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Father’ Day: Revisiting thoughts from blogs on the observance this year

Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June which falls on June 19 this year. It is being marked by an interactive doodle by Google on its homepage [1].



Earlier, I had contributed the blog “Understanding Sanskrit phrase - Pitru Devo Bhava - this Father Day” on speaking tree [2] as follows.


In one of the Upnishadas, it has been said, “Pitru Devo Bhava”, which means “To deem your Father as God”.


The Sanskrit phrase is a philosophical way to say that the father must acquire divine qualities and work as a ideal and role model for his children. The worthy qualities .in a father have been envisaged are that a father must kind, loving, fair, life-long learner and gracious.


Here is a message in haiku to children, how they must treat their father.


Haiku:

Let your father be

Unto to thee as thy God

Whom thou adorest


However, this can only happen when a father treats himself and his children as souls and has acquired self-knowledge to induce reverence for himself among his children.


In modern world, father is often called ‘dad’. However, a true dad has been described as in the following sentence acrostic on DAD.


DAD: A sentence acrostic

D: Dares for independent

A: Actions with rational thinking for being a co-traveler in life’s journey with his

D: Daughter(s) / son(s) and gives solicited advice and guidance


Also, I had contributed a doodle art on the theme in merinews.com portal [3] which was visited by over 4,000 viewers.



[2] Understanding Sanskrit phrase - Pitru Devo Bhava - this Father Day

Blog by Lalit Inshore, 187, VIEWS


[3] Dad's Day Doodle –

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Happy Father's Day greetings in doodle art. ... Dad's Day Doodle. cartoon pics. By CJ: Dr. Lalit Kishore | Views: 4678


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