்சி மட்டுமே….அது கணிக்கும் வழியில் நீ
நடந்தால் புறக்கணிக்கும் உனக்காக அதுவே தப்பான வழியை !
சிறப்பிக்கும் உன் வாழ்க்கைப் பாதையை …மறுக்காமல் ,
வெறுத்து ஒதுக்காமல் நீ உன் உள் மனதின் சொல் கேட்டால்
புறக்கணிப்பு என்னும் சொல் என்றும் இல்லை உனக்கு …தம்பி !
பட்டம் பதவி புகழ் தேடி நீ அலைந்தால் உனக்கு கிடைப்பது
புறக் கணிப்பு மட்டுமே ! பதவி புகழ் சுகம் துறந்து அதை
நீ புறக்கணிக்கும் நேரம் உன்னைத் தேடி ஓடி வரும் ஒரு
சிறப்பு கவனிப்பு உன்னைப் புறக்கணிக்காமல் !
புறக்கணிக்க வேண்டாம் நீயும் பிறரை… இவர் எளியவர், இவர்
தாழ்ந்தவர் என்று !….உன் சிறு கவனிப்பும் புன்முறுவலும்
அந்த எளியவருக்கு ஒரு சிறப்பு கவனிப்பே …தம்பி !
புறக்கணிக்க வேண்டியது புறக்கணித்து கவனிக்க வேண்டியதைப்
புறக்கணிக்காமல் நீ பயணித்தால் சிறகடித்துப் பறப்பாய் உன்
வாழ்க்கையில் நீ !
Natarajan….in http://www.dinamani.com on 13 June 2016
