When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.
- Mahatma Gandhi
The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses.
- Mahatma Gandhi
When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.
- Albert Einstein
We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.
- Robert Oppenheimer
The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions.
- Dr. Albert Schweitzer
The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity.
- Aldous Huxley
The Bhagavad-Gita is a true scripture of the human race a living creation rather than a book, with a new message for every age and a new meaning for every civilization.
- Sri Aurobindo
In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita, in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seems puny and trivial.
- Henry David Thoreau
The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of lifes wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.
- Herman Hesse
The Bhagavad-Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations and duties of life; yet keeping in view the spiritual nature and grander purpose of the universe.
- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad-Gita. It was the first of books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Bhagavad-Gita is an empire of thought and in its philosophical teachings Krishna has all the attributes of the full-fledged montheistic deity and at the same time the attributes of the Upanisadic absolute.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-Gita with full understanding it is necessary to attune our soul to it.
- Rudolph Steiner
The Bhagavad-Gita is not seperate from the Vaisnava philosophy and the Srimad Bhagavatam fully reveals the true import of this doctrine which is transmigation of the soul. On perusal of the first chapter of Bhagavad-Gita one may think that they are advised to engage in warfare. When the second chapter has been read it can be clearly understood that knowledge and the soul is the ultimate goal to be attained. On studying the third chapter it is apparent that acts of righteousness are also of high priority. If we continue and patiently take the time to complete the Bhagavad-Gita and try to ascertain the truth of its closing chapter we can see that the ultimate conclusion is to relinquish all the conceptualized ideas of religion which we possess and fully surrender directly unto the Supreme Lord.
- Swami Prabhupada
(creator of ISKON)
The secret of karma yoga which is to perform actions without any fruitive desires is taught by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita.
- Swami Vivekananda
The Bhagavad-Gita was spoken by Lord Krishna to reveal the science of devotion to God which is the essence of all spiritual knowledge. The Supreme Lord Krishnas primary purpose for descending and incarnating is relieve the world of any demoniac and negative, undesirable influences that are opposed to spiritual developement, yet simultaneously it is His incomparable intention to be perpetually within reach of all humanity.
- Ramanuja
From a clear knowledge of the Bhagavad-Gita all the goals of human existence become fulfilled. Bhagavad-Gita is the manifest quintessence of all the teachings of the Vedic scriptures.
- Adi Sankara
The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
Nothing has ever arisen in my life, internal or external, that the Gita has not made clear and enabled me to deal with or understand.
- Swami Nirmalananda Giri
The Gita is the universal mother. I find a solace in the Bhagavadgeeta that I miss even in the Sermon in the Mount. When disappointment stares me in the face and all alone I see not one ray of light, I go back to the Bhagavad Gita. I find a verse here and a verse there, and I immediatly begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming tragedies - and my life has been full of external tragedies - and if they have left no visible or indelible scar on me, I owe it all to the teaching of the Bhagavad Gita.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Monday, July 14, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
MY CHOICE FOR MISS UNIVERSE 2008-NATALIA ANDERLE
Natália Anderle hails from from Roca Sales, Rio Grande do Sul, and is as steticist in Encantado. Natalia had studied cosmetology and has worked in a beauty clinic. She has also worked as a receptionist and as a secretary. Natalia says she wants to be a famous plastic surgeon. Natalia’s parents are agriculturists on Rio Grande.
At the state level, Natalia represented Encantdo and was crowned Miss Rio Grande do Sul in 2007. Natalia won the Miss Brazil 2008 title and was crowned by Miss Brazil 2007, Natalia Guimaraes.
As Miss Brazil 2008, Natalia won a whopping R$ 250,000, a china porcelain watch, and a car. The first runner up in the Miss Brazil 2008 contest was a deaf contestant from Ceara Vanessa Vidal.
In 1968, Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos from Bahia won the Miss Universe contest. In the 2007 Miss Universe contest, Miss Brazil 2007 Natalia Guimaraes was the first runner up.
At the state level, Natalia represented Encantdo and was crowned Miss Rio Grande do Sul in 2007. Natalia won the Miss Brazil 2008 title and was crowned by Miss Brazil 2007, Natalia Guimaraes.
As Miss Brazil 2008, Natalia won a whopping R$ 250,000, a china porcelain watch, and a car. The first runner up in the Miss Brazil 2008 contest was a deaf contestant from Ceara Vanessa Vidal.
In 1968, Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos from Bahia won the Miss Universe contest. In the 2007 Miss Universe contest, Miss Brazil 2007 Natalia Guimaraes was the first runner up.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
END OF EARTH ON DECEMBER 21st 2012 ??
Hi. Allow me settle this issue for ever. I sincerely request you read the entire mail before jumping in your seats with any anxiety or tensions. Let me provide you the theories or predictions with respect to the end of earth on December 21st 2012 .
Mayans, one of the greatest and very advanced civilizations of ancient times had developed a calendar which predicted events such astronomical, geographical and so on. They had actually predicted many events with this clock – one of them being the end of Mayans civilization by the hands of Spanish. They had also predicted the date and they were dead-right. They have also, through their calendar, predicted the end of the world and the date is December 21st 2012 .
One more highly advance civilization the Chinese had predicted the end of the earth on December 21st 2012 . “I Ching” is an ancient Chinese astrology which was used to predict events of future. A American mathematician devised a graph depending on the events which were predicted by the “I Ching” – the high points have matched the good events in world history and low points matched the bad events.
NASA – in its research papers – has mentioned that on December 21st 2012 all the planets in our solar system and sun will come in one line. This will lead polar shifts of earth. The earth moves from west to east with a tilted angle which provides equilibrium and gives us the atmosphere we enjoy. Shifting of poles will destroy the equilibrium which will cause catastrophe of massive proportion. Giant tidal waves will drown some continents on one hand while some will be left without any drop of water. Shifting of poles may also put our earth out of orbit – which means either we fall into Sun or taken away from Sun.
There are many more such theories or predictions attributed to Nostradamus, Hopi Indians, Einstein, Edwar Casey, Merlin and so on. But let me tell one that – everything is false.
Nostradamus, Edwar Casey, Merlin were used many times to predict end of the earth but every time their predictions failed. Einstein theories are heard to understand even today, let alone verifying – millions of dollars and years of research prove his theories. So concluding end of earth from Einstein’s theory is nothing but nonsense. If it had not been so, Einstein himself would have made this theory famous as most of his other works – remember every word of Einstein was and is taken as a scientific asset.
Regarding Mayans, I-Ching and NASA’s reports, well, if your maths and simple-sense is good, check this link- http://curious. astro.cornell. edu/question. php?number= 686. This will clear all your doubts. And please don’t believe any swamy, baba, or sadhu. They all want cheap publicity. And please circulate this to all your friends.
Finally, you cannot say when the world will end, it might even tomorrow. But till do your best, be happy with what you have, make others happy and enjoy the present – its more worthy than worrying about future.
Mayans, one of the greatest and very advanced civilizations of ancient times had developed a calendar which predicted events such astronomical, geographical and so on. They had actually predicted many events with this clock – one of them being the end of Mayans civilization by the hands of Spanish. They had also predicted the date and they were dead-right. They have also, through their calendar, predicted the end of the world and the date is December 21st 2012 .
One more highly advance civilization the Chinese had predicted the end of the earth on December 21st 2012 . “I Ching” is an ancient Chinese astrology which was used to predict events of future. A American mathematician devised a graph depending on the events which were predicted by the “I Ching” – the high points have matched the good events in world history and low points matched the bad events.
NASA – in its research papers – has mentioned that on December 21st 2012 all the planets in our solar system and sun will come in one line. This will lead polar shifts of earth. The earth moves from west to east with a tilted angle which provides equilibrium and gives us the atmosphere we enjoy. Shifting of poles will destroy the equilibrium which will cause catastrophe of massive proportion. Giant tidal waves will drown some continents on one hand while some will be left without any drop of water. Shifting of poles may also put our earth out of orbit – which means either we fall into Sun or taken away from Sun.
There are many more such theories or predictions attributed to Nostradamus, Hopi Indians, Einstein, Edwar Casey, Merlin and so on. But let me tell one that – everything is false.
Nostradamus, Edwar Casey, Merlin were used many times to predict end of the earth but every time their predictions failed. Einstein theories are heard to understand even today, let alone verifying – millions of dollars and years of research prove his theories. So concluding end of earth from Einstein’s theory is nothing but nonsense. If it had not been so, Einstein himself would have made this theory famous as most of his other works – remember every word of Einstein was and is taken as a scientific asset.
Regarding Mayans, I-Ching and NASA’s reports, well, if your maths and simple-sense is good, check this link- http://curious. astro.cornell. edu/question. php?number= 686. This will clear all your doubts. And please don’t believe any swamy, baba, or sadhu. They all want cheap publicity. And please circulate this to all your friends.
Finally, you cannot say when the world will end, it might even tomorrow. But till do your best, be happy with what you have, make others happy and enjoy the present – its more worthy than worrying about future.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
KNOW THE FACTS
Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp) ? A. Rajiv Gupta
Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)? A. Vinod Dahm
Q. Who is the third richest man on the world? A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6 th position now.
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program)? A. Sabeer Bhatia
Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)? A. Arun Netravalli
Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems? A. Sanjay Tejwrika
Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart? A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.
We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America , even faring better than the whites and the natives. There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET, 38% of doctors in USA are Indians. 12% scientists in USA are Indians. 36% of NASA scientists are Indians. 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians. 28% of IBM employees are Indians. 17% of INTEL scientists are Indians. 13% of XEROX employees are! Indians. Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA . 1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history. 2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. 3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education. 4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software. 5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. 6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth. 7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. 8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now k! nown as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians. 9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India . Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53. 10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.. 11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi. 12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra. 13. Chess was invented in India . 14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India . 15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley ( Indus Valley Civilisation) . 16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC. Quotes about India . We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. Albert Einstein. India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition. Mark Twain. If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India . French scholar Romain Rolland. India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border. Hu Shih (former Chinese ambassador to USA ) ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE NDLESS. BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow. I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA . Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.
Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)? A. Vinod Dahm
Q. Who is the third richest man on the world? A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6 th position now.
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program)? A. Sabeer Bhatia
Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)? A. Arun Netravalli
Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems? A. Sanjay Tejwrika
Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart? A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.
We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America , even faring better than the whites and the natives. There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET, 38% of doctors in USA are Indians. 12% scientists in USA are Indians. 36% of NASA scientists are Indians. 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians. 28% of IBM employees are Indians. 17% of INTEL scientists are Indians. 13% of XEROX employees are! Indians. Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA . 1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history. 2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. 3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education. 4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software. 5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. 6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth. 7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. 8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now k! nown as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians. 9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India . Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53. 10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.. 11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi. 12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra. 13. Chess was invented in India . 14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India . 15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley ( Indus Valley Civilisation) . 16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC. Quotes about India . We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. Albert Einstein. India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition. Mark Twain. If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India . French scholar Romain Rolland. India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border. Hu Shih (former Chinese ambassador to USA ) ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE NDLESS. BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow. I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA . Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.
LORD KRISHNA SAYS :
THESE ARE SOME GODS WORLDS WHCIH WE CALLED GEETA READ
THIS AND THINK
ABOUT YOUR ACTIONS EVERYDAY.
MAKE YOURSELF ARJUN(ANY ONE CAN)AND KRISHNA IS WITH US AS HIS WORLDS AND TRUTH IS WITH US.
JAI HIND
VASUDHAIV KUTUMBKUM.
-1-
Dhritrashtra asks Sanjaya : O Sanjaya! What did the sons of Pandu and my people, desirous to fight, do when they assembled together at the holy place of Kurukshetra.
-2-
Your freedom is only in the field of action, and not in the field of bringing about the fruits of action. Never take yourself as the cause of bringing about a karma-phala (situation), and never resort to a life of inaction.
-3-
O Partha! When a person roots out all the desires in his mind, and is totally satisfied in himself and by himself then he is known as ‘Sthitha Pragnya’, a man of steady wisdom.
-4-
O Bharata! Whenever there is fall in righteousness & rise in unrighteousness, then I manifest myself in this world.
-5-
I pervade each & everything of this perceptible world with my unmanifest form. All the beings of the world are in me, but I do not depend on any of them.
-6-
Those who with great devotion worship me, knowingly fully well that I am not different from them, to those ever-associated devotees I provide all that they need to have and protect for them all that needs to be protected.
-7-
O Kuntiputra! Whatever you do, eat, offer as oblations, give, and for whatever you perform any austerities, may you offer all that to me alone.
-8-
May you fix your mind upon me, be devoted to me, perform sacrifices for me, bow down to me, you shall, surely then come to me. This truly I promise unto you, because you are so dear to me.
-9-
Negating all the imposed qualities of your body-mind etc on your self, surrender to me alone. Grieve not, I shall free you from all sins.
-10-
When someone like Lord Krishna, the master of Yoga & embodiment of knowledge, and a sincere devotee like Arjuna, come together, there shall be all kind of prosperity, victory, happiness & steady resolve, this is my conviction.
THIS AND THINK
ABOUT YOUR ACTIONS EVERYDAY.
MAKE YOURSELF ARJUN(ANY ONE CAN)AND KRISHNA IS WITH US AS HIS WORLDS AND TRUTH IS WITH US.
JAI HIND
VASUDHAIV KUTUMBKUM.
-1-
Dhritrashtra asks Sanjaya : O Sanjaya! What did the sons of Pandu and my people, desirous to fight, do when they assembled together at the holy place of Kurukshetra.
-2-
Your freedom is only in the field of action, and not in the field of bringing about the fruits of action. Never take yourself as the cause of bringing about a karma-phala (situation), and never resort to a life of inaction.
-3-
O Partha! When a person roots out all the desires in his mind, and is totally satisfied in himself and by himself then he is known as ‘Sthitha Pragnya’, a man of steady wisdom.
-4-
O Bharata! Whenever there is fall in righteousness & rise in unrighteousness, then I manifest myself in this world.
-5-
I pervade each & everything of this perceptible world with my unmanifest form. All the beings of the world are in me, but I do not depend on any of them.
-6-
Those who with great devotion worship me, knowingly fully well that I am not different from them, to those ever-associated devotees I provide all that they need to have and protect for them all that needs to be protected.
-7-
O Kuntiputra! Whatever you do, eat, offer as oblations, give, and for whatever you perform any austerities, may you offer all that to me alone.
-8-
May you fix your mind upon me, be devoted to me, perform sacrifices for me, bow down to me, you shall, surely then come to me. This truly I promise unto you, because you are so dear to me.
-9-
Negating all the imposed qualities of your body-mind etc on your self, surrender to me alone. Grieve not, I shall free you from all sins.
-10-
When someone like Lord Krishna, the master of Yoga & embodiment of knowledge, and a sincere devotee like Arjuna, come together, there shall be all kind of prosperity, victory, happiness & steady resolve, this is my conviction.
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