State Craft and Spirituality
Governments should not engage in business, and religious organizations should refrain from commercial ventures.
When either strays from its core purpose, both risk losing credibility and the trust of the people.
The fundamental role of government is governance and public welfare, sustained through transparent taxation.
The mission of a religious organization is to offer spiritual guidance and nurture community well-being, upheld by voluntary donations and self-reliance.
Blurring these boundaries erodes ethics, undermines accountability, and compromises the original missions of both institutions.
This principle is echoed in the wisdom of ancient texts:
Governance (राजधर्म) is meant to uphold justice and dharma, not to earn profit.
Religion (धर्म) is for spiritual upliftment, not commerce.
These timeless insights remind us that when power and faith are commercialized, society loses its moral compass.
जीवनपाठक्रमः
ये नैव जानन्ति गतिगतिमिमां पूर्वजन्मोत्तरं भ्रान्तये,
जीवन्नेव यथालसं विचरते लोकस्य केवलपाठे॥
ये जन्मप्रलयक्रमं न विदिताः पूर्वापरं चान्वयान्,
मायामोहवशादिह प्रविशति नूनं जनो लौकिकः।
ये तत्त्वं पुनरागमान्मरणमार्गं चाधीत्य नित्यं बुधाः,
ते वर्तमानजीवने विवृणुते मार्गं परं शान्तये॥
ये तत्त्वं विदितं पुनर्जनिमरणं ज्ञात्वा भवन्ति प्राज्ञाः,
तेऽध्यायन्ति सदात्मविवेकविधयं निःश्रेयसस्यैव।
धर्मः स एव गुणान् प्रभवयति नृणां सर्वजीवनपाठः,
येनैव प्रविविक्तया परगतिर्लभ्यते सान्तरम्॥
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Dreams that proof and reason bless
Shine with light and truth confess.
When bright the mind’s perception grows,
Its hidden truth in radiance shows.
But lacking proof, they fade away
Mere shadows born of night and day.
So guard them well, and speak them not,
Lest falsehood spread and hearts be caught
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The Validity of Dream and Experience
When vision shines with truth’s own ray,
And dream bears proof to light the way,
Then such a dream seems real and bright,
Its lived experience filled with sight.
But when no truth or proof is near,
Both fade like mists the clouds uprear;
Proclaim them not to wandering minds,
Let falsehood die where darkness blinds.
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True Worship
For worship there is no time,
No need for bell or chant or chime;
God only sees devotion, not time-
A loving heart is truth sublime.
God does not see what you offer,
Nor judge the outer golden cover;
He only sees respect hidden in the wrapper,
The silent faith you gently offer.
No wealth nor grand display He sees,
No costly gifts or rituals please;
A humble heart bowed down in prayer
Brings the Lord to dwell and hear.
So worship not by hour or art,
But with a pure and faithful heart;
Where love and reverence shine in heart,
There begins true worship, devotion’s start.
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The Power of Self-Correction
(From Inner Truth to World Peace)
If one beholds one’s faults within,
And strives to cleanse each trace of sin,
With steadfast will and vision true,
All inner storms fade from view.
If society can see its flaws,
And strives to mend its broken laws,
With mindful steps and purpose wise,
Its heavy chains dissolve and die.
If every country knows its flaws,
And walks the path of righteous laws,
Through self-correction, firm and wise,
A nation’s countless troubles die.
If nations see their shadowed ways,
And walk the path of righteous ways,
Through self-correction, pure and kind,
The world’s deep wounds are healed in time.
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True Knowledge
God is Creator of all that is,
The source of life, of cosmic bliss.
God is Sustainer of all that lives,
A silent grace that ever gives.
God is the One where all streams end,
Beyond all forms and fleeting dreams.
To know this truth deep in the soul
Is true knowledge, makes one whole.
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The Purity of True Knowledge
God said: no treasure shines so bright,
As knowledge pure, the soul’s true light.
When yogis pure in heart attain,
Truth is revealed by God again.
No flame so pure, no vision clear,
Dispels the night of doubt and fear.
It fills the heart with inner light,
A truth long veiled now comes to light.
Not gained by words nor fleeting art,
Nor born where restless passions start.
But in the depths of tranquil will,
It dawns when mind and breath are still.
One who walks the inward way,
Where mind and thought in silent purity stay.
In yoga deep, with spirit aligned,
Finds living truth within the mind.
When self and God no more divide,
And ego’s fleeting shadows slide,
Then knowledge pure begins to rise,
A living truth the soul realizes.
No outer proof is needed then,
Nor borrowed thoughts of other men.
For one who dwells in union true,
Sees all sustained by One, in sacred view.
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One-Line Essence of this Poem:
True knowledge does not arise from
the outer world, but from inner
purity and the stillness of the soul;
it is revealed by God.
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Wisdom Through Living, Not Reading Alone
Many spend their lives in reading lore,
Yet wisdom seldom reaches to the core.
Pages turn and fleeting knowledge grows,
Yet inner truth remains what few can know.
They chase the words in endless, streams,
Lose themselves in borrowed dreams.
But borrowed light can never truly stay,
When life’s own trials darken every way.
One who walks through sorrow, loss, and pain,
Who falls, yet rises stronger through the strain,
Learns truths no written page can e’er convey,
And finds within a self-illumined way.
For wisdom lives not bound in ink or page,
Nor locked within the scholar’s gilded cage.
It blooms in hearts courageous, deep, and true,
Trials faced and life experienced through.
So read-but live the truths that you have known,
Let insight grow by seeds your life has sown.
For wisdom’s light begins to rise inside,
When life itself becomes your truest guide.
ईश्वर-ईश्वरदूतसङ्गसन्निध्यम्।
अल्पायुषि जगद्यात्रायां,मित्रं कश्चिद् भवेद् नरः।
अन्ये दीपशिखावत् स्युः,क्षणेनैव भवन्ति परः॥
अजानन्नपि मार्गार्थं,चेतः कम्पितमानसम्।
स्वकर्मणि प्रवर्तामः,न ज्ञातं भाग्यलिखितं समम्॥
यदा तत्त्वप्रकाशोऽन्तः,शङ्काच्छायाः प्रधूयते।
तदा प्रसादः शान्त्याख्यः,हृदि पूर्णत्वम् उदयते॥
देवदूताः हिते नित्यं,विदन्ति ध्येयसंस्थितिम्।
तेषां कृपा सुहृत्त्वं च,तमोऽपि नाशयति धृतिम्॥
तस्माद् देवेन सह चर,विश्वासं पालय दृढम्।
यः तिष्ठति हरौ नित्यं,स लभेत शाश्वतं सुखम्॥
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॥ श्रीहरिनारायण-चतुर्व्यूह-मोक्षप्रद-स्तवनम् ॥
सच्चिदानंदं परब्रह्म, परम् आद्यां शक्तिं परमेश्वरीम्।
जगन्नाथं बलभद्रं च, प्रद्युम्नं चानिरुद्धकम्॥
चतुर्व्यूहरूपिणं देवं, नमामि परब्रह्म परम्।
नमामि तव पादपङ्कजं, शरण्यं भक्तवत्सलम्॥
भवबन्धविनाशनाय, भक्तानां परमं सुखम्।
नामस्मरणमात्रेण, दातुं शक्तो जनार्दनः॥
निर्मलसङ्काशं तेजस्वि, लोकातीतं निरञ्जनम्।
योगिध्येयं अनावृतं, स्वयंप्रभं सनातनम्॥
न मेऽस्ति शरणं नाथ, त्वदन्यः परमेश्वरः।
त्वत्पादाम्बुजं ध्यायन्, प्रविश्येन्मोक्षद्वारम्॥
यं पठेन्मनुजो भक्त्या, चतुर्व्यूहं मनोहरम्।
विमुक्तिः स्याद्भवाब्धेः, स विष्णुलोके निवत्स्यति॥
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श्रीहरिं नारायणं वन्दे, जगन्नाथं सनातनम्।
भक्तानामभयप्रदं, शरण्यं पुरुषोत्तमम्॥ १ ॥
बलभद्रं महाबलं, योगिनां ध्यानगोचरम्।
सर्वपापप्रशमनं, वन्दे तं शेषशायिनम्॥ २ ॥
प्रद्युम्नं कामरूपं तं, ध्यानयुक्तं सदा स्मृतम्।
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षप्रदं, वन्दे नारायणात्मजम्॥ ३ ॥
अनिरुद्धं महाप्राज्ञं, जगत्सृष्टिस्थितिलयम्।
भक्तकल्पद्रुमं नित्यं, वन्दे भक्तवत्सलम्॥ ४ ॥
चतुर्व्यूहस्वरूपं तं, जगज्जीवनहेतवे।
सदैव हृदि सन्निविष्टं, वन्दे सर्वेश्वरं हरिं परमम्॥ ५ ॥
मोक्षं मे देहि गोविन्द, संसारार्णवतारक।
भवद्भक्त्याऽधृढीकृत्य, नित्यं स्थापय मे पदे॥ ६ ॥
॥ इति श्रीहरिनारायण-चतुर्व्यूह-मोक्षप्रद-स्तवनम् ॥
- तदनन्तरम् -
(न्यासरूपेण जप्यमान मन्त्राः)
ॐ श्रीजगन्नाथाय नमः।ॐ श्रीबलभद्राय नमः॥
ॐ श्रीप्रद्युम्नाय नमः।ॐ अनिरुद्धाय नमः॥
ॐ श्रीनारायणाय नमः।ॐ श्रीशेषनागाय नमः॥
ॐ श्रीमहालक्ष्म्यै नमः।ॐ श्रीनारायण्यै नमः॥
ॐ परमात्माय नमः।ॐ परमात्मिकायै नमः॥
ॐ प्रकृत्यै नमः।ॐ सर्वभूतहितप्रदायै नमः॥
- तदनन्तरम् -
प्रणाम
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