bhajagovindam

This is also another book which gives us wisdom about life and pointing out our follies and persuade us to become a good human being by becoming morally good. As we hindus have

no church or mosque to teach us human values but to find it ourselves, this book in one of

such books which guide us to become better humans

bhagavovindam

njaanappaana by poonthaanam

This is a prayer song written by Poonthaanam Namboothiri, while he was in great pain for the loss of his one and only child. The lines are very simple to understand and very meaningful also and it makes us aware of our follies and selfishness and greed and he repeatedly tells us to concentrate our mind on God and don't go after worldly pleasures; for, they are perishable at any moment and bring us grief and the only true happiness we would get is from renunciation and love toward God and unselfish love towards His (god's) children. From unselfishness only we can get true peace, satisfaction and if we are content, we are really rich in God's Eye. Any riches could not make a man happy lest he find his inner peace in himself .

A must to read book for hindu children ( for others also- for it is purely philosophical),in my opinion
njaanappaana.

Bhagavath Geetha

This is a sacred book of Hindus. But I could only read it at the age of 24. Before that I
was wandering here and there for truth and direction. I used to go to temple and pray. But God sit there silently. I felt shy to ask for any favours; for, I considered it as selfishness. I used to pray just for everybody and come back. I considered it is unwise to make Him remember to save His own children. So I felt embarrassed and just close my eyes to see the real God to ask him what is our purpose in life or why are we born in this Earth, etc... etc...

In the end, Bhagavath Geetha quenched my thirst a little (as I am not intelligent enough to grasp its full meanings yet).

You can find glimpses of truth and wisdom about the life and universe in this book.

karmayogam by vivekanda swami

I have read both the English and Malayalam version of this book. This is a very good book for hindus who are lost in the modern world.

While christians find solace in Church and Muslims get direction from mosqueby doing group prayer and reading relegious books, we, hindus just go to Temple and pray sielently. There is nobody to teach us our moral values or our duties and rights and wrongs.

Bhagavath Geetha and Karmagogam are two essential books every hindu children must learn in their childhood. It give them wisdom, direction and peace.

A passage to India by E M Foster

Teusdays with Morris

Just now I am reading this book. I like the philosophy in it .I am reading it out of curiosity to know whether it can give me any direction on how to live my life successfully but I am not satisfied much yet. But still I am reading ..

Morris says,

1) Love Always Wins

2)If you have other people to trust you, you have to trust them too.

3) Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live .

4) Love each other or perish.

5) About family, he says, if you want the experience of having complete responsibility of another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.

6) About emotions-
Take any emotion- love for a woman or grief for a loved one, or fear of going through a deadly illness. If you hold back the emotions, if you don’t allow yourself to go all the way through them, you can never get to being detached, you are too busy being afraid. On the contrary, let it penetrate you fully. That’s how you are able to leave it. Now you can say that, alright, I have experienced that emotion, recognized that emotion. Now I want to detach from it for a
moment.

If you are so lonely and on the brink of tears, you let go, accept it, feel it. If you want to cry, cry. Let the loneliness penetrate you and once it has done enough to you it has no other choice but leave and you also have no other way than to let it go and feel other emotions. We cannot cling to a same emotion for so long .

If we try to ran away from a barking dog for the fear that it may bite, the dog will simply follow you. But if you stand still and stare it straight in the eyes, the dog will surely go away.

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