________________ 154 PRABUDHHA JIVAN: AAGAM PARICHAY SPECIAL AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2012 லலலலலலலல லலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலல o this poem be apt for Valmiki, Angoolimal or Dradh acquired from all across the continent. After some time Prahari- all the three can be seen as 'bhari karmi' but into their friendship,one day Shams casually throws tad bhav or a few bhav moksh gaami. away his precious precious books into the fountain in And one of my personal most favourite: their courtyard and Rumi watches without any change If God said, of expression or heartbreak. infact Rumi only watches "Rumi pay homage to everything that has helped with love, the only emotion he ever feels of any action you enter my arms", of Shams. This friendship was where rumi had to unThere would not be one experience of my life,not learn everything he knew, and instead of the outside, 2 one thought, not one feeling not any act,I would Shams taught him to look inside his own soul which was the all knowing, which did not need any books or not bow to. teachers... It was its own master, all knowing and all 2-Rumi joyful. So we end with Rumi's best teaching to all of < Imagine what allignment between word and thought, hankering after a lover, wealth, a distraction, a passion& thought and deed, word and deed. what awareness A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take and what 'antar nirmalta' to be in this state where ev one whole heart home. And Thus Spake Rumi. & erything you see, everything you hear, everything you speak, everything you feel and everything you are is ORESHMA JAIN & just taking you closer to your own God self within or [Reshma Jain is a student of life and a constant & towards a God out there. seeker, stil not at rest within. Her guru is Shrimad Before Shams came into Rumi's life, Rumi was a Rajchandra and that is her one and only constant C brilliant receptive man, extremely intellegant, a knower Everything else in her life is fluid and amidst them she C of many worlds. One of the many stories about Shams- has been a journalist for over 15 years, helped make Rumi meeting is that Rumi had a library of books that a documentry and worked closely with Japan delnoone was allowed to touch, not his wife, nor his daugh- egates to try and make a bridge between India and 2 ter. They were precious books of knowledge that he Japan for trade, cinema, textiles. Editor] - 2. Once upon a time a saint whatever the saint said. The poor 12 2 while passing through a city met RESULT OF ANGER man got the golden juice also. 12 one poor man who seemed to be While both of them were 12 worried. He asked him the reason behind his worries. returning, the saint told him not to get angry in any 12 The poor man said, "I am very poor and because l case, even if somebody teases him, makes fun of him, I can't feel my family members I am always under or whatever the situation is. The man was happy with stress. the juice so he agreed to whatever the saint said. The saint said, "Dont worry. I will show you the While travelling the saint tested the poor man by way to get money and how to become rich, but you telling him often that he received the juice because will have to come with me. You have to go where l of the saint only. The poor man after listening the 2 say and do what I tell." The man agreed and both of same thing again and again got excited and in anger 2 them started for the destination. The saint took him threw away the precious golden juice. 2 at the top of one hill which was full of greeneries. The saint shouted, "What have you done? You 2 Then the saint told him that the person who can bear lost what you obtained after a great effort. I had 12 all the seasons, who can remain hungry, one who warned you not to get angry. Now you will have to 12 2 can survive on fruits and vegetables and still does't repent." I feel unhappy, can only get the golden juice. Are you "You loose much because of anger." I ready for that? The poor man agreed. Then the saint (From Nishith Sutra Uddesh 10) I I showed him the ceremony to get the juice. By Acharya Vatsalyadeepji 1 The poor man so much frustrated that he agreed to Translated by Smt. Pushpa Parikh 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - லேலலல லலலல லல லல லல லல லல லல லலல லலல ல ல ல ல ல லலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலலல லலல லலல லலலலலலலலலலலலலல ல
