Varanasi:The oldest living city of India

 Varanasi is the city of joy, spirituality and art. Last night , I with my room partner were just wandering at ghats of river Ganga.Suddenly we found a concert held on Tulasi Ghat. We managed to listen and what a performance that was. All the problems of my life with it's complications suddenly escaped.
  One thing I noticed that every person who lives in Varansi have a deep sense of music and peace. Listening that music and seeing the still water of Ganga and shadow of moon in it had taken me away from this world.
Tremendous sense of peace and stillness I felt.

   I don't know any thing about Classical music but yesterday while sitting there I saw that something which is pure and full of love is going on. These are the moments , moments of complete peace and compassion, moments of ecstasy, moments of joy I can pay any thing.
 Search is always within but it can be accelerated by external pure sources.  

Ghalib

work of Ghalib contains the questioning about this world and its significance. Even most of the shayaries of Ghalib addresses lover but it contains a deep meaning. No doubt Ghalib was a rebellious who questioned this world through out his life about the rituals ,about human mind, about the system .
I think In the journey of life, most important thing is questioning... search of the right answer ,free from all prejudice. A clear intelligent mind, a mind which can see directly this game of egocentric activities.

At last what needed is only a joyous life having a deep sense of harmony with all your fellow being without interruption of "I" sense.

Ghalib contributed all his life for this questioning.

न था कुछ तो खुदा था ,कुछ न होता तो खुदा होता
डुबोया मुझको होने ने , न होता मैं तो क्या होता ।

हमको उनसे वफ़ा की है उम्म्मीद
जो नहीं जानते वफ़ा क्या है ।

हाँ भला कर तेरा भला होगा
और दरवेश की सदा क्या है । दरवेश (beggar )

मैंने माना की कुछ नहीं "ग़ालिब "
मुफ्त हाथ आये तो बुरा क्या है ।

क़ासिद के आते आते ख़त एक और लिख रखूं
मैं जानता हूँ जो वो लिखेंगे जवाब में । क़ासिद (messenger)

उधर वो बदगुमानी है , इधर ये नातवानी है
न पूछा जाये उससे , न बोला जाये मुझसे ।

क्रिकेट वर्ल्ड कप

भारत में क्रिकेट एक धर्म की तरह है .... आइये जानते हैं की ऐसा क्यों है | भारत और इंग्लैंड के बीच हुए मैच में एक एक पल का रोमांच उस क्षण को इंगित करता है जब मनुष्य अपने भूत और भविष्य की चिंता किये बगैर अपने वर्त्तमान को जी रहा होता है |
क्या धर्म से भी मनुष्य को यही आशा नहीं होती... जहाँ हम सीख सकें की हार और जीत की चिंता किये बगैर कैसे एक एक क्षण को पूरी तन्मयता के साथ जीया जा सकता है |
क्रिकेट एक नशा है.... जो मनुष्य के दिमाग को कुछ घंटों के लिए बांध देता है | नशा भी तो यही करता है |

क्रिकेट हमारे लिए क्या है, शायद हम पूरी तरह से नहीं समझ सकते क्योंकि हर एक व्यक्ति के लिए यह अलग अलग मायने रखता है |
कुछ भी हो लेकिन कुछ क्षणों के लिए ही सही रोमांच किसे नहीं भाता

मधुशाला

मधुशाला जो की हरिवंश राय बच्चन द्वारा लिखा गया है,हिंदी साहित्य में एक विशेष स्थान रखता है | साकी हाला और मधुशाला शब्दों के माध्यम से रचयिता ने जीवन के गूढ़ विषयो की बहुत ही सुन्दर और दार्शनिक विवेचना की है |इन रुबाइयों की सहजता ही इनकी लोकप्रियता का कारण हैं |

Celestia

celestia: a space simulation software.......

a nice software, simulating the space, here you can see most of the stars and galexies.... it is too wonderful to see the night earth form moon, seeing millions km away galexies just clicking on that...

you must see our solar system using this. It's open source software.

now a days I also gone through a Chaos Theory . I still studing about this...

Atma Shatakam... True knowledge of Vedanta

Atma Shatakam is written by Adi Shankaracharya summarizing the concept of Advaita Vedanata...

English Transalation of this Stotra is following...

1) I am not mind, nor intellect, nor ego,
nor the reflections of inner self .I am not the five senses.I am beyond that.I am not the ether, nor the earth,
nor the fire, nor the wind . I am indeed,
That eternal knowing and bliss, Shiva,
love and pure consciousness.
2) Neither can I be termed as energy ,
nor five types of breath ,
nor the seven material essences,
nor the five coverings . Neither am I the five instruments of elimination,
procreation, motion, grasping, or speaking. I am indeed,
That eternal knowing and bliss, Shiva,
love and pure consciousness.
3) I have no hatred or dislike,
nor affiliation or liking,
nor greed,
nor delusion,
nor pride or haughtiness,
nor feelings of envy or jealousy. I have no duty (dharma),
nor any money,
nor any desire (refer: kama),
nor even liberation (refer: moksha). I am indeed,
That eternal knowing and bliss, Shiva,
love and pure consciousness.
4) I have neither merit (refer: virtue),
nor demerit (refer: vice). I do not commit sins or good deeds,
nor have happiness or sorrow,
pain or pleasure. I do not need mantras, holy places,
scriptures (refer: Vedas), rituals or sacrifices (refer: yajnas). I am none of the triad of
the observer or one who experiences,
the process of observing or experiencing,
or any object being observed or experienced. I am indeed,
That eternal knowing and bliss, Shiva,
love and pure consciousness.
5) I do not have fear of death,
as I do not have death. I have no separation from my true self,
no doubt about my existence,
nor have I discrimination on the basis of birth. I have no father or mother,
nor did I have a birth. I am not the relative,
nor the friend,
nor the guru,
nor the disciple. I am indeed,
That eternal knowing and bliss, Shiva,
love and pure consciousness.
6) I am all pervasive.I am without any attributes,
and without any form. I have neither attachment to the world,
nor to liberation (refer: mukti). I have no wishes for anything
because I am everything,
everywhere,
every time,
always in equilibrium. I am indeed,
That eternal knowing and bliss, Shiva,
love and pure consciousness. (refer: Satcitananda minus the sat)

Shri Shri Seva Mandir.... a school running in tribal area

The school started. These three words are so easy to write now, but there were many comma’s, question marks, semi-colons sometimes exclamatory mark s but never a full-stop between these three dreamy words. These days there are classes which teach how to-be a mother, how to tie a diaper etc etc, but my experience in running a school was that of a baby looking at three twin sisters, and deciding which is his real mother. The decisions had to be quick and correct, involving the village, the children, the society and the education system.

The village was riddled with Naxalism and just meters away the government had pumped in money to the tune of 100 crores to fight naxalism, cutting the branches of the problem not uprooting it. The peaceful words of the Guru carry high voltage of truth and the nature attunes itself, bows down to His eternal verities to align itself to His utterances. It happened. I saw it happyning .

With two committed teachers who decided to dedicate years of their life for this school, the school re-commissioned, the children slowly and steadily gained interest in different subjects, including chanting, Sanskrit, and we affiliated it to the National Open Schooling under the ICSE arm. Small girls and boys would wake up early morning and begin their journey, their destination some 4-5 kms away, but the dedication was deep and intense, the faith tremendous.
The day would start with folded hands to convey gratitude to the Lord, progress into the depths of science and floated upwards with spirited enthusiasm of football and volleyball. Within months 64 children were being reborn and induced with doses of maths, geography, science and our great valiant history. They wanted more, and soon there were small Dhoni’s and Bhutia’s giving brief appearances of hitting a four or a penalty corner on the mountain terrains of Aurwan Tand.

The blue school dress provided uniformity amongst the different caste systems prevalent, the prayers injected faith and sanskaar, the studies established the information, attitude, concepts and the love, instilled survival, care and trust. The school with no electricity, no water initially, became the great gesture of returns and seva that the society gifted to Aurwan Tand. They had dreamt. Now it was a reality.

Naxalism evaporated from this village, with many joining the mainstream, the water tap tapped our doorstep minus the water though, the CRPF took regular breaks in the evening over chai and mari biscuits and there has not been a single hunger death in over 4 years. Malnutrition melted away and we have muscular men and women in their early years to success. Set amidst the forests, the innocence of the villagers carry grace and humility. To reach this non-existent village, one has to travel 90 kms from Benares and if you can withdraw your attention from the scenic landscape, you might reach this tiny place.

to read more about this school clik : http://www.rajeshjagasia.com/

If you want to help to run this school properly...plesae mail me....