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শ্রীমৎ শাসনপ্রিয় মহাথের : এক অনন্য ভিক্ষু ব্যক্তিত্ব

Posted by Unknown | Monday, 8 December 2014 | Posted in ,



লিখেছেন:-ভিক্ষু ধর্মালংকার,কানাডা


 বিদর্শন আচার্য শ্রীমৎ শাসনপ্রিয় মহাথের বর্তমান সময়ে বিদর্শন প্রেমী মানুষের কাছে একটি সুপরিচিত নাম। ১৯৯৭সালে পোমরা জ্ঞানাংকুর ভাবনা কেন্দ্র প্রতিষ্ঠা পূর্বক মুক্তিকামী মানুষের মাঝে বিদর্শন শিক্ষা দিয়ে চলেছেন। পাশাপাশি দেশের বিভিন্ন স্থানে গমন পূর্বক মানুষকে বুদ্ধের মূল শিক্ষা বিদর্শনের প্রতি মনোনিবেশ করার জন্য উদ্বুদ্ধ করে যাচ্ছেন।
জন্ম ও কর্মঃ

১৯৬২ সালের ৩ মে রাউজান থানার অংকুরঘোনা গ্রামে জন্ম গ্রহন করেন। ৭ ছেলে ২ মেয়ের গর্বিত পিতা শশাঙ্ক মোহন ও মাতা খুকিবালা বড়ুয়ার ৮ম তম সন্তান। ১৯৭৮ সালে প্রব্রজ্যা এবং ১৯৮২ সালে অষ্টম সঙ্ঘরাজ সাহিত্যরত্ন ভদন্ত শীলালঙ্কার মহাথেরর উপাধ্যায়ত্বে উপসম্পদা লাভ করেন। ১৯৮৪ সালে পোমরা জ্ঞানাংকুর মৈত্রী বিহারে অধ্যক্ষ হিসেবে যোগদান পূর্বক অধ্যাবধি উক্ত পদে সমাসীন থেকে ধর্ম সমাজ ও মানুষের কল্যাণে নীরবে কাজ করে যাচ্ছেন। সকাল-সন্ধ্যা সমবেত বন্দনা ও ভাবনা, সকল ছেলে মেয়েদের ধর্মীয় শিক্ষা দান, ছেলে মেয়েদের খেলা ধুলায় উৎসাহিত করা, বাংলাদেশ সংস্কৃত ও পালি শিক্ষা বোর্ডের অধীনে পোমরা জ্ঞানাংকুর পালি কলেজ প্রতিষ্ঠা (তৎকালীন জেলা শিক্ষা অফিসার তরনীসেন বড়ুয়ার ঐকান্তিক সহযোগিতায়) এবং বোর্ড আয়োজিত আদ্য, মধ্য ও উপাধি পরীক্ষায় অংশ গ্রহন করার জন্য ছেলে মেয়েদের উদ্বুদ্ধ করা, গরীব দুঃখী মানুষকে সহযোগিতা করা ও সামাজিক বিভিন্ন কাজে নিঃস্বার্থ ভাবে যোগদান এক অনন্য উদাহরণ। মানব কল্যাণে নিবেদিত প্রাণ শাসনপ্রিয় মহাথের ২০০৮ সালে পোমরা জ্ঞানাংকুর মৈত্রী বিহারকে নান্দনিক রূপে রূপায়িত করে অমর কীর্তি স্থাপন করেন। ২০০৯ সালে শশাঙ্ক মোহন-খুকিবালা দাতব্য চিকিৎসালয় প্রতিষ্ঠা, ২০১০ সালে শশাঙ্ক মোহন-খুকিবালা মেধা বৃত্তি প্রকল্প এবং বাংলাদেশের সর্ব বৃহৎ বিদর্শন ধ্যান কেন্দ্র অত্তদীপ ইন্টারন্যাশনাল মেডিটেশান সেন্টার প্রতিষ্ঠা তাঁকে অমরত্বের আসনে সমাসীন করেছে।


ত্যাগই সুখঃ

বুদ্ধির সুচনা থেকে তাঁর সান্নিধ্যে থাকার সুবাদে গভীর ভাবে তাকে জানার সুযোগ হয়েছে। দানীয় সামগ্রী কোনদিন বিক্রি করতে বা বাড়িতে পাঠাতে দেখা যায়নি। বিহার উন্নয়ন, দান প্রদান ও বিহারের প্রয়োজনে তা ব্যাবহার হতো এবং হয় সেই থেকে আজ পর্যন্ত। এছাড়া ও দেশের বিভিন্ন জায়গায় বন্যা, আগুনে ও ভুমিকম্পে মানুষ ক্ষতিগ্রস্থ হলে তাদেরকে অর্থ সহ সামগ্রী দিয়ে সাহায্য করা তাঁর নিত্য কর্মের একটি। ২০০৯ সাল থেকে প্রতি সপ্তাহে ২ জন ডাক্তারের মাধ্যমে সকল কমিউনিটির গরিব দুঃখী মানুষকে চিকিৎসা সেবা ও ঔষধ বিতরণ করে চলেছেন এক্ষেত্রে যা আমাদেরকে ত্যাগের শিক্ষা দেয় তা বিরল। কোন শ্রদ্ধাবান দায়ক সঙ্ঘদানের জন্য ফাং করলে শ্রদ্ধেয় ভান্তের আবেদন থাকে যেন, যে পরিমাণ অর্থের দানীয় সামগ্রী দেওয়া হবে তার পরিবর্তে গরীব দুঃখী মানুষের জন্য ঔষধ দিলে ভাল হবে। কি রকম ত্যাগ চেতনা থাকলে নিজের লাভ সৎকার বাদ দিয়ে অপরের জন্য চিন্তা করতে পারে সচেতন পাঠক চিন্তা করবেন আশাকরি।


মহাপুরুষদের যথাযত মূল্যায়ন ও আমরাঃ

আমাদের সমাজে এরকম আরো অনেক মহাপুরুষ জন্মেছিলেন অথচ কেন জানি তাঁদের প্রতি আমাদের উদাসীন ভাব। যারা না হলে আমরা আজ এই পর্যন্ত আসা তো দুরের কথা চিন্তা করাও দুঃসাধ্য ছিল। বার্মায় দেখলাম আমাদের সমাজের আলোক বর্তিকা, যার হাতে ত্রিপিটক বাংলায় রচনার উদ্যোগ নেওয়া হয়েছিল, বৌদ্ধ মিশন প্রেস প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়েছিল পরম পূজ্য অগ্রমহাপণ্ডিত প্রজ্ঞালোক মহাথেরর শুধু মাত্র একটি মূর্তি বানিয়ে রেখে সব অবদানের পুরষ্কার দিয়ে দায়িত্ব শেষ হয়েছে বলে আমরা মনে করছি। এভাবে আরও যারা ছিলেন আমরা তাঁদের জন্য একটি মূর্তি বা স্মৃতি মন্দির করেই দায়িত্ব শেষ করেছি। মূলত তাঁদের জীবন ও কর্ম কালে কালে আলোচনার মাধ্যমে পরবর্তী প্রজন্ম কে উদ্বুদ্ধ করা দরকার। পাশাপাশি বর্তমান যারা আছেন তাদেরকে যথাযত মূল্যায়ন করলে আমাদের সমাজ মহাপুরুষ শূন্য হবে না আশাকরি।

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Malaysian Buddhist chief high priest headed to Vatican City for human trafficking meeting

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Buddhist chief high priest Datuk K. Sri Dhammaratana (pic) is headed to the Vatican City to attend a meeting on modern slavery and human trafficking with prominent world religious leaders on Dec 2.

The closed-door meeting is organised by Global Freedom Network (GFN), a non-profit organisation founded earlier this year, which dedicates its work to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking by year 2020.

The visit is at the invitation of Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Dhammaratana will represent the Buddhist faith and is the only representative from Malaysia invited to the event.

"I am honoured to be invited to participate and witness this important event. The meeting will also deliberate on an action plan to address the problem," he said. - Bernama. –The Star Online.

Modi gifts Bodhi tree sapling to Nepal

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As a symbol of shared Buddhist heritage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gifted a sacred Bodhi tree sapling to be planted in Lumbini, the birthplace of the Lord Buddha.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a sacred Bodhi tree sapling to Nepal, to be planted in Lumbini, the birthplace of the Lord Buddha. Photo shows Modi being welcomed by school children on his arrival in Kathmandu on Tuesday to attend the 18th SAARC Summit.
“I have brought a sapling from Bodh Gaya which will be planted by our Ambassador in Lumbini,” Modi said while inaugurating a trauma centre built by India at Kathmandu’s Bir Hospital.

The sapling would be planted on the premises of Maya Devi temple in Lumbini on November 28.

The Bodhi Tree at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar, is the exact place where Prince Siddhartha attained enlightenment 2,600 years ago and became the Lord Buddha.

The Prime Minister, who arrived here today to attend the 18th SAARC summit, was keen to visit Lumbini along with Janakpur, the birth place of Sita situated 250 kms south of Kathmandu and sacred Hindu pilgrimage site Muktinath.

Yesterday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had said that Prime Minister would not visit these places in view of parliament session.
-The Hindu

President Rajapaksa Visits Lumbini

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Kathmandu, 25 November, (Asiantribune.com):
Soon after arriving in Nepal, President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited Lumbini – the birthplace of the Lord Buddha – one of the most sacred places for Buddhists.
Though it’s not the President’s first time in Lumbini, he did participate in a number of events, with particular significance to Sri Lankan Buddhists.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa visits Lumbini – the birthplace of the Lord Buddha – one of the most sacred places for Buddhists, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. The President is in Nepal to attend the 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit (SAARC) which starts on Wednesday, Nov. 26.
President Rajapaksa first visited and prayed at the Maya Devi Temple, named after Queen Maha Maya, Lord Buddha’s Mother. Dating back to 623 B.C., this Temple houses the exact birthplace of Lord Buddha. Situated at the foothills of the Himalayan mountain range, the Maya Devi Temple was added to the list of UNESCO Heritage Sites in 1997.

After the President prayed at the Temple, he attended a welcome ceremony organised by the Lumbini Development Trust. Officials speaking at the function said they appreciated President Rajapaksa’s “keen personal interest and contribution to the development of Lumbini.”

“We pray for your happiness, prosperity and longevity,” a representative of the Trust said. “We are really very much grateful for the remarkable visit.”

On the way to the Sri Lankaramaya Temple, President Rajapaksa declared open a newly constructed bridge at Gate No. 4. The bridge was built by the Sri Lankan Government as a service to pilgrims who visit the site, because using the route along which the bridge is located provides the shortest path to the Maya Devi Temple as well as the Sri Lankaramaya Temple. The bridge was build at a cost of Rs. 34 million.

At the Sri Lankaramaya Temple, President Rajapaksa worshipped the Sacred Bo Tree and spent some time speaking with the priests and Sri Lankans who had come to welcome the President. This Temple was also built by the Sri Lankan Government. President Rajapaksa visited Lumbini in 2009 to inaugurate it. In addition to providing a service to devotees both from Sri Lanka and other countries who visit Lumbini, this temple has a specific purpose of working towards the propagation of Theravada Buddhism throughout the world.

The fourth stop on President Rajapaksa’s visit to Lumbini was the Lumbini Buddhist University (LBU) to open a new administrative building. The Vice Chancellor of LBU Rev. Prof. Naresh Man Bajracharya welcomed the President and briefed him on the activities of the University.

“We would like to express grateful appreciation for the kind cooperation and look forward to the continuation and consolidation of the cooperation,” Prof. Bajracharya said. “I, on behalf of LBU, would like to welcome you to LBU and express heartfelt gratitude for your visiting LBU today.”

The President’s final stop consisted of opening the newly renovated Dutugemunu Pilgrims Rest. Built in 1989, the facility had required refurbishment for quite some time. The Sri Lankan Government stepped in to assist in the renovation, which was completed at a cost of Rs. 138 million.

Monitoring MP of the Ministry of External Affairs Mr. Sajin de Vass Gunawardena accompanied the President on the Lumbini visit.

- Asian Tribune -

Far miles to go before sleep

Posted by Unknown | Sunday, 23 November 2014 | Posted in , ,

Uzzal Barua Basu: It was 07 November 2014, 07 am, I was chanting in front of Lord Buddha at Uttara Buddhist Temple, Dhaka. Suddenly the venerable of this temple told me to open the gate. I went to the gate and saw three persons of Sri Lanka were knocking the gate. They came here with flowers and food. They would show respect to Lord Buddha by giving flowers and would give the foods to the monks of this temple.

Dear, reader, you can think that they came with flowers and food, is it a great matter to write? Buddhist people can do it because it's  a culture of them to give alms or food to the monk and show higher respect to Buddha by flowers. But here, there was different thing, the day was holiday. In this holiday we sleep up to 10 am. We want to enjoy this day. But these Lankan people didn't think so. In stead of arising late in holiday they started cooking may be from 3 to 4 am, then they started towards temple from home at 5 am. Finally they reached in temple at 7 am.

Dear reader, I passed wonderful moment with them on that day. I went there to meet with the venerable of that temple for a work of book printing where I got great chance to meet and discuss with them.

We Bangladeshi Buddhist often say that getting human life is rare. But we never want to understand the value of this rare life. The Lankan people understand the value that is why after passing a busy life of six days in their personal life with job, they came this day to temple to give time for their own development through Dhamma.

In the discussion, they told me that they would get two holiday on next month, they requested me to bring them in a forest meditation center so that they can pass that holiday through meditating.

Dear reader, we get holiday in various occasion, will we do such kind of good deeds regularly for salvation? Not only these three people but also most of the people of Sri Lanka budget theirs time to do meditation, chanting or listening dhamma talks from Buddhist monks.

English poet Robert Frost wrote in his poem " And far miles to go before I sleep". Actually these Lankan people think so that is why they don't want to waste time of this holiday also. They are using this holiday to get rid of from re-birth to get ultimate salvation "Nivvana". They have to go far miles before the death.

We the Buddhist should think that we have to die, we have to reach at least "Srotapotti" before our death. If we able to do this on that time we able to give the proper value of getting this rare human life.So to give proper value of this rare life we should always remember "Far miles to go before sleep". Because death can catch us any time. So lets start to give the proper value of this rare life by practising vipassana meditation by doing good deeds when we get time, it may be on holiday or it may be on any other day.

Looking east for guidance: The influence of Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism on Tolstoy’s life

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In the latter part of his life, the great writer was considerably influenced by eastern religions. How did these teachings affect Tolstoy's writing and his own philosophical ideas?

Tolstoy continued writing and publishing on Buddhism towards the end of his life. Source: Lori / Legion Media


Tolstoy continued writing and publishing on Buddhism towards the end of his life.
When Leo Tolstoy was 19, he was admitted to a hospital in Kazan for a minor illness. There he met and befriended a Buddhist monk who was recovering after suffering a violent assault at the hands of a robber. The young Tolstoy was astonished by the fact that the monk had not fought back, as he adhered to the Buddhist principle of non-violence. This early experience had a profound effect on the writer, who maintained an interest in Buddhism and other eastern teachings throughout his entire life.
A great mind in search of meaning
Like most people born in 19th-century Russia, Leo Tolstoy was baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church. However, religion didn't play a big role in his youth, and it was only after finishing his masterpiece “Anna Karenina” that Tolstoy began to feel what he described as an existential crisis. Life, mankind and the Universe all seemed futile and meaningless to him.
Tolstoy described this crisis in detail in “A Confession,” an autobiographical account of his emotional struggle. Written in 1879-80, when Tolstoy was in his mid-50s, the book explores his childhood disillusionment with religion, his mastery of willpower, and how he had achieved wealth, fame and status only to feel that his life was meaningless.
Tolstoy was initially drawn to the Russian Orthodox Church, but he soon decided that Christian churches were corrupt and falsified Christ's message. He believed that he understood the real teaching and began to propagate a new faith. While this new faith was not overtly Buddhist, many scholars see it as the start of the writer's move towards eastern religions and philosophies. Tolstoy referenced Buddhism directly in “What I Believe” (1883), “A Confession” (1884), and “What Then Should We Do” (1886), mentioning the Buddha alongside spiritual and philosophical figures such as Moses, Mohammed, Socrates, Zoroaster and Christ.
From royal favorites to outcasts:
The shifting fates of Russian Buddhists
The writer narrowed his focus for the 1889 essay “Siddartha, Called the Buddha, That is the Holy One: His life and Teachings,” and began expressing Buddhist ideas in his correspondence. Author James Hilgendorf cites the following passage from a letter Tolstoy wrote in 1892 in reply to questions on Buddhism and karma. “Just as we experience thousands of dreams in this life of ours, so is this life one of thousands of such lives which we enter into from the more real, actual, true life from which we come when we enter this life, and to which we return when we die.”
Tolstoy continued publishing on Buddhism towards the end of his life, including works such as an article called “The Buddha” for his anthology “The Circle of Reading,” and a translation of “Karma,” written by American Paul Carus. He turned vegetarian, became a champion of non-violence, and generally tried to live a simpler life – choices that show an affinity with Buddhist practise. However, this was not the only eastern religion that influenced Tolstoy's beliefs: he also took an active interest in Hindusim.
Hindu texts and stories
According to the English academic and Sanskrit scholar Bruce Wilkinson, “Tolstoy used to read the Vedic Magazine at his estate in Yasnaya Polyana.” He explains that “there are extracts from the Vedas and Upanishads (ancient Sanskrit texts) in 'The Circle of Reading'.” Tolstoy also read the two epics, “The Ramayana” and “The Mahabharata,” which have become central to national identity in many countries across Southeast Asia.
In “A Letter to a Hindu,” where Tolstoy replies to letters from the editor of the Free Hindustan journal seeking his support for the end of British rule in India, the Russian writer repeatedly refers to the Vedas, and shows a clear understanding of the sayings of Krishna. Tolstoy also makes references to Swami Vivekananda, one of India’s greatest philosophers, and emphasizes the importance of religious principles in the freedom movement.
“From your letter and the articles in Free Hindustan, as well as from the very interesting writings of the Hindu Swami Vivekananda and others, it appears that, as is the case in our time with the ills of all nations, the reason lies in the lack of a reasonable religious teaching which by explaining the meaning of life would supply a supreme law for the guidance of conduct and would replace the more than dubious precepts of pseudo-religion and pseudo-science with the immoral conclusions deduced from them and commonly called 'civilization,'” Tolstoy wrote. This can be seen as a swipe at both the British Empire and Tsarist Russia.
The Life and Philosophy of Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy’s letter was widely circulated and was eventually read by Mahatma Gandhi, who was a young legal representative in South Africa at the time. Gandhi appreciated the letter so much that in 1909 he wrote to Tolstoy seeking advice and permission to republish the article in his South African newspaper Indian Opinion. The two men began exchanging letters and grew close through this correspondence.
Gandhi was inspired by the Russian philosopher's ideas and set up a cooperative colony called Tolstoy Farm near Johannesburg. In his diary, Tolstoy wrote that Gandhi “is a very close person to me, to us. He thinks that the strongest resistance is passive resistance.” Indeed, the Tolstoyan ideal of non-violence and passive resistance was the backbone of the Indian independence struggle.
Appreciation of Taoism
Tolstoy was also fascinated by Chinese philosophers, particularly Lao Tsu, the founder of Taoism. According to Rosamund Bartlett’s “Tolstoy: A Russian Life,” Tolstoy’s follower Yevgeny Popov translated Lao Tsu’s “Tao Te Ching” (The Way and its Power) from German into Russian; the original dates from the 6th century BC, but Victor von Strauss had produced a German translation in 1870.
Tolstoy checked the translation and wrote an introduction explaining that the basic teaching in Lao Tsu’s book was the same as in all great religions.  Bartlett writes that Tolstoy was drawn to Lao Tsu’s “lapidary insights, which accorded so much with his hard won beliefs.”  Central to these beliefs is the idea of living a harmonious, principled existence, which is also the basic tenet of the Chinese religion.
Leo Tolstoy’s greatest plot of all
It is not exactly clear when Tolstoy discovered Taoism, but “War and Peace” (1869) contains elements of its philosophy. The book describes how fate controls history, and how people have little control in the sequence of events while playing their part in the grander scheme of things. As per Taoist principles, all someone can ever truly control is their mind.
The idea of destiny in the work is shown through the relationship between the Russian Prince Andrei and Napoleon Bonaparte, two characters whose fate is ultimately out of their hands. Andrei used to be an admirer of Bonaparte but becomes his enemy and unsuccessfully tries to kill him at the Battle of Austerlitz; following this he catches a glimpse of the emperor's silhouette and is elated in his semi-conscious state.
Tolstoy goes on to describe the later meeting between the two: “Looking into Napoleon’s eyes, Prince Andrei thought about the insignificance of grandeur, about the insignificance of life, the meaning of which no one could understand, and about the still greater insignificance of death, the meaning of which no one among the living could understand or explain.” In a Taoist reading, both the mighty French emperor and the proud Russian prince are mere players in the Tao – their seeming grandeur nothing more than an illusion.

In “War and Peace” Tolstoy shows that great individuals' ability to control circumstances decreases even as they become more important.  Hence Napoleon cannot control his French army after a certain point in Russia. The emperor is imprisoned by his false belief in his own importance. In contrast, a man like Pierre is truly free because – despite being physically imprisoned by Napoleon’s army – he has control of his mind and does not seek total control over others.
How much Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism influenced Tolstoy is a matter of interpretation, but their principles are certainly present in the philosophy he created, known as tolstovstvo. Its core concept was that mankind should live in peace, harmony and unity, which is a very Buddhist ideal. The same is true of his rejection of luxury and his stance against the exploitation of peasants. However, he also supported the idea of surrendering to the inevitable, predestined flow of life’s events – a concept familiar to anyone who has read “Tao Te Ching.” Like all great thinkers, Tolstoy was able to assimilate his influences and create a unique philosophy of his own.

Benefits of Meditation

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Are you seeking calmness, peace of mind, joy, vibrant health, greater energy, positive relationships and fulfillment in life? Do you wish to be stress-free and worry-free?
You can enjoy all these benefits and much more, with meditationMeditation offers innumerable benefits for your body, mind and spirit. The rest you gain in meditation is deeper than the deepest sleep. The deeper your rest, the more dynamic your activity is.

De-stress with Meditation 

Meditation has two important benefits:
  • Meditation prevents stress from getting into the system
  • Meditation releases accumulated stress that is in the system
Both of these happen simultaneously, leaving one refreshed and joyful.

Physical Benefits of Meditation

With meditation, the physiology undergoes a change and every cell in the body is filled with more prana (energy). This results in joy, peace, enthusiasm as the level of prana in the body increases.
On a physical level, meditation:
  • Lowers high blood pressure
  • Lowers the levels of blood lactate, reducing anxiety attacks
  • Decreases any tension-related pain, such as, tension headaches, ulcers, insomnia, muscle and joint problems
  • Increases serotonin production that improves mood and behavior
  • Improves the immune system
  • Increases the energy level, as you gain an inner source of energy

Mental Benefits of Meditation

Meditation brings the brainwave pattern into an Alpha state that promotes healing. The mind becomes fresh, delicate and beautiful. With regular practice of meditation:
  • Anxiety decreases
  • Emotional stability improves
  • Creativity increases
  • Happiness increases
  • Intuition develops
  • Gain clarity and peace of mind
  • Problems become smaller
  • Meditation sharpens the mind by gaining focus and expands through relaxation
  • A sharp mind without expansion causes tension, anger and frustration
  • An expanded consciousness without sharpness can lead to lack of action/progress
  • The balance of a sharp mind and an expanded consciousness brings perfection
Meditation makes you aware - that your inner attitude determines your happiness.

Other Benefits of Meditation

Emotional steadiness and harmony: it cleanses and nourishes you from within and calms you, whenever you feel overwhelmed, unstable, or emotionally shut down.
Meditation brings harmony in creation: when you meditate, you are in the space of vastness, calmness and joy and this is what you emit into the environment, bringing harmony to the Creation/planet.
Consciousness evolves: with the assimilation of meditation into daily life, your consciousness evolves and in time, is able to experience the higher and refined states of consciousness.
When your consciousness evolves and expands, the disturbances in your life become negligible. Anger and disappointments become fleeting emotions that occur momentarily and then vanish. You start living in 'the moment' and let go of 'the past'.
Personal Transformation: meditation can bring about a true personal transformation. As you learn more about yourself, you’ll naturally want to discover more about the mystery of life, this universe, etc. Then the questions that arise in the mind are - What is the meaning of Life? What is its purpose? What is this world, what is love, what is knowledge...?
Once these questions arise, know that you are very fortunate. These questions need to be understood; you cannot find the answers in books. As you live through answering them you’ll witness that life transformation to a richer level.
Cosmic consciousness dawns in you
With the assimilation of meditation into daily life, the fifth state of consciousness*, called cosmic consciousness, dawns. Cosmic consciousness - is to perceive the whole cosmos as part of oneself.
When you perceive the world as a part of yourself, love flows strongly between the world and you. This love empowers you to bear the opposing forces and the disturbances in your life. Anger and disappointments become fleeting emotions that occur momentarily and then vanish. You start living in 'the moment' and let go of 'the past'.
The confluence of knowledge, understanding and practice makes life complete. When you grow into higher states of consciousness, you become beautiful yet strong - a soft, delicate and beautiful blossom capable of accommodating different values in life without any conditions.

How to get the benefits

To experience the benefits of meditation, regular practice is necessary. It takes only a few minutes every day. Once imbibed into the daily routine, meditation becomes the best part of your day!
Meditation is like a seed. When you cultivate a seed with love, the more it blossoms. Similarly, the sapling of consciousness is within you. It needs to be nurtured with simple meditation techniques. Some palm trees yield in three years, some in ten years. And those that aren’t nurtured - never yield! They simply exist.
Busy people from all backgrounds are grateful to pause and enjoy a refreshing few minutes of meditation each day. Dive deep into yourself and enrich your life.
(source-The Art Of Living)

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