tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184973066097065823.post6978735104754428335..comments2024-03-10T05:01:27.837-05:00Comments on Vachana-A-week: Vachana 149: Padavanarpisabahudallade - What can I offer?Sajjan Shivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491236955764786117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184973066097065823.post-52723469442245318502013-07-27T08:57:42.173-05:002013-07-27T08:57:42.173-05:00Hmm...minimizing our desires. a tall order-so we c...Hmm...minimizing our desires. a tall order-so we cook nice things everyday-different things everyday, we take a different vacation spot, take photos of the people and places and then come home and talk about leaving the वासना , talk about merging after letting the ego go. Upon reading the post again, I said, a tall order to deliver. <br /><br />Going to the first paragraph--we sing all the time तेरा तुजको अर्पण, and then sing in the second breath जो ध्ह्यावे सो पावे . Aren't we mindful of what we are singing? <br /><br />We are in such a hurry to finish the prayers that we don't even bother to digest the meaning-, be reminded again and again. That's all it is, all these repetitions to remind us the meanings and here we keep searching for new things. Reinventing the wheel. <br />MeeraSajjan Shivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491236955764786117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184973066097065823.post-86511202088908273202013-07-07T20:12:14.717-05:002013-07-07T20:12:14.717-05:00The Satyanarayana puja is a classic example of bar...The Satyanarayana puja is a classic example of bargaining with 'god'...if you don't do this, such and such will go wrong with you. Making God an entity to be feared and submitted into doing things that will fill the pockets of brahmins-maharaj.<br /><br />The Shiva temple I visited with my grandmother was very different from the adorned Siva lingas that I see in today's temples. Sad...<br /><br />Ego is hard to get rid off, perhaps constant manan-chintan मनन -चिंतन would help, but in today's world more excuses for not doing it rather than finding time to practice. Easier to donate to a temple and get your name on a plate and be contented that the seat in heaven is reserved, <br /><br />The path to Him is so simple yet difficult to achieve-a paradox.<br /><br />MeeraSajjan Shivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491236955764786117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184973066097065823.post-2368884152019259652013-07-05T23:11:47.271-05:002013-07-05T23:11:47.271-05:00This is a great blog and every week a new vachana ...This is a great blog and every week a new vachana is updated with translation and meaning. I have never seen anything like this before. Thanks a lot for all the people who are working on this. <br />This vachana reminds me of the great sage Ramana Mahirshi who used to tell the same thing as ALLAMA PRABHU, that is to SURRENDER THE EGO.....<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com