China Visit I - Guru's Grace !!

Jai Gurudev !!



Standing amazed at Honkong Airport

It is said , " When we are in the path ...spiritual path we can feel and experience Guru's Grace or God's Grace thoroughly in every moment of our life !!"

And one such moment , which I had come across recently and which I enjoyed and feel grateful for His Grace is my China tour , organised as official tour . Though I was completely busy managing office work with my house work , added to the unexpected commitments at my hometown due to my father's demise , somehow all the things came in place , giving way for the China tour for about 17 days.

Standing a bit far away from the shop which shows
 the warning signal as "No Photography here !"

 It's my first out of India trip and obviously my excitement level was high. I was arranging for the trip all alone by myself as my husband had gone out of station before starting off for the trip.
Right from wardrobes like purchase of thermal wares , dresses to preparing the food , it was really hectic. Because the instructions were pouring from all sides as ,

" It will be very cold in China ( I had google the weather forecast for the next 15 days in Beijing & confirm ), so get ready with thermal wears  "

Food will be a major problem in China, especially if you are a vegetarian, So carry the food !!
( I had to carry the Rice Cooker along with some packed groceries & food stuffs ).It was a great difficulty to bring down the weight of my baggage to less than 23 Kgs with all these stuffs.

You need to walk a lot , so take your shoes and socks ..

The Chinese do not know English , and in case if you fall sick ,you may need Emergency medicine kit to meet your needs. Else you might tell some problem to teh doctor , he might understand something and give some medicine for a different problem.

Also browsed about Chinese language , site seeing places to visit and got myself prepared mentally apart from the hell a lot of official things , which we were engaged.

One instant , which I 'd like to mention His Grace is , I was in need of a pretty good handbag to safguard my passport, dollars ,visa etc. Due to shoratge of time, I couldn't purchase one. But , it so happened that the previous day , a friend of mine asked me willingly if I 'm in need of a handbag by any chance , as she had one for sale .I  just grabbed it , as it was quite sturdy & robust .
Later on, it invited the comments from my colleagues as "The compunder bag"  ..that's a different issue altogether.

So with all the things, got set ready to take off to China via Hong Kong route. Myself along with 2 of my colleagues, one lady and one gentleman .

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  Jai Gurudev !!

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Why don't Lord Vishnu have kids ? - Part II

Jai Gurudev !!

Why don't Lord Vishnu have kids ?


It leaves me in much awe , when realising that this indeed is a question in many a person's thoughts ...


Though an interpretation has been put forth in an earlier post Why don't Lord Vishnu have any kids ? - Part 1 , recently I just had to face the same question from a friend with her own interpretation , which goes as "


" maybe it is because to indirectly imply (to us, people/devotees) that even gods can't have all the wealth/health/pleasures at the same time. You are always left wanting to have something that you don't have. Poor have kids (want money); rich have money (want kids); those who have both (kids and money) want health and/or peace(of mind) and the list of what you have and what you want (don't have yet) is never ending. So maybe that is the reason? "


I feel it this way ..

" Lord Vishnu  & Goddess Lakshmi are Gods of Wealth and Prosperity , as we know very well. And innumerable number of people throng the holy place of Thirupathi , to seek Lord Balaji's blessings in the form of wealth and prosperity.And Goddess Lakshmi is revered so much that people keep calling Her name in their prayers , seeking the wealth showers.

If that's the case, where will the Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi find a leisure time to think about a kid of their own ?!
They should be too busy attending to the needs of the Earth inhabitants who are so much fond of wealth !!


If we consider Lord Shiva and  Parvathi , the deities responsible for the peace of mind/tranquility/strength etc, they are less sought for comparitevely by the people of the world. Therefore more amount of leisure time left for Lord Shiva and Parvathi and they could very well think of planning a family with 2 kids !!


So , we can expect Lord Vishnu to have kids, if the people start cutting down their demands with regards to the material benefits and bother Goddess Lakshmi to a lesser extent  in the near future !!


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The Most Compassionate and the most Beautiful Lady of all times !!

Jai Gurudev !!

It was a non detailed lesson in my school days . I was so much fascinated by the experiences of Sindbad in his seven voyages . In one of his voyages , Sindbad and the co sailors would get attracted to a lovely island  and they would start to have a great fun time there . They would even start to cook there by litting off  the fire. The island then would start to shake and move . Very soon they would come to know that it was actually a Big Blue whale which had appeared like an island . The heat of the fire had woken up the huge creature. All the sailors on the whale would fall in the ocean. Only very few  survived. Sindbad somehow had a miraculous escape after a great struggle in the ocean. The story goes that way...

This Blue whale story still has a deep  impact in my mind and it just brings to my thought that we , all living creatures indeed live in the Earth , a Living body ofcourse. Just because the Earth is a living object , it is able to sustains us , living beings . Can a non living object support life ? Only a living object can give rise to another living object , as we are aware . 

And as humans , we exploit the Earth to it's maximum , causing her to provoke due to which the Earthquakes, Tsunami , Climatic changes , Global warming etc is starting to happen at an alarming rate  . It's time for us to wake up and join hands to minimise our devastating effects on her .

We are also the sailors of Life  like Sindbad , having a gala time at the Earth, who is of a loving and kind nature   ....

We do not know when will she become so furious that no longer can she sustain our exploitation  ?!  

One thing is for sure that , that time is not very far !! 

  

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What's Fishy out there ?

Jai Gurudev !!

Just came across a story rather an imaginary conversation among the fish .
It goes like this :


"One fine day , all the VIP fishes in the ocean gathered for a meeting , to discuss about the fish who had seen the ocean in their lifetime. Every fish opined their views and hearsays .
Fish 1 said  : It's a wonderful thing that we all have joined together for a great purpose .
Fish 2 : True ! I've heard that there are fish who had visited the ocean and were well acquainted with the habitats there too .
Fish 3 : My Great Grandfather had seen the ocean , it seems. Alas ! he's no more now.
Fish 4 :  Yes , that's a fact as far as the news , I've heard so far .
Fish 5 : In that case , why not we build a temple or a memorial for that great fish , who had the opportunity to visit the ocean ?
Fish 6: Well, that seems to be a novel idea . I think we need to go ahead with that plan.


Then , a temple indeed was built for that one fish and every other fish started believing the same from then on and began performing the puja in the temple too .


Though it's funny to read , we people also behave in a fashion  somewhat similar to those fish in the said story.
Puzzling ?


You see , we say and believe that God is omnipresent ,  present everywhere .
God is omnipotent , has infinite power .
God is omniscient , has unlimited knowledge .


But , yet we confine the God to one particular place , in a temple or a Church or the mosque and think that God exists only there . And we go all the way there to pray , asking for a favour to the God , who is believed to be present there. 

If God is omnipresent , is He not present everywhere , in our house , in our place , in ourself  , in all the living and non living entities ?!

Are we not behaving similar to those fish , who are ignorant of their living place and searching for one such ?


Are we not seeking the God elsewhere , when He is present with all His glory within us in our Heart ?!






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Oh ! Pretty Little one !!

Jai Gurudev !!

Accomplishing any a job without a hand is quite unimaginable , as humans . That way , we can say the hand is the most useful part in our body . We do innumerable jobs with the help of our hand . The hand is designed and formulated in such an efficient manner . Independent movements of the fingers along with the Flexibility of each finger is  a wonderful innovation by the nature ,no doubt.

Out of all the five fingers in a hand, each one is very unique in size and looks .Thumb , Index finger , Middle finger , Ring finger and the little finger , each has its own significance. The least used finger would be the little finger . It is seldom used .  Perhaps , it is used to clean some dirt in our ears or scratch the itching part in case if necessary . It doesn't seem to be strong enough to lift anything or perform any tough job .No big usage as such can be thought of , as far as the little finger is considered .


Though that is the case , we can recollect one case , where the little finger had gained immense importance in the history of Mahabharathan  age . It had saved the lives of the whole village for 2 to 3 days .

Yes, it had helped the little Lord Krishna , to lift the Govardhan hills during the time of heavy torrential rains , caused as a result of the fury of  Lord Varuna . It is believed that all the cowherds and the cattle had sought the refuge of  Shri Krishna under the Govardhan Hills . The pictorial representation of Krishna lifting the huge hills with his little finger , that too of His left hand is the most popular one  . This picture brings some sort of joy within us and indirectly makes us to feel the promising and protective nature of the Divine.

Can we say ....
 with the Divine consciousness , even a little finger attains the status of a King !!
  


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