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Berikut saya menuliskan ulang sebuah tulisan yang menyentuh yang saya baca dari buku “Bhagawad Gita for Today” Sai towers publishing. Buku ini saya beli di one earth, di beri tanda tangan oleh yang saya sucikan Swami anand Krishna. Terimakasih atas Blessing Beliau.

What benefit will you derive by being near and dear? If you sit close to a lamp you get light, and with the help of its illumination you are able to do some useful activities at night. If you sit under a fan you get a cool breeze and the heat that was causing you discomfort will be dispelled. During the cold season of the year, if you sit near a fire you will be protected from the cold which may be bothering you then. In each case, one quality is removed and another takes its place.
Similarly, if you are close to the Lord, if you become dear to him, then you will get his love, and soob all the bad qualities in you will vanish away and be replaced by the good qualities that God embodies. Develop your love so that you may get ever nearer and nearer and dearer and dearer to God. The easiest way to get closer To God us to remember him in whatever you see, whatever you say and whatever you do. Think only of God and how to get nearer and dearer to him.
On the path of devotion it is not enough for you to love God but you must also angage in activities which are pleasing to the Lord, so that you can envoke God’s love and feel his love for you. There are a number of characteristics that a devotee should possess which will endear him to the Lord. Treat censure or praise, heat or cold, profit or loss, joy or sorrow, honor or dishonor, or any of the other pairs of opposites, with an equal mind. Do not get dejected when you are criticized or elated when you are praised. Do not be overjoyed by profit or come to grief when there is loss. Treat heat and cold with an equal attitude, they can both be a source of joy to you.
During the winter warm clothing will be disirable and being near a source of heat will give you comfort from the cold. But, during the summer you will wabt thin clothes and you will wellcome the cold. Heat gives joy sometimes, cold gives joy at other times; the way you use them determines whether you experience this joy or not. Heat or cold, profit and loss, and, in fact, all the various pairs of opposites and everything else in the world have their usefulness. Everything has been created for a purpose; but you need to use them in a way which is appropriate to your life and your stage of development.

Bhagawad gita for today, halaman 19-20

ulasan terhadap bhagawad Gita chapter 2

Namaste
Om shanti, shanti, shanti Om

Hari suci Saraswati jatuh pada Saniscara Kliwon wuku Watugunung. di peringati sebagai hari turunnya ilmu pengetahuan, hari turunnya Weda. demikianlah setidaknya masyarakat umum memahami hari Saraswati. peringatan ini dilaksanakan setiap 210 hari sekali.

hari saraswati kali ini, sabtu, 2 mei 2015 juga bertepatan dengan hari pendidikan nasional. dimana pada intinya adalah peringatan yang sama yaitu pendidikan, pengetahuan, kebijaksanaan…

selamat hari saraswati bagi seluruh umat hindu nusantara dan selamat hari pendidikan nasional kepada seluruh masyarakat indonesia. semoga masyarakat indonesia bebas buta huruf, berpengatahuan, mengembangkan seni, berpendidikan, berkesadaran, dan tentu semangat menjalankan ahimsa dan satya atau kejujuran.

sebagaimana kejujuran atau satya dan ahimsa menjadi landasan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. demikian pula pengetahuan mesti di tempuh melalui landasan kejujuran dan ahimsa

pendidikan atau proses memperoleh pengetahuan di eropa (mewakili barat) di mulai dari luar atau melalui telaah fakta2 dan apa yang terlihat oleh panca indra kemudian diteruskan ke “dalam” di cari makna2nya sehingga pengetahuan di harapkan mampu melembutkan jiwa2 individu.

tidak demikian di timur, katakanlah di nusantara ini, para leluhur telah memberikan contoh2 proses pengetahuan itu, di mulai dari “dalam”. artinya pengetahuan di fokuskan pada ranah dalam atau menyetuh rasa dan nurani lalu kemudian “keluar”. sebab apa yang terekspresi di luar diri merupakan cerminan di dalam diri. keindahan yang terlihat di luar diri merupakan cerminan keindahan di dalam diri.

pada perayaan saraswati ini. kita berupaya menggali dan menemukan apa yang ada di “dalam” melalui pemujaan Tri Shakti yaitu Dewi Saraswati, Dewi Laksmi dan Dewi Parwati. pada hari ini sampai esok banyupinaruh, kita memuja Dewi Saraswati, pada senin dan selasa someribek dan sabuh mas, kita memuja Dewi Laksmi dan pada hari rabu, pagerwesi kita memuja Dewi Parwati. tiga kekuatan, tiga ibu semesta, dan tiga energi memberi anugrahnya pada perayaan selama 5 hari ini.

selamat hari Saraswati… semoga kedamaian hati, keteduhan, kebenaran, kesucian dan keindahan, satyam, sivam dan sundaram meliputi hari2 kita semua.

svaha

om Shanti, shanti, shanti Om