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You can have your sweets and be healthy too, says B.S. Venkatachalam
Hours on the road, repeated visits, and several enquiries later, B. S. Venkatachalam found what he was looking for — a vaagai mara chekku maker. “I spent many days travelling in Erode-Kangeyam-Vellak
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Message for the Day….” Understand and appreciate the oneness of the Humanity…
Imagine a golden necklace around your mother or sister’s neck. When you look at this form of an ornament, you call it a necklace; but when you look at the basic material in it, you say it is made up of gold. It cannot be that gold is one thing and the necklace is a different thing. It is not possible to make a necklace without gold. So when you call it a gold ornament, it only demonstrates the oneness of the basic material that is the gold, and the name and form, namely the necklace. In the same manner, by recognising the oneness of humanity on the one hand and the underlying divinity on the other hand, we should be able to proclaim the greatness of our culture and spiritual education.
Maha Periyava’s Magical Timepiece!
Jaya Jaya Shankara Hara Hara Shankara – It’s a privilege to read Shri Ramani Anna’s book called “Maha Periyavar” that has 15 nice incidents. I have all those incidents available and will publish frequently. We may have read some of them before but it is a always a pleasure to read them over and over again. Enjoy the one below! Thanks to Smt. Rashmi Shekar for sharing the translation. Ram Ram.
ஜெய ஜெய சங்கர ஹர ஹர சங்கர ! மஹா பெரியவர் – எஸ். ரமணி அண்ணா
“மஹா பெரியவரின் மந்திர கடிகாரம் !”
ஒரு முறை பரிவாரங்களுடன் திருநெல்வேலி செல்லும் வழியில் புதுக்கோட்டையில் முகாமிட்டுருந்தார் காஞ்சி ஆச்சார்யாள். மெயின் ரோட்டில் இருந்த ஒரு பெரிய சத்திரத்தில் தங்கி இருந்தார். அங்கு வந்து சேர்ந்த அன்று இரவு, ஸ்ரீ சந்திரமௌலீச்வர பூஜையை முடித்து விட்டு அமர்ந்திருந்தார் ஸ்வாமிகள்.
தனக்குப் பணிவிடை பண்ணும் நாகராஜன் என்ற இளைஞனை அருகில் அழைத்து, “அப்பா நாகு…நாளைக்கு விடியகாலம்பற மூணரை மணிக்கெல்லாம் நான் எழுந்து ஸ்நானம் பண்ணி ஆகணும். நீ ஞாபகம் வெச்சுக்கோ” என்று கட்டளை இட்டார் ஆச்சார்யாள்.
உடனே அந்த இளைஞன் நாகு மிக அடக்கத்துடன்…
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Message for the Day…” Talk little , Talk Sweetly, and Talk only when there is a need …”
Without the control of your senses, your sadhana will be ineffective; it is like keeping water in a leaky pot! When the tongue craves for some delicacy, assert that you will not cater to its whims. If you persist in giving yourself simple food that is not savoury or hot, but amply sustaining, the tongue may squirm for a few days, but it will soon welcome it. That is the way to subdue it and overcome the evil consequences of its being your master. Since the tongue is equally insistent on scandal and lascivious talk, you have to curb that tendency also. Talk little, talk sweetly, talk only when there is pressing need. Also, talk only to those to whom you must, and do not shout or raise the voice in anger or excitement. Such control will improve health and mental peace. It will lead to better public relations and less involvement in contacts and conflicts with others.
