Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
THE EARTH
Millions of year ago the universe was a complex and compact mass called Pangea. The Pangea underwent various physical and chemical changes. Their occurred a big change that broke off the pangea and rift were formed. The gaps between the rifts were filled by water. Through many physical and chemical reactions single celled life appeared in water and later complex life developed on the earth.
Nearly 44 lac years ago early man appeared on the land of east Africa. They were bipedal. After 10 lakh years a quite different monkey like animal appeared called Acrystallopethicus. They were purely bipedal and had to travel long distance in search of food. By that time a natural change occurred, the spreading of glaciers and contraction for lacs of years and only those could adopt themselves survived. After 20 lacs Homo erectus appeared in the rift valley, their brain size was two times than that of Australlopethicus. They were carnivorous; they discovered fire for cooking the food. They started to live in a colony. They were social in behavior and that finally transformed in to Homo sapiens.
Dryopithecus – Ramapithecus- Homo erectus – Neanderthals – Homo Sapiens
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
563 BC: LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF LORD BUDDHA
More than 2500 years ago, there lived a kshtriya king named Suddhodana who ruled over the little kingdom of Kapilavastu on the India-Nepal border/ He had a son named Siddhartha who latter came to be known as the Buddha and is negligible as one of the greatest luminaries of the world.
Siddhartha was born in Lumbini, situated near the border between India and Nepal in 563 BC. Gautama was his family name. His mother, Mahatmaya passed away when he was only seven days old. The child was brought to kapilvastu and was nurtured by Maharaja Prajapati Gautami who was Mahamaya’s sister and Suddhodana’s second wife. His father bestowed all his loving attention and care on the child.
It was said that Asia, an old seer went to the royal palace to see the new born prince. Looking at the baby, he predicted that the child was destined to be a Mahatma or a great man. Saying so, he laughed but a moment later tears trickled down his face. Those present were surprised at this and asked him why he had both laughed and wept at the same time. He explained:
“I laughed because I was delighted at the thought that the child would renounce the world, find a new religion and be the savior of mankind. I shed tears because I would not long enough to see the future greatness of the child.”
Suddhodana was not very happy about the prophecy because he wanted his child to succeed him as the king of kapilvastu.
The child, Gautama was very sweet and charming as well as extremely intelligent. He lived in a big palace in the midst of beautiful gardens.
Everything he wished, got at that very instant. As he grew up, he was taught reading, writing, music, riding, swimming and haunting. He knew well how to use the sword and pull the bow. He trained himself in everything a prince ought to know.
Deep inside his heart, however Gautama longed for solitude. He was a dreamer by temperament. Often he left his associates in the midst of sports and wandered away to seclusion, absorbed in deep thought. Once his companions found him missing for pretty long. They searched for him until at last they found him sitting in meditation under a rose-apple tree. Gautama had a kind and tender heart and could not bear the pain and suffering of others .When out haunting, his heart suffered in sympathy for the innocent birds and animals and he would not kill them. Once he founded the wounded swan in a corner of his garden and was overwhelmed by its agony. All this was noticed by his father and that made him very sad. He tried to keep Gautam away from the unhappiness and miseries of life.
Gautama grew up into a handsome youth and was married to Yashodhara, a beautiful princess whom he dearly loved. Together they lived bless fully. He was given three palaces for the three season’s viz. winter, summer and monsoon. There was dancing, music, games and haunting to entertain him. He had all the pleasure and luxuries that a royal life could offer. In time, he was blessed with a son who was christened Rahula.
All this, however, did not make him really happy. He longed for else. The prince once expressed a desire to see the city and to know how the people lived. As he rode to his chariot, he saw a tottering old man with his back bent and his hair turned all grey. The wretched condition of the man set him thinking. He thought that his own plight in the old age would not be very different. He became pensive and sad at the thought that living beings were doomed to sufferings from old age. Further when moved on, he came across a man suffering from a terrible disease. He realized that a man might suffer from a disease anytime in his life. Sometime later, he saw a dead body being taken to the cremation ground, followed by wailing mourners. He felt that all men must die one day. He now began to brood over the spectacle of old age, sickness and death which made him increasingly distressed. He came to the conclusion that human life was full of pain, suffering, sorrow and misery; no one can escape from them.
One day Gautama happened to meet a wondering ascetic. He asked him why he had taken to that life. The ascetic replied that he will renounce the world, because he wanted to free himself from the miseries of life. Gautama then found that some people were trying to find a way out to human misery. This created an intense urge in him to find out why there is suffering on the world and man could free himself from it. In the prime of his youth, he made up his mind to give up all the comforts and pleasure of princely life and adopt the life of a mendicant in quest of truth. He was only twenty nine at that time.
At the midnight, when everyone in the palace were in deep slumber, he rose from his couch and called his charioteer to fit out his favorite horse, Kanthaka. He had a last, lingering glimpse of his beloved wife and his son Rahula. He softly walked out, mounted his horse and rode away. This was the great renunciation.
He rode towards a forest all night long and the next morning he reached a place far, far away from his father’s kingdom. He dismounted from his horse, cast off his princely attire, cut off his hair, wore a yellow robe and marched alone in search of the secret of happiness. He began the life of a wandering ascetic. He met some of the most famous religious teachers of the time and learnt something from them, but he was still not satisfied. He walked on and on and reached the forest of Uruvela near Gaya, Bihar. Here he practiced rigorous penance for six years. He observed serve fasts and inflicted severe pain on his body. In the process, he was reduced to a skeleton. He, however, didn’t gain the truth he was seeking. He found that self torture was not the right way. He took food again and now began to meditate deeply under a Pipal tree. At last one day he suddenly attained supreme knowledge. Thereafter, he came to be known as the Buddha or the enlightened one.
The Buddha, who was then 35 years old, was eager to share the light of knowledge with humanity. He proceeded to Sarnath near Varanasi and began to preech his new faith called Buddhism.
The Buddha taught the Nobel truths. They were-
Life is full of sufferings. The cause of these sufferings is that man is selfish and has desires. Sufferings ceases when the desire ceases. Desire can be eliminated by right faith, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right living, right effort, right remembrance and right meditation.
The Buddha concluded from his own experience that one should neither indulge too much in the pleasure of life nor torture oneself. These were extremes and did not bring happiness and should, therefore be avoided. There was a middle path which led to knowledge and happiness. The Buddha said, one should learn self control, if someone is angry, one should not be angry in return but be kind instead, one should not have any hatred or malice towards others, one should show compassion, love and kindness to all living beings, one should not lie, steal, kill, one should have a good heart and mind which will manifest itself in good thoughts, good words and good deeds, and one should lead a simple and pure life. That is the way to achieve happiness.
He went from place to place teaching the people the way to happiness. Disciplines began to gather round him and thousands of people became his followers. His father, wife and son also embraced Buddhism.
Buddha’s Teachings
1. All the miseries of mankind were due to selfish desire.
2. The desire can be killed by right faith, hope, speech, conduct, living, effort, mindfulness, meditation. This path would lead to the highest bliss that is nirvana.
3. Like Mahavira, Buddha condemned the bloody sacrifices and rejected the authority of the Vedas.
4. He refused to speak about God.
5. He laid down a moral code for his disciplines. Its commandments were
a. Not to take life
b. Not to steal
c. Not to hanker after wealth
d. Not to tell lies
e. Not to commit impure acts
f. Not to covet other’s property
g. Not to drink intoxication liquors.
Spreading of Buddha’s Teachings
Buddha’s teachings were spread in India and abroad by king like Ashoka, Kanishka and Harsha. In Kanishka’s time two types of Buddhism appeared. The Hinayana was an older form of Buddhism. Its followers believed in simple teachings of Buddhism and considered Buddha as a pious man.
Mahayana, a later form was influenced by Greek and Roman ideas. Its followers worshipped Buddha as God in the form of image and with rituals. Mahayana Buddhism spread to Tibet, China, Japan, Burma and other countries. However, in India, Buddhism was gradually replaced by Hinduism.
Conclusion
Extremely gentle, full of human sympathy and kindness, universal love and compassion, the Buddha preached his lessons to the rich and the poor. He said, “A person is not an upper caste or lower caste by birth. All castes and religions are united just as the rivers unite to the ocean after completing a long journey. The Apostle took his gospel to the doors of the people and taught them in their own language and in a manner that was at once simple and touching. For 55 years, the Master preached sermons on universal love, morality and purity, leading people to the path or righteousness.
The Buddha died at Kusinara (modern Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh) about 190 km(120 miles) from Varanasi at the age of 80.
The Buddha called Kashmir “the land of blue forest”. He is said to have predicted that a disciple of Ananda, his constant companion, would propagate his religion in Kahmir. Later Kashmir became a great centre of Buddhism. Several Buddhisht Scholars lived and studied there. The third Buddhist council held in Kashmir went beyond the borders of India, especially China, to spread the sacred message of the Buddha.
Most of the people in Ladakh, one of the provinces of Jammu and Kashmir State are Buddhists. There are a number of Buddhist monasteries and priests. Millions of people around the world follow Buddhism even today and draw inspiration from his life and work.
AUGUST=ATTITUDE
Outgoing personality. takes risks. feeds on attention. self control. kind hearted. Self confident. loud and boisterous. VERY revengeful. easy to get along with and talk to. has an “every thing’s peachy” attitude. likes talking and singing. loves music. daydreamer. easily distracted. Hates not being trusted. BIG imagination. loves to be loved. hates studying. in need of “that someone”. longs for freedom. rebellious when withheld or restricted. lives by “no pain no gain” caring. always a suspect. playful. mysterious. “charming” or “beautiful” to everyone. stubborn. curious.. independent. strong willed. a fighter.
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Its Time To Put Hands On Deck
Nature has endowed us with all its beauty and diversity. It gives us a kind of unknown peace and calm which seem to slide into one’s soul. It has in a vast store for mankind that we’ve been using since ancient times and still the process is going on. Nature’s giving its best bothering nothing in return. Have we ever thought of it?
A fool and his money are soon parted. The same is the case with us, nature is our money and we all are damn fool. Ignorance is bliss, we are still not aware of the fact that what goes around comes around. The objective is just to catapult a notion in the human mind that we have no rights to interfere in nature and its laws. Daily nuisances and laws made to eradicate them are really becoming successful like ‘a watched pot never boils’.
Every cloud has silver lining. Mistakes are lessons in wisdom. The past can’t be changed; the future is yet in our power. The way to do things is to begin. It’s time to put hands on deck because a small step in favour of nature will be a giant leap to mankind. So, from now take a lesson to be learnt from nature and try with our vigour in its fullest in making our Earth heaven and proving that it’s a nice place to live in.
A fool and his money are soon parted. The same is the case with us, nature is our money and we all are damn fool. Ignorance is bliss, we are still not aware of the fact that what goes around comes around. The objective is just to catapult a notion in the human mind that we have no rights to interfere in nature and its laws. Daily nuisances and laws made to eradicate them are really becoming successful like ‘a watched pot never boils’.
Every cloud has silver lining. Mistakes are lessons in wisdom. The past can’t be changed; the future is yet in our power. The way to do things is to begin. It’s time to put hands on deck because a small step in favour of nature will be a giant leap to mankind. So, from now take a lesson to be learnt from nature and try with our vigour in its fullest in making our Earth heaven and proving that it’s a nice place to live in.
Phenomenon of Death- Soul & Body Seperation
Death is separation of the soul from the physical body. Death of the soul from the physical body. Death becomes the starting point of a new and better life. Death merely opens the door to a higher form of life; it is only the gateway to a fuller life. Birth and death are jugglery of Maya. He who is born begins to die. He who dies begins to live. Birth and death are merely doors of entry and exit on the stage of this world. In reality no one comes, no one goes. Brahmn or eternal alone exists.
Just as our move from one house to another house, the soul passes from one body to the other one to gain experience. Just as the man casting of worn-out garments takes on new ones, so the dweller in this body, casting off worn-out bodies, enters into others that are new.
Death is not the end of the life. Life is one continuous process never ending process. Death is only a passing and necessary phenomenon, which every soul has to pass to gain experience for its further evolution.
Death is sleep. Birth is like waking up. Death brings promotion to a new and better life. A man of discrimination and wisdom is not afraid of death. Every soul is a circle. The circumference of this circle is nowhere but its centre is in the body. Death means the change of this centre from body to body. Why, then should we be afraid of death?
Death is not the end of life. It is merely cessation of an important individuality. Life flows on, till it merges in the eternal.
Just as our move from one house to another house, the soul passes from one body to the other one to gain experience. Just as the man casting of worn-out garments takes on new ones, so the dweller in this body, casting off worn-out bodies, enters into others that are new.
Death is not the end of the life. Life is one continuous process never ending process. Death is only a passing and necessary phenomenon, which every soul has to pass to gain experience for its further evolution.
Death is sleep. Birth is like waking up. Death brings promotion to a new and better life. A man of discrimination and wisdom is not afraid of death. Every soul is a circle. The circumference of this circle is nowhere but its centre is in the body. Death means the change of this centre from body to body. Why, then should we be afraid of death?
Death is not the end of life. It is merely cessation of an important individuality. Life flows on, till it merges in the eternal.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Biggest Victory Ever
Cricket is not just a game but is considered as a religion in our country. Hosting World Cup '11 was the most prestigious moment for all us. Not even common wealth games have became popular to such an extent. In India, people are engaged in watching every single match of Team India, without caring about a single thing. They use to watch with family, friends, in streets, shops, sports club or anywhere, anytime. Around 67.7 million people watched the world cup finals whereas 67.3 million people watched the India-Pakistan world cup semifinal. No doubt, India is crazy for cricket.
After winning the maiden World Cup in '83, it became a need not only for the team but also for all of us to become the world champion again and make the World cup victory count to a couple. '83 world cup holds the largest part of memory cells in our mind. The final raised the specter of an Indian humiliation in the hands of the Goliaths of world cricket, the West Indies. Even though India had beaten West Indies in the group stage, the wise and knowledgeable of the game predicted a comprehensive win for the Indies. Batting first, India were bundled out for 183 in the face of the hostile West Indian pace attack. However, when it came to their turn, the West Indian batsmen collapsed and ultimately fell short of the target by 43 runs. The Indian spirit was epitomized by an astonishing catch by Kapil Dev who sprinted back 20 yards to latch onto the skier from the marauding blade of the great Viv Richards. As the news filtered through to the fans back home, it led to unprecedented scenes of jubilation throughout Delhi and Calcutta and the rest of the country.
Clinching the coveted title from West Indies in its home ground under the leadership of Kapil Dev, exploiting non-favourable conditions was one of the greatest achievements ever.
Winning the World Cup '11, was also a tough task. The world cricket has changed a lot since '83. CWC '11 was completely different from that of '83. In today's cricket world, conditions also fail to change the destiny of a match. Now the game is not only about facing a ball with a speed of 150 kmph but also swallowing the bitter saliva when we realize that the ball has been fielded in the point region with a reaction time of nearly .06 sec. And the condition of a bowler is also pitiable, when he fails to decide that, "which type of ball should I deliver to the batsman so that he may not convert it to a bigger one again"? Cricket is a game of patience, wait for the right ball to hit otherwise you are gone, luck factor also matters but not always. Earlier, a target of 230-240 was estimated a good one, under certain conditions of pitch, dew and the like but now a days the estimation criteria level has increased. Even a total of 320-330 can be easily chased.
India's path to the world cup final was not at all easy. Firstly, it was Australia, world's no. 1 team and then it was Pakistan, the team who reached semifinals without having its main players in the squad. Dhoni's form was out of the game before the final and also there was a confusion, who is going to play at the 7th place, Raina or Pathan? Dhoni as a skipper was doing all the things marvellously but with his performance he was a bit tremulous. Nevertheless, he showed that he's not only the responsible captain but also a great player who can change the fate of match with his magical and unexpected performance.
In a nut shell, it was good to become the world champion again, for the second time. It doesn't matter when, where and with whom you played but the thing that matters is, you played to your level best indulging all your strength, blood and sweat in the game. Its not the size of the dog in the fight but its the size of the fight in the dog that counts. And then you come to know that you are the world champion, really a great 100 billion feeling.
Proud to be an Indian.
Congrats to all... :-)
After winning the maiden World Cup in '83, it became a need not only for the team but also for all of us to become the world champion again and make the World cup victory count to a couple. '83 world cup holds the largest part of memory cells in our mind. The final raised the specter of an Indian humiliation in the hands of the Goliaths of world cricket, the West Indies. Even though India had beaten West Indies in the group stage, the wise and knowledgeable of the game predicted a comprehensive win for the Indies. Batting first, India were bundled out for 183 in the face of the hostile West Indian pace attack. However, when it came to their turn, the West Indian batsmen collapsed and ultimately fell short of the target by 43 runs. The Indian spirit was epitomized by an astonishing catch by Kapil Dev who sprinted back 20 yards to latch onto the skier from the marauding blade of the great Viv Richards. As the news filtered through to the fans back home, it led to unprecedented scenes of jubilation throughout Delhi and Calcutta and the rest of the country.
Clinching the coveted title from West Indies in its home ground under the leadership of Kapil Dev, exploiting non-favourable conditions was one of the greatest achievements ever.
Winning the World Cup '11, was also a tough task. The world cricket has changed a lot since '83. CWC '11 was completely different from that of '83. In today's cricket world, conditions also fail to change the destiny of a match. Now the game is not only about facing a ball with a speed of 150 kmph but also swallowing the bitter saliva when we realize that the ball has been fielded in the point region with a reaction time of nearly .06 sec. And the condition of a bowler is also pitiable, when he fails to decide that, "which type of ball should I deliver to the batsman so that he may not convert it to a bigger one again"? Cricket is a game of patience, wait for the right ball to hit otherwise you are gone, luck factor also matters but not always. Earlier, a target of 230-240 was estimated a good one, under certain conditions of pitch, dew and the like but now a days the estimation criteria level has increased. Even a total of 320-330 can be easily chased.
India's path to the world cup final was not at all easy. Firstly, it was Australia, world's no. 1 team and then it was Pakistan, the team who reached semifinals without having its main players in the squad. Dhoni's form was out of the game before the final and also there was a confusion, who is going to play at the 7th place, Raina or Pathan? Dhoni as a skipper was doing all the things marvellously but with his performance he was a bit tremulous. Nevertheless, he showed that he's not only the responsible captain but also a great player who can change the fate of match with his magical and unexpected performance.
In a nut shell, it was good to become the world champion again, for the second time. It doesn't matter when, where and with whom you played but the thing that matters is, you played to your level best indulging all your strength, blood and sweat in the game. Its not the size of the dog in the fight but its the size of the fight in the dog that counts. And then you come to know that you are the world champion, really a great 100 billion feeling.
Proud to be an Indian.
Congrats to all... :-)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Fake Story of Rohan Rathore
You must have seen a youtube video for a song named ‘Emptiness’ circling around on facebook and blogs. The song is said to be sung by an IIT Guwahati student named Rohan Rathore. The story goes like this:
Rohan Rathore pursuing engineering studies from a prestigious institute(IIT-G) in India suffered from cancer. He loved a girl deeply. He demonstrated his feelings for the girl, but the girl did not revert back. Apparently she was not interested in Rohan, leaving him heart-broke.
Rohan, in this pain, composed a song called ‘Emptiness’ about his unturned love for the girl. The soul song(with guitars and drums playing in the background) was for the heart broken lovers.
The story further says that Rohan, who was suffering from cancer, died 15 days after recording this song.
Here is the Youtube link for the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kblEEfoWpAM
It has been revealed by some IIT Guwahati students that the story is completely FALSE !
Yes, this was a inhumanly clever marketing tactic by some people. Let’s see what they did right:
1. They knew the song was good. But an underground track does not reach a wide audience easily. So they associated a story with it.
2. It is the young people(school and college students) who are the target audience. So they made a story to target these people. And these people are also easily susceptible.
3. There are two prominent ways of viral marketing. Either make it a funny thing, or make it a Sad scandalous thing. These people stooped so low that they made a story to play with emotions of youngsters who were naive enough to trust them.
4. They used Three strong keywords- LOVE, IIT-GUWAHATI and CANCER. ‘Love’ was enough to pull romantically influenced people. IIT-Guwahati is a prestigious college in India, so it again became an eye-catcher. ‘Cancer’ disabled the reasoning abilities of the target audience and aroused a feeling of pity in them. Game Over.
5. A bunch of idiots found the recipe for a great viral marketing campaign, but it isn’t quite easy to fool anyone across the internet, especially in the age of internet when you can just ask anyone through a chat.
IIT-Guwahati students say that nobody with that name ever existed with such a story. If this incident was real, it would have been in news all over the country. We would not have found about it through a video.
If the motive of this viral marketing was to promote the song, then the masterminds have already lost it. Nobody will believe that the composer-singer is anyone but ‘Rohan Rathore’.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Monday, November 22, 2010
"Development & Environment should go hand in hand"
Develpoment of a country is directly proportional to the people of that country who are concerned for it, because its only they who can make some differences. Our country is a developing one. We are growing both vertically and horizontally, day by day. Our population has reached to the second largest, however we the 7th largest country of this world. Our needs and market are growing at a faster rate.
At this critical stage, getting developed and keeping environmental issues side by side gets a bit tough. No doubt that its our duty to take care of nature or environment, but for complete dedication we'll have to pay the price for it. The pace of our develpoment tempo will get slowed. But it doesn't mean that we should use nature or related products relentlessly and caring about nothing. It only mean that the contribution list should include the developed country in large number and their participation and involvment to a great extent.
Now coming to the news, it doesn't matter what laws are being made or going to be made but the thing is that we've to choose that person who can make laws keeping country's and its peoples' fate and state in mind. I personally don't want that the rule should be followed because this's not the proper solution for the problem related to such a big issue, Environment.
All correct, if we consider the mind set of the maker of this rule then Heavy vehicles are also polluting the environment to such an extent that it contribute 75% to the total pollution. Then why isn't he banning the heavy vehicles ? The answer is simple, "not possible". Then, why the government is not caring about what people want?
Now a days we can see more SUVs on the roads of not only India but in several countries. Big and spacious car is the demand of major population, as it fulfills the entire need and wish of a person. So, why the hell, are they(govt.) making such non-acceptable rules ? If government is seriously concerned about environment, then it should have to give order, rather offer to the manufacturers to make ecofriendly products or modify their previous products as much as they can.
The only solution to all the problems is, "Development and Environment should go simultaneously."
Develpoment of a country is directly proportional to the people of that country who are concerned for it, because its only they who can make some differences. Our country is a developing one. We are growing both vertically and horizontally, day by day. Our population has reached to the second largest, however we the 7th largest country of this world. Our needs and market are growing at a faster rate.
At this critical stage, getting developed and keeping environmental issues side by side gets a bit tough. No doubt that its our duty to take care of nature or environment, but for complete dedication we'll have to pay the price for it. The pace of our develpoment tempo will get slowed. But it doesn't mean that we should use nature or related products relentlessly and caring about nothing. It only mean that the contribution list should include the developed country in large number and their participation and involvment to a great extent.
Now coming to the news, it doesn't matter what laws are being made or going to be made but the thing is that we've to choose that person who can make laws keeping country's and its peoples' fate and state in mind. I personally don't want that the rule should be followed because this's not the proper solution for the problem related to such a big issue, Environment.
All correct, if we consider the mind set of the maker of this rule then Heavy vehicles are also polluting the environment to such an extent that it contribute 75% to the total pollution. Then why isn't he banning the heavy vehicles ? The answer is simple, "not possible". Then, why the government is not caring about what people want?
Now a days we can see more SUVs on the roads of not only India but in several countries. Big and spacious car is the demand of major population, as it fulfills the entire need and wish of a person. So, why the hell, are they(govt.) making such non-acceptable rules ? If government is seriously concerned about environment, then it should have to give order, rather offer to the manufacturers to make ecofriendly products or modify their previous products as much as they can.
The only solution to all the problems is, "Development and Environment should go simultaneously."
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