tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46864761638830440552024-03-18T06:43:05.111+05:30Life and Beyondbhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-33763061716034120272022-08-06T14:54:00.002+05:302022-08-06T17:25:43.894+05:30sunderkand<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Sunder
means beautiful, since Hanuman has a cute face he is called sunder, sunderkand is
his story in search of Sita, the story of his awakening, his selflessness, his
virtue and his deeds. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Hanuman is
kapi / Vānara (a forest dweller) depicted as a monkey which symbolizes a
restless mind, his story tells us that an individual who has achieved
self-realization, with a controlled mind becomes useful to the lord<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The allegory of the sunderkand<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Sita
represents the kundalini Shakti which is trapped in the muladhara (root) chakra,
waiting to unite with the lord, the top chakra is north while the lower root
chakra is at the south end and the journey of Hanuman is southwards towards the
Kundalini<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Motivation, self-realization and
increase in consciousness<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Ram had
formed an alliance with the forest dwellers; he helped Sugriv by killing Bali
from behind which seems to be an unrighteous act, it is said that when Ram reincarnated
as Krishna, he had to pay back this karma when an forest dweller hunter shot
him with an arrow, even God’s cannot escape karma <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Now in
turn the forest dwellers are helping Ram to search sita, someone has to cross
the ocean and go to lanka to carry out the search, but who can carry out this
seemingly impossible task; Jambavan, the king of the bears motivates Hanuman,
he asks him to remember who he really is (note that The bear spirit animal is
the energy of courage that replenishes you with power. This animal will take you
through any challenging situation with your head up; the bear spirit animal
personality makes you fearless—hence the allegory of a bear)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Hanuman had
forgotten his true self, now he gets the self-realization; he is ready to leap <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">He prays
to the God’s and celestial beings, he starts growing in size, for lord Ram’s
successes, which signifies the increase in consciousness, he turns south, and under
his force immovable mountains shook and with this the people also ascetics who
had their abode in these mountains started fleeing leaving behind worldly
pleasures, this signifies the unrest around when one achieves higher
consciousness, he literally kicked the worldly life, huge trees uprooted along
with him but fell and sank in the ocean—the world cannot keep up with the one
of higher consciousness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">He leaps southwards towards the
kundalini Shakti which is trapped in the muladhara (root) chakra, he fly’s across
the ocean the ‘abode of crocodiles’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">He refused
help from those who wanted him to rest for a while, since even taking rest was
considered as an obstruction to him; on seeing hanuman flying in the sky Devas,
gandharvas and danavas showered flowers on him, the sun did not scorch him, the
wind served him with delightful breeze and all creatures praised him<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">He fought
with the ones who blocked his path, surasa the mother of the nagas tested him
too—the story of his encounter with surusa is explained in the sub-title—nature
of women is written at the end<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">He reached the well protected city
of lanka <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">He realized
that only 4 beings on Earth could enter this forbidden City, it was not
possible to overcome this city with strength alone. He encounters lankini—she
said she herself is the city of lanka (the spirit of lanka)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he overcame her fulfilling the prophecy that
when lankani the spirit of lanka falls down it was time for the end of the
region, this is always the case when the spirituality is destroyed what follows
is physical destruction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">On
entering the city; ravanas magnificent place appeared to hanuman like a turbulent
ocean filled with crocodiles, sharks and whales and a variety of snakes even
though what wealth possessed by vaishvakarma, kuber and indra—ravanas place had
it all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The lesson for us in the episode
when hanuman enters ravanas bedroom<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">After
roaming the city of lanka, hanuman enters ravans palace, he enters his bedroom,
there are chapters in the Ramayana which give describe the erotica of what
hanuman saw<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">He saw the
sensuous women sleeping, some of ravanas wifes in their intoxicated slumber got
close to the mouths of other women thinking them to be ravanas, the others to
out of their interest and love for ravana responded to such advances with love<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Then there
is a description of the various wines and meat kept, we wonder why such erotic
description is given, the answer we get the answer from the thoughts in
hanumans mind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The noble minded hanuman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Hanuman
thought to himself that spying on the wifes of others in their inner chambers
is definitely not as per dharma, further hanuman thinks—my graze towards these
women, was not towards sensual pleasures and my intension was not to possess
these women, another clever thought entered wise hanuman, which gave him
clarity of vision towards the task ahead, all the loyal wifes of ravana were
indeed seen by me but within my mind no ill intension towards them arose, <b>it
is indeed the mind which propels the sense organs to act either in auspicious
or inauspicious ways</b> and that the mind of mine is firmly established in
righteousness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Such
should be the character of a being as taught to us in the Ramayana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Never let despair (</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #984806; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">the state of having lost all hope)
overcome you<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Not
finding sita in the inner chamber of ravana, hanuman begain to lose hope, but
he soon overcame this, he told himself—<b>freedom from despair is the root
cause of prosperity, </b>it is the cause of supreme bliss and it is definitely
one which leads one on the path of attainment<b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The
freedom from despair is what makes human action fruitful and he continued his
search <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Hanuman finally finds sita in ashok
vatika<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Ashok is a
type of tree and the meaning of ashok is without sorrow, yet sita was in a
miserable plight in spite of being in ashok vatika, she was in a shabby
physical state but having strength of character and rich only in her
austerities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Hiding on
a tree hanuman heard the conversation which sita had with ravana who had come
there to persuade her to accept him willingly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Keeping a
leaf as a border in front of ravan she gave him these wise teachings—there are
no pious ones in this place neither you follow the righteous ones that is why
your mind has become fickle and lacks proper conduct. In the hands of a king who
is engaged in improper deeds even prosperous ad wealthy cities and kingdoms
perish—bad behavior forebodes ill luck, man uses his good karma to enjoy but
creates bad karma by evil deeds <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Sita the
entrapped kundalini will not give up her virtue in spite of surrounded by evil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Then Hanuman
meets sita<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The wise hanuman before leaving
lanka wanted to collect all possible information of the strength of the enemy
hence he started destructing ashok vatika <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Like a
sacrificial fire which cannot be destroyed by weapons he defeated most of the
great warriors including the son of ravana as finally inderjit was sent after
ravana briefed him on the tactics of war and assessing ones enemy, inderjit
fired a Brahmastra to bound hanuman, even thogh hanuman who assesses before he
acts had been blessed to overcome this he decided not to evoke the power given
by Brahma so that he had the opportunity to see the demon king<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">He was
brought in front of ravana, hanuman too gave some wise words to ravana—the
fruit of dharma does not occur to one who has reached the culmination of
adharma, unrighteousness will destroy the fruit of righteousness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The words
of righteous conduct had no effect on ravana, he ordered that the tail of
hanuman be lit up and he paraded in the city since he could not be given a
death sentence because he was a messenger (on advice of vibishan, ravanas
righteous brother)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Hanuman destroys lanka<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">His tail
on fire, hanuman takes a gigantic form once again increasing in size, he destroys
and burns down the city and kills the army of lanka, the only place which is
not destroyed and which stands intact amidst destruction is the house of
vibishan the devotee of Ram<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Sita prays
for hanuman and the fire on his tail does him no harm it stays cool<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Hanuman
returns from the south to the north, crumpling the hill he leapt from<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The good news is conveyed to Ram<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Hanuman
approaches the shore screaming in excitement, on hearing the happy sounds the
monkeys get the message that sita is alive and found, the monkeys in their
great joy climb up the trees and shake the tree branches just like clothes and
welcome him with folded hands <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The army
of forest dwellers, monkeys march happily to convey the good news to Ram on
their way they shatter the honey collecting garden of king sugreev, but they
are forgiven, because once you are on a path of doing good deeds towards the
lord, ones small mistakes are easily forgiven <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">On reaching
the place where Ram stayed, the monkeys wanted to come close as near as
possible to see the face of Ram<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The nature of women<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">With the
story of surusa (the mother of nagas) who tested hanuman by blocking his path
and wanting to consume him; at first hanuman grows in size and to counter this every
time surusa grows double in size to the form hanuman had taken, finally hanuman
reduces to a tiny size enters the mouth of surusa and exits out, signifying
that one cannot directly defeat the feminine energy but sometimes one has to
bow down<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Sita<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">She had
the lord with her; it is written in the ramayan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">जनकसुता</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">जग</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">जननि</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">जानकी</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">।</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">अतिसय</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">प्रिय</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">करुनानिधान</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">की</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">॥</span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">ताके</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">जुग</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">पद</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">कमल</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">मनावउँ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">ॐ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">जासु</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">कृपा</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">निरमल</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">मति</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">पावउँ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">॥</span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">janakasuta jag janani janaki. atisay priy karunanidhan ki</span><span face=""Nirmala UI","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">॥</span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">take jug pad kamal manavun. jasu kripan niramal mati pavun</span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: #17365d; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Meaning
that she is the one who is the universal creator, the mother of all beings and with
her mercy ones intellect (the power to discriminate between right and wrong) is
cultivated<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">yet on
seeing a magical golden deer she wishes to possess it, even lakshman on hearing
her request goes chasing after the deer not realizing that golden deer’s do not
exist, now when lakshman is away ravana kidnaps her and takes her to lanka the magical
city of gold and promises all the wealth in the world, rejecting all this, now
she longs for ram<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">When she
had ram she wanted the magical golden deer and when she was taken to a full
magical golden city she was miserable without Ram<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">One story
she told hanuman so that he could convey to Ram that he had meet the real sita
was that once a celestial crow was disturbing her and he hurt her in the
breast, seeing this Rama took out a straw from the mattress and uttered the
magical mantra and fired a Brahmastra at the crow (astra means a weapon and Shastra
means a weapon which is activated by the power of prayer). Brahmastra is a
powerful weapon yet on seeing a womans plight that a man loves he loses all control
and takes such a drastic step <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">First time
when sita met hanuman he told her that he can carry her across the ocean to her
husband, she refused and told him Ram will not send anyone specially to me
without testing him or his valor yet she had doubt that he would not be able to
overcome the army who would be unleashed to prevent her from fleeing, later
when Hanuman proved his worth by destroying lanka and defeating an entire army
she told him that he was indeed capable of taking her but again refused to go
away with him, since she wanted her husband to come and avenge her insult of abduction
which would be the ultimate disgrace of ravana—such is the character of a woman
who is not capable of forgiving, she is ready to suffer more waiting for the
revenge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Hanuman
told ravan that you do not realize that by abducting sita you are keeping a
five hooded female serpant in your home—such is the dangerous state of a man
lusting for others wife<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">After many
months of studying I have written this article; note this that the Ramayan was
written in treta yug where there was one ram versus one ravan a 1:1 ratio of good
to evil, the mahabharat was written in dwapar yug where there were 5 righteous
pandavas <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>against 100 evil kaurav
brothers, a good to evil ratio of 5:100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Let us learn
from these great epics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">To read other interesting stories from the ramayan, you may click on the topic ramayan on the right hand side</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">To understand
the Sanskrit translation I have referred the below youtube video<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iq78oO-QNNQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="Iq78oO-QNNQ"></iframe></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 370.2pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-75842973590552516472022-06-05T07:58:00.004+05:302022-06-12T06:43:11.597+05:30Sanyas, ascetic, sadhu, leaving the world, staying in a cave<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Sanyas, renunciation,
ascetic, sadhu, leaving the world, staying in a cave, joining spiritual
organizations / cults<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">There are people
who have a wish to take sanyas, leave the worldly life<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">I will share my hands-on
practical experiences and some spiritual teachings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">The Ashtavakra
Gita </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">which </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">is essentially
the philosophical dialogue between Janaka, the father of Sita and the sage
Ashtavakra, tell’s us:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“One who is
attached to the world wants to renounce it in order to avoid sorrow. But one
without attachment is free from sorrow and does not feel miserable even in the
world.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“Those who desire
pleasure and those who desire liberation are both common in the world.Rare is
the great soul who desires neither pleasure nor liberation.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“A Bhogi (who is
after more and more of enjoyment) as also a yogi who is bent on renouncing all
enjoyments are both qualitatively on the same plane, the minds of both are on
"enjoyment' one for grasping it and the other for leaving it.One has to go
beyond both by adopting the attitude of a witness (Sakshi) i.e. by neither
accepting nor rejecting.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Having left the
world life twice, I have this to say that the best spiritual progress is
achieved by keeping in contact with the world and at the same time being aloof
from the masses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">The world is like
the water and the self like the ship, the ship cannot leave the water, but at
the same time it cannot let the water enter in it<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">The world is
meant for the unfolding / realization of the Self: why should we then seek to
run away from it? One example is the life of Shri Krishna, the Bhagavad-Gita he
spoke it out on a battle-field, and not on a mountain peak. The person on the
spiritual path is always fighting the great Mahabharat war against his vices
whom he believe to be his own hence difficult to kill, just like Arjun
initially throwing away his weapons and saying they are my own how can I kill
them<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">People desire to
find God; even when they were unable to open their heart to find their love /
soulmate, to be a true friend to someone, to develop love but instead have
prejudices, again quoting Ashtavakra Gita--“Bondage is when the mind longs for
something,grieves about something, rejects something, holds on to something, is
pleased about something or displeased about something. Liberation is when the mind
does not long for anything, grieves about anything, rejects anything, or holds
on to anything, and is not pleased about anything or displeased about anything”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">If one cannot
find the Divinity within, one can never find it outside, if one could not
achieve peace staying in the world, one can never be peaceful staying far away<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">A man at peace
does not run off to popular places or to the forest. Whatever and wherever, he
remains the same<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">It is not right
to forsake karma to become a sanyasi and further no one can escape karma, from
the movie Kung Fu Panda “one often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid
it”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">People abandon their loved ones in the pursuit for
God—mostly men do it—you will hardly find a mother who has abandoned her
children and taken sanyas.</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> For those who want to
leave their loved ones, let us take a teaching from the Mahabharat (all
teachings and guidance for the present age are given in the Mahabharat in form
of stories) I once met a man on the path to swargarohini, the trek route from
Badrinath to the sacred chaukhamba massif (the origin of both ice glaciers of
Gangotri and Alaknanda, which later merge to form the Ganga) via satopanth
lake. He was thinking of leaving his family to take sanyas. I told him the
story of Yudhisthir on his last journey to swargarohini he was followed by a
dog, when the Gods came to take him to heaven he refused to abandon the dog,
since the dog was his companion on the journey and he could not leave him
behind now, I told him you are walking on the same route now where <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yudhisthir did not even abandon a stray dog
how could he think of leaving his family, I asked him that at the time of his
honeymoon did he get this same thought of leaving his wife?. I am happy that
what I wanted to convey he understood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">The current scenario<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Those sadhus we
find mingling in the society are freeloaders, much more worldly (connected with
ordinary life, not with the spirit)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Now a days it is
not possible to live in a cave, since forest have become barren, not able to
provide the necessary food /herbs, the local people have come to know that the
Sadhus are not sincere like before and hence stopped providing support, the
sadhus having claimed to abandon the world, fight for the cave, built a door
and put a lock with their name plate, extort money from the ones who want to
stay in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Life is very
difficult staying in a damp cave with is occupied by various insects and pests,
getting up and using a decent washroom and having a hot cup of tea is such a
big blessing we realize this when staying in isolation, it is very difficult to
carry out days activity in the cold Himalaya. Before the sadhus stayed as a
community, were trained, had local support, hence could manage staying in caves<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">The different
akharas are directly affiliated to political organizations, religion was
politicize in India; what better way of mind control then Religion, which helps
politicians to gain vote, I have written how this was done in my blog Hindus
destroying Hinduism<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">In the world of
the so called renounces there is a power struggle, big money is involved <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Sadhus and drugs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">So many sadhus
are drug edicts, many are also drug sellers, about narcotics and spirituality, you
may read my blog:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-trinity-and-why-are-bhang-ganja.html"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-trinity-and-why-are-bhang-ganja.html</span></a><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">To be a business
man you require wealth; to be a sadhu your prerequisite is wealthlessness that
enables a sadhu to live a life he lives; but today some wearing orange robes
have entered politics while others turned businessmen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">I would also like
to share that I have met a few sadhus who are staying high up in the Himalayas;
they have surrendered themselves to God and are living in the hands of God,
they told me that there was never a time when they slept on an empty stomach,
by miraculous arrangements someone provided them with what they required, they
do not have any worry of their investments or financial meltdown, the fears
that we live with or the day to day problems we face in city life, they own
nothing yet have all their basic needs without any attachments and are always
happy, such sadhus are very rare and you will not find them mingling with
crowds<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">He indeed is lucky who sole worldly possession is his underware—Adi shankara<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Spiritual organizations / cults<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">All have the same
theme—the founder communicated with higher realms, the people who join the
organization are the chosen ones, and they induce fear and greed , the fear of apocalypse,
the greed that they would be saved and be the seed people for the next good age
which will come<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">The heads of such
organization live a lavish lifestyle, travelling in bullet proof cars, a life
far away from simple living and high thinking <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">I know an old
lady connected to the Brahma Kumaris, she told me that films were showed to members
showing the end of the World, they were told that only they would be saved, in
2012 she told me the date of the end has come now, a few days before the date I
saw her in the tailors shop, and asked her if the world is coming to an end why
was she getting new clothes stitched, the old lady was offended and said only
the members of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brahma Kumaris will
survive—people are so easily fooled, it is so easy to control the minds of the
people<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">People are easily fooled-- The stupidity of humans<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Let me give you a
few examples<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">There is a YouTube
channel named Liziqi, it follows the life of a girl leading her life amidst
natural surroundings, she grows bamboos and makes bamboo furniture, breeds silk
worms makes silk and then makes a dress of silk etc, she has millions of
followers, people just do not realize that this is all made up, her life seems
to defy the rules of reality, all her videos are professionally crafted videos,
from the thousands of appreciative comments one can see how people get fooled,
now there is a legal dispute with her business partners and it has come out
that millions of dollars were involved and she is in a professional business of
making videos and selling natural products<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">There is a blogger
Capt Ajit Vadakayil, who is a self proclaimed most intelligent person on the
planet, he certainly does not believe that the more you know, the less you
speak, he always boast that he has millions and millions of profile view,
people do not even realize, that when he had less profile views compared to now
he had the same number of followers, so only his profile views are jumping day
by day with no increase in followers which is not possible , also there are
hardly any views on his youtube videos, people do not realize that he himself
has manipulated / generated his profile views, he does not display his actual
blog page views, which should be thousands of times more than profile views, he
is such a pompous person that he would have declared page views if they were
more, but he is fooling people by generating his profile views. Anyone can find
contradictions in all he says, he gives dikshas in his blog asking people to
write numbers on their body, now he has started a Kalki army where people are
initiated, given ranks, people just lack basic common sense and are misguided,
people will waste their precious time, while I criticize him, I also add that
he has written very good blogs on chemical tankers (ships), but he is certainly
misguiding others by writing everything under the sun from Vedas to women’s
problems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Common sense is
not very common, so if people get carried away by reading a blog of an egoistic
person who is so foolish as to give advice to world leaders, how easy it is for
Godmen to fool people by establishing their grand ashrams <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">So you see,
people do not think, what differentiates humans and animals is that humans have
buddhi (intellect) by which they can discriminate between right and wrong, but
when people lack proper reasoning power (the ability of the mind to think and
understand things in a logical way) custodians of Religion and politicians take
advantage and control the minds of an entire nation. What can be the best
example of mind control then the current government of India, by controlling
the social media and mainstream media they have projected a false image, they
are no different from other politicians, but have managed to create a clean
image, they have filled the minds of people with hate against neighbouring
country and communities and have kept them busy by diverting their minds with
no on to question their misdeeds and unfulfilled election promises <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">_____<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">I once again say,
that the best spiritual progress can be made by staying in the world, while
leading a simple life, people can form communities and live amidst nature
following a Vedic life style leaving behind a world of constant comparison and
competition, and I myself have such a dream and trying to find likeminded
people with whom I can travel and eventually find a suitable place and settle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">The advantages of
living amidst nature are explained in the link below; giving an example of
astronauts who cannot survive in space unless a magnetic pulse generator
mimicking the Earth's frequency is fitted in their space craft, such natural
frequency may be disturbed in a city<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2014/02/astronauts-earths-heartbeat-living.html"><span style="color: #f79646; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: accent6;">https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2014/02/astronauts-earths-heartbeat-living.html</span></a><span style="color: #f79646; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">The sanyasi is
not enslaved to any specific doctrine but instead follows his own
consciousness, his own conception of the absolute but there are also some
Upanishads on Sannyasa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">People are bound
by rites (rituals), and liberated by direct experiences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">The best
renunciation is one, states Maitreya, where one abandons pride, wealth,
delusion and lust; when delusion dies in a person, enlightenment is born<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">If we reflect deeply we can understand that we all are under some delusion
in our religious beliefs and the rituals that we carry or otherwise<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">From the book
Mother by Maxim Gorky “There are extremely few free men in the world–that’s its
misfortune”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">There is a
beautiful poetry in urdu by Mirza Saadiq Sharar; which applies to us all on the
spiritual path<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">गए</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">दोनों</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">जहाँ</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">के</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">काम</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">से</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">हम</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">न</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">इधर</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">के</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">हुए</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">न</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">उधर</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">के</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">हुए</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><br />
<br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">न</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">ख़ुदा</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">ही</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">मिला</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">न</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">विसाल</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">ए</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">सनम</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">न</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">इधर</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">के</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">हुए</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">न</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">उधर</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">के</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">हुए</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">रहे</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">दिल</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">में</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">हमारे</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">ये</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">रंज</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">ओ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">अलम</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">न</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">इधर</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">के</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">हुए</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">न</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">उधर</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">के</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">हुए</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Gaye dono jahaan ke kaam se ham, na idhar ke huy en
audhar ke huye<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Na Khuda hi mila na visaal-e-sanam, na idhar ke huye
na udhar ke huye<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">I found neither faith,
nor union with my lover/and now I belong neither there nor here<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Some more from The Ashtavakra Gita<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">To be free, shun
the experiences of the senses like poison. Turn your attention to forgiveness,
sincerity, kindness, simplicity, truth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">If one thinks of
oneself as free, one is free, and if one thinks of oneself as bound, one is
bound. Here this saying is true,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">"Thinking
makes it so".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">It is true what
they say:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“You are what you
think.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">If you think you
are bound you are bound.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">If you think you
are free you are free.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">You are really
unbound and action less, self-illuminating and spotless already. The cause of
your bondage is that you are still resorting to stilling the mind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Of all four
categories of beings, from Brahma down to the last clump of grass, only the man
of knowledge is capable of eliminating desire and aversion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Enough of wealth,
sensuality and good deeds, in the forest of samsara the mind has never found
satisfaction in these.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Trying to think
the unthinkable, is doing something unnatural to thought. Abandoning such a
practice therefore, I am now established.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Liberation is
distaste for the objects of the senses. Bondage is love of the senses. This is
knowledge. Now do as you please.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">I see statistics of readers mainly from India, USA and Europe who visit
the blog but they do not interact so I have decided that after one more blog I
will take a break and stop blogging for some time, I do not feel like writing
for ungrateful readers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-47262999625916651362022-06-01T07:33:00.008+05:302022-06-02T07:04:13.257+05:30Have Hindus destroyed Hinduism?<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Have
Hindus destroyed Hinduism?</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">This articles starts by
explaining the beginning of Hinduism after Vedas—to how Vedas were lost—to the role
of Adi shankara to save Hinduism—to the present day chaos—and concludes with a
discussion how we can reconnect via fire to re-establish dharma <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Vedas are the highest
intuition possible for a human being<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Nothing is invented,
everything is invited, so the Vedas were downloaded from ether into the hearts
of the worthy, this happened worldwide and hence are not subject to any
political boundaries or limited to the Indian subcontinent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">The Vedas cover all
subjects, be it the understanding of the Universe or the human body or getting
desired help from higher realms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">The sages guided people
in India based on this ultimate wisdom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Later they laid down a
system called Sanskara, I quote directly from the book Hindu dharma by Chandra Sekharendra
Saraswati the sage of kanchi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0f243e; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">I quote</span><span> <span style="color: #c0504d; mso-themecolor: accent2;">“The word "samskara" meaning according to the
Tarka-sastra (science of logic) as "impression on memory". But this
is not how the word is generally understood. "Sam(s)"=well;
"kara"=making. "Samskara" means making something good,
refining or purifying it<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: accent2;">The dharma sasthras deal with such
samskaras as purify a man so as to make him fit to be united with the
Paramathman. From the dharma sastras we know in detail the forty samskaras that
are based on the Kalpa-sutras and that are to be performed by a man during his
life's journey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: accent2;">All religions teach people to be loving,
to be truthful and to be free from jealousy, desire and greed. But our religion
goes further by imposing on us the performance of various samskaras to acquire
these qualities in practical life. There is no use in merely preaching, in
asking people to be like this or that. A man must be kept bound to a system
consisting of such works as would help him in practice to acquire the noble
qualities expected of them. Our religion alone does this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: accent2;">For cittasuddhi (purity of the
consciousness). There are forty samskaras to refine a man with Vedic mantras
and to involve him in the rites associated with those mantras. These are the
first steps towards the indissoluble union of the individual self with the
Absolute - it is Advaiticmukti, non - dualistic release<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: accent2;">a man has to be made a knower of the
Atman through a series of rituals. Karma has to be performed in such a way as
to purify him both outwardly and inwardly. Such a karma is called samskara<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #c0504d; mso-themecolor: accent2;">The sages have laid down the forty
samskaras and the eight "Atmagunas” for this purpose.” </span><span style="color: #0f243e; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">End of quote</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">They were later brought
down to 16 sanskaras in the Grhyasutra texts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">The first sanskara
starts before birth when the parents unite as husband and wife; I again quote
from the book Hindu dharma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Quote </span><span style="color: #c0504d; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: accent2;">“The
samskaras begin with garbhadhana that is from the moment of conception [or,
more correctly, impregnation]. The sexual union of man and wife must be
sanctified by the mantras. Instead of being an act of animal passion, it is
raised to the level of a samskara with the chanting of mantras: the purpose is
the well-being of the life to be formed<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Where there should be some
delicacy in man-woman relationship people act without any sense of shame after
the fashion in the West. But, when it comes to performing Vedic rites in which
the well-being of the new life created is involved, they feel a sense of
awkwardness. Such an attitude is not right<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: accent2;">If there is any feeling of
delicacy on your part about the garbhadhana (rtusanti) ceremony, you do not
have to invite a crowd. But the rite itself must be gone through within the
four walls of the home. It is no longer the custom to have a four-day wedding
with the couple doing daily aupasana. Nor is the rite of sesa homa conducted
following the day of wedding. The couple has sexual intercourse on the same day
as the marriage without any ceremony and the chanting of mantras. This is an
evil practice and sinful. Since the intercourse takes place in an animal
manner, the children born too will be likewise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #c0504d; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: accent2;">If the mother takes medicine, the
baby is nourished, is it not? In the same way the inner thoughts and feelings
of the parents will affect the foetus and its character will be shaped
accordingly. There is a difference between what you write when your mind is
calm and what you write when you are in an angry mood: the first will be good
to read while the second will not be so pleasant. The body too is subject to
good and bad influences. The sexual union must take place when the couple is
imbued with good thoughts: it will then lead to the creation of a blob of life
(pinda) that will have the potential to develop into a noble character. This is
the reason why the marriage is consummated with the intonation of mantras”</span><span style="color: #0f243e; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"> unquote</span><span style="color: #0f243e;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">You may read my article
on sex by clicking on the link below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-pilgrimage-called-life-part-5.html"><span>https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-pilgrimage-called-life-part-5.html</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">The last sanskara is
after death, performed by relatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">As the dark ages set in
app 5000 years ago Ved Vyas in the area of Badrinath restructured the Vedas and
the Puranas, he also put forward the divine teachings to lead a good life in
the form of stories like Mahabharat, he did this as he sensed the age of
darkness and ignorance setting in where the Vedas would not shine with the same
effulgence (brilliance, radiant splendour) as in the previous ages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Since the Lord resolved
that the Vedas must burn with at least the minimum of lustre to be of benefit
to mankind and this he ensured through Ved Vyasa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Classifying objects is
also known as "vyas" hence his name Ved Vyas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">He divided the Vedas
into 1,180 sakhas (recensions) and the Brahmins were supposed to be the
custodians of the Vedas, but as time passed those who were giants in knowledge
became giants in evil and the Brahmins distorted the Vedas to suit them,
Religion turned into business and all except 6 or 7 recensions of the Vedas are
available today<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Now out of sheer
stupidity most Hindus do not keep the Mahabharat in their houses, you may read
my article on why Mahabharata is a must in every house by clicking on the link
below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-false-belief-that-mahabharata-should.html"><span>http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-false-belief-that-mahabharata-should.html</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">The curse of casteism<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">The Vedas never
acknowledged casteism but the Brahmins become the first and the biggest racist
on the planet, today almost all have abandoned their original profession of
religion but still proclaim themselves to be the chosen ones and look down on
their fellow creatures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">The entire political
structure in India is caste based<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Currently in Uttarakhand
school children refuse to eat food provided in schools cooked by lower caste; I
ask the racist of Uttarakhand that when you all take your daily dose of alcohol
do you ask which caste has made that alcohol<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Since the Brahmins
failed in their duty and made a mess of religion; 2500 years after Ved Vyas
came Adi Shankaracharya, he re-established 4 temples (char dham) and started mathas
in the 4 corners of India, hence he created a connection between north &
south India ending the divide and created an energy grid enveloping India, hence
later on the Mughals & British rulers could not manage to convert the entire
nation into their religious beliefs like they did in most countries also
Bangladesh and Pakistan which were outside this grid were cut off from India
but India remained protected <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">You may read a detailed
explanation on the reasons behind the char dham yatra by clicking on the link
below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2012/07/reason-behind-char-dham-yatra.html"><span>http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2012/07/reason-behind-char-dham-yatra.html</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Politicization of Hinduism<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Nehru started Bharat
sevak samaj keeping Gujaril lnanda in front, the point was to bring in Religion
to influence voters, what can be the best way of mind control then Religion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">What the
congress has done the BJP (formally janta party) has taken to the extremes be
it corruption or wrong doings, so Ashok singal of BJP started dharma sansad and
made 60 shankaracharyas, some of the shankaracharyas which the BJP made were
married accompanied by their wife’s and wearing western outfits, where as Adi Shankaracharya
had laid down clear rules that there can be only 4 Shankaracharyas in the 4
corners of India, even during the British rule they did not allow anyone to
take the title of shankaracharya other than the 4 designated ones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Today 2500 after
Adi shankaras effort to integrate India and re-establish the Hindu dharma we
are in chaos and darkness with Hinduism left only in countless debates and countless
branches, taking advantage God men, Gurus have sprung up, each putting forward
his own method and ideologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">It is
interesting to note that again after 2500 years after Adi shankara a moment has
commenced in the name of Ram and a temple re-established, but this is certainly
a political moment by keeping a political Ram in the picture <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">One young man
told me that he was with his wife at Auli in Himalaya which is a scenic skiing
place, he was talking to some senior citizens of visiting Badrinath which is
close by; they told him that this is not his age to visit Badrinath he can do
that when he is old. People have made visits to a shrine just a mandatory
requirement which one has to do when he / she is old; such people do not even
realize the importance of visiting a spiritual powerful place like Badrinath
and the power of the Bhairav temple in the temple, one look at the barren
mountains around Badrinath makes you feel the spirituality of that place<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">There is hardly
any family which practices the laid down sanskaras completly, there are no
agnihotris (householders who maintain the sacred fire) left, Religion has
turned into power struggle and money game, our ancient temples destroyed mostly
by mughal invaders, we must strongly reflect why our religious fabric was
destroyed; when the place of worship loses its spiritual power this can happen,
the Shankaracharya of Govardhan matha Swami Sri Nischalananda Saraswati says
that, I quote him </span><span style="color: #c0504d; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: accent2;">“soon <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the deities worshiped at jagannath puri (one
of the 4 dhams) will depart because of the wrong doings of the priest there and
when the righteous Gods depart evil spirits take over the idol”</span><span style="color: #0f243e; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"> end of his quote, this newspaper link may give a glimpse of the wrong
doings happening<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.firstpost.com/politics/scandalous-lapse-in-lord-jagannaths-rituals-why-this-will-be-too-hot-for-naveen-patnaik-to-handle-2315882.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">https://www.firstpost.com/politics/scandalous-lapse-in-lord-jagannaths-rituals-why-this-will-be-too-hot-for-naveen-patnaik-to-handle-2315882.html</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">So what can we
do, with no true Guru to guide us?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">We can aspire to
live a righteous life, chant our mantras like the Gayatri and keep a fire /
lamp in the house—praying to the fire to connect us with the saints<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">How does Fire connect <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Different
elements have different roles, Air spreads, hence flags with mantras written on
them are hoisted at heights, water is the custodian of memory hence we take a
pledge (sankalp) while holding water in our hand, we bless or curse someone by
expressing our wish and throwing the water. Water through rivers / streams transmits
the memory of destruction of nature which takes place downstream which is
transferred to mountain tops, hence when nature is destroyed at the base the
destruction is felt in the mountains. Fire unites, that is why marriage
ceremonies are held in front of fire, in fact all ceremonies are held in front
of the fire, so fire forms a grid, all spiritual groups have their eternal
(akhand) fire burning, any new entrant takes the fire from this eternal fire
and connects to the respective spiritual network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">There must be
something in Hinduism hence no invader / plunderer who came to India could destroy
its core Religion, I am sure that the one who is worthy always receives the
guidance into his heart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: verdana; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You
may also read:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2021/10/spiritual-consequences-of-women-wearing.html"><span>https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2021/10/spiritual-consequences-of-women-wearing.html</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2021/12/questions-and-answers-1.html"><span>https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2021/12/questions-and-answers-1.html</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-buddha-in-hinduism.html"><span>https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-buddha-in-hinduism.html</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-divine-cow-gau-mata.html"><span>https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-divine-cow-gau-mata.html</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2017/05/let-there-be-peace-on-earth.html"><span>https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2017/05/let-there-be-peace-on-earth.html</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-17062077377694496572022-04-04T06:49:00.001+05:302022-04-05T06:40:58.318+05:30Samudra manthan—the eternal quest—churning of the ocean<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“And, when you want
something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” Said Paulo
Coelho in his book The Alchemist; this happened in the Vedic story of the
churning of the ocean— the samudra manthan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">You may also read this
story:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2013/04/what-does-story-of-shiv-avatar.html"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2013/04/what-does-story-of-shiv-avatar.html</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The nectar was lost
in the vast ocean and so were the blessings; In order to regain them the ocean
required to be churned (separation process), the ocean represents the
collective consciousness, both virtue and vice; the ocean is both stable as
well as chaos, symbolizes formlessness, the unfathomable, the ocean is
considered to be boundless, a place where one can easily be lost, and can
therefore be seen to represent the boundless span of life, and the way one can
get lost on the journey through life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The churning was only
possible with the Devas and Danavas (Asuras) coming opposite and participating,
the tug of war, the eternal quest between the good and evil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Vasuki the King of snakes
became the churning rope--Snake represents creative life force<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mount Mandara was
used as the churning rod—Mandara comes from the root word mana meaning mind, and
dhara meaning one line or flow, so it was very obvious that amidst the pull
between the good and bad (balancing the yin yang) the mind soon become unstable
and could not hold on; here comes the Kuma the turtle, who comes below the
mount and gives it stability, the turtle represents the withdrawal of ones
senses, like it withdraws its limbs from the outside world; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hence the mind can only be stable when
senses are withdrawn<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEddrUp6-8N7HEbwxbxdIpY3Si-bYRoytQrTUKVw7kNFKaEW2DruxCiKcA9b50KguAitR3BgQBqQGS83Zmxk_pXGACCpmzGyC5e9RH7KM-jP01Z9_9HsKqwMpSotPMvdW6sn4IEXRZTfKXNSqfiJ2TCaMtBvUpQUYnbecEMbciVHYLAafYUElBh5EVhg/s2560/samudra_manthan-_cover_picture-scaled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="2560" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEddrUp6-8N7HEbwxbxdIpY3Si-bYRoytQrTUKVw7kNFKaEW2DruxCiKcA9b50KguAitR3BgQBqQGS83Zmxk_pXGACCpmzGyC5e9RH7KM-jP01Z9_9HsKqwMpSotPMvdW6sn4IEXRZTfKXNSqfiJ2TCaMtBvUpQUYnbecEMbciVHYLAafYUElBh5EVhg/w400-h184/samudra_manthan-_cover_picture-scaled.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><o:p><br /></o:p></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Samudra manthan
symbolizes the spiritual endeavour of a person, trying to achieve his desires
and also self-realization by concentrating his mind, withdrawing his senses, while
all the time engaging in the eternal tug of war between what seems to good and
evil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We do not always get
what we desire and hence instead of nectar first came out the halahal (poison),
the Gods had drank the nectar of immortality before, yet they were afraid to
drink the initial outcome of the churning-- the poison—everyone wants only the
good while not accepting the bad which comes on their way, no one realizes that
they also deserve the bad as per their karma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Here comes the
Mahadev, who starts drinking the poison the mahadav represents Tamas guna, not
only he has the ability to absorb the poison but also the character to voluntarily
consume the poison to save all, the snakes too voluntarily (by free choice)
came to drink the poison, Parvati his consort came besides him and by putting
her hand on his throat stopped the poison from entering his body hence only his
throat became blue, hence he is also called the Nilkanth—the one with the blue
throat…the story goes on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Enjoy the video<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy9_K7FCImbH2u8qVxVLl5-N_mVU1ERobAV7XX6J-enjPRiS6e7OnLsExi_rwxjW_zFlN6c34_jt87UQbQjvA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A good Mahadev chant:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SEV4QTyOdR4" width="320" youtube-src-id="SEV4QTyOdR4"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-5395484223559835602022-03-13T13:13:00.008+05:302023-07-02T11:46:20.917+05:30The problem is everyone has a different perception of God & Religion <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">last edited on 27th march 2022</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">In my previous blogs I have
written that there is no difference between being spiritual and following a
religion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Most people perceive God as a kind hearted
power that has taken care of them and will always be available to attend to
their problems; they fail to see the suffering around them to realize that all
are bound by their karmas and God does not have any favourites. That is why
people like Jiddu krishnamurti said there is no God; what he meant was there is
no God as people perceive him to be</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Religion laid guidelines to
the righteous path, most suited for that particular race<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">The problem arises when
people start believing that theirs is only the true path and their God only the
true one; I rewrite what I have written in my previous blog—“There is wisdom
all around; who is the source of this wisdom whereby all plants, animals are so
wise; is it the Christian God, Hindu God or the Muslim God……”</span><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Thinking is
Difficult, That's Why Most People Judge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Carl Jung<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOKMGdYnm3LYXvOfEFoNqF1YKpzmHjg9k3FAMpajxeDq29ViuJz8D6F-t5gOU8wOa2xdwa1VMZxAmk9SYfqIp3OU5uCPrEOtKl5dy42xLC-V3-D4IyjWiZhtjk5mtaE29J2oEEnpJfnE3QL2nTRf6CCPwTe4k99zi4HwFMtv3-yknhx8QRFkQx7ewtvA=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="1500" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOKMGdYnm3LYXvOfEFoNqF1YKpzmHjg9k3FAMpajxeDq29ViuJz8D6F-t5gOU8wOa2xdwa1VMZxAmk9SYfqIp3OU5uCPrEOtKl5dy42xLC-V3-D4IyjWiZhtjk5mtaE29J2oEEnpJfnE3QL2nTRf6CCPwTe4k99zi4HwFMtv3-yknhx8QRFkQx7ewtvA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">When one has a religion,
one gets a God and with the package deal comes the devil (evil) which no one
wants to accept as their own faults , vices and short comings and hence the
blame on the devil. And some like the Christians & Muslims go a step ahead
and declare everyone as evil who does not belong to their religion. Opinions
& believes are formed, the mind no longer open but closed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">I Would Rather Have
A Mind Opened By Wonder Than One Closed By Belief.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnIClsyfeqmjQ_H7F645K9zvMM2OCg9nv1Dxy3F3ZAw4-dcoZwXZKpvhm478runRuznlX6YvmlFsKQY7C-Cb4i6HiZgoqYK7VTc_0TpNic7P-tFYsd0M0CogFgYC8miTSOgFxs-CVmesglEA0z8tevoCp-rio64XccUxVUNVJ_mDdDTCbWct_Xcvajqg=s403" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="403" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnIClsyfeqmjQ_H7F645K9zvMM2OCg9nv1Dxy3F3ZAw4-dcoZwXZKpvhm478runRuznlX6YvmlFsKQY7C-Cb4i6HiZgoqYK7VTc_0TpNic7P-tFYsd0M0CogFgYC8miTSOgFxs-CVmesglEA0z8tevoCp-rio64XccUxVUNVJ_mDdDTCbWct_Xcvajqg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">When your religion
and culture creates the sense of superiority over other faiths and culture, it
means that there is something wrong with its teachings or your perceptions.
True religion humbles us in front of others, irrespective of caste, creed and
lives on earth. Realizing truth shall humble you and not fill you with pride.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIazT-uxMEUz1WsUrrS5DMtJyKhNJ8EEEGQJAyRg4Kkkf1LY0c0yHcNA7-MtmdkVX0gsgK5BkEIkcOOMa7JRFmkQoQ_Rj0QdfTSOLwO18TFX0u9qeVl-LjT31Ct7sdnP2L318k2f01KsQiIQXvnALb8B_ym4y0oK_7UpdN5dKxzy90jYBaoJ0swIA0xw=s899" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIazT-uxMEUz1WsUrrS5DMtJyKhNJ8EEEGQJAyRg4Kkkf1LY0c0yHcNA7-MtmdkVX0gsgK5BkEIkcOOMa7JRFmkQoQ_Rj0QdfTSOLwO18TFX0u9qeVl-LjT31Ct7sdnP2L318k2f01KsQiIQXvnALb8B_ym4y0oK_7UpdN5dKxzy90jYBaoJ0swIA0xw=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Quotes of Sri Ramakrishna
Paramahamsa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Lovers of God do not
belong to any caste."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Never get into your
head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain
that God without form is real and that God with form is also real. Then hold
fast to whichever faith appeals to you."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">"Knowledge leads to
unity, but Ignorance to diversity."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">“I practised each religion
for a time — Hinduism, Islam, Christianity. Furthermore, I followed the paths
of the Saktas, Vaishnavas, and Vedantists. I realized that there is only one
God toward whom all are travelling; but the paths are different.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_4-yyolrJ20t7rQ6m7YzYf79awAjV3MqYe4bXqgdBwkqJIiU4D69y3586tXgz1se0R_QY2vAmyFF0x1JPhFp5GuZbATZioVWVZxggzc0uWevl8if-gGtMI4YMxgpSHN_70Zzir44-CBkrrRL8eMPmx9tf3_GsLWcil5IXzW3ixZqs2RLJAYdTy7TD-w=s458" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_4-yyolrJ20t7rQ6m7YzYf79awAjV3MqYe4bXqgdBwkqJIiU4D69y3586tXgz1se0R_QY2vAmyFF0x1JPhFp5GuZbATZioVWVZxggzc0uWevl8if-gGtMI4YMxgpSHN_70Zzir44-CBkrrRL8eMPmx9tf3_GsLWcil5IXzW3ixZqs2RLJAYdTy7TD-w=w349-h400" width="349" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
further said religions were specifically created to suit different regions;
this is true if you realize that every single action of GOD, including every
prophet chosen in the Qurán, Torah, and Bible occurred within the red circle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEKMmWdg2QVC5WiBiuuQdo_aMhd0_4_ZhWqLGJv9GVSTvE7dy1mPt6_L9w5jEO5jgOSfJXIOWbLdve5tBDsGF83hoktRyZD1E68BnCh019xAqyrRk82j_qkT6yP22L-cEJM2OtnnOcFIjhz4F85Az_eedVaB_48H-jjrg5mqeYYfUdpkBxPhqm_pfyVA=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="836" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEKMmWdg2QVC5WiBiuuQdo_aMhd0_4_ZhWqLGJv9GVSTvE7dy1mPt6_L9w5jEO5jgOSfJXIOWbLdve5tBDsGF83hoktRyZD1E68BnCh019xAqyrRk82j_qkT6yP22L-cEJM2OtnnOcFIjhz4F85Az_eedVaB_48H-jjrg5mqeYYfUdpkBxPhqm_pfyVA=w349-h400" width="349" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Even if you see the Hindu
religion all centre points like jyotirling and Shakti peeths are all located in
the Indian sub-continent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Do not confuse the eternal
path—Sanatan Dharma with today’s Hinduism which is completely distorted and
full of debates. New religions founded as early as the 17<sup>th</sup> century
have been distorted and divided into various branches, so what can be left of
the Vedic religion was is as old as time itself; this has given rise to the
various God-men in India who have opened business houses in the name of
religion <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Your beliefs don't
make you a better person, your behaviour does.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibiqK6bTOc5ONrYpO2s8-D3c3sGS6r7pkqtNZ1R-dsnUVJPR8qcKbX14VMbYuLt8l4KItsozMg82BirUDBi2LF_NbT2i6qUCPRUjW_u7y9Qd8svBQcMKZzIXOKMcldr1Ckjb_I-TdhZOzatG_WHnGCmmyCWfGzG7geuqdrNqhSOVyU_KLTXJm2eU4gWw=s225" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibiqK6bTOc5ONrYpO2s8-D3c3sGS6r7pkqtNZ1R-dsnUVJPR8qcKbX14VMbYuLt8l4KItsozMg82BirUDBi2LF_NbT2i6qUCPRUjW_u7y9Qd8svBQcMKZzIXOKMcldr1Ckjb_I-TdhZOzatG_WHnGCmmyCWfGzG7geuqdrNqhSOVyU_KLTXJm2eU4gWw=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">An example of the above Pope
John Paul II, did what the USA & NATO could not, he played a major role in
breaking up the USSR, he did that because the communist were atheist and hence
did not have a God, but the atrocities committed by the rulers of USA &
Europe who had a so called God are unmentionable<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Please read this blog:
click on the link<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #953735; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #953735; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2017/05/let-there-be-peace-on-earth.html"><span style="color: #953735; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #953735; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2017/05/let-there-be-peace-on-earth.html</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #953735; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #953735; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">I was amazed to read that
one of the English Queens body guard went to Ukraine to fight since he thought
that invasion was not good, but did he realize that the Queen and her
ill-gotten wealth that he guards was acquired by plunder and mass murder,
England invaded so many countries, hence the phase “the sun never sets in the
British Empire” I call it the Queen’s guard paradox<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">I quote Pope Francis “It is
not necessary to believe in God to be a good person. In a way, the traditional.
Notion of God is outdated. One can be spiritual but not religious. It is not
necessary to go to church and give money — for many, nature can be a church.
Some of the best people in history do not believe in God, while some of the
worst deeds were done in His name.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Pope Francis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJYCKq3I_5VGOllnYUTc7tH6AJeU5C_2jf01Lk8fmjwEyEydolPt5gHpFRVJymJJLVh3YLRvxFAs3lldhuQvqjf8JlNZjxOXG-ewNv_1tMFvS_dEB919tdBUO6tcRsCxM7l0_BhtTMHl2PRIXozewpY4GpzkhG6Twp0SOK-TeM4zvxbLj9cbirlXVNHA=s700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="700" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJYCKq3I_5VGOllnYUTc7tH6AJeU5C_2jf01Lk8fmjwEyEydolPt5gHpFRVJymJJLVh3YLRvxFAs3lldhuQvqjf8JlNZjxOXG-ewNv_1tMFvS_dEB919tdBUO6tcRsCxM7l0_BhtTMHl2PRIXozewpY4GpzkhG6Twp0SOK-TeM4zvxbLj9cbirlXVNHA=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">We were all humans until
race disconnected us, religion separated us, politics divided us, and wealth
classified us<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiVEvmwvg0ZDvNSH1sbBtjdcIZ-TscQEIBCRYgiyaC6QGwaquAAONv2-aC9a5uF7eeSFuBmdAAa0hIVPg4nmdScEw8hAauyBAHVzpspONkY7mDoJVxnVHjrvuh-YAUsaCEGA8T-fmUNZKs9gMuuPaihL1whM40UakLCqbKokO3zSJ4fWagpqV21js9Q/s960/24068049_1752293434827794_2303459063712649890_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="688" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiVEvmwvg0ZDvNSH1sbBtjdcIZ-TscQEIBCRYgiyaC6QGwaquAAONv2-aC9a5uF7eeSFuBmdAAa0hIVPg4nmdScEw8hAauyBAHVzpspONkY7mDoJVxnVHjrvuh-YAUsaCEGA8T-fmUNZKs9gMuuPaihL1whM40UakLCqbKokO3zSJ4fWagpqV21js9Q/w286-h400/24068049_1752293434827794_2303459063712649890_n.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span><p></p></o:p><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">There are only two
races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid. John Fowles ·<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_gteqwyedXvjOJIijUuuu_q6IYs9vB_63WHcKoDcJD4pDaS2Y4UBlo1NtzI6Uq1T7LMdCa1xAe6vTuE81BZqaknQZpRnzQqOWb19GvJYGQw14jup3SmKClYzmShc9s-i3kiXXhAfcFEklRzXljfsvIjhjf5-lwDoQKsUtCZIl2G0Lo8DA4vVc7MOPww=s660" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="560" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_gteqwyedXvjOJIijUuuu_q6IYs9vB_63WHcKoDcJD4pDaS2Y4UBlo1NtzI6Uq1T7LMdCa1xAe6vTuE81BZqaknQZpRnzQqOWb19GvJYGQw14jup3SmKClYzmShc9s-i3kiXXhAfcFEklRzXljfsvIjhjf5-lwDoQKsUtCZIl2G0Lo8DA4vVc7MOPww=w340-h400" width="340" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">God has no religion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Gandhi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhV9uqrrJxtvDYbVnYc4-tdivclKqGlL-VAKjjH5lan1w1fbtRIWEwE2JrPvVRdjruipKPwL64jQvl_ezJEaCVzlE664OtI1BRWkSdrT-P5cynzaxoCZ1D1I6FmVz_3uqOZvqRnqnb89CXhxL5vDQ1mQtkdONwnXbIbc1m9scHkssjzrO28qmtRmfr5oA=s471" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhV9uqrrJxtvDYbVnYc4-tdivclKqGlL-VAKjjH5lan1w1fbtRIWEwE2JrPvVRdjruipKPwL64jQvl_ezJEaCVzlE664OtI1BRWkSdrT-P5cynzaxoCZ1D1I6FmVz_3uqOZvqRnqnb89CXhxL5vDQ1mQtkdONwnXbIbc1m9scHkssjzrO28qmtRmfr5oA=s320" width="294" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">If you think
Christianity was never like radical Islam; you haven’t studied Christian
history<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjcG6m2i_pOrLZK6_4ErP11IF--JuWkIfyU93U863Jo5ufZ0KZYzqdYB9_HHkFuUaa12gRgYy8hA0WqWJQDGBGmpcAYUN8S5UNc7pxXYPXYYq4m3B99o3Q0HLQbeI_QGHTwgKoSv9BHqDeWOEpXSzJ3IHYDIjHh1mz0-6Q89s0feHmQjakbR91MCvErA=s480" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjcG6m2i_pOrLZK6_4ErP11IF--JuWkIfyU93U863Jo5ufZ0KZYzqdYB9_HHkFuUaa12gRgYy8hA0WqWJQDGBGmpcAYUN8S5UNc7pxXYPXYYq4m3B99o3Q0HLQbeI_QGHTwgKoSv9BHqDeWOEpXSzJ3IHYDIjHh1mz0-6Q89s0feHmQjakbR91MCvErA=w304-h400" width="304" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">He who has the power
of turning all negative vibes in his path into positive energy has learned he
meaning of life<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">and i add that such a person does not require a religion</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyt2qb-JGU6PBvEAWRTAguAc0Zydo7JP2zrT9ivHBFasNIaga8BNAuo1VNuxFIdjDoKo_VpanbZrVwmjV0WTqrkcts4ambmljufJALqIaPofCuA3lx4X5LdawfZjdpuZl1cHZf7Cxlibak6uxNL8wckkjnJRSYH3Cyy0inB1HvL8ej_sJfLsUyoHhryQ=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyt2qb-JGU6PBvEAWRTAguAc0Zydo7JP2zrT9ivHBFasNIaga8BNAuo1VNuxFIdjDoKo_VpanbZrVwmjV0WTqrkcts4ambmljufJALqIaPofCuA3lx4X5LdawfZjdpuZl1cHZf7Cxlibak6uxNL8wckkjnJRSYH3Cyy0inB1HvL8ej_sJfLsUyoHhryQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Common sense is not a gift,
it’s a punishment. Because you have to deal with everyone who doesn’t have it—hence
develop your intellect and think; do not come under the influence of the ones
who spread hate, be it religious leaders or political rulers<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfVivvoS571bah7EShqaNLQIUnquKfiJJjyWCGukpOLYR3M_x0lWdWl7_59f-Qyj90X_kAiaTqp9lGHWDIN3jSP9S8uamQ_d81VDUnCVw6IhgJ8tuOVFsJ_hLWkbqPFZ5rbU13MgwMvHTQwgunjDW_QHKWqDHOKC8oL6z63MAUrb7Yc4hj21OF529lBA=s700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="585" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfVivvoS571bah7EShqaNLQIUnquKfiJJjyWCGukpOLYR3M_x0lWdWl7_59f-Qyj90X_kAiaTqp9lGHWDIN3jSP9S8uamQ_d81VDUnCVw6IhgJ8tuOVFsJ_hLWkbqPFZ5rbU13MgwMvHTQwgunjDW_QHKWqDHOKC8oL6z63MAUrb7Yc4hj21OF529lBA=w334-h400" width="334" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Lastly a joke: Eskimo: 'If
I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?' Priest: 'No, not if you
did not know.' Eskimo: 'Then why did you tell me?'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh39-uGn709CFgglzztoSRxniGfqSRyExde7n6oixrjkvO-vSllslwekGo1XXqqZFgpyBJlqohdNtpAJmPeeB0FK6BSET0FvHnl6WyHYgp1WrU27FDs3eMByaCZDBh6Jy8V5tSezt81qNbjB-k8gqP2NOifI2MhWo_ibnKuPU0dji4Vr5Ljpx6WdQJKkg=s1280" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1280" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh39-uGn709CFgglzztoSRxniGfqSRyExde7n6oixrjkvO-vSllslwekGo1XXqqZFgpyBJlqohdNtpAJmPeeB0FK6BSET0FvHnl6WyHYgp1WrU27FDs3eMByaCZDBh6Jy8V5tSezt81qNbjB-k8gqP2NOifI2MhWo_ibnKuPU0dji4Vr5Ljpx6WdQJKkg=w400-h399" width="400" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #17375e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #17375E; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-56483717803512556172022-01-01T10:38:00.003+05:302022-01-02T12:43:35.277+05:30Gayatri mantra and the story behind it<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">There is a big problem with Sanatan dharma (Hinduism); since
it is as old as time itself, it is completely distorted, one theory contradicts
others, there are countless debates also manmade stories but we can always learn
from these stories just as an ant cleverly eats sugar from a sugar / sand
mixture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">One such story is of the king Kaushik who later came to
be known as Vishvamitra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">While travelling with his army king Kaushik halted at
the ashram of Brahmarishi Vashista who was able to feed the entire army because
he was gifted with kamadhenu, a miraculous cow of plenty who provides her owner
whatever he desires. The king had all resources but like always the more you
get the less you have, so now the king desired to have Kamadhenu, when the sage
refused he tried to take away the cow by force (are not all rulers / lawmakers
like that, always above and misusing the law) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">This time instead of life giving food, an army came out
of Kamadhenu who soon defeated the entire army of the shocked king. Angry with
a bruised ego he wanted to take revenge and get the cow by all means, realizing
the limitations of human strength, he turned towards penance (tapasya), after all
ascetic practices carried out to achieve spiritual power, he became a Rajrishi,
having control of the elements which he could also use in a destructive way<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">He attacked and destroyed Vashista’s ashram also killed
his sons but could not manage to harm Vashista who simply kept his spiritual
staff in front of him as a shield, humiliated for the second time, now the king
wanted to be a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brahmarishi so that he
may have the same powers as Vashista rishi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Here starts his journey, where he renounced his
kingdom, all the luxuries he was used to, even simple food and at a later state
even his breath was brought to the bare minimum required. There were many
instances during this journey which freed him of his greed, jealousy, anger,
and other negative emotions, like the episode with menka where he could free
himself of the attachment towards a woman.</span><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Now the time came when he could be declared as a
Brahamrishi; he wanted to accept the title in the presence of Vashista. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Vashista appeared and this time too he blessed him like
he used to bless him before, Kaushik was expecting to be greeted by Vashista as
a Brahamrishi, since they were equals now and not be blessed by him, since
blessing is only given to the one who is lower than own self, by now having
overcome his hate and anger, he had the ability to self reflect on himself, as
to why <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vashista still did not consider
him to be the equal to him and he got his final awakening, he realized the
nature of his ego, the futile quest / ego exercise to become a Brahamrishi just
to let Vashista <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>down, he reflected on
his wrong doings, now he did not feel like accepting the title and the powers.
This was the time, sensing the positive change in him; Vashista greeted him as
he would greet a Brahamrishi and addressed him as a Brahamrishi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Kaushik had become a Brahamrishi solely on virtue of
his penance (tapasya) without any help from anyone; his story is an example of
what a human could achieve solely on basis of will power and strength, he had also
gone against the God’s to create a separate constellation, the heaven for
trishanku. Knowing this quality about him the God’s requested him to find a
solution to guide humans in the dark ages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">So once again after his countless years of penance, he
once again went into deep mediation and from ether he extracted the 24
syllables of the Gayatri mantra and gifted it for the benefit of mankind; hence
he came to be known as Vishvamitra—the friend of the universe (vishva meaning
universe and mitra meaning friend)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Note: while chanting vare </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">ṇ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">i yam it is treated as vare </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">ṇ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">yam, that is ni is not pronounced<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">The Gayatri mantra is in the Rig Ved. Ved is the
highest intuition possible for a being, since all knowledge is stored in ether
from where it is invited; nothing is invented by human only invited from ether<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Upper caste believe that only they have the right to
chant the Gayatri mantra, if that was the case Vishvamitra would have been
named brahmin mitra (friend of Brahmins and not as a vishva mitra—friend of the
universe)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Click below link to read the inspirational story of how
the Ashtakshari mantra--“Om Namo Narayana”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>was given to all irrespective of caste <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2012/07/ramanuja-saint-who-broke-tradition-for.html"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2012/07/ramanuja-saint-who-broke-tradition-for.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Now most of the recensions / sakhas of the Vedas are
lost because of the Brahmin’s who were the custodians of the Vedas they have
done nothing except turning religious places into business houses, amassing
wealth and looking down on their fellow beings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">We can gain from the story of a mortal who overcame all
human vices and on basis of his will power and strength alone became so useful
to society, that he came to be known as Vishvamitra—the friend of the universe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">In the dark ages we are orphaned spiritually with no
guidance, we have to find our own way amidst endless suffering. The Gayatri
mantra develops our Buddhi (intellect) with which we can differentiate between
right and wrong (the difference between a human and an animal is that
humans have buddhi / intellect) In a
society which is constantly trying to make us into something else, politicians
and religious leaders use mind control, it is for us to sharpen our buddhi /
intellect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Before we chant any Ved mantra we touch our head and
mention the name of the Rishi who gifted us this mantra (alike placing his feet
on our head) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>touch our nose and name the
Chandas or <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vedic metre of the mantra, since
the mantra would have been distorted in time had the Vedic meter not followed,
hence Vedic meter is as important as breath, hence we touch nose, no life
without breath similarly no life in the mantra without its chandas (the vedic
meter of Gayatri mantra is Gayatri) then touch the heart and name the presiding
deity of the mantra<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">So in the case of Gayatri mantra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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rishihi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">विश्वामित्र</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">ऋषि</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Nose<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Gayatri
chandah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">गायत्री</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">छंद</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">heart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Savita
Devta<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">सविता</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">देवता</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">There is a longer version of the Gayatri mantra form
Yagur Ved which is explained in this video, also the meaning and correct
pronunciations are given in this video<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Longer version of the Gayatri mantra, not used for
chanting but during sandhya prayers and pranayam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">ॐभूः ॐभुवः ॐस्वः</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">ॐमहः ॐजनः ॐतपः ॐसत्यम्</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">ॐ तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गोदेवस्यधीमहि</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">धियोयोनःप्रचोदयात्।</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">ॐआपोज्योतीरसोऽमृतं ब्रह्म भू र्भुवः स्वरोम्॥</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Om Bhuuh Om Bhuvah Om Svah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Om Mahah Om Janah Om Tapah Om Satyam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Om Tat-Savitur-Varennyam Bhargo Devasya Dhiimahi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">DhiyoYo Nah Pracodayaat |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Om AapoJyotiiRaso[a-A]mrtam Brahma Bhuur-BhuvahSvar-Om
||<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">There is a verse in the Ramayana which also helps to
develop buddhi / intellect (as told by the Shankaracharya of Govardhan math
Swami Nischalananda Saraswati)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">जनकसुता</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">जग</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">जननि</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">जानकी</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">।</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">अतिसय</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">प्रिय</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">करुनानिधान</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">की</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">॥</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">ताके</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">जुग</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">पद</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">कमल</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">मनावउँ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">ॐ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">जासु</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">कृपा</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">निरमल</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">मति</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">पावउँ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">॥</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">janakasuta jag janani janaki. atisay priy karunanidhan
ki</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-hansi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent1;">॥</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">take jug pad kamal manavun. jasu kripan niramal mati
pavun<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">This is the video of the above verse<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwGEp7irsonfQBuMSAxW_sTFYm-ArF1m-xa_MAZoamAPR9IFCssLhC0_HJpMz5MB1OX8KAfq9s8wyGJZs2onA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Research reports on the benefit of chanting the Gayatri
mantra, both for ourselves as well on behalf of others are available on the
net.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">May we all chant this great mantra and purify our
buddhi / intellect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Speaking about mantras, the maha mantra which ISKON--The
International Society for Krishna Consciousness followers chant is taken from
the Kali-Santarana Upanishad also called Kalisantara</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">ṇ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">opani</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">ṣ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">ad. When Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu promulgated the Mahamantra, it was
rendered with Krishna's name's first, the original maha mantra is with Ram’s
name first <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Hare Ram Hare Ram , Ram Ram Hare Hare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Hare Krishna Hare Krishna , Krishna Krishna Hare Hare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">The pronunciation of word RAM is same as pronouncing
OM—first lips are open then closed, but if you say rama instead of ram, the lip
moment is open-close-open<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">OM is the moola (root) mantra of the Vedas, hence it
contains all that is in the Vedas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-59387803303275535392021-12-27T07:21:00.003+05:302021-12-27T07:24:25.191+05:30questions and answers 1<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuz2rqyNGYbGguWlXVCrpbePDWRUdipaju2PTCpJ535AQcJqHwUtE9f6SpiuNsPdibwv_gRljdHFNSFM7VVfT8uWMcA1cZT0K6hq55NxJBq7VdMD4dNjFVHBL8Lns7HNDZR1QUdYH8kAPYNfM73YYKTxw3isRnhWqcSFS1uMwR3aNiPNoK0nLdnjkoZQ=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="960" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuz2rqyNGYbGguWlXVCrpbePDWRUdipaju2PTCpJ535AQcJqHwUtE9f6SpiuNsPdibwv_gRljdHFNSFM7VVfT8uWMcA1cZT0K6hq55NxJBq7VdMD4dNjFVHBL8Lns7HNDZR1QUdYH8kAPYNfM73YYKTxw3isRnhWqcSFS1uMwR3aNiPNoK0nLdnjkoZQ=w400-h309" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Questions </span> and <span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Answers<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">You are known to be a humble being;
how did you cultivate humility?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;">He replied with a question “what is there in me, to be
proud of”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Why are our prayers not answered?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;">If they answered there would be no purpose of life on
this planet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Who are our best friend and our
worst enemy?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;">A controlled mind is our best friend and one can never
find an enemy more worse than an uncontrolled mind <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">What is most difficult in this world?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;">To walk the righteous path and also to realize “who am
I”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">When will hate cease to exist?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;">The day love will cease to exist will be the day hate
will vanish; because they exist because of each other, love has no meaning
without hate, and as you collect experiences in life you will understand that
they are born from each other<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Who is a saint?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Who does not count sins of others but his well aware of
his own sins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Is celibacy a must on the spiritual
path?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;">What is more important in the journey of life is to
gain the realization that love is more profound than lust. Life is all about
alchemy—that is transformation where lust is transformed into love <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Who is the one true God? The
Christian God or the Muslim God <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #8064a2; mso-themecolor: accent4;">The one who taught the bird to build a nest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p><br /></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-57050609307632244472021-10-02T11:04:00.003+05:302022-01-04T07:08:18.961+05:30Spiritual consequences of women wearing revealing clothes<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">In rural areas women
may be seen dressed in revealing clothes or being topless, but it is considered
as their custom, the same may not be accepted in a city where a woman is looked
down upon wearing revealing clothes, similarly I have seen many rural women
smoking or chewing tobacco but when a lady staying in a city does the same it
may not be accepted by many. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">It is not about
wearing, it is about the feeling to sexually provoke anyone <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">This article is about
the spiritual harm done to women who intentionally wear revealing clothes or in
any way provoke others sexually (of course applicable to men as well)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">I ask some simple
questions; the answer to these questions is the answer to the above mentioned
topic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Why do we cover a
bottle of milk while feeding a child?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Why do we keep food
covered instead of open display?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Why do we hang an evil
eye “repellent” in the house?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Why we do not display
our wealth openly?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">The answer is same; to
ward off evil energy (evil eye) which causes harm <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Similarly a woman
dressed in revealing clothes continuously receives such bad energy (there is a
communication of negative energy between the person and the woman, which in no
way is beneficial to both of them), it may boost her ego due to the attention
received, but she certainly is inviting the negative energies towards her as
she uses her body to distract men from purposeful and higher thoughts – thus
leading to the decay of their thought process (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #365f91; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">the process of thought
is the basis of spiritual progress</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">She is equally
affected when a man sees her photo or video, energy is transferred in this case
also ( aura can also be studied by looking at the photo of the person, and a psychic
person can come to know that the person is dead since the photo of a dead
person does not show aura)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I end by saying that a spiritually accomplished person would never have
the feeling to sexually provoke anyone <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">You may also like to read
my article on sex (click on link below)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-pilgrimage-called-life-part-5.html"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-pilgrimage-called-life-part-5.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-28342753813506121362021-08-08T13:18:00.005+05:302021-08-08T13:24:06.763+05:30Hundred years back Rudolf Steiner proclaimed that blondes are more intelligent<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Rudolf Steiner
proclaimed that blondes are more intelligent; he also said that blondes will
become extinct sooner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Both the above mentioned
points have been scientifically proved now<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Hundred years back Rudolf
Steiner told us about feeding cows with a different diet resulting in the cow
going mad—now the world experienced the mad cow disease, he talked about the
spiritual reasons behind twin birth, the effects of nicotine and about the ill
effects of alcohol, he told us the truth behind the one we called Mahatma, he
talked about the harm of using chemical fertilizers, he showed a way to
understand things around us spiritually.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">If such topics are
taught to children we would certainly have a Vedic civilization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">I have copied a few
points from his lecture on blond hair from the website of his archives: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Blond hair is closely
linked with blue eyes; as a rule, blonds have blue eyes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Now, some people have
a strong force in their blood that drives the substances from food all the way
into the eyes. This gives them brown or black granules. Those with black
granules are people whose organisms can drive the blood most strongly into the
eyes; the substances from nourishment easily reach into the eyes. This is less
the case with brown-eyed people. Their eyes are not so well-nourished, and a
blue-eyed person's organism does not drive the nourishing substances far enough
into the eyes <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Consider the
Scandinavians. Much of the nourishment must be utilized in fighting off the
surrounding cold. A Nordic man does not have enough energy left to drive the
nourishment all the way into the eyes; his energy is needed to ward off the
cold. Hence, he is blue-eyed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">This also affects the
colour of hair. A person with strong forces drives food substances all the way
into his hair, making it brown or black. A person with less driving force does
not push these substances all the way into the hair, and thus it remains light.
So we see that blue eyes and blond hair are related. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The earth was once
young. Now it is past its prime; it is growing older and some day will perish
from old age, though not in the way described by the materialists. We are
already faced with some of the signs of the earth's old age. Therefore, the
entire human race has been weakened in regard to the driving force that moves
the food substances through the body. So what part of the population is going
to be the first to disappear from the earth? Dark people can last longer, for
they possess greater driving force; blonds have less and become extinct sooner.
The earth is indeed already into its old age, there are fewer blonds around.
Because the earth has less vitality, only the black and brown peoples attain
sufficient driving force; blonds and blue-eyed people are already marked for
extinction because they can no longer drive nourishment with the necessary
force through their bodies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">When we really study
science and history, we must conclude that if people become increasingly
strong, they will also become increasingly stupid. If the blonds and blue-eyed
people die out, the human race will become increasingly dense if men do not
arrive at a form of intelligence that is independent of blondness. Blond hair
actually bestows intelligence. In the case of fair people, less nourishment is
driven into the eyes and hair; it remains instead in the brain and endows it
with intelligence. Brown- and dark-haired people drive the substances into
their eyes and hair that the fair people retain in their brains. They then
become materialistic and observe only what can immediately be seen. Spiritual
science must compensate for this; we must have a spiritual science to the same
degree that humanity loses its intelligence along with its fair people. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0f243e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Link to full lecture:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0f243e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0f243e; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 128;">https://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA348/English/AP1981/19221213p01.html<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-78585999808599273202021-05-28T21:26:00.001+05:302021-05-29T14:46:51.982+05:30The Buddha in Hinduism<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">There is also a Buddha
in Hinduism (Bauddh in hindi)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">(more contents added
on 29/05/2021)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ROjXhZE1_tQ/YLIEk243L0I/AAAAAAAAC8I/-A0RK9rf61kqhWDEMZ4VP2d2pPRJ7U5kQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1067/800px-Somnathpur_si0814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ROjXhZE1_tQ/YLIEk243L0I/AAAAAAAAC8I/-A0RK9rf61kqhWDEMZ4VP2d2pPRJ7U5kQCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/800px-Somnathpur_si0814.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Bhagvan Buddha as
Vishnu at Chennakesava Temple (Somanathapura)</span><span style="color: #984806;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The Buddha that we
normally talk of is the Gautam Buddha in Buddhism who was born in Nepal in a kshatriya
clan (one of the four varna (social orders) of Hindu society, associated with
warrior hood) had in-laws in Nepal as well, however he attained enlightenment
in Bodh Gaya in India.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The Buddha in Hinduism
is Bhagwan Buddha, who was born in a Brahmin clan and is considered as the ten
incarnations of Bhagwan Vishnu, the story of the ten incarnations is the story
of the evolution of human race, starting from the life form that originated in
water to the perfect human being (I have written a blog for the same)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HIYSWn6xwQw/YLIF0PetpBI/AAAAAAAAC8g/dsr8UKCYoDc9Kv8YXE8EzFip2ZXA63k4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1144/800px-Buddha_statue_at_Dwaraka_Tirumala_Temple_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HIYSWn6xwQw/YLIF0PetpBI/AAAAAAAAC8g/dsr8UKCYoDc9Kv8YXE8EzFip2ZXA63k4wCLcBGAsYHQ/w280-h400/800px-Buddha_statue_at_Dwaraka_Tirumala_Temple_02.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Bhagvan Buddha as an
avatar at Dwaraka Tirumala temple, Andhra Pradesh</span><span style="color: #984806;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Hindus of India, Nepal
& Bhutan who carry out rituals study about the Buddha avatar but do not
know about Bhagwan Buddha.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_yxn-Z56DKE/YLIFQlWwzJI/AAAAAAAAC8Y/IgC6prXCPFciviSNVyadjM7yOR0DKmqXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/800px-8.Tharasuram_Airavatesvara_Temple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_yxn-Z56DKE/YLIFQlWwzJI/AAAAAAAAC8Y/IgC6prXCPFciviSNVyadjM7yOR0DKmqXQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/800px-8.Tharasuram_Airavatesvara_Temple.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Bhagvan Buddha as an
avatara at Airavatesvara Temple</span><span style="color: #984806;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The Bhavishya Purana
literally meaning future puran is one of the eighteen major works in the Purana
genre of Hinduism, and implies it is a work that contains prophecies regarding
the future, mentions Bhagwan Buddha to be born in a Brahmin clan in India<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Also in Srimad bhagwat
the location of Buddha avatar in said to be Kikateshu Bhavishyati i.e. Bhagwan
Vishnu will incarnate as Buddha in Kikat. Kikat term as been mentioned in
Rigveda too and Kikat denotes a particular location as per the commentary by
Saayanacharya.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though, the particular
location has not been specified. Chaitnya Mahaprabhu was fond of the world
famous Shridhar Teeka which is the commentary written by Shridhar Swami on
Srimad Bhagwat, here Shridhar Swami has defined Kikat as the area of Gaya. In
Kikateshu Bhavishyati, Kikat means Gaya. Like Puri is a part of Purushottam
area similarly Gaya is a part of Kikat area. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The shankaracharya of
Govardhan Math, puri, Sri Nischalananda Saraswati ji has done research on this found
a location and says that there is a village of Brahmins at a hillock and there
is an ancient icon of Buddha there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Also in Agni puran
dhyana (meditation) of Bhagwan Buddha has been detailed and his description
like long ears is given<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The shankaracharya of
puri says that the Buddhists have drawn his picture on the basis of that shloka
(verse) in Agni puran and have established it as Gautam Buddha, he further
accuses Amarasimha who was a Buddhist and who created Amarakosha (note on
Amarkosha written at the end) that he very cleverly wrote the names of Bhagwan
Buddha, and Gautam Buddha together. He used a word as a divider in between
which people fail to understand as a divider due to which incarnated Bhagwan Buddha
has been forgotten and Gautam Buddha has become famous as the Buddha.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Bhagwan stands for
God, the Buddhist do not believe in God, Gautama is the Buddha who has passed
away and Maitreya, in Buddhist traditions is a bodhisattva who will appear on
Earth in the future and will be the future Buddha <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">According to Buddhist
tradition, Avalokiteshvara is the earthly manifestation of the self-born
eternal Buddha Amitabha, whose figure is represented in his headdress, and he
guards the world in the interval between the departure of the historical
Buddha, Gautama, and the appearance of the future Buddha, Maitreya.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Both the Hindu as well
as the Buddhist Buddhas have the same gotra (lineage classification) named
“Gautam” which further adds to the confusion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tB-8x0MYd2U/YLIGHghOmCI/AAAAAAAAC8o/r8vxeT1xuyg0N0HVAD5vGiz_5wQKKMzFACLcBGAsYHQ/s1017/800px-Vi%25E1%25B9%25A3%25E1%25B9%2587u_as_Buddha_making_gesture_of_dharmacakrapravartana_flanked_by_two_disciples.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tB-8x0MYd2U/YLIGHghOmCI/AAAAAAAAC8o/r8vxeT1xuyg0N0HVAD5vGiz_5wQKKMzFACLcBGAsYHQ/w315-h400/800px-Vi%25E1%25B9%25A3%25E1%25B9%2587u_as_Buddha_making_gesture_of_dharmacakrapravartana_flanked_by_two_disciples.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Bhagvan Buddha as an
avatar of Vishnu in a Persian-style painting</span><span style="color: #984806;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #f79646; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6;">I often think of the 6000 year old idol at the
Badrinath temple of a saint sitting in mediation in padmasana pose and having
four hands (the image of maha avatar Babaji is copied from this idol, I have
written a blog on the same), some say it is the Buddha<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #f79646; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JA09dOc-QQk/YLIGRmLhaOI/AAAAAAAAC8s/hi1j2p6zQ2QVNgqgausZ62Fc-1IMHvghwCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/badrinath%2Bidol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="334" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JA09dOc-QQk/YLIGRmLhaOI/AAAAAAAAC8s/hi1j2p6zQ2QVNgqgausZ62Fc-1IMHvghwCLcBGAsYHQ/w334-h400/badrinath%2Bidol.jpg" width="334" /></a></b></div><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #f79646; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Sketch of the idol at the Badrinath temple<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LrSZTU4zHPw/YLIGaM9D7EI/AAAAAAAAC80/KhBaUkZ3lqg8i9xO5X7qBcUHTOGVH0jeACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/avatars1880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="320" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LrSZTU4zHPw/YLIGaM9D7EI/AAAAAAAAC80/KhBaUkZ3lqg8i9xO5X7qBcUHTOGVH0jeACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/avatars1880.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The ten avatars of Vishnu, compare the second last picture of Bhagvan
Buddha with the Sketch of the idol of the Badrinath temple, sitting in
padmasana and having four hands<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #f79646; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Note: The Amarakosha (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">अमरकोशः</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> is the popular name for Namalinganushasanam (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">नामलिङ्गानुशासनम्</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"> an ancient thesaurus of Sanskrit, a reference book of
Sanskrit words {A thesaurus or synonym dictionary [A synonym is a word,
morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word]
(note: A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit in a language.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #984806; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-87325482875257397042021-04-19T19:26:00.003+05:302021-04-19T19:28:18.050+05:30A Pilgrimage called Life---part 8<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">One is attached to the world in hate as much as he
is attached to the world in love; one has to go beyond both, by neither
accepting nor rejecting anything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Abraham Lincoln once said-- “You can tell the
greatness of a man by what makes him angry”; for it is very natural for a
righteous person who always tries to walk on the path of dharma to feel angry
looking at the society in general—the hypocrisy of the leaders, a world of
constant comparison and competition, the increasing gap between the super-rich
and the poor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">However the Ashtavakra Gita, says: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Bondage</span></b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> is when the mind <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">longs</b> for something, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Grieves</b> about something, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">rejects</b> something, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">holds on</b> to something, and is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">pleased</b>
about something or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">displeased</b> about
something.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Liberation</span></b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> is when the mind does
not long for anything, grieves about anything, rejects anything, or holds on to
anything, and is not pleased about anything or displeased about anything<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">So we are equally bond to this world, both in love and
in hate</span><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Further, the Ashtavakra Gita says</span><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #403152; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">A Bhogi (who is after
more and more of enjoyment) as also a yogi who is bent on renouncing all
enjoyments <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">are both qualitatively on the
same plane</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #403152; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">The minds of both are
on "enjoyment' one for grasping it and the other for leaving it.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #403152; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">One has to go beyond
both by adopting the attitude of a witness (Sakshi) i.e. by neither accepting
nor rejecting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">So a person should not worry about the surroundings
but concentrate on himself<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Everyone wants a change in society, but how many
are seeking a change in themselves; for the world can only change if there is a
shift in consciousness, and this will happen when individuals change themselves
rather than hoping for the world to change <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #403152; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">“The only hope for humankind is the transformation
of the individual. To change the world, you must first change yourself.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #403152; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">Jiddu Krishnamurti<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">An enlightened being does not have to preach
others, his very existence is a blessing to all, and where ever he is, the surroundings
automatically change and he influences others without saying anything<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">I conclude by quoting another teaching from the
Ashtavakra Gita<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Those who desire
pleasure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">and those who desire
liberation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">are both common in the
world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Rare is the great soul
who<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Desires neither
enjoyment nor liberation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">the Ashtavakra Gita,
conveys that the liberated one is he who does not seek liberation <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-31355521548452071682021-04-04T21:04:00.006+05:302021-04-04T21:04:46.000+05:30The Divine Cow; Gau Mata<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Our Mother, the Divine
Cow;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gau Mata<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">(gau means cow and
mata means mother)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">For some the cow is
only a piece of meat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r0SbejmnQ0E/YGnbYRaAizI/AAAAAAAAC6E/0O6EpxUKvj8tSjzUGIl2AiWO69t82El2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s799/118297916_10217869679802709_1765286350036578607_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="799" height="224" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r0SbejmnQ0E/YGnbYRaAizI/AAAAAAAAC6E/0O6EpxUKvj8tSjzUGIl2AiWO69t82El2QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h224/118297916_10217869679802709_1765286350036578607_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">But for us, she is
this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O8k0BS1ANZc/YGnbjDkVVJI/AAAAAAAAC6I/lokl4iNVyqsk5-SaWGNSLvU0kc2sjkoFACLcBGAsYHQ/s613/118239953_10217869678762683_2301543773028132026_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="474" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O8k0BS1ANZc/YGnbjDkVVJI/AAAAAAAAC6I/lokl4iNVyqsk5-SaWGNSLvU0kc2sjkoFACLcBGAsYHQ/w309-h400/118239953_10217869678762683_2301543773028132026_n.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">When we study the
scriptures we realize that it is not just an animal but an entire energy
system, the Gau Shakti, so necessary for human kind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Life evolves upward
from levels lower than even apparent animation; when the animal starts its
evolution journey its body grows laterally meaning sideways / <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>horizontally eg: a worm, lizard etc and there
is hardly any development in the fore head, the forehead is a measure of the
development of the Pineal gland- seat of the soul, the third eye<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">As the animal
progresses it starts to grow vertically, meaning its height increases and with
that it keeps on developing bigger fore head which symbolizes intellect and
intelligence; you will never find a famous person with a small forehead<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Look at the head of
less evolved creatures say the worm or a cockroach there is hardly any
development in the pineal gland now look at the head of a cow see it has a
highly developed pineal gland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Animals that have a
close association with human beings evolve more quickly, and are likely to be
promoted sooner to the level of human evolution. { love read inverse is evol
}<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Some people argue that
whether we eat a plant or a cow we are killing a life, this is wrong one cannot
compare the consciousness of a plant or say a chicken to the consciousness of a
cow, the chicken or goat may not realize that they are been taken for slaughter,
but a cow will certainly come to know beforehand. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">The slaughtering of
these more highly evolved animals produces strong emotions such as fear and
anger which remain as vibrations in the meat itself and increase people’s
naturally aggressive and/or fearful tendencies, that is the reason some people
avoid use of leather goods, since they may contain the bad vibrations of the
slaughtered animal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Krishna is also called as Gopala (</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">गो पाल)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>meaning "cow protector" from
Sanskrit </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">गो</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> (go) meaning "cow" and </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Nirmala UI","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">पाल</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> (pala) meaning
"guard, protector".<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jCzsjLIxf7A/YGnbu4q11EI/AAAAAAAAC6Q/V-xBcARimA4yDPlndES9zF3dYotHCdTlwCLcBGAsYHQ/s700/krishna-1441787099_835x547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="700" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jCzsjLIxf7A/YGnbu4q11EI/AAAAAAAAC6Q/V-xBcARimA4yDPlndES9zF3dYotHCdTlwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/krishna-1441787099_835x547.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kF5zTgHZQfk/YGnb39bEsEI/AAAAAAAAC6Y/gpx2gAFyTGgFMB3oKl_KY-rLM7PfWnThgCLcBGAsYHQ/s696/0500fb2cac00301da3b70f1107fb7c7c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kF5zTgHZQfk/YGnb39bEsEI/AAAAAAAAC6Y/gpx2gAFyTGgFMB3oKl_KY-rLM7PfWnThgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/0500fb2cac00301da3b70f1107fb7c7c.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h9TZ5hqKG7Q/YGncCaFY8fI/AAAAAAAAC6g/ffnI5lI2Eb0FnuqKelt7VdGKUrUaHV6WwCLcBGAsYHQ/s473/IMG-20151120-WA0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="473" height="294" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h9TZ5hqKG7Q/YGncCaFY8fI/AAAAAAAAC6g/ffnI5lI2Eb0FnuqKelt7VdGKUrUaHV6WwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h294/IMG-20151120-WA0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Vedic cows have a
surya nadi because of which Gold is produced not only in their milk but also in
their urine; scientist have proved this by abstracting Gold from their urine,
even her dung has so many properties</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">Where a cow resides she
brings good vibrations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">To consecrate (make
pure) a place; Gospands (beneficent cattle) like cows, goats, lambs etc are set
free to graze for a minimum period of seven months! The urine and excreta (taro
and gobar) of the innocent animals help destroy pockets of sprites and dark
forces, if any and make the whole area peaceful and pure (in this regard, it is
very pertinent to point out that some years ago, when in Chernobyl, Russia,
there was a leakage of radioactivity, scientists were pleasantly surprised to
find that houses which were splattered with the urine and gobar (dung) of
cattle, there was hardly any adverse radiation)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">It is indeed sad that
our Vedic cows were replaced by the hump less western cows, let us try to bring
back our Vedic way of life<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-34084976430660860272021-02-20T12:08:00.009+05:302021-02-20T18:15:36.420+05:30Some thoughts---1<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Reality doesn't
exist until observed<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">During one of the
healthy debates Niels Bohr put a fundamental concept of quantum physics to
Einstein that a particle (object) does not exist until it is observed;
Einstein’s argument was that, “consider the speeding car to be a particle
(object) and if I do not observe it, that means it does not exist and there is
no question of me getting run over by that car”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">I have not studied Quantum Physics, but I find this to be very interesting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">The only door Houdini
could not open was the one that was not locked<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Harry Houdini made a name for himself by escaping from every
imaginable confinement -- from straightjackets to multiple pairs of handcuffs
clamped to his arms, including the ones that were specially made for him which
took five years to make. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He boasted that
no jail cell could hold him. Time and again, he would be locked in a cell only
to reappear minutes later.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">It worked every time -- but one. He accepted another invitation to
demonstrate his skill. He entered the cell, and the jail cell door shut. He began working the lock. But something was wrong. No matter how hard
Houdini worked, he couldn't unlock the lock. For two hours he applied skill and
experience to the lock but failed time and time again. Two hours later he gave
up in frustration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The problem? The cell had never been locked. Houdini worked himself
to near exhaustion trying to achieve what could be accomplished by simply
pushing the door open. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The only place
the door was locked was in his mind.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Similarly, Faith is not a complex process. It is not the result of
years of education, pilgrimages, or flashy supernatural experiences. The door
to belief is ready to open and is locked only in the minds of those who choose
to believe it is.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-6890845073513326252020-09-22T22:39:00.010+05:302020-09-22T22:47:53.085+05:30A bottle for Ganga jal (Ganges water)<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">When my aunt passed away and I had a wish to take Ganga
jal (Ganges water) for her final rituals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">I was searching for a bottle and came across one; I
immediately remembered that it was the same bottle in which she had sent sweets
for me a few months back<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">She must have sent with so much love and affection—the
same bottle was used to carry the sacred water for her final rituals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">She always wanted to meet me but I always avoided
because my job was my priority<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">We always know how
much money we have but we never know how much time is left in our and our loved
ones lives<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">People who used to send friendship messages just
ended up sending a RIP (rest in peace) message; I learned that real friends
never send friendship messages but they stand by the friend in times of need like
the one that truly love you never says “I love you”, just like small innocent children
who never use any words to express love but their pure hearts are full of love <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Click on this link to
read my 1<sup>st</sup> short story:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2014/04/forgive-yourself-she-told-him.html">https://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2014/04/forgive-yourself-she-told-him.html</a><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-64914309890357749712020-08-24T00:06:00.005+05:302022-06-10T07:04:08.815+05:30Teachings from Ramayana <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Jaki rahi bhavana jaisi, prabhu murat dekhi tin taisi<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Means there is a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">law of balance</b> operating, and that we
see the face of God in the form of our deepest thoughts, emotions and feelings <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Studying the Sanskrit
root word <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bhavana</b> which means
development, cultivating or producing in the sense of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">"calling into existence.”</b>, hence building is called bhavan, so
we create our own Universe, our own surroundings as per our deepest thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">We should never blame
others, for whatever happens to us because that is what we deserve as per the
law of balance, and if we desire to change the world, the only place we can
begin is our selves, for when we change, only then our surroundings will
change, as Krishnamurti said<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">“The only hope for humankind is the
transformation of the individual. To change the world, you must first change
yourself.”<br />
—Jiddu Krishnamurti<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Dheeraj dharam mitra aru nari aapad kal parakhiye chari<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Patience, one’s ability to follow the righteous path, Friend and Wife
(female companion) these four are always tested in adversity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">In an adverse
circumstance four things are tested--- (1) ones patience, (2) how much can a
person hold on tightly to the righteous path, (3) a friend—one comes to know
who is a true friend and who all are fair weather friends and (4) the woman who
is close to you, a woman who is close to you for material benefit will
disappear but your faithful lover / wife will never abandon you<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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this question that why the fourth point say’s women does it not apply to men as
well; the answer is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">First of all
understand that if these words were told by a man, then we could have said that
they seem biased, but these words were said by a woman in Ramayan who was none
other than Devi Anasuya (literally meaning one who is free from jealousy or
envy / the best among woman) the wife of
Rishi Atri to praise Sita who could have remained in her palace among luxury
but instead chose to follow her husband during his exile, so while praising Sita also a
message is conveyed to men that a faithful lover / wife will never abandon you
in adversity so never chase after other woman since men have a tendency to be
very irresponsible in their sexual behaviour (which I have written in the blog
on male female relationships)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and spirits, decked heavily in armour with all sorts of divine weapons, on the
other hand Ram who is now leading an ascetic life stands bare footed in a simple
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many difficulties but never received any help. He always followed the path of
dharma—the righteous path so on this special day when there was a faceoff
between good and evil and Ram stands against the mighty Ravan in battle, bare
footed, finally the seeds of virtue that he sowed in his entire life brought
results and the Gods come to his assistance, the lord of heavens sent his
chariot, which descended from heaven with the horses themselves chanting
mantras and other Gods gave him their weapons, in this way once again the
eternal laws were fulfilled that when there is a decay of dharma, he is born
age after age to destroy evil and to once again establish the righteous order
in society also the Gods coming to the assistance of Ram proves what Paulo
Coelho has written in the alchemist—this Universe conspires in helping you to achieve
your dreams, just like the Universe had once conspired to help Rudra to destroy
Tipura, you may read that story on the link below<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hanuman, "Who are you, monkey?" Hanuman bowed his head reverently,
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when I do know who I am, You and I are One.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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interpretation of the Ramayana teachings; currently I am studying the allegory
(deep meaning) of sunder kand and the story of kakbhushundi, the eternal crow,
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bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-41751349068879303552020-08-21T23:19:00.003+05:302020-08-22T23:02:04.151+05:30Ram temple at Ayodhya <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Shankaracharya re-established the 4 chardham temples India wide---and 2500
years after him now the Ram temple is to be rebuilt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the issue of reconstructing the Ram temple at Ayodhya has a political motive,
politicians want the vote bank and the Swiss bank (to store their ill-gotten
money).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">However nothing happens without a reason;</span></b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> if we go back around 5000 years, it was then that Ved Vyas in the area of
Badrinath restructured the Vedas and the Puranas, he also put forward the
divine teachings to lead a good life in the form of stories like Mahabharat, he
did this as he sensed the age of darkness and ignorance setting in where the Vedas
would not shine with the same effulgence (brilliance, radiant splendour) as in
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also known as "vyas" hence his name Ved Vyas-- one who classified the
Vedas, otherwise his real name was Krsna and, since he was born on an island,
he had the appellation “Dvaipayana" (Islander). Badarayana is another name
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orient and some tribes around the world rightly believe that our ancestors were
having more wisdom then us, whereas the western way of thinking is that our
present generation knows more than our past generation and we become smatter
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appeared to revive our lost religion, and once again tried to bring mankind on
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was not followed and various sects flourished; to re-establish the righteous
order Adi Shankara took birth, he wrote commentaries on the Upanishads, re-established
the four main temples in the 4 corners of India (You may read my articles on
char dham yatra; I add a little more here)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the lord has breakfast in Badrinath then goes for lunch in another chardham
temple and roams about all four temples in a day, people laugh but the deep
meaning is that an energy grid circulating the 4 temples which was created when
Adi Shankaracharya installed yantras in the temples which preserved India, not
only its religion but also its borders, came Moghuls and British who could not
destroy the core religion, later Pakistan and Bangladesh got separated, but India
within the grid of the temples no one could break<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that physical structure was destroyed by invaders because we had already
destroyed its spiritual core, when a civilization moves far away from the path
of dharma, the righteous path, the spiritual power no longer remains in temples
on the contrary the idols of temples are taken over and occupied by evil
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hence once we destroy
the temples spirituality what follows is the destruction of the physical
structure of the place of worship, which happened at the Ram temple at Ayodhya
by babur<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you will get an idea what is happening currently in the Jagganath puri temple,
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doubt that the temple will be used for political propaganda, stupid laser beam shows of modi, the management will fight like mad dogs over the funds generated
from the temple---keeping all this aside now that we have a chance to rebuilt
the temple, let us also strive to bring the Ram rajya (kindom of lord Ram) back,
where women are respected, the head priest of the Badrinath temple had once
told me that in sanarthan dharam, women have such a high place that the wifes
name is taken first, here the lord is called Badrinarayan, that is husband of
badri also we say Sitaram, we take the wife’s name first, but now the mind set
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us utilize this opportunity we have got again after 2500 years, since as I
mentioned earlier, nothing happens without a purpose and in every way possible
we have to be able to nature the qualities of Ram.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to follow the path of dharma, let us try our best to walk on it as much as we
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And let everyone
understand this clearly that: It is indeed our great-heartedness that we
will still allow a structure to come up named after babur who came to destroy
this land and its culture<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-17559399710018727252020-03-22T10:20:00.002+05:302020-03-22T10:25:52.584+05:30A note regarding the virus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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shall not be named” what it means is that; words have a spiritual power, when
we take the name of the one that is evil, we give it strength, we evoke him.</span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
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the name of the virus, let us spread messages only those which are useful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e46c0a; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let us deeply reflect that
we ourselves have brought it upon ourselves, let us take this opportunity to
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bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-81344840638840433542020-01-23T20:27:00.003+05:302020-05-25T12:42:00.798+05:30A Pilgrimage called Life---part 7<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Compare your life to
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will see a rough outer stone surface because the smooth outer casing stones
were later removed and used to build mosques and fortresses, also some stones
were used to rebuild homes after a massive earthquake, hence some people look
at the pyramids (and life) only as a means of survival<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While some are only interested in the hidden artefacts/
treasures and gold in the pyramids, they ruthlessly plunder the pyramids just
to find the hidden treasures; they don’t even realize that the structures they
are destroying while pursuing their greed are priceless and the present day
humans can never built them, similarly the aim of most people is to make money
in life, they do not realize the purpose of their existence (you may refer to
the first paragraph in the part 1 of this series)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Most
have wasted their life chasing wealth and</span><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> fulfilling their carnal needs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I
quote some beautiful words from the classic book mother by </span><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">maxim gorky---“the
rich. And that’s their misfortune. You see, if you keep adding copper bit by bit
to a child’s food, you prevent the growth of its bones, and he’ll be a dwarf;
and if from his youth up you poison a man with gold, you deaden his soul”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But the one who seeks the deep mysteries and
knowledge inside the pyramids, one day he comes to know about life and his
existence on earth such a rare soul has indeed sought the greatest treasure
which is knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the series on death, part2, I have written that “<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">No mummies were ever found inside the
pyramids of Giza. The great pyramids of Giza were built for some other higher
purpose” and the truly wise indeed pursue to find that higher purpose<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Look at this picture, see
the sphinx and reflect on it; half human half animal and behind it lies the
Pyramid—mankind’s true treasure<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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unknown and lost Avesta prayer (zoroastrian religion) reads:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“He has gained nothing
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He shall gain nothing
who shall not gain the soul.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let us understand that man has not come up from an ape,
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let us understand the fall of man from his original
spiritual station a pilgrimage in time---we have gathered spoils of eternity---the
history of Atlantis is the history of every man so intimately associated with
the history of fall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the days of universal materialism people who
once believed in the soul, forgot the power of the soul, they earned penny and
forgot about all the true wealth, indeed the present day education has weakened
the basis of religion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The people,only after reaching the heights of
worldly pleasure the realisation has dawned on them that the very pursuit of
pleasure has created a void in their lives, an emptiness in the very Self. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the movie Asoka (the story of the great king Ashoka),
there is a scene where the hero of the movie ask a passing monk, “kya me samrat
banunga (tell me, will I become an emperor)” the reply of the monk is indeed
the essence of one’s life “samrat to koi bhi ban sakta hai; tum to apni yatra puri
karoge (any one can become an emperor; you will complete your life’s journey {pilgrimage})
---this conversation tells us about the pilgrimage called life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our entire solar system is designed to harbour
intelligent life forms on Earth:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the diameter of Earth--The average distance between the Earth and the Sun is
108 times the sun’s diameter--The average distance from the Earth to the Moon
is about 108 times the moons diameter--This makes it so the moon appears the
same size as the sun during eclipses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our world orbits the sun at just the right distance
— not too hot, not too cold. This habitable zone is where water can exist in
liquid form — a basic requirement for life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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just right for life forms to survive, and so on<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reflecting on our behaviour—the things we read, the
internet sites we browse, the conversations we carry out—does it suit our title
of an intelligent life form and the complex mechanism behind creating it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The purpose of a
writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-60636451831608342822018-03-25T19:29:00.000+05:302020-05-25T12:45:21.139+05:30A Pilgrimage called Life---part 6<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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in parts and as I have recommended on my profile do read the post at least
three times to understand them better<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vedas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">People assigned a date to the
Vedas that they were composed in so and so year etc. The Vedas are eternal; the
scriptures tell us that the Vedas have existed even before creation. In fact,
they say, Brahma performed his function of creation with the aid of Vedic
mantras, first came the universe of sound and then the visible universe. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So it is not possible to tell the age of the
Vedas. If we say that an object is "anadi" it means that nothing
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Bahma alone knows the Vedas
in their entirety; the Vedas themselves proclaim that the “Vedas are endless”.
We cannot claim that all the Vedas have been revealed to the seers. Only about
a thousand sakhas or recensions belonging to the four Vedas have been revealed
to them. The Vedas themselves are called "Brahma" and his wife is also
called Ved Mata (mother of the Vedas) that is why one who learns them (the
student) is called a "brahmachari"—Brahma also meaning Vedas and
charya meaning to follow, going after<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Vedas are Apauru</span><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ṣ</span><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">eya, (purush
meaning man hence apauruseya means "not of a man" not the work of any
human author), Since the Mantras are associated with the names of sages, we
make the wrong inference that they may have been composed by them, it is not
so, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the sages because of their spiritual
power were able to perceive them and gift them to the World</b>, because all
Vedas have one common goal that is the well-being of the entire world and all
creatures living in it, and the uplift of the Self of each one of us and its
everlasting union with the Ultimate Reality <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are mantras that are
especially valuable for their sound but are otherwise meaningless. Similarly
there are works pregnant with meaning but with no mantrik power. The glory of
the Vedas is that they are a collection of mantras that are at once notable as
much for the energising character of their sound as for the lofty truths they
proclaim. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Similarly, the Vedas serve a
twofold purpose: while they have the mantrik power to do immense good to each
one of us and too the world, they also contain teachings embodying great metaphysical
truths.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The sounds of the Vedas are the
language of the birds and hence they can never be written down; Click on the
link to read <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are only a
few true Brahmi’s left?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In India the caste (varna) system
is deep rooted; the so called “Brahmins” or pundits as they are still called
keep repeating endlessly that “I am a Brahmin” they do this whenever they get a
chance <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The caste system went on for
thousands of years and it had it advantages; there was a system in society
whereby all people worked as per their roles with sincerity and they were
careful as to not do anything by which they would be thrown out of their
society, apart from pride, there was a sense of fulfilment among members of
each jati (caste) in pursuing the vocation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Brahmins occupied the top position;
they were the custodians of the Vedas, they conducted the Vedic ceremonies and
were a link between the Earth and higher realms, they offered sacrifices (Vedic
fire ceremonies) whereby they nourished the celestial beings and in turn
humanity was blessed, they guided all others in the true way of living as
prescribed in the Vedas, they were the true teachers and guides of society<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They lead a simple and pure life,
never hoarding anything, but as time went by their standards completely deteriorated.
Their greed had no end; they made rules to appropriate wealth and those who
were once the custodians of the Vedas and truth became the custodians of the
ill-gotten wealth. They hid the truth and made their own dogmas and hence they
reserved the study of the Vedas only for Brahmins, so that the wrong they
preached for their own benefit would not be known to others<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They who were giants in knowledge
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Read this article, where the
degradation of the Brahmins is explained (click on it)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A hymn from the Rig Veda seems to
indicate that one's caste is not necessarily determined by that of one's
family:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">—I am a bard, my
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the Chandogya Upanishad there
is the story of Satyakama Jabala as a boy, eager for knowledge; Satyakama goes
to the sage Haridrumata Gautama, requesting him to live in his school for
Brahmacharya. The teacher asks, "My dear child, what family do you come
from?" Satyakama replies that he is of uncertain parentage because his
mother does not know who the father is, she told him just be known as my son,
the son of Jabala. The sage declares that the boy's honesty is the mark of a
"Brahma</span><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ṇ</span><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a, true seeker of
the knowledge of the Brahman and accepts him as a student in his school, later
the boy becomes a Vedic Sage. This story also clearly indicates that caste is
not defined by birth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The British rule brought about
modernization in India but completely destroyed the moral fabric of the Indian
society. Whatever little culture was remaining in the Brahmin families was
totally destroyed when they opted for other jobs which were offered to them
(because they were intelligent) and they got attracted to luxuries and changed
their occupation completely<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So the next time you hear someone
proclaiming loudly that I am a Brahmin, tell him that he cannot say so because
he is not doing anything to fulfil the role of a true Brahmin, it is like that
a person saying that I am a carpenter because his fore fathers were carpenter’s
but he does not know anything about carpentry and hence not taken it as a full
time occupation<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Even the dogs are true to their
breed, they are following their God given role of guarding since generations,
and the so called Brahmins have to learn something from the dogs <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Swami who was the Shankaracharya of the Kanchi mutt travelled India wide for a
long time preaching that the Vedic culture must be brought again and he said
that the Brahmins have been responsible for the degradation of Religion, I
quote him from the various chapters of his book---if the Gayatri has not been
chanted for three generations in the family of a Brahmin, its members lose
caste (they cease to be Brahmins). The quarter where such Brahmins live cannot
be called an "agrahara" or the Brahmin has not performed the sacrifices
for three generations <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>its members will
be called "Durbrahmanas", degenerated Brahmins, even though
degenerate the label "Brahmin" sticks to them. There are prayascittas
(expiatory rites) by means of which the corrupted Brahmins can be remade true
Brahmins. But there is no such hope for a Brahmin in whose family Gayatri has
not been chanted for three generations. A member of such a family ceases
altogether to be a Brahmin and cannot be made one again. The same rule applies
to Ksatriyas and Vaisyas with regard to the Gayatri mantra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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important to chant the Gayatri mantra<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Brahmins left; how will we get the knowledge of the Vedas?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes there is so much of
contradiction in the various literatures that are available. Example some say
that except in Kali yuga, in the other three yugas it is permitted to sacrifice
an animal in certain types of Vedic ceremonies, while others say that in all
yugas it is strictly a taboo to conduct animal sacrifices and that the mention
of the animals are allegories and indicates, the development of great spiritual
power.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Since the Vedas are the highest
inspiration possible to the earthly man, so with no one to guide us, we can
receive the knowledge of the Vedas the way the sages received them---<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">through our Hearts <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A Purana says: " Tene Bramha
hrdaya Adikavaye" the Pramatman imparted the Vedas to Bramha through his
heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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does not state that the Lord created the Vedas. It declares that they occurred
in a flash in his heart that they came to him in a blaze of light. The word
used on this context is "Sphuranam", occurring as a flash <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the sages were meditating
the mantras of the Vedas appeared to them in a flash in their hearts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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proclaim that "This alone is the path"<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nor do they affirm, "This is
the only God" with reference to their own view of the Supreme Being.
Instead, they declare that, if one adheres to any path with faith or worships
any deity with devotion, one will be led towards the Truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The scripture of no other
religion speaks thus of the many paths to liberation. On the contrary, each of
them insists that the way shown by it alone will lead to liberation. The Vedas
alone give expression to the high-minded view that different people may take
different paths to discover the one and only Truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are so many elaborated
ceremonies prescribed by the Vedas, but there is not a single mention of the
ceremony for conversion into the Vedic way of life, unlike Christianity, Islam
and Buddhism who are always eager to convert people to their respective
religions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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original, initial teachings and whatever has come into being is because of
their knowledge so they are the source of everything<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nothing is created by us; we just
invite it from the Vedas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hence the religion of the Vedas
had no name; one has to give a name to differentiate between many others, later
on it came to be known as Sanatan Dharam and in recent times as Hinduism <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The sounds of the Vedas remain
for ever in ether, as per our spiritual level the law of balance works and we
can invite them, but also remember all our sounds, what we speak (The sounds we
produce are never destroyed) and also all our thoughts also forever remain in
ether which affects the Destiny of this World, so we must be very careful with
the way we think and what we say <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The sounds of the Vedas purify
the intellect, our thoughts and our environment<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Vedas are for everyone, not
limited to a political boundary; in India the sages were able to perceive them,
in some other country some saint must have given their teachings, and when a
scientist makes a discovery he gets the information from the Vedas which are
ever present in the ether and gives this theory to the World, and there is
absolutely nothing wrong if you give a different name to the intelligence which
is present in the ether instead of calling it the Vedas <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Vedas talk about worship to
various elements, and the Vedic fire ceremonies are sacrifices to the deities,
when there is a worshiper and an object which is worshiped there exist duality,
Advaita which is also a Vedanta doctrine means nondual or not two and teaches
that the soul (true Self) is the same as the highest metaphysical reality, some
people see a contradiction in this; no there is no contradiction<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our scriptures tell us that a person’s
life is split into four stages called the four asramas, they are: Brahmacharya
(student), Grihastha (householder), Vanaprastha (means going to the forest
after completing all responsibilities) and Sannyasa (renunciation).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He studies the Vedas as a
student, he conducts the Vedic ceremonies as a householder, understand this
very well that the Vedic ceremonies are for the householder and not for the renunciate
(unlike other religions where the male priest conducts the ceremony the Vedic
fire ceremony is conducted by the husband and wife together and the fire is lit
by rubbing two pieces of wood), then comes the stage where the person retires
to the forest, and starts learning the higher teachings of the Vedanta whereby
he learns that he is no different from the one that created him<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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declares that--- Prajnanam Brahma “The Brahman means realising the jnana that
is the highest” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yajurveda declares that --- Aham Brahmasmi “I am the Brahman” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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samaveda declares that --- Tat tvam asi <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“That thou art” or “the Paramatman and you are
the one and the same” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Atharvaveda declares that --- Ayam Atma Brahma <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“This Self is the Brahman”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And finally the last stage of renunciation,
where he performs no Vedic ceremonies, he has realized his true self and his
very existence is a blessing to the World<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is the stage what Lord
Krishna explains in the Gita: The Vedas are associated with the three qualities
of sattva, rajas and tamas. You must transcend these three qualities. Full of
desire, they (the practitioners of Vedic rituals) long for paradise and keep
thinking of pleasures and material prosperity. They are born again and again
and their minds are never fixed in samadhi, these men clinging to Vedic rituals.
“In another passage Krsna declares: "Not by the Vedas am I to be not
realised, nor by sacrifices nor by much study . . . .”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This does not mean that Lord
Krishna is against the Vedas like Buddha and Mahavira, he wants the beings to
get self-realization and reach the highest goal of the merger with that
Almighty; the very reason of the existence of everything; and to come to this
stage one has to pass through various stages as prescribed in the Vedas, now a
days people directly jump to the Advaita<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Vedanta and declare “I am He”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Upanisad---"He who becomes aware of the nature of the Atman - for him the Vedas
will no longer be Vedas, the gods will cease to be gods, Brahmins will no
longer be, Brahmins. . . . . . . ".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Vedokhilo
dharmaulam; Dharmo rakshati rakshitah - the Vedas are the<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1d1b11; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">root of all Dharma;
Dharma protected, protects.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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spiritual path and it would be good for you all if you can come out of this
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on death; together the series covers the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, it is said that
the Gods lived here; it was the capital of the kingdom of Kashi during the time
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Varanasi; Harishchandra (also referred as Adi Manikarnika) and Manikarnika ghat,
the flames of the funeral pyres at Manikarnika Ghats have been burning since
thousands of years and they forever burn meaning there was never a time when
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ground which is considered as a place of pilgrimage, due to the presence of the
manikarnika kund, which is a sacred water body existing since eternity and
taking a bath here on Chandra grahan (lunar eclipse) is considered auspicious
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Sannihit Sarovar at Kurukshetra in Haryana on the Surya Grahan (solar eclipse)
day is important, all these water bodies are related to Lord Vishnu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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those who are cremated at the Manikarnika ghat attend moksha that is release
from the cycle of rebirth, bodies are brought here from all over India, hence
the <span style="background: white;">Varanasi airport is possibly the only
airport that has, apart from a taxi stand, a stand where a number of mortuary
vans - called the shav vahini that transport the dead are available for hire.
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pundits believe that it is not written anywhere that souls get liberated after
cremation at the Manikarnika, what is written in the scriptures as per them is
that anyone who dies in Varanasi, you attain what is popularly known as ‘Kashi
Labh’ or ‘the fruit of Kashi and the path to liberation is open for the soul,
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guesthouses in Varanasi where people check in to die, where one can stay for a
few days only and if death does not occur then they have to move out, Kashi
Labh Mukti Bhawan is the most famous one the others are Mumukshu Bhawan and
Ganga Labh Bhawan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the Manikarnika ghat is the dom raja (raja meaning king) of the dom
community, the cursed tribe, the lowest of the low, the untouchables who apart
from working at the cremation ghats, only get the manual scavenging job, it is
an irony that Shiv is considered as the lord of the cremation grounds and he is
kind, non-judgemental and ever accepting, but the doms are not allowed inside
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the funeral pyre is lit the Dom’s take over and ensure that the body is burnt
completely, after the body burns the ashes are cast unceremoniously into the
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Municipal Committee of Varanasi got the Doms to charge a standard rate of 100
rupees ($1.3) for their work. But this did not last. In most cases, Doms charge
people what they seem to be able to afford. Let me put it this way the Dom raja
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can make out the paying capacity of the people also they have a network of
informers who pass on the information regarding the net worth of the dead
persons family and then the Dom Raja charges them accordingly, It is said that
when the dead body of the recently deceased former king of Kashi (Varanasi) was
brought for cremation at Manikarnika, the dom was paid 600000 rupees and was
given the rights to acres of land in lieu of his services rendered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They have extorted
title deeds of farm lands written in their name when the poor farmers from the
hinterlands came down to cremate their dead, if the poor could not pay in cash
they were asked to part with their jewellery <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Dom raja is
supposed to </span><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">provide the first set of five logs
of wood required for the funeral pyre but they insist that all other wood and
articles required be bought from them, if the poor do not have enough money for
all the wood required the body is left half burnt and latter eaten by dogs and
scavenger birds like the crow and the remains just thrown in the Ganga---the
Doms show no mercy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Facts of the Manikarnika ghat<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">About
5000 people are employed directly or indirectly in this trade <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The main
item is wood; Firewood chopped from different varieties of trees are stocked up
in huge quantities, the rich of course prefer sandalwood to burn their dead while
the poor are happy with any kind of wood<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here 5,
7, 9 and 11 mann of wood is sold (1 mann equals 40 kilograms) so on an average
at least 300 kilos of wood is required per body (chopped down from at least 4-5
mature trees) and with about 350 dead bodies getting cremated every day. The
narrow alleyways that lead to the ghat from the main roads are completely
unsuitable for any motored vehicle to carry the load hence everyday around 1000
quintals of chopped wood is ferried on boats across the Ganges to be stocked up
at the Manikarnika ghat by merchants inside and around the unused temples that
are close to the ghat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A survey
by the United Nations shows that 400-500 kg of wood is required to cremate one
body, and according to a report in CNN, 50 to 60 million trees are burned
during cremations every year in India. I hope and pray that alternate means
like Cow Dung Cakes, ‘pyre ovens’ on cremation sites that would help generate
enough heat to efficiently burn a human body with less wood 100 kgs only, white
coal or using agricultural waste are adopted by people as an alternate to the
traditional wood pyre<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Apart
from firewood huge quantities of ghee (clarified butter) which is needed as a
fuel to keep the pyre burning (in the cities they use kerosene), turmeric,
sesame seeds, barley, sandalwood scraps, incense sticks, flowers, </span><span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">coconuts,
bananas</span><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> and robes to cover the dead are sold, </span><span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">packages
on offer include a sandalwood sawdust bath for the corpse and a three-hour
chant for peace plus many more packages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are various
places within the Manikarnika Ghat reserved for people from various strata of
society. The Brahmin caste has an enclosed space that was leased over from the
Dom’s in order to ensure that the Dead Brahmin is not burnt besides another’s from
an untouchable caste (never mind if the Dom who gives the sacred fire are
themselves untouchables and belong to the lowest ranks of the “Dalits”, at the
bottom of the Hindu caste system) Similar the Royal families and their
descendants and relatives have leased out a platform where their dead are
cremated. The commoners that include the untouchables and the poor are burnt at
the main platforms of the ghat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But when the mighty
Ganges River overflows its banks following heavy monsoon rains, large parts of the
Manikarnika ghat are submerged by floodwaters, and then bodies have to be burnt
on the roofs of havelis [old mansions] and other old houses along the ghats and
that is the time the higher caste and the royals have to bear that their bodies
are burnt alongside the commoners <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Occasionally there
are corpses that arrive but they are not to be cremated. They are just thrown into
the Ganga and left for the living creatures to be eaten up. These are the ones
who are supposed to have had an ‘akaal mrutyu’ an untimely or incomplete death.
People who have taken their own lives, pregnant women, children below two years
of age, people who have died due to a snake bite and lepers are not burnt
because of the belief that their souls have not yet been readied to free from
the liberation of birth and rebirth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is awful (very
bad or unpleasant) to see a dead body just floating in the Ganga<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Not
all bodies are covered in the same way; the system goes as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The ones that have
lived a full life which implies men who were married, borne sons and grandsons
and lived up to a reasonably ripe age are covered with colourful tinsel wrapped
cloth and garlands of marigold flowers around them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then there are
corpses wrapped in red and decorated with flowers and vermillion which belong
to women who have lived a full life (i.e. borne sons at the least and have
predeceased their husbands). They are called Suhaagan<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>i.e. the fortunate ones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then there are ones
wrapped in white cloth and not decorated with any kind of flowers. These are
widowed women irrespective of the age they have died<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Men who die
relatively young also are wrapped in white, although their corpses would be
decorated with flowers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is
widely believed that nobler the soul, the quicker it turns into ashes and also
the body of a person with no desires left is light in weight<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Before cremation
the body is </span><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">immersed and washed in the Ganga<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">About ten to
fifteen minutes after the funeral pyre has been lit, one hears the sound of the
skull cracking open. This signifies the escape of the consciousness from the
physical body and liberation. The Dom’s with the help of long bamboo sticks
constantly carry out stuffing the wood and the flesh into the pyre and stirring
it up later the bones and the flesh are pushed into the central part of the
funeral pyre so that all parts of the body are burned and turn into ashes in
about two to three hours, At the end of this ritual, only a small portion
remains: the trunk for men and the hips for women<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Doms say that
the smell of burning hair is the worst, their job is not an easy one so they
numb their senses by drinking copious amounts of alcohol and smoke cheap ganja
(marijuana) and chew on gutka (a mixture of tobacco and crushed nuts) to cope
up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So alcohol and
smoking becomes a part of their life and hence it is not surprising to see the
Doms performing a daily ritual where they offer alcohol and cigarettes along
with fruits and flowers as thanksgiving to Kallu Dom, the ancient chieftain of
the Dom community under whom the great king Raja Harishchandra was enslaved
(The present day Dom’s at the Manikarnika ghat are believed to be the
descendants of Kallu Dom)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">During my visit to
the Manikarnika ghat I saw a Dom urinating on the wood kept to be used in the
pyre, such type of idiotic behaviour can only be done by a person who is not
under his senses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Whatever
can be reused or recycled is done in the following way:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dom family collect
the clothes or jewels of the corpse and sell it in shops and once the ashes are
cast into the Ganges another set of Doms neck-deep in the charcoal black water
sift for any valuables that can’t be taken off the dead-- like gold teeth or
firmly embossed rings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The heat of the
funeral pyre would melt the gold and it would be bound to lose shape. However
small pieces would be found scattered in the ashes that are then thrown into
the river they are recovered by Dom workers who sieve the burnt ash immersed in
water through a fine cloth checking for pieces of gold before throwing it out
into a mound that would then be carried away and dried up to serve as coal for
other uses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">An electric
crematorium has been set up at the </span><span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Harishchandra</span><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ghat but first the body is brought to be immersed and
washed at Manikarnika <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Apart from </span><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">work at the Manikarnika ghats the doms get the job to </span><span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">clean
dry latrines that is the </span><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">manual scavenging job,
one poor dom fellow got tired of his work and opened<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a sweet shop but nobody was willing to eat at
his shop so he had to come back to the ghat burning bodies</span><span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Dom family feud and a woman locks horns with the system
to become the first Dom queen<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is
the Dom king and t</span><span style="background: white; color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">here are around 30 main doms and after
them come the 500-odd doms, who form the second rung of hierarchy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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extorting money the Dom Rajas family has accumulated immense wealth; there has
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did not get along with her husband’s second wife and she was denied any claims,
so she fought many court cases to claim her right to collect the Agni kar tax,
she eventually won and took up the work of her deceased husband, now there is
more or less peace in the Dom house hold because the days are divided where
various family members including females who get to keep the collection which
is quite huge; which is collected in an iron chest and transported with an
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empowerment at its best when a female from an orthodox lineage where the moment
a girl reaches puberty she is not allowed to study and is forbidden to step out
of her home alone without a male relative had fought with the system and
continued the work of her husband otherwise it is unimaginable that there can
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celebrations start on the night before Holi with a Holika Dahan where people
gather, perform religious rituals in front of the bonfire, and pray that their
internal evil be destroyed the way Holika, the sister of the demon king
Hiranyakashipu, was killed in the fire. The next morning is celebrated as
Rangwali Holi – a free-for-all festival of colours where people smear each
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photo above (click to enlarge) see the munda mala (skulls of humans worn around the neck); by possessing
the skull of a human the person can take charge of his soul, hence it is very
important that the skull cracks /pops open during cremation <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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coming back to the person who is wearing such a munda mala, your thought will
be-- he must be a Aghori, I do not know who the person is, most probably he may
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just tell you this; in today’s World where we have stooped down so much; are
the politicians doing good for the society, the answer is no, they are corrupt
to the bone people who just want power and money, are the Bankers helping to
build a nation , the answer is again no, today the top bankers are ruining the
economy, so similarly people who call themselves Aghoris are not true Aghoris
of the Aghor Panth, they are just human flesh eating misguided<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>people who engage in post-mortem rituals <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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word Aghor literary means “non-terrifying”; they are the Vedic Alchemist who
having transformed their being to be people of light and are capable of
bringing a change in energy and matter <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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music amid the smokes from the pyres and cracking sounds coming from the
burning bodies at the cremation ghat;</span></b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> annually
on the seventh night of Chaitra Navratra, when the sex workers after cleaning
the temple, offer their prayer to the deity of cremation ghat. And after
performing religious rituals, they present dance and music at the makeshift
stage amid the burning pyres in respect of the lord of cremation ground. It is
a tradition in Varanasi that the 'Nagar Vadhu' (courtesans or 'bride of the
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Savai Man Singh of Amber, who had built Man Mandir Ghat in 1585 near
Dashshwamedh Ghat, had also renovated the Mahashamshan Nath temple at Manikarnika
Ghat. In Hindu tradition, it is common to hold music programme on special
occasions. No reputed artist wanted to perform at the cremation ghats but the
Nagar vadhus (nautch girls / sex workers) offered their services at the
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and influential people visit temples; the temple committee members and priest are
all out to please them, following them like dogs wagging their tails, the
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bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-89144039548115097732017-12-09T21:20:00.003+05:302020-05-25T12:50:30.472+05:30Death—part 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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there are various spiritual planes / ashes to ashes, dust to dust---it is not
as simple as that /The state of mind at the time of death is very important /
extreme quiet and self-control should be observed in the chamber of death / why
cremation is preferable to burial, as a way of disposing of corpses / about
tombs / and in spite of the warning by adepts, tombs were opened, releasing
forces upon the world which have endangered it /controversy regarding prophet
Muhammad’s tomb / Zoroastrian burial rituals and importance of the dog in the
funeral rites and the psychic power of animals / All you wanted to know about the Manikarnika cremation Ghat at Varanasi <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">The Dakhma-nashini mode of disposal of the dead is where the
body is placed inside a well like structure called dakhma (meaning "to
burn from the Sun")and commonly referred to as the tower of silence where the Sun and the flesh eating vultures
(or dog) works systematically and hand-in-hand to destroy the dead body, this
process was deemed to maintain the purity of the earth and the atmosphere
during the process of bodily decomposition and the natural elements like air,
fire, water or earth are not defiled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for new life to flourish hence how can the elements get defiled? Moreover birds
also carry the flesh out of the dakhma, but since this is an Aryan custom which
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receptacle for the dead bodies. The dakhma is a spiritual institution whose
importance is on the same level as an Atash Behram (Parsis are fire worshipers;
An Atash Behram (Fire of Victory) is the highest grade of a fire that can be
placed in a Zoroastrian fire temple. The establishment and consecration of this
fire is the most elaborate of all the grades of fire. It involves the gathering
of 16 different types of fire, including lightning, fire from a cremation pyre,
fire from trades where a furnace is operated, and fires from the hearths. Each
of the 16 fires is then subject to a purification ritual before it joins the
others. 32 priests are required for the consecration ceremony, which can take
up to a year to complete) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Dakhma is to be created is first dug up to the foundation level. Then 301
nails of various weights, shapes and sizes are made out of copper are hammered
in the ground, the largest of the nails weighs 20 kilos, Many weeks before this
ceremony, Zoroastrian ladies belonging to the priestly class begin weaving the
woollen thread with the accompaniment of prayers which will be used in the Tana
ceremony. The procedure followed is the same as is used while extracting the
thread from which the kusti (sacred girdle worn by Zoroastrians around their
waists) is woven. The only difference is that the kusti has 72 strands where
the thread for the tana ceremony has 101 strands. This thread is then carefully
wound up to make a big ball of thread, which is passed and wound around the
nails by the priest to create the required design of yantra at no point the
thread touches the ground or gets entangled in any way, since that would ruin
the whole ceremony, this design accompanied by prayers chanted by the priest
creates a gigantic circuit. The entire process of the Tana ceremony is to make
a supercharged powerhouse, called Talesam – or Talisman, within the boundaries
of the Dakhma therefore the dakhma hastens the spiritual progress of the
deceased<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">Most elevated place is selected for the construction of the
tower of silence (dakhma), there the terrestrial magnetism works without
hindrance; and there, in the atmosphere flows the benevolent wind; there the
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">On that vast portion of the elevated land, where the dakhma will
come up, gospands (beneficent cattle) like goats, lambs etc are set free to
graze for a minimum period of seven months! The urine and excreta (taro and
gobar) of the innocent animals help destroy pockets of sprites and dark forces,
if any and make the whole area peaceful and pure (in this regard, it is very
pertinent to point out that some years ago, when in Chernobyl, Russia, there
was a leakage of radioactivity, scientists were pleasantly surprised to find
that houses which were splattered with the urine and gobar of cattle, there was
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three concentric circles representing good thoughts, words and deeds. There are
numerous depressions in a row that allow bodies to be placed side-by-side, bodies
of children are placed in the inner circle (marked A), the middle circle is for
the bodies of women (marked B) and the outer circle for the bodies of men (marked
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immediately after they are placed in the Tower -- 'Naked we came into this
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within an hour or two (The vultures never touch the ones who are apparently
dead), once the bones have been bleached by the sun and wind, which can take as
long as a year, a deep central well in the Tower, 150 feet in circumference is
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the Tower, These drains are connected with four underground wells (marked H),
the bottoms of which are covered with a thick layer of sand, pieces of charcoal
and sandstone are also placed at the end of each drain (marked G), which are
renewed from time to time. These double sets of filters are provided for
purifying the rain water passing over the bones, before it enters the ground
thus observing one of the a principles or beliefs of the Zoroastrian religion
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contraction of nasa.salar, caretaker (salar) of potential pollutants (nasa), who
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">Hence a Dog is brought near to gaze on the face of the dead person.
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that the body be removed by one. The body must be carried by two, four, six, or
any such even number according to the weight of the deceased. "Nobody should
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be left alone or in the company of only one person. After washing it, there
must be always two persons sitting by its side. Again, the persons who put on
the clothes and place it on the slabs of stone must be two. The corpse-bearers
must be two and the priests who say the last funeral prayers are also two in
number. The persons who attend the funeral procession to the Tower also go in
pairs holding a "paywand" in the form of a handkerchief between them.
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">If the body regains consciousness the persons whose duty is to
take the body inside the dakhma are bound to kill him; for such a person who
has been polluted by one touch of the dead bodies in the dakhma, as thereby
lost all rights to return to the living, by doing so he would contaminate the
entire community (this was an old custom and is no longer practiced now)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";">Vultures were specially imported from Persia since Indian
vultures proved to be weak and not so blood thirsty to strip the body to its
bones in a few minutes but unfortunately the vulture population has seen a
99.9% decline by 2008 due to habitat destruction caused by urbanisation, and
further because of the drug Diclofenac (used as a pain killer by humans and also
being given to cattle to reduce joint pain and hence allow them to work longer),
proved toxic for the vultures feeding on bovine (cattle) carcases, and the
bodies of parsis who consumed the drug in their lifetime. The drug was banned
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been many controversies where people want to put a stop to this ancient custom,
some staunch parsis believe that because of the spiritual power of the dakhma the
dead body of a Zoroastrian lying in the dakhma in never defiled even if it rains,
they quote examples like following the plague in Bombay in the late 19th
century, some 2,500 bodies had been placed in the dakhma. There were so many
bodies that the well was overflowing with them and a new one had to be built.
Yet, the British authorities at that time had confirmed that no disease came
from the wells but others have different opinions, a lot of measures like solar
concentrators, ozone gas are being used at present in the dakhma<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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area of 55 acres located at the swanky Malabar Hill area, the real estate price
here would make Manhattan blush, it is thanks to the doongerwadi that the area
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have come from Persia (Iran), however in Iran the Dakhma-nashini mode of
disposal of the dead is no longer practiced instead bodies are buried in graves
plastered with concrete to prevent direct contact with the earth, the age old
system was discontinued: The first problem arose with the establishment of the
Dar ul-Funun medical school. Since Islam considers unnecessary dissection of
corpses as a form of mutilation, thus forbidding it, there were no corpses for
study available through official channels. The dakhmas were repeatedly broken
into by the medical students to study human bodies, finally in 1970s the
dakhmas were shut down by law. Today the old dakhmas are open for tourist
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strange superstition in the Deccan. The natives asserted that, in spite of the
considerable number of victims of tiger deaths, there had never been found a
single skeleton. The corpse, whether intact or mangled by tigers, were
immediately carried away by the monkeys, who, in the latter case, gather the
scattered bones, and buried them skilfully in deep holes, that no traces ever
remain. Englishmen laughed at this superstition. When the sides of the mountain
were excavated, in the course of the construction of the railway, separate
bones, with the marks of tigers' teeth upon them, broken bracelets, and other
adornments, were found at an incredible depth from the surface. The fact of
these things being broken showed clearly that they were not buried by men,
because, neither the religion of the Hindus, nor their greed, would allow them
to break and bury silver and gold. So the theory of monkeys burying the dead
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manikarnika ghat at Kashi or Varanasi, where an eternal fire burns since
eternity, where the dom raja extorts money for cremating the dead and where sex
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is nothing like death / only fools desire to be immortal / there are various
spiritual planes / ashes to ashes, dust to dust---it is not as simple as that /The
state of mind at the time of death is very important / extreme quiet and
self-control should be observed in the chamber of death / why cremation is
preferable to burial, as a way of disposing of corpses / about tombs / and in
spite of the warning by adepts, tombs were opened, releasing forces upon the
world which have endangered it /controversy regarding prophet Muhammad’s tomb /
Zoroastrian burial rituals and importance of the dog in the funeral rites and
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are buried in tombs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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belief systems say that saints should be buried over the ground and not under
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or dargah’s becomes the physical manifestation of spiritual power of the master
buried within meaning the material bodies, impregnated with their holy power,
might continue to exist and serve as
focuses radiating that power into the world<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Those who broke open the tombs of ancient Egypt and other places
world-wide have released forces upon the world that have endangered it<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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the tomb robbers of long ago and the archaeologists and in many cases
archaeologists cum tomb robbers have all unwittingly opened the tombs without
realizing the repercussions, consequences <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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got this information from various sources which includes a chance encounter Paul
brunton had with an adept in Egypt before the second world war<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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practice of mummification originally was intended for the adept kings of Egypt
and the spiritually advanced high priest of the prehistoric golden age who were
true channels of God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the tombs of such spiritually elevated beings brought about Divine retribution
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in the final cycle of Egyptian history there was a great degeneration in the
men of knowledge (the priesthood) and sorcery and the black arts were commonly
practised <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the white light of truth which was formerly shining through the pure Egyptian
religion became dimmed, and the noisome shadows of false, materialistic
doctrines crept in to replace it, the practice of mummification arose once
again, under the misleading and cunningly perverted teachings which supported
this practice, there was an element of self-interest, which sought to keep a
long preserved physical link with the physical world through the embalmment of
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spirit entity sometimes good but more often bad was invoked to protect and
watch the mummy and act as a guardian spirit over the tomb, their powers were
often exceedingly evil, menacing and destructive, they existed within the
closed tombs and could continue to exist for thousands of years </span><br />
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Every
tomb which had been unsealed lets out like a flood, a rush of pent-up (closely
confined or held back) noxious evil spirits upon the physical world<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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mummy that is taken out and transported to European and American museums,
carries with it the etheric link with those entities and hence their awful
influence, those influences can bring only harm to the world, harm of various
kinds, even to the point of destructively affecting the destinies of nations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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those objects which are taken out of the tombs along with the mummies such as
jewels, furniture carry with them the influence of those tombs <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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displayed for public interest. Would you dig up a coffin and display a dead
body?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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adept who met Paul brunton in Egypt before the second world war even predicted
that tombs of lamas in Tibet will also be disturbed in future <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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spirit entities like Genies or jinns, fairies, gnomes, goblins, angles are born
directly into the spirit world; there are certain kinds of genies which can be
made to serve a person, the magic of ancient times was mostly how to obtain the
service of a genie, but first it is necessary to know their name before anyone
can command them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also be the other way around hence one must not call out the names of others
loudly when they are travelling through nature because there may be a presence
of certain nature spirits who once come to know your name can control you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not used the word “wilderness” for nature as one Sioux Indian Chief has rightly
said I quote “We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling
hills, the winding streams with tangled growth, as ‘wild’. Only to the white
man was nature a ‘wilderness’ and only to him was it ‘infested’ with ‘wild’
animals and ‘savage’ people. To us it was tame. Earth was bountiful and we were
surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery.”) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the tombs are done because of ignorance and greed, the mummies displayed in
museums to fulfil the curiosity of the people but some European people were so
very cruel that they murdered Aboriginal and Maori people so that their heads skulls
seen merely as animals by them were collected for museums, most went to Britain
I have not displayed the gruesome photos but you can google the images and see
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while you are checking the timeline you may also check the dates of other
things I have written in earlier articles like when the Pope first met the
Shankaracharya in India they shook hands and with that a spiritual connection
was established between the western and eastern hemispheres and Hinduism
(Sanātan Dharma, a Vedic way of life) spread in the western world, also check
the exact timeline of the advances in Nuclear Physics by Einstein and the
evolution of Gandhi’s philosophy of Non Violence and you will come to know that
the development of the satyagraha moment has been exactly parallel to the
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you are still interested in a spiritual study of the time line of the world see
for yourself that after the advent of pop music when some rock n roll songs when
played backwards, hidden evil words are heard; that is messages backmasked into
rock music subconsciously induce listeners on the path of evil and this was one
of the reasons that a great nation like America fell into mayhem <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sufi and other liberal Muslims believe that dargahs (tombs) are portals by
which they can invoke the deceased saint's intercession and blessing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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when Saud bin Abdul-Aziz took Medina in 1905, his followers, the Wahhabis,
demolished nearly every tomb dome in Medina based on their belief that the
veneration of tombs and places thought to possess supernatural powers was an
offense against tawhid. Prophet Muhammad's tomb was stripped of its gold and
jewel ornaments, but the dome was preserved either because of an unsuccessful
attempt to demolish its hardened structure, or because some time ago Ibn Abd
al-Wahhab wrote that he did not wish to see the dome destroyed despite his
aversion to people praying at the tomb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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graves and shrines were demolished by Saudi regime which include Al-Mualla
graveyard in Makkah which includes the grave of Sayyida Khadija bint Khuwailid
wife of the Prophet (just by the way the prophet had a total of 11 wives), the
grave of Amina bint Wahab, mother of the Prophet, the grave of Abu Talib, uncle
of the Prophet and the grave of Abdul Muttalib, grandfather of the Prophet also
the mythical grave of Hawa (Eve) in Jeddah, the grave of Hazrat Abdullah, the
father of the Prophet in Madina<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also demolished the house of the Prophet in Madina, where he lived after
migrating from Makkah and many more graves and shrines where people close to
the prophet were born or lived<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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King Faisal of Saudi Arabia visited Pakistan and the President Mr. Bhutto took
him to the famous Sufi Dargah in Sehwan Shareef for blessings. It was then King
Faisal said “If it was permissible to build tombs over graves and prostrate to
the dead and worship them. Then we have the grave of the Prophet Muhammad
(Peace be upon him). We would have built it with Gold and worshiped it”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Saudi regime wants to demolish the Prophets grave and bury the remains in
an unmarked grave to stop people praying at and worshiping tombs, but every
time they propose to implement it there is a worldwide protest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bhojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886356563182822119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686476163883044055.post-6819456166408603012017-07-23T10:49:00.004+05:302020-05-25T12:52:46.299+05:30Death—part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is the first part of the series on death; together the
series covers the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There
is nothing like death / only fools desire to be immortal / there are various
spiritual planes / ashes to ashes, dust to dust---it is not as simple as that /The
state of mind at the time of death is very important / extreme quiet and
self-control should be observed in the chamber of death / why cremation is
preferable to burial, as a way of disposing of corpses / about tombs / and in
spite of the warning by adepts, tombs were opened, releasing forces upon the
world which have endangered it /controversy regarding prophet Muhammad’s tomb /
Zoroastrian burial rituals and importance of the dog in the funeral rites and
the psychic power of animals / All you wanted to know about the Manikarnika cremation Ghat at Varanasi <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There
is only life; death does not exist<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What we
call as death is the phase when life changes from one plane to another<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Death
is nothing but a birth for a new life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Believe
in life not death, for life is unbreakable, we either live on Earth or any
other higher realm <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We are
embodied on this physical plane after that we become disembodied, that is
without a physical body <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Only
fools desire to be immortal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
ultimate goal of all souls is to merge with that infinite<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There
is a limitation of spiritual progress on Earth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the
Nasadiya Sukta which is the Hymn of Creation of the Rigveda; it is clearly
stated the even the Gods do not have the knowledge of the one eternal God, the
absolute creator for they came into existence after the creation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So to
make spiritual progress that is to go closer and closer to the creator one must
move upwards to higher and higher realms <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Great
masters have explained about some of the higher realms but have clearly stated
that it is impossible even to comprehend (grasp mentally; understand) the
topmost realms while we are on Earth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The two highest planes existed even before our solar system was
created <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the
case of death on Earth we go to a higher state of consciousness and ultimately
back to eternity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So one
must not be attached to this world and strive to progress further on; and hence
accept and welcome death when it arrives<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
soul when on Earth is trapped in the physical body and the five coverings
called the pancha kosha---the five layers, or sheaths, around the human soul.
The term comes from the Sanskrit pancha, meaning “five,” and kosha meaning
“sheath” and also the soul is also under the strong influence of maya<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Please
click to read the article on maya<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2012/08/maya-why-is-it-illusion.html">http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2012/08/maya-why-is-it-illusion.html</a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A few
can free themselves and experience bliss and higher consciousness when they are
on Earth by overcoming their passions; after death the soul has a greater
chance to elevate <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> One teacher has so nicely explained this I
quote <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“The once free immortal Intelligence thus entangled, enswathed,
enchained, works heavily and laboriously through the coatings that enwrap it.
In its own nature it remains ever the free Bird of Heaven, but its wings are
bound to its side by the matter into which it is plunged. When man recognises
his own inherent nature, he learns to open his prison doors occasionally and
escapes from his encircling gaol; first he learns to identify himself with the
Immortal Triad, and <b>rises above the body
and its passions into a pure mental and moral life</b>; then he learns that the
conquered body cannot hold him prisoner, and he unlocks its door and steps out
into the sunshine of his true life. So when Death unlocks the door for him, he
knows the country into which he emerges, having trodden its ways at his own
will. And at last he grows to recognise that <b>fact of supreme importance, that "Life" has nothing to do
with body and with this material plane;</b>”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ashes to ashes, dust to dust---it is not as simple as that<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Materials
to make the human body are drawn from the mineral, vegetable, animal, and human
kingdoms<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There
is no such thing as “dead” matter; all matter is living, the tiniest particles
are lives, there is spirit associated with matter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Further
there are <b>seven planes</b> (These are
the seven great regions of the universe); we are on the physical plane, the
next plane is the astral plane<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also on
a plane there are various <b>subdivisions</b>,
that means matter on the physical plane is subdivided into seven sub divisions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Materials
are drawn from the various <b>planes</b> to
compose the five coverings called the pancha kosha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also materials
are drawn from the various <b>subdivisions</b>,
of the physical plain to compose the physical body <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
higher the plane or sub division finer is the texture lower the plane or sub
division the texture is coarse<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hence a
man’s body is fine or coarse in its
texture according to the materials its draws as per the law of balance; hence
the body of a criminal or a butcher will be more coarse than the body of a refined person, a small child has materials
drawn from higher subdivisions and is soft and fine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A pure
body repels coarse particles because they vibrate at rates discordant with its own;
a coarse body attracts them because their vibrations accord with its own. Hence
if the body changes its rates of vibration, it gradually drives out of it the constituents
that cannot fall into the new rhythm, and fills up their places by drawing in
from external nature fresh constituents that are harmonious. Nature provides
materials vibrating in all possible ways, and each body exercises its own
selective action; as per the law of balance operating in the Universe and this
vibration is as per our quality of DNA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There
are the spiritual part of the DNA which are manufactured in some part of the Universe
and are sent to Earth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Please
click to read the article, in which I have written that NASA has proved that
our DNA has come from outer space<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #984807; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2015/06/shivling-symbol-of-formless-god.html">http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2015/06/shivling-symbol-of-formless-god.html</a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #984807; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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after death, the body is disintegrated and the components which make up the
body are returned back to the five elements, to rebuild bodies of all kinds in
the mineral, vegetable, animal, and human kingdoms; but as per the law of
balance, that means the components from the body of a spiritually elevated
person get transformed into a precious ore, plant of high aura or they get
attracted towards building the body of a person of a high spiritual level<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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must strive to become a person whom the earth eagerly welcomes receiving his
body components after deaths; then we have lived our life well—and have indeed
walked the pilgrimage called life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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due to their through and their mystic insight carried out clairvoyant
observations of elements have described the seven subdivisions of matter; they
had in earlier times also described the structure of the atom and what they
described was later proved by atomic physics after the invention of powerful
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automatically the feelings of despair and fear which preceded his self-murder,
and go through the act and the death-struggle time after time with ghastly
persistence. A woman who perished in the flames in a wild condition of terror
and with frantic efforts to escape, created such a whirls of passions that,
five days afterwards, she was still struggling desperately, fancying herself
still in the fire and wildly repulsing all efforts to soothe her: while another
woman who, with her baby on her breast, went down beneath the whirl of waters
in a raging storm, with her heart calm and full of love, slept peacefully on the
other side of death, dreaming of husband and children in happy lifelike
visions.” this is what we call <b>Rest In
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hours after death – generally not more than thirty-six, it is said – the man
draws himself out of the etheric (astral) body, leaving it in turn as a
senseless corpse, and the latter, remaining near its dense counterpart, shares
its fate. If the dense body be buried, the etheric double floats over the grave,
slowly disintegrating, and the unpleasant feelings many experience in a
churchyard are largely due to the presence of these decaying etheric corpses.
If the body is burned, the etheric double breaks up quickly, having lost its
nidus (a place in which something is formed or deposited; a site of origin),
its physical centre of attraction, and this is one among many reasons <b>why cremation is preferable to burial, as a
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of piercing / breaking the burning skull with a stave (bamboo) has to be
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astral world is above us, below us, on every side of us, through us; we live
and move in it, but it is intangible, invisible, inaudible, imperceptible,
because the prison of the physical body shuts us away from it, the physical
particles being too gross to be set in vibration by astral matter because as
mentioned earlier as the level of plane rises the materials become more fine in
texture and hence the spirit-matter of the astral plane is more highly
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I once met an ascetic living in a cave in the Himalaya, I asked him about
enlightenment, he told me that the first sign of getting enlightened is
practical thinking and sound reasoning, so it is good to be practical and give
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that every parent should discuss with their children and every adult who guides
youth must ask this question to them---having evolved from lower life forms to
the stage of a human being, where we have developed a huge forehead (lower life
forms do not have a forehead) and intellect (buddhi) which allows us to discriminate
between right and wrong---is sex so very important that we cannot think of
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course, and then subsides; (however this is not always the case now a days many
aged people are all sexed up, full of passion, the Mahabharat which convey all
divine teachings in a story form for todays degraded generation, clearly
explains this in the first chapter itself, where a</span><span style="background: white; color: #953735; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">t an old age King shantanu fell in love with
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had they not wasted their precious life in pursuing sexual pleasures /
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breast and healthy thighs because a woman with healthy thighs can support and
take the weight of a healthy baby during pregnancy and big round breast can
store more milk for the baby; on the other hand women get attracted to a big
genital because a big organ can deposit sperms more deep inside the womb—<b>nature provided this natural tendencies
which later took the form of attraction</b>, so there is nothing vulgar in it;
it is the <b>theory of sexual selection</b>
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partners because unlike the male who can produce millions of sperms a woman
only produces one egg a month, and it is her God given responsibility to ensure
that she produces better and better offspring’s, so she cannot be irresponsible
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the mating urge descends on men or women, they develop a temporary but immense
capacity for glorifying the beloved person, seeing beauties and virtues which
may be quite slight or even non-existent. With the eyes so widely out of focus,
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Observe how the body of a person
gets transformed after an active sex life, a slim body of a youth turns to that
of a man, a girl changes into a woman<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Two things age you
faster----sex and food<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The British started doing a survey /
census in India from the city of Banaras; they found out that the Hindu widows have
a big lifespan<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The Hindu widows are left in Banaras
to die, then how come they have the biggest lifespan compared to all
others? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The conclusion was that, the Hindu
widow is always fasting and given a small quantity of simple food and she does
not have an active sex life, the same results were found India wide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">So always remember
that food and sex ages you and they both are also responsible for lost health
and unpleasant diseases<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The less you eat and the less you
have sex, the healthier you become and I add this also take long walks you will
always be healthy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">We come across so many old couples,
it is even difficult for them to walk, </span><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; font-size: 13pt;">one
of the reasons is that </span><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; font-size: 13pt;">they have drained away their vital
fluids / energy in enjoyment and are paying the price now</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Be very very careful
in choosing your partner<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Sexual union not only is something
operative on the physical plane, but also on the psychic (astral) plane. This
psychical union may be harmful to the higher-bred person of the two who are
engaged in the intercourse, that means during the process one partner who has a
lower spiritual level stands to gain and the other with a higher spiritual
level loses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Please click on the link to read
this article<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif";"><a href="http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2017/01/touch-and-spiritual-connections.html">touch-and-spiritual-connections.html</a></span></span><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Sexual promiscuity is dangerous for
many reasons; because<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">(1) The aspirant's karma becomes
entangled with the other person's karma. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">(2) One becomes psychically infected
with low thought-forms hovering in the other person's aura. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">(3) We must consider the effects of our
actions upon the lives and the character of others. We just cannot dump our
lust on someone else. We are to help their evolution, not their retrogression (the
process of returning to an earlier state, typically a worse one)</span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">(4) Intercourse with many unevolved
types gives a special shock to the nervous systems of those who practise
meditation and disintegrates something of their achievements each time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On prostitution<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">See how the face, body of a
prostitute becomes, how badly her aura is damaged<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">See the effects of lust, her body
turns black<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">One look at the lady and you can
make out that she has collected so many sexual impurities<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The person visiting a prostitute
also gets a bad destiny<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Corinthians 6:12-20 “do you not know
that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is
written, “The two will become one flesh”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Corinthians 6:15-17, “Don't you realize
that your bodies are actually parts and members of Christ? So should I take
part of Christ and join Him to a prostitute? Never! And don't you know that if
a man joins himself to a prostitute she becomes a part of him and he becomes a
part of her? For God tells us in the Scripture that in His sight the two become
one person."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The so called tantra love practices
are nothing but inferior tantrik sects who have eagerly used the teaching to
make their sexual desires appear as holy aspirations and they are held in ill
repute by many Indian authorities. They are nothing but a prostitution racket;
just relieving the sexual stress, like the medical doctors who invented
vibrators almost two centuries ago, when they were interested in a labour-saving
device to spare their hands the fatigue they developed giving hand jobs
(masturbating) to a steady stream of 19th century ladies who suffered from
“hysteria,” a vaguely defined ailment easily recognizable today as sexual
frustration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">I quote Dr Annie Besant “We may hope
that, as sexual morality becomes more generally recognised, it will be seen
that the essence of prostitution lies in the union of the sexes without mutual
love; when a woman marries for rank, for title, for wealth, she sells herself
as veritably as her poorer and more unfortunate sister; love alone makes the
true marriage, love which is loyal to the beloved, and is swayed by no baser
motive than passionate devotion to its object, when no such love exists the
union which is marriage by law is nothing higher than legalised prostitution:
the enforcement on an unwilling man or woman of conjugal rights is something
even still lower, it is legalised rape.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On youth, sex and
marriage<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">I you marry keeping sex in mind you
become porn actors only<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Present youth understand nothing of
sex discipline, they are not taught what virtues are, they have such a casual
approach towards sex not realizing that they are corrupting their DNA, they
will only bring unworthy souls in this world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">It is clearly mentioned in the Bhagwad
Gita that when a woman copulates outside marriage she becomes corrupt, the DNA
gets corrupted and this results in unworthy, inferior children and the
degradation of the entire lineage <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">But do todays parents realize this?
when a child is born the parents subscribe a full financial package to take
care of all the financial needs till the child becomes an adult, they give the
child the best education, they buy expensive gadgets, but do they implant moral
teachings in the child, do they talk to the child about religion, about the
purpose of life—<b>I have started writing
this series for this reason <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">It is said that the hand that rocks
the cradle rules the world, but if you look at the facebook profiles of most
girls you see only selfies (a photograph that one has taken of oneself,
typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and shared via social media),
what sort of children such a lady will raise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">I happened to see this program “Koffee
with Karan” on TV (I have disconnected the idiot box {a television set} long
ago) the host was chatting with a film star and his wife, he asked the wife
about her past boyfriends, the husband quickly said “No less than mine
(girlfriends).” And further added “I'm still discovering boyfriends of yours”
and all three laughed HA HA HA…………<b>what a
generation. Where sexual purity has no meaning</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The older generation did it too, but
in a discreet manner; the new generation does it openly</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Today’s manner less
youth are a direct result of the sexual degradation of their parents <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The children who would
be born to parents whose mating’s are few, whose minds are pure, and whose
hearts are aspiring, would be markedly superior in every way.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Sex is for higher purpose<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">A substance so valuable that it can
create another human being must be used in accordance with its value, not
squandered in unthinking indulgence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Sex is noble if you elevate it
otherwise one is still in the animal stage of evolution<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Those physical and passional
conditions which pass for love among the young--with their uncontrollable
sensuality, their total unconcern with higher values, their puppet-like
copulation--all show that they have still to outgrow the close ties which they
still have to the animal stage of evolution.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Sex has become a pass time, nothing
to do so have sex, the older generation which should have long retired to spent
a life of prayer and meditation and spiritual elevation are so very active in
sex <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The system of dowry is such a big
curse in India, women have suffered so much, but when the same woman becomes a
mother in law she would want a huge dowry from her son’s wife<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The virtues in a girl are not
considered only the amount of wealth she brings is taken into account as a
result characterless girls are given away in marriage, they bring the degraded
DNA and bear unworthy children the destiny of the entire family is affected—<b>indeed millions of families have paid a
huge price in India when they chose money over virtue<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, the mothers mostly in northern
parts of India have failed to impart a culture into their sons that women
should be respected, and taken care of, it is written in the Vedas that where
women are worshiped there the God’s dwell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The common thought is; it is ok, he
is a boy, so he has the licence to be irresponsible in his sexual behaviour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">How many parents teach their
children that in our Vedic culture, we worship small girls who have not reached
puberty, we treat them like Goddesses and the boy should have the same attitude
towards other girls </span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Your children are
not your children.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">They are the sons
and daughters of Life's longing for itself.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">They come through
you but not from you,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">And though they are
with you yet they belong not to you.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">You may give them
your love but not your thoughts,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">For they have their
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">You may house their
bodies but not their souls,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">For their souls
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">which you cannot
visit, not even in your dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">You may strive to be
like them,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">but seek not to make
them like you.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">For life goes not
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interfere in the life of youth but let them go on their own; after all they are
a result of the collective consciousness of the world and beyond; but I give this
advice to the youth that: -</span><br />
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">I am not saying that
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polluted by the presence of sexual organs as some ascetic seems to believe.
Nature is wiser than they are. She evolved them in all her wisdom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in my blog that what you need to understand is that love is more profound than
lust<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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opens her legs for you; strive to become a man to whom the girl would want to
open her heart—then you have lived your life well—and you have indeed walked
the pilgrimage called life<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #953735; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt;">As
base metals are transmuted to Gold; that is the Alchemy of metals</span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #953735; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt;">As
dirt is transformed into a fruit; that is the Alchemy of a tree<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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transform lust into love<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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with the gopies is platonic relations at their best<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lust never give up, you may fail a thousand times—this is your kurukshetra, the
battle field of the Mahabharata where the Lord preached Gita; if you restrain
your physical self but keep thinking about it in your mind, it is as bad as
having a physical relationship; instead try and elevate your spiritual level,
your consciousness, then automatically you will no longer long for lust<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">It is said that only when God
appears he will relieve you of lust ; God resides in you the day you can tune
in with yourself you evoke him, so try and find your higher self and you would
be liberated <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">You can use music to your advantage;
listen to your favourite music to deviate your mind--- Pythagoras, the great
teacher who was initiated in India is said to have possessed such knowledge of
music that he could use it for the controlling of men's wildest passions, and
the illuminating of their minds. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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something constructive or spent their time in building some engineering project,
instead of talking about sex; in this way a good vibration is created which
will certainly help them in life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Lao Tzu said the man of Tao is free
from the consciousness of sex.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">During sex another
power takes over you</span></b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">—<b>you can never be in
control of yourself</b>, it is the surrender of the attitude of being in
control of oneself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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woke up and decided they really liked their bodies, just think how many
industries would go out of business.” ~ dr. gail dines<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Almost 70% of pages in the women’s
glamour magazine are paid content or advertisements <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">photoshopped meaning a
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">These magazines actually destroy the
self-esteem of women <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Watch one more beautiful video of a
nude artiste--</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">A woman's body. Beyond
the erotic to recognize the divine -- who says that every woman’s body is her
biography….ever scar has a story, every wrinkle a testament to a life lived…….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a feeling of sadness after
the sexual act; it is termed as Post-coital tristesse (PCT) or post-coital
dysphoria (PCD)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Around 150 AD, the prominent Greek
physician Galen wrote, <b>"Every
animal is sad after coitus except the human female and the rooster."<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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masturbation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">But after a nocturnal emission,
informally known as a wet dream; there is no feeling of sadness or guilt, since
it is a natural process to relieve tension<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">If one’s family has a
history of broken marriages etc. and is unable to find a suitable life partner;
such a person must understand very clearly that this is due to the sexual
impurities / karma that the lineage has collected, and must try to lead a pure
life and accept his or her destiny and be very careful about their behaviour so
they do not collect any bad karma <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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problem; every one suffers from solitude at some stage or other, but people
close their doors and are not ready to come out of it <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a reason that the female
reproductive organs are inside the body and male reproductive organs outside the
body<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">It is wrong that-- spiritual
fulfilment / enlightenment is only possible if one denies sex, the true
statement is spiritual fulfilment / enlightenment is only possible if one comes
out of lust<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">As per the occult studies of the
Zoroastrians: <b>the female sex possesses
in her eyes a power nine times more effective than that in a male, and which is
known as "Vanthvo Frado",
i.e., one of the five magnetic powers (Frad) present in water in its
original, natural and pure state.</b> Owing to the high extent of this
Vanthvo-Frado power in a woman, she possesses in herself the art, as it were,
of placing in the mouth of the opposite party whatever words she likes.
Consequently, a child picks up more easily what is imparted by a female teacher
than by a male, this is the reason why a female teacher is by nature more
suited than a male for imparting primary training <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">In the past female members of the US
army were effectively used to negotiate with rebel groups to surrender<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The forty-eight or in some editions
sixty-four postures described in the book on sex love called Kama Sutra, now
widely translated and published in the West, are simply forty-eight or
sixty-four ways for a man to lower himself to purely animal status. In fact
several of them are given animal names by the author.~ Paul Brunton<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the two are often confused. The one is a way of outward life; the other a state
of inner life.” ~ Paul Brunton <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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completely free from all image making, all the pictures, sensations, which
thought has built in its search for pleasure through sex. Then you will find an
abundance of energy." ~ Krishnamurti<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The man who says, "I love
you," too often means, "I want your body."<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Internet to gain knowledge; most people only use the social media to socialize
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">It is pathetic that over the years,
the top searched image on google search in India is of a female porn actor
turned film star—there is so much knowledge available on the internet, yet most
people only pursue what pleases their senses
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as close to the earth as any animal could get. As a symbol this creature stands
in ancient scriptures for earthly pleasure. And since there is no pleasure so
intense as the sexual one, it has come to stand for that particularly. The
snake rearing its head and holding itself upright stands for the overcoming of
sexual passion. It is not only a symbol of such mastery but particularly of the
power arising from its being diverted toward spiritual knowledge and
aspiration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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who no longer desires any human being but only pure Being itself. Thus he
passes from the personal to the impersonal, from passion through penitence and
self-discipline to utter tranquillity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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true love has not understood its meaning----- True love---- is
unconditional---not self-seeking---it can only be given---never expected<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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at our work place during Diwali, my Christian colleague refused to take part in
the ceremony and also refused the prasad (a devotional offering made to a god,
typically consisting of sweets /food that is later shared among devotees)
saying that his God does not allow this—later on he developed an adulterous
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earliest, home pregnancy tests came from Ancient Egypt. In 1350 BC, women were
advised to urinate on wheat and barley seeds over the course of several days;
if the wheat sprouted, she was having a girl, and if the barley sprouted, a
boy. If neither sprouted, she wasn’t pregnant. The most interesting thing about
this test was that it actually worked: In 1963, a laboratory experimented with
the wheat and barley test and found that, 70 percent of the time, the urine of
pregnant women would cause the seeds to sprout, while the urine of non-pregnant
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<b><i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">When love beckons to you,
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Though his ways are
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">And when his wings
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Though the sword
hidden among his pinions may wound you.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">And when he speaks to you
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Though his voice may
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">as the north wind
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">For even as love crowns
you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Even as he ascends
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">So shall he descend
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Like sheaves of corn
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">He threshes you to
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">He sifts you to free
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you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred
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shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that
knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">But if in your fear
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Into the seasonless
world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not
all of your tears.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">For love is
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not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of
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can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">But if you love and
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">To melt and be like
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">To know the pain of
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">To be wounded by
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">And to bleed
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">To wake at dawn with
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">To rest at the noon
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<i><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">To return home at
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with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your
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year junior school student, a few days after the Hiroshima bombing the mother
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80000, and the idea that it is fired by a guy who doesn’t make that in a year at a guy who doesn’t make
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the one who carried his own cross was amongst us today; who would he bomb?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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why is the world like this? Why so much hate? In deep contemplation, I get this answer in
form of a question; do you love all your neighbors, all your colleagues and
everyone around you. Do you nurse any grudges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will go on till the ideologies of world leadership change (I have written about
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lost 0.32% of its population and during the Korean war, North Korea lost close
to 30 % of its population as a result of US led bombings in the 1950s destroying
North Korea’s 78 cities and thousands of her villages and now once again the US
wants to go to war with North Korea because they test fire missiles into the
sea which hurt no one<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All the bad karma which the American
leaders have accumulated, who will pay for it, every bomb which is dropped will
come back to the American soil by the law of karma and I shudder to think of
the suffering the American people will have to go through<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #943634; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Some true Christians
have written and sung this <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let there be peace on
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And let it begin with
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let there be peace on
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The peace that was
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With God as our Father<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Brothers all are we,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let me walk with my
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In perfect harmony.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let peace begin with
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let this be the moment
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With every step I
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let this be my solemn
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To take each moment
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In peace eternally.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let there be peace on
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<i><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And let it begin with
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