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ஒரு பாடலில் ராமாயணம் !!!

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I would like to share the following sloka writen by
U.Ve vazhuthoor chakrapaani here.

The speciality of this sloka is that the 1st letter is in the Tamil alphabetical order and it narrates the entire Ramayanam in one single sloka.

ஒரு பாடலில் ராமாயணம்

அன்றொருநாள் ராமன் வனம் சென்றதுவும்,
ஆங்கவனும் பொன்மானைக் கொன்றதுவும்,
இலக்குமி வடிவாம் சீதை மறைந்ததுவும்,
ஈடிலா ஜடாயு உயிர் பிரிந்ததுவும்,
உம்பி ஒருவனை ராமன் பெற்றதுவும்,
ஊறுசெய் வாலி தனை அழித்ததுவும்,
எம்பிரார்க்காய் அநுமன் கடல் கடந்ததுவும்,
ஏற்றமிகு இலங்கை தீப்பட்டதுவும்,
ஐயமின்றி அரக்கர் படை அழிந்ததுவும்,
ஒப்பாரின்றி இப்பாரை ஆண்டதுவும்,
ஓதுதற்கு ஏற்ற நூல் ஆனதுவும்,
ஔடதம் போல் உள்ளம் உவப்பதுவும்,
அ. .தன்றோ ஒரு பாடல் ராமகாதை.

 

source:::::A.V .Ramanathan

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In Lord Rama”s Footsteps….Rameshwaram and Dhanushkodi !!!

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The walkway to Villondi Teertham, a sweet-water well that appears mysteriously in the midst of the ocean.

The walkway to Villondi Teertham, a sweet-water well that appears mysteriously in the midst of the ocean.  A small well here is filled with water. You are allowed a sip and the water is absolutely sweet. “This is where Rama pierced his arrow to ensure sweet water flowed to quench Sita’s thirst,” says the caretaker. Rama’s bow and arrow are said to be buried here. Hence the name Villondi Teertham.

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The Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameshwaram has the world’s longest corridor.   The temple, which has the longest corridor in the world, stretches as stories from Ramayana are painted on every wall. There are many legends here, but the one that is most often reinforced is how Rama prayed to Lord Shiva to absolve him of any sins committed during the war. Rama asked Hanuman to get him a lingam from the Himalayas but as the monkey god took time, Sita carved a small lingam, which is placed in the sanctum here. The RamanathaswamyTemple stands tall inside the town as devotees make their way to cleanse themselves with a sacred bath at the 22 wells or teerthams that surround it. Rameshwaram,  has close to 64 theerthams and the holy water is stored in wells, ponds, tanks and one of them, the Agni Theertham, is the sea itself. Even today, it is believed that the tanks around the temple have a perennial source of water.

Road leading to Dhanushkodi from Rameswaram. It was on this island in January 1897 that Swami Vivekananda, after his triumphant visit to Chicago to attend the Parliament of Religions in September 1893, set foot on Indian soil from Colombo.  Pilgrims from all over India visit Rameswaram Temple to bathe in the holy wells and in the sea. It is a well-known pilgrimage site. Only a few, though, know the mythological and historical importance of nearby Dhanushkodi.

Dhanushkodi is today a ghost town and human habitation is almost non-existent as only a few fishermen with their families now live here. On the fateful night of December 22, 1964, Indian Railways train number 653, the Pamban-Dhanushkodi Passenger, left Pamban with 110 passengers and five railway staff. It was only a few yards before Dhanushkodi railway station when it was hit by a massive tidal wave. The train was washed away, killing all 115 on board. In all, over 1,800 people perished in the cyclonic storm. Following this disaster, the town was declared unfit for living.

A survivor of the 1964 cyclone who now lives in Dhanushkodi supplies drinking water to tourists from a well on Dhanushkodi beach.

It is amazing that the well, which is just a few yards from the sea, supplies sweet drinking water.

A view from Kothandaramaswamy Temple, located 12 km from Rameswaram. Popular belief goes that Vibishana, brother of the demon king Ravana of Lanka, surrendered before Lord Rama here. The mythological importance assigned to this town is that when Lord Rama returned to India after vanquishing Ravana, Vibhishana pleaded with him to break the setu (bridge) so that no other armies would use it. Rama acquiesced to his request and broke the Indian side of the bridge with the end of his bow. This place came to be known as Dhanushkodi (Dhanush is ‘bow’ and kodi is ‘end’ in Tamil) and remains to this day a holy place for Hindus.

source::::Laksmi Sharath in Yahoo lifestyle..

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“சூரியனக்கு அக்னியின் நினைவு இல்லையாம் “!!!

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ஒருநாள் காலை தர்சனத்துக்கு ஒரு வயஸான தம்பதி வந்திருந்தனர். பெரியவா ஒரு வாதா மரத்தின் கீழ் அமர்ந்து தர்சனம் குடுத்துக் கொண்டிருந்தார். தம்பதிகள் பழங்களை சமர்ப்பித்துவிட்டு நமஸ்கரித்தனர்.

“இதே மாதிரி வாதா மரம் ஒங்காத்து வாசல்ல இருந்துதே!……இன்னும் இருக்கோ?….”

“ஆமா…இன்னும் இருக்கு! பெரியவா பாத்து இருவது வர்ஷத்துக்கு மேலேயே இருக்கும்….இப்போ நன்னா பெருஸா வளந்திருக்கு; நெறைய காயக்கறது; தெருப் பசங்க கல்லை விட்டெறிஞ்சு வாதம் பழத்தை பொறுக்கித் திங்கறதுகள்..”

“கூடத்ல ஒரு பத்தாயம் இருந்துதே!….அதுல கரையான் அரிச்சு ரிப்பேர் பண்றா..ப்ல ஆயிருந்துதே!..”

“ஆமா….அத அப்போவே ரிப்பேர் பண்ணியாச்சு. அதுலதான் சாப்பாட்டு நெல்லைக் கொட்டி வெக்கறோம்….”

“ஒரு சே…ப்பு பசுமாடு கன்னு போடாம இருந்துதே!…..”

“அது ஆறு கன்னு போட்டுது பெரியவா…..இப்போ, சமீபத்லதான் தவறிப் போச்சு. எல்லாக் கன்னும் நன்னா இருக்கு…நல்ல வம்சம்….”

“ஐயங்கார் கணக்குப்பிள்ளை இருந்தாரே! திருநக்ஷத்ரம் எம்பதுக்கு மேலே இருக்குமோ இப்போ?….”

“சதாபிஷேகத்துக்கு ரெண்டு வர்ஷம் முன்னாடி, வைகுண்டம் போய்ட்டார் பெரியவா….”

“எட்டுக்குடி முருகனுக்கு தைப்பூசம் காவடி எடுக்கற வழக்கமாச்சே! ஒங்க புத்ராள் யாராவுது வந்து காவடி எடுக்கறாளா?…”

“பெரியவா க்ருபைல எட்டுக்குடி முருகன் கைங்கர்யம் நடந்துண்டிருக்கு..”

“வடுவூர் துரைஸ்வாமி ஐயங்கார், வை.மு.கோதைநாயகி அம்மாள்,பம்மல் சம்மந்த முதலியார் நாவல்கள், மதனகாமராஜன், விக்ரமாதித்தன் புஸ்தகங்கள் எல்லாம் அலமாரி நெறைய இருந்துதே! இருக்கா? யாராவுது படிக்கறாளா?….”

“எல்லாப் புஸ்தகமும் இருக்கு…ஆனா யாரும் படிக்கறதில்லே பெரியவா…..”

“ராமாயண பாராயணம் பண்ணிண்டிருந்தியே! நடக்கறதா..?”

“கண் செரியாத் தெரியறதில்லே, அதுனால ஒரு சர்க்கம் மட்டும் படிக்கிறேன்…”

கேட்டுக்கொண்டிருந்த பாட்டிக்கு ஆச்சர்யமான ஆச்சர்யம்! பாட்டி சொன்னாள்….”எத்தனையோ வர்ஷத்துக்கு முன்னாடி பெரியவா எங்க க்ராமத்துக்கு வந்தப்போ, எங்காத்துக்கு வந்து, கொஞ்ச நேரம் இருந்திருப்பேள் …..ஆனா, எப்டி இத்தனை நுணுக்கமா எல்லாத்தையும் பாத்து, இத்தனை வர்ஷத்துக்கப்புறம் கூட எதையுமே மறக்காம, அவ்வளவு ஞாபகமாக் கேக்கறேளே!…பெரியவா கேட்டதுல பாதி விஷயங்கள், அந்தாத்துல இருக்கற நேக்கே நெனைவுல இல்லே!……”

பெரியவா படாரென்று ஒரு பெரிய விஷயத்தை போட்டுடைத்தார்……..

“ஆமா……இதெல்லாம் என்ன ஞாபகசக்தி? ஈஸ்வரன் ஞாபகம் எப்பவுமே இருக்க மாட்டேங்கறதே!…” ஸூர்யனுக்கு அக்னியின் நினைவு இல்லையாம்!!

குறை என்று வரும்போது, பெரியவா மாதிரி மஹான்கள் தங்களை முன்னிறுத்தி சொல்லுவார்கள். நம்மை மாதிரி அல்பங்களோ, குறை என்றால் அடுத்தவர்களைத்தான் முன்னிறுத்திச் சொல்லுவோம்.
source::::periva.proboards.com

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Message For The Day…Give God That Heart , as Pure as HE Gave it to You !!!

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Many clamour for the experience of spiritual bliss, but, few earn it, because they find themselves too weak to reject the clamour of the senses! Practice assiduously the larger programme of controlling the senses. A little enquiry will reveal that the senses are bad masters and very inefficient sources of knowledge; the joy they bring is transitory and fraught with grief. So long as one is dominated by sense pleasure, it cannot be said that his spiritual life has begun. For, the senses rush towards the temporary and the tawdry; thus, they foul the heart. God asks from each of you no other gift, no more valuable offering than the heart He has endowed you with. Give God that heart, as pure as when He gave it to you, full of the nectar of love He filled it with. Your devotion to God is best expressed by achieving the control of the senses.

 Sathya Sai Baba

 

Idlis Become IQ Tablets !!!!

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During the pre-Independence days ,a Tamil speaking South indian and a Britisher were travelling by the Howrah Mail from Madras to Calcutta. The train left Central at 8 pm sharp and next morning at 7am it was at Vijayawada. The Britisher had a sumptuous Spencer’s breakfast served by a butler in livery , but the south indian gentleman opened the top box of his 4-compartment steel carriage and ate two idlis. Lunch at Waltair station (as Visakhapatnam was then called), was a heavy meal served to the Britisher by the Railway Dining Room, but the south indian only opened the second box of his tiffin carriage, pulled out 4 idlis and ate them relishingly. The Britisher was curious as to what was happening, but being a Britisher, kept his stiff-upper- lip posture. When the scene repeated during dinner… at Berhampur, the Brit could no longer contain himself, and enquired, ” Sir, what are those white things you have been eating all along? ”

The south indian pax said, ” Sir, these are called IQ tablets. We Tamilians can live on them for days together. ”

Britisher: ” But how do you make them ? “. The south indian pax went into an elaborate description of the raw materials, and processes of making idlis!!!

Britisher : ” Can you please give me a couple?– you need not give them free. I’ll be happy to pay whatever price you quote. ”
The south indian pax thought for a while and said,” Actually I have only three more left for tomorrow morning’s breakfast but since I am going to my relative’s place, I can spare them for you. But they will cost you 10 rupees (a princely sum then) each”.

The Britisher paid up immediately, happy that he was so lucky.
Next morning at Howrah station as they were about to part ways, the Brit asked, ” But tell me sir, are you sure you have told me the entire process without leaving out any details? “. South indian pax said ” Yes, I told you all details”.

Britisher, ” Then why are those damn tablets so costly?”

The south indian pax said, “Remember, I told you those are IQ tablets. You took just 3 last night and already they have started working on you !!!” and walked off through the Exit!

source::::unknown….input fro my friend..
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Better Than Perfect!!!!

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A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. A wonderful time was had by all.

The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true. A few months later, the wife comes to the husband with a proposal: “I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage.” she offered. “Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together.”

The husband agreed, so each of them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other. They thought about this question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with.

The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists. “I’ll start,” offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it enough to fill 3 pages, in fact. As she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husbands eyes. “What’s wrong?” she asked.

“Nothing” the husband replied, “keep reading your lists.” The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands over top of it.

“Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” She said happily.

Quietly the husband stated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the way that you are. I don’t want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn’t want to try and change anything about you.”

The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.

In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them.

We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wondrous things before us?

I believe that WE ARE HAPPIEST WHEN we see and praise the good and try our best to forget the bad. Nobody’s perfect but we can find perfectness in them to change the way we see them.

source::::input from a friend of mine
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தயிர் பாலாக மாறுமா?!!!….கேட்டார் மகாபெரியவர் !!!!!

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வெள்ளைக்காரன் புத்திசாலி!

கல்வித்துறையில் ரொம்ப பெரிய போஸ்டில் இருந்தவர் ஒருவர் மடத்துக்கு அடிக்கடி வருவார்.

ஒருதடவை அப்படி வரும் போது தன்னுடன் இரண்டு வெள்ளைக்காரர்களை அழைத்து வந்தார். வந்தவர், வெறுமனே அவர்களுடன் வரவில்லை, கூடவே “தன்னை நாடி இங்க்லாண்டிலிருந்து மாணவர்கள் வந்திருக்கிறார்கள்!” என்ற பெருமிதம் தலைக்கேற வந்தார்.

பெரியவாளுக்கு நமஸ்காரம் செய்து விட்டு “இவா ரெண்டு பேரும் லண்டன்ல ரிஸர்ச் பண்ணிண்டிருக்கா…. almost எல்லா சப்ஜெக்ட்லேயும் புகுந்து வெளையாடியிருக்கா….பொதுவா இங்க்லீஷ்காராளே ரொம்ப புத்திசாலிகள்! அதுலேயும் இவா ரெண்டு பேரும் ரொம்ப intelligent! பிஹெச்.டி பண்ணியிருக்கா… இங்க்லீஷ்லதான் வர்ஷாவர்ஷம் புதுசுபுதுசா வார்த்தைகள் சேர்ந்துண்டே போறதே! புது scientific வோர்ட்ஸ் நெறைய கண்டு பிடிச்சிருக்கா. அதான், அந்த பாஷை தேங்கிப் போய் பாஸி பிடிக்காம pureஆ இருந்துண்டு இருக்கு…”

இங்க்லிஷுக்கு ஒரு ஸ்தோத்ரமே பண்ணிவிட்டார் !

யார் முன்னால் பேசினாலும் டம்பம் இல்லாமல் அடக்கமாகப் பேசவேண்டும். அதுவும் ஞானக்கடலான பெரியவா மாதிரி மஹான்கள் முன்னால், தெரிந்தாலும் பேசாமல் அடக்கமாக இருப்பதுதான் சிறப்பு.

தலைகால் தெரியாமல் அதிகம் பேசுவது நம்முடைய மடமை. ஏனென்றால் யார் முன் பேசுகிறோம்! ஒரு வழியாக அவர் மூச்சு விட சற்று நிறுத்தியதும், ஞான சாகரத்திலிருந்து ஒரு துளி வெளியே வந்து விழுந்து அங்கிருந்தோரைத் திணற அடித்தது.

“ஆமாமா….இங்க்லிஷ்காரன் ரொம்…ப புத்திசாலிதான்! நாம என்ன பண்றோம்? பாலைத் தயிரா ஆக்கறோம். அது ஸ்வபாவமா நடக்கறது. ஆனா, தயிரைப் பாலா மாத்தறதில்லே; ஏன்னா…..அது முடியாத விஷயம்.

அதுனாலதான் அக்ஞானிகளான நாம, அந்த மாதிரில்லாம் முயற்சி பண்றதில்லை. ஆனா, இங்க்லிஷ்காரன் புத்திசாலியோன்னோ…. “இதோ, தயிரைப் பாலாக்கி காட்டறேன்”..னான்! Butter Milk ன்னு ஒரு வார்த்தையை கண்டுபிடிச்சுட்டான்! பாத்தியா! எவ்ளோ..வ் சுலபமா butterஐ மில்க் ஆக்கிட்டான்!

நாம என்னவோ அதை “மோர்”ன்னு சொல்றோம்; milk ன்னு சொல்றதில்லே”…. புன்சிரிப்புடன் பெரியவா சொன்னதும் கல்வித்துறையின் முகத்தில் ஈயாடவில்லை. சுற்றி இருந்தவர்கள் இந்த விளக்கத்தை கேட்டு, அதிலிருந்த “இதுநாள் வரை காணத் தவறிய” உண்மையை உணர்ந்து புன்னகைத்தனர்.

அந்த வெள்ளைக்கார மாணவர்களோ, பெரியவா சொன்னதை மொழி பெயர்த்து கேட்ட பின்,

“Oh ! My God ! It is not a butter research; but a better research!!!!!என்று ஆச்சர்யப்பட்டு மிகவும் ரசித்தார்கள்….

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God Has His Own Plans !!!!

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Once there was a sweeper in a temple. Being very devoted and sincere, he thought that the lord standing all the time and giving help must be feeling very tired.

So one day very innocently he asked the lord whether he can take his place for a day so that the lord can have some relief and rest.

The deity of the temple replied, “I do not mind taking a break. I will transform you like myself, but you must do one thing.

You must just stand here like me, smile at everyone and just give benedictions. Do not interfere with anything and do not say anything.

Remember you are the deity and you just have faith that I have a master plan for everything.”

The sweeper agreed to this.

The next day the sweeper took the position. First a rich man came and prayed to the lord. offered a small donation and prayed that his business should be prosperous.

While going, the rich man inadvertently left his wallet full of money right there.

Now the sweeper in the form of deity could not call him and so he decided to control himself and keep quiet.

Just then a poor man came and he put one coin in the bowl and said that it was all he could afford and he prayed to the lord that he should continue to be engaged in the lord’s service.

He also said that his family was in dire need of some basic needs but he left it to the good hands of the lord to give some solution.

When he opened his eyes, he saw the wallet left by the rich man.

The poor man thanked the lord for his kindness and took the wallet very innocently.

The sweeper in the form of the deity could not say anything and he had to just keep smiling.

At that point a sailor walked in. He prayed for his safe journey as he was going on a long trip.

Just then the rich man came with the police and said that somebody has stolen his wallet and seeing the sailor there, he asked the police to arrest him thinking that he might have taken it.

Now the sweeper in the form of deity wanted to say that the sailor is not the thief but he could not say so and he became greatly frustrated.

The sailor looked at the lord and asked why he, an innocent person, is being punished.

The rich man looked at the lord and thanked Him for finding the thief.

The sweeper in the deity form could no more tolerate it, and he thought that even if the real lord had been here, he would have definitely interfered, and hence he started speaking and said that the sailor is not the thief but it was the poor man who took away the wallet. The rich man was very thankful as was the sailor.

In the night, the real lord came and He asked the sweeper how the day was.

The sweeper said, “I thought it would be easy, but now I know that Your days are not easy, but I did one good thing.”

Then he explained the whole episode to the lord.

The lord became very upset on hearing this whereas the sweeper thought the lord would appreciate him for the good deed done.

The lord asked, “Why did you not just stick to the plan? You had no faith in Me. Do you think that I do not understand the hearts of all those who come here?

All the donations which the rich man gave was all stolen money and it is only a fraction of what he really has and he wants me to reciprocate unlimitedly.

The single coin offered by the poor man was the last coin he had and he gave it to me out of faith.

The sailor was to die because of bad weather but if he would’ve been arrested and in the jail, he would have been saved from a greater calamity.

I intended the wallet should go to the poor man because he will use it in my service.

I was going to reduce the rich man’s karma also by doing this and save the sailor also.

But you cancelled everything because you made your own plans.”

Moral — God has plans and justice for everyone….we just have to have patience!

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Natarajan