Full of Presence

The moment you 

Feel,

Feel the need,

Need of recognition,

There arises a

Wall,

Unconnectedness,

A big Gap -

You are letting 

Yourself to 

Vulnerabilities,

Vagaries of this

Fleeting maya -

All illusionary world.

Time,

Pull the strings

And connect back,

Dissolve in consciousness.

No maya 

No worries 

Nothing to care for.

You are just 

A witness,

Soulful,

Blissful.

Translation,...,...... version

Translation.
Aaaaa ....... ஆ
I wonder if this trial - translating - clearly mirrors the original version. For, every language is unique in itself. At the best, am afraid, it can try in conveying the crux from the original.

Well there has been hue and cry. Politicos tear their vocal chords and cry hoarse imposition of the other language would efface their mother tongue. I feel like asking Hurray Baba, what did you do to enrich your native lingo.

Forget their cacophony. Would translation, or getting the work in one language into a version in another really eat up our time for our own language? In this context, it's interesting to see takes on this burning topic by Saints, Senior Poets.

An excerpt from தினமணி கதிர், it's a question to Senior Poet சிற்பி ஐயா...

Q: மொழி பெயர்ப்பால் பல புதிய சுய படைப்புகள் உருவாக முடியாது போகுமே. அது உடன்பாடு தானா?

சிற்பி ஐயாவின் பதில்:

இது பிழையான கூற்று. ஒரு படைப்பாளி மொழி பெயர்ப்புகளின் வழியே புது அனுபவங்களை, புது உத்திகளை, புதுப் பிரயோகங்களைக் கற்று, தம் மொழியைச் செழுமை செய்ய முடியும்.

He goes further to cite an example. He got the version of எம். டி யின் நாவல் வாரானசி. Favourite writer Balakumaran asked him, வாரணாசி என்பது தானே சரி என்று. But the correct pronunciation is வாரானசி.

நான் நீ எனது உனது அது இது...... யார், எது?

நான்
நீ
எனது
உனது
அது
இது
இத்தனை பரிமாணங்களா?!
ஆழ்ந்து உறங்குகிறோம்.
யாதொரு பிரக்ஞையும் இல்லை.
அப்படியானால்
நாம் இல்லையா?
நாமா?
நாம் இருந்தோம்தானே?
நாமென்றால்
உடலா,
மனமா,
புத்தியா ?
எது இருந்தது.
யாவும் கடந்த உயிர் --
Transcendental,
The spirit -
நிலைதானே.
அந்த உயர், உயிர்
நிலையை
ஆராதிப்போமா.

உறக்கத்திலிருந்து
விழிப்பு.
சுகாசனத்தில் -
சிரமமின்றி அமர்கிற நிலை -
கண்கள் மூடித்
தியான நிலைக்கு.
கண்கள் அயர்ந்த நிலையிலும்
மனது
கடல் அலை கரைகளைத்
தொடுவது போல
அலை பாய்ந்து கொண்டே
இருக்கும்.
தடுக்க வேண்டாம்.
தானே ஓய்ந்து ஓய்ந்து
உயிர் நிலையில் -
ஒன்றான நிலையில் -
பேதங்களற்ற
பரமானந்த -
Blissful Awareness state-
நிலையிலே ஆழ்ந்திருக்கும்.
Om! purnamadah purnamidam,

purnāt purnam-udacyate.
purnasya purnamādāya,
purnam-eva-avashishyate.
Om! Shantih! Shantih! Shantih!

Honey Bee

Yes.

We are proud.

More Metros.

We go on increasing airport.

Broad roads.

On infra front, all ok.

Irony is we

Thicken our skins

To

Bear the simmering heat.

Trees go extinct,

Despite mandates

To plant 10 for

One cut.

But who cares?

Are we just losing trees?

Alongside butterflies,

Honey bees,

Sparrows, 

Et al.

Lesson.

Don't leave 

Even tiny spots.

The flowers yearn

A human saviour.

Bees bless

God bless.

tearing question ❓ who am I

நான்
எனது
Ego
Possession
Lexicon isn't bereft,
Bereft of these words.
Ironically the
Answer is
In question.
Questioning,
"Who am I?".
Who am I
Dwindles bubbles,
Peels one apart.
Now one can question
Every
நான்
எனது
Ego
And
Possession.

Abiding in Awareness

This is the magic -
Magic of not
Any core magician's craft.
As easy as a child
Can do.
Try.
Try abiding in Awareness
As Bhagavan calls.
That you are already
Doing it
In temples,
Closing your eyes.
Should temple be the only place
Where you should
Close your eyes
And be in Bhakthi, Dhyan.
You can do it anywhere,
Anytime,
When you need to
Lower your cortisol level -
The stress level.
Ohm Shanthi!.

Letters to and from our Guru - CA - Shri T N Manoharan

Beloved Guru CA  T N Manoharan 

My wife tells me how dedicated as a Teacher he was.  Before he goes to the podium in his class, the first thing he does is to remove his shoes. Very stickler to time.  When in unavoidable circumstances, very rare, he had to reach the class belatedly, he profusely apologised.  Students didn't learn just taxation discipline, his pet subject, but also all learnt best of life values. The valiant who transformed Satyam from chaos to clarity.

Not just CA fraternity but we all miss him. Amar Rahe hamara Guruji.

Sharing the mails, how he respected everyone regardless of big timers or small timers:

Forwarded Message -----

From: President <president@icai.org>

To: "subra_m@yahoo.com" <subra_m@yahoo.com>

Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006, 03:16:43 PM GMT+5:30

Subject: Fw: CA in regional languages

Dear CA. Subramanian

 

Thank you for your mail and thought provoking views on the significance of Indian regional languages. While I appreciate your affinity, as much as my own, there are certain practical difficulties in implementing such suggestion. In any case, I will keep it in the back of my mind and explore the possibility. 

 

With best regards

 

Yours sincerely

 

CA. T N MANOHARAN

President, ICAI

----- Original Message -----

From: T.N.Manoharan

To: president@icai.org

Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 12:47 PM

Subject: Fw: CA in regional languages

 

----- Original Message -----

From: subramanian subramanian

To: mcach@touchtelindia.net

Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 4:22 PM

Subject: CA in regional languages

To : Shri T N Manoharan, President, ICAI.

 

Sub : CA in Tamil

 

 

Dear Sir,

 

After completing CA inter and having worked with an MNC bank’s associate, I started working for a CA firm on the advice of a senior CA and my relative. And quite a number of my relatives are CAs.

 

Being associated with CA profession, questions on taxation crop up every now and then. Those times, the book my hands reach to on our shelf is yours on Taxation. In that angle, I’m your student.

 

What better occasion can I expect to express my humble views on the above subject than at this eve of bringing out ‘Mission 2006’ document!

 

It is heartening to see that course promotion brochure in vernacular is already there on the Mission Chart as part of Stepping up of Student services.

 

Is it, then, far off to dream the CA course in and through medium of Tamil? Or for that matter CA course in as many Indian languages as possible. And many foreign languages as well!!!

 

Mother Tongue-medium - The raison d’etre

 

Despite their erudition in English language skills of Mahatma, Swami Vivekananda and our own Subramania Bharatiyar – remember he loved to call himself, Shelly Dasan, they all advocated study in mother tongue. 

 

Nearly well over 2/3rd of our brethren still live in rural area.

 

Ours is not yet a fully literate nation, albeit we have made significant strides in literacy level and the graph of literacy rate is ever up. Promoting social development is also part of the Mission 2006 charter. We will comfortably drive home the points, policies, aims et al to our rural masses in their own language. Why to burden them in such an incomprehensible language which is beyond their ken?

 

English may have opened up global vistas and opportunities galore. Time and again, this cliché that only if students firm up their English language skills, they rest assured of a sound future. Else, their life would get doomed. People can stay rest assured that no heavens would fall down like a pack of cards without English. I’m not contending to do away with English. With English or sans English, the potential for a professional is ever abundant. The opportunities don’t understand the Economic theories of scarcity, law of diminishing returns etc. As long as our professional competency has relevance and utility value, we will have endless opportunities.

 

China and Japan may evince keenness to learn English. I would not subscribe to the theory that they would do it at the cost of their own native languages. 

 

We got freed from the shackles of the colonial rule. But not complete freedom from their language. Is it to perpetuate their language that we did get freedom from them? Don’t we have languages of our own?

 

After all, should an Indian student in this independent nation not have a choice to pursue his studies in his own mother tongue? Is it too much to expect so? Even examinations in civil services went mother-tongue way a long ago.

 

We don’t lack competent faculties, well read professionals who could structure the syllabi in respective Indian languages.

 

If we want to call our nation a strictly well accounting and complying nation, the professional education should reach the nook and corners of this nation. This would ensure egalitarian spirit.

 

As long as a course like CA remains in CA, only the middle class urban elite and a few others having aptitude to learn English would pursue the CA course thus depriving the chance to substantial number of youngsters who may have aptitude for the course but could not pursue for the sheer lack of opportunity to pursue the course in their mother-tongue.

 

It is a pity that we have to voice for the sustenance of our own languages.

 

In this independent nation, I’m pained to say English should rather accommodate other languages and never be in the way to block those who want to pursue the course in their respective mother tongue. 

 

 

 

I wind up this with the wish the day may dawn when I can say the Indian languages should accommodate as many foreign languages as possible and not vice versa . Thank you for patiently reading this and please pardon me for stealing away your precious time to read this.

 

Regards,

 

RM Subramanian.

 

 

An Empty page

Bibliophiles wouldn't have missed an Empty page betwixt the end of one chapter and the beginning of the succeeding one.

I consciously left yesterday, 13th July 2025 without sharing. May be I should confess it was because of the packed back to back sessions at KNBA - Karnataka Nagarathar Business Alliance - sponsored event of alternate year event, IBCN - International Business Conference, IBCN 2025 at Hilton Manyata, Namma Bengaluru. Thank you KNBA, super charged arrangements, sumptuous breakfast, lunch, dinner and of course gallons of tea, coffee and for those who loved going high, the spirit. Good to see, you ensured spirituality is the anchor and roots of Nagarathar. Grand gala concluded with the blessings of SwamiJis from Maths of Koviloor and Rajarajeswari Temple Bengaluru.

Well coming back to topic, a dynamic CA friend from Coimbatore, during lunch session shot a missile, "Anna, why are you not sending Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi's quotes these days?".

I said, "you have become too busy, I just completed sharing stanzas of Bhagavan's Akshara Manamalai, one stanza a day. And began on sharing a sloga from Shrimad Bhagavad Gita."

Talking of Empty page, yes I used to wonder why publishers or writers leave one full page blank between two chapters. Perhaps, I'm afraid they do it deliberately, so that the readers pause, reflect and prepare to read ahead.

As anything has to start with prayers to Almighty, we began Gita with Gita Dhyan. We, in Nagarthar community begin any good, auspicious project by writing உ , not the Tamil உயிர் எழுத்து, but to signify invoking the blessings of Lord Vinayaka. Many would wonder why Maha Bharath, especially the Bhagavad Gita incorporated into Maha Bharath didn't start with the prayer to Lord Vinayaka. It could be because, my wild guess, Ved Vyasa requested Lord Vinayaka Himself to script it.

Now we will be moving over to Chapter 1 on our Gita Mission to carry the Divine upadesa of Lord Krsna not just to Arjun, but to all. Not in an evangelical sense. Gita isn't just to one sect, it is universal. 

May all derive courage, confidence from this long journey through 700 slogans, one sloga a day from tomorrow.

Cool Climes

See

The Aura -

The energy field 

Engulfing the tree.

Yes,

Population ever

Ballooning,

True,

Needs for

Infra developments.

But should it 

Cost our 🌲 trees?

Shouldn't developments 

And planting go 

Paralelly?

Is it just State's 

Responsibility?

What about our -

Citizens' role?

Just as are rights -

Rights in expecting

State, Nation,

Those in helm

To care -

So are our duties,

Every individual's.

Duty to care for

Trees,

Lest global warming 

Bake, burn us.

Grow tree 🌲,

Don't run for scarce oxygen.

Have cool climes.

Be happy.

Painless Now - the Present Moment

When we seek

To be

Free of

Pain and suffering,

We aren't recluse

Forgetting our

Near and dear,

And our beloved

Souls that departed

Departed heavenward,

When we seek

To be

Free of 

Pain and suffering,

We feel, experience 

Souls aren't different 

And far away

From us,

But we are 

Soulfully one.

Remember your

Beloved one wouldn't 

Like to see you

Writhing in pain.

Honour the feel

Of beloved souls

Souls near or far.

What surrender, surrendering to means?

There's a 

Sukshuma here.

Sukshuma in

Bhagavan's saying,

"Surrender and leave 

Everything to me".

It doesn't mean 

You should refrain 

From doing your

'swadarma',

Wont duty.

What all Bhagavan meant

Is

Let everything of yours,

Your feelings, emotions,

The activities

Be of soulful - atmapurva

Offering at 

The feet of the Lord.

What entails is

No duality.

You experience 

God Himself,

That 

God and you

Aren't twin entities.

तत् त्वम् असि -Tatvamasi

The Main Dwara at Darma Sastha Temple, Erumeli carries the above Maha Vagya, "TatvaMasi", Thou Art That.

It's natural, a question would hesitantly raise its head.

If Thou Art That, why is human not his self?

Why all suffering?

To draw the answer, a visit to popular English version of Brahadaranyak Upanishad would help.

Here's that version:

"You are what your deep driving desire is;

As is your desire, so is your will;

As is your will, so is Deed,

And 

As is your Deed, so is your Destiny".

Oh!

If Thou Art That, where is Destiny?

Brahadaranyak Upanisd version seems going beyond and pointing to Karmic effect - Effect of what we, as human do, human activity.

If one does good, to reap the benefits, one has to take birth again.

On the other side, again to face the consequences of wrong doings, yet another.

Well,

When will we end this cycle - punarabi janana, punarabi marana?

The answer is TatvaMasi - Meditate,

Be your Self - Blissful one.

A rushing soujourn....to Iyappa Temple, Trichy...

Way back from my native,

To catch 19:55 VB to Chennai.

As I put my fist step into the Shrine, in a big campus, it was 5.15 in the evening. My memories took me back to early and mid 80s. Just then this Temple was established.

It's now the Temple is celebrating its 40th year in June 2025.

It's not just Temple. A treasure trove - ஞானச் சுரங்கம். Although, I had gone number of times to this Shrine, every other time when you walk into this Shrine, I'm sure you get new energy, a fresh dimension.

The sanctum sanctorum is deep inside with separate sannithis for all Deities. As you walk in, your ஞான வேள்வி starts. The gardens either side welcome you. A dedicated herbal garden is also there as a tribute to People's President Dr APJ Kalam.

On the side walls, you will see plenty of nice inspirational quotes, real life stories told in briefs, etc., . This you will keep reading as you slowly proceed to the Lord Iyyappa's sanctum. Truely not just a short rush would do to get the vibe.

A few take aways from these pearls:

The Management also put up alert every few yards, alerting devotees not to use mobile, take pictures and videos. But thankfully, as we proceed to exit way, you could see a message so encouraging you to visit their website 

trichyayyappa.com and view all these pearls of wisdom under the prompt, 'e book'.

Well here are a few takeaways in words so appealing to my humble self and not verbatim.

The very first striking one:

One gentle man in a winter time saw on the street a little girl shivering in utter cold. The man felt deeply pained and got wild with the Almighty, he asked God, " Don't you have any mercy? Don't you see this girl shivering? Why didn't you do anything?".

God: "Gentleman, who said I didn't do anything. I made you."

Moral: " Manava Seva, Madhava Seva".

Story 2:

One devotee prayed before Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi.

Devotee: " Bhagavan, I was so long indulging in all bad deeds. Now I realize all my wrong doings, would like to turn good. What shankalp should I take Bhagavan, please tell me."

Bhavan: "Take a vow that you won't tell lie any longer."

Story 3, story of vairagya, determination:

Power of Mom's words pushed and empowered Wilma Rudolf to overcome her pneumonia and win gold medals in Olympics. Every time she struggled, her mother motivated every inch to glorious victory.  

Many more inspiring tales, quotes. You may visit the site 

Before I wrap,

I wold like to end with a prayer, also a take away from the Temple, prayer to Tulsi.:

ஓம் துளசீதேவ்யை ச வித்மஹே, விஷ்ணுப்ரியாயை ச தீமஹி, தன்னோ விருந்தா பிரச்சோதயாத்॥

Birth, death, birth death, cycle of birth-death...

ஒரு நாள் குடும்பத்துடன் ECR ல் அக்கரை இல் அமைந்திருக்கும் iskcon ஶ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணர் கோவிலில் தரிசனம் செய்யச் சென்றோம்.

பிரதக்ஷிணம் வருகையில் சந்நிதியின் பின்புறச் சுவற்றில் பல வண்ண ஓவியங்கள் வரையப்பட்டிருந்தன. The pictures depicted various stages, characteristics in human life - from being born as a child till the time of death.

ஒவ்வொரு சித்திரமாக ஒவ்வொன்றையும் நின்று நிதானமாய் நான் பார்த்து வந்ததை அங்கிருந்த இளம் துறவி ஒருவர் கவனித்தபடி இருந்தார். ஒரு கட்டத்தில் என் அருகே வந்து, in flawless English he asked me, "what happens when you do good and pass away?".

I was wonderstruck and looking baffled as to what to answer him.

He himself continued, 'have you heard of punya, papa?".

This I immediately answered in affirmative.

Our conversation elongated.

His turn: " then don't you see you have to be born, die, born again, again to square off your papa-punya?".

It seemed a gentle nudge on my head, grey cells.  Suddenly I recalled about my daughter telling me about root cause analysis that she learnt in her Management studies at her B School.

His next missile: " do you want to suffer this cycle, cycle of birth-death eternally? Don't you see need for birthless, deathless state?".

His wrapping was it was possible when you go God-conscious.

Can you go God-conscious?

Just be,

Do nothing, yes literally no thing.

The eyes closed.

Complete silence.

Oh!

You have gone God-conscious.

Oh! What's Meditation? Is it ...No thing..Nothing?

மோனத் தவம் இருந்து காரியம் - activities -

ஆற்று.

என்ன, மோனத் தவம் இருந்து காரியம் ஆற்றா?

Is cogency lacking here?

மோனத் தவம் -

சும்மா இரு,

ஆம் முருகன் அருணகிரிநாதருக்கு அருளிச் செய்தது.

Yes, literally doing nothing.

Not even thinking,

Neither concentrating,

Nor contemplating.

Just be.

How long?

Listen to Osho:

"Even if for a single MOMENT, you are not doing anything and you are just at your centre, utterly relaxed - that is MEDITATION."

அது என்ன single MOMENT, ஒரு கணம், க்ஷணம், just a split of a second போதுமா? 

Yes. Even a fraction of a second suffices.

ராஜ கோபுரங்களின் மஹிமையை மஹா ஸ்வாமி அழகுற எடுத்துரைக்கிறார். கோபுரங்கள் உயரமாக இருக்க வேண்டும். வெகு தூரத்தில் இருந்து பார்த்தாலும் தெரியும் வண்ணம் இருக்க வேண்டும். கோபுரத்தைப் பார்த்த நொடியே, சிந்தையில் எல்லாம் அந்த பரம்பொருளே நிரம்பி சித்த சுத்தி அடைந்து விடும்.

சும்மாவா சொன்னார்கள், கோபுர தரிசனம் கோடி புண்ணியம் என்று.

Coming back to first emanating quintessential question, would just a fraction of second dhyan, Meditation do suffice. Once you are in, like while Apple falling down, the Newton's gravitation theory will start working on you. Osho says you can just be for 24x7. All Rishis of yore in deep trance state in the caves of mighty Himalayan regions were instances. Why go far to Himalayas? Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi did it right here in Tiruvannamalai.

Well,

Going over to question, life, sorry livelihood challenging one at that, if remaining in dhyan all the time, who will earn and feed us? Right question.

Who said if you do meditate, you should refrain from doing activity? Here is the paradox, confusion getting compounded.

On one hand you say சும்மா இரு - do nothing, just be. And on the other hand you should carry on activity.

The idea is get the knack of meditation - that is centeredness, remaining AWARE, even while doing. Doing simple or complicated things.

Osho explains it:

"....I am speaking to you, but my Meditation is not disturbed. I can go on speaking, but at my centre there is not even a ripple; it is just silent, utterly silent."

Ergo, meditation isn't an escape route 

It's from that centeredness, all your aesthetics, creativity and noble vision bloom out in full splendor.

Wrapping up with,

“The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime.”

 – Sogyal Rinpoche 

சென்னி மலைக்குமாரா சித்தர்க் கருள்வோனே

சிரகிரி வேலவன் சீக்கிரம் வருக

சிரகிரி = சென்னிமலை*

சென்னிமலை முருகா சரணம்.

* அருணகிரி நாதர் திருப்புகழ் - பாடல் 557

* சிரகிரியை சென்னிமலை என்றும் கூறுவர். சென்னிமலை ஈரோட்டிற்கு அப்பால் ஈங்கூர் ரயில் நிலையத்துக்கு அருகில் உள்ள தலம்.

When we devotees go to remote hill temples like Chennimalai, we the devotees have to take it upon ourselves to care for the eco system and the environment there. We don't have admin system like Tirumala in any Temples here. Remember, you are checked and scanned at Alippiri, the Tirumala foothills before you go further up on the pilgrimage. You can't carry anything plastic, like water bottles made of plastic beyond Alippiri. But no such checks here in Tamil Nadu in any hill temples.

Yesterday in my trip to the hill temple at Chennimalai, plastic litters were rampant. No idea, is any clearing system of these plastic trashes is there. I went on Saturday. Very minimum crowd. Peaceful and heartful darsan. Ironically, though Sun Lord was scorching, going up the hills through steps, 1320 in numbers, while going up didn't feel much heat, despite profusely sweating.

All along, at every 100th step, thanks to philanthropists who have put up small mantaps to relax, you can rest and relax for a few minutes before you resume your climbing upwards. Monkeys all the way, if we behave they also reciprocate good behaviour. But don't carry any juice bottles. They will literally fight with you and be victorious in snatching away your juice.

No good accommodation for outstation pilgrims in this tiny town, nor a temple cottage either.

Before I went I gave a call to Temple number, information I got was, as pathway work is under progress, transportation has been stopped. So many other pilgrims also were informed similarly. Hence the only way forward was to trek up. I started at 9.52 yesterday, when I reached up, it was 11.35. Those who struggled to trek up, they tuned Kandar Sashti kavadam to energize and motivate themselves. Strangely the வேல் மாரல் was wafting into my ears. I turned to look who had tuned it. To my surprise, it was a north Indian Family. 

The lines,  

உலகெங்கும் நிறைந்திருந்தும் கந்தகுரு உள்ள இடம் ஸ்கந்தகிரி என்பதை தான் கண்டு கொண்டேன் கண்டுகொண்டேன்

flashed in mind.

11.45 a.m. Time for உச்சிக் கால darsn.

Then, thanks to a family of Annadan sponsor, we headed to the dining hall further up behind the temple. A wholesome holistic lunch.

Unlike the misinformation given out, there was a bus waiting to take the pilgrims back to the foothills.

May those,

Annadata Sukhibhava.

பெண்ணே நீயும், பெண்ணா, பெண்ணாகிய கண்ணா?

 .

W

"Women, whether subtly or vociferously, have always been a tremendous power in the destiny of the world."

 - Eleanor Roosevelt

நா.முத்துக்குமார்   

கவிதை 

தூர் ...                                                   

“வேப்பம் பூ மிதக்கும்

எங்கள் வீட்டு கிணற்றில்

தூர் வாரும் உற்சவம்

வருடத்துக்கு ஒரு முறை

விஷேசமாக நடக்கும்.

ஆழ் நீருக்குள்

அப்பா முங்க முங்க

அதிசயங்கள் மேலே வரும்...

கொட்டாங்குச்சி, கோலி, கரண்டி,

துருப்பிடித்தக் கட்டையோடு

உள் விழுந்த ராட்டினம்,

வேலைக்காரி திருடியதாய்

சந்தேகப்பட்ட வெள்ளி டம்ளர்...

எடுப்போம் நிறையவே!                                                                                   

‘சேறுடா சேறுடா’ வென

அம்மா அதட்டுவாள்

என்றாலும்

சந்தோஷம் கலைக்க

யாருக்கு மனம் வரும்?

படை வென்ற வீரனாய்

தலைநீர் சொட்டச் சொட்ட

அப்பா மேலே வருவார்.

இன்று வரை அம்மா

கதவுக்குப் பின்னிருந்துதான்

அப்பாவோடு பேசுகிறாள்.

கடைசி வரை அப்பாவும்

மறந்தேப் போனார்

மனசுக்குள் தூர் எடுக்க..!”

          நா. முத்துக்குமார்.

(கணையாழி இதழ் விழா ஒன்றில் எழுத்தாளர் சுஜாதா பேசிய போது, “கணையாழி இதழில் வர்ற கவிதைகளை, கடந்த 10 வருஷமா நான்தான் தேர்ந்தெடுத்துட்டு வர்றேன். இந்தக் கணையாழி இதழ்லகூட ஒரு கவிதை வந்திருக்கு. தமிழில் வெளிவந்த சிறந்த 25 கவிதைகளை பட்டியலிடச் சொன்னால் ‘தூர்’ கவிதையை அதில் நான் சேர்ப்பேன்” என்றார். உலகத்துக்கு நா.முத்துக்குமார் அவர்களை வெளிச்சம் போட்டு காட்டிய நிகழ்ச்சி அது.)

 .

My grandfather was an MLA of good old genre...in 1930s owing his allegiance to the good old National Party. Later he turned completely spiritual and lived his life like a Rishi.

Whenever occasions arose, he insisted that we should learn Hindi, the Rashtra Bhasha. Later when I grew up, I had a mild anger why he didn't educate my Mother and her twin sister in a formal school. Of course at the very tender age, I remember my mother telling me, she and her sister along with girls of her age then were sent to a school in a Chettinad Village, specializing in teaching Tamil, other திருமுறைகள், சைவ சித்தாந்தம், etc.

Now I despice myself how fair am I to complain my grandfather that he didn't send his daughters to a formal school. The question nagging me is what attempt did I make to get them educated formally.

Yes my Mother reads தேவாரம், திருவாசகம் etc. Attends Satsangs, mutrothal et al. I was very happy she recently asked me to get her a திருப்புகழ் by a good author with a good elucidation. I got one for her.

Well,

Over to Na Muthukumar 's,

Esp., his last stanza, நச்.

Thanks to Sujatha Sir in highlighting such a wonderful poet. Flowers wither, we know. But what we don't know, or God doesn't want us - Mortals to know, is why He plucks Cherries fast.

I can't end this piece just blaming still looming patriarchy, male chauvinism in not being supportive to Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. If anyone introspects, still, hard reality is in many households who stands in the way for a woman to soar greater heights is sadly the other of the same gender in the household, society. Situations do change of course. What it needs is Godspeed.

Thank You for patient reading.

Health your First Investment

iatrogenic

adjective

iat·ro·gen·ic (ˌ)ī-ˌa-trə-ˈje-nik 

: induced unintentionally by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures

iatrogenic illness

iatrogenic injury to a nerve

… obtaining blood from humans is an invasive procedure with inherent risks to the patient such as pain at the needle site and the increased likelihood of acquiring an iatrogenic infection.

—Tony K. L. Kiang and Mary H. H. Ensom

Description of iatrogeny:

Expert induced illness.

Either consciously or otherwise.

40% of Modern medicine is iatrogenic. - Shiv Visvanathan, a Social Scientist, in his Article, "When Violence is built into Logic of Policy", The New Indian Express, edn., 10 April 2025.

Yesterday I saw a full two pages ad printed in the mid page of a popular Tamil Magazine, a weekly dedicated to Women. It was the ad of a brand hospital, headquartered in Chennai and with its presence across pan India. The ad showcased the hospital's prowess in treating arthritis - with pictures, an expert Dr explaining the causes and remedies. Remedy included types of treatment like open surgery and using laser surgery. He went further on explaining how it's far superior to go for less invasive laser technology. He added that side effects in adopting is far less.

Note here.

Side effects are imperative in any medicine. Even much talked about Indian ancient medicine, for these are now packed in plastic containers, with limited shelf life. 

Isn't there a way out?

Not a single way.

There are multiple ways you can tend to your good health:

பசித்த பின் புசி.

உணவிற்கு பின் சிறிது நேரம் கழித்து தண்ணீர் அருந்து. தண்ணீர் ஆக இருந்தாலும் அளவுடன் அருந்து. அளவுக்கு மிஞ்சினால்.... போன்ற பழமொழிகள் பஞ்சமே இல்லாமல். நீர்ச்சத்து சரியாய் அமைய நீர் முத்திரை பயிற்சி செய்யலாம்.

நடைப் பயிற்சி செய்யலாம்.

யோகா சிறந்த குருவிடம் கற்றுக்கொண்டு செய்யலாம்.

இறுதியாக இந்த திருமந்திரத்தை நினைவில் கொள்க 24x7:

உள்ளம் பெருங்கோயில் 

ஊனுடம்பு ஆலயம்

வள்ளல் பிரானார்க்கு வாய் கோபுர வாசல்

தெள்ளத் தெளிந்தார்க்கு சீவன் சிவலிங்கம்

கள்ளப் புலன் ஐந்தும் காளா மணிவிளக்கே

(பாடல் 1823).

வாழ்க வளமுடன்

வலியரிதல் ...The true Awareness,.. to feel the pain

Above message is a striking sharing by a friend, who is a regular not to miss my sharing in WhatsApp status.

The point is we do see, read, listen to such good thoughts, but the question remains, are we getting lessons ingrained, let alone living by the values embedded in those thoughts.

In life we seek counselling,

Or people turn to us seeking counselling.

Forget the qualification to counsel or of the one counselling.

Always, remember emotions overweigh and we try to present only that side which is convenient to us. Ask oneself, are we not holding back the other part.

What to do when one doesn't know the whole story?

Always recall the most precious gem of a குறள்,

"எப்பொருள் யார்யார்வாய்க் கேட்பினும் அப்பொருள் மெய்ப்பொருள் காண்ப தறிவு”

- திருக்குறள் 423. 

Nothing else to do

Literally 

Nothing else 

To do.

No friends,

No foes.

Neither pleasure,

Nor pain.

Then what,

No question.

When all

Merge in

ONE,

ONENESS,

Where's the 

Other.

Then 

Only the

Complete 

AWARENESS.

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पुर्णमुदच्यते

पूर्णश्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥

ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Om purnamadah purnamidam purnat purnamudachyate

purnasya purnamadaya purnamevavashisyate

Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaanti!

The State...to be... Blissful

விருப்பம் தவிர்.

வெறுப்பு தவிர்.

Is it an oxymoron?

No.

Then what does

Maharshi point to?

The State -

The Awareness -

Where there is

Neither Pain,

Nor Pleasure.

Just ecstasy,

Bliss

Which defy

Any Expression.

Who can feel it?

Anyone -

Especially 

A Yoga enthusiast,

A Meditator

Would vouch it.

If anyone asks,

When should I try,

Answer is 

Right Now.

Should consistency 

Matter?

Try even for a

Fragment in time.

Then you would 

Find the Answer.

Oh!

You are already 

In the Grip -

The Bliss Grip!

சுக்ஷும Guru

Advaith.

Don't worry. 

Not about philosophy.

Advaith,

A child's name.

So named by his parents.

Curiosity bug bit.

What made the parents 

Baptize the child 

With 'Advaith'.

The word, 'Advaith'.

What a magic it's full of!

The non-duality.

Is there,

Ek hi hai -

Just only one 

And none else?!

Yes.

Only one.

All else is

Maayaa -

Illusionary.

Is Advaith taught?

Can a Guru imbibe you

With nitty gritty of

The tatva -

The philosophy,

Philosophy of Advaith.

The Guru is soul-stirrer

He kindles it in you.

Hence a சுக்ஷும Guru,

Gu - ru

गुरु 

Gu - அஞானா 

Ru - Remover of அஞானா agnaana.

It's you

Who

Experience,

Feel

And live

The tatva -

Tat Tvam Asi (तत् त्वम् असि) -

You are That.

S.I.P.... Happy investing, happy living

If I want to sum up this book 📚, it's an Encyclopedia on Investment, especially about systematically investing. Author in simple, easy to understand way, covers the whole gamut of the stock market world.  He literally takes you on a tour.  While not failing to throw light on where he should, the pits and falls, he emphasizes why investing in stocks, particularly in MFs in gradual, SIP- systematic investment plan -, helps you tide over the inflation.  Regardless of the level of income, he stresses investing, howsoever minimal it may be, should be your first expenditure. He beautifully higlights Warren Buffett formula:

வருமானம் - சேமிப்பு = மீதம் பணம் = செலவு.

He quotes Buffett, 

செலவு போக மீதமிருந்தால் செய்வதல்ல சேமிப்பு,

சேமித்த பிறகு மீதம் இருப்பதை மட்டுமே செய்ய வேண்டும் செலவு.

அழகிய குறள் போல் உளதா?

Author's take:

சேமிப்பு என்பது முடிந்தால் செய், முடியாவிட்டால் விட்டு விடு எனும் option அல்ல.

என்னுடைய எல்லாச் செலவுகளும் போக மீதம் இருந்தால் தான் சேமிப்பேன் என்ற நினைப்பு கூடாது.

He educates the way a sincere parent teaches good value to the child.  எனவே என்னுடைய சேமிப்புக்கு ஓரளவுக்கு எடுத்து வைத்த பிறகு மீதம் இருக்கிற பணத்தை மட்டுமே சேமிப்பேன் என்று தான் வருமானத்தை அணுக வேண்டும்.

He goes on to say how Bharath is on top gear, pushing to level 3 in world economy. It's never like now that you head on your journey, journey of investing.  

Happy reading.

Happy learning.

Happy investing.

Happy living.

எங்கே நிம்மதி.... அங்கே எனக்கோர் இடம் வேண்டும்.....Stress-buster

என்ன தான்

தியானம்,

நிதானம்

என்று சொல்லிக் கொண்டிருந்தாலும்,

பதற்றம் என்னவோ

நம்மிடம் பெரும்பாலும்

போராடி

நான் பெரியவனா,

அல்லது

நீ பெரியவனா

என்று வினவுவது

ஏனோ யதார்த்தம்.

சரி,

பதற்றம் இருந்து 

விட்டுப் போகட்டும் என

தாராளமாய் இருந்து விடலாமா?

Stress is the killer.

The medicine is no medicine.

' No medicine ' means?

பதற்றமாய் இருக்கிற பொழுது

ஒரு முறை சொல்லிப் பாருங்கள்,

Relax..

மனம் ஆசுவாசப் ஓடுவதை

நீங்களே கவனிப்பீர்கள்.

கண்கள் மூடி,

மனது அமைதியாய்,

யாதொன்றும் நினையாமல்

சில மணித் துளிகள் 

இயலுமென்றால்,

அதுவே

தன் வயம் - self,

த்யானம்.

Every day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace. - Joan Borysenko

Water 💦..... everywhere, don't let it not a 💧 drop to drink

The Farmer is Anna Data.

This is the day

தை 1

Day to thank

Lords

Surya-Chandra,

Annadata.

Annadatha Sukhibhava.

For all the grains

The whole world consumes,

For every morsel

The world owes a

Great debt,

Indeed,

Is eternally indebted.

Oh,

Should our gratitude extend?

Extend to what?

To the 

Ever drying,

Dwindling 

H2o,

The 💦 water.

The human abode 

Expands horizontally,

This despite,

Even as birth rate shrinking,

IVF centres mushrooming,

Mortality rate decreasing.

Horizontal expansion 

Is Bhima-like,

Highly hungry,

Devouring more

Water bodies -

Tanks, ponds, 

Why,

Even rivers.

Avvayar was right,

Very prophetic

When she said,

அளவுக்கு மிஞ்சினால் 

அமிர்தமும் நஞ்சு.

The more,

The more poisonous.

It aptly holds good 

Even for over agri production.

That demands 

More water,

The scarce commodity.

What's the remedy?

JJ was right 

When she mandated

Rain ☔ water 💦 harvesting.

In many a semi-urban,

Rural construction,

It's still an eyewash.

There's no verification 

In letter and spirit 

Sense.

If you save a drop,

A tiny drop,

Not waste even a

Single drop,

Mind closing a leaking

Tap,

You do a yeoman service 

Not jus to yourself 

But to

Posterity.

நீர்இன்று அமையாது உலகெனின் யார்யார்க்கும்

வான்இன்று அமையாது ஒழுக்கு.

- குறள் 20, அதிகாரம் வான் சிறப்பு 

पर दुख्खे - Others' pain.... Vaishnava Janato...

वैष्णव जन तो तेने कहिये जे पीड़ परायी जाणे रे

वैष्णव जन तो तेने कहिये जे पीड़ परायी जाणे रे

पर दुख्खे उपकार करे तोये मन अभिमान ना आणे रे

वैष्णव जन तो तेने कहिये जे पीड़ परायी जाणे रे

வைஷ்ணவ

ஜன டோ டேனே

கஹியே ஜே பீட்

பராயி ஜானே ரே

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மகாத்மாவின் பிரார்த்தனைக் கூட்டத்தில் தவறாது இடம்பெறும் 15th century குஜராத்தி soulful பஜன். இயற்றியவர் Narsi Mehta.

இதன் ஸாராம்ஸத்தை எளிமையாக விளக்குகிறார் அஹோபில மடம் 44ம் பட்டம் அழகிய சிங்கர் வண்ட சடகோப வேதாந்த தேசிக யதீந்திர ஸ்வாமிகள்:

"மற்றவர் துன்பத்தைப் போக்க நினைப்பவனே உண்மையான வைணவன்".

இன்று வானுயர்ந்து எழுந்தருளியிருக்கின்ற அரங்கனின் இராஜகோபுரம் மக்களின் மனங்களில் நிமிர்ந்து நிற்கிறது என்றால் அதற்கு வித்திட்ட மஹான் அஹோபில மடம் 44ம் பட்டம் அழகிய சிங்கர் வண்ட சடகோப வேதாந்த தேசிக யதீந்திர ஸ்வாமிகள்.

மஹான்களின் மற்றும் சங்கராச்சாரிய ஸ்வாமிகளின் விருப்பங்களின் வண்ணம் அன்றைய முதல்வர், இசைஞானி இளையராஜா, மற்றும் பலரின் கைங்கர்யத்தில் கோபுரம் கட்டி முடிக்கப்பட்டு கும்பாபிஷேகம் நிகழ்ந்தது.

'WILL' ............... NEVER AGES....

 

"a degenerative brain disease of unknown cause that is the most common form of dementia, that usually starts in late middle age or in old age, that results in progressive memory loss, impaired thinking, disorientation, and changes in personality and mood, and that is marked histologically by the degeneration of brain ..."

By the time you come to read this far here in this piece, I can see your eyebrows raising and the question - what went wrong to this fellow - reverberates within your mind.

Well,

Before we try to see what the para one of this piece is,  a simple question to all busybodies:
'could you recall what you ate in the morning for breakfast? '

If you ask this question to 10 people, all busy with their day's to-dos,  chances are only a very few would come out with correct answer.  Reason : Our mind is too totally tuned to our task on hand for the day.  And what we ate in the morning simply slips out of our mind. We feel it's not so significant to remember what we eat in the morning. 


Well
You still have to wait to straighten out the scribbling in para one of this piece.

There was a gentleman with a flair to write. But preoccupied with his job he never ventured to write during his employment period. Well even after retirement, he kept off his desire to write.

One day his wife, after 67 years of marriage, passed away.  It's at this juncture, to vent out his grief over loss of his better half for such a long duration,  he started writing.

The title of the book :
"The Invisible Wall : Love Story that broke barriers."

The author : Harry Louis Bernstein.

Age when he started writing this book, you won't believe,  it was 93. When he completed writing it,  he was 96.

The book became best seller. Even today his work is very popular.

What a resounding memory at 90 + !
Had he started writing much earlier, more he would have written.  The lesson : Never postpone living your passion,  dream.  According to people's President Dr APJ Kalam, a dream is not what you get in your sleep but what lets you not is.

At last to sum up the para one of this piece, it reads "Alzheimer".

To wrap this up on +ve note,  the strong WILL goes from strength to strength and never ages.

த்யான சாத்தியம்

நீரில் இறங்காமல்

நீச்சல் பழகுதல்

சாத்தியமா?

நூல் பல

கற்றாலும்

தான் யார் 

என்றறிதல் 

தானே விசாரித்தலன்றி,

த்யானித்தால் அன்றி -

Asking, 'Who am I?' -

எங்கனம் சாத்தியம்?

த்யானம் சாத்தியமா?

பதில் கேள்வியில் இல்லை.

த்யானித்தலே 

த்யான சாத்தியம்.