Thou hast made me known to friends whom I knew not.
Thou hast given me seats in homes not my own.
Thou hast brought the distant near and made a brother of the stranger.
I am uneasy at heart when I have to leave my accustomed shelter;
I forget that there abides the old in the new,
and that there also thou abidest.
Through birth and death, in this world or in others,
wherever thou leadest me it is thou, the same,
the one companion of my endless life
who ever linkest my heart with bonds of joy to the unfamiliar.
When one knows thee, then alien there is none, then no door is shut.
Oh, grant me my prayer that I may never lose
the bliss of the touch of the one
in the play of many.
By RabindraNath Tagore
The song below was one of the daily prayers of Mahatma Gandhi:
Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye je [One who is a vaishnav] Peed paraayi jaane re [feels and understands the pain of others] Par-dukhkhe upkaar kare toye [Does good to others, especially to those who are in misery] Man abhimaan na aane re [Does not let pride enter his mind] Vaishnav...
Sakal lok maan sahune vande [A Vaishnav, honours and praises the the entire world] Nindaa na kare keni re
[Does not criticize or say bad things about anyone] Vaach kaachh man nishchal raakhe [Keeps his/her words, actions and thoughts pure] Dhan-dhan janani teni re [O Vaishnav, your mother is blessed (dhanya-dhanya)]
Vaishnav...
Sam-drishti ne trishna tyaagi
[A Vaishnav sees everything and everyone equally, rejects greed and avarice] Par-stree jene maat re [Respects women especially some one else's wife as his mother] Jivha thaki asatya na bole [His toungue may get tired, but will never speak lies] Par-dhan nav jhaalee haath re [He does not even touch someone else's property] Vaishnav...
Moh-maaya vyaape nahi jene
[A Vaishnav does not succumb to worldly attachments] Dridh vairaagya jena man maan re [Who has devoted himself to staunch detachment from worldly pleasures] Ram naam shoon taali laagi [Who has been addicted to the elixir of the name of God] Sakal tirath tena tan maan re [For whom all the sacred places of pilgrimage are in the mind] Vaishnav...
Van-lobhi ne kapat-rahit chhe
[Who has no greed and is not deceitful] Kaam-krodh nivaarya re [Who has renounced lust and anger] Bhane Narsaiyyo tenun darshan karta [The poet Narsi would like to see such a person] Kul ekoter taarya re [By whose virtue, his/her entire family gets salvation] Vaishnav...
By Narsi Mehta
Vaishnava literally means one who worships Vishnu/God. But it should be noted that the word Vaishnava really stands for a person who has the qualities of an ideal human being...
I see all events in my life as Blessings..Blessings & opportunities to learn to Love God..
What Gives Me Hope
the fact that there are still good people on this planet..
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by
I would strive hard to remove inequality between the rich and the poor and would make sure that everybody enjoys equal rights and gets equal benefits in all spheres of life..
Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.
Bhagawad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 66
One should not think, 'My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.' God can be realized by means of all paths. It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite the opinions~Sri Ramakrishna
God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole~Sri Ramakrishna
I had to practise each religion for a time — Hinduism, Islam, Christianity. Furthermore, I followed the paths of the Saktas, Vaishnavas, and Vedantists. I realized that there is only one God toward whom all are travelling; but the paths are different~Sri Ramakrishna
Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully. So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts receive and reflect that light well~Sri RamaKrishna
Arise, Awake And Stop Not Till The Goal Is Reached-Swami Vivekananda
Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. ~Sri Aurobindo