Here's a little something I found recently.
Kalih shyano bhavati sanjihanastu dwaparah|
Uttishthanstreta bhavati kritam sampadyate charan ||
|| charaiveti charaiveti||
The Hindu calendar is divided into four yugas (ages):
The first was Krita aur Sati. It was the yuga of greatest dharma (righteousness).
The second was treta or the yuga of the great epic Ramayana where dharma was still the order of the day but there were elements that comprised the antithesis to dharma (adharma)).
The third was Dwapar where adharama had reached masses and even the greatest of kings were not free of adharma. The last if the current age where adharma is prevelant among all sections of society.
One who is asleep is like kali (the age of greatest evil - modern age), one who is awake is like Dwapar (the third age). One who stands is like Treta (second age) and one who walks is like Krita (the noblest age of all). Therefore, keep walking keep walking (charaiveti charaiveti).
Hindu culture is clearly rife with examples that inspire one to keep working (karma) because sitting idle is the greatest bane of human socity. One very popular verse is (from the Geeta)
Karmanye vadikaraste, ma phaleshu kadhachana .
Also asks one to stay on the path of karma. This is a third by Swami Vivekanada
Uttishtha, jagrita prapya barannibodhata
(arise, awake and do not stop till you achieve your goals)
These verses can also be interpreted with sleep meaning passiveness to the society and its evils while walking implies taking actions ireespective of the perils. That is perhaps what dharma is supposed to be?
Why do we faulter then? I wonder why there is so much of kali in me and in the people I see around me. Why am I a mute spectator, why am I asleep? I wonder....
Kalih shyano bhavati sanjihanastu dwaparah|
Uttishthanstreta bhavati kritam sampadyate charan ||
|| charaiveti charaiveti||
The Hindu calendar is divided into four yugas (ages):
The first was Krita aur Sati. It was the yuga of greatest dharma (righteousness).
The second was treta or the yuga of the great epic Ramayana where dharma was still the order of the day but there were elements that comprised the antithesis to dharma (adharma)).
The third was Dwapar where adharama had reached masses and even the greatest of kings were not free of adharma. The last if the current age where adharma is prevelant among all sections of society.
One who is asleep is like kali (the age of greatest evil - modern age), one who is awake is like Dwapar (the third age). One who stands is like Treta (second age) and one who walks is like Krita (the noblest age of all). Therefore, keep walking keep walking (charaiveti charaiveti).
Hindu culture is clearly rife with examples that inspire one to keep working (karma) because sitting idle is the greatest bane of human socity. One very popular verse is (from the Geeta)
Karmanye vadikaraste, ma phaleshu kadhachana .
Also asks one to stay on the path of karma. This is a third by Swami Vivekanada
Uttishtha, jagrita prapya barannibodhata
(arise, awake and do not stop till you achieve your goals)
These verses can also be interpreted with sleep meaning passiveness to the society and its evils while walking implies taking actions ireespective of the perils. That is perhaps what dharma is supposed to be?
Why do we faulter then? I wonder why there is so much of kali in me and in the people I see around me. Why am I a mute spectator, why am I asleep? I wonder....
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