what changes is not permanent.

Except for the absolute every thing changes. change is inevitable but that is not what we are looking for in life. we need to know what is the truth the absolute the unchanging almighty 

what to give up.

Suppose there is a rule laid down that as one grows old one gradually gives up anger, ego and the feeling of i and mine. then the world will be a better place to live in.
anger ego etc are for the youngsters who are struggling to make ends meet why do old people require it. as it is their needs are diminished. may be things like care
to be continued.

lesson of life.patience.

It is the lesson of life that always in this world everything fails a man – only the Divine does not fail him, if he turns entirely to the Divine. It is not because there is something bad in you that blows fall on you,– blows fall on all human beings because they are full of desire for things that cannot last and they lose them or, even if they get, it brings disappointment and cannot satisfy them. To turn to the Divine is the only truth in life. Sri Aurobindo 1933.04.21 [Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volume 24. - Letters on Yoga]

“The mind constructs its own abode; directed falsely from the beginning it thinks in erroneous ways and engenders its own distress. Thought creates for itself its own suffering.”

Saadi, the Persian poet, has said: "Contemplate the mirror of your heart and thou shalt taste litle by litle a pure joy and unmixed peace.”

 The Buddists Scriptures from the Chinese, tell us:

“Let us watch over our thoughts.”

“A bad thought is the most dangerous of thieves.”

"He who walks with wise men will be wise."

The Mahaparinibbana Sutta teaches thus:

“To avoid the company of fools, to be in communion with the sages, to render honour to that which merits honour, is a great blessedness.”

 “The company of saints and sages is one of the chief agents of spiritual progress.”

“He who know haw to find instructors for himself, arrives at the supreme mastery.... He who loves to ask, extends his knowledge; but whoever considers only his own personal opinion becomes constantly narrower than he was.”

Confucius has sais:

“It is impossible to arrive at the summit of the mountain without passing through rough and difficult paths.”

In the Bhagavad Gita one reads:

“All that man does comes to its perfection in knowledge. That do thou learn by prostration to the wise and by questioning and by serving them; they who have the knowledge and see the truths of things shall instruct thee in the knowledge.”

Giordano Bruno has said:

“The external forms are alone subject to change and destruction; for these forms are not the things themselves. Deliver thyself from the inconstancy of human things.”

In the Book of Knowledge one can read:

“When thou hast recognised the impermanence of all formations, thou shalt contemplate that which does not perish and remains for ever.”

Emerson has said:

“It is god within who hushes the tongue of prayer by a sublimer thought. A voice speaks to us in the depths of the heart, ‘I am, my child, and by me are and subsist thy body and the luminous world. I am, all things are in me and all that is mine is thine. ’ ”

In the Book of Golden Precepts we read this:

“Before the soul can understand and remember it must be united to Him who speaks by His silence, as to the mind of the potter the form on which the clay is modelled.”

  “It is easy to know what is good, but not so easy to practice it.”

In the Zendavesta we read:

“Let this be thy aim to have always the right thought, right speech, right action.”

Sri Aurobindo sais:

“Those who are poor, ignorant, ill-born or ill-bred are not the common herd; the common herd are all who are satisfied with pettiness and an average humanity.”

Sri Aurobindo said so beautifully.:

“Patience is our first great necessary lesson, but not the dull slowness to move of the timid, the sceptical, the weary, the slothful, the unambitious or the weakling; a patience full of a calm and gathering strength which watches and prepares itself for the hour of swift great strokes, few but enough to change destiny.”

this is what i was looking for and landed reading all of the above.      

To pick up where you left off.

In life change is the only constant. we often find that we are into doing some work we like with so much enthusiasm but suddenly circumstances develop that we have to put things we did on the back  burner and concentrate on what is on hand. and then to pick up the strings of what we had done earlier becomes so difficult extra effort almost double is required to plunge back into the work done before. But it is possible it all depends on the passion one has that is the only way to get back on rail again. may be this time it will get done differently a constant call must be there to connect with what is closest to ones heart then it becomes possible. Living life with a passion makes all the difference.

Pulikkal Munivar.

Pulikar munivar was the son of Madiyanthina munivar. he was also called Bala munivar as he became a rishi at a very young age. he lived in Chidambaram and worshipped Nataraja there. he used to pluck flowers from various trees in the surrounding areas to worship the Lord. he prayed to Lord Shiva that he may be given the feet like that of a tiger so that he could easily climb the trees in pre dawn and also eyes so that he could see in the dark. his prayers were answered and so he came to be known as Pulikal munivar. he was also know as vygra tiger in Sanskrit. he usually plucked four types of flowers kodin poo from the creepers, neer poo found in water, nila poo found on earth and kotta poo the flowers that shed on their own eg. parijata. what a great devotion he had. The Lord appeared and advised him to go to Aruma Kadal Amudham stays and pray to him for Moksha. so he searched and searched for Krupa samudra perumal and could not find him he reached a place now called puliyur. here all of a sudden Lord siva in the form of a Linga appeared before him and showed him the place where the Krupa amudra Perumal in Bala sayana murthi was. even today in the field opposite the temple one can find the Siva linga.

muniyodhana.The manasik offering.

Muniatharaiyan Pillai a great devotee was a chieftain in the Chola kingdom. He was responsible to collect taxes in the area Thirukannapuram. he lived in a big mansion and regularly gave gifts and undertook work on behalf of the temple. His lady love was Viragadhibogam, she too loved the chieftain. One year during the drought he diverted the tax amounts collected towards the welfare of the poor and the upkeep of the temple. When the Chola king learnt of this he imprisoned the chieftain. Viragadhibogam knew that Muniatharaiyan was just in his action she waited patiently but when the king did not show any compassion she approached the Lord Sowriraja in the temple and threw a challenge that if in five days he was not released she would immolate herself. That night the Lord appeared in the kings dream and asked him to release the chieftain. the next day the chieftain was released. M went straight to V house to meet her it was quiet late at night. She had prepared a pongal which she offered to M, as per regular practice as he could not offer the good food to the Lord so late at night he just mentally prayed of the offering and had his fill of the good pongal.
The next morning when the temple priest opened the temple he sees the Lord is completely covered in pongal and there are morsel spilling every where and a line of the same leading to V house upto M. on enquiry and learning of what had happened every one was wonder struck. M and V realised that they were the blessed lot and the Kalyana gunas of the Lord. That day onwards this special preparation is made as offering to Lord Sowriraja at around 9 p.m. and offered to devotees who are present in the temple at that hour.
How important is the mental attitude. one must apply thought word and deed in the surrender to the Lord.

Songs of Thirumangai alwar.

Thirumangai alwar belonged to a place called Thirukkuraiyalur. (No he belonged to the mankind.)place one belongs to is usually the place one is born in. He composed beautiful songs in praise of the scenic splendour of Nangoor. the thick groves the verdant fields the dancing peacocks dark rain bearing clouds, the chirping of birds he sings the place is full of tanks on whose banks are lined with beatle nut trees surrounded by coconut groves. he sings even the trees are full of coconuts hanging heavily from the trees and are ripe. likening it to the auspicious and prosperous place the lord resides in he sings sometimes the ripe coconuts fall into the ponds and the fishes scarry away in fright jumping in a wild manner.
more to come.