What did Buddha preached!

"Nothing new was preached by Buddha but the pure Hinduism or Vedic Concepts which were either not practiced by common people of that time or which were only at the hands of some sections of people; that Vedic knowledge was preached to the common man.
Preaching the Vedic dharma to the common man was the greatest contribution done by Buddha."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Personal laws

"Notice one common thing about all personal laws. They only talk about Postmortem Justice and not preventive measures."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

two types of fears

1. Fear of something or someone.
2. Fear out of nothing and no reason.
How to handle the second type of fear. It comes suddenly, stays there for couple of minutes but terrifies you so much! After that short period, u don't find any reason for that fear!"

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Displacement of People

"The bad part of displacement of people is only due to the GREED of few people rather than the necessity or development of that place."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Meditations on child

"I normally get totally relaxed when i see small kids...very innocent, playful and full of energy. Just think about a small child and his actions; you will forget all other things."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Can't leave the Past!

"Can past be always behind us. Do we not carry this past and its effects to the present & future.
Do we only live in present...I doubt! Past & Future takes away more than half of our present. If one lives in present even for certain percentage, he can benefit and reap a lot of wonderful things in life. But we don't."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Past, Present & Future

"The past is behind us - learn from it; the future is ahead - reach for it; the present is now - live in it."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Personal choice not Government Act

"There are lot of areas which are personal but Government & legal agencies are forced to enter. Domestic violence, harassment at work place, dowry deaths, etc.. This issue of choosing or knowing gender is also one such. Choice of Parent is OK but its affect over the society in large is very very large and hard and Government is forced to do it."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Choosing a Child

"The basic idea among the society is that only illiterate and poor people go for abortions when they found out that the child is a girl. But I have heard many instances of educated and rich people misusing this test to find out the gender of the child and go for abortions. People with power and money can do things calmly without any issues. Pay to a private hospital and everything will done without much noise. What law must do is to enforce this act very seriously."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Choice for Child

"The basic idea among the society is that only illiterate and poor people go for abortions when they found out that the child is a girl. But I have heard many instances of educated and rich people misusing this test to find out the gender of the child and go for abortions. People with power and money can do things calmly without any issues. Pay to a private hospital and everything will done without much noise. What law must do is to enforce this act very seriously."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

What U want out of Life

"Inner satisfaction is more important than external success. Success has different meaning in different context. What everyone want is a peaceful life and a loving family."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Life Journey

"If travel is happiness; then, Is destination satisfaction?"

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Forgive Ourselves

"We need to forgive ourselves for our past transgressions. Also, while we can learn from the past we can't dwell in it. Here is something I try to live by: The past is behind us - learn from it; the future is ahead - reach for it; the present is now - live in it."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

"mindfulness, compassion and empathy are the answers. And the good thing is they can be practised systematically on a daily basis. :)"

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

not individual but of the whole mankind

Unless we understand our own SELF, we cannot understand the whole mankind. It is very easy to understand one person rather than the whole world. How much we understand ourself fully????"

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Hinduism borrowed many concepts from Buddhism...

What is called Buddhism is nothing more than PURE Hinduism which was not practised during the time of Buddha. Buddha contribution was to rediscover those pure form of spirituality and present to the common man."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

if we cannot explain truth, philosophize it.

Spirituality is an experience of SELF known to self only and cannot be explained to others who have not experienced it. Anything not understood or experience by a person can be marked as philosophy or peotric.That's OK."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Buddha has not answered the question of reincarnation?????

Throughout his teachings, he urged people to follow & practice dhamma,only to come out this cycle of birth & death.Nothing more or less. He discouraged people to accept anything less than enlightment. What is enlightment? No birth further!!!!!"

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

What is it that reincarnates?

It is what is dead that reincarnates. Chick came out of egg and from where did egg come from. Birth and death are same like. what comes from what, we know, but what came from what in the beginning, we don't know.Only we can assume that, something come out of something when something goes out of something!!!!!!"

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Enlightment

"Enlightment must be by one's own self effort and at his own pace. Forcing it has negative effects and results."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

What U do in Meditation

"We are not avoiding anything in Meditation but absorbing everything! Urge for things (physical, mental or emotional) is what we are trying to absorb. A thought for any need is absorbed as soon as it arises, so that urge for that dies there and then itself."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Health

"'Let it be' means the ability to detach from the fruits of actions. If there are health problems, do your best to cure them. But do it with the understanding that they may take their own time to heal. Do everything peacefully accepting the possibility of failure."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Problems in Life by Ajay Kapoor

"There will never come a time when there will be no problems in your life. There will always remain some tasks undone. That is OK. You just have to do your best. Try to solve the given problems with equanimity and courage . If they get solved, it is good. If not, that is also fine. Unsolved problems are a part of the big game. You have to learn to accept this and be OK with it."

There will always remain some loose threads in our clothes. There cannot be perfection in any task. All solutions must lead to new problems. This is the nature of the game.

Perfection has only one definition: Freedom from the relative and living in the Absolute. Short of that, everything is imperfect. Acceptance of the necessity of imperfection is a compulsory step for attaining the absolute.
Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

How to bring Political Changes

"Few things We can do:
1.Reject - The media and political parties are putting on us some so called 'Young Leaders' and forcing us to accept them. We need to reject this thru social networks like Facebook or twitter. This is the first step to educate people and also reject the political/media manipulation of truth.
2.Go and Vote. Very Very Important thing and THIS IS WHAT WHICH BRING CHANGES IN SOCIETY & THE WEAPON CONSTITUTION HAS GIVEN TO US. U CAN USE IT FOR DEFENSE OR ATTACK. U decide what to do with that.
3.Join some social organisation to educate people.
4.Go for PIL on public issues.
5. Question the policies of government and people who are responsible for it.
6. last but most effective one, become a politician and bring out the changes u wish to see in the society."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Political Change U can bring

"Few things We can do:
1.Reject - The media and political parties are putting on us some so called 'Young Leaders' and forcing us to accept them. We need to reject this thru social networks like Facebook or twitter. This is the first step to educate people and also reject the political/media manipulation of truth.
2.Go and Vote. Very Very Important thing and THIS IS WHAT WHICH BRING CHANGES IN SOCIETY & THE WEAPON CONSTITUTION HAS GIVEN TO US. U CAN USE IT FOR DEFENSE OR ATTACK. U decide what to do with that.
3.Join some social organisation to educate people.
4.Go for PIL on public issues.
5. Question the policies of government and people who are responsible for it.
6. last but most effective one, become a politician and bring out the changes u wish to see in the society."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Birth and Death

"Birth and death pertain only to the body…they are superimposed on the Self, giving rise to the delusion that birth and death relate to the Self. Discover the undying Self and be immortal and happy."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Petrol price hike

"Raise a few cents of petrol prices, nation wide strike is called!
One rupee raise in petrol will affect every section of people and every commodity in general. If this is not objected, what else we can!!!!!!!
Strike are not the agreed form of protest nor display of disagreement and there are different forums to do the same.But when everything has failed, then u r left with only this option. The only remaining option left of violence with i totally disagree."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Different Stages

"Only after knowing the difference between good and bad, one can choose to live it.So, knowing is the first stage and understanding it is the second stage. Practice (living) is the third stage.
Only if these stages are in order, one can benefit otherwise, he may follow in the beginning but due misunderstand it, may leave it forever."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Journey of Life

"I think less baggage from the past (travel will be slow and difficult if we have more load on parachute) and control on emotions (decide on where to go and be fix to that route). Many times in life, we decide on something but during action we go after some other thing which changes our life totally. So, go along with the decided path, even thought we may have problems physically, financially, socially and more importantly Emotionally."

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Meditation means

"Meditation means “continuous thought and reflection” or “intent observance.”"

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Meditation means

"Meditation means “continuous thought and reflection” or “intent observance.”"

Tirumalanath, Neelaiagari, thiru

Mind is Everything

The mind is everything. The way u think about something makes u happy or sad irrespective of that.

Meditation

Meditation is not concerned with any activity but it is concerned with our alertness while doing any action.

Meditation means to add awareness and alertness in our actions. It is the art of staying in this present moment without any emotional attachments to arising and dying of the thoughts. Meditation means to be fully aware of our actions, thoughts, feelings and emotions.

Mind is disturbed, then

If ur mind is disturbed with thoughts on which u have no control, then listen to some good music or think about something which makes u happy. Better talk to someone for a couple of minutes, so that ur thoughts changes and u feel lighten up.

Sleeply

Sleeply but not able to sleep.  what is worse? Not able to sleep or don't want to sleep.

Why don't we sleep like babies? They just eat and sleep. Again wakeup, eat and sleep. The way they sleep makes me jealous of them.

Solution:

If u don't think about anything and just lay down as a dead body, u will get sleep quickly.

Want to read a good book....any suggestions...