Today is a very auspicious in the Sanaathana Dharmaa Calender. This day is celeberated as Guru poornimaa.
Today is also auspicious as the anniversary of the day on which Shree Sathyasankalpa Theerthaa attained the lotus feet of Lord Shree Krishna.
According to an authentic report and from our personal experiences, we find very hot climate currently. I am 74 years old. I have usually seen rainy season beginning in June itself. But this year, although 3 weeks have gone by after June ended, we have not had any significant rains.
According to our revered Sacred Sanaathana Dharmaa Scriptures, rainy season begins somewhere around this time every year. In sanskrit, the four months long rainy season is known as Chaathur maasya. This year, there is no trace of rain still.
Thus our climate stands unstable the cause of which is obvious human self centered atrocities such as carbon emission, deforestation etc. In spite of frequent multinational climate conferences, no significant steps seem to be taking place to fix the problem.
It looks like we are forcing our climate to stand on a tightrope.
I think that our Governments are not taking practically possible steps on this issue.
This morning I read a very meaningful article. It presented the real picture of how most of our children and many adults behave in our own country and abroad.
It is very common for many people to cough without closing their mouth at the dining table and not to wash the wash basin after mouth wash. For this reason, I avoid using restaurants. If there is no alternative, I look for a dining table with empty chairs. After sitting in the chair and placing order for some item, as I begin eating, some one occupies the chair opposite to that of mine and coughs loudly without closing his/her mouth or not turning his/her face away from the table. I have experienced this many times in restaurants and a few times at the restaurant near my current residence. Such things have happened only when our own Indians share dining tables. I have never come across such odd behaviour in westerners. I think that our fellow Indians should learn table manners from westerners although table manners are very clearly explained in detail in our respected Sanaathana Dharmaa Scriptures.
In one of my previous posts, I have mentioned about very well behaved children of an Indian couple at restaurant in Phnom Penh when I was having my lunch. I congratulated the couple and their two sons for the good behaviour of their children and for their role as effective parents. When I asked the gentlman where he worked, he said that he was Indian ambassador to Cambodia. He thanked me and said that I was very welcome to the embassy. His simplicity was exemplary. He said that he was from West Bengal and his wife, from Kerala. I think that all parents of today's children and youth should learn a lot from this couple.
It was joy listening to respected Shree Chinmayaanandh Baapujee's divine discourse on Shreemadh Bhaagavath Kathaa on Aashthaa TV Channel this evening.
He explained the meeting of our mother earth and Dharma (Righteousness) and their conversation as heard by King Pareekshith.
The trilateral conversation is respected to contain deeply significant aspects of spirituality such as human sin and it's causes, need for physical and mental control etc.
It was joy viewing Shree Raam Kathaa by respected Morari Bapujee this morning. He gave the discourse from Kericho, Kenya. Besides explaing about Lord Shree Mahaa Vishnu's incarnation Lord Shree Raam's life history on our planet, he mentioned the importance of Guru in our aadhmic journey.
A few years back I read a well written article on disappearance of sparrows from our concrete jungles which we call 'cities'. Every resident in our cities know this odd reality and how human self centered desires causes this extinction.
Half an hour back I heard a delightful sound of a sparrow at one of the windows in my house. I tried to catch it in my camera without disturbing the tiny bird. Thank God, I succeeded in my attempt. Following is a photo of the sparrow:
It is well known that sparrows possess enormous skill in constructing good looking and effective nests as shown in the following photo:
There is a popular story about sparrows in Panchathanthraa, a children's story book. This story mentions a sparrow and the theory of karma as mentioned in our Sanaathana Dharmaa. Let me share the story here.
Krishnam Vande Jagad Gurum🙏
Today is a very auspicious in the Sanaathana Dharmaa (Hindu) Calender. The day marks the beginning of Chaathur maasya vratham.
The Chaathur maasya vratham is explained in detail in this article.
This afternoon as I was browsing through a few online magazines of my choice, I came across a very interesting article. It took me back to my school days. My parents encouraged us to read good books and magazines.
My father used to bring children's books in English as well as in Tamil, two languages in which I was most proficient. (My mother tongue is Marathi but it is significantly different from Marathi that is spoken in Maharashtra. My maternal and paternal ancestors are believed to be descendants of Marathi people who accompanied King Sarfoji when they left Maharashtra and settled down in Thanjavur in Tamilnadu and other places in Southern India. What we speak in our homes is known 'Thanjavur Marathi'). I was regular reader of 'Kannan' , a monthly children's magazine in Tamil and 'Chandamaamaa', a children's magazine in English. Besides, I used to regularly read 'Yoing Folk's League' in The Illustrated Weekly of India, a popular weekly magazine of those years. Whenever we visited our maternal grandfather's house, I used to enjoy reading books in my grandfather's library (a room filled with nicely arranged books in racks). He had a wide variety of good books including ancient Indian classics, books by Bertrand Russel, Leo Tolstoy etc.
My mother used to explain stories such as 'Ugly duckling' written by a British author and was part of our English language textbook. She also taught English Grammar using a graamar book written by Wren and Martin; this book was considered a gold standard in those years.
I remember how I was encouraged to draw pictures and paint them using water colour. I fondly remember my water colour box and the brushes that came with it.
Those were golden years. Thanks to Rajiv Eipe for enabling old guys like me at 70 plus to revisit their boyhood years.
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