Friday, May 1, 2020

Some conondrums for” stay at home” thought?


Some conondrums for” stay  at home” thought?
By
P.R.Ramachander
We should   think   about  how  and why,
Sun  and moon   rise   and travel through the sky,
Stars  shine  like fire   flies up above   the sky in darkness and
Huge   rains lash   with   thunder and lightning?

WE should    think about   how and why,
Large number of  grasses sprout on the first rain,
The seed  put in the earth grows in to tree
The   foetus in womb grows in to a child?

WE should    think about   how and why,
The count sand varieties of animals and plants  came  in earth and sea
The  millions of six legged  , eight leged  insects that seem to exist
And the number  of species  of birds that fly

WE should think about   who is the real God.
Is he     the creator of one religion   ,
Is  he one makes us  act,  of yet   another religion,
And   the all pervasive spirit taking umpteen forms  of another religion?

We should think   how   we   should respect that god,
By going  on a day to a temple   and some great one  talking to us,
By meditating ,  saluting  , worshipping   and  singing  ,
Or doing prescribed rituals or   doing nothing in the forest?


2 comments:

Kavitha said...

As the great Vivekananda so beautifully expressed...
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Do I wish that the Christian would become Hindu? God forbid. Do I wish that the Hindu or Buddhist would become Christian? God forbid.

The seed is put in the ground, and earth and air and water are placed around it. Does the seed become the earth, or the air, or the water? No. It becomes a plant. It develops after the law of its own growth, assimilates the air, the earth, and the water, converts them into plant substance, and grows into a plant.

Similar is the case with religion. The Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth. Unquote.

Kavitha said...

As the great Vivekananda so beautifully expressed...
Quote
Do I wish that the Christian would become Hindu? God forbid. Do I wish that the Hindu or Buddhist would become Christian? God forbid.

The seed is put in the ground, and earth and air and water are placed around it. Does the seed become the earth, or the air, or the water? No. It becomes a plant. It develops after the law of its own growth, assimilates the air, the earth, and the water, converts them into plant substance, and grows into a plant.

Similar is the case with religion. The Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth. Unquote.