The Hindu Article - Vibrant message of Hinduism by Swami Chinmayananda

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Date:13/11/2002 URL:

http://www.thehindu.com/2002/11/13/stories/2002111300880900.htm

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Miscellaneous - Religion

 

Vibrant message of Hinduism

 

CHENNAI NOV. 13. The Hindu culture, which has come down through long years,

represents the cumulative endeavour of several sages and their valuable

thoughts. The secret of its greatness is that it is still vibrant, active and

dynamic. It has given freedom to its followers to evolve collectively. There

is an in-built system and saints, stalwarts and masters who have interpreted

the scriptures have helped people and guided them to make their lives

meaningful and purposeful, reminding them how spirituality enabled them to

grow. The lives of these mighty men gave people inspiration and showed them

their methods of meditation. By studying their ways, the imperfections in

ordinary men gradually got dropped out giving place to noble thoughts. Their

shortcomings disappeared.

 

A verse from "Hanuman Chalisa" points out how this step will enable men in

getting rid of wicked ideas yielding place to pious sentiments. Such saints

may have looked ordinary like others but they were committed to bringing about

transformation in others. The best example is that of Ratnakar, a hunter who

turned as Valmiki. One such beneficiary who came to be associated with such

illustrious guides was with us till recently, directing men towards the

spiritual path. While young, he was brought up in a religious family but

somehow he was not deeply interested in the procedures. Later, qualifying

himself academically, working in a newspaper and imprisoned during the freedom

struggle, he started enquiring as how to solve the mystery of life. Having

been initiated into ascetic order and then being trained by a disciplinarian,

he became a world spiritual leader. That was Swami Chinmayananda who founded a

mission in 1953 through which he could reach out even to intellectuals. He was

fearless and was firm in his conviction.

 

In a lecture series on our saints, Swami Mitrananda said, Swami Chinmaya's

task was to "convert" the Hindus to "Hinduism". In one of his speeches he

referred to some who will act till they meet with obstacles when they drop

out. Some act in spite of impediments. Some did not fear failures since they

believed that hindrances gave them a chance to bring about the best in them.

"If you want to prove God, improve yourself" and "Bhakthi and service are

inextricably connected" were some of his sayings.

 

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Namaste.

 

Which is this "particular" verse? I am a regular chanter of the

Chalisa.

 

Pranams.

 

Madathil Nair

 

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advaitin, Ram Chandran <rchandran@c...> wrote:

> Date:13/11/2002 URL:

> http://www.thehindu.com/2002/11/13/stories/2002111300880900.htm

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> Miscellaneous - Religion

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> Vibrant message of Hinduism

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> A verse from "Hanuman Chalisa" points out how this step will enable

men in

> getting rid of wicked ideas yielding place to pious sentiments.

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Namaste

 

Nairji, I think the reference in Hanuman Chalisa is to the line:

kumati-nivAra-sumati ke sangI

 

I don't find any other line giving the meaning mentioned in ram

chandranji's post. I would like to be corrected on this.

 

praNAms to all advaitins

profvk

 

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You can access my book on Gems from the Ocean of Hindu Thought Vision and

Practice, and my father R. Visvanatha Sastri's manuscripts from the site.

 

 

 

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Namaste ProfVKji:

 

You are absolutely right! Here is the complete verse with the meaning

 

kumait inavaar saumait ko saMgaI ku-mati ni-vaar su-mati ke sang-gi

 

O bravest of the brave, O powerful Lord! With you rests good sense

and wisdom. You are the true dispeller of the darkness of evil

thoughts!

 

The entire Hanuman Chalisa along with English translation is

available at several Internet sites for interested members:

 

Hanuman Chalisa with English Translation

http://www.hanumanmission.com/download/text/Chalisa.pdf

http://www.bkaa.org/mayur2002spring_vol2_p2-3.pdf

http://pavanchawla.tripod.com/hanumanchalisa/

 

Hindu Scriptures at Hindunet.org

http://rbhatnagar.ececs.uc.edu:8080/hindu_scriptures/html

 

Warmest regards,

Ram Chandran

 

advaitin, "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk> wrote:

> Namaste

>

> Nairji, I think the reference in Hanuman Chalisa is to the line:

> kumati-nivAra-sumati ke sangI

>