Right Thinking

It is very difficult to think rightly, justly, morally unless you have trained your mind to do so.

In a conversation with a friend:- He told me that he got involved in a small useless argument with someone who had scratched his car.
He said “I shouted at him for no reason. It was not in my nature to shout but I did.
The scratch was not important and it was not such a big damage as I had suspected, but in the heat of the moment I lost control.”

He said if he could re-live that moment then he would stay calm and speak to him calmly and if he didn’t want to pay for the damages then I would not have minded.


In hindsight we would all perhaps change some of our actions.

It’s only when we are placed in challenging situations or tested or perhaps experience our own wrong doings, only then perhaps we can better understand and reflect on our emotions and improve on them. Until then we might be living in a delusional world that we think we are really nice and calm good people.

I hope this story will help us to understand our nature better and use them wisely when the time comes.

What does this quote mean to you?

What does this quote mean to you?

“The fewer one's possessions, the greater are one's enjoyment and freedom.”

By Swami Chinmayananda

Please leave your views on it. It does not matter if the views are simple, complex, wrong or right.

Thank you.

Kiran
3~

Photo :- Spiderman and other Superheroes chanting Hare Krishna

 Spiderman and other Superheroes chanting Hare Krishna in Leicester Temple

https://www.flickr.com/photos/iskconleicester/15069885468/



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Hindus spend too much money on Garlands

Many Hindu organisations are far too engrossed in collecting money for flowers for offering to the murtis of gods Gurus and others.

The amount that has to be spent on garlands of flowers is frightening.

Does the god/guru they worship demand this?

Do they really believe that the God/Guru will be pleased with so much money spent on such trival thigns?

Yes it is trivial in comparision to feeding a hungry mouth with that very money.

By all means make a small garland offering.

But to spend 100s of rupees, pounds or dollars is beyond ridiculous.

Your views welcome.

Hindus empower yourself.

Krishna said “If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.”

http://vedabase.net/bg/9/26/en1.php

You Tube Video:- Some Gujarati Mothers

If you are a Hindu Gujarati then I think you will find this video really funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0L0Jq2-Qe0

Hindu meetings

When ever there is a meeting held by some Hindu community there are always some people who will react negatively about the meetings.  They say:-

What has this Meeting got to do with me?

Like many meetings we will never know the outcome of the meeting.

Like all meetings its always about those in power and famous or rich.

What do they know what we want!

They never invite us ordinary individuals.

Nothing ever comes of these meetings.

Who are they to speak on our behalf? 

And many such moans and complaints are made. 

Let me say :- Whatever the outcome of the meetings and whatever is discussed and whether it has impact on our lives or not, it does not mean you can wash your hands of your own reasonability towards your Dharma. They are tackling the 'problems' at their level.

At least they are trying to do something.

What exactly are you doing? 
Moaning?

These meetings are not about those in power!
The problems they discuss are not about them!

If you really look, its about you and me; who must also make a difference.
Its up to us all to tackle any 'problems' in our Dharam or problems faced by us.

Its up to us all to learn our Dharma and spread it to the best of our abilties.

If we do not take any responsibilities then who will?

Only a few good men (Gurus)?

Is Hinduism the responsibility of only those people at some meetings?
We are all responsible for our Dharma.

  

Empower yourself and think positively about this article. Don’t waste your time in idle criticism. Do something positive so that their efforts do not go in vain. 

3~' 

Don't worry, be happy!

The following information (extracts) has been copied from WIKI

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a song by musician Bobby McFerrin. Released in September 1988, it became the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a position it held for two weeks.

The song's title is taken from a famous quote by Meher Baba.

The original music video stars Robin Williams and Bill Irwin

The Indian sage Meher Baba (1894–1969) often used the expression "Don't worry, be happy" when cabling his followers in the West. However, Meher Baba communicated variations of the sentiment; fuller versions of the quote – such as, "Do your best. Then, don’t worry; be happy in My love. I will help you" — which incorporate responsibility with detachment, as well as the master/disciple spiritual relationship. In the 1960s, the truncated version of this expression by Baba was printed up on inspiration cards and posters of the era. In 1988, McFerrin noticed a similar poster in the apartment of the jazz band Tuck & Patti in San Francisco. Inspired by the expression's charm and simplicity, McFerrin wrote the now famous song, which was included in the soundtrack of the movie Cocktail, and became a hit single the next year. In an interview by Bruce Fessier for USA Weekend magazine in 1988 McFerrin said, "Whenever you see a poster of Meher Baba, it usually says 'Don't worry, be happy,' which is a pretty neat philosophy in four words, I think."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Worry,_Be_Happy

Listen to the song here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo4OnQpwjkc

By the way its not sung by Bob Marley as the website suggests.