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Denmark has been secretly training an entire generation of super-empathetic humans and the results are reshaping what childhood could look like everywhere. For over 30 years, Danish schools have mandated weekly empathy lessons alongside math and science. These aren't feel-good circle times or awkward sharing sessions. Students learn real skills like reading facial expressions, understanding different perspectives, and managing emotional conflicts. The curriculum treats empathy like any other subject that requires practice and development. The numbers tell an incredible story. Denmark consistently ranks among the world's happiest countries while maintaining the lowest school bullying rates globally. Danish children score highest on international kindness assessments and grow into adults with exceptional emotional intelligence. Violence in schools has dropped dramatically, and mental health outcomes continue improving year after year. These empathy classes use practical exercises that build genuine connection skills. Kids practice identifying emotions in photographs, role-play difficult social situations, and learn conflict resolution techniques that actually work. Teachers guide discussions about fairness, inclusion, and understanding differences without forcing artificial positivity. The program recognizes something revolutionary that most education systems ignore. Academic success means nothing if children can't navigate relationships, handle stress, or treat others with basic human decency. Danish educators realized that emotional skills aren't luxuries but essential life tools. Other countries are starting to take notice. Finland and Norway have implemented similar programs with promising early results. The Danish model proves that raising compassionate humans isn't wishful thinking but achievable policy when societies decide emotional education matters as much as test scores. ( From a Friend on FB )

*Wisdom from “Guru” Sangati at Mumbai :*

*Wisdom from “Guru” Sangati at Mumbai :* - Remember you are going to die. Drop all your worries right here. - Plan for 1000 years ahead - what kind of a lifetime you want next time, start working for that now! :) - Somebody asked "Gurudev, I have found you this time. Why should I come again next time?". Gurudev said: what If I come next time, would you not want to come ? 🤩 - Practice sanyam regularly - so many of you are saying that Sadhana has become effortless after sanyam. - Your goal this time should be to do sadhana. That's it. Rest all is maya which will keep you engrossed in problems etc. But with sadhana and sewa you'll get over it. - Maya has a very big role. If everything keeps going well in life and maya doesn't engross you, then how will you feel the need to go inwards? Maya tumhe antarmukhi karti hai. _Forwarded As Received_

*A lovely essay on NAINITAL by an ex- student of St. Joseph's College.*

*A lovely essay on NAINITAL by an ex- student of St. Joseph's College.* As the beautiful hill town of Nainital loses its earlier surviving building to fire, I share a piece on Nainital that i had writtten some years ago, soon after reading Proust’s novel In Search of Lost Time. Please read! AT A height of 1,938m, giddy tourists gratify themselves by boating on the lake, riding the ropeway trolley and shopping on Mall Road. That’s Nainital, the hill station in Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region, 330 km north of Delhi. The sensitive traveller goes back with memories of smog and crowd, trash and traffic, tipplers and honeymooners. Most of Nainital is as scarred as other north Indian hill stations, like Shimla or Mussoorie. Mall Road, the principal promenade, is littered with plastic packets. The hill slopes are pockmarked with hotels. The mossy rocks are painted with ads. The tree branches are entwined with electric cables. Throughout the day, the hills echo with the sound of honking cars. Old, pristine Nainital is preserved largely in people’s memories; only the residue of that fabled past is there to see. “When I was growing up in Nainital in the 1960s,” says Delhi-based author Namita Gokhale, “it was a place of innocence and privilege.” For centuries, the lake was held sacred by the hill people, but it was the British, homesick for England’s cool climes, who built the first bungalows. As schools and shops came up in the colonial era, Nainital became the commercial and Anglicized heart of Kumaon, in the foothills of the Himalayas. It was also the summer capital of British India’s United Provinces. Muhammad Ali Jinnah went to Nainital for his honeymoon. After independence, the town came to be known more for its boarding schools. Students came from as far as Myanmar, Thailand and Africa. In the 1950s, three future Bollywood stars were studying in Nainital: Danny Denzongpa at Birla Vidyamandir, Naseeruddin Shah at St Joseph’s College and Amitabh Bachchan at Sherwood College. Film director Karan Johar’s mother was a hosteller at St Mary’s Convent. Two Anglo-Indian women known as the Murch sisters became famous for adopting underprivileged children and enrolling them in the town’s various colleges. One of the children, Marcus Murch, became an actor in Geoffrey Kendal’s theatre company, Shakespeareana. Education ran Nainital’s economy. Coolies took the luggage of students up and down the hills. Barbers gave them haircuts. Tailors stitched the uniforms. Shops catered to them. Tourism increased through the 1960s when the hill station became the summer retreat of the rich. In May and June, the social life of Delhi and Lucknow would shift to Nainital. The rajahs of Kashipur and Pilibhit, and the nawab of Rampur, were regulars; so was the Taraporewala family of Mumbai. The old-money clans bought cottages, or had their favourite hotels, sometimes even favourite rooms. For two months, they ate, walked, skated and danced. “Our group would tie four or five kishtis (boats) with a rope and together we’d sail on the lake for 2 hours,” says Zeenat Kausar of Delhi (her family owned the now-defunct Shama, an Urdu film and literary magazine), who always stayed at The Grand Hotel. “A gramophone played K.L. Saigal songs.” Of course, the upper crust were members of the Boat House Club, an establishment that had once denied membership to hunter-conservationist Jim Corbett for not being blue-blooded enough, but now admitted brown sahibs. The club had a bar, multi-speciality restaurant and billiards rooms. It was famous for its live band, ballroom evenings and yacht races, which simmered with politics. Children were barred from the club after 7pm. In the summers of the 1960s, Captain Ram Singh of the Indian National Army, who was close to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, conducted a band playing martial music on a bandstand every day after 4pm. The bandstand was built in a part of Nainital known as The Flats—the offspring of a landslide. In 1880, this landslide had killed 150 and destroyed buildings, including the Naina Devi temple. The debris from the hill covered a part of the lake, forming this gravelled ground. The hawkers on The Flats sold chana jor garam and fruits like apricots, peaches, strawberries, pears and apples. In September and October, chestnuts came from Ranikhet. The popular dessert was the bakse waali pasty, or pastries stacked in steel trunks. Tourists and locals whiled away the afternoons watching hockey or football matches on The Flats. Then, as now, the most important touristy ritual was the boat ride on the lake. In the 1950s, it cost 2 annas. Today, it’s Rs160. And the town’s standards are slipping. The lovely rowing kishtis are giving way to swan-shaped plastic paddleboats. The souvenirs sold on the street are no longer hand-painted scenes of the lake town, but nude one-armed Venus candles. There is unplanned development. The hotels are shabbier. In the 1980s, the rich abandoned Nainital for Kashmir, though then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi would often visit with his family. By the 1990s, then Union finance minister Manmohan Singh’s economic reforms made it easier for wealthy Indians to carry cash to foreign locales. The Greek islands became the new Nainital. The original saw a demographic change. “The Maruti 800 arrived in the 1980s,” says Gokhale, referring to the affordable car that increased the mobility of middle-class India. “People started coming to Nainital from cities like Bareilly and Moradabad, while more and more middle-income Delhiites adopted the hill stations as a weekend getaway. The nature of what they looked for in a holiday was different.” While walking on Mall Road, these visitors look at the shops, not the lake. The locals call them NRIs, “newly rich Indians”. In summer these days, Mall Road is jammed with people. The Hindi swear words of weekend revellers can be heard from one end to the other. There are hundreds of identical paunchy men in tight T-shirts, women dressed up like Christmas trees, heads covered with “look-I’m-on-holiday” straw hats, and constant jostling for a picturesque spot. And there are the children, running pell-mell, screaming for goodies. In the 1960s, Mall Road was more rarefied. Young people in bell-bottoms skated and the glamorous gentry strolled. Women were dressed in chiffon saris and jamawar shawls; men in ironed suits and polished shoes. The shops had character. Started by a Swiss woman, The Sakley’s was loved for its pastries, éclairs and doughnuts. Huntley & Palmer, run by the Arora brothers, had delicious English biscuits. Narain’s bookstore, with a view of the lake, specialized in literary fiction. It was also the only place in Nainital to sell 78 rpm records of singers like Begum Akhtar. Ramlal & Sons were drapers and outfitters for students and bureaucrats. The best shoes were found in the shop of Mr Listen, a Chinese settler. Everyone who got married had photos taken in the Bakshi Brothers’ studio. In Bara Bazaar, up Mall Road, there was the garment store of the Rais brothers, two extremely polite men who greeted customers with “farmayen” (yes, please say). Dana Mian, a second-hand book dealer, walked the hills with a coolie who carried a book-filled steel trunk on his head. Until the 1962 war with China, Buddhist lamas freely crossed the border to sell precious herbs from Tibet. Chinese traders came with silk. Occasionally, the “season” was rocked by scandals. “My father’s younger brother fell in love with an Anglo-Indian crooner who performed at a restaurant in Mall Road. They fled to Rampur and got married,” says lawyer and educationist Nilanjana Dalmia, who spent her childhood in Gurney House, once the residence of Corbett and now owned by her family. Although a private property, it admits visitors. The cottage has a gabled roof and period furniture. The rooms have been preserved as they were when Corbett sold the property in 1947. The shelves have books by Charles Dickens and P.G. Wodehouse. The rug in the living room is the skin of a tiger. In the old days, nobody drove. People walked or rode on dandis (palanquins) or horses. Today, hyper-energetic day trippers leave before sunset. But old Nainital is not completely lost. Most of the landmarks are still there. The Sakley’s bakery products rival those of any big city patisserie. Narain’s collection of books, both in English and Hindi, is extensive, though a decade ago the owner started stocking candles to survive. The lakeside municipal library—open to all—has a duck house below. Like the town itself, the Boat Club too has lost its exclusivity. Tourists are let in upon payment of Rs415 “per couple”. Talking on mobile phones is allowed in the bar lounge, which has hanging lamps and heavy sofas. The windows look out on the lake. The walls have black and white photos of the 1880 landslide. A clock chimes every hour. The piano is locked. Nainital had three cinemas. Capitol Cinema and Roxy screened English films. Ashoka Talkies, near Town Hall, showed Hindi potboilers. All three have shut down. The Capitol, which screened films like Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments and The Picture of Dorian Gray, was originally built on The Flats as an assembly hall to host grand parties for the British. Today, the portion where the balcony used to be is a factory store for designer candles. The part that faces the lake is a video-games parlour. The glass panes on the doors are broken. Situated just above Narain’s, The Grand Hotel has been standing since 1872. Every room has a clear view of the lake. Nehru liked dining here. The king of Nepal would check in with his own carpets and cutlery. When he stayed at the hotel for the filming of Madhumati, actor Dilip Kumar instructed the staff to serve tea to any fan coming to visit him. Today, The Grand’s corridors offer the same view, but the furniture has changed—cane chairs instead of the old planter’s chairs. One thing is intact. The matches still happen on The Flats, the shouts of players wafting up and reaching the ears of lone men walking the deserted slopes of faraway hillsides. The bakse waali pasty vendors can still be sighted. To get away from tourists, walk on Thandi Sadak, the cobbled pathway across the lake. It’s the anti-Mall Road: no shops, no touts. One side faces the hill, the other looks to the lake. Or walk on the town’s hillsides, which are as deserted as the Mall Road was in the 1950s. To climb into another world, climb a bit higher. Kilbury forest, 13km away, is a different country—utter silence amid a dense cover of oak, pine and rhododendron trees. The slow-moving clouds are close enough to touch. You rarely see anyone except collared grosbeaks, brown wood-owls and laughing thrushes. The forest has more than 500 bird species. Sometimes, the pathway runs over a stream. The enveloping clouds make the world as white as snow. Built in 1890, the Kilbury forest lodge is a perfect retreat. The British-era Raj Bhawan, or the Governor’s House, on a hill looks magical at sunset. Even with an entry pass of Rs 30, it can be viewed only from the grounds. Made from grey stone, this gothic marvel has 113 rooms. From the rear, it resembles an English country house. On rainy days, the mist gets so thick that the building is reduced to a mere outline; its turrets look finer than any brushstroke by an artist. The golf course, spread over 45 acres, is within the Raj Bhawan grounds. If the sky is overcast, the golfers frequently disappear into the approaching mist. Tourists can play by paying Rs 250 for 18 holes. Despite being a Nainital cliché, boating on the lake is heavenly. Each kishti is like an island. The rhythmic splash of the oar on the water lulls you into sweet drowsiness as puffs of cloud drift down the hills, and float over the lake. The view, so fragile that it is more like a state of mind, explains why some people nurture a passion bordering on mania for this town. At The Book Shop in Delhi’s Jor Bagh Market, the owner, K.D. Singh, who studied at the hill station in the 1950s, has recreated his own Nainital. Only friends with a “Nainital connection” know the secret geography. The new releases are displayed behind the glass display in “Tallital”, your entry point to Nainital. Older books are exiled to “Mallital”, the region beyond Mall Road. Classics are stacked up on “Snow View”, the ropeway ride’s destination. K. D. Singh himself sits in the “Boat Club”. The desktop image on his computer is of the lake. Nainital, 0km. Mayank Austen Soofi ,thank u for a gr8 piece ,i echo ur thoughts deeply ,born ,educated at Sem ,Nainital ,i feel deeply of seeing good ole ,naini today ,what it was half a century back & i fear where it will head in the future .I prefer & cherish memories of Naini of yore & thank the Almighty of making me one of this grand town which i love with all my heart .Wish Naini & its residents all the very best.

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According to the Mahabharata, what were the views of Lord mahadev regarding Krishna?

According to the Mahabharata, what were the views of Lord mahadev regarding Krishna? Lord Shiva highly praised Lord Krishna as the supreme God. Once a large number of Rishis approached Mahadeva and requested him to tell them about Krishna. Lord Shiva then glorifies Lord Krishna to the Rishis. Mahesvara said, 'Hari is superior to the Grandsire himself. He is the Eternal Purusha. Otherwise called Krishna, he is endued with the splendour of gold, and shines with effulgence like a second sun. Possessed of ten arms, he is endued with great energy, and is the slayer of the foes of the gods. Having a whorl on his breast, he has curly locks of hair on his head. He is worshipped by all the deities. Brahman has risen from his abdomen. I have sprung from his head, All the luminaries in the firmament have sprung from his hair. From the bristles on his body have sprung all the gods and Asuras. From his body have sprung the Rishis as also all the eternal worlds. He is the veritable abode of the Grandsire and the abode of all the gods besides. He is the Creator of this whole Earth, and He is the Lord of the three worlds He is also the Destroyer of all creatures mobile and immobile. He is verily the foremost of all the deities. He is their master. He is the chastiser of all foes. He is possessed of omniscience. He exists in everything. He is capable of going everywhere. He is of universal extent (pervading as he does everything). He is the Supreme Soul. He is the urger of all the senses. He covers the universe. He is the Supreme Lord. There is nothing in the three worlds that is superior to him. He is Eternal. He is the slayer of Madhu, and is otherwise called Govinda. The giver of honours, He will cause all the kings of Earth to be slain in battle, for achieving the purposes of the deities, taking birth in a human form. The deities, abandoned by Him, are unable to accomplish their purposes on earth. Without obtaining him as their leader they cannot do anything. He is the leader of all creatures and is adored by all the gods. Section CXLVII, Anusasanika parva, Mahabharata. Then in another instance in Badari, in the presence of a large number of Rishis, Lord Shiva declared the glory of Lord Krishna. During the time of creation, you are brahma, O lord you are Vishnu during creation. During destruction, you are having the name rudra. O lord! Hence you have three residences! You are the purusha with thousand heads, thousand eyes, thousand legs, thousand arms, thousand forms, thousand souls, the lord of heaven. Pervading the entire earth with seven islands, surrounded by seven oceans, becoming minute as well as all the gross, you exceed this universe by ten fingers (you exist in the form of a child encompassing all the universe). You are all the entire universe which was born (in the past) and which will be in future. O Janardana ! The principal as well as the sovereign lord evolved from you! Chapter 88, Bhavishya parva, Harivamsa. Lord Shiva further instructed the Rishis to always worship Lord Krishna as there is no one superior to him Vishnu is most important for you. No one more important than Vishnu exists. Know that Vishnu is the object of the highest penance. O Brahmins ! Vishnu is the one who is always to be meditated in your mind. This is most prosperous for you. This is the most superior wealth. This is what is to be accomplished with your birth. This is the result of your penance. Vishnu is the residence of merit. Worshipping Vishnu is the eternal dharma. Vishnu is the one who provides liberation. That is the modular path to be followed. This will provide real merit. This is the ultimate result of your work. Know that worship of Vishnu is the path to be followed. There is nothing else to be thought on this. Hari is the only one to be always meditated by you, who are fixed in good. No other god in the universe exists who is above Vishnu, Narayana. O the twice born! Always pronounce OM. Recite the name of keshava (Krishna) and meditate on him. Chapter 89, Bhavishya parva, Harivamsa. During Banasura war, Lord Shiva furthur praised Lord Krishna Krishna, great God Krishna, I know that you’re the supreme person, the killer of Madhu and Kaitabha, and the eternal God of gods. You’re the origin of the universe and the process of the worlds. The three worlds wouldn’t be able to defeat you, God, even with all their gods, demons, and humans. So you must withdraw this celestial discus that you’re poised to use.

💫 Highlights from Gurudev’s wisdom 💫

💫 Highlights from Gurudev’s wisdom 💫 *Soaking in Bliss*, Delhi, 14/09/25 • Embrace the chaos, to experience bliss — Bliss is born out of chaos. • Somewhere, something always feels incomplete — that becomes the cause of sorrow. • Go beyond words, else we get stuck in them. • Ask “What? What? What?” — it pulls the mind away from endless thoughts. • The race for the infinite never lets us feel fulfilled. • In trying to understand life, we often lose life. To truly know, one must simply be in wonder. • Just as a lotus rises from the mud, greatness shines through challenges. • Every enlightened one — Buddha, Krishna — also faced struggles. • Don’t be like a restless chicken 🐔 … Be like a Royal Elephant 🐘 — steady, majestic, unshaken. • The Kena Upanishad asks, “Kya?” — questioning leads to wisdom. • Until you rise beyond criticism and chatter, ignorance holds you back. • If someone mocks or abuses you, just ask within — “What? What? What?” and stay Lajawab 😃 • Worry blocks the bliss within you. If you must worry, then worry about the next life! 😃🤗 • The secret? Be blissful now, in this very moment.

When an elephant is flown from one country to another say, from India to the United States it’s transported in a massive crate.

🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘 When an elephant is flown from one country to another say, from India to the United States it’s transported in a massive crate. But here’s the surprising part: that crate is filled with… tiny chicks. Yes, delicate, fragile baby birds. Why? Because elephants, despite their towering size, are instinctively careful. They are deeply averse to harming any living being. Surrounded by chicks, the elephant doesn’t dare move during the flight not out of fear for itself, but out of concern for others. It stands still for hours, perfectly balanced, lest it step on even one. This is the first test. Of its strength. Of its restraint. Of its nobility. Fascinated by this gentle behavior, scientists have studied the elephant’s brain. What they found was remarkable: spindle cells neurons linked to empathy, self-awareness, and social connection present in only a few species, including humans and great apes So while the elephant is physically immense, it is emotionally immense, too. It feels. It understands. It chooses compassion over impulse. Centuries ago, *Leonardo da Vinci* observed these traits and wrote: “The elephant embodies righteousness, reason, and temperance.” He described the elephant’s grace as it enters a river not splashing, but bathing with dignity, as if in a sacred ritual He noted how it helps the lost find their way. How it moves only in herds, never alone. How it follows a guide. Even when crossing paths with another herd, it doesn’t assert dominance it gently nudges them aside with its trunk, never causing harm But perhaps the most profound act is this: When an elephant senses its life coming to an end, it quietly steps away from the herd… …to die alone. Why? Not from weakness. But to shield the young from grief. To carry the weight of sorrow by itself. Out of dignity. Out of compassion. Out of modesty. Three virtues rare even in humans. Natural in the elephant

It is a fact that the caste system has contributed greatly to conversion of Hindus to Islam.

Have been reading with interest your posts on conversion. Although I am itching to join the debate, I dare not. It is a fact that the caste system has contributed greatly to conversion of Hindus to Islam. Many were thrown out of the Hindu biradari because they had broken some caste rule... Like crossing the seven seas. I have heard that Begum Liaquat Ali (wife of the first PM of Pakistan) 's father was a Kumaoni Brahmin who was not accepted into the Hindu fold on his return from abroad. He had no option but to convert. My father tells a very touching story which his grandmother told him. A Hindu child bride was being taken to her sasuraal by train immediately after marriage. In those days water was sold separately at stations as Hindu pani and Muslim pani. The child bride on feeling thirsty asked the lady attendant sent with her to get her some water. The attendant inadvertently brought her Muslim pani. The in laws on noticing this just dumped the child and attendant at the station, and left, with all her jewellery and finery, of course. She had lost caste according to them. My father who was in London in 1959 was told by a Pakistani Kashmiri Muslim that immediately after Partition some of them had thought of embracing Hinduism, but Hindus were unwilling to admit them to the higher castes. Why should they leave their religion to become lower caste Hindus. Am not posting this on the Group, because my friends will not like it.

All the six pandavs were not the biological sons of King Pandu,

All the six pandavs were not the biological sons of King Pandu, whereas the Kauravas were born of Dhritarastra and Gandhari. Then how come the claim of throne by Yudhisthira was justified? Suyodhan must be the rightful king then. Even dhritarashtra,pandu and vidura were not biological sons of vichitraveerya. Should we make bhishma as king then ? Pandavas are 5 not 6. Pandavas are king pandus sons. Karna don't come in Pandavas. He is kounteya son of Kunti. Niyoga was accepted practice. Pandavas were born same way in which dhritarashtra,pandu and vidura were born. Dhritarashtra was never crowned as king of Hastinapur in his entire lifetime. He was just a caretaker. So Yudhisthira by both traditional Inheritance right as well as merit a rightful heir. Duryodhan by any argument or logic was not a heir. Dhritarashtra has said this number of times himself.

CAN YOU SAY THESE OUT LOUD?

CAN YOU SAY THESE OUT LOUD? 9 of the Hardest Tongue Twisters in the English Since time immemorial, tongue twisters have been a favorite children’s game. After all, what’s cheaper and easier than to keep kids entertained with just a few funny words that are meant to be repeated again and again? Here we select some of the objectively hardest tongue twisters that the English language can produce. Enjoy! 1 Pad kid poured curd pulled cod According to a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this is the hardest English tongue twister in the world. The researchers who created this funny piece of unspeakable nonsense - sadistic monsters, most likely - reported that most people who tried this tongue twister found it almost impossible to repeat. 2 Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons—balancing them badly Quite a funny and bellicose scene. Not an easy one either, and since it’s longer than most tongue twisters here it will probably require extra time to memorize it correctly. 3. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can? How, indeed. I have to say, this one seems easy on paper, but saying it more than three times fast is a real challenge. 4. Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie. If you were left wondering what in the world a menagerie is, it turns out it’s a French word that means a ‘collection of captive animals kept for display’. Essentially a precursor of the modern zoo. 5 Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery As a friend of mine pointed out after hearing this one, good luck saying this twice after having a few drinks at the brewery. 6. Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks Talk like a sick slick snake with this nitpicky little skit. Well, I’m officially ruined, I can only think in tongue-twisty fashion now. 7. Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday In phonetics - the branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and replicate sounds - the sound so familiar to the English language is what’s called a ‘dental fricative’. If this doesn’t sound terrifying enough by itself, know that this sound is commonly quite difficult for foreign learners to pronounce, and even native-speaking children usually take longer to master it. In plain words, this means a consonant that is pronounced with the tip of the tongue placed against the teeth, but you already know that if you tried to follow your tongue movements while trying to repeat the Thursday misfortunes of Mr. Thurber. 8. Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards A haiku-esque scene for the more poetically inclined. 9. English can be understood through tough thorough thought, though Loving this one… If you have the time, challenge a young kid to this one, they might have a bit of trouble with it. But it’s more than just a tongue twister, it’s good advice. 10 Give your tongue a break Hope your tongue is okay after this rollercoaster of an article! Soothe your tired speech organ with an icy drink, or maybe practice a bit more if you are thinking of challenging friends or family with some of these.

Why did Lord Shiva take the avatar of Sharabha?

Why did Lord Shiva take the avatar of Sharabha? When Lord Narasimha killed Hiranyakashyipu, he couldn’t control his anger and started destroying everything. The gods went to Lord Brahma for help and he said that only Shiva can pacify Nrsimha. The gods requested Shiva to calm Narsimha down and he took the form of Sharabha. Sharabha was half lion, half man and half bird. He went to fight Narsimha and they both fought for a very long time. At last, Lord Shiva managed to defeat him and was very close to killing him but begged by gods to stop. Even Vishnu’s anger calmed down and he came in his original form. Lord Shiva has subdued many such incarnations of Vishnu like he pulley the eyes of Kurma, shell of Matsya, broke the tusk of Varaha and took the skin of Narsimha. Even the Shrutis approve of it: 「 हरि॑व॒ हर॑न्त॒मनु॑यन्ति दे॒वा विश्वस्येशानं॑ वृष॒भं म॑तीनाम् । ब्रह्म सरू॑प॒मनु॑ मे॒दमागा॒दय॑नं॒ मा विबंधीर्विक्रमस्व ॥ SALUTATION TO HARA ( SHIVA ) WHO DESTROYS HARI, WHO'S ADORNED BY ALL DEVTAS, WHO'S THE LORD OF UNIVERSE. Taittriya Aranyaka, 10:49:1.

Such a beautiful n touching story..........

Such a beautiful n touching story.......... At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he shared the following: 'I believe that when a child like Shay (my son), who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.' Then he told the following story: Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, 'Do you think they'll let me play?' I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps. I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, 'We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.' Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat. At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball. However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher. The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game. Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, 'Shay, run to first! Run to first!' Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled, 'Run to second, run to second!' Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base. B y the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball . the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home. All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay' Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, 'Run to third! Shay, run to third!' As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, 'Shay, run home! Run home!' Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team. 'That day', said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, 'the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world'. Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day! AND NOW A LITTLE FOOT NOTE TO THIS STORY: We all send thousands of jokes through the e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to sending messages about life choices, people hesitate. PLS SHARE THIS STORY.....

FACING TWO WAYS

01:55 (9 hours ago) to Good Morning!!! FACING TWO WAYS Around the Year with Emmet Fox September 22 Are you double minded? Jesus says that a double minded man is unstable in all his ways, and that such a person need expect nothing from the Great Law. “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord” James 1:5-7 This is very obvious common sense. If you affirm one thing now, and the opposite in half an hour; if you meditate helpfully and then go downstairs to talk trouble; it is entirely natural that you should fail to influence people with the peace that comes with prayer. If you stepped into a taxi at Grand Central and told the driver to take you to Central Park, and then, after a block, told him to drive you to the Battery, and then after a couple of blocks asked him to go to Central Park again, you could hardly expect the driver to land you at any destination. And yet this is what a good many of us do in practice. We affirm both harmony and disharmony until the subconscious mind is completely muddled, anti, of course, our lives are in confusion. Where our words and deeds reinforce one another the effect is powerful and the result certain. Where they are not in accord they cancel out, leaving us where we started, or more likely worse off.

Why is Lord Kartikey missing in Shiv Parivar pictures?

Why is Lord Kartikey missing in Shiv Parivar pictures? It is not as if Kartikeya is not worshipped or less popular compared to his family. There is a story why usually Skanda is not shown in the Shiva Pariwar. Well it is because when Shiva and Parvati were thinking whom shall be married first between Ganesha and Kartikeya. They decided that whoever can get one full round of the universe and come back, he will get married first. Kartikeya left on his peacock while Ganesha thought that if he goes on Mooshak, it will take time. So, Ganesha took round of his parents claiming that his parents are the whole universe for him. Lord Shiva annnounced that before any ritual or a good deed, Ganesha will be worshipped first and was married to Riddhi Siddhi. When Kartikeya got back, he got very angry and went to Srisail Parvat. Lord Shiva and Parvati then went to pacify him and meet him every Amavasya and Poornima respectively. That is why Kartikeya is mostly worshipped in South India as Murugan or Subramanian. Subramanian is said to be the ancestor of the Subramanian family. The festival of Thaipusam is very famous and Murugan is worshipped even in Malaysia and Singapore. The famous statue of Murugan and the temple of Batu Caves are in KL.

**LOVE ! ❤️ THE QUESTION ? OF AN ANSWER !***

**LOVE ! ❤️ THE QUESTION ? OF AN ANSWER !*** In a congregation, Sri Sri asked, " How many of you are feeling strong?" Many people raised their hands. Sri Sri : "Why?" Because YOU are with us!!! Sri Sri : "Only those who feel weak can surrender". All those who were feeling strong were taken aback! If you are in love, you feel weak because love makes you weak. Yet there is no power stronger than love. Love is strength. (All those who had raised their hands for strong suddenly felt weak!). Yet love is the greatest power on earth. You feel absolutely powerful when you are with the Divine. Someone asked: "But why do we keep alternating between the two?" Sri Sri: "That is the fluctuation in life." When you are feeling weak , Surrender. When you feel strong, Do Seva. 🌻Jai Guru Dev 🌻

READ IT – IT'S GREAT!

READ IT – IT'S GREAT! At a family gathering, a young man asked his parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents: "How did you all live back then?" • Without television • Without Wi-Fi • Without technology • Without the internet • Without computers • Without drones • Without Bitcoins • Without cell phones • Without Facebook • Without Twitter • Without YouTube • Without WhatsApp • Without Messenger • Without Instagram Then the grandfather spoke up and replied: “You know, dear grandson… Just like your generation lives today… • Without prayers • Without respect • Without values • Without personality • Without a sense of duty • Without inner life • Without character • Without spice • Without ideals • Without self-love • Without humanity • Without modesty • Without virtues • Without honor • Without purpose • Without that certain something • Without essence • Without direction • Without identity – because many no longer even know whether they are male or female. We, those born between 1920 and 1975, are blessed, and our lives are living proof: After school, there was homework, then played outside! We played with real friends – not virtual ones from the internet. We often built our own toys and had fun with them. Our parents weren't rich, but they gave us and taught us love – not material or worldly values. We didn't have cell phones, laptops, DVDs, PlayStations, Xboxes, video games, PCs, or the internet... but we did have real friends. Relatives lived nearby, so we could enjoy family time. We may only appear in black and white photos, but the memories are colorful and vivid. We are a UNIQUE and MORE UNDERSTANDING GENERATION, because we are the LAST to listen to our parents... and the FIRST to have to listen to our children. We are a LIMITED EDITION! Enjoy, appreciate, and learn from yesterday. Share it. “THE ELDESTS” “We were born in the 40s, 50s and 60s.” “We grew up in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.” “We went to school in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.” “We fell in love in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.” “We got married and explored the world in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.” “We ventured out in the 80s and 90s.” “We found stability in the 2000s.” “We grew wiser in the 2010s.” “And we're still here—in 2025.” We've lived through EIGHT decades… TWO centuries… TWO millennia… From long-distance telephone switches to worldwide video calls. From records to streaming services. From handwritten letters to emails and WhatsApp. From radio commentary during football matches to black-and-white TV, and later to HD television. We used to go to the video store – today we watch Netflix. We experienced the first computers, punch cards, floppy disks – and today we carry gigabytes and megabytes in our pockets – on our cell phones or tablets. We wore shorts as children, later long trousers, Oxfords, Bermuda shorts, and much more. We survived polio, meningitis, the H1N1 flu, and now COVID-19. Yes, we've been through a lot, but what great lives we've had! You could call us "survivors." People born in the world of the 1950s, experienced an analog childhood and a digital adulthood. We're a kind of "I've seen it all." Our generation has experienced and seen more than any other – in every dimension of life. We are the generation that has truly adapted to the world. A big round of applause to all members of a very special generation, that will forever remain UNIQUE. ⸻ A beautiful and very true message I received from a friend. I hope you take the time to read it and then share it… …or you put it off – and find yourself never sharing it! Always together Always united Always brothers Always friends

Did Karna attack the unarmed Abhimanyu?

Did Karna attack the unarmed Abhimanyu? During the battle at Kurukshetra, Abhimanyu was sent to penetrate the Chakra-Vyuha created by Drona and counter him. It was only his father Arjuna, Pradyumna and uncle Vasudev who had the skill and they were distracted by the Kurus elsewhere. Other warriors along with Bhima, Satyaki, Panchalas, Kekayas, the Matyas followed to protect him since he did not have the knowledge to exit the vyuha. Once inside the Chakravyuha, Arjun’s son fought bravely single handed. Other warriors out to aid him were not allowed to enter by king Jayadrath. Karna was revered by the Kauravs. He left no stone unturned to oppress his nephew. Abhimanyu too afflicted his uncle with sharp tufted arrows. “ He exhibited his supreme weapons and pierced Subhadra’s son with hundreds of arrows.” Arjun’s son inflicted him back with weapons sharpened on stone to sever bows of heroes. “ Vaikartana Karna used his arrows to swiftly slice down the bow of the light handed one “ and supreme shield while Drona severed the sword. Bhoja killed the horses and Kripa the charioteers. Karna along with Drona, Ashwathamma, Brihadbala, Kripa, Duryodhan, Kritavarma and Shakuni in unison showered arrows on the child warrior relentlessly while he fought single handedly. He died countering Dushassana’s son when stuck by his club on the head. picture from online source Abhimanyu Vadha Parva Bibek Debroy’s Mahabharat

🙏🏼 Good Morning 🌄

🙏🏼 Good Morning 🌄 I’m 75 now. These days, mornings are quiet—just me, a cup of tea, and the park down the road. I sit on the same wooden bench every day, watching joggers rush by, parents push strollers, kids chasing pigeons. Life keeps moving, even when you feel like you’ve slowed down. One morning, I noticed a boy—maybe 16—sitting alone at the far end of the bench. Shoulders slumped, hoodie pulled tight, staring at the ground like the world had forgotten him. I know that look. I wore it once, years ago, when life felt too heavy. I didn’t want to scare him off, so I asked softly, “What’s one good thing about today?” He blinked, surprised. “What?” “Anything at all,” I said. “The sky, a song you heard, something small that made today not all bad.” He thought for a moment. Then, quietly: “My sister saved me the last cookie this morning. Said she wanted me to have it.” A tiny smile tugged at his face. Not much, but enough to crack the gray around him. “That’s a good thing,” I said, nodding. He left soon after, but when he glanced back, his eyes weren’t as heavy. The next day, he sat closer. And when a woman with grocery bags shuffled past us, he piped up: “Ma’am, what’s one good thing about your day?” She laughed, surprised. “Well, I found strawberries on sale.” The boy grinned. It became a thing. People passing by began stopping for a minute on my bench. A man said, “The bus was on time!” A young girl said, “I made a new friend at school.” A grandmother said, “My knees didn’t ache this morning.” Simple, ordinary things—but the kind that remind you life still has sweetness tucked in its corners. Soon, folks started calling it The Bench Question. Strangers came not just to rest their feet, but to share their “one good thing.” Someone brought a notebook, leaving it on the bench so people could write their answers. Within weeks, the pages were filled: 💌 “My daughter called after months.” 💌 “The sunset looked like cotton candy.” 💌 “I’m learning to smile again.” And here’s the truth I learned: happiness doesn’t come from fixing everything. Sometimes it’s just about noticing the smallest good thing in the middle of an ordinary day. The boy still visits. He doesn’t hunch anymore. He sits tall, asks every passerby the question. Sometimes, he even brings cookies to share. Life isn’t always easy. But maybe the secret isn’t chasing big joys—it’s learning to hold on to the little ones. One bench. One question. One good thing at a time. So, let me ask you now: What’s one good thing about your day?

In 325 BC, Alexander

In 325 BC, Alexander the Great led his army into the desert between India and the Persian Gulf. The famous Macedonian leader hoped to easily reach the central regions of the Empire, but the march turned out to be more difficult than expected. The lack of food and water began to weigh on the soldiers, who also suffered from the heat and the boiling sand, so much so that some began to perish under the scorching desert sun. The historian Arrian recounts: "Alexander himself, gripped by thirst, led the troops with great pain and difficulty and yet on foot; so too the other soldiers, as usually happens in similar circumstances, tolerated the fatigue better given the same suffering. In the meantime, some lightly armed men, who had moved away from the army in search of water, found it collected in a shallow cavity, a modest and unknown spring. Having taken it without difficulty, they ran to Alexander, as if they were carrying something precious. Then they poured the water into a helmet and gave it to the king. He took it and thanked those who had brought it, but then spilled it in front of everyone. After this, the entire army regained courage to the point of making it seem as if the water poured by Alexander had been drunk by everyone". Thus Alexander the Great, thanks also to his leadership spirit, finally managed to lead his men out of the desert.

Balarama visits Pandavas

Balarama visits Pandavas' camp, before start of the war, and could foresaw the victory of the Pandavas, but did not visit Duryodhana. What were the reasons for Balarama not visiting Duryodhana, though he could foresaw the victory of the Pandavas? Balarama would have known that Duryodhana was not going to stop the war just because he said so. Duryodhana had earlier met Balarama in Dwaraka and knowing Duryodhana well, Balarama had given him permission to fight the war O descendant of the Kuru lineage! It is for your sake that I sought to restrain Hrishikesha. O king! I said repeatedly that my relationship with both of you was equal. But Keshava did not accept the words that I had spoken. I cannot exist for an instant without Krishna. I will come to the aid of neither Partha, nor Duryodhana. After looking towards Vasudeva, this is the decision I have arrived at. You have been born in the Bharata lineage, one that is honoured by all the lords of the earth. O bull among the Bharata lineage! Go and fight in accordance with the Dharma of Kshatriyas. 7, Udyoga parva, Mahabharata. The reason Balarama believed that Pandava victory was certain was because Krishna was with them. This was already the case when Balarama had given permission to Duryodhana to wage war. If he knew he could stop Duryodhana, then he would have tried then itself. The fact that he didn't means Balarama knew that Duryodhana won't refrain from war just because of his words.

While taxiing at London Gatwick Airport

While taxiing at London Gatwick Airport, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming: "US Air 2771, where the hell are you going?! I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you to tell the difference between C and D, but get it right!" Continuing her rage to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically: "God! Now you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this out! You stay right there and don't move till I tell you to! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?" "Yes, ma'am," the cowed crew responded. Naturally, the ground control communications frequency fell terribly silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to chance engaging the irate ground controller in her current state of mind. Tension in every cockpit out in Gatwick was definitely running high. Just then an unknown pilot broke the silence and keyed his microphone, asking: “You sound familiar… wasn't I married to you once?"

Ravana was the biggest devotee of Lord Shiva.

Ravana was the biggest devotee of Lord Shiva. Then why didn't lord Shiva help him in the war? Ravana was never a devotee of Lord Shiva. He always worshiped Lord Brahma for getting boons. According to Valmiki Ramayan, Lord Shiva pressing Mount Kailash on his toes and Ravana getting struck is not present. Ravana getting Chandrahas sword from Lord Shiva is also not present. Lord Shiva never supported any evil deeds of Ravana. Infact he congratulated Rama for accomplishing the task of eliminating Ravana. These were the words of Lord Shiva to Rama: "O lotus-eyed, long-armed, broad-chested, annihilator of enemies and excellent among those upholding the cause of virtue! Thank heaven! You accomplished this task." "Fortunately has the fear born of Ravana - which increased the severe darkness on the entire world has been removed by you, on the battle-field, O Rama!" [1] On the other hand, Lord Shiva never fails to protects his devotees who follows the path of Dharma. When Yama tried to take the life of Markandeya who was very young, Lord Shiva came out of Shiva Linga and killed Yama for troubling Markandeya. Later on request of gods, Yama’s life was restored.

What is the story of Lord Vishnu holding Trishula and Lord Shiva holding Sudarshana Chakra?

What is the story of Lord Vishnu holding Trishula and Lord Shiva holding Sudarshana Chakra? Once Narada asked sage Pulastya why Lord Vishnu and Shiva exchanged their weapons. Sage Pulastya recited the story that was once told by Lord Vishnu to Manu. In ancient times, there was a demon king named Jalodbhava. Jalodbhava pleased Lord Brahma with his penance and got a boon that specific weapons of gods will fail against him, sages cannot curse him, fire and water cannot harm him. Having obtained these boons, Jalodbhava started to rule entire earth out of cruelty. The gods took birth on earth and and then took Jalodbhava to Vaikunta. Lord Vishnu then went with Jalodbhava and the gods to Kailasa. A meeting was held there on the strategy to kill this demon. Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva exchanged their weapons immediately since Jalodbhava had a boon that gods cannot use their specific weapons to kill him. When Jalodbhava saw the two gods marching towards him, he immediately escaped from the place and went to bottom of a river. When Lord Vishnu and Shiva saw the demon hiding under river, they both hide them on both banks of that river. Jalodbhava came out of the water thinking that both Lord Vishnu and Shiva might have gone from there. Jalodbhava, with fear started looking on all sides and then decided to climb Himalaya. Lord Vishnu with trident and Lord Shiva with Sudharshana rushed towards the demon when they saw him climbing the mountain. Lord Vishnu threw the trident and Lord Shiva released the Sudharshana simultaneously towards Jalodbhava. Jalodbhava who was having golden complexion fell down from the mountain like a white star falling from the sky. Narada said- kindly, tell me that why had Śiva held Sudarśana and Vasudeva the Śula there? There was one mighty king of demons called Jalodbhava (water-bom). That mighty demon worshipped god Brahma with observing terrific penance. Brahma pleased and endowed him with powers defeating all gods and demons. It was said that the specific weapons of gods too shall fail to put any harm to him. The curse thundered by hermits known to Brahma shall even prove futile and the fire and water shall do not harm to him. That demon having these specific powers then began ruling on earth. He put in pain all gods, hermits and kings too. That cruel demon had destroyed all benevolent activities. The gods then took birth on the earth took the kings in their company and went to the supreme regulating authority god Visnu. God too went With them at Himalaya where Hara was existed. A meeting arranged there and strategy stated for killing that enemy as it was only benevolent project for gods and hermits. Both gods then exchanged their weapons immediately. When that wicked demon saw the god of gods Sankara and Visnu marching forward of attack, considering them undefeated. The demon entered into the bottom of river with a fright. When Saiikara and Visnu saw the demon hidden in huge and holy river Madhumafi, they suddenly hide on the both banks of that river. Jalodbhava came up from the water considering Satikara and Visnu returned till then. He cautiously started looking all sides with fear and thus, climbed on the ridge of inaccessible Himñlaya. Visnu with trident and Satikara with discus rushed fast towards every when they saw him climbing on the ridge of the mountain. They hit hard on his body by throwing discus and trident simultaneously. That demon having golden complexion fell down from the mountain like a white star falling from the sky. Visnu had thus, held trident while Saiikara had held discus for killing their enemy Jalodbhida. The foot print of Siva on Himilaya began emanating the river Vitasta just then.

Was Lord Rama a non-vegetarian?

Was Lord Rama a non-vegetarian? So many have given detailed answers claiming the same so I won't repeat, instead would like to point out propaganda of certain Hindu institutions to whitewash this stuff. Basically Ram was non vegetarian. स लक्ष्मणः कृष्ण मृगम् हत्वा मेध्यम् पतापवान् | अथ चिक्षेप सौमित्रिः समिद्धे जात वेदसि Now in the above shlok, the following words, कृष्ण मृगम् हत्वा . I don't think it needs any elaboration nor need any sankrit knowledge to get the fact.. Krishna - black, Mrgam - animal, Hatva - Killed. The amount of copium some institutions smokes to twist these words is simply hilarious. Gita press translated it as root bulb of a tree or something. Lmaoo. It'd have been better, had they claimed this shlok to be an interpolation, but have given a baseless nonsensicsl translation to hide the real fact. Here's the full context. Rama spoke the following words to Lakshmana who listened to his command and who was closely attentive to him: "Oh, Lakshmana! Bring the meat of an antelope. We shall perform a purifactory ceremony while entering the house, which is to be done by those who wish to live long. Oh, large-eyed Lakshmana! Killing the antelope quickly bring it here. The prescribed rite according to scriptural point of view indeed is to be performed. Keep in mind the sacred obligation." Lakshmana the slayer of enemies, understanding his brother's words, acted as instructed. Rama spoke again to Lakshmana as follows. "Oh, gentle brother! Boil this antelope's meat. We shall worship the leaf-hut. This day and this instant also are of a distinctive character. Be quick." Then, Lakshmana the strong man and son of Sumitra, killing a holy black antelope, tossed it in an ignited fire. Feeling certain that it is cooked and heated thoroughly with no blood remaining, Lakshmana spoke to Rama the lion among men as follows: "This black antelope, with its complete limbs, has been cooked completely by me. Oh, Rama resembling God! Worship the concerned deity, as you are skilled in that act." Rama, the virtuous man and the learned man in chanting of sacred spells, after taking bath and with subdued mind, briefly chanted all the sacred scripts to be chanted at the end of a purifactory ceremony. Worshipping all classes of deities and getting himself purified, Rama entered the house. There was a heartfelt joy in Rama, with his limitless splendour. Having taken bath in the river as prescribed Rama offered oblations to Lord Rudra and Lord Vishnu after offereing tributes to Vaisvadeva. He performed benedictions relating to the purification of house and also a silent prayer as per prescribed rites. He finally offered excellent tributes to the deities, for removing sins. The above verse also clearly signifies Animal sacrifice was an integral part of ancient sacrificial customs. Similarly all portion which refer words such as Mamsa or Medhyam refers to meat. Not fruit pulp , root bulb or any nonsense like that. you can claim it to be interpolations at best, but changing the whole meaning of words is something high level crackheads might do. Non vegetarian and non violence all those stuff were Imbibed into later hindu texts from Jains and Buddhists who follows Hardcore Non violence. If I'm correct Jains won't even eat vegetarian stuff that might lead to death of a plant like onion, carrot, radish so and so. Further, This statement of Arjuna from Mahabharat is enough to prove what the status of Non violence was back then. Without slaughter, no man has been able to achieve fame in this world or acquire wealth or subjects. Indra himself, by the slaughter of Vritra, became the great Indra. Those amongst the gods that are given to slaughtering others are adored much more by men. Rudra, Skanda, Sakra, Agni, Varuna, are all slaughterers. Kala and Mrityu and Vayu and Kuvera and Surya, the Vasus, the Maruts, the Sadhyas, and the Viswadevas, O Bharata, are all slaughterers. Humbled by their prowess, all people bend to those gods, but not to Brahman or Dhatri or Pushan at any time. Only a few men that are noble of disposition adore in all their acts those among the gods that are equally disposed towards all creatures and that are self-restrained and peaceful.

KEY WORDS IN THE BIBLE

Good Morning!!! KEY WORDS IN THE BIBLE WICKED Around the Year with Emmet Fox September 11 The word wicked occurs more than three hundred times in the Bible and is one of the most important terms to be found therein. In the Bible the word wicked really means "bewitched" or "under a spell." The Law of Being is perfect harmony, and that truth never changes, but man uses his free will to think wrongly, and thus, he builds up false conditions around him, and then believes them to be real. They look real, and so he forgets that it was he himself who made them, and thus, he bewitches himself, or throws himself under a kind of spell; and of course, as long as he remains bewitched he has to suffer the consequences. Nevertheless, it is only illusion, or a spell, and it can be broken by turning to God. The only way to break such a spell is to think of God. “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you. . .!” (Galatians 3:1) said Paul, when he heard that some of his students had begun to believe evil in this way. “The wicked flee when no man pursueth” (Proverbs 28:1). Let us awaken from the spell under which the whole race lives, and know instead that God is all Power, infinite Intelligence, and boundless love. “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him...” Isaiah 55:7

Golden Chariot Express

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Train Journey Beyond Vindhyas

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Ravana’s greatest strength

Ravana’s greatest strength lies in his divine armor of Brahma and his extraordinary regenerative powers. Together, these made him virtually invincible even the gods, including Vishnu, could not bring him down. The Ramayana mentions that Vishnu hurled his Sudarshana Chakra at Ravana countless times, yet it could only inflict minor wounds, which were either absorbed by his armor or quickly healed by his regeneration. He was struck hundreds of times during the wars with gods with the blows of Vishnu’s discus as also with the strokes of other weapons in great conflicts. However, Ravana chose to keep certain marks as trophies of his battles such as the wound from Airavata, the scars left by Vishnu’s disc, and those from Indra’s Vajra. Indra possessed the unique arrow crafted by Brahma, the only weapon capable of piercing Ravana’s armor and destroying his heart, instantly killing him and preventing any chance for regeneration. However he did not used it upon Ravana as it would violate Brahma's boon to him. In the final battle between Rama and Ravana, the latter's armor and regenerative powers made it nearly impossible to defeat him. The only way to end his life was to strike his heart the source of his life in a single blow. For this, Rama employed the unique arrow gifted to him by Sage Agastya, which had originally been given to Agastya by Indra. Vishnu' even if he possessed this arrow cannot use it as Brahma's boon would be violated in such a situation. But Ram had no such constraints. Although in human form he needed additional power like blessings of Sun god through aditya Hrdaya stotra, Bala - Atibala vidya which Vishwamitra imparted and most importantly this arrow which Agastya gave him foreseeing these events.

What would have happened if Karna had been able to kill Arjuna?

What would have happened if Karna had been able to kill Arjuna? Arjuna got the same doubt and out of curiosity he asked the same question to lord Krishna. Lord krishna stated : Even if sun falls down from it’s place or the earth gets split up into 1000 fragments or the water in the ocean gets dried up or the fire gets cools down, Karna could never able to kill arjuna. Karna had two divine weapons which he safely preserved to use against arjuna. One is vasavi shakti and another one is nagapasa astra. Karna used vasavi Shakti against bhima's son ghatotkach as he seemed to be a threat against kauravas troops on the day 14th of war. When karna used nagapasa to kill arjuna, Krishna trickily lowers the chariot by putting his feet which ultimately leads the astra to take away arjuna's crown instead of arjuna’s head. Speaking frankly, it’s nearly impossible to kill arjuna by karna or by anyone as he was under the protection of lord krishna.

Who are you Gurudev?

Question - Gurudev, My heartiest gratitude to you. Who are you Gurudev? @Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji - First, you should know yourself. Why are you making an effort to know me? You don't know who you are. First, know how many times you have come in this world. When you know yourself, it will be very easy to know me. Shubh Ratri

Why didn't Bhishma kill Kansa if he was powerful in reality?

Why didn't Bhishma kill Kansa if he was powerful in reality? Because there is no logical reason for Gāṅgéya Bhīṣma to fight or kill Kamsa. Kamsa was never a person who was extremely powerful in the first place. Kamsa did not even have the power to conquer empires or challenge Hastināpura. Kamsa was not an enemy of Hastināpura, hence there was no need for Gāṅgéya Bhīṣma to either fight or slay him. Only a fool would make an enemy out of Hastināpura. Since Kamsa never made an enemy out of Hastināpura, there was no need for Gāṅgéya Bhīṣma to kill him. Gāṅgéya Bhīṣma is way above people like Kamsa. Does India go around attacking their neighbouring countries just because our neighbours are bad to their own citizens?

*My Best Teacher is Bombay...*

*My Best Teacher is Bombay...* 😍 *Bombay Taught Me:* Whether you are a millionaire or a ragpicker you must love Samosa pav / Sandwich / Vadapav.. *@ Bombay Taught Me:* It makes a lot of difference to catch a 8.55am local than to catch 9.05am local.. *@ Bombay Taught Me"* How to behave, how to tackle problems, how to make friends in just 10 mins, how to behave at Global Stage.. *@ Bombay Taught Me:* Distance is measured in time and not KM.. *@ Bombay Taught Me:* There will always be someone to share the first drop of Monsoon or a pipping hot bhutta with at Marine Drive.. *@ Bombay Taught Me:* That if you can survive this city you can survive the world.. *@ Bombay Taught Me:* That there is a vast difference between people traveling in Western, Central and Harbour line.. *@ Bombay Taught Me:* That you can own huge bungalows in Pune or Bangalore, or buy a 2 BHK in Juhu for the same price.. *@ Bombay Taught Me:* There is something called 0.5 BHK, and you may not afford it.. *@ Bombay Taught Me:* How to talk to strangers without feeling awkward.. *@ Bombay Taught Me:* That problems can’t be solved easily but can be kept away for a while by contemplatively sitting near sea.. *@ Bombay Taught Me:* We can have bus friend, train friend, office friend, mohalla friend not only just school or college friend.. *@ Bombay Taught Me:* To fight and never give up in life.. *Salute to Mumbaikars*

Hues of Monsoon

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Mumbai Teacher Volunteer Meet

Mumbai Teacher Volunteer Meet Preet purani hai hamari i love you kyu bolna badalne wala buddhiman hota hai hum jab aate tabhi diwali hoti tabhi holi b hojati hai Guruji upar b hai niche bhi hai mann mein ajaye to Mumbai m b ayenge har ghar mera ashram hai there things of ashram prasanta hona khana mile gyaan mile zyada gyaan nahi do logon ko sikhane se apka b anubhav acha hota gyaan utarne lagta hai jeevan mein Swami Narayan wale sundar seva kiye itne saare swami beautiful hall short meditation Mann hamara bahut bada gift hai usko theek samjhte hai use karte jab chup chap baithte ho to sankalpa uthte hai hamara Mann kuch krne ke liye sochta hai continuosly sankalp ke upar sankalpa jitna aadik sankalpa utna aadik pareshan har sankalp ko ahuti dedo samarpan kardo ye samadhi samahje ke kr ke samarpan krdo thodi der baad mann shant hota hai thandak pouchti hai mann komal hota hai sharir majabut aur komal dono ho jata hai ye secret hai kaalgyaani se puchlo sab Q As your instrument what can I do when I am not able to do course ? G - course ke liye batao logon ko batao Jo le rahe hai unko sath assist karo Q Apne karmo ke kaise sudare aapse pyaar karle ? G - utar bhi mein hogaya Q. mein ca hu bahut kaam karta hu apke kaam m ruchi hai sab chod du ? G - wo kaam bhi karo yeh bhi karo take one course in month jab karne ka Mann hai to kar hi sakte ho samajh ko fyada hua hai ki nahi Sab sanyam karo bahut acha hai dhyan karte ho energy ka cloud banta Rahta sabka bhala ho raha hai apko pata bhi chalta har Vastu mein chetana hai jab dhyaan krne se sab pe asar hota hai chota se mogra se itna Suganda failta hai iss lakh gunna aadik hai apka shaant hojanaa uska suganda Durr Durr tak failta Hai panch indriyon se nahi hai mann mein samjhne wali baat hoti hai regular krne se ass pass ke logon ko acha lagta hai dhyaan krne se champa ke jaise ho jate ho tumko asaaye nhi lagta jab Mann bigade jata hai tumlog apne sadhana mein date raho baaki sab maya hai nobody is 100 percent perfect antar mukhi ho prasanna hojaoge. Q. why is this process of observing our mind is less rather then we watch of others mind? G - tum Marne wale ho ye bhul gaye ho marna hi hai marenge kaha chinta ek baar advance Course repeat Karo kiski chinta jab sab Marne Wale hai ram naam satya hai sab kaali ki murti kya represent karti death aur gyaan Yeh Yug path hai our eyes also as black pupil that's why we can see plan abhi next jaman mein kya karna hai thoda aage ka plan Karo long term plan Karo next 1000 thousand years mein kaha Jana kuch maza hai wo plan Karo. Guruji Seeing after stage flowers touching Mumbai stage flowers palstic ka hai and then said life mein sab elastic hona chahiye plastic nahi Q. even after meditation perception and even after my sadhana why their is so much struggle for me ? G - thats why I am asking you gyaan ki baat apne liye nhi sunte dusre ke liye jab gyaan dete to aap sunte nahi Q. gurudev what is prita dosh what person goes through when it's pitra dosha ? G - pitra dosh kuch bhi tumko ko koi dosh nhi lagna jinke guru hote hai unka kuch dosh nhi lagna jo das baav mein hai unka koi dosh nhi lagta Geeta mein kehte sarva darma pratigya sab karo kaam karo fir aakhir chod do Aisa lagta hai to seva karlo sab theek hoga. when person give Bhagvat geeta gurudev said mujhe ko hi bhagvat geet de rahe hai ho ( laughter ) guru ko hi mantra updesh karna guru ko pati pehnana hai Mumbai ki chalu giri hai Q. bahut log se lagao ho raha hai ? G - guruji Marne Wale ho ho tum G - confused question ke liye clear answer kaise milega Q. my granddaughter addict to tv and when we deny she becomes violent what to do in that ? G - Koi baat nhi you be firm let her shout kitni der karega Kitni der royenge kahi to strict action lena padega. Somebody was giving something to Sign to guruji G - I don't sign here , I sign in your heart. Q. agar aaap mil gaye to agla Janam kyu lu ? G - agar mein ata hu to tumko nahi ana hai Someone asked about illness ? G - bimari se theek hone ke liye Dr ko dekhao aur sadhana bhi karo itna Research hua about kriya apne dekha 7 days after doing kriya hamare tenumilis baad jata hai after sanyam 2 complete difference sab dosh theek hogaya Q. Jeevan ka udyash hai brahma aap aur mein kya samanta hai? G - seriously puchna chahte ho baithe jaao pehle sadhana mein utaro Ye sunne wali baat nhi chup raho jo janata wo nahi bolega jeevan ka udesh. Q Development ecology kaise balance hoga bahut chinta hoti hai ? Q- Sadhana aur excercise sab mein kaise manage kare ? G - karna hai to nikal jayega rasta hai khana khane ke liye puchte ho kya hai kaise kare waise hi sab karo Q. How do you surrender when your doing everything but your not able to let go ? G - theek hai pakad ke rakho kya hota hai dekho jitna buddhiman utna jaldi chodenge tum apna gyaan mein raho ya dhyaan mein raho gyaan ke sangh mein baitho satsang mein baitho jaha satsang mein baitho 10 logon ko bulao energy badal jaati hai ki nahi Q. teacher ko bahut work hai kaam karne ko mann nhi hota hai ? G - tu dhyaan roj karti hai She replied no G - television dekhne ko time milta waise dhyaan bhi karo sab mediation karo Jo bhi anxiety hai scanning karwao from kaal gyaani kaal gyaan lok kalyan ke liye hai Q. pichle navratri mein apne kaha tha 3 6 9 nhi jante ho kya usse bataye aap ? G - 3 dogna 6 uska dogna 9 toh tumko janta tum batao scientist ho na tum number wala aadmi bana 1 number nhi banana hum kitna upyogi baane ye socho Adayatma ke naam pe kya kya chalata teachers are responsible to bring happiness Spread Happiness Q. Hum parents ko kaise push kare Dhyaan ke liye ? G - hum dekhenge Q. tantra sadhana aur dash maha divya jaane aur karna hai ? G - dhyaan karo sahaj samadhi karo Q. Kaise kar manage ghar grahasti jeevan sakte tantra sadhana G - nahi kar sakta naa nahi jana chahiye Usko karna ho to dusra type ka lifestyle chahiye Navratri mein ye sab hota hai Hum Karenge Program achse Somnath Shivling teen Jagah teen din karenge program Mumbai mein sabko bhulana darshan ke liye

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KEY WORDS IN THE BIBLE

Good Morning!!! KEY WORDS IN THE BIBLE FEAR Around the Year with Emmet Fox September 9 The Bible says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, the beginning of knowledge. This has misled many people, because the truth is that fear is entirely evil and is indeed the only enemy we have. You can heal any condition if you can get rid of the fear attaching to it; or sickness is nothing but subconscious fear out-pictured in our surroundings. It is true at all times that "we have nothing to fear but fear." How then do we account for the texts quoted? The answer is that in the Bible the fear of God means reverence for God, fear in the usual sense of the word. Reverence for God is the beginning of wisdom. How do we show reverence for God? seeing God everywhere; refusing to recognize anything unlike Him; and by living the Christ life. Confidence is worship. You worship whatever you trust. Are you trusting more in fear or in God? Are you worshiping? That is the test. “Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace” Job 22:21

Mumbai Teacher Volunteer Meet

Mumbai Teacher Volunteer Meet Preet purani hai hamari i love you kyu bolna badalne wala buddhiman hota hai hum jab aate tabhi diwali hoti tabhi holi b hojati hai Guruji upar b hai niche bhi hai mann mein ajaye to Mumbai m b ayenge har ghar mera ashram hai there things of ashram prasanta hona khana mile gyaan mile zyada gyaan nahi do logon ko sikhane se apka b anubhav acha hota gyaan utarne lagta hai jeevan mein Swami Narayan wale sundar seva kiye itne saare swami beautiful hall short meditation Mann hamara bahut bada gift hai usko theek samjhte hai use karte jab chup chap baithte ho to sankalpa uthte hai hamara Mann kuch krne ke liye sochta hai continuosly sankalp ke upar sankalpa jitna aadik sankalpa utna aadik pareshan har sankalp ko ahuti dedo samarpan kardo ye samadhi samahje ke kr ke samarpan krdo thodi der baad mann shant hota hai thandak pouchti hai mann komal hota hai sharir majabut aur komal dono ho jata hai ye secret hai kaalgyaani se puchlo sab Q As your instrument what can I do when I am not able to do course ? G - course ke liye batao logon ko batao Jo le rahe hai unko sath assist karo Q Apne karmo ke kaise sudare aapse pyaar karle ? G - utar bhi mein hogaya Q. mein ca hu bahut kaam karta hu apke kaam m ruchi hai sab chod du ? G - wo kaam bhi karo yeh bhi karo take one course in month jab karne ka Mann hai to kar hi sakte ho samajh ko fyada hua hai ki nahi Sab sanyam karo bahut acha hai dhyan karte ho energy ka cloud banta Rahta sabka bhala ho raha hai apko pata bhi chalta har Vastu mein chetana hai jab dhyaan krne se sab pe asar hota hai chota se mogra se itna Suganda failta hai iss lakh gunna aadik hai apka shaant hojanaa uska suganda Durr Durr tak failta Hai panch indriyon se nahi hai mann mein samjhne wali baat hoti hai regular krne se ass pass ke logon ko acha lagta hai dhyaan krne se champa ke jaise ho jate ho tumko asaaye nhi lagta jab Mann bigade jata hai tumlog apne sadhana mein date raho baaki sab maya hai nobody is 100 percent perfect antar mukhi ho prasanna hojaoge. Q. why is this process of observing our mind is less rather then we watch of others mind? G - tum Marne wale ho ye bhul gaye ho marna hi hai marenge kaha chinta ek baar advance Course repeat Karo kiski chinta jab sab Marne Wale hai ram naam satya hai sab kaali ki murti kya represent karti death aur gyaan Yeh Yug path hai our eyes also as black pupil that's why we can see plan abhi next jaman mein kya karna hai thoda aage ka plan Karo long term plan Karo next 1000 thousand years mein kaha Jana kuch maza hai wo plan Karo. Guruji Seeing after stage flowers touching Mumbai stage flowers palstic ka hai and then said life mein sab elastic hona chahiye plastic nahi Q. even after meditation perception and even after my sadhana why their is so much struggle for me ? G - thats why I am asking you gyaan ki baat apne liye nhi sunte dusre ke liye jab gyaan dete to aap sunte nahi Q. gurudev what is prita dosh what person goes through when it's pitra dosha ? G - pitra dosh kuch bhi tumko ko koi dosh nhi lagna jinke guru hote hai unka kuch dosh nhi lagna jo das baav mein hai unka koi dosh nhi lagta Geeta mein kehte sarva darma pratigya sab karo kaam karo fir aakhir chod do Aisa lagta hai to seva karlo sab theek hoga. when person give Bhagvat geeta gurudev said mujhe ko hi bhagvat geet de rahe hai ho ( laughter ) guru ko hi mantra updesh karna guru ko pati pehnana hai Mumbai ki chalu giri hai Q. bahut log se lagao ho raha hai ? G - guruji Marne Wale ho ho tum G - confused question ke liye clear answer kaise milega Q. my granddaughter addict to tv and when we deny she becomes violent what to do in that ? G - Koi baat nhi you be firm let her shout kitni der karega Kitni der royenge kahi to strict action lena padega. Somebody was giving something to Sign to guruji G - I don't sign here , I sign in your heart. Q. agar aaap mil gaye to agla Janam kyu lu ? G - agar mein ata hu to tumko nahi ana hai Someone asked about illness ? G - bimari se theek hone ke liye Dr ko dekhao aur sadhana bhi karo itna Research hua about kriya apne dekha 7 days after doing kriya hamare tenumilis baad jata hai after sanyam 2 complete difference sab dosh theek hogaya Q. Jeevan ka udyash hai brahma aap aur mein kya samanta hai? G - seriously puchna chahte ho baithe jaao pehle sadhana mein utaro Ye sunne wali baat nhi chup raho jo janata wo nahi bolega jeevan ka udesh. Q Development ecology kaise balance hoga bahut chinta hoti hai ? Q- Sadhana aur excercise sab mein kaise manage kare ? G - karna hai to nikal jayega rasta hai khana khane ke liye puchte ho kya hai kaise kare waise hi sab karo Q. How do you surrender when your doing everything but your not able to let go ? G - theek hai pakad ke rakho kya hota hai dekho jitna buddhiman utna jaldi chodenge tum apna gyaan mein raho ya dhyaan mein raho gyaan ke sangh mein baitho satsang mein baitho jaha satsang mein baitho 10 logon ko bulao energy badal jaati hai ki nahi Q. teacher ko bahut work hai kaam karne ko mann nhi hota hai ? G - tu dhyaan roj karti hai She replied no G - television dekhne ko time milta waise dhyaan bhi karo sab mediation karo Jo bhi anxiety hai scanning karwao from kaal gyaani kaal gyaan lok kalyan ke liye hai Q. pichle navratri mein apne kaha tha 3 6 9 nhi jante ho kya usse bataye aap ? G - 3 dogna 6 uska dogna 9 toh tumko janta tum batao scientist ho na tum number wala aadmi bana 1 number nhi banana hum kitna upyogi baane ye socho Adayatma ke naam pe kya kya chalata teachers are responsible to bring happiness Spread Happiness Q. Hum parents ko kaise push kare Dhyaan ke liye ? G - hum dekhenge Q. tantra sadhana aur dash maha divya jaane aur karna hai ? G - dhyaan karo sahaj samadhi karo Q. Kaise kar manage ghar grahasti jeevan sakte tantra sadhana G - nahi kar sakta naa nahi jana chahiye Usko karna ho to dusra type ka lifestyle chahiye Navratri mein ye sab hota hai Hum Karenge Program achse Somnath Shivling teen Jagah teen din karenge program Mumbai mein sabko bhulana darshan ke liye

At Mumbai’s Terminal 2 departure area,

At Mumbai’s Terminal 2 departure area, a car arrived, and a wheelchair was quickly brought out. Retired Wing Commander Ashok Ketkar was carefully transferred to the wheelchair. An airline attendant began pushing him toward the departure gate, triggering a flood of memories from his past. While serving in the Air Force, Ashok had survived a plane crash but lost both his legs. A veteran of two wars, once soaring through the skies, he was now permanently bound to a wheelchair. However, every year, he traveled to Delhi to meet his old colleagues near India Gate for Republic Day celebrations, a tradition he had followed for years. Yet, for the past few years, traveling to Delhi had become emotionally painful. His colleagues' children had respectable careers, many serving in the military or Air Force. In contrast, Ashok’s only daughter, Bhargavi, had abandoned her studies in her second year of college to marry a man whose terminally ill mother wished to see his wedding before she passed away. Despite Ashok and his wife’s strong objections, Bhargavi went ahead with the marriage, leading Ashok to cut ties with her. It had been five years since. After completing check-in and security formalities, Ashok was escorted to the boarding gate. As per protocol, his wheelchair was brought in first, and he was seated in the front row. As the plane taxied to the runway, he looked outside and reminisced about his flying days. Overcome with emotion, his hands instinctively mimicked gripping a joystick. Tears streamed down his face. Once the plane stabilized in the sky, Ashok requested water. A young boy approached him with a glass, surprising him. Just then, an announcement played over the speakers. **Pilot's Announcement:** "Dear passengers, welcome aboard Flight 6E 6028. Today, we have a very special guest—Retired Wing Commander Ashok Ketkar, seated in 1A. He heroically served India in two wars and played a crucial role in securing victories. Despite losing both legs in an accident, his fighter spirit remains unshaken. He lived by Air Force discipline, following orders even in his personal life. So much so that when his daughter married against his wishes, he severed ties with her. But a daughter never forgets her father... Even after her marriage, Bhargavi continued to keep an eye on her father. After losing her mother-in-law shortly after marriage, she resumed her studies, graduated with top marks, and pursued a prestigious career. Today, despite going against her father’s wishes in marriage, she has fulfilled his dream for her career." Ashok was stunned. The passengers listened intently. Then came another announcement. **Pilot:** "Baba, you always wanted to see me become a pilot. That was your dream, right? Well, today, your dream has come true. This flight is being piloted by none other than your beloved Bhargavi—the very daughter you are angry with. And the little boy who gave you water? That’s my son, Aditya—your grandson." Ashok was overwhelmed with shock and joy. His tear-filled eyes looked at the boy, who smiled innocently. He picked Aditya up and hugged him tightly. Meanwhile, Bhargavi, holding a mic, walked toward him, tears streaming down her face. **Bhargavi:** "Baba, I’m sorry. I went against your wishes, but the circumstances left me no choice. And Baba, Rahul is a wonderful man—he now holds a high position in an MNC. We live in Delhi. When I heard from Mom that you were flying to Delhi today, I requested this flight assignment so I could see you. Baba, please forgive me. I am so proud of you. That’s why, today, as a commercial pilot, I salute you, a fighter pilot." She stood at attention and saluted. The entire flight crew and passengers joined in. Then, she sat beside Ashok and hugged him, sobbing. Her tears soaked his shirt. **Aditya:** "Grandpa, I want to be a fighter pilot like you and serve my country! Mommy tells me your stories every day." Hearing this, Ashok’s heart swelled with pride. Meanwhile, the co-pilot announced the plane’s descent. Bhargavi returned to the cockpit, and Ashok, now sitting beside Aditya, enthusiastically explained the landing procedures as the plane descended. The golden sunset bathed three generations of pilots—one past, one present, and one future—in its warm glow. Though the plane was landing, Ashok Ketkar’s life had just taken off once again… Toooooo Deeeeep Toooooo touching

Who trained Lord Parshuram?

Who trained Lord Parshuram? Bhagwan Parshurama is one of the greatest warriors and teachers in Hinduism. He has taught warriors like Bhishma, Drona, Karna, Rukmi and Sarangadwaya and will be the future teacher of Kalki. It should be noted that Parshuram isn’t an ordinary warrior but an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and an immortal (Chiranjeevi). Parshuram killed Kartavirya Arjuna because he stole the Kamadhenu cow from his father, Jamdagni. Later when his father was killed by Kartavirya’s sons, he swore to wipe out the entire dynasty and killed the Kshatriyas 21 times filling 5 lakes with blood. Parshuram possessed many weapons including the Pinaka Dhanush, Brahmastra and the Sudarshan Chakra. He had worshipped Lord Shiva in his childhood who gave him a Parshu (axe) naming him Parshuram. Mahadev personally trained him at his abode Kailash and gave him many weapons. Once, the two engaged in a battle where seeing Parshurama’s valour, Shiva granted Parshuram the element of Rudramsha, making him immortal.

KEY WORDS IN THE BIBLE

Good Morning!!! KEY WORDS IN THE BIBLE FEAR Around the Year with Emmet Fox September 9 The Bible says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, the beginning of knowledge. This has misled many people, because the truth is that fear is entirely evil and is indeed the only enemy we have. You can heal any condition if you can get rid of the fear attaching to it; or sickness is nothing but subconscious fear out-pictured in our surroundings. It is true at all times that "we have nothing to fear but fear." How then do we account for the texts quoted? The answer is that in the Bible the fear of God means reverence for God, fear in the usual sense of the word. Reverence for God is the beginning of wisdom. How do we show reverence for God? seeing God everywhere; refusing to recognize anything unlike Him; and by living the Christ life. Confidence is worship. You worship whatever you trust. Are you trusting more in fear or in God? Are you worshiping? That is the test. “Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace” Job 22:21

Was the entire Narayani Sena killed? Why did Krishna give them to Duryodhana knowing they will be killed?

Was the entire Narayani Sena killed? Why did Krishna give them to Duryodhana knowing they will be killed? Krishna wanted to destroy the Yadavas. The Yadavas had became too arrogant and had became a burden on earth. So he caused the Narayani sena to be destroyed in Kurukshetra war and then using the curses of Gandhari and Brahmanas caused the Yadus to kill each other at Prabhasa. Krishna wanting to destroy the Yadavas is mentioned many times in the Mahabharata but Bhagavatam has the most detailed statement Through their valour, courage and prosperity, this lineage of the Yadus wished to devour the world. But I have checked it, just as the shoreline holds back the great ocean. If I leave without destroying this insolent lineage of the Yadus, the world will be destroyed by their surging flow. Because of the curse of the brahmanas, the destruction of the lineage has now started. O Brahma! O unblemished one! When it is over, I will visit you in your residence.” Chapter 6, 11th Skandha, Srimad Bhagavatam. Destruction of Narayanas was the first step in the goal of eventually destruction of the Yadus. During the kurukshetra war, Narayani sena became part of the large Samsaptaka army that attacked Arjuna. Arjuna slew all of them There were those who were reared in Gokula. They were extremely well versed in fighting. Many thousands of them arrayed themselves as masses of samshaptakas. All of them approached Partha and went to Vaivasvata’s eternal abode. 1154 (4), Karna Vadha parva, Mahabharata.

Golden Chariot Express

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What best describes Gurugram ; An excerpt from one of my friends

What best describes Gurugram ; An excerpt from one of my friends 👇 Gurgaon- a luxurious misery Gurgaon is that rare city where a single apartment can cost you ₹100 crores, but the road outside it looks like it was designed by an enemy nation. Realtors promise “world-class connectivity,” but the only thing connecting here is your car’s suspension to your orthopedic bills. This is a city that flaunts more Mercedes than Marutis, but the moment it rains, the same cars are reduced to crawling tractors, gasping in knee-deep sewage. The irony is stunning: German engineering meets Gurgaon engineering, and the winner is always the pothole. Drainage? The Harappans had it figured out in 2600 BCE. Gurgaon in 2025 still hasn’t. One decent shower, and half the city drowns in sewage-infested water. The “stormwater drains” are clogged with plastic, garbage, and the dreams of taxpayers. Residents wade through black water holding their shoes in hand, while SUVs stall like dead cattle. The only creatures thriving are mosquitoes, multiplying faster than the excuses of the municipal corporation. Garbage disposal? That exists only in textbooks. Here, waste lies on roads like permanent fixtures. Stray dogs rummage through it, cows decorate it, and humans step around it, pretending it’s not there. Every flyover corner is a dump yard, every empty plot a landfill, and every protest about it ends up… well, in the garbage. Streetlights? Brilliant in the day, absent at night. You’ll find every pole glowing when the sun is out, but come evening, the city slips into pitch-black darkness. The only reliable source of light is the theka — whisky shops shine so brightly they put Gurgaon’s nightlife to shame. If it weren’t tragic, it would almost be poetic. Manholes? They’re not covered, they’re death traps. People vanish into them during rains, strays get electrocuted by exposed wires, and yet no one blinks. Roads aren’t repaired, they’re patched like leaky buckets — a piece here, a patch there, until the whole thing cracks open again. And yet, Gurgaon is the cash cow of Haryana, generating maximum state revenue. The towers rise higher, the cars get flashier, the malls get glossier — but the ground reality stays rotting. It’s the golden goose treated worse than a stepchild, milked for every rupee but denied even basic dignity. The most tragic comedy of all? The people. Gurgaon has no shortage of bouncers ready to pick a fight outside pubs, but not one will stand up against civic neglect. Everyone complains, no one resists. The courage that erupts in parking lot brawls evaporates when faced with broken infrastructure. So here we are: a city that sells you “luxury living” in brochures but delivers a survival course in real life. Gurgaon isn’t just a city — it’s a satire that writes itself every monsoon, every blackout, every broken road. The tragedy isn’t just the crumbling roads or missing drains — it’s the silence of its people, who trade their right to dignity for the illusion of development. Gurgaon doesn’t need more skyscrapers; it needs a spine.

If Shiva and Vishnu were to engage in a duel, who would win?

If Shiva and Vishnu were to engage in a duel, who would win? Logically say, if lord shiva want to kill or capture shri Vishnu then how could this possible. I mean, suppose lord shiva fired his trisul toward shri Vishnu and trisul penetrate the chest of lord vishnu then is trisul has power more than shri Vishnu so that this weapon can injure shri Vishnu. The answer is no. Again, if shri Vishnu fired his sudershan chakra toward lord shiva then is sudershan chakra has power so that it can injure lord shiva. The answer is again no. There are no such weapons exist in the universe that can kill lord shiva and shri Vishnu. There is no way to kill them even if they want to kill themselves. Conclusion : If Shiva and Vishnu were to engage in a duel then no one would win because they are supreme to all the creation and fight will continue to infinity without any result.

"Read it completely, it will touch your heart"*

Guruji said to write an essay on mother's pallu.. So the student who wrote it wrote very well..."Read it completely, it will touch your heart"* 🥰 Respected Guruji... The principle of mother's pallu was to give a dignified image to the mother. Along with this... it was also used to hold the hot pot while removing it from the stove. The pallu was unique. A lot can be written on the pallu. The pallu... was also used to wipe children's sweat, tears, dirty ears, and to clean their mouths. The mother also used it as a towel to wipe her hands. After eating food, cleaning the mouth with the pallu was a joy in itself. Whenever there was pain in the eyes... Mother would make her pallu round, blow on it, heat it and put it on the eyes, the pain would disappear instantly. For the children sleeping in the mother's lap, her lap would act as a mattress and her pallu would act as a sheet. Whenever a stranger came to the house, the child would look at him from behind the mother's pallu. Whenever the child felt ashamed about something, he would hide by covering his face with the pallu. When the children had to go out, mother's pallu would act as a guide. As long as the child held the pallu in his hand, the whole universe was in his fist. When the weather was cold... mother would try to protect him from the cold by wrapping him around herself. And, when it rained, mother would cover him in her pallu. Pallu --> also worked as an apron. Mother used to use it as a hand towel. Pallu was used to collect sweet berries and fragrant flowers falling from trees. Paddy, donations, prasad were also collected in the pallu. Pallu was also very helpful in removing dust from the things kept in the house. If ever something got lost, then immediately tie a knot in the pallu and be assured that it will be found soon. By tying a knot in the pallu, mother used to keep a mobile bank or safe, and if everything went well, then sometimes some money was also received from that bank. I don't think science has found an alternative to the pallu! Mother's pallu is nothing but a magical feeling! Those who have affection and relation always feel this love and affection of their mother, which today's generation understands or not........ Now where will the mothers who wear jeans get the pallu from Don't know......!!

Can Karna kill Lord Rama with Vasavi Shakti?

Can Karna kill Lord Rama with Vasavi Shakti? Short answer No. Karna was not capable of killing Lord Rama with Vasavi Shakt. Firstly what makes the Vasavi Shakti powerful is the boon attached to it. Vasavi Shakti was infallible as it was empowered by boon of Indra and had the ability to kill anyone otherwise other weapons of Arjuna could have easily countered it if not for the boon. This is what Karna asked from Indra:- Do thou, O Vasava, in exchange for my coat of mail and ear-rings, give me a dart incapable of being baffled, and competent to destroy hosts of enemies when arrayed in order of battle!'. And Indra says that Karna can kill anyone using the Vasavi shakti be it a demon, god or gandharva Whoever you wish to kill among the gods, the asuras, humans, gandharvas, uragas and rakshasas with this weapon, will certainly be killed.” Earlier, he was known by the name of Vasushena. But after this deed, he became known by the name of Vaikartana Karna.’267 Bori ce Section Seven Sambhava Parva chapter 104 Ved Vyasa and Krishna accepted that if not for Krishna Karna would have killed Arjuna by Vasavi Shakti not NOT BECAUSE OF HIS EFFORT but thanks to his divine intervention. There is no chance that Arjuna - or anyone, for that matter, could stop the Vasavi, not even Rama. The difference is that whilst Rama and Lakshmana, being Vishnu, will get up to fight again, Arjuna would be killed, just as he was by a posioned lake, and when he fell from a mountain and died. Whereas divine avataras of Vishnu like Balarama, Lakshmana, Rama and Krishna all leave the world of their own accord and even if wounded in battle, do not face death. About Vasavi Shakti Lord Rama would not try to counter the Vasavi Shakti because if he countered it then it would be a disrespect to words of Indra. Lord Ram deliberately lost conscious inorder to respect the Brahmastra(infallible) and let the serpent weapon(infallible) tie him willingly because of them being infallible. Lakshmana recovered by himself after getting struck by infallible Brahma spear of Ravana . The stake was removed from Lakshmana, the slayer of enemies, and he regained his composure. He remembered his own self and that he had been born from Vishnu’s portion. Same applies on Lord Rama also who is complete incarnation of Vishnu. Lord Rama did not have any boon,then also he was totally unaffected and unmoved by the deadly Brahmastra astra of Meghnad which killed 67 crore vanaras. He himself respected that Brahmastra along with Lakshman "Honouring the spell sacred of Brahma the creator, the two sons of the venerable Dasaratha have actually lost their free will and became dejected and have allowed themselves to be knocked down by the missiles of Indrajit. Hence do not be afraid. There is no occasion for despondency now." "This excellent missile, presided over by Brahma the creator, with never-failing strength, was given to Indrajit by Brahma. Honouring it, Rama and Lakshmana the princes fell down in battle. This not a time for despondency here." ~valmiki Ramayana Yuddh Kanda Sarga 74 Karna cannot kill Rama with Vasavi Shakti because of his divinity but Lord Rama would allow the Vasavi Shakti to defeat him in order to respect boon of Indra just like he did in case of Naagpash and Infallible Brahmastra. But would have overcome this weapon after a spell of unconsciousness and then overcome Karna in battle.

Golden Chariot Express

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Majestic Peaks and Valleys

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“Jaichand Gahadwal”

I think he should be declared as the biggest traitor. Guess who is he? You know him. He became the reason for Muslim rule in India … So you Got him Yeah he is “Jaichand Gahadwal” ruler of Kannauj, father of“ Sahyogita” yeah Princess of kannauj who eloped with Delhi Naresh ‘Prithviraj Chauhan',Maternal grandfather of Prithviraj Chauhan, Raja Anangpal gave Delhi to him. In this grudge, “Jaichand ”became enemy of “Prithviraj”. He wanted to finish Prithviraj and affair of Prithviraj with Sahyogita came as a big insult to him. Therefore in order to avenge his loss, he befriended “Mohammed shahbuddin ghori”, ruler of Ghor (present day Afghanistan) When ghori invaded India in 1192, for the 2nd time, after a humiliating defeat from Prithviraj, this time with a bigger army, Prithviraj united with all the kings to form a big army. He also invited Jaichand but he declined. Instead he became ally of ghori in the fire of taking revenge Ultimately Prithviraj was defeated, blinded by inserting hot iron in his eyes and martyred at Ghor. After his defeat Jaichand was also beheaded by ghori. And an “Islamic empire” was established in Delhi which subsequently expanded to other parts of the country. Thus country paid a huge price because Delhi sultanate got established and Hindus were humiliated, murdered and their humiliation continued for centuries that ended with our partition. Had Prithviraj not been ditched by Jaichand history would be way different. Pic: Google

🙏🏼 Good Morning 🌄

🙏🏼 Good Morning 🌄 I’m 75 now. These days, mornings are quiet—just me, a cup of tea, and the park down the road. I sit on the same wooden bench every day, watching joggers rush by, parents push strollers, kids chasing pigeons. Life keeps moving, even when you feel like you’ve slowed down. One morning, I noticed a boy—maybe 16—sitting alone at the far end of the bench. Shoulders slumped, hoodie pulled tight, staring at the ground like the world had forgotten him. I know that look. I wore it once, years ago, when life felt too heavy. I didn’t want to scare him off, so I asked softly, “What’s one good thing about today?” He blinked, surprised. “What?” “Anything at all,” I said. “The sky, a song you heard, something small that made today not all bad.” He thought for a moment. Then, quietly: “My sister saved me the last cookie this morning. Said she wanted me to have it.” A tiny smile tugged at his face. Not much, but enough to crack the gray around him. “That’s a good thing,” I said, nodding. He left soon after, but when he glanced back, his eyes weren’t as heavy. The next day, he sat closer. And when a woman with grocery bags shuffled past us, he piped up: “Ma’am, what’s one good thing about your day?” She laughed, surprised. “Well, I found strawberries on sale.” The boy grinned. It became a thing. People passing by began stopping for a minute on my bench. A man said, “The bus was on time!” A young girl said, “I made a new friend at school.” A grandmother said, “My knees didn’t ache this morning.” Simple, ordinary things—but the kind that remind you life still has sweetness tucked in its corners. Soon, folks started calling it The Bench Question. Strangers came not just to rest their feet, but to share their “one good thing.” Someone brought a notebook, leaving it on the bench so people could write their answers. Within weeks, the pages were filled: 💌 “My daughter called after months.” 💌 “The sunset looked like cotton candy.” 💌 “I’m learning to smile again.” And here’s the truth I learned: happiness doesn’t come from fixing everything. Sometimes it’s just about noticing the smallest good thing in the middle of an ordinary day. The boy still visits. He doesn’t hunch anymore. He sits tall, asks every passerby the question. Sometimes, he even brings cookies to share. Life isn’t always easy. But maybe the secret isn’t chasing big joys—it’s learning to hold on to the little ones. One bench. One question. One good thing at a time. So, let me ask you now: What’s one good thing about your day