use of force or even violence to maintain order
लोकयात्रार्थमेवेह धर्मप्रवचनं कृतम्।अहिंसासाधुहिंसेति श्रेयान् धर्मपरिग्रहः॥महाभारते शान्ति पर्वणि १५-४९lokayātrārthameveha dharmapravacanaṁ kṛtam|ahiṁsāsādhuhiṁseti śreyān...
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आयुषः क्षण एकोऽपि सर्वरत्नैर्न लभ्यते।नीयते तद् वृथा येन प्रमादः सुमहानहो॥योगवासिष्ठे ६-३०-१७५-७८āyuṣaḥ kṣaṇa eko'pi sarvaratnairna labhyate|nīyate tad vṛthā yena pramādaḥ sumahānaho||yogavāsiṣṭhe...
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जन्मानेकशतैः सदादरयुजा भक्त्या समाराधितोभक्तैर्वैदिकलक्षणेन विधिना सन्तुष्ट ईशः स्वयम् ।साक्षात् श्रीगुरुरूपमेत्य कृपया दृग्गोचरः सन् प्रभुःतत्त्वं साधु विबोध्य तारयति तान्...
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गुणदोषावनिश्चित्य विधिनं ग्रहनिग्रहे।स्वनाशाय यथा न्यस्तो दर्पात् सर्पमुखे करः॥नारायनपण्डितस्य हितोपदेशे॥guṇadoṣāvaniścitya vidhinaṁ grahanigrahe|svanāśāya yathā nyasto darpāt sarpamukhe...
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मुखं पद्मदलाकारं वाणी चन्दनशीतला।हृदयं कर्तरी संयुक्तं त्रिविधं धूर्तलक्षणम्॥।चाणक्यनीत्याम्॥mukhaṁ padmadalākāraṁ vāṇī candanaśītalā|hṛdayaṁ kartarī saṁyuktaṁ trividhaṁ...
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नोच्चार्थो विफलोऽपि दूषणपदं दूष्यः तु कामो लघु॥noccārtho viphalo'pi dūṣaṇapadaṁ dūṣyaḥ tu kāmo laghu||Very tall aims and targets intended for great achievements, even if such targets fall off the mark...
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In one of my posts, I happened to quote something from Bible with great appreciation and approval..Some well meaning friend made the following remarkby quoting Christ while being a Hindu you stand a...
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Dharmam is actually a broad set of rules and practices.. based on fairness, goodness, benefit of all and such lofty goals.But in every social transaction, the same incident is likely to bring about...
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My message to a friend, who seemed slightly disturbed._____________________________________________"I can say only one thing..Trust in God..Have absolute faith in HimPlease invoke the names and...
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No one is born perfect..No one is going to die as perfect either..But that does not entitle anyone to flaunt his imperfections as virtues..Our lives would be worthy only if we try with some earnestness...
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Ramayana by Valmiki..is a mixture of facts and fiction and not necessarily historical narrative.And poetry everywhere, in addition to beautiful language and imagery , contained speculations...
View ArticleLakshmana the Jitendriya
Lakshmana the Jitendriya--------------------------------------A sloka in Ramayana which is quoted very often underlying the greatness of Lakshmana isनाहं जानामि केयूरे नाहं जानामि कुण्डलेनूपुरे...
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Indeed, everyone has to leave..That everyone includes this persons who posts this tooNo prayers, no entreaties, no bribes, no inducements can either persuade or enable even the controller of death.. to...
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निन्दां यः कुरुते साधोः तथा स्वं दूषयत्यसौ।खे भूतिं यः क्षिपेदुच्चैः मूर्ध्नि तस्यैव सा पतेत्॥दृष्टान्तकलिकशतकम्॥nindāṁ yaḥ kurute sādhoḥ tathā svaṁ dūṣayatyasau|khe bhūtiṁ yaḥ kṣipeduccaiḥ mūrdhni...
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ग्रहाणां चलितं स्वप्नो अनिमित्तान्युपयाचितम्।फलन्ति काकतालीयं तेभ्यः प्राज्ञो न बिभ्यति॥grahāṇāṁ calitaṁ svapno animittānyupayācitam|phalanti kākatālīyaṁ tebhyaḥ prājño na bibhyati||from the Drama...
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Vaanaprastam does not really mean adjourning to forest and living there..It only defines a stage in life where a person who has lived off his prime of youth and early middle age.. and has sired the...
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कुसुमस्तबकस्येव द्वयी वृत्तिर्मनीषिणः।मूर्ध्नि वा सर्वलोकस्य शीर्यते वने एव वा॥भर्तृहरेः नीतिशतके॥kusumastabakasyeva dvayī vṛttirmanīṣiṇaḥ|mūrdhni vā sarvalokasya śīryate vane eva vā||bhartṛhareḥ...
View Articleif you grow, you face challenges too..
If someone faces challenges and adversities in life, he should realize that he is growing..If he is stagnant no one would really care enough even to notice himA subhashitam from Nityaneeti underlines...
View ArticleStudy and acquisition of Knowledge.. curriculum as per Indian traditions.
Study and acquisition of Knowledge.. curriculum as per Indian traditions.अङ्गानि वेदाश्चत्वात्रो मीमांसा न्यायविस्त्ररः।पुराणं धर्मशास्त्रं च विद्याः हि एताह् चतुर्दश॥मनुस्मृतौ पराशरस्मृतौ महाभारते...
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A point which I remind myself is that if the presence of that Supreme Being... God or Krishna or Christ or Allah could be felt when some thought about Him comes to mind.. and in spite of all turbidity...
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