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Bhavana- जीव जाने बिना / જીવ જાણ્યા વિના / Without knowing Life.

Posted By Himanshu K. Gandhi, Monday, February 11, 2019

(Translation follows)

जीव जाने बिना

द्वारा: हिमांशु किशोरचंद्र गांधी

प्रणाम.

जीव जाने बिना
... रहे जीवन व्यर्थ रे
बने पावन जीवन
... जब जाने आतम-राम रे

जीव जाने बिना..... (१)

किस-किसकी करें तू, जान पहचान रे
... न संभले तुझसे तेरी, ढलती याददाश्त रे
व्यर्थ है रीत प्यारे, सारे संसार की
... न पाएगा कुछ जो, न पहचाना स्वयं को (२)

जीव जाने बिना..... (२)

देख रहा गुजरता यौवन
... करता दुःख तू रुक-रुक कर
भौतिक सु:ख में डूबता रहा
... पर बच न पाया चिंता से तू (२)

जीव जाने बिना..... (३)

करि चर्चा देश-विदेश की
... पाईं ख्याति खूब रे
पर रहा खोखला जी तेरा
... इच्छाएं न हुईं पूरी रे (२)

जीव जाने बिना..... (४)

जो न जाना स्वयं को
... तो दिखे गलतियां हर एक में
होवे अनुभूति स्वः की
... तो जाने ईश्वर सभी को (२)

जीव जाने बिना..... (५)

भूल जा अपना नाम धाम
... न तेरा कुछ इस संसार में
रुक ही जा पल भर रे
... अपने ही स्वभाव में (४)

जीव जाने बिना..... (६)

🙏

જીવ જાણ્યા વિના

દ્વારા- હિમાંશુ કિશોરચંદ્ર ગાંધી

પ્રણામ.

જીવ જાણ્યા વિના
... રહે જીવન વ્યર્થ રે
બને પાવન જીવન
... જ્યારે જાણે આતમ-રામ રે

જીવ જાણ્યા વિના..... (૧)

કોણ-કોણાની કરે તૂ, જાણ ઓળખાણ રે
... ન સચવાય તારાથી તારી, ઢળતી યાદદાસ્ત રે
વ્યર્થ છે રીત ભયલા, આખા સંસાર ની
... ન પામીશ કશું જો, ન ઓળખસે સ્વયં ને (૨)

જીવ જાણ્યા વિના..... (૨)

જોઇ રહ્યો પસાર થતો યૌવન
... કરતો દુઃખ તૂ રહીં-રહીં ને
ભૌતિક સુઃખ માં ડૂબતો રહ્યો
... પણ બચી ન શક્યો ચિંતા થી તૂ (૨)

જીવ જાણ્યા વિના..... (૩)

કરી ચર્ચા દેશ-વિદેશ ની
... પામી ખ્યાતિ ખુબ રે
પણ રહ્યો ખોખલો જી તારો
... ઈચ્છાઓ ન થઇ પૂરી રે (૨)

જીવ જાણ્યા વિના..... (૪)

જો ન જાણ્યો સ્વયં ને
... તો દેખાય ભૂલો દરેક માં
હોવે અનુભૂતિ સ્વઃ ની
... તો જાણે ઇશ્વર બધા ને (૨)

જીવ જાણ્યા વિના..... (૫)

ભૂલી જા પોતાનું નામ ધામ રે
... ન તારું કંઈક આ સંસાર માં
રોકાઈ જા તો પલ ભર
... પોતાના જ સ્વભાવ માં (૪)

જીવ જાણ્યા વિના..... (૬)

🙏

Without knowing Life

By: Himanshu Kishorchandra Gandhi

Pranam.

Without knowing Life/soul/Self/Atam-Ram/Him-within
... life remains lived in vain
Life becomes sacrosanct
... as one experiences Him-within

Without knowing Life..... (1)

Who's-who's acquaintance do you seek to indulge in
... You have no control on your declining memory
In vain are the ways dear, of the entire world
... You will gain absolutely nothing, if you don't come to know yourself/Self-realization

Without knowing Life..... (2)

As you see youth pass away
... you feel sad on and off
You get deeper into indulgence of worldly pleasures
... But cannot save yourself from getting worried

Without knowing Life..... (3)

You discussed issues of nation and of foreign lands
... You gained a lot of fame
But your mind remained hollow
... As your desires never ceased

Without knowing Life..... (4)

If you don't come to know of Self
... Then you will see mistakes in everyone
Once you come to experience Him-within
... You will know everyone as God

Without knowing Life..... (5)

Forget your name and residence
... You have nothing of your own in this endless cycle of birth-misery-death
Stay put for a moment
... in your own pure eternal nature/experience the bliss of Him-within.

Without knowing Life..... (6)

🙏

 

About the author: Himanshu is based in Boston, MA and is an avid follower of Jainism. He can be reached at h.gandhi@samved.com.

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Life, soul and purpose... Angles of our existence

Posted By Himanshu K. Gandhi, Sunday, May 4, 2014

Life, soul and purpose... Angles of our existence

 

 

Be aware of the critical factors at play that make us whole… and then raise our awareness of those… to lead us on to path of His wisdom.

By: Himanshu K. Gandhi

 

Trigonometry is a study of relationship of angles and their projections as the sides supporting them morph, giving an easy to analyze visual static components … to that which is dynamic and complex.

 

On the even plain of our character and conduct… introspection is such a science which unravels relationship of factors and forces, that internally shape our existence, and what we project outwardly… which gives us visual cues of what we are about, at a point in time.

 

If we care to deep dive and understand, then there are primarily five angles at play; Our…

 

  1. Passions; of ego, greed, deceit and anger
  2. Sensuous urges; to appease our sense of sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste, and mind.
  3. Faith in His wisdom; complete acceptance of virtues and principles of righteousness laid out in ones own faith
  4. Virtuous fellowship (Satsang) and
  5. Concerted self effort (Purushartha).

 

Greater the angle of each of them... greater is the projection of its power and influence over us... at any point of time.

 

When we are angled in the corner of our passions and sensuous urges... we are overpowered by believing that which is untrue and ephemeral... circumscribing ourselves in a circle that encompasses corrupting influence (Kusang), passions and sensuous pleasures... and become increasingly unaware of existence and true nature of our soul.

 

The only way to breakthrough the self imposed submissiveness to harmful elements... is to come in closer proximity and get angled in by those that are virtuous, and gradually build up concerted self efforts/Purushartha.

 

And as we do that over the course of time... the angle of faith in His wisdom will exert stronger influence on us, greatly aiding that process. And eventually make us break apart completely from the baneful influences.

 

At which point, we are circumscribed in the virtuous circle... with angles of right faith, Satsang and Purushartha.

 

As a result of which our outward projections, while we remain in society, will lead us consistently towards acts of common good, driven by selfless motive. And once we renounce society to be an ascetic/Vitragta, drive us deeper towards Self-realization.

 

 

About the author: Himanshu is based in Boston, MA and is an avid follower of Jainism. He administers a Facebook group ‘SSS… Solution Starts with Self’, where his effort is to support thoughts that enrich the base ethos of simple, straightforward and honest conduct, to break the pace of greed and vice, everywhere we see. He can be reached at h.gandhi@samved.com.

 

 

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