Yunjannevam sadaatmaanam
yogee niyatamaanasaha
shaantim nirvaanaparamaam
matsamsthaam adhigacchati
Thus
spoke Lord Sri Krishna in Bhagvadgeetha. Such a Yogi is always immersed
in the pure state of self, being continuously engulfed in Brahman. Yoga
means to be one with Parabrahman. To be ever indulged in Him and being
focused on is to be full of Satu Chitu Anand. For such a Yogi whose
mind and heart are always dwelving in Satu, the experience is,
everything is Brahman and nothing other than Brahman. The great
Bhagavata & Jnani Saint Nammalwar exclaims:
“Unnum Shorum Paruhu Neerum Thinnum Vethilai Ellam Kannan”
-
the food I eat, the water that flows and even the betel leaf I eat, are
all nothing but Sri Krishna”. Sri Nammalwar sings and dances in ecstasy
and tries to describe the Lord thus in his Tiruvaymoli - Dear father,
how at all can I describe you in my poor words. Shall I say you are this
very earth, this vast sky, the great oceans, the flying birds, the
great sun, moon & fire or as one who has surpassed all these and
grown beyond”.
What is the mental state of such a Jnani? How does
he behave? How to identify him? - are of some of the frequently asked
questions, which can be answered thus. A Jnani will be like a child.
He will be like the child which is innocently sleeping on the Banian
leaf, on the waters of the Mahapralaya, suckling & enjoying the toe
of his own feet. The vedic utterance precisely explains the same
status. He will be like a child in its mother’s womb, in the 8th month
of pregnancy, when he is blessed with the vision of Narayana, and thus
totally immersed in Brahmananda.
The jnani will be like the great
Sanaka, Sananda, Prahlada and Shuka. Such a Yogi may also be like a mad
man - infatuated person - infatuated in the Parandhama, Parabrahman.
In the eyes of this world, a jnani is nothing but a “totally mad” man.
But actually the jnani will be in his - a condition beyond the
comprehension of our mind. His words are sometimes unintelligible, his
actions non-decipherable; he drinks whatever he likes, eats whatever is
unpalatable to a worldly person. But in the eyes of other Jnanis, he is
a well established in the higher divinity. Such a great celestial
condition has been described by Purandaradasa in his devaranama - Huchhu
Hidiyitu Enage”.
An established Yogi enjoys the eternal happiness
just like a child or mad man and some times appearing to be both. This
is the very condition, described by Sri Shankaracharya as “enjoys”. Such
a jnani is a living witness for the vedic definition - Brahman is
nothing but the highest truth, knowledge, boundless and happiness. Such
a Jnani is ever immersed in the divine light form of Sri Krishna,
enjoying the divine sound of Pranava from his flute and being an
embodiment of eternal happiness.
This article has been taken from
the book A Torchlight in the Path of Salvation, Bhaja Govindam- Pray to
Govinda by K V Varadaraja Iyengar
Saturday, 14 December 2013 17:22
Last Updated on Saturday, 14 December 2013 20:36
Written by Saleha Sadat
The Lower House on Saturday rejected President Hamid Karzai's legislative order that created a seat for Hindus in Parliament.
During Saturday's session, the order of President Karzai was taken
for up discussion and a majority of the members considered it to be
against the Constitution.
"President Karzai legislative order in regards to an assigned seat
for Hindus was rejected with majority of votes" said Abdul Rauf
Ibrahimi, Chairman of House of Representatives.
This marks the second time Karzai has had an order to create a hindu Parliament seat rejected.
House members argued seats are based on election, so alotting a chair for Hindus was aken to an appointment.
"House of Representatives seats are based on elections; it is the
right of the people to choose their representatives," Herat MP Khalil
Ahmad Shaheed said. "These seats can't be just given away."
Others were concerned witht he precedent such a move would set.
"We don't want to give this privilege to Hindus because there are
many other minorities in Afghanistan, and if give it to Hindus, then we
must give to all other minorities as well," Herat MP Munawar Shah
Bahaduri said.
But there were other MPs who agreed with the legislative order and wanted a Hindu seaet.
"If Kochis are provided with 10 seats in election law, then Hindus should be assigned one seat as well," MP Ahmad Behzad said.
"We demand a seat for our Hindu countrymen, I think that minorities
must not be excluded from political rights," Balkh MP Gulalai Noor Safi
said.
At the moment, there are 249 seats in the House of Representatives.
If President Karzai's legislative order was approved, there would be
250.
Hare Krishna. I thought you might like to know
a little bit of the untold side of Nelson Mandela. He came several
times to ISKCON's Ratha Yatra in South Africa while he was president of
the nation. The first time Bhakti Tirtha Swami met him, in the
course of their conversation, Maharaja quoted a Gita verse. Half-way
thru the verse, Mandela quoted the rest of it.
BT Swami was surprised. He asked "You know the Gita?" Mandela said "Try me." Every Gita verse Bhakti Tirtha Maharaja knew, Nelson knew as well.
Naturally, BT Swami asked "How is this?"
Nelson Mandela explained that he was imprisoned on Robbins Island along
with some of his fellow leaders of their political party, the ANC.
One of them was an Indian-bodied lawyer. The South African government
tried to break them by giving them mindless labor and routine.Realizing
that they needed to keep their minds actively engaged, the Indian lawyer
taught Nelson Mandela Gita verses which they quoted and discussed back
and forth to transcend their daily drudgery.
Nelson Mandela
told Bhakti Tirtha Maharaja that learning the Gita helped keep him sane
and did much to infuse his view of the world and his strategies for
bringing independence and a better future for the South African people.
Bhakti Chaitanya Maharaja, the GBC for South Africa adds: "When Mr.
Mandela visited our temple the first time (he came several times
thereafter as well) he, with dignity and humility bowed before Srila
Prabhupada, and then asked (me) "How did he do it?", meaning how did
Srila Prabhupada spread Krishna consciousness all overthe world.
We then had a brief discussion about how Srila Prabhupada gave Krishna
consciousness to all nationalities and types of people, without
discrimination, and Mr Mandela was deeply struck by this, and was very
appreciative of Srila Prabhupada.
Last month I had the pleasure of taking part in a panel discussion at the South Asian Literature Festival
- which was held in the beautiful surroundings of the University of
Westminster on London's Regent Street. The discussion, which was chaired
by the author Sarwat Chadda, was on the theme of Revisiting Mythology.
One of the questions we discussed was why Hindu mythology was not better
known in the 'West'.
Sarwat said that he had been motivated to write books that centred on
mythology (he is the author of the hugely popular 'Ash Mistry' series)
because although he was fascinated by the Hindu myths when growing up,
the only material he could find on them tended to be rather dry and
instructional - at odds with the vivid nature of the stories. Sarwat's
books are now helping to bring Hindu mythology to a wider audience. But
why aren't these myths better known already?
I suspect that our education system and traditions bear some
responsibility. In some quarters, there may be a reluctance to teach
something unfamiliar (unfamiliar to the teachers as much as the
children). There is perhaps a feeling that Hinduism is 'unusual',
because it is pantheistic, has more than one god. That's understandable
(if unreasonable), since the culture in Britain for centuries has
reflected a monotheistic religion, Christianity, and a powerful church -
powerful both socially and spiritually.
In my case, it was precisely this difference of Hinduism that
appealed to me. My encounters with Hinduism on my travels in the
Himalayas, and my later interest in the religion, reminded me that many
societies have thought of 'gods' as sharing our world with us rather
than living in a world 'above' us.
To encounter a different way of viewing the world is very refreshing.
But the differences between world religions can also obscure their
shared heritage. As the author Ashwin Sanghi wrote in his contribution
to JJ Books' series of guest posts on illustration, the similarity
between the names 'Brahma' and 'Abraham' point at this shared heritage -
as do similarities between the myths themselves. Sarwat reported great
success with introducing Hindu mythology to schoolchildren - which I can
easily imagine.
Even according to the most conservative estimates, there are now over
800,000 Hindus who live in the UK - and around 1.5 million in the US.
And stories related to Hinduism increasingly crop up in the news.
Consider the recent controversy over teaching yoga in Californian
schools, or the one over delays to laws ending caste discrimination in
the UK. If we are going to have discussions like this within our
societies, then we need to know more about what we are discussing.
There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic. Contemporary retellings
or reinterpretations of Hindu myths are certainly becoming more
popular. (Alongside Sarwat's books, the graphic novel Adi Parva by
Amruta Patil is another good example.) Another positive development was
the recent publication of the international edition of the 11-volume
Encyclopedia of Hinduism - the product of 25 years of research by almost
1,000 scholars from India, the US and Europe. It suggests that there is
a growing appetite for serious engagement with the religion.
Another member of the discussion panel was the novelist Sangeeta
Bahadur, who believed that one reason Hindu myths are not as well known
as they could be is that Hindus have been too touchy to let Hollywood
play around with them on the big screen. It's true that since Hinduism
is a living tradition, creative artists need to be sensitive to
practising Hindus when they address their mythology. But equally, the
fact that Hinduism is a living, breathing tradition also lends its myths
a great deal of power.
Historically, there is a strong link between Britain and India.
Unfortunately, in my view there are still sometimes lingering elements
of 'imperial conceit' - that late nineteenth century mentality whereby
the British considered themselves and their culture superior to others.
Happily that tendency is now fading, and being replaced by a desire to
understand the cultures of others on their own terms.
It's certainly high time that we in the West got to know Hinduism
better. If your experience is anything like mine, you will find the
learning process not so much an obligation, as a pleasure.
by john jackson
Courtesy:huffingtonpost dot co dot uk
If these things do no satisfy me, what then do I seek? I seek a light
that shall be new, yet old, the oldest indeed of all lights. I seek an
authority that accepting, illuminating and reconciling all human truth,
shall yet reject and get rid of by explaining it all mere human error. I
seek a text and a Shastra that is not subject to interpolation,
modification and replacement, that moth and white ant cannot destroy,
that the earth cannot bury nor Time mutilate. I seek an asceticism that
shall give me purity and deliverance from self and from ignorance
without stultifying God and His universe. I seek a scepticism that shall
question everything but shall have the patience to deny nothing that
may possibly be true. I seek a rationalism not proceeding on the
untenable supposition that all the centuries of man’s history except the
nineteenth were centuries of folly and superstition, but bent on
discovering truth instead of limiting inquiry by a new dogmatism,
obscurantism and furious intolerance which it chooses to call common
sense and enlightenment; I seek a materialism that shall recognise
matter and use it without being its slave. I seek an occultism that
shall bring out all its processes and proofs into the light of day,
without mystery, without jugglery, without the old stupid call to
humanity, “Be blind, O man, and see!” In short, I seek not science, not
religion, not Theosophy, but Veda - the truth about Brahman, not only
about His essentiality, but about His manifestation, not a lamp on the
way to the forest, but a light and a guide to joy and action in the
world, the truth which is beyond opinion, the knowledge which all
thought strives after - yasmin vijnate sarvam vijnatam. I believe that
Veda to be the foundation of the Sanatan Dharma; I believe it to be the
concealed divinity within Hinduism, - but a veil has to be drawn aside, a
curtain has to be lifted. I believe it to be knowable and discoverable.
I believe the future of India and the world to depend on its discovery
and on its application, not to the renunciation of life, but to life in
the world and among men.
In these articles I shall not try to
announce truth, but merely to inquire what are those things in Hinduism
by following which we may arrive at the truth. I shall try to indicate
some of my reasons - as far as within these limits it can be done - for
my faith in my guides and the manner in which I think they should be
followed. I am impelled to this labour by the necessity of turning the
mind of young India to our true riches, our real source of power,
purification and hope for the future and of safeguarding it in the
course of its search both from false lights and from the raucous
challenges and confident discouragements cast at us by the frail modern
spirit of denial.
I write, not for the orthodox, nor for those who
have discovered a new orthodoxy, Samaj or Panth, nor for the
unbeliever; I write for those who acknowledge reason but do not identify
reason with Western materialism; who are sceptics but not unbelievers;
who, admitting the claims of modern thought, still believe in India, her
mission and her gospel, her immortal life and her eternal rebirth.
According to Acharya Chanakya these are three things which should never be touched with foot
Acharya Chanakya says
Anal Vipr guru Dhenu puni, Kanya kuwari det
Balak ke aru vridh ke, Pag na Lagavahu Yet
1)fire is considered sacred to the god. That's why touching fire with foot is considered unlucky
2)Similarly, master, Brahmins and the sacred cow are also considered
sacred. Touching any one of these with foot is believed to insult them.
3)Touching these seven things( fire, the spiritual master or a brahmana, a cow, a virgin, an old person or a child.) with foot even unknowingly is considered inauspicious
"Under no circumstances, it is fair to insult anyone."
Mathurabihari Of this baba's name is Hanuman Das baba lives in vrindavan he is More then 170 years old while doing vrindavan parikrama HH Indradyumna Swami having blessing that baba was born in jhansi in India around 1850 and leaved his home and came to vridavan Became devotee. he founded a wonderful Gosala of 1000 where cows are being served there. his Mother was serving the queen of jhansi who died in 1857 at que team he was present.
Jahnava Nitai Das : Once I asked this Baba how old he was. He Replied he could not remember his age, but Recalled he was 12 years old When Jhansi Rani fought the British. You can deduce his age from that. He would be around 170 years old. Also he has grown a second set of teeth, que something happens to some people after 100 years. I have seen and heard of many other babas who grew second sets of teeth after 100 years.
J K Sharma, a large Sikh man in a black turban,
works out of a small room lined with jars and herbs in the ruined and
dusty Shor Bazaar in Kabul. In a war-ravaged country where miracles are
in short supply, Sharma makes a living as a magician, providing advice
and talismans to Muslim Afghans for a fee.
On an August
afternoon, Sharma, who refused to divulge his real name, stroked his
salt-and-pepper beard as a nervous Afghan man sought help to getting the
girl he loved to marry him in the face of parental objections. Sharma
stared intently at the two dice with markings after he had rolled them a
few times. “Don’t worry, you will get the girl,” he declared with a
broad smile. The magician charged the man 1,000 Afghan rupees, or $17,
for an amulet.
Shor Bazaar, once a famed center for musicians and
a home for businesses run by Afghan Hindus, is now the haunt of
self-proclaimed magicians who are mostly Afghan Sikhs. Fortunetelling is
one of the few occupations left for the Sikhs, who are on the verge of
disappearing from Afghanistan, along with the Hindus.
Community leaders of these two religious minorities
estimate that 35 years ago around 100,000 of them lived in Afghanistan.
After three decades of fleeing from conflict to countries like India,
Canada and Germany, only 3,000 are left. The majority of the 300
families remaining are Sikhs. Sharma had also left with his family to
seek asylum in India, but he returned to Afghanistan after failing to
make a living in their new home. Every month, he remits a big part of
his earnings to his family in India.
Most of the Hindus and Sikhs
who remain in Afghanistan are weary of religious discrimination and
absence of economic opportunities, and they are hoping to leave their
country as anxieties grow about their prospects after American troops
withdraw from Afghanistan at the end of 2014. In September, for
instance, president Hamid Karzai had to issue a legislative decree to
reserve a single seat for Sikh and Hindu Afghan nationals in the lower
house of Parliament after lawmakers refused to do so.
Among those
trying to get out of Afghanistan is Ram Prakash, who owns the oldest
photography shop in Kabul established in 1955. With most of his family
already in India, the elderly Prakash is only waiting for a good offer
to sell his business, but none has come so far. “There is no point being
emotional about it. Our shop is a famous institution and that also
makes us targets,” he said.
Under the Taliban regime from 1996 to
2001, Hindus had to identify themselves by yellow markings on their
forehead or wearing a red cloth. On a late afternoon in August, a few
people lazing around the Asamai temple grounds in Kabul shared different
memories of the time.
One man recalled that Hindus with a yellow
dot could get away without a beard but that terrible retribution was
unleashed on a Muslim who shaved. Another said that he was forced to
convert to Islam by the Taliban and marry a Muslim woman because he was
seen speaking to her in a shop. In recent years, some Afghan Hindus and
Sikhs have made their way back home, at least temporarily because of
financial pressures. Most of those who returned to find work left their
families behind.
But a few like Balram Dhameja, the caretaker of a
Hindu temple in Kabul, came back with their daughters and wives.
Dhameja returned to Afghanistan with his family after 14 years because
he couldn’t make a living in India.
Dhameja said that he served
in the Afghan police force when the country was led by the Moscow-backed
president Mohammad Najibullah, who was toppled in 1992 by the
America-backed mujahedeen, and hanged from a lamp post by the Taliban
four years later.
The former police officer recalled fleeing to
India in 1992 along with at least 15,000 other Hindu families. “It was
easy to get refugee status then because the Indian government responded
to it like an emergency,” he said. “The hard part was finding jobs to
stay on and make a good life.”
Refugees say that India is slow to
grant them citizenship, and without it, they have a difficult time
finding work. A 2009 report from the Centre for Civil Society in Delhi
found that 90 per cent of the 9,000 Afghan refugees in India were from
the religious minorities, and out of them only 1,000 had been granted
citizenship. An additional 3,000 had been waiting for 12 years.
For
over a decade, Dhameja sold tea in Faridabad on the outskirts of Delhi,
but the family of five found it hard to cope with the expenses. In
2006, the rent of their apartment had gone up to Rs 3,000 from Rs 500 in
1992. They left in 2006 after his tea shop was demolished in a
government raid on illegal constructions.
No future
But in
the long-term, Dhameja said he wanted to head back to India because he
saw no future for his children in Afghanistan. He was trying to save
money to send his 18-year-old son to find work in Germany in the next
few months.
Fearing harassment, the majority of Hindu and Sikh
families don’t send their children to schools in Afghanistan, especially
the girls. They have for a long time demanded exclusive schools to be
set up for their children.
Anarkali Kaur Honaryar, the only Sikh
female in the Afghan Parliament, explained that such primary schools
are running in Kabul and Jalalabad for the past two years but that it
wasn’t possible to set up exclusive schools in provinces where only two
or three families are staying. For such places, Honaryar said, the Hindu
and Sikh parents want their children to be registered in a government
school until the sixth grade, or age 12, while being tutored privately
in the Sikh temples.
“We want the young ones to be protected from
any kind of teasing. But teenagers can take care of themselves better,”
she said. Even now when the country had more schools, Honaryar said
that Hindus and Sikhs did not take education seriously. Instead, they
had their girls married off by the age of 14, often driven by fear for
their security, and sent their young boys to work.
The
36-year-old politician, who grew up in Khost Province said that her own
family, who had studied in Afghanistan before and after the Taliban, was
an example that education could be pursued despite obstacles. When the
Taliban took power, Ms Honaryar had finished the 12th grade and was
teaching in the local primary school while starting her first year
studying mathematics in the government college of the country’s north
Baghlan province.
Her father, an engineer, was fired from his job
because only Muslims could work for the Taliban government. Honaryar
left college and donned a burqa to attend vaccination courses at the
local hospital in Baghlan. When they moved to Kabul, her sister
privately tutored boys and girls of all religions.
Though the
Taliban issued several warnings, Honaryar recalled, they never used
violence to stop the classes. And after their rule ended, she got her
degree in dentistry from Kabul University and then joined the Afghan
Independent Human Rights Commission. President Karzai later chose her
for Parliament. Her sister pursued law and her brother took up medical
studies.
While she has buried her dream of becoming a pilot,
Honaryar said she still planned to pursue law when she gets time from
her political career. “We have all been educated here even when times
were very hard. Without education there will be no future for us,” she
said. “Now, there are some dangers, but nothing so big to prevent
children being sent to school.”
Harminder Kumar is a Hindu boy in
Kabul who insisted on being sent to a regular school despite his family
concerns. Kumar, 16, studies in the fourth grade because he has
disrupted his schooling several times due to harassment. “I want to be a
doctor. Going to a school with proper teachers is the only way of
getting quality education,” he said.
The only Hindu boy in his
school, Kumar said that he is often taunted over his religion and has
even had a knife pulled on him three times. His mother has complained to
the mothers of the bullies. And the principal and teacher of the school
have intervened to protect him. “But when you seek help they threaten
you even more,” he said. “I have some friends in the school here as
well. But to study more seriously, I think India will be better for me.”
Despite
the bleak prospects that face Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan, a
handful of these minorities have endured three decades of conflict to
stay in their home country, having forged relationships with Muslims
that eclipsed religious persecution.
One Sikh family lives
quietly in a fortress-like home with high mud walls on the outskirts of
Kabul. Guarding it is a Muslim family headed by Haji Faizal Rehman, who
has served as chief custodian of their property and 24 hectares of
farmlands for 17 years.
The Muslim family is left in charge when
the Sikh family moves to India during the Afghan winter months. A large
man with a bushy beard, Rehman said that in his employer’s absence, he
had warded off bribes and intimidation by local mafia groups attempting
to take over the land. “We have a special bond of trust between us. I would never work for anyone else,” he said. International New York Times
Courtesy: deccanherald dot com
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, October 29, 2013 (Deccan Chronicle): Yoga may be a
simple and low-cost method to improve quality of life in patients with
an inflammatory lung disease, according to a study by doctors at the
premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
The
study presented at the CHEST 2013 meeting here found that lung function,
shortness of breath, and inflammation all showed significant
improvement in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients
after they completed 12 weeks of training.
COPD, most commonly
caused by cigarette smoking, affects both men and women, and often,
symptoms are seen in people in their 40s. Patients with COPD have
trouble pushing used air out of their lungs, making it difficult to take
in healthy new air. Although there is no cure for COPD, a patient's
quality of life can be improved by controlling symptoms, such as
shortness of breath, researchers said.
"We investigated to see
whether simple, structured yoga training affects the level of
inflammation, shortness of breath, and quality of life in patients with
stable COPD," said Randeep Guleria, professor and head, department of
pulmonary medicine and sleep disorders at AIIMS, New Delhi.
The
study included 29 stable patients with COPD, who received yoga training
in a format that included the use of physical postures (asanas),
breathing techniques (pranayama), cleansing techniques, (kriyas),
meditation, and a relaxation technique (shavasan) for 1 hour, twice a
week, for 4 weeks. Following the 4-week period, patients were trained
for one hour every two weeks, with the remaining sessions completed at
home.
A repeat assessment was done at the end of the 12-week
training session. All parameters showed significant improvement at the
end of the 12-week period. "We found that yoga can be a simple,
cost-effective method that can help improve quality of life in patients
with COPD," said Guleria.
LAHORE:
Former president Asif Ali Zardari has greeted the Hindus of Pakistan on
the occasion of Deewali being celebrated on Sunday and called for
strengthening interfaith harmony and protecting minorities' rights.
"I
wish to extend on my behalf and on behalf of the Pakistan Peoples'
Party's heartiest greetings to the Hindu and Scheduled Castes community
on the occasion of Deewali," he said in his message.
"Deewali
is known as the festival of lights and is commemorated by members of
some of the world's oldest religions to celebrate the triumph of good
over evil. It is a time for celebration, but it is also a time for
reflection.
Let
us rededicate ourselves to continually striving in the path of good and
noble. Let us also remember that there are always others less fortunate
than us," he said.
"We
partake in Deewali celebrations also for promoting interfaith harmony
as a means to fight religious apartheid and those who seek to impose
their ideological agenda on the people," the former President said.
"On
this occasion, I wish to reiterate that the Hindus, indeed all
minorities, of Pakistan are equal citizens of the state and entitled to
equal rights.
I
also wish to reiterate our commitment to respect and uphold the UN
Resolution calling for interfaith harmony and the pledges contained in
the manifesto of the Party to safeguard the rights of all minorities in
accordance with the teachings of the founder of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam
Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the founder of the Party Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto."
SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT TO BE UNDER LIMITS WITH NO HARM TO ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH
Corruption Spoils even Life after Death
O Learned and Devoted Servants of God,
[June 26, 2012] The development of any limb of a human being is desirable as it grows from the childhood onwards. But, the growth of any limb should be within the proper limits. The growth of the finger should not be equal to the growth of the leg. Similarly, the development of science should not cross the proper limits so that there is no harm to the global environment and the health of humanity. In ancient India, sages also developed sciences. But, the sages were strong devotees of God and hence, the development of the research in science and technology did not cross the limits of danger by the grace of God.
For example, let us take the ancient system of herbal medicines (Ayurveda). All these medicines were effective in controlling the corresponding diseases. At the same time, there was no side reaction to lead to another disease and no medicine damaged the tissue cells. The medicines were active in developing the resistance of the body to disease. Almost, no medicine was directly involved in attacking the disease. Today, the modern medicines are directly involved in attacking the disease and as a result, the resistance of the body decreases and the tissue cells get damaged by the negative effects of the medicines. What is the reason for this difference? The research in medical science in ancient India was under the supervision of God so that unwarranted sides were blocked. Today, the scientists develop the research in very fast way without the supervision of God. The scientists neglect God and slowly become the atheists, who negate God. Negligence in course of time becomes negation. Therefore, the development of science in the directions of safety of the humanity is very important. My criticism, about the dangerous directions of the growth of science and technology, should not lead to the conclusion that I am against the development of science and technology. I am a scientist, who worked in the Institution of Technology throughout My life period.
In fact, the knowledge of science was given by God (Vedaah shaastraani vijnanam etat sravam janaardanaat…). The knowledge of science and technology was used in ancient India for earning livelihood in various professions. The growth of science was limited so that the natural balance was not disturbed. For example, there were no synthetic chemical fertilizers. Only natural fertilizers like cow dung, etc. were used. The knowledge that the crop requires fertilizer was known, but, too much research leading to the manufacture of chemicals acting as fertilizers was not there. There was no danger to health due to natural fertilizers. But, there is a lot of danger to health due to the toxins entering the body from the present fertilizers. Therefore, in those days, research in science never developed in the harmful direction due to the grace of God. Today, a scientist does not like the name of God thinking that God is unaware of science! When you neglect God, He keeps silent about the research in science without any interference. As a result, science developed in all the ways without any supernatural control so that the ecological balance is disturbed.
The development of industries involving various applications of energy lead to the global warming. Scientists predict the global destruction, if the warming results in the increase of two degrees more. The applications of energy and the development of scientific research in various directions resulted in the discovery of several artificial amenities. These amenities have been stamped with the higher status of life. To maintain these amenities, more and more money is needed. To earn more and more money, unlawful ways are invented, which formulate the network of corruption. As of result of corruption, the poor becomes poorer and the rich becomes richer. As a result of this increase in the gap, social revolutions have come and terrorism is one of those. Sin is the basis of corruption and this spoils even the life after death in the upper worlds. The controlled growth of science in ancient India developed very few amenities only, which could be available to everyone even with little money.
Hence, the very basis of corruption was absent in those days. Today, scientists find that these amenities are responsible for the environmental pollution, leading to global destruction. Therefore, all the steps of this analysis end in the uncontrolled growth of science and technology.
The growth of science leads to negligence of God, which is the basis for doing the sin without fear. In ancient India, very little development of science and technology was present, creating minimum number of amenities, which could be attained by everyone easily. There is no need of much argument in this topic because there is a clear practical resultant difference between the people of ancient times and the people of modern times that the ancient people lived with more longevity, with better physique and more mental peace and the exact contrast is seen in the modern people. The actual aim of science blessed by God was only to analyze the creation and realize that creator is beyond all this creation. Every item in this creation, including awareness was subjected to scientific analysis to arrive at the conclusion that no created item is the creator (neti neti… Veda). By this, it became easy to recognize that God was unimaginable.
The faith in the existence of the unimaginable power, the God, was the basis of the establishment of the golden society without corruption and global destruction. Major portion of scientific analysis was only to understand that God is beyond this imaginable creation, rewarding the good deeds and punishing the bad deeds done by any human being in this society through His unimaginable power since God by Himself is unimaginable.
कांग्रेस ही देश को बांटने का प्रयास कर रही है: सर्वे
राजनीति में धर्म का बेजा इस्तेमाल इन दिनों बहस का विषय बनता जा रहा है और लोग इससे नाराज़ हैं और उनका कहना है कि इसके लिए कांग्रेस ही मुख्यरूप से जिम्मेदार है. आज तक ने अपने पाठकों से पूछा था कि राजनीति में धर्म के धंधेबाज कौन हैं? हमने यह प्रश्न तालकटोरा स्टेडियम में 14 दलों के नेताओं की तथाकथित सेक्युलरिज्म पर हुई बैठक के मद्देनज़र पूछा था.
पाठकों में से 68.9 फीसदी पाठकों ने कहा कि इसके लिए कांग्रेस ही जिम्मेदार है|
मोरना(मुजफ्फरनगर)। भोपा थानाक्षेत्र के कस्बा मोरना में दुकान के सामने से ट्रक हटाने को लेकर मारपीट के बाद तनाव पैदा हो गया। अफवाह के चलते मोरना का बाजार बंद हो गया। मौके पर दोनों समुदाय के सैकड़ों लोग इकट्ठा हो गये। सूचना पाकर पुलिस में हड़कंप मच गया। आनन-फानन में पुलिस अधिकारी मौके पर पहुंचे और भीड़ को शांत किया। इस दौरान पुलिस को भीड़ के विरोध का सामना करना पड़ा। पुलिस ने घायल को मेडिकल के लिये भेज दिया। दुकानदार ने मारपीट करने वाले के खिलाफ पुलिस को तहरीर दी है।
मोरना निवासी पवन की जानसठ रोड पर पवन गारमेंट के नाम से दुकान है। पवन के सामने चौरावाला निवासी फैनूदीन की लोहे की दुकान है। शनिवार लगभग तीन बजे फेनूदीन की दुकान पर एक ट्रक खड़ा हुआ था। ट्रक खड़ा होने के कारण पवन की दुकान पर जाने वाले ग्राहकों को परेशानी का सामना करना पड़ा रहा था। इसके चलते पवन ने चालक से ट्रक हटाने को कहा। इसके चलते ट्रक चालक और पवन की कहासुनी हो गयी। यह देखकर फेनूदीन मौके पर पहुंचा और उसने पवन के साथ गाली गलौज कर दी। इसके बाद फेनूदीन ने पवन के साथ मारपीट शुरू कर दी। शोर शराबा होने पर मौके पर भीड़ लग गयी और दोनों समुदाय के लोग जमा हो गये। अफवाह के चलते पूरा बाजार बंद हो गया और भगदड़ मच गयी। सूचना पाकर पुलिस चौकी से कुछ सिपाही मौके पर पहुंचे, लेकिन कुछ ही देर में आसपास के सैकड़ों लोग मौके पर जमा हो गये और हंगामा करने लगे। सूचना पाकर सीओ भोपा सुबोध कुमार, एसओ भोपा विजय सिंह, ककरौली व जानसठ पुलिस और पीएसी के साथ मौके पहुंचे। भीड़ ने मारपीट करने वाले आरोपी की गिरफ्तारी की मांग करते हुए हंगामा कर दिया। पुलिस ने भीड़ को बामुश्किल समझाकर शांत किया। पुलिस ने घायल पवन को मेडिकल के लिये भेज दिया था। पवन ने मारपीट करने वाले के खिलाफ पुलिस को तहरीर दे दी। तनाव को देखते हुए मौके पर व क्षेत्र के संवेदनशील इलाकों में फोर्स तैनात कर दिया गया।
SYDNEY: People from the Indian sub-continent migrated to Australia and mixed with Aborigines 4,000 years ago, bringing the dingo dog with them, according to a study published on Tuesday.
The continent was thought to have been isolated from other populations until Europeans landed at the end of the 1700s.
But researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, reported "evidence of substantial gene flow between Indian populations and Australia about 4,000 years ago".
They analysed genetic variation from across the genome from Australian Aborigines, New Guineans, Southeast Asians, and Indians.
"Long before Europeans settled in Australia humans had migrated from the Indian subcontinent to Australia and mixed with Australian Aborigines," the study said.
It found "substantial gene flow from India to Australia 4,230 years ago ie... well before European contact," it said.
1. Ramayan was written by Valmiki, who also took care of Luva, Kusha and Sita; so it can be aptly called Rama's biography.
2.
All the places mentioned in Ramayan, like Ayodhya, Kishkindhya, Lanka
are traceable, with unique identity. So it lends credibility
3.
Bharata's journey from Kekaya (now in around Pak) to Ayodhya (UP) is
mentioned as crossing 3-4 rivers, in the sequence they are
today geographically.
4. Saraswati river is mentioned, which vanished 4500 years ago. So Ramayana is at least 5000 years old.
5.
Several events (including Rama's birth, Bharata's birth, Rama's
coronation, Vali badha, Hanumana finding Sita in Lanka, Army march,
Meghanada badha) have been described with the star-pattern in sky at
that time. Putting that in "Planetariam" software, gives exact date and
time of those events.
6.
Rama's birth date comes out as 10 January 5114 BC. Bharata's date comes
as 11 Jan 5114. Ramayana mentions Bharata was born 16 hours after Rama.
7.
Rama's coronation date comes out as 4 Jan 5089 BC. Ramayana mentions
Rama was 25 years old while being coronated. Again, consistent.
8. Khar-Dushana episode describes a solar eclipse and Hanuman finding Sita accompanied a lunar eclipse; both dates consistent.
9.
Now (in 2008) Rama Navami occurs at 21 April, adrift 100 days from 10
Jan. It is consistent with motion of equinox which leads to 1 day
adjustment in 72 years, so 100 days in 7200 years.
10.
There is literary, geographical, astronomical and local legends around
the places mentioned, all supporting Ramayana as history and not
mythology. Archaeology is the only thing missing.
11. After 7000 years, easier to find archeological evidence in sea, than land, like Dwaraka was discovered as underwater city.
12. The setu was called Nala setu, later called Rama setu, before muslims and euopians called it Adam Bridge.
13.
The construction of the setu is described in great detail. Linear
construction. Length 100 yojanas. 1:10 breadth-length ratio. First
woods/trees on rock bed, then rocks , etc. Moving aside the accumulated
sand, we may get to the wood region, probably carbonated now (can give
accurate date).
14.
Many kings on both lanka and indian side were called Setupati or
similar names. Many coins on kingdoms of both sides have "setu" written
on it.
15. Al-Biruni describes the places like Kishkindhya in his book. Marcopolo mentions Ramasetu.
16. Madras presidency manual 1902 mentions that Ramasetu was used as foot bridge till 1480, when a storm destroyed it.
17. NASA satellite images show the possible outline of this underwater bridge
18.
Today this waterway is on average 2 meter below water. It should be 1
meter above water originally. Oceanography tells, roughly 9 ft rise in
sealevel in 7000 years.
Sati actually means a pious woman.... i.e. Pati-Vrata Nari Some people
are give fake translations from atharva veda by saying that, 3. A virtuous
woman is one who dies on the funeral pyre of her dead husband and avails the
privilege of serving her husband in the other world. (Atharva Veda 18-3-1)
yeh
naari patikul ke hith ki abhilasha karti hui swadharm ka nirvah karne hetu aayi
hai. Dharma mei neerat iss naari ke liye sansaar mei putra, pautradi tatha
dhan-sampada pradan kare.
The meaning of this shloka is that once a husband dies, his wife is
considered as the owner of his family and wealth. No one it states that a wife
should be burnt of a husband's pyre !!
Oh woman, ur husband has already died and now u must
give up the attachment. Leave his body and now walk towards the worldly affairs
, i.e. ur family. Your beloved ones i.e. ur children and ur grandchildren will
protect u after the demise of ur husband. Stay near them only.
This shows that a woman should give up the attachment she had with
the body of her husband, who is now dead and she would stay under the
protection of her children, who're a part of her family.
We've seen the young woman who was following the funeral of her dead husband
towards the graveyard, she turned back towards her home. This woman was deeply
disturbed by the darkness of the grief.
this shloka shows that women used to take part in the final rites
of her husband. All these shlokas show that there is no mention of sati pratha
in atharva veda, and on the contrary, they support the life of the wife after
her husband's demise.
However, when the muslim invaders started looting India... they,
killed millions of innocent Hindus. looted their homes, shops and temples.. These
Muslim invaders used to kidnap Hindu
woman to rape and keep them in their
harem....and to save their honour, the women preferred to be killed. Often the Hindu
rulers, died with their army, and their women committed Sati, to save their
honour....
These lusty invaders, never even spared the corpses of dead hindu women to
satisfy their lust and hence, the Hindu women preferred to burn their bodies,
rather than let these muslim invaders get their corpses. Hence, this practice
was started and later on unfortunately, it was attached to religion.... by some
ignorant people and became mandatory.
Chanting the below mantras/stotras can lead to tremendous universal benefit, below are few
1)
Gayatri mantra - As Brahmins it is our natural duty to our community
and society at large to chant this inestimable source of all power and
prosperity. Chant it 108 times (if not, at least 21 times) in the
morning and evening. Preferably offer water to the Sun while chanting.
2)
Aditya Hridayam - This is an excellent prayer for the eradication of
all health issues, boosts self confidence, energy and leads to all
sucess in war. It was advised by Sage Agastya to a depressed Shri Rama
who chanted it 3 times just before killing Ravana in battle.
3)
Vishnu Sahasranama - This is a great source of curative powers. Chanting
this stotra will lead to mental peace, prosperity and wisdom, as well
as worldly benefits. Shankaracharya, Ramanuja, Madhva and many other
scholars belonging to differing sects, have all extolled this stotra.
4)
Hanuman Chalisa - The benefits of this short prayer are truly great. It
gives great confidence, self belief, energy and gives relief from pain
5) Any chapter from the Bhagavad Gita daily - This will also give great energy, as well as helps us find more meaning in life.
6) If you chant it for one mandalam-48 days your wishes will come true.But your wishes should be a good one..
7) the Rudram from Krishna Yejur Veda!!!! Sage Yajnavalkya said that chanting this daily gives both material as well as spiritual ascension!!!!
Chant them daily, for 41 days together, and you would have seen massive positive changes in your life.
I heard from many people that "if god is in our hearts
then what is the need for going to temple for praying and worship???"
So my Point is , there is absolute need of going to temples and other holy
places, let's take a very simple example, " We go to university for
studies, even though for the same subject all the books, software's are available
at market, we can buy them or just download them form internet, but still we
go, Why ??? because there we have special persons to guide us, have atmosphere
to learn more effectively and most importantly only university has power to
grant you degree as a result of your work." similarly for devotional
service temples and other holy places are like universities going there and
having associations of devotees will improve our knowledge and love for our
dear lord and will make us eligible to gain the degree of love and devotion.
Also to keep healthy body we go to gym, visit doctors regularly for healthy
tips similarly it is also necessary to go to temples and get association of
devotees to get tips to keep our soul/thinking/thought process healthy. as all
the great sages, people, scriptures repeatedly said " Human is nothing but
the man of his thoughts" or " you become what you think of yourself"
so healthy thought process is absolutely essential for a healthy life and
healthy thoughts comes from a healthy mind, mind is healthy when given right
association and knowledge and right association is association of a learned
soul a mahatma who have devoted himself in service of humanity.. right
association is association of scriptures who define life and guides us towards
living a valuable life.. As doctors are found in clinic and scientists are
found in lab, similarly These learned soul and teachings of scriptures are
found in resident of god i.e. Temple
"Temples are more like a recharge centres for high spiritual energy (attain/ sustain) to put in simple terms"
LAHORE:
Former president Asif Ali Zardari has greeted the Hindus of Pakistan on
the occasion of Deewali being celebrated on Sunday and called for
strengthening interfaith harmony and protecting minorities' rights.
