Quote of the week:
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Suththaari vaesivamen ruraithaar maeloar;
suththamannum sivamenrae yuraikkum vaedham;
viththaganaan gurusivamen ruraithaar maeloar;
viththaiyilaap pulaiyanumag thennum vaedham
piththarae anaithuyirun kadavu lendru
paesuvadhu meyyaanaar pendi rendrum
niththanuma tharukinilae kuzhandhai yenrum
nirpanavun dheivamanroa, nigazhthu veerae.
- Bharathiar
[Suththa - Pure; arivae - Knowledge; sivam - God/Infinte/Supreme
Being; enruraithaar - said so; maeloar - wise men; mann - land; vaedham
- scriptures; viththagan - expert; guru - teacher; viththai - skill;
ilaa - without; pulaiyan - fool; aghthenunnum - so also; piththar -
fool; anaithu - all; uyir - life; kadavul - God; paesu - talk; mey -
true; pendir - women; niththam - daily; numathu - your; arukinil -
nearby; kuzhandhai - child; nirpana - stands]
[Wise men said that Pure Knowledge is God. The scriputres say Land
is God. Also, knowledgeable people say teacher is God. Vedas also say
that God exists even in a fool. O! Fools!! If it is true that everything
is God, aren't women and the children near you are also
God ? ]
Kural of the week:
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Thunbam uravarinun seiga thunivaatri
inbam payakkum vinai.
[Thunbam - trouble/pain; ura - to face; varinum - to get; seiga -
do; thuniv(u) - boldness; aatri - to act; inbam - happiness; payakkum -
yields; vinai - action]
[Even if you happen to face troubles/pain in doing any thing, do it
with a strong determination, if it can bring happiness in the end.]
The Mind of No-Mind:
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"A mind unconscious of itself is a mind that is not at all
disturbed by affects of any kind. It is the original mind and not the
delusive one that is chock-full of affects. It is always flowing, it
never halts, nor does it turn into a solid. As it has no discrimination
to make, no affective perference to follow, it fills the whole body,
pervading every part of the body, and nowhere standing still. It is
never like a stone or a piece of wood. It feels, it moves, it is never
at rest.
When 'no-thought' state is attained, the mind moves from one
object to another, flowing like a stream of water, filling every
possible corner. For this reason the mind fulfills every function
required of it. But when the flowing is stopped at one point, all the
other points will get nothing of it, and the result will be a general
stiffnes and obduracy. The wheel revolves when it is not too tightly
attached to the axle. When it is too tight, it will never move on. If
the mind has something in it, it stops functioning, it cannot hear, it
cannot see, even when a sound enters the ears or a light flashes before
the eyes. To have something in mind means that it is preoccupied and
has no time for anything else. But to attempt to remove the thought
already in it is to refill with another something. The task is endless.
It is best, therefore, not to harbor anything in the mind from the
start. This may be difficult, but when you go on excercising toward the
subject, you will after sometime come to find this state of mind
actualized without noticing each step of progress.
To think that I am not going
To think of you any more
Is still thinking of you.
Let me then try not to think
That I am not going to think of you. "
- D.T. Suzuki, in Zen and
Japanese Culture.
Site of the week:
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Udhavum Karangal - Helping hands.
Whose hands ??? Yours or mine or their's ?
It is 'OURS' - EVERYONE's hands.
Not every child is fortunate enough to be warm, safe and secure.
Not every child has access to food, clothing and shelter or to love and
affection.
Visit to find - how you - everyone - can make a difference to help
the needy children.
Celebrate wonderful events in your life with a 'difference'.
http://ccrc.wustl.edu/~hari/uk/
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Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
- Robert H. Schuller
The writings and the translations were made with the little knowledge, I had then and hence may not be exact.
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