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I AM A MOTHER

I Am A Mother The Officer At The Driving License Counter Asked The Lady  " What is Your Occupation ? " The Woman Seeking Renewal Of Her License Seemed To Be Puzzled. So The Officer Said " Ma'am, Are You Employed, Have Your Own Business Or........ The Woman Replied  " Oh, Yes !! I Have A Full Time Occupation. I Am A Mother " Officer : " We Don't Have ' Mother ' As An Option For Occupation. I Will Write it Down As ' Housewife '. That Takes Care Of All Questions." This Had Happened Long Ago, And Was Forgotten.Years Later When I Went To Get My License,The Public Relations Officer Was A S omewhat Pompous. Woman. " Your Occupation ? " She Asked in A Rather Authoritative Tone. I Just Had An inspiration And Replied " I Am A Researcher in The Field Of Child Development, Nutrition And Inter-Personal Relationships " The Lady Officer Stared At Me in Amazement. I Calmly Repeated My ...

5 days to change ur life--- Sri Sri

Guruji - mujhe paanch din dijiye, aapki zindagi badal doonga.....doge ? 1) Ek din Khet me Kisan ke saath - isse kisan hamare liye kitna shram karta hai samajh aayegaa; kisan hame khana khilane ke lye kya kya karta hi, aur bechara khud karz mein dooba rehta hai;   2) Ek din Pagalkhane me - isse yeh sikh milegi ki logon ke saath kaisa vyavhar karni chahiye; pagal khane mein aap pagal ki batoon ka bura nahi mante na, bas hans dete ho. Bahar kisine kuch keh diya , aap kitne serious ho jate ho...sabko isi nazaiya se dekho , yeh to paagal hai ! 3) Ek din school me bachhon ke sath - ek teacher bas har bache ki bhalayi chahta hai; chahta hai ki mera shishya mujhse behtar bane; ek din teacher banke dekho ! 4) Ek din Hospital mein - ise samjhane ki jaroorat nahi, aap khud hi samjhdar ho 5) Ek din jail mein - ek galti karne se zindagi kaise barbaad hoti hai, badal jaati - apnon ki aur apne parwar walon ki, yeh samajh jaooge !

English version for Bhakthas: why we say thrice: Govinda ! Govinda !! Govinda !!!

[ This article explains why we say Govinda thrice each time (“Govinda, Govinda, Govinda”) when we climb the Tirumalai hills although that Lord is Srinivasa or Venkatesa and it seems that the name Govinda appears to have no connection with the names of the Lord of the Tirumalai Hills. This articles starts with details of the five forms of our Lord’s manifestation, then refers to why archai is suitable for us, then goes on to refer to 3 Govindans, and how they relate to Tirumalai and concludes with quotes from NammazhvAr and AndAL. Words in Italics are what occurred to this translator- AdiyEn on reading this article and may be ignored; errors are adiyEn’s responsibility and kshamikkaprArthikkirEn ] . Our Sastras say that our Lord Sriman Narayanan manifests Himself in five forms: param, vyUham, vibhavam, antharyAmi and archai. Let us see in some detail about each of these forms: 1. Param: In this, our Lord sits in the form of Paramapada nAdhan or Sri Para VAsudevan in paramapadam or Sri...

100 Quotes from "The Secret"

100 Quotes from "The Secret" 1. We all work with one infinite power 2. The Secret is the Law of Attraction (LOA) 3. Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting 4. We are like magnets - like attract like. You become AND attract what you think 5. Every thought has a frequency. Thoughts send out a magnetic energy 6. People think about what they don't want and attract more of the same 7. Thought = creation. If these thoughts are attached to powerful emotions (good or bad) that speeds the creation 8. You attract your dominant thoughts 9. Those who speak most of illness have illness, those who speak most of prosperity have it..etc.. 10. It's not "wishful" thinking. 11. You can't have a universe without the mind entering into it 12. Choose your thoughts carefully .. you are a masterpiece of your life 13. It's OK that thoughts don't manifest into reality immediately (if we saw a picture of an elephant and it instan...

Gayatri and Sandhyavandana

If the Gayatri has not been chanted for three generations in the family of a Brahmin, they cease to be Brahmins. The quarter where such Brahmins live cannot be called an "agrahara". It is perhaps not yet three generations since Brahmins gave up the Gayatri. So they still may be called Brahmins. In the same way if the Brahmin family has not performed sacrifices for three generations its members will be called "Durbrahmanas", degenerate Brahmins.  Even though degenerate the label "Brahmin" sticks to them. There are prayascittas (expiatory rites) by means of which the corrupted Brahmins will be remade true Brahmins. But there is no such hope for a Brahmin in whose family Gayatri has not been chanted for three generations.  A member of such a family ceases altogether to be a Brahmin and cannot be made one again. He is just a "Brahmana- bandhu", a kin or a friend of Brahmins. The same rule applies to Ksatriyas and Vaisyas with regard to the Gayatri ma...

Pavamana Suktham

VEDHA MANTHRAM RECITED n PANYAHAVACHANAM Pavamana Suktham Translated by  P. R. Ramachander This hymn is for purification. Soma, the sacred intoxicator is the lord of delight. Pavamana is another name for Soma. Pavamana also means that which flows and that which purifies. This  stotra  can be found in the Thaithreeya Samhitha and Thaithreeya Brahmana [1] . Hiranya varnaa suchaya paavakaa, Yasu jatha kasyapo yaswindrah Agnim ya garbham dadhire virupaa, Tha na aapaa sam syona bhavanthu. In this golden, pure and purifying, Waters were born Kashyapa and also Indra, The fire God of various forms was also made by these waters, And let these waters be full of bliss and make us happy. Yaasaam raja varuno yathi madhye, Sathyanruthe ava pasyaan janaanaam, Madhuschutha suchayo ya pavaka, Taa na aapa syona bhavanthu. The king Varuna is in their middle, Examining men for truth and falsehood, These waters are honeyed, pure and purifying, And let these waters be full of bl...

quotes of Ramakrishna N Vivekananda

Let me be condemned to be born over and over again, even in the form of a dog, if so I can be of help to a single soul – Sri Ramakrishna I will give up twenty thousand such bodies to help one man. It is glorious to help even one man– Sri. Ramakrishna. After so much austerity, I’ve understood this as real truth, God is present in every jiva. There is no other God besides that, "WHO SERVES JIVA SERVES GOD INDEED" – Swami Vivekananda. Liberation is only for him who gives up everything for others, whereas others who tax their brains day and night harping on "my salvation" - "my salvation" wonder about with their true well being ruined, both present ant prospective – Swami Vivekananda. The mind uncontrolled and unguided will drag us down, down forever, - rend us, kill us; and the mind controlled and guided will save us, free us – Swami Vivekananda. "Each soul is potentially divine, the goal is to manifest this divinity within, by cont...

Mantras

MANTRAMS 1. Mantram is tightly connected to Aagamaas and Tantram . The root for Mantra is “mann” or to think . Therefore Mantram is a Bhakti-driven thought based utterance . When recited , it produces spiritual benefits and brings one close to the UpAsanaa Moorthy and ultimately lead to Moksham 2. There are Vaidhika MantrAs and Loukika Mantras for gaining some worldly benefits ( wealth , Freedom from disease etc). Vaidhika Mantraas like Gaayatri and AstAkshari are for spirtual upliftment and deliverance ultimately from the cycles of SamsAra. MantrAs have to be received thru an AchAryan . 3. MantrAs consist of aksharaas ( letters) arranged in a particular sequence with a Chandas ( poetic meter) , Rishi , Deavataa and other unique features. Atarva Veda is considered the source of all MantrAs . There are additional Mantra Texts which describes the details on drawing the YantrAs ( diagramatic representations of the Mantra for external worship) . Kerala has deep involvement in Man...

Passport apply/renew

India has started Passport Seva Project for speedy and transparent issue of passports. The Passport Seva Kendras help citizens of India apply / renew or fix problems in their passport themselves without much hassle. Read again - it means you don't need to go to these "Passport Agents" who charge you fees and misguide you, taking your valuable time and money! This post teaches you how to use the new Passport Seva by Govt. of India online. Since you are reading this on the Internet we are going to tell you only about the online process. Of course you can also go finding your nearest Passport Seva Kendra to get forms and do everything offline. Important! Online facility is only available for applicants residing under jurisdiction of Passport Offices (POs) Ahmedabad , Amritsar , Bangalore , Chandigarh , Chennai , Coimbatore , Delhi , Hyderabad , Jaipur , Jalandhar , Kolkata , Madurai , Surat , Trichy , Trivandrum and Visakhapatnam. This facility will be avai...