Divine Discourse

As I  write this post, I am viewing a divine discourse on Hanumaan Chaaleesaa by Pundit Vijay Shankar Mehthaaji on Sanskaar TV Channel. He explained the relevance and significance of Hanumaan Chaaleesaa. He explained that when parents give any thing to their children, it is important to give  what they need inside than what they need outside. He said in Hindi "Bacchon me kyaa dethe hain" is more important than "Bacchon ko kyaa dethe hain".  

I think that today's parents need to take his advice seriously and implement it.

Jai Shree Raam🙏

Jai Shree Krishnaa🙏

Shree Raam Fest

Today is a very auspicious day in the Hindu Calender. It is the anniversary of the day on which Shree Mahaa Vishnu incarnated as Lord Shree Raam. According to our Uttaraadi Mutt, Shree Raam took birth as son of King Dasarathaa and Queen Kaushalyaa in Ayodhyaa 8 lakhs and 64 thousand years ago.  Lord Shree Raam's birth anniversary is celeberated as Shree Raama Navami every year.

Shree Raam with his parents King Dasarathaa and Queen Kaushalyaa

Being Friday, today is very auspicious as Shree Mahaa Lakshmi, wife of Shree Mahaa Vishnu, is the Presiding Deity of Fridays.

Shree Mahaa Vishnu and His wife Shree Mahaa Lakshmi 

Today is also auspicious as the anniversary of the day on which Shree Kavindra Theertha attained the Lotus Feet of Lord Shree Krishna.

Arjuna worshipping Lord Shree Krishna incarnation of Shree Mahaa Vishnu 

Hare Raama Hare Raama 

Raama Raama Hare Hare 

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare 

Let us go on a virtual pilgrimage to have dharshan of Lord Shree Raam and partticipate at  Shree Raam Navami celebration at Shree Raam Mandir in Ayodhyaa. 

Jai Shree Krishnaa🙏

Jai Shree Raam🙏

Bhavaani Jayanthi

Today is an auspicious day in the Hindu Calender. It is the birth anniversary of Bhavaani, a manifestation of Paarvathi, wife of Lord Shree Rudra.

Shree Rudraa (Shree Shivaa) with Shree Paarvathi.

Lord Shree Rudraa and Shree Paarvathi are known as great devotees of Shree Mahaa Vishnu.

Krishnam Vande Jagad Gurum 🙏.

Maadhwa Saint

Today is auspicious in the Maadhwaa calender. It is the anniversary of the day on which Shree Sathyadhaana Theerthaa attained the Lotus Feet of Lord Shree Krishnaa.

Krishnam Vande Jagad Gurum🙏

Faithful dog: His Master's Voice

When was studying in high school, our English language textbooks contained many stories from abroad. One was about Hachiko, a dog in Shibuya near Tokyo in Japan. This dog was pet of a local person. This person used to travel to Tokyo for work daily. Hachiko used to see him off at Shibuya Railway Station when he left for work and receive him when he returned to Shibuya every day. On one day, he didn't return. Hachiko waited long after this, and passed away. 

As a gesture of respect, local people constructed a statue of this faithful dog in front of Shibuya Station.

Faithfulness of dogs is well known. Decades ago, there was a Gramophone Records Company (in New Jersey, USA) that made the painting of Nipper, a dog, listening to it's master, globally popular and coined 'His Master's Voice'.

Gramophone label

I was surprised to find Nachiko featured in this evening's episode of  'Dive in Tokyo'.

Nachiko

Tasty Tofu

Like chapathi in North India and dosa in South India, Tofu is very popular in Japan. Like chapathi or dosa, tofu is made in different forms in the country. This evening I had the small pleasure of viewing an episode of  'Seasoning the Seasons', a documentary on NHK WORLD JAPAN TV Channel. It is a custom among devotees to offer tofu to Bhudhdhaa in shrines in Japan.

Let me share the episodes here.

Sayanoraa.

World Water Day

Today is International Water Day. It is a well known fact that we abuse, waste and pollute water in different ways to fulfil our self centred needs. In my earlier posts I have described how self centered and greedy rogue business people drained ground water by using powerful machines to construct an apartment complex adjacent to the complex in which I resided. 

Like we do in our Indian culture, people in many cultures respect rivers and oceans. Unfortunately this respect is gradually and drastically decreasing.

It is high time that individuals, communities and Governments act to protect natural water resources.

Many years ago:

Today:

Shree Mahaa Vishnu Fest

Today is a very auspicious in the Hindu Calender. It is the anniversary of the day on which Shree Mahaa Vishnu incarnated as Divine Fish trillions of years ago.

Jai Shree Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏

Workplace pressure

This morning I  was viewing Money Mind on CNA TV Channel. It featured workplace toxicity and burnout in today's context. In spite of advances in Technology, workplace pressure is some thing that many employees are subjected too. I was no exception. I remember how except when working in PREPARE (A Chennai based NGO), Poorna Prajna High School, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Government of Cambodia, I  was subjected to unethical employer pressure leading to my resignation from the posts held by me.

I think that such TV Programs should be viewed and concepts implimented by employers and employees alike.

Modernity with traditional roots

Youngsters often think that being modern means abandoning our age old culture and traditions. This happened even in my college days during the late '60s.

I came across a very interesting and educative serial on DD National Channel. I think that the series is based on Shree Raama Charitha Maanas. It was nice to see Shree Raghavaachaareejee Maharaaj in the series. I tried to provide a link to the episode, but in vain.

Shree Raam's life history is very spiritual and educative.

Jai Shree Raam🙏