Note: This is a collection for verses from Sri Chanakya Niti related to women. Neither do I take credit of the wisdom presented, nor am I ready to take blame if someone doesn’t agree with something or someone feels bad about anything in the issue. I leave it to the wisdom you have gathered through your life to evaluate or accept the wisdom of Chanakya.

1. 15. Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

1. 17. Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.

2.1. Untruthfulness, rashness, guile, stupidity, avarice, uncleanliness and cruelty are women’s seven natural flaws.

2.15. Trees on a river bank, a woman in another man’s house, and kings without counselors go without doubt to swift destruction.

3.9. The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.

4.17. Constant travel brings old age upon a man; a horse becomes old by being constantly tied up; lack of sexual contact with her husband brings old age upon a woman; and garments become old through being left in the sun.

5.6. The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

5.14. Heaven is but a straw to him who knows spiritual life (Krsna consciousness); so is life to a valiant man; a woman to him who has subdued his senses; and the universe to him who is without attachment for the world.

5. 21. Among men the barber is cunning; among birds the crow; among beasts the jackal; and among women, the malin (flower girl).

6.3. Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.

6.4. The king, the brahmana, and the ascetic yogi who go abroad are respected; but the woman who wanders is utterly ruined.

7. 11. The power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.

8.8. Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.

10.4. What is it that escapes the observation of poets? What is that act women are incapable of doing? What will drunken people not prate? What will not a crow eat?

11.5. He who is engrossed in family life will never acquire knowledge; there can be no mercy in the eater of flesh; the greedy man will not be truthful; and purity will not be found in a woman and a hunter.

12.18. Courtesy should be learned from princes, the art of conversation from pandits, lying should be learned from gamblers and deceitful ways should be learned from women.

14.10. It is ruinous to be familiar with the king, fire, the religious preceptor, and a woman. To be altogether indifferent of them is to be deprived of the opportunity to benefit ourselves, hence our association with them must be from a safe distance.

14.11. We should always deal cautiously with fire, water, women, foolish people, serpents, and members of a royal family; for they may, when the occasion presents itself, at once bring about our death.

14.15 One single object (a woman) appears in three different ways: to the man who practices austerity it appears as a corpse, to the sensual it appears as a woman, and to the dogs as a lump of flesh.

16.2. The heart of a woman is not united; it is divided. While she is talking with one man, she looks lustfully at another and thinks fondly of a third in her heart.

16.4. Who is there who, having become rich, has not become proud? Which licentious (Free) man has put an end to his calamities (A grievous disaster)? Which man in this world has not been overcome by a woman? Who is always loved by the king? Who is there who has not been overcome by the ravages of time? Which beggar has attained glory? Who has become happy by contracting the vices of the wicked?

16.13. Those who were not satiated with the enjoyment of wealth, food and women have all passed away; there are others now passing away who have likewise remained unsatiated; and in the future still others will pass away feeling themselves unsatiated.

17.6. When a man has no strength left in him he becomes a sadhu, one without wealth acts like a brahmacari, a sick man behaves like a devotee of the Lord, and when a woman grows old she becomes devoted to her husband.

17.9. The woman who fasts and observes religious vows without the permission of her husband shortens his life, and goes to hell.

17.10. A woman does not become holy by offering by charity, by observing hundreds of fasts, or by sipping sacred water, as by sipping the water used to wash her husbands feet.

17.14. The eating of tundi fruit deprives a man of his sense, while the vacha root administered revives his reasoning immediately. A woman at once robs a man of his vigour while milk at once restores it.

The psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, and multicultural, are generally identified as four main forces in counseling and psychology. By “force” is meant that each of these perspectives has widely impacted a variety of helping professions, such as counseling, psychology, social work, and nursing. They have also influenced other fields including education and medicine. It must be noted that each of these “forces” are not only pervasive and potent, but also prevalent on a continuing basis. Dr. Daya Singh Sandhu,a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Research at the University of Louisville is generally credited to be the first one to suggest that spirituality should be recognized as the fifth force in counseling and psychotherapy.

   In addition, he has proposed the following seven stages of spiritual development that are unfolded through human experience in which a religion may or may not play any role.

1.Scourge

This is a stage which can best be described as “a-spiritual,” or a stage when a person’s spiritual interests are dormant. At this level the individual is mostly egocentric and is focused only on materialistic matters. Spirituality is of very little or no interest. Life without spiritual awakening is described as a scourge.

2.Emerge

In some cases, emerging from the previous stage of scourge results from a major life event or trauma, which leads a person to become spiritual. It seems that in a time of crisis, all humans become religious or spiritual. In other cases, an awakening to spiritual life might be facilitated by a spiritual teacher, a preceptor, or a Guru. Of course, a Guru could be any person who removes our spiritual darkness or ignorance and introduces us to the spiritual realm. In the absence of a living Guru, a scripture can serve as the source of inspiration. This stage can be described as a transforming stage, and can also be conducive to transitioning to higher stages. Spirituality becomes important for a person for the first time during this stage. A person takes deliberate interest in it.

3. Purge

Purge is characterized by an individual’s rejecting materialistic and worldly pleasures. At this level the individual changes path. Spiritual concerns become more important than materialistic interests. A part of the purging process may include turning away from a life of scourge. A person makes a conscious effort to manage several deadly habits, such as lust, anger, greed, worldly attachments, and haughtiness as these are the barriers to spiritual life.

4. Diverge

Spiritual ascent is not steady or linear. A person might start experiencing divergence, leaving a spiritual path and going back to old materialistic ways of living. There may be a loss of interest in spiritual matters during this stage. This setback is generally transitory.

5. Resurge

During the Resurgence stage individuals are coming back to a stronger spiritual understanding after having “slipped,” regressed, or suffered a loss of interest in a previous spiritual journey. This spiritual understanding and interest is stronger than previous experiences. At this stage spirituality and religion become important once again. One’s interest in spirituality is revived or renewed even more vigorously.

6. Converge

Persons experiencing convergence are really on their spiritual path. Their spiritual beliefs, spiritual feelings, and spiritual actions are all in synchrony. A spiritual person starts living his or her life according to the special rules for living as required by the scriptures or by high moral and spiritual standards. At this level, a person experiences great solace and satisfaction by balancing spiritual and materialistic matters. Clearly, there is comfort in walking on this path where there is faith, hope, and deep appreciation for life.

7. Merge

Sandhu believes that the merge stage is the ultimate in spiritual development. There is emphasis on experience of union with God or Oneness. This stage also has mystical qualities. This stage is characterized with one uniting with a Higher Being. Life and death are both blessings. At this highest stage of spiritual realization, suffering and comforts are the same as they both come from the same Higher-self or the Supreme Being.

References

Sandhu, D.S. (2007). Seven stages of spiritual development: A

The Vedanta Sutra starts by “defining” God, as follows:

अथातो ब्रह्मजिज्ञासा । ब्रसू-१,१.१ ।

जन्माद्यस्य यतः । ब्रसू-१,१.२ ।

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When it comes to devotional songs in Oriya, one name that is hard to forget is: Namita Agrawal ji.

I have got a few online sources where we can hear the devotional songs by Namita Agrawal. I will update this page whenever I get  more.

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Let me share one interesting thing I observed recently:

My uncle’s son(1-2 year old) has been showing great interest in God, gods, spirituality, Bhajans, Kirtans, Vedic chantings, Slokas, etc. Let me narrate a few incidents: (more…)

Question:

Why do we see so many honest people suffer, and so many corrupt people passing their life in merry? Has God made no arrangement for justice in this world? It shakes my faith when I see such examples. How do I retain my faith under such circumstances? I am a Hindu, so I am expecting you to help me understand in the light of Vedic scriptures like Bhagavad Gita.

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If you are a vegetarian, and have to dine/party with non-vegetarians, you know what question you are going to face. Many a times someone ends up asking “why are you a vegetarian?”. How should you deal with them? What should you answer? A friend of mine asked me the following question:

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This is a hypothetical discussion between two spiritualists. One of them claims that he has now become God by getting enlightened, and the other is asking some tricky questions to him. I am referring to the one who claimed himself as God as “Enlightened_manGod” , and the other person as Ordinary_someone. The Enligntened_manGod started by (mis)quoting a verse from Bhagavad Gita.

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A few days back someone asked me few questions about worshiping God. Here is a list of his questions and my answers to him:

1. Does God Become happy by worshiping him?
2. Do we demand something by worshiping?
3. Do we please God by worshiping?
4. Does God bless those only who worship him?
5. If I abuse God whether he would become angry and curse me?
6. What does GOD want from us? (more…)
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