Every bird, animal, tree, mountain and star, each tiny worm, has a lesson for you, if you have but the will and the thirst to learn. These make the world a veritable University for you; it is a Gurukulwhere you are a pupil from birth to death. For example, the tree can teach you forbearance and tolerance. It offers shade to all, irrespective of age, gender, religion, nationality or economic status. It helps with fruit and shade to even the foe who lays his axe on its trunk! The sea rolls and surges in great joy on a full moon; it only knows the fullness of happy contentment. The Sun may lift clouds of vapour from it; the Sea does not whimper. Rain may fill its coffers with the rich riverine tribute; it does not exult. It teaches you equanimity. Watch the waves rolling one behind the other towards the shore bringing bits of flotsam and jetsam, bottles and twigs, to be deposited on land. There is a constant struggle, a laudable Sadhana, to maintain itself clean – which you can well adopt.

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Think deeply over the functions of a place of worship, say, the temple. Temples are centres of discipline, where the aspirant is guided step by step to attain a vision of the Truth. They are schools for the training of the spirit, academies for the promotion of scriptural studies, institutes of super-science, and laboratories for the testing of the values of life. They are hospitals for the treatment and cure not only of the ‘birth-death disease’, which has persisted in the individual for ages, but even the much more potent mental disorders that trouble those who do not know the secret of acquiring peace. Temples are gymnasia where people are reconditioned and their hesitant faith, waning conviction, and upsurging egotism are all cured. Temples are mirrors that reflect aesthetic standards and achievements. The purpose of the temple is to awaken the divinity in humanity, and to induce people to believe that the physical frames in which they live are themselves houses of God.

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You are referring to the gift of food as Anna-dana. But no one has the authority to give in charity what has been given by God or be proud of it or even to feel that they have given something in charity. God gave rains, fostered the sapling and ripened the grain; what right have you to call it yours and give it in charity? It is not dana (charity) that you do; you are only offering gratitude to God! You are sanctifying the grain you have harvested by offering the food prepared out of it to Gods in human form (Narayanas)! So call it Narayana Seva! That will be more correct. Each one of you is a limb in the body called the Universe. Do your work without a murmur; work in full cooperation with all. The Universe will be healthy and happy only then. Love and love alone can bind you to others and to God, who is the very embodiment of love.

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Natarajan

Devotion helps you attain the bliss of merging with God most easily by channelising towards Him the mental agitations, the sensory and emotional urges. The various modes of worshipping the Lord in temples depict this concept. You will find various ceremonies, from ‘awakening of God’ in the early dawn to ‘putting the Lord in bed’ late at night. These ceremonies are intended to heighten and promote the devotional trends of the wavering mind. Each incident helps sublimation of the appropriate emotion, in a peculiarly charming manner. In the sublimity of that experience, the agitation of lower emotions decline and disappear. The mundane and vulgar feelings of ordinary life become elevated to the status of worship and dedication to the Almighty Presence. The Lord evokes in you the emotion you associate with Him. When the Lord is conceived as the Most Loved One, as Jayadeva, Thukaram, Surdas, Radha, and Meera conceived Him, He manifests Himself as the nearest and the dearest and showers bliss!

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‘Gita Govindam’, a book of songs on Govinda by the great poet Jayadeva of Odisha, is an immortal portrayal of Radha Bhakti (the love the devotee Radha had for Lord Krishna) in its manifold manifestations. Jayadeva expressed it with such charm and clarity that even the man behind the plough sang those songs and filled his heart with divine delight. King Lakshmana Sena, was stricken with envy at this and prepared a parallel book of songs and ordered that they be sung, instead of Jayadeva’s outpourings, in all the temples in Odisha, including the Jagannath Temple at Puri. When his order was receded with universal protest, the king laid both the books at Lord’s Feet, locked the shrine and kept it under strict vigilance. When the doors were opened in the morning, the king saw the Lord having Jayadeva’s Gita Govindam in His hand, while his rival book written out of envy and pride was thrown away. The Lord had announced that He showers Grace on inner purity, not outer pomp.

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Dear students, teachers and lovers of education, for the accomplishment of any aims in life you need an unflinching mind, tireless endeavour and unshakable determination. Young boys and girls must cultivate these qualities to ensure for themselves a bright future and an honourable and worthy career. To face different situations in life, students must learn to practice equanimity and amiability. Equal-mindedness and a sense of oneness with all is the mark of a true human being. All of you have social responsibility. The world indeed is one human family and you should experience this oneness. Sports and games enable students to develop this feeling of oneness. Sports, games and physical exercise contribute directly to physical fitness and good health. But you are not merely the gross body alone. You have the subtle element, the mind in you. It is only when you achieve purity of mind and develop unselfishness that you can acquire peace of mind and experience genuine happiness.

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The years of life allotted to a human is very short; the world in which you live is very wide; time extends far behind and far beyond. Whatever little you must do, do it quickly, at the place and time assigned to you. You must carry out the duties of your role in a worshipful attitude. A garland does not arise of a single flower; many flowers of different hues and fragrances are strung around the string to achieve the common goal of decorating the Lord. Similarly, physical strength, monetary resources and the intelligence of all must be blended and pooled to make a project succeed. Life has been bestowed not for just eating and digesting, roaming and reclining; but for a far greater purpose – the realisation of the Divinity in us, and in all that exist around us as well as in all things that are beyond our senses. To waste such a life in vain pursuits, and in mere sense-pleasures is not the sign of an intelligent person. Deserve the Grace of God by helping the weak and poor, diseased and the disabled, the distressed and downtrodden.

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To the extent possible, serve society. Of course, you need to take up jobs and earn your livelihood. But do not be avaricious. Be satisfied with what you get. Everyone has to leave this world empty-handed. Alexander conquered many kingdoms and seized a lot of wealth. When his end approached, he realised that he could not take even a single penny with him. He requested his minister to keep his two hands raised above the head during the final journey so that the people would understand that even the mighty emperor Alexander had to leave the world taking nothing with him. Likewise, even a millionaire has to partake of only food; he cannot eat gold. So, be satisfied with the basic necessities of food, clothing and shelter. Do your jobs properly and undertake service activities in your leisure time. The best way to love God is to love all and serve all.

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Your destiny is determined by your own actions. Through righteous actions, the mind is purified and a pure mind results in an awakening of jnana (spiritual wisdom). When you offer worship to God in the morning, you must offer your obeisance to whatever work you propose to do. You must pray to the presiding deity of Karma (action): “Let me do today only pure, purposeful and helpful actions.” The circumstances of your birth are a result of past actions. Action (Karma), Birth (Janma), Righteousness (Dharma) and the secret of life (Marma) are all connected with Divinity (Brahman). They are like the four walls of a building. The first wall is Karma (action). One should not act as his fancies dictate. Before doing anything, you should consider whether it is proper or improper. Nothing should be done in haste on the impulse of the moment. Only then your actions will be sathwik and free from rajasic and tamasic stains.

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