yoga samadhi (17)

realisation:
love & peace

By Kulamarva Balakrishna


Vienna,Saturday, February 2,2008:For hair
splitters,there are many forms of samadhis.
But for some one who is set on yoga course
it should be clear,samadhi is single and
continuous one binding the the individual
human to the universe he lives in harmony.
The binding is not only valid to humans but
also moving animals,birds and n moving
nature in general.In any case, I would like
give a list of nine stages of samadhi some
experienced practitioners pointed out for
help.In fact once the human heart is opened
up then it knows how to unfold further so it can
submerge with the universal consciousness
being part and parcel of it.Then the the mass
of granite rock and the space walking human
are integrated.This achievement makes the
intelligent capable of enjoying life immeasurably.
Unfortunately, as Vajrayana Buddhists will
let you know, they like to be the last get out of
the sinking ship of life after saving every one
inside.That is not exactly Buddhahood, but
closer to it, identified as Bodhisatva hood.
A close reading of the Tibetan Book of the
Dead will confirm this.

With the three tier assault on the human interior
by =dharana=,=dhyana=, and =samadhi=
simultaneously the yogi comes to possess
himsef in true sense.The nine stages pointed
out are: 1,samprajnata,savitarka and nirvitarka,
2.asamprajnata,3. samprajnata -vichara,
4.asamprajata,5.asamprajnata- sananda,
6.asamprajnata,7.asamprajnata-sasmita,
8.nirbija and 9 dharmamegha. If you will notice,
these are denoted for identification with the
logistical parts named earlier as vitarka,
(reasoning),vichara,(analysis),ananda,(happiness)
and asmita (I am,ego present individuation).
The final stages are devoid of any differentiation
of identity after the submerging of the individual
in universal unity of oneness.

It is a progressive process that one finds no
difference whatever between the self and
environment.There are no miles stones set
or any necessity for them as the individual is
drawn in the one non distinguishable whole.
It is very important to remember, Patanjali
has opened up a key element of the union
when he deliberated in the nineteenth sutra
of the first samadhi pada =bhava pratyayo
videha prakriti layanam=.Even learned
yogis find it difficult understand the significance
of this sentence coming immediately
after describing the =asamprajnata samadhi=.
Now here is the yoga link to the human,animal,
as well as static world of plants and rocks or
flowing rivers and surging oceans. Bhava
means appearance,pratyaya meaning focus,
videha denote identifiable body less ness,
prakriti is nature laya means incorporated in.
Patanjali means that the entire nature is bound
by yoga to the universe.This can be discerned
by the appearance. In nature appearance and
disappearances are normal.Sanatana dharma
visualists used these as a theater to present a
fashion of show of gods and goddesses
in temples or homes, to make available
every man and woman his or her own pill.
In reality for a healthy heart no pills of this
kind are necessary since he has already
integrated himself to the environment
being part and parcel of it.That is love
and peace. Love resides at heart and
peace in mind.(end)

yoga asamprajnata (16)

free mind

By Kulamarva Balakrishna

Vienna,Friday,February 1,2008: Samprajnata
samadhi is achieved as reason leads to
analysis followed by happiness and self
consciousness.It is like advance elements of
the attacking forces exploring the defined
territory to spread out and occupy.Having
occupied the territory then there is a consolidating
phase that is familiarization.Harmonizing with
the environment.Then the system works making
the boss to be free untainted with routine,making
the table free.This status is called =asamprajnata
samadhi=. It means the =drasthu= is aware but
he makes his presence not obtrusive.

Some may confuse the words that at this stage
mind loses control becoming void of the territory,
which was defined before in the dharana phase,
then penetrated the whole territory in the immediate
dhyana moments followed by the digesteive and
absorbive samadhi. In this state =drashtu= is no
more occupier, because he has become one with
the =pratyaya=object but does not show off.

Here I like to narrate an episode mentioned by the
greatest poet of all time, Kalidasa.His master piece
Raghuvamsha covers Ramayana in short. Rama´s
great grand father Dileepa had no children.He was
concerned about the future of his kingdom.So he
drives to his guru Vasishta for seeking rememdy.
On arrival at guru Vasishta´s hermitage he explains
to the guru how he wishes to give up kingdom in
the younger hands so that he can in old age retire
into seclusion before giving up the body by yoga.
Guru Vasishta did not take it long. He remained
a moment as if a fish sleeping in a whirl pool.
=kshanamatram rishih tasthe supta meena iva
hradah=.

That is he was already in asamprajnata samadhi
Now he knew what was wrong,why Dileepa had no
kids.He explained some time ago,the king was
summoned by Indra, the king of gods for help.He
had rushed there in chariot.On way back he
remembered his duty to his queen,who was awaiting
the king return fresh after her menses.In his occupied
mind with the queen he could not notice on way the
grazing sacred cow =Kamadhenu=.It is normal for
the king to stop his chariot,touch and show affection
to the holy cow. But the sensitive cow had taken it to
her heart, thus preventing the queen becoming pregnant.
He at once told King Dileepa to attend the cow´s
grown up daughter cow =Nandini=.So the story
goes.The message here is guru Vasishta is
always under samadhi leaving his mind in rest.
That enabled him get into the heart of the problem
at once.This in fact is the apt description of
=asamprajnata samadhi=.

A restful mind, fresh, tuned to the environment.
In this condition of near voidness of the mind
illumination and focussing are instant.Then all
questions are answered as if by a super computer.
Patanjala sutra 18th in Samadhipada explains
this in these words =virama pratyaya abhyasa
purvah samskara vishesho anyah= under practice,
experience mind´s table is free,a clean slate
table.There remains only some trace filed in
the corner of mind safely.(end)

sharia law

advancing towards global compatibility little time left courtesy: http://www.arabnews.com: by Samar Fatany, Arab News Jeddah,Wednesday,January 30,2008:(condensed) The (sharia)judicial system has been criticized for its failure to administer justice properly. Many have pointed out that the current system is defective both qualitative and quantitatively. Courts are overburdened, courts take years to rule on simple cases of family disputes.Bureaucracy cause further delays. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has announced a major project to reform the (sharia) judicial system, alloting SR7 billion to upgrade courts and to train judges to reform the (sharia) judiciary. It includes establishing criminal courts and family courts with courts for issues related to traffic, the economy, business and sports. However, Muslim scholars believe that more drastic measures need to be taken to achieve successful reforms in the (sharia) system. “Wwe need to reform the Shariah colleges first and upgrade the level of these institutions,” said Dr. Tarek Al-Suwaidan, a prominent Muslim scholar. “There should be a more advanced curriculum, and the teaching standards should be enhanced.” The reason behind the poor quality of education the poor academic standard of their students. The students are school with poor or average grades; their studies are confined to Islamic jurisprudence. Al-Suwaidan urged the creation of well-rounded judges familiar with international law and educated on aspects of modern-day needs.Students in Shariah colleges should have a bachelor’s degree in business, law or other specialized fields to make them guarantee a higher standard of qualification. Shariah law graduates should be well-versed in current commercial laws and be familiar with cyberspace crime, copyright or labor issues. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) spoke more than 1,400 years ago, he tailored his words to the people of that time and addressed the issues of those days. In a world of great cities and global commerce, it is important upon the keepers of Shariah law to ensure the relevance of its interpretation in the daily lives of the millions of today´s muslims. For judges to ignore such advancements is to make sharia law irrelevant to modern world attracting derision of the world.When a young rape victim, already sentenced to prison and corporal punishment, gets the sentence doubled because she spoke to a newspaper is an instance. What message is sent out when a gang of rapists gets sentences of a few years because of “mitigating” circumstances? The Qatif rape case was condemned internationally. There was strong public pressure demanding her acquittal. Tthe Saudi (sharia) judiciary refused to amend until the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah finally intervened on personal authority. What do we tell our own people or the world, about how we value the rights of women when her brothers can order her divorce because they don’t approve of the husband their late father chose? The brothers’ contention was that she had shamed her tribe, but we as a people should be ashamed of a legal system when such a cases could be initiated to break a family forcing a mother and her children to live in a shelter. We should support our leaders in their efforts to reform such a(sharia) system. How can we take pride in a system that denies a mother’s custody of a child from her abusive husband after he beats his child to death? The National Society for Human Rights published a report criticizing the judicial system failing to serve justice. The report outlined violations, discrimination against women, sanctioning domestic violence, awful conditions in Saudi prisons, and the maltreatment of non-Saudis in the Kingdom. The report railed against the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in its dealings with law-abiding citizens. “We need to establish civic courts administered by judges who have graduated from law colleges with degrees obtained from abroad,” (meaning of world standard) said Kamel Ahmad Al-Shamsi, a Saudi legal expert. “We need to use the expertise of other,advanced Arab countries in civic law and sign contracts with cadres who can serve as consultants and judges.” These views are not shared by many Saudi judges who insist that students should learn through apprenticeships and with scholars with Islamic roots — not from qualified law professors. This is the reason behind the lack of a globally accepted qualification of a Shariah scholar and the absence of globally accepted standards for Shariah rules. Shariah rules continue to be subject to different interpretations Muslim scholars who are reluctant to codify Shariah laws.There is a lack of consensus on many issues that are of major concern to Muslims today. Some Shariah experts say it may take more than a decade to train more scholars, the optimistic ones do not expect a new generation of qualified scholars for at least five years. Muslim scholars cannot afford to lag behind and miss the global opportunities for progress and development.The rest of the world will not stop and give us a decade to figure it out. Sheikh Nizam Yaquby, one of the most respected Shariah scholars, recently told reporters that it is essential to train more scholars for Islamic bank supervision to keep up with the global demand. He said: “There are roughly 50 to 60 scholars in the world qualified to advise banks on Islamic law, and ten times more are required to serve in the Middle East alone.” The London-based Chartered Institute of Management Accountants said: “The rapid growth of Islamic banking had fueled a need for Muslim financial experts. However, scholars must be experts in Islamic law and Islamic banking with a thorough knowledge of conventional laws and banking systems, which requires a high standard of English.” Reforming the system will not be easy; it should be a government priority. It is essential for our scholars to be globally connected with the needs and concerns of the international Muslim community.The codification of the Shariah law is, therefore,aim at global compatibility. It is essential not only to outline the rights and duties of citizens and expatriates alike but also to define the responsibilities and limits of all religious officials. No one should be above the law — not judges, not members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, not the wealthy, not religious scholars. Our country will prosper only when citizens and guest workers are guaranteed the protection of the law. (end) — Samar Fatany is a Saudi radio journalist. She can be reached at samarfatany@hotmail.com.

scientific miracles?

science and miracles
do not marry

By Kulamarva Balakrishna

Vienna,Friday,February 1,2008: I learn from
Muslim Bridges every day some 500 Americans,
mostly women embrace Islam.I think it was
a mistake. By =Islam= Muslims are meant.
No American woman, I can believe of
volunteering for forced genital mutilation
procedure.My advice to Muslims is to stop
this conversion business.Keep religious
identities a private affair.Mix with all people
irrespective of sex,race,colour differences
as and when needed harmoniously to live
in peace and happiness.Do not go about
the Prophet, gossipping an employee and
later =hisbend= of Khadija bint huwaylid, May
Peace Be Upon Her,because she protected
him when he came shivering after hearing the
first whispers of a person claiming to be an
angel Gabriel transmitting bits and pieces of
Q´uran!She was a great lady who emplyed a
more or less jobless but honest young man,
later married him.It is a crime therefore
punish girls in the name misinterpreted
Islam.Make amendments to give justice to
all women by letting them live as equals.

I read Q´uran was a scientific miracle.Islam
made many more scientific miracles.First no miracle
is scientific.Science and miracle do not marry.
They can not cohabit.Please do not go spreading
rumours about history.History is a continuous
record of truthful facts not record of gossips
and rumour by savage fools.

Some one sent me an appeal seeking appeal
for justice to two Bangladeshi school girls
subjected to gang rape in 2006.I hope Bangla Desh
authorities take action.But Bangla Desh is known
for inaction and corruption.Even Sheikh Hasina
is facing there corruption charges.They should
clean up Bangla Desh,make way for the happy return
of Taslima Nasrin.When she is in India she deserves
full sense of belongingness of Indian people male
and female.She is indeed a sensitive and brave
woman of our subcontinent.She should get our
unconditional support.I hope Indian government
makes her comfortable.

I appeal to all people first and foremost to consider
themselves as humans before whipping out their
private visiting cards.Visiting cards are only meant
for humans not for inhumans.Beastly animals force
themselves. They have no need to introduce themselves.
Their behavior is their introduction as wild animals.
Wild animals belong to wild forests or in cages of zoos.
(end)

ramasethu

red fort had
security implications

By Kulamarva Balakrishna

Vienna,Friday,February 1,2008:I am reading
great many idiotic reports from India. Chiefs
of Indian Navy and Coast Guards are talking
about the security implications of the Ramsethu
project.I want to ask the BJP fools,the Red Fort
and Indian Parliament were well protected but
what happened? The Prime Minister of
India had body guards.What happened? If
you walk around home there is a possibility of
slipping and falling on steps.The best is then
to sleep on bed that is what you are good at.
The world should feed you, protect you and
serve you 1.2 billion lazy lousy Indians!That
is what you are good at Hindu-- Mundu BJP
langoti monkeys.But you claim to be better
administrators,better players,better eaters
of sweats from other people´s hands for
media cameras?Stronger Prime Ministerial
candidates.Better mahaharami rajas and
mahaharami ranis?

I have not gone to schools of scoundrels like
you scoundrels. But I know eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty. In upanishads it is said
=uttishtata=,get up,=jagrata= be alert.It is the
statecraft to remain 24 hours on duty not as
circus.Police,fire brigade,radio,communication,
(road sweeping,keeping good drainage system
for the cities were known from Harappa and
Mohenjodaro times)border defense and all
essential services are with no let up responsibilities.
You can not be boss and ignore these responsibilities.
You are not worth a pig´s hair let alone Indira Gandhi´s
hair.=Indira was India= because she was concerned.
You remain unconcerned except making your own
kids junkey candidates for huge thrones. You have
great appetite for power but you are without any
capacity for digestion!

In all parts of the world greater projects were
implemented even during eighteenth century
in some cases.Then you were doing pilgrimages
with thugs, like Charles Shobharaj!You are good
at acting Virtue Commission/Bajrangdal roles.
You let Bollywood as an exception every one else
in India should live like prisoners of you langoti monkeys.
You recognize the mobs´ right to invade on individual´s
privacy and freedom.Brahmin bevdus wake up
to realities,the world is not run by Donald Duck cartoon
style or begging on the streets singing =hare rama
hare christian=.(end)

retirement?

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

withdrawn
mahesh yogi!

By Kulamarva Balakrishna

Vienna,Thursday,January 31,2008: It is news when
a =sanyasi= retires. Because the meaning of a
sanyasi is that of renunciation of worldliness.One
who takes =sanyasa= foregoes any stake in the
society, in the same way the =quakers= abstain from
participating in elections for contesting office or
for voting.A 17th century Sanskrit poet, Jagannatha,
who wrote =Rasagangadhara= aptly described it
=shvapacha atmabhuvo nirantara mama jata
paramatmani sthitih=,meaning I don´t care for
the differences between dog eaters or god. The
concentration is on universal consciousness. But
Hinduized Mahayana Buddhism created monastic
orders as power centers for the celibate managers.
Later Shankaracharya imported celibacy to
=sanatana dharma= and established Hindu
monasteries.Jyotirlinga peetha belonged to one
of the four established by Shankaracharya.
Of late these gurus have become worse than
power grabbing mullahs.We have now in India
under trial swamis and convicted mullahs.To cite
one case, Sir Miza Ismail´s grand daughter
Khalkali was murdered and secretly entombed
by her lover mullah =hisbend=.He had the
notorious name of Shraddhananda.He lived in
Mirza Ismail´s palatial Bungallow in Bangalore
where he got convicted severasl years after
he killed the woman who trusted him.It is
not clear to me when the murderer was hanged
or is likely to be hanged.In other words money,
power and fame are being worshiped by all and
sundry gurus whose number run into millions.
They are indeed successors of the thugs,
eradicated by the British after they defeated
Tippu Sultan. The thugs, in the disguise of pilgrims
robbed believing pilgrims and killed them for of
course gain in this world.The gurus in India today
are a great law and order problem.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, born Mahaesh Prasad
Varma,Jagdalpur, Madhya Pradesh on January
12,1917 has now withdrawn from his routine
management activities as of January 11.He should
have been the head of the Jyotirlingapeetha,
succeeding his guru Brahmananda Saraswati.
He missed the power center because he was not
born high caste brahmin. Now retired to Dutch
(the Netherlands) Vlodrop Village on the German
border, he was the most visible and worldly gurus
for the last 50 and more years.He is reportedly
engaged in writing a commentary on the Vedas.
I have been watching him ever since he came
with his slogan of Cult of Creative Intelligence and
promoting the brand identity of Transcendental
Meditation (TM) based on a single Patanjala yoga
sutra =yathabhimati dhyanadva=, that is medidate
on individual conception as concentration point.

Under Patanjali´s yoga system =dharana, dhyana
samadhi =three tier system is called =samyama=.
Samyama is simultaneous culminating in
=samadhi= as in war define the territory,attack
and occupy it is the goal.Mahesh Yogi has taken
only the middle that is attack =dhyana= point as
important key goal.But in yoga all the three go
together and a recluse remains recluse.

When he came to advertising from a fourth floor
apartment close to the Raj Bhavan in Bombay,
he made news with George Harrison and Beetles.
Then rumour went round he was fascinated
by one of the Beetle wives. I have had many
opportunities to confront him with questions.
But he always laughed off inconvenient ones.
Once I gave him a piece of paper, he drew on
it a road map of yoga.The next day, it appeared
on The Bharatyoti with my report.Once, a young
woman suffering a shcok she got from another
Swami´s undue attention, I think her name is
Lakshmi Lakhia, accompanied me to meet him
seeking solace. After some time, my girl friend
=free lover=,Minati Sarma learned TM from him.
My friend Captain Colabawala of Whisper
magazine was also given to TM.

I must say, unlike the other notorious gurus,
the worldly man offering to fly on air like
the =vidyadharas= of devayoni caste of vertical
gossip fame, he remained comparatively harmless.
Even though he was able to rope in Punjab
government for his efficiency enhancement
programmes,soon he learned empty talk
does not hold the attention of the public
all the time.So he switched to brand
ayurveda as =maharishi ayurveda= and
sell it world wide. Now there must be
over a thousand Maharishi Ayurveda
centers world wide,including one in Vienna
and several hundreds in Austria and
Germany together.I hope he completes
his commentary on Vedas and sells it
branded Maharishi Vedas=price world wide.
(end)

mahatma´s memory

Sonia Gandhi paying homage to Mahatma on Tees January and above Arun Gandhi below
Mahatma´s photo.
assassination of
the mahatma

By Kulamarva Balakrishna
Vienna,Wednesday,Tees January,2008: It was today sixty
years ago,Mahatma Gandhi,whom we revered as the Father
of the Nation, India was assassinated by a Hindu coward,
who came to his prayer meeting with a loaded pistol not
worth 30 dollars, let alone George Bush´s 30 Billion worth
weapons as against the savage sand land´s share of 20
billion,150 percent up.He came face to face to the Mahatma
who was to sing with the gathering =raghupati raghava raja
ram;patitapavana sitaram;ishvara allah tere nam;sabko sanmati
de bhagavan=.This is a universal articulation of the sound
=aum=you hear from the muezin´s call,church bell,temple bell
and of course the buddhist singing bowl,which is sacred
for the over six billion family of humanity.It means in essence
=the role model descendant of the great sun,you are refuge
to the weak,god or allah is your name,give us all positive
intelligence=.Nathuram Vinayak Godse then bowed before
Mahatma Gandhi as if to touch his feet in reverence.Then
he whipped out the cheap pistol to fire three shots at the old man,
who clearly had disengaged hatred from opposition in his
life.That was then the bell of death for the man, as the
Rochester University scholars would later describe him
=purported apostle of peace=.Now kosher eater Seligman
has taken over as =purported devotee of non-violence=.The
second death bell for the Mahatma just at the advent of
his 60th assassination anniversary.Never mind life and death
are two sides of the same coin,eternal consciousness.We
do not mourn death.This then is my tribute to the leader of
my grand father, Gandhi Krishna Bhat.

As the dramatic event was happening in Delhi vaishnava
temple of the Hindus, I was in my village having entered the
second year of my teens. I had not a few months older
Arun´s privilege to be by his side learning but I had
read his Hindi and English writings all the same.
My grand father also told about him and it was
inspired by him and of course by the late Lokamanya
Bal Gangadhar Tilak my grandfather´s father took
initiative to start a Sanskrit educational institution so we can
avoid attending Lord Macaulay´s =modern babu schools=.I
learned in that school,where the teaching began with learning
to treat the whole world as our family.

When I met Arun and his wife here in Vienna in nineties,
the younger brother of Nthuram Godse and the convicted
associate of the murderer, Gopal Godse,was in correspondence
with me appealing for funds for his Hundu´s hate crusade
against the rest of Indians.I remember mentioning this to
Arun and the late Sunanda Gandhi.She took the opportunity
to recall how Gopal Godse,he is also no more now,came to
them for lunch and at lunch table how he insisted he had
no regrets in abetting the murder of the Mahatma.Besides,
he had said sorry for Arun and his wife for their loss of
grand father so many years after the crime.That Arun and
Sunanda invited the murder participant of their grand father
is enough to say for the late Sunanda´s and Arun´s human
integrity.Now let me present you Michael Saba what she has
to say about Arun Gandhi,who has resigned from the
M.K.Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, he founded in the
United States,which has been smoothly hijacked to
Rochester University last year.

Arun Gandhi:Man of Peace
& Good Will

Michael Saba, sabamps@aol.com

(courtesy:arab news,Jeddah)

Arun Gandhi is a noble man. And he is certainly not a bigot.
He is a good friend and someone for whom I have the highest
respect. This week's Arab News reported that Gandhi resigned
from the peace institute that he co-founded after condemnation
of his comments where he said "Israel and the Jews are the
biggest players in a culture of violence that 'is eventually going
to destroy humanity'."

He is not a bigot and it is a real travesty that he had to resign
from his position. But watch him. He will turn the anger of his
adversaries into positive emotions and actions.That is the Arun
Gandhi that I know.

I first met Arun and his wife and co-founder of the M.K. Gandhi
Institute for Nonviolence in Memphis,Tennessee at Christian
Brothers University where his institute was first established in
1991. He was introduced to me by a common friend, Dr. Donald
Wagner, the founder of the Palestine Human Rights Campaign.
Don told me that this remarkable man, the grandson of Mahatma
Gandhi, was a genuine man of peace and nonviolence and a great
supporter of human rights worldwide. He told me that even then,
Arun was highly criticized by many in the pro-Israeli lobby only
because he spoke out for Palestinian human rights. However,he
worked closely with the Israeli peace community at the same time
and worked equally hard for Israeli human rights causes.

When I met Arun and Sununda, his wife of over 50 years, I was
struck by his quiet peaceful nature and an aura of calm that
radiated from him. He is a man so at peace with himself. He
and Sunanda told me the story of how they came to do their
life's work for peace and nonviolence that led to the founding
of the Gandhi Center.

Arun was born in South Africa where his grandfather,the Mahatma,
had lived and initially raised his family. His grandfather had
returned to India to start his peace and nonviolent movement.
At age 10 or 11, Arun told me that he was a very angry young
man and on the verge of becoming violent himself.In those days
the Indian community of South Africa was caught in the middle
of racial conflicts.He was beaten many times by both members
of the white ruling community and the black native population
as the Indians were often made the scapegoats by both sides
of that conflict.

His father finally told him that he must go live with his grandfather
in India to learn to control himself, which he then did. He lived
with his grandfather and grandmother in India for the next two
years.It was there, in his early years, that his grandfather taught
him to vent his negative emotions and change them into positive
responses. He was never angry again after his time with his
grandfather and his grandfather's movement.

I asked his wife Sunanda, a former nurse in India,who unfortunately
passed away last year, if she had ever seen him angry in their
over fifty years together. She said no. She told me that many
times she saw him get into situations that any other human being
would probably vent anger, but that he always took that potential
negative energy and turned it into positive emotions and actions.

I asked Sununda, also a very calm and serene person, if she ever
got angry.She said that the last time she showed anger was over 50
years prior to our conversation. She said that Arun was courting
her in Bombay and they got on a small bus together. There was
no room for them to sit together and she had to sit between two
men across from Arun. Apparently, these two men had had a bit
to drink and got fresh with Sununda. They started to tease her and
say inappropriate things to her. She said that she looked to Arun
to defend her honor and he sat there and said nothing.

After they left the bus, she angrily told Arun that he should have
defended her honor against these two men. She felt that, as her
suitor, he had a responsibility to do so. She said that he then
asked her if they touched her or physically hurt her and she said no.
He then told her that she also had to learn to vent her potential
negative emotions and thoughts into positive ones. That was the
last time that Sununda was angry.

I leaned so much from Arun and Sununda in the years that we were
together in Memphis.They had come to Memphis specifically
because this is where Martin Luther King was assassinated and he
was a loyal follower of the Gandhi nonviolent movement.They helped
me understand so many things about life and people and, particularly,
about being kind and considerate to your fellow man and not getting
angry with people, yet turning potential anger into positive emotions.
(end)