Important sayings which influence our life


 1.A wise man  who is accomplished by self knowledge,industry,endurance and stability in dharma and does not deviate from personal effort is called Wise.His effort is not deflected by anger,joy or pride,by shyness impudence or self esteem.His honour  does not swell with joy,when dishonoured does not get heated, he has balanced mind .He is wise.

2.A man of self control enhances energy.Purity,straight forwardness and sincerity are the good traits of self control.He who is not covetous,with a little is satisfied,who thinks not of sense objects and is great as the ocean is known as man of self control.

3.A man"s reputation shines by his intelligence,noble family,control of senses,knowledge of scriptures valour,non-guilty,maximum charity and gratefulness.These are the eight qualities in man that makes him to shine above all.

4.Words well spoken, bring many good results,the same ill-spoken ,are cause of great evil.Arrows,bullets and bearded darts can be extricated from the body, but not the wordy dagger plunged deep into the heart.The great Poetin tamil Thiruvalluvar has mentioned about the ill-spoken words that affects our heart.If we happen to get a scare by burning our limbs,that scar will fade away in due course of time,but an ill-spoken word never fades and hurts the person very much through out his life.

These are  some of the good ideas that I read from a magazine recently,which I would like to share.

                                     Swami Vivekananda quotesQuotation:

1.“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.”

2.“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.”

3.“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.”

4.“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”

5.“The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves!”

6.“If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.”

Hi Ilanders these Quatations inspired me.I read from a web site.I hope you enjoy.

                                                          Importance of
 Sivarathri Virutham


All of us  know about Sivarathri,famous for Lord Siva.In Hindu religion this is observed as a fast day and one used to wake up all  throughout night on that day.Many episodes are there.Here is a story that I read recently which I would like to share.

There was a learned Pandit in a village.He had a son  named Vedanidhi who was of a bad virtue and habit. The Pandit tried his level best to correct him. All in vain.

One day Vedanidhi  stole a golden ring of his father whom the king had presented him for his loyal duty.He gave that to a dancing girl in the king"s court as his present.The king happened to see the ring and got wild on the pandit.

This made the pandit more annoyed and chased him out of the house.His friends did not entertain him any more.So he walked a long distance and because of fatigue fainted.When he woke up he saw some people singing the Praise of Siva and going to a near by temple of Lord Siva.He came to know that was a Sivarathri day.He joined them.

In the temple he saw many fruits coins near the shrine.He wanted to get some so he entered the inner shrine.The light was not sufficent for him to steal.So he tore his dhothi made wick and made the lamp still brighter than before and stole.But poor boy he was caught and beaten.He lost his life.

When Yama came he took him to deva loka,though he had committed so many sins.But Yama said though Vedanidhi did sins he also did a virtuous act by lighting the lamp of the Lord and starved the whole day and died on sivarathri day.All these good acts made him to attain heaven.

So if an bad virtued boy attained heaven without knowing the real importance of Sivarathri
 Lord siva will surely bless his devotees who take up this virtutham on Sivarathri day.

                                               Om Nama Sivaya

                                           How Friendship Breaks


The reason for the break of friendship is very simple.These are the silly reasons for that

1.Both the friends think the other is busy to call and contact.and will not contact thinking that may be disturbing to him.then time pass on.They forget to contact further.

2.Next they think why should I contact now,let the other friend call me.The ego comes
 inbetween friendship.Thus time pass on to months and at times years.Thus weakness the bondage.They forget each other in their day today work.

       So friends do not make these silly excuses to break Friendship.Friendship is like our back bone to make us stand straight.Now a days communication is very much advanced so can make a phone call and say Hi------.or E-mail each other.

This is a E-mail I received from my friend yesterday which I thought of sharing with you all.

                     How Ravana,the King of Lanka became an Asura.


                Visravas Maharishi was the son of Pulasthiya maharishi.Bhratvaja rishi got his daughter, Ellipillai married to Visravas.To them kubera was born.Meanwhile Lord vishnu chased the Asuras to Padala loka.

              The asuras got scared as their race may extinct.So the leader of Asuras  Sumali asked his daughter to go to Visravas maharishi and to request him to marry her.He will not object to that.If he did accompany her he may object.So she went alone and requested.


        The rishi said he would do that later as that time was not good for marrying,but she insistedin marrying..The rishi said if she married four children will be born out of them one will be a girl two sons will behave like that of an asura and one will be noble.So Ravana,Kumbakarna,Vibhishana
 and Soorbanaka were born to her.Vibhishana was pious and good


 Thus Ravana got the asuralakshana or trait. I read this episode in a Tamil magazine which I would like to share.
    

                                   Reasons to Love a Woman

1.As a Sister you can feel her Care
2.As a friend you can feel her Warmth.
3.As a Beloved you can feel her Passion.
4.As a Wife you can feel her Dedication.
5.As a Mother you can feel her Divinity.
6,As a Grandmother you can feel her Blessings

Yet she is tough.her heart is Tender.She is so naughty,so caring,so charming,so sharing and so melodious.

She is a woman .She is Life.
 
 Dear ilands ,this I got from a forworded mail by my friend.I hope you would like this.

                               

Once Indra"s son Jayandan,who was in the form of a crow,played pranks on SitaDevi.Sree Rama could not tolerate this.He got angry and sent his Brahmaastra to chase the crow.

The crow got frightend and flew to the threeworlds and also from one house to the other seeking help.No one could help him.At last he came back to Sreerama and postrated spreading his wings keeping his face side ways.Sitadevi straightened his face and thus he got rescued.

Sreerama seeing the gesture of Sitadevi doing good to those who harmed her took some consideration on that crow and  plucked one of his eye only instead of life.

Even today crow cannot see straight .It has to turn its head sideways to get vision of things.

                                                  Laugh and  be Healthy

Human blood contains receptors which  receive signals from the brain.So in a happy man the receptors receive a signal; of happiness from the brain and pass them .Then the process of healing is made faster.Hence the more you you laugh ,the healtier you become.

By smiling ,laughing and wearing cheerful ex-pressions,we strengthen the immune system
to prevent and fight diseases.

Tension ,stress and anxiety make a man sick ,on the other hand cheerfulness and contentment and joy should help a man to cure his disease.

Even at old age if one keeps himself cheerful and happy and feels that still he is young that thought itself makes him healthy and free from disease.

So always try to be cheerful and energitic and have positive approach in life.Smile is a curve ,but it can straighten our life.

                                       Significance of Prayer

Prayer is the communication between God and Man.All religions beleive in Prayer.
As a child cries for food to make his mother understand that he is hungry ,we should
also make God  know that we are also hungry for his Grace by prayers.

Prayer need not be sanskrit slokas chanted by learned men.We can easily chant
 Gods name in whatever form we want to call Him.For prayer can move mountains
 like strong faith in God.

Prayer is thanking God for the innumerable things we take for granted,like
 parental love,food,shelter and the gift of reason.Prayer clears the mind sharpens
 the sense, makes one stoical to bear suffering and gives one the strength to resist
evil.

                            Rules  For Healthy  Friendship

1.It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return.But what is more painful is to love someone and never find courage to let that person know how you feel.

2.A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you,only to find out in the end that you never meant it to be and you have to let  go.

3.The best kind of friendship is the kind you can sit on a porch and  swing with,and never say a word,and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

4.It is true that we don"t know what we"ve have got until we lose it,but it" also true that we don"t  know  what we are missing until it arrives.

5.It takes only a minute to crush on someone,an hour to like some one,and a day to love someone-but it takes life time to forget someone.

6.Don"t go by looks,that may deceive you,don"t go  for wealth even that fades away.Go for for someone who makes you to smile because it takes  only a smile to make the dark day seem bright.

7.Always put  yourself in others shoes.If you feel that it hurts you,probably it hurts the person too.

8.A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life;a timely word may level stress;a loving word may heal and bless.

9.The happiest of people don"t neccessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

10.Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss,and  ends with a tear when you were born,you were crying and every one around you was smiling.Live your life so that when to die, you are the one smiling and everyone around you  is crying.