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Everyone who is worried and asking insensitive, ill informed and smug people with good marks "what will be the cut off"; "will I clear"
Very wise Gurdas Mann (poet and singer we in Punjab love and adore) said about this duniya and its people-- "iss nagri di ajab kahani, dubbdeya de muh paundi paani"
"This world's a strange place, its people like to put water in the mouths of those they find drowning"
+ nitt chhad'de nu kare salaama'n, khatam hoya'n di khatam kahaani
One dialogue by Tom Hanks, from the movie Castaway ( 2000) --
" Because I was never gonna get off that island..... I was gonna die there, totally alone.... I was gonna get sick, or get injured or something... The only choice I had, the only thing I could control was when, and how, and where it was going to happen.....
So... I made a rope and I went up to the summit, to hang myself. I had to test it, you know? Of course. You know me..... And the weight of the log, snapped the limb of the tree, so I, I, I,,,, couldn't even kill myself the way I wanted to. I had power over *nothing*....
And that's when this feeling came over me like a warm blanket....... I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive..... Somehow..... I had to keep breathing.... Even though there was no reason to hope..... And all my logic said that I would never see My city again...... So that's what I did..... I stayed alive. I kept breathing..... And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail.....
And now, here I am. I'm back. In Memphis, my city, talking to you..... I have ice in my glass...
And I've lost her all over again... I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly.... But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island..... And I know what I have to do now..... I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring? "
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low but the debts are high, And you want to smile but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit... Rest if you must, but don't you quit!
Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many failures turn about When we might have won had we stuck it out. Don't give up though the pace seems slow... You may succeed with another blow.
Often the struggler has given up When he might have captured the victor’s cup; And he learned too late when the night came down, How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out... And you can never tell how close you are It may be near when it seems so far. So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.
-- "Don't Quit" by Edgar A. Guest.
Thanks for an introduction to this gem! I hadnt ever heard of Edgar Guest..this is beautiful!
Sanjay, the one who saw the great war from his third eye, the king slayer, at the end of the war decided to visit the place where this greatest war took place; Kurukshetra. He looked around and wondered if the war really happened, if the Pandavas and Krishna really stood here, if Krishna really evoked his verses on Bhagwat Gita on this ground soaked from blood of thousands.
‘You will never know the truth about that!’ said an soft ageing voice from behind.
Sanjay turned around to find an old man in white robes gazing at him out of the bright light of sun and column of dust. He was old but seemed like time has stopped for something important. Sanjay assumed
‘I know you are here to find out about the Kurukshetra war, but you cannot know about that war till you know what the real war is about.’ the old man said enigmatically.
‘What do you mean?’ came reply from Sanjay.
‘The Mahabharata is an Epic, a ballad, maybe a reality but definitely a philosophy.’
Interestingly the only Ballad which Hinduism saw.
‘Can you tell me what the philosophy is then?’Sanjay enquired.
Sure, exclaimed the voice.
‘The Pandavas are nothing but your five senses, sight, smell, taste, touch and sound and do you know what the Kauravas are?’ he asked narrowing his eyes.
‘The Kauravas are the hundred vices that attack your senses everyday but you can fight them and do you know how?’
Sanjay asked again.
‘When Krishna rides your chariot !’
The voice smiled and lured Sanjay to ask more, he could see the bliss inside.
‘Krishna is your inner voice, your soul, your guiding light and if you let your life in his guiding hands you have nothing to worry.’
Sanjay was numb but came with another question. ‘Then why are Dronacharya and Bhishma fighting for the Kauravas, if they are vices?’
The old man nodded, sadder for the question.
‘It just means that as you grow up your perception of your elders change. The elders who you thought were perfect in your growing years are not at all that perfect. They have faults. And one day you will have to decide if they are for good or your bad. Then you may realise that you may have to fight them for the good. It is the hardest part of the growing up and that is why the Geeta is important.’
Sanjay, failed to realise the reality and philosophy of Mahabharata, slumped down not because he was tired but because he could understand and was struck by the enormity of it all.
‘What about Karna?’ he whispered.
‘Ah!’ said the Old voice. ‘You have saved the best for the last. Karna is the brother to your senses, he is Desire, he is a part of your intellect but stands with the vices. He feels wronged and makes excuses for being with the vices as your desire does all the time.’
Sanjay looked at the ground, consumed with a million thoughts, trying to put everything together and then when he looked up the Old man was gone.
As he went, it became dark, seemed like the light has gone. Third eye which has given all the insights forever gave him the last philosophy of life which will become the teaching for this world.
Sanjay was left awestruck, realised with pragmatic truth of Mahabharat.
And for all the Punjabis, I invoke Surjit Patar sahab -
Nitt soorja'n ne chhaddhna, Nitt soorja'n ne lehna, Parbat to saagra'n vall nadiyaa'n ne roz vehna, Ik dooje magar ghumna, Ruttan te mausma'n ne, Eh silsila jugo jug edan e chalda rehna. Nitt soorjan ne chhaddhna..
Chann-taareyan di loye, Iqrar jehde hoye, Deeve ohna te hasse, Taare ohna te roye, Tutde 'qrar dekhe, Asan beshumar dekhe, Kal eh mehal v dhehna, Nitt soorjan ne chhaddhna..
Ehna deeveyan nu dasde, Ehna taareyan nu kehde, Ehna hassde rondeyan nu, Tu sareyan nu kehde, Asi jaan valo'n deeve, Imaan valo'n tare, Asi deeve vang jaggna, Asi taare vang rehna, Nitt soorjan ne chhaddhna...
Sun hey jhhanna de paani, Tu dubb gaye na jaani, Tere paaniyan te tarni, Es pyar di kahani, Hai jhooth margye oh, Dub k tan targye oh, Nitt lehran teriyan ne, Pake shor kehna, Nitt soorjan ne chhaddhna, Nitt soorjan ne lehna, Parbat to saagra'n val nadiyaa'n ne roz vehna, Ik dooje magar ghumna, Ruttan te mausma'n ne, Eh silsila jugo jug edan e chalda rehna.
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All time favorite of mine.. Jitni baar dekho, utni baar Hi achhi lagti hai ye movie.
Andy, Red, Warden Norton, Boggs, Brooks, ... Kya ek se badhkar ek character the.
" Because I was never gonna get off that island..... I was gonna die there, totally alone.... I was gonna get sick, or get injured or something... The only choice I had, the only thing I could control was when, and how, and where it was going to happen.....
So... I made a rope and I went up to the summit, to hang myself. I had to test it, you know? Of course. You know me..... And the weight of the log, snapped the limb of the tree, so I, I, I,,,, couldn't even kill myself the way I wanted to. I had power over *nothing*....
And that's when this feeling came over me like a warm blanket.......
I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive..... Somehow..... I had to keep breathing.... Even though there was no reason to hope..... And all my logic said that I would never see My city again...... So that's what I did..... I stayed alive. I kept breathing..... And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail.....
And now, here I am. I'm back. In Memphis, my city, talking to you..... I have ice in my glass...
And I've lost her all over again... I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly.... But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island.....
And I know what I have to do now..... I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring? "
--- Tom Hanks, Castaway
Yahi dialogue poori film ki jaan hai buss
"Sitaron Se Aage Jahaan Aur Bhi Hain
Abhi Ishq Ke Imtihan Aur Bhi Hain
Beyond the stars are even more worlds
There are still even more tests of passion
Tihi Zindagi Ke Nahin Yeh Fazaayein
Yahan Sainkadon Kaaravaan Aur Bhi Hain
These expanses are not devoid of life
Here there are hundreds of other caravans too
Qanaa'at Nah Kar Aalam-e-Rang-o-Bu Par
Chaman Aur Bhi, Aashiyaan Aur Bhi Hain!
Don't be contented with the world of color and scent
There are other gardens, other nests (resting places), too
Agar Kho Gaya Ek Nasheman Tho Kya Gham
Muqaamaat-e-Aah-o-Fughaan Aur Bhi Hain!
If a nest (home) was lost, what's the [cause of] grief?
There are other places for sighing and lamenting
Tu Shaaheen Hai, Parvaaz Hai Kaam Tera
Tere Saamne Aasmaan Aur Bhi Hain
You are a falcon, your task is to fly
Before you there are other skies as well to cover
Isi Roz-o-Shab Mein Ulajh Kar Nah Rah Jaa
Kih Tere Zamaan-o-Makaan Aur Bhi Hain
Don't remain entangled, in this day-and-night
For you have other times-and-places too
Gaye Din Ke Tanhaa Thaa Main Anjuman Mein
Yahaan Ab Mere Raaz-Daan Aur Bhi Hain!
The days are gone when I was alone in the gathering
Here, now, I have other secret-sharers too!"
this thread is awesome:)
The true philosophy
Sanjay, the one who saw the great war from his third eye, the king slayer, at the end of the war decided to visit the place where this greatest war took place; Kurukshetra. He looked around and wondered if the war really happened, if the Pandavas and Krishna really stood here, if Krishna really evoked his verses on Bhagwat Gita on this ground soaked from blood of thousands.
‘You will never know the truth about that!’ said an soft ageing voice from behind.
Sanjay turned around to find an old man in white robes gazing at him out of the bright light of sun and column of dust. He was old but seemed like time has stopped for something important. Sanjay assumed
‘I know you are here to find out about the Kurukshetra war, but you cannot know about that war till you know what the real war is about.’ the old man said enigmatically.
‘What do you mean?’ came reply from Sanjay.
‘The Mahabharata is an Epic, a ballad, maybe a reality but definitely a philosophy.’
Interestingly the only Ballad which Hinduism saw.
‘Can you tell me what the philosophy is then?’Sanjay enquired.
Sure, exclaimed the voice.
‘The Pandavas are nothing but your five senses, sight, smell, taste, touch and sound and do you know what the Kauravas are?’ he asked narrowing his eyes.
‘The Kauravas are the hundred vices that attack your senses everyday but you can fight them and do you know how?’
Sanjay asked again.
‘When Krishna rides your chariot !’
The voice smiled and lured Sanjay to ask more, he could see the bliss inside.
‘Krishna is your inner voice, your soul, your guiding light and if you let your life in his guiding hands you have nothing to worry.’
Sanjay was numb but came with another question. ‘Then why are Dronacharya and Bhishma fighting for the Kauravas, if they are vices?’
The old man nodded, sadder for the question.
‘It just means that as you grow up your perception of your elders change. The elders who you thought were perfect in your growing years are not at all that perfect. They have faults. And one day you will have to decide if they are for good or your bad. Then you may realise that you may have to fight them for the good. It is the hardest part of the growing up and that is why the Geeta is important.’
Sanjay, failed to realise the reality and philosophy of Mahabharata, slumped down not because he was tired but because he could understand and was struck by the enormity of it all.
‘What about Karna?’ he whispered.
‘Ah!’ said the Old voice. ‘You have saved the best for the last. Karna is the brother to your senses, he is Desire, he is a part of your intellect but stands with the vices. He feels wronged and makes excuses for being with the vices as your desire does all the time.’
Sanjay looked at the ground, consumed with a million thoughts, trying to put everything together and then when he looked up the Old man was gone.
As he went, it became dark, seemed like the light has gone. Third eye which has given all the insights forever gave him the last philosophy of life which will become the teaching for this world.
Sanjay was left awestruck, realised with pragmatic truth of Mahabharat.
Nitt soorja'n ne chhaddhna,
Nitt soorja'n ne lehna,
Parbat to saagra'n vall nadiyaa'n ne roz vehna,
Ik dooje magar ghumna,
Ruttan te mausma'n ne,
Eh silsila jugo jug edan e chalda rehna.
Nitt soorjan ne chhaddhna..
Chann-taareyan di loye,
Iqrar jehde hoye,
Deeve ohna te hasse,
Taare ohna te roye,
Tutde 'qrar dekhe,
Asan beshumar dekhe,
Kal eh mehal v dhehna,
Nitt soorjan ne chhaddhna..
Ehna deeveyan nu dasde,
Ehna taareyan nu kehde,
Ehna hassde rondeyan nu,
Tu sareyan nu kehde,
Asi jaan valo'n deeve,
Imaan valo'n tare,
Asi deeve vang jaggna,
Asi taare vang rehna,
Nitt soorjan ne chhaddhna...
Sun hey jhhanna de paani,
Tu dubb gaye na jaani,
Tere paaniyan te tarni,
Es pyar di kahani,
Hai jhooth margye oh,
Dub k tan targye oh,
Nitt lehran teriyan ne,
Pake shor kehna,
Nitt soorjan ne chhaddhna,
Nitt soorjan ne lehna,
Parbat to saagra'n val nadiyaa'n ne roz vehna,
Ik dooje magar ghumna,
Ruttan te mausma'n ne,
Eh silsila jugo jug edan e chalda rehna.