Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Tiruvalluvar on bringing up children


Tirukkural  by Tiruvalluvar ( a Tamil  poet/writer) was written more than 5000 yrs ago. It's one of th e ancient science on Human behaviour , which has not changed in-spite of modern education  & technology !  .
SOME GOLDEN THOUGHTS OF THIRUKKURAL

1. If your child lies to you often, it is because you over-react too harshly to their inappropriate behaviour.

2. If your child is not taught to confide in you about their mistakes, you've lost them.

3. If your child had poor self-esteem, it is because you advice them more than you encourage them.

4. If your child does not stand up for themselves, it is because from a young age you have disciplined them regularly in public.

5. If your child takes things that do not belong to them, it is because when you buy them things, you don't let them chose what they want.

6. If your child is cowardly, it is because you help them too quickly.

7. If your child does not respect other people's feelings, it is because instead of speaking to your child, you order and command them.

8. If your child is too quick to anger, it is because you give too much attention to misbehaviour and you give little attention to good behaviour.

9. If your child is excessively jealous, it is because you only congratulate them when they successfully complete something and not when they improve at something even if they don't successfully complete it.

10. If your child intentionally disturbs you, it is because you are not physically affectionate enough.

11. If your child is openly defied, it is because you openly threaten to do something but don't follow through.

12. If your child is secretive, it is because they don't trust that you won't blow things out of proportion.

13. If your child talks back to you, it is because they watch you do it to others and think its normal behaviour.

14. If your child doesn't listen to you but listens to others, it is because you are too quick to make decisions.

15. If your child rebels it is because they know you care more about what others think than what is right.

Saturday, March 14, 2015

On the power of prayers

My friend Sasi found a new job in California.  He intended to drive to California from New Jersey. Somehow, we friends thought it was a bad idea. Some of us must have prayed that he ditch this idea.

So he starts driving on Friday evening with a plan to reach California on Monday reporting to work on Monday. But immediately his car cigarette lighter that charges his phone and GPS failed.  He fixed it and started driving on Saturday morning. Now he has a flat tire.  He finally fave up and is now taking a flight.

What is the probability of these two events happening on these two days? I suspect one of our friends were praying hard that he abandon his 3000 mile drive to California.

Thought and prayers have power damn it!

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Do Mayapur dieties have life?

Hindus tend to express their love for God via diety worship.   Atheists and Abrahamic religions and even Hindus don't realize that dieties have life in them. This post is intended to open the question about the likelihood of the dieties (that Hindus and Hare Krsnas worship) having life in them.


Kindly do not take my word as it is. Instead experiment yourself to find out the truth yourself, as I do. Look at the pictures and decide yourself(one, two, and three).


I share an email I got in my circle about Mayapur dieties crying in tears. I find the pictures believable as the standard of worship at Mayapur is very high. The people are sincere that fraud and cheating tendencies are at their minimum. The  procedures are rigorous enough that any aberration in how the dieties look would have been caught and corrected immediately.

Instead, somehow one can I see that tears are flowing from the eyes of the dieties.  The full context is explained in the email I got below.


 Advaita acharya and Nitai and all of them in Pancha tattva started crying when HH Jayapataka swami stood up on his foot n began dancing in kirtan....

Sharing. Experience of devotees at kirtan mela

Divine News !! Tears are rolling down the cheeks of  lord Panch-Tattva ...All of us could notice very clearly during Kirtan mela While H.H Jayapataka Swami was leading the kirtan ...H:H. Sacidanandan Swami confirmed ! Gaurangooooooooo!
 

First Agnideva prabhu had dancing kirtan.... then Sacinandan Maharaja had more dancing Kirtan.... then Kadamba Kanan Maharaja had much more dancing kirtan..... After all these ecstatic moments, When Bhakti Charu Maharaja after singing the heart melting bhajan "jadi gaura na hoito..." started singing Hare Krishna, suddenly Sacinandan Maharaja got up and went through the crowd towards the altar which was unusual..... I think there were some other Maharajas who might have called him.... then suddenly i saw huge crowd of devotees near the altar taking photos through their mobile... then the devotee behind me showed me how 2 Maharaja were pointing towards deities eyes and speaking something about tears.... one bengali devotee next to me had very high quality canon camera.... immediately i took that camera, got up at my place and was fortunate to click these above photos...