At 9 this evening, many Puneites and even others, who might have the link, would sing the "Pasaydan." Sure I am interested in as well as excited about the project.
Why so? Okay, let me explore the issue. It is Sant Dyandeva who has enunciated this great prayer for the welfare of the world and for the abundance of peace and serenity. In my opinion, Sant Dnyaneshwar is one of the greatest reformers. I do most sincerely think that he is not only a great philosopher, but he also offered a great new direction to society.
He was the first to translate the Sanskrit "Bhagwad Geeta" in to the then local folk language. Likewise, his other writings, too, make the great knowledge of the Vedas and the Upnishads accessible to the common man. The great poet and the superb communicator that he was, he uses apt images, perfect symbols that relate to daily lived life to 'translate' the great thought in to relatable concepts.
This wonderful contribution, which promotes equality and knowledge for all, should require at least some six lifetimes. He managed it within a short span of hardly twenty-one years. Unjustly ill-treated, horribly harassed, horridly hunted literally, yet this brilliant young man prays for the welfare of the world.
That is "Pasaydan", the core of his humane thought and 'holi'stic vision. His prayer is that the wicked should not only get rid of their villainy, but there should be such a sea change (with-n-) in their hearts that they should follow the right(rous) path. Yet his essential prayer is that each should get what he wants. It is this ambrosia that he is celebrating in this heart felt prayer.
Truly the most humane vision imbued with divinity itself is the "Pasaydan," the final prayer for profound peace, at the end of "Dnyaneshwari". Fully I support and heartily I participate in this most welcome programme. Looking forward to 9 o'clock!
Pratima@ I adore n revere the great Sant Dnyaneshwar so much that the ideological warfare n party politics around such an event hardly matters to me. Anyways, emptily parroting secularism without having consulted either the texts or without having understood the context of "Pasaydan" is vain cynicism for me. For sure, I know how and when such terms entered the Preamble, and I do know to quite some extent, having read in some depth the history of secularism, what it actually means beyond party politicking which in the current context holds no meaning for me, given the international realities as well.
Quote of the day: Says Epictetus,"All religions must be tolerated... for every man must go to heaven in his own way."
Word of the day: holistic Holistic means emphasizing the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Rather than analyzing individual components in isolation, a holistic approach examines complete systems, how they interact, and how they affect one another.
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