First, today\u2019s thoughts :<\/p>\n
Words Of Wisdom\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched…but are felt in the heart.” “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” “The most important thing to do in solving a problem is to begin.” And now Kabir Day 15:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n First, the couplet, transliterated:<\/p>\n Bhes dekh jani bhuliye, boojh lijiye gyan|<\/p>\n Bin kasauti hoth nahi, kanchan ki pehchan ||<\/p>\n Translation:<\/em><\/p>\n Judge not a man by the clothes, judge him by his knowledge |<\/p>\n Without the testing stone, even gold’s purity cannot be determined ||<\/p>\n My understanding:<\/em><\/p>\n The saying “clothes do not the man make” is old and true. Wearing a suit does not make a man a successful businessman, nor does wearing a saffron robe make a man a saint. The true MAN is the one with true vision, an understanding of reality and knowledge of truth.<\/p>\n Just as everything that shines is not gold, but one needs the testing stone to differentiate between the real deal and ‘fool’s gold’, so also while the outer appearance of a man may lead you to believe what might not be, a test of the person’s knowledge will bring reality to the forefront.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" First, today\u2019s thoughts : Words Of Wisdom\u00a0 “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched…but are felt in the heart.” – Helen Keller “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “The most important thing to do in solving a problem…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– Helen Keller<\/em><\/p>\n
\n– Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/em><\/p>\n
\n– Frank Tyge<\/em>\n<\/p>\n