. this article is the quint essense of what i haveread expereincned and listend to great people.i jsut tried to put them into my won words and my own language.
what is the meaning of charity, prayer and blesiing.
we all have different defintions onthe above subjestcs, but have we ever tried to know the real meanings or definitons of the same. no. beze we always think we are correct and right in ourbelifs/ but the more you gt to know the more you hear fromthe
great souls we cometo knw our beleifs r utterly wrong. yes
it took years to know the truth but why I write here it is alwayswe should learn from others mistkes or expreinces than wwe mke them and learn. wise people learn from others mistakes. fool jsut repeat it and learn
too often we only pray when we need somthing very badly or when we face danger or problmes in life.some people say my prayers are not answered. it is ,the answer may be no as good as yes. dont expect always yes fromGod. a child may be so happy to see the glittering or fire. but we are not so un kind to allow the child to play with fire.same way.God kows what is good or bad for us.God doesn or does not live in temples. but onething is sure he lives inthe hearts of good people. so when you hurt good people you hurt God directly. and when you give love to all,you please HIM like anything. and one thing is very very important every small deed should be thanked. GRATITUDE IS THE MARK OF HEART.
The word prayer or praarthanaa (in Sanskrit) is derived from two words ‘pra’ and ‘artha’ meaning pleading fervently. In other words, it is asking God for something with intense yearning.
people say there should be particular time for praying . but nothing whuile we do work , walk, cook, office evrywhere we jsut feel a little of Him it is prayer that means we make God our constant companion. always have the feeling is somebodywatches us all the time will definetnely help us to refrain from bad things..some people say i willdo this or give this if iget this i willdo this pooja if i get this etc etcit is tht they just treat God as a businees agent. if you dothat God willhelp you,. utter non sense. he is there in every little act of you. theway you talk, behave, give a cup of tea or speak softly. everything is Godly..
then what is the real meaning of thiem.yesiI may notbe 100% correct but iam not at all wrong. see the knweldge which i got from books, life, and listenig to great swamijees, all make me
define these as follows.
Let us start with charity. what is real charity. christians tell it is pure love of christ is charity. that is seeing God in evertyhing andevrywhere is charity.
and what Bhagavat Geetha ssays. realcharity is"Charity given out of duty, without expectation of return, at the proper time and place, and to a worthy person is considered to be in the mode of goodness. real goodness of charity comes where we sacrifice for our fellow beings,reaching out to some one when they r in need,
wiping tears formthe lvoed ones. giving soem thing to the undeserved is utter ignorance. which we many times perform. irgnoring the real deserving and reaching outto those who have alrady a lot is utter igonorance.not knowing what to do when to do and whom to do is utter ginorance. and forgetting ones duty is the worst thing one can perform and his/her prayers willnever reach to God. these are the words of great souls.
so we allhve certain duties to everyone we meet in life it starts right from the parents to those who does somthing to us, lvoe us, and to our neighbours, our fellowpeoople, collegues to the man who we meet on the road.how can we be dutiful tt the man we meet onthe road. but not being trouble some to him. it strts right from the way we walk, we park our vehicles and the way we keep ourselves cleanthe list goes on and on.
thegreatest giftwe can give to one is not to hurt him/her and if possible give a mometn of happiness to him.it is the greatest charity.if our presence makes someone happy it is a charity if we treat those whocome to ourplace with lvoe and devtion it is charity. if we reach out to somebody in trouble letthe person be a king. it is charity mnany people think giving some of their money to the poor is charity. and just ignoring lots of thing which they can do to wipe off the tears from their own loved ones some people give big big speeches of goodthings they do and i have seen them even not fulfilling a smalls childs smallest needs.they are numb to others feelings.
nw wht is paryers. people think just singing Gods praises is paryer. utterely worng. i have seen people who jsut cook inthe mrnign keep everything ready there cool, and goto temple to listen to gita or to pray thinks they willget moksha and punyam. utterly worng. God is in thehappiness of our family and children and performng our duty inthe right way. it starts right from serrving food hot and clean to our own chidlren and family and doing our duties in a most
dutiful manner that r the real prayers. i have seenpeople keeping alltheir cleaning duties and keep the house in ames and goto temples for prayers thinking God will bless. the real prayers toGod is to do your duty clean the house whee the real God lives. the real God lives in your HEART OF HEARTS. and the real prpayers to him and gift to him is not the paryers which you sing or give expecting in return you andyour familys good health and lto of money or a prmotion or any materil thing.etc etc.
thereal prayers is doing your duty as a son, husband, father, nmothr, daughetr, and good realtive, freind or neighbour.and of course above all a real Guest. whoevr comes to our house to be treated as God. ATHITHI DEVO BHAVA. but many of US treat them a menace.I have
seen people thegreat ones who beleive that giving prayers is the best gifit toGod i ahveseen them while giving prayers for hours if somebody comes they just make them sit and wait for them till their prayers end . see no God willaccept yoru prayers if you really trouble your guest sitting there wiating for you impateintly tillyou finish your prayers,. real prayers are you stop your prayer and come and attend the guest if he is wiling let him wait or let him go and then continue your prayers.
[Intercession( meaning feelings for others) and thanks giving the true language of prayers.
people are surrounded by utter selfishness, my wife my chidlren nothing comes aboe
that. so some one comes to our house they treat their life has gone they r distuba
nces,. ..how can such peoples prayers reach God. I have seen people who take bath inthe early morning go to temple and prayfor a long time. it is diefinetely good. but most of thm i hve watched are not people who do good. theycheat people to make money. DOthey go to temple to cleanse their sin evryday are they take God as their saviour for their sins. of course going to temple everyday and todo more crimes.
who is a true baktha who seeks God ineverything who who does his maximum to keep everyone atleat those who are related and nearto him to be happy , do theor dury with a thankful attitude to God.
People might ask questions am I belong tothis group who does things exactly the way it should be. No. a BIg No. iam not a pure soul but i try to be a different person, a betterperson in the mass. whogive value to my own consiucous than anything else.i have seen people spending lakks on God the same pwople when approached by poor or needy shut their door. what is the use of their prayers.who blind themselves no tos ee that their loved ones r in trouble and insted ofreaching out to them goto God and spend there. lakh so
what is thereal prayer, charity and duty it is a fine mixture of everything. when i was inbed one of my freinds who was in real needn of money. i just accumulated the money which was given for my extra needs means juices. any outside food etc ijust gave it to myfrind who was in real need of money to pay her daughters fees and give milk to them. i stillhve that satisfaction. i belive itwas my prayer, charity and duty. when she was in search of job and had to spend a lot to get one i just postponed my renovation work for another year andgave that money to her to help her
toseek a job. i as a freind,it was my duty to reach out to her at tht time.
my wokr got delyed just one more year. i stillhave thesatisfaction that i helped somebody in need and that was my prayer, duty and charity though nobody knows it is we both know about that.
i know there may be people who laugh or make fun ,mock at me wrting this. i dont mind what makes me feeling good is that i am wrting the truth whoch anyone beleives or not remains the truth. and it reminds me again again to follow the right way. which iam trying hard to, still away from it. giving shelter to someone when needed, giving food to somone let it be a king but hungry .,.is a duty, charity and prayer.giving little happiness to anyone, reaching for little help to someone when needed is the greatest prayer..everyday even for small mercies like saving us from our dishes being overcooked or burnt i thank God, for saving me from a fall, i thnk god, for each day each breath i thnk God if we do likethat we are more closer to God than who goes to temple pray for hours and after that jut indluge in spoiling someones happiness or gossipsing, or making money by cheating the public.
how many of us ask ourselves how thank ful i should be to others those who r there to help us guide us to whtevr we aretoday. instead we ithink how thnkful shuld othrs to be to us.we are in a hurry to highlight others mistakes and areready to advice .i repeat iam ot a perfect one who jsut folows this. but sincerely want to follow the path of righteousness. each wordbefore sepaking we should think not to hurt others.
the most valid thngs inthe world is peace of mind andhappinesswhich cannotbe bought by coreers. but can be bought by simple smiles or simple sweet words. but we neverever have the right to spoil anyones mood by speaking harsh words. in this selfish world everywhere conditions apply. husband says if only youlook after me. wife says if only you looklafter me and my chidlren, and chidlren says whyshould we look after you? world has become selfish. i ahveseen earlier we used to get up when a n old lady or man comes inthe bus we used to get
up and give theseat to him. but today who bothers.a man whogets up give seat tothe old man or lady is the person who is doing thereal prayer than the one who sits thereand says i am doing my mantras and prayers dont discturb me icant getup.definetely his prayers are not going to reach the God.the manwho is so contented with what he has is the real riches than the one who hs crores but still unhappy and dissatisfied.
THESE ARE AS I SAID ARE THE COLLECTION OF IDEAS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, THE BOOKS WHICH IREAD, SOPEECHES I HEARD AND known.
THAMASORMA JYOTHIRGAMAYA
ASATHOMA SATHGAMAYA
MRITHYOMA AMRITHAMGAMAYA.
LET THE DARKENSS FOF OUR HEART BE FILELD WITH LIGHT OF GOOD THOUGHTS AND DEEDS
LET THE DISHOSENTY PAVE WAY TO HONESTY AND SINCE RE LOVE, LET THE BAD KILLING ACTIONS BE TURN INTO LIFE GIVING ONES.
AND LET THE GOD SHOWS US THE RIGHT PATH AND GUIDE US TO GOODTHINGS.SO THAT WE MAKE OUR LIVING WORTH LVING FOR US AND ALLTHOSE WHO ARE CONNECTED TO US.