Contentment
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The Government makes a lot of plans for improving the standard of Living of the citizens. No body has the feeling that they are satisfied and contented. There is a Tamil proverb which says, 'Podum enra maname pon seyyum marundu', meaning that, sense of contentedness is a golden panacea.
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This word, 'enough', seems to have disappeared from people's dictionary, except when having to hear advices from elders! This is absolute poverty, not being able to feel contented and not being able to listen to good advice!
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To keep increasing the list of needs and necessities, is not an improvement.
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If human life has to be optimally utilized, we should not want an iota more than the minimum requirements, for living. That is 'aparigraham'. When You have more, it is for sharing, helping, aiding and donating.
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Without knowing this, the rich go on accumulating, more and more of everything, pants, shirts, appliances, shares in the market, bank deposits, lockers, jewels, landed properties and so on.
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Fifty to hundred years back, no one drank coffee. Everybody
lived in a hut only. Ladies wore palm leaf rolled and inserted in the ear hole. For food they had a cereal porridge with some vegetables. People lived in almost similar dwellings. No one wore silks.
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The more your wants, the peace of mind is affected inversely
proportionally. Well being, happiness, peace and contentedness are all affected. More the outer accumulation, greater the internal paucity and poverty.
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Make up your mind to improve the quality of your life, for which the battle has to be fought in your mind. If we really want to improve our lives, instead of spending more on the, 'Standard of Living', we should be trying to bring down the so called 'Standard of Life', and improve the, 'Quality of our lives'.
#Deivathin_Kural (Paramacharya) - Ra. Ganapathi
Credits and Thanks:
Translation done by : Lt. Col KTSV Sarma
Thanks to website : http://advaitham.blogspot.com/
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The Government makes a lot of plans for improving the standard of Living of the citizens. No body has the feeling that they are satisfied and contented. There is a Tamil proverb which says, 'Podum enra maname pon seyyum marundu', meaning that, sense of contentedness is a golden panacea.
*
This word, 'enough', seems to have disappeared from people's dictionary, except when having to hear advices from elders! This is absolute poverty, not being able to feel contented and not being able to listen to good advice!
*
To keep increasing the list of needs and necessities, is not an improvement.
*
If human life has to be optimally utilized, we should not want an iota more than the minimum requirements, for living. That is 'aparigraham'. When You have more, it is for sharing, helping, aiding and donating.
*
Without knowing this, the rich go on accumulating, more and more of everything, pants, shirts, appliances, shares in the market, bank deposits, lockers, jewels, landed properties and so on.
*
Fifty to hundred years back, no one drank coffee. Everybody
lived in a hut only. Ladies wore palm leaf rolled and inserted in the ear hole. For food they had a cereal porridge with some vegetables. People lived in almost similar dwellings. No one wore silks.
*
The more your wants, the peace of mind is affected inversely
proportionally. Well being, happiness, peace and contentedness are all affected. More the outer accumulation, greater the internal paucity and poverty.
*
Make up your mind to improve the quality of your life, for which the battle has to be fought in your mind. If we really want to improve our lives, instead of spending more on the, 'Standard of Living', we should be trying to bring down the so called 'Standard of Life', and improve the, 'Quality of our lives'.
#Deivathin_Kural (Paramacharya) - Ra. Ganapathi
Credits and Thanks:
Translation done by : Lt. Col KTSV Sarma
Thanks to website : http://advaitham.blogspot.com/
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