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Registered Office:
Bhuban Bhavan
P.O. Balaram Dharma Sopan
Khardah, North 24-Parganas (W.B)
Pin Code 743121
8 September 1990
कल्याणवरेषु, तुम्हारा पत्र मुझे मिला। परन्तु दुःख किस लिये हो रहा है ? स्वामी विवेकानन्द ने अपनी बोध-कथाओं में जिस प्रकार कहा है - " हमारा यह संसार भी बस कुत्ते की टेढ़ी पूंछ के समान है। ** सैकड़ों वर्षों से लोग इसे सीधा करने का प्रयत्न कर रहे हैं; परंतु ज्यों ही वे इसे छोड़ देते हैं, त्योंही यह फिर टेढ़ा का टेढ़ा हो जाता है। इसके अतिरिक्त और हो भी क्या सकता है? " ... फिर भी इसको सीधा करने की कोशिश करना ही मनुष्य का काम है।
जैसा तुमने लिखा है, वैसा ही साधारण आदमियों का हाल होता है - जब तक वैसे लोग मनुष्य बनने के लिए प्रयत्न नहीं करते हैं। इसलिये सभी को ठीक रास्ता दिखाना ही महामण्डल का कार्य है। अगर सभी लोग पहले से ही अच्छे बन जाते तो महामण्डल का कोई उपयोग नहीं रहता था। अतः निराश होने का कोई कारण नहीं है।
हालत देखकर ही महामण्डल का काम और अधिक धैर्य तथा उत्साह के साथ करना है। इसीलिए चरित्र निर्माण में जितने गुणों की आवश्यकता है, वो हैं या नहीं , उनपर बार बार ध्यान लाना है, पाठ -चक्र व् अन्य समय भी। सभी सदस्यों की दृष्टि इन चरित्र के गुणों पर लाने के लिए बल देना ही इस व्याधि को सँभालने का उपाय है।
अन्त में यह बात याद रखनी चाहिए कि समाज की यह हालत देख कर खुद अपने जीवन को और भी तेजी से ठीक रास्ते से बनाने में लगे रहना होगा। किसी भी कारण से इस प्रयत्न को ढीला नहीं होने देना। जितने जीवन सुन्दर रूप से बनेंगे , वे अन्य बहुत से लोगों को जीवन बनाने की प्रेरणा दे सकेंगे। इसके अलावा और कोई दूसरा रास्ता नहीं है। और बहुत जल्दी यह काम बनने वाला भी नहीं है। बहुत धैर्य के साथ सदैव इस काम करते जाना ...... अवश्यम्भावी।
आशीर्वाद -
[** The Swami here told the story of the man who wanted a ghost to work for him, but who, when he had the ghost, could not keep him employed, until he gave him a curly dog's tail to straighten.]
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Registered Office:
Bhuban Bhavan
P.O. Balaram Dharma Sopan
Khardah, North 24-Parganas (W.B)
Pin Code 743121
21 September 1990
My dear Bijoy,
Received your letter dated 7 September within twelve days after despatch. In the meantime some of your members wrote letters to me and I have replied to all of them. At least in some cases instead of writing to me they could have discussed with you.
We are leaving Calcutta by Dun Express on 1st November reaching Koderma in the early morning next day. Besides myself , Sri Balendra Nath Nandi (for music) , Sri Tapan Bose (for taking charge of campers) Sri Swapan Panda (for discussion) are going. Sri Dipak Mukhopadhyay is also likely to come. But he has not been able to confirm yet. We are booking tickets for all including Dipak. So, you may book the return tickets for all of us .Only if Dipak does not come, one ticket may have to be returned.
I think , we can all leave Koderma on 4 th night. Because Swapan and Tapan must report for their duty on 5th.
I hope , Pramod is now all right. You can have very simple badge. It is not essential that it should have the monogram of the Mahamandal. Instead you may use a small picture of Swamiji. Of course , we will have no difficulty in taking some badges and scarfs with us. How many would you require ?
With love
yours affectionately
Nabaniharan Mukhopadhyay
{ Nabanida- M-60
Balenda - M-58
Swapan Panda- M-30
Tapan Bose- M-35
Dipak Mukhopadhyay- M- 40 }
Sri Bijoy Singh
Jhumri Telaiya Vivekananda Yuva Mahamandal
P.O. Jhumri Telaiya
Dist. Hazaribag
Bihar -825 409.
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TALES AND PARABLES: by Swami Vivekananda
TALES AND PARABLES: by Swami Vivekananda
'The Dog's Curly Tail'
There was a poor man who wanted some money; and somehow he had heard that if he could get hold of a ghost, he might command him to bring money or anything else he liked; so he was very anxious to get hold of a ghost.
He went about searching for a man who would give him a ghost, and at last he found a sage with great powers, and besought his help. The sage asked him what he would do with a ghost. "I want a ghost to work for me; teach me how to get hold of one, sir; I desire it very much," replied the man. But the sage said, "Don't disturb yourself, go home." The next day the man went again to the sage and began to weep and pray, "Give me a ghost; I must have a ghost, sir, to help me." At last the sage was disgusted, and said, "Take this charm, repeat this magic word, and a ghost will come, and whatever you say to him he will do. But beware; they are terrible beings, and must be kept continually busy. If you fail to give him work, he will take your life."
The man replied, "That is easy; I can give him work for all his life." Then he went to a forest, and after long repetition of the magic word, a huge ghost appeared before him, and said, "I am a ghost. I have been conquered by your magic; but you must keep me constantly employed. The moment you fail to give me work I will kill you." The man said, "Build me a palace,", and the ghost said, "It is done; the palace is built." "Bring me money," said the man. "Here is your money," said the ghost. "Cut this forest down, and build a city in its place." "That is done," said the ghost, "anything more?"
Now the man began to be frightened and thought he could give him nothing more to do; he did everything in a trice (क्षण में) . The ghost said, "Give me something to do or I will eat you up." The poor man could find no further occupation for him, and was frightened. So he ran and ran and at last reached the sage, and said, "Oh, sir, protect my life!"
The sage asked him what the matter was, and the man replied, "I have nothing to give the ghost to do. Everything I tell him to do he does in a moment, and he threatens to eat me up if I do not give him work." Just then the ghost arrived, saying, "I'll eat you up," and he would have swallowed the man. The man began to shake, and begged the sage to save his life.
The sage said, "I will find you a way out. Look at that dog with a curly tail. Draw your sword quickly and cut the tail off and give it to the ghost to straighten out." The man cut off the dog's tail and gave it to the ghost, saying, "Straighten that out for me." The ghost took it and slowly and carefully straightened it out, but as soon as he let it go, it instantly curled up again. Once more he laboriously straightened it out, only to find it again curled up as soon as he attempted to let go of it. Again he patiently straightened it out, but as soon as he let it go, it curled up again.
So he went on for days and days, until he was exhausted and said, "I was never in such trouble before in my life. I am an old veteran ghost, but never before was I in such trouble." "I will make a compromise with you;" he said to the man, "you let me off and I will let you keep all I have given you and will promise not to harm you." The man was much pleased, and accepted the offer gladly.
This world is like a dog's curly tail, and people have been striving to straighten it out for hundreds of years; but when they let it go, it has curled up again. How could it be otherwise?One must first know how to work without attachment, then one will not be a fanatic. When we know that this world is like a dog's curly tail and will never get straightened, we shall not become fanatics.
If there were no fanaticism in the world, it would make much more progress than it does now. It is a mistake to think that fanaticism can make for the progress of mankind. On the contrary, it is a retarding element creating hatred and anger, and causing people to fight each other, and making them unsympathetic.
We think that whatever we do or possess is the best in the world, and what we do not do or possess is of no value. So, always remember the instance of the curly tail of the dog whenever you have a tendency to become a fanatic.
[Courtesy: https://www.vivekananda.net/tales%20and%20parables/DogsCurlyTail.html /Volume 1, Karma-Yoga/ CHAPTER V/WE HELP OURSELVES, NOT THE WORLD]
[he young Sanyasin, The Woman and The Vyadha/ Volume 1, Karma-Yoga/CHAPTER IV/ WHAT IS DUTY?/]
[he young Sanyasin, The Woman and The Vyadha/ Volume 1, Karma-Yoga/CHAPTER IV/ WHAT IS DUTY?/]
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