#liberation means many things to many people.
for me, #liberation was to find out the purpose of why #lordshiva sent me to this #universe
living a life with a purpose
at last
after I became a #guru of my young son #ridit
Liberation...
there is a little difference between the term #guru and #teacher
in ancient #bharat, we had #guru
A #guru was not dependent on the salary of anybody for his day-to-day needs
hence he was free from being influenced by any boss
so if he wished, he could see things as they are
not as they are projected by powerful people
i am not sure
but probably the term #bhikshhok was formed during the time of #lordbuddha
this was the term that drew utter respect in the society
and remember, this is not exactly the term that we use at present to debase a person - the #bhikhari
#bhikhari means #beggar
but a #bhikshook was of high caliber people
and the rich people of the society used to offer everything they could whenever a #bhikshook came to the village
and this was the tradition of ancient #bharat
which got damaged utterly by the scoundrel #macaulay with his nasty plan to destroy the oldest civilization of this #universe
and I am sorry to say, this tradition is still going on in the guise of #education
so, the #crux of the ancient #guru of #bharat was that
they were free from any #bondage of the powerful people of the society
and hence their teaching was like pure milk. - not contaminated with polluted water provided by the powerful people to establish their own #game - healthy for both the #brain and the #brawn of the #shishya
after a lot of struggle to know #whoami
the real me is coming out
as a #guru of my young son
my great grandfather was a highly educated person working as #inspector of #colleges under the #british period for mainly three universities - #dhaka #calcutta and #burdwan and if I can remember how my grandfather used to explain his facial expression having terrific disdainful frowning while putting Red marks on the exam copies of the graduates of those times, I can imagine that he was probably a purist as far as the language was concerned.
but as I can see it, even he was somehow molded and did his higher education in the subject #english - but of course, that was the trend at that time - which was the part and parcel of the story behind the great Bengal Renaissance at that time...
but maybe that tradition is continuing in my family - and after the tremendous financial struggle I have again become a #guru after we have lost two generations of our family to work just as hand in the mouth circumstances
but I am thankful to my grandfather, who took the charge of enlightening me with the real history of #bharat showing the true picture of a person like #maxmuller and his role in destroying the facts of contemporary history of #bharat and all such facts along with stories #ramayana and #mahabharata
I am continuing to play this role with my son #ridit
so along with teaching him advanced #computerscience
now another role that I have to pick up
as a #guru showing him the real history of #bharat
not through the glasses of the first gigolo of independent #bharat after the #british left
but as an enlightened #guru from the knowledge of my #grandfather answerable only to my #lordshiva or the inner conscience
so, I and my wife took a decision today not to teach our son the history of #bharat during the darkest period - that is from Babur to Jafar shah - and this is a purposeful omit from our part to align his thought process on the real essence of #bharat
so I have picked up the famous historian #rcmajumdar to start with - one of the many scapegoats because of his #wisdom and alignment with #truth
for the #universe
Know the real History of Bharat from here...
History of the Freedom Movement in India - I
History of the Freedom Movement in India - II
History of the Freedom Movement in India - III
Let us get rid of all the rotten eggs of society like Romila Thapar capable of producing only rotten potatoes...
And, let me end this fantastic description of the difference between Bhikhari (beggar) and Bhikshhok (the learned Guru), with one of the most fascinating poems by none other than Rabindranath Tagore describing that the Bhikshook does not care for the materialistic value of a gift, but he looks for the real love and compassion which makes the soul of the giver a real source of light - a true giver - in that gift.
enjoy...
The Real Man Comes Around with A Sankalp - A Resolution
The Kanyakumari resolve of 1892 was the resolution taken by Indian Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda to dedicate himself to the service and the welfare of people. In 1970 Vivekananda Rock Memorial was founded at the place where Vivekananda took this resolution.
Ramakrishna, the spiritual teacher of Vivekananda, desired to see his disciple dedicate his life to the welfare of society. After the death of Ramakrishna in 1886, Narendranath Datta (Pre-monastic name of Swami Vivekananda) and other disciples founded their first monastery at Baranagar.
In 1888, Narendranath Datta left the monastery as a parivrajaka (meaning: "the Hindu religious life of a wandering monk") "without fixed abode, without ties, independent and strangers wherever they go". Between 1888 and 1893 he traveled extensively in several states of India. In 1888, he visited several places in Northern India like Ayodhya, Lucknow, Agra, Vrindavan, Hathras, and Rishikesh. Between 1888 and 1890, Vivekananda visited Vaidyanath and Allahabad.
In 1891, he traveled to Ahmedabad, Wadhwan, and Limbdi. He also visited Girnar, Kutch, Porbandar, Dwaraka, Palitana, Nadiad, Nadiad ni haveli, and Baroda.
In 1892, he went to South India. He first traveled to Bangalore and then visited other cities like Trissur, Kodungalloor, Ernakulam, Nagercoil, and Trivandrum. He offered worship at Rameswaram and finally reached Kanyakumari on 24 December 1892.
Kanyakumari resolve
During his wandering years, Vivekananda experienced the sufferings and problems faced by common people. Poverty, lack of self-respect, and education pained him. He wanted to help these poor people. He wanted to restore the dignity and self-respect of these people.
When Vivekananda reached Kanyakumari on 24 December 1892, he was still unable to formulate an idea to help the masses of the country. In Kanyakumari, he swam across the ocean to reach a large mid-sea rock. There he sat on the rock and started meditating on India's past, present, and future. His meditation on the "last bit of Indian rock" (later known as the Vivekananda Rock Memorial) continued for three days from 25 to 27 December. Swami Vivekananda contemplated on India since the Vedic age during his 3 days of meditation in Kanya Kumari. The past glory of India brought tears to his eyes. In Bodhgaya, he contemplated the Buddhist age of India and its glory was so mesmerizing that he was overwhelmed while being in meditation.
Here he had a "vision of one India" and came up with a solution in the form of resolution, which is popularly known as the "Kanyakumari resolve of 1892"..." The purpose of the 'resolve' was also to organize sannyasins for social service...
In a letter written to Swami Ramakrishnananda on 19 March 1894, Vivekananda recalled
My brother, in view of all this, especially of poverty and ignorance, I had no sleep. At Cape Comorin sitting in Mother Kumari's temple, sitting on the last bit of Indian rock—I hit upon a plan: We are so many Sannyasins wandering about, and teaching the people metaphysics—it is all madness. Did not our Gurudeva use to say, "An empty stomach is no good for religion"? That those poor people are leading the life of brutes is simply due to ignorance. We have for all ages been sucking their blood and trampling them underfoot.
At Kanyakumari, he decided to dedicate his life to the welfare and uplifting of the common masses of India.
Sankalp Divas
The date 24 December, when Vivekananda took the resolution at Kanyakumari, is celebrated as Sankalp Divas (the resolve day, resolution day)
