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Author: Natarajan
See it !….Friday nigh”s Moon and Star …
Message for the Day…” The ups and downs of life have lessons to teach us. In fact, without reverses in life, we will not be able to experience Divinity.”
Look on with an equal mind at good fortune and misfortune, happiness and sorrow, loss and gain. These are products of nature like heat and cold, summer and winter. They have their purposes to serve. Similarly the ups and downs of life have lessons to teach us. In 
fact, without reverses in life, we will not be able to experience Divinity. Without darkness, we cannot value light. Without experiencing difficulties, we will not be able to enjoy benefits. It is the lack of peace of mind which compels us to seek the means to realise enduring peace. The scriptures (Upanishads) have declared that through renunciation alone can immortality be attained. You must learn to practice true renunciation in your daily living so that you may discover the secret of enduring peace and bliss.
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Message for the Day…” God lives in every bird, beast, tree, pebble and speck of dust! Remember, the grace of God cannot be won by merely repeating His glories! Recite the name of your chosen Lord, with its halo of meaning clear in your mind and soaked into your acts and feelings.”
You derive exaltation while worshipping a carved stone idol in the temple. How much more exalted should you be while worshipping the self-same God residing in the temple-hearts of the men and women amongst you! And not merely in the human frames; God lives in every bird, beast, tree, pebble and speck of dust! Remember, the grace of God cannot be won by merely repeating His glories! Recite the name of your chosen Lord, with its halo of meaning clear in your mind and soaked into your acts and feelings. The Americans who sang bhajans today paid attention to the tune and its beat; they also learnt the meaning of each song and sang it from their heart, respecting its spirit with bha-va (feelings), ra-ga (tune) and tha-la (rhythm) – Bha-ra-tha – that entitles them to be called Bharatiyas! The culture of ‘Bharat’ is built on rati (attachment) to Bhagawan; so, any person, independent of their race, who is attached to the Lord is a Bharatiya!
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Message for the Day…” The spiritual path is not merely singing bhajans or reciting hymns. These are merely good deeds. Only those actions which are performed as a complete offering to the Divine can be regarded as spiritual. “
Almost every activity is motivated by self-interest. This concern for self-interest is opposed to the Divinity that is immanent in one. Without realising this Divinity, how can one achieve peace internally or in the world outside? There is no greater quality than selfless love, which expresses itself in service to others. Understand the relationship between karma and karma yoga properly. Ordinary action (karma) done with attachment or desires causes bondage. But desireless selfless action becomes karmayoga. Our life should become one of Divine Communion (yoga) rather than a roga(disease). Today most of our actions result in roga because we are attracted to sensuous pleasures. Freedom from this disease can be obtained by pursuing the spiritual path. The spiritual path is not merely singing bhajans or reciting hymns. These are merely good deeds. Only those actions which are performed as a complete offering to the Divine can be regarded as spiritual.
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Message for the Day…” Each of you are allotted your role in the drama designed by the Almighty. Do not slight, insult or injure any being; for, He is in every being and your slight becomes a sacrilege.”
I am insisting on five points of discipline which will transform your homes and villages into Prasanthi Nilayams. ‘Silence’ is the first step that makes the other steps easy; it promotes self-control and reduces chances of anger, hate, malice, greed and pride. Besides, you can hear God’s footsteps only when silence reigns in the mind. ‘Cleanliness’ is the doorway to Godliness. Inner and outer cleanliness are essential to install God in your heart. ‘Service’ broadens your vision, widens awareness and deepens compassion. All are waves on the same sea. Service teaches you to be firm in this knowledge. ‘Love’ – Do not calculate or weigh the reaction, result or reward. Love calls; love responds. Love is God, live in Love. ‘Non-hatred’ towards all – No being must be looked down upon as inferior, unimportant, or expendable. Each of you are allotted your role in the drama designed by the Almighty. Do not slight, insult or injure any being; for, He is in every being and your slight becomes a sacrilege.
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At Hatti Kappi, 80 is not too old to be on the payroll …
Unlike the Super-Rich defauters ,this Ex-PM”s familyHonoured their loan liability ….
These are not good times for the Punjab National Bank, which is embroiled in an 11,400 crore-scam allegedly perpetrated by diamond mogul Nirav Modi and his maternal uncle, Mehul Choksi.
For the average citizen, this is yet another instance of a wealthy man swindling public money through dubious loans issued by these banks, and leaving the country without paying back his dues.
Unlike Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya, the PNB, which is India’s second largest public-sector bank, also had famous personalities and their families as customers who have honoured their loans.
Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri had taken a car loan of Rs 5,000 from PNB. After his sudden demise on January 11, 1966, the former prime minister’s widow Lalitha paid back the loan from the pension she received, reported Times of India.
“We went to St Columba’s School on a tonga. Once in a while, we used the office car, but my father did not allow us to use it regularly for any kind of private work. There was a demand at home that we should buy a car,” said Anil Shastri, his son and senior Congress politician, to the publication.
In response to his family’s demands, Shastri approached a senior official from the PMO and discovered that a new Fiat would cost Rs 12,000. Since the family had only Rs 7,000 in the bank, the prime minister decided to apply for a Rs 5,000 loan which the bank sanctioned that very day.
When the prime minister passed away in Tashkent, where he had gone to sign the declaration of peace between India and Pakistan after the 1965 war, the loan remained unpaid. “It was repaid by my mother from the pension she received after my father’s death,” said Anil Shastri. 
This 1964-model Fiat with the plate number DLE 6 is today exhibited at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial in the national capital.
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Natarajan
Message for the Day…” Chitta suddhi leni Shiva pooja yetiki? – What is the use of worship of Shiva (God) without purity of the heart? Atma sudhdhi leni acharamadiyela? – What is the use of rituals without purity of the individual? Patra sudhdhi leni pakamela? – How can one cook pure and delicious food without cleanliness of the vessels?”
People earn much wealth and various degrees, but where is the defect? Many think that wealth causes all evil things, and degrees are detrimental. No, both of them are faultless. Water is pure and sweet, but when stored in a red coloured bottle, water appears to be red and when stored in purple bottle, it appears purple. From where did the colours appear? The individual is the bottle; bad or good is reflection of the individual attributes. If the individual is rajasic or passionate, then the wealth and education become useless. If the individual is of satwic or noble nature, then the actions and education would become noble too. Therefore the heart must be pure. In this context it is said: Chitta suddhi leni Shiva pooja yetiki? – What is the use of worship of Shiva (God) without purity of the heart? Atma sudhdhi leni acharamadiyela? – What is the use of rituals without purity of the individual? Patra sudhdhi leni pakamela? – How can one cook pure and delicious food without cleanliness of the vessels?
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