The Power Within

"You have thrown me out of this compartment, one day, I will throw you out of my country" - yelled Gandhi when he was humiliated and thrown out of the compartment despite having a first class ticket with him. There was no personal fight with anyone, he had tickets, he did not break any rule, he had not done any mistake - then, why was he thrown out of the compartment? His mistake was - he was an Indian, and the color of his skin was black. He became the victim of racial discrimination. That happened when he was in Durban, South Africa in 1893. He was there to fight a case of his client Dada Abdulla, one of the wealthiest Indian merchants in Natal. He took him to the Durban court. There, a European magistrate ordered Gandhi to take off his turban. He refused to do so and left the court.  That was nothing. It was just a beginning of the humiliation and injustice. One day, he was traveling from Durban to Pretoria. When his train reached Maritzburg station late in...

Do you know how the pearls are made?  A parasite gets inside the shell and causes irritation, and the oyster throws a sort of enamel around it, and that makes the pearl. The parasite enters inside the shell along with the drop of water of Swati Nakshatra. Without the irritation of the parasite along with the water of the Swati Nakshatra, the process of creating pearl cannot be completed. If you want to achieve something very great in your life, first of all, you must have that parasite in the form of thought or idea inside you which should keep irritating you to take the action to develop the pearl inside you. Let the parasite of success and accomplishments enter inside you, you enamel it, after some time, that irritated parasite becomes a pearl, the valuable one. The oyster has no value, the pearl inside it has. Similarly, your birth as a human body made of bones, flesh and blood have no value until you take one concrete goal in your life and let its parasite ename...

आज फिर तुम अपना होम वर्क करके नहीं आये, आज मैं कुछ नहीं सुनने वाला, चलो कान पकड़कर उठक बैठक करो, और कसम खाओ कि आज से होमवर्क पूरा करके लाओगे। याद आया-- स्कूल के मास्टर जी की बात। कम से कम एक बार, सबको कान पकड़कर उठक बैठक, या कान पकड़कर कसम खाने का या आज से मैं यह नहीं करूँगा, कान पकड़ता हूँ - ऐसा मौका तो जरूर आया होगा। क्या कभी आपने सोचा है कि - कान पकड़कर ही उठक बैठक या कान पकड़ता हूँ, ऐसा नहीं करूँगा, सॉरी, ही क्यों कहा जाता है? आखिर कान पर इतना जोर क्यों दिया जाता है? क्या मतलब है इसका? हम मनुष्य के पास दो कान और एक मुँह होता है । मुँह से भोजन करना, चबाना, पीना, बोलना, हँसना आदि क्रियाएं की जाती है। मुँह एक और काम अनेक। कान दो है, लेकिन काम सिर्फ एक - श्रवण करना। इसका मतलब जितना हम बोलते है, उसका कम से कम दुगुना हमको सुनना चाहिए। दो कान और एक मुह प्रकृति की बनावट है। प्रकृति का हर एक बनावट महत्वपूर्ण होता है। प्रकृति चाहती है कि हम ज़्यादा से ज़्यादा श्रवण करे। श्रवण इतना महत्पूर्ण है कि वेद को भी श्रुति बोला जाता है। वेद का ज्ञान अंतरात्मा को सुनने से ही प्राप्त हुई है। जबतक आद...

There are different flowers in one garden. They are flourishing their own way. They have a different color, fragrant and size. The sky is the same, the earth is the same, the wind is the same, the water is the same, the sun is the same, the moon is the same and the gardener is the same for everyone. But the rose is becoming a rose, the jasmine is becoming the jasmine, the marigold is becoming the marigold. Why is it happening? If all the sources are the same, they should have the same color, the same shape, the same fragrant. But not. All are different. They are growing differently. What is the secret in it? The secret is in its seed. The seed has the capacity to take the energy of the natural resources and design their own shape, color and fragrant.  The sky, the earth, the wind, water, the sun and moon are equal for everyone. They are continually providing their energy to all living beings. These resources do not force anyone, they do not stop anyone, and even they do...

  Lord Krishna is the incarnation of lord Vishnu. He is one of the widely revered gods in Hindu pantheon. He is seen as the best lover in Vrindavan and the best strategic in the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Whether he is with his Gopis in the middle of the meadow  or with his enemies in the middle of the battlefield, one thing is common - his mystic smile on his face. That much of diversity has not been seen in any other incarnation of lord Vishnu. If you observe, you will find that lord Krishna is associated number 8. He is the 8th incarnation of lord Vishnu His is the 8th sons of Devaki and Vasudeva He took birth on the 8th day (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha Krishna had mainly eight wives, he is called Ashtabharya(Ashta = eight, bharya = wife). He had 16100 gopis (1 + 6 + 1 = 8) He had 80(8 + 0 = 8) sons from his 8 wives. He lived for 125 (1+2+5 = 8) years. Let us understand the significant of associating of number 8 with lord Krishna. In numer...

Sohan was expressing his view to his friend, Mandeep - "I want to do many things in my life, but I am not getting time for anything significant. Nothing great is taking place in my life, which is frustrating me." Mandeep also expressed his consent saying - "you are true, time is flying like anything, I also want to do many things, but unable to manage my time for any significant work." They discussed and accepted that they cannot get time for any significant work. Next day, they found discussing the movie which was released recently and they were giving their review in it. And sometimes, they were fighting in the name of their favorite actors and their movies. They spent hours on the unnecessary discussion. They did not realize that those discussions are absolutely unnecessary in their life, it is no way related to anything else. That is just wastage of time. Another day, they were found on discussing politics in which they did not know much. When they ...

If you observe carefully, you will find that everything, visible and non-visible, from sub-atomic particles to gigantic stars, is struggling for the freedom. Moon is struggling to come out from the orbit of the earth. The earth is struggling to come out from the orbit of the sun. The sun is continually running away to get the freedom. No one wants bondage. Freedom is a natural quest for all living beings. Be happy, be happy and be happy. But, how can the happiness be attained without freedom? We generally do the mistake of understanding a temporary pleasure as happiness. A Human sees an opposite sex and attached to that. Instantly, he becomes a slave of sex. He surrenders to it. He is a slave of intoxication. He says no to intoxication in the beginning, but with a little persuasion, he consumes it. He is the slave of money. He is a slave of fame and name. He is a slave of maintaining his social status. He is a slave of his conditioned mind. He is a slave of his unbridled ...

Yamaraja, the god of death, with red eyes, club, and a noose in his hands riding on his mount buffalo starts walking towards the mortals to take their life to his abode, Yamalok to make their Karmic account settle. The moment a Jiva-Atma takes birth on the earth, the Yama riding on his slow vehicle buffalo starts his journey to reach him. Jiva-Atma means, the soul wrapped with a mortal body. The soul gets the mortal body for a certain period of time. You have only that much of time until Yamaraja reaches you. Yamaraja is the first mortal died on the earth. He lived on the earth very piously in his mortal body.  Due to this virtue, he was made the god of deaths. The direction of death and ancestors is south. And he is the Dikpal, the guardian, of the south. Although, he is a god, yet he is feared even more than the demons. He waits for none. He spares no one. He is the time, the Kaal. Whether mortals want or not, fear or not, everyone, without any alternative, meet...

In Hinduism, Lord Brahma is the first god of the Trinity (Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh). He is the creator of the universe. But, he is not worshipped as Lord Vishnu and Shiva. There is only one temple dedicated to him, which is the Pushkar temple of Rajasthan. And many temples are dedicated to Vishnu and Shiva. There is no corner of India where there are no temples of Vishnu and Shiva. Even his consort goddess Saraswati is remembered and worshipped more than him. He is depicted as worried, tensed, old and alone.  The entire universe is created by him, still, he is alone and secluded! Why so…? Why is he depicted old, worried and secluded? Why is the god of creation not worshipped? Why does he not get the respect and position in the Hindu pantheon, what he should get as a creator? Why is the originator of four Vedas ignored? Even knowers of the Vedas are worshipped and respected more than its originator, Lord Brahma. Brahm knowledge is considered the highest knowledge. ...

एक गाँव में पप्पू नामक एक यूवक रहता था । उसको लोग महामूर्ख समझते थे । जो भी कुछ बोलता था, उसपर लोग हँस देते थे, उसका मजाक उड़ाते थे । बोलता था, तो भी उसका मजाक उड़ता था, न बोले तो भी लोग उसपर हँसते थे। कुछ करे तो भी मुसीबत, ना करे तो भी मुसीबत। लोगो ने उसका जीना हराम कर दिये थे । हँसे तो समस्या, रोये तो समस्या । करे तो क्या करे, बोले तो किससे बोले। ना कोई सुनने वाला, ना कोई समझने वाला । सामान्यतया, लोगो को दूसरो में गलती ढूढने और उसका मजाक बनाने में बहुत आनंद आता है । दरअसल, ऐसे लोग अपनी गलती छुपाना चाहते है। यदि कोई व्यक्ति अक्सर कोई दूसरे व्यक्ति का बुराई या मजाक बना रहा है, तो इससे यह निष्कर्ष निकलता है कि वह व्यक्ति स्वयं ही बहुत से बुराइयों से भरा हुआ है । कोई उसका बुराई ना परख ले, इसके पहले वह दूसरे की बुराई और निंदा में लिप्त हो जाता है । बुराई - बुराई को ही ढुढता है, और अच्छाई- अच्छाई को । अगर आप बुराईयो  से भरे हो तो, आप दूसरे में अच्छाईया  देख ही नहीं सकते। पप्पू बहुत ही परेशान रहने लगा। लोगो से बचने लगा। इस उपाय की खोज में, एक सन्यासी के आश्रम में ...

  Arjun confronts invincible Bhishma in the Mahabharata war. Bhishma has a boon from his father, Shantanu - to choose the time of his death. Arjun appears nothing in front of the strength, skill, prowess, experience and boon of Bhishma. Arjun would have been killed by the hand of Bhishma if he was not intervened by Lord Krishna. He is trapped in the net of a well-fabricated trick. And an arrow from the Gandiv  of Arjun pierces the heart of a great Bhishma, which always throbs  for the welfare of Hastinapur. One after another, the arrows of Arjun pierce the disarmed grandsire. A roaring lion among the warriors falls down in the battle of Kurukshetra like an old, shadowy big banyan tree. But his body does not touch the earth. His wounded body lies on the arrow-bed. Why arrow-bed…? Everyone is crying  seeing their grandsire on the arrow ridden bed. He is suffering from the pang of the arrow. But, no one tries to remove the arrows from his body and let h...

All the efforts went in vain from all the scholars and elders to reconcile the animosity between Kauravas and Pandavas. Even the effort of Lord Krishna, the embodiment of the Godhead, was not fructified. Instead of reducing the fire of hostility, its flames took an inextinguishable form. At last, an unprecedented war took place between Kauravas and Pandavas over the distribution of the family property. And the great fortune of the Kuru dynasty and prestigious lineage of emperor Bharat became SWAHA in the pit of the fire of hostility.  Once, the land of Kurukshetra was irrigated by the blood of King Kuru for continuing the incessant supply of food to his subjects. The same bloodline, for quenching their lust and safeguarding their arrogance, converted Kurukshetra into the crematorium.  Lust is like the water of an ocean. The way, the ocean is never filled with the water of all the rivers, the lust is never filled. At the time of the foundation of the war, the king o...

संदीप को कही यात्रा पर जाना था, उसको सुबह की ट्रैन पकड़नी थी। उसको सुबह में देर से उठने की आदत थी। ट्रैन थी सुबह चार बजे की । वह अपने मित्र तारकेश्वर से बोला कि मुझे सूबह नींद से जागा देना, मुझे सुबह चार बजे की ट्रैन पकड़नी है। यह यात्रा बहुत ज़रूरी है मेरे लिए, मैं किसी भी कीमत पर यह ट्रैन मिस नहीं करना चाहता। क्या भरोसा अलार्म बजे और मैं उठ ना पाऊ, इसीलिए मैं आपको बोल रहा हू कि आप मुझे नींद से जागा देना । अगर उठ न पाऊ तो जबरन जगा देना, लेकिन जगा जरूर देना । मित्र ने बात मान ली।  सुबह हुई, अलार्म बजा, पर संदीप अलार्म  बंद करके फिर से सो गया। तारकेश्वर उसको जगाने गया। संदीप कस के बिस्तर को पकड़ के सो रहा था । ऐसा लग रहा था कि बिस्तर छूटा कि  प्राण निकले । तारकेश्वर उसका नाम पुकारकर जगाने की कोशिश की। मगर संदीप उसे सुनकर भी अनसुना कर दिया। इतना ही नहीं, वह अपने कान के ऊपर तकिया रखकर सो गया, ताकि यह आवाज़ फिर से सुनाई ना दे ।   तारकेशर उसका  चादर खिंच के उठाने की कोशिश करने लगा, पर वह चादर छोड़ने को तैयार  नहीं, बात सुनाने को तैयार नह...