Another trip around the sun

I can’t believe it’s already been a whole year since I deceived myself into making New Year’s resolutions. Here arrives an old and frail, drained and fading 2017; there awaits fledgling and robust, dynamic and promising 2018 right around the corner. Let’s bid farewell with a bags full of appreciation for remarkable bygone day’s and then embrace forthcoming days to be prosperous.

Ring the New Year with an everlasting prayer of peace and triumph. This brings a fresh start and new opportunities. It’s a new time, cheers to a better life and bright future. Let us be a better human being, a better person, and a better citizen. Let our resolution be, to better ourselves for the better world.

How lucky we are to get one more chance to hit our targets, fulfill parents’ aspirations and everyone’s prospects. Let us be grateful for what we have and make every day special and live life to the fullest.

Have a wonderful and adventurous another trip around the sun. Wishing you all healthy, peaceful and joyful New Year!!!
Cheers!

Adieu 2017

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts, one must be vigilant in stepping ahead your foot with precious time in hand. Only fools are guided by the stars but the wise are the ones who guide the stars to shape their destiny but I don’t know what kind of person have I been throughout this year. My expedition with you has been much more satisfying than I anticipated.

365 and 1/4th days, being with you made me fully-fledged and matured. All day and night, every season and month I feel more complete than ever before. Copious challenges and various impediments gave me infinite lessons and encumbered with unbounded memories.

Dear winter, spring, summer, and autumn, you all trained and taught me the law of nature. I reminisce you came spring, to greet me with attractive carpets of blossoms; Summer, I recall you came to see me while I was catching warmth beneath blankets, Autumn, you attained to afford me with magnanimous fruitlets and grains which got me out of starvation; Winter, you taught me impermeance when I am confounded  and took things for granted.  At times you all have been so harsh to worn me out at different temperature and stirred up my mind every now and then although your intentions haven’t been so cold and callous.

Under the gentle breeze, drizzling shower, sizzling sun and upon the dusty earth, seven sisters jointly braced me with marvelous Monday, trustworthy Tuesday, wonderful Wednesday, thunderous Thursday, saturated Saturday and sunny Sunday.

Every day and every hour, 24 hours writhed with me to wake my early morning, supply three meals a day, smoothly transit me from one to other events and let me hit the sack in the late night.

It was a really interesting though long and tiring journey. Thank you for bestowing me with all those sweet and bitter experiences and lasting lessons. Had you all not been there I can’t envisage what would I have doing and where else would I have been landed. Please forgive and forget me for whatever I have wronged and I pardon you all on any matters. Take our liaison as far enough to ripe the sumptuous fruit of trust among one another.

Let us learn from past than atone, prepare for next than worry and act upon whatever we have in our hand than just waste and let it go. Our life is being impacted by each and everyone and everything that come across and goes along with us. They are allotted with the role by nature in their ways with their own capability. Some are to tame us, some to teach us, some to lead us, some to follow us and so forth. Whatsoever ones who inflict the most pain are the ones who love and care us the most and that brings best out of us.

Thank you all for making a very grand and successful year 2017.      

        

Forget me not

Thing’s cannot be ruled out,
What goes around comes around;
One day if you ever miss me,
Don't forget to recall our sweet memories 

Time will reconcile the whole shebang, 

Yet scars will remain there;
One day if you ever remember me,
Just reminisce my warmth close to you 

Sunsets but shines the other day,
Something wicked shuns but comes worthy over again;
One day if you ever realize my strength,
Don't forget to embrace positive vibes

Fate has been feeble and brief,
But thing happens for better to come forth;
One day if you ever wonder how initially started,
Don't forget the instant that brought us together

People come and go in life,
But remains imprints forever;
One day if you ever regret being part of me,
Please forgive me, my dear, 

Life is short and the world is small,
Under a single sky we are one;
One day if you ever meet me again,
Please sheen your smile as usual

A Long way home

A driving car sets in motion, dhe ree ree ree... Climbing up the hillside through the bushy and bleaky vegetation; Descending down the valley through the dark night and broad daylight; piercing through sweltering temperature and a heavy torrent; between the meadows, a driving car moves onwards his destination.

Dozens of passengers set on a fatiguing journey, slanting against the seat, dozing off left and right; snorting loud and low with the open mouth and dipping saliva absorbed into a deep slumber... a sleeping passenger travels through bumps and undulating terrain.

That’s true, it’s tough and takes the long way to clutch your hand on the steering wheel of a vehicle. Yes, I understand how thrilling it feels to be in the front seat; how stylish one act’s with the black sunglass over your face; how wonderful you feel when equipped with cigarettes between fingers, Doma in your mouth and a mobile in your hand with a blasting music overhead yet drunken by your pride thus, commute so many innocent travelers from one point to the other destination.

Every innocent commuter’s boards into the car with the heart full of invocations and aspirations for their safe ride. No sooner do they get positioned on their respective seat would mean they place their lifeline in the hands of the man behind the wheel. Just than a wish no assurance will come forth for what would occur on the way. It’s like quasi-alive quasi-death clinging on the line of uncertainty. Starting from tots till grey-haired men mutter incessant mantras and prayers for the cost of safeties knowingly or unknowingly.

Being liable for responsibly shouldering his obligation of transporting passengers with safety, drivers must bear in mind to drive cautiously and reach everyone’s destination securely. A driver would be much appreciated  if he doesn’t intoxicate, if he avoids multi-tasking such as smoking cigarette, he would deserve deemed respect if he doesn’t play phone while driving. The life force of dozens of people are being invested in his pair of hand. The future of every traveler is enclosed within the shell alike vehicle which is more fragile than an egg. After all, he leads the team so he must be the effective team leader.





 

Struggle versus Blessings

With my mom

The ticking sound of wall the clock reserved me awake the whole night. I felt my heart racing and adrenaline rush back my spine. Someone somewhere would be busy glued to books when I was submerged in mind full of sorrow despite the exam tense boiling on another side which came as a rubbing salt  upon the injury. In the middle of the knight amidst the darkness of time, I was facing darkest circumstances.
The time has come to the fruition when nature has got something painful in their store for me. It was my bitter painful share I had to admit that to relinquish. It was a best of time and it was also worst of time.

My Dad

The RCSC exam came whacking on the door while my sick mom was lying on the bed in the hospital enduring excruciating pain with deadly disease intact. By then I had to entertain my attention firmly and divide my strength in two, unlike ways. 
Intense was the situation as I was with merely two option, either to rush back to the hospital to see the condition of my ma or else to ensure the ultimate life deciding event (RCSE). At that spell of time, I had a phone call where the name of my dad was flashing on the screen. I promptly did receive his call and heard “dear son, you can concentrate on your studies and go on with the exam, as I’m with mom you need not worry.’ ...I was left silent for a while not knowing what to reply. That's how grateful my parents are prioritizing my future ahead their own life. It was such a emotional support and has literally thumbed my heart to bursting into loud cry within.

Then a time descended where I guised to be a normal man to focus on my studies but mentally I couldn’t find any calmness inside me plus emotionally It took great tool to ignore the reality. Amid oceans of the happy students, I remained an island of worrisome guy. Days passed by and a sudden phone call brought me to tears when I heard my mom on the other side wishing me the Best luck for my exam which was due a very next day. Then I whispered a silent prayer for her speedy recovery and pledged to do well in the exam at any cost.
Amidst difficulties lie opportunity is what Einstein has rightly said a long time ago. The result I obtained today is not a lone day creation. It was a culmination of many years’ hard work and effort invested in my studies. It is an outcome of a torturous sleepless knight and ceaseless chain of hard work beneath roasting sun of summer besides a freezing winter. If one happens to slit my flesh one could smell the odor of hard work rather than intellect by birth; if one happens to unsheathe my skin one can see the flesh of struggles twined all over my body. In brief, everyone taught me to understand a cup half empty rather than half full. Today I take pleasure to assume, that might be the reason for me to secure this in this list amongst top three students since pre-primary school till I graduate from the University.

A boundless support from my parents, teachers, peers and a a little dedication from my end in every field I pursued has functioned wonder to emanate the gleam of success. However this result is not an end, it has to be a foundation towards many successful endeavors in future. I too congratulate all my mates for successfully appearing 2017 RCSC exam and wish you all a very best luck in every undertaking hereon. This is the exam which placed us in hierarchal order but in reality, we all are same with equal abilities. I do believe that exam can’t measure the level of intelligence and skills. Each one is special in their own way, let’s never lose our self-esteem and we won’t be far from our dreams. 

Out of all, my mom is gradually recovering her health and I could achieve this result because of everyone’s support. Thank you!!!  Greetings for everyone!!!        
  

The Giants Fate

At the times past during the dawn of civilization in the distant barbarian land subsisted The Giant dwellers who were in quest of women for their royal nuptials. Women don’t exist on their land whereas men are the only progenitor of newly offspring. Male conceived a child in their leg below the knee, above the ankle; behind the shin, inside the calf, nonetheless it was immensely difficult as they had to sever off their leg from the knee length down at the time of delivery. By way of this, they accomplish their onus at the cost of enduring whole life a crippled. Once dwindling in this category would demean one's stance in a society which gradually topples down to the class of disgrace and humiliation.

The sacrosanct obligation to sustain the royal line of permanence bound every precursor monarchs to submit to the same culture of sacrificing their leg. Conversely, it was a time for a royal prince who had to fulfill his duty of giving birth to secure their lineage. Thence the royal father after sighting all these anguishes under his jurisdiction obliged to bring changes in his land. Concealing deep within the despondency of seeing his son lame beneath his eye, he was enthused to eliminate such disgraceful activity at once and for all in his kingdom.

After summoning all the chancellors, soothsayers, guards and counselors of the royal court, king discoursed them about his dream that he had in the preceding night in which he was blessed by one of the deities who taught him the whole lot about cause and effect; male and female to make the living circle complete. For that, all young and old, big and small Giants greeted him with jubilant praise but all were encumbered by the heavy task of searching for a charming princess for the royal prince. This he told that two genders would bring happiness in their society and end everyone’s misery for good.

A next day when the early sunrise streaked his rays over the mighty mountain top, every single Giant embarked on their expedition in search of women. Months passed by when all ran out of energy to ensure beyond yet their mission was far from over.

After a much-awaited moment, one of the Giant garnered the attention of all when he gestured to rest about thin smoke mounting behind the hill. At the wind speed, they rushed towards site but maintained stillness that of a cat’s paw. When the women noticed them coming she wailed but to no avail, as she refused to heed their story the Giants took her with force and arrived king's citadel.
It was a spell of celebration; it was an epoch of Cultural Renaissance. A new statute was set forth to stop man’s duty of giving birth instead the new shanghaied women would become the mother of their nation. After assigning duty upon his son king remained calmness and retreated to his turret. A long session of consultation was granted to royal son to produce girl child which can help multiply women Giants in their country. Unlike other women after walking into this land can brand them bear a child and give birth within nine days.

From a very next day royal son started his business day and knight but couldn’t satiate his father and every citizen’s wishes. He didn’t give up so easily yet. The women got frustrated with his performance because of the desperate to leave that place soon on the condition that she was successful in giving birth to the girl child. It took so long was that the Giants were deprived of the knowledge about women’s organ. Reason being the prince kept making love on her umbilical cord consistently and passionately. By then she resolves to change her tactics discerning that if he continues using this same technique time after again there won’t be a child and she won’t get a discharge from that place.

One fine knight, she had to ointment butter straight down from her umbilical cords till her private organ to serve the purpose on Giants part. The time came when he approached with hunger in his eye, the erotic pressure in veins. No sooner did he start his job than it slipped off from her stomach to get inside directly into her secret door. To her surprise, he was awestruck at the same time terrified to death thinking that he killed the only women in their country by tearing her stomach with such activity.

Immediately he wanted to get out of this scene and go far away from his people to bury up this story. Hastily jumping off the pavilion he landed next to flower garden where his right arm got hit on the pumpkins vein. Because of the force, a big pumpkin fell off the tree and followed him with the sound of rolling men. Further, he got startled as he thought guards were following him for his crime. He accepted guilty of killing women and remained secluded in a forest for many days when his father sent people in search of him. Luckily few men found him and was taken back to royal court to see is the beautiful charming daughter, nevertheless, he lost her mother forever on the condition of their prior agreement of releasing her.          
   

A brief abstract from “The Voice of the Buddha”

When King Suddhona sent the Brahmin priest to the Sakya Dandapani with this message to give her daughter in the mirage to his son(the prince), to this, Dandapani replied that it was the custom of their family to give daughters in marriage only to men skilled in arts and  prince should excel in this arts.

Immediately after this King Suddhodana made an announcement throughout the Kapilavastu to demonstrate his sons’ skill in the worldly arts. Therefore following abstract is one among many demonstrations held for acquiring Princess Gopa.  
The king Suddhodana than asked the Bodhisattva: “can you, my son, rival the skill of the great mathematician Arjuna in the knowledge of mathematics?” “Sire, I can,” he replied. So the Bodhisattva was told to show his ability.

The Great mathematician Arjuna asked the Bodhisattva: “Young man, do you know the procedure of numeration called Kotis`atottara, more than a hundred kotis?”
The Bodhisattva answered: “I do.”
“Well, than, how must one proceed to enumerate more than a hundred kotis?”

The Bodhisattva rreplied: “A hundred kotis is called ayuta; a hundred ayutas is called niyuta; a hundred niyutas is called kankara; a hundred kankaras is called vivara; and a hundred vivaras is called aksobhya; a hundred aksobhyas is called vivaha; a hundred vivahas is called utsanga; a hundred usungas is called bahula; a hundred bahulas is called nagabala; a hundred nagabalas is called titila; a hundred titilas is called vyavasthanaprajnapti; a hundred vyavasthanaprajnaptis is called hetuhila; a hundred hetuhilas is called karahu; a hundred karahus is called hetvindriya; a hundred hetvindriyas is called samaptalambha; a hundred samaptalambhas is called known as gananagati; a hundred gananagatis is called niravaravadya; a hundred niravaradyas is called mudrabala; a hundred mudrabalas is called sarvabala; and a hundred survabalas is called visamjnagati; a hundred visamjnagatis is a sarvasamjna; a hundred sarvasamjnas is a vibhutangama; and a hundred vibhutangamas is called tallaksana.

“Now with the numeration calledtallaksana one could take even Meru, the king of mountains, as a subject of calculation and measure it. And next is the numeration called dvajagravati; with the help of this numeration, one could take all the sands of the river Ganges as a subject of calculation and measure them.
“Above this is the numeration called dvajagranisamani; and above this is the numeration of vahanaprajnpti; next comes the numeration of kuruta.
“Again above this is the numeration called sarvaniksepa, with the help of which one take the sands of ten Ganges rivers as a subject for calculation and measure them all. And again above this is the numeration called agrasara, with the help of which one could take the sands of hundred kotis of ganges rivers as a subject of calculation and measure them all. And again above this is the highest numeration called uttaraparamanurajahpravesa, which is said to penetrate the most subtle atoms. Except for a Tathagata, or a bodhisattva who has reached the purest essence of enlightenment, or a bodhisattva who has been initiated into all the dharma, there is no being who knows this numeration, except myself or a Bodhisattva like me, wh has arrived at his last experience, but has not yet left home.”

Arjuna said: “Young man, how must one proceed in the nu,eration which penetrates the dust of the most subtle atoms?
The Bodhisttva said: “Seven subtle atoms make fine particle; seven fine particle make a small particle; seven small particles make a particle called vatayanaraja; and seven particles of vatayanaraja make a particle called sasaraja, seven particles of sasaraja make a particle called edakaraja; seven particles of edakaraja make particle of goraja; seven particles of goraja make a liksaraja; seven liksaraja make a sarsapa; seven sarsapas make an adyava; seven adyavas make an anguli; twelve anguli make a parva; two parva make a hasta; four hasta make a dhanu; a thousand dhanu make make a krosa of the country of Magadha; four krosas make yojana. And now who among you knows the mass of one yojana, and how many of these subtle atoms it contanins?”

Arjuna said: “I myself am even more astonished than others of lesser knowledge. Let the young prince show us the mass of a yojana, and explain how many subtle particles are found in it.”
The Bodhisattva replied: In the mass of a yojana there are a complete niyuta of aksobhyas plus thirty hundred thousand of niyuta of aksobhyas plus thirty hundred thousand of niyutas of kotis plus sixty hundred of kotis plus thirty-two kotis and five times a hundred thousand and twelve thousand. Such is the calculation of subtle particles in the mass of yojana. By this procedure, there are here in the land of Jambu seven thousand yojanas; in the land Aparagodana, eight thousand yojanas; in the land of Purvavideha, nine thousand yojanas; in the land of Uttarakuru, ten thousand yojanas.
“Continuing with this method, beginning with the worlds composed of four continents, there are a hundred kotis of worlds with four continents and a hundred kotis of great oceans; there are the hundred kotis of Cakravalas and Mahacakravalas, the hundred kotis of of sumerus, kings of kings; the hundred kotis of realms of the Yama gods; the hundred kotis of Tusita realms; and the hundred kotis of Nirmanarata realms; and the hundred kotis of Parinirmita vasavartin realms. There are the hundred kotis of Brahmaparsadya realms; the hundred kotis of Mahabrahma realms; the hundred kotis of Parittabha realms; the hundred kotis of Apramanabha realms; the hundred kotis of Abhasvarana realms; the hundred kotis of Parittasubha realms; the hundred kotis of Apramanasubha realms; the hundred kotis of Subhakrtsnarealms; the hundred kotis of Anabhraka realms; the hundred kotis of Punyaprasava realms; the hundred kotis of Brhatphala realms; the hundred kotis of Asangisattva realms; the hundred kotis of Abrha realms; the hundred kotis of Atapa realms; the hundred kotis of Sundrsa realms; the hundred kotis of  Sudarsana realms; and the hundred kotis of the Akanistha realms.

“All together these are said to be the whole of the three thousand great thousands of the worlds, spread out and developed.  All calculations of the essence of the yojana includes the many hundreds of yojanas of subtle particles in this mass of three thousand great thousands of worlds, the many thousands of yojanas, the many kotis of yojanas, and the many niyutas of yojanas. And how many subtle particles are there? It passes beyond calculation, it is incalculable. There are an incalculable number of subtle atoms in the mass of the three thousand great thousands of worlds.”  

While this lesson on the enumeration of was being taught by the by the Bodhisattva, the great mathematician Arjuna and the multitude of Sakyas listened with pleasure, joy, and happiness. Everyone there was filled with great admiration, and each of them presented with Bodhisattva with garments and ornaments.