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Devotion - लगन

Devotion लगन :  Dr. Manoj Kumar Patel : Devotion must be continuous, uninterrupted, like the flow of oil from one vessel to another. Without love (Prema प्रेम ), nothing in this world can be acquired. Only when there is love does attachment (anuraaga अनुराग ) in its turn produce the desire to protect and guard. In the young-of-the-monkey path of the surrender (markata kishora nyaya मर्कट किशोर न्याय ), the child has to rely on its own strength to protect itself — wherever the mother might jump about, the child has to attach itself fast to the mother’s belly and not release its hold, even if pulled apart! So too, the devotee must stand the test at the hands of the Lord and hold on to the Lord’s name at all times and under all conditions, tirelessly, without the slightest trace of dislike or disgust, bearing the ridicule and the criticism of the world and conquering the feelings of shame and defeat. The wonderful example of this type of devotion is that first among devotees,

Feather Light

Feather Light Dr. Manoj Kumar Patel #carefree #feather #featherlight #bloodyFeeling #EmotionalQuotient #EmotionalIntelligence I am weighing feather-light, bloody feather-light and you know why? It is because   I am relieved from the services of my organization and my farewell gift are handed over to me at the age of 56 by the respected Managing Director of age 70 years . If the world is a stage and we are actors to perform our roles then we call that the most painful load on any one’s shoulder is – the dead body of the offspring carried to the funeral pyre by his father. Every language has got its nuance and in the language of Hindi, this is best described as - दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा बोझ है बाप के कंधे पर मरे बेटे का जनाज़ा |                 In the same token,  the lightest life lived by anyone is – dying at the age of the teen .             But when the roles are played by senile seniors on their able colleagues, it is the height of “actions

Continuous Improvement and Samskara

Continuous Improvement and Samskara आः नो भद्राः कर्तव्यो यन्तु विश्वतः Dr. Manoj Kumar Patel Civilization and refined behavioral growths of this 21st century from the Stone and primitive ages are a result of continuous and continual improvements in the behavioral and social aspects of mankind over a long period of time. The Vedic civilization of India and the other rich civilizations namely Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley (Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa), Andes, China, and Mesoamerica– are supposed to have arisen independently of each other approximately 6,000 to 3,500 years ago. Social protagonists from each civilization have contributed immensely to see the best which is still under progress with many disturbances from fundamentalists around many nooks and corners with fanaticisms. We, however, will ignore the disturbing elements here in this discussion. What is needed is संस्कार “Samskara” whose closest English translation is – decency in words, actions, and behavio