Monday 29 July 2013

முதியோர் இல்லத்து முதியவரின் முற்றிய வலிகள்...!!!


தவமிருந்துதான் பெற்றோம்
உன்னை,
தடுமாறி வாழ்கை நடத்தியபோதும்
தனித்தன்மையாய் வளர்த்தோம்,

உன் எச்சில் பட்ட
என் கண்ணங்கள்
இன்னும் குளிருதாடா..!மகனே...

உன் மழலை புன்னகையை
பிச்சை கேட்டு
பல நாட்கள் உன்னிடம்
மண்டியிட்டிருக்கிறேன் ,
என் செல்ல மகனே...,

உன் பால் வாசத்தில்
என் பாசம் உணர்ந்தேன்,

நீ கடித்து காயபடுத்திய
என் கன்னத்து தழும்பை
இன்னமும் முத்தமிடுகிறாள்
உன் அம்மா...!

என் கிழிந்த வேட்டியை
மறைத்து,மடித்து கட்டி
வேட்டி வாங்கும்
பணத்தில் வாங்கியதுதான்
உன் வெள்ளி பாலாடை...!
என் அன்பு மகனே..!

முதல் முறை
நீ பள்ளி செல்லும்போது
உன்னை மருத்துவனாகதான்
பார்த்தேன் இந்த பாவி..,

கல்லூரி செல்லும்போது
கர்வத்தோடு பார்த்தேன்...,

மணக்கோலத்தில் உன்னை
பார்த்தபோதுதான்,
உயிருடன் மோட்சமான
முதல் மனிதனானேன்..,

என் கடமை முடிந்தது
என் அன்பு மகனே...!

ஓர் இரவு,
வீட்டில் படுத்துவிட்டு
விழித்து பார்த்தால்,
நானும் உன் தாயும்
கிடந்தது
"
முதியோர் இல்ல" வாசலில்...,

பேர பிள்ளைகள்
உதைக்க காத்திருந்த
மார்பில்,
நீ உதைத்ததெப்படி..?
என் செல்ல மகனே..!
என் மகன் இப்படி ஆனதெப்படி..?

உன் தாய்
கொடுத்த பால்
விஷமானதெப்படி..?

என் மேல் சிந்திய
உன் எச்சில்
அமிலம் ஆனதெப்படி..?

போதும் மகனே போதும்..!

உயிரை கொல்பவன் மட்டும்
கொலைகாரன் அல்ல...
உணர்வை கொல்பவனும்தான்..,

நீ கொலைகாரன் ஆனதெப்படி...?

நீ செய்ததை
என் உடல் தாங்கும்...
என் உள்ளம் தாங்காது..

நான் தாங்குவேன்
உன் தாய்
தாங்கமாட்டாள்...!
பாலூட்டியவளாயிற்றே...!!!

மகனே..!
வாரம் ஒருமுறை
என் பேரப்பிள்ளைகளை
கூட்டி வா..,
இவர்கள்தான் "தாத்தா பாட்டி"என்று
அறிமுகம் செய்,

"
தாத்தா பாட்டி சாமிகிட்ட போய்டாங்க",
என்று கூறி எங்களை
உயிரோடு எரிக்காதே...!

எங்கள் நிலை பார்த்து
உன் பிள்ளைகள்
வளர்ந்தால்தான்,
நீ எங்கள் நிலைக்கு
வராமல் இருப்பாய்..!!!

நீ மிகவும் நல்லவன்
என் செல்ல மகனே..!!!
அனாதையாக எங்களை
விட்டுவிடாமல்,
முதியோர் இல்லத்தில்...
சேர்த்தாயே...!!!

நன்றி மகனே

என் மகன் நல்லவன்...!!!


-
இளையபாரதி

Thursday 23 May 2013

Eastern Philosophy vs Western Philosophy


Issues
Eastern Philosophy
Western Philosophy
Main Schools
Christianity**, Rational, Scientific, Logical schools
Main Principles
  1. Cosmological unity
  2. Life is a journey towards eternal realities that are beyond the realities that surround us
  3. Circular view of the universe, based on the perception of eternal recurrence
  4. Inner-world dependent
  5. Self-liberation from the false "Me" and finding the true "Me"
  6. Behavioral ethics
  1. Feeling oneself as an element of the Divine
  2. Life is a service (to the God, money, business, etc.)
  3. Linear view of the universe and life, based on the Christian philosophy where everything has its beginning and the end.
  4. Outer-world dependent
  5. Self-dedication to the goal (life vision, success, happiness, etc.)
The "Me" concept
Eternal reality of the universal truth: self-liberation through getting rid of the false "Me" and discovering the true "Me"
"Me" is here and now. The true “Me” in every human being is a part of the Divine that need to become apparent. True “Me” is given and doesn’t have to be cognizable.
Search for Absolute Truth
  • Systemic approach – all events in the universe are interconnected
  • Searching inside yourself – by becoming a part of the universe through meditation and right living
"Though he should live a hundred years, not seeing the Truth Sublime; yet better, indeed, is the single day's life of one who sees the Truth Sublime." ~ Buddha
  • More focused on individual events and the role of the person
  • Searching outside yourself - through research and analysis
"The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe." ~ H.L.Mencken
Search for Truth & Fundamental Research
The truth is given is does not to have be proved. The philosophic base for and culture of fundamental research is weaker.
The truth needs to be proven. The philosophic base for and culture of fundamental research is stronger
Future
Your future is determined by your deeds today.
"Study the past if you would like to divine the future." ~ Confucius
Your future is unknown, it was predetermined by God and is not much influenced by your deeds.
"You can never plan the future by the past." ~ Edmund Burke
Beliefs and Values
The true key is inside. The inner world of a human being and his or her ability to control and develop it is of the highest value. The way to the top is inside yourself, through self-development.
"The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell." ~ Confucius
"By chasing desires you will meet only the outer surface." ~ Lao Tzu
The main values are success and achievement. These that can be achieved in many ways, but rarely through developing inner strength. The majority of success and achievement criteria have an external nature (money, faith, popularity, etc.). The way to the top is through active outside intervention.
"Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative." ~ Aristotle
Individualism / Collectivism
A human being is an integral part of the universe and the society. People are fundamentally connected. Duty towards all others is a very important matter. Collectivism is stronger.
A human being has an individualistic nature and is an independent part of the universe and the society. Individualism is stronger.
Improvement / Evolution
Cyclic development, hence improvement is a never ending journey that has no limits.
Linear development, hence improvement has a goal. Development stops when the goal is reached.
Passion & Venturing
Entrepreneurial creativity and venturing is contained by the habit to control one's passions.
"Desires are the cause of suffering. If desire, which lies at the route of all human passion, can be removed, then passion will die out and all human suffering will be ended." ~ Buddhism
"Vain indeed is all overweening pride in the conquest even of the entire universe if one has not conquered one's own passions." ~ Sri Aurobindo
Entrepreneurial venturing is encouraged emotionally.
"Nothing is ever achieved by reasonable men." – J Fred Bucy of Texas Instruments
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm... Always do what you are afraid to do... Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If you want to succeed, you have to forge new paths and avoid borrowed ones." ~ John Rockfeller
Achievement & Winning
Winning is inside yourself.
"Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the noblest victor." ~ Buddha
"He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty." ~ Lao Tzu
"The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self." Mohammad
Winning is outside yourself.
"You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi." ~ Roger Moore
"Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one stop of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified." ~ Samuel Johnson
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
Implementation
Spiritual and missionary approach.
"To create and develop without any feelings of ownership, to work and guide without any expectation and control, is the best quality" ~ Lao Tzu
To achieve self-liberation and nirvana you need to perform your duties without expecting any reward for it. ~ Vedanta, Hinduism
"Action can be achieved by inaction, where the result is achieved by "Not-Me" ~ Zen
Pragmatic and emotional approach.
"The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play." ~ Arnold Toynbee
"Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinary well." ~ Henry David Thoreau
"Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution." ~ Brian Tracy
Goals & Key to Success
Spiritual
"Virtuous life and adherence to performing your duties." ~ Confucianism
"The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose." ~ Confucius
"If you really want everything, then give up everything." ~ Lao Tzu
"He is able who thinks he is able." ~ Buddha
Materialistic
"The secret of success in life, and subsequently of making money, is to enjoy your work. If you do, nothing is hard work – no matter how many hours you put in." ~ Sir Billy Butlin
"Success is that old ABC – ability, breaks and courage." ~ Charles Luckman
"Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success." – Dale Carnegie
Living Principles
Virtue
"Be satisfied with whatever you have, and enjoy the same. When you come to know that you have everything, and you are not short of anything, then the whole world will be yours." ~ Lao Tzu
"The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings." ~ Buddha
Ethic
"Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all to prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved." ~ Juvenal
"There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living." ~ David Starr Jordan
Establishing Control Over Your Emotions
Through meditation
A man can separate his/her mind from his/her emotions and control them. ~ Taoism
Through analysis
"I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature." ~ Spinosa
Leadership
Spiritual; walking behind people; silence is golden.
"In order to guide people, the leader must put himself behind them. Thus when he is ahead they feel no hurt." ~ Lao Tzu
Hands-on; walking ahead of people; speech is golden.
"Leadership is done from in front. Never ask others to do what you, if challenged, would not be willing to do yourself." ~ Xenophon