Advaya Anant

Beautiful Thought by Buddha: Once Buddha was travelling with a few of his followers. While they were passing a lake, Buddha told one of his disciples, "I am thirsty. Do get me some water from the lake."   The disciple walked up to the lake. At that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy and turbid. The disciple thought, "How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink?" So he came back and told Buddha, "The water in there is very muddy. I don't think it is fit to drink." After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake. The disciple went back, and found that the water was still muddy. He returned and informed Buddha about the same. After sometime, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back. This time, the disciple found the mud had settled down, and the water was clean and clear. So he collected some water in a pot and brought it to Buddha. ...

One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview; the director did the last interview, made the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score. The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "none". The director asked, "Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I w as one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees. The director asked, "Where did your mother work?" The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands the youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect. The director asked, "Have you ever helped ...

             Self worth In a brief conversation, a man asked a woman he was pursuing the question: 'What kind of man are you looking for?' She sat quietly for a moment before looking him in the eye & asking, 'Do you really want to know?' Reluctantly, he said, 'Yes. She began to expound, ' As a woman in this day & age, I am in a position to ask a man what can you do for me that I can't do for myself? I pay my own bills. I take care of my household without the help of any man... or woman for that matter. I am in the position to ask, 'What can you bring to the table?' The man looked at her. Clearly he thought that she was referring to money. She quickly corrected his thought & stated, ' I am not referring to money. I need something more. I need a man who is striving for excellence in every aspect of life. He sat back in his chair, folded his arms, & asked her to explain. She said, 'I need someon...

  I Want To Go Back To The Time When INNOCENCE Was NATURAL, Not FAKE. When GETTING HIGH Meant On A SWING, Not PROMOTIONS. When DRINKING Meant RASNA ORANGE, Not BEERS Or WHISKEYS . When DAD Was The Only HERO, Not  Amitabh Or Sallu . When LOVE Was MOM HUG, Not The GIRL / BOY -FRIEND . When DAD'S SHOULDER Was The HIGHEST PLACE On The Earth, Not Your DESIGNATION . When Your WORST ENEMIES Were Your SIBLINGS, Not Your MANAGER. When The Only Thing That Could HURT Were BLEEDING KNEES, Not The TEARS Falling Down Your Cheeks. When The Only Things BROKEN Were TOYS, Not The DYING HEARTS . And When GOOD-BYES Meant TILL TOMORROW, Not For YEARS & YEARS. Life Has Changed A Lot . And The People Too. Its dis-heartening to see and to feel how swiftly people who were most important to you are replaced by others.   (Ending ending sentence changed) Source-Unknown  __,_._,___

*Two Choices* What would you do?....you make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there isn't one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice?** At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: 'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do.** Where is the natural order of things in my son?'**   The audience was stilled by the query. The father continued. 'I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people...

' People are always blaming for their circumstance for what they are, I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them make them.' George Bernad Shaw, Playwrite (Recipient of Nobel Prize in Literature 1925). I perfectly believe in this ideology. I hate when people become victims of their circumstances and accept that this is life. Day to day I meet many new men and women on account of my legal profession. Except few most of them loose precious time of their life remaining in the problem, fighting in the Courts and cursing their destiny and sulking all throughout. I believe in life is all about moving on, one must grow above the problem and move on.. I remember, while I was junior with Sri.Sanjeev Kanchan Advocate (Sanjeev Kanchan & Co) in Mumbai, there was this lady typist and clerk who secretly married each other. For two years this marriage was conceal...

While thinking of creativity, it came to my mind that, the journey of our life itself is much colourful. All that matters is the right attitude. When we are born we are like clay so raw, so shapeless. Our parents, grand parents, neighbours,friends, schoolmates, teachers, our religious beliefs, the society we live in, the town we live in and so on play a vital role is shaping us. We grow like a creeper taking support of something or the other. Trimmed occasionally by our gardeners -our parents, teachers. None knows where this life journey would take you, but we keep walking within the parameters we our framed in. We cherish the values we are brought up with, we acquire some while we walk and some we develop of our own thus we continuously evolve irrespective of age. This blog is a tribute to all of those who were and are part of my life, who have substantially contributed in shaping me as a responsible and successful person. About the thoughts of great men and women which has influenced...