suicide, taking one's own life,

In today's overly stressed society suicide, taking one's own life, is very common.  When people become completely devastated by too much misery they foolishly think they can free themselves from misery by committing suicide.  They do not realize that the karma for suicide is to take birth as a ghost and become even more miserable than they were in this lifetime. Therefore instead of killing one's body to get free from suffering it is advised that one should kill one's false conception of being the body by awakening one's spiritual consciousness within. It is a fact that on the bodily plane we are tortured by the miseries of birth, death, old age, and disease. But when you realize that you are not your body, that you are instead the eternal, spirit-soul, servant of Krishna you will become completely ecstatic regardless of what your body is going through. Therefore when the Krishna consciousness movement completely inundates this planet there will be no more suicides here because everyone will be happy. Sankarshan Das Adhikari

The body is a village,

The body is a village, and the soul is the owner and farmer; the five farm-hands live there.

The eyes, nose, ears, tongue and sensory organs of touch do not obey any order.

O father, now I shall not live in this village.

The accountants summoned Chitar and Gupat, the recording scribes of the conscious and the unconscious, to ask for an account of each and every moment.

When the Righteous Judge of Dharma calls for my account, there shall be a very heavy balance against me.

The five farm-hands shall then run away, and the bailiff shall arrest the soul.

Says Kabeer, listen, O Saints: settle your accounts in this farm.

O Lord, please forgive Your slave now, in this life, so that he may not have to return again to this terrifying world-ocean.

आदमी की औकात

एक माचिस की तिल्ली,
एक घी का लोटा,
लकड़ियों के ढेर पे
कुछ घण्टे में राख.....
बस इतनी-सी है  आदमी की औकात !!!!

एक बूढ़ा बाप शाम को मर गया ,
अपनी सारी ज़िन्दगी , परिवार के नाम कर गया।
कहीं रोने की सुगबुगाहट  , तो कहीं फुसफुसाहट ,
....अरे जल्दी ले जाओ कौन रोयेगा सारी रात...
बस इतनी-सी है  *आदमी की औकात!!!!*

मरने के बाद नीचे देखा ,
नज़ारे नज़र आ रहे थे,
मेरी मौत पे .....
कुछ लोग ज़बरदस्त,
तो कुछ  ज़बरदस्ती
रो रहे थे।
नहीं रहा.. ........चला गया..........
चार दिन करेंगे बात.........
बस इतनी-सी है  *आदमी की औकात!!!!!*

बेटा अच्छी तस्वीर बनवायेगा ,
सामने अगरबत्ती जलायेगा ,
खुश्बुदार फूलों की माला होगी ......
अखबार में  अश्रुपूरित श्रद्धांजली होगी.........
बाद में उस तस्वीर पे , जाले भी कौन करेगा साफ़...
बस इतनी-सी है  *आदमी की औकात !!!!!!*

जिन्दगी भर , मेरा- मेरा- मेरा  किया....
अपने लिए कम , अपनों के लिए ज्यादा जीया ...
कोई न देगा साथ...जायेगा खाली हाथ....
क्या तिनका  ले जाने की भी है हमारी औकात   ???

*हम चिंतन करें .........*
*क्या है हमारी औकात ???*