Success In Bheemasena's words.

Once discussing with my colleague I raised an unusual, rather a simple question "whether you believe in god?".
He paused for a minute and replied "sometimes yes, and sometimes No!!".. Most expected answer.. but still I reacted to his reply quite unusually, I said "what!!!, why is that so??".. He replied, "whenever I ask something to him he fulfills only few of them"... I seriously felt bad!!.. and my straight forward reply was, "See dude, you are servant of god not the other way!!, may be to prove this again n again he doesn't give everything you ask for!!!".

Problem

• Problem here is the "thought behind it". We just ask, if not fruitful we again ask, still if its not the expected one, we finally point out the god!!!. 

Solution

We forget that Actually the Result of every act is a product of effort and god grace. In Bheemasena's words,
the success is defined as a product of
    1.Goodness of the Intention.
    2.Actual Effort - you should try to reach your limits.
    3.God's Grace.
If one amongst the three is zero, the product is zero!!!

The message conveyed here is, before pointing to the god you must sincerely carry out your duty and then rest should be left to the supreme.

Aacharagala Vichara.

Sashtanga Namaskara to whom and Why???
(steping towards to know simple reasons behind our tradition)

Meaning

• Most superior way of saluting someone.

• Involves Heart, Head, Eyes, Mind, Words (tongue), Legs, Hands and Knees – since namaskara (prostration) is done with these eight parts, it is known as “Ashtanga Namaskara”
  

•  Two hands, Two legs, Two arms, Chest and Forehead, touch the ground while saluting.
  For ladies its just a Panchanga namaskara (Two hands, Two legs and Forehead). 
   

To Whom:

1. Supreme God
2. Parents
3. Gurus (Teachers)

Concept Behind It:

• Mentally,It is an act of being extremely thankful to them, since whatever we are now is all because of them.
• Phisically, It is an act of showing "I am no way greater than you, so I am grounding before you"
• There are other ways to salute someone, but sashatanga refers to the most important contributors for our life.

Why,

• To the God, Since he is the creator of this Universe & Providing every need of our life.
• Parents, Doesnt need a reason to give I guess :-)
• Finally Guru, Ppl say Knowledge is power. A teacher empowers us by sharing valueable knowledge, in every step of our life. Induces the thirst to more and be knowledgeable.

Note: There is a must and should rule that for above 3, the salutation must be always "Sashtanga Namaskara". For other it can be panchanga or just abhivadana.


Intention of this post is to bring it to action. Its not just for Information!!!!

Reference: Krishnamruta maharnava.