ಸ್ಪೂರ್ಥಿಸೆಲೆ 28-Mar-10

ಸುಂದರ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ನೆಗೆಟಿವ್ ಗಳಿಂದ ಡಾರ್ಕ್ ರೂಮಿನಲ್ಲಿ ದೆವೆಲೊಪ್ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ . ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಕತ್ತಲು ಕವಿದಿದೆ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಮುಂದೆ ಸುಂದರ ಚಿತ್ರ ದೆವೆಲೊಪ್ ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದರ್ಥ.

ಸ್ಪೂರ್ಥಿಸೆಲೆ 27-Mar-10

ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ವಯಸ್ಸಾಗುವುದು ವಯಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದಲ್ಲ , ಬದುಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ಸಾಹ ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡಾಗ . ಆಸಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಬೆಳೆಸಿಕೊಂಡರೆ ನಿಮ್ಮೊಳಗೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಲು ವಯಸ್ಸಿಗೂ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ . ಬದುಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ಸಾಹ ಕಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಡಿ, ಅಂದೇ ಮುಪ್ಪು ಆರಂಭ .

ಸ್ಪೂರ್ಥಿಸೆಲೆ 26-Mar-10

ಯಶಸ್ಸಿನತ್ತ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ ಹಿಂದಕ್ಕೆ ನೋಡಬೇಡಿ . ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾದ ಬಳಿಕ ಹಿಂದಕ್ಕೆ ನೋಡಲು ಮರೆಯಬೇಡಿ .

ಸ್ಪೂರ್ಥಿಸೆಲೆ 25-Mar-10

ಸದ್ಗುಣವಿರುವಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ರತೆಯ ಅಭಾವವಾಗಲಿ, ಸವಿ ಮಾತುಗಳ ಅಭಾವವಾಗಲಿ ಇರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ .

Tulasi Worship

Tulsi is a sacred plant which can be found in almost every Hindu's home. Tulsi Pooja (Worship of Tulsi) is observed almost every day.Tulasi is auspicious in all respects. Simply by seeing, simply by touching, simply by remembering, simply by praying to, simply by bowing before, simply by hearing about or simply by sowing this tree, there is always auspiciousness. Anyone who comes in touch with the tulasi tree in the above-mentioned ways lives eternally in the Vaikuntha ವರ್ಲ್ಡ್

Thus an early morning pradakshinam around a tulasi plant(as is our tradition!) is a great boost to one's health.

When picking Tulasi leaves, chant the following mantra:

"tulasy amrta janmasisada tvam kesava-priyakesavartham cinomi tvamvarada bhava ಸೋಭಾನೆ"
"O Tulasi, you were born from nectar. You are always very dear to LordKesava. Now, in order to worship Lord Kesava, I am collecting your leavesand manjaris. Please bestow your benediction on me."

One who worships Lord Krsna daily with Tulasi leaves attains the results ofall kinds of austerity, charity, and sacrifice. In fact, he has no otherduties to perform, and he has realized the essence of the scriptures.One who puts into his mouth or on his head Tulasi leaves that have beenoffered to Lord Krsna attains Lord Krsna's abode. The leaves, flowers, roots, bark, branches, trunk, and shade of Tulasi-deviare all spiritual.

During the circumambulation we are chanting the mantra: "yani kani ca papanibrahma-hatyadikani ca / tani tani pranasyanti pradaksinah pade pade"
Translation: "By the circumambulation of Srimati Tulasi Devi all the sinsthat one may have committed are destroyed at every step, even the sin ofkilling a brahmana."

ಸ್ಪೂರ್ಥಿಸೆಲೆ 23-Mar-10

ನಗು ಮತ್ತು ಮೌನ ಪ್ರಭಾವಿ ಅಸ್ತ್ರ . ನಗು ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಪರಿಹರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಹಾಗು ಮೌನ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

ಸ್ಪೂರ್ಥಿಸೆಲೆ 13-Mar-10

ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯೊಬ್ಬ ಸದಾ ನಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆ ಆತನಿಗೆ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯೇ ಇಲ್ಲ ಎಂದಲ್ಲ . ಆತ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಮೆಟ್ಟಿ ನಿಲ್ಲುವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದಾನೆ ಎಂದರ್ಥ . ನಿಮ್ಮ ನಗುವಿಗೆ ಅಂಥ ಶಕ್ತಿಯಿರಲಿ .

ಸ್ಪೂರ್ಥಿಸೆಲೆ 12-Mar-10

ಕಳೆದು ಹೋದ ನಿನ್ನೆಗಳ ಕುರಿತು ಕೊರಗಬೇಡಿ. ನಾಳೆಗಳು ಬರಬಹುದು . ಆದರೆ ಇಂದು ಇಂದಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ . ಅದನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಡಿ. ಅನುಭವಿಸಿ . ಖುಷಿ ಪಡಿ .

Kunnikkuru/Manchadikkuru

Manjadikuru/ Lucky Red Seeds are found in Krishna temples in Kerala. In fact nowadays, that is the only place we see them. The origin of this practice lies in the folklore of the Guruvayur temple. The temple of Guruvayur houses the deity of Vishnu*, and this particular idol is believed to have been worshipped by Lord Krishna** in ದ್ವಾರಕ.

The story goes thus… a long time ago, there lived a woman in a northern province of Kerala. She was an ardent devotee of Krishna and aspired to someday visit the temple in Guruvayur. She wanted to carry offerings to the temple as most people did but she was too poor to be able to afford anything. But she knew of an old tree that shed beautiful glossy red seeds. Fascinated by their beauty she began to collect them, hoping to one day carry them with her to the temple as a gift to the Lord. One by one she would pick them from the ground, treating each one like a precious gem. Polishing them and keeping them safe from the rain and the dust. In her eyes each of them glowed with warmth and radiance. She eagerly awaited the day when the Lord would see them. Others laughed at her and called her mad to pick the worthless seeds but she continued to do what she believed in.

Over a year the collection was built up and she had a large pouch full of Manjadikuru. Her eyes filled with glee as she held them close to her while she slept at night. Making up her mind to take them to the temple, she set out on a journey. Leaving the safety of her home and her loved ones, she set out on foot towards the temple. Her home was in a hilly province and she had to traverse rivers and deep forests as she moved towards her destination. She met people on the way. Some of them discouraged her. Some of them applauded her. But she didn’t care. Her mind was set on the temple and its deity and with single-minded focus she trudged on. Many people told her “this is not the way” but she followed her instinct and a force within her guided her ahead.

Every morning she would wake up with stiff joints, through the day her body would ache and at night she would collapse on the wayside in a tired stupor. In her mind she was aware that she may never be able to do this again in her life but in her eyes was a dream and on her lips was a smile. Forty four daunting days later, she arrives in the temple city of Guruvayur. Unfamiliar and tired she stumbles through the streets, forcing her body to make the last mile too.

Finally she arrives at the temple portals. She hears people talk amongst themselves about the special day at the temple. Apparently the day was the first of that month and the local ruler or Naduvaazhi would visit the temple on the first of every month. To display his devotion, he would submit an elephant every month as an offering to Krishna. Hearing these tales, the woman carefully makes her way to the inner precincts with her pouch.

The officers of the Naaduvazhi are clearing people from the path to make way for the ruler. In their powerdrunk arrogance and pettiness, they are unable to distinguish between wayfarers and devotees. Mercilessly they insult devotees and trample on children to get them out of their way. The woman tries to balance her pouch of Manjadikuru so that she doesn’t lose them but the officers insult and mock her and physically shove her out of the area. The trumpeting of the Naaduvazhi’s elephant is heard. With a last push from the insolent officers, the woman falls down and the pouch falls open and all the red seeds get scattered all over. A tear from the woman's eye fall on the temple floor.

Immediately the Naaduvazhi’s elephant goes beserk and starts to run amok in the temple. People run for their lives as the mad elephant starts to destroy things within the temple. Unable to control the elephant, the Naaduvazhi prays to Krishna for a solution. A voice is heard from within the temple - “where is my Manjadikuru?” "where is my devotee, who you have insulted and hurt?” "where is my gift that she lovingly put together?”

Realizing their folly, the people apologize to the woman and start to gather the red seeds that are scattered all over. Filling her pouch for her, she is escorted to the sanctum sanctorum with her lucky red seeds. After her submission of the offering, the elephant returns to normal. In memory of that devotee’s offering, even to this day, a big uruli full of Manjadikuru are kept within the temple.

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ಸ್ಪೂರ್ಥಿಸೆಲೆ 11-Mar-10

ಜನರು ನಿಮ್ಮತ್ತ ಎಸೆದ ಕಲ್ಲುಗಳನ್ನೇ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಜೀವನದ ಮೈಲುಗಲ್ಲುಗಳನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿ .

Pure Soul Vs Mind

I have sinned so much in life, i cannot explain and I do not know why Sri Krishna has shown mercy on me and showed me the path to him.
I know I am the pure soul, and I surely am seeing all human beings as pure souls. Everyday after Aarti to Sri Krishna I pray that I do not hurt any pure soul by mind body and speech. When I walking I keep praying to all around me within myself visualising Sri Krishna in thier chest and me prostrating and asking Sri Krishna's blessing, mercy, grace and love. This has worked wonders in a lot of places, in the bus, in the office and home too.
By Body and Speech, i do not hurt at all. If a person hurts me by speech, I usually understand that this is my accounts that are being cleared from my previous lives. I smile (within) and pray to the pure soul within the person and pray he gets peace, and beg forgivance in my mind from the pure soul within that person, that I have been a tool for agitating his mind has actually hurt him\her in some way.
I also know that I am not my mind. Sometimes my mind shows me that " This person is hurting you, give him back shout at him". Then I within tell myself to my mind "I know you are doing your duty of showing me what to do, but I am pure soul and the other person is also pure soul" and so on. And the mind stops agitating me. It again starts and then I convince it. Sometimes I see the mind giving the thoughts and then i smile and I do not get dragged into it and keep smiling, that the mind is just doing its duty.
Now my question is: because of the above way of living, it has helped me in office and home and everywhere. But sometimes things like when people use me too much for I know this is also one more thought by the mind telling me that people are using me and so on. I am already sure, we are all here only to serve Sri KRishna and we need to reach him. By agitating anyone, will only create a barrier in our life towards Sri KRishna.

ಸ್ಪೂರ್ಥಿಸೆಲೆ 8-Mar-10

ಕಠಿಣ ಪರಿಶ್ರಮ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲುಗಳಿದ್ದಂತೆ . ಲಿಫ್ಟ್ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಲಕ್ ಇದ್ದಂತೆ . ಲಿಫ್ಟ್ ಕೈ ಕೊಡಬಹುದು . ಆದರೆ ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲುಗಳು ಹಾಗಲ್ಲ . ಪರಿಶ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ನಂಬಿಕೆಯಿರಲಿ.

ಸ್ಪೂರ್ಥಿಸೆಲೆ 6-Mar-10

ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯಾಗಿರಲು ಈ ೨ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳು ಮುಖ್ಯ . ಬೇರೆಯವರಿಂದ ಏನನ್ನು ನೀರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಬೇಡಿ ಹಾಗು ಬೇರೆಯವರ ಜತೆ ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಹೋಲಿಸಬೇಡಿ

ಸ್ಪೂರ್ಥಿಸೆಲೆ 5-Mar-10

ನಿಮಗೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಬೂಟಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಕೊರಗಬೇಡಿ , ಕಾಲೇ ಇಲ್ಲದವರನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ಸಮಾಧಾನ ಪಟ್ಟುಕೊಳ್ಳಿ. ಪ್ರತಿ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗೂ ಸಿದ್ಧ ಪರಿಹಾರ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ .

ಸ್ಪೂರ್ಥಿಸೆಲೆ 5-Mar-10

ಗೆಳೆಯರ ನಗುವನ್ನು ನೋಡುವುದು ತುಂಬಾ ಸಂತೋಷದ ಸಂಗತಿ . ಆದರೆ ಆ ಸಂತೋಷ ಇಮ್ಮಡಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದರೆ ಆ ನಗುವಿಗೆ ತಾನೇ ಕಾರಣನಾಗಬೇಕು.