Why should I convince them when I cannot change my family? KR On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 at 09:18, yeddanapudim <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can you convince the Muslims and Christians? > YM > > On Monday 21 October, 2024 at 08:53:31 am IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Good question. Here are some ways to reduce tamas guna, or to balance > your tamasic energy: > > - *Avoid tamasic foods*: Avoid heavy meats, processed foods, alcohol, > and root vegetables. Instead, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. > - *Avoid overindulgence*: Avoid oversleeping, overeating, and > inactivity. > - *Practice yoga*: Practice yoga asanas like sun salutations, or > pranayamas like kapalbhati. > - *Practice meditation*: Practice meditation that involves movement, > like walking meditation or labyrinth meditation. > - *Get out into nature*: Spend more time in nature. > - *Seek activity and adventure*: Seek out activities and adventures. > - *Shake your hands*: Shake your hands as you lift your arms overhead > several times. > - *Move to music*: Move to music. > - *Chant*: Chant to lift energy and focus your mind. > > Some qualities associated with tamas include laziness, anger, attachment, > depression, dependency, self-doubt, guilt, boredom, irritation, addiction, > apathy, confusion, grief, and ignorance. > *Guna* means attribute, quality, strand. This word has many > connotations, but the most common usage belongs to the vocabulary of the > *yoga* and *Samkhya* traditions, where it refers to the well-known triad > of forces—*sattva**, **rajas*, and *tamas*—that are thought to be the > fundamental qualities of *prakriti *(Nature). These qualities are > considered the primary dynamic forces of Nature, as they represent the > principles of activity and dynamism (*rajas*), inertia (*tamas*), and > harmony (*sattva*). Their combined interaction creates the entire > manifest world. They underlie all material as well as psycho-mental > phenomena. > > *Sattva* is regarded as buoyant and illuminating. Its corresponding color > is white.* Rajas* is stimulating and mobile. Its corresponding color is > red.* Tamas* is inert and concealing. Its corresponding color is black. > As qualities of Nature, they all (even *sattva guna*) essentially > represent a limiting aspect, as the *Bhagavad Gita *(14:6-8) affirms: “ > *Sattva* binds through attachment toward knowledge and happiness; *rajas* > binds > the incarnated spirit though attachment toward action, and *tamas* binds > through negligence, indolence and sleep.” > *Sattva Guna* > > The word *sattva* comes from the Sanskrit root *sat*, meaning > “existence.” *Sattva guna* represents the principle of harmony and > balance. The *Bhagavad Gita* (14:6) characterizes *sattva guna* as > “immaculate, illuminating, without ill.” However, *sattva*, by virtue of > being one of the *gunas*, also has a binding effect—it can cause > attachment to joy and knowledge. > > When tranquility, light, happiness, purity, calmness, harmony, kindness, > forgiveness, patience, and compassion predominate in the mind, we call it > sattvic. People with sattvic minds love tranquility, a simple life, higher > thoughts, the study of spiritual books, philosophical discussions, > concentration, meditation, and the company of spiritual beings. Spiritual > aspiration, noble ideals, empathy, love, devotion, inspiration, and > genius—all these pertain to the sattvic mind. A sattvic mind is always > steady and finds delight internally. This purity of the mind always brings > about purity of the Heart. > *Rajas Guna* > > The Sanskrit word *rajas* is derived from the root *raj or ranj*, meaning > “to be colored, affected, excited, charmed.” *Rajas* represents the > principle of dynamism and activity. Its fruit is the joy of acting, but > also the distress of fault. *Rajas* tendencies create both *raga* (attraction, > attachment) and *dvesha* (aversion, hate) for external objects. The *Bhagavad > Gita* (14:7) describes *rajas* as being of the nature of attraction, > springing from “thirst” and attachment. It is also said to produce bondage > through our clinging to action. > > In *Maitrayanaya Upanishad *(3:5), we find the characteristics of *rajas* > listed > as follows: thirst, affection, passion, greed, violence, lust, false > vision, contradictoriness, jealousy, desire, instability, fickleness, > possessiveness, material acquisitiveness, nepotism, dependence on our > environment, repulsion from undesirable sense objects, and fondness for > what is desirable. However, *rajas* can be directed positively and lead > to creativity and a constructive attitude. > > When competition, dynamism, activity, restlessness, passion, sensorial > desires, lust, and excitement predominate in the mind, we call it a > “rajasic” mind. People with this kind of mind prefer big cities, material > and professional gain, the pleasures of the senses, luxury, competition, > challenges, adventures, hard work, and activism. This kind of mind (also > referred to as *kama manas*) is the instinctive mind, full of desires and > passions. The rajasic mind always wants new sensations and variety. It has > a tendency to look for the defects of others. It also remembers bad deeds > or wrongs done by others and easily forgets their good acts. These two > tendencies intensify hatred and cause frequent disturbances in the mind. It > is the rajasic mind that splits, separates, divides, and deceptively shows > plurality. > *Tamas Guna* > > The “quality of darkness,” refers to the principle of inertia and > ignorance. The darkness of *tamas* is the shadow of knowledge and > produces confusion and disappointment. *Tamas *is opposed to *sattva*, > because the essence of *sattva* is *prakasha *(illumination), and the > essence of *tamas* is the absence of light, *aprakasha* (ignorance). > > In the *Bhagavad Gita* (14:8), it states that *tamas guna* springs from > *ajnana *(spiritual ignorance) and deludes all beings, binding them by > heedlessness, sloth, and sleep. In the *Maitrayanaya Upanishad* (3:5), we > can find a long list of characteristics of *tamas*. These include fear, > confusion, despondency, grief, hunger, and thirst. *Tamas* produces > ignorance and destroys all sense of discrimination. It creates > disappointment and difficulty in making decisions. In this way, inaction > appears and the mind becomes dizzy, full of opposing ideas and thoughts of > helplessness. > > When ignorance, indifference, carelessness, drowsiness, inertness, > dullness, apathy, indulgence in laziness, and stupidity predominate in the > mind, it is called tamasic. People with tamasic minds prefer the company of > inferior, degraded beings or simply indulge in an inert solitude. > Generally, they do not read books, are afraid of work, are melancholic, > have no refinement or elegance, and are disinterested in the important > aspects of humanity. Often, they are unable to despise others but cannot > love either. Through their attitude, they maintain thoughts of > helplessness, suspicion, indifference, and stupidity. > Transcending the 3 *Gunas* > > Only by transcending the qualities of Nature (a condition known as > *gunatita*) can yogis reveal their true essence, *atman*. As qualities of > Nature, all of the *gunas* have a binding effect. However, while the > qualities of activity (*rajas*) and inertia (*tamas*) tend to maintain > the ego-illusion, the predominance of the quality of harmony (*sattva*) > helps create the conditions for *moksha* (liberation). That is why yogic > texts and great *yoga* masters have always emphasized the importance of > cultivating sattvic conditions and states. > > For Hridaya Yoga practitioners—who know that Self-realization is > instantaneous but deconditioning is a process—this is the most relevant > aspect of the *gunas*. Therefore, we should cultivate *sattva guna* in > our beings in order to create the proper conditions for Self-realization. > Only by overcoming *rajas* and *tamas* through the enhancement of *sattva* is > Self-realization possible. > > In *The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna*, Ramakrishna describes the three > *gunas’* influence in connection with the feeling of devotion: > > “There are three kinds of formal devotion: tamasic, rajasic, and sattvic. > If a person, while showing devotion to God, is actuated by malevolence, > arrogance, jealousy, or anger, then his devotion is tamasic, since it is > influenced by *tamas*, the quality of inertia. If he worships God from a > desire for fame or wealth, or from any otherworldly ambition, then his > devotion is rajasic, since it is influenced by *rajas*, the quality of > activity. But if a person loves God without any thought of material gain, > if he performs his duties to please God alone and maintains towards all > created beings the attitude of friendship, then his devotion is called > sattvic, since it is influenced by *sattva*, the quality of harmony. > > But the highest devotion transcends the three *gunas*, qualities, being a > spontaneous, uninterrupted inclination of the mind towards God, the Inner > Soul of all beings; and it wells up in the Heart of a true devotee as soon > as he hears the name of God or mention of God’s attributes. A devotee > possessed of this love would not accept the happiness of heaven if it were > offered him. His one desire is to love God under all conditions—in pleasure > and pain, life and death, honor and dishonor, prosperity and adversity.” > > We have to lead the horses to good ponds, KR IRS 211024 > > On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 at 05:52, yeddanapudim <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In Kerala a minister openly killed a cow and ate it.Where is the Hindu > spine? > YM > > On Sunday 20 October, 2024 at 07:31:55 pm IST, Bala N. Aiyer < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > So, ask the Education minister, if he will support similarly with > government if you get 40,000 Gurukulas, and Hindu schools with support for > the teachers' salary and also similar support to all Temple priests. > > Bala N. Aiyer > > > On Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 01:27:20 AM CDT, Rama <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Prof. A. V. Thamarakshan Ex MLA > > *An open letter to all secular believers..* > > In recent days, discussions are going on in social media regarding the > number of madrasas in Kerala. It was then that I felt the need for a little > more in-depth study on this subject and felt that the knowledge gained > through it should be conveyed to others. > > 1- Total Population of Kerala: 35699443. > > 2- Muslim population of Kerala: 8873472 (26%) > > 3- Number of Madrasas in Kerala: 21683. > > 4- Number of madrasa teachers in Kerala: 204683. > > 5- Number of Panchayats in Kerala: 941. > > 6- Average number of Madrasas per Panchayat (21683/941) = 23 Madrasas. NB > : More than one madrasa per ward. > > 7- Salary of a Madrasa Teacher = 25000/- per month (excluding those who > are paid at the rate of Rs. 300/- per hour). > > 8- Salary for madrasa teachers per month from exchequer :( 204683x 25000) > = 5117075000. > > 9- Pension given to Madrasa teachers per month (implemented by Pinarayi > Govt.): 6000 x 200000 = 1200000000. > > 10- Total one month Madrasa salary and pension from exchequer: (5117075000 > + 1200000000) = 6317075000/- > 11- Money spent in Kerala in a year including madrasa salary and pension > (6317075000 x 12 ) = 75804900000 (seven thousand five hundred eighty crore > forty nine lakh rupees) NB : Those checking this number do not need to use > a calculator. With the size of the number, the error will be displayed. > > *Information Credit: Hon'ble Minister of Higher Education - KT Jalil > presented in the Legislative Assembly...* > > Now a question for the secular minds. What is special about this community > that you don't have...? > > The tax money of Hindus, Christians and Muslims is misused in this way. > Should this injustice still be allowed...? > > The only word to say to those who say that Kerala is a secular land! > Kerala is not secular, it is a land of fanaticism... > > 😡😡😡 > > Cheers > Rama > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoq2z-TkGWQjbPHPpdw4vV%2B0YPDr3Pn5McG4ZSu2KjLJbg%40mail.gmail.com.
