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Message For the Day…”GOD sees your Devotion , Not your Power…HE Looks at your heart and not your wealth….”

May 26, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

There are three aspects in human beings called Mala, Vikshepa andAvarana. Of these, Mala represents the fruits of actions done in previous births and is the cause of ashanthi (mental disquiet). Until you eliminate this, it will give rise to trouble and sorrow. When you get rid of the burden of the evil effects of karma or past action, you can attain peace. To get rid ofMala, you must engage yourself in sacred tasks. The Lord judges you by the sincerity of your thoughts, not by the forms of your worship. The Lord sees your devotion (bhakthi) and not your power (shakti). He cares for your qualities (gunas) and not your caste, creed or lineage (kula). He looks at your heart (chittam) and not at your wealth (vittham). You must strive to purify your heart and engage yourself in righteous action, with devotion and integrity. No spiritual discipline (sadhana) will serve its purpose if you are involved in sinful deeds.

Sathya Sai Baba

How This Start-Up Helps Unorganised Blue-collar workers Get Better Jobs…

May 26, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Bengaluru-based babajob.com is trying to help unorganised blue-collar workers get better employment.

Team that connects the employers with the right kind of workers

On learning that his boss needs another driver, autorickshaw driver Amit, in Bengaluru, recommends his cousin, Sumit. An out-of-work sharecropper, Sumit is hired, and his income doubles.

Anita works as a nanny for a well-to-do family in Mumbai. When another family she knows needs a cook, she recommends her sister, Sunita.

Most blue-collar jobs in India are offered and secured through such recommendations. But aspirations are changing and most employment seekers in the segment are now looking to work for brands that pay good salaries.

Dedicated to connecting the right job seeker with the right employer in this unstructured segment, Bengaluru-based start-up babajob.com uses the internet, mobile apps and a variety of other routes.

With a fresh round of capital from SEEK Ltd, an Australian online placement service, it now plans to expand.

Sean Blagsvedt, the man behind babajob.com

Fight against poverty

After nine years in Microsoft, Sean Blagsvedt moved to Bengaluru in 2004, to head the program management and advanced prototyping team of Microsoft Research India. He was focusing on mobile phones and technology in emerging markets.

“I came across a Duke University research study on poverty alleviation. It said the primary path out of poverty was income diversification by securing another job. The study also identified that successful income diversification involved knowing somebody with access to information about the jobs. This led to the idea for a Village LinkedIn, which gradually morphed into babajob.com,” said Blagsvedt, now chief executive officer (CEO) of the start-up, launched in 2007.

The main difficulty, said Blagsvedt, was reaching the job seekers – delivery guys, drivers, security guards and household helps. Most of them do not traditionally have internet access.

“We tried working with non-government organisations and telephone companies. But we found that mobile web and telephone services like Miss Call for a Job reached more people by using traditional media like the press. Connecting with aspirational job seekers was the most effective acquisition channel. It allowed us to reach three million job seekers in 2015.”

Missed call for a job

Two of the most frequent responses that successful job seekers provide babajob.com are 20 per cent salary raise and reduced commute to work.

The site now has about three million job seekers for 2.5 million vacant positions.

“Our primary point of contact is a missed call. A job seeker calls 08880004444. Then, our system automatically calls the number back and generates a profile for him/her through our interactive voice response system. The job seeker is registered on our website,” said Blagsvedt.

The company is now processing about 150,000 job applicants every month.

“According to our estimates, we are able to place nearly 2,000 job seekers every month. We have placed more than 500,000 job seekers since inception,” the CEO said.

The revenue model is simple. The service is free for job seekers but the employers have to pay for services, depending on the package they choose.

Each employer is assigned a recruitment support executive to optimise their campaign. Those who plan to hire in bulk get special packages. Applications through the website are about 47 per cent (combining WebApply and Web), mobile web applications account for 43.7 per cent of the traffic, while voice accounts for 9.2 per cent (including call centre), and Android has a 0.01 per cent share.

Experts feel it’s no mean task to raise awareness about digital platforms among job seekers from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

The company believes smartphones are becoming popular among blue-collar workers. The road ahead would involve expanding the digital footprint.

The firm did not share information about its revenue, but said it would look at providing value-added services to employers and job-seekers to boost margins.

The recent funding would be used to expand the team, develop the mobile app and improve services.

SEEK and its affiliate firms are the largest global online job marketplace across Africa, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Mexico, New Zealand and southeast Asia.

In a statement it had said, “SEEK is a strong partner, with a common vision of using technology to connect as many to better jobs, especially in emerging markets.”

Asked about a possible geographical expansion, Blagsvedt did not rule it out. He said they were collectively excited about the association with SEEK and there was a lot to explore.

The target would be to reach hundreds of millions of people across the developing world in such a way that they are able to use the platform to seek jobs.

The start-up had earlier raised an undisclosed amount from GrayGhost Ventures and Khosla Impact in 2012, with a view to connecting all Indians to better jobs worldwide, especially in the Asia-Pacific.

FACT BOX

Founded: 2007

Founder: Sean Blagsvedt, Ira Weise & Vibhore Goyal,

Area of business: Mobile start-up dedicated to bringing better job opportunities to the informal job sector in the developing world

Funding: Undisclosed amount- GrayGhost Ventures & Khosla Impact (2012); $10 million from Australian online placement service provider SEEK (2015)

EXPERT TAKE: Ravi Venkatesan

Babajob is attempting to use technology to organise an unorganised market. It is a great opportunity but there are many challenges. Both employers and job seekers have to be made aware and educated about the service.

This is no small challenge when you consider the socio-economic profile of job seekers.

The user experience has to be seamless even as you scale. Unit economics have to be improved so that scale-up results in good profitability.

I believe the lower income workers that companies like Babajob are targeting are rapidly adopting smartphones. However there is great variation across this population, especially as you go away from the major cities.

So, it will be important for Babajob to retain a hybrid approach, i.e both offline and online channels in order to provide widespread access.

Companies targeting this space will have to remain innovative and learn to leverage the old word-of-mouth networking techniques with a technology overlay to win in this market.

I would expect to see very strong growth in the customer base and repeat buying, improving unit economics driving rapid improvement in profitability.

Ravi Venkatesan is chairman, Social Venture Partners India.

Sohini Das

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“The Amazing town Home to thousands of Buddhist Monks and Nuns…”

May 25, 2015Natarajan2 Comments

Talk about crammed. Thousands of red houses are jammed together at the Seda Larong Wuming Buddhist Institute in China. Photo: William Yu / Solent News Source: Picture Media

STACKED one on top of the other, thousands of red houses completely cover the hillside they are built on. At around 4000 metres above sea level, these log cabins are the homes of thousands of Buddhist monks and nuns.

Founded in 1980, the Seda Larong Wuming Buddhist Institute in the Larung valley, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China, is the largest centre for the study of Tibetan Buddhism in the world and is home to around 40,000 people.

40,000 Buddhist monks and nuns live at the Institute. Photo: William Yu / Solent News Source: Picture Media

Photographer William Yu spent time with them and photographed their daily lives and their homes. He said, “It’s an awesome experience to photograph here, the landscape is shockingly beautiful and unique. The people, most of them monks and nuns, are friendly.

“It’s a remote place and tough to get to, but worth all the efforts to be there. I wish I could have stayed there longer.”

The largest centre for the study of Tibetan Buddhism in the world. Photo: William Yu / Solent News Source: Picture Media

Mr Yu observed many of the monks’ and nuns’ daily rituals such as the need to remove shoes before entering a building. He said, “It’s unhygienic to wear shoes indoors and if everyone wears shoes in the hall, it quickly becomes dirty and it may damage or mark the floor coverings. Buddhists like to have things last for a long time.

“While Buddhists are pretty easygoing and will let most things slide, you will simply not be allowed in wearing shoes.

“It is also a mark of respect and simply a cultural and religious convention of etiquette. And it is in their monastic code for monks and nuns that they are not allowed to teach Buddhism to anyone wearing shoes. Although this technicality is widely ignored, it has influenced the practices of the devout.”

Photo: William Yu / Solent News Source: Picture Media

All of the monks and nuns wear traditional Buddhist monastic robes.

Mr Yu, from San Francisco, said: “The robe is so versatile that it can be used not just as clothing, but as things like a blanket and a groundsheet. It is easy to clean and repair and is perhaps the oldest style of dress still in fashion after 2,500 years.”

All of the monks and nuns wear traditional monastic robes. Photo: William Yu / Solent News Source: Picture Media

A sight to be seen. Photo: William Yu / Solent News Source: Picture Media

Buddhist monks and nuns are not allowed to wear shoes indoors. Photo: William Yu / Solent News Source: Picture Media

Photo: William Yu / Solent News Source: Picture Media

Source….www.news.com.au

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“அது இருக்கட்டும் …இந்த ரோட்டில் போனா கிண்டி வந்திடுமா …”?

May 25, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

கலியுகத்தில் நம் ஊனக்கண்களுக்கும் காட்சி அருளும் அவதார மூர்த்தி – காஞ்சி முனிவர் – பெரியவாள் என்றிந்தப் பார் புகழும் தவசிரேஷ்டன் தடுத்தாட்கொள்ளும் தயையால் சென்னையில் முகாம் இட்டிருந்த புண்ணிய மாதங்கள். பிரதானமாக மயிலாப்பூர் ஸம்ஸ்க்ருதக் கல்லூரியில், அன்று இளவரசரான புதுப் பெரியவாள் ஸ்ரீ ஜயேந்திரருடன், தங்கியிருந்த அருளாளன் திருவல்லிக்கேணி, நுங்கம்பாக்கம், தொண்டையார்ப்பேட்டை, மாம்பலம் என்று மாநகரின் பல பகுதிகளிலும் தனது புனிதத் திருவடிகளைப் பதித்து, பண்டு தருமம் மிகுந்திருந்த சென்னையில் மீண்டும் தருமப் பயிர் தழைக்க அருள் மழை பெய்து மக்களை அனுக்ரஹித்தார்.

ஒரு நாள் அதிகாலையில் மாம்பலம் சிவா-விஷ்ணு ஆலயத்திலிருந்து ஸ்ரீ திரிபுரசுந்தரி அன்னையுடன் ஸ்ரீமருந்தீஸ்வரர் கோயில் கொண்டுள்ள திருவான்மியூருக்கு அண்ணல் பாதயாத்திரை புறப்பட்டிருந்தார். உடன் செல்லும் பாக்கியம் பெற்ற பக்தர் குழாமில் அடியேனும் இடம் பெற்றிருந்தேன். அன்று முதலமைச்சர் திரு பக்தவத்ஸலம் என்று நினைவு. காவல் துறையாளர் இரண்டு மூன்று பேரும் கூட நடந்தனர்.

சிறிது தூரம் சென்றதும் எதிர்திசையிலிருந்து வந்த ஒருவன் ஸ்ரீ பெரியவாளை நெருங்கினான். செருக்கு மிகுந்த நோக்கு. செருப்புகளைக் கழற்றாத பாதங்கள். அலட்சியமும் அவமரியாதையும் அன்வயமாகியிருந்தன அவனது தோற்றத்தில், தோரணையில்.

முனிபுங்கவர் மீது அவனது ஸ்பரிசம் படாது தடுக்க விரைந்த பக்தர்கள், கைகளால் அரண் கட்டினர். காவல் துறையாளரும் முன் வந்தனர். ஆனால் கருணாமூர்த்தி அவர்களை விலகச் சொல்லிவிட்டு கனிவோடு “உனக்கு என்ன வேண்டும்” என்று வினவினார்.

“எனக்கொண்ணும் வேண்டாம். சங்கராச்சாரியார் பெரியவர்ன்னு பேசிக்கிறாங்களே, அது நீங்கதானே?” என்று வினவினான்.

“அதிருக்கட்டும். உன்னோட பேரென்ன? இந்த விடியக்காலத்துலே எங்கே போயிண்டிருக்கே?” – சரணாகத வத்ஸலனின் பரிவான விசாரணை.

அவன் தன் பெயரைச் சொல்லிவிட்டு, “எனக்கு ஜோலியில்லையா? வேலைக்குப் போய்க்கினு இருக்கேன்” என்று அஸ்திரம் ஏவுவது போல் கூறினான். “நீங்கள் மடாதிபதிகள் சோம்பேறிகள். பயனுள்ள காரியம் ஏதும் செய்யாதவர்கள்” என்ற ஏளனம் – கண்டனம் – அவன் பதிலில் தொனித்தது.

“உனக்கு எங்கே வேலை?” தயாநிதியின் தொடர்ந்த விசாரணை.

“கிண்டியில்” என்று கூறியபின் “ஒண்ணு கேக்கறேன். இந்த இந்து மதத்தை யாரு உண்டாக்கினாங்க?” எனக் கேட்டான்; வினாவில் ஞானம் தேடும் விநயமோ அறிவு வேட்கையோ கடுகளவும் இல்லை.

ஸ்ரீபெரியவாளின் – ஞான மேருவின் – “தெரியாதப்பா” என்ற மறுமொழி ஏதோ வாதத்தில் வெற்றி கொண்ட இறுமாப்பை அவனுக்குத் தந்தது போலும்.

“தெரியாதுங்கிறீங்க; அப்புறம் சாத்திரம் அப்படிச் சொல்லுது, இப்படிச் சொல்லுது’ சிலைமேலே பாலை ஊத்து, நெருப்பிலே நெய்யை ஊத்துண்ணு சொல்றீங்களே? எப்படி, இதெல்லாம் நல்லதுக்குன்னு நம்பறது?” எனக் கணை தொடுத்தான்.

கொஞ்சமும் சலனமுறாமல் தயாபரன் “அதிருக்கட்டும், கிண்டிக்குப் போகணும்னியே, இந்த ரோடுல போனா கிண்டி வந்துடுமா?” என்று வீணை ஒலித் தண்குரலில் வினவினார்.

“அதானே நான் போய்ட்டிருக்கேன்” என்ற பதிலில் “இதென்ன அநாவசியக் கேள்வி” என்ற உதாசீனம்.

“ஆமா… இந்த ரோடு யாரு போட்டது?…” அந்தப் பாமரனின் இதய வீணையை மீட்ட முற்பட்டுவிட்டார் முனிபுங்கவர்.

“இது என்னோட பாட்டன், முப்பாட்டன், அவுங்களோட முப்பாட்டன் காலத்துலேருந்து இருக்கற ரோடு… இதை யார் போட்டிருந்தா என்ன? கிண்டிக்குப் போவுது; அம்புட்டுத்தானே வேணும்?”

“இது கிண்டிக்குப் போற ரோடுன்னு நிச்சயமாச் சொல்றியே”

“இதிலே என்னங்க சந்தேகம்? தினமுந்தான் போய்க்கினு இருக்கேனே… மேலாலும் உசரப் பாருங்க… எந்தெந்த சாலை எங்கே போவுதுன்னு கைகாட்டி போர்டு போட்டிருக்காங்களே சர்க்காரிலே”

மான் அன்பு வலையில் சிக்கிவிட்டது. ஆனால் இது சிறைப்படல் இல்லை; மீட்சி!

“நானும் உன்னைப் போலத்தாம்பா… இந்த ரோடு யாரு போட்டதுன்னு அலட்டிக்காம, மேலே இருக்கிற கைகாட்டி போர்டையும் நம்பி நீ போற மாதிரி, நான் இந்து மதம் யாரு உண்டாக்கியதுன்னு விசாரப்படாமே போறேன்… நீ இந்தக் கைகாட்டிய நம்பறே… அது கூட காத்துலே மழையிலே தெசை மாறலாம்; கீழே விழலாமே.. நானும் இந்த சாஸ்திரம், வேதம்ங்கிறதையெல்லாம் அப்படியே நம்பிப் போறேன். அதெல்லாம் என்னைவிட எவ்வளவோ பெரியவா, முப்பாட்டனில்ல ஆயிரம் ஆயிரம் வருஷங்களா நெலச்சிருக்கிறதை நம்பறேன்; நம்பச் சொல்றேன்” என்று பரிவு ததும்பும் குரலில் கூறிய தயாநிதி,
“சரி, உனக்கு ஜோலியிருக்கே…. என்னைப் போலயா?… ஜாக்ரதையாப் போய்ட்டு வாப்பா” என்று அபயக்கரம் உயர்த்தினார்.

அடுத்த வினாடி அவன் பாதரட்சைகளை உதறி விட்டு நெடுஞ்சாண்கிடையாக விழுந்து நமஸ்கரித்தான்.

“என்னை மன்னிச்சுடுங்க” என்று நாத்தழுதழுக்கக் கூறினான். கன்னங்களைக் கண்ணீர் நனைத்தது.

Those who came to scoff remained to pray (ஏளனம் செய்ய வந்தவர் பிரார்த்தித்து வணங்க அமர்ந்தனர்) என்ற ஆலிவர் கோல்ட் ஸ்மித்தின் (The village Preacher) (கிராம பூஜாரி) கவிதை வரிகள் நினைவுக்கு வந்தன.

அதன் பின் ஸ்ரீ பெரியவாளின் பல முகாம்களிலும் தரிசனத்துக்கு வந்தான் அந்தப் பரம பக்தன், ரஸவாதப் பரிணாமத்தால்!

ஜெய ஜெய சங்கர! ஹர ஹர சங்கர!!

Source…..Smt.Uma Shankar in http://www.periva.proboards.com

The Story Behind this Greatest Photograph in Sports History…

May 25, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Photographer Neil Leifer poses next to his iconic image of Muhammad Ali. Source: Getty Images

FIFTY years ago today Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston in the first round of their heavyweight title rematch — and Neil Leifer took a photograph.

It was that simple but in so many other ways it wasn’t.

Earlier this year American writer Dave Mondy published fascinating research into arguably the most iconic image in sports history and revealed it would have never been taken if not for a series of extremely fortunate events.

Perhaps the most comical contributing factor to Leifer’s historic snap was he was only in position to take it because a senior photographer had shunted him to that side of the ring. Mondy revealed Sports Illustrated’s Herb Scharfman pulled rank on Leifer — who at the time was just 22 — to claim a spot by the judges’ table that he felt gave him more room to manoeuvre during the fight.

But when Liston fell it left him staring at Ali’s back — you can see him positioned between the champ’s legs in Leifer’s photograph.

“It didn’t matter how good Herbie was that day,” Leifer told Mondy. “He was in the wrong seat.”

How’s the view from there, Herb? Source: News Limited

As for the junior photographer? He was positioned perfectly.

“If I were directing a movie and I could tell Ali where to knock him down and Sonny where to fall, they’re exactly where I would put them,” said Leifer, who went on to become a filmmaker.

Leifer also benefited from what in those days was a risky decision to shoot in colour. There was another photographer, the AP’s John Rooney, sitting to Leifer’s left who also took a pretty good photograph that night.

Rooney’s shot was also widely distributed after the fight. Source: AP

At first glance it looks a lot like Leifer’s (one key difference is Scharfman is positioned to the left of Ali, not between his legs) but when it comes to colour and clarity there’s no comparison.

Interestingly, Leifer’s image wasn’t immediately held in the same esteem that it is today. He actually captured three sensational shots that night and it was another that featured on the first page of a four-page spread of the fight in Sports Illustrated.

“I will never have a night like that ever,” Leifer said. “I mean I’ve never had another one like that. The fight went two minutes and eight seconds and I got three great pictures.”

His snap of Ali standing over Liston was on page four.

Why his ringside angle was the one printed on posters for years to come was because it became the ideal illustration of Ali in his prime.

“This photo shows Ali at the height of his powers,” Leifer told Mondy. “People wanted to remember him at his best.”

But by no means can we put the photograph down to dumb luck. Leifer enjoyed one of the most celebrated careers in sports photography because he had a stroke of genius.

As a boy growing up in New York he would gain free admission to Giants football games by pushing the wheelchairs of handicapped patrons into the stadium and then position himself on the field with the photographers. On his 16th birthday he took several shots of the game winning touchdown in the 1958 NFL championship game and sold them to Sports Illustrated — where he received a job and became a boy wonder.

Leifer would go on to photograph nine summer Olympics, four soccer World Cups, the first 12 Super Bowls and every major heavyweight title fight since 1959. He photographed Ali on 60 different occasions, including all of his biggest fights and 30 one-on-one studio sessions.

But there’s one image that will be remembered forever.

Muhammad Ali and photographer Neil Leifer, who took the famous picture from the Ali-Liston fight.

Source…………………..www.news.com.au and /twitter.com/AstonishingPix

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Message For the Day…” Without Goodness , All other Riches are of no avail…”

May 25, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Engage yourselves in selfless service. The reward for it will come of its own accord. Do not have any doubts on this score. Whatever you undertake to do, do it with all your heart and to your full satisfaction. That satisfaction will give you all the reward and recompense. It will confer all strength. This is the quality you have to cultivate. Acquire this true wealth. Without goodness, all other riches are of no avail.

The Little Known Genius ….Nikola Tesla ….

May 24, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American inventor, best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.

Tesla was a great thinker and a visionary and came up several ideas such as radar, radio, light bulb, and X-ray for which he never received credit. The world knows better now, but Tesla was virtually unknown at one point because the American inventor Thomas Edison did his best to obliterate his name with a smear campaign (mostly because he was jealous of him).

This video by ‘Whack’ and ‘Epified’ is a wonderful tribute to the genius of Nikola Tesla.

source…..www.ibnlive.com

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Stunning Images of Planet Earth ….Captured From ISS…!!!

May 24, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

The Dutch physician and European Space Agency astronaut was selected to participate in International Space Station expeditions 30 and 31. Leaving the planet on December 21st 2011 and returning the following July, Andre Kuipers captured some absolutely incredible images of our planet.

400 kilometers above Earth

The Australian Outback

A bizarre interaction between light and the sunset

Canada

A comet as seen from ISS

Flattened Moon beams

ISS at MOONLIGHT

Sahara Desert and the Atlantic Ocean

The Moonrise

The ISS Observatories

The Sahara Desert and Mauritania

over the Somalian Desert

The Soyuz – the apparatus Kuipers used to return to Earth

The Super Moon

By Savannah Cox on January 23, 2014 in Aerial photography, Astounding, Earth, Galleries, Photography, and Space

http://www.all-that-is-interesting.com

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Teachings of Guru Nanak that Make Sense Even Today….

May 24, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Five centuries after the passing of Guru Nanak, his words still resonate with his followers. Let’s take a look at 10 of his teachings that make sense to this day.

1. Never forget the poor.

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This mantra was relevant in 1500 when there was no concept of poverty alleviation, and is just as relevant now, when poverty hasn’t left the world. When Nanak was 12, his father gave him Rs. 20 to set up a business. Nanak bought food worth Rs. 20 and gave it away. When his father asked him about this investment, Nanak told him it was a “true business”.

Today, a Gurudwara named Sacha Sauda (true business) exists, where Guru Nanak fed the poor.

2. There is one God

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Using religion to segregate people into categories is awful. In the Guru’s own words, “There is neither Hindu nor Muslim.”

On his visit to Hardiwar, he saw people offering the water of the Ganges towards the sun in the east, as an offering to their ancestors in heaven. He began to throw water towards the West. When others ridiculed him, he said: “If Ganges water will reach your ancestors in heaven, why should the water I throw not reach my fields in the Punjab, which are far less distant?

3. Women are equal to men.

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At a time when other Indian religions wanted quiet, demure women in the temple and no women in the mosque, he permitted women to join religious gatherings and openly sing their praises of God.

4. Running away to a forest won’t give you enlightenment.

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“…Remember the essence of religion/ Is meekness and sympathy/ But a life of goodness and purity/ Amid the world’s temptations…” (Guru Nanak)

Maybe one could achieve enlightenment in forests centuries ago, but we’re not capable of that today. And Guru Nanak doesn’t even require you to do that. He believed that living as a householder was better than going away for a divine truth. Nanak himself was a farmer even after achieving enlightenment.

5. These five evils are probably ruining your life.

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a. Ego b. Anger c. Greed d. Attachment and e. Lust.

Most, if not all, suffering of big city life comes from these five evils.

6. Find your own guru

You need a mentor to guide you on how to live right. In Guru Nanak’s words, living right is much superior to visiting pilgrimage destinations.

7. Be selfless.

The Punjab Golden Temple feeds over a 100,000 people of all religions every single day. Not because there is some divine gain, but because it is a sacred duty. For Nanak, the concept of selfless service was a way of life.

8. Fight superstition of any kind.

Nanak devoted his life to attacking formal rituals, caste, and practices that didn’t make any sense. This is the simplest way you can find meaning and purpose in your own life – cutting out the clutter of what society dictates you should do.

9. Simplicity is beautiful.

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It is not hard to practice the tenets of Sikhism. There are only 3!

Vand Chako: Sharing with others
Kirat Karo: Making an honest living
Naam Japna: Remembering God at all time

10. Travel!

There is much to be gained from your journeys. At a time when religious leaders never ventured out of their villages, Guru Nanak walked, yes, walked, to Iraq, Ladakh, Tibet and Saudi Arabia!

Source……www.indiatimes.com

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For Fun …Age No Bar…!!!

May 24, 2015NatarajanLeave a comment

Couples with a Sense of Adventure

Some senior citizens like to take life slowly, and some don’t realize their age. Having fun should be a lifelong goal. These inspiring couples show us that you’re never too old to go on an adventure and that fun should be a lifelong pursuit. Not only are these images bursting with life, but they are filled with love and a healthy sense of humor.

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