Showing posts with label Hinduism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hinduism. Show all posts

Friday, May 16, 2008

निर्वाणाष्टकम् : आदि शंकराचार्य

मनो-बुध्दयहंकार-चित्तानिनाहं, न च श्रोत्रजिह्वे न च घ्राणनेत्रे।
न वै व्योम भूमिर्न तेजो न वायुः, चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोहं शिवोहम्।।

Mano budhyahankara chithaa ninaham, Na cha srothra jihwe na cha graana nethrer !

Na cha vyoma bhoomir na thejo na vayu, Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham!!

Translation:

Neither am I mind, nor intelligence ,Nor ego, nor thought,Nor am I ears or the tongue or the nose or the eyes,Nor am I earth or sky or air or the light,I am Shiva, I am Shiva, of nature knowledge and bliss.


न वै प्राणसंज्ञा न वै पंचवायुः, न वा सप्तधातुर्न वा पंचकोषः
न वाक्पाणि पादौ न चोपस्थ-पायुः, चिदानन्दरूपःशिवोहं शिवोहम्।।

Na cha praana sangno na vai pancha vaayuh, Na vaa saptha dhathur na va pancha kosa !

Na vak pani padam na chopastha payu,Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham !!

Translation:

Neither am I the movement due to life,Nor am I the five airs, nor am I the seven elements,Nor am I the five internal organs,Nor am I voice or hands or feet or other organs,I am Shiva, I am Shiva, of nature knowledge and bliss.


न मे रागद्वेषौ, न मे लोभमोहौ, मदो नैव मे नैव मात्सर्यभावः।
न धर्मों, न चार्थो न कामो न मोक्षः, चिदानन्दरूपःशिवोहं शिवोहम्।।

Na me dwesha raghou na me lobha mohou, Madho naiva me naiva matsarya bhava !

Na dharmo na cha artha na kamo na moksha,Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham !!

Translation:

I never do have enmity or friendship,Neither do I have vigour nor feeling of competition,Neither do I have assets, or money or passion or salvation,I am Shiva, I am Shiva, of nature knowledge and bliss.


न पुण्यं न पापं न सौख्यं न दुःखं, न मंत्रो न तीर्थो न वेदा न यज्ञाः।
अहं भोजनम् नैव भोज्यं न भोक्ता,चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोहं शिवोहम्।।

Na punyam na paapam na soukhyam na dukham, Na manthro na theertham na veda na yagna!

Aham bhojanam naiva bhojyam na bhoktha,Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham !!

Translation:

Never do I have good deeds or sins or pleasure or sorrow,Neither do I have holy chants or holy water or holy books or fire sacrifice,I am neither food or the consumer who consumes food,I am Shiva, I am Shiva, of nature knowledge and bliss.


न मृत्युर्न शंका न मे जातिभेदः, पिता नैव मे नैव माता न जन्म।
न बन्धुर्न मित्रं गुरुनैव शिष्यः, चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोहं शिवोहम्।।

Na mruthyur na sankha na me jathi bhedha, Pitha naiva me naiva matha na janma !

Na bhandhur na mithram gurur naiva sishyah,Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham !!

Translation:

I do not have death or doubts or distinction of caste,I do not have either father or mother or even birth,And I do not have relations or friends or teacher or students,I am Shiva, I am Shiva, of nature knowledge and bliss.


अहं निर्विकल्पो निराकार-रूपो, विभुत्वाच्च सर्वत्र सर्वेन्द्रियाणाम्।
न चासंगतं नैव मुक्तिर्न बन्धःचिदानन्दरूपः शिवोहं शिवोहम्।।

Aham nirvi kalpo nirakara roopo,Vibhuthwascha sarvathra sarvendriyanaam !

Na chaa sangatham naiva mukthir na meyahChidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham !!

Translation:

I am one without doubts , I am without form,Due to knowledge I do not have any relation with my organs,And I am always redeemed,I am Shiva, I am Shiva, of nature knowledge and bliss.

( Translation Courtsy: http://www.sankaracharya.org/nirvana_shatkam.php )

Another Simple Translation Which I liked:

I am neither the body, nor taste, smell or sight ,

Neither ears, nose or tongue, nor the ego or mind !

Neither ether nor water, nor earth, fire or air,

I am Consciousness-Bliss, Shivoham, Shivoham !!

Neither loathing nor liking, delusion or greed,

Neither knowledge nor pride, neither merit nor wealth !

Neither pleasure nor pain, doing wrong, doing right,

I am Consciousness-Bliss, Shivoham, Shivoham !!

Neither pilgrimage, mantra, nor worship or prayer,

Neither scriptures nor teachings, devotion or rite !!

Fear of death I have none, what I am has no birth,

I am Consciousness-Bliss, Shivoham, Shivoham !!

Neither mother nor father, nor friends are my own,

Neither brother nor sister, nor husband or wife !

Nor disciple, nor guru, religion or caste ,

I am Consciousness-Bliss, Shivoham, Shivoham !!

What I am has no form, All-pervading I am,

Everywhere I exist, beyond senses I am !

I am Nameless and Boundless, Unmoved and Unknown,

I am Consciousness-Bliss, Shivoham, Shivoham!!

(Translation Courtsey : http://allpoetry.com/poem/4086543 )

Saturday, March 01, 2008

The Ultimate Reality, The Supreme Truth: What All Religions Say About It

Why are we born?? I often wondered on this question. This has made me thinking most of the times. I am sure most of us think about it at one point of time in our life. Those who think a lot .. go on the eternal quest for finding the truth, or their real self.


I have studied or u can say read all of major religion's prominent books. The word Religion is made up of two Latin words.. which actually means "to join back". To join back where you originally belong to that is your natural state of being. I studied this all because I wanted to compare them with Sanatan Dharma or eternal religion that is hinduism. As I read and heard lots of propaganda against Hinduism. I find some interesting readings in all books, which people of different religion claim that belong to god or they are words of god.
Hinduism (including Buddhism and Jainism) defers in some fundamental ways to all other religions. I should not say its different since hinduism believes in all ways which lead to God or ultimate reality as truth. So it would be like other religions have taken a particular path to reach the same destination, which is fine from hinduism's perspective until you start forcing others to walk the same path. Hinduism doesnt exclude any form or way of worshiping the supreme.


Major semitic religions like Christianity, Judaism and Islam believe in having special chosen people of God, to only whom God is going to reveal the truth, even if they are some killers or persons who commit some wrong. Their sins are forgiven since they happen to be christians or muslims. Christianity is based on single one concept that we are born sinners and our sins can only be washed away if we follow Jesus otherwise we have to remain in hell until the day of judgement. Same with Islam, Quran even says that those who doesnt believe in Allaha, allaha himself has sealed their hearts and folks , If Allaha has already sealed hearts of kafirs and doest reveal himself to them than whose fault it is?? Is it kafir's fault or Allaha's who has sealed the poor fellow's heart. Well I dont want to criticize the bad in all but celebrate the good what these religions taught.


I will leave the judgment for you guys to make. Learn and decide whats right for u. Hinduism does exactly that. It just frees your mind from all dogmas and u become the ultimate decider of ur destiny. Hindusim doesnt believe in the thing that u r a born sinner neither it believes in having chosen people of God. It does believe in Karma Philosophy which says that if you have done bad or good Karma in your past life than they will certainly cast that shadow on your present life. Your current life is in your hand. Its for you to decide how to live it. This philosophy explains why some people are in miserable state even though they are doing good in present life or in good living condition even they are bad people. It believes in good of not only humanity but the whole universe. It propounds the philosophy of " Vasudhaiva Kutumbkama" means this whole earth is one family. When you start feeling the whole earth as ur family thn u will no longer be divided on basis of religion, caste, creed, richness or poorness.


Rig Veda declares that its " Ekam Sat Vipra Bahuda Vadanti" means the truth is only one and wise people call that truth by different names. So essentially its saying The Ishwar of hinduism, Allaha of Islam, Jevoh of Judaism or God of christianity are all same on philosophical level. I believe the word Kafir or Infiedel needs some serious redefinition. I think these words essentially means a person who doesnt believe in almighty rather than a person who doesnt believe in allaha or Christian concept of God.


God cant be for chosen people as we all, in fact this all on earth or universe belongs to him. He doesnt discriminate between his creations. The most common misconception about hinduism is Hindus worship of Idol of their Gods and Goddess. But every religion needs some kind of symbolism Like christians needs cross to keep alive memories of christ or muslims needs picture of Macca mosque or moon and star. Symbols are just meant for ur easy memory.


So the idlos are just meant for initial sadhna, where you can concentrate ur mind and start ur journey for higher truths. The ultimate reality or the ultimate goal of any soul is to merge with the supreme or become the supreme itself. But i still have doubts in chosing between three great concepts of hinduism. or indeed they are three different state of any religion which are defined as Dvaita, Vishishth Dvaita and Advaita. Dvaita philosophy means God and other creations are different from each other. Most of the religions are at this level only. These religions are unable to see essential unity of all.


The advaita philosophy means that this whole this is one. God is just a projector of this world. and human souls ultimate aim is to find this reality and become the god himself, since we are part of him only. Well I am still learning lots of things but this argument and Karma philosophy satisfy my mind. For me all religion's have three basic components they are Mythology, Rituals and Philosophy. and they differ basically in Mythology and rituals but the basic philosophy remains same. God is like fire , Some people use the fire for cooking Food, some use it for burning other's home. Its not the fault of the fire its fault of the user who is using it.


But god is beyond all reasons. If you try to find him through ur intellect than i think it will become a little bit difficult. Since God is raining its love and attention every moment. How much big vessel u r having to collect this will decide ur destiny. So open ur heart. Dont become a barrier to urself. Just see a river. It makes to the ultimate ocean in any way unless u start building a dam to stop its flow. Everything natural is what god has been keeping for you. We just have to remove all artificial constructions that we have developed ourselves.. So we are born to know the supreme reality. and sooner we start this better its for us.
May God Direct our Intellect in Right Direction
Take care all

Saturday, October 20, 2007

God and His/Her Plans


Well this is one of the most beautiful message i have received from one of my friend. Go though it and try to submerge urself in beauty of the words... God's Plan..

PLANNING AHEAD The best gift anyone can give me is a planner. I like planners because I am a planner. I like thinking ahead. I like being prepared. I get a high from being on top of things.
But some things are beyond planning. And life doesn't always turn out as planned. You don't plan for a broken heart. You don't plan for a failed business venture. You don't plan for an adulterous husband. Or a wife who wants you out of her life. You don't plan for an autistic child. You don't plan for spinsterhood. You don't plan for a lump in your breast.

You plan to be young forever. You plan to climb the corporate ladder. You plan to be rich and powerful. You plan to be acclaimed and successful. You plan to conquer the univerYou plan to conquer the universe. You plan to fall in love - and be loved forever.

You don't plan to be sad. You don't plan to be hurt. You don't plan to be broke. You don't plan to be betrayed. You don't plan to be alone in this world You plan to be happy. You don't plan to be shattered. Sometimes if you work hard enough, you can get what you want. But most times, what you want and what you get are two different things. We, mortals, plan.

But so does God in the heavens. Sometimes, it is difficult to understand God's plans especially when His plans are not in consonance with ours. Often, when God sends us crisis, we turn to Him in anger. True, we cannot choose the cross that God wishes us to carry, but we can carry that cross with courage knowing that God will never abandon us nor send something we cannot cope with.

Sometimes, God breaks our spirit to save our soul. Sometimes, He breaks our heart to make us whole. Sometimes, God sends us pain so we can be stronger. Sometimes, God sends us failure so we can be humble. Sometimes God sends us illness so we can take better care of ourselves. Sometimes, God takes everything away from us so we can learn the value of everything He gave us. Make plans but understand that we live by God's grace .

Wowwwwwww!!!!!!! Wonderful words... Just remember them..and feel someone somewhere is watching you for your wellbeing.. Its all his work at play.. may he direct ur intellect in right direction.