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“why say so many words?

Imagination is the bondage. Without that you are free!”

The line presented above comes at the end of may be one hundred thousand Slokas of an intense philosophical discussion in “Yogavashista.

Yogavashista is a dialog between a dejected Rama and Sage Vashista. While the entire Yoga Vashista is readable and illuminating , for lesser souls even the first Chapter and the last Chapter give a wonderfulappetizer kind of feeling.

This line comes at the very end. The Sloka itself implies that by saying - “Why say so many words !!”

An equivalent line from Uddhava Gita is:

"Expectation is the cause of sorrow, not having expectation is happiness!"

Read in the context both are unexceptionable statements.

They are such simple statements that one would wonder is that a big deal, do I need to be told about !!

It is. Because while we may know it , we will not think of it deeply enough . If we think deeply enough we may reach our own panacea exactly as indicated by Krishna in his statement to Uddhava . That statement is that a man by his own efforts may reach the panacea !

Let us go back to the

“expectation”!!

This expectation is a daily affair . You go for a marriage, of course as guests. You do not get the attention from people who you thought would pay the attention. You feel miserable . But if there were no expectations you would feel free.

Between friends it happens . The failure of expectation leads to so many avoidable events.

It happens in the office - you are doing your work. There is the issue of expectations in multiple dimensions. If expectations can be set aside and you proceed with work probably you will have undeniable peace. This is not to say that problems would disappear. They have to be tackled. But peace reigns in your mind. Your mind is not cluttered with anger of failure of expectations.

We will go back to the statement about “Imagination” in the next issue !!

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This week we have 5th chapter of Sundarakanda in Ramayanam ; and 5th chapter of Uddhava gita in Bhagavatam.

The classic difference between Sundarakanda which is part of daily prayer ( Parayana ) and Gita which is an exalted text of Hindu dharma become apparent when we see the Ramayan and Bhagavatam of this issue. Sundarakanda is a story , a gripping story full of exploits . But the key element is the Bhakti , Sundarakanda Parayana is the way of Bhakti . Gita is a way of Knowledge . Uddhava Gita is essentially same as Gita, but recounted in a different circumstance.

After the earlier stories of Avadhuta and the stories of Pingala and Pigeon , from now on Uddhava Gita treads onto a more difficult terrain. The further presentation of Uddhava Gita will not be on the basis of a virtual sloka by sloka translation. We may actually touch only parts of a chapter or a few slokas. Relating Uddhava Gita as story is virtually impossible. It is a philosophy. It is about a way of life. But we expect that the gems in UddhavaGita will get highlighted.

We continue the topic of "expectation" and "imagining things". Both of which are at the root of the unhappiness we generate in our own life . That is our "one more thing" - "why so many words" . This as we said is meant as an unabashed column for sermonizing only (no holds barred!!). The two beautiful statements, one from Yoga Vashista and another from Uddhava Gita are unexceptionable and worth reading any number of times!!

Yes, one more thing. The Ramayana page has settled down into a format. It has a shortened version of the chapter in Sanskrit/Telugu slokas with English /Telugu translation under separate columns. Sundarakanda is about parayana. So adding the slokas that make up the story is part of our "Sankshipta Sundarakanda" parayana !!

The "Athato-Brhma-jignyasa", carries the article on Mahavakyas

_________________________________________________

What is on the kasarabada.org?

For the new visitors we thought of adding a few lines on navigation , so that they may know what is available on Kasarabada.org !

We now have 89 chapters of Dasama Skandha of Bhagavatam. All these chapters ( stories on krishna) are listed by name and are available on a link on the Bhagavatam page.

We have complete bouquet of articles on Ramayana Role models from Ramayana Srirama , Sita , Hanuman , Jataayu , Sabari , Bharata , Lakshmana. Apart from these there were some special articles namely The Message of Ramayana , Going to the Forests and about Hanuman in "In the thick of the Battle " . Along the same lines are the earlier articles in praise of Hunuman 1 , Hanuman 2 and Valmiki Sundarakanda . Added to this bouquet is the Sundarakanda as a Telugu poem by Pandit Vijayraghavrao. We have also added some downloads specifically for the Sankshipta Sundarakanda ( with Sanskrit slokas) reproduced in different language scripts namely Sanskrit , Telugu , Kannada and Malayalam . There is also a Telugu Sundarakanda Katha for those interested in reading the same as prose story !!,.

One more thing is a page where we get articles which could be on anything , informative and educative handled with a light heart and a touch of contemporary realities. The page lists all the earlier stories on its page

The last new column is Athato Brahma Jignyasaa . This page is focused on Indian Philosophy /Darsanas.This has been started a few months ago and all its earlier issues are listed on its page

In effect to have a look at what is available from the earlier issues you only need to visit the four pages of Ramayanam , Bhagavatam , one more thing. and Athato Brahma Jignyasaa.Each page of these banner pages carry the list of all earlier articles .

Om Tat Sat ( info@kasarabada.org)

Witty Wisdom

- contributed by Kamaraju Turaga

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One More Thing

“why say so many words? ( part 2)

continued..

“why say so many words?

Imagination is the bondage. Without that you are free!”

So we will go back to the statement about “Imagination”!!

This summary line “why say so many words? Imagination is the bondage. Without that you are free!” comes at the end of Yogavashista.

This problem of imagination happens all the time in varying degrees.

Let us say we are talking to a person he does not respond immediately.

That could be because he is preoccupied or otherwise . But unobtrusively our imagination takes over. He is not responding because he does not care .

It does not remain at that . The imagination continues to decide how we would rectify this. It goes to the extent of deciding to whom we may complain!!! That could be the person's boss or parent or what ever. The imagination leads one to a conclusion. “ I must teach that person a lesson ”.

The degree of unhappiness or misery one feels at that moment is unimaginable .

This happens many times.

The mental peace one achieves depends on how one handles the imagination part. The person could be your child son or daughter or their spouses. The intensity of the misery one feels is directly proportional to the closeness of the relationship. Dearer the relationship that much more intensified is the misery or unhappiness.

If a little later that person comes back to you on the issue you raised, the lesson would be apparent. It would be apparent that you worked yourself into a pitch that was unnecessary. And all the imagination was a wasted effort causing only unhappiness.

The peace that one achieves after such realization is the real peace

But the bigger misery is the events at the work place which get mulled over and over and creating a tension all round.

Best part would be when we realize the futility of such imagined unhappiness !!

Yes.

“Imagination is the Bondage, without that you are free”

How true !!

om tat sat !

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The earlier stories.

Why say so many words Part 1

Gurus and lessons

Such a Simple message !!

Sundarakanda and the related Beliefs

Remembering Sribhashyam

Appalacharyulu garu

The methods of Elucidation

( Lakshana)

The story of the Jar/Kunda

The story of Devadatta

"Hitam Manohari cha" - revisited

Dasama Nyaya

On the Fortune - a demolition of its traits !!

on the Success

The story of Sabari

Charvaka School of Philosophy

On Vedas from the West

Jayamantram

The story of a Bear ( from Ramayana)

Ramudu-Sugunaabhiraamudu

Sahasavidadhita na kriyam..

... 'no not in a hurry'!

Aham nasyaami .. I destroy !! contributed by Tuaraga Rajendraparasad.

"It is not that the holy waters are not altogether Holy - Krishna

An intelligent man should follow those actions that are consistent and within his realm of action ..( more)

.. I am enquiring , that should be clearly explained! …." Thus spoke Krishna.(more.).

" Peace does not drop from the sky" says Dalai Lama.

Passing away of a stalwart:

Prof Bhavaraju Sarveswara Rao

. ............

Unison of thought speech and action

Jewel of jewels'

Who is Poor ?

Green message from Bhagava...

Music in our Epics

what is kasara ?

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	One More Thing Why say so many words ( Part 1) ( from Last week ) “why say so many words? Imagination is the bondage. Without that you are free!” The line presented above comes at the end of may be one hundred thousand Slokas of an intense philosophical discussion in “Yogavashista. Yogavashista is a dialog between a dejected Rama and Sage Vashista. While the entire Yoga Vashista is readable and illuminating , for lesser souls even the first Chapter and the last Chapter give a wonderfulappetizer kind of feeling. This line comes at the very end. The Sloka itself implies that by saying - “Why say so many words !!” An equivalent line from Uddhava Gita is: "Expectation is the cause of sorrow, not having expectation is happiness!" Read in the context both are unexceptionable statements. They are such simple statements that one would wonder is that a big deal, do I need to be told about !! It is. Because while we may know it , we will not think of it deeply enough . If we think deeply enough we may reach our own panacea exactly as indicated by Krishna in his statement to Uddhava . That statement is that a man by his own efforts may reach the panacea ! Let us go back to the “expectation”!! This expectation is a daily affair . You go for a marriage, of course as guests. You do not get the attention from people who you thought would pay the attention. You feel miserable . But if there were no expectations you would feel free. Between friends it happens . The failure of expectation leads to so many avoidable events. It happens in the office - you are doing your work. There is the issue of expectations in multiple dimensions. If expectations can be set aside and you proceed with work probably you will have undeniable peace. This is not to say that problems would disappear. They have to be tackled. But peace reigns in your mind. Your mind is not cluttered with anger of failure of expectations. We will go back to the statement about “Imagination” in the next issue !! om tat sat ! *to continue move on to the page of ' one more thing " click here* Click here to continue .... om tat Sat The Vedas The Mahavakyas Upanishads Kathopanishad 1.1 Kathopanishad1.2 Kathopanishad 1.3 Vedantic Enquiry	Greetings for Janmashtami Welcome to kasarabada.org : August 10 , 2012 Welcome to Kasarabada.org ! This week we have 5th chapter of Sundarakanda in Ramayanam ; and 5th chapter of Uddhava gita in Bhagavatam. The classic difference between Sundarakanda which is part of daily prayer ( Parayana ) and Gita which is an exalted text of Hindu dharma become apparent when we see the Ramayan and Bhagavatam of this issue. Sundarakanda is a story , a gripping story full of exploits . But the key element is the Bhakti , Sundarakanda Parayana is the way of Bhakti . Gita is a way of Knowledge . Uddhava Gita is essentially same as Gita, but recounted in a different circumstance. After the earlier stories of Avadhuta and the stories of Pingala and Pigeon , from now on Uddhava Gita treads onto a more difficult terrain. The further presentation of Uddhava Gita will not be on the basis of a virtual sloka by sloka translation. We may actually touch only parts of a chapter or a few slokas. Relating Uddhava Gita as story is virtually impossible. It is a philosophy. It is about a way of life. But we expect that the gems in UddhavaGita will get highlighted. We continue the topic of "expectation" and "imagining things". Both of which are at the root of the unhappiness we generate in our own life . That is our "one more thing" - "why so many words" . This as we said is meant as an unabashed column for sermonizing only (no holds barred!!). The two beautiful statements, one from Yoga Vashista and another from Uddhava Gita are unexceptionable and worth reading any number of times!! Yes, one more thing. The Ramayana page has settled down into a format. It has a shortened version of the chapter in Sanskrit/Telugu slokas with English /Telugu translation under separate columns. Sundarakanda is about parayana. So adding the slokas that make up the story is part of our "Sankshipta Sundarakanda" parayana !! The "Athato-Brhma-jignyasa", carries the article on Mahavakyas _________________________________________________ What is on the kasarabada.org? For the new visitors we thought of adding a few lines on navigation , so that they may know what is available on Kasarabada.org ! We now have 89 chapters of Dasama Skandha of Bhagavatam. All these chapters ( stories on krishna) are listed by name and are available on a link on the Bhagavatam page. We have complete bouquet of articles on Ramayana Role models from Ramayana Srirama , Sita , Hanuman , Jataayu , Sabari , Bharata , Lakshmana. Apart from these there were some special articles namely The Message of Ramayana , Going to the Forests and about Hanuman in "In the thick of the Battle " . Along the same lines are the earlier articles in praise of Hunuman 1 , Hanuman 2 and Valmiki Sundarakanda . Added to this bouquet is the Sundarakanda as a Telugu poem by Pandit Vijayraghavrao. We have also added some downloads specifically for the Sankshipta Sundarakanda ( with Sanskrit slokas) reproduced in different language scripts namely Sanskrit , Telugu , Kannada and Malayalam . There is also a Telugu Sundarakanda Katha for those interested in reading the same as prose story !!,. One more thing is a page where we get articles which could be on anything , informative and educative handled with a light heart and a touch of contemporary realities. The page lists all the earlier stories on its page The last new column is Athato Brahma Jignyasaa . This page is focused on Indian Philosophy /Darsanas.This has been started a few months ago and all its earlier issues are listed on its page In effect to have a look at what is available from the earlier issues you only need to visit the four pages of Ramayanam , Bhagavatam , one more thing. and Athato Brahma Jignyasaa.Each page of these banner pages carry the list of all earlier articles . Om Tat Sat ( info@kasarabada.org) Witty Wisdom - contributed by Kamaraju Turaga __________________________________________________ Welcome to Kasarabada.org: ARCHIVES	One More Thing “why say so many words? ( part 2) continued.. “why say so many words? Imagination is the bondage. Without that you are free!” So we will go back to the statement about “Imagination”!! This summary line “why say so many words? Imagination is the bondage. Without that you are free!” comes at the end of Yogavashista. This problem of imagination happens all the time in varying degrees. Let us say we are talking to a person he does not respond immediately. That could be because he is preoccupied or otherwise . But unobtrusively our imagination takes over. He is not responding because he does not care . It does not remain at that . The imagination continues to decide how we would rectify this. It goes to the extent of deciding to whom we may complain!!! That could be the person's boss or parent or what ever. The imagination leads one to a conclusion. “ I must teach that person a lesson ”. The degree of unhappiness or misery one feels at that moment is unimaginable . This happens many times. The mental peace one achieves depends on how one handles the imagination part. The person could be your child son or daughter or their spouses. The intensity of the misery one feels is directly proportional to the closeness of the relationship. Dearer the relationship that much more intensified is the misery or unhappiness. If a little later that person comes back to you on the issue you raised, the lesson would be apparent. It would be apparent that you worked yourself into a pitch that was unnecessary. And all the imagination was a wasted effort causing only unhappiness. The peace that one achieves after such realization is the real peace But the bigger misery is the events at the work place which get mulled over and over and creating a tension all round. Best part would be when we realize the futility of such imagined unhappiness !! Yes. “Imagination is the Bondage, without that you are free” How true !! om tat sat ! *to continue move on to the page of ' one more thing " click here* The earlier stories. Why say so many words Part 1 Gurus and lessons Such a Simple message !! Sundarakanda and the related Beliefs Remembering Sribhashyam Appalacharyulu garu The methods of Elucidation ( Lakshana) The story of the Jar/Kunda The story of Devadatta "Hitam Manohari cha" - revisited Dasama Nyaya On the Fortune - a demolition of its traits !! on the Success The story of Sabari Charvaka School of Philosophy On Vedas from the West Jayamantram The story of a Bear ( from Ramayana) Ramudu-Sugunaabhiraamudu Sahasavidadhita na kriyam.. ... 'no not in a hurry'! Aham nasyaami .. I destroy !! contributed by Tuaraga Rajendraparasad. "It is not that the holy waters are not altogether Holy - Krishna *An intelligent man should follow those actions that are consistent and within his realm of action* ..( more) *.. I am enquiring , that should be clearly explained! …."* Thus spoke Krishna.(more.). " Peace does not drop from the sky" says Dalai Lama. *Passing away of a stalwart:* Prof Bhavaraju Sarveswara Rao . ............ Unison of thought speech and action Jewel of jewels' Who is Poor ? Green message from Bhagava... Music in our Epics what is kasara ?
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