Some of the most interesting entries of Swami Balendu's blog are surely those in which he compares Indian culture and customs to Western culture and traditions.
Sometimes things work similar, with small differences, and sometimes there is a fundamental difference which cannot be overseen.
Whether it is traditions and celebrations, rituals and religion or manners and habits, Swami Ji depicts the differences in an often humourous way.
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What is wrong is wrong and if you have seen wrong, you have to speak out against it, keep your loved ones from doing it and make clear that you oppose it.
SourceInstead of trying to make others happy, try to make yourself happy without worrying about the whole world. If you are happy, people will see you happy and will become happy.
SourceWhat you fear is an illusion, a creation of your mind. The world will not stop turning, whatever may happen!
SourceIf you believe that someone whom you are beating could improve in any way through this, you should follow the same rule. After a mistake, go to someone who is stronger than you and ask him to beat you a bit so that you can better yourself!
SourceThere are no Siddhis or supernatural powers. I challenge anybody to show me those powers and their effect, good or bad. Can you tell me the lottery numbers or can you kill me only by the force of your mind? Try it.
SourceIf you are focused on negativity, you will attract negativity. You should be focused on positivity, then you will attract positive things for your life. It can be difficult to rebuild positivity but it is necessary in order to be happy.
SourceNobody is perfect. But in the eyes of someone who loves you, you are. You don’t stop loving someone because of his faults.
SourceA prayer is a way of getting closer to God. So it is good to pray, but it should be out of love, not because you have to pray. Pray with your heart.
SourceOfficially, all Indians are virgins when they marry.
SourceSensitivity is a jewel of humanity. If there was no sensitivity, everybody would be just like stone!
SourceToo many people just say they trust in God and his actions – but if you want to reach somewhere and do something in life, you need to act yourself! It does not help to just sit there and have faith. Lose your faith, get out of your chair and out into the real world!
SourceIf you take responsibility for someone else, this person often just relies on you instead of acting himself. This does not help you and it does not help him, either!
SourceAs a guru, you can be very respected and holy one day but the next day you can be a nobody. It can happen quickly and for no reason at all. It does not take any time for the respect and love of followers to vanish.
SourceIt is easy to cheat God and his believers on the name of religious tradition.
SourceThere is proof in the scriptures that shows that the caste system is deeply based in Hinduism. We need to change this religious belief in order to stop the caste system.
SourceWith children it is easy to have an emotional connection because they understand the language of emotions better than the language of intellect. If you talk to them with intelligent words, definitions and facts, they won’t understand you. If you reach out to them with love and happiness, you establish an emotional bridge in between you and them.
SourceLove is nothing to show off but it is still something to show to the one you love. Isn’t it beautiful to say or be told ‘I love you’?
SourceIf you are attached to something, you cannot leave expectations and your ego. Attachment always raises expectations.
SourceLove can exist without sex but sex has to be with love.
SourceHaving a positive attitude can help especially in situations when it is difficult for someone else not to fall into a deep hole of negativity.
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