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Message For The Day…Moksha, the Ultimate Goal ….

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Everyone has to achieve moksha (liberation), whether one is striving for it now or not. It is the inevitable end to the struggle, the goal to which all are proceeding. But, please do not be afraid of reaching the goal of liberation. Well, how do you prepare yourself for the stage? The answer is in that very word Moksha, itself. It is self-explanatory. ‘Mo’ indicates Moha, that is delusion or being deluded by attractive but transitory trash; and ‘ksha’ stands for kshaya, disappearance or decline. In other words, to attain liberation one must keep the flights of your mind away from these deluding attractions, and focus on the straight path towards liberation.

Cool comforting conversation is most congenial to an aspirant. It is the habit that will take you faster to your goal. – Baba

Swami Satya Sai in His Discourse….

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Apple iPhone Shine Fading???

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Weaker than expected demand for the Apple iPhone? The Wall Street Journal says Apple’s orders for iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter have dropped to around half of what the company planned previously. Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reports two Apple LCD panel suppliers in Asia reduced production. Apple shares dropped this morning in pre-market and overseas trading.
Samsung Electronics says global sales of its Galaxy S smartphone series blew past the competition, reaching more than 100 million units since the first model was launched less than three years ago. The South Korean firm announced today that it sold more than 25 million Galaxy S, 40 million Galaxy S II and 41 million Galaxy S III smartphones in the last three years. Samsung rolled out the first Galaxy S model at the end of May 2010, scrambling to catch up with Apple. Despite a late entry, Samsung became the biggest smartphone maker.

source:::::ABC NEWS

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Your Bank in Your Pocket !!!!

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SaiKumar Jayanty in THE HINDU ….

The older generation would recall the monthly visit to the local bank branch, standing in a queue to draw cash and stopping by the manager’s office for a quick chat, perhaps even a cup of coffee. In those unhurried days, banking was almost a part of social life. A customer’s relationship with the local bank had all the elements of friendship — proximity, trust, intimacy and personal rapport. Today, with the explosion in the number of customers and the rapid pace of life, banking products and services are so commoditised that it doesn’t matter where one banks. Besides, customers are smarter and more aware to make decisions without the guidance of bank managers.

Yet, despite achieving near utility status and changing beyond recognition, customers still aspire for those traditional values of the local bank — trust, relationship and personalised service.

In the coming future, my bet is that the mobile phone will be the world’s local bank. That’s because, when it comes to convenience, establishing a cordial, personalised relationship with customers, and understanding the context of a transaction, mobile banking is hard to beat.

CONVENIENCE

Let’s start with convenience. Earlier, convenience meant proximity, a branch that was just a short walk away. However, for modern day customers, convenience means nothing less than ubiquitous banking, available at all times, everywhere. With subscriptions touching six billion, or 86 per cent worldwide penetration (over 70 per cent in India), no device is as pervasive as the mobile phone. Consequently, no channel is as ubiquitous as mobile banking. What’s more, thanks to technologies such as Mobile Remote Deposit Capture and mobile video conferencing, this channel can provide the intimacy of branch banking services.

While traditional local banking was limited to pure banking, the mobile phone can add services such as payment and commerce. Nearly three decades after credit cards revolutionised payments and shopping behaviour, signalling the end of cash and cheques, the mobile phone is poised to do the same, except that this time around, plastic is at the receiving end. Mobile payments and commerce will scale $1 trillion globally in three years, according to an Ovum study.

CORDIALITY

The days of warm hospitality may be behind us, yet, banking can reclaim lost intimacy in other ways. As an instrument that enriches lifestyles and not just banking transactions, the mobile phone is privy to more customer insight than any other banking channel. This window got bigger when Internet-enabled smartphones provided connectivity to social networks. Now, the mobile phone not only provides insights about an individual, but also the social groups the customer belongs to.

Through this information, banks can cultivate a deeply personal understanding of their customers and invest that knowledge to create extremely personalised and relevant products, services and offerings. With the help of analytics, banks can distil information gathered by the mobile channel to not only create offerings targeted to individual needs, but also go a step further to predict future demands and fulfil them proactively. Personalisation is to mobile local banking what cordiality was to its traditional form.

In the days of traditional banking, banks knew little besides what their customers told them. The arrival of solutions such as core banking and CRM (customer relationship management) systems provide bank staff a 360-degree view of customers, including the history of their transactions with the bank, which would serve as a context for the current interaction. What’s more, features such as location tracking or social networking mean that banks are never separated from their customers.

Provided privacy issues are adequately addressed, such a situation is beneficial to banks as well as the customers.

Today, mobile banking is on the innovation agenda of every bank. Banks value the mobile phone for many reasons: it is cost-effective, it helps generate revenue, it has unparalleled reach, and is a rich source of consumer insight. So it is natural that banks look at the cellphone not just as a mainstream channel, but the mainstream channel of the future. But this is like missing the forest for the trees. The mobile phone is not only capable of becoming the most important banking channel, it has every chance of morphing into the local bank of the future.

(The author is lead product manager, Infosys Finacle)

Keywords: Banking, Mobile technology, Internet banking, Neighbourhood branch

Message For the Day…Purify your Conduct…

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Spend your time in the contemplation of the bounty and beauty of Nature spread out before you on earth and sky – green expanses of the crops, cool breezes that waft contentment and joy, the panorama of coloured clouds, the music of the birds and so on. Sing the glory of the Lord as you walk along the path, amidst the fields, the banks and the waterways. Do not talk hatefully in the midst of all this evidence of love; do not get angry, in these placid surroundings; do not disturb the sky with your shouts and curses. Do not pollute the air with vengeful boasts. A seedling needs water and manure to grow and yield rich harvest. The tiny sapling of spiritual yearning for liberation also needs you to do these – set right your habits, purify your conduct and cleanse your behaviour.

Swami Satya Sai ….in one of HIS discourses…

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Thoughts of Chanakya….

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15 GREAT THOUGHTS BY CHANAKYA

1) “Learn from the mistakes of others… you can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves!!”
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2)”A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first.”

3)”Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.”

4)”There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.”
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5)” Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

6)”As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.”

7)”The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.”

8)”Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.”

9)”The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.”

10)”God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.”

11) “A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”

12) “Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.”

13) “Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.”

14) “Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.”

15) “Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”

source:::: writeup in TIMES OF INDIA
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Bhakthi is Important…Not Caste or Creed….

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Author::: Prof.S.Kalyanaraman, Neurosurgeon….

“On one occasion I went along with my doctor friend to a town in Maharashtra to have darshan of Maha Periyaval. We found that His Holiness had left the town three days earlier and was camping in the outskirts of the town near a small river in a mango grove. When we reached the camp, all facilities for the visiting devotees had been made in the grove.

The officials of the Mutt told me a very interesting anecdote of how His Holiness came to stay there.

As Maha Periyaval was staying in the centre of the town and performing pooja everyday, one elderly gentleman used to come and stand at the periphery of the crowd, watch the pooja and go away without coming near His Holiness. Maha Periyaval noted this and called him one day and asked him whether he wanted anything.

He replied. “I came to this place as a daily wage earner. Gradually I became Supervisor and then a small scale contractor. In course of time because of my prayers to you I became a big contractor and amassed a lot of money and bought a lot of property on the outskirts of the town. To my good fortune I heard you were coming to this town. I wanted to invite you to come to my place and place your feet in my house, but everyone here told me that since I belong to the scheduled caste, Maha Periyaval would not come to my house. Everyday I wanted to request you but could not muster enough courage to ask you directly, fearing I may get a refusal”.

His Holiness replied: “I have come to this town mainly to see you. Not only will I come to your house but the whole camp and pooja will be shifted to your place today. Periyaval stayed for ten days in that devotee’s house and mango grove, performed pooja and blessed him.”

Jaya Jaya Shankara, Hara Hara Shankara!

source:::::kanchiperivaa forum
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Simple Rules For Simple and Successful Life …

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Simple Rules For Living A Successful Life

Is your day-to-day life full of stress and chaos?

Are you scrambling to find a peaceful moment in the day when you can put your feet up and relax? Are you rushed, stressed out and ready to call it quits.

Why is that so? Who is responsible for it? Why have we made it so difficult?

The solution is simple: simplify your life. It’s the implementation part that is hard, but here are my top tips to help with that:

#1 Believe in yourself but be aware of your limitations

The first step to accomplishing all your goals and making your dreams come true starts with this simple realisation that you are human: you are not perfect and you can’t do everything alone.

Always keep things realistic. Don’t put so much pressure on yourself that you find it hard to move; trust yourself to deliver what you need to, but also be prepared to cut yourself some slack.
Own up when you make a mistake
Set goals, and enjoy the journey

#2 De-clutter & simplify

You have a thousand different things screaming for attention: you have to tidy up the kids’ room again; you have to do the dishes and laundry; and the never-ending household chores are waiting. You have to organize your calendar and make room for more appointments; make time to socialise; help the kids with homework; and make a gazillion school runs. Don’t even get started on what needs to be done at the office.

Let’s get one thing straight — you cannot accomplish anything unless you get yourself some of the clarity that comes from creating space in your life, in your relationships and your environment. You need to reduce, cut back, simplify — Only then will you stop the feeling of being overwhelmed and rushed.
Give anything you haven’t used for the past 3 years to charity
Get organized
Enjoy the concept of enjoying without owning, and appreciating without acquiring

#3 Use everything in moderation

This is something I live by, be it work, socializing, family commitments, overeating, shopping, or watching too much TV — it helps with every single thing. Embrace the philosophy of “having enough”: there’s no need to go to extremes, so exercise common sense and learn to curb any obsessive behaviour.
Spend less money than you make
Watch your diet
Watch less TV

#4 Keep things in perspective

I admit there will be times when nothing will go your way, and you will find yourself fighting battles, fixing problems and minimizing damage all day long. We all have those days, and it is too easy to get caught up in the drama. Get a handle on things: this, too, shall pass.

Your child will get better soon, the noisy neighbourhood parties will end, your backstabbing colleague will get transferred (we can hope, can’t we?) and there will be actual days where you tick off all the items on your to-do list.
Don’t sweat the small stuff
Have an open mind

#5 Treat others how they want to be treated

You might end up getting in trouble if you try treating others how you want to be treated, instead of how they would like you to treat them. For instance, if you are not a phone person, you might not call your friend because you assume that they feel the same way you do, which may not be the case.

Try to be sensitive to the needs of others, and occasionally going out of your way to do something for them.
Try not to judge
Be generous; try to do something nice for somebody on a regular basis

#6 Family first

My priority is my family, and I left work to start my own freelancing career for the flexible hours it gives. That doesn’t mean that my work is not important–it just means that I have to operate in a way that works for me and my family.

How important is it to you that you spend time with your family? Are you making sure that your work doesn’t prevent you from doing just that? What sort of arrangements have you made to make it happen? You don’t have to stop living your life for your family members, but you’ll feel far less guilt if you prioritise and make time for them.

#7 Pay attention to the moment

Stop thinking about what happened in the past, or worry about what might happen in the future. Live in the moment and learn to savour each one.

#8 Have a positive mindset

You are what you think all day long. If you have nothing but negative thoughts racing through your ahead, then that’s what you are going to get, so try shifting to a more positive outlook on life. You will be surprised to see that whatever you wished for will start to manifest itself around you.

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t — you’re right.” ― Henry Ford

#9 Educate yourself

The most interesting people are the ones who take an interest in life and never let go of the “beginner’s mind”. They discover learning opportunities and continue to grow, both personally and professionally.

Be a life-long learner. You don’t have to get old to become wise.
Read good books
Try to learn something new every day
Take courses in subjects you enjoy
#10 Be passionate about something

There are some people who are so bursting with energy and vitality that others feel compelled to listen to them, and feel drawn to them. Passionate home cooks, budding interior designers, gourmet chocolate lovers, antique collectors — just try asking them a question about their interest and they will talk your ears off.

You want to be that person: someone who’s full of love for something significant. Have one meaningful hobby that encourages you to follow your passion, and you’ll begin each day looking forward to something special.

#11 Always be reflective

Do you ever think about yourself in moments of solitude? What makes you, you? What makes you tick? What bores you to death? What sort of things do you dream of? What can’t you get over? What regrets do you have of your past?

Take some time to think about those things and you’ll understand yourself more clearly and deeply. You’d be surprised at the life-changing impact such reflection can bring.
Consider doing a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) or another personality assessment to develop true understanding of your self

#12 Surround yourself with supportive people

3 things can change your life: friends, books & your thoughts. Choose them wisely.
Avoid naysayers and party-poopers

#13 Banish the word “perfection”

Listen to what you tell your children: always do your best and forget about the rest.
You are expert enough
Strive for excellence, not for perfection

#14 Fix it, or deal with it, but stop whining about it

Nobody likes a person who complains all the time. If you look around you, you’ll see many people who have been dealt a bad hand, but are making the best of things.
Don’t blame others for your problems
Don’t make excuses
Don’t be overly sensitive
Don’t be a drama queen

#15 Remember things that you are grateful for

Try this exercise: whenever you are feeling low, make a list of all the things that make you happy, joyous, and grateful. A beautiful family, adoring kids, kind friends, health, happy home, a job that pays the bills, surprise dinner prepared by a loving spouse, a blog, favourite books and keepsakes, unexpected twenty dollar bill in your jeans pocket. Everything counts.

After you’ve done this, consider what has happened to the feelings of doom and gloom: it is impossible not to be cheered up after remembering all the fantastic things you have in your life. Be grateful, and always make room for more happiness.

#16 You can have it all, just not at the same time

There is no greater truth than this: you cannot have everything at the same time. You have only 24 hours in a day and need to take care of your relationships, work and spirit.

On any given day, the focus will shift: some days your children have to go to after-school care because you have an important meeting, while other times work has to take a back seat because of a sick child with a high fever. Sometimes you just need to chill with your girlfriends because it has been ages since you last took a break.

You don’t have to do everything all at once, and life doesn’t have to be complicated. Simple living is mindful living.

source:::: input from a friend of mine.
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பொங்கல் திருநாள் நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள் !!!

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            பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் …பொங்க வேண்டும்  நல்ல பொங்கல்… பொங்கும் மங்களம் தங்க வேண்டும்
                                                                            நம்  இல்லத்திலும்  உள்ளத்திலும் !!!

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ஆண்டுதோறும் தை மாதம் முதல் ஆனி மாதம் வரையுள்ள ஆறு மாதங்கள் உத்தராயணம் என்றும்; ஆடி முதல் மார்கழி வரையுள்ள மாதங்கள் தட்சிணாயணம் என்றும் கூறப்படுகிறது. இதில் தை மாதம் முதல் தேதியை மகர சங்கராந்தி, தைப் பொங்கல் என்று கொண்டாடுகிறோம்.

ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டுக்கும் சங்கராந்தி தேவதை என்று ஒன்று உண்டு. இதனை “மகர சங்கராந்தி தேவதை’ என்று அழைப்பார்கள். இவ்விதம் 60 வருடங்களுக்கு தனித்தனி பெயருடைய சங்கராந்தி தேவதைகள் உள்ளன. இந்த தேவதைகளின் தோற்றம், உடை, வாகனம், உணவு, அணிந்திருக்கும் ஆபரணம், புஷ்பம் போன்றவற்றுக்குத் தக்கபடி தேசத்தின் அப்போதைய நன்மை- தீமைகளுக்குப் பலன் கூறுவார்கள். இத்தகைய புண்ணிய தினமான சங்கராந்தியன்று சூரியன் வடக்கு நோக்கித் திரும்பி சஞ்சரிக்கத் தொடங்குவதால் இதற்கு உத்திர அயனம் என்று பெயர். அன்றைய தினம் சூரியன் மகர ராசியில் பிரவேசிப்பார்.

அன்றைய தினம் சூரிய வழிபாடு செய்ய மிக உகந்த நாளாகும். எனவேதான் அன்று சூரியனுக்கு விருப்பமான சர்க்கரைப் பொங்கல், கரும்பு முதலிய பொருட்களைப் படைக்கிறோம். சூரியனை வழிபடுவதால் உலகில்  அடைய முடியாதவையே கிடையாது. வேதம் கதிரவனைப் பலவாறும் புகழ்கிறது. “நாஸ்திகர்களாலும் இல்லை என்று கூற முடியாத கடவுள் சூரிய பகவானே’ என்பதை வேதம் கூறுகிறது.

மேலும், சூரியன் ஆன்மா வைத் தட்டி எழுப்பி நல்வழிப்படுத்துபவர் என்பதை “ஓம் ய ஏஷோந் தராதித்யே ஹிரண்மய புருஷ’ எனப் புகழ்கிறது.

உடல் ஆரோக்கியத்தை அளிப்பதிலும் சூரியன் அருட்கடல் என்பதை வேதம், “ஆரோக்யம் பாஸ்கராதிச்சேத்’ என்றும்; இதய நோயை நீக்குபவர் என்பதை “ஹ்ருத்ரோகம் மம சூர்ய ஹரிமாணம் ச நாசய’ என்றும் குறிப்பிடுகிறது. இவரே மழை பெய்யக் காரணம் என்பதை வேதத்தில் “யாபி ராதித்யஸத்பதி ரஸ்மிபிஸ் தாபி:’ எனக் கூறுப்படுகிறது. இதையே கீதாசார்ய னும், “ஆதித்யஜாஜாயதே வ்ருஷ்டி’ என்று கூறுகிறார்.

இத்தகைய சிறப்புமிக்க சூரிய பகவானைப் போற்றும் சூரிய நமஸ்கார மந்திரங்கள் யஜுர் வேதத்தில் 32 அனுவாகங்களாக உள்ளன. ரிக்வேதம் இவரைப் பற்றி “மஹா ஸௌரம்’ என்ற ஒரு துதியை வெளியிடுகிறது. சாமவேதம் சூரியனை “சுக்ரியம்’ என்ற ஒப்பற்ற துதியால் போற்றுகிறது.
சூரிய தேவனது பெருமையைக் கூறும் “அசதி உபநிஷத்’ என்ற உபநிடதத்தை ஜெபிப்பவர்கட்கு கண்நோய் ஏற்படாது என்றும்; இந்த கிரந்தத்தை ஜெபம் செய்வதால் எத்தகைய பயங்கரமான நோய் ஏற்பட்டிருந் தாலும் அதைப் போக்கிவிடலாம் என்றும் சாஸ்திரங்கள் கூறுகின்றன.

பாண்டவர்கள் விராட நகரத்தில் அஞ்ஞாத வாசம் செய்தபோது, கீசகனால் துன்புறுத்தப்பட்ட திரௌபதி சூரியனை வேண்டி தன்னைக் காப்பாற்றுமாறு துதித்தாள். அப்போது சூரியன் தனது தூதனை அனுப்பி கீசகனை விரட்டியதாக பாரதம் கூறுகிறது. மேலும் மகாபாரதத்தில் சூரியனுக்கு சித்திரை முதலான மாதங்களிலும் பன்னிரண்டு பெயர்கள் கூறப்படுகின்றன. அவையாவன: மித்ரன், ரவி, சூரியன், பானு, சுகன், பூஷ்ணன், ஹிரண்ய கர்ப்பன், மரீசி, ஆதித்யன், ஸவிதா, அர்க்கன், பாஸ்கரன் என்பதாகும்.

பெண்கள் சூரியனுக்கு அர்க்யம் கொடுத்தால், ஏழு ஜென்மங்கள் எடுத்தாலும் வைதவ் யம் (விதவைக் கோலம்) அடைய மாட்டார்கள் என்று கூறுகிறது. விதவைப் பெண்களை கஷ்டங் களினின்று காப்பவன் என்று சூரிய சஹஸ்ரநாமம் போற்றுகிறது.

சூரிய பகவானது கருணையை விளக்க சௌர புராணத்தில் ஒரு வரலாறு கூறப்படுகிறது. ஒரு காட்டில் தன் மனைவி, மக்களுடன் ஏழை ஒருவன் வசித்து வந்தான். ஒருநாள்அவனுக்கு காட்டில் எங்கு தேடியும் உணவு கிடைக்கவில்லை. அன்று மாலை வரை தண்ணீர்கூட அருந்தாத அம்மனிதன் சூரியனை நோக்கி தற்செயலாகத் தன் குறையைக் கூறி புலம்பிவிட்டு தரையில் மயங்கி வீழ்ந்தான். இரவு முழுவதும் அவ்விதம் மயக்கத்தில் கிடந்தான். கண் விழித்து பார்த்தபோது அவ்வழியே வந்த அரசன் ஒருவனது பாதுகாப்பில் இருப்பதைக் கண்டான்.

தற்செயலாக இம்மனிதனைப் பார்த்த அரசன் அவனைக் காப்பாற்றியதோடு மட்டுமின்றி,  அவனது ஏழ்மை நிலை பற்றி அறிந்ததும்

அவனைப் பெரும் செல்வந்தனாகவும் ஆக்கிவிட்டான். இவையனைத்துக்கும் காரணம் அம்மனிதன் அன்ன ஆகாரமின்றி இருந்த தினம் ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை ஆகும். எனவே பானுவார விரதம் இருந்து சூரியனை வழிபட்டதால் இப்பேறு கிடைத்தது என்று சௌரபுராணம் கூறுகிறது.

மேலும் ராமாயணத்தில் வரும் சுக்ரீவன்  என்ற வானரனும், பாரதத்தில் வரும் கர்ணனும் சூரிய புத்திரர்கள் ஆவார்கள். வாலகில்யர்கள் எனப்படும் 60,000 முனிவர்கள் சூரியனது சீடர்கள் ஆவர். இவர்கள் மிகச்சிறிய வடிவம் உடையவர்கள். தண்டி, பிங்களன் என்பவர்கள் இவரது முக்கிய ஏவலர்களாகும்.

சூரிய பகவானை சிவாகமங்களும், அபிதான சிந்தாமணி, சூரிய உபநிஷத் போன்ற நூல்களும், ஜோதிட நூல்களும் புகழ்கின்றன. சூரியன் இல்லையேல் இவ்வுலகில் ஒளியும் உயிரினங் களும் இல்லை என்பதை மகாநாராயண உபநிஷத், “க்ருணி ஸூர்ய ஆதித்யோ ப்ரபாவாத்யக்ஷரம்’ என்று கூறுகிறது.

சூரியனை மேல்நாட்டார் அப்பல்லோ என்கின்றனர். இவருக்கு உரிய சமித்து எருக்கு ஆகும். சீர்காழிக்கருகில் உள்ள திருவெண்காட் டில் சிலப்பதிகாரம் புகழும் சூரியகுண்டம் உள்ளது. திருக்கண்டியூரில் மாசி மாதமும்; திருவேதிக்குடி, திருநாவலூரில் பங்குனி மாதமும்; சித்திரை மாதம் குடந்தைக் காரோணம் என்று புகழப்படும் நாகேசுவரன் கோவிலிலும் சூரிய பூஜை சிறப்பாக நடக்கிறது. அன்று கதிரவன் இத்தலங்களில் சிவபூஜை செய்வதாக ஐதீகம்.

தை மாதம் முதல் தேதியான மகர சங்கராந்தி தினத்தன்று திருவண்ணாமலை, திருவையாறு ஆகிய தலங்களில் இறைவன் சிறப்பாக ஆராதிக்கப்பட்டு தீர்த்தம் கொடுக்கிறார்கள் பூஜை செய்வோர். மன்னார்குடி என்ற வைணவத் தலத்தில் சங்கராந்தி முதல் “ஸங்க்ரமண உத்ஸவம்’ சிறப்பாகக் கொண்டா டப்படுகிறது. மகர சங்கராந்தியன்றுதான் மதுரையம்பதியில் இறைவன் கல் யானைக்குக் கரும்பு அளித்த திருவிளையாடல் நடந்தது. சபரிமலையில் ஐயப்பனுக்குக்குரிய “மகரஜோதி தரிசனம்’ காண்பதும் இந்த புண்ணிய தினத் தன்றேயாகும்.

இத்தகைய சிறப்பு வாய்ந்த உத்ராயண புண்ணிய காலத்தில் இறக்கும் ஜீவன்கள் நற்கதி அடைவதாகக் கூறப்படுகிறது. உத்தராயணத்தில் இறந்த உயிர்கள் முக்தி பெறுவதைப் பற்றி விவரிக்கும் பகவத்கீதை (அக்னிர் ஜோதிர் அஹ: சுக்ல: ஷண்மாஸா உத்தராயணம்’ என்று கூறுகிறது. மகாபாரதமும் மிகச்சிறந்த யோகியான பீஷ்மர் உத்தராயண புண்ணிய காலம் வந்தபின்பே தன் உயிரை விட்டார் என்றும் சிறப்பாக விவரிக்கிறது.

இத்தகைய பவித்ரமான உத்தராயண புண்ணிய காலம் தொடங்கும் மகர சங்கராந்தி தினத்தன்று நாம் அனைவரும் சூரிய வழிபாடு செய்து, கிரக தோஷங்கள் நீங்கி எல்லா வளமும் பெறுவோமாக!

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“Lion Dog ” in Virginia USA…..

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A dog that looks like a lion has caused panic in Norfolk, Virginia in the United States.

The dog was spotted by residents as it wandered the streets near a zoo, prompting several calls to emergency services.

One alarmed caller said, ‘There was a lion that ran across the street – a baby lion. It was about the size of a Labrador Retriever’, reports the Virginian-Pilot.

‘It’s roaming loose in the neighborhood’, she said.

Virginia Zoo officials were soon contacted and assured local authorities that no lions were missing from the compound.

The ‘lion’ was in fact a labradoodle (a labrador-poodle mix) named Charles the Monarch who has been shaved to look like he has a mane because he is a local university mascot at Old Dominion University.

His owner says it’s not the first time Charles has sparked police calls as the dog is often mistaken for a lion.

 

A dog that looks like a lion has caused panic in the US.

This  dog that looks like a lion has caused panic !!!!

 

source:::::BIGPOND NEWS NET…Australia..

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Message For The Day….Yantras and Mantras……

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To observe a very small particle, you need a microscope; to see a remote object clearly, you need a telescope. These are yantras or instruments. The instruments that help you visualise the Core that has such contradictory attributes of being minuter than the minutest and more magnificent than the most magnificent, are called Mantras – formulae that save you when you meditate on them. They are also called Tantras (ceremonies and rites) when their practical application has to be emphasised. Faith in the efficacy of these Mantras, in the utility of the procedure prescribed, and in the existence of the Core – all of these are essential for success in the great adventure of acquiring the ultimate knowledge; just as faith in the efficacy of the instrument, in the correctness of the procedure, and in the existence of the material one is seeking to know more about, are essential for the scientist.

Swami Satya Sai in one of His Messages….

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