Ram ratan dhan payo... Meera..



Jewel-name of Rama

Oh dear! I have got the jewel like name of Rama.

My preceptor has given me an immaculate entity and He has accepted me out of benevolence.||1||

I have achieved the eternal treasure of name of Rama and have lost everything else in the mundane world.||2||

This treasure [of name of Rama] does not diminishes on spending, and a thief cannot steal it. It increases five-fourth times each day.||3||

 My preceptor has crossed the ocean of metempsychosis (rebirth cycle) by using the boat like name of Rama.||4||

The Lord of ‘Mira’, is Krishna, Who lifted the mountain Govardhana, and Who is naughty. Mira sings His glories with immense happiness.||5||

Meera (Mira Bai) was a Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She was one of the most significant Sants ("true" or "saints") of the Vaishnava bhakti movement. Some 1,300 pads (poems) commonly known as bhajans (sacred songs) are attributed to her. These are popular throughout India and have been translated and published worldwide. In the bhakti tradition, they are in passionate praise of Lord Krishna. In most of her poems, she describes her unconditional love for her Lord and promotes Krishna bhakti as the best way of life because it helps us forget our desires.

Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye Je... Narsinh Mehta



Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye je   

   [One who is a Vaishnav]          

  Peed paraayi jaane re        

   [Knows the pain of others]        

   Par-dukhkhe upkaar kare toye 

   [Does good to others, esp. to those ones who are in misery]         

   Man abhimaan na aane re          

   [Does not let pride enter his mind]        

   Vaishnav...                

   SakaL lok maan sahune vande          

   [A Vaishnav, Tolerates and praises the entire world]        

   Nindaa na kare keni re           

   [Does not say bad things about anyone]        

   Vaach kaachh man nishchaL raakhe          

   [Keeps his/her words, actions and thoughts pure]        

   Dhan-dhan janani teni re          

   [O Vaishnav, your mother is blessed (dhanya-dhanya)]                  

    Vaishnav...        

   Sam-drishti ne trishna tyaagi          

   [A Vaishnav sees everything equally, rejects greed and avarice]

   Par-stree jene maat re          

   [Considers some one else's wife/daughter as his mother]       

   Jivha thaki asatya na bole          

   [The toungue may get tired, but will never speak lies]

   Par-dhan nav jhaalee haath re          

   [Does not even touch someone else's property]       

   Vaishnav...        

   Moh-maaya vyaape nahi jene          

   [A Vaishnav does not succumb to worldly attachments]       

   Dridh vairaagya jena man maan re          

   [Who has devoted himself to staunch detachment to worldly pleasures]

   Ram naam shoon taali laagi          

   [Who has been addicted to the elixir coming be the name of Ram]

   Sakal tirath tena tan maan re          

   [For whom all the religious sites are in the mind]       

   Vaishnav...        

   VaN-lobhi ne kapat-rahit chhe          

   [Who has no greed and deceit]       

   Kaam-krodh nivaarya re          

   [Who has renounced lust of all types and anger]

   Bhane Narsaiyyo tenun darshan karta          

   [The poet Narsi will like to see such a person]

   Kul ekoter taarya re          

   [By who's virtue, the entire family gets salvation]

   Vaishnav...

Vaishnava jana to is one of the most popular Hindu Bhajans, written in the 15th century by the poet Narsinh Mehta. It is in the Gujarati language. The bhajan was included in Mahatma Gandhi’s daily prayer. The bhajan speaks about the life, ideals and mentality of a Vaishnav Jana (a follower of Vishnu or Krishna).



Duma Dum Mast Qalandar.... Lal Shahbaaz Qalandar

O laal meri pat rakhio bala jhoole laalan, Sindri da Sehvan da, sakhi Shabaaz kalandar, Dama dam mast Qalandar, Ali dam dam de andar.

O the red robed, may I always have your benign protection, Jhulelal (as he was affectionately called).

O master, friend and Sire of Sindh and Sehwan (or Serwan), the red robed God-intoxicated Qalandar, The Lord in every breath of mine, glory be to you.

Chaar charaag tere baran hamesha, Panjwa mein baaran aayi bala jhoole laalan O panjwa mein baaran, O panjwa mein baaran aayi bala jhoole laalan, Sindri da Sehvan da, sakhi Shabaaz Qalandar, Dama dam mast Qalandar, Ali dam dam de andar.

Your shrine is always lighted with four lamps, And here I come to light a fifth lamp in your honor. Here I come with fifth O master, friend and Sire of Sindh and Sehwan (or Serwan), The red robed God-intoxicated Qalandar, The Lord in every breath of mine, glory be to you.

Hind Sind (some also sing Ghanan ghanan) peera teri naubat vaaje, Naal vaje ghadiyaal bala jhoole laalan, O naal vaje, O naal vaje ghadiyaal bala jhoole laalan.

Let your heroic name ring out in Hind & Sindh (or lets the gongs bell loud), Let the gong ring loud for your glory day and night by the people (ghadiyaal - watchman, symbolism of night).

Har dam peera teri khair hove, Naam-e-ali beda paar laga jhoole laalan, O naam-e-ali, O naam-e-ali beda paar laga jhoole laalan, Sindri da sehvan da sakhi Shabaaz Qalandar, Dama dam mast Qalandar, Ali dam dam de andar.

O Lord, may you prevail everytime, everywhere, I pray of your well being, In the name of Ali, I pray to you to help my boat cross in safety (in the river of life).

 

Dama Dam Mast Qalandar is a spiritual song. It is a kalaam in Punjabi by Sufi Saint Baba Bulleh Shah a few centuries ago in honour of the most revered Sufi Saint of Sindh, Shahbaz Qalandar of Sehwan Sharif, near Larkana, Pakistan, who worked for Hindu-Muslim unity in Sindh.

 Syed Usman Marwandi also known as Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177 – 1274), Sayed sufi saint, philosopher, poet, and qalandar, born as Syed Hussain Shah, he belonged to the Suhrawardiyya order of Sufis.

Qalander is a title given to a saint who is at a very high level of spirituality. They are different from other saints and they have a very strong feelings of love in them. Qalandars, amongst the saints, are those persons who may enjoy freedom from the ties and bounds of Time and Space.

Importance of Upanishads.

Upanishad, which is a sanskrit origin word. it is the combination of two words "Upa" and "Nishads". Upa whichs means "Nearby" and Nishads means "To sit down".

So, Upanishads mean "To sitting down near". Groups of pupil sit down near to Guru of that period listen to their sayings and thoughts which comes to them with their own experince.

This signifies the Guru Shisya parampara{tradition} of Indian culture.

Upanishads are the great example of our parampara.

Guru{teacher} is considered as God in Indian culture. The saying of Guru is also considered as the God saying and work on the saying is considered as performing God's work.

Upanishads are considered as the precious part of cultural heritage. learning of Upanishads has great importance in the Hindu culture.

Upanishads learns us about the philosphy of life. This contains the difficult disscussion of ultimate philosphical problems. It disscusses the inner and mystic teaching of life.

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"Sanskrit is mother of many Indian languages."

Agreeable statement, Sanskrit is the most ancient language of our country. it is the one of the 22 scheduled official languages of india and it is the second official language of uttrakhand.

Sanskrit is the root of many indian languages. it is perhaps the only language that transcended the barriers of regions and boundries. from north to south and east to west there is no part of India that has not contributed to or been affected by this language.

Also, Sanskrit has its root in the other 21 official language of India i.e. Telgu, Urdu, English, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Konkani, Gujrati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Manipuri, Oriya, Nepali, Tamil, Assamese, Mizo, Korborok, Khasi, Garo, Santali.

For instance, there are several words which are used in English of Sanskrit origin i.e.

Jangala-s becomes Jungle

Dalah becomes Dhal

Karman becomes Karma

Langulam becomes Langur

Loot-m becomes Loot.

similarly, There are such sanskrit origin words also found in the holy book of islam i.e. Quran.

Zaranjaber becomes Zanjbeel; which means ginger

Kapur becomes Kafur

Mushk becomes misk.

In punjabi, also there are many such Sanskrit origin words found.

Dughda becomes Duddha

Sapt becomes Satt-a.

As Sanskrit is older than 21 official language and we can say that Sanskrit is mother of 21 official language of India.

 so Sanskrit is the mother of many Indian languages.  

   

Unity in diversity in context of culture.

There are 8 major religions which are followed in india,namely;
Hinduism(82%), Islam(12%), Christianity(2.5%), Sikhism(2%), Buddhism(0.7%), Jainism(0.5%), Zorastrianism(0.01%), Judaism(0.0005%).

And,there are 22 official languages, thousands of dialects and other unofficial languages which are spoken by 1,241,491,960 brothers and sisters of india.

28 states in india with 7 union territories. every region has its own traditional costumes and food. every region's food is heavily influnced by the climate and culture of that part.

so, we can say that india is a land of diversity. But, diversities are not found in India rather than India is found in diversities.
the above statastic states that diversity is found in every region of india. so, what makes us one, what makes us indian with all such diversities?
the answer is lies in the question itself our diversity i.e. our culture.

yes, we follows different religion but they propagates the same thought of peace, principles and moral values of life.

yes, we wore different traditional costumes but it reflects the same meaning of the respect of our cultural heritage.

yes, we ate different food dishes but it tastes the same. taste of love and respect.

these all are the same things in our culture(our diversities) which makes us unite.

our culture(our diversities) is the cause of our unity.

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