Friday, 8 January 2010
Positive Mental Attitude
There have been some points this week where I forgot my positive mental attitude and left it somewhere else.
At these points I have been difficult to live with. Full of self-doubt and letting my inner critic roam wild.
But…
I have kept most of the positive mental attitude I am now finally admitting I have.
I used to get mocked loads for having hope, and for having faith in people, and in myself.
So I learned from people who rate cynicism that it was bad to have these qualities. That it meant that I was gullible and stupid and bound to be let down in the long run.
But you know what? Hope increases your chances of getting things done. Because if you act through hope you make the little steps that get you there. And you don't dwell and wallow and get all in a tizzy. You know that you are sad now but know it will pass. You keep going. You look for the rainbow after the rain.
And I do have hope. I realised that when I was single for a bit before the wonderful relationship I have started, people kept saying to me "Don't worry. You are attractive. You will meet someone else" and my response was "Well, yeah. Obviously" and not because I am arrogant, just because I knew it would happen, I never doubted it would happen. And it happened.
And I know that hope makes it better. In the past when I have looked for jobs, I have either looked with hope (I'll find the right job for me) or with despair ("I need to find a job, any job will do!").
I only tend to find jobs when I search with hope. Or at least only find jobs that work for me when I do. And I get them, because I walk into the interview knowing that I applied and got to interview as the job and I fit. And then I go in knowing the job is for me. And just by knowing that I let the people interviewing me know that. It is hard to explain but it works.
Last night is an example of hope in action on a small scale. I was walking home on the slippy un-gritted roads leading to my house, but with a little bit of love (while I was walking a little girl very cutely said to her mother "you can walk on the dry bits and I'll walk on the ice. I like the ice - it's fun") and had faith that I would not slip and fall.
I managed it, got to my street and then realised that I had not bought any bread. My thoughts were, "it will be alright we have cereal and wraps for sandwiches but just in case I'll buy us some bread". The supermarkets had recently had no bread due to panic buying (seriously?) but I was determined to get some bread and lo and behold - there on the shelf was one final loaf of our favourite bread.
So I got bread, have proper sandwiches for work today and got to have toast with soup last night. Thing is with my positive attitude I had thought if not I could get cereal and rolls and we could have a little treat today. Such a simple way of looking at the world but sometimes I lose track of it and end up angry and resentful.
It feels so much better to be positive. I just hope I can keep it up.
I hope you feel positive too
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
AVOID SUGAR CANE JUICE
避免饮用新鲜甘蔗水
Avoid Drinking Fresh Sugar Cane Juice
请花２分钟来读这篇报道，这是我朋友传给我的，他爸是在新加坡的卫生局工作。
Please take 2 mins to read this.
This email was sent by a friend whose father is working with the Ministry of the Environment in S'pore.
健康报道 - 有关甘蔗饮料
Health News - About Sugar Cane Drinks
朋友的父亲替政府卫生检查工作， 是他把这项信息传开的。
他们的工作就是要检查小贩的卫生（包刮食物，环境卫生等等）。
他们发现甘蔗水是最不卫生的，它含有超标的细菌。
A friend whose father works for the government health inspection passed on his info.
Their job is to inspect all hawkers, their cooked food, their store hygiene, etc.
They found sugar cane juice has the highest content of bacteria
among all food. In fact, it has exceeded the set limit.
从此， 他们必须找出原因。
他们去了所有的甘蔗摊子查看小贩们怎么处理甘蔗，洗杯子与及整个过程。
可是查不出什么来。
Hence, these guys had to find out why.
They went round all sugar cane stores and watched the way the hawkers handled
their sugar cane, wash their glasses, their entire procedure.
But they couldn't find the problem..
有一天，他们逗留直到摊子收摊，结果发现骇人的事实。
One day, they stayed till closing time and discovered some shocking facts!
每当摊主在收摊后就会用洗洁剂来洗地板。
想想，其余的甘蔗多数是竖立的放在摊子旁边，它的下部肯定是接触到地面。
甘蔗是多孔的，可想而知，甘蔗就会吸收所有周边的水。
除了肥皂水，小贩们鞋底的污物，猫的尿尿等等，都会被吸收。
到了第二天，老板就会拿那些渣成水来卖。
Whenever, the hawkers closed their stores, they would wash the floor with detergent..
As we know, the remaining sugar canes will be placed at the back of the store,
vertically standing and as sugar canes are very porous, they tend to absorb whatever liquid around them.
Besides the soapy water, the dirt on hawkers' boots, cats' urine, etc, will all be absorbed??
看了这篇文章，每当我在小贩中心进食，我都会劝告我的朋友关于甘蔗水的事，我还会停止饮用我最爱的～甘蔗水。
Now, whenever I eat at a hawker centre, I would warn all my friends about this
and of course I stopped drinking my favorite sugar cane juice.
还有一个超爱喝甘蔗水的朋友，她怀孕了， 还时常喝甘蔗水。
有一天，她流产了，而且胎儿已经六、七个月。
当医生做尸检以找出胎死腹中的原因，医生发现有大量化学物质的痕迹亦出现在猫尿。
A friend, who loved sugar cane juice, was pregnant. She was always drinking sugar cane juice.
Anyway, one day she miscarried and the fetus was already like 6 or 7 months old.
When the doctors did an autopsy to find out why all of a sudden the fetus had died inside her.
They found traces of some chemical substance, which was found in cat urine...
Large traces of it.
当它不会对成人构成危害，但对婴孩却是有毒的。更何况胎儿？
While it would not be able to harm adults, it was extremely toxic to babies, what more a fetus?
所以他们尝试确定为何这些猫尿会出现在胎儿。
这意味着猫尿被母体吃进并消化了，不是吗？
他们得出的最逻辑结论就是小贩把甘蔗放在潮湿且肮脏的地板，而不可能假设杂散的猫尿尿在甘蔗上或其周围。
所以，下次你购买最爱的甘蔗水前，想清楚。。。
So they tried to determine how this cat urine thing could have ended up in the fetus.
This meant that it had to be digested by the mother, right?
And the only logical conclusion they could come up with was that since these sugar cane juice stall
holders just leave the canes lying around on the wet and dirty floor,
it would not be impossible to think that stray cats could have peed on those sugar canes or near those
sugar canes. So think carefully the next time you order that favorite sugar cane juice!
请转发给所有新马的朋友。
一起行动让这世界变得更好及安全，以迎接下一代的到来。。。
Please pass this on to everyone you know in S'pore & M'sia.
Let's take action to make this world a better & safer place for all of us & the generations to come
Avoid Drinking Fresh Sugar Cane Juice
请花２分钟来读这篇报道，这是我朋友传给我的，他爸是在新加坡的卫生局工作。
Please take 2 mins to read this.
This email was sent by a friend whose father is working with the Ministry of the Environment in S'pore.
健康报道 - 有关甘蔗饮料
Health News - About Sugar Cane Drinks
朋友的父亲替政府卫生检查工作， 是他把这项信息传开的。
他们的工作就是要检查小贩的卫生（包刮食物，环境卫生等等）。
他们发现甘蔗水是最不卫生的，它含有超标的细菌。
A friend whose father works for the government health inspection passed on his info.
Their job is to inspect all hawkers, their cooked food, their store hygiene, etc.
They found sugar cane juice has the highest content of bacteria
among all food. In fact, it has exceeded the set limit.
从此， 他们必须找出原因。
他们去了所有的甘蔗摊子查看小贩们怎么处理甘蔗，洗杯子与及整个过程。
可是查不出什么来。
Hence, these guys had to find out why.
They went round all sugar cane stores and watched the way the hawkers handled
their sugar cane, wash their glasses, their entire procedure.
But they couldn't find the problem..
有一天，他们逗留直到摊子收摊，结果发现骇人的事实。
One day, they stayed till closing time and discovered some shocking facts!
每当摊主在收摊后就会用洗洁剂来洗地板。
想想，其余的甘蔗多数是竖立的放在摊子旁边，它的下部肯定是接触到地面。
甘蔗是多孔的，可想而知，甘蔗就会吸收所有周边的水。
除了肥皂水，小贩们鞋底的污物，猫的尿尿等等，都会被吸收。
到了第二天，老板就会拿那些渣成水来卖。
Whenever, the hawkers closed their stores, they would wash the floor with detergent..
As we know, the remaining sugar canes will be placed at the back of the store,
vertically standing and as sugar canes are very porous, they tend to absorb whatever liquid around them.
Besides the soapy water, the dirt on hawkers' boots, cats' urine, etc, will all be absorbed??
看了这篇文章，每当我在小贩中心进食，我都会劝告我的朋友关于甘蔗水的事，我还会停止饮用我最爱的～甘蔗水。
Now, whenever I eat at a hawker centre, I would warn all my friends about this
and of course I stopped drinking my favorite sugar cane juice.
还有一个超爱喝甘蔗水的朋友，她怀孕了， 还时常喝甘蔗水。
有一天，她流产了，而且胎儿已经六、七个月。
当医生做尸检以找出胎死腹中的原因，医生发现有大量化学物质的痕迹亦出现在猫尿。
A friend, who loved sugar cane juice, was pregnant. She was always drinking sugar cane juice.
Anyway, one day she miscarried and the fetus was already like 6 or 7 months old.
When the doctors did an autopsy to find out why all of a sudden the fetus had died inside her.
They found traces of some chemical substance, which was found in cat urine...
Large traces of it.
当它不会对成人构成危害，但对婴孩却是有毒的。更何况胎儿？
While it would not be able to harm adults, it was extremely toxic to babies, what more a fetus?
所以他们尝试确定为何这些猫尿会出现在胎儿。
这意味着猫尿被母体吃进并消化了，不是吗？
他们得出的最逻辑结论就是小贩把甘蔗放在潮湿且肮脏的地板，而不可能假设杂散的猫尿尿在甘蔗上或其周围。
所以，下次你购买最爱的甘蔗水前，想清楚。。。
So they tried to determine how this cat urine thing could have ended up in the fetus.
This meant that it had to be digested by the mother, right?
And the only logical conclusion they could come up with was that since these sugar cane juice stall
holders just leave the canes lying around on the wet and dirty floor,
it would not be impossible to think that stray cats could have peed on those sugar canes or near those
sugar canes. So think carefully the next time you order that favorite sugar cane juice!
请转发给所有新马的朋友。
一起行动让这世界变得更好及安全，以迎接下一代的到来。。。
Please pass this on to everyone you know in S'pore & M'sia.
Let's take action to make this world a better & safer place for all of us & the generations to come
REAL
Fake Hindu swamis, sanyasis, babas, gurus and godmen thrive in a society which lacks awareness about the true essence of Hindu spirituality. Therefore Hindus and other sections of the society which provide the opportunity and fertile ground for fraudsters to thrive in the name of Hinduism are equally at fault. No fake swami can survive without ignorant and fortune-seeking followers.
The Bhagavad Gita which narrates the essence of Hindu spirituality contains only 700 verses. There are excellent translation and commentary of Bhagavad Gita which cost less than 100 rupees. But majority of the Hindus have no time to read the 700 verses but spend money, energy and time visiting ashrams and spiritual centers of such fake babas and gurus.
If you make this an issue, immediately comes the answer, Bhagavad Gita is hard to digest for common people like us, we are ignorant. It is for the common people that the learned men of yesteryears have translated the Gita into all regional languages. They have provided excellent translations and have interpreted the great dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna into the simplest language.
Is not understanding Gita the real issue? NO
The real issue is that Gita doesn’t talk about methods to become super rich overnight. Neither do Gita have mantras to find treasures hidden underground or to get promotions or provide miracle cure to diseases. Gita also does not recommend pujas to destroy your enemies. And above all Gita does not predict the future.
But the fake swamis and godmen only talk about future, money and predictions, pujas and innumerable homams to cure diseases where medical science has failed. Sadly, this is what many Hindus want to hear.
Daily we get to hear about such fake swamis and their notorious activities – which include rape, amassing wealth through dishonorable means – but this has not deterred many Hindus from approaching fraudsters. But, why?
Both the fake Godmen and his followers are fortune seekers. Godmen is using religion to become rich and conduct other antisocial activities. Followers are fortune seekers who want the help of an outside agency to reach God and bribe God and amass wealth and know future.
Shri Krishna never fought for Arjuna. Arjuna had to do all the fighting in Kurukshetra. The ultimate truth that we have to do our work and no God will come to do it is not still acceptable to many.
A true Sanyasi will never advertise. He/She is like a flower. People reach them following the fragrance. They will not even bother to talk to fortune-seekers. Silence is there best weapon which frustrate most fortune seekers in minutes. They might open up the knowledge treasure to a genuine seeker whom a true Sanyasi will easily identify – just like Ramakrishna identified Vivekananda.
No Sanyasi or Godmen has said anything new that is not found in the Upanishads, Gita, Ramayana, Yoga Vasishta and Mahabharata. All these texts are readily available in the market. Pick any of these Holy Scriptures and read a few pages daily. Soon we will realize the futility of going to such fake gurus.
Hinduism believes in individual self realization and not borrowed or rented or bought self realization. Always remember the Brahman that resides in the most respected guru or spiritual leader also resides in us. The only difference is that we have not bothered to realize it.
If we are falling into the trap of fake Sanyasis and Godmen, it is our fault. And if you find that a swami is fake, never hesitate to report it to the authorities. Such fake swamis and Godmen should not find protection in Hindu religion.
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52 comments:
Anonymous said...
The document is good for people who go to Hindu sanyasis and struggle to understand whether they are true or fake.. How about adding the lists of fake gurus/sanyasis in the BLOG for others to know at first hand information??
July 9, 2008 1:29 AM
Anonymous said...
Ha. You're missing the point. You must detect YOURSELF rather some is true or a faker. Asking someone else's opinion is just giving away your own inner power one more time.
So many of the "godmen" just love to slide their hands (and other body parts) all over nearby females when they are along and think no one is looking...
I could tell you many tales - even from the Kumbha Mela in Ujjain... so many are just dirty old men in private.
You will find God in your OWN heart... all by yourself. For free.
August 1, 2008 2:17 AM
Anonymous said...
yeah i agree but thats doesnt mean that all are fakes many true and good saints are there... wherz good therz bad to
in otherwords we should beware of those dirty missionaries who plans to spoil our great hindus saints name,because of these saints their crap work of convertion doesnt work
September 13, 2008 9:41 PM
HOBO said...
Very true. I agree.
We all are emotional by heart and we all are some way or other surrounded by some or other problem.
These fake people(I do not want to use the word sadhu for fake person) psychologically cheat us and Our fault is that we blindly listen to them without using our mind.
Believe in God - The Mantra
:)
Best-Wishes !!!
September 22, 2008 12:21 PM
dcosta_halo said...
Hi Friends,
Thanks for nice views.
The real reason i think for going to so called fake people is to avoid thinking and putting efforts in disciplining oneself for quicker gains and get cheated in processes & coming out as bitter not better person at end of transaction with so called fake persons not sadhus, correctly put by one of friend above.
Its not the fake people who are solely resposible for ourself being cheated but our own desire to get benefits instantly without work.
Personally like verse 1 of chapter 6 which describes a true sanyasi(sadhu) which is:
"anshrita karma phala karyam karm karoti yaha,
saha sanyasi cha yogi cha na niragni na cha akriyah"
2 qualities described of sadhu are:
1-engaged in action with an ideal
2-not worried about fruits of action
not one who avoids action , doesnot have fire(agni) or ideal or goal.
So lets be alert with our own wishes of avoiding self effort, thinking for quick gains,to prevent being cheated.
Manoj
manoj.kausal@gmail.com
December 12, 2008 11:38 AM
Anonymous said...
i have studied shastra thoroughly and been very close to many saints and after many years i have come to believe that there really are no such thing as saints or god-people, unless you go very close you will never know and unless you know any "sant" as well as you know yourself we cannot call them sant. grihasthas are more godly any day
February 10, 2009 9:34 PM
Dennis said...
One criterion I use is this. How often is money asked for? One guru told me, "Spiritual Wisdom is never for sale."
http://www.aumnamahshivaya.org.in/new1/english/book.html
February 11, 2009 12:49 AM
Anonymous said...
i was very closely invovled with a very famous spiritual organization and like anything else politically indian it is all about power and corrution, this is kalyug guys stay awat from them
February 24, 2009 10:16 PM
Anonymous said...
yes many people have had such experience even from reputed organizations but mostly they are all money hungry people who use shasta for their own benefits and how far they have sunk they do not even know
February 24, 2009 10:18 PM
Anonymous said...
You're right and wrong. So many people seem lost and seek help. So many people dream to become their guide. It's human life.
As far as truth is concerned, it's not a problem. Who are we to say that something or someone bad is really bad. You see, even shit (like manure for eg) has its value and work to do.
Nobody has never been lost. Moksha cannot be attained, otherwise you may be able to loose it, so it will not be moksha, pure infinity without boundaries.
The fish can ponder and ask for advise. The truth is that the fish is the sea. And at the same time it has its own peculiar life to live.
false and true is a dichotomy, its more a problem for abrahamic religions, not asian ones.
All gurus are jerks, fake as long as you consider these being able to bring you to the moon. They can only show (live) the moon.
When you are in truth, you are the truth.
Now concerning this process to become conscious to be conscious. Yes, it exists, but it is only an experience, bound in time and space.
Now if you want to know how it looks like, imagine..
That you jump from an international flight ...without parachute. Or you touch the wires of a high tension pole. or you are on you way to the moon but you are tighten on the outside of the space shuttle.
Nobody wxants to die, nor disappear. Its not a human process. So don't worry about fake or true gurus. They are jokers. That's why saainthood is related to laughter. When you are awakened, there is no separation, no division, no problemo.
Ananda
March 9, 2009 6:21 AM
Anonymous said...
What is a guru ? A guru is not a man, belonging to a certain fold. A guru can be anything that instructs you. At the difference of abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Asian religions are not one size fit all stuff. It’s a private relation between you and God. Life speaks to you in many different ways. It’s up to you to listen and look.
A guru can be a dead leaf, or the sunlight on a rose bud. He can be your annoying neighbor, your irritating mother in-law, a dog, a dog drop, anything. It can be a simple word or a thing or a person that has a connection with, that talks to you, at a certain moment. That’s why you can read all religious books without perceiving anything in them. And surprisingly, read a cookbook and find a real answer for you. That’s the beauty of a creative life.
Man creates his own problems and then cries. There are no problems in life, only a swirl of energy, continuously unfolding, moving. And you cannot solve a problem. There is no solution for a problem. You have to get a new vision in which you drop the problem and adopt a new way that will be your solution.
Man wants to be certain, secure, helped. This denotes his fear and confusion. Man believes he is a poor human being, alone in the universe. Man is full of godliness and in total connection with what is, the manifestation. He is already realized, accepted, dipped in life. The work of a human guru is to dispel his ignorance even if this hurts the follower’s ego. He is there to help him avoid hard stones on the path. A guru is a killer, he has nothing to do with you, (drop that loving image Amma, Sai Baba and Cy, gentle guru stuff from your mind – please, same thing as fake or true guru thing). Nothing to do with money (but what’s wrong with money?) or human desires and vices (but what’s wrong with desires). A guru has his life to live. He goes to bed at night, scratch his ass in the morning, poo, take breakfast, burp, shout or scream, pass urine, etc. He is a normal guy. Why do we want to see him as an alien coming from planet Mars? He has no wings attached to his back and can’t convert rupees into dollars (sorry buddy, choose Euro instead, dollar is a dead donkey).
Ananda
March 10, 2009 1:57 AM
Rahul said...
Last two comments from Anonymous are thoughts of wise! Good and evil are two sides of the same coin(Brahman)."To get the real, you must know what is fake"!It is called dance of duality.
March 13, 2009 1:54 AM
Anonymous said...
Very enlightening thoughts-Ananda-u have become our guru for the minute we took to read your deep comments-will like to discuss more with you-i get the impression though that one spiritual path will not be the same if one does not meet a human guru...
March 23, 2009 10:53 PM
Dr. Aman Biswas said...
Which is fake which is true None of or buisness. You so ever is takling about God is a step in your life!!. NEVER THINK Topmost step near roof is only Important. keep on steping the fisrt step was equally important. If you have fear of reaching saints just thinking they may not be true Hey man!! How will you become a discoverer. Well God bless you all in your search towards truth. Your own mind is gateway to hell or heaven!!
April 6, 2009 7:57 PM
Arthur Sanchez said...
Dear Friends,
This is the test of genuine sincerity. Those who do not deeply desire God will get what they want. The fake in the name of the Real.
Those who truly desire God never fail to get Him.
April 11, 2009 11:29 PM
sujesh said...
So could any of you tell me what Amma and Sai Baba are teaching right or wrong? other words are they real sanyasins or fake?
April 13, 2009 5:13 PM
Satyakama said...
Dear Sujesh,
If you truly desire to know whether Amma or Sai Baba are real, then look deep into your own heart. Only there can you find God, the Truth.
It really doesn't matter what the objective world says. All that matters is what your divine heart says.
Sacrifice is the key to knowledge and knowing is seeing. What are you willing to sacrifice for this knowledge, Sujesh?
Do not follow the masses blindly because someone says that they are Gods. Find out the truth for yourself.
April 14, 2009 4:43 AM
SRK4U said...
Look with an unbiased mind, If you are convinced then you can trust them. If these people are for real you will understand or rather feel it. Think rationally and decide. Dont just believe if anybod says anything whether +ve or -ve.
Word "guru" means one who removes the darknes. Darkness abt anything - lyf, god or anything at all.
May 14, 2009 5:31 PM
Anonymous said...
Yes,it's true that there are fake swamis.But they are many great gurus too.Just because many are fake,one should not distrust all.
The "GURU" or the teacher is regarded highly in hindu religion,even equivalent to GOD.The underlying thought is that it's thru GURU that you know GOD.
Like it's been brought out by the writer of this article("abhilash"),a true GURU never tells us how to get better in material life.But,it's seen that those who follow spiritual practices and are rooted in the self,will be provided more that what they ask materially also.
The Bhagvad Gita and many books of Hinduism is not as simple as it is made out to be.T understand the essence of these books we really need a learned teacher(At least,I feel I am not intelligent enough to understand what these books say,they do create confusion at times,again I may be totally wrong in what I say)
One problem which many of us face is that we keep doubting wether the "GURU" prcaitcies what he preaches.I feel if some one teaches you to do good and if he himself does not follow it,we need not bother.We should do good and not have doubt in the teachings.If a Guru does soemthing wrong,he will have to answer for that.
I Just happened to bump into this blog,find it quite interesting and nice.Thanks
May 17, 2009 3:10 PM
Tess said...
Since Atman is within us all-when we read, study, contempate on what we have read-won't the Atman reveal the right path for us to understand Brahman at whatever level we might be in our present state?
I wanted to see past Maya and so I did for a time give a far away guru money for advice, but as the cost rose I realized this was not the right thing to do- in the old sense of the guru/student role. But I could be mistaken-because the Vedas say we must preform sacrifices and give gifts (among other things.) What is a sacrifice or gift if money isn't involved in this modern day and age?
I have come to understand a false guru as one who would lead us away from knowing there is God within ourselves, and as someone who does not treat his students as if they were already God. The finest example of a true guru was Sri Ramakrishna in my opinion.
May 27, 2009 6:28 AM
Anonymous said...
Many Hindus today believe that by accepting one (or more!) of the swamis who come to the scene like any advertised commercial service/product, they will be able to ensure, 1) a name in society as a good person irrespective of whether they have an unsavoury past record in this regard, 2) they will be able to ensure a front seat in heaven ( balcony if it is a cinema!) after their death through the Guru's efforts, just as we are able to get many things done in this world by bribing the right person for each thing, and 3) if they have much unaccounted money/wealth, the Guru's ashram will serve as a safe place to hide such wealth and ensure reasonable or even very high returns through stock-market operations regularly done by the ashrams (including the Kanchi mutt, which I know for a fact).
June 3, 2009 7:20 PM
sunil rathee said...
Have any one heard about Swami Dyananda , he was the only person who saved Hindu Dharma and its holyness by providing rear vedas to all indians. In 1850 when there were around 2500 panth in India and so many bad works were going on like sati pratha , bal vivah , no education to girls , jati pratha , chua-chut etc, people were converting to other religion because the dase of Hindu dharm i.e. Vedas were not followed anly some literatures of pandits like puranas were followed and people think the brahman as God . That time swami Dyanand remove all those panth and spread the light of vedas all around and saved Vedic Dharma. For Future he make a institute known as Arya Samaj which works a lot for Hindus. They removes alll the bad rituals from hindu dharma. The first school for girls and lower casts was founded by Swami dyanand only.Every sanyasi give comments on the top of How to get God only , No one care about Human Being. After Swami Dyanada death his followers gave a lot of contribution in country independence , His followers like Lala lajpatrai , Bhagat Singh , Pan Prasad Bismil , Chandersekhar Azad , all were Arya samaji's. This time Graet Yog Guru Swami Ramdev is also a follower of Arya samaj and get his all education from Gurukula's which are run by Arya samaj followers. Before Swami Dyanand no one ( a family person) was aware about Yoga. But He and his followers made it.
This is the biggest contribution of any Sanyasi ever.
June 12, 2009 4:40 PM
Anonymous said...
Ultimately it all comes back to within us.Fake or not one must be able to use ones judgement ..althugh some donation to upkeep the movement is O.K. Again unless one is on a journey to find -its useless to follow blindly
June 24, 2009 1:14 PM
Ram said...
This is a very good discussion with sensible comments. Modern technology helps us to uncover the bogus and the fakes. For example, night vision cameras have exposed seances with apparitions as being nothing but tricks with mirrors. Nobody does this trick any more since night vision cameras became commonly available. And a slow motion replay of a video camera exposed a so-called sadhu and maharishi who could change dirt in the palm of his hand into a lotus flower. It was nothing more than a sleight of hand that any competent professional magician can perform.
My question is this. Are the sadhus and sanyasis all 100% fakes and charlatans, or are there some genuine ones living today? I am certain that you will not find the real ones in the kumbh melas - these events are show pieces for the media and an industry designed to rip off the gullible and rich.
So where are the genuine ones? Do they exist? or are we genuinely surrounded by 100% charlatans?
If you can name the ones living today who you genuinely believe are the real articles, I will be very happy to look into and report back.
July 15, 2009 11:20 PM
Anonymous said...
hey every saint and guru is not like this.See the ancient gurus you have just heard some of your relative or some family member speaking all this and wrote.Also in hinduism is told about the ego that is devil and the self and soul nedds to be one to defeatit.The ego is not to be destroyed but it dessolves itself when we are one with the divine.Are the gurus fake.You know who is the guru of people who have no guru,its SRI KRISHNA.So you do one thing go and don't even read the GITA as it is told by the ETERNAL MASTER SRI KRISHNA JAGATGURU.It s said that KRISHNAM VANDE JAGAT GURU ok and you tell fake that guus talk about wealth and all that is matrialistic then see the todays guru.The best guru today PARAM PUJYA SRI SRI RAVISHANKAR JI See the holinesss in him.See how he uttered the GITA at the age of four the second verse by himself untaught.You see his things taught then you will understand this thing.You know however you reside in yourself but when in need only GURU'S GRACE helps you.If you are working on something very much its taking too much of your time but with your GURU'S GRACE you won't need to work so long or practice something so longs.You will do a little and GURU'S GRACE will help you throughout.Same in KARMA.KARMA can only be cleared with the help of KNOWLEDGE and this knowledge is not the G.K. you read everyday it's residing inside and that's nothing without GURU'S help.OK.Go and see SRI SRI RAVISHANKARJI'S talks and you will understand what a real GURU is and you will surely get your questions's answer.See how this GURU answers your questions in secons.And atleast continue your work rather than complaining about he GURU'S.You don't have a GURU doesn't mean we also do not have ok good bye jai gurudev.OK i again tell you the meaning of JAI GURUDEV.It means victory to the big mind as big minds thinks of better things and not temporary happiness and materialism and this is the bigger nature and we have to get rid of the smaller mind and nature by saying JAI GURUDEV.Also if you follow fun misery follows you and if you follow knowledge fun follows you.I hope this was a good entertaining lecture for you.Only this much for now JAI GURUDEV good bye
July 24, 2009 4:14 AM
Anonymous said...
I am amazed at the way some swamis charging fee (200-1000 dollars) for a meditation session.In the name of donation to their organisation,they charge enormous amounts from naive followers.
One doesn't need so many meditation techniques to realise bliss.Simple awreness of breathing if enuff.
July 24, 2009 6:17 AM
Ravi said...
True godmen are like pearls which are found at the bottom of the ocean, And only garbage floats on top for everyone to see.
August 4, 2009 9:33 PM
Anonymous said...
Who is to decide true or false? How many of us householders are leading good lives? Do we worship? Are we truthful? do we have control over our appetites? And we are ready to criticize our sadhus.
the greatest problem of hinduism is this stupid criticisim of our own people. And we run after monks and priests of other religions. Do you know how corrupt they are? Any idea?
fools!
September 10, 2009 9:42 PM
ranjithmails said...
I am not sure, if all so called saints and sanyasis today are fake .. though I suspect most are fake ..
Hinduism itself says that u need to have a Guru to make spiritual progress .. Right ?? Bhagavad Gita itself says that .. I forget the exact verse ..
I have personally felt that -- Fake or not, the effect most so called Gurus have on their devotees is very positive .. I am not sure if the so called famous godmen from South India who are living today(u know who I am talking about, I dont want to mention names here) are genuine or not .. But their devotees are certainly more on the spiritual path than the normal Hindu .. No doubt about it .. I have seen many many ppl who have become so pure at heart after being involved with such Godmen .. They shell out their own money to do charities and help other people( remember its not even just dontaing some money) .. they do bhajans every week .. and they have God on their lips all the time .. Many of them actually try to carry out atleast some of the good teachings of their so called Gurus and change themselves positively both in their thoughts and in their actions..
Irrespective of if the Guru is fake or not, most of their devotees strongle believe that their Guru, who is God himself, is always with them and no harm can happen to them when the Guru is with them .. And when some bad things do happen in their lives(like it will happen in everyones lives), they believe its due to their karma and move on ahead ..
Let me clarify I am not the devotee of any living Guru, but I have had the oppurtunity to interact with many of their devotees closely ..
Like the saying goes
Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devo Maheshwarah, Gurur Saakshaat Parabrahma, Tasmay Shree Guruvay Namaha ..
September 14, 2009 2:06 AM
Anonymous said...
can anyone help me give some media adress and contact number who can expose about fake swamis in hyderabad. I'm in urgent need of the same.
October 1, 2009 4:23 PM
neelkumar said...
Haii dera It's very Useful
October 6, 2009 8:30 AM
Anonymous said...
The article completely rules out a good calibre Guru, rather it preaches that one should seek the scriptures to realize. If that was possible we won't be here. I have read many books multiple times, they mean different things until I experienced somethings under a calibre Guru the scriptures is just a wisdom statement. To give an example, Lord Krishna says at the end of Vishnu Sahasranama ;
Yo mam nama sahasrena strotum ichheti pandavah! soham ekena slokena stuteva nasamshayah! Stueva nasamshayah om nama iti!
There are thousands names sloka in the sahasrnama, it is difficult to remember them, so many ask this question to him. His reply is very simple, subtle and unambiguous ;
Out of the slokas of these thousand names, if one can recite one sloka with no doubt, one can commune with him eternally ....
How is this possible ? It is only possible with constant practise of meditation (pick a sloka, mediate on the meaning of it) with devotion for the divine for some time, the mind which is fickle by nature will mend and reach what the heart is looking for. This can be attained only by an assistance of (I repeat) a calibre Guru, it is impossible to reach God without a Guru, even avatara purusha had a Guru and if one has read the scriptures correctly, here is one from Guru Shankaracharya ;
Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devo Maheshwarah! Guru sakshat ParaBrahmah tasmai Shree Gureva Namah!
When the priest in the temple asks gotra during sankalpa, how many of us know who is being referred ? It is one of the SaptaRishi's (seven priomordial saints) or the lineage from whom we have descended. Every human being have a gotra, the scripture go beyond and tell if one does not have gothra, one can adopt "kashyap" saptharishi. But for spiritual progress one needs a living calibre Guru.
Ofcourse there are many fake gurus in this world who are materially motivated, the onus to screen the Guru is on the sincere aspirant to find out if the guru will take from point a to b or is s/he after money or fame.
October 27, 2009 6:25 AM
Arthur said...
Dear Friends,
Hello. I do not know why I am putting the following personal comments in this section. I suppose part of developing trust means not knowing everything all the time.
Friends, Baba has said that if a devotee has dedicated his/her whole existence to Him, then prayer is no longer needed.
Personally, I know I have not fully done so. Do you know why? Because I fear. And why do I fear? Because I do not fully trust Him? And why don't I fully trust Him? Because I do not fully trust myself. This is my weakness.
So, even though I continuously affirm that my life is a prayer, I pray. I pray that the Lord makes me a more dependent devotee on Him without fear. I am willing to fully surrender, but I cannot without His grace. The spirit is willing, but the flesh, the mind and brain, are weak.
Is this not the same with all other genuine aspirants? Is this not a sign of a saint in the making?
October 31, 2009 11:30 PM
Arthur said...
Dear Friends,
Here I am again. I hope you all enjoy my interpretation of the following question and answer quotes.
Q: "You are Bhagavan. So you should know when I shall get jnana. Tell me when I shall be a jnani?"
A: "If I am Bhagavan there is no one besides the Self - therefore no jnani or ajnani. If otherwise, I am as good as you are and know as much as yourself. Either way I cannot answer your question?"
Sri Ramana Maharshi
Did Ramana merely shirk the question? Many would say, yes. Why? Because they would think that as an omniscient soul he would know. However, the important word to understand here is the word "cannot". Cannot does not mean know not. Therefore, the important question to ask is: why couldn't Ramana answer the question? The question was fully answered, but not all in words. Let me finish his sentence and then let us see if he shirked the question. "Either way I cannot answer your question" [with absolute accuracy, because the future is not predetermined].
Ramana liked to play this game. He would often end a sentence and then allow a receptive spirit to finish it by following the Self. It sounds insane, doesn't it? The joy of this revelation is inexpressible, the Self.
Only a jnani can understand a jnani.
Arthur
November 2, 2009 8:55 AM
Sundaram said...
Actually, the omnipotent Guru always knows better when to impart knowledge to a deserving disciple. So it is wrong to ask Guru "When will I become Dnyaani". Instead one should focus on Spiritual Practice.
November 3, 2009 8:53 AM
Anonymous said...
can anyone help me give some media adress and contact number who can expose about fake swamis in hyderabad. I'm in urgent need of the same
November 9, 2009 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...
I know of one such fake saint : Dr. Dakshinamurthy Dixit from Kohir. Dixit..very popularly known as "Ayyagaru" is such a person who traps people into his vemonous loop by playing around their weakness, blackmails them emotionally and sentimentally and lures off their wealth. He destroyed many families and seized and grabbed many innocent people properties getting relinquished on his name himself. He even seized Sri Omkareswara Temple of Kohir. In the name of homas, pujas, this person lures people in the form of huge amounts of grains, gold, silver, and many precious ornaments giving the name as "Guru Dakshina". God Shiva and Goddess Parvathi themselves should punish this Dixit to such an extent that he should die a street dog death stoned by people themselves.Atleast this way, other innocent people lives and families will be saved. There can be no doubt that he had even grabbed and occupied the Kohir's Omkareswar temple. I'm a sufferer of this Dixit myself. He smashed my family life in the name of homa and pujas.
Please help me in exposing this dixit and give an end to his drama once for all.
November 9, 2009 5:18 PM
Anonymous said...
i completely agree. for me it is AC bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada, a true spiritual soul, only here to serve krishna and spread his name. all those bogus asses, like sai baba (not the one who lived long ago (shedi)) but this other dude who is alive and in a wheelchair or something... that fag... but thank you
November 15, 2009 5:18 AM
Arthur said...
Dear Friends,
Hello, again. Here is some food for thought. How irrational is it to call a murderer a Christian?
The following article heading is an example of how dumb, deaf and blind the world really is: "Two Egyptian Christians get death sentence for murder."
Proclaiming Christianity does make one a Christian nor does it define a Christian. This statement holds good for all religions.
You think that there are many fake swamis and gurus in this world, but consider the "billions" of fake disciples professing all sorts of religions. Worldliness attempting to proclaim spirituality is the Great Lie and also the Great Test. This is how God separates the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats, the lions from the sheep.
Consider the gatherings of Sai Baba, for example. Do you honestly think that they are mostly all genuine disciples? Superficial kindness and respect is not a genuine consideration.
Friends, genuine disciples are nearly as rare as genuine gurus. Seek out both. Unfortunately the reality is is that people want blessings and not Truth. How fortunate then for the ignorant to be in the presence of a real guru. However, a genuine disciple will give up even good fortune for Truth alone.
November 15, 2009 10:11 PM
Arthur said...
Hello, friends.
What To Give And What To Take.
If one takes, one will be taken from. If one gives, one will be given to. This is the Law. This is Karma.
Therefore, one should always strive to give love and take sins. This is how one blesses oneself and cleanses the world. This is what the saints do. This is God's work.
November 25, 2009 9:38 AM
Anonymous said...
‘Taarak Braham’ - the ‘GURU’ (Spiritual Master)
Today, the concept of ‘Taarak Braham’, ‘Taarak Braham Kee Mahasambhuti’ & and in taantrik language ‘Maha Kaul’ has gone oblivious. ‘Taarak Braham’ is the only the Spiritual Master – the ‘Adhyaatmik Guru’. “Gurur Brahama, Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devo Maheshwarah Gurureva Parama Brahama Tasmai Shree Guruvey Namah” signifies that ‘Taarak Braham’ is the only ‘Guru’ and it is Salute for Him. Non other than the ‘Taarak Braham’ is ‘Guru’. ‘Lord Sadashiva’ had appeared in capacity as ‘Taarak Braham’ [the manifestation of Supreme Consciousness in Human Form – the connecting point between Qualified (Sagun) Braham and the Non-Qualified (Nirgun) Braham - the relative world and the pure consciousness] on this earth 7500 years back. Thereafter another ‘Taarak Braham’ who inundated this Earth with His Grace was ‘Lord Krishna’ 3,500 years back in India.
November 25, 2009 4:33 PM
Anonymous said...
(Contd…....1/1 from above)
The meaning of the word ‘Mahasambhuti’ is - that ‘biological body /form’ through which the ‘Taarak Braham’ expresses Himself. It is used in the sense as – “Mahasambhuti of Taarak Braham” denotes that the ‘biological body / form’ from which the ‘Taarak Braham’ (the supreme Consciousness) functions / acts. So ‘Lord Sadashiva’ and ‘Lord Krishna’ were the ‘Mahasambhuti’ of ‘Taarak Braham’ in different Eras on this Earth. Their biological bodies were called the ‘Mahasambhuti’ and their soul – ‘Taarak Braham’ which collectively denotes the ‘Supreme Consciousness and the biological body’. It must be understood that ‘Taarak Braham’ is the same Supreme Consciousness - not two or three. The pure Supreme Consciousness when appeared for the FIRST TIME on this Earth 7,500 years back was named as ‘Sadashiva’ and thereafter 3,500 years back, He was named as ‘Shri Krishna’ when He appeared on this Earth for the SECOND TIME. This name was given to Him (Lord Krishna) by one of His worldly (loakik) uncles and sage ‘Ramta Ram Garga Ji’.
So the ‘Taarak Braham’ [who is a complete personality and capable of exhausting the unconsumed reactive momenta (Abhukta Sanskara)] is the only ‘SPIRITUAL MASTER / GURU’.
(Note:- Reactive Momenta – the accumulated reactions of our actions in potential form – partly accompanied from the past lives and partly the reactions of actions done in the present life).
Taarak Braham Kee Jai |
Thanks
November 26, 2009 11:01 AM
Anonymous said...
‘THE GURU’
The word ‘Gu’ means darkness and ‘ru’ to dispel So collectively the words ‘Gu+ru’ denote - that great personality who dispels the darkness. India is a country of spirituality. For the first time, the seed of spirituality sprouted somewhere in ‘Central Asia’- the abode of Aryans. All know, the ‘RIGVEDA’- the first knowledge on spirituality and relative world, ‘was propounded by the Aryans’. The science of spirituality is root cause for the origination of ‘RIGVEDA’. Presently, in Europe there is place by the name ‘RIGA’. So it will not be out of place to mention here that the name ‘RIGA’ has been derived from the Sanskrit word ‘RIK’ thereafter ‘RIG’ – the ‘VEDA’ - that has ‘Rik’ & ‘RICHA’ in plural. So ‘RIGVEDA’ the holy book of oldest spiritual knowledge in India (which was brought to India by the Aryans). The present natives (our overseas brothers) of Europe must understand that they are the offsprings of Caucasians (Aryans)- the ancestors of the Indo-Aryans. From the spirituality point of view, all are the progeny of same cosmic father. Science and anthropology recognize us as ‘Homosapiens’. Be it -Aryans, Mongolians, Austrics, Negroids or Dravidians’ all are the ‘Homosapiens’.
The point of our discussion is ‘Aadhyatmik Guru’ the ‘Master of Spirituality’. The word: ‘Taarak Braham’ is a Sanskrit word. In English language, perhaps there is no equivalent terminology for the words ‘Tarak Braham’ , ‘Mahasambhuti’ and ‘Maha Kaul’, etc. . ‘Kaul’ are those who have raised their ‘Kundalini Shakti’ (the Serpentine Force that is lying in a latent state at the lowest ending point of spinal cord) for the spiritual union with ‘Param Shiva’ (seated between the secret point of eyebrows) by dint of their own rigorous efforts / practice.
‘Maha Kaul’ were those who had not only raised their own ‘Kundalini Shakti’ but were rather still are authority over raising the ‘Kundalini Shakti’ of the average spiritual aspirants / practitioners (Aam Adhyatmik Saadhak) by a mere spiritual touch or on oral command. (Mahakaul can raise the ‘Kundalini Shakti’ of the animals also) The word ‘Maha Kaul’ is a esoteric (tantrik) language word. So, it is not known by the common people. In Kashmir, Kashmiri Brahmins / Pandits place the title ‘Kaul’ or ‘Kaw’ after their names. So it must be understood that formerly the ancestors of those Pandits / Brahmins were the follower of ‘Kaulachar’ (They were Kaulachari Pandits). ‘Kaulachar’ - the cult of spirituality that has the practice of raising the ‘Kundalini Shakti’. ‘Lord Sadashiva’ and ‘Lord Krishna’ were the personalities on this Earth who were authority over raising the ‘Kundalini Shakti’ of the average spiritual aspirants / practitioners by a mere spiritual touch or on a oral command.
(Contd…….1/1……. below:-)
November 26, 2009 11:01 AM
Anonymous said...
(Contd…....1/1 from above)
The meaning of the word ‘Mahasambhuti’ is - that ‘biological body /form’ through which the ‘Taarak Braham’ expresses Himself. It is used in the sense as – “Mahasambhuti of Taarak Braham” denotes that the ‘biological body / form’ from which the ‘Taarak Braham’ (the supreme Consciousness) functions / acts. So ‘Lord Sadashiva’ and ‘Lord Krishna’ were the ‘Mahasambhuti’ of ‘Taarak Braham’ in different Eras on this Earth. Their biological bodies were called the ‘Mahasambhuti’ and their soul – ‘Taarak Braham’ which collectively denotes the ‘Supreme Consciousness and the biological body’. It must be understood that ‘Taarak Braham’ is the same Supreme Consciousness - not two or three. The pure Supreme Consciousness when appeared for the FIRST TIME on this Earth 7,500 years back was named as ‘Sadashiva’ and thereafter 3,500 years back, He was named as ‘Shri Krishna’ when He appeared on this Earth for the SECOND TIME. This name was given to Him (Lord Krishna) by one of His worldly (loakik) uncles and sage ‘Ramta Ram Garga Ji’.
So the ‘Taarak Braham’ [who is a complete personality and capable of exhausting the unconsumed reactive momenta (Abhukta Sanskara)] is the only ‘SPIRITUAL MASTER / GURU’.
(Note:- Reactive Momenta – the accumulated reactions of our actions in potential form – partly accompanied from the past lives and partly the reactions of actions done in the present life).
Taarak Braham Kee Jai |
November 26, 2009 2:00 PM
Arthur said...
Dear Abhilash,
Hello. I was wondering where I may add some miscellaneous comments. For example,
What are a man's most valuable possessions? Are they properties, such as material wealth? Or are they loved ones, such as family and friends? Neither. A man's most valuable possessions are his thoughts, his "beliefs".
I have realized that the hardest things for a person to give up are not his/her properties or even his/her loved ones, but rather, the hardest things for a person to give up are his/her cherished beliefs. A person's identity, existence, depends on it.
Overcoming cherished beliefs are his greatest obstacles, because they are his most valuable possessions. A man would rather lose his life with his egoic existence intact, then to give up his attachment to cherished beliefs for fear of losing his identity. He diligently works to be a good somebody in this world instead of a divine nobody.
For example, look how the different religions fight to protect their own identities as if their very existence depended on it. It is cherished beliefs that are at the core of their fighting. Is this not so?
This is why it so hard to find an ego that is willing to sacrifice everything, especially its own beliefs on all levels of thought, for Truth alone. It is this desire that leads to the highest life and philosophy, the fairest of all God's flowers.
November 28, 2009 8:36 AM
abhilash said...
@ Arthur...you can publish it as article itself...send us your articles and we will publish it say it has been contributed by you....You can also contact me via hindublog@gmail.com
November 28, 2009 8:55 AM
Arthur said...
Hello, friends.
I want to thank you, Abhilash, for responding. I will contact you via the gmail address.
However, my purpose on this link is to comment on real and fake swamis and gurus. May the following words illuminate minds.
"Do not judge according to appearances". A deceiver will see deception in another. A lover will see love in another. The self-centered will see self-centeredness in another. Etc., etc. We all see this world and each other according to "our own" mental and spiritual dispositions.
For example, I "know" that Sai Baba is God. How do I know? Because I know the truth. I have experienced it. To "believe" in something is merely the first step towards knowing the truth of the belief. One must next seek to experience "subjectively" the belief. Do not build your houses on the grounds of belief, because like sand, the house is not based on a stable foundation.
Those who believe in Sai Baba, for instance, are fortunate. But this fortune will be short lived if the believers do not experience the truth. They must desire to know for a fact. The greatest blessing is in knowing and not in merely believing. Knowledge is bliss, is love, in the highest. A believer can be deceived, but not a knower. It is the experience of truth which makes us know that is the basis of real faith. Yes or no?
The world's "objective" approach to God is the result of its own ignorance. If this be the truth and nothing but the truth, then who am I?
November 30, 2009 12:34 AM
Hindu said...
Well its true there are fakes around but there are also many genuine ones around as well.So we have to be careful that we don’t just give the impression that all of them are fake..Many times because of the anti Hindu groups involved and their influence in the media they like portraying Hindu holymen as fakes.You will notice the Indian media will go overboard ‘exposing’ of alleged scandals but soon as it turns out to not be true you wont hear a whimper because its better to keep the false rumours alive so people who don’t know the facts keep on believing them.. A good example was the alleged expose of Sathya Sai baba when he was falsely accused of child abuse by some American guy where even a BBC documentary was made over the issue..Few years later this same guy withdrew his case in the US when it turned out that most of his accusations didn’t add up and he was about to be exposed but did the media report that ? Not at all. So we have to be very careful with just giving general statements about Hindu gurus being fake..And at the end of the day who are keeping Hinduism alive to the masses ? The many Hindu swamis and gurus out here working day and night.Of course in-between there are some scammers but that’s in other parts of life as well and you just have to be cautious overall..
December 21, 2009 10:31 PM
itispals said...
A nice discussion. Good to see the various points of view. My belief is that a coin has two sides. So, is Nature.
It is we who have classified things as "Good" & "Bad". What is good for me, can appear as bad for others and what is "bad" for others may appear as "good" for me?
Isn't this the universal truth.
Two Stand Out Sentences:
"Shri Krishna never fought for Arjuna. Arjuna had to do all the fighting in Kurukshetra. The ultimate truth that we have to do our work and no God will come to do it is not still acceptable to many."
"If we are falling into the trap of fake Sanyasis and Godmen, it is our fault."
May be falling in the trap is also a way to realize the Truth :)
Arthur's Posts were very much insightful. "What are a man's most valuable possessions? Are they properties, such as material wealth? Or are they loved ones, such as family and friends? Neither. A man's most valuable possessions are his thoughts, his "beliefs"."
Finally, Abilash you are doing a great Job. Keep it up.
Itispals
January 4, 2010 2:18 PM
TropicalMonkey said...
Talking about Sanyasis -- we might see more fake than real ones. Reason? if they were real, they would have realized the meaninglessness of this materialistic life and wouldn't give a damn for publicity and they might live their life in "their own world" trying to find the truth about this life and teaching their findings to their Shishyas (students)! They don't need publicity or political power for that!
My mom used to be a big believer of a "human god". He could bring gold chains etc from thin air! I used to wonder why he differentiates between Gold and other material? (I must admit that these human Gods do a lot of charity work compared to our politicians). Does God really care if you put Gold ornaments on him/her/it? Do you think God uses all that "bribe" you put in collection boxes in various Hindu temples? Who uses all that money? -- Hindus don't have a culture of charity work like (other) religions.
So even in modern Hinduism it is all about greed -- for money, publicity and power!
January 13, 2010 11:42 AM
SATVIC said...
A true living Guru, who works hard and travel all over the palces is SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR. By simple yoga/meditation techniques and knowledge sessions he has helped millions around the world to understand the meaning of life and conduct life in more joyful manner. Art of Living foundation started by Sri Sri has been working in various humanitarian projects like, Education for Underprivilaged, Health to all, Organic farming, Women self healp groups, Alcohal/Drug addiction and many.
Sri Sri is a true guru living as per the principles of Sanadhana Dharma
January 14, 2010 6:00 PM
TropicalMonkey said...
This is in response to SATVIC's comments about "Sri sri Ravi Shankar".
I certainly agree that Mr Ravi Shankar is doing a great job of trying to help people to lead a happy materialistic life. Not by his classes of breathing techniques (improvised Pranayama), but by the advises he gives about "Art of Living". Luckily he has not (yet) started claiming himself as God. I personally respect him as an individual until he start claiming that he is an incarnation of God. This is his business (for monitory benefits). Nothing wrong in doing that in this materialistic world, if you ask me.
I have attended one week class of "Art of Living". It was not free. Nothing can be free in this (materialistic) world. What really moved me was - most of his "devotees" do not understand "Art of Living" even after attending the class. All of them go there just for one reason -- "networking". In addition to this "Art of Networking", all they want to do is some "breathing exercise". Thus Art of Living became synonymous to Breathing Exercise (like SATVIC mentioned in the above post)!!
(.. oh well I guess I misunderstood the meaning of "Art of Living", otherwise I would have paid Rs 150,000 to "purchase" a teacher's job in one of "Hindu religion's" college fifteen years ago!! I was too adamant that even though I am also leading a materialistic life, I did not want to go down to their level).
Even this materialistic world would have been a much better place if Ravi Shankar could make people understand the real meaning of "Art of Living" (without stressing too much on Pranayama).
January 15, 2010 12
The Bhagavad Gita which narrates the essence of Hindu spirituality contains only 700 verses. There are excellent translation and commentary of Bhagavad Gita which cost less than 100 rupees. But majority of the Hindus have no time to read the 700 verses but spend money, energy and time visiting ashrams and spiritual centers of such fake babas and gurus.
If you make this an issue, immediately comes the answer, Bhagavad Gita is hard to digest for common people like us, we are ignorant. It is for the common people that the learned men of yesteryears have translated the Gita into all regional languages. They have provided excellent translations and have interpreted the great dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna into the simplest language.
Is not understanding Gita the real issue? NO
The real issue is that Gita doesn’t talk about methods to become super rich overnight. Neither do Gita have mantras to find treasures hidden underground or to get promotions or provide miracle cure to diseases. Gita also does not recommend pujas to destroy your enemies. And above all Gita does not predict the future.
But the fake swamis and godmen only talk about future, money and predictions, pujas and innumerable homams to cure diseases where medical science has failed. Sadly, this is what many Hindus want to hear.
Daily we get to hear about such fake swamis and their notorious activities – which include rape, amassing wealth through dishonorable means – but this has not deterred many Hindus from approaching fraudsters. But, why?
Both the fake Godmen and his followers are fortune seekers. Godmen is using religion to become rich and conduct other antisocial activities. Followers are fortune seekers who want the help of an outside agency to reach God and bribe God and amass wealth and know future.
Shri Krishna never fought for Arjuna. Arjuna had to do all the fighting in Kurukshetra. The ultimate truth that we have to do our work and no God will come to do it is not still acceptable to many.
A true Sanyasi will never advertise. He/She is like a flower. People reach them following the fragrance. They will not even bother to talk to fortune-seekers. Silence is there best weapon which frustrate most fortune seekers in minutes. They might open up the knowledge treasure to a genuine seeker whom a true Sanyasi will easily identify – just like Ramakrishna identified Vivekananda.
No Sanyasi or Godmen has said anything new that is not found in the Upanishads, Gita, Ramayana, Yoga Vasishta and Mahabharata. All these texts are readily available in the market. Pick any of these Holy Scriptures and read a few pages daily. Soon we will realize the futility of going to such fake gurus.
Hinduism believes in individual self realization and not borrowed or rented or bought self realization. Always remember the Brahman that resides in the most respected guru or spiritual leader also resides in us. The only difference is that we have not bothered to realize it.
If we are falling into the trap of fake Sanyasis and Godmen, it is our fault. And if you find that a swami is fake, never hesitate to report it to the authorities. Such fake swamis and Godmen should not find protection in Hindu religion.
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52 comments:
Anonymous said...
The document is good for people who go to Hindu sanyasis and struggle to understand whether they are true or fake.. How about adding the lists of fake gurus/sanyasis in the BLOG for others to know at first hand information??
July 9, 2008 1:29 AM
Anonymous said...
Ha. You're missing the point. You must detect YOURSELF rather some is true or a faker. Asking someone else's opinion is just giving away your own inner power one more time.
So many of the "godmen" just love to slide their hands (and other body parts) all over nearby females when they are along and think no one is looking...
I could tell you many tales - even from the Kumbha Mela in Ujjain... so many are just dirty old men in private.
You will find God in your OWN heart... all by yourself. For free.
August 1, 2008 2:17 AM
Anonymous said...
yeah i agree but thats doesnt mean that all are fakes many true and good saints are there... wherz good therz bad to
in otherwords we should beware of those dirty missionaries who plans to spoil our great hindus saints name,because of these saints their crap work of convertion doesnt work
September 13, 2008 9:41 PM
HOBO said...
Very true. I agree.
We all are emotional by heart and we all are some way or other surrounded by some or other problem.
These fake people(I do not want to use the word sadhu for fake person) psychologically cheat us and Our fault is that we blindly listen to them without using our mind.
Believe in God - The Mantra
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Best-Wishes !!!
September 22, 2008 12:21 PM
dcosta_halo said...
Hi Friends,
Thanks for nice views.
The real reason i think for going to so called fake people is to avoid thinking and putting efforts in disciplining oneself for quicker gains and get cheated in processes & coming out as bitter not better person at end of transaction with so called fake persons not sadhus, correctly put by one of friend above.
Its not the fake people who are solely resposible for ourself being cheated but our own desire to get benefits instantly without work.
Personally like verse 1 of chapter 6 which describes a true sanyasi(sadhu) which is:
"anshrita karma phala karyam karm karoti yaha,
saha sanyasi cha yogi cha na niragni na cha akriyah"
2 qualities described of sadhu are:
1-engaged in action with an ideal
2-not worried about fruits of action
not one who avoids action , doesnot have fire(agni) or ideal or goal.
So lets be alert with our own wishes of avoiding self effort, thinking for quick gains,to prevent being cheated.
Manoj
manoj.kausal@gmail.com
December 12, 2008 11:38 AM
Anonymous said...
i have studied shastra thoroughly and been very close to many saints and after many years i have come to believe that there really are no such thing as saints or god-people, unless you go very close you will never know and unless you know any "sant" as well as you know yourself we cannot call them sant. grihasthas are more godly any day
February 10, 2009 9:34 PM
Dennis said...
One criterion I use is this. How often is money asked for? One guru told me, "Spiritual Wisdom is never for sale."
http://www.aumnamahshivaya.org.in/new1/english/book.html
February 11, 2009 12:49 AM
Anonymous said...
i was very closely invovled with a very famous spiritual organization and like anything else politically indian it is all about power and corrution, this is kalyug guys stay awat from them
February 24, 2009 10:16 PM
Anonymous said...
yes many people have had such experience even from reputed organizations but mostly they are all money hungry people who use shasta for their own benefits and how far they have sunk they do not even know
February 24, 2009 10:18 PM
Anonymous said...
You're right and wrong. So many people seem lost and seek help. So many people dream to become their guide. It's human life.
As far as truth is concerned, it's not a problem. Who are we to say that something or someone bad is really bad. You see, even shit (like manure for eg) has its value and work to do.
Nobody has never been lost. Moksha cannot be attained, otherwise you may be able to loose it, so it will not be moksha, pure infinity without boundaries.
The fish can ponder and ask for advise. The truth is that the fish is the sea. And at the same time it has its own peculiar life to live.
false and true is a dichotomy, its more a problem for abrahamic religions, not asian ones.
All gurus are jerks, fake as long as you consider these being able to bring you to the moon. They can only show (live) the moon.
When you are in truth, you are the truth.
Now concerning this process to become conscious to be conscious. Yes, it exists, but it is only an experience, bound in time and space.
Now if you want to know how it looks like, imagine..
That you jump from an international flight ...without parachute. Or you touch the wires of a high tension pole. or you are on you way to the moon but you are tighten on the outside of the space shuttle.
Nobody wxants to die, nor disappear. Its not a human process. So don't worry about fake or true gurus. They are jokers. That's why saainthood is related to laughter. When you are awakened, there is no separation, no division, no problemo.
Ananda
March 9, 2009 6:21 AM
Anonymous said...
What is a guru ? A guru is not a man, belonging to a certain fold. A guru can be anything that instructs you. At the difference of abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Asian religions are not one size fit all stuff. It’s a private relation between you and God. Life speaks to you in many different ways. It’s up to you to listen and look.
A guru can be a dead leaf, or the sunlight on a rose bud. He can be your annoying neighbor, your irritating mother in-law, a dog, a dog drop, anything. It can be a simple word or a thing or a person that has a connection with, that talks to you, at a certain moment. That’s why you can read all religious books without perceiving anything in them. And surprisingly, read a cookbook and find a real answer for you. That’s the beauty of a creative life.
Man creates his own problems and then cries. There are no problems in life, only a swirl of energy, continuously unfolding, moving. And you cannot solve a problem. There is no solution for a problem. You have to get a new vision in which you drop the problem and adopt a new way that will be your solution.
Man wants to be certain, secure, helped. This denotes his fear and confusion. Man believes he is a poor human being, alone in the universe. Man is full of godliness and in total connection with what is, the manifestation. He is already realized, accepted, dipped in life. The work of a human guru is to dispel his ignorance even if this hurts the follower’s ego. He is there to help him avoid hard stones on the path. A guru is a killer, he has nothing to do with you, (drop that loving image Amma, Sai Baba and Cy, gentle guru stuff from your mind – please, same thing as fake or true guru thing). Nothing to do with money (but what’s wrong with money?) or human desires and vices (but what’s wrong with desires). A guru has his life to live. He goes to bed at night, scratch his ass in the morning, poo, take breakfast, burp, shout or scream, pass urine, etc. He is a normal guy. Why do we want to see him as an alien coming from planet Mars? He has no wings attached to his back and can’t convert rupees into dollars (sorry buddy, choose Euro instead, dollar is a dead donkey).
Ananda
March 10, 2009 1:57 AM
Rahul said...
Last two comments from Anonymous are thoughts of wise! Good and evil are two sides of the same coin(Brahman)."To get the real, you must know what is fake"!It is called dance of duality.
March 13, 2009 1:54 AM
Anonymous said...
Very enlightening thoughts-Ananda-u have become our guru for the minute we took to read your deep comments-will like to discuss more with you-i get the impression though that one spiritual path will not be the same if one does not meet a human guru...
March 23, 2009 10:53 PM
Dr. Aman Biswas said...
Which is fake which is true None of or buisness. You so ever is takling about God is a step in your life!!. NEVER THINK Topmost step near roof is only Important. keep on steping the fisrt step was equally important. If you have fear of reaching saints just thinking they may not be true Hey man!! How will you become a discoverer. Well God bless you all in your search towards truth. Your own mind is gateway to hell or heaven!!
April 6, 2009 7:57 PM
Arthur Sanchez said...
Dear Friends,
This is the test of genuine sincerity. Those who do not deeply desire God will get what they want. The fake in the name of the Real.
Those who truly desire God never fail to get Him.
April 11, 2009 11:29 PM
sujesh said...
So could any of you tell me what Amma and Sai Baba are teaching right or wrong? other words are they real sanyasins or fake?
April 13, 2009 5:13 PM
Satyakama said...
Dear Sujesh,
If you truly desire to know whether Amma or Sai Baba are real, then look deep into your own heart. Only there can you find God, the Truth.
It really doesn't matter what the objective world says. All that matters is what your divine heart says.
Sacrifice is the key to knowledge and knowing is seeing. What are you willing to sacrifice for this knowledge, Sujesh?
Do not follow the masses blindly because someone says that they are Gods. Find out the truth for yourself.
April 14, 2009 4:43 AM
SRK4U said...
Look with an unbiased mind, If you are convinced then you can trust them. If these people are for real you will understand or rather feel it. Think rationally and decide. Dont just believe if anybod says anything whether +ve or -ve.
Word "guru" means one who removes the darknes. Darkness abt anything - lyf, god or anything at all.
May 14, 2009 5:31 PM
Anonymous said...
Yes,it's true that there are fake swamis.But they are many great gurus too.Just because many are fake,one should not distrust all.
The "GURU" or the teacher is regarded highly in hindu religion,even equivalent to GOD.The underlying thought is that it's thru GURU that you know GOD.
Like it's been brought out by the writer of this article("abhilash"),a true GURU never tells us how to get better in material life.But,it's seen that those who follow spiritual practices and are rooted in the self,will be provided more that what they ask materially also.
The Bhagvad Gita and many books of Hinduism is not as simple as it is made out to be.T understand the essence of these books we really need a learned teacher(At least,I feel I am not intelligent enough to understand what these books say,they do create confusion at times,again I may be totally wrong in what I say)
One problem which many of us face is that we keep doubting wether the "GURU" prcaitcies what he preaches.I feel if some one teaches you to do good and if he himself does not follow it,we need not bother.We should do good and not have doubt in the teachings.If a Guru does soemthing wrong,he will have to answer for that.
I Just happened to bump into this blog,find it quite interesting and nice.Thanks
May 17, 2009 3:10 PM
Tess said...
Since Atman is within us all-when we read, study, contempate on what we have read-won't the Atman reveal the right path for us to understand Brahman at whatever level we might be in our present state?
I wanted to see past Maya and so I did for a time give a far away guru money for advice, but as the cost rose I realized this was not the right thing to do- in the old sense of the guru/student role. But I could be mistaken-because the Vedas say we must preform sacrifices and give gifts (among other things.) What is a sacrifice or gift if money isn't involved in this modern day and age?
I have come to understand a false guru as one who would lead us away from knowing there is God within ourselves, and as someone who does not treat his students as if they were already God. The finest example of a true guru was Sri Ramakrishna in my opinion.
May 27, 2009 6:28 AM
Anonymous said...
Many Hindus today believe that by accepting one (or more!) of the swamis who come to the scene like any advertised commercial service/product, they will be able to ensure, 1) a name in society as a good person irrespective of whether they have an unsavoury past record in this regard, 2) they will be able to ensure a front seat in heaven ( balcony if it is a cinema!) after their death through the Guru's efforts, just as we are able to get many things done in this world by bribing the right person for each thing, and 3) if they have much unaccounted money/wealth, the Guru's ashram will serve as a safe place to hide such wealth and ensure reasonable or even very high returns through stock-market operations regularly done by the ashrams (including the Kanchi mutt, which I know for a fact).
June 3, 2009 7:20 PM
sunil rathee said...
Have any one heard about Swami Dyananda , he was the only person who saved Hindu Dharma and its holyness by providing rear vedas to all indians. In 1850 when there were around 2500 panth in India and so many bad works were going on like sati pratha , bal vivah , no education to girls , jati pratha , chua-chut etc, people were converting to other religion because the dase of Hindu dharm i.e. Vedas were not followed anly some literatures of pandits like puranas were followed and people think the brahman as God . That time swami Dyanand remove all those panth and spread the light of vedas all around and saved Vedic Dharma. For Future he make a institute known as Arya Samaj which works a lot for Hindus. They removes alll the bad rituals from hindu dharma. The first school for girls and lower casts was founded by Swami dyanand only.Every sanyasi give comments on the top of How to get God only , No one care about Human Being. After Swami Dyanada death his followers gave a lot of contribution in country independence , His followers like Lala lajpatrai , Bhagat Singh , Pan Prasad Bismil , Chandersekhar Azad , all were Arya samaji's. This time Graet Yog Guru Swami Ramdev is also a follower of Arya samaj and get his all education from Gurukula's which are run by Arya samaj followers. Before Swami Dyanand no one ( a family person) was aware about Yoga. But He and his followers made it.
This is the biggest contribution of any Sanyasi ever.
June 12, 2009 4:40 PM
Anonymous said...
Ultimately it all comes back to within us.Fake or not one must be able to use ones judgement ..althugh some donation to upkeep the movement is O.K. Again unless one is on a journey to find -its useless to follow blindly
June 24, 2009 1:14 PM
Ram said...
This is a very good discussion with sensible comments. Modern technology helps us to uncover the bogus and the fakes. For example, night vision cameras have exposed seances with apparitions as being nothing but tricks with mirrors. Nobody does this trick any more since night vision cameras became commonly available. And a slow motion replay of a video camera exposed a so-called sadhu and maharishi who could change dirt in the palm of his hand into a lotus flower. It was nothing more than a sleight of hand that any competent professional magician can perform.
My question is this. Are the sadhus and sanyasis all 100% fakes and charlatans, or are there some genuine ones living today? I am certain that you will not find the real ones in the kumbh melas - these events are show pieces for the media and an industry designed to rip off the gullible and rich.
So where are the genuine ones? Do they exist? or are we genuinely surrounded by 100% charlatans?
If you can name the ones living today who you genuinely believe are the real articles, I will be very happy to look into and report back.
July 15, 2009 11:20 PM
Anonymous said...
hey every saint and guru is not like this.See the ancient gurus you have just heard some of your relative or some family member speaking all this and wrote.Also in hinduism is told about the ego that is devil and the self and soul nedds to be one to defeatit.The ego is not to be destroyed but it dessolves itself when we are one with the divine.Are the gurus fake.You know who is the guru of people who have no guru,its SRI KRISHNA.So you do one thing go and don't even read the GITA as it is told by the ETERNAL MASTER SRI KRISHNA JAGATGURU.It s said that KRISHNAM VANDE JAGAT GURU ok and you tell fake that guus talk about wealth and all that is matrialistic then see the todays guru.The best guru today PARAM PUJYA SRI SRI RAVISHANKAR JI See the holinesss in him.See how he uttered the GITA at the age of four the second verse by himself untaught.You see his things taught then you will understand this thing.You know however you reside in yourself but when in need only GURU'S GRACE helps you.If you are working on something very much its taking too much of your time but with your GURU'S GRACE you won't need to work so long or practice something so longs.You will do a little and GURU'S GRACE will help you throughout.Same in KARMA.KARMA can only be cleared with the help of KNOWLEDGE and this knowledge is not the G.K. you read everyday it's residing inside and that's nothing without GURU'S help.OK.Go and see SRI SRI RAVISHANKARJI'S talks and you will understand what a real GURU is and you will surely get your questions's answer.See how this GURU answers your questions in secons.And atleast continue your work rather than complaining about he GURU'S.You don't have a GURU doesn't mean we also do not have ok good bye jai gurudev.OK i again tell you the meaning of JAI GURUDEV.It means victory to the big mind as big minds thinks of better things and not temporary happiness and materialism and this is the bigger nature and we have to get rid of the smaller mind and nature by saying JAI GURUDEV.Also if you follow fun misery follows you and if you follow knowledge fun follows you.I hope this was a good entertaining lecture for you.Only this much for now JAI GURUDEV good bye
July 24, 2009 4:14 AM
Anonymous said...
I am amazed at the way some swamis charging fee (200-1000 dollars) for a meditation session.In the name of donation to their organisation,they charge enormous amounts from naive followers.
One doesn't need so many meditation techniques to realise bliss.Simple awreness of breathing if enuff.
July 24, 2009 6:17 AM
Ravi said...
True godmen are like pearls which are found at the bottom of the ocean, And only garbage floats on top for everyone to see.
August 4, 2009 9:33 PM
Anonymous said...
Who is to decide true or false? How many of us householders are leading good lives? Do we worship? Are we truthful? do we have control over our appetites? And we are ready to criticize our sadhus.
the greatest problem of hinduism is this stupid criticisim of our own people. And we run after monks and priests of other religions. Do you know how corrupt they are? Any idea?
fools!
September 10, 2009 9:42 PM
ranjithmails said...
I am not sure, if all so called saints and sanyasis today are fake .. though I suspect most are fake ..
Hinduism itself says that u need to have a Guru to make spiritual progress .. Right ?? Bhagavad Gita itself says that .. I forget the exact verse ..
I have personally felt that -- Fake or not, the effect most so called Gurus have on their devotees is very positive .. I am not sure if the so called famous godmen from South India who are living today(u know who I am talking about, I dont want to mention names here) are genuine or not .. But their devotees are certainly more on the spiritual path than the normal Hindu .. No doubt about it .. I have seen many many ppl who have become so pure at heart after being involved with such Godmen .. They shell out their own money to do charities and help other people( remember its not even just dontaing some money) .. they do bhajans every week .. and they have God on their lips all the time .. Many of them actually try to carry out atleast some of the good teachings of their so called Gurus and change themselves positively both in their thoughts and in their actions..
Irrespective of if the Guru is fake or not, most of their devotees strongle believe that their Guru, who is God himself, is always with them and no harm can happen to them when the Guru is with them .. And when some bad things do happen in their lives(like it will happen in everyones lives), they believe its due to their karma and move on ahead ..
Let me clarify I am not the devotee of any living Guru, but I have had the oppurtunity to interact with many of their devotees closely ..
Like the saying goes
Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devo Maheshwarah, Gurur Saakshaat Parabrahma, Tasmay Shree Guruvay Namaha ..
September 14, 2009 2:06 AM
Anonymous said...
can anyone help me give some media adress and contact number who can expose about fake swamis in hyderabad. I'm in urgent need of the same.
October 1, 2009 4:23 PM
neelkumar said...
Haii dera It's very Useful
October 6, 2009 8:30 AM
Anonymous said...
The article completely rules out a good calibre Guru, rather it preaches that one should seek the scriptures to realize. If that was possible we won't be here. I have read many books multiple times, they mean different things until I experienced somethings under a calibre Guru the scriptures is just a wisdom statement. To give an example, Lord Krishna says at the end of Vishnu Sahasranama ;
Yo mam nama sahasrena strotum ichheti pandavah! soham ekena slokena stuteva nasamshayah! Stueva nasamshayah om nama iti!
There are thousands names sloka in the sahasrnama, it is difficult to remember them, so many ask this question to him. His reply is very simple, subtle and unambiguous ;
Out of the slokas of these thousand names, if one can recite one sloka with no doubt, one can commune with him eternally ....
How is this possible ? It is only possible with constant practise of meditation (pick a sloka, mediate on the meaning of it) with devotion for the divine for some time, the mind which is fickle by nature will mend and reach what the heart is looking for. This can be attained only by an assistance of (I repeat) a calibre Guru, it is impossible to reach God without a Guru, even avatara purusha had a Guru and if one has read the scriptures correctly, here is one from Guru Shankaracharya ;
Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devo Maheshwarah! Guru sakshat ParaBrahmah tasmai Shree Gureva Namah!
When the priest in the temple asks gotra during sankalpa, how many of us know who is being referred ? It is one of the SaptaRishi's (seven priomordial saints) or the lineage from whom we have descended. Every human being have a gotra, the scripture go beyond and tell if one does not have gothra, one can adopt "kashyap" saptharishi. But for spiritual progress one needs a living calibre Guru.
Ofcourse there are many fake gurus in this world who are materially motivated, the onus to screen the Guru is on the sincere aspirant to find out if the guru will take from point a to b or is s/he after money or fame.
October 27, 2009 6:25 AM
Arthur said...
Dear Friends,
Hello. I do not know why I am putting the following personal comments in this section. I suppose part of developing trust means not knowing everything all the time.
Friends, Baba has said that if a devotee has dedicated his/her whole existence to Him, then prayer is no longer needed.
Personally, I know I have not fully done so. Do you know why? Because I fear. And why do I fear? Because I do not fully trust Him? And why don't I fully trust Him? Because I do not fully trust myself. This is my weakness.
So, even though I continuously affirm that my life is a prayer, I pray. I pray that the Lord makes me a more dependent devotee on Him without fear. I am willing to fully surrender, but I cannot without His grace. The spirit is willing, but the flesh, the mind and brain, are weak.
Is this not the same with all other genuine aspirants? Is this not a sign of a saint in the making?
October 31, 2009 11:30 PM
Arthur said...
Dear Friends,
Here I am again. I hope you all enjoy my interpretation of the following question and answer quotes.
Q: "You are Bhagavan. So you should know when I shall get jnana. Tell me when I shall be a jnani?"
A: "If I am Bhagavan there is no one besides the Self - therefore no jnani or ajnani. If otherwise, I am as good as you are and know as much as yourself. Either way I cannot answer your question?"
Sri Ramana Maharshi
Did Ramana merely shirk the question? Many would say, yes. Why? Because they would think that as an omniscient soul he would know. However, the important word to understand here is the word "cannot". Cannot does not mean know not. Therefore, the important question to ask is: why couldn't Ramana answer the question? The question was fully answered, but not all in words. Let me finish his sentence and then let us see if he shirked the question. "Either way I cannot answer your question" [with absolute accuracy, because the future is not predetermined].
Ramana liked to play this game. He would often end a sentence and then allow a receptive spirit to finish it by following the Self. It sounds insane, doesn't it? The joy of this revelation is inexpressible, the Self.
Only a jnani can understand a jnani.
Arthur
November 2, 2009 8:55 AM
Sundaram said...
Actually, the omnipotent Guru always knows better when to impart knowledge to a deserving disciple. So it is wrong to ask Guru "When will I become Dnyaani". Instead one should focus on Spiritual Practice.
November 3, 2009 8:53 AM
Anonymous said...
can anyone help me give some media adress and contact number who can expose about fake swamis in hyderabad. I'm in urgent need of the same
November 9, 2009 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...
I know of one such fake saint : Dr. Dakshinamurthy Dixit from Kohir. Dixit..very popularly known as "Ayyagaru" is such a person who traps people into his vemonous loop by playing around their weakness, blackmails them emotionally and sentimentally and lures off their wealth. He destroyed many families and seized and grabbed many innocent people properties getting relinquished on his name himself. He even seized Sri Omkareswara Temple of Kohir. In the name of homas, pujas, this person lures people in the form of huge amounts of grains, gold, silver, and many precious ornaments giving the name as "Guru Dakshina". God Shiva and Goddess Parvathi themselves should punish this Dixit to such an extent that he should die a street dog death stoned by people themselves.Atleast this way, other innocent people lives and families will be saved. There can be no doubt that he had even grabbed and occupied the Kohir's Omkareswar temple. I'm a sufferer of this Dixit myself. He smashed my family life in the name of homa and pujas.
Please help me in exposing this dixit and give an end to his drama once for all.
November 9, 2009 5:18 PM
Anonymous said...
i completely agree. for me it is AC bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada, a true spiritual soul, only here to serve krishna and spread his name. all those bogus asses, like sai baba (not the one who lived long ago (shedi)) but this other dude who is alive and in a wheelchair or something... that fag... but thank you
November 15, 2009 5:18 AM
Arthur said...
Dear Friends,
Hello, again. Here is some food for thought. How irrational is it to call a murderer a Christian?
The following article heading is an example of how dumb, deaf and blind the world really is: "Two Egyptian Christians get death sentence for murder."
Proclaiming Christianity does make one a Christian nor does it define a Christian. This statement holds good for all religions.
You think that there are many fake swamis and gurus in this world, but consider the "billions" of fake disciples professing all sorts of religions. Worldliness attempting to proclaim spirituality is the Great Lie and also the Great Test. This is how God separates the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats, the lions from the sheep.
Consider the gatherings of Sai Baba, for example. Do you honestly think that they are mostly all genuine disciples? Superficial kindness and respect is not a genuine consideration.
Friends, genuine disciples are nearly as rare as genuine gurus. Seek out both. Unfortunately the reality is is that people want blessings and not Truth. How fortunate then for the ignorant to be in the presence of a real guru. However, a genuine disciple will give up even good fortune for Truth alone.
November 15, 2009 10:11 PM
Arthur said...
Hello, friends.
What To Give And What To Take.
If one takes, one will be taken from. If one gives, one will be given to. This is the Law. This is Karma.
Therefore, one should always strive to give love and take sins. This is how one blesses oneself and cleanses the world. This is what the saints do. This is God's work.
November 25, 2009 9:38 AM
Anonymous said...
‘Taarak Braham’ - the ‘GURU’ (Spiritual Master)
Today, the concept of ‘Taarak Braham’, ‘Taarak Braham Kee Mahasambhuti’ & and in taantrik language ‘Maha Kaul’ has gone oblivious. ‘Taarak Braham’ is the only the Spiritual Master – the ‘Adhyaatmik Guru’. “Gurur Brahama, Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devo Maheshwarah Gurureva Parama Brahama Tasmai Shree Guruvey Namah” signifies that ‘Taarak Braham’ is the only ‘Guru’ and it is Salute for Him. Non other than the ‘Taarak Braham’ is ‘Guru’. ‘Lord Sadashiva’ had appeared in capacity as ‘Taarak Braham’ [the manifestation of Supreme Consciousness in Human Form – the connecting point between Qualified (Sagun) Braham and the Non-Qualified (Nirgun) Braham - the relative world and the pure consciousness] on this earth 7500 years back. Thereafter another ‘Taarak Braham’ who inundated this Earth with His Grace was ‘Lord Krishna’ 3,500 years back in India.
November 25, 2009 4:33 PM
Anonymous said...
(Contd…....1/1 from above)
The meaning of the word ‘Mahasambhuti’ is - that ‘biological body /form’ through which the ‘Taarak Braham’ expresses Himself. It is used in the sense as – “Mahasambhuti of Taarak Braham” denotes that the ‘biological body / form’ from which the ‘Taarak Braham’ (the supreme Consciousness) functions / acts. So ‘Lord Sadashiva’ and ‘Lord Krishna’ were the ‘Mahasambhuti’ of ‘Taarak Braham’ in different Eras on this Earth. Their biological bodies were called the ‘Mahasambhuti’ and their soul – ‘Taarak Braham’ which collectively denotes the ‘Supreme Consciousness and the biological body’. It must be understood that ‘Taarak Braham’ is the same Supreme Consciousness - not two or three. The pure Supreme Consciousness when appeared for the FIRST TIME on this Earth 7,500 years back was named as ‘Sadashiva’ and thereafter 3,500 years back, He was named as ‘Shri Krishna’ when He appeared on this Earth for the SECOND TIME. This name was given to Him (Lord Krishna) by one of His worldly (loakik) uncles and sage ‘Ramta Ram Garga Ji’.
So the ‘Taarak Braham’ [who is a complete personality and capable of exhausting the unconsumed reactive momenta (Abhukta Sanskara)] is the only ‘SPIRITUAL MASTER / GURU’.
(Note:- Reactive Momenta – the accumulated reactions of our actions in potential form – partly accompanied from the past lives and partly the reactions of actions done in the present life).
Taarak Braham Kee Jai |
Thanks
November 26, 2009 11:01 AM
Anonymous said...
‘THE GURU’
The word ‘Gu’ means darkness and ‘ru’ to dispel So collectively the words ‘Gu+ru’ denote - that great personality who dispels the darkness. India is a country of spirituality. For the first time, the seed of spirituality sprouted somewhere in ‘Central Asia’- the abode of Aryans. All know, the ‘RIGVEDA’- the first knowledge on spirituality and relative world, ‘was propounded by the Aryans’. The science of spirituality is root cause for the origination of ‘RIGVEDA’. Presently, in Europe there is place by the name ‘RIGA’. So it will not be out of place to mention here that the name ‘RIGA’ has been derived from the Sanskrit word ‘RIK’ thereafter ‘RIG’ – the ‘VEDA’ - that has ‘Rik’ & ‘RICHA’ in plural. So ‘RIGVEDA’ the holy book of oldest spiritual knowledge in India (which was brought to India by the Aryans). The present natives (our overseas brothers) of Europe must understand that they are the offsprings of Caucasians (Aryans)- the ancestors of the Indo-Aryans. From the spirituality point of view, all are the progeny of same cosmic father. Science and anthropology recognize us as ‘Homosapiens’. Be it -Aryans, Mongolians, Austrics, Negroids or Dravidians’ all are the ‘Homosapiens’.
The point of our discussion is ‘Aadhyatmik Guru’ the ‘Master of Spirituality’. The word: ‘Taarak Braham’ is a Sanskrit word. In English language, perhaps there is no equivalent terminology for the words ‘Tarak Braham’ , ‘Mahasambhuti’ and ‘Maha Kaul’, etc. . ‘Kaul’ are those who have raised their ‘Kundalini Shakti’ (the Serpentine Force that is lying in a latent state at the lowest ending point of spinal cord) for the spiritual union with ‘Param Shiva’ (seated between the secret point of eyebrows) by dint of their own rigorous efforts / practice.
‘Maha Kaul’ were those who had not only raised their own ‘Kundalini Shakti’ but were rather still are authority over raising the ‘Kundalini Shakti’ of the average spiritual aspirants / practitioners (Aam Adhyatmik Saadhak) by a mere spiritual touch or on oral command. (Mahakaul can raise the ‘Kundalini Shakti’ of the animals also) The word ‘Maha Kaul’ is a esoteric (tantrik) language word. So, it is not known by the common people. In Kashmir, Kashmiri Brahmins / Pandits place the title ‘Kaul’ or ‘Kaw’ after their names. So it must be understood that formerly the ancestors of those Pandits / Brahmins were the follower of ‘Kaulachar’ (They were Kaulachari Pandits). ‘Kaulachar’ - the cult of spirituality that has the practice of raising the ‘Kundalini Shakti’. ‘Lord Sadashiva’ and ‘Lord Krishna’ were the personalities on this Earth who were authority over raising the ‘Kundalini Shakti’ of the average spiritual aspirants / practitioners by a mere spiritual touch or on a oral command.
(Contd…….1/1……. below:-)
November 26, 2009 11:01 AM
Anonymous said...
(Contd…....1/1 from above)
The meaning of the word ‘Mahasambhuti’ is - that ‘biological body /form’ through which the ‘Taarak Braham’ expresses Himself. It is used in the sense as – “Mahasambhuti of Taarak Braham” denotes that the ‘biological body / form’ from which the ‘Taarak Braham’ (the supreme Consciousness) functions / acts. So ‘Lord Sadashiva’ and ‘Lord Krishna’ were the ‘Mahasambhuti’ of ‘Taarak Braham’ in different Eras on this Earth. Their biological bodies were called the ‘Mahasambhuti’ and their soul – ‘Taarak Braham’ which collectively denotes the ‘Supreme Consciousness and the biological body’. It must be understood that ‘Taarak Braham’ is the same Supreme Consciousness - not two or three. The pure Supreme Consciousness when appeared for the FIRST TIME on this Earth 7,500 years back was named as ‘Sadashiva’ and thereafter 3,500 years back, He was named as ‘Shri Krishna’ when He appeared on this Earth for the SECOND TIME. This name was given to Him (Lord Krishna) by one of His worldly (loakik) uncles and sage ‘Ramta Ram Garga Ji’.
So the ‘Taarak Braham’ [who is a complete personality and capable of exhausting the unconsumed reactive momenta (Abhukta Sanskara)] is the only ‘SPIRITUAL MASTER / GURU’.
(Note:- Reactive Momenta – the accumulated reactions of our actions in potential form – partly accompanied from the past lives and partly the reactions of actions done in the present life).
Taarak Braham Kee Jai |
November 26, 2009 2:00 PM
Arthur said...
Dear Abhilash,
Hello. I was wondering where I may add some miscellaneous comments. For example,
What are a man's most valuable possessions? Are they properties, such as material wealth? Or are they loved ones, such as family and friends? Neither. A man's most valuable possessions are his thoughts, his "beliefs".
I have realized that the hardest things for a person to give up are not his/her properties or even his/her loved ones, but rather, the hardest things for a person to give up are his/her cherished beliefs. A person's identity, existence, depends on it.
Overcoming cherished beliefs are his greatest obstacles, because they are his most valuable possessions. A man would rather lose his life with his egoic existence intact, then to give up his attachment to cherished beliefs for fear of losing his identity. He diligently works to be a good somebody in this world instead of a divine nobody.
For example, look how the different religions fight to protect their own identities as if their very existence depended on it. It is cherished beliefs that are at the core of their fighting. Is this not so?
This is why it so hard to find an ego that is willing to sacrifice everything, especially its own beliefs on all levels of thought, for Truth alone. It is this desire that leads to the highest life and philosophy, the fairest of all God's flowers.
November 28, 2009 8:36 AM
abhilash said...
@ Arthur...you can publish it as article itself...send us your articles and we will publish it say it has been contributed by you....You can also contact me via hindublog@gmail.com
November 28, 2009 8:55 AM
Arthur said...
Hello, friends.
I want to thank you, Abhilash, for responding. I will contact you via the gmail address.
However, my purpose on this link is to comment on real and fake swamis and gurus. May the following words illuminate minds.
"Do not judge according to appearances". A deceiver will see deception in another. A lover will see love in another. The self-centered will see self-centeredness in another. Etc., etc. We all see this world and each other according to "our own" mental and spiritual dispositions.
For example, I "know" that Sai Baba is God. How do I know? Because I know the truth. I have experienced it. To "believe" in something is merely the first step towards knowing the truth of the belief. One must next seek to experience "subjectively" the belief. Do not build your houses on the grounds of belief, because like sand, the house is not based on a stable foundation.
Those who believe in Sai Baba, for instance, are fortunate. But this fortune will be short lived if the believers do not experience the truth. They must desire to know for a fact. The greatest blessing is in knowing and not in merely believing. Knowledge is bliss, is love, in the highest. A believer can be deceived, but not a knower. It is the experience of truth which makes us know that is the basis of real faith. Yes or no?
The world's "objective" approach to God is the result of its own ignorance. If this be the truth and nothing but the truth, then who am I?
November 30, 2009 12:34 AM
Hindu said...
Well its true there are fakes around but there are also many genuine ones around as well.So we have to be careful that we don’t just give the impression that all of them are fake..Many times because of the anti Hindu groups involved and their influence in the media they like portraying Hindu holymen as fakes.You will notice the Indian media will go overboard ‘exposing’ of alleged scandals but soon as it turns out to not be true you wont hear a whimper because its better to keep the false rumours alive so people who don’t know the facts keep on believing them.. A good example was the alleged expose of Sathya Sai baba when he was falsely accused of child abuse by some American guy where even a BBC documentary was made over the issue..Few years later this same guy withdrew his case in the US when it turned out that most of his accusations didn’t add up and he was about to be exposed but did the media report that ? Not at all. So we have to be very careful with just giving general statements about Hindu gurus being fake..And at the end of the day who are keeping Hinduism alive to the masses ? The many Hindu swamis and gurus out here working day and night.Of course in-between there are some scammers but that’s in other parts of life as well and you just have to be cautious overall..
December 21, 2009 10:31 PM
itispals said...
A nice discussion. Good to see the various points of view. My belief is that a coin has two sides. So, is Nature.
It is we who have classified things as "Good" & "Bad". What is good for me, can appear as bad for others and what is "bad" for others may appear as "good" for me?
Isn't this the universal truth.
Two Stand Out Sentences:
"Shri Krishna never fought for Arjuna. Arjuna had to do all the fighting in Kurukshetra. The ultimate truth that we have to do our work and no God will come to do it is not still acceptable to many."
"If we are falling into the trap of fake Sanyasis and Godmen, it is our fault."
May be falling in the trap is also a way to realize the Truth :)
Arthur's Posts were very much insightful. "What are a man's most valuable possessions? Are they properties, such as material wealth? Or are they loved ones, such as family and friends? Neither. A man's most valuable possessions are his thoughts, his "beliefs"."
Finally, Abilash you are doing a great Job. Keep it up.
Itispals
January 4, 2010 2:18 PM
TropicalMonkey said...
Talking about Sanyasis -- we might see more fake than real ones. Reason? if they were real, they would have realized the meaninglessness of this materialistic life and wouldn't give a damn for publicity and they might live their life in "their own world" trying to find the truth about this life and teaching their findings to their Shishyas (students)! They don't need publicity or political power for that!
My mom used to be a big believer of a "human god". He could bring gold chains etc from thin air! I used to wonder why he differentiates between Gold and other material? (I must admit that these human Gods do a lot of charity work compared to our politicians). Does God really care if you put Gold ornaments on him/her/it? Do you think God uses all that "bribe" you put in collection boxes in various Hindu temples? Who uses all that money? -- Hindus don't have a culture of charity work like (other) religions.
So even in modern Hinduism it is all about greed -- for money, publicity and power!
January 13, 2010 11:42 AM
SATVIC said...
A true living Guru, who works hard and travel all over the palces is SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR. By simple yoga/meditation techniques and knowledge sessions he has helped millions around the world to understand the meaning of life and conduct life in more joyful manner. Art of Living foundation started by Sri Sri has been working in various humanitarian projects like, Education for Underprivilaged, Health to all, Organic farming, Women self healp groups, Alcohal/Drug addiction and many.
Sri Sri is a true guru living as per the principles of Sanadhana Dharma
January 14, 2010 6:00 PM
TropicalMonkey said...
This is in response to SATVIC's comments about "Sri sri Ravi Shankar".
I certainly agree that Mr Ravi Shankar is doing a great job of trying to help people to lead a happy materialistic life. Not by his classes of breathing techniques (improvised Pranayama), but by the advises he gives about "Art of Living". Luckily he has not (yet) started claiming himself as God. I personally respect him as an individual until he start claiming that he is an incarnation of God. This is his business (for monitory benefits). Nothing wrong in doing that in this materialistic world, if you ask me.
I have attended one week class of "Art of Living". It was not free. Nothing can be free in this (materialistic) world. What really moved me was - most of his "devotees" do not understand "Art of Living" even after attending the class. All of them go there just for one reason -- "networking". In addition to this "Art of Networking", all they want to do is some "breathing exercise". Thus Art of Living became synonymous to Breathing Exercise (like SATVIC mentioned in the above post)!!
(.. oh well I guess I misunderstood the meaning of "Art of Living", otherwise I would have paid Rs 150,000 to "purchase" a teacher's job in one of "Hindu religion's" college fifteen years ago!! I was too adamant that even though I am also leading a materialistic life, I did not want to go down to their level).
Even this materialistic world would have been a much better place if Ravi Shankar could make people understand the real meaning of "Art of Living" (without stressing too much on Pranayama).
January 15, 2010 12
Hindu Temples and Sites in UNESCO World Heritage List
Hindu Temples and Sites in UNESCO World Heritage List
Prambanan Temple Compounds in Indonesia – The 10th century Prambanan Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. There are also temples dedicated to Lord Brahma and Vishnu and to the vehicles of the Trimurtis. The highlight of the temple is the Illustrations from Ramayana.
Angkor Wat Temple in Cambodia – The largest Hindu temple in the world was built during the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. Angkor Wat Temple, the Bayon Temple and the countless sculptural decorations are part of the Angkor Archaeological Park.
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape in Laos – Envisioned by the rulers of Khmer Empire, the Champasak cultural landscape, including the Vat Phou Temple complex, was shaped to express the Hindu vision of the relationship between nature and humanity, using an axis from mountain top to river bank to lay out a geometric pattern of temples, shrines and waterworks extending over some 10 km.
Katmandu Valley in Nepal – It consist of the Durbar Squares of Hanuman Dhoka (Kathmandu), Patan and Bhaktapur, the Buddhist Stupas of Swayambhu and Bauddhanath, and the Hindu temples of Pashupati and Changu Narayan.
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka – Temples built by Cholas during the 11th and 12th century is dotted with Hindu temples and deities. The architecture of the Hindu temples had a greater influence on the Buddhist temples in the region.
Ellora Caves in India – The 34 monasteries and temples at Ellora dating from A.D. 600to 1000 are dedicated to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram in India – The seventh and eighth century Pallava monuments are noted for the temples in the form of chariots, cave sanctuaries, the famous ‘Descent of the Ganges’ and the thousands of sculptures to the glory of Shiva.
Sun Temple at Konark in India – This majestic representation of Surya's chariot was built in the 13th century.
Monuments in Hampi in India – These inspiring monuments of the great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagara were built between 14th and 16th centuries.
Khajuraho Temples in India – Built in the 9th and 10th century by the Chandella Dynasty the temples are noted for its sculptures that are among the greatest masterpieces of temple sculptures in ancient India.
Elephanta Caves in India – Rock Art linked to Lord Shiva on an island in the Sea of Oman near Mumbai.
Great Living Chola Temples in Tamil Nadu, India - The 11th century Brihadisvara temple of Thanjavur, the 11th century Temple of Gangaikondacholisvaram and the 12th century Airavatesvara temple at Darasuram. A testimony of Chola architecture, sculpture, painting, and bronze casting.
Temples at Pattadakal – The 7th and 8th century Chalukya temples includes the famous Virupaksha Temple and an impressive array of eight temples.
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park in Gujarat, India - The Kalikamata Temple on top of the Pavagadh Hill, chalcolithic sites and a hill fortress of an early Hindu capital. It is noted for ancient Hindu architecture, temples and special water retaining installations.
Prambanan Temple Compounds in Indonesia – The 10th century Prambanan Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. There are also temples dedicated to Lord Brahma and Vishnu and to the vehicles of the Trimurtis. The highlight of the temple is the Illustrations from Ramayana.
Angkor Wat Temple in Cambodia – The largest Hindu temple in the world was built during the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. Angkor Wat Temple, the Bayon Temple and the countless sculptural decorations are part of the Angkor Archaeological Park.
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape in Laos – Envisioned by the rulers of Khmer Empire, the Champasak cultural landscape, including the Vat Phou Temple complex, was shaped to express the Hindu vision of the relationship between nature and humanity, using an axis from mountain top to river bank to lay out a geometric pattern of temples, shrines and waterworks extending over some 10 km.
Katmandu Valley in Nepal – It consist of the Durbar Squares of Hanuman Dhoka (Kathmandu), Patan and Bhaktapur, the Buddhist Stupas of Swayambhu and Bauddhanath, and the Hindu temples of Pashupati and Changu Narayan.
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka – Temples built by Cholas during the 11th and 12th century is dotted with Hindu temples and deities. The architecture of the Hindu temples had a greater influence on the Buddhist temples in the region.
Ellora Caves in India – The 34 monasteries and temples at Ellora dating from A.D. 600to 1000 are dedicated to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram in India – The seventh and eighth century Pallava monuments are noted for the temples in the form of chariots, cave sanctuaries, the famous ‘Descent of the Ganges’ and the thousands of sculptures to the glory of Shiva.
Sun Temple at Konark in India – This majestic representation of Surya's chariot was built in the 13th century.
Monuments in Hampi in India – These inspiring monuments of the great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagara were built between 14th and 16th centuries.
Khajuraho Temples in India – Built in the 9th and 10th century by the Chandella Dynasty the temples are noted for its sculptures that are among the greatest masterpieces of temple sculptures in ancient India.
Elephanta Caves in India – Rock Art linked to Lord Shiva on an island in the Sea of Oman near Mumbai.
Great Living Chola Temples in Tamil Nadu, India - The 11th century Brihadisvara temple of Thanjavur, the 11th century Temple of Gangaikondacholisvaram and the 12th century Airavatesvara temple at Darasuram. A testimony of Chola architecture, sculpture, painting, and bronze casting.
Temples at Pattadakal – The 7th and 8th century Chalukya temples includes the famous Virupaksha Temple and an impressive array of eight temples.
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park in Gujarat, India - The Kalikamata Temple on top of the Pavagadh Hill, chalcolithic sites and a hill fortress of an early Hindu capital. It is noted for ancient Hindu architecture, temples and special water retaining installations.
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煽动法令--由刘晓波“因言获罪”谈起
2010-01-02
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我常感叹中国人的命运，一个以五千年文明自豪的泱泱大国，竟然还是如此地政治与文化保守与自我封闭.这样的思想不单是在中国共产党的政治管制思想里极端地保守与极端地远离政治进而追求资本主义的及时行乐；连海外华人也许多是如此两极化思想。但是刘晓波先生却没有因为政治的灌输教育而走这两个极端。报载09年耶诞节当日这名“中国知名异议人士，刘晓波以“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”被判11年，剥夺政治权利二年。刘晓波不服判决将提出上诉，并希望自己成为中国大陆最后一个因言获罪的人。”
向刘晓波致敬
刘晓波是一个真正贯彻民主建言的知识分子，自从六四后被判刑囚禁释放后仍然积极参加民主建言的工作。以一个在六四前与海外学者积极学术对话的高层知识分子却选择了一条坚持言论自由艰巨的道路。
以下为刘晓波在六四前比较显著的学术交流例子，以说明其学术地位与坚持做学问的原则。比拟今天我们国内面对严重贪污滥权的机制问题，学术人员如何以良知报国必须成为国内迫切探讨的问题。但愿学术精英不会一言蔽之为我们不政治化或我们不参与政治。
1984年—1986年在北京师范大学中文系任教。
1986年—1988年在北京师范大学中文系读博士学位，1988年毕业获文艺学博士学位。
1988年8月—11月应邀赴挪威奥斯陆大学讲授中国当代文学。
1988年12月—1989年2月应邀赴美国夏威夷大学讲授中国哲学、中国当代政治与知识份子，并进行该专题的研究。
1989年3月—5月应邀赴美国哥伦比亚大学做访问学者，后因回国参加六四事件而中断。
“煽动”罪名的国家对比
在极权或一党专政的国家，国家法律系统给予言论“罪犯”罗织一个“煽动颠覆国家”的罪名；但是在一些所谓民主国家如马来西亚及新加坡却以内安法令无审讯扣留来对待所谓“煽动”人士。这对比中似乎没有明显地说明在不同的政治制度里煽动法令或内安法令那个比较符合法治精神及人人平等。
“民主”人士也酷爱“煽动法令”？
更让人困惑的是所谓代表民主政治潮流的我国在野党领袖虽然无数次面对内安法令、煽动法令、警察法令等（被开明人士称为恶法或存在扼杀自由与人权的法令）却也多次情绪化或有目的性的被反对党人士（当然应该还是少数，但愿更少）用来调查“煽动”种族主义、威胁个人或地方政府威信等等的行为。甚至煽动法令还被民联地方政府领袖多次高调地援引为调查涉嫌“煽动”的媒体与个人如林甘等人。
个人不是学术精英，无法以法律精准来衡量民联或国阵领袖援引及维护这些被法学公民社会批为恶法的法令。但是提出一个公民社会的担忧；是否法律与法令再次成为少数人控制的工具，而判断利害关系也是这些各政治阵营的精英，那如何贯彻还政于民？
笔者再次呼吁有良知有普遍公民意识的国民关注如何达到还政于民与人人平等的最基本生活与心理安全感！我们如何确保新的政府不再滥权不再搞精英政治忽略了基本人权与公民权利.当然我们非常感激国内外的人权组织努力地灌输教育人民公民意识，我们希望这些公民组织能够继续扮演一个高度维护人权与公民权的抗衡角色。
提倡理性与良心的公民社会
黑格尔在政治哲学里提出：“存在即是理性的及合理的必须是真实（落实）的”（all that is real is rational; and all that is rational is real )，提醒人们不要放弃以理性参与政治改革。但是今天如果我们都不相信理性了呢，或者我们对理性的理解竟然是以:"先富一批人同时可以继续镇压压榨穷人"的政治哲学呢？如果我们煽动法令那么“好用”如此“顺手”我们的社会是否先需要制定一套辨识什么是煽动的定义，让国内公民社会来一个开放性的辩论？另外我们是否辨识许多人利用煽动法律目的是什么？是保护言论自由还是让人民继续活在一个对国家民情与许多所谓黑幕无知的世界里？
举个非常简单的例子，一场球赛的精彩除了球员们平时不断的训练运动技术以外还必须熟悉公认的球赛规则。但是我们还是会看到许多时候在众目睽睽之下裁判员以最终判决的理由，把有效进球吹掉或把点球等有利判决否决掉，甚至可以把被敌队绊倒的队员判为假摔。这些问题到今天文明的体育世界里还是层出不穷，但是这还是完全暴露在公众的眼睛与耳朵里的；如果这不是公开的场合呢？
我们没有忘记就算许多靠着科技发达的录影录像的证据也可以被“技巧性”地被认为证据不足或不是主要的证据，但是那些不是公众的场合呢？比如在舞厅里、机场的角落、在警察局或扣留所、难民营里，如果没有一个相信真理或理性的单位或人员，如何确保法律或证据是平等真实的呢？
废除因言获罪的恶法
刘晓波在中国发起08宪章，他不是在国外也不是在秘密地进行，他是完全公开的对国家民主建言，但是却因此夫妻被隔离了90天之久，并且被判刑11年。我想同为人类，我们不能失去对人类最基本的尊严的捍卫，限制言论自由是否一直是集/极权国家对人民权力的不信任与漠视？刘晓波先生被判刑后对中国政府与人民的呼吁当然也应该是对追求民主世界的呼吁：“成为中国大陆最后一个因言获罪的人”。我们热爱的国家马来西亚的公民社会难道就不是有同等期待吗？
如果我们的社会还是停留在,"如果我有权利就以“煽动"罪名对付你们这些煽动人民仇视政府、制造宗教或其他群众紧张关系、种族主义等等言论"，我们其实和那些利用国家机器对付手无寸铁的人民或领袖的极权思想（制造白色恐怖的政权等）有什么分别？民联领袖是否愿意让良心囚犯成为马来西亚最后一个因言获罪的人？
求真的思考博客，欢迎交流:-)
my blog: http://2thepplwaywp.blogspot.com/
一起学习交流,促进民主,改变迷信!
Let' s change the messy world by the Faith.
刘晓波国内博客被封
from:http://2thepplwaywp.blogspot.com/
煽动法令--由刘晓波“因言获罪”谈起
我常感叹中国人的命运，一个以五千年文明自豪的泱泱大国，竟然还是如此地政治与文化保守与自我封闭.这样的思想不单是在中国共产党的政治管制思想里极端地保守与极端地远离政治进而追求资本主义的及时行乐；连海外华人也许多是如此两极化思想。但是刘晓波先生却没有因为政治的灌输教育而走这两个极端。报载09年耶诞节当日这名“中国知名异议人士，刘晓波以“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”被判11年，剥夺政治权利二年。刘晓波不服判决将提出上诉，并希望自己成为中国大陆最后一个因言获罪的人。”
向刘晓波致敬
刘晓波是一个真正贯彻民主建言的知识分子，自从六四后被判刑囚禁释放后仍然积极参加民主建言的工作。以一个在六四前与海外学者积极学术对话的高层知识分子却选择了一条坚持言论自由艰巨的道路。
以下为刘晓波在六四前比较显著的学术交流例子，以说明其学术地位与坚持做学问的原则。比拟今天我们国内面对严重贪污滥权的机制问题，学术人员如何以良知报国必须成为国内迫切探讨的问题。但愿学术精英不会一言蔽之为我们不政治化或我们不参与政治。
1984年—1986年在北京师范大学中文系任教。
1986年—1988年在北京师范大学中文系读博士学位，1988年毕业获文艺学博士学位。
1988年8月—11月应邀赴挪威奥斯陆大学讲授中国当代文学。
1988年12月—1989年2月应邀赴美国夏威夷大学讲授中国哲学、中国当代政治与知识份子，并进行该专题的研究。
1989年3月—5月应邀赴美国哥伦比亚大学做访问学者，后因回国参加六四事件而中断。
“煽动”罪名的国家对比
在极权或一党专政的国家，国家法律系统给予言论“罪犯”罗织一个“煽动颠覆国家”的罪名；但是在一些所谓民主国家如马来西亚及新加坡却以内安法令无审讯扣留来对待所谓“煽动”人士。这对比中似乎没有明显地说明在不同的政治制度里煽动法令或内安法令那个比较符合法治精神及人人平等。
“民主”人士也酷爱“煽动法令”？
更让人困惑的是所谓代表民主政治潮流的我国在野党领袖虽然无数次面对内安法令、煽动法令、警察法令等（被开明人士称为恶法或存在扼杀自由与人权的法令）却也多次情绪化或有目的性的被反对党人士（当然应该还是少数，但愿更少）用来调查“煽动”种族主义、威胁个人或地方政府威信等等的行为。甚至煽动法令还被民联地方政府领袖多次高调地援引为调查涉嫌“煽动”的媒体与个人如林甘等人。
个人不是学术精英，无法以法律精准来衡量民联或国阵领袖援引及维护这些被法学公民社会批为恶法的法令。但是提出一个公民社会的担忧；是否法律与法令再次成为少数人控制的工具，而判断利害关系也是这些各政治阵营的精英，那如何贯彻还政于民？
笔者再次呼吁有良知有普遍公民意识的国民关注如何达到还政于民与人人平等的最基本生活与心理安全感！我们如何确保新的政府不再滥权不再搞精英政治忽略了基本人权与公民权利.当然我们非常感激国内外的人权组织努力地灌输教育人民公民意识，我们希望这些公民组织能够继续扮演一个高度维护人权与公民权的抗衡角色。
提倡理性与良心的公民社会
黑格尔在政治哲学里提出：“存在即是理性的及合理的必须是真实（落实）的”（all that is real is rational; and all that is rational is real )，提醒人们不要放弃以理性参与政治改革。但是今天如果我们都不相信理性了呢，或者我们对理性的理解竟然是以:"先富一批人同时可以继续镇压压榨穷人"的政治哲学呢？如果我们煽动法令那么“好用”如此“顺手”我们的社会是否先需要制定一套辨识什么是煽动的定义，让国内公民社会来一个开放性的辩论？另外我们是否辨识许多人利用煽动法律目的是什么？是保护言论自由还是让人民继续活在一个对国家民情与许多所谓黑幕无知的世界里？
举个非常简单的例子，一场球赛的精彩除了球员们平时不断的训练运动技术以外还必须熟悉公认的球赛规则。但是我们还是会看到许多时候在众目睽睽之下裁判员以最终判决的理由，把有效进球吹掉或把点球等有利判决否决掉，甚至可以把被敌队绊倒的队员判为假摔。这些问题到今天文明的体育世界里还是层出不穷，但是这还是完全暴露在公众的眼睛与耳朵里的；如果这不是公开的场合呢？
我们没有忘记就算许多靠着科技发达的录影录像的证据也可以被“技巧性”地被认为证据不足或不是主要的证据，但是那些不是公众的场合呢？比如在舞厅里、机场的角落、在警察局或扣留所、难民营里，如果没有一个相信真理或理性的单位或人员，如何确保法律或证据是平等真实的呢？
废除因言获罪的恶法
刘晓波在中国发起08宪章，他不是在国外也不是在秘密地进行，他是完全公开的对国家民主建言，但是却因此夫妻被隔离了90天之久，并且被判刑11年。我想同为人类，我们不能失去对人类最基本的尊严的捍卫，限制言论自由是否一直是集/极权国家对人民权力的不信任与漠视？刘晓波先生被判刑后对中国政府与人民的呼吁当然也应该是对追求民主世界的呼吁：“成为中国大陆最后一个因言获罪的人”。我们热爱的国家马来西亚的公民社会难道就不是有同等期待吗？
如果我们的社会还是停留在,"如果我有权利就以“煽动"罪名对付你们这些煽动人民仇视政府、制造宗教或其他群众紧张关系、种族主义等等言论"，我们其实和那些利用国家机器对付手无寸铁的人民或领袖的极权思想（制造白色恐怖的政权等）有什么分别？民联领袖是否愿意让良心囚犯成为马来西亚最后一个因言获罪的人？
求真的思考博客，欢迎交流:-)
my blog: http://2thepplwaywp.blogspot.com/
一起学习交流,促进民主,改变迷信!
Let' s change the messy world by the Faith.
刘晓波国内博客被封
from:http://2thepplwaywp.blogspot.com/
WE ALL MISS YOU, JOANNE.....A SADDEN FAREWELL AFTER TAN'S LEAVING....BUT IT IS LIFE!!!
HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE, JOANNE....WE ALL MISS YOU, I WILL MISS THE NESCAFE TARIK..............
Dear friends,
My last day of work with my current company is 29 Jan 2010. Pls contact me through my private email address in the future or facebook.
Wish you a Happy New Year 2010!
Warmest regards
Joanne
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Hai, Joanne,
All the best, my friend.
Life is hard to predict....take care
Morale of the story is :we don't know what will happen tomorrow...........
But it is a good news as you are ＂Lao ban Niang＂......
Pls look forward and enjoy good life.
10 years in this co-operative, go and come is too common.....already no more feeling, Tan's leaving...and many more.. and now you....make me feel more sadden...........but it is life!
...Still remember.... the morning nescafe tarik...now...it is no more..............
I miss the nescafe tarik, you, the topic, the chit-chat day by day...........and flashed back...........Tan......already in Singapore--she is now working plus leraning hard!
This is life............may be 3 years when we all meet together, we will say:".........hai, are you alright?"
Thank you to you all-- make my life bright, more meaningful.
The day has come......cheerio.....
We meet someone, get something, when the day comes, we loss something, we miss someone......
Time and tide waits for no man.....good luck to you and I believe our souls will meet in one day..........Allah bless all.
Om guru liansheng xi ti hom......om moli zhi yu soha.
VL
Dear friends,
My last day of work with my current company is 29 Jan 2010. Pls contact me through my private email address in the future or facebook.
Wish you a Happy New Year 2010!
Warmest regards
Joanne
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hai, Joanne,
All the best, my friend.
Life is hard to predict....take care
Morale of the story is :we don't know what will happen tomorrow...........
But it is a good news as you are ＂Lao ban Niang＂......
Pls look forward and enjoy good life.
10 years in this co-operative, go and come is too common.....already no more feeling, Tan's leaving...and many more.. and now you....make me feel more sadden...........but it is life!
...Still remember.... the morning nescafe tarik...now...it is no more..............
I miss the nescafe tarik, you, the topic, the chit-chat day by day...........and flashed back...........Tan......already in Singapore--she is now working plus leraning hard!
This is life............may be 3 years when we all meet together, we will say:".........hai, are you alright?"
Thank you to you all-- make my life bright, more meaningful.
The day has come......cheerio.....
We meet someone, get something, when the day comes, we loss something, we miss someone......
Time and tide waits for no man.....good luck to you and I believe our souls will meet in one day..........Allah bless all.
Om guru liansheng xi ti hom......om moli zhi yu soha.
VL
MARKET IS GOING TO FALL!!!!...THE FALLEN KNIFE IS KILLING...
Monday, January 25, 2010
MARKET IS GOING TO FALL.......FALL......FALL...THE FALLEN KNIFE IS KILLING........
COMPOSITE : 1288.17 -8.62
2ND-BOARD : 0.0 0.0
VOLUME : 617865.0 lots
GAINERS : 164
LOSERS : 540
UNCHANGED : 209
Most Active ('000)
TALAM 578158
IRCB 144501
CNI 116217
PPHB 106511
KEURO 97249
Top Gainers Chg LD Vol ('000)
TOMYPAK 0.420 2.700 25202
DAIBOCI 0.180 3.040 11760
PRDUREN 0.130 1.670 4276
TECNIC 0.110 1.970 135
ADVPKG 0.110 1.010 8385
Top Losers Chg LD Vol ('000)
MISC-O1 -0.250 8.250 633
SUPERMX -0.230 5.390 24430
TOPGLOV -0.220 11.440 2623
KOSSAN -0.220 6.300 1028
SKBSHUT -0.210 0.580 100
Posted by SATU ANAK MALAYSIA
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而2010年和 2007年相像的地方在于市场沉寂一阵子后，游资过剩，在信心回流之下，每一调整恰是大家大举进场的时机。你看上市公司善用机会配售股票或附加股集资，而反应热烈辄可见一斑。
不过，万一市场的结果好像2008年就大事不妙。2008年1月1521点的历史新高只是昙花一现，过后市场就掉入 15个月熊市，3年来累积的涨潮毁于一旦。我们当然不希望历史重演，不过2008年的惨况历历在目，一时之间也不容易抹掉，而我们也担心公牛跑累了，要喘息一番，所以投资者当步步为营，小心为妙。
犹记得几年前有个投资博士，大力鼓吹买股不卖，认为一生难见的大牛市已经降临。如今博士似乎饱食远飏，不见踪影，留下小股东还在痴痴等待“一生难见的大牛市” 诞生。
REDUCE YOUR FUND IN SHARE MARKET NOW.........................
IT IS A SELL MARKET....................................IT IS A SELL MARKET................
当年配合全国大选就要在3月8日举行,让2008年1月1521点的历史新高只是昙花一现................当时GAMUDA老板是最精明的一个,在全国大选前将许多股票卖出......
能够FEEL到一些东西......把手上的股票先丢了................让那些"乐观"的投资者去接!
当然,国阵会大败的"事实",在当时很少有人敢想象,不过,当时每个人,见面就是让国阵倒台.....这种思想发挥优势......
从来没有,在大马BOLEHLAND/NOMANLAND,出现过......总算.....说明了每一个人手中的一票都太重要了!
未来,你我他更要发挥一票优势......改变确实是可以实现的!绝对可以做到!!!
股票还是要看好,量力而为............
管理好财务,就可以发挥优势!!手中一票更可以发挥最大的优势!!!!
你要有信心去面对现实,发挥优势!!!!
I AM READING YOUR MIND............NTV7在星期六晚上8.30的影片(影集)可以看,因为是谈到有关READING YOUR MIND!!!!林吉祥一定要看!!!!!所有政治秘书,政治工作者都要看!!!
请常念:OM MOLI ZHI YU SOHA(能保护,保佑政治工作者,家人,孩子们....最好自己一定要念,功力更大,鼓励妻子孩子们也念...这个咒一定要念....此外,再加念其他佛号!)
这才是精明的股票投资者!!!
请在开始工作前多念咒....每天至少一千至一万次...........一有时间就念..........刘天球一定要念!!!
丁清,汉华更要多念!!!!
害怕孩子们被骗,被转教者都应该念..........
要相信......念一年就知道了!!!!继续念,天天念!!!!!
MARKET IS GOING TO FALL.......FALL......FALL...THE FALLEN KNIFE IS KILLING........
COMPOSITE : 1288.17 -8.62
2ND-BOARD : 0.0 0.0
VOLUME : 617865.0 lots
GAINERS : 164
LOSERS : 540
UNCHANGED : 209
Most Active ('000)
TALAM 578158
IRCB 144501
CNI 116217
PPHB 106511
KEURO 97249
Top Gainers Chg LD Vol ('000)
TOMYPAK 0.420 2.700 25202
DAIBOCI 0.180 3.040 11760
PRDUREN 0.130 1.670 4276
TECNIC 0.110 1.970 135
ADVPKG 0.110 1.010 8385
Top Losers Chg LD Vol ('000)
MISC-O1 -0.250 8.250 633
SUPERMX -0.230 5.390 24430
TOPGLOV -0.220 11.440 2623
KOSSAN -0.220 6.300 1028
SKBSHUT -0.210 0.580 100
Posted by SATU ANAK MALAYSIA
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
而2010年和 2007年相像的地方在于市场沉寂一阵子后，游资过剩，在信心回流之下，每一调整恰是大家大举进场的时机。你看上市公司善用机会配售股票或附加股集资，而反应热烈辄可见一斑。
不过，万一市场的结果好像2008年就大事不妙。2008年1月1521点的历史新高只是昙花一现，过后市场就掉入 15个月熊市，3年来累积的涨潮毁于一旦。我们当然不希望历史重演，不过2008年的惨况历历在目，一时之间也不容易抹掉，而我们也担心公牛跑累了，要喘息一番，所以投资者当步步为营，小心为妙。
犹记得几年前有个投资博士，大力鼓吹买股不卖，认为一生难见的大牛市已经降临。如今博士似乎饱食远飏，不见踪影，留下小股东还在痴痴等待“一生难见的大牛市” 诞生。
REDUCE YOUR FUND IN SHARE MARKET NOW.........................
IT IS A SELL MARKET....................................IT IS A SELL MARKET................
当年配合全国大选就要在3月8日举行,让2008年1月1521点的历史新高只是昙花一现................当时GAMUDA老板是最精明的一个,在全国大选前将许多股票卖出......
能够FEEL到一些东西......把手上的股票先丢了................让那些"乐观"的投资者去接!
当然,国阵会大败的"事实",在当时很少有人敢想象,不过,当时每个人,见面就是让国阵倒台.....这种思想发挥优势......
从来没有,在大马BOLEHLAND/NOMANLAND,出现过......总算.....说明了每一个人手中的一票都太重要了!
未来,你我他更要发挥一票优势......改变确实是可以实现的!绝对可以做到!!!
股票还是要看好,量力而为............
管理好财务,就可以发挥优势!!手中一票更可以发挥最大的优势!!!!
你要有信心去面对现实,发挥优势!!!!
I AM READING YOUR MIND............NTV7在星期六晚上8.30的影片(影集)可以看,因为是谈到有关READING YOUR MIND!!!!林吉祥一定要看!!!!!所有政治秘书,政治工作者都要看!!!
请常念:OM MOLI ZHI YU SOHA(能保护,保佑政治工作者,家人,孩子们....最好自己一定要念,功力更大,鼓励妻子孩子们也念...这个咒一定要念....此外,再加念其他佛号!)
这才是精明的股票投资者!!!
请在开始工作前多念咒....每天至少一千至一万次...........一有时间就念..........刘天球一定要念!!!
丁清,汉华更要多念!!!!
害怕孩子们被骗,被转教者都应该念..........
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將碗裝泡麵稱之為亡國食品一點也不為過....MUST READ
買不得
日本熱賣100萬本的新書《買不得》
你知道《電動刮鬍刀》會加速癌細胞的增值能力達一萬五千倍嗎? 請一定看完!!
保養品可能讓你皮膚更乾燥？ 維他命飲料既不提神又傷身？抗菌商品一點都不抗菌？
去年在日本，新書上市才3個月，就熱賣100萬本的《買不得》一書，赤裸裸地指出商品中充斥的健康殺手。看了，你就知道哪些東西買不得！
上超市購物，有些人挑價錢，有些人買固定品牌或買大做廣告的商品，但卻很少人會看商品成分，深入了解各種成分的作用。
去年在日本，新書上市才3個月，就熱賣100萬本的《買不得》一書，改變了許多日本消費者的購物習慣，不少人上街購物，會留心商品的主要成分，作為選擇商品的標準。
《買不得》一書是由作者群將與一般人關係密切的生活用品，分為食品、飲料、清潔劑、化妝品、藥品和雜貨等類，旁徵博引研究機構的報告，指名道姓地揭發許多日本許多著名廠商，生產的代表性商品，其成分內容是多麼地有害人體，「百害而無一益」。書中刊出約90種商品，並把企業名、商品名、商品照片、內容成分，以及企業的聯絡電話都一一附在文章旁邊，讓消費者可以打電話直接向廠商反應意見或詢問究竟。
如此赤裸裸地批判企業的媒體和報導，實為罕見。作者之一的船瀨俊介受邀各地演講，常有民眾對他說：「你還活著，真不容易。」透露社會民眾也明白，媒體記者單挑大企業，是冒生命危險的舉動。
作者渡邊雄二呼籲消費者採取「不買、不喝、不買來送人」的策略；更要改「不看商品成分就買」的習慣。「消費者應該用消費力量培養優良廠商，培育優良商品，否則吃虧的還是自己，」他說。
有人說∼《買不得》是媒體代表廣大的消費者，擲向大企業的一本戰書。也有人認為這是一本讓日本消費者自省的消費指南。全球環保與健康意識抬頭，消費者需有意識並且培養習慣，在購買日常用品時，不再只受廣告宣傳的影響，而是檢視產品成分內容，拒絕購買會危害環境與人體健康、安全的產全。
參考日本《買不得》書中所揭示的原則，台灣消費者在購買食品、飲料、清潔用品、化妝品及各項雜貨時，可以更加警覺一些現象：
@食品類
@:碗裝泡麵--環境賀爾蒙來襲
日本的《月刊消費者》曾對碗裝泡麵的營養成分進行調查，發現維他命A、C是零，其他的維他命含量也非常少，反而鹽分是美國參議院營養問題特別委員會建議一天攝取只限3公克的兩倍，更且化學調味料glutamicacidsoda足足有1公克。如果常吃泡麵，會導致維他命不足、礦物質缺乏、鹽分攝取過多，以及化學調味料引發的味覺障礙等各種營養失調症。
更值得注意的是，碗裝泡麵的容器多用聚苯乙烯，加熱會變形，為了避免在加熱時變形，廠商加入酸化防止劑BHT作為安定劑。BHT是致癌物質之一，會引起肝臟肥大、染色體異常、和降低繁殖機率。
日本的科學家曾做過實驗，將微量的BHT（比率0.1％）加入飼料中，餵食給老鼠，生下的幼鼠有的無眼症，也有畸形。
另一個問題是，大多數泡麵都經過油炸，油裡面也放有BHT，所以用熱水沖泡時，有害人體的物質，會從泡麵及容器兩者溶解出來。
更可怕的是，會有苯乙烯單體溶解出來。如果倒水在苯乙烯(styrene)材質的杯子，會溶出6∼9ppb（十億分之一），日本三重大學醫學部實驗，把這種水給白老鼠喝，7隻中有4隻發生癌症。如果加入熱水，溶解量更徒增到51ppb。
東京大學「自主講座」的論文指出，人類平均體重一公斤 一天0.001mg的苯乙烯單體是危險攝取量，業界也承認一個碗裝泡麵溶解出0.015mg，是危險量的十四分之一，考慮個人體質不同，數量值得憂慮。
東京多摩川的鯉魚精囊異常地萎縮，原因是受到環境賀爾蒙的影響，其中一種叫做phthaloyl的環荷爾蒙在多摩川下游水質中濃度1.6ppb，但碗裝泡麵湯的濃度居然高達1,100ppb，是多摩川污染濃度的688倍。《買不得》
作者群認為，「將碗裝泡麵稱之為亡國食品一點也不為過」。他們建議愛麵族最好選擇添加物較少的白麵條，比較有益健康。
@電動刮鬍刀
電動刮鬍刀每年在日本賣800萬隻，可見得受日本男士之歡迎。在電磁性生体學部門，曾經兩次獲得諾貝爾獎提名的美國紐約州立大學醫學部教授貝克在《CrossCurrent──電磁波「重複輻射」的恐怖》一書中，指出我們日常生活所使用的家電製品，發出的電磁波安全值是1mG。14吋大的電視，距離1公尺所發出的電磁波剛好是1mG。
使用交流式馬達的、接插座的電動刮鬍刀，在距離3公分的位置，電池波高達15,000mG，是 貝克 博士安全值的15000倍，電池式刮鬍刀依照產品不同，電磁波或有強弱，但都會發出電磁波。眾所周知，電磁波會加速癌細胞的增值能力，變化為惡性腫瘤。
貝克博士擔憂的是，如果臉上有痣的人，使用電動刮鬍刀，強力電磁波，可能會引發病變，得皮膚癌。
可通過飲食調節來減少電磁波的危害。平時注意多吃一些富含維生素 B 的食品，如胡蘿卜、海帶、卷心菜及動物肝臟等。堅持飲茶對預防電磁波危害也大有裨益。
雖然每天使用時間短，但輻射量會日積月累，例如癌症、白血病、腦瘤等電磁波可能導致疾病，都要等到10年以後才會出現。要避免每天一點一點所接收的輻射，最好儘快改用一般的刮鬍刀，在臉上抹上肥皂，安心地慢慢享受刮鬍子的樂趣。
《買不得》再三強調，不是希望讀者看完之後，不知何去何從，而是希望大家一起思考「今後要如何改善」，把意見和憤怒反映給企業和政府有關單位，也許因此能匯聚成一股催生環保、健康產品的力量。
Sunday, January 24, 2010
暮年皈依勤誦經 往生報夢登佛國
暮年皈依勤誦經 往生報夢登佛國
文/澳洲雪梨蓮花建青
家父家母於九七年來澳洲定居，才有緣皈依真佛宗。家母在皈依師佛後，開始持高王觀世音真經，及六字大明咒；家父則只算是結了緣。
在一九九九年十二月份，他們回中國探親，期間家父生病住院，之後帶病返澳洲。
今年三月家父家母參加師尊蓮生活佛主持的「地藏王菩薩息災祈福超度大法會」。之後家母說師佛不斷對她微笑，她感覺全身暖和。師尊的形象已深深印入她的腦海之中。四月份，家父病重入院，確診患上白血病(血癌)。在住院時，弟子送師佛的著作給家父看，這次一改過往拒看的態度，竟看師佛的書。出奇地，一看就愛不釋手，不斷的讀下去。他說師佛的著作真實感人，他後悔以前為什麼不早些看。在一次看師佛的著作時，無意看到一道黃色光飛入他的胸部，弟子相信這是師尊佛菩薩的加持，從那時開始，家父持高王經，從不會讀到每天背誦三十多遍，以一個七十多歲的老人做到這一點，非有佛力加持不可能做到。
在這時，家母亦在夢中受到師尊佛菩薩數次加持。第一次在夢中，看到很多人吵架，突然師尊在遠處飛到面前，整個房間遍布光明，那些吵架者馬上逃跑掉；第二次她在夢中看到師尊對她說：「讀經吧，多讀些經，佛菩薩會幫你。」她突然夢醒立即向虛空頂禮。第三次更殊勝，弟子幫家母在其房間內安置了簡單的壇城，一天晚上當她在持高王經時，也不知持到那一段，突然看到師尊蓮生活佛來到她的房間內，並對她說：「對了，對了，在這裡安置壇城太對了。」因家母不懂國語的，而她說師尊是以廣東話向她開示的。這是真正的佛菩薩以身外化身度眾生的真實例子！
而弟子亦在持蓮花童子心咒滿二十萬遍(長咒)時，在今年農曆五月十五清晨約四時五十分，受師尊佛菩薩以筆尖插入天門(百會穴)加持(在夢中)，弟子永遠也不會忘記。因那次加持的覺受是弟子從來未有的，非筆墨可形容，弟子的心願是一百萬遍。
<師佛加持 安心上路>
再說家父，在那次住院一周後出院，弟子寫信去求師尊加持家父，並請求嚴山雷藏寺的法師、理事、同門幫忙，做一壇紅事誦經，求佛菩薩加持家父，誦經後的第二天，家父再去做驗血檢查，結果是紅血球指數從八萬升到十一萬(正常是十三萬，六萬則是危險)。在這裡也要提一提，一對夫婦，在幫家父做紅事誦經時，他們看到數位佛菩薩來加持家父，看到家父上身沒穿衣服，浸在水中，而佛菩薩在上方以水灌洗家父，十分殊勝。
家父第二次入院是在七月二十七日，因連續四天高燒不退而入院，弟子再次求寺的理事長幫忙傳真去西雅圖求師尊加持。弟子及家母則不斷讀經持咒，求師佛菩薩加持，消除家父的病難，並加持弟子及家母能順利啟程，參加八月二十七日千載難逢的香港時輪金剛大法會。
在八月三日下午四時左右，家父在睡夢中看到師尊從虛空中徐徐降下，對家父微笑加持，家父醒後十分感動。之後數天，弟子及家母不斷叫家父認準師佛，認準阿彌陀佛。家父亦說，已經認準，不會忘記，並不斷持高王經及上師心咒。八月四日之前，家父只是感得疲勞，八月五日及六日，家父開始覺得辛苦，弟子就勸他儘量放鬆，不要出力相抗，一心持咒，不要記掛兒孫，認準師尊及阿彌陀佛，如果看見佛菩薩，就一定要跟祂們走，他也點頭同意。在八月七日清早，家母及姐夫去探望家父，看到家父病情轉嚴重，立即求佛菩薩加持，求護士幫忙家父洗身之後，家母遵照師尊書中往生法要教導，不斷在耳邊勸家父跟佛菩薩走。家父亦一再點頭，直到家父不認得人，醫生搶救無效，在午時十一點五十八分離開人世。
<家父報夢登佛國>
弟子在十二點後趕到醫院，看到家父口還開著，連忙將真佛甘露丸放入他的口中，為其蓋上佛頂尊勝陀羅尼咒被，家母在旁為其合口，不斷持阿彌陀佛聖號，醫院亦同意安排一個房間給家父。我們則不斷在房間內持阿彌陀佛的聖號，亦不斷在家父耳邊說要認準師尊及阿彌陀佛。晚上我們請來一對同門夫婦幫忙助念，在第一次禪定中，看到了家父已經上升到了天界，在佛國門口等待清洗身體乾淨；第二次禪定是在我們持滿一百零八遍阿彌陀佛往生咒之後，他們看到了家父已經進入了佛國。弟子及家母則感到有很強的光照了一段時間。據說是佛國門開時金光燦爛所致。從那時開始，弟子及家母的心都很安穩。直至午夜即家父往生後十二小時持咒才暫時結束。弟子及家母並再次寫信傳真求師尊加持接引。
八月十三日凌晨五點，家母在夢中看到家父同阿彌陀佛齊回到家中，家父在阿彌陀佛的左邊，變得年輕、精神奕奕，而阿彌陀佛則是全身放出萬道光芒。據家母說，那些光芒像銀針一樣一條一條不可數不可數，遍布阿彌陀佛的周圍，萬分殊勝，家母醒覺後立即頂禮壇城佛菩薩。
八月十六日、十七日，嚴山雷藏寺法師及同門幫忙白事誦經，家父於十七日午時火化入土，一切圓滿。而十九日，弟子與家母已來到香港，準備參加二十七日的時輪金剛大法會。感謝師尊慈悲，接引家父，並圓滿弟子心願。
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不再錯過 NEVER MISS AGAIN..........LIFE IS SHORT, HOW MUCH VITAL THINGS HAVE U MISSED???????
不再錯過
音樂家約夏貝爾帶着一把價值不菲、約莫三百五十萬美元、一七一三年製造的古董名琴，悄悄來到人潮不斷的地鐵站演奏，弦音曼妙，在空曠處流淌，將近一小時的演奏中，真正佇足聆聽者只有七人，最捧場的是一位三歲小童，聽得入神。當天約夏貝爾得到三十二美元賞金。
平日，約夏貝爾令人如痴如醉的演奏會舉行時，一張票上看一百美元，館廳裏座無虛席，館外一票難求。
後來，不少當時就在地鐵站的觀眾扼腕自己眼拙，錯過了一場免費或者廉價的音樂饗宴。可惜千金難買早知道，很多美好的事，往往簡簡單單就被輕易錯過了。
有位忙碌的朋友得知老婆罹患重症，徹頭徹尾變了一個人：親自下廚，洗手做羹湯，陪太太散步，與她一起上醫院做化療。可是妻子敵不過病魔摧殘，三個月後就撒手人寰。他很感傷地說，太忙了，錯過與妻子營造最美好的人生時光，想彌補卻彌補不回來。
醫生的兒子從十九樓一躍而下，留下一封遺書，信中留言：他最討厭念書；最不喜歡考試；最不想念醫科；最想爸爸陪他；最想看電影；最希望快快樂樂。
兒子的最想，爸爸沒有一件特別為他做過，他只想孩子繼承衣缽。當兒子往生之後，他才明白，人生中最珍貴的不是成就，而是親情。他怨嘆，知道卻已太遲，失去的孩子不會回來。
事實上，我也錯過一些事。失智症尚未發作的媽媽，是個嘮叨、煩躁、情緒反覆、憂愁，甚至有妄想的人，我一時失察，沒能及時明白她的老人症狀，以為只是單純的搗亂；幾年來，病情急轉直下，速度快到我根本來不及反應，她已識人不明，時而我是弟弟、是兒子，或者鄰居。
歲月推移，我終究明白那是失智症的前兆，可是媽媽卻在我的錯過中早就忘了一切，我只能學老萊子，彩衣娛親，裝瘋賣傻，讓她手舞足蹈痴笑了。如果不錯過，我們會有更多值得回憶的母子時光。
錯過的理由很簡單：以為還有明天。事實上，明天是不可靠的；要不，日休禪師怎麼會說，很多人的一生中，只做了等待與後悔兩件事，合起來就叫來不及。
我們常放棄眼前的當下，而去尋找不可靠的明天與未知的未來。
或者不急。我們老愛說，長大再說，有錢再說，老了再說……可是到了那時候，卻什麼都不必說了。
孩子大了，我們也老了；他們飛走了，我們巴望着；想說，卻無人可說，無處可說。
甚至像祕密一樣藏着。這種感觸在颱風天，狂風暴雨毫無預警落了下來，發出沉悶的怒吼聲，音調有些嚇人，靜心觀賞剛租回來的《橫山家之味》，某些情緒竟被撩撥開來。
電影中，橫山家院裏的紫薇花開得璀璨，黃斑蝶在山坡上翩翩飛舞，導演透過靜謐的綠蔭、迴盪的鄉愁，藉由已經離家的成年孩子們返家與年邁父母共度片刻的夏日時光，隱隱約約扣住錯過；一個看似簡單平凡的故事，在幽默溫暖中，卻又帶點任性地，如同翻閱家族的老相簿，捕捉生命中點滴幽微卻又細膩的悸動。
橫山是名老醫生，在小鎮開了一間橫山醫院，老人家一直希望孩子之中至少有一位繼承衣缽，延續優良的醫生傳統。大哥原本承擔重任，卻因救人不慎溺水，老醫生把希望寄託在次子身上，可是他並不喜歡醫學，獨愛美術，是個藝術家。
父親未有過任何表白，兒子也未當面拒絕，形同祕密一般，各自藏在心靈深處。他們透過一次次爭執，一次次淘洗，誤會慢慢冰釋，露出隱晦初現的光華。然而看似長夜將盡，晨光亮起時，電影交代老醫生去世了。
導演處理最後的一場景，彷彿余光中的詩：墓內是父親，思念在墓外。畫面是靜寂的，人聲停了，音樂停了，只有淚。
錯過的事，真的彌補不回來，最好是不要錯過，不再錯過，讓每一分、每一秒都很精彩。
嗯，我決定了，以後每一場頂級展覽都不錯過。莫內的畫看過了；達文西展也欣賞過了；漢景帝陽陵展趕在最後一天細覽。兒子命我當他的球僮，女兒要求我陪伴逛書店……我全都答應了，只因為不想錯過。
【撰文／游乾桂】
甩手治癌 to cure cancar with "shuai shou"(shaking hands)
甩手治癌
有病治病，沒病強身~~ 甩手治癌
一. 甩手療法實踐
甩手療法是從香港傳來的，此方法很好，對心臟病也有很好療效，不妨一試。
但貴在堅持它有充分的理論根據，甩手時要身體站直，腳彎60*腳趾用力抓住地上，兩腳距離等於肩寬，兩臂同方向前後搖甩，向後用點氣力，向前不用力，由隨力自行擺回，兩臂伸直不宜彎，眼睛向前看，心中不懷邪念，只默默數目，開始由二三百起，逐漸做到每次一千多至二千多次，約半點鐘(喜樂的心就是良藥，或默唸健康就會快樂，快樂也會健康)
二. 甩手療法簡介
甩手運動是一項十分有益的健身運動，近來參加鍛鍊的人越來越多，很多不治之症都一甩而癒，效果驚人，而又不花錢。
甩手易學會，效果快，所有慢性病大多可以治癒，不論什麼病，並不是固定不變的，關鍵在於勤習。
三. 甩手的作用
甩手原名[達摩易筋經]，有十二卷，名氣很響，很多書提到它，但早已失傳，現在發掘出來，是中醫最可貴的民族文化遺產之一，可惜暫不易為很多人所瞭解。
四. 甩手特點
[上虛下實]動作柔和，精神集中，兩手搖動，這樣可以改變體質上盛下虛的狀態，使下部堅固，上身輕鬆，疾病自去。
五. 甩手十六訣
上宜虛、下宜實、頭宜懸、口宜隨、胸宜絮、背宜拔、腰宜軸、臂宜搖、肘宜沉、腕宜重、手宜劃、腹宜質、跨宜鬆、肛宜捷、跟宜穩、趾宜抓。
六. 反應問題
針灸、推拿有反應，甩後更有反應，反應就是氣血在起變化，反應規率是胸腹鬆了，腳底生熱了，四肢末梢原來血液不足地方走到了，三焦打通了，打呃、放屁、酸麻、冷熱、蟲爬蠕動等等。
病區反應都是正常的，有益的，只要不斷勤習，堅持有恆，對改善體質是毫無問題的。
七. 甩手何能治癌
人體內的主要矛盾是什麼？中醫認為是[氣血]，[氣血]有了問題，百病叢生，從量變到質衰，反之，[氣血]通暢，百病自去。
根據這一原理甩手能根本改變氣血，改變體質，抓住了主要矛盾，一切矛盾就迎刃而解了。
八. 甩手治癌
• 每天上午甩2000次，下午甩2000次，晚上甩2000次，不間斷地甩五個月可消除肺癌。
• 患關節炎，大便後流血，同時患食道癌，甩手後兩種病漸好，食道癌也可逐步消除，情況改。
• 頸部生淋巴癌…每日甩手1000次，便可胃口大增，淋巴癌逐漸消失。
• 甩手幾個月，可治癒半身不遂及肺癌
癌到底是什麼？
癌與瘤都是氣血的結聚，經絡阻塞不通的結果也是應吐的[故]。
由於血液流轉緩慢，質量、淋巴、粘液、胞汁等等變化，由於血液動力功能不足，熱量不足，就排不出去，消不脫。
甩手後胃口開，新血增，肩胛勁，上部負擔(僵硬)解除，腹部橫隔膜，因甩手而升降活躍，使腸胃間軔氣發生，腎間動氣有興奮與抑製作用，到了血液產生熱量，有利於吐故納新，補氣益血。
九. 甩手治肝癌
如果是肝硬化晚期腹水也能治，發炎腫大是不談了，為什麼？
這是一個氣血問題，肝病不適是氣肌不舒，也積水，不能排出，當然難過，影響胃、脾、膽等，而甩手來講是能解決問題，一甩馬上打呃、放屁、好的很，中醫理論是三焦通了，新陳代謝改變。
硬化了，是死了，還能改變嗎？
硬化是質量，機能萎靡不振是事實，但還有矛盾，主要氣血動力不足，甩手一張一馳，使氣血活躍，一面開胃增新血，及通竅，毛孔開，肝就從停滯狀態逐步新生，沒有硬，也沒有塊，硬變?變硬都是有變化的，甩手的貢獻是能使[硬化]的肝產生新生作用而變?是中醫的一個傑出的創造發明。
十. 甩手治眼睛
患高血壓影響了眼睛經過甩手後，血壓回復正常，眼鏡也可不用。
• 患白內障者，日甩兩次，早甩800次，晚甩1000次，四週以後可看見東西。
• 眼睛有沙眼、有色盲，眼皮上生小瘤。
甩手後體質增強，體重增加，眼睛也沒有毛病。
• 甩手對眼睛有利是一個普遍規律，有的戴三五百度眼鏡的，甩手後不戴了。
有的看書，看報很吃力，看不清，甩手後看得清了，為什麼內經中說目受血而能視，這是一個血的問題。
氣血走不到，當然引起各種病變。
甩手後普遍規律是：能走路、能睡覺，證明新陳代謝起了變化。
十一. 甩手治半身不遂
[半身不遂]，中風，高血壓、關節炎往往在一起，這個就是身體內部氣血不平衡，影響流轉分佈，使經絡、肌肉、骨節起了變化。
特點是兩邊脈不一樣，一邊高(多)，一邊低(少)，有的每分鐘相差二十跳，十跳，而往往一邊手腳就有酸痛、麻木的反應，實質上，上下往往也有問題，上而充血，下而血氣走不到。
甩手對這個病有特效，為什麼？
甩手不獨能治，而且還可以防止中風的前兆，是兩邊血流有矛盾，因此兩邊脈反映出來不平衡，上下不平衡…。
中醫有[脈從腳跟起]的講法…..甩手之所以有作用，在於甩手後脈有變化，脈代表五臟六腑。半身不遂是頭重腳輕即上實下虛。
十二. 甩手歌
1. 用腳踏實肩下沉，上三下七有恆心，能去頭重腳輕病，精力充沛體輕鬆。
2. 甩手治病的原因，勝似推拿與金針，氣血不通起百病，氣和心平病難侵。
十三. 甩手與脈的變化
按脈是中醫一大發明，古代醫學家對脈理作了很精細的工作，有輝煌成就，從脈的變化中可以瞭解五臟六腑的變化，體質的強弱。
甩手之所以能治病，關鍵在於改變體質，既然能改造體質，當然也從脈理反映出來…。
1. 心臟病、高血壓，一般脈浮高，太快，血壓提高，跳得越快。因此，心臟病與高血壓是密切聯繫的，正常脈是六0至八0勻長有力而深，心臟病、年老體弱的脈是六0而微弱，低血壓脈散弱。
2. 神經病，精神分裂症，腎臟病，一般脈快而滑、浮，中醫叫心腎不交，心跳能慢，病也能治。
3. 血液病，淋巴病，一般脈慢弱，有的按之不動，左右不一樣，兩邊脈的矛盾，血流也有矛盾。
4. 半身不遂，中風的人往往脈兩邊不一樣，有相差每分鐘二0跳，與關節有關，一邊不通，一邊壓力增加。
十四. 甩手之後能改變，為什麼？
脈太快的病是血不能控制氣，氣就損失，是血分的不足。
甩手能夠補血，就有控制氣的作用。
何處來補，從按摩腸胃等處增加運動，對於吸收營養上去補。
脈跳太慢的，是血流轉有阻礙和血量不足，甩手後四肢在運動牽動背、胸、腹，阻礙打通了，淤血趕走了，當然腳也正常了。
脈的改變是經路的改變，怎樣改變？
脈從腳跟起，甩手重心在脈，腳用勁，如老樹生根和打柱一樣打下去，使腳的氣血起了按摩作用。
因此通達全身，肌肉、皮膚、骨節、通通都不難改變。
[上三下七]上虛下實，而更加明確地規定虛實的程度和用勁的比例。
上面三分，下面七分，手裡三分，腳裡七分，出手三分是虛，回手(下來)七分是實。
福不可受盡，受盡則緣必孤
福不可受盡
福不可受盡，受盡則緣必孤
宋朝的法演禪師有回說戒：「勢不可使盡，使盡則禍必至；福不可受盡，受盡則緣必孤；話不可說盡，說盡則人必易(易，生變也)；規矩不可行盡，行盡則人必繁。」這就是在警示我們，凡事皆不可太過極端、絕斷，當留點空間給自己或別人。
「勢不可使盡」：有人認為權力在握，吆三喝四，是人生最得意的事。有些人，更是乘勢而起，爭一時的龍鳳。不知道，勢力一用盡災禍到來時，正如「飛鳥盡良弓藏，狡兔死走狗烹」，後悔都來不及了。
當勾踐剛剛滅吳稱霸時，其手下最大之功臣范蠡被封上將軍。然范蠡深知「大名之下難久居」，「久受尊名不祥」，故功成時立即隱退，就和他的徒弟乘舟而去，從此就不回來了。後來改名為陶朱公，以後因經商而致富。
范蠡曾遣人寫信給文種，勸說「飛鳥盡，良弓藏；狡免死，走狗烹。越王為人長頸鳥啄，可與共患難，不可與共樂，子何不去？」文種卻不願聽從，不久果被勾踐賜劍而死。
「福不可受盡」：有的人認為擁有了錢財，人生就很幸福。但是金錢若使用不當，往往是罪惡的來源。
今日社會上更有許多不知慈悲助人，只知守住金錢，他們雖然富甲一方，但是因為不會使用金錢，「金錢」只會徒然增加他們的煩惱與業障而已！更有人行樂及時，「有福不享人笑痴」。
但是他們不知道，福如果享盡，就算是天人，也會有「五衰相」的現象；更何況我們這些博地凡夫，業深福薄，失人身易，得人身難。縱情財色名食睡，恐怕要墮入地獄，變成閻羅王的點心了。
「話不可說盡」：凡事要留個餘地，愈是憤怒的時候，愈是要克制自己，不輕易口出惡言，傷人傷己。佛經上說：「瞋火能燒功德林」
一時的怒氣，無心的言語，往往會毀掉多年辛苦培養的友誼與功德。待人謙遜包容，不驕矜，不恃寵，靜坐常常思維自己的過錯，閒談時不要去談論別人的是非，要常常反省檢討自己的缺失，而不斤斤計較別人的過錯。
寧可他人負我，我決不負他人，以責人之心責己，以恕己之心恕人。能夠以如此寬容、體諒的心來對待社會生活的一切，擺在眼前的必定是一條坦蕩的大道。
規矩不可行盡」：但是有的人，發號施令，自以為威儀具足，唯我獨尊。卻不知道，好的翁姑，也不能不「不痴不聾」；調和君臣的宰相，更不能不「肚大撐船」。明察秋毫，戒律森嚴，往往刻薄寡恩，要明白，就算是佛戒也有開解。
商鞅協助秦孝公變法，在極短的時間內，使質樸落後的秦國，變成威震天下的強權，這是中國歷史上極少見的異數；但是，商鞅本人也為這個成功付出慘重的代價。
商鞅突破傳統，推行新政，卻遭到極大的阻力。原來秦國政府一向是雷聲大雨點小，凡事因循苟且，未能得到人民的信任。
為了改變人民的觀念，樹立政府的威信，商鞅派人在都城的南門，豎立一根三丈高的木柱，並貼出布告說明：「搬木柱到北門的人，賞黃金十斤。」誰也不敢相信天下會有這麼好的差事，沒有人肯去試。
商鞅把獎金提高到黃金五十斤，但是人民仍然懷疑，不敢去搬。
過了幾天，才有一個人半信半疑地來試，當他把柱子搬到北門時，立刻得到五十斤黃金。這個消息立刻傳遍全國，老百姓才肯相信政府是言出必行的。
以後商鞅所頒佈的法令，人民都不敢怠慢，新法也跟著順利推展開來，這就是有名的「徙木示信」的故事。
老百姓都能服從法令了，可是許多權貴依然我行我素。
有一回太子犯了法，太子自以為王位繼承人，沒有什麼關係，但是商鞅卻主張「王子犯法與庶民同罪」，如今太子犯了過錯，是他的老師管教不嚴，應該由老師負責。於是太傅公子虔，太師公孫賈都遭到處罰，從此以後，就連貴族也不敢隨便犯法了。
此時的商鞅權傾朝野，功高望重，但是在志得意滿的時候，暗中忌恨他的人也愈來愈多了。
秦孝公去世，曾經遭商鞅懲罰的太子即位，就是秦惠文王。太傅公子虔大權在握，為了報復當年受刑的恥辱，於是聯合其他怨恨商鞅的貴族，共同控告他謀反，並下令緝捕。
商鞅一聽到這個消息，立刻打扮成小兵模樣逃亡。到了下關想要投宿旅館，但沒有帶身份證明，旅館老板告訴他：「商君公佈的法令，不收來歷不明的人，違反規定會被殺頭示眾。」到了這時候，商鞅不禁嘆息的說：「我真是作法自斃呀！」
秦國的追兵迅速緝捕到商鞅，惠文王下令將他五馬分屍，而他的族人也受到牽連，被殺得一個也不剩。
故「勢不可使盡，話不可說盡，福不可享盡，規矩不可行盡，凡事太盡，緣份勢必早盡。」
福不可受盡，受盡則緣必孤
宋朝的法演禪師有回說戒：「勢不可使盡，使盡則禍必至；福不可受盡，受盡則緣必孤；話不可說盡，說盡則人必易(易，生變也)；規矩不可行盡，行盡則人必繁。」這就是在警示我們，凡事皆不可太過極端、絕斷，當留點空間給自己或別人。
「勢不可使盡」：有人認為權力在握，吆三喝四，是人生最得意的事。有些人，更是乘勢而起，爭一時的龍鳳。不知道，勢力一用盡災禍到來時，正如「飛鳥盡良弓藏，狡兔死走狗烹」，後悔都來不及了。
當勾踐剛剛滅吳稱霸時，其手下最大之功臣范蠡被封上將軍。然范蠡深知「大名之下難久居」，「久受尊名不祥」，故功成時立即隱退，就和他的徒弟乘舟而去，從此就不回來了。後來改名為陶朱公，以後因經商而致富。
范蠡曾遣人寫信給文種，勸說「飛鳥盡，良弓藏；狡免死，走狗烹。越王為人長頸鳥啄，可與共患難，不可與共樂，子何不去？」文種卻不願聽從，不久果被勾踐賜劍而死。
「福不可受盡」：有的人認為擁有了錢財，人生就很幸福。但是金錢若使用不當，往往是罪惡的來源。
今日社會上更有許多不知慈悲助人，只知守住金錢，他們雖然富甲一方，但是因為不會使用金錢，「金錢」只會徒然增加他們的煩惱與業障而已！更有人行樂及時，「有福不享人笑痴」。
但是他們不知道，福如果享盡，就算是天人，也會有「五衰相」的現象；更何況我們這些博地凡夫，業深福薄，失人身易，得人身難。縱情財色名食睡，恐怕要墮入地獄，變成閻羅王的點心了。
「話不可說盡」：凡事要留個餘地，愈是憤怒的時候，愈是要克制自己，不輕易口出惡言，傷人傷己。佛經上說：「瞋火能燒功德林」
一時的怒氣，無心的言語，往往會毀掉多年辛苦培養的友誼與功德。待人謙遜包容，不驕矜，不恃寵，靜坐常常思維自己的過錯，閒談時不要去談論別人的是非，要常常反省檢討自己的缺失，而不斤斤計較別人的過錯。
寧可他人負我，我決不負他人，以責人之心責己，以恕己之心恕人。能夠以如此寬容、體諒的心來對待社會生活的一切，擺在眼前的必定是一條坦蕩的大道。
規矩不可行盡」：但是有的人，發號施令，自以為威儀具足，唯我獨尊。卻不知道，好的翁姑，也不能不「不痴不聾」；調和君臣的宰相，更不能不「肚大撐船」。明察秋毫，戒律森嚴，往往刻薄寡恩，要明白，就算是佛戒也有開解。
商鞅協助秦孝公變法，在極短的時間內，使質樸落後的秦國，變成威震天下的強權，這是中國歷史上極少見的異數；但是，商鞅本人也為這個成功付出慘重的代價。
商鞅突破傳統，推行新政，卻遭到極大的阻力。原來秦國政府一向是雷聲大雨點小，凡事因循苟且，未能得到人民的信任。
為了改變人民的觀念，樹立政府的威信，商鞅派人在都城的南門，豎立一根三丈高的木柱，並貼出布告說明：「搬木柱到北門的人，賞黃金十斤。」誰也不敢相信天下會有這麼好的差事，沒有人肯去試。
商鞅把獎金提高到黃金五十斤，但是人民仍然懷疑，不敢去搬。
過了幾天，才有一個人半信半疑地來試，當他把柱子搬到北門時，立刻得到五十斤黃金。這個消息立刻傳遍全國，老百姓才肯相信政府是言出必行的。
以後商鞅所頒佈的法令，人民都不敢怠慢，新法也跟著順利推展開來，這就是有名的「徙木示信」的故事。
老百姓都能服從法令了，可是許多權貴依然我行我素。
有一回太子犯了法，太子自以為王位繼承人，沒有什麼關係，但是商鞅卻主張「王子犯法與庶民同罪」，如今太子犯了過錯，是他的老師管教不嚴，應該由老師負責。於是太傅公子虔，太師公孫賈都遭到處罰，從此以後，就連貴族也不敢隨便犯法了。
此時的商鞅權傾朝野，功高望重，但是在志得意滿的時候，暗中忌恨他的人也愈來愈多了。
秦孝公去世，曾經遭商鞅懲罰的太子即位，就是秦惠文王。太傅公子虔大權在握，為了報復當年受刑的恥辱，於是聯合其他怨恨商鞅的貴族，共同控告他謀反，並下令緝捕。
商鞅一聽到這個消息，立刻打扮成小兵模樣逃亡。到了下關想要投宿旅館，但沒有帶身份證明，旅館老板告訴他：「商君公佈的法令，不收來歷不明的人，違反規定會被殺頭示眾。」到了這時候，商鞅不禁嘆息的說：「我真是作法自斃呀！」
秦國的追兵迅速緝捕到商鞅，惠文王下令將他五馬分屍，而他的族人也受到牽連，被殺得一個也不剩。
故「勢不可使盡，話不可說盡，福不可享盡，規矩不可行盡，凡事太盡，緣份勢必早盡。」
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some comments are true.......
many people known that they abuse power and beat people.
the people know that someone is "immune and do things like what they want".......
some comments are true.......
many people known that they abuse power and beat people.
the people know that someone is "immune and do things like what they want".......
Friday, January 22, 2010
kematian seorang raja atau sultan zalim---BANAYK KEZALIMAN, PENGANIAYAAN,PENINDASAN DAN KEKEJAMAN BERLAKU DI NUSA TERCINTA!!!DI MANA HAK RAKYAT ????
kematian seorang raja atau sultan zalim---BANAYK KEZALIMAN, PENGANIAYAAN,PENINDASAN DAN KEKEJAMAN BERLAKU DI NUSA TERCINTA!!!DI MANA HAK RAKYAT ????
Such questionable cases go back to at least the early 1980s when Sultan Mahmud Iskandar of Johor was dubbed the "killer king" by the British tabloids after he shot a trespasser to death on his property. He also reportedly assaulted and killed a golf caddy who was said to have laughed when the sultan missed a golf stroke and he maimed the caddy's brother. He later was alleged to have assaulted and injured a hockey coach, kicking off a constitutional crisis that led to former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's removal of legal immunity from prosecution for all of Malaysia's nine sultans, although Iskandar was never either arrested or jailed.
There are plenty more. In 1988 an attractive young woman named Mustakizah Jaafar, who owned a video rental business in Malacca, was found hacked to death by unknown assailants. Mustakizah reportedly was pregnant at the time of her death. She was believed to be having an affair with Megat Junid Megat Ayob, the onetime UMNO deputy home affairs minister, who died in January 2008 of cancer.
No one was ever charged with Mutakizah's murder. The widespread gossip about Megat Junid's connection with Mustakizah didn't do his political career any harm. He was ultimately named Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister in 1997 although he lost his parliamentary seat two years later and retired from politics.
In 2002 the decomposed body of Haslezah Ishak, the attractive young second wife of Raja Jaafar Raja Muda Musa, second in line to the throne of Perak, whom he had met in a karaoke lounge, was found under a bridge, clad in a bra and jeans. Four men, including a palace aide, a bomoh or witch doctor, a fisherman and a carpenter were arrested and jailed for the murder. No one was ever arrested or questioned for hiring them to kill her although suspicion fell on the prince's wife, Rajah Mahani, who had been publicly consulting witch doctors over her suspicion that Haslezah had put a spell on her husband.
In 2003, another attractive young woman, Norita Shamsudin, was found murdered in an apartment in a Kuala Lumpur suburb. A night club guest relations officer, Norita had been rumored to be having an affair with Shahidan Kassim, then chief minister of the state of Perlis. Although another individual was arrested and charged with the murder, he was later declared not guilty and no one else was ever charged. According to local news reports, the inspector general of police, Mohd Bakri Omar, classified the case under Malaysia's Official Secrets Act and no details were ever released.
Earlier this year, authorities finally completed an inquest into the 2007 death of beautiful ethnic Indian actress Sujatha Krishnan, who also worked part-time as a secretary to S.Vell Paari, chief executive officer of Maika Holdings and the son of S. Samy Vellu, the head of the Malaysian Indian Congress, a component of the ruling national coalition. Sujatha died in a hospital in a Kuala Lumpur suburb of Klang three days after she had been rushed in for treatment. Her body was cremated almost immediately after her death. The coroner ruled she had died after poisoning herself by drinking poison. The family vainly requested an investigation into her death.
For those at the bottom end of Malaysia's power spectrum, life can be considerably tougher if suspicion falls on them. According to the reform organization Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (MADPET), a distressing number of suspects have died in custody. "Relying merely on data provided by the government, it has been disclosed that there have been 150 deaths from 1990 until 2004 (10.7 per year), 108 deaths between 2000 and 2006 (18 per year), and, 85 deaths between 2003 and 2007 (21.25 per year)," the organization said.
According to a 2003 report by the Asian Human Rights Commission – the same year Norita was killed ‑ statistics released in Malaysia's parliament in October of that year by the Home Ministry, showed 23 people died in police custody between 2002 and July 2003. Of those, 16 died in 2002 although according to the report, other figures indicated that 18 had died in custody in the first nine months of 2002 alone. Parliament was told in October 2002 that a total of 34 persons had died in police custody since 2000 ‑ six in 2000, 10 in 2001 and 18 from January to September 2002.
According to the report, then-Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung denied that methods of torture used to obtain information from suspects led to their deaths. He claimed that the majority of deaths were the result of attempts to escape from police custody. Typical seemed to be the case of Hasrizal Hamzah, who had been detained on suspicion of murder in October of 2003. According to a senior assistant police commissioner, Harizal confessed to the murder and then, as he was being moved to a new location, supposedly shoved the accompanying policeman aside despite being handcuffed, and leapt over a balcony to his death.
Earlier this year, the Indian community was enraged by the death of a 22-year-old named Kugan Ananthan who was detained on Jan. 15 on suspicion of stealing luxury cars. He reportedly collapsed during questioning and died on Jan. 20 from "acute pulmonary edema," or fluid in the lungs. However, after his body was released to his family, an autopsy found that he had suffered from internal bleeding in his heart, left lung, spleen, kidneys and scalp area. The soles of his feet had been beaten and the back of his neck and spine area were bleeding. His back was covered with contusions, beating marks and bruises. He had sustained more than 10 serious burn marks, probably as the result of being burned by a heated v-shaped iron bar. He had also been starved during the entire time he was being tortured, allegedly by as many as seven police officers, his family charged.
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2116&Itemid=178
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kematian seorang raja atau sultan zalim---BANAYK KEZALIMAN, PENGANIAYAAN,PENINDASAN DAN KEKEJAMAN BERLAKU DI NUSA TERCINTA!!!DI MANA HAK RAKYAT ????
rakyat didahulukan?
rakyat diutamakan?
rakyat diperkasakan?
rakyat disanjungkan?
rakyat dibelakan?
rakyat dijunjungkan?
rakyat diperlindungkan?????????????????????????????
tepuk dada tanya selera???????????adakah rakyat dibela, dilindung, dijaga dan dihormatkan????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Such questionable cases go back to at least the early 1980s when Sultan Mahmud Iskandar of Johor was dubbed the "killer king" by the British tabloids after he shot a trespasser to death on his property. He also reportedly assaulted and killed a golf caddy who was said to have laughed when the sultan missed a golf stroke and he maimed the caddy's brother. He later was alleged to have assaulted and injured a hockey coach, kicking off a constitutional crisis that led to former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's removal of legal immunity from prosecution for all of Malaysia's nine sultans, although Iskandar was never either arrested or jailed.
There are plenty more. In 1988 an attractive young woman named Mustakizah Jaafar, who owned a video rental business in Malacca, was found hacked to death by unknown assailants. Mustakizah reportedly was pregnant at the time of her death. She was believed to be having an affair with Megat Junid Megat Ayob, the onetime UMNO deputy home affairs minister, who died in January 2008 of cancer.
No one was ever charged with Mutakizah's murder. The widespread gossip about Megat Junid's connection with Mustakizah didn't do his political career any harm. He was ultimately named Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister in 1997 although he lost his parliamentary seat two years later and retired from politics.
In 2002 the decomposed body of Haslezah Ishak, the attractive young second wife of Raja Jaafar Raja Muda Musa, second in line to the throne of Perak, whom he had met in a karaoke lounge, was found under a bridge, clad in a bra and jeans. Four men, including a palace aide, a bomoh or witch doctor, a fisherman and a carpenter were arrested and jailed for the murder. No one was ever arrested or questioned for hiring them to kill her although suspicion fell on the prince's wife, Rajah Mahani, who had been publicly consulting witch doctors over her suspicion that Haslezah had put a spell on her husband.
In 2003, another attractive young woman, Norita Shamsudin, was found murdered in an apartment in a Kuala Lumpur suburb. A night club guest relations officer, Norita had been rumored to be having an affair with Shahidan Kassim, then chief minister of the state of Perlis. Although another individual was arrested and charged with the murder, he was later declared not guilty and no one else was ever charged. According to local news reports, the inspector general of police, Mohd Bakri Omar, classified the case under Malaysia's Official Secrets Act and no details were ever released.
Earlier this year, authorities finally completed an inquest into the 2007 death of beautiful ethnic Indian actress Sujatha Krishnan, who also worked part-time as a secretary to S.Vell Paari, chief executive officer of Maika Holdings and the son of S. Samy Vellu, the head of the Malaysian Indian Congress, a component of the ruling national coalition. Sujatha died in a hospital in a Kuala Lumpur suburb of Klang three days after she had been rushed in for treatment. Her body was cremated almost immediately after her death. The coroner ruled she had died after poisoning herself by drinking poison. The family vainly requested an investigation into her death.
For those at the bottom end of Malaysia's power spectrum, life can be considerably tougher if suspicion falls on them. According to the reform organization Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (MADPET), a distressing number of suspects have died in custody. "Relying merely on data provided by the government, it has been disclosed that there have been 150 deaths from 1990 until 2004 (10.7 per year), 108 deaths between 2000 and 2006 (18 per year), and, 85 deaths between 2003 and 2007 (21.25 per year)," the organization said.
According to a 2003 report by the Asian Human Rights Commission – the same year Norita was killed ‑ statistics released in Malaysia's parliament in October of that year by the Home Ministry, showed 23 people died in police custody between 2002 and July 2003. Of those, 16 died in 2002 although according to the report, other figures indicated that 18 had died in custody in the first nine months of 2002 alone. Parliament was told in October 2002 that a total of 34 persons had died in police custody since 2000 ‑ six in 2000, 10 in 2001 and 18 from January to September 2002.
According to the report, then-Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung denied that methods of torture used to obtain information from suspects led to their deaths. He claimed that the majority of deaths were the result of attempts to escape from police custody. Typical seemed to be the case of Hasrizal Hamzah, who had been detained on suspicion of murder in October of 2003. According to a senior assistant police commissioner, Harizal confessed to the murder and then, as he was being moved to a new location, supposedly shoved the accompanying policeman aside despite being handcuffed, and leapt over a balcony to his death.
Earlier this year, the Indian community was enraged by the death of a 22-year-old named Kugan Ananthan who was detained on Jan. 15 on suspicion of stealing luxury cars. He reportedly collapsed during questioning and died on Jan. 20 from "acute pulmonary edema," or fluid in the lungs. However, after his body was released to his family, an autopsy found that he had suffered from internal bleeding in his heart, left lung, spleen, kidneys and scalp area. The soles of his feet had been beaten and the back of his neck and spine area were bleeding. His back was covered with contusions, beating marks and bruises. He had sustained more than 10 serious burn marks, probably as the result of being burned by a heated v-shaped iron bar. He had also been starved during the entire time he was being tortured, allegedly by as many as seven police officers, his family charged.
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2116&Itemid=178
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
kematian seorang raja atau sultan zalim---BANAYK KEZALIMAN, PENGANIAYAAN,PENINDASAN DAN KEKEJAMAN BERLAKU DI NUSA TERCINTA!!!DI MANA HAK RAKYAT ????
rakyat didahulukan?
rakyat diutamakan?
rakyat diperkasakan?
rakyat disanjungkan?
rakyat dibelakan?
rakyat dijunjungkan?
rakyat diperlindungkan?????????????????????????????
tepuk dada tanya selera???????????adakah rakyat dibela, dilindung, dijaga dan dihormatkan????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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