Best men ever lived

Many good people lived and died in the world. Some are known and many are unknown. Majority lived for themselves but few lived for others sacrificing all their personal interests. They are the good people who kept the world going. Here few best known good people are selected and listed.

The golden rule used for selecting the best is “the ones who did only good deeds, never injured or murdered (not even enemies), and distanced themselves from all worthless momentarily worldly pleasures( such as money/power/slaves.....)".

Care is taken not to include any criminals in the list. Criminals are peoples with criminal mind and deeds. They are the bad agents who made life miserable for everyone who disagreed with his views. Criminal actions involve kidnapping, looting, killing and womanizing. Disregard to women include being unfaithful by having sex outside marriage and raping innocent girls. Any involvement in such activities is deemed to be evil and such names have to be ignored; however good things they have done otherwise. A good has to be 100% good. The net result of five good things and ten bad things in a man can be Bad only. Based on these criteria here are few top good people.

Jesus Christ

He never sinned. He practiced exactly what he preached. He taught people to love and care for each other. He walked with the downtrodden and poor performing numerous miracles to sooth out their miseries. He was against violence and never ever killed anyone, but preached love thy enemy. He taught the importance of forgiveness. As said in the Bible Mathew 18: 22, Jesus says, “I tell you, forgive not seven times, but seventy-seven times".

Sri Buddha

Sri Buddha was born as a king’s son. But something kept him away from all worldly pleasures right from his childhood. So one day he left the palace and there after lived as a sadhu. His teachings were also based non-violence and peace for all.

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma means great soul. Gandhiji was indeed a great man who upheld the principle of non-violence. He proved to the world that weapons are not the ultimate tool for fight for freedom. And lead a bloodless war to free India from British rule.

Mother Theresa

The greatness in mother is that, she never lived for herself but for the sick and orphans. She dedicated and sacrificed her entire life for the people in the slum. The motive behind her deeds is rooted in her belief that God can be pleased by serving the poor and the sick. Being a true follower of Jesus Christ she was compelled to live by Jesus who once said; "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me". (Matthew 25:35-36). Hence anything Mother did, it was to please her lord god.

Lord Basava
Basavehwara was an Indian philosopher and a social reformer lived during the 1134 -1196 AD in today’s Karnataka, India. Basava fought against the practice of the caste system, which discriminated people. Though he was born into a upper class Brahmin family he left his home to work among people to eradicate untouchability and to  established equality among all human beings.

Good Teacher

A teacher is the one who shoulders the responsibility of molding the young generation. A good teacher clearly tells the children what is good and bad. He will never be biased or self-centered. The significance of teacher is stated in the popular Malayalam proverb, that says, "mother, father and teacher is same as God".

A good teacher will essentially have the following characteristics.

• Deep knowledge in the subject

• Ability to inspire and motivate students

• Be a perfect role model.

Earlier times, teachers were supposed to be like an encyclopedia. But as of now, the information and science is very vast. One can never be an expert in all of these. Hence, the present the best possible is that the teacher should be through and update in his subject area.

Secondly, the teacher should able to inspire the students to new ideas and thought processes. He should  be able to motivate them to achieve further by extending their limits. Craving out the best is the sole responsibility of the teacher.

Third, is  that the teacher should a perfect role model for the students to emulate. A criminal can only drive home the thought that resorting to bad things is alright for own benefit. A killer or a womanizer can tell only one message, that own pleasures is the most important. Such ill schooled students are the one who makes the life miserable for everyone else.

Two Moral Stories

Stories are liked by every one of all ages. Some stories have good ending while others are tragic. Most stories has so much to tell us. Most of them have a message that make us think and act accordingly.

Two stories that  interested me and inspired me a lot is narrated below.

Story1:

Once a eagle was hungry and was flying searching for food. While flying high in the sky and searching the ground for food, he spotted a fox keeping some fleshy worms in custody. He was quite hungry and decided to stop at fox. Eagle pleaded for few worms to feed on. Fox then said, your feathers are very beautiful, give me ten them in exchange. Eagle agreed for the trade. When the eagle ate one worm, he wanted more and more. The trade thus continued between eagle and fox. 

After some time, eagle lost most of his feathers, thus making him almost impossible to fly. Suddenly fox jumped over the poor eagle and killed the eagle to fill his belly.

Moral of this story is that, we should not trade precious gifts given by GOD for momentarily pleasures in the world.

Story 2:

There was a King who ruled a mighty country. He was extremely rich, always happy and spent lot for enjoyment and fun. One day a Sanyasi(guru) visited his palace. Seeing the attitude and life style of the king he decided to warn him not to be irresponsible in duty. Instead directly delivering the message, the Sanyasi presented the King a ring. He informed the King that there is a message inscribed inside the ring, and in difficult times in life he may read the hidden message.

After some years there was an unexpected war with a neighboring enemy country. King was poorly prepared for the war, but took all his army to the battle field to defend his country. However, his army was ill prepared and was getting defeated in the war. Highly disappointed, the King sat down on his chariot for a moment. That time, he remembered about the old Gurus gift. That moment he decided to explore what is there inside that gift. He removed the ring from his fingers and read what was written. It said " this moment shall also pass".

Suddenly he realized the present moment of sadness will also pass-by naturally, just like the earlier happy and joyful moments. This thought rejuvenated him. Once again he gathered his spirits, and fought bravely leaving behind all discouraging thoughts. His warriors also got inspired seeing their King fighting strongly and charging ahead. Finally, their efforts emerged as a team and eventually managed to defeat the opponents.

Moral of this story is that we should not be tied to the fun filled (short) present, but must be prepared and looking forward.

DUMB FROG AND SMART FROG

SCENE1: DUMB FROG

The story goes likes this. There was a frog in a well. He was born there and had never gone out of that well in his entire life. One day another frog joined him from a distant place. Now, the first frog was very happy to meet him and asked, from where he is coming? Then the second said from Ocean.

First asked again, is your ocean home bigger than this well? Yes, said the second. The first got very annoyed, as he could not even imagine something bigger than his 'home well' and drove the second out shouting lair, lair.

SCENE2: SMART FROG

The first frog had an Internet enabled mobile with him. Second frog came with the disclosures. Now, the smart first frog hearing about a new term ocean took his smart phone and browsed the net. He could discover a lot on ocean and accepted the facts presented by his new friend. The smarty then joined the friend for visit to ocean where he got a heavy treat full of tasty tasty fishes.

Inferences:

Always cross check what you hear. Do not continue to live in bull-o-cart age.

Universal Religion Rating

A Six Point Scale for Religion Rating

Any religion should able to change with times and be fully civilized. From prehistoric times there are infinite number of religions in the world. Some are really good and some are not progressive enough. A religion may be rated based on the universal criteria listed below:

1. Is service to humanity, irrespective of caste, color and creed is the policy of the religion?

2. Do the religion advocates and practices non-violence?

3. Is the religion open to criticism?

4. Is the women given equal treatment and opportunity as men, for education and to work?

5. Is freedom of choices in life and religion allowed?

Apply the test above on a 0-5 scale. If an 'Yes' is found as answer to a question, set the score to 1, else mark 0 as score for that question. Once all the five questions are evaluated and scored individually, find the sum of scores from all five questions.  Now a net Score of 5 indicates the religion in consideration is excellent and 4 is Good.

Relevance of each Questions:

Question 1 is here as, the prime concern of every religion should be human beings. With out helping each other there can be no progress and development.

Question 2 is here as, only peace can ensure stability and development. Only a peaceful society can think and work together as a team.

Question 3 is here as, the only constant thing in the world is change. Any system should be able to adjust to changes. Or they will become obsolete and prehistoric.

Question 4 is here as, a modern society should acknowledge men and women as both human living beings. One needs the other for existence and well being.

Question 5 is here as, a man should be free to make his choices. He must be able to make decisions by free will. One should not be prosecuted for his way of life.

F.A.Q (Frequently Asked Questions)

How to choose a right path?

Learn, understand, compare and then choose. A tree can be identified by its fruits. A GOOD tree will never bear a foul/evil fruit.

Never fall for anybody’s words blindly. What is preached should be practiced as well. 

Will all by being a member in some religion go to Heaven?

No. Definitely not.

Consider the case of two persons A and B. A is a 100% believer of his God, but has done only evil things all his life. B is not really a believer of any God, but has done 100% good things through out.

Now, who goes to heaven after death? A or B?

If there is a GOD, he must be compassionate, all forgiving and protective. He will never punish a good innocent man. So, God's choice will be B.