Thursday, January 7, 2010

Photos Of Birthday Celebration of Swami Vivekananda at Belur Math 2010




 

 

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SHUNYA PALANPURI NI KAVITA











પડાઘાતી એક શબ્દની અણબૂઝ વાત છુ


પડાઘાતી એક શબ્દની અણબૂઝ વાત છુ,
ભણકાર કહી રહ્યા છે હજી હું હયાત છું..
ઇશ્વર નથી કે શબ્દથી જકડી શકો મને,
નીર્મોહી શૂન્ય છું, અને તે પણ અજાત છું…
"શુન્ય પાલનપુરી






સર્જન
એક દી સર્જકને આવ્યો, કૈં અજબ જેવો વિચાર
દંગ થઈ જાય જગત, એવું કરું સર્જન ધરાર
ફૂલથી લીધી સુંવાળપ, શૂળથી લીધી ખટક
ઓસથી ભીનાશ લીધી, બાગથી લીધી મહક
મેરુએ આપી અડગતા, ધરતીએ ધીરજ ધરી
વૃક્ષથી પરમાર્થ કેરી, ભાવના ભેગી કરી
બુદબુદાથી અલ્પ્તા, ગંભીરતા મઝધારથી
મેળવ્યો કંકાસ મીઠો, મોજના સંસારથી
પ્રેમ સારસનો ઉપાડ્યો, પારેવાનો ફફડાટ
કાગથી ચાતુર્ય લીધું, કાબરોથી કલબલાટ
ખંત લીધી કીડીઓથી, મક્ષિકાથી શ્રમ અથાગ
નીરથી [...]



પરિચય છે મંદિરમાં દેવોને મારો




પરિચય છે મંદિરમાં દેવોને મારો,
અને મસ્જિદોમાં ખુદા ઓળખે છે.
નથી મારું વ્યક્તિત્વ છાનું કોઇથી,
તમારા પ્રતાપે બધા ઓળખે છે.
સુરાને ખબર છે, પિછાણે છે પ્યાલી,
અરે ખુદ અતિથિ ઘટા ઓળખે છે ;
ન કર ડોળ સાકી, અજાણ્યા થવાનો,
મને તારું સૌ મયકદા ઓળખે છે.
મે લો'યાં છે પાલવમાં ધરતીનાં આંસુ,
કરુણાનાં તોરણ સજાવી રહ્યો છું,
ઊડી ગઇ છે નીંદર ગગન-સર્જકોની,
મને જ્યારથી તારલા ઓળખે છે.
અમે [...]



આંખડી છેડે સરગમ, હૃદય તાલ દે, અંતરો ગાય પંચમના સૂરે ગઝલ




આંખડી છેડે સરગમ, હૃદય તાલ દે, અંતરો ગાય પંચમના સૂરે ગઝલ;
દર્દ અંગડાઇ લે, પ્રેમ ઝૂમી ઊઠે, રૂપ ઝણકાવે પાયલ ને સ્ફુરે ગઝલ.
દૃશ્ય સર્જાય મોંઘું મિલનનું અને સાથિયા ચાંદ-સૂરજના પૂરે ગઝલ;
દોર ગોઝારો જામે વિરહનો અને રાતના ઘોર સન્નાટે ઝૂરે ગઝલ.
ઊર્મિઓને કશું ક્યાંય બંધન નથી,લાગણી મુક્ત છે સ્થળ અને કાળથી;
બુલબુલોએ રચી ગુલશનોમાં અને આમ્ર-કુંજોમાં ગાઇ મયૂરે ગઝલ.
બે [...]



દુ:ખમાં જીવનની લાણ હતી, કોણ માનશે




દુ:ખમાં જીવનની લાણ હતી, કોણ માનશે ?
ધીરજ રતનની ખાણ હતી, કોણ માનશે ?
શૈયા મળે છે શૂળની ફૂલોના પ્યારમાં !
ભોળા હ્રદયને જાણ હતી, કોણ માનશે ?
કારણ ન પૂછ પ્રેમી હ્રદય જન્મ-ટીપનું,
નિર્દોષ ખેંચ-તાણ હતી, કોણ માનશે ?
ઈશ્વર સ્વરૂપે જેને જગત ઓળખી રહ્યું,
એ 'શૂન્ય'ની પીછાણ હતી, કોણ માનશે ?
-શૂન્ય 'પાલનપુરી'



મોત કેરા નામથી ગભરાઉં એવો હું નથી




મોત કેરા નામથી ગભરાઉં એવો હું નથી,
બીકથી વહેવાર ચૂકી જાઉં એવો હું નથી;
જાન દીધો છે ખુદાએ ચાર દિ' માટે ઉધાર,
એને પાછો સોંપતાં અચકાઉં એવો હું નથી.
શું કુબેરો ? શું સિકંદર ? ગર્વ સૌનો તૂટશે,
હો ગમે તેવો ખજાનો બે જ દિનમાં ખૂટશે;
કાળની કરડી નજરથી કોઈ બચવાનું નથી,
આજ તો ફૂટી છે પ્યાલી, કાલ કૂંજો ફૂટશે.
હર પ્રભાતે ચેતવે [...]



બાવરા થઈને કદી દરદર ન ભમવું જોઈએ




બાવરા થઈને કદી દરદર ન ભમવું જોઈએ,
ભાગ્ય સારું હો કે નરસું મનને ગમવું જોઈએ;
વ્યોમની ચોપાટ છે ને સોગઠાં પુરુષાર્થનાં,
જેમ પડતા જાય એમ રમવું જોઈએ !
- ઉમર ખૈયામ
( અનુ.'શૂન્ય' પાલનપુરી )



દુઃખમાં જીવનની ભાળ હતી, કોણ માનશે?




દુઃખમાં જીવનની ભાળ હતી, કોણ માનશે?
ધીરજ રતનની ખાણ હતી. કોણ માનશે?
શૈય્યા મળે છે શૂળની ફૂલોના પ્યારમાં.
ભોળા હૃદયને જાણ હતી. કોણ માનશે?
લૂંટી ગઇ છે યાર! ઘડીના પ્રવાસમાં.
યુગ-યુગની ઓળખાણ હતી. કોણ માનશે?
ઉપચાર તો ગયા અને આરામ થઇ ગયો.
પીડા જ રામબાણ હતી. કોણ માનશે?
ઇશ્વર સ્વરૂપે જેને જગત ઓળખી રહ્યું.
એ શૂન્યની જ પીછાણ હતી. કોણ માનશે?
- 'શૂન્ય' પાલનપુરી

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Lagoon

May be you have heared about the Great Barrier Reef, stretching some 1,800 miles from New Guinea to Australia. Tour guides regularly take visitors to view the reef. On one tour, a traveler asked the guide an interesting question."I noticed that the lagoon side of the reef looks pale and lifeless, while the ocean side is vibrant and colorful," the traveler observed. "Why is this?" The guide gave an interesting answer:"The coral around the lagoon side is in still water with nochallenge for its survival. It dies early. The coral on the ocean side is constantly being tested by wind, waves, and storms -- surges of power. It has to fight for survival every day of its life.As it is challenged and tested, it changes and adapts. It grows healthy. It grows strong. And it reproduces."Then he added this telling note: "That's the way it is with every living organism."That's how it is with people. Challenged and tested, we come alive! Like coral pounded by the sea, we grow. Physical demands can cause us to grow stronger. Mental and emotional stress can produce tough-mindedness and resiliency. Spiritual testing can produce strength of character and faithfulness . So, you have problems? No problem! Just tell yourself, "There I grow again!". Remember, A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner- English Proverb.

FW: Pearl of wisdom


 




                
                                     



Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you.
 

 


Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave,

and impossible to forget.

 

 


You can only go as far as you push.

 


Actions speak louder than words.

 

 


The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love,

love somebody else.

 

 


Don't let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.

 


Life's short. If you don't look around once in a while

you might miss it.


 


A BEST FRIEND is like a four leaf clover,

HARD TO FIND and LUCKY TO HAVE.


 


Some people make the world SPECIAL just by being in it.

 


BEST FRIENDS are the siblings God forgot to give us.

 

 


When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead,

you can look beside you and your BEST FRIEND will be there.


 


TRUE FRIENDSHIP
"NEVER" ENDS...Friends are FOREVER.

 

 


Good friends are like shooting stars....You don't always see them, but

you know they are always there.

 

 


Don't frown...

You never know who is falling in love
with your smile.


 


What do you do when the only person who can make you stop
crying

is the person who made you cry?

 

 


Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them.

 

 

 


Everything is okay in the end...

If it's not okay, then it's not the end.

 


 


Most people walk in and out of your life,

but only friends leave footprints in your heart.


 


 





































































































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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

PANCHAAMRITAM 177


 



 




 

Vishwa Samvad Kendra (Media Centre), Chennai (vskch.2009@gmail.com)

PANCHAAMRITAM 177

Pancha is five in Samskritam, Amritam is nectar

Poornima, Kali Yugaabda 5111, VIRODHI Margazhi 16 (December 31, 2009)

ONE

Recently, 167 students out of 400 students voluntarily obtained Transfer Certificate in R C Nadunilai Palli (i.e. RC Middle School), a Christian institution in Nathampatti village, Srivilliputhur Taluk, Virudhunagar district (Tamilnadu, Bharat). The reason: The school management had started teaching Bible during classes; teachers pressurized Hindu students not to display Hindu religious symbols.  Agitated Hindu parents opposed this brainwashing attempt on their children.  They stood together, obtained Transfer Certificate from the school and admitted their wards to other schools.

Team PANCHAAMRITAM

TWO

In Tamilnadu, Rashtra Sevika Samiti's members have been campaigning among Hindu girls not to wear T-shirts, jeans etc. They are dissuading girls from taking to weird hairstyles. This was disclosed by Samiti's state general secretary Smt. Gomathi Naveen in a press meet at Erode in connection with the centenary of Samiti's former president Saraswati Tai Apte. Gomati insisted that Samiti will not indulge in any agitation to achieve this end. The press meet was held on December 27, the last day of the three day state level sammelan of the Samiti in which 720 Sevikas from all over the State participated. The punctuality and discipline with which the Samiti route march was held, prompted a woman police official on duty to exclaim how great it would be if they (women police) too could receive wholesome training in this fashion.

Team PANCHAAMRITAM

THREE

Due to the recent heavy showers in the District of Nilgiris, (Tamilnadu, Bharat) many parts of the district have been affected by land-slides that left 43 dead and thousands homeless.  RSS and Seva Bharathi volunteers from various parts of the District swung into the action. Their rescue and relief operations started as early as 10th November 2009 at Gandhinagar, Lovedale. Since then, this team has without any break and reluctance is still working with a motto of serving the affected people. It was the dedicated service of this team to carry all the relief materials by walking around 17 kms from Coonoor to Kurumbarpadi – due to non-availability of motorable road to reach the affected area. Women workers of Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India provided counseling to the affected families. Impressed by the disciplined and dedicated display of service to the needy people, on 15th, the teams were asked by authorities to take care of another camp at Old Ooty.  Swayamsevaks took up the task and did the work to full satisfaction.

Team PANCHAAMRITAM

FOUR

An Indian doctor working in 600 B.C. might have been the world's first plastic surgeon, according to a new exhibition that challenges Western domination of the history of science and technology. The Science and Technology Heritage Exhibition opened last week at New Delhi's National Science Centre, showcasing the advances and discoveries with which the country says it should be credited. The plastic surgery claim relates to Susruta, who lived 150 years before Greece's "father of medicine," Hippocrates, and who lends his name to a number of modern Indian clinics. The surgeon pioneered nose reconstruction in northern India, which entailed removing skin from the forehead of a person to re-build the facial feature. Criminals were often punished by having their noses cut off during his time. He is credited with authoring the Susruta Samhita, a medical text which details 650 types of drugs, 300 operations, 42 surgical procedures and 121 types of instruments, according to available records. The earliest documentation of Indian medicine is found in holy Hindu scripts of the Vedas compiled between 3,000 and 1,000 BC. The organisers linked the new permanent show to the Commonwealth Games next year when 100,000 spectators are expected in New Delhi. Sensing a sunrise market in the heritage sector, New Delhi now plans to dig deeper into its past and go beyond the well-chronicled Indus Valley Civilisation of 2,500 BC.

October 29, 2009. AFP

FIVE

Sahitya Academy, Madhya Pradesh (Bharat) and Sanskriti Parishad in co-ordination with Seva Bharati have organised for the first time a two-day training workshop for the women writers of slums. Panchayat Raj Commissioner Mrs Veena Ghanekar inaugurated the workshop by lighting the traditional lamp. Commending efforts of the Parishad, Mrs Ghanekar said that the thinking of women living in slums would help create a good family and society in future. Sahitya Academy director Dr Devendra Deepak said that the writing done from air-conditioned bungalows and Coffee House about life in slums is far away from truth. Sahitya Academy is trying to reach the deprived of people. Women Writers' Association chairman Rajashree Rawat said that the writings show that children would be cultured. Academy had given four subjects to the participants - 'My Locality, My People'; 'My Mother'; 'My Ideal Woman'; and 'My Interest'. In spite of difficulties faced in life the write ups expressed hope for the future. 35 participants read their creations before subject specialists.

Based on a report in CENTRAL CHRONICLE, Bhopal, December 20, 2009.

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Priya married Hitesh this day. At the end of the wedding party,

Priya's mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook.

With Rs.1000 deposit amount.

Mother: 'Priya, take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your marriage life.


When there's something happy and memorable happened in your new life, put some money in.


Write down what it's about next to the line.


The more memorable the event is, the more money you can put in.


I've done the first one for you today.


Do the others with Hitesh.


When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you've had.'

Priya shared this with Hitesh when getting home.


They both thought it was a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can be made.

This was what they did after certain time:

- 7 Feb: Rs.100, first birthday celebration for Hitesh after marriage

- 1 Mar: Rs.300, salary raise for Priya

- 20 Mar: Rs.200, vacation trip to Bali

- 15 Apr: Rs.2000, Priya got pregnant

- 1 Jun: Rs.1000, Hitesh got promoted

.... and so on...

However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things.


They didn't talk much.


They regretted that they had married the most nasty people in the world.... no more love...


Kind of typical nowadays, huh?

One day Priya talked to her Mother:

'Mom, we can't stand it anymore. We agree to divorce.


I can't imagine how I decided to marry this guy!!!'

Mother: 'Sure, girl, that's no big deal.


Just do whatever you want if you really can't stand it.


But before that, do one thing first.


Remember the saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day?


Take out all money and spend it first.


You shouldn't keep any record of such a poor marriage.'

Priya thought it was true.


So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to cancel the account..

While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record.


She looked, and looked, and looked.


Then the memory of all the previous joy and happiness just came up her mind.


Her eyes were then filled with tears.


She left and went home.

When she was home, she handed the passbook to Hitesh, asked him to spend the money before getting divorce..

The next day, Hitesh gave the passbook back to Priya.


She found a new deposit of Rs.5000. And a line next to the record:


'This is the day I notice how much I've loved you thru out all these years.


How much happiness you've brought me.'


They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.

Do you know how much money they had saved when they retired?


I did not ask.


I believe the money did not matter any more after they had gone thru all the good years in their life.


"If u can't be a pencil to write anyone's happiness, try atleast to be a nice rubber to erase everyone's sorrows…………"






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