J Krishnamurti jayanti

In this constant battle which we call living, we try to set a code of conduct - according to the society in which we are brought up.

Tradition becomes our security.

And when the mind is secure, it is in decay.

- J  Krshnamurti

Chinmaya jayanthi

It is kama, it is krodha - - love and hate, that bloom from one's own Rajasic tendencies
Great gobbler, great adversity; Foe who stands between knower and knowing.

- Ch.4,  verse 37, Battlefield Counsel.

Christian traditions talk of devil as tempter.
Islamic traditions too speak of satan, the distractor.

Even Buddhists talk of Mara, the tempter.
Images show, distractions that hover and dance around, a Buddha in meditation.

But Krishna, is not so ambiguous.

He pin points and light up the culprit, as one's own Rajasic hues.

Clearly, he seems to speak from the Samkhya stream, of classical thought.

- Swami Chinmayananda.

Ganga's sapthami

Coming to the middle of the Bhagirathi, Sita with folded arms, spoke , . . 

"O Ganga, . . . 
let Rama, son of emperor Dasratha, honor his father's command under your protection.

May he return to your banks once more with his brother Lakshmana and myself.

O goddess Ganga, returning safely, with all my desires fulfilled I shall worship you with great joy.

I shall give away a million cows, fine linen to seekers of truth, with feasts, intended to please you.

On my return I shall worship you with a thousand pots of spirituous liquor, jellied meat and steamed rice, prepared for the solemn rite.

I shall worship all deities dwelling on your banks, sacred spots and sanctuaries.

O irreproachable goddess, may the sinless Rama return from forest to Ayodhya, along with Lakshmana and myself."

Thus praying to Ganga, efficient and irreproachable Sita rapidly reached, right bank of the river.

- Waalmeeki Ramayan - Sarga 52 - Ayodhya Kanda.