Monday, 3 February 2014

Khambham Nithi evam Pannam Nithi

Twin Sisters of Khambam Neeti and Pannam Neeti

In today's world, which is full of uncertainty and we have very many philosophies of various kinds, religious or otherwise ... an aam aadmi may find it a bit challenging to understand the bearing that those philosophies have on his/her life ... and it becomes Utterly Butterly Necessary to streamline the various philosophies that exist as of now, and also will exist in the future ... so that we can have a proper way of understanding, evaluating, approaching and considering all those philosophies ... as essentially, one or more such philosophies, either religious or otherwise, essentially form part of our daily lives ... either in an apparent manner or in an unapparent manner.

Essentially, each philosophy, religious or otherwise, comes under the purview of the Khambam Neethi. The fact that two or more philosophies are being embraced, and/or forms part of the life of an aam aadmi, makes it a subject matter of the Pannam Neethi.

As an Intellectual and a Grandhik, i can say with conviction that both Khambam Neethi and Pannam Neethi ... even though are two different neetiyan, when understood in an intellectual and analytical manner ... but both are inseparable and are intertwined, when considered through the 'Prism' of the life of an aam aadmi.

Both Khambam Neethi and Pannam Neethi will have to be understood in their entirety ... so that an aam aadmi may be aware of the challenges, that any uncertainties may pose in his/her life ... while he/she goes about his/her Dhinacharya or Normal Way of Life or Day-to-Day activities of an aam aadmi.

Khambam Neethi

The word Khambam is taken from the Hindi  word 'Khamba' which means 'a pole'. In Khambam Neethi, the Khambam is considered as the 'Point of Reference' through which an aam aadmi goes about his/her Dhinacharya. The Word Neeti means 'Philosophy'.

Any Neethi which is Sampoornam or 'complete' ... and helps an aam aadmi to lead a meaningful life, would essentially become a Grandham ... and the person who writes such Neethi will be called a Neethigya. Hence its quite apt to conclude ... that a Knowledge Society like the Hindu Rashtra will have people who are Neethigya and/or Grandhik ... who essentially are the part of the Guru Vargera or the 'Assembly of Learned Scholars' ... who are sensitive towards the aam aadmi and his/her life ... and would keep the society dwell in a healthy, intellectual, meaningful and prosperous manner.

Each Neethi or philosophy, religious or otherwise ... can be considered as a Khambam or a 'Point of Reference' through which a person strives to understand, analyze, perceive it and then ingrain it in his/her Dhinacharya. Only when a person is quite certain that a particular philosophy, is beneficial to him/her in his/her Dhinacharya ... would he/she would make a conscious effort to ingrain that Neethi in his/her life.

Khambam Neethi in Religious Parlance

For a Shishya, the Dharma Grandham or religious text of his/her Dharma Guru becomes the Dharma Khambam through which the Dhinacharya is organized and undertaken. This is what we understand by what a person means, when he/she is living a Religious Life. So, reading Bhagawad Gita daily, Singing Bhanjans in the Praise of the Lord, undertaking Dharma Yatra to the holy places, etc. becomes a Khambam or the Way of Life for the Shishya.

Also as stated elsewhere in Vamsi Bhashyam ... that if a Dharma Guru i.e, a Bonafide Guru, specifically instructs a person to make his instructions/teachings form part of his/her life ... then that person has the duty to follow the Gurmukhi or 'Word of a Guru' ... of his preceptor. And that Gurmukhi of that Dharma Guru to his/her Shishya ... becomes the Dharma Neethi or 'Religious Philosophy' of that Shishya. And this Dharma Neethi becomes the Dharma Khambam of that Shishya.

Hence, it may be concluded ... that the teachings of a Dharma Guru as written in his/her Dharma Grandham or Religious Texts can be considered as his Dharma Neethi or 'Religious Teachings' to his/her followers. And that Dharma Neethi as contained in that Dharma Grandham ... becomes the whole basis or 'Khambam' through which that Dharma Guru goes about performing the tasks/duties, that have been assigned to him/her by Shri Krishna.

It would be worthwhile to remind the reader of this Pannam titled Khambam Neeti evam Pannam Neethi of the Dharma Grandham named Vamsi Bhashyam ... that essentially all the Dharma Guruvulu of the past, present and future, are the Rayabarulu or 'messengers' of Shri Krishna Paramapurusham or the 'Father' ... with specific Dharma Karyam or tasks/duties, assigned to them by Shri Krishna Paramapurusham ... the Dharma Karyam that a Dharma Guru performs, while he/she stays in this Mruthyu Lokam or the Bhoolookam or Mother Earth. And hence, all the different Dharma Grandhamulu of all the different Dharma Guruvulu, essentially becomes the 'property' and is 'anthargatham' or 'comes under the purview' of Shri Krishna Paramapurusham ... as he is the 'Father'. Also, the teachings of a Dharma Guru are themselves a Khambam for Shri Krishna Paramapurusham to administer the affairs of the Brahmaand. Its a fact.

Khambam Neethi in aam aadmi's parlance

For an aam aadmi, the main occupation that he/she undertakes becomes the Khambam through which the Dhinacharya of that aam aadmi is being carried out.

For example, for a farmer whose occupation Khethi Baadi becomes his Khambam through which that aam aadmi, in this case the farmer, lives his life.

For example, for a Neta or politician ... the Khambam of Jan Hith Kalyan gets the top most priority as a policy maker. But the same Neta makes Rashtra Suraksha as a Khambam, while dealing with Security related matters, Military and Police Affairs ... and while engaging his friends and enemies.

But when seen in the context of a Rashtra or a Country ... the people therein view their Rashtram as their Khambam. As that Rashtram provides them with shelter, food, clothes, security ... as for them, their Rashtram is everything. They are born and brought up there, they eventually shed their bodies there.

Pannam Neethi

The word Pannam is taken from the Hindi word 'Panna' which means a 'Leaf' or 'Page'. In Pannam Neethi, the word Pannam can be understood as a 'Layer' or 'Skin'.

For example, when 'we peel the skin' of an onion ... we see the vegetable is bartered into layers ... and each such layer can be considered as a Pannam of that Onion.

According to the Pannam Neethi ... the life an aam aadmi contains Vibhinna Pannam or different layers of philosophies, either religious or otherwise ... which have a bearing on his/her Dhinacharya.

Pannam Neethi in aam aadmi's parlance

Lets consider for an Example, a person is a Karmachari or an Employee ... who is working in a Software Company. For this Karmachari, his working in a Software Company becomes his Khambam, through which his Dhinacharya is carried out by him. But, it may also happen that this person is a Shishya of a Dharma Guru ... wherein the Dharma Neethi of his guru becomes his Dharma Khambam. Also, this person may be a professional cricketer, hence the Game of Cricket becomes another of his Khambam, which influences or has a bearing on his Dhinacharya.

In the above example, its pretty clear that the three different Khambamulu ... that is, of Karmachari in a Software Company, Dharma Khambam of his Dharma Guru and Game of Cricket ... influences the way this person lives his life ... thereby influencing/changing his/her Dhinacharya.

But, when looked through the prism of Pannam Neethi ... then these three different ways-of-life of this person becomes three different Pannam or Layers ... which influence his life as a whole.

If this person, gets serious about his carrier ... then he may totally abandon the 'Pannam' of the Game of Cricket ... and wholly concentrate on his office work in his Software Company. Then, this person is understood to have shed a Pannam ... and his life gets wholly influenced by the other two Pannam of Karmachari and Dharma Khambam of his Dharma Guru.

Pannam Neethi in Religious Parlance

In a Hindu Home, we see in the Puja Gadhi or Prayer Room ... we have very many photos or picture and vigrahas of various dieties that are being worshipped.

Each such 'idealogy' and/or Dharma Neethi of each such diety being worshipped, can be considered as a different Pannam or Layer ... which essentially influences the way we live our lives.

The sacred land of the Sanatana Dharma, the Bharatha Khandam ... has always revered its gurus, saints and sadhus ... and the fact that we have very many followers of such very many gurus, saints and sadhus ... means that both the sadhus and their followers, have their own pannam or Layers of life ... which influences the way life goes on in the Hindu Society. The different gurus themselves become the Pannam or Layer ... which envelops or influences the lives of their followers.

And its needless to say, that each aam aadmi ... essentially has the influence or envelop or pannam ... of very many Dharma Guruvulu on his/her life. Some Pannam are quite apparent to that person, but some Pannam cannot be comprehended by him/her.

Its needless to say ... that when a Dharma Guru attains peace after his/her salvation ... then the pannam associated with him/her gets dissappeared ... and hence this 'dissappearance' of his/her pannam again influences the way life gets carried on ... on this bhoolokam

Change is the only permanent thing of this Material Universe. This is what is called as Shrusthi Dharmam.

It is for this reason, that since times immemorial ... the people of this great land of India, have always revered monks and sadhus ... because the presence of Dharma Guruvulu, Sadhus and Monks on this land is the 'source of sustainance' for this land. And each such holy man ... has his own pannam which essentially influences the 'life' on this land.

In my personal opinion, the Shia Sect of Islam is much more superior than the Sunni Sect. The Sunni Sect believes in Prophet Mohammed as their only Dharma Guru. Which makes the lives of the Sunni Sect solely dependend on only one Pannam, of that of Prophet Mohammed. On the contrary, the Shia Sect believes and recognizes the fact, that there are many 'masiha' that Allah/Khuda sends, for taking people in the right direction ... which helps the Shia People in embrasing many pannams of different holy men ... which makes their lives in 'lots of secure hands'. The day Prophet Mohammed attains peace, then that whole pannam of Prophet Mohammed disappears ... making Sunnis scramble around, without any valid religious ideology.

The fate of the Sunni Muslims applies to Christians also.

The Hindus and the Shia Muslims are a secure lot. Its a fact.

Om Shrivamsinath Sarvakaranakaranam.

Vamsinath.
27 october 2010.

(Note: In India, we have a separate language of Indian English that we read, write and speak. I have used many words from the Indian Languages of Sanskrit, Hindi, Telugu, etc. in the Vamsi Bhashyam ... only to make the understanding of my writings, crystal clear and precise. Since i am a Telugu, it is quite natural for me to write and indianize the Indian English with more of Telugu Words. I hope the reader of my Pannam ulu or Blogposts in Vamsi Bhashyam, understand that the native culture and language influences the way a person interacts in general.)

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