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Message For the day…”Your Heart is Your Great Teacher…”

May 24, 2015Natarajan2 Comments

The world is a scriptural text. Time is a great preacher. There is no greater teacher than your heart. God is the greatest friend. With full faith in these four entities, lead your life on this earth. Prema (love) is the natural possession of every human being. It is the fruit of the tree of life. There are certain impediments to taste a fruit. You first have to remove the skin and the rind covering the pulp inside and also cast off the seed. The fruit of love is covered by the thick skin of ego. You have to peel off this skin of ‘mine’ and ‘thine’. Then only you can taste the sweet juice. That is why the Vedas describe God as Raso Vai Saḥ (Supreme Sweet Essence). So develop pure love, and through it establish unity with the Divine. The path of love is the shortest and the fastest road to realise the Divine.

Sathya Sai Baba

” Has the Business of Living Made us Forget the First thing we Learnt …? ‘SMILE’…!!!

May 23, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Image Courtesy: Screengrab taken from YouTube video uploaded by @Coca-Cola

This is your Monday pick-me-up – a heartwarming video that is guaranteed to put a huge smile on your face.

For their ‘Choose Happiness’ campaign, a beverage brand has compiled a montage of lots of babies, all smiling and grinning with toothless abandon. What’s more, they dare you watch it without cracking a smile yourself.

“Children smile up to 40 times more than adults every day,” it says in the video, which has gone viral with over 5.1 million views since it was posted on YouTube on May 11. “It’s the first thing we ever learn to do – before we learn to crawl, walk or talk,” it says.

Has the business of living made us forget the first thing we ever learnt?

So here’s all the help you need. Watch till the end for a real laughter-inducing experience.

Source…..www.ndtv.com

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Message For the Day…” Have Firm Faith that You and HE are One…”

May 23, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

The attitude of the worshipper and the worshipped is the seed of devotion (bhakthi). First, the worshipper’s mind is attracted by the special qualities of the object of worship. The worshipper tries to acquire these special qualities. This is spiritual discipline (Sadhana). In the early stages of spiritual discipline, the distinction between worshipper and worshipped is clear, but as the sadhana progresses, it diminishes and, when attainment is reached, there is no distinction whatsoever. Whatever be the object of worship that you love and seek through sadhana, have firm faith that you and He are one. You must entertain only one wish: the realisation of the Lord (Iswara Sakshatkara). Give no room in the mind for any other wish. Then regardless of joy and sorrow, without any worry about your own satisfaction, you will engage in spiritual discipline firmly, uninterruptedly, with full conviction; and once you understand the Reality, you will have full contentment.

Sathya Sai Baba

The Right Way to Escape a Bear Attack …!!!

May 22, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

To thwart a bear attack, make yourself look bigger and scarier.

This is how you escape from a bear attack.

Ralph Perrson was walking with his wife and dog in the woods when he noticed his dog was barking differently, the Swedish outlet The Local reported. Suddenly a large Eurasian brown bear ran out of the woods and charged at him.

Fortunately for Perrson, he knew bears are much more scared of us than we are of them. Standing his ground, he raised his arms and let out a primal yell. The very startled bear spun right around and ran back into the woods.

Like black bears in the US, Eurasian brown bears avoid humans and rarely attack unless provoked or startled, which this one probably was. There have only been two fatal attacks in Sweden in the past century.

Experts recommend using the same tactics to avoid encounters with both species: Make yourself big, speak loudly, and never run away. (Be warned though: If you run into a grizzly bear in the US, this approach might not work.)

Perrson kept his head on straight, and both bear and human got away safely.

Watch the video below to hear Perrson’s bear-repelling scream — and see incredible footage from his phone.

Source….www.businessinsider.com and http://www.youtube.com

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” இருங்கோ ….உங்களுக்கும் ஒரு ஐஸ் வாங்கித் தரட்டுமா …” ?

May 22, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

குழந்தைகள் என்றாலே மகா பெரியவாளுக்கு அத்தனை

இஷ்டம். அவர்களைத் தன் அருகே காந்தம் போல் இழுத்து,

அவர்களுடன் நகைச்சுவையாகப் பேசிக் கவர்ந்து விடுவார்.

அந்தத் தெய்வத்திடமும் குழந்தைகள் மயங்கிப் போய் விடும்.

குழந்தைகளுக்குக் கொடுப்பதற்கென்று மகா பெரியவாளிடம்

எப்போதும் கல்கண்டு ஸ்டாக் இருந்து கொண்டே இருக்கும்.

ஒரு முறை மகா பெரியவா காமாட்சி அம்மனைத் தரிசித்து

விட்டு காஞ்சி ஸ்ரீமடத்துக்குள் நுழைந்து கொண்டிருந்தார்.

அப்போது ஸ்ரீமடத்தின் வாசலில் பணக்காரக் குடும்பத்தைச்

சேர்ந்த சிறு குழந்தை (நாலைந்து வயது இருக்கலாம்)

ஒன்று குச்சி ஐஸைக் கையில் வைத்துக்கொண்டு

ரசித்து சுவைத்து சாப்பிட்டுக் கொண்டிருந்தது.

ஸ்ரீமடத்தின் உள்ளே நுழையப் போன மகா பெரியவா,

வாசலில் நின்று கொண்டு இந்தக் குழந்தை குச்சி ஐஸ்

சாப்பிடும் அழகைப் பார்த்து மேலும் நகராமல் அப்படியே

நின்று விட் டார். ஆனால் குழந்தை வேறு எங்கோ

பார்த்தபடி ஐஸை நக்கிக் கொண்டிருந்தது.

ஒரு சொடக்குப் போட்டுக் குழந்தையின் பார்வையைத்

தன் பக்கம் திருப்பிய மகா பெரியவா, “என்ன,ஐஸ்

சாப்பிடறியா” என்று மழலை பாஷையில் கேட்டார்.

“ஆமா….” என்று மழலையில் துடுக்கத்தனமாகப் பதில்

சொன்ன குழந்தை, “இருங்கோ…ஒங்களுக்கும் ஒரு ஐஸ்

வாங்கித் தரட்டா?” என்று ஆர்வ மிகுதியில் கேட்டு விட்டது.

மகா பெரியவாளின் கைங்கர்யத்தில் இருந்த சிப்பந்திகளும்

மகானைத் தொடர்ந்து வந்த ஒரு சில பக்தர்களும் அந்தக்

குழந்தையை அடக்கும் வகையில் ஏதோ சொல்ல வாய் திறக்க..

அவர்கள் அனைவரையும் கை தட்டி ‘ஸ்ஸ்ஸ்..’ என்று அடக்கி

விட்டார் மகா பெரியவா.

தான் கேட்ட கேள்விக்கு மகா பெரியவா ஏன் இன்னும் பதில்

சொல்லாமல் இருக்கிறார் என்று யோசித்த குழந்தை, தான் குச்சி

ஐஸ் வாங்கித் தந்தால் மகா பெரியவா சாப்பிடமாட்டார்

போலிருக்கிறது என்று தீர்மானித்து விட்டது. உடனே,

மகா பெரியவா மேல் கோபம் கொண்டு முகத்தை வேறு பக்கம்

திருப்பிக் கொண்டது. ஆனாலும் ஐஸை சாப்பிடுவதை

மட்டும் நிறுத்தவில்லை.

இந்த ரசமான காட்சிகளை மகா பெரியவா உட்பட அங்கு கூடி

இருந்த அன்பர்கள் பலரும் ரசிக்கத்தான் செய்தார்கள்.

மீண்டும் ஒரு சொடக்குப் போட்டுக் குழந்தையின் பார்வையைத்

திருப்பி, “என்ன குழந்தே… கோபமாயிட்டே போலிருக்கு…

நான் எனக்குதான் வேண்டாம்னுதான் சொன்னேன்.

சரி….நான் சொல்ற ரெண்டு குழந்தைகளுக்கு நீ குச்சி ஐஸ்

வாங்கித் தர்றியா?”என்று மிகவும் சாந்தமான குரலில் அந்தக்

குழந்தையின் முகம் கோணாத வகையில் அமைதியாகக்

கேட்டார் மகா பெரியவா.

இந்தக் குழந்தையின் பெற்றோர் அநேகமாக,ஸ்ரீமடத்துக்குள்

மகா பெரியவா தரிசனத்துக்காகக் காத்திருக்கிறார்கள்

போலிருக்கிறது. குழந்தை ஐஸ் கேட்டதால், கையில் காசை

கொடுத்து அனுப்பிவிட்டார்கள். போலிருக்கிறது. தனக்கு ஐஸ்

வாங்கியது போகக்கையில் கொஞ்சம் காசும் மிச்சம் வைத்திருந்தது.

மகா பெரியவா கேட்டதும் அந்தப் பெண் குழந்தையின் முகத்தில் ஒரு சந்தோஷம். “சொல்லுங்கோ…நானே வாங்கித் தர்றேன்” என்றது.

உடனே ஸ்ரீமடத்தில் அப்போது பணியில் இருந்த மேலே சொன்னபணியாளரின் இரண்டு பெண் குழந்தைகளையும் அழைத்து வரச்சொன்னார். ஒரு சிப்பந்தி ஓடிப் போய், ஸ்ரீமடத்தின் உள்ளிருந்துஅந்த இரு பெண் குழந்தைகளையும் சட்டென்று அழைத்து வந்தார்.

மகா ஸ்வாமிகள் அருகே அவர்கள் வந்தவுடன்,

“”தோ…இந்த ரெண்டு பேர்தான் நான் சொன்னவா. இவர்களுக்கும்குச்சி ஐஸ் வாங்கிக் கொடேன், சாப்பிடட்டும்” என்று சொல்ல…அந்தப் பணக்கார வீட்டுப் பெண் குழந்தை வாசலின் அருகே நின்று கொண்டிருந்த ஐஸ் வண்டிக்கு அருகே ஓடிச் சென்றுவாங்கிக்கொண்டு வந்து கொடுத்தது.

பணியாளரின் இரண்டு குழந்தைகளும் முகத்தில் மகிழ்ச்சி பொங்கஅந்தக் குச்சி ஐஸை வாங்கிச் சப்பி சாப்பிட ஆரம்பித்தன.

மகா பெரியவா முகத்தில் அப்படி ஒரு ஆனந்தம். பணக்கார

வீட்டுக் குழந்தையும்,ஏழையின் இரண்டு குழந்தைகளும்

ஒருசேர ஐஸ் சாப்பிடும் அழகை ஒரு சில நிமிடங்களுக்கு

நின்று வேடிக்கைப் பார்த்தார் மகா பெரியவா.

“பாவம்…இந்த வேலைக்காரனோட குழந்தை எல்லாம்

குச்சி ஐஸைப் பாத்திருக்குமா…இல்லே, இது போன்ற

தின்பண்டங்களைத்தான் வாங்கிச் சாப்பிட்டிருக்குமா?”

என்று ஸ்ரீமடத்தின் சிப்பந்திகளைப் பார்த்துச் சொல்லி விட்டு,

விடுவிடுவென ஸ்ரீமடத்தினுள் நுழைந்தார்.

‘ஜய ஜய சங்கர ஹர ஹர சங்கர’ என்ற கோஷம் முழங்க

பக்தர்கள் கூட்டம் அவரைப் பின் தொடர்ந்து உள்ளே சென்றது.

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” HIS Tail is Beautifully Raised above HIS Head…”

May 21, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

The Anjaneyar Temple at Nanganallur, Chennai is famous for the Hanuman which is 32 feet tall and sculpted from a single piece of stone. The idol was installed in 1989 and consecrated in 1995 with the blessings of Sri Kanchi Paramacharyar.

Sri Ramani Anna of Nanganallur, Chennai planned to build a temple with a big Anjaneyar of 32 feet high, in Nanganallur. He went to Sri Kanchi Mutt, met Sri Maha Periyava and sought his permission and blessings. With great

difficulty, they hunted for a single big stone and finally the sculptor selected a suitable one and began his work. One fine morning he finished the work and the statue of the great Anjaneyar was brought to Nanganallur and kept at the place where the temple was to be built. The Palalayam (before prathishta, the statue had to be kept for a certain period separately in the water, milk, paddy, grains etc) was established properly.

In the meantime, Ramani Anna went to Sri Kanchi Mutt to inform about the arrival of the Anjaneyar at Nanganallur and get further

instructions from Maha Periyava. Like Lord Ganesha, Anjaneya is also Maha Periyava’s favourite God! Periyava inquired enthusiastically about the full shape of Anjaneya part by part. Ramani Anna too explained and answered all the questions to the satisfaction of Periyava. Finally, Periyava asked about the position of Anjaneyar’s tail part. Ramani Anna replied, “The tail is curvaceously and beautifully raised above his head Periyava!” expecting an appreciation from the Periyava. But, Periyava was silent for a few

minutes. Ramani Anna felt a bit uneasy. Finally Periyava said, “You say you are also going to keep Sri Rama there opposite to Anjaneyar! Maruthi never stands with his tail raised above in front of Sri Rama! Ramani Anna’s worry increased considerably. He asked, “Oh! Periyava! What can I do now? The statue is completed and ready! The Palalayam too is ready. The muhurtham date and time has also been fixed. If we remove the tail now, we should again reorganise the Palalayam and the Kumbhabhishekam again. The Prathishta of Anjaneyar cannot be done in the already fixed auspicious best muhurtham. Periyava only has to show me a way and a solution for this!

Periyava said calmly, “You just proceed further with your fixed schedule. Everything will be alright. Anjaneyar will co-operate! Periyava then blessed them with prasadam. Ramani Anna came back to Nanganallur and he was thinking about Anjaneyar’s tail all the time. After the Palalayam was complete, they did all the proper Homams and other rituals and brought a big crane to lift and keep Anjaneyar on the Peetam at the auspicious time. When all the other things were over, they went to lift Anjaneyar. To their great astonishment, they found that the tail had already been cut off so expertly at the right place as though it had been done by a sculptor and that too without any flaw!!!

Can there be words to describe the state of mind of Ramani Anna and other members of the committee? They simply raised their folded hands in the direction of Sri Kanchi with tears rolling down their cheeks!!!

Jaya Jaya Sankara!!! Hara Hara Sankara!!!
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” Why an Apple a Day keeps the Doctor Away …” ?

May 21, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Why Are Apples So Healthy?

We all know that old saying: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.“

But have you ever wondered why that is? How one apple a day can bring about significant health benefits? If you have, then you’ll be glad to read this article. From strengthening the immune system, through preventing cancerous growths and to losing weight, say hello to your one apple a day!

How do apples help us?

An important research published in 2008 by the German cancer research center, showed that apples offer a significant health advantage. When comparing between a group that had less than one apple per day and a group that had one or more apples a day, the latter was found to have less risk of mouth cancer, larynx cancer, breast cancer, intestinal cancer, kidney cancer and ovarian cancer.

These findings support a new research performed at Cornell university, showing that the peel of the apple has strong anti-oxidant properties, a powerful block against the influences of breast cancer cells. Researchers found that the higher the concentraion of apples, the lower the concentration of cancerous cells.

Cancerous growths are uncontrollable growths of cells independently spreading through the body. The growths are based on three principal levels: The first stage causes mutations in cell DNA. The second, when the growth becomes malignant and grows faster, and finally when it metastases and spreads throughout the body.

In the case of a cancerous growth, apples aren’t only used as anti-oxidants, but also improve the function of the immune system, which helps clean out the growths at the early stages.

In addition to boosting the immune system and fighting cancerous growths, apples also help control the levels of cholesterol and sugars in the blood, prevent heart disease and improve mouth hygiene. The fact that they contain more than 80% water and a long line of essential vitamins, makes them one of the healthiest foods available.

The secret? The nutritional fibers

Apples are considered a vital source of nutritional fibers. Eating one apple a day (with peel) can award us about 4.4 grams of nutritional fibers, which is 1/5 of our entire day’s recommended amount.

Nutritional fibers are materials found in foods that come from plants, and have a very important role in stimulating the digestive system and encouraging its function. Since they are not digested and taken apart in the body, they sate our hunger for a longer period of time. Extensive research has shown that those that do not get their daily recommended amount (at least 25 grams a day), deny themselves a host of health benefits. In addition, the researchers found that consuming these fibers is quite the effective method of losing weight.

The secret is in the chewing. Drinking apple juice will not bring about the same health benefits. We’d be happy to receive the essential sugars and vitamins, but we would not get the fibers.

A research conducted in China found that chewing can help the body regulate the amount of calories it absorbs from food.

What does this have to do with apples?

We all know that old saying: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.“

How do apples help us?

In the case of a cancerous growth, apples aren’t only used as anti-oxidants, but also improve the function of the immune system, which helps clean out the growths at the early stages.

The secret? The nutritional fibers

The secret is in the chewing. Drinking apple juice will not bring about the same health benefits. We’d be happy to receive the essential sugars and vitamins, but we would not get the fibers.

A research conducted in China found that chewing can help the body regulate the amount of calories it absorbs from food.

What does this have to do with apples?

Everything. Apples are a terrific source of nutritional fibers, especially a group of fibers called Pectin. This is a group of complex carbohydrates that regulate our bowels, improve good cholesterol rates and is a powerful anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial.

Researchers from UCLA have shown that consuming pectin instead of regular fibers, doubles the time it takes the stomach to empty from one hour to two. Meaning that we don’t feel hungry for a longer time. In fact, a recent research paper entitled: “Weight Loss Associated with a Daily Intake of Three Apples or Three Pears among Overweight Women”, shows that women who were overweight and were instructed to eat an apple or pear before each meal, lost significant weight, just for doing so. The women in the experiment were asked to eat regularly and just add the apple before the meal. What happened was that the apples and fibers crowded the stomach, increased the feeling of being full, and made the body absorb less calories.

Other sources of nutritional fibers are: Pears, Peaches, peas, carrots, seeds, nuts, peel of fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grains, oats and whole wheat. But apples offer many more advantages.

So if you want to:

Lose weight, eat one apple a day.

Strengthen your immune system, eat one apple a day.

Control the level of cholesterol, eat one apple a day.

Prevent the spread of cancerous cells, eat one apple a day.

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Natarajan

Message for the Day…” What is required for a person’s “Liberation “…” ?

May 21, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

The jivi (individual self) believing that it is divided from the whole, the Universal, is subject to desire and despair, love and hate, grief and joy, and is attracted by the world of name and form. Such a person is characterised as ‘bound’, and urgently needs liberation. To be liberated, you must give up dependence and attachment to the creation (prakriti). The blind cannot be saved by the blind. How can a person who is as helpless as the other, remove their poverty, suffering, and pain? The poor approach the affluent; the visually impaired seek guidance from those that can see. So too, one who is bound and blinded by the dualities of creation must take refuge in the inexhaustible treasure of compassion, power, and wisdom, namely, the Divine Soul (Atma). Then, you will be rid of destitution and grief, and revel in the wealth of spiritual bliss (Ananda).

Sathya Sai Baba