Ghazals I listen to lately...

Enjoying the Mehdi Hassan collection! These are the ones I am listening to:

बात करनी मुझे मुश्किल
भूली बिसरी चंद
देख तो दिल के जान से
जब तेरे नैन
पत्ता पत्ता बूटा बूटा
रंजिश ही सही

दिल की चिंगारियां

To the husband, soulmate and meaning of my life:

आप से अलेहदा होके प्यार को जाना है
आपके करीब होके खुदा को छुहा है

वह पागल समंदर की लहरें
पास बुलाती है गिर्दाब में

दिल की गहराइयां को किसने देखा
मगर मेरी किस्सों को आपने सुना

मेरे हमनाफास ये ज़माने से दूर
हमने पाया सुकून आपके इलफ़त में

Who is crazy?

This world is crazy
and I am crazier
I am laughing
when its time to cry
I am loving
when I need to kill

Today Im funky
tmrw is cranky
and I am lanky
I lost my key

Nothing makes sense
all is non-sense
u dont look at me
like I am ur baby
Im here with a motive
atleast I need to
look like that :)


Today Im funky
tmrw is cranky
and I am lanky
I lost my key

Men or women
friends or sweethearts
lovers or idiots
how does it matter
a bunch of cartoons
in my closet


Today Im funky
tmrw is cranky
and I am lanky
I lost my key

When I die
I will stop the lies
or maybe u can continue
and save this
beautiful empire!! :)

Bhaja Govindam!!

Morning times I wake up listening to the following:

• Suprabhatam
• Bhaja Govindam
• Lingashatkam

Its like the morning coffee and breaks my sleepiness.

Sridhar shared this linked with me as I got curious to understand the meaning of Bhaja Govindam(composed by Adi Shankracharya):

http://www.geocities.com/malibutemple/bhajagovind.htm

Picked from this site, let me share the meaning of Bhaja Govindam:

SANSKRIT VERSE bhaja govindam bhaja govindam govindam bhaja mUDhamate samprApte sannihite kAle nahi nahi rakShati dukrunjkaraNe mUDha jahihi dhanAgamatrshNAm kuru sadbuddhim manasi vitrshNam yallabhase nija karmopAttam vittam tena vinodaya cittam yavadvittopArjana saktah: tAvannija parivAro raktah: pashcAt jIvati jarjara dehe vArtAm kopi na prcchati gehe mA kuru dhana jana youvana garvam harati nimeShAt kala: sarvam mAyAmayam idam akhilam hitvA brahma padam tvam pravisha vidhitvA sura mandira taru mUla nivAsa: shayyA bhUtalam ajinam vAsa: sarva parigraha bhoga tyAga: kasya sukham na karoti virAga: bhagavat gIta kincitadhItA gangAjalalava kaNikApitA sahrdapi yena murAri samarca kriyate tasya yamena na carcA punarapi jananam punarapi maraNam punarapi jananI jaTare shayanam iha samsAre bahudustAre krpayA pAre pAhi murAre artham anartham bhavaya nityam nAstitata: sukhalesha: satyam putrAdapi dhana bhArjAm bhItih: sarvatraiShA vihitA rIti: geyam gItA nAma sahasram dhyeyam shrIpati rUpamajashram neyam sajjana sange cittam deyam dInajanAya ca vittam gurucharaNambuja nirbhara bhakta: samsAradacIradbhava mukta: sendriyamAnasa niyAmAdevam drakShyasi nija hrdayastam devam

TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH Adore the lord, adore the lord, Adore the lord O fool, When the appointed time (for departure) comes, the repetition of grammatical rules will not indeed save you. O fool, leave off the desire of wealth; create in the mind thoughts about reality, devoid of passion. what you get -i.e., what you have achieved through your past deeds -with that, satisfy your mind. As long as you have the ability to earn money, so long will your dependents be attached to you. After that, when you live with an infirm body, no one will even speak to you a word. Do not be proud of wealth, kindred and youth; Time takes away all these in a moment. Leaving aside this entire (world) which is of the nature of an illusion, and knowing the state of brahman, enter into it. Living in temples or at the foot of the trees, sleeping on the ground, wearing deer-skin, renouncing all possession and thier enjoyment - to whom will not dispassion bring happiness? For him, who has studied the Bhagavatgita, even a little, who has drunk a drop of the Gangawater, and who has performed the worship of the destroyer of the demon Mura (viz Srikrishna) at least once, there is no tiff with Yama Repeated birth, repeated death and repeated lying in mother's womb - this transmigratory process is extensive and difficult to cross; save me, O destroyer of Mura, through your grace. Wealth is no good: thus reflect always; there is not the least happiness there from; this is the truth. For the wealthy there is fear even from a son; everywhere this is the regular mode. The Bhagavatgita and the Sahasranama should be sung; the form of the lord of Lakshmi ( Vishnu) should be always meditated on; the mind should be led to the company of the good; and wealth should be distributed among the indigent. Being devoted completely to the lotus-feet of the Master, become released soon from the transmigratory process. Thus, through the discipline of sense and mind-control, you will behold the deity that resides in your heart.

After reading the meaning one may wonder why Adi Shankracharya compose these verses...check the wikepedia for it :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaja_Govindam

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Another honour :)

I got a great news today morning that thrilled me totally, "Truth" blog has been selected the sticky site of the moment:

http://www.internetbumperstickers.com/sticky.html

If you are late in seeing this post, you can check the Sticky Site Archive.

I liked the following lines used to introduce this blog :)

"You've been looking for the truth all your life, right? Just like all of us. How about that, it was in Bangalore the whole time."

Hahaahaa....:)

Don't change the world...

...Change yourself. A good one I found on a photoblog

(http://www.photoblog.com/Maxine/2007/11/07/)

Protect the Body only!!

This was an awakening for me!!! I was attending Sadhguru's satsang in Bangalore and these words from him was a breakthrough. He says we all have to only be concerned about protecting our physical bodies and not beyond that. Though we spend a lot of time protecting our opinions, thoughts, religion, ideas, beliefs. I realised how much of it I do and cause misery to myself and people around me :)