Jesus Christ. (BC0004 to AD 0032)
Born at Bethlehem
Crucified at Calvary. He rose on the third day.
Resting Place The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem.
Home: Nazareth.
Parents: Mary and Joseph.
The gospel tradition Sources, the history of the life, work, and death of Jesus of Nazareth reveals nothing of the Christian religion to which he gave rise. He lived and taught in a remote area on the periphery of the Roman Empire. His life was of short duration of 36 years, and knowledge of it remained hidden from most of his contemporary world. None of the sources of his life and work can be traced to Jesus himself.
Jesus Christ did not leave a single known written word. Also, there are no contemporary accounts written of his life and death. What can be established about the historical Jesus depends almost without exception on Christian traditions, especially on the material used in the composition of the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke, which reflect the outlook of the later church and its faith in Jesus.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Christianity-Easter.
Easter.Pass Over.
Easter. This year Easter was observed on April 24th.2011.
Easter, the most important holiday, commemorates Christ's resurrection on the third day following his crucifixion. So important is the resurrection to Christians that it has been said that every Christian worship service is a celebration of the resurrection.
For several hundred years, Easter was not called "Easter." Prior to the fourth century, Christians observed, Pascha, Christian Passover, in the spring of the year. Adapted from Jewish Passover, Pascha was a festival of redemption. As Jews, these early followers of Jesus celebrated both their liberation from slavery in Egypt, and their new liberation from the power of death itself.
As Christianity spread throughout the Roman world, however, the celebration became more and more a distinctly Christian one. But there also developed some disagreement about when and how the holiday should be observed. One of the principal reasons for organizing the council of Nicea in 325 CE was to set a firm date for the celebration.
Though the record is not complete, the church fathers were intent on making the holiday into something that those acquainted with the gods and goddesses of the Greco-Roman world be comfortable with. Thus the festival came to be known as "Easter," a name derived, some think, from "Eostre," the Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe; others suggest it was derived from an ancient word for spring "eastre." Without doubt some elements of pre-Christian religious practice have been incorporated into the Easter traditions.
Easter Sunday and Pass Over.
Both have to be followed.
Christmas comes but once a year.
After Christmas comes the Lent.
On the 4th of April, this year, more than a billion of Christians
will celebrate the festival of Easter.
A fraction of them observe Pass Over, a week before the Easter Sunday.
The festival of Easter is fun-filled with the hunt of the Easter Egg,
Easter bunnies and Easter Sunrise service.
Many believe that God’s endorsement of Pass Over ended with Christ’s Death.
God since then replaced it with the celebration of the Easter.
Celebration of Easter with sincerity, is rightly regarded as a
religious holiday that superseded the Old Testament Pass Over.
There is a controversy about celebrating Easter or observing Pass Over.
We are not here for anything in favour or anything against those who claim:-
Easter can not be found in Scriptures.
Easter was never instituted by God.
Easter was never sanctioned by Jesus Christ.
Easter means one week of religious prayer and plain living.
Easter means one week’s celebration and vacation at the end of a harsh winter.
It brings joy and colour in the eyes of the people to celebrate this festival.
Lent is the season of 40 day’s fasting before Easter.
Lent is more than a diet, a life involved in prayer, alms-giving and reading.
Fasting abstains from eating meat, fish, dairy items liquor wine etc.
They take a simple dry food of vegetables once a day to maintain the body.
Easter. This year Easter was observed on April 24th.2011.
Easter, the most important holiday, commemorates Christ's resurrection on the third day following his crucifixion. So important is the resurrection to Christians that it has been said that every Christian worship service is a celebration of the resurrection.
For several hundred years, Easter was not called "Easter." Prior to the fourth century, Christians observed, Pascha, Christian Passover, in the spring of the year. Adapted from Jewish Passover, Pascha was a festival of redemption. As Jews, these early followers of Jesus celebrated both their liberation from slavery in Egypt, and their new liberation from the power of death itself.
As Christianity spread throughout the Roman world, however, the celebration became more and more a distinctly Christian one. But there also developed some disagreement about when and how the holiday should be observed. One of the principal reasons for organizing the council of Nicea in 325 CE was to set a firm date for the celebration.
Though the record is not complete, the church fathers were intent on making the holiday into something that those acquainted with the gods and goddesses of the Greco-Roman world be comfortable with. Thus the festival came to be known as "Easter," a name derived, some think, from "Eostre," the Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe; others suggest it was derived from an ancient word for spring "eastre." Without doubt some elements of pre-Christian religious practice have been incorporated into the Easter traditions.
Easter Sunday and Pass Over.
Both have to be followed.
Christmas comes but once a year.
After Christmas comes the Lent.
On the 4th of April, this year, more than a billion of Christians
will celebrate the festival of Easter.
A fraction of them observe Pass Over, a week before the Easter Sunday.
The festival of Easter is fun-filled with the hunt of the Easter Egg,
Easter bunnies and Easter Sunrise service.
Many believe that God’s endorsement of Pass Over ended with Christ’s Death.
God since then replaced it with the celebration of the Easter.
Celebration of Easter with sincerity, is rightly regarded as a
religious holiday that superseded the Old Testament Pass Over.
There is a controversy about celebrating Easter or observing Pass Over.
We are not here for anything in favour or anything against those who claim:-
Easter can not be found in Scriptures.
Easter was never instituted by God.
Easter was never sanctioned by Jesus Christ.
Easter means one week of religious prayer and plain living.
Easter means one week’s celebration and vacation at the end of a harsh winter.
It brings joy and colour in the eyes of the people to celebrate this festival.
Lent is the season of 40 day’s fasting before Easter.
Lent is more than a diet, a life involved in prayer, alms-giving and reading.
Fasting abstains from eating meat, fish, dairy items liquor wine etc.
They take a simple dry food of vegetables once a day to maintain the body.
Skin Care in Summer.
Our Body- The Skin Care in Summer.
Human body skin is a very wonderful gift to us.
Each square inch of our skin contains about ten million cells,
Six hundred sweat glands, ninety oil glands,and sixty five hair roots
Serviced by nineteen thousand nerve cells,
Nineteen feet of intricately woven blood vessels and populated
by ten millions of microscopic bacteria.
Functioning at capacity, the skin is designed to eliminate one third of our body waste
products,but in reality most people’s skin functions quite poorly.
Synthetic toiletries clog the pores,and synthetic fabrics nylon polyester and so many others
in the form of under-garments which are in constant touch with the skin
severely inhibit the natural process.
It is far better to wear natural fabrics, pure cotton is the best and linen, silk, and wool
are also good and avoid washing them with harsh biological washing powders, the residues of which are
absorbed through the skin pores.
To help the skin take exercise, sauna bath or turkish bath, to sweat out toxins and do daily dry skin brushing to remove dead skin cells,clear out lymph, stimulate the glands and prevent pre-mature ageing. This is best done in the morning before bathing. Always brush toward the heart and use a natural bristle brush designed specifically for body brushing. You will feel re-born.
Human body skin is a very wonderful gift to us.
Each square inch of our skin contains about ten million cells,
Six hundred sweat glands, ninety oil glands,and sixty five hair roots
Serviced by nineteen thousand nerve cells,
Nineteen feet of intricately woven blood vessels and populated
by ten millions of microscopic bacteria.
Functioning at capacity, the skin is designed to eliminate one third of our body waste
products,but in reality most people’s skin functions quite poorly.
Synthetic toiletries clog the pores,and synthetic fabrics nylon polyester and so many others
in the form of under-garments which are in constant touch with the skin
severely inhibit the natural process.
It is far better to wear natural fabrics, pure cotton is the best and linen, silk, and wool
are also good and avoid washing them with harsh biological washing powders, the residues of which are
absorbed through the skin pores.
To help the skin take exercise, sauna bath or turkish bath, to sweat out toxins and do daily dry skin brushing to remove dead skin cells,clear out lymph, stimulate the glands and prevent pre-mature ageing. This is best done in the morning before bathing. Always brush toward the heart and use a natural bristle brush designed specifically for body brushing. You will feel re-born.
Gold Stock with World Countries.
Gold Stock with World Countries. 2011.
Country Tons Value. Billion US $.
USA. 8966 360
Germany. 3754 150
IMF 3312 132
Italy 2701 109
France. 2684 107
China. 1162 47
Switzerland. 1146 46
Japan. 843 34
Russia. 706 28
Holland 675 27
India. 615 25
EU Cent.Bank 523 23
Taiwan. 465 19
Portugal 422 17
Venezuela. 398 16.
Country Tons Value. Billion US $.
USA. 8966 360
Germany. 3754 150
IMF 3312 132
Italy 2701 109
France. 2684 107
China. 1162 47
Switzerland. 1146 46
Japan. 843 34
Russia. 706 28
Holland 675 27
India. 615 25
EU Cent.Bank 523 23
Taiwan. 465 19
Portugal 422 17
Venezuela. 398 16.
Some Superstitions.
A ship that sails on Friday will have bad luck.
Never start a trip on Friday or you will meet misfortune.
Never start to make a garment on Friday unless you can finish it the same day.
Fear of Friday the 13th is rooted in ancient, separate bad-luck associations with the number 13 and day Friday. The two unlucky entities combine to make one super unlucky day.
Both Friday and the number 13 were once closely associated with capital punishment. In British tradition, Friday was the conventional day for public hangings, and there were supposedly 13 steps leading up to the noose.
It is traditionally believed that Eve tempted Adam with the apple on a Friday. Tradition also has it that the Flood in the Bible, the confusion at the Tower of Babel, and the death of Jesus Christ all took place on Friday.
Numerologists consider 12 a "complete" number. There are 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, and 12 apostles of Jesus. In exceeding 12 by 1, 13's association with bad luck has to do with just being a little beyond completeness.
More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor.
Many airports skip the 13th gate.
Airplanes have no 13th aisle.
Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13.
Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.
On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half.
Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue
In France, socialites known as the quatorziens that is fourteeners once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.
Those who fear the unlucky integer are known, point to the ill-fated mission to the moon, Apollo 13.
Cut your hair on Good Friday to prevent headaches in the year to come
Never start a trip on Friday or you will meet misfortune.
Never start to make a garment on Friday unless you can finish it the same day.
Fear of Friday the 13th is rooted in ancient, separate bad-luck associations with the number 13 and day Friday. The two unlucky entities combine to make one super unlucky day.
Both Friday and the number 13 were once closely associated with capital punishment. In British tradition, Friday was the conventional day for public hangings, and there were supposedly 13 steps leading up to the noose.
It is traditionally believed that Eve tempted Adam with the apple on a Friday. Tradition also has it that the Flood in the Bible, the confusion at the Tower of Babel, and the death of Jesus Christ all took place on Friday.
Numerologists consider 12 a "complete" number. There are 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, and 12 apostles of Jesus. In exceeding 12 by 1, 13's association with bad luck has to do with just being a little beyond completeness.
More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor.
Many airports skip the 13th gate.
Airplanes have no 13th aisle.
Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13.
Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.
On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half.
Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue
In France, socialites known as the quatorziens that is fourteeners once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.
Those who fear the unlucky integer are known, point to the ill-fated mission to the moon, Apollo 13.
Cut your hair on Good Friday to prevent headaches in the year to come
Our Body-the Liver.
Our Body-The Liver.
Situated beneath the diaphragm in the abdomen, the Liver is the largest organ weighing about 1.5 kilogram.
The blood leaving the stomach and intestines passes through the Liver before reaching the rest of the body. It processes nutrients and drugs absorbed from digestive tract into forms easy for other parts of. It is the refinery of our body. It removes toxins from our blood converting it to substances to be easily removed. Many drugs taken to treat diseases are chemically modified in Liver. It also makes bile essential for digestion. Bile is stored in the gall bladder which contracts after eating and discharges bile into intestines. Liver converts the food we eat into chemical essential for life.
Carbohydrates absorbed in intestines is transported through blood vessels to the Liver and converted into glycogen and stored. The Liver breaks down the glycogen in between meals releasing sugar into the blood for energy to prevent low blood pressure. This helps us to keep an even level of energy. Without this balance, we would need to eat constantly for energy. It also maintains body’s protein and nitrogen metabolism. Protein in food is broken down into amino-acids in intestines and delivered to the Liver for making body proteins. Excess amino acids are sent to the muscles for use or converted to urea for excretion in the urine. Certain proteins are converted into ammonia during the breakdown of body protein. The Liver detoxifies the ammonia, and made into urea which is excreted by the kidneys.
Through the production of bile, Liver helps dietary fat for absorption. Vitamins A D E and K depend on Liver for absorption.
Many Liver diseases are associated with malnutrition. Patients with cirrhosis are mal-nourished, losing the muscle’s mass and thin and lean appearance. Alcoholics are susceptible to Liver-disorders. Drastic loss of weight is associated with liver-dis-order. It is important that patients with Liver-disorder maintain a balanced diet which ensures adequate calories carbohydrates fats and proteins. The liver-cells have to be regenerated. Patients with cirrhosis need rich diet in protein providing 2000 to 3000 calories per day to help the Liver to re-build. Too much protein results in increased ammonia in the blood while too little of protein results in not healing the Liver. It has to be proportionate. Patients with liver disease should be wary of supplements to the diet fat foods or packaged nutritional aids. Such foods contain lot of salt potassium or inappropriate protein mixtures. Those that are safe should be taken.
Situated beneath the diaphragm in the abdomen, the Liver is the largest organ weighing about 1.5 kilogram.
The blood leaving the stomach and intestines passes through the Liver before reaching the rest of the body. It processes nutrients and drugs absorbed from digestive tract into forms easy for other parts of. It is the refinery of our body. It removes toxins from our blood converting it to substances to be easily removed. Many drugs taken to treat diseases are chemically modified in Liver. It also makes bile essential for digestion. Bile is stored in the gall bladder which contracts after eating and discharges bile into intestines. Liver converts the food we eat into chemical essential for life.
Carbohydrates absorbed in intestines is transported through blood vessels to the Liver and converted into glycogen and stored. The Liver breaks down the glycogen in between meals releasing sugar into the blood for energy to prevent low blood pressure. This helps us to keep an even level of energy. Without this balance, we would need to eat constantly for energy. It also maintains body’s protein and nitrogen metabolism. Protein in food is broken down into amino-acids in intestines and delivered to the Liver for making body proteins. Excess amino acids are sent to the muscles for use or converted to urea for excretion in the urine. Certain proteins are converted into ammonia during the breakdown of body protein. The Liver detoxifies the ammonia, and made into urea which is excreted by the kidneys.
Through the production of bile, Liver helps dietary fat for absorption. Vitamins A D E and K depend on Liver for absorption.
Many Liver diseases are associated with malnutrition. Patients with cirrhosis are mal-nourished, losing the muscle’s mass and thin and lean appearance. Alcoholics are susceptible to Liver-disorders. Drastic loss of weight is associated with liver-dis-order. It is important that patients with Liver-disorder maintain a balanced diet which ensures adequate calories carbohydrates fats and proteins. The liver-cells have to be regenerated. Patients with cirrhosis need rich diet in protein providing 2000 to 3000 calories per day to help the Liver to re-build. Too much protein results in increased ammonia in the blood while too little of protein results in not healing the Liver. It has to be proportionate. Patients with liver disease should be wary of supplements to the diet fat foods or packaged nutritional aids. Such foods contain lot of salt potassium or inappropriate protein mixtures. Those that are safe should be taken.
What is Proper Time?
Auspicious Time.
Yesterday is History.
Tomorrow is Mystery.
To-day is God’s Gift.(Present).
Past holds the future, it repeats itself in the present. History repeats, People do not take lesson from it. Past comes back again. It is a burden on the present, and future. It is hovering on our head. None can escape past memory. It comes back over and again. We live in past memory. There is no present, no future-only the past, happening again. It appears in an enlarged improved edition. One never forgets incidents of the past. They are fresh as if they happened yesterday. Life is short and events are many. Whether you want it or not, it follows you like a shadow. You can’t shed it. It is interwoven in you. Shed it. Yesterday has gone, Today is with us. Tomorrow may not come. We should finish our tasks today without delay. Time and Tide wait for none. The present tense belongs to us. Whatever the past may have been, it is a glorious past. What is gone is gone, Let bye-gone be bye-gone. That’s all. We have to live in the present. We have left past far behind. Our life exists in the present. We should make the most of it. We do not do this. If we try, we can do it. It can be done. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, but today we have to enjoy every moment of Life.
Today is our time. Yesterday is gone. “Make hay when the Sun shines”. Life is short and work is much. Life will be colorful if you kept busy. Every hour hurts; the last one swoons. Therefore rise above and get to work. Work is worship. Work is life. Wok is activity. Wise ones stick to the present. Only the fools waste the time. Philosophers and writers write about the Past. The wise ones think of today. Persons with practical outlook live in present. They do not bother what past was. Present belongs to us. This is the gist of life.
Yesterday is History.
Tomorrow is Mystery.
To-day is God’s Gift.(Present).
Past holds the future, it repeats itself in the present. History repeats, People do not take lesson from it. Past comes back again. It is a burden on the present, and future. It is hovering on our head. None can escape past memory. It comes back over and again. We live in past memory. There is no present, no future-only the past, happening again. It appears in an enlarged improved edition. One never forgets incidents of the past. They are fresh as if they happened yesterday. Life is short and events are many. Whether you want it or not, it follows you like a shadow. You can’t shed it. It is interwoven in you. Shed it. Yesterday has gone, Today is with us. Tomorrow may not come. We should finish our tasks today without delay. Time and Tide wait for none. The present tense belongs to us. Whatever the past may have been, it is a glorious past. What is gone is gone, Let bye-gone be bye-gone. That’s all. We have to live in the present. We have left past far behind. Our life exists in the present. We should make the most of it. We do not do this. If we try, we can do it. It can be done. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, but today we have to enjoy every moment of Life.
Today is our time. Yesterday is gone. “Make hay when the Sun shines”. Life is short and work is much. Life will be colorful if you kept busy. Every hour hurts; the last one swoons. Therefore rise above and get to work. Work is worship. Work is life. Wok is activity. Wise ones stick to the present. Only the fools waste the time. Philosophers and writers write about the Past. The wise ones think of today. Persons with practical outlook live in present. They do not bother what past was. Present belongs to us. This is the gist of life.
Mount Abu in Rajasthan.
HIT THE HEAD & TAKE THE TREASURE.”
Mount Abu.
Arbudanchal
Arbudaranya.
Elevation 5680 feet
Home of Jain Temples.
Dilwara Temples built by Vimalsha. 11 Century.
Nakki Talao, Arbuda Devi.
Every 1000 feet elevation, Temperature drops by 1* C.
Therefore Mount Abu is cooler by 5.7*C. than at the sea level.
Throughout the country the English Rulers developed Hill Stations.
Mount Abu was the official residence of the Resident, Political Agent,
and his staff for Western India. Many Royal family also settled there.
They lived at Mount Abu two seasons a year that is 8 months in a year.
They established municipality to construct roads, recreation centers
clubs theatres, picnic Points and allowed settlers to settle in Mount Abu.
Prior to 1947, No entry for vehicles in municipal limit. Trucks, Bus, Cars
stopped at the entrance of Mount Abu toll-booth..
The Europeans too walked down to their Kothi on foot or
on horse etc. There were camel carriages to take their family etc.
No vehicles were allowed beyond the entrance point.
All had to enter on foot or in a palanquin or a horse carriage.
Dilwara Jain Temples is a center of great attraction.
Incident.1.
One Political Agent William with his Madam one afternoon stood at
the entrance of the Dilwara temple, just to know what a temple is.
Maharaj ShantiVijayji himself came to the door to welcome the couple.
They said they wanted to have a glance. They were offered jute cloth slippers
to wear and were asked to take out their shoes by the security staff.
The Madam changed her shoes. William did not like it and he toured
the temple premises with his shoes on.
Rumors say that William had his feet paralyzed. He could not walk.
He was advised to visit the temple again. He did not believe in such things.
He prepared himself to return to England for surgery. No medicine helped.
Wiser counsel prevails. The Madam by lot of persuasion took him in a
wheel-chair to see the temple barefoot. William walked out OK on his two feet.
Incident No.2.
At Gautameshvar there was a Fountain Head of a Bull Nandi wherefrom
fresh-water poured for Visitors to wash and drink and rest there.
A marble stone was inscribed roughly meaning “Hit the Head and Take the Treasure.”
Many devotees gave their life by Hitting their Head before the bull icon and died.
No Treasure was found.
At last, it is rumored Vastu Pal Tej Pal brothers in 13th Century visited the spot.
They were very sorry for the plight of the dead in search of the Treasure.
Vastu Pal was so annoyed that with an iron rod, he Hit the Head of the Bull.
And? Lo! Behind the Mouth of the fountain was hidden treasure of Gold
Diamonds Pearls Ruby and what not. The message was to break the head of the icon. Many had mistakenly cut own head and had died in vain.
They spent the proceeds of the Treasure in the development of Abu.
Mt.Abu during 1935-45 was army cantonment and a colony of British Officers, the Rulers of Indian states. Mount Abu was the seat of meetings, conference and discussing political agenda of the states.
Abu was the meeting place of religious heads of different religion.
No vehicle was allowed in city limit. Each and all abandoned their car, bus at the toll-booth.
Horse carriage, Carts were available for movement of old people, transport of luggage and supplies. All used to move of foot. I remember running from our kothi at Achalgachh to Addhar devi by short cut from the back of Dilwara. There were short cuts for reaching sunset point Anadra point Gau-mukh, Nakki-lake, bazaar and all such places. We had enough of supply of fresh milk and green vegetables from fields adjacent to sun-set point. We drank boiled water and used to sleep in mosquito curtains. Every week we were given a tablet of quinine with milk.
Mount Abu deserves a Visit at least once.
Mount Abu.
Arbudanchal
Arbudaranya.
Elevation 5680 feet
Home of Jain Temples.
Dilwara Temples built by Vimalsha. 11 Century.
Nakki Talao, Arbuda Devi.
Every 1000 feet elevation, Temperature drops by 1* C.
Therefore Mount Abu is cooler by 5.7*C. than at the sea level.
Throughout the country the English Rulers developed Hill Stations.
Mount Abu was the official residence of the Resident, Political Agent,
and his staff for Western India. Many Royal family also settled there.
They lived at Mount Abu two seasons a year that is 8 months in a year.
They established municipality to construct roads, recreation centers
clubs theatres, picnic Points and allowed settlers to settle in Mount Abu.
Prior to 1947, No entry for vehicles in municipal limit. Trucks, Bus, Cars
stopped at the entrance of Mount Abu toll-booth..
The Europeans too walked down to their Kothi on foot or
on horse etc. There were camel carriages to take their family etc.
No vehicles were allowed beyond the entrance point.
All had to enter on foot or in a palanquin or a horse carriage.
Dilwara Jain Temples is a center of great attraction.
Incident.1.
One Political Agent William with his Madam one afternoon stood at
the entrance of the Dilwara temple, just to know what a temple is.
Maharaj ShantiVijayji himself came to the door to welcome the couple.
They said they wanted to have a glance. They were offered jute cloth slippers
to wear and were asked to take out their shoes by the security staff.
The Madam changed her shoes. William did not like it and he toured
the temple premises with his shoes on.
Rumors say that William had his feet paralyzed. He could not walk.
He was advised to visit the temple again. He did not believe in such things.
He prepared himself to return to England for surgery. No medicine helped.
Wiser counsel prevails. The Madam by lot of persuasion took him in a
wheel-chair to see the temple barefoot. William walked out OK on his two feet.
Incident No.2.
At Gautameshvar there was a Fountain Head of a Bull Nandi wherefrom
fresh-water poured for Visitors to wash and drink and rest there.
A marble stone was inscribed roughly meaning “Hit the Head and Take the Treasure.”
Many devotees gave their life by Hitting their Head before the bull icon and died.
No Treasure was found.
At last, it is rumored Vastu Pal Tej Pal brothers in 13th Century visited the spot.
They were very sorry for the plight of the dead in search of the Treasure.
Vastu Pal was so annoyed that with an iron rod, he Hit the Head of the Bull.
And? Lo! Behind the Mouth of the fountain was hidden treasure of Gold
Diamonds Pearls Ruby and what not. The message was to break the head of the icon. Many had mistakenly cut own head and had died in vain.
They spent the proceeds of the Treasure in the development of Abu.
Mt.Abu during 1935-45 was army cantonment and a colony of British Officers, the Rulers of Indian states. Mount Abu was the seat of meetings, conference and discussing political agenda of the states.
Abu was the meeting place of religious heads of different religion.
No vehicle was allowed in city limit. Each and all abandoned their car, bus at the toll-booth.
Horse carriage, Carts were available for movement of old people, transport of luggage and supplies. All used to move of foot. I remember running from our kothi at Achalgachh to Addhar devi by short cut from the back of Dilwara. There were short cuts for reaching sunset point Anadra point Gau-mukh, Nakki-lake, bazaar and all such places. We had enough of supply of fresh milk and green vegetables from fields adjacent to sun-set point. We drank boiled water and used to sleep in mosquito curtains. Every week we were given a tablet of quinine with milk.
Mount Abu deserves a Visit at least once.
LokPal and Corruption.
Anna Hazare. (1937-
It is our Duty to support the cause of Anna Hazare .
The elected persons have tasted easy money. They are not willing to give away the smooth life. The people have to throw them out. They will never go by themselves.
Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare, popularly known as Anna Hazare, is a social activist, who is especially recognized for his contribution to the development of, Religan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar district, and his efforts for establishing it as a model village, for which he was awarded Padma-Shree in 1990 and Padma-Bhushana in the year 1992.
Anna Hazare had started a 'fast unto death' to exert pressure on the Government of India to enact a strong anti-corruption act as envisaged in the Lok Pal bill, a law that will establish machinery that will have the power to deal with corruption in public offices. No one in power is interested in a Lokpal. All is a time-pass game for them. Singapore passed such bill many years back and now Singapore has progressed enormously. Why India can not do it? Answer is simple. Those in power never want it.
During his days in the Army in the 1960s as a truck driver, he spent a lot of time reading about Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi and Acharya Vinoba Bhave. He participated in the 1965-Indo-Pak war. Thereafter he retired from army service.
Anna returned to Ralegan Siddhi village in 1975, after seeking voluntary retirement from the Army and was faced with a village in the grip of drought, poverty, crimes and alcoholism. He inspired villagers to join him in building canals and bunds to hold rainwater which increased irrigation possibilities in the village.
The only family members he has are two married sisters. One lives in Mumbai and another in Sangamner in Ahmednagar district. His mother Laxmibai died in 2002. He is a bachelor not married.
After Mahatma Gandhi, Anna is among those who have used hunger strike as a potent weapon. In 1995, Hazare's fast led to exit of two state Cabinet Ministers, labelled as corrupt by the Gandhian and the Sena-BJP government was forced to drop them.
Anna Hazare did not spare the Congress-NCP regime either and in 2003, went on hunger strike against four ministers, Sureshdada Jain, Nawab Malik, Vijaykumar Gavit and Padamsinh Patiln, alleging they indulged in massive corruption.
He also initiated a campaign for a legislation on the right to information. Anna's persistent attack on those corrupt also earned him foes. In 2009, two persons arrested for killing Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar said there was a contract given out to kill him.
IT IS OUR DUTY TO SUPPORT ANNA HAZARE. LONG LIVE ANNA.
It is our Duty to support the cause of Anna Hazare .
The elected persons have tasted easy money. They are not willing to give away the smooth life. The people have to throw them out. They will never go by themselves.
Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare, popularly known as Anna Hazare, is a social activist, who is especially recognized for his contribution to the development of, Religan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar district, and his efforts for establishing it as a model village, for which he was awarded Padma-Shree in 1990 and Padma-Bhushana in the year 1992.
Anna Hazare had started a 'fast unto death' to exert pressure on the Government of India to enact a strong anti-corruption act as envisaged in the Lok Pal bill, a law that will establish machinery that will have the power to deal with corruption in public offices. No one in power is interested in a Lokpal. All is a time-pass game for them. Singapore passed such bill many years back and now Singapore has progressed enormously. Why India can not do it? Answer is simple. Those in power never want it.
During his days in the Army in the 1960s as a truck driver, he spent a lot of time reading about Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi and Acharya Vinoba Bhave. He participated in the 1965-Indo-Pak war. Thereafter he retired from army service.
Anna returned to Ralegan Siddhi village in 1975, after seeking voluntary retirement from the Army and was faced with a village in the grip of drought, poverty, crimes and alcoholism. He inspired villagers to join him in building canals and bunds to hold rainwater which increased irrigation possibilities in the village.
The only family members he has are two married sisters. One lives in Mumbai and another in Sangamner in Ahmednagar district. His mother Laxmibai died in 2002. He is a bachelor not married.
After Mahatma Gandhi, Anna is among those who have used hunger strike as a potent weapon. In 1995, Hazare's fast led to exit of two state Cabinet Ministers, labelled as corrupt by the Gandhian and the Sena-BJP government was forced to drop them.
Anna Hazare did not spare the Congress-NCP regime either and in 2003, went on hunger strike against four ministers, Sureshdada Jain, Nawab Malik, Vijaykumar Gavit and Padamsinh Patiln, alleging they indulged in massive corruption.
He also initiated a campaign for a legislation on the right to information. Anna's persistent attack on those corrupt also earned him foes. In 2009, two persons arrested for killing Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar said there was a contract given out to kill him.
IT IS OUR DUTY TO SUPPORT ANNA HAZARE. LONG LIVE ANNA.
Kundalini.
Kundalini.
“Without Shakti, Shiva too is a corpse.” Shakti ke bina shiva bhi shav hai.
The realization of Shakti in one form or the other has been known since times immemorial. Poet writer Bana, who wrote his Hundred Couplets to Chandi, Chandi-shataka and Bhavabhuti his play Malati Madhava, both of which praise the height of Shakti.
Shakti is an amalgam of Shaivism and folk mother-goddess cults. The Shaiva cult that not Shiva himself but his shakti sexual, creative power is active is taken to the extreme, that, without Shakti, Shiva is a corpse, and simultaneously that Shakti is the creator as well as creation.
Kundalini is described as a sleeping, dormant potential force in the human organism.
It is one of the components of an esoteric description of man's 'subtle body', which consists of nadi energy channels, chakras, psychic centres, prana, subtle energy, and bindu, drops of nector.
Kundalini is described as being coiled up at the base of the spine, usually within muladhara chakra. The image given is that of a serpent coiled 3 and a half times around a smoky grey lingam. Each coil is said to represent one of the 3 guna, with the half coil signifying transcendence.
Through meditation, and various esoteric practices, such as kundalini yoga, laya-yoga, and kriya yoga, the kundalini is awakened, and can rise up through the central nadi, sushumna, that rises up inside or alongside the spine. The progress of kundalini through the different chakras leads to different levels of awakening and mystical experience, until the kundalini finally reaches the top of the head, Sahashra chakra, producing an extremely profound mystical experience.
In yoga, great importance is ascribed to mantras, which conjure up the realities with which they are identified. Another important ingredient derived from yoga philosophy is that through the body run subtle canals that carry esoteric powers connected with the spinal cord, at the bottom of which Shakti is coiled around the lingam as Kundalini, she can be made to rise through the body to the top, whereupon release from samsara takes place.
There are two nerve currents in the spinal column, Pingala and Ida, and a hollow canal Sushumna running through the spinal cord. At the lower end of the hollow canal is the "Lotus of the Kundalini".
They describe it as triangular in form in which, there is a power of the Kundalini, coiled up. When that Kundalini awakes, it tries to force a passage through this hollow canal, and as it rises step by step, as it were, layer after layer of the mind becomes open and all the different visions and wonderful powers come to the Yogi. When it reaches the brain, the Yogi is perfectly detached from the body and mind; the soul finds itself free. We know that the spinal cord is composed in a peculiar manner. If we take the figure eight horizontally, there are two parts which are connected in the middle. Suppose you add eight after eight, piled one on top of the other, that will represent the spinal cord. The left is the Ida, the right Pingala, and that hollow canal which runs through the center of the spinal cord is the Sushumna. Where the spinal cord ends in some of the fine fibre issues downwards, and the canal runs up even within that fibre, only much finer. The canal is closed at the lower end, which is situated near what is called the sacral plexus, which, according to modern physiology, is triangular in form. The different plexuses that have their centers in the spinal canal can very well stand for the different "lotus" of the Yogi
“Without Shakti, Shiva too is a corpse.” Shakti ke bina shiva bhi shav hai.
The realization of Shakti in one form or the other has been known since times immemorial. Poet writer Bana, who wrote his Hundred Couplets to Chandi, Chandi-shataka and Bhavabhuti his play Malati Madhava, both of which praise the height of Shakti.
Shakti is an amalgam of Shaivism and folk mother-goddess cults. The Shaiva cult that not Shiva himself but his shakti sexual, creative power is active is taken to the extreme, that, without Shakti, Shiva is a corpse, and simultaneously that Shakti is the creator as well as creation.
Kundalini is described as a sleeping, dormant potential force in the human organism.
It is one of the components of an esoteric description of man's 'subtle body', which consists of nadi energy channels, chakras, psychic centres, prana, subtle energy, and bindu, drops of nector.
Kundalini is described as being coiled up at the base of the spine, usually within muladhara chakra. The image given is that of a serpent coiled 3 and a half times around a smoky grey lingam. Each coil is said to represent one of the 3 guna, with the half coil signifying transcendence.
Through meditation, and various esoteric practices, such as kundalini yoga, laya-yoga, and kriya yoga, the kundalini is awakened, and can rise up through the central nadi, sushumna, that rises up inside or alongside the spine. The progress of kundalini through the different chakras leads to different levels of awakening and mystical experience, until the kundalini finally reaches the top of the head, Sahashra chakra, producing an extremely profound mystical experience.
In yoga, great importance is ascribed to mantras, which conjure up the realities with which they are identified. Another important ingredient derived from yoga philosophy is that through the body run subtle canals that carry esoteric powers connected with the spinal cord, at the bottom of which Shakti is coiled around the lingam as Kundalini, she can be made to rise through the body to the top, whereupon release from samsara takes place.
There are two nerve currents in the spinal column, Pingala and Ida, and a hollow canal Sushumna running through the spinal cord. At the lower end of the hollow canal is the "Lotus of the Kundalini".
They describe it as triangular in form in which, there is a power of the Kundalini, coiled up. When that Kundalini awakes, it tries to force a passage through this hollow canal, and as it rises step by step, as it were, layer after layer of the mind becomes open and all the different visions and wonderful powers come to the Yogi. When it reaches the brain, the Yogi is perfectly detached from the body and mind; the soul finds itself free. We know that the spinal cord is composed in a peculiar manner. If we take the figure eight horizontally, there are two parts which are connected in the middle. Suppose you add eight after eight, piled one on top of the other, that will represent the spinal cord. The left is the Ida, the right Pingala, and that hollow canal which runs through the center of the spinal cord is the Sushumna. Where the spinal cord ends in some of the fine fibre issues downwards, and the canal runs up even within that fibre, only much finer. The canal is closed at the lower end, which is situated near what is called the sacral plexus, which, according to modern physiology, is triangular in form. The different plexuses that have their centers in the spinal canal can very well stand for the different "lotus" of the Yogi
Indian Philosophy.Knowledge.Work and Devotion.
Indian Philosophy.
One of the major trends of Indian philosophy is a kind of mysticism. The desire for union of the self with something greater than the self, whether that be defined as a principle that pervades the universe or as a personal God.
Hindu mysticism includes both these forms and a great many that lie in between. At one extreme is the realization of the identity of the individual self with the impersonal principle Brahman, the position of the Vedanta school of Indian philosophy, and at the other is the intensive devotional aspect to a personal God, called by a variety of names, that is found in the bhakti sects.
There are four things common to most mystical thought.
First, it is based on experience, the state of realization, whatever it is called, is both knowable and communicable, and the systems are all designed to teach people how to reach it.
It is not, in other words, pure speculation.
Second, it has as its goal the release of the spirit-substance of the individual from its prison in matter, whether matter be considered real or illusory. Matter is the cause of the suffering.
Third, all the systems recognize the importance or the necessity of the control of the mind and body as a means of realization. This takes the form of extreme asceticism and mortification, and sometimes, at the other extreme, it takes the form of the cultivation of mind and body in order that their energies may be properly channeled.
And, finally, at the core of mystical thought is the functional principle that knowing is being. Thus, knowledge is something more than analytical categorizing: it is total understanding. This understanding can be purely intellectual, and some schools equate the final goal with omniscience, as does yoga.
Knowing can also mean total transformation, if one truly knows something, he is that thing. Thus, in the devotional schools, the goal of the devotee is to transform himself into a being who, in eternity, is in immediate and loving relationship to the deity.
One of the major trends of Indian philosophy is a kind of mysticism. The desire for union of the self with something greater than the self, whether that be defined as a principle that pervades the universe or as a personal God.
Hindu mysticism includes both these forms and a great many that lie in between. At one extreme is the realization of the identity of the individual self with the impersonal principle Brahman, the position of the Vedanta school of Indian philosophy, and at the other is the intensive devotional aspect to a personal God, called by a variety of names, that is found in the bhakti sects.
There are four things common to most mystical thought.
First, it is based on experience, the state of realization, whatever it is called, is both knowable and communicable, and the systems are all designed to teach people how to reach it.
It is not, in other words, pure speculation.
Second, it has as its goal the release of the spirit-substance of the individual from its prison in matter, whether matter be considered real or illusory. Matter is the cause of the suffering.
Third, all the systems recognize the importance or the necessity of the control of the mind and body as a means of realization. This takes the form of extreme asceticism and mortification, and sometimes, at the other extreme, it takes the form of the cultivation of mind and body in order that their energies may be properly channeled.
And, finally, at the core of mystical thought is the functional principle that knowing is being. Thus, knowledge is something more than analytical categorizing: it is total understanding. This understanding can be purely intellectual, and some schools equate the final goal with omniscience, as does yoga.
Knowing can also mean total transformation, if one truly knows something, he is that thing. Thus, in the devotional schools, the goal of the devotee is to transform himself into a being who, in eternity, is in immediate and loving relationship to the deity.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Indian Philosophy. Yajur Veda.
The Yajur Veda is also a liturgical collection and was made to meet the demands of a ceremonial religion. The Yajur Veda practically served as a guidebook for the priests who execute sacrificial acts muttering simultaneously the prose prayers and the sacrificial formulae yajus. It is similar to ancient Egypt’s “Book of the Dead”. There are no less than six complete recessions of Yajur Veda - Madyandina, Kanva, Taittiriya, Kathaka, Maitrayani and Kapishthala.
The Yajur Veda is thought to contain hymns for ceremonial purposes. But a closer look reveals that hymns in Yajur Veda also deal with the art of living a successful and wholesome life. It was used by the adhvaryu, priests who recited appropriate formulas from the Yajur-Veda while actually performing the sacrificial actions. There are six complete recessions of Yajur Veda - Madyandina, Kanva, Taittiriya, Kathaka, Maitrayani and Kapishthala.
There are two primary schools of Yajur-Veda are shukla and krishna -
• Shukla Yajur-Veda (vaajasaaniiya) consists of 40 chapters in metrical form. Sukla Yajur-Veda follows the Aditya sampradaya, and is more popular in the North India. Out of the 17 sakas in this school, only 2 are available now.
• Krishna Yajur-Veda (taittiriiya) has some portions which are in metrical form and some portion in prose forms and some portions contains a mixure of both.
• Krishna Yajur-Veda follows the Brahma sampradaya, and is more popular in the South India. It was supposed to be having 82 branches or sakas out of which only 4 are available now.
The Yajur Veda is thought to contain hymns for ceremonial purposes. But a closer look reveals that hymns in Yajur Veda also deal with the art of living a successful and wholesome life. It was used by the adhvaryu, priests who recited appropriate formulas from the Yajur-Veda while actually performing the sacrificial actions. There are six complete recessions of Yajur Veda - Madyandina, Kanva, Taittiriya, Kathaka, Maitrayani and Kapishthala.
There are two primary schools of Yajur-Veda are shukla and krishna -
• Shukla Yajur-Veda (vaajasaaniiya) consists of 40 chapters in metrical form. Sukla Yajur-Veda follows the Aditya sampradaya, and is more popular in the North India. Out of the 17 sakas in this school, only 2 are available now.
• Krishna Yajur-Veda (taittiriiya) has some portions which are in metrical form and some portion in prose forms and some portions contains a mixure of both.
• Krishna Yajur-Veda follows the Brahma sampradaya, and is more popular in the South India. It was supposed to be having 82 branches or sakas out of which only 4 are available now.
Indian Philosophy.Sam Veda.
Sam Veda.
Sam Veda is the religious chant of, the expression of hymns from the Vedas. The practice dates back at least 3,000 years and is probably the world's oldest continuous vocal tradition. The earliest collection, or Samhita, of Vedic texts is the Rigveda, containing about 1,000 hymns. These are chanted in syllabic style--a type of heightened speech with one syllable to a tone. Three levels of pitch are employed: a basic reciting tone is embellished by neighboring tones above and below, which are used to emphasize grammatical accents in the texts. These Rig-veda hymns are the basis for a later collection, the Sama-veda, theVeda of the Chants, the hymns of which are sung in a style that is more florid, melodic, and melismatic, one word to two or more note, rather than syllabic, and the range of tones is extended to six or more. A simple, numerical system of notation--together with an oral tradition that stresses absolute precision in text, intonation, and bodily gestures--has served to perpetuate this stable tradition and to ensure its uniformity throughout India. The Vedas are chanted today exactly as they were centuries ago.
1. Invite ye Indra with a song to drink your draught of Soma steeds, juice,
All-conquering Satakratu, most munificent of all who live
2. Sing ye a song, to make him glad, to Indra, Lord of tawny
The Soma-drinker, O my friends!
3. This, even this, O Indra, we implore: as thy devoted friends
The Kanvas praise thee with their hymns!
4. For Indra, lover of carouse, loud be our songs about the juice
Let poets sing the song of praise.
5. Here, Indra, is thy Soma draught, made pure upon the sacred grass:
Run heither, come and drink thereof
6. As a good cow to him who milks, we call the doer of good deeds
To our assistance duty by day.
7. Hero, the Soma being shed, I pour the juice for thee to drink
Sate thee and finish thy carouse!
8. The Soma, Indra, which is shed in saucers and in cups for thee,
Drink thou, for thou art lord thereof!
9. In every need, in every fray we call, as friends, to succour us,
Indra, the mightiest of all.
10. O come ye hither, sit ye down: to Indra sing ye forth your song,
Companions, bringing hymns of praise.
The word Sama means sweet songs or hymns. It is said that Sama Veda had originally 1000 sakhas but only 13 are available now -
1. Ranayana
2. Shatyamukhya
3. Vyasa
4. Bhaguri
5. Oulundi
6. Goulgulvi
7. Bhanuman-oupamayava
8. Karati
9. Mashaka Gargya
10. Varsgagavya
11 Kuthuma
12. sgakugitra
13. Jaimini
At present only three Ramayana, Kuthuma and Jaimini, are available. Samaveda consists of 1875 mantras. These mantras are divided into two broad groups- puravachika (650 mantras) and Uttarachika (1225 manrtas). Purvachika is further divided into four sections or kandas: agneya, aindra, pavamana and aranya kandas. The Uttarachika consists of 21chapters.
Sam Veda is the religious chant of, the expression of hymns from the Vedas. The practice dates back at least 3,000 years and is probably the world's oldest continuous vocal tradition. The earliest collection, or Samhita, of Vedic texts is the Rigveda, containing about 1,000 hymns. These are chanted in syllabic style--a type of heightened speech with one syllable to a tone. Three levels of pitch are employed: a basic reciting tone is embellished by neighboring tones above and below, which are used to emphasize grammatical accents in the texts. These Rig-veda hymns are the basis for a later collection, the Sama-veda, theVeda of the Chants, the hymns of which are sung in a style that is more florid, melodic, and melismatic, one word to two or more note, rather than syllabic, and the range of tones is extended to six or more. A simple, numerical system of notation--together with an oral tradition that stresses absolute precision in text, intonation, and bodily gestures--has served to perpetuate this stable tradition and to ensure its uniformity throughout India. The Vedas are chanted today exactly as they were centuries ago.
1. Invite ye Indra with a song to drink your draught of Soma steeds, juice,
All-conquering Satakratu, most munificent of all who live
2. Sing ye a song, to make him glad, to Indra, Lord of tawny
The Soma-drinker, O my friends!
3. This, even this, O Indra, we implore: as thy devoted friends
The Kanvas praise thee with their hymns!
4. For Indra, lover of carouse, loud be our songs about the juice
Let poets sing the song of praise.
5. Here, Indra, is thy Soma draught, made pure upon the sacred grass:
Run heither, come and drink thereof
6. As a good cow to him who milks, we call the doer of good deeds
To our assistance duty by day.
7. Hero, the Soma being shed, I pour the juice for thee to drink
Sate thee and finish thy carouse!
8. The Soma, Indra, which is shed in saucers and in cups for thee,
Drink thou, for thou art lord thereof!
9. In every need, in every fray we call, as friends, to succour us,
Indra, the mightiest of all.
10. O come ye hither, sit ye down: to Indra sing ye forth your song,
Companions, bringing hymns of praise.
The word Sama means sweet songs or hymns. It is said that Sama Veda had originally 1000 sakhas but only 13 are available now -
1. Ranayana
2. Shatyamukhya
3. Vyasa
4. Bhaguri
5. Oulundi
6. Goulgulvi
7. Bhanuman-oupamayava
8. Karati
9. Mashaka Gargya
10. Varsgagavya
11 Kuthuma
12. sgakugitra
13. Jaimini
At present only three Ramayana, Kuthuma and Jaimini, are available. Samaveda consists of 1875 mantras. These mantras are divided into two broad groups- puravachika (650 mantras) and Uttarachika (1225 manrtas). Purvachika is further divided into four sections or kandas: agneya, aindra, pavamana and aranya kandas. The Uttarachika consists of 21chapters.
Indian Philosophy. The Rig Veda.
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The Rig Veda is the oldest of the Vedas. All the other Vedas are based upon it and consist to a large degree of various hymns from it. It consists of a thousand such hymns, each hymn averaging around ten verses.
The Rig Veda is the book of Mantra. It contains the oldest form of all the Sanskrit mantras. It is built around a science of sound which comprehends the meaning and power of each letter. Most aspects of Vedic science like the practice of yoga, meditation, mantra and Ayurveda can be found in the Rig Veda and we still use many terms that come from it.
While originally several different versions of the Rig Veda were said to exist, only one remains. Its form has been structured in several different ways to guarantee its authenticity and proper preservation through time.
The practice of chanting Hymns dates back at least 3,000 years and is probably the world's oldest continuous vocal tradition. The earliest collection, or Samhita, of Vedic texts is the Rig Veda, containing about 1,000 hymns. These are chanted in syllabic style--a type of heightened speech with one syllable to a tone. Three levels of pitch are employed: a basic reciting tone is embellished by neighboring tones above and below, which are used to emphasize grammatical accents in the texts. These Rig-Veda hymns are the basis for a later collection, the Sam-Veda.
Although there are other Vedas written, the most important is the Rig Veda, which contains over 1,000 hymns directed to the Gods. The content of these hymns includes praises, blessings, sacrifices, and curses. These hymns are the major way in which we praised Gods. The subject of the hymns is the personification of the powers of nature. The hymns are written in poetic form:
"This light hath come, of all the lights the fairest,
The brilliant brightness hath been born, far-shining,
Urged on to prompt the sun-god's shining power.
Night and Morning clash not, nor yet do linger."
Every hymn has very poetic language. This can be chanted, creating a worshipful mood in a person. When you chant these words, you are transported into another state of mind
The Rig Veda is the oldest of the Vedas. All the other Vedas are based upon it and consist to a large degree of various hymns from it. It consists of a thousand such hymns, each hymn averaging around ten verses.
The Rig Veda is the book of Mantra. It contains the oldest form of all the Sanskrit mantras. It is built around a science of sound which comprehends the meaning and power of each letter. Most aspects of Vedic science like the practice of yoga, meditation, mantra and Ayurveda can be found in the Rig Veda and we still use many terms that come from it.
While originally several different versions of the Rig Veda were said to exist, only one remains. Its form has been structured in several different ways to guarantee its authenticity and proper preservation through time.
The practice of chanting Hymns dates back at least 3,000 years and is probably the world's oldest continuous vocal tradition. The earliest collection, or Samhita, of Vedic texts is the Rig Veda, containing about 1,000 hymns. These are chanted in syllabic style--a type of heightened speech with one syllable to a tone. Three levels of pitch are employed: a basic reciting tone is embellished by neighboring tones above and below, which are used to emphasize grammatical accents in the texts. These Rig-Veda hymns are the basis for a later collection, the Sam-Veda.
Although there are other Vedas written, the most important is the Rig Veda, which contains over 1,000 hymns directed to the Gods. The content of these hymns includes praises, blessings, sacrifices, and curses. These hymns are the major way in which we praised Gods. The subject of the hymns is the personification of the powers of nature. The hymns are written in poetic form:
"This light hath come, of all the lights the fairest,
The brilliant brightness hath been born, far-shining,
Urged on to prompt the sun-god's shining power.
Night and Morning clash not, nor yet do linger."
Every hymn has very poetic language. This can be chanted, creating a worshipful mood in a person. When you chant these words, you are transported into another state of mind
Skin Care.
Skin Care Winter Tips.
Use fresh turmeric powder to make it a paste with milk, helps to calm dry, flaky skin doing it once in a day.
Avoid facial masks and lotions containing alcohol.
Avoid hot tubs and sauna.
Use humidifier to keep skin hydrated.
Drink adequate water, avoid alcohol, coffee.
Use olive almond oil before bed, cover with light weight socks gloves.
Use gentle soaps.
Dress warmly in layered clothing.
Do not use Products with retinol A
Regular exercise helps skin to glow.
The above are skin care tips for Winter.
Use fresh turmeric powder to make it a paste with milk, helps to calm dry, flaky skin doing it once in a day.
Avoid facial masks and lotions containing alcohol.
Avoid hot tubs and sauna.
Use humidifier to keep skin hydrated.
Drink adequate water, avoid alcohol, coffee.
Use olive almond oil before bed, cover with light weight socks gloves.
Use gentle soaps.
Dress warmly in layered clothing.
Do not use Products with retinol A
Regular exercise helps skin to glow.
The above are skin care tips for Winter.
Santa Claus.
Santa Claus is a legendary figure who is the traditional patron of Christmas all over the world. His popular image is based on traditions associated with a 4th-century Christian Saint Nicholas.
According to tradition, he was born in the ancient Lycian seaport city of Patara, and, when young, he traveled to Palestine and Egypt. He became bishop of Myra. He distributed gifts to the needy.
His generosity and kindness gave rise to legends of miracles he performed for the poor and unhappy. He was reputed to have given marriage dowries of gold to three girls whom poverty would otherwise have forced into lives of prostitution, and he restored to life three children who had been chopped up by a butcher and put in a brine tub. In the Middle Ages, devotion to Nicholas extended to all parts of Europe.
The resulting image of Santa Claus in the United States crystallized in the 19th century, and he has ever since remained the patron of the gift-giving festival of Christmas.
Under various guises Saint Nicholas was transformed into a similar benevolent, gift-giving figure in The Netherlands, Belgium, and other northern European countries. In the United Kingdom Santa Claus is known as Father Christmas.
According to tradition, he was born in the ancient Lycian seaport city of Patara, and, when young, he traveled to Palestine and Egypt. He became bishop of Myra. He distributed gifts to the needy.
His generosity and kindness gave rise to legends of miracles he performed for the poor and unhappy. He was reputed to have given marriage dowries of gold to three girls whom poverty would otherwise have forced into lives of prostitution, and he restored to life three children who had been chopped up by a butcher and put in a brine tub. In the Middle Ages, devotion to Nicholas extended to all parts of Europe.
The resulting image of Santa Claus in the United States crystallized in the 19th century, and he has ever since remained the patron of the gift-giving festival of Christmas.
Under various guises Saint Nicholas was transformed into a similar benevolent, gift-giving figure in The Netherlands, Belgium, and other northern European countries. In the United Kingdom Santa Claus is known as Father Christmas.
Christmas Tree.
The Christmas tree, depicts Adam and Eve with a fir tree hung with apples representing the Garden of Eden. The Germans make a paradise tree in their homes on December 24, the religious feast day of Adam and Eve. Christmas trees were the height of fashion by the 19th century. They were also popular in Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and The Netherlands. In China and Japan, Christmas trees, introduced by western missionaries in the 19th and 20th centuries, were decorated with intricate paper designs.
It is an evergreen, fir tree, decorated with lights and ornaments as a part of Christmas festivities. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as a symbol of eternal life was an ancient custom of the Egyptians. Tree worship, by way of decorating the house and barn with evergreens at the New Year to scare away the devil and of setting up a tree for the birds during Christmastime; it survived further in the custom, also observed in Germany, of placing a Yule tree at an entrance or inside the house in the midwinter holidays.
It is an evergreen, fir tree, decorated with lights and ornaments as a part of Christmas festivities. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as a symbol of eternal life was an ancient custom of the Egyptians. Tree worship, by way of decorating the house and barn with evergreens at the New Year to scare away the devil and of setting up a tree for the birds during Christmastime; it survived further in the custom, also observed in Germany, of placing a Yule tree at an entrance or inside the house in the midwinter holidays.
Life Cycle on Earth.
Life-cycle.
The increase in percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has disturbed the seasons. Pollution by emission of wrong and harmful gases, volcanic eruptions has reduced the quota of oxygen in air and water. If from bad, it comes to worse and then worst, It may ultimately cause deaths by suffocation. Vegetation on earth would wither. Plant eaters would also die.
Glaciers on mountain heights would melt resulting in floods. There will be shortage of drinking water.
The crust of the earth at the North and South Poles would shift and move to join to form a big new continent. It would ultimately give rise to waters at sea and ocean level spreading water at low level of land on earth and creating land on sea bed as the sea water would flow to still lower level.
This process would kill at least half of life of people animals wild life, other living creatures and plants and trees.
After the change has settled down, life would re-emerge and will get developed in tropical tidal zones.
Trees and plants and animals and wild life and creatures would begin to appear and cycle of life would resume.
Life first appeared on earth three billion years ago in this fashion.
Life got formed in the bottom of the seas which eventually moved to the land and air.
Life learnt how to survive in different circumstances.
There came groups of animals birds who adapted themselves to the atmosphere on earth.
The Gorillas, Chimpanzees and all other different types of monkeys learnt gradually to walk and run on two legs like the humans which generations after generations with improvement got the name of humans on earth.
The increase in percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has disturbed the seasons. Pollution by emission of wrong and harmful gases, volcanic eruptions has reduced the quota of oxygen in air and water. If from bad, it comes to worse and then worst, It may ultimately cause deaths by suffocation. Vegetation on earth would wither. Plant eaters would also die.
Glaciers on mountain heights would melt resulting in floods. There will be shortage of drinking water.
The crust of the earth at the North and South Poles would shift and move to join to form a big new continent. It would ultimately give rise to waters at sea and ocean level spreading water at low level of land on earth and creating land on sea bed as the sea water would flow to still lower level.
This process would kill at least half of life of people animals wild life, other living creatures and plants and trees.
After the change has settled down, life would re-emerge and will get developed in tropical tidal zones.
Trees and plants and animals and wild life and creatures would begin to appear and cycle of life would resume.
Life first appeared on earth three billion years ago in this fashion.
Life got formed in the bottom of the seas which eventually moved to the land and air.
Life learnt how to survive in different circumstances.
There came groups of animals birds who adapted themselves to the atmosphere on earth.
The Gorillas, Chimpanzees and all other different types of monkeys learnt gradually to walk and run on two legs like the humans which generations after generations with improvement got the name of humans on earth.
Muharram
Muharram
Karbala Iraq.60 miles south of Baghdad. A wealthiest city of Baghdad jhilla.
Karballah=karb+allah=near to God. Mu+harrram=no fighting.
It is in this month when Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was brutally massacred in Karbala alongside his family and friends in the year 680.AD.
Their martyrdom is a sad day for Shia Muslims, who hold mourning ceremonies to recall the righteous virtues for which the valiant martyrs stood and the grave calamities that they thus had to bear. The commemoration of Battle of Karbala begins on the first day of Muharram and reaches its climax on the 10th day of Muharram, the day of the battle, known as Ashurah and continues for 40 days.
Karbala Iraq.60 miles south of Baghdad. A wealthiest city of Baghdad jhilla.
Karballah=karb+allah=near to God. Mu+harrram=no fighting.
It is in this month when Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was brutally massacred in Karbala alongside his family and friends in the year 680.AD.
Their martyrdom is a sad day for Shia Muslims, who hold mourning ceremonies to recall the righteous virtues for which the valiant martyrs stood and the grave calamities that they thus had to bear. The commemoration of Battle of Karbala begins on the first day of Muharram and reaches its climax on the 10th day of Muharram, the day of the battle, known as Ashurah and continues for 40 days.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Religion.
Religion is belief in Divine Powers. Religion is to follow sacred rites and ceremony. Religion is obedience to God. Religion is our life bound by principles as laid down in Sacred Texts. Religion is belief concerning cause and effect about Nature and Universe and governs a moral code to follow.
There are five major religion in the world of Seven Billion.
1.Christianity with followers of 220 crores lays down Ten Commandments as Rules of Behaviour that God expects of them.
2.Muslim religion with 165 crores followers lays down in Quran there is no God but the Allah only and that Mohmaad is the messanger of Allah to perform the prayers, to pay zakat to fast in Ramadan and one must make pilgrimage to holy center of worship.
3.Hindu religion with followers a hundred crores, lays down threefold path of Gyan Karma and Bhakti for ultimate realization of God.
4.Buddhism with followers of 80 crores asks to observe and analyse everything and anything and when it agrees with reason and is good for one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
5.Sikh means to seek or to learn. Sikhism with followers three crores builds close relationship to God by adhering to the guidelines as laid down in the holy Grinth Sahib.
If one is born in Vatican, he would hold Christian beliefs. If one is born in Saudi Arabia, he would hold Muslim beliefs. If one is born in India he would hold Hindu beliefs. If one is born in Tibet he would hold Buddhist beliefs. If one is born in Punjab he would hold Sikh beliefs.
Just as the Country needs one language spoken through out the country, Similarly the Country needs one religion through out the country. A common religion at a common place for everybody and everybody common at one place will go a long way to improve our outlook on the purpose of life.
Religion is exploited to dupe and deceive the people since we do not have means for understanding the Ultimate. It is easy to convince people of the powers of God than powers of Men because of our ignorance of the nature of God makes anything possible for them to misguide us. They tell the tallest stories about the powers and ability of God in the field of everything in life. They explain the purpose of God’s will on the basis of common day to day events and exploit millions of our blind followers.
There are five major religion in the world of Seven Billion.
1.Christianity with followers of 220 crores lays down Ten Commandments as Rules of Behaviour that God expects of them.
2.Muslim religion with 165 crores followers lays down in Quran there is no God but the Allah only and that Mohmaad is the messanger of Allah to perform the prayers, to pay zakat to fast in Ramadan and one must make pilgrimage to holy center of worship.
3.Hindu religion with followers a hundred crores, lays down threefold path of Gyan Karma and Bhakti for ultimate realization of God.
4.Buddhism with followers of 80 crores asks to observe and analyse everything and anything and when it agrees with reason and is good for one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
5.Sikh means to seek or to learn. Sikhism with followers three crores builds close relationship to God by adhering to the guidelines as laid down in the holy Grinth Sahib.
If one is born in Vatican, he would hold Christian beliefs. If one is born in Saudi Arabia, he would hold Muslim beliefs. If one is born in India he would hold Hindu beliefs. If one is born in Tibet he would hold Buddhist beliefs. If one is born in Punjab he would hold Sikh beliefs.
Just as the Country needs one language spoken through out the country, Similarly the Country needs one religion through out the country. A common religion at a common place for everybody and everybody common at one place will go a long way to improve our outlook on the purpose of life.
Religion is exploited to dupe and deceive the people since we do not have means for understanding the Ultimate. It is easy to convince people of the powers of God than powers of Men because of our ignorance of the nature of God makes anything possible for them to misguide us. They tell the tallest stories about the powers and ability of God in the field of everything in life. They explain the purpose of God’s will on the basis of common day to day events and exploit millions of our blind followers.
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