Swa-Astu

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Isha Upanishad

AUM PURNAMADAH PURNAMIDAM PURNAT PURNAMUDACHYATE PURNASYA PURNAMADAYA PURNAMEVA VASHISHYATE.

AUM THAT IS THE WHOLE. THIS IS THE WHOLE. FROM WHOLENESS EMERGES WHOLENESS. WHOLENESS COMING FROM WHOLENESS, WHOLENESS STILL REMAINS.

Wholeness is totally different; its flavor is different. Perfection is in the future: it is a desire. Wholeness is herenow: it is a revelation. Perfection has to be achieved, and of course every achievement takes time; it has to be gradual. You have to sacrifice the present for the future, the today for the tomorrow. And the tomorrow never comes; what comes is always today.

By-Osho

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It is Olympics time and recently while watching an event, I found something amusing.

You all would have seen that after winning any event, the players almost every time bite their medals, like this……..

Well have you ever wondered the reason behind this??………

This is actually not for showoff. It’s a past practice which has now became a trademark for players and has a very unique reason behind it.

Earlier, when players were awarded with gold medals, it was actually made of pure gold and was not simply gold plated. The players used to check the authenticity of the gold medal by biting it. Gold, being a very soft metal (softer than tooth enamel), would leave some teeth marks by biting it. So, this practice of biting the medal allowed players to check whether it was pure gold or not.

Slowly it became a tradition. Now a days the medals are gold plated and no teeth marks are imprinted on it while biting. The players also know this but following this old practice they show their medals in such style.

Quite interesting, isn’t it??…….

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reference to Balochistan in his Independence Day speech signals an aggressive shift in India’s approach towards Pakistan

Imagine there is any sport team who always wins the game but plays defensive. Never believed on attack. how it will feel? I think boring. Winning is only part of game but when a team wins through attacks and little bit defense, game becomes interesting. Earlier we only played a defensive game against pakistan. They went U.N complaining about kashmir. We went U.N with lots of documents and won the game. It happened many times. We defended ourselves everytime. But this time we attacked them on their weakness. We talked about their problems. We made their enemies our friend. They attacked us about Kashmir, we attacked them on P.O.K, BALOCHISTAN, GILGIT. Now game is interesting. Nobody can question on Modi’s diplomatic skills.

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#Selca

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It is “UGADI”, new year, The new year day start with all the best wishes and Ugadi Pachadi, a mixture of 6 different tastes, made of . Raw Mango, Tamarind, Neem flowers, Chilli powder, Salt, and Jaggery, representing different facets of life. #ugadi #ugadiwishes #tradition 

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Quotes of Ashfaqulla Khan on “Bharat Mata ki Jai”

Sorry @owasi​ when i read this quote my heart shatters and make gousebumps to next level.

Ashfaqulla Khan

“जाऊँगा खाली हाथ मगर ये दर्द साथ ही जायेगा, जाने किस दिन हिन्दोस्तान आज़ाद वतन कहलायेगा? बिस्मिल हिन्दू हैं कहते हैं “फिर आऊँगा,फिर आऊँगा,फिर आकर के ऐ भारत माँ तुझको आज़ाद कराऊँगा”. जी करता है मैं भी कह दूँ पर मजहब से बंध जाता हूँ,मैं मुसलमान हूँ पुनर्जन्म की बात नहीं कर पाता हूँ; हाँ खुदा अगर मिल गया कहीं अपनी झोली फैला दूँगा, और जन्नत के बदले उससे एक पुनर्जन्म ही माँगूंगा.”

“I will go empty-handed, but this woe will accompany me; Independent my country Hindostan would ever be. Bismil is Hindu he utters- “Time again I will come, O Motherland! you don’t worry, I will bestow you freedom.” Me too prevails but religious binding are preventing me, Being Muslim for a rebirth may not think ever I. In case if I got God face to face then certainly, In place of heaven I will beg rebirth in this country.”

[nubbsgalore]

shelter from the storm. photos by mark tipple

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Isha Upanishad

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते | पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते || From: Isha Upanishad. Meaning: This is whole (poorna). That is also whole. From this wholeness arises that wholeness. Even after taking out that wholeness from this one, wholeness only remains. Why it's great: that infinity could be conceptualized even in those ancient times.

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#Universalmind

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Nothing exists on its own. Everything in this universe comes from your mind. It isn’t real by itself it’s like a dream. You believe what you see with your eyes, what you hear with your ears, what you speak with your mouth, what you smell with your nose. You believe all these things are real. They are not real. They are lies. You believe you exist as a human being and you make decisions, you make choices. You do certain things in this world. This is not true. It is consciousness that does everything. You are like a puppet manipulated by the laws of karma. And everything that you do is the result of that karma. It’s a lie. For in truth karma does not exist and in truth you’ve never done anything because you were never born. There is absolutely nothing that you can ever do. You are spirit! All-pervading! Omnipresent! Not a little body like it looks and appears. As far as your problems are concerned forget them. As far as your life is concerned forget it. As far as the past is concerned it doesn’t exist. As far as the future is concerned there will never be a future. There is only this moment and in this moment you are nothing, pure nothingness. Nothing is everything and everything is nothing. March 1, 1992 -Robert Adams

(via oceanandwave)

[arjuna-vallabha]

Example!

The village of Piplanti in Rajasthan, India has started up a new tradition: every time a girl is born, 111 trees are planted in celebration and taken care of. Villagers contribute a sum of money along with the parents to be set aside for the girl to access when she turns 20. Her parents sign an affidavit to provide their daughter with an education and not to marry her off before the legal age. In the six years that this practice has been going, Piplantri has planted over 250k trees, which has not only turned the village green, but have changed attitudes towards women and reduced local crime!

[kailasanath]

Something for every village in India to emulate!

[arjuna-vallabha]

Example!

The village of Piplanti in Rajasthan, India has started up a new tradition: every time a girl is born, 111 trees are planted in celebration and taken care of. Villagers contribute a sum of money along with the parents to be set aside for the girl to access when she turns 20. Her parents sign an affidavit to provide their daughter with an education and not to marry her off before the legal age. In the six years that this practice has been going, Piplantri has planted over 250k trees, which has not only turned the village green, but have changed attitudes towards women and reduced local crime!

[kailasanath]

Something for every village in India to emulate!

[arjuna-vallabha]

Example!

The village of Piplanti in Rajasthan, India has started up a new tradition: every time a girl is born, 111 trees are planted in celebration and taken care of. Villagers contribute a sum of money along with the parents to be set aside for the girl to access when she turns 20. Her parents sign an affidavit to provide their daughter with an education and not to marry her off before the legal age. In the six years that this practice has been going, Piplantri has planted over 250k trees, which has not only turned the village green, but have changed attitudes towards women and reduced local crime!

[kailasanath]

Something for every village in India to emulate!

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Mahashivarathri!

The Darkest of nights!

Darkness we celebrate

The night of possibilities

The night to break our shackles

Glimpse what is beyond

Experience the unbounded

Become ‘that which is not’

Dissolve what we know

Seek what we know not

Destroy all that is me

And become ‘that which is not’

To become Shiva! 

[sadhaka-universal-refollow]

Mahashivarathri

The fourteenth day of every lunar month or the day before the new moon is known as Shivarathri. Among all the twelve Shivarathris that occur in a calendar year, Mahashivarathri, the one that occurs in February-March is of the most spiritual significance. On this night, the northern hemisphere of the planet is positioned in such a way that there is a natural upsurge of energy in a human being. This is a day when nature is pushing one towards one’s spiritual peak.

Modern science has gone through many phases and arrived at a point today where they are out to prove to you that everything that you know as life, everything that you know as matter and existence, everything that you know as the cosmos and galaxies, is just one energy which manifests itself in millions of ways.

This scientific fact is an experiential reality in every yogi. The word “yogi” means one who has realized the oneness of the Existence. When I say “yoga,” I am not referring to any one particular practice or system. All longing to know the unbounded, all longing to know the oneness in the Existence is yoga. The night of Mahashivarathri offers a person an opportunity to experience this.

[iusedtobeyoungtoo]

Shiva

The embodiment of masculinity, adi yogi, life from it’s origin to ultimate, he is everything, mahadeva, bootheshwara…

Aum namah shivaya. May this Maha Shivarathri give us way to take a step closer to the ultimate, letting out the Shiva from within each of us.

Mahadevaya namah;

Yogeshwaraya Mahadevayah;

Triyambakayah, tripuranthakayah;

Trikagni kalayah, kalagni rudrayah;

Neelakanthayah mrithyunjayayah;

Sarveshvarayah sadashivayah;

Sarveshwarayah Sadashivayah;

Mahadevaya Namah…

That feeling when I chant this, nothing can ever replace!

Marry me Shiva, *on my knees*

[shankbiradar]

👌👌

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Ant and Grasshopper - Indian Version of story - too good and fact

Original Story: The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs dances plays the summer away. Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. .......................... Indian Version: The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs dances plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. NDTV, Times Now, CNN IBN, BBC, CNN , Asianet show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so? Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house. Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter . Mayawati states this as 'injustice' done on Minorities. The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers. Railway minister allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'. Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the 'Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act'[POTAGA] , with effect from the beginning of the winter.. Education minister makes 'Special Reservation' for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions in Government Services. The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, it's home is confiscated by Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV, Times Now, CNN IBN, BBC, CNN. Arundhati Roy calls it 'A Triumph of Justice'. Railway minister calls it 'Socialistic Justice'. CPM calls it 'Revolutionary Resurgence of Downtrodden' . . . . Many years later... The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar company in Silicon Valley , 100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India , ....AND As a result of losing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the grasshoppers, India is still a developing country...!! P.S.: I have no idea whose creative mind this has come out from, but this piece is awesome.