Dance

Dance - Neither a random movement, nor a monotonous movement.

State sponsered terrorism

Srilankan Army's attack over school children - Socialist Website
Srilankan Army's attack over school children - United Nations
Sri Lanka youth 'seized to fight' - BBC
Why 9/11 Was Allowed to Happen

Refuge

Danush kodi sea waters are more saltier from the tears of the srilankan tamil refugees.

Danush kodi - An Indian border closer to Srinlanka.

Watching!

Imagine you are watching the world and the world moves in slow motion (as in movies). Are you fast or slow ?

If the answer is slow:
World is moving slowly w.r.t. you. so you are not slower.

If the answer is fast:
You are watching and you know you can not be faster to watch !

If the answer is while watching you are neighther fast nor slow:
Is n't it amazing, we can see slow motion real time world by just watching ?

It is upto you whether you want to feel or understand!

திருப்பாவை : Thiruppavai

அங்கண் மாஞாலத் தரசர் அபிமான
பங்கமாய் வந்துநின் பள்ளிக்கட் டிற்கீழே
சங்கமிருப் பார்போல் வந்துதலைப் பெய்தோம்;
கிங்கிணி வாய்ச் செய்த தாமரைப் பூப்போலே,
செங்கண் சிறுச்சிறிதே எம்மேல் விழியாவோ?
திங்களும் ஆதித்தியனும் எழுந்தாற் போல்,
அங்கணி ரண்டும் கொண்டு எங்கள்மேல் நோக்குதியேல்
எங்கள்மேல் சாபம் இழிந்தேலோ ரெம்பாவாய்.

அழகிய அகன்ற உலகத்து அரசர்கள் அகங்காரம் குலைந்து
உன்னுடைய அரியணையின் கீழே கூடியிருப்பது போல
நாங்களும் நெருங்கி வந்துள்ளோம்.
சலங்கையின் மணியைப் போல, பாதி திறந்த தாமரைப்பூ என்னும்படி
உன் கண்கள் சிறுது சிறுதாக எங்கள் மேல் விழிக்கலாகாதோ ?
சந்திரனும் சூரியனும் உதித்தாற் போல
அழகிய இருகண்களாலும் எங்களைப் பார்த்தால்
எங்கள் பாவங்கள் தொலைந்து விடும்.

Like the great kings of the wide world,
who came in hordes and stood humbly at your bedstead
we have come to you.
O lord will you not look at us, with your exquisite eyes
resembling the half-blown lotus similar to dancers ankel bells.
May the gaze of your two eyes fall upon us
like the sun and the moon risen together.
May the curse of sins on us be lifted.

நன்றி: தேசிகன்.காம்

Reservation

http://ia.rediff.com/news/2006/may/16inter2.htm?q=sp&file=.htm

(Also read the comments in the above link)

Krishna has 10 kids and went out of country for 10 years leaving behind a huge source of food. Two of his kids started dominating others and started to eat most of the food in the house, leaving the other eight starving to major extent. The eight kids become weak, so weak to the extent that they could not even eat what they were supposed to eat. If this continues, they will eventually starve to death. His father returned home. He ordered the two guys can eat upto 50% of the food and leave the rest to 8 guys. ofcourse the two will be affected temporarily, as they each use to eat 40% of the total food. Is Reservation bad ?

வெட்கம் கெட்டவள்

வெட்கம் கெட்டவள்
என்று சொல்லத் தோன்றினால்
ஞாபகம் கொள்
என் வெட்கம் கேட்டவன்
நீ என்று

-தபு சங்கர்

Meditation

Selflessness

What is Selflessness? I guess, it is doing any act without thinking about my *fruit in doing that. Is it possible for us to do good deeds, without self-satisfaction or deeply thinking inside that it will be counted towards "ticket to heaven" or karma. What I am trying to say is even doing for others by sacrificing your self interest., Self manifests.

Why do we cry when our beloved ones are dead ? . Is it b'cos our "self" is going to miss the good "*fruits" from them?. It again manifests, normal human is selfish.

*fruits - Anything that makes/made you happy.

Does karma or rebirth matters?

Hinduism and Buddhism supports the rebirth. Let us assume, rebirth is true. We generally don't realize what happened in previous births. Then what is the use of cause and effect of karma or rebirth ?

If I am not even going to know what I have done and what I am now, then either rebirth is not true or the thing that rebirths is really not what I am now thinking as "I". so without realizing "What Iam?", does rebirth really matters ?

Heaven?

All major religions talks about heaven. Heaven is defined as a place where everything is just the way you want it to be and you are ultimately happy. Is happiness possible without suffering?

I guess, happiness is relative to suffering. for e.g., If we suffer in sun for some time, then shelter gives us happines otherwise it is merely a shelter. Cold and hot are not two different entities but one (temparature). Removal of cold is hot, removal of hot is cold. If there is no suffering in heaven. How would we feel happy ?

p.s. Nirvana (which is said to give eternal happiness) is a different state, where time and space converges. or it means nothing to you. It is not a domain where you get everything you want as in Heaven, but a state where your likes (wants)/dislikes does not even exist.