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title: Being human
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According to the <a href="http://sacred-texts.com/hin/gpu/index.htm" target="_blank">GaruDa puraNa</a> (an ancient Hindu text) :-
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ahiMsA sUnR^itA vANI satyashauche kShamA dayA |
varNinAM li~NginAM chaiva sAmAnyo dharma uchyate || 1,213.22 ||
</blockquote>
This simple <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shloka" target="_blank">shloka</a> captures the essence of a beautiful and simple lifestyle in two lines. Here's a rough English translation (help me if you can improve it) --
<blockquote>
Non-violence, non-hurtful speech, truthfulness, cleanliness, patience/tolerance, and compassion  -- these are the duties for all genders and classes of society -- equally.
</blockquote>
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This list just cuts through all the noise and gets to the issue at hand. Be kind to others, speak the truth, try not hurt another living being (not just humans - mind you!), show compassion, lend a helping hand, donate, hold someone's hand when they need one, lend a shoulder if someone has tears in their eyes, stay clean and keep your surroundings clean -- its what makes us humans!

In today's day and age, it is nearly impossible to find a single person who fits this bill. But wouldn't it be great if everyone practices all of these to some extent? My favorite in this list is "non-hurtful speech". It's so easy to blurt out a cuss word at someone and then you realize that it will never ever go away. Words hurt much much more in the long run than actions. An extension to this (a hidden maxim perhaps) is to not feel happy when someone else gets hurt. Now that's the real toughie! When you see someone you hate get hurt, try not to feel happy. It's really difficult -- I just tried and failed.<commit_msg>Update 2015-01-02-being-human.md<commit_after>---
layout: post
title: Being human
tags: life
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According to the <a href="http://sacred-texts.com/hin/gpu/index.htm" target="_blank">GaruDa puraNa</a> (an ancient Hindu text) :-
<blockquote>
ahiMsA sUnR^itA vANI satyashauche kShamA dayA |
varNinAM li~NginAM chaiva sAmAnyo dharma uchyate || 1,213.22 ||
</blockquote>
This simple <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shloka" target="_blank">shloka</a> captures the essence of a beautiful and simple lifestyle in two lines. Here's a rough English translation (help me if you can improve it) --
<blockquote>
Non-violence, non-hurtful speech, truthfulness, cleanliness, patience/tolerance, and compassion  -- these are the duties for all genders and classes of society -- equally.
</blockquote>
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This list just cuts through all the noise and gets to the issue at hand. Be kind to others, speak the truth, try not hurt another living being (not just humans - mind you!), show compassion, lend a helping hand, donate, hold someone's hand when they need one, lend a shoulder if someone has tears in their eyes, stay clean and keep your surroundings clean -- its what makes us humans!

In today's day and age, it is nearly impossible to find a single person who fits this bill. But wouldn't it be great if everyone practices all of these to some extent? My favorite in this list is "non-hurtful speech". It's so easy to blurt out a cuss word at someone and then you realize that it will never ever go away. Words hurt much much more in the long run than actions. An extension to this (a hidden maxim perhaps) is to not feel happy when someone else gets hurt. Now that's the real toughie! When you see someone you hate get hurt, try not to feel happy. It's really difficult -- I just tried and failed.
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