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To Senses If Folly
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Verse 48. Attachment To
Senses If Folly
For one
of desires insatiate
who gathers only pleasure-flowers,
for one who has a clinging mind
Death the sovereign overpowers.
Explanation:
Those who pursue worldly pleasures are like garland-makers who pick flowers
here and there in the garden according to their preference. Those given to
pleasures of the senses are not satisfied. They seek still more. In consequence
of their endless pleasure-seeking they come under the spell of Antaka, or
‘ender of all’, i.e. death.
Dhammapada Verse 48
Patipujikakumari Vatthu
Pupphani
heva pacinantam
bysssasattamanasam naram
atittanneva kamesu
antako kurute vasam.
Verse
48: Like one who picks and chooses flowers, a man who has his mind attached to
sensual pleasures and is insatiate in them is over powered by Death.
The
Story of Patipujika Kumari
While
residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (48) of this book,
with reference to Patipujika Kumari.
Patipujika
Kumari was a lady from Savatthi. She married at the age of sixteen and had four
sons. She was a virtuous as well as a generous lady, who loved to make
offerings of food and other requisites to the bhikkhus. She would often go to
the monastery and clean up the premises, fill the pots and jars with water and
perform other services. Patipujika also possessed Jatissara Knowledge
through which she remembered that in her previous existence she was one of the
numerous wives of Malabhari, in the deva world of Tavatimsa. She also
remembered that she had passed away from there when all of them were out in the
garden enjoying themselves, plucking and picking flowers. So, every time she
made offerings to the bhikkhus or performed any other meritorious act, she
would pray that she might be reborn in the Tavatimsa realm as a wife of
Malabhari, her previous husband.
One
day, Patipujika fell ill and passed away that same evening. As she had so
ardently wished, she was reborn in Tavatimsa deva world as a wife of Malabhari.
As one hundred years in the human world is equivalent to just one day in
Tavatimsa world, Malabhari and his other wives were still in the garden
enjoying themselves and Patipujika was barely missed by them. So, when she
rejoined them, Malabhari asked her where she had been the whole morning. She
then told him about her passing away from Tavatimsa, her rebirth in the human
world, her marriage to a man and also about how she had given birth to four
sons, her passing away from there and finally her return to Tavatimsa.
When
the bhikkhus learned about the death of Patipujika, they were stricken with
grief. They went to the Buddha and reported that Patipujika, who was offering
alms-food to them early in the morning, had passed away in the evening. To them
the Buddha replied that the life of beings was very brief; and that before they
could hardly be satiated in their sensual pleasures, they were overpowered by
Death.
Then
the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:
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Verse 48: Like one who |
26 01 2012 LESSON 505
Self respect is more
important than the material gains. Our Struggle is for honour, for
self-respect, not only for thr economicprogress alone.-Dr. B.R.AmbedkarJai
Bheem, Republic day Wishes-BAMCEF Chandrasekhar
Dhammapada Verses 47 Pleasure Seeker Is Swept
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Keeps Dukkha Away
Self respect is more
important than the material gains. Our Struggle is for honour, for
self-respect, not only for thr economicprogress alone.-Dr. B.R.AmbedkarJai
Bheem, Republic day Wishes-BAMCEF Chandrasekhar
What Dr. B. R. Ambedkar said about Republic
Day (26th January)
“On 26th January 1950, we
are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics, we will have
equality and in social and economic structure, continue to deny the principle
of one man one value. How long shall we continue to live this life of
contradictions? How long shall we continue to deny equality in our social and
economic life? If we continue to deny it for long, we will do so only by
putting our political democracy in peril. We must remove this contradiction at
the earliest possible moment else those who suffer from inequality will blow up
the structure of democracy which this Constituent Assembly has so laboriously
built up.”
“I feel that the
constitution is workable, it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the
country together both in peacetime and in wartime. Indeed, if I may say so, if
things go wrong under the new Constitution, the reason will not be that we had
a bad Constitution. What we will have to say is that Man was vile.”
“There is no nation of
Indians in the real sense of the world, it is yet to be created. In believing
we are a nation, we are cherishing a great delusion. How can people divided
into thousand of castes be a nation? The sooner we realise that we are not yet
a nation, in a social and psychological sense of the world, the better for us.”
“Independence is no doubt
a matter of joy. But let us not forget that this independence has thrown on us
greater responsibilities. By independence, we have lost the excuse of blaming
the British for anything going wrong. If hereafter things go wrong, we will
have nobody to blame except ourselves. There is a greater danger of things
going wrong. Times are fast changing.”
“Our object in framing
the Constitution is rally two-fold:
(1) To lay down the form
of political democracy, and
(2) To lay down that our
ideal is economic democracy and also to prescribe that every Government
whatever is in power shall strive to bring about economic democracy. The
directive principles have a great value, for they lay down that our ideal is
economic democracy.”
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the man behind the drafting and formation of
the Indian Constitution, was not only a learned scholar and an eminent jurist
but also a revolutionary against social evils like untouchability and caste
system.
Childhood and Early Life of B.R. Ambedkar
Born on 14 April 1891 in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was the
fourteenth child of his parents, Bhimabai Sakpal and Ramji. He was the victim
of religious untouchability by birth. He was born in a family, which was a part
of the Hindu Mahar caste. This caste was considered to be untouchables in the
society and have to face immense discriminations, both in the social as well as
in the economic fields. The male members of Dr. Ambedkar’s family were engaged
in the Army. His father was also in army and was promoted to the rank of
Subedar in the Mhow Cantonment, Indian Army.
At birth, “Sakpal” was the surname of Bhimrao and
“Ambavade” was the name of his native village. To avoid the
socio-economic discrimination and the ill-treatment of the higher classes of
the society, Bhimrao changed his surname from “Sakpal” to
“Ambedkar” by the help of a Brahmin teacher, who had great faith in
him. Since then, Bhimrao and his family used the title, Ambavedkar or Ambedkar.
Education of B.R. Ambedkar
Though B.R. Ambedkar was born in a family that was deprived socially as well as
economically, he had great interest in education. There were special schools
run by the Government for educating children of Army personnel and Ambedkar was
lucky to get admission in one of those schools. The standard of education was
good and Ambedkar developed a good grasp over Marathi and English. After his
father retired from the Army, the entire family shifted to Satara, Maharashtra.
Ambedkar was admitted to a local school there and had to face discriminations
from all sectors. He was made to sit on the floor, away from other students.
The teachers also discriminated him. He was a man of patience from his early
childhood and underwent all this agony without a fuss. In 1908, he passed his
Matriculation exam with flying colors from Bombay University. His higher
education continued in Elphinstone College. Political Science and Economics
were the subjects in which he graduated from the Bombay University in 1912.
Just a year after his graduation, Bhimrao Ambedkar lost his father. He acquired
a job in Baroda and it was the Maharaja of Baroda, who awarded him a
scholarship to go for higher education to the United States of America. It was
in New York that he could pursue his studies without any discrimination.
Finally, he acquired a degree and doctorate from Columbia University in the
year 1916. He was a Master of Arts and also attained a Doctorate in Philosophy
on his thesis on “National Dividend for India: A Historical and Analytical
Study”. In 1917, his scholarship was terminated by the Government of
Baroda and Bhimrao Ambedkar had to come back to India.
Social Reforms and Political Life of
B.R. Ambedkar
After his return to India, Bhimrao Ambedkar was made the political secretary of
the Maharaja of Baroda. He became victim of caste discrimination again and was
humiliated greatly by his peers. It was during this time that Ambedkar began
his movement to eradicate caste system and untouchability from society.
Ambedkar again went back to London, completed his law education and became a
barrister.
Untouchability and caste system were the two social evils that had haunted Dr. B.R.
Ambedkar since his childhood days. However, he thought of tackling the problem
himself and began his fight against untouchability. There were several ways by
which he was trying to do this. He started publishing a weekly journal called
‘Mooknayak’, where he criticized the orthodox system that prevailed in the
society. He spoke openly about the discriminations that were made to the lower
castes in the society and the humiliations that they had to undergo and endure.
He had also voted for creating separate electorates for the backward classes in
society. Reservations for “dalits” and other religious communities
were also demanded by Bhimrao Ambedkar.
B.R. Ambedkar also formed the “Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha” so that
the deprived and backward classes could get some opportunities to upgrade
themselves. He arranged for spreading education to these classes and tried to
improve their socio-economic conditions. He also became a member of the
Legislative Council in the year 1926. After this, he began an active movement
by bringing out marches and processions for the lower backward classes. In
1928, he was appointed to the Bombay Presidency Committee so that he could work
with the all-European Simon Commission. With this, B.R. Ambedkar made a mark in
the political arena of India.
He had criticized the Indian National Congress as well as the British Raj for
not being able to curb the problem of caste discrimination and untouchability.
His staunch stance against the orthodox authorities in India made him quite unpopular
with the politicians of those times. There were no considerable changes that
were evident in the social system of India. Gandhiji had rather started a fast
unto death campaign when Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for the
backward classes in society. After many upheavals it was decided that
reservations would be provided but there would be no separate electorates.
The Government Law College of Mumbai had Dr. Ambedkar as its Principal for two
years from 1935. He even contemplated of building a new political party that
would work against staunch and orthodox Hinduism. He named this new political
party as “Independent Labour Party (India)”, which can only managed
around 15 seats in the Central Legislative Assembly Elections in 1937. He also
occupied important positions in the government of the country. He had been
appointed to the Viceroy’s Executive Council as the Minister of Labor. Ambedkar
had also served in the Defence Advisory Committee.
Mayawati came to power in 2007, she built the 76-acre Ramabai Rally
Sthal in Lucknow to accommodate a crowd of five lakh. She has held six
rallies here for her party cadre, three of them in the last two months.
She is the only leader to have done so in such a sprawling space. Each
of her three recent rallies has focused on Sarvajan Hithay Sarvajan
Sukhay i.e., for the welfare and happiness of entire people. On
November 13, she held a Brahmin Sammelan where Satish Chandra Misra, the
BSP’s Brahmin face, described Mayawati as “kanoon ki devi”. A fortnight
later, she addressed a rally for the party’s Scheduled Castes and
backward class workers. BSP state President Swami Prasad Maurya shared
the dais with her. On December 18, it was the turn of the Muslim
votebank, for whom she paraded BSP leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui.
Mayawati always arrives on time. She then arrives at the venue in an
Ambassador, usually accompanied by a fleet of 10 cars. At the venue, she
is at her combative best, hitting out at both Samajwadi Party and the
Congress. Taunting Rahul Gandhi’s attacks on her, she says, “The
elephant has started haunting Congress leaders even in their dreams.”
The applause is deafening.
Maya magic will work in Punjab
Magic of BSP supremo Mayawati would work in
Punjab after her four rallies which concluded in the state.
“the magic of
Bhenji (sister) will certainly work in Punjab as she had
addressed four big rallies in the state during the last couple
of days.”
He said that Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati’s
message was clear that the BSP would contest Punjab elections
without any alliance, and concentrate on consolidating its own
vote bank.
“We would make dent into the votes of Congress as well as
SAD,” he said.
“the talks with them never initiated and therefore we don’t
have any regret on it. I however wish him a good luck as it
will be benefitted to us if Sanja Morcha does well in the
state and we would certainly emerge in the scene of the
state,” he asserted.
“The BSP is not having alliance in any state as our party
is not only for political gains but for overall socio-economic
change, which we will attain on our own strength,”
After a decade and a half, the BSP has a target to
achieve increase its vote share that declined to 4.13 per cent
in 2007 assembly polls from 5.69 per cent in 2002 and
6.37 per cent in the 1997 assembly elections.
In 1992, the BSP won nine assembly seats with the SAD
boycotting the elections. But the party drew blank in the
previous three assembly polls in absence of any alliance.
Mayawati had addressed elections rallies at Kharar, Nawan
Shehar, Muktsar and Chappar covering whole of Punjab.
BSP may play key role
The BSP led by Ms Mayawati could play key
role in deciding who would come to power in the Punjab Assembly
elections.
Insiders view that the role of the BSP would be a decisive factor in this electoral battle.
“The BSP candidates in the election could cut into our votes, a senior Congress leader from
Punjab said.
In the last Assembly election, the Dera Sacha Sauda had helped the Congress in the Malwa region.
The BJP, which has been sharing power with the SAD in Punjab, is in a
bad shape this time because the mood of the people is against it. But BSP’s strategy
because of the Congress’ campaign against it in Uttar Pradesh may change
the power game, Congress insiders viewed.
BSP works not only for SC/STs but for all sections: Mayawati
Seeking
to shake off BSP’s image as a party which cares only for SC/STs,
Mayawati today said it was not against any caste or religion and
wanted to build a society based on the principles of equality.
“BSP is not against any caste or religion. It wants to remove
inequality and establish a society based on equality,” the Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister said while seeking votes for party candidates in
Uttarakhand Assembly elections.
To support her claim, Mayawati
said she has given tickets to candidates belonging to all sections of
society during the current assembly elections.
Reminding people
that the BSP had formed government in UP four times because of its “good
and pro-people policies”, she exuded confidence that her party will
repeat its performance once again this time.
“People would bring
BSP back to power for the fifth time in the state as it always works for
the welfare of all sections of soceity,” she claimed.
Alleging
that non-BSP governments are formed with the help of rich people and so
they make policies which favour them, she described BSP as the only
party which makes policies for the welfare of all sections.
Listing
the works done by her government in Uttar Pradesh for welfare of
various sections of the society, Mayawati said her government did not
tolerate atrocities against women, SC/STs and other weaker sections and
the culprits are immediately sent behind the bars.
Mayawati asked the people of Uttarakhand should also bring BSP to power for their betterment.
Uttar Pradesh’s Sarvajan living hugely improved lives in the last
five years of rule by Mayawati, a CM from the community . Hence she
remains their icon and BSP the party they identify with-because it draws
legitimacy, inspiration and ideology from Babasaheb Ambedkar.
BSP rule has made much difference even to Ambedkar villages which
were conceived in 1991 to bring their residents, particularly SC/STs,
into the mainstream . When implemented in 1995, the scheme became a
source of heartburn exposing Mayawati to the charge that she was
excessively focused on SC/STs which is not true.
Ms Mayawati has done a lot during her four
terms as chief minister to develop the state, especially in rural areas to the entire people.
Hon’ble Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh
Ms. Mayawati Ji
Led Government’s four-year term
Has been very promising
And the best in the
sphere of
“Law & Order and
Crime Control”
Besides
“Development and Public Welfare”
Important and Historic Steps pertaining to Development and Public Welfare·
Hon’ble Ms. Mayawati Ji-led government formed on 13 May, 2007 in Uttar Pradesh, after its four-year term, has kindled a new ray of “bright” future among the general public in the State,
especially the SC/STs,
backwards, religious minorities and upper-caste poor in respect of law
and order and crime control together with development and public welfare
activities.
This very government, by pursuing the path shown by great saints, gurus and seers born in backward classes, especially Mahtma Jotiba Phule, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, Shri Narayana Guru, Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
and Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji in development and public welfare activities with government following the policy of “Sarvajan Hitay – Sarvajan Sukhay”.
·
Besides, to honour these backward-born great “Saints, Gurus and Seers”, various magnificent spots, memorials, museums, parks, etc have been constructed in the state, on which the total budgeted government amount spent is even less than 1%; the remaining funds having spent on law and order, crime control, development and public welfare activities.
·
In the last four years, the central government did not release on time its share payable to the state totalling Rs. 21,385 crore. If this amount had been paid by the centre in time, achievements of the state government could have been far far
better.
·
Not only this, the “special economic package’ of Rs. 80,000 crore sought from the central government for the total development of the state, especially Bundelkhand and Poorvanchal in view of the poor and pitiable economic conditions inherited from the previous governments, no money was received from the central government at all.
·
Thereafter, under government’s new development strategy several major projects /schemes on the PPP-model, like the Ganga Express-way, Yamuna Express-way and Upper Ganga canal were prepared to spur development in the state in which no central investments were involved except a departmental ‘no objection ‘ from them; the centre, however, did not cooperate even in this matter.
·
And yet, with “ correct mobilization of resources and improved financial management” the state government generated an atmosphere
Development, notable
achievements of which are enumerated below:
NOTE-1-Since the formation, in 1995 of the first government of Hon’ble Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati Ji in Uttar Pradesh, its priority has been the total development of the poor and the backward SC/ST, other backward classes,Religious minorities and disables persons-who had remained neglected for centuries and during earlier governments. By separately creating Uttar Pradesh Welfare Department and other ministries, there has been considerable improvements
in their condition at every level and\ every sphere.
1. This government in the last four years has undertaken several activities at a total cost of Rs. 37,000 crore (Rs. 36,795 crore), outlay of 21.21 and 100% expenditure on the development of “SC/ST” under special component plan which are chiefly – increase in the rate of post matric for (Scheduled Castes), eligibility level of income increased from 1lakh to Rs.2 lakh,, scholarships fora all students (girls and boys) from class 1 to 8, establishment of ‘bhagidari bhavan’ at Lucknow and Agra,
including Training institutes at Aligarh and Rae Bareli to coach SC/ST youth for recruitment to high-level services like I.A.S and P.C.S; recruitment in Government posts through a drive to clear the backlog; for the first time Reservation in contracts upto Rs.25 lakh for SC/ST, so far, contracts worth Rs.1,623 crore allotted; about 4 lakh S/C families allotted more Than 3,500 hectares of land.; 16 Mahamaya Polytechnics for Information Technology set up for these categories of students; regularisation of Landless SC/ST people in possession of gram sabah land upto13May, 2007; formal right of possession letters (pattas) awarded to 9,431 persons; about 3000 genuine lease-holders benefited by removing illegal usurpers from their land; creation of employment totalling 5,945 lakh man- days for men and 2,089 lakh for women belonging to SC/ST classes created in rural areas; about 8 lakh S/C families benefited by writing-off debts amounting to Rs.120.28 crore of Uttar Pradesh SC/ST Development Corporation; electrification on large-scale of SC/ST bustees /majras and appointment of 23% from these classes only of SOs in police stations; provision of reservation also in state government-aided private enterprises; allotment of more than 4,000 fair price shops; together with the establishment of a Rs.100 crore “leather park and shoe mandi”: in Agra, exemption from VAT of Agra Footwear Industry.
2. “Other Backward Classes” – in the last four years 2 lakh landless people allotted lease of about 50,000 hectares of agricultural land; effective implementation of 27% reservation for OBSc in the allotment of fair price shops in the urban and rural areas under the public distribution system; computerisation of the entire procedure of scholarship under the backward classes Welfare department; more than 50 lakh students (girls and boys) benefites by scholarships under the scheme of aid to the poor families of backward classes on account of marriage and illness about Rs.50 crore spent every year; apart from increasing the “creamy layer” annual income limit of these classes from Rs.3 lakh Rs.5lakh,
about Rs.250 crore spent to reimburse the admission fees of students studying in post matric classes
3. In the matter of Religious Minorities especially the Muslim community, mention may be made of the establishment of Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji Urdu, Arabic-Persian University; inclusion of 10 new Arabic-Persian Madrasas in the grant-in-aid list; as much as 486.73 crore approx, on account of scholarships to 1,28,35,824 minority students (girls and boys); elegibilty income limit for scholarships increased to Rs.1 lakh in respect of, minority students; grant of Rs. 3,745 lakh for the marriage of 37,445 daughters from minority BPL families; reimbursement of fees amounting to Rs.2,049 lakh of 49,166 post matric students; construction of well-equipped “Haj Houses” at
Ghaziabad and Lucknow for the convenience of the Hajis; “direct
Haj flight” from Varanasi to Jeddah; abolition of the pre-condition of police verification in the appointment of “Mutawallis”; arrangement of advance coaching to prepare for competitive recruitment examinations; the amount of grant for Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy more than doubled to Rs.3 crore; establishment of 58 government secondary
schools in minority-dominated areas of 22 selected districts as well as mformation of a commission to provide the atatus of minority institution to ‘taleemi idaar’ (educational institutions) besides, the distribution of Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji Handloom Weavers awards.
4. “Disabled” – establishment of ‘Uttar Pradeesh Dr. Shakuntala Misra Rehabilation University’ at a cost of Rs.400 crore to provide
quality education to the differently-abled students; with 1% reservation for the visually impaired and 2% other disabled, so far, 677 and 1320fair shops allotted, respectively; disabled pension rate increased to Rs.300 per month from Rs.150- the total number of disabled pensioner during 2009-10 increased to 708077.
5. Several welfare schemes implemented for Sarv-Samaj “women” also, notable being amendment of the zamindari kanoon to ensure equitable share of women in patriarchal landed property; the amount of dole for destitute women increased to Rs.300 per month from Rs.150 apart from construction of shelter homes etc for them in Mathurs and Vrindavan; “alertness and sensitivity” on the part of government has resulted in considerable “decline” of criminal cases against “women”.
NOTE-II- In addition, many significant and historic steps wre taken for the uplift of the poor and the helpless belonging to sarv-samaj besides, Farmers, labourers, lawyers, employees, traders and people engaged in other professions, with all government departments also contributing to the development of the people of the state viz.:
1. Uttar Pradesh Mukhyamantri Mahamaya Gharib Arthik Madad Yojna
benefits about 31 lakh families in Uttar Pradeshwhich have not been
able to avail of the benefits of the BPL list or antyodaya, by providing
an assistance of Rs.400 per month.
2. Savitribai Phule Shiksha Madad Yojna benefitted
a total of 6,86,953 girl students, so far, with Rs.15,000 and a bicycle
given to class 10 students and an additional assistance of Rs.10,000 on
promotion to class 12.
3. Mahamaya Gharib Balika Ashirwad Yojna provides for Rs.1lakh to be given to the girl child immediately on birth, which has benefitted about 3,25,000 girl children.
4. Dr. Ambedkar Gram Sabha Samagra Vikas Yojna benefitted abount 5,598 gram sabhas.
5. Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji Sheri Gharib Awas Yojna provides for free housing facilities, benefiting about 1lakh families.
6. Sarvjan Hitay Gharib Awas (Slum Area) Maliqana Haq Yojna benefited about 7,232 families.
7. BPL card-holders of Sarv-samaj and beneficiaries of Mahamaya Gharib Arthik Madad Yojna being provided free of charge legal aid by government lawyers to plead their cases in courts.
8. Under Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji Sheri SC/ST Bssti Samagra Vikas Yojna, 250 bustees selected for development.
9. Lease-hold of 55,000 hectares of agricultural land for about 2.5 lakh poor and unemployed landless people.
10. About “3.5 lakh families” allotted residential plots measuring 3,500 hectares.
11. Allotment of 30,000 hectares of land to about 36,000 agriculturists.
12. 16,000 sites allotted to 19,000 people engaged in the pottery craft.
13. Allotment of 12,000 hectares of land for free plantation to 42,000 farmers.
14. Insurance provided to 18,67,835 heads of families under the General Public Insurance Scheme.
15. Under the enforced Uttar Oradesh Janhit Guarantee Quanoon 13
essential services relating to revenue, urban development, medical and
food and supply guaranteed within a specified time limit.
16. Brilliant
BPL students (girls and boys) of the newly established Gautam Buddha
University belonging to sarv-samaj sent to Europe for higher studies on
state expenses.
17. The maximum sickness allowance increased from Rs.2,000 to 5,000 in the case of S/S and those eligible from the general category.
18. The amount of grant-in-aid doubled in the event of marriage/sickness in Bundelkhand.
19. As many as 897 child development projects under operation.
20. Daily wages of “labourers/wage earners” of unorganised sector increased to Rs.100 from Rs.58.
21. More
than 18 lakh government employees in the state provided benefit of the
sixth pay commission, causing an additional financial burden of
Rs.21,000 crore.
22. As many as 35,000 daily wage employees, appointed till 29 June, 1991 regularised.
23. Generation of 10,586 lakh man days in the rural areas at a cost of Rs. 16,995 crore.
24. Self-employment made available to 13.58 lakh families with a grant of Rs.800 crore.
25. Recruitment
of 1.9 lakh ‘safai-workers (Aroghya Rakshaks)” in the state in one go
besides, 88,000 primary school teachers, 5,000 Urdu teachers and massive
recruitment in other departments together with employment opportunities
provided to “lakhs” of people in non-governmental sectors as well.
26. Infrastructural Development: construction of 165 Km long, 6-lane Yamuna express-way at a cost of Rs. 9,935 crore between Noida and Agra.
27. Rs.30,000 crore –construction project of 1,047 Km long, 8-lane entry controlled express-way from Greater Noida to Ballia.
28. Costing Rs. 8,911 crore, 148-km long Sanauta-Purkazi Express-way project along the upper Ganga canal bank.
29. In the Taj city, Agra, construction of a 20.5 km long 6-lane ring road at a cost of Rs.1,100 crore.
30. Delhi-Noida-Greater Noida Metro Rail Link, first phase, from Delhi to Noida completed.
31. PPP process activated to establish ab international airport at Kushinagar for the development of Buddhist circuit.
32. Energy development; with an amount of Rs. 28,796 crore incurred by the government led by the Hon’ble Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati Ji, a “new trust”
born among the general public to meet its electricity needs, during its
four-year term,; the government seriously engaged at the ground level
about its promise to offer 24-hourelectricity by 2014, Begining of about
30,000 MW new projects. Investment of Rs. 1,20,000 crore. In the field
of transmission, thye largest ever investment of Rs.10,000 crore through
PPP in the country.
33. Road construction – construction/reconstruction of more than 50,000 km long roads with an expenditure of about Rs.9000 crore.
34. About 13,000 km long CC roads and KC drains constructed in 5,480 gram sabhas/villages at a cost of Rs. 3,569 crore.
35. Construction of 319 bridges at a cost of Rs.1,369 crore as well as 16 over-bridges, entailinf an expenditure of Rs.363crore.
36. Irrigation – Strengthening of irrigation works/activities at a cost of Rs.22,097 crore.
37. Additional irrigation capacity of about 1.5 lakh hectares generated with the construction of 2,975 tube wells.
38. Tail-feeding of more than 9,000 canals ensured.
39. Irrigation arrangement of 32 lakh hectares of land.
40. Agriculture and Allied services – about Rs. 19,50 crore spent in the last four years.
41. Drive to bouble the income of the farmers.
42. Weather-based crop insurance scheme started.
43. Rain water storage project in Bundelkhand.
44. Unprecedented increase in sugarcane price (SAP).
45. Uttar Pradesh tops the country in milk production.
46. Dr.Ambedkar Agricultural Improvement Scheme of feeder separation for uninterrupted power supply to farmers.
47. Establishment of new agricultural university in Banda.
48. Education and Sports Development – about 65,000 crore (Rs.64,997 Crore) were spent on account of education in the last four years.
49. As many as 12,160 new senior primary schools and 4,654 new primary schools established
50. 13 private universities established.
51. Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji Research Chair established in 6 universities.
52. As many as 41 new government polytechnics set up.
53. In Gautambuddha Nagar, a second technical university established under the name of Mahamaya Technical University.
54. Commencement of ‘Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji Kala Samman Puraskar’ and Sant Ravidas Kala Samman Puraskar’.
55. Medical and Health services – About 22,000 crore (Rs 22,190 crore) spent in the last four years.
56. Decision to operate medical colleges in Kannauj, Jalaun and Saharanpur districts as wellas a para-medical college in Jhansi.
57. Decision to open state of the art super specialty 500-bed hospital with participation of private sector, costing around 140-150 crore each in Lucknow, Agra, Jalaun, Bijnur, Azamgarh, Ambedkar Nagar. And Saharanpur.
58. For the first time in the country a separate unani directorate established by Uttar Pradesh.
59. Urban Development – About
Rs.13,156 crore spent on account of housing and urban development as
wellas Rs. 4,090 crore spent on hygene and cleanliness schemes.
60. Projects
worth about Rs.8,000 crore completed in Kanpur, Lucknow, Agra,
Varanasi, Meerut, Allahabad and Mathura on development of urban
infrastructural facilities and providing housing to the poor besides,
fulfilling their basic needs.
61. Provision of about Rs.1,000 crore for drinking water projects in 7 metropolitan towns. Completion of projects of Rs.400 crore in other 37 towns and plying of 1,310 modern buses started.
62. Implementation of solid waste management schemes in 26 cities.
In
additionto the above, the government has, through other departments ,
taken several important and notable decisions, a detailed account of
which is given in a government published listing its achievements of
four years.
In
order to see for herself the ground reality of the activities stated in
the booklet, the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Ms Mayawati Ji, from 1st February, 2011 to 2nd March
2011 i.e., for full one month, made surprise inspections to take stock
of law and order situation and creime control in all the 72 districts,
together with development and public welfare activities, with strict
action taken against authorities, if anything wanting was detected.
Necessary directions and guidance for improvement were also given.
In a nutshell, the four years of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Hon’ble Ms Mayawati Ji led government has been “ highly promising and the best” in the area of “development and public welfare”.
Every policy of Uttar Pradesh Govt. is based on ‘Sarvajan Hitay – Sarvajan Sukhay’
Important and Historic Initiative for Law & Order and Crime Control
1. Since the formation of the present government in Uttar Pradesh, on 13 May, 2007 till date, an Unprecedented
environment
of “peace and order and communal harmony, free from injustice, crime
and fear” has been created by giving “top priority” to “law-order and
crime control” for which several important decisions had to be taken
with iron resolve at the different levels e.g:
2. Rigorous and effective action taken against more than 1 lakh known notorious criminals/Mafiosi.
3. 1.707 notorious criminals detained under the most stringent “National Security Act (NSA)”.
4. Strict action taken under the “Gangster Act” against about 40,000 professional offenders.
5. A
total of 8.013 notorious delequents, carrying reward on their heads,
were arrested, including those “carrying on the head a reward” upto Rs.5
lakh.
6. Another 374 notorious criminals carrying reward, between Rs.50,000 – Rs. 5,00,000 were “killed” by the police in self defense.
7. Also,
thousands of anti-social elements/goondas and white-collar criminals
were sent to their right place i.e. behind the bars in the “jail”.
8. For the first in the state, action was also taken against “ influencial people and those occupying high positions” found
guilty of breaching the law, establishing the motto “all wequal before
the law” under which several ministers, ex-ministers, MPs and
legislators were proceeded against leagally with due strictness.
9. “Historic action” continues, without let or hinderance, against arrant criminals and Mafiosi to “confisticat their
ill-gotten wealth” in order to break the economic backbone. Property worth more than Rs. 443 crore forfeited so far.
10. Elimination
of fierce dacoits – synonymous of terror, Rs. 5 lakh rewardee bandit
chief Shivakumar alias Dadua, Ambika Patel i.e. Thokia, Mussafir Yadav,
carrying a reward of Rs.2lakh from Bihar State and Santosh alias Kittu
Gupta with a reward of Rs. 1.5 lakh besides, several other offenders
carrying rewards between Rs. 1 lakh and Rs. 50,000 were killed by police
in encounters inself-defence.
11. In
the terrorist attack on CRPF group centre at Rampur by 4 terrorists of
HUJI – Harqat UI Jehad Al Islami as well as an active member of
Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) together with ISI agents were also
apprehended.
12. Noor
Baksh, a shooter belonging to the gang of international criminal,
Dawood Ibrahim was shot daed while trying to escape from police custody.
13. To
secure justice to prosecuted people under the previous government,
10,000 cases filed through a “special campaign” and action taken against
31,136 persons. “Legal” action also initiated against those trying to
register “fake” reports.
14. The
area of ‘jungle raj’, goonda tax, ‘mafia rule’ and ‘anarchy’ inherited
in legacy, ends, entirely due to the “missionary and struggling” efforts
of Hon’ble Chief Ninister Ms. Mayawati JI. People, coming out of the
suffocating “jungle raj”, breathing in, today, the wiff of fresh air of
the “rule of law by law”.
15. The
result of such strict action was that an environment of “ communal
harmony” continued to exist and no untoward incident occurred in the
whole of the state, in light of the court decision on the very sensitive
Ram Janmbhoomi/Babri Masjid “case”. The peaceful conditions prevailed
in Uttar Pradesh, there was calm and quiet in other states of the
country as well.
16. So
also Common Wealth Games 2010, three-tier panchayat elections,
Mahakumbh fair, Haridwar-2010, Allahabad Magh Mela-2011 passed off
peacefully. Lok Sabha-2009 general elections were also conducted without
violence, with peace and impartiality.
17. In order to ensure “justice” to the general public and create “trust” towards the law and order system in them,
strict
instructions issued to record the First Information Report (FIR) in the
thanas from victimized persons without the slightest difficulties.
18. Instructions to all district, division and tehsil level authorities to be available to the people, as a must in their
offices from 10 to 12 in thye morning.
19. Observance of “thana divwas” on every 1st and 3rd Saturdsy of the month with the object of taking effective
action against victimization of poor people of the sarv-samaj.
20. As a result of these special efforts made by the government, remarkable “decline“ in the rate of all kinds of crime against “SC/ST” in the state. Eqally notable has been the percentage of disposal of crime enquiries which stands at 92.
21. Appointment of a special public prosecutor” for prosecution of cases under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities
Act.
22. “Considerable reduction” in incidence of all crimes against “women” in the state.
23. The
percentage of action was 94.1, last year against those accused of crime
against “women” and 91.9 of cases disposed of, which is a “record” in
itself. Consequently, the rate of crime against women in Uttar Pradesh
is much less than even the national average.
24. The effort to secure “justice” in every matter and at every level to
every segment of the society and the sarv-samaj, the poor people,
farmers, labourers, businessmen, lawyers, service-class and
non-service-class people as also students in accordance with the policy
of “Sarvajan Hitay Sarvajan Sukhay”.
25. Together with the arrest of more than two dozen hard core naxalites, a strategy of
“tatal development (samagra vikas)” in identified areas adopted in
order to deal with the “naxal” problem so that a feeling of trust
towards the administration in kindled in the public psyche in the
affected areas and they do not go astray. Efforts to provide the various
basic amenities under Dr. Ambedkar gram sabha yojns to the 423 naxal
affected villages.
26. Many important and historic decisions taken to establish “rule of the law by law” in the state in order to “modernize and strengthen to make the police administration alert and vigilant”.
27. More than double the increase in police budget with about Rs. 7,740 crore sanctioned. For the first time in Uttar Pradesh a service manual for different sections of the police force promulgated.
28. Formation of “Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment Board” for transparency in view of complaints of corruption in
police recruitment.
29. In a “historic” decision about 2.04 lakh new posts for policemen created, in one stroke. Already 35,000 constables selected in a transparent procedure – a step which has been praised at the national also.
30. Constitution of two new zones Viz. “Poorvanchal and western Uttar Pradesh” to further strengthen the “Special Task Force (STF)”.
31. “National Capital Police Zone” formed for effective control over law and order and crime control in western Uttar Pradesh.
32. Establishment
of “women police stations (mahila Thana)” in all districts together
with “mahila helpline”, “family planning Centre” and “mahila sahayta
prakoshtha” at the state level.
33. “Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS)” set up in November, 2007 itself.
34. “SIT” constituted to investigate serious economic offences.
35. For proper security and up keep of the newly constructed sites/memorials etc
formation of “Uttar Pradesh Police Special Zone Security Battalian” under which 1,233 new posts created.
36. “state level committee constituted” inder the chairmanship of Director General, police to prevent circulation of
“counterfeit / fake currency notes”.
37. Sevearl proposals for necessary cooperation pending with the centre about inclusion of naxal-affected districts
into
“focus” districts under the “integrated development plan” for
development of the local surroundings and modernization of the police.
Apart
from these, many more important steps were taken, a detailed account of
which is given in a booklet published by the government, highlighting
its achievements during the last four years.
In
brief, to get the correct feel of ground realities, the Hon’ble Chief
minisre Ms. Mayawati Ji herself made surprise inspections of “Law-order
and crime control:, for one full month i.e. from 1 February – 2 March,
2011, visiting police stations in all the 72 districts in the
state,taking strong action against authorities found wanting in
performance and issuing guidelines for improvement.
Every policy of Uttar Pradesh Govt. is based on ‘Sarvajan Hitay – Sarvajan Sukhay’
Authorities insist wetland sale is ‘perfectly legal’
NOIDA: Stepping up its act following reports of alleged “irregularities
in the sale of the wetland in Dadri to a private developer”, the Uttar
Pradesh government sent a team of officials led by the inspector general
of forests, Uttar Pradesh, DC Khanduri to visit the disputed area on
Friday. This was done to “ensure the legality of the sale of land around
the Bil Akbarpur Lake in Dadri, Greater Noida, to a private developer.”
Dismissing all allegations of irregularities, the officials maintain
that the sale of approximately one lakh square metre area around the
wetland to the Ansals for developing a residential township is
“perfectly legal.”
VOICE OF SARVAJAN
[The Buddhist Circle] Support BSP from anywhere in the world for Feb-2012 elections - Pls. do your part
2012. As you know the media / centre govt / election commission will
always present only incorrect negative news repeatedly about UP govt and
Mayawati to defame her.
present to whole world correct and positive news about UP govt and
Mayawati which may assist BSP to win more seats.
please try to do two below things by spending about 10min daily from
today till the elections are over.
people writing comments on news articles, which mean many people read
these news and they do write comments as well. So let’s have comments
from our side as well.
their positive comparative comments, then it will surely put real storey
about UP and Mayawati to the world.
developing states in all aspects like education / infrastructure / water
/ roads etc. Congress could not do this in last 40 years of their rule.
BJP demolished Babari. SP promoted goondaraj.
are many more developments which media will never tell, so local UP
people will need to play vital role for spreading correct news.
randhir gill (mirzapur)
57 mins ago (02:31 PM)
Mam i am really happy because you are my state CM.I live in
mirzapur,near by allahabad.Youare such great CM.I pray only CM in my
country.
BY
GIVING MASTERKEY!
TO MAYAWATI!
OF BSP!
By Broad minded Entire Uttar Pradesh People will give her seats Three Hundred and Three!
am 100% with u that u have done enough for SC, OBC and all other castes
that everyone in India should be proud to have your statue in every
state of India.
I honestly salute you and want to meet you once personally in my life.
May God give u long life and after you will be remembered as GOD itself.
UP chief minister Mayawati, accused the Centre
of focusing on NRHM bunglings on assembly polls eve with a
“malicious” design. At a rally in Roorkee on Monday, she said:
“The Congress-headed UPA is misusing the CBI in the name of the NRHM scam
probe. The raids just before the assembly elections are politically motivated
to malign my image and take mileage in the polls.”
Uttar Pradesh Election 2012: Fourth phase nomination begins . . .
Uttar Pradesh Election 2012: Fourth phase nomination
begins . . .
nominations for the fourth phase of assembly elections 2012 in Uttar Pradesh
began on Wednesday.
The fourth phase, which would cover 56 of the state’s 403 assembly
constituencies, spread across Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Unnao,
Prataprarh, Kannauj, Banda, Chitrakoot and Fatehpur districts, would determine
the fate of 32 sitting legislators, three ministers and a dozen former
ministers.
More than 1.72 crore voters are expected to cast their votes at 18,209 polling
booths at 12,821 polling stations where 19,029 electronic voting machines would
be used Feb 19.
Several important leaders of different political parties are expected to file
their nominations.
The fate of Louis Khurshid, wife of union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, would
also be determined during this phase in Farrukhabad.
Among the Uttar Pradesh ministers in the fray are Nakul Dubey (urban
development) and Anbul Manan (science and technology).
The authentic Gandhites (not those whose names have a Gandhi suffix)
would not have expected their progeny to resort to bare faced efforts to
protect the corrupt and perpetuate a naked ‘dynastic rule’ intent on power in
Delhi; usurping the powers from the office of the PM and exercising those
powers without any checks and balances to evade accountability for major policy
failures. This reduced Singh to a lame duck PM; unable to act against the
corrupt or errant top politicians once Sonia and her family had effectively
usurped the PM Office’s powers to act claiming that dealing with errant Congressmen
whether ministers or others fell within the purview of the party (Congress)
President. PM Singh mourned over this and his inability to act gave vague
explanations merely to stay in office and accumulating all the negative
points for ‘weak’ and, ‘indecisive’ leadership in preparation for his departure
from the political scene once the Sonia call comes. How effectively could Singh
perform his PM role in these conditions being an unelected holding the PM
office? He thus is carrying the blame for Delhi’s failures on behalf the
UPA2/Congress allowing the Sonia leadership to keep their record unblemished
though exercising part of the PM’s powers and hence could afford to ‘stay aloof
from grassroots’ (Mark Tully).
Sonia inducted Priyanka Vadra
into the UP election campaign ignoring Priyanka’s conspicuous absence (‘stayed
aloof from grassroots’ – Mark Tully) from Rae Bareli since 2009 expecting the
apathetic Rae Bareli/UP voter to forget fast the background for her absence
from Rae Bareli. The Sonia family avoided embarrassment over the speed
with which Vadra, Priyanka’s husband amassed wealth to become a billionaire
(net worth $2.1 billion) after his marriage to Priyanka. Vadra who originally
owned Artex a small company exporting artificial jewellery is now involved in
numerous business ventures including Unitec that is in the centre of the
high profile 2g spectrum scam. (Is this the Sonia family’s connection to
the 2g affair?). NDTV on 16 January 2012. referred to the conspicuous absence
of Priyanka from UP (After a long break , Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi ‘s daughter Priyanka Vadra was back in Amethi on Monday to supplement
brother Rahul’s efforts in mobilizing votes for the Congress ahead of elections
in politically crucial UP..” This is dynastic succession in action.
To throw in Priyanka an
absentee Congress politicians to be in the vanguard of the campaign in UP
highlights Rahul’s inability to make an impact in UP electorally and the Sonia
family’s strong belief that dynastic loyalties have ‘too much influence’
(Tully) or appeal electorally to counter any mass discontent be it mass
corruption or any other major policy failure. In fact
the UP assembly election is evolving into referendum on the Sonia UPA2/Congress
rule that carries the hallmarks of deep-set corruption, power craze,
confrontational style of politics, unfair use of state instrumentalities to
disadvantage the opposition and dissent, craving for dynastic succession and
even creating dissension amongst the top Congress leadership to kill off any
alternative PM candidate to Rahul from emerging- a classic Sonia dynastic
succession rule in action. All these issues though crucial do not surface
much in public debate thanks to a meek media and the capacity of those
campaigning for the Sonia UPA2/Congress to create enough trivial
diversionary issues to take attention away from the massive corruption
against which the Lokpal tide is creating waves in UP.
Will the Indian voters in
UP as patriotic Indians like the Biharis and TN Tamilians also vote to rid
Delhi/India of the evil corrupt cult of the UPA2/Congress?
Readers’ attention is drawn to a piece “The choice for Indians – the
phony mafia UPA2/Congress verses the historic glory of the Mahatma
Congress..’ (Groundreport 02, December 2011). This piece examines the attitude
of the UPA2/Congress in the face of a national calamity, the spreading
corruption epidemic threatening the whole of India. Morally Sonia UPA2/Congress
has forfeited all rights to claim a Gandhian lineage that demands rulers
to be pre-eminently clean, also morally the Sonia UPA2/Congress with a
stranglehold on the Mahatma Congress as an organization acts and speaks the
language of a phony not the authentic Mahatma Congress. Once voters see
through this distinction it will be doomsday for UPA2 /Congress.
The UPA2/Congress also went to
the TN and Bihar electorates carrying its massive corrupt/deals baggage
accumulated from Rajiv’s Bofors scam and grown robustly under the
UPA2/Congress rule to produce a series of scams, amongst others the 2G,
CWG and whole list of other scams that earned for it notoriety for plundering
public assets. UP voters are bound to vote with anger over the UPA2/Congress
top leadership’s attempts to camouflage such a notorious corruption record
with fads and not seriously acting to remedy its failures/misdeeds.
The TN electors acted wisely enough with the UPA2/Congress failing miserably to
cheat the TN electors. Indians, India-wide are looking up to the voters
of UP, the biggest state and politically the most powerful with
the power to alter the course of events acting as real patriots to
end this corruption menace by rejecting the UPA2/Congress in the forthcoming
UP assembly elections.
corruption/deals cult has wider ramifications. It nurtured in the UPA2/Congress
a haughty confrontational approach
to political debate especially
against those struggling against the corruption malice. An authentic Mahatma
Congress regime would scrupulously have avoided such hurtful conduct. Yet
the UPA2/Congress posters have a Mahatma in the background with Sonia in the
middle flanked by Rahul and Priyanka. This is a cynical abuse of the
Mahatma’s lineage for cheap political advantage by non- practitioners.
UPA2/Congress inaction against
the corrupt is accompanied by inaction against those who have illicit funds
stashed in banks overseas. Without the corrupt culture those funds would have
flowed in normal course to fund ‘development’ benefitting all Indians.
Rahul’s development call sounds hollow and insincere; with UPA2/Congress’
inaction. Accountability requires Sonia UPA2/Congress to publish and or take
action against those in the list holding funds overseas, but it has
scrupulously avoided taking any such action and the reasons that its
official spokesmen trot out sound totally incredible. Only Lokpal
extending the scope of its campaign to cover these illicit funds issue would be
the answer. When massive amounts in overseas banks, the where withal for
‘development’ are locked up and away? it is cynical that Rahul vociferously
claims that only the Sonia UPA2/Congress agenda unlike that of the opposition
is serious about ‘development’. How much more dubious could the UPA2/Congress
‘development’ promise be? Development is a must to alleviate the grinding
poverty of majority of Indian especially those in UP. Analysts point to
the inaction and the stilled silence of Sonia UPA2/Congress on these issues as anti-development’;
acts to protect the corrupt.
The corruption culture that
began with Bofors.
The confrontational politics of
the UPA2/Congress is also destructive to its coalition partners. It drove its
coalition ally the DMK (not much more corrupt than the Congress) into exile by
poaching on DMK’s regional vote winning base. In DMK’s case the South Block
used Delhi’s inaction to demonstrate DMK’s incapacity to serve as champions of
Tamils in Eelam or elsewhere. The astute Mamata Banerjee sensed from DMK’s
experience, the risks inherent in partnering the Congress early enough that she
pre-empted any UPA2/Congress move to usurp her party’s regional base to
advantage the Congress. This is a warning to all parties seeking ties with
the UPA2/Congress anywhere in India or UP.
instrumentalities by Sonia/Narayanan junta; CBI was used domestically against
the opposition where necessary domestically.
Most Respected Chief Election Commissioner of India,
(Could not find his email ID, may he doesn’t like to be in front and cant lead by example.
Following email ids of some of his senapati’s, could be found. We may send our mails to them.)
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KANOON KI DEVI MAHA MAYAWATIJI THE NEXT CHIEF MINISTER OF UP AND NEXT PRIME MINISTER OF PRABUDDHA BHARATH
JAI JAI SHIVA SHANKAR!
SP CYCLE PUNCTURE!
CONGRESS HAND NEVER!
LOTUS JUST IN CALENDAR!
BJP CHAPTER IS OVER!
BASPA HATHI FOREVER!
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Verse 47. Pleasure Seeker Is Swept Away
For one who has a
clinging mind
and gathers only pleasure-flowers,
Death does seize and carry away
as great flood a sleeping village.
Explanation: Those men
and women , fascinated by worldly things, go about seeking pleasure, like a
garland-maker picking the flowers of his choice in a garden. But, gradually and
silently, death overcomes them like a flood in the night sweeping away a village
asleep.
Dhammapada Verse 47
Vitatubha Vatthu
Pupphani heva pacinantam
byasattamanasam naram
suttam gamam mahoghova
maccu adaya gacchati.
Verse 47: Like one who
picks and chooses flowers, a man who has his mind attached to sensual pleasures
is carried away by Death, just as a great flood sweeps away a sleeping village.
The Story of Vitatubha
While residing at the
Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (47) of this book, with reference
to Vitatubha, son of King Pasenadi of Kosala.
King Pasenadi of Kosala,
wishing to marry into the clan of the Sakyans, sent some emissaries to
Kapilavatthu with a request for the hand of one of the Sakyan princesses. Not
wishing to offend King Pasenadi, the Sakyan princes replied that they would
comply with his request, but instead of a Sakyan princess they sent a very
beautiful girl born of King Mahanama and a slave woman. King Pasenadi made that
girl one of his chief queens and subsequently she gave birth to a son. This son
was named Vitatubha. When the prince was sixteen years old, he was sent on a
visit to King Mahanama and the Sakyan princes. There he was received with some
hospitality but all the Sakyan princes who were younger than Vitatubha had been
sent away to a village, so that they would not have to pay respect to
Vitatubha. After staying a few days in Kapilavatthu, Vitatubha and his company
left for home. Soon after they left, a slave girl was washing with milk the
place where Vitatubha had sat; she was also cursing him, shouting, “This
is the place where that son of a slave woman had sat”. At that moment, a
member of Vitatubha’s entourage returned to fetch something which he had left
at the place and heard what the slave girl said. The slave girl also told him
that Vitatubha’s mother, Vasabhakhattiya, was the daughter of a slave girl
belonging to Mahanama.
When Vitatubha was told
about the above incident, he became wild with rage and declared that one day he
would wipe out the whole clan of the Sakyans. True to his word, when Vitatubha
became king, he marched on the Sakyan clan and massacred them all, with the
exception of a few who were with Mahanama and some others. On their way home,
Vitatubha and his army encamped on the sandbank in the river Aciravati. As
heavy rain fell in the upper parts of the country on that very night, the river
swelled and rushed down with great force carrying away Vitatubha and his army
into the ocean.
On hearing about these
two tragic incidents, the Buddha explained to the bhikkhus that his relatives,
the Sakyan princes, had in one of their previous existences, put poison into
the river killing the fishes. It was as a result of that particular action that
the Sakyan princes had to die en masse. Then, referring to the incident about
Vitatubha and his army, the Buddha said, “As a great flood sweeps away
all the villagers in a sleeping village, so also, Death carries away all the
creatures hankering after sensual pleasures.”
Then the Buddha spoke in
verse as follows:
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Verse 47: Like one who picks and chooses |
Welcome, Munnabhai: US president woos Indian tourists
WASHINGTON: Munnabhai hasn’t made it to America yet, but president Obama
wants to make sure he’ll have no problem visiting there. The US
president, using the backdrop of Florida’s famed Disneyland, identified
India, China, and Brazil among countries that could bump up tourist
traffic to America so that US can remain the world’s top global travel
destination.
The travel and tourism industry generated 7.5
million jobs and 2.7% of US GDP in 2010, but Washington is concerned
about declining trends in a world where countries large and small, far
and near, are duking it out for tourism revenue. Post 9/11, US share of
international traveler spending has fallen from 17% to 11% due to
security concerns and increased competition. Obama wants to arrest that
slide.
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25 01 2012 LESSON 504 Dhammapada Verse 46 Who Conquers Death?
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Verse 46. Who Conquers Death?
Having known this froth-like body
and awakening to its mirage nature,
smashing Mara’s flowered shafts
unseen beyond the Death-king go.
Explanation: This body of ours is like froth, bubbles, or
foam. It disintegrates quickly. The nature of life is like a mirage,
an illusion. Therefore, one must give up these unrealities. To achieve
that one must destroy Mara’s flower-arrows by which he tempts
men and women. It is necessary that the truth-seeker should go beyond
Mara’s region, to areas unseen by him. Mara knows only the realm
of death. The truth seeker goes beyond that region to the ‘deathless’
(Nibbana) - a domain Mara has never seen.
Dhammapada Verse 46
Maricikammatthanika bhikkhu Vatthu
Phepnupamam1 kayamimam viditva
maricidhammam2 abhisambudhano
chetvana marassa papupphakani3
adassanam maccurajassa gacche4
Verse 46: One who knows that this body is impermanent like froth, and
comprehends that it is insubstantial like a mirage, will cut the flowers of Mara
(i.e., the three kinds of vatta or rounds), and pass out of sight of the
King of Death.
1. Phepnupamam: like froth; it means that this body is perishable and
impermanent like froth.
2. maricidhammam: lit., mirage + nature; nature of a mirage, i. e.,
insubstantial like a mirage.
3. marassa papupphakani: flowers or flower-tipped arrows of Mara.
These flowers or arrows of Mara represent the tivattam or the three kinds
of vattam (rounds), viz., kilesavattam ( the round of moral
defilements), kammavattam (the round of volitional action) and vipakavattam
(the round of resultant effects). According to the Commentary, this chain or
round is broken when cut by the sword of ariya magga nana.
4. adassanam maccurajassa gacche: In this context, out of sight of the
King of Death means the realization of Nibbana.
The Story of the Bhikkhu who Contemplates the Body as a Mirage
While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (46) of
this book, with reference to a certain bhikkhu.
On one occasion, a certain bhikkhu, after taking a subject of meditation from
the Buddha, went to the forest. Although he tried hard he made little progress
in his meditation; so he decided to go back to the Buddha for further
instruction. On his way back he saw a mirage, which, after all, was only an
illusive appearance of a sheet of water. At that instant, he came to realize
that the body also was insubstantial like a mirage. Thus keeping his mind on the
insubstantiality of the body he came to the bank of the river Aciravati. While
sitting under a tree close to the river, seeing big froths breaking up, he
realized the impermanent nature of the body.
Soon, the Buddha appeared in his vision and said to him, “My son,
just as you have realized, this body is impermanent like froth and insubstantial
like a mirage.”
Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:
Verse 46: One who knows that this body is impermanent like froth,
and comprehends that it is insubstantial like a mirage will cut the
flowers of Mara (i.e., the three kinds of vatta or rounds), and pass
out of sight of the King of Death.
At the end of the discourse the bhikkhu attained arahatship.
24 01 2012 LESSON 503 FLOWERS Dhammapada Verse 45 The Seeker Understands
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In a democracy any party goes to the people
with an agenda and programmes they would implement if they came to
power. Are the parks in UP not built with that sense? BSP being a party
that has come into being on the philosophy of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, Mahatma
Phule, Periyar and other social thinkers who wanted to establish a just
society. It is in this context that one should understand the parks
established in honour of the leaders who showed a path to the
downtrodden. If the argument given by EC that anything built from public
funds that could influence the voters, “… are they created using
government funds and displayed in an election situation? Second, even
when these are created with government funds, we need to see if they are
part of the normal functions of any government, irrespective of party
affiliation?” How could one see parties asking people to vote for their
party on the schemes brought out by them? Eg. Congress asking people to
vote on the MGNRES, RTI, Development, etc. is it not one way of
influencing the voters asking for votes on schemes implemented from
‘Public Funds’. The EC’s logic of public funds being used is absurd and
against the democratically elected government’s mandate to execute its
schemes for its people. It is worthwhile to recollect Dr.B.R.Ambedkar’s
words, “For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is battle
for freedom. It is the battle of reclamation of human personality” and
it is that culture which is reflected in parks which the so-called
‘elites’ of the Indian society cannot digest. And the bogey of ‘Public
money’ being wasted is just hogwash.