manobodhaH - manaache shlok

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namaskaaraM,

 

The Hindu's religion brief at http://www.indiaserver.com/thehindu/relig.htm

has a very nice article about Mediating role of the Divine Mother.

 

I am very glad to have input from Giri & Srini for enriching the manaache

shloka postings. Please keep it coming, like the Lord's prasad, I

want to share it with all :-)

 

Thank you Srini for highlighting the importance of reminders to

the mind to eradicate bad qualities and to replace it with

constant rememberance of the Lord.

> Hi shree

>

> Just thought i would share another story which relates to the concept of

> manaache shloka. i do not know whether it is too well known to be

> distributed..

>

> These shlokas are but injunctions to the mind on how to behave and

> what thoughts to think. To what end we may wonder. Consider this...

>

>

> There was this visiting painter who came to the court of a king and

> asked him for a chance to exhibit his skill.

>

> The king asked him to paint a Mural (painting on the wall) on

> one of the walls of the palace. He alloted one wall to the visiting

> painter and asked to court painter to paint on the opposite wall.

>

> The visiting painter immediately started work by putting a huge curtain

> accross the wall and working tireless almost 12 to 13 hours a day. The

> court painter also put up a huge curtain but then he worked hardly 2 to

> 3 hours a day.

>

> People wondered how the court painter was going to stand up to this

> visiting painter. But the court painter was unperturbed.

>

> On the day of reckoning, the visiting painter was ready with his Mural

> and when the curtain was taken away, people were treated to a

> breathtakingly beautiful and intricate mural of the type never seen

> before. The king was very appreciative of the mural.

>

> Now the court painter pulled away his curtain and everybody was amazed

> that this painting was an exact replica of the painting on the opposite

> wall. They could not understand how this was possible since the visiting

> painters mural was really unique, never seen before. There was a sense of

> wonderment and everybody including the king were extremely happy yet

> curious to see how the result was achieved.

>

> When they went to look closer they found that the court painter had only

> polished the wall to such an extent that it now was like a mirror. It

> now reflected the mural on the opposite wall fully.

>

> The moral is that we will also see the lord in our minds when we have

> polished all the bad qualities out of our mind. When all the negative

> qualities and emotions are conquered then the lord will be seen in the

> mind automatically nothing more needs to be done.

>

> In this context the practice of Manache Shlok assumes a lot of

> importance.

>

> More later

>

> love

>

> srini

>

[wagmayik 0]

i want manache shlok