Kshama Quotes

You retain your health only so long as you are willing to forgive your stresses, shrug off adversity and adapt to new situations. Resistance to change always impedes the workings of your immunity. An old Sanskrit proverb tells us kshama chajanani: the essence of motherly love is forgiveness. Damage to the ahamkara-mother predisposes us to disease by weakening our innate forgiveness.

Happy Shree Krishna Janmastami. Shree Krishna has 16 kalas and Ram has 12 Kalas, Ram hide 2 kalas because he killed Ravan. Buddha has 9 Kalas and Shreeom Surye Shiva has 25 Kalas. We all are one world human family even though we must tell the truth knowledge for the peaceful and better world. Name of the Kalas of Shreeom Surye Shiva 1. Kirpa – Compassion 2. Dhriti – Spiritual patience 3. Kshama – Forgiveness 4. Dandaneethi – Justice 5. Samatwa – Impartiality 6. Bhagamalini Dharma – Detachment, lordliness , righteousness , glory , beauty , omniscience. 7. Tapasya – Meditation and piritual powers 8. Jvalita – Invincibility possible 9. Samaah – Beneficience, bestower of all wealth in the world and nature. 10. Saundarjyamaya Aatma – Very beautiful soul 11. Kumaarii Sansaara – Best of miss world and Mr. world 12. Sangitajna – Best of singers 13. Neetibadi – Embodiment of honesty 14. Satyabadi – Truth itself 15. Sarvagnata – Perfect master of all intellengence. 16. Sarvaniyanta – Controller of all 17. Duhkhajihasa- Wish to avoid pain and sarrow as well as stress and axiety 18. Svasanvedana Gyaana- Understanding the noble knowledge 19. Gyaana and Achara- Knowledge and conduct 20. Nyaayyam Padani- Choosing the right and good words 21. Budhdhvaa Srishhtii - Knowing about the world 22. Guruha Samadhi- Best Guru who can lead in to the enlightenment 23. Guruha-deva-manussanam, Gurus of Devis and Devtas and existence of the world. 24. Siddhanta, Arambha-vada - The perfect for every existence, subject and object. 25. Bhaagadheya- the best fortune

The Gnani Purush (the enlightened one) has natural and spontaneous forgiveness (sahaj kshama) even for those worthy of punishment; that forgiveness is naturally there. One does not have to ask for his forgiveness. Where there is natural and spontaneous forgiveness been given, only there people become pure.

Pia taught fourth-grade princesses, superheroes and villains found at the Kshama Sawant International Elementary School near Greenlake. That building took up the whole block and had about five hundred students. She’d been teaching for a while. It was one of the few jobs that got a little extra salary because of the special training required. That list was short and included physicians and nurses, teachers, and pilots. Teaching also included a bonus of four hundred a month extra, which Pia spent on travel, and her cat. Others had hobbies they loved, or personal projects.

When Tata worked on a book, be it fiction or non-fiction, each day he would discuss the progress with all of us after dinner. Once he was laying out the overall theme of his latest novel before us. He said, ‘I have given it the title, Thiddidavaru, Telidavaru, which roughly means “those who improved others, and the rest who escaped”.’ I had laughed out loud and teasingly said, ‘Why not add Yemme Karu Kattidavaru (those who tended the water buffalo calves) to the title to make it sound even more ridiculous?’ This led to tremendous mirth, with Amma, Ullas and Kshama too joining me in teasing Tata. Next morning, he had changed the title of that novel to Sameekshe (The Overview).

Another event witnessed by Kshama and Ullas: ‘Mad Akku’ was a mentally ill woman who used to drop by occasionally at Balavana to beg for some money or food. Without having had a bath for months, she was stinking to the high heavens. Her long hair had matted and turned brown, caked with dirt. Amma had asked, ‘Akku don’t you ever have a bath?’ Akku had rudely responded, ‘Who will give me a bath, will you?’ Amma said ‘yes’ without a moment’s hesitation. She took Akku to the bathroom, washed her hair and gave her a thorough bath. She then draped Akku in a fresh clean saree and fed her a hot meal. All of us watching were stunned by her actions. Akku started weeping. She said, ‘Amma eer deveru, eer naramani atthu,’ in Tulu. (Amma, you are God. You are not a human being.) Akku fell at Amma’s feet and continued weeping.

I vividly remember the night Kshama was born in 1950. Tata was preparing to leave town the next day, taking his dance-drama troupe on a trip. His team was busy packing up the props and equipment. Suddenly, Amma started having labour pains. Immediately they cleared the room of all materials. They were all packed away quickly. Tata meanwhile got a midwife to come to Balavana to assist in the delivery of the baby. Amma gave birth comfortably. Early next morning Tata packed his bags and went off with his troupe. At that time this did not seem like odd behaviour to me. The baby was born at night and everybody was up and about, busy taking care of Amma. Amma had never insisted, ‘You cannot do this. I need you.’ I consider her a wife who gave complete freedom to her husband. I don’t think many women can do that. Next morning, I too went off to school happily. I said to myself, if Tata can go on his trip as planned, I too can go to school. The show must go on was the guiding principle of our lives. No matter what happened, you continue doing whatever you had to do.

Tata's concept of nature being the child's best school was true in our case. Most things were not consciously taught to us. We were not sent to a school until we were about ten or eleven. We only had lessons taught in the evenings for two hours, in mathematics and Kannada. The rest of the time we were free to wander around.