SILVER LINING AMONG DARK CLOUDS
BY DR. RAM SHARMA , Senior Lecturer in English, J.V.College, Baraut, Baghpat, U.P.
I am thinking about the aim of our lives. . Is it just earning money , getting degrees , winning awards ,
imposing recognition or much more than that .Ramakrishna Paramhans who was the guru of Swami
Vivekananda , used to tell him a story.`` There was a great scholar of Sanskrit full of puffed pride.One
day he has to go from his village to another village .He has to cross the river .He took a boat .His pride
was compeling him to enquire others knowledge so that others may know how much knowledge he
has.He boasted that he had full knowledge of Vedas, Astrology and Grammar.He had so much
superiority complex in him that he started comparing his knowledge with the knowledge of boatman
.This was the only way he can show to others what he is. That learned scholar asked the boatman, ``
Have you studied Bhagvad Gita ?``.The boatman answered, `` I do not know how to read so I can not
read Bhagvad ?`` The scholar said disdainfully, `` The person who has not read Bhagvad Gita , has
destroyed his twenty percent life.``The boatman tried to clarify with the reason that he has no time for
all these activities because he has household works and children to look after.That scholar again asked
the second question , `` You might have heard about Vedas .``The boatman answered that all the
persons in his village are illiterates .How can they hear about Vedas``Then hearing so the scholar cried,
`` Its too much .You are fool .You have destroyed your forty percent life.Everything is useless in your
life``. Till then the boat came in the middle of the river.The scholar did not stop his questions .He again
asked , `` You might have atleast heard about Ramcharitmanas ``.The boatman answered in negative
.That scholar again commented , `` You fool! You have destroyed your eighty percent life``.Uptill now the
boatman was bearing all these insults .All of a sudden the boat started dwindling in the middle of the
river and water started pouring in the boat.The boatman asked the scholar, `` Panditji, Do you know
how to swim ? ` That scholar answered , `` NO``.The boatman retorted with anxiety of fear, `` Now your
whole life has been destroyed. Now we have no option but to jump and swim .All your books and
knowledge cannot help you in swimming``
Its not just degrees, knowledge or post that matters but it is the Midas touch of compassion .Vidya
Dadati Vinayam [ Education gives us humility].But in this materialistic rat race we are becoming like a
balloon after getting degrees or posts and forgetting our villages and relatives.Swami Vivekananda
forced upon compassion and human heart in education. He said,
``Well, you consider a man as educated if only he can pass some examinations and deliver good lectures
.The education which does not help the common mass of people to equip themselves for the struggle
for life , which does not bring out the strength of character , a spirit of philanthropy, and the courage of
lion –is it worth the name ?
Real education is that which enables one to stand on one own legs .The education that you are receiving
now in schools and colleges is only making you a race of dyspeptics , you are working like machines
merely, and living jelly fish existence.``
We have becomes machines with no human heart that hears or feels.Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
materialized his concept of getting education in lap of nature through his Shanti Niketan but now we
are destroying nature and making airconditioned class rooms . Can cool breeze of natural air be
compared with mechanical stale air of airconditioner.Sant Kabir Das has propounded the theory of
love.
`` Pothi padh padh jag bhaya, pandit bhaya na koy
Dhai Akhar prem ka padhe so pandit hoi ``
Means human touch and compassion is the real scholarship in place of tons of books and selfish
ends.Education without nature and love is useless or lame.It is positivity self confidence , love and
brotherhood that is important .Swami Vivekananda has said,
``You have a thousand times more than in all books .Never loose faith in yourself , you can do anything
in this universe .Never weaken , all power is yours.``
Evil talk has much attraction .We are always ready to hear the evils of others .We always raise our
fingers on others.When we see that two persons are fighting on the way, we stop and look at them
more closely but we never glance a spell of love on starving begger on the way.Our curious eyes never
try to know how much that begger or helpless person is suffering .Not only this we try to search the
weak points .If any person has done 99 good works that will never be counted or appreciated but if he
has committed any error that will be go on forever.Every can`t be perfect because Mr. Perfectionist is
Almighty.Another thing we should try is infiltration of jealousy.Jealousy is like a burning coal that we
keep inside our heart .Its better to have a healthy competition in place of pouring the venom in form of
ill talk or rumours.You should not feel bothered about these ill talk but meet that person with more
love who wants that you should weep and always have the smiling face inspite of pangs of grieves.
We always preoccupied in ill conversation about that person whom we never like and in this way keep
remembering him keep loving him all the time.We should be thankful to such persons .If anyone throws
stones on you .You should be patient enough to collect all those stones to solidify your foundation
.Today all kinds of news magazines and news channels are filled with negative energy to present the
truth faster .They are selling this in the name of presenting truth .One person is labeling charge on other
and other is also counter labeling charges .Its result is negativity , enmity but no creativity.
Goswami Tulsidas has said, `` Samrath ko nai dosh Gusain.``, means a powerful person has no diffect in
himself``.I am amzed our human history is full of charges ‐‐‐whether it is Jesus Christ to be crucified with
some charges or Aristotle or Mahatma Gandhi , Matin Luther King or Swami Dayanand.Swami Dayanand
was so compassionate with the person who mixed the pieces of glass in his milk, he gave him his
blessings and money to run away from there so that he can save himself.In this modern life we should
try to make our line longer inplace of erasing other`s line shorter .Don`t fel bothered about bad criticism
or selfcentredness of others.We should not be afraid of our difficulties or sufferings and should try to
follow the words to Swami Vivekananda,
“When I Asked God for Strength
He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face
When I Asked God for Brain & Brown
He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve
When I Asked God for Happiness
He Showed Me Some Unhappy People
When I Asked God for Wealth
He Showed Me How to Work Hard
When I Asked God for Favors
He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard
When I Asked God for Peace
He Showed Me How to Help Others
God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted
He Gave Me Everything I Needed.”
Mother Teresa has said the same thing to encourage us,
`` you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them
anyway."
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For our good health we should give up these human evils of jealousy , malice or hatred .We should try to
develop the feeling of ``Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah``[ All should be happy].We should try to develop this
spirit and should take this oath,`` I shall not have no jealousy or malice for anyone .I shall never show
anger on anyone .I shall have no self‐centredness.``We are all part of the same Almighty so we are One
.There is no difference of caste, creed or religion .We are part of the whole .I want to conclude this topic
with these golden lines of Osho‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
``Life is possible only with the whole
Only the whole is alive, never the parts.
The parts are also alive
When they function in the whole.
Take them out of the whole
And they lose all meaning.``
WORKS CITED
1.Swami Vivekananda : The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, vol2 and 3, Advaita
Ashram , Calcutta, 1992
2.Osho World News, vol 9, May 2011, Noida, U.P
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from class first to M.Phil. He did his doctorate on ` Post-Modernist
Trends in Indian Novels in English: A Study of Anita Desai ,Arun Joshi,
Amitav Ghosh and Vikram Seth..He is a renowned poet, critic, reviewer
and translator.His poetry is indeed of very high order which is read
throughout the world.He has several research papers , articles, poems
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Chronicle [ Jaipur], The Vedic Path[ Haridwar] Metverse Muse[
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