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” கணபதிக்கு தினமும் நெய் தீபம் …”

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காஞ்சி மஹான் எப்போது எந்த இடத்தில் அமர்ந்து பக்தர்களுக்கு அருள் பாலிப்பார் என்று சொல்லவே முடியாது.அன்றொரு நாள் மடத்தில் பின்கட்டிலுள்ள சதுரமான பாறாங்கல்லின் மீது மஹான் அமர்ந்திருந்தார். அப்போது பாறை உறுத்தலாக தெரியவே, மஹான் அதை என்னவென்று தடவிப்பார்த்தார்கள். கல்லில் ஏதோ எழுத்துக்கள் செதுக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது அவர் கண்களுக்குத் தெரிந்தது. உடனே மடத்து சிப்பந்திகளிடம் சுண்ணாம்பைக் கொண்டு வரச்செய்து பாறாங்கல்லின் மீது லேசாகத் தடவச் சொன்னார்கள். தமிழில் எழுதப்பட்டிருந்த அந்தக் கல்வெட்டில் இருந்த எழுத்துக்கள் தெளிவாகத் தெரிந்தன.

கணேசருக்கு தினசரி நெய் தீபம் போடுவதற்காக, சில ஆடுகளை அளித்திருப்பதாக அதில் ஒருவரின் எண்ணம் எழுத்து வடிவமாக இருந்தது.

மஹாபெரியவா பழங்கால விஷயங்களை எங்கிருந்தாலும் தெரிந்து கொள்வதில் மிகவும் ஆர்வமுள்ளவர். தொல்பொருள் ஆய்விலும், கல்வெட்டு ஆராய்ச்சியிலும் மிகவும் அக்கறையோடு ஈடுபடுவார். அதனால் அத்துறை நிபுணர்களை உடனே அங்கே வரவழைத்தார். வந்த நிபுணர்கள் கல்வெட்டை மிகவும் உன்னிப்பாக ஆராயந்து அது ராஜ ராஜசோழன் காலத்துக் கல்வெட்டு என்றும் அதில் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ள கணேசமூர்த்தி, காஞ்சி மடத்திற்குள் ஆதிசங்கரர் மண்டபத்தின் வாயிற்படிக்கு வெளியில் உள்ள கணபதியே என்றும் தங்களின் ஆராய்ச்சி முடிவைச் சொன்னார்கள்.

இதை அறிந்த மஹான், சென்னையைச் சேர்ந்த சில பக்தர்களை உடனே காஞ்சி வருமாறு பணித்தார்கள். அவர்களிடம் கல்லில் காணப்பட்ட செய்திகளை விவரமாகக் கூறி, “பரம பக்தர் ஒருவர் கணேசருக்கு தினசரி நெய்தீபம் ஏற்றுவதற்காக தர்மம் செய்துவிட்டுப் போயிருக்கிறார். அவ்விதம் நடக்காவிடில் தமக்குப் பாவம் வந்து சேரும்” என்று கவலையோடு மஹான் வந்த வேதவிற்பன்னர்களிடம் தெரிவித்து இருக்கிறார். அவர் மனம் வாட பக்தர்கள் பொறுப்பார்களா? தினசரி நெய்தீபம் ஏற்ற ஏற்பாடு செய்துவிடலாம் என்று அப்போதே அவர்கள் உறுதி அளித்தார்கள். அந்தக் கைங்கர்யத்திற்காக ஒரு டிரஸ்ட் உருவாயிற்று. ஏழை பக்தனின் விருப்பப்படி கணேசரின் சந்நிதியில் தினமும் நெய்விளக்கு எரியலாயிற்று. இது மிகவும் சிறிய விஷயந்தான்.

ஆனால், அதைக்கூட விட்டுவிடக்கூடாது என்கிற நற்குணம் மஹானிடம் இயற்கையாகவே இருந்தது. என்றோ, யாரோ எழுதிவிட்டுப் போன தர்மப் பணியை அலட்சியம் செய்யாமல் அதை நடைமுறைக்குக் கொண்டுவந்த மஹான், நடமாடும் தெய்வமாக இருப்பதில் வியப்பென்ன இருக்கிறது!

source::::www.periva.proboards.com

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What is the Origin of the Phrace ” Caught Red Handed ” ?…

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Carl F. states: During WWII, I saw my father go to get a physical for the Navy, when he returned home for a week before shipping out he had red ink on the back of his hand that took 2 or 3 days to wash off. He said after the physical if you passed they would brush red ink on to show you passed but gave no reason why. So when traveling people he met would say, “I see you got caught red handed.”   Where did the phrase “caught red handed” come from?

Now You KnowThis expression, “caught red handed”, has its origins in Scotland around the 15th century.  Given the context it was often used in the earliest references, the phrase “red hand” or “redhand” probably came about referring to people caught with blood on their hands.

The first known documented instance of “red hand” is in the Scottish Acts of Parliament of James I, written in 1432:

That the offender be taken reid hand, may be persewed, and put to the knawledge of ane Assise, befoir the Barron or Landeslord of the land or ground, quhidder the offender be his tennent, unto quhom the wrang is done or not…  And uthers not taken reid hand, to be alwaies persewed befoir the…

It subsequently popped up numerous times in various legal proceedings in Scotland, nearly always referring to someone caught in the act of committing some crime, such as “apprehended redhand”, “taken with redhand”, etc.

The first documented instance of the expression morphing from “red hand” to “red handed” was in the early 19th century work Ivanhoe, written by Sir Walter Scott:

I did but tie one fellow, who was taken redhanded and in the fact, to the horns of a wild stag.

Its use in Ivanhoe subsequently helped popularized it throughout the English speaking world.

It further morphed to the full “caught red handed” phrase about a half a century after Ivanhoe was published, first appearing in Guy Livingstone written by George Alfred Lawrence and published in 1857:

My companion picked up the object; and we had just time to make out that it was a bell-handle and name-plate, when the pursuers came up – six or seven “peelers” and specials, with a ruck of men and boys. We were collared on the instant. The fact of the property being found in our possession constituted a ‘flagrans delictum’ – we were caught red-handed.

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Message for the Day…” You will Experience Divinity Only When…”

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People get carried away by the body and forget the Divinity within. Have strong faith in God. Do not have faith in this body, which is temporary. Body is like a water bubble, mind is like a mad monkey. Don’t follow the body, don’t follow the mind. Follow your conscience. That is the principle of the Divine Self (Atma). You will experience Divinity only when you follow your conscience. Love everybody, but do not trust anybody. You have to repose your trust only in God. What is the reason? Why should you not trust others? It is because Man is impermanent. God expects only love. You can cultivate love easily. Love is within you, develop it. You have to share this love with everybody. Love even the one who hates you. To harm a person who harmed you is nothing great. Real greatness lies in loving even the person who harmed you.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Jokes for the Day ….

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The CIA had an opening for an assassin. After all of the background checks, interviews, and testing were done there were three finalists…
Two men and a woman.
For the final test, the CIA agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun.
“We must know that you will follow your instructions, no matter what the circumstances.
In side of this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Kill Her!!!”
The man said, “You can’t be serious. I could never shoot my wife.”
The agent said, “Then you’re not the right man for this job.”
The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about five minutes. Then the man came out
with tears in his eyes.” I tried, but I can’t kill my wife.”
The agent said, “You don’t have what it takes. Take your wife and go home.”
Finally, it was the woman’s turn. She was given the same instructions to kill her husband.
She took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard, one shot after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls.
After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman.
She wiped the sweat from her brow, and said, “This gun is loaded with blanks. I had to beat him to death with the chair

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An old man lived alone in Idaho. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, Bubba, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament.

Dear Bubba:
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my potato garden this year. I’m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me.

Love, Dad

A few days later, he received a letter from his son.

Dear Dad:
For heaven’s sake, Dad, don’t dig up that garden. That’s where I buried the BODIES.
Love, Bubba

At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local Police showed up and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left.
That same day, the old man received another letter from his son.

Dear Dad:
Go ahead and plant the potatoes now. It’s the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love, Bubba

source::::joke a day.com

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Message for the Day…What is Divine Love ?

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True and Selfless Love manifests as sacrifice. Such love knows no hatred. It envelops the entire universe, and is capable of drawing near even those who are seemingly far away. In the phenomenal world, you come across many shades and derivatives of this primordial love. You love your father, mother, brother, sister, spouse, friends and others. In all such cases, there is always a tinge of selfishness somewhere or the other. Divine love, on the other hand, is totally free of even the slightest trace of selfishness. You must surrender to such love, become completely submerged by it, and experience the bliss it confers. True and Selfless Love manifests itself as sacrifice. For acquiring Divine love, the quality of Kshama(forbearance and patience) is a vital necessity. Every individual must cultivate this noble quality.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Strange … But True.. Amazing Hand Drawing ” Maze” !!!

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Over 30 years ago, a man spent 7 years hand-drawing the most complex, unbelievable and probably unsolvable maze I’ve ever seen. His daughter recently posted the following photos on Twitter and, needless to say, the entire Internet is exploding with questions about her dad.

So who is the man behind it? A professor? A mathematician? A wizard? No, no, and no. The correct answer is… the university janitor.

Art connoisseurs are going crazy over this, both for its artistic brilliance and its impossibility to solve. To think a university janitor was behind this shows that we should never judge anyone by their occupation or position in life. This is awesome work.

To date, no additional information has been shared about the maze or the man behind it. But it’s without a doubt one of the most humble, remarkable creations I’ve ever seen.

Source: Twitter User Kya7y’s / Buy A Copy Of “Papa’s Maze” Here & viralnova site

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Swimming Elephant and its Mahout… A Stunning Picture !!!

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Mahout Nasru sits on tusks of swimminh elephant Rajan

Fifty eight year old mahout Nasru sits on the tusks of his 60 year old elephant Rajan

It was taken in the Andaman Islands, a remote archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, where Rajan, a 60-year-old elephant, lives.

The six-ton elephant learnt to swim 40 years ago to help work for logging companies there.

For years the elephant felled trees with Nasru, his 58-year-old driver.

But in 2002 logging was banned in the islands and most of the 200 elephants were sent back to the Indian mainland.

However, Rajan was kept on by a wealthy owner who had no desire to see him leave Havelock Island, and enjoyed a blissful existence eating bananas and swimming in the crystal clear water.

Two years ago a Kerala temple offered £40,000 for the elephant and Rajan almost had to leave, before a tourist lodge launched a campaign to raise the funds to keep him. Since then Rajan and Nasru have become something of an attraction.

The photograph, taken by Italy-based Cesare Naldi, won first prize in the National Geographic International Photography contest last December.

Naldi told National Geographic: “When I was in the water with Rajan, I was really surprised by how fast he could move his legs to swim. Most of the time he had his head under the water and used his long nose to breathe, like a submarine uses its periscope.”

source::::Stephen Adams in The Telegraph UK…..May 2010

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