“Knock, And He’ll open the door
Vanish, And He’ll make you shine like the sun
Fall, And He’ll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, And He’ll turn you into everything.”
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
(1207 – 1273 )
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Truth
The Truth has shared so much of Itself
With me ,
That I can no longer call myself
A man, a woman, an angel,
Or even pure
Soul.
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ /
Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez,
(1325 – 1389 )
Photo Artist : Chrigi Am
Usha Chinoy
Usha Chinoy (1929–2004) was a well-known Indian educationist and musician[1] from Rajkot, Gujarat.
Early life and education
Usha Chinoy (née Joshi) was born in the former princely state of Jamnagar (Nawanagar) in the Kathiawar peninsula (Saurashtra) of Gujarat to Trambaklal Manishankar Joshi and Yashomati Joshi. She completed her BA (Hons.) at the Dharmendrasinhji College in Rajkot. She later also obtained a diploma in music through the Sangeet Visharad and Hindustani Vineet degrees. In the city of Jamnagar, she was the first elected female member of the municipal corporation and also Principal of the Sajuba Girls High School from the late 1940s till the early 1950s. Her grandfather, poet and author Vaidya Shastri Manishankar Govindji, founded the famous Atank Nigrah pharmacy, an Ayurvedic firm of great repute, in Jamnagar in 1881. The firm had branches in Bombay (Mumbai), Calcutta (Kolkata), Madras (Chennai), Poona (Pune), Karachi, Colombo, Rangoon (Yangon), Penang and Singapore.
Career
Usha commenced…
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Buddha wisdom Quotes = 10
“The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart.”
Buddha
Lao Tzu wisdom quote = 20
“Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment”
Lao Tzu
(570-490 BC)
The Pearl
A raindrop, dripping from a cloud.
Ashamed when it saw the sea.
‘Who am I ? ,
where is a sea’, it said.
As it saw itself, from the eyes of humility
A shell embraced him and makes him a pearl.
Shaykh Saadi Shirazi
( 1210- 1292 )
in a Rose garden,
in a Rose garden,
from a Mughal manuscript of his work Gulistan,
c. 1645
Albert Einstein quotes = 17
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the world.”
Albert Einstein
( 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955)
Returning
The morning breeze comes back
and from the southern desert
the lapwing returns
The dove’s soft song about roses
I hear that again.
The tulip, who understands what the lily says,
went away, but now she’s back.
With the sound of a bell,
strength and gentleness.
Hafiz broke his vow and damaged his heart,
but now, for no reason, his Friend forgives that,
and turns, and walks back up to his door.
― شمس الدین محمد حافظ /
Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez,
(1325 – 1389 )
Translator:
Barks, C. (1993). The hand of poetry. New Lebanon: Omega Publications
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