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For permission regarding publication, send an e-mail to [email protected] PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 TRILOKI NATH DHAR ‘KUNDAN’...................................................................................1 2.0 WHO FIGHTS WHOM AND WHY.....................................................................................3 3.0 JAGAD GURU BHAGAVAAN GOPI NATH JI – A SAINT APART................................7 4.0 THE KASHMIR SHAIVA PHILOSOPHY........................................................................26 5.0 ‘LAER’, A TYPICAL KASHMIRI HOUSE.......................................................................28 6.0 LYRICISM IN NADIM’S POETRY...................................................................................31 7.0 DIVINITY, THE GEETA WAY..........................................................................................35 8.0 FROM GRIEF TO RENUNCIATION................................................................................40 9.0 YOGA IN THE BHAGWAD GEETA.................................................................................43 10.0 SHIVA THE MULTI-FACETED LORD............................................................................47 11.0 YOGA IN THE BHAGWAD GEETA.................................................................................49 12.0 THE SECRET OF SHIVRATRI.........................................................................................53 13.0 THE STEADFAST AND THE LOVED ONE.....................................................................55 14.0 THE SYSTEMS OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY....................................................................57 15.0 THE ELIXIR OF LIFE.......................................................................................................61 16.0 THE UPANISHADS............................................................................................................64 17.0 FIVE MILLENNIA OLD CULTURE & LITERATURE OF KASHMIR - SOME LANDMARKS.....................................................................................................................67 18.0 THE FESTIVALS OF THE KASHMIRI PANDITS..........................................................78 19.0 BATANYA, AN APOSTLE OF WOMANHOOD..............................................................86 20.0 MARRIAGES, OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY................................................................91 21.0 THE STORY OF AN ‘INFIDEL’........................................................................................95 22.0 TERRORISM AND KASHMIRI PANDITS.......................................................................98 Kashmir News Network i http://ikashmir.net PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Kashmir News Network ii http://ikashmir.net PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com Kashmiri Writers & Columnists - Selected Writings of Triloki Nath Dhar ‘Kundan’ 1.0 TRILOKI NATH DHAR ‘KUNDAN’ Sh. T. N. Dhar 'Kundan' has written exclusively on Kashmir, its political scenario and religious practices of its original inhabitants, the Kashmiri Pandits, and has authored several books on a variety of socio-cultural topics. For a number of years, he served as an editor to Koshur Samachar, a tri-lingual publication of Kashmir Samiti, New Delhi. We at KNN are indebted to him for sharing some of his articles with our readers. List of books written by T.N. Dhar English 1. A Portrait of Indian Culture published by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. 2. A Window on Kashmir 3. Bhagavad Gita, the Elixir of Life 4. Exploring the Mysterious 5. Understanding Education 6. Philosophy of a Common Man 7. Saints and Sages of Kashmir 8. The Saint Extra-Ordinary, Bhagavaan Gopinath Serial No. 2,3 and 4 published by Mittal Publishers, Ansari Road, Darya Gunj New Delhi. Serial No. 5 and 6 published by Rajat Publishers, Ansari Road, Darya Gunj, New Delhi. No.7 published by Bhagavaan Gopinath Trust and No 8 by A.P.H. Publishing Corporation, Ansari Road, New Delhi. Kashmir News Network 1 http://ikashmir.net PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com Kashmiri Writers & Columnists - Selected Writings of Triloki Nath Dhar ‘Kundan’ Hindi 1. Main Pyasa Hun (I am Thirsty) - A collection of Hindi Poems 2. Main Samudra Hun (I am an Ocean) A collection of Hindi Poems 3. Guru Se Samvad (Dialogue with a Preceptor) Kashmiri 1. Swapna ta Sonch (A Dream and a Thought) A collection of Kashmiri Poems. In addition two more books in English, ‘Kashmiri Pandit Community- a Profile’ and ‘On the Path of Spirituality’ are under print being published by the Mittal Publishers, Ansari Road, New Delhi. Kashmir News Network 2 http://ikashmir.net PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com Kashmiri Writers & Columnists - Selected Writings of Triloki Nath Dhar ‘Kundan’ 2.0 WHO FIGHTS WHOM AND WHY Shrimad Bhagawad Gita is said to be a discourse delivered by the Lord for Arjuna, while the two armies of Kauravas and Pandavas were arrayed against each other in the battle- field of Kurukshetra. Shri Krishna was his charioteer. He placed the chariot in between the two armies, at his instance, to enable him to see the warriors eager to fight on both sides. Arjuna was distressed to see his own relatives on both sides and dropped his bow, ‘Gandiva’, determined not to fight. A question often asked is why did the Lord not agree when Arjuna declined to fight and thereby avoid the great war of Mahabharata. His endorsement of the change in the mind of Arjuna would have obviated the heavy loss of life resulting from this war and would have served the cause of peace. In order to find an answer to this question, we can proceed in three different ways. First let us see what was the immediate cause of this war. The immediate cause was that Kauravas denied Pandavas their due. In fact Shri Krishna tried His utmost to avoid the conflict by counselling Kauravas. He made a last ditch effort and went to the extent of even settling with just five villages for Pandavas. It was the ego and the adament nature of Duryodhana that thrust the war on Pandavas and forced them to fight for their rights. So it was a war for the right cause and, therefore, it formed the duty for Arjuna, a warrior as he was. Perhaps it is in this context that Shri Krishna says: ‘Atha chet-tvam-imam dharmyam sangramam na karishyasi. Tatah svadharmam keertim cha hitva papam-avapsyasi. If you do not wage this righteous war you will destroy your duty and your fame and thereby incur a sin. II.33.’ The epithet used for this specific war here is ‘dharmyam’, righteous. So it has to be noted that Shri Krishna wants Arjuna to fight for righteousness as a part of his duty. The duties of a warrior have been laid down clearly: ‘Shauryam, tejo, dhritir-dakshyam yuddhe chapi-apalayanam. Danam-ishwar-bhavash-cha kshatram karma svabhavajam. By his very disposition, the duties of a warrior are bravery, radiance, resoluteness, expertise, generosity, lordship and determination not to desert in the war. XVIII.43.’ He should not run away from the battle-field, an honoured warrior as he is, for if he does, he will not only be forfeiting his own duty but also will incur slanderous defamation from his fellow warriors. ‘Bhayad-ranad-uparatam mansyante tvam maharathah. Yesham cha tvam bahumatah bhutva yasyasi laghavam. You will be deemed to have run away from the field out of fear. The warriors who held you in high esteem shall look down upon you with contempt. II.35.’ Another important point to be noted is that Arjuna declines to fight not as a principle that war is evil but because of two distinct reasons. One that he did not want to wage a war against his own kinsmen and kill them and two that he was not sure which of the two sides was going to win ultimately. This will be clear from these shlokas. ‘Dhrishtva-imam svajanam yuyutsum mama gatrani seedanti – seeing these Kinsmen ready to fight, my limbs fail me. I.28 & 29.’ ‘Nimittani cha pashyami viparitani – I see adverse and unfavourable omens. I.31.’ ‘Na cha shreyo-anupashyami hatva svajanam-ahave. Na kankshe vijayam Krishna na cha rajyam sukhani cha. I do not visualise any good ensuing from the killing of my own kinsmen. I do not desire victory nor any empire. I. 31& 32.’ ‘Yadva jayema yadi va no jayeyuh . Whether we shall be victorious or they shall defeat us. II.6.’ Arjuna is unsure about his duty. He is confused, weakened and, therefore, unable to decide the right course of action. ‘Pricchami tvam dharma- sammudha-chetah yat-shreyah syat-nishchitam bruhi tanme..- My understanding about my duty is confused. I am asking your advice. Tell me for certain what is beneficial for me. II.7.’ Shri Krishna’s replies to these doubts are very pointed. It is not winning or losing in the war that is material. What
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