And monks in Thailand readily agree Was pretty amused to read this report on how Thai monks stayed late nights watching the world cup and would not turn up for their daily prayer service early morning. What the heck if you are a monk? You have all the right to stay late. BTW didn't Roberto Baggio become a Buddhist too? Probably Buddhism and football go hand in hand.
Alright no more digression. Perhaps the larger point Swami Vivekananda was making meant "Do not take anything so seriously but be serious in what you do and then let it be". A very fine line there.... I also remember seeing monks in Sikkim queuing for a Hindi blockbuster with ample doses of smooching. Well monks practice detachment and probably it was their way of winning over their instincts. The true test of human spirit is always before real temptations. Isn't it? ...I will never know......
Talking about monks.... is there a monk in all of us? Is it possible to be involved yet detached? Will never know....
And what about the robes that we all wear. The politician I met last week. Is he a monk too? He must stay Khadi clad all times when in his home turf. People know him there. He must live up to his image. But when in Delhi (he confided) he goes clubbing. Fair enough. Does he snort coke at times? I wouldn't know. May be he does and hasn't got caught so far... ....
Or that senior journalist I idolized once. Was it his journalism or was it his aura... when he took long thoughtful drags from his cigarette and wrote his piece that looked suspiciously similar to the one that appeared in Jane's Defense Weekly.
There is too much role playing happening isn't it? We love it. So what's important...How you do it (say ... your job for instance) or how you appear to be doing it? Perhaps both. Cultivate an image or your farm. Do it serioulsy.. but do appear serious when you do it.
first published:June 22, 2006, 20:12 ISTlast updated:June 22, 2006, 20:12 IST
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"You will be nearer to Heaven through football than through the study of the Bhagavad Gita." - Swami Vivekananda
And monks in Thailand readily agree Was pretty amused to read this report on how Thai monks stayed late nights watching the world cup and would not turn up for their daily prayer service early morning. What the heck if you are a monk? You have all the right to stay late. BTW didn't Roberto Baggio become a Buddhist too? Probably Buddhism and football go hand in hand.
Alright no more digression. Perhaps the larger point Swami Vivekananda was making meant "Do not take anything so seriously but be serious in what you do and then let it be". A very fine line there.... I also remember seeing monks in Sikkim queuing for a Hindi blockbuster with ample doses of smooching. Well monks practice detachment and probably it was their way of winning over their instincts. The true test of human spirit is always before real temptations. Isn't it? ...I will never know......
Talking about monks.... is there a monk in all of us? Is it possible to be involved yet detached? Will never know....
And what about the robes that we all wear. The politician I met last week. Is he a monk too? He must stay Khadi clad all times when in his home turf. People know him there. He must live up to his image. But when in Delhi (he confided) he goes clubbing. Fair enough. Does he snort coke at times? I wouldn't know. May be he does and hasn't got caught so far... ....
Or that senior journalist I idolized once. Was it his journalism or was it his aura... when he took long thoughtful drags from his cigarette and wrote his piece that looked suspiciously similar to the one that appeared in Jane's Defense Weekly.
There is too much role playing happening isn't it? We love it. So what's important...How you do it (say ... your job for instance) or how you appear to be doing it? Perhaps both. Cultivate an image or your farm. Do it serioulsy.. but do appear serious when you do it.
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