Two wonderful years@IIM Shillong…
Two beautiful Diwali’s…
Two colourful Holi…
Two enjoyable Birthdays…
Too few issues…
Too less sleep…
Too much bakar…
Too many friends…
Two rooms in two years…
Too many cases…
Too many groups…
Too many parties…
Too many places visited…
Two months in Nigeria…
Two years of IIM-S, not an education but an experience!
One life too less for IIM Shillong!!!
What is happiness ?
my nephew sleeping in my shoulder ?, chatting with friends ?, an 8 month old holding my hand ?, eating a full tandoori chicken ? blushing at a beautiful girl ?????
I think its all these. These make one feel happy but we should not get confused that this is happiness. These are just the symptoms, the root is – Happiness is just a state of mind. If one could simulate that state of mind i think he/she will be happy. But does that mean that one should stop going behind these materialistic pleasure which creates happiness? i would say not. If one can feel happiness by doing anything(within societal limits off course), i think its fair enough.
How do we ensure that we can sustain and live happily for ever ? we need to take cues from people who do it. It is mainly kids who are happy most of their time – i realized this from my nephew. Now what makes my nephew happy? the ability to appreciate the simple things in life and the excitement to see new things, Now don't we feel the same when we go to a new place for vacation or something! I think we need to create this attitude where we appreciate things around us and learn not to get pissed of by petty issues around us. This is easier said than done – Even the great samana’s find it hard to master this. So i think it takes a lot of time(our life time) to cultivate this characteristics. I think if one can achieve this he/she has achieved everything in the world – the ability to live happily!
I recently read the book, “Siddhartha”. Some of the interesting quotes that i felt i need to share are…
“Knowledge can be communicated not wisdom…” – Siddhartha
“Meditation is a flight from the self, it is a temporary escape from the torment of Self” – Siddhartha
“He whose reflective pure spirit sinks into Atman Knows bliss inexpressible through words” – Govinda, Siddhartha's friend
“Opinions mean nothing, they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish” – Gautam Buddha
“I must judge for myself. I must choose and reject” – Siddhartha
“You know how to speak cleverly, my friend. Be on your guard against too much cleverness” – Gautam Buddha
“One can beg, buy, be presented with love in the streets, but it can never be stolen” – Kamala, a courtesan and Siddhartha’s lover
Even the great Samana stammers while expressing love :-)
“Nothing is caused by daemons; there are no daemons. Everyone can perform magic, everyone can reach his goal, if he can think, wait and fast” – Siddhartha
“People suffer and grow grey for things that did not worth the price – for money, small pleasures ad trivial honours…
Two wonderful years@IIM Shillong…
Two beautiful Diwali’s…
Two colourful Holi…
Two enjoyable Birthdays…
Too few issues…
Too less sleep…
Too much bakar…
Too many friends…
Two rooms in two years…
Too many cases…
Too many groups…
Too many parties…
Too many places visited…
Two months in Nigeria…
Two years of IIM-S, not an education but an experience!
One life too less for IIM Shillong!!!
What is happiness ?
my nephew sleeping in my shoulder ?, chatting with friends ?, an 8 month old holding my hand ?, eating a full tandoori chicken ? blushing at a beautiful girl ?????
I think its all these. These make one feel happy but we should not get confused that this is happiness. These are just the symptoms, the root is – Happiness is just a state of mind. If one could simulate that state of mind i think he/she will be happy. But does that mean that one should stop going behind these materialistic pleasure which creates happiness? i would say not. If one can feel happiness by doing anything(within societal limits off course), i think its fair enough.
How do we ensure that we can sustain and live happily for ever ? we need to take cues from people who do it. It is mainly kids who are happy most of their time – i realized this from my nephew. Now what makes my nephew happy? the ability to appreciate the simple things in life and the excitement to see new things, Now don't we feel the same when we go to a new place for vacation or something! I think we need to create this attitude where we appreciate things around us and learn not to get pissed of by petty issues around us. This is easier said than done – Even the great samana’s find it hard to master this. So i think it takes a lot of time(our life time) to cultivate this characteristics. I think if one can achieve this he/she has achieved everything in the world – the ability to live happily!
I recently read the book, “Siddhartha”. Some of the interesting quotes that i felt i need to share are…
“Knowledge can be communicated not wisdom…” – Siddhartha
“Meditation is a flight from the self, it is a temporary escape from the torment of Self” – Siddhartha
“He whose reflective pure spirit sinks into Atman Knows bliss inexpressible through words” – Govinda, Siddhartha's friend
“Opinions mean nothing, they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish” – Gautam Buddha
“I must judge for myself. I must choose and reject” – Siddhartha
“You know how to speak cleverly, my friend. Be on your guard against too much cleverness” – Gautam Buddha
“One can beg, buy, be presented with love in the streets, but it can never be stolen” – Kamala, a courtesan and Siddhartha’s lover
Even the great Samana stammers while expressing love :-)
“Nothing is caused by daemons; there are no daemons. Everyone can perform magic, everyone can reach his goal, if he can think, wait and fast” – Siddhartha
“People suffer and grow grey for things that did not worth the price – for money, small pleasures ad trivial honours…
