Guest guest Posted March 2, 2002 Report Share Posted March 2, 2002 At 11:22 AM 3/2/02 +0100, Svarupa (das) HKS (Lund - S) wrote: >How was the song in the "Life of Brian"? Wasen't something like "One has to >see the bright side of life" Absolutely. It's actually a very upbeat and funny movie and the very opposite of being "dragged down". I wanted to make sure I wasn't remembering wrong, so I found this verse on a website. It may not be sastra, but devotees too are supposed to be "jolly", right, so I don't think it goes counter to "applied KC": Bright Side of Life Always look on the bright side of life. [whistling] Always look on the light side of life. [whistling] If life seems jolly rotten, There's something you've forgotten, And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing. When you're feeling in the dumps, Don't be silly chumps. Just purse your lips and whistle. That's the thing. And... Always look on the bright side of life. [whistling] Always look on the right side of life, [whistling] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2002 Report Share Posted March 2, 2002 > At 11:22 AM 3/2/02 +0100, Svarupa (das) HKS (Lund - S) wrote: > > >How was the song in the "Life of Brian"? Wasen't something like > >"One has to see the bright side of life" > > Absolutely. It's actually a very upbeat and funny movie and the very > opposite of being "dragged down". I wanted to make sure I wasn't > remembering wrong, so I found this verse on a website. It may not > be sastra, but devotees too are supposed to be "jolly", right, so I > don't think it goes counter to "applied KC": "®aucam means cleanliness, not only in mind and body but in one’s dealings also. It is especially meant for the mercantile people, who should not deal in the black market. N€ti-m€nit€, not expecting honor, applies to the ™dras, the worker class, which are considered, according to Vedic injunctions, to be the lowest of the four classes. They should not be puffed up with unnecessary prestige or honor and should remain in their own status. It is the duty of the ™dras to offer respect to the higher class for the upkeep of the social order." (Bg. 16.1 pp) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2002 Report Share Posted March 2, 2002 > "®aucam means cleanliness, not only in mind and body but in one’s > dealings also. It is especially meant for the mercantile people, who > should not deal in the black market. N€ti-m€nit€, not expecting honor, > applies to the ™dras, the worker class, which are considered, > according to Vedic injunctions, to be the lowest of the four classes. > They should not be puffed up with unnecessary prestige or honor and > should remain in their own status. It is the duty of the ™dras to > offer respect to the higher class for the upkeep of the social order." "And it is equally evident that our objects of perception are nothing but the products of the inexhaustible permutations and combinations of the forms taken by natural energy. As this conclusively proves that the ordinary living being has no independent power of perception or of motion, and as we undoubtedly feel our existence being conditioned by nature’s energy, we conclude that he who sees is spirit, and that the senses as well as the objects of perception are material. The spiritual quality of the seer is manifest in our dissatisfaction with the limited state of materially conditioned existence. That is the difference between spirit and matter. There are some less intelligent arguments that matter develops the power of seeing and moving as a certain organic development, but such an argument cannot be accepted because there is no experimental evidence that matter has anywhere produced a living entity." (SB 2.2.35, Purport) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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