Beseiged with injuries, Tendulkar seeks divine grace
An injury besieged Sachin Tendulkar has turned towards spirituality to help him overcome his ailments. The master blaster had to miss out the recent seven-game one-day series between India and England, and is going to sit out of the West Indies one-day series too.
May 19th, 2006 at 6:15 pm
along with religious ceremonies, Physical Training & Rehabilitation plan with purpose oriented execises are essential for full recovery.
A training programm with religious meticulousness will bring the success.
May 21st, 2006 at 2:03 pm
Personally, I think he is way past his prime. He may get a good innings or two in the future, but on the whole he will never be what he was.
May 21st, 2006 at 2:55 pm
Well, it seems the typical Hindu SOB story. Has talent - went in pursuit of worldly gains - failed to apply logic - became the epitome of a “CIVILIZED” Hindoo - and when all is lost - what did I do wrong - why is this happening to me.
Do these so called Hindoo’s ever think, maybe if I combine my goals to benefit my own people at large, then just maybe the Gods will assist in the attainment of my goals.
Jai Hindutva
P.S. I bet his shoulder does not hurt when he is driving his Ferrari.
May 21st, 2006 at 11:28 pm
How do u know he didn’t use his riches for his people? (in charity etc) Can anyone substantiate this?
May 22nd, 2006 at 8:18 am
“Tendulkar sponsors 200 under-privileged children every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO associated with his mother-in-law.”
Well, a person of his position would be assosiated with some or other charitable activities.
The point is why did we not see, the highest paid sportsman, in a picture of him engaged in a Hindu act in the past 17 years. He can do something simple put a tilak on before he walks into bat an innings, that would be a big enough statement.
May 22nd, 2006 at 11:42 am
I agree with what Arun is saying. Suddenly he skills are failing and decides to turn to God. Where was God when he was reaching his centuries?? Why not acknowledge God then? Very typical of people to turn to God when it is convenient for them. If he really is proud you would expect to hear more such stories and not the one off.
May 22nd, 2006 at 7:00 pm
OK I agree that we have never heard of Sachin’s spiritual side while in form. But who are we to say that it is wrong to turn to God when in need, when the Gita itself says that it is in a sense understandable and OK?
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Four kinds of virtuous men love and adore Me, O Arjuna, those in distress, those seeking for good in the world, the seekers after knowledge, and those who have knowledge, O Best of the Bharatas (7.16)
Among them the enlightened knower, who is ever united with Me and whose devotion is single-minded, is the best. Because I am very dear to the enlightened, and the enlightened is very dear to Me. (7.17)
[B]All these seekers are indeed noble[/B]. But, I regard the knowing devotee as My very Self, because the one who is steadfast abides in My Supreme Abode. (7.18)
May 22nd, 2006 at 9:09 pm
I agree that we should turn to the Gods in time of troubles and they should be sidlined the rest of time this seems to be Tendulkar’s message.
Out of interest which Gita have you Quoted here???
Jai Hindutva
May 22nd, 2006 at 10:27 pm
Yo Arun,
Those were from Sri Aurobindo’s translation mixed with that of the International Gita society. Just check out those verses on any online translation and you will find roughly the same meanings in the translation, deosn’t, matter about the source.
I’m not saying it is the best thing, to turn towards spirituality in times of distress, but the fact is, it is a natural human tendency. The Gita accepts this as a natural form of human aspiration towards the divine.
Regards,
Jai Ram Ji Ki
May 23rd, 2006 at 8:45 am
I am saying that you should turn to the Gods in times of distress and yes it is a human tendency.
However, as always the Indian cricket team lack consistency.
May 24th, 2006 at 7:41 am
^^^ Judging by the contents of your comments, the Indian cricket team are not the only ones who lack consistency.
May 30th, 2006 at 10:25 am
Thats all very well. But that does not justify Tendulkars actions of having a give and take relationship with God, “You make me better and I will win the match and bring fame onto myself, and come back to you when im ill again”.
But thats the beauty of Hiinduism, that it welcomes and accepts devotees of all levels. Which builds them into stronger characters. Which will hopefully lead to become enlightened knowers, as was previously quoted:
“Among them the enlightened knower, who is ever united with Me and whose devotion is single-minded, is the best. Because I am very dear to the enlightened, and the enlightened is very dear to Me. (7.17)”
Namaskar
May 31st, 2006 at 2:36 pm
It is impossible for us to judge Sachin in this whole saga, we cannot think what he was thinking at the time and therefore we cannot comment, but one thing is for sure…he has done something that has totally pleased me to see that we visited a handful of mandirs, that is much more that what can be said about other sportsmen. the only other time I saw something like that was when the Hindu cricketer on the England team visited the Neasden Mandir before a big game! i respect it.
June 8th, 2006 at 10:00 am
Young Hindus look for role models in Stars and I Sachin is a role model for thousands if not millions of youngsters.
I also heard somewhere Tendulkar is great fan of Hatha Yoga? Maybe just a rumour but I wonder if the rest of the Indian cricket team take advantages of the benefits of Yoga. If it isn’t already it should be part of their training and excercise. Also Raja Yoga - Meditation would be of great help to the overall well being of the cricket team.
June 9th, 2006 at 9:11 am
It seems Ganguly has turned towards the Gods for help with his cricket career aswell…
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=cricketNews&storyID=2006-06-08T144834Z_01_B714893_RTRIDST_0_SPORT-CRICKET-INDIA-GANGULY.XML
June 22nd, 2006 at 5:55 pm
They may be Christian quotes, but I don’t think any Hindus would have major issues with them as reasonable principles to abide by:
Judge not, lest ye be judged.
and of course…
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
We do seem to be awfully willing to condemn others, despite the fact that we are clearly in no position to judge. Are we ourselves so pure? And can we see the heart and soul of another? The best place to see this kind of attitude is in the tendency that I see these days for misguided Hindu activists to decide that certain others are ‘fake Hindus’ or ‘Hindus only in name’. Err…what?!
June 23rd, 2006 at 7:13 am
^ Yeh, agree with Satya fully