Paryushan parv- Day Four- Uttam Satya or NobleTruth Anupama Jain
There is no god higher than truth. ~Mahatma Gandhi.
On the fourth day of paryushan parva – Uttam Satya Day or the day of truthfulness we dedicate this day to the invincible force of truth .Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of satyagrah has once said’ I have nothing new to teach the world .Truth and Non -Violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast scale as I could’. And truly With the power of satyagrah, not only he overthrew the almighty British empire but he described his entire life as experiments with truth . Mahatma installed power of non violence and truthfulness i.e. the basic principles of Jain doctrine and this force made a frail, half clad man Father of our nation. The philosophy of Jainism specially, doctrine of non violence- Ahimsa and satyagrah - truthfullness had a significant influence on mahatma, as we all know that mahatma put these principles in practice in his fight for India’s freedom.
Satya literally means Sat, which means existence. Existence is a quality of the soul. Recognizing the soul's true nature as it really exists and taking shelter in the soul is practicing Nischay Satya Dharma .As elderly has said- absence of truth or Lying leads to an influx of paap karma. If talking is not required, then one must not talk but If it is really required then only use the minimum of words, and all must be absolutely true. One should always observe restrained in speech or vaanee and always follow the path of truth, so said the learned persons.
In the Indian philosophy truth also means the concept of ever pure and ever free soul it flows naturally into the practice of non hurting any one’s sentiments Practice of truthfulness means truthfulness not only in words but also in thoughts and deeds and it purifies us. Truthfulness of heart begets of course, a state of the sensibility which we call the love of truth. It is a feeling of spontaneity, arises in the sensibilities of one whose heart is truthful in contemplating truth this feeling is not virtue. It is rather a part of the reward of truthfulness of heart. And practice of truthfulness in daily life definitely makes our life simple, tension free and contended.
And now after sharing some deep thoughts on truthfulness let us prepare some satveek health food recipes. Ready, Go-
CHHUHARA CHUTNEY (dry dates )
Ingredients :
50 gms. dried mango pieces (amchoor) 100 gms chhuhara or. dried dates 50 gms. raisins 150 gms. jaggery 1 tsp. cumin seeds 1 tsp. red chilli powder 1 tsp. coriander seed powder 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder 1tsp dry ginger powder Salt to taste 1tbsp pure ghee 1 cup water
Method:
1. Wash amchoor thoroughly.
2. Pressure cook amchoor and chhuhara separately. allow to cool.
3. Deseed chhuhara. Drain in strainer, mash roughly by hand.
4. Boil raisins in a little water till fleshy.
5. Drain, keep aside..
6. Boil jaggery and water in a vessel till syrup a little thick.
7. Add raisins, dry masalas except, salt, to amchoor.
8. Add slightly cooled syrup to amchoor, mix very well..
9 Heat in a small saucepan,put cumin seeds to sputter and pour over amchoor.
10. Stir with spatula and blend well.
11. Serve the chutney with chappatis or paratha.
SHAHI MOONG
1 cup Yellow moong dal
1tsp cumin seeds
8-10 crushed cloves
½ tsp turmeric powder
1tsp crushed whole black pepper
50 Gms cashews
Sail to taste
1Tblsp pure ghee
2Tblsp water
Method
Soak moong dal for 2-3 hours.
In a pan heat ghee, put cumin seeds, cloves and black pepper
Simmer the gas and put cashews till light brown
Put turmeric powder, dal with water and salt, cover with lid
Cook for 15 minutes on low flame. Serve hot
We will be back tomorrow with some more thoughts and recipes on paryushan,till then Jaijinendra.