" जीवन का सच"

जन्म लेते ही प्राणी मोह -पाश मे बंध जाता है

माँ की मोहिनी मूरत देखकर मुस्कराता है

रंग -बिरंगे खिलोनो की दुनिया मे रम जाता है

भाई -बहन ,दोस्त -बंधुयो मे हँसता -खिलखिलाता है

... न फिक्र न फाका ,मस्त -मलंग -सा जीवन बिताता है

जब योवन की दहलीज पर खुद को खड़ा पता है

तब नए सपने लिये कल्पना के घोड़े दोडाता है

लक्ष्य प्राप्त कर सफलता की सीढ़ी तो चढ़ जाता है

लेकिन जिसने पैदा किया उसी को भूल जाता है

दुनिया मेरी मुट्ठी मे ,यह सोच कर इतराता है

प्रिय का संग पाकर गृहस्थी को अपनाता है

बच्चो संग खेलकर अपना बचपन दोहराता है

धीरे -धीरे जीवन की भाग -दौड़ मे पड़कर उलझता जाता है

फिर वृद्ध होकर स्वयं को असहाए पाता है

जीवन साथी से बिछुड़ कर अकेला रह जाता है

सोचता है कहा गए ,माता -पिता जिन्होंने जन्म दिया

कहा गए संगी -साथी जिनके साथ जीवन -व्यतीत किया

इंसान का वजूद क्या यही सोच पछताता है

आशा -निराशा के दौर से निकलकर

काल -चक्र मे फंस जाता है

किये गये कर्मो के अनुसार

फिर से नया जन्म पता है

इस तरह आवागमन का चक्र

निरंतर चलता जाता है

by Brajesh Soni

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• Jains have contributed immensely in the education of India right from day one through their monasteries distributed across the country.
• The family is the first school and nucelus for education in India.
• In the primitive India, father and mother were the basic teachers of their children.
• Jains also accepted the family concept which prevailed earlier the rise of the Jain religion and Jain philosophy.
• Jains also focussed and developed the family based system of education not only of Jain religious values but other aspects of life social, cultural, business and others.
• Grammar and correct speech and languageand communication was taught at home.
• Their monastries continued to impart instructions and lectures and education on religious and secular values.
• In the monasteries, the curricula included  instructions in religion, literature, arts and physical cultures.
• The Jain monastries admitted the students of all castes.
• Teachers were of two kinds : teaching religous values and other teachers teaching secular values.
• The teachers/monkds in the Jain monasteries were required to study not less than three hours to upgrade and educate and evolve themselves.
• Intermonasteries debates and sharing thoughts were encouraged.
• In the Jain monastries library, the books, scripts relating religion, philosophy, astronomy, logic and arthmetic could be found.
• Youths of mercantile communities were admitted and trained.
• Rulers of ancient India competed with each other in honouring Tirthankars for their various kinds of contribution including that of the education.

to be continued.

by Dr B M Sharma

A Leader!

He who Knows Not, and Knows Not that Knows Not,

but thinks he Knows, is a fool ... shun him!

He who Knows Not, and Knows that he Knows Not,

is a child ... teach him!

He who Knows, but uses not what he Knows,

is asleep ... wake him!

Oh! but he knows, and Knows that he Knows,

and uses what he Knows is a Leader ... follow him!

~ Author Unknown

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Physics & Metaphysics

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You live in time, we live in space.
You are always n the move; we're always at rest.
Religion is our first love, we reveal in metaphysics.
Science is your passion; you delight in physics.
You believe in freedom of speech; you strive for articulation.
We believe in freedom of silence; we lapse into meditation.
~ Hari Dam, prof of Philosophy

Sharpen the Saw ~ Balanced Self Renewal

According to philosopher Herb Shepherd our healthy balanced life resolves around for values i.e. perspective (spiritual), autonomy (mental), connectedness (social) and tone (physical). Sound motivation and organization theory embrace these four dimensions or motivations-the economic (physical), how people are treated (social), how people are developed and used (mental), and the service, the job, the contribution, the organization gives (spiritual).

"Sharpen the saw" basically means expressing all four motivations. Exercising all these four dimensions of our nature regularly and consistently in wise and balanced ways. To do this we must be proactive. Most importantly, as it lies at the corner of circle of influence, no one else can do it for us. We must do it for ourselves.

The physical dimension involves caring effectively for our physical body. The spiritual dimension provides leadership qualities to our formal education and grooming patterns. The social / emotional dimension centered on the principles of interpersonal leadership, empathetic communication and creative cooperation.

All these dimension enhance our greatest asset we have-ourselves. The habit talk about taking time to sharpen to all these attributes for an enlightening living, joyous in every aspect.

SET PERSONAL STANDARDS ~ Code of Conduct

There are state-of-the-standard rules and dictum's. Then there are state-of-the-individual norms that we set according to our own ethos and envision. These norms are the state-of-the-individual reflection of our own being and remains our guiding force all through. Just jot down your own set of rules that you will try to abide by.

• I will not knowingly hurt or hinder another human being in the pursuit of my career.
• I will not knowingly break any law in the furtherance of my career.
• I will have a moral code that I will follow no matter what.
• I will endeavor to provide a positive contribution to society by what I do for a living.
• I will not do anything that I could be ashamed to talk to my children about.
• I will put my family first at all times.
• I will play by the rules at all times.

The above code of conducts are some examples we need to follow for a harmonious and respectful life. Not necessarily, all these above rules will suit our own course of actions. We may need or have a better set for our personal conduct, it should bracket superior traits that comprise positive and proactive elements we need to network and nurture. We must endeavor to be the very, very best we can at all times.

Seek First to UNDERSTAND, then to be UNDERSTOOD ~ E Communication

Communication is one of the most important skill in life. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. If we want to interact effectively with others, to influence others, we first need to understand them. 'Seek first to understand' involves a very deep shift in paradigm. We often seek first to be understood. Most of us do not listen with the intent to understand, we listen with the intent to reply.
When another person speaks, we are usually 'listening' at one of four levels. We may be ignoring another person, not really listening at all. We may practice pretending. We may practice selective listening. Or we may practice alternative listening. But very few of us practice the highest form of listening, 'empathic listening'. By empathic listening, mean listening with intent to understand. According to communication experts in empathic listening, we listen with our eyes and with our heart. We listen for feeling, for meaning.

This habit is powerful because it exists right in the middle of our circle of influence. Many factors in independent situations are in our Circle of concern-problems, disagreements, circumstances, other people's behavior. And if we focus our energies out there, we deplete them with little positive results.

We can always seek first to understand. That's something within our control. And as we do that, as we can focus on our circle of influence, we really, deeply understand other people. We get to the heart, of matters. We talk with each other quickly. We give people the psychological air, they need so we can work together effectively.

• Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple. ~ John C Maxwell

BE PROACTIVE ~ Personal Vision

It all starts with our self awareness that enables us to stand tall in the crowd and examine the way we 'see' ourselves. It leads us to see beyond, listen beyond and act beyond in any environment. It makes us understand that we are responsible for our lives. It denotes the most basic habits of a successful people, the habit of pro activity.

How will you develop this self awareness? One excellent way to become more proactive is to look at where we focus our time and energy. We each have a wide range of concerns - our health, our career, our children, our social condition etc. We could separate those from things in which we have no particular or mental or emotional involvement by creating a circle of concern.

As we start focus our attention at those things within our circle of concern, it becomes apparent that there are some things over which we have no real control and others that we own do something about. And as soon as we begin working on the things, we can do something about , the nature of our energy will flow in more positive way, enlarging, magnifying, causing our circle of influence to increase.

Being proactive means you should take care to put all your efforts in the circle of influence. You should nurture your energy towards fulfilling your own ability. Your proactive approach that teaches you to see things in new light helps you to break the shackle of all your problems within the circle of influence.