"It Is Necessary To Ask Questions That Have No Answers"
--J. Krishnamurthy
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"ऐसे प्रश्न पूछें जिन का कोई उत्तर नहीं हो "
--कृष्णमूर्ती
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Dec 26, 2008
A Shared Thought Ripple
A good friend (a monk from Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh) was kind enough to share this beautiful thought with me....and I pass it on for everyone to benefit....
A thought ripple manifested - I share with You.....
Time is the best Chronicler of Events. It's our actions in the past, which becomes instrumental in helping the world adjudge us, as the Best, the Better, the Good or yet still the Unwanted. Nobody lives eternally to defend his/her actions. So silence is our only justification to every action that we perform, while the world passes its judgment on us. Moreover, on the sand dunes of time, thought and word leave their footprints in the form of actions.
Therefore, Act, so that the world may judge you tomorrow, when you are not there – but Act such, that You do not Repent.
Date – 25.12.2008
Swami Vijnanananda Saraswati
Dec 25, 2008
Life and Mortality
"Instead of thinking we are born to die, why don't we assure ourselves that we are born to become immortal?"
..so said Vallalar, the saint of South India, that supposedly attained the Golden Body of Light (not the physical death). This State has been mentioned in the Rg Veda and, notably, the Taittreya Upanishad and aptly supported by Sri Aurobindo.
..so said Vallalar, the saint of South India, that supposedly attained the Golden Body of Light (not the physical death). This State has been mentioned in the Rg Veda and, notably, the Taittreya Upanishad and aptly supported by Sri Aurobindo.
Dec 23, 2008
'Honey' yourself this winter
Since Honey is warming to the body, it is excellent to take throughout the cold season.
Mixed with different herbs and spices like ginger, tulsi, black pepper, long pepper etc, it wards off the common colds due to excess Kapha accumulation in the body.
Despite being sweet in taste, the overall effect of honey is primarily due to it's astringent properties, thereby reducing heaviness/mucus from the body
It should not be heated or boiled, but added to prepared teas/dishes/recipes after sufficient cooling down.
http://mapi.com/newsletters/maharishi_ayurveda/august_2008/honey_in_history.html
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Mixed with different herbs and spices like ginger, tulsi, black pepper, long pepper etc, it wards off the common colds due to excess Kapha accumulation in the body.
Despite being sweet in taste, the overall effect of honey is primarily due to it's astringent properties, thereby reducing heaviness/mucus from the body
It should not be heated or boiled, but added to prepared teas/dishes/recipes after sufficient cooling down.
http://mapi.com/newsletters/maharishi_ayurveda/august_2008/honey_in_history.html
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Ashtavkra Gita : Chapter X1 : SELF AS PURE INTELLIGENCE
My Dear Husband does a lot of heavy reading, and happily likes to discuss things which he finds worth contemplating on!
He saves me a lot of reading hours by giving me a gist of his learnings:
Here is one such lesson, hope you will enjoy it as much as I did
:)
Ashtavkra Gita : Chapter X1 : SELF AS PURE INTELLIGENCE
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He who has understood with certitude (nishchaya) that change in the form of existence and destruction is inherent in things, he becomes unperturbed and free from this pain - and easily finds peace.
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He who has understood with certitude that God (Self) is the Creator of all, and there is none else here, becomes calm with all his inner desires melted away. He is no longer attached to anything whatsoever.
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He who has understood with certitude that misfortune and fortune come in their own time, thru the effects of past actions, becomes ever contented and has all his senses well under-control. He neither desires nor grieves.
IV.
He who has understood with certitude that happiness and sorrow, birth and death, are all due to the effects of past actions, does no more seek after the ordinary goals of life. He becomes free from care. He is not attached (tainted) even though engaged in action.
V.
He who has understood with certitude that it is anxiety and nothing else that brings sorrow in the world, becomes free from it and is happy and peaceful everywhere - with his desires melted away.
VI.
"I am not the body, nor is the body mine, I am Pure Intelligence" - he who has understood this with certitude, does no longer remember what he 'has done' or what 'he has-not-done', as if he has attained the state of aloneness (Kaivalya).
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"I am indeed in everything from the Creator down to a tuft of grass" - he who has understood this with certitude becomes free from all thought-oscillations; pure and serene he withdraws from what is attained and what is not attained.
VIII.
He who has understood with certitude that this manifold and marvelous universe is nothing (unreal), becomes desire less and Pure Intelligence. he finds peace - as if nothing exists.
...translated by Swami Chinmayananda
He saves me a lot of reading hours by giving me a gist of his learnings:
Here is one such lesson, hope you will enjoy it as much as I did
:)
Ashtavkra Gita : Chapter X1 : SELF AS PURE INTELLIGENCE
I.
He who has understood with certitude (nishchaya) that change in the form of existence and destruction is inherent in things, he becomes unperturbed and free from this pain - and easily finds peace.
II.
He who has understood with certitude that God (Self) is the Creator of all, and there is none else here, becomes calm with all his inner desires melted away. He is no longer attached to anything whatsoever.
III.
He who has understood with certitude that misfortune and fortune come in their own time, thru the effects of past actions, becomes ever contented and has all his senses well under-control. He neither desires nor grieves.
IV.
He who has understood with certitude that happiness and sorrow, birth and death, are all due to the effects of past actions, does no more seek after the ordinary goals of life. He becomes free from care. He is not attached (tainted) even though engaged in action.
V.
He who has understood with certitude that it is anxiety and nothing else that brings sorrow in the world, becomes free from it and is happy and peaceful everywhere - with his desires melted away.
VI.
"I am not the body, nor is the body mine, I am Pure Intelligence" - he who has understood this with certitude, does no longer remember what he 'has done' or what 'he has-not-done', as if he has attained the state of aloneness (Kaivalya).
VII.
"I am indeed in everything from the Creator down to a tuft of grass" - he who has understood this with certitude becomes free from all thought-oscillations; pure and serene he withdraws from what is attained and what is not attained.
VIII.
He who has understood with certitude that this manifold and marvelous universe is nothing (unreal), becomes desire less and Pure Intelligence. he finds peace - as if nothing exists.
...translated by Swami Chinmayananda
Beautiful pics from our Galaxy....
Every day, for the next few days, a new photo will be revealed here from the amazing Hubble Space Telescope.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html
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http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html
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Dec 14, 2008
About 1 in 9 U.S. kids use alternative medicine
There has been increasing awareness regd. the use of CAM in the USA.
the irony of the situation is that what we call CAM here (Complimentary and Alternative medicine) is actually the Traditional mainline medicinal healing systems of some civilizations, e.g Indian, Chinese, native american, African, Inca/Mayan and so on....; tested and tried for thousands of years with much benefits and little/no side effects .....
funny, isn't it , for us to call it CAM? But at least we are opening up to try them now.....4/10 adults and 1/9 children have tried CAM in the last one year :) keep up the good stuff!
http://www.globalgoodnews.com/health-news-a.html?art=122914187312788053
The CDC report: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
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the irony of the situation is that what we call CAM here (Complimentary and Alternative medicine) is actually the Traditional mainline medicinal healing systems of some civilizations, e.g Indian, Chinese, native american, African, Inca/Mayan and so on....; tested and tried for thousands of years with much benefits and little/no side effects .....
funny, isn't it , for us to call it CAM? But at least we are opening up to try them now.....4/10 adults and 1/9 children have tried CAM in the last one year :) keep up the good stuff!
http://www.globalgoodnews.com/health-news-a.html?art=122914187312788053
The CDC report: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
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