Enge Bramanan
Thanks for reading my last blog post was New Yr Resolutions. Don’t ask me how many resolutions I am keeping up. Am trying at the earnest and not giving up. As always never loose heart and keep trying is my current mantra. அடிக்க அடிக்க அம்மியும் நகரும்.:)
So what is this Blog about… Am trying to present a bunch of thoughts from a television soap. Yes am seeing one particular soap with interest nowadays. No prizes for guessing the soap name right. It is same as the title of this blog “Enge brahmanan” – Roughly translating into “Where is the Brahmam“. Many of us might be seeing it, but I wanted to present some snippets given as given by Cho. I think these facts form a part of our belief system.
Dharma (righteousness) – Cho says “Dharma is not standard“. What is dharma to one person can be adharma to another.What I many interpret as right can be wrong for others.
o Does this really hold sense?
o How can dharma have more than one form?
o From where does relative dharma come?
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According to Cho “As long as your heart says what you are doing is right, you are up keeping dharma”. But this does not mean whatever we do can be held as dharma. Some of dharmas he mentioned are raja dharmam (Dharma to be followed by a king), pitru dharmam (dharma to be followed by a son to his father) etc.
I see some merit in this but it is difficult to realise its true significance.
Stitapragyan (One who treats all situations alike) – According to Cho for a Stiapragyan ,”Respect and disrespect” are the same. He takes everything in equal spirit. For him “Sadness and happiness” are the same. He reacts to all emotions in a similar manner.
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One dialogue in the soap is “We are reading geetha but our son is following it“. The person mentioned here is considered as abnormal. He is ridiculed and treated with contempt. And it reinforces one firm belief “Preaching is easy, practicing is tough“.
Nishkaranyam (Not expecting anything in return for performing ones duties) – Very interesting. Without goals we never do anything. So how come we can do anything without expecting somethiong in return. Very tough. But this is what the Geetha has preached. In tamil there is a popular saying கடமையை செய் பலனை எதிர்பார்காதே.
My friend Shoba once said “Perform your duties and live through the results than expecting something in return and getting frustrated in the process“. I realised the truth in this statement on one occassion and since then have been trying to be so. I also see “Happiness lies in doing things we like than doing things and thereby expecting something in return“.
Janakiraman said,
April 27, 2009 at 9:03 am
Well I had been thinking for a while to write about the same program. I accept few, reject many. I will come up with my own post
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For Nishkaranyam, its a subtle thing. In my understanding, the preaching of geetha is we must do something for the excitement u feel while doing it. For example if you really want to manage people, start a company and reallly loveee management do an MBA. Dont do it cos it might fetch u big bucks. Do research just for the excitement u get in doing it not for the returns of money that it might generate. It will just happen automatically. That’s how I would like to interpret atleast this sloga from geetha
‘Karmanyeva Dikahaste Mapaleshu Kadachana Ma Karma Bala heturbu Mathe Sankotsva Karmani’
And one word I wana put forward is dont take things literally or blindly in name of belief. Analyze it even if its geetha and try to implement to current situations.
sathyan84 said,
June 30, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Hey thanks man for the comments… indeed a comment after a long time…
Agreed we need to think and analyze thing from the present perspective… What Krishna has told in Geeta is just an indication…
And there seems to be another stanza which Krishna said… What i say is relevant to this time and this society… Problem is we get fixated in the words and never the context and situation….
Alas i more than agree with your statement “Do things for the shear kick you get by doing them”
Lakshmi said,
June 25, 2009 at 10:59 pm
According to me happiness comes from within. Once you put it in some one’s hand or attach it to something or some conditions you have already lost it. As long as things are in your hands you have control over it and once it is in others hand then uncertainty takes over. Most of the time everyone does things with expectation -> disappointment = uncertainty / unhappiness / misery. We have to do our duty and while we are doing it, we have to do it without any conditions and learn to enjoy it to the maximum extent. We will be able to do this only if we take a conscious effort to self monitor our self and ultimately discipline our self. Buddha said in simple words that, people expect which leads to disappointment resulting in unhappiness.
sathyan84 said,
June 30, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Lakshmi thanks for your comments…. Guess I have replied at least to you very early compared to my fren…
\\As long as things are in your hands you have control over it and once it is in others hand then uncertainty takes over\\\ But what I donot get here is in both occasions the outcomes are not in our control.. So does it really matter if we add/remove/modify conditions?
Offlate I have started believing in doing things and enjoying the experience rather than expect the results and wait for happiness in the form of good results
Annapoorani Sivaramakrishnan said,
July 28, 2009 at 7:00 am
Read it in your internal blog
Have not watched an episode though…
Have to ask paati or amma about this serial
keep writing
sathyan84 said,
September 24, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Hey thanks for commenting Purni….
Am responding to this comment after the serial is over… No other worthy replacement is there though in small screen though