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Think or sink!

A proverb a day to brighten the day!

583a. Kennt der Topf den Geschmack des darin gekochten Brei?

583b. Does the pot know the taste of the porridge cooked in it?

It is not just the pot which is ignorant of the taste of the porridge cooked in it.

Most human beings do the same thing and remain ignorant of
the virtues and merits of those people who are closest to them.

If ever they realise the virtues and merits of anyone in their life,
it will be when that person is no more and this realization is of no use!

footnotes:
Kennt = Knows
der = the
Topf = pot
den = the
Geschmack des = the taste of
Brei = the porridge
gekochten = cooked
darin = in it ?
 
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#206. இளமையும், பக்தியும்

வளைக்கலாம் மிக எளிதில் முற்றாத மூங்கிலை; வளைத்தால் உடைந்து விடும் முற்றிய மூங்கில். இளமையில் பக்தி மிக மிக எளிது என்றால் முதுமையில் பக்தியை முயல்வதும் கடினம். இளம் கிளிக்கு கற்பிக்க…
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Something ....Something!

Something is said! Something else is meant!!

When the astrologer predicted that the brilliant young girl would 'continue to work all her life' she felt really elated. Her life's dream was to become a scientist and do research all her life.

True! She continues to work now, right into a ripe old age - but not by doing her dream research. She is tied up with mundane multiple chores of the house - whether or not she is capable of doing them any more.

There is no guarantee that WORK means something you LOVE to do!

There is this guarantee that WORK means something you HAVE to do!!
 
A proverb a day to brighten the day!

584a.
Alles muss zu seiner ursprünglichen Quelle zurückkehren.
Es gibt ein verstecktes Versprechen, dass
"Eines Tages jeder zu Gott zurückkehren wird".

584b.
Everything must return to its original source.
There is hidden promise that,
"Someday everyone will return to God".

Some of the cycles in Nature:

The Life cycle,The Water cycle, the Carbon cycle, the Nitrogen cycle, the Oxygen cycle. These cycles help the entire creation to live on, when kept in balance.

When we meddle with them and throw them out of balance,
we are bringing upon ourselves our own ruin.

footnotes:
Alles = Everything
muss = must
zurückkehren = return
zu = to
seiner = its
ursprünglichen = original
Quelle = source.
Es gibt = There is
ein = a
verstecktes = hidden
Versprechen = promise
dass = that
eines Tages = some day
jeder = everyone
wird = will
zurückkehren = return
zu = to
Gott = God.
 
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#207. தர்மவான்

இறைவன் ஒருவன் இருப்பதை நம்புவதால் இழிச் செயல்களைச் செய்யாமல் இருப்பவன். தனியே இருக்கும் இனிய இளம் பெண்ணிடம் தவறான இச்சைகள் கொள்ளாமல் இருப்பவன். தனி வழியில் கிடக்கும் பொற்கிழிய…
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Something....Something!

Something that the others do is of no value!
Something one does is of the greatest value!!

Something that the others give is of no value!
Something one gives is of the greatest value!!

Something that the others say is of no value!
Something one says is of the greatest value!!

As long as this double trouble standard exists
life is one long string of complaints and tears.
 
A proverb a day to brighten the day!

585a.
Die vielbeschäftigten Menschen schaffen es, sich Zeit für wichtige Dinge zu nehmen.
Die Faulen können weder „Zeit finden“ noch „Zeit schaffen“.

585b.
The busy people manage to 'make time' for important things.
The lazy people can neither 'find time' nor 'make it'.

One of the riddles in real life...
The very busy people have time for everything they care about.

The lazy never have any 'free time' for anything important or unimportant,
maybe because they never have a ' real busy time' in the first place!

footnotes:
Die = The
vielbeschäftigten = busy
Menschen = people
schaffen = manage
es = it
zu nehmen = to take / make
sich = themselves
Zeit = time
für = for
wichtige = important
Dinge = things.
Die = The
Faulen = lazy
können = can
weder = neither
„Zeit finden“ = find time
noch = nor
„Zeit schaffen“ = make time.
 
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#208. வாழும் வகை அறிமின்!

வீடு, வாசல், மனைவி, மக்கள், மாடு, வயல், தோட்டம், துறவு… அநித்யமானவை இவை அனைத்துமே! நித்தியமானது இறைத் துணை ஒன்றே! ஏகாந்தத்தில் அமர்ந்து செய்மின் சாதனை, ஏகாக்கிரச் ச…
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Something...Something!

Some things form an integral part of one's personality like the fragrance of a flower.
It is not intentional, but very very natural.

Learning of the fine arts (lalita kalaigaL) changes the person in many subtle and unmistakable ways.

It imparts a spirituality and a serenity. It promotes self-esteem, motivation and aesthetic awareness.

The cultural exposure, creativity, improved emotional expression and the social harmony develop in us a greater tolerance to those who are different from us.
It helps us to appreciate diversity instead of hating it.

The only thing we can take with us when we transmigrate to another plane of existence is our hard-earned-knowledge.

Everything stays behind except the knowledge acquired - which has already become an integral part of the person.
 
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#180. ருசியும், வாசனையும்!

ருசியும், வாசனையும் உணவுக்கு மட்டுமல்ல; ருசியும், வாசனையும் பிறவிக்கும் தேவை. மணக்க மணக்க உண்டபின், ருசி நாவிலும், மணம் கையிலும், நெடு நேரம் தங்கிவிடும். அனுபவித்த பொருட்களின் பலவிதத் தாக்கம், மனதி…
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#209. தேவையா விக்ரஹ ஆராதனை?

தேவை சாரம் நமது இல்லம் கட்டும் போது ;தேவையில்லை சாரம் இல்லம் கட்டிய பின்பு. விக்ரஹ பூஜை அவசியம் பக்தி பிறப்பதற்கு ; விக்ரஹம் தேவையில்லை பக்தி வளர்ந்த பின். எழுதுவோம் பெரிய அக்ஷரங்களில் ம…
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A proverb a day to brighten the day!

589a. Das Glück begünstigt wenige.
589b. Fortune favours a few.

Call is as Karmam or Dharmam or Marmam....
but fortune favors only a selected few people.

That does not mean that greatness can't be achieved by the others.
Hard work and determination can one help to realize his / her dreams.

Some people are born great. ( Good luck justified!)
Some achieve greatness. ( Good examples for the others)
Some have greatness thrust upon them. (Good luck unjustified!)

footnotes:
Das = The
Glück = Luck
begünstigt = favours
wenige = few.
 
Something ...Something!

Some cryptic words convey a load of meaning so secretly.
We wish people " A Safe journey!" and " A Safe travel"

A girl wished her newly wedded bosom friend "A safe sleep"?!
A safe sleep... on her wedding night??!!

Her concern was not without a valid reason.
Her bosom friend had married a 'Kungfu King!'

Men who marry Karate Queens may also need this wish.

I have watched how these Karate queens
raise their legs to kick a person before
they raise their head to see that person!
 
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#210. நாம ஜபம்

நாமமும், ரூபமும் ஒன்றே ஆகும் இறைவனுக்கு; நாமம் உயர்ந்தது அவனின் ரூபத்தைக் காட்டிலும்! கண்ணனைத் தானம் செய்தாள் சத்தியபாமா; கண்ணனைத் தானமாகப் பெற்றவர் நாரத முனி. பொன்னைக் கொடுத்து அதே…
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A proverb a day to brighten the day!

590a.
Ehen werden zum Himmel gemacht.
Blitze, Donner und Regen auch!

590b.
Marriages are made heaven.
So are the lightnings, thunder and rain!

IF Marriages are made in heaven
where are these divorces made???

footnotes:
Ehen = Marriages
werden gemacht = are made
zum Himmel = in heaven.
Blitze = Lightnings,
Donner = thunder,
und = and
Regen = rain
auch! = too!
 
Something...Something!

Children have inexplicable aptitudes. As long as they are pure and praiseworthy we must oblige them and teach them.

A four year child I know, is keen in learning mantras, slOkas and asks to be taught the sahasranAmAs on Gods.

Even many elders avoid reading / reciting these. Many men look away when asked about them. They also look down upon anyone who adheres to these recitals sincerely.

The aptitude is from earlier births and existences. A spiritually oriented person remains so in all the following births as well.

ONLY Somethings can be taken along during the transmigration.
IS THIS the best among those things?
 

#164. தவத்தில் வெல்லலாம்!​

கல்லை மலை மேலே ஏற்றுவது கடினம்,
கல் நழுவிக் கீழே விழுவது எளிது;
உலகில் எல்லா முயற்சிகளும் இங்ஙனமே,
உயர்வது கடினம், நழுவுதல் எளிது.

ஆத்ம தரிசனத்தை விரும்புகின்றவர்,
தவம், தியானம் செய்வது வழக்கம்;
ஆத்மத் தேடலில் பலவிதமான,
தடங்கல்கள் நாடி வருவதும் வழக்கம்!

தடைபட்ட யோகம் என்ன ஆகும்?
தடுக்கப்பட்ட இடத்திலேயே நிற்குமா?
முழுவதும் நழுவிக் கீழே விழுந்து விடுமா?
குழப்புகின்ற கேள்விதான் என்றுமே!

கண்ணன் என்ன சொன்னான் பார்போம்.
பண்ணின தவம் என்றுமே வீணாகாது;
விட்ட இடத்திலிருந்தே மீண்டும் ஒருவர்,
தொட்டுத் தவத்தைத் தொடரலாம் என்றான்.

தடைபட்ட தவத்தினர் மீண்டும், மீண்டும்
தவமுடையோர் இல்லத்திலேயே வந்து
தவறாமல் பிறப்பார்! தடைபட்ட தனது
தவத்தைத் தொடர்ந்து, முடிவில் வெல்லுவார்.

பாதிக் கிணறு தாண்டினால், எவரும்
நீரில் விழுந்து விடுவார் நிச்சயமாக;
பாதி யோகத்தில் தடைபட்டவரோ எனில்,
மீதியைத் தொடருவார், மீண்டும் பிறந்து!

அரைகுறை முயற்சியேதான் என்றாலும்,
அதுவும் ஒருவருடைய சாதனையே.
விடாமல் தொடர்ந்தால் வெற்றி நிச்சயம்,
விமலன் அருட்பார்வை கிடைப்பதாலே!

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி
 
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#211. சித்திகள் தரும் சிக்கல்கள்.

சித்திகளால் அற்புதங்கள் நிகழ்த்துவர் சிலர்;சிக்கல்களில் சிக்கி வழி தவறிவிடுவர் சிலர். அஷ்ட சித்திகள் என்பவை உம்மிடம் இருந்தால், கஷ்டம் ஆக்கிவிடும் இறைவனை அடைவதற்கு. உண்டாக்கும் சித…
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A proverb a day to brighten the day!

591a. Essen Sie leicht und fühlen Sie sich schlau!
591b. Eat light and feel smart!

A heavy meal makes you feel dull, sluggish and sleepy.
You won't be in your best form nor with 100% efficiency.

Pangs of hunger also makes you feel dull, sluggish and sleepy.
Eating the right amount of food at the right time maintains good health.
Overeating kills more people than hunger and malnutrition.

footnotes:
Sie = You
Essen = eat
leicht = light
und = and
Sie = you
sich = yourself
fühlen = feel
schlau! = smart!
 
Something....Something!

Somethings were ( and still are) strictly forbidden for women.

But we are all born as 'veera naaris' who won't be deterred.
So we surge ahead doing (or trying to do) everything men do.

I had attended Vedic chanting class and learned to recite all the suktham and swasti vachanam. Later we went on to learn even rudram, namakam and chamakam.

Everyone kept saying women should not recite these but no one would give any reason. So I discontinued the chanting fifteen years ago.

Long after discontinuing the chanting I got my doubt cleared by a very learned priest.

Women have a reproductive system delicately balanced and different from that of men.
The sanskrit mantras need to be uttered from the lower stomach! This affected the uterus over a period of time and caused other problems later in life. Good explanation!

Recently I heard of a freak case from an experienced doctor.

An over enthusiastic man joined with the group of pundits and priests and chanted the rudram, chamakam and namakam in an 'ati rudra maha yagna'.


Eleven recitations of the Sri Rudram followed by one recitation of the camakam is called Ekadasa Rudram. This also constitutes one unit of the Rudra Homam.
Eleven Ekadasa Rudram recitations make one Laghu Rudram.
Eleven Laghu Rudram recitations make a Maharudram.
Eleven Maharudram recitations is the Ati Rudram.
Thus, in the Ati Rudra Maha Yagnam, the Sri Rudram hymn will be recited 14641 times, with the performance of 1331 Rudra Homams by 121 Ritwik priests.

He lost the clarity of his speech. He could speak more clearly by keeping two pebbles in his mouth for a few days. Later on even the pebbles could not help his speak clearly.

The priests who perform such maha yagnas had learned the mantra while very young. They are reciting them everyday all their life. That makes everything so different.

Can a cat imagine to be tiger and try to roar competing with the real tigers!
So the poor goodman lost his speech by trying to do something not meant for him.

Somethings have to be accepted and believed in good faith.
If we seek scientific proof, we may end up by becoming one!





 
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#212. பூர்வீக வாசனை

உண்ட உணவின் மணம் கையில் இருக்கும்; அணிந்த மலரின் மணம் கூந்தலில் இருக்கும். அனுபவித்த பல இன்பங்களின் தாக்கம் ஆழமாகப் பதிந்திருக்கும் ஆழ் மனத்தில். வெளிப்படும் பூர்வ வாசனை சந்தர்ப்பம்…
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A proverb a day to brighten the day!

592a. Für den, der sie fürchtet, gibt es überall Gefahr.
592b. There is danger everywhere for one who fears it.

The brave man dies but once in his lifetime.
The coward dies one hundred times everyday!

footnotes:
Für = For
den = them
der = who
fürchtet = fears
sie = them ( the dangers)
gibt es = there is
Gefahr = danger
überall = everywhere.
 
Something...Something!

Both speaking and singing appear to be similar to us, but they are very different.

Speaking makes one tired and the longer one speaks, faster one develops the hoarse irritating voice of a politician during the election time.

Signing on the other hand makes one's voice sweeter and finer. It develops a positive energy - even though singing itself needs a lot of energy.

Singing improves your mood. It releases the same feel-good-brain-chemicals as eating a chocolate! It is very effective as a stress reliever and improves the quality of sleep. Singing releases pain-relieving endorphins, helping you to forget that painful tooth / knee / whatever.

For those who can't sing or won't sing...just listen to classical music of any style.

The calming effect of classical music takes away any jitters or nervousness, and can help to decrease your heart rate and anxiety.

The Mozart Effect relies on listening to classical music while performing a task, which helps to focus on the task at hand and improve memory retention.

That something called MUSIC has that something called MAGIC in it!
 
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