Friday, 24 August 2018

The saffron colour of Dharma-Dhwaj

The saffron colour of Dharma-Dhwaj

The saffron colour of Dharma Dhwaj symbolizes the ever illuminating sun and fire; it denotes sacrifice which has inspired many to devote their lives  for others in brief. Bhagavat Dhwaj is a symbol of sacrifice, selfless service and righteousness. It stands for sustained effort to uphold dharma through self-sacrifice It reminds of our duty towards the Hindu community and the society as a whole. The colour exhorts man should forsake his self-centeredness, by offering himself in the service of others, performing the true Yagna, sacrificing body, mind and Atman in the service of mankind. One has to live for others but not for self. Each second of his life is a Yagna. Such is our Culture. 

Wednesday, 25 July 2018

Coconut oil

Coconut oil attracted a bad reputation years ago because it was sold as a refined and hydrogenated oil. This type of processed oil contains trans-fat and raises our ‘unhealthy’ cholesterol levels while lowering our ‘healthy’ cholesterol. Fortunately, times have changed and we now know that unprocessed raw, organic, extra virgin coconut oil not only helps with healthy cholesterol levels but has an array of other benefits too. Here are the top ten health benefits of coconut oil according to our naturopaths.
1. Immune support: Nearly 50% of the fat in coconut oil is a type of fat that’s rarely found in nature. It’s called lauric acid, which has many health promoting properties. Your body converts this into monolaurin, which has anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. Because of this, there’s no better time than the present to start taking coconut oil now that winter is on the way.
2. Weight control: Believe it or not, coconut oil can be beneficial in weight loss programs. Coconut oil is high in Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT’s). MCT’s are transported straight to the liver and are metabolized quickly by the body into energy (unlike other fat) so they’re less likely to be stored as body fat. It actually helps to boost your metabolism, making it conducive to weight loss when used within a healthy diet and exercise plan.
3. Heart healthIn the 1930’s it was found that South Pacific islanders whose diets were high in coconut had excellent cardiovascular health and heart disease was virtually non-existent. It wasn’t until they were introduced to other types of processed food and fats that heart disease symptoms developed. Unrefined coconut oil can be really beneficial to your heart health.
4. Healthy cooking: Coconut oil has a very high smoke point. This means that it can be heated to very high temperatures (up to 177 o Celsius) without getting converted to free radicals that promote disease. This means you can use it for frying and cooking, while retaining the health benefits rather than destroying them. Use coconut oil instead of butter or margarine on your toast in the morning. You can even put a dollop of it into a hot bowl of soup… It’s seriously delicious. Coconut oil can also be used in baking or for frying or even blended into smoothies for a creamy texture.
5. Alzheimer’s disease: There’s some really interesting research that’s being done on coconut oil and Alzheimer’s disease and how it can slow and even reverse some of the symptoms. Alzheimer’s is referred to as diabetes of the brain – where insulin prevents the brain cells from accepting glucose into the cells (primary fuel). Without it, the cells eventually die. But fortunately there is an alternative fuel. It’s called ketones. Ketones are a source of fuel that the brain easily accepts. They are metabolized in the liver after you eat MCT’s (Medium Chain Triglycerides), which are found in coconut oil. Check out this interesting clip if you’re after more information.their
6. Great skin: Dreading your winter skin? Not only can you take coconut oil internally, it’s also fine to put it ON your skin. This makes for a fabulous night cream or moisturizer (you only need a tiny bit) for your face and body. It can even be used as a natural eye makeup remover. It’s Paraben free and it’ll leave your skin feeling soft and smooth. It’s a win-win.
7. Healthy hair: Coconut oil makes for a brilliant hair repair treatment. Comb it through your hair and leave on overnight (or for a few hours) for a natural and nourishing treatment. Wash it out with shampoo and condition as normal. It leaves even the driest of locks feeling soft and silky. Plus, it’s got to be cheaper than a salon treatment, right?
8. Nappy cream: This one seems like a bit of a wild card. But, because of its anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties and the fact that it’s moisturizing yet gentle means it is a great alternative for an all-natural nappy cream.
9. Dental health: The ancient Ayurvedic practice of daily ‘oil pulling’ is thought to not only leave your teeth white and glossy but gives your gums a healthy pink colour. It will also kill any harmful bacteria that you might have in your mouth that may lead to disease. Simply take a spoonful of coconut oil and aim to swirl around in your mouth for up to 2 - 20 minutes. Spit out at the end and brush as usual.
10. Malabsorption: The unique properties of MCT’s (Medium Chain Triglycerides) makes coconut oil the ideal source of fat for those suffering from chronic illness where digestion and absorption is compromised. MCT’s only require a small amount of digestive enzymes and bile to breakdown and be absorbed unlike most other fats. Good Health Organic Extra Virgin Coconut oil is extracted from fresh organically grown coconuts. It is cold pressed and certified organic to preserve its nutritional goodness and flavor. It is not processed using added heat. Good Health Coconut oil has a mild and smooth taste and aroma, which enhances anything that you add it to.

Sunday, 22 July 2018

 అదే గ్రీకు దేశస్థుడైన అలెగ్జాండరు ప్రపంచములోని మొదటి విశ్వవిద్యాలయమైన తక్షశిలను భారతీయులను

It was another great university of ancient India, though it came into rise much later compared to Takshashila University. It also contained variety of courses ranging from religion to science to logic to metaphysics, and students from places as far away as Korea, Japan, Iran, Indonesia came to study here. It was ransacked by turkish invader Bakhtiyar Khalji who wanted to install Islam by force, his troops set fire to the vast library treasure of the Nalanda University and it is said that the amount of literature was so huge that it kept burning for three months!!
    Alexander’s massacres in India, a colonial historian informs us (without naming a source), earned him an epithet … assigned (to) him by the Brahmins of India, The Mighty Murderer.(http://2ndlook.wordpress.com/)
    he colonial narrative traces the destruction of Takshashila in 499 AD, by the Hunas (Western history calls them White Huns, Romans called them Ephtalites; Arabs called them the Haytal;  The Chinese Ye Tha). Western ‘historians’ have ascribed the demise of Taxila to the White Huns, a Central Asian, nomadic tribe, roaming between Tibet to Tashkent, practicing polyandry.
    Taksashila
    Takshashila
    Takshashila lying at the cross roads of the Uttarapatha (West calls it The Silk Route) – from Tibet, China, Central Asia, Iran – and India, fell to this mindless savagery, goes the ‘modern’ narrative. But specifically, there is no mention in Chinese, Persian, Indian texts (that I could find) of the Hunas who destroyed Takshashila. So, how and where did this story spring from?
    Kanishka, a major Buddhist king, was a Yue Chi, known as Tusharas in India, related to the White Huns. Why would his tribal cousins destroy Takshashila?

    Babylonia-now Iraq, Greece, Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor-now Turkey, Arabia, and China to study here

    Monday, 18 June 2018

    Japan - some interesting facts.


    This is a posting copied from a posting of somebody whose name was not given. As I felt them to be facts I am sharing it for the benefit of interested readers.
             Japan - some interesting facts.            https://ramamohanraocheruku.blogspot.com/2018/06/this-is-posting-copied-from-posting-of.html                                        
    * Hiroshima returned to what it was economically before the atomic bomb was dropped.
    * Japan prevents the use of mobile phones in trains, restaurants and indoors. 
    * For first to sixth primary year Japanese students must learn ethics in dealing with people. 
    * Even though one of the richest people in the world, the Japanese do not have servants. The parents are responsible for the house and children. 
    * There is no examination from the first to the third primary level because the goal of education is to instill concepts and character building.  
    * If you go to a buffet restaurant in Japan you will notice people only eat as much as they need without any waste because food must not be wasted.  
    * The rate of delayed trains in Japan is about 7 seconds per year!!
    The Japanese appreciate the value of time and are very punctual to minutes and seconds.   
    * Children in schools brush their teeth (sterile) and clean their teeth after a meal at school, teaching them to maintain their health from an early age.  
    * Japanese students take half an hour to finish their meals to ensure proper digestion because these students are the future of Japan.  
    The Japanese focus on maintaining their culture.

    Therefore,
      * No political leader or a prime minister from an Islamic nation has visited Japan not the Ayatollah of Iran, the King of Saudi Arabia or even a Saudi Prince!
      * Japan is a country keeping Islam at bay by putting strict restrictions on Islam and ALL Muslims.
     
          1) Japan is the only nation that does not give citizenship to Muslims.
          2) In Japan permanent residency is not given to Muslims.
          3) There is a strong ban on the propagation of Islam in Japan
          4) In the University of Japan, Arabic or any Islamic language is not taught.
          5) One cannot import a 'Koran' published in the Arabic language.
          6) According to data published by the Japanese government, it has given temporary residency to only 2 lakhs, Muslims, who must follow the Japanese Law of the Land. These Muslims should speak Japanese and carry out their religious rituals in their homes.
          7) Japan is the only country in the world that has a negligible number of embassies in Islamic countries. 
          8) Muslims residing in Japan are the employees of foreign companies.
          9) Even today, visas are not granted to Muslim doctors, engineers or managers sent by foreign companies.
        10) In the majority of companies it is stated in their regulations that no Muslims should apply for a job.
        11) The Japanese government is of the opinion that Muslims are fundamentalist, and even in the era of globalization they are not willing to change their Muslim laws.
        12) Muslims cannot even rent a house in Japan.
        13) If anyone comes to know that his neighbor is a Muslim then the whole neighborhood stays alert. 
        14) No one can start an Islamic cell or Arabic 'Madrasa' in Japan.
        15) There is no Sharia law in Japan. 
        16) If a Japanese woman marries a Muslim, she is considered an outcast forever.
        17) According to Mr. Kumiko Yagi, Professor of Arab/Islamic Studies at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, “There is a mind frame in Japan that Islam is a very narrow minded religion and one should stay away from it."
     The Japanese might have lost the war, but they are in charge of their own country.
     There are no bombs going off in crowded business centers, "Honor Killings", nor killing of innocent children or anyone else.
      Something to think about.
    Pass this on to anyone and everyone if you so feel it.

    Tuesday, 5 June 2018

    Tirukkural – Tiruvalluvar


    Tirukkural Tiruvalluvar

    https://ramamohanraocheruku.blogspot.com/2018/06/tirukkural-tiruvalluvar-thebritish.html

    The British after getting settled in India, started ruling us. Once they made us their subjects they started to thrust their customs, habits, and ideologies upon us along with their Religion with a view to making us inferiors in every respect. They laid inroads into our culture and tried, at the outset, to separate us the Indians into Aryans and Dravidians which is fundamentally absurd.

     This detrimental think tank contained Friedrich Max Müller (6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900), Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794), Thomas Babington Macaulay, otherwise called as T.B. McCauley (25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859), Bishop Robert Caldwell (7 May 1814 – 28 August 1891), George Uglow Pope (24 April 1820 – 11 February 1908) and so many people of the like.

     

    Pope was the first person to attempt Tirukkural to translate into English with his venomous outlook of the great work. There were also some sincere and honest scholars who wanted to know about our dharma and the great works of our great people. Two such people are William Henry Drew and John Lazarus.  William Henry Drew translated the first two parts of Tirukkural as prose in 1840 and 1852, respectively. Along with Drew’s English prose translation, it contained the original Tamil text, the Tamil commentary there in was given by Parimelalhagar and Ramanuja Kavirayar's amplification of the commentary. Drew, however, translated only 630 couplets. The remaining portions were translated by John Lazarus, a native missionary, thus providing the first complete English translation.

     

    While the former did not even hesitate to express his opinion that Tiruvalluvar is a Christian and interpreted Tirukkural conveniently to his Biblical ideology, the latter one is a true translation of Kural in its true sense.

    In this connection it is not out of context to introduce Dr. Nagaswamy a great personality who dedicated himself to Tamil culture and history. Ramachandran Nagaswamy (born 10 August 1930) is an Indian historian, archaeologist and epigraphist who is known for his work on temple inscriptions and art history of Tamil Nadu. He served as the founder-Director of the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department. He was also instrumental in starting the annual Chidambaram Natyanjali festival in 1980. He is an authority in Chola Bronzes. He was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan in 2018. (Corroborated by Google)

    Dr. Nagaswamy, blames colonial scholars for creating anti-Sanskrit ideologies.

    It was G.U. Pope who started the mischief of breaking India. He confessed his agenda on his death bed. He admits that his goal has been to attack the Tamil culture and use it as a weapon against the people. He proposes the Tirukkural author as Christian and as much later than the reality just to make him fit his agenda.

    He claims that Tirukkural is based entirely on the Bible. But the hard fact is that the Tirukkural ideology is incompatible with Bible in very serious ways. G.U. Pope ignores the terms and ideas that he cannot fit into the Bible. He brings the existence of Valluvar to tenth century as against, between 1st century B.C. to 1st Century A.D. (Approximately)

    The thesis of Dr. Nagaswamy is as follows:

    1. The ancient Tamil classics that comprise the foundation of Tamil culture are based on Vedas and Manu Dharma Shastra as a code of worldly life. Tirukkural, the most important Tamil text claimed by Dravidian chauvinists for separate origins from Vedas is Tirukkural. Yet the 3 books it consists of have direct correspondence with the structure and content of Manu Dharma Shastra.

    2. Book 1 of Tirukkural is Aram (అరం) which is an exact correspondence of Dharma. Book 2 called Porul (పొరుళ్) exactly corresponds to Artha in Manu Dharma Shastra. Book3 called Kama is a Tamil version of MDS (Manu Dharma Shastra) thesis on Kama. The sequence as well as exact structure matches perfectly in both Tamil Tirukkural and Sanskrit Dharmaśāstra.

    3. Dr. Nagaswamy shows point by point that exact correspondence between this foundational Tamil text and certain Sanskrit shastras. 4. For example, there is EXACT correspondence between the Sanskrit shastras practice of Pancha-maha-yajna (five great yajnas) and their Tamil equivalents, in the ceremonial offering of food to: 1) Devas, 2) Rishis, 3) Pitri/ancestors, 4) Atithi/guests, and 5) Bhuta or other living beings. Dr. Nagaswamy shows that the Tirukkural contains true translation of same Sanskrit verses. 

    They did not hesitate to propogate that Saint Thomos in his visit to Tamilnadu of India, which is a coccocted story, mwt Tiruvalluvar and inforced his mind with Christian Philosophy. While the entire Bharat is one and there is no divide like Arya and Dravida, people like Caldwel created  this in a very high scale, which we the Indians believed for a long time.  When the DNA, of the people of the other two big religions of India, also confirms that their ancestors hail from the same Dharma to which we belong even today, where can we find the said division. If the converts in whom the same blood is flowing through their veins and arteries as ours, could realise that they are not aliens we can take the country to any height in any respect.

    Swasti.

     

    Wednesday, 23 May 2018

    NAABHAAGA


    NAABHAGA

    https://ramamohanraocheruku.blogspot.com/2018/05/naabhaga-naabhaaga-is-last-son-of.html
    Naabhaaga is the last son of King Nabhaga, who had ten sons. The time came when the sons were to share the property of their father. With their highhandedness the nine sons shared the entire property and handed over their old father to the last son viz. Naabhaaga. Naabhaaga being the sincere and honest son did not spell even a single word and gladly accepted his father as his share. The father felt immensely happy for the unflinching affinity of his son towards him. He, advised his son, when he was worrying about any income for subsistence, “Don’t worry my son I am here with you. I will make you enough rich. Just you follow my advice." There is a big Yajna taking place under the auspicious of Angiro Mahamuni (Angirasa). On the sixth day from today while chanting the mantras, that I am going to teach you now, the Ritvijas (Performers of yajna chanting mantras) will forget and by that time you be present there and help them out by chanting the mantras. They will give you good amount of money for you and you can lead a happy life."

    Naabhaaga accepted and with the relative mantras in his memory he went to the place where yajna was being performed. Exactly the same thing happened as was told by his father and he recited the relative mantras. The yajnikas and the yajnakartha felt immensely happy and awarded him all the money left over after giving all the ‘Danas’. While he was taking that money Lord Shankara appeared before him and said the wealth should belong to him. It is because any leftover wealth after yajna belongs to Lord Shankara. Naabhaaga immediately confessed for his ignorance and surrendered all wealth to Lord Shankara. Lord Shankara was immensely pleased and gave back all the wealth to Naabhaaga, blessed him and sent away, telling ‘You are the true son to your father.’ Naabhaga came home and showed the wealth to his father took his blessings and lived happily without forgetting the God Almighty all throughout his life, keeping all the reverence to his father in his heart.
    This is a story from Bhagavatha Purana Navamasknda.
    Swasti.

    Thursday, 3 May 2018

    Conflict of interest


    Conflict of interest

    ‘Conflict of interest’ is a term that has been cropping up recently in debates about corporate governance in the Indian banking sector, with private banks in the spotlight, along with their boards and CEOs.

    Loosely, the term means being split between one’s professional duties and personal interests. But one wrong decision can have far-reaching consequences — both professionally and spiritually. The following is the solution suggested by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

    “Conflict of interest can be pre-empted by five Cs: courage, connectedness, care, compassion and cosmic understanding of life. Decision makers arrest the conflict of interest as they expand their sphere of belongingness and look beyond their private interests.
                                                            Sri Sri Ravi Shankar