Bhagavad Gita
Why do we read Gita, even if we can't understand or remember ????
This is beautiful story - if inspired pls. forward else keep it cant say
when it might inspire you !
Story:
An old Farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson.
Each
morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his
Bhagavat Gita. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to
imitate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked,
"Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagavat Gita just like you but I don't
understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the
book. What good does reading the Bhagavat Gita do?"
The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied,
"Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water."
The
boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back
to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have to move a
little faster next time," and sent him back to the river with the basket
to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was
empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather
that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a
bucket instead.
The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of
water; I want a basket of water. You're just not trying hard enough,"
and he went out the door to watch the boy try again.
At this
point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his
grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would
leak out before he got back to the house.
The boy again dipped
the basket into river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather
the basket was again empty. Out of breath, he said, "See Grandpa, it's
useless!"
"So you think it is useless ?" The old man said, "Look at the basket."
The
boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the
basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal
basket and was now clean, inside and out.
"Son, that's what
happens when you read the Bhagavat Gita. You might not understand or
remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside
and out. That is the work of Krishna in our lives."
🍁 Jai Shri Krishna 🍁
FOREVER FRIENDSHIP
This is forever friendship.
When you’re down and the world seems dark and empty,
Your forever friend lifts you up in spirit and makes that
Dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full.
Your forever friend gets you through the hard times,
The sad times and confused times.
If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows.
If you lose your way,
your forever friends guides you and cheers you on.
Your forever friend hold your hand and tells you that
Everything is going to be okay.
And if you find such a friend,
You feel happy and complete
Because you need not worry.
You have a forever friend, and forever has NO END.
RUDRA
Shiva as
we know him today shares many features with the Vedic god Rudra,[59] and
both Shiva and Rudra are viewed as the same personality in Hindu
scriptures. The two names are used synonymously. Rudra, the god of the
roaring storm, is usually portrayed in accordance with the element he
represents as a fierce, destructive deity.
The oldest surviving
text of Hinduism is the Rig Veda, which is dated to between 1700 and
1100 BCE based on linguistic and philological evidence. A god named
Rudra is mentioned in the Rig Veda. The name Rudra is still used as a
name for Shiva. One of the most sacred hymns of Hinduism found both in
the Rig and the Yajur Vedas and addressed to Rudra, invokes him as Shiva
in several instances, but the term Shiva is used as an epithet for the
gods Indra, Mitra and Agni many times. Since Shiva means pure, the
epithet is possibly used to describe a quality of these gods rather than
to identify any of them with the God Shiva.
AGNI
Rudra
and Agni have a close relationship. The identification between Agni and
Rudra in the Vedic literature was an important factor in the process of
Rudra's gradual development into the later character as Rudra-Shiva.
The identification of Agni with Rudra is explicitly noted in the
Nirukta, an important early text on etymology, which says, "Agni is also
called Rudra." The interconnections between the two deities are
complex, and according to Stella Kramrisch:
The fire myth of
Rudra-Śiva plays on the whole gamut of fire, valuing all its
potentialities and phases, from conflagration to illumination.
In the
Śatarudrīya, some epithets of Rudra, such as Sasipañjara ("Of golden
red hue as of flame") and Tivaṣīmati ("Flaming bright"), suggest a
fusing of the two deities. Agni is said to be a bull, and Lord Shiva
possesses a bull as his vehicle, Nandi. The horns of Agni, who is
sometimes characterized as a bull, are mentioned. In medieval sculpture,
both Agni and the form of Shiva known as Bhairava have flaming hair as a
special feature.
Sometimes we
Need to stop
Analyzing the past
Stop planning
The future
Stop trying to
Figure out precisely how we feel
Stop deciding with our mind
What we want our heart to feel
Sometimes we just have to go with….
Whatever happens…… !!
