Guest guest Posted March 4, 1998 Report Share Posted March 4, 1998 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 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagmayik Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 i want manache shlok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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