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Message For the Day…” Chanting the Name of the Lord is the Means to Liberation in this Kali Yuga…”

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Just as all rivers merge in the ocean, all branches of education end in spiritual education. You must experience that kind of totality and merge with Divinity. Traditions and truths are being separated into various groups and the vicious syndrome of dislike for one person towards the other has come into existence. However, not just in the past, even in the present, there are quite a few people who conduct themselves as per the traditional rules and guidelines with purity to attain the ultimate goal in life. The means to liberation, in Krita Yuga was Meditation (Dhyanam), in Tretha Yuga was performing ritualistic worship (Yagna), in Dwapara Yuga it was worship (Archana), and in the present Kali Yuga, it is chanting the Name of the Lord (Namasmarana). Any or all of these methods, when followed with utmost sincerity and devotion, will help one achieve the ultimate goal of life which is Liberation (Moksha).

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…”Truth is Precious Gift from God to You …”

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Many of you do not consider the sacred values of Sathya, Dharma, Shanthi, Prema and Ahimsa as inner current that are present within you. In fact, they form the basic foundation of human life. Without the basic fundamentals, the more knowledge you acquire, the greater and longer you continue to be a fool, if you do not invest effort to realize your true nature. Truth is present and latent within everyone. It is a precious gift from God. Whether you recognize these facts or not, and even if you consider them as irrelevant, these facts remain. Hence now onwards, you must install Truth deeply in your heart. Love is the natural fruit of developing Truth. If you grow in truthfulness, then as a result, Love blossoms from within. Along with Sathya and Prema, comes Ahimsa. Truth sustains Ahimsa or Non-Violence. You will find that the value of Non-violence is often absent, in every person, wherever and whenever Love is absent.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message for the Day….” Fill Every word of Yours with Love … “

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Love (Prema) cannot be affected or modified by considerations of caste or creed or religion; it cannot be tarnished by envy, malice or hate. Preserve Love from being poisoned by these evils; endeavor to cultivate hatred-lessness and distinction-free feelings. The root of all religions, the substance of all scriptures, the rendezvous of all roads, the inspiration of all individuals is the Principle of Love (Prema). It is the firmest foundation for every human being’s mission of Life. It is the Light that ensures world peace and prosperity. Fill every word of yours with Love. The word that emerges from your tongue should not stab like the knife, nor wound like an arrow, or hit like the hammer. It has to be a foundation of sweet nectar, a counsel of consoling spiritual wisdom (Vedantic), and a soft path of blossoms; it must shower peace and joy.

Sathya Sai Baba

“வேதத்துக்கு நிகரான மந்திரம் …”

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வேதத்திற்கு நிகரான மந்திரம்

திருமூலர் திருமந்திரம்

யாவர்க்குமாம் இறைவற்கொரு பச்சிலை
யாவர்க்குமாம் பசுவுக்கொரு வாயுறை
யாவர்க்குமாம் உண்ணும் போதொரு கைப்பிடி
யாவர்க்குமாம் பிறர்க்கு இன்னுரைதானே
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இந்த மந்திரம் வேதத்திற்கு சமமானதாகும்.
எளிமையான ஆனால் வலிமையான பதப்பிரயோகம் இதில் உபதேசிக்கப்பட்ட தர்மங்களை யாரும் எவ்வித கஷ்டமும் இல்லாமல் எப்போதும் செய்யலாம்.
பகவான் பக்தியைத் தான் பார்க்கிறார். பக்தன் என்னை கொண்டு வந்திருக்கிறான் என்று பார்ப்பதில்லை. சில பச்சிலைகளைப் போட்டால் பரமேஸ்வரன் திருப்தி அடைந்து விடுகிறார்.
இதை யாரும் செய்யலாம். ஒரு பிடி புல்லை கோமாதாவான பசுவுக்கு ஊட்டலாம். இதில் முப்பத்து முக்கோடி தேவதைகளும் திருப்தி அடைந்து விடுகிறார்கள். இதையும் யாரும் எளிதில் செய்யலாம்.
தான் சாப்பிடும் ஆகாரத்தில் ஒரு கைப்பிடி ஒரே ஒரு கைப்பிடி அடுத்தவனுக்கு வழங்கலாம். இதுவும் யாரும் செய்யக் கூடிய எளிமையானதே.
இவைகளில் எதையும் செய்ய முடியவில்லையா பரவாயில்லை. அடுத்தவனோடு பேசும் போது கடுப்படிக்காதே. இதமாகப் பேசு. பதமாகப் பேசு. இல்லையென்று சொன்னாலும் அதையும் இனிமையாகச் சொல். இதையாவது செய்யலாமே.
நாம் மூச்சடக்க வேண்டாம். பேச்சடக்க வேண்டாம். நம்மை கடைத்தேற்றக் கூடிய எளிமையான அறங்கள் இவைகளில் எந்த ஒன்றையாவது செய்து பார்க்கலாமே.
ஒரு கை புல், ஒரு கை பொரி அன்போடு படைத்தால் விநாயகர் வசப்பட்டு விடுவார்.
சில துளசி இலைகளில் மகா விஷ்ணு வசப்பட்டு விடுவார்.
சில துளி கங்கா தீர்த்தம் பரமேஸ்வரன் உச்சி குளிர்ந்து விடுகிறார்.
சின்னச் சின்ன அகல் விளக்குகளில் மகாலட்சுமி பிரசன்னமாகி விடுகிறாள்.
இப்படி அன்போடு செய்யப்படும் பக்தியால் இறைவனை அடையலாம். ஆன்மீகம் என்றால் அன்புதான்.

Source:::: Input from a friend of mine

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He has Done it again …. Kudos to Auto Annadurai !!!

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‘Auto Anna’ Annadurai has upped the ante this football season. By streaming the FIFA World Cup live in his auto, he has managed to douse many Chennaiites’ angst against auto-drivers! Photos: Vikas Vasu

Annadurai, a share auto driver on the Thiruvanmiyur-Sholinganallur route, live streams the FIFA World Cup for his customers.
With the FIFA fever catching up with him as well, the innovative auto driver from Thanjavur district says, “I support Argentina and I love Messi!”
Apart from the FIFA live streaming, Annadurai also live streamed the Lok Sabha Election results and all IPL matches (he has subscribed to Sony Six).
The posters on his auto are too catchy to miss. His ‘Amazing Auto’ offers live streaming of the FIFA World Cup and also asks customers to ‘like’ him in his facebook page.
Pl also see the following link ….
https://natarajank.com/2013/08/04/meet-auto-annadurai-a-role-model-for-others/     A blogpost On Mr.Annadurai   on 4 Aug 2013
Source::::The Hindu
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India Building World”s Highest Rail Bridge …35 Metres Taller than Eiffel Tower !!!

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India Building World's Highest Railway Bridge

In this photograph taken on July 5, 2014, the Salal Hydro Power project dam on India’s Chenab river is seen in Riasi.

Kauri:  Indian engineers are toiling in the Himalayas to build the world’s highest railway bridge which is expected to be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower when completed by 2016.

The arch-shaped steel structure is being constructed over the Chenab River to link sections of the spectacular mountainous region of India’s northern Jammu and Kashmir state.

The bridge is expected to be 359 metres (1,177 feet) high when completed — surpassing the world’s current tallest railway bridge over the Beipanjiang River in China’s Guizhou province, which stands at 275 metres high.

“It is an engineering marvel. We hope to get this bridge ready by December 2016,” a senior Indian Railways official told AFP.

“The design would ensure that it withstands seismic activities and high wind speeds,” he said Wednesday.

Work on the bridge started in 2002 but safety and feasibility concerns, including the area’s strong winds, saw the project halted in 2008 before being green-lighted again two years later.

The estimated cost of the project, which is being handled by Konkan Railway Corporation, a subsidiary of state-owned Indian Railways, is $92 million.

The bridge will connect Baramulla to Jammu in the Himalayan state with a travel time of six-and-a-half hours, almost half the time it currently takes.

The main arch is being erected using two cable cranes attached on either side of the river which are secured on enormous steel pylons, according to engineers of the project.

The 1,315-metre long bridge will use up to 25,000 tonnes of steel with some material being transported by helicopters due to the tough terrain, they said.

“One of the biggest challenges involved was constructing the bridge without obstructing the flow of the river,” the railways official said.

“Approach roads had to be constructed to reach the foundations of the bridge,” he added

 

Source:::: NDTV .com

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Curious Coincidence…. !!!

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Curious Coincidence of Words……………..

Hate has 4 letters
so does Love………….

Enemies has 7 letters
so does Friends……..

Lying has 5
so does Truth………………..

Negative has 8
so does Positive…….

Under has 5
so does Above………………..

Cry has 3 letters
so does Joy……….

Anger has 5 letters
so does Happy…….

Right has 5 letters
so does Wrong…….

Are they by Coincidences??????

It means Life is like a Double edged Sword,

We should choose the BETTER SIDE OF LIFE……!!!

Source::::::unknown… Input from a friend of mine

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” Mother is Mother “….Animal Kingdom No Exception …

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A parent’s love for their child knows no boundaries, and this is true both of us and of our animal friends. In these heartwarming photos of animal parenting, you’ll recognize many of the same tender and stressful childhood moments that you may have also experienced as a parent or a child.

Ecologists tend to separate animals into two groups based on their parenting – the r and K categories. The K category includes animals like elephants, cats, and us – animals that have relatively few offspring with longer gestational periods. Their fewer offspring require more focused care, and for a longer time – the sort of parenting we’re used to. Parents from the r category go for quantity over quality, with many offspring that grow quickly and individually have small chances of survival.

 

Image credits: Anton Belovodchenko

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Image credits: Jeanette DiAnda

Image credits: Igor Shpilenok

 

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Image credits: Marco Mattiussi

Image credits: Jan Pelcman

Image credits: Laurie Rubin

Image credits: Michael Milicia

Image credits: Chuck Babbitt

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Image credits: Wolfgang von Vietinghoff

Image credits: Udayan Rao Pawar

Image credits: Daniel Münger

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Image credits: Andre Pretorius

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A parent’s love for their child knows no boundaries, and this is true both of us and of our animal friends. In these heartwarming photos of animal parenting, you’ll recognize many of the same tender and stressful childhood moments that you may have also experienced as a parent or a child.

Ecologists tend to separate animals into two groups based on their parenting – the r and K categories. The K category includes animals like elephants, cats, and us – animals that have relatively few offspring with longer gestational periods. Their fewer offspring require more focused care, and for a longer time – the sort of parenting we’re used to. Parents from the r category go for quantity over quality, with many offspring that grow quickly and individually have small chances of survival.

 

Image credits: Anton Belovodchenko

Image credits: dailymail.co.uk

Image credits: Jeanette DiAnda

Image credits: Igor Shpilenok

 

Image credits: Ric Seet

Image credits: pensivesquirrel.wordpress.com

Image credits: Marco Mattiussi

Image credits: Jan Pelcman

Image credits: Laurie Rubin

Image credits: Michael Milicia

Image credits: Chuck Babbitt

Image credits: hqwide.com

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Image credits: Tin Man

Image credits: dailymail.co.uk

Image credits: Wolfgang von Vietinghoff

Image credits: Udayan Rao Pawar

Image credits: Daniel Münger

Image credits: dailymail.co.uk

Image credits: Andre Pretorius

Image credits: Frederique Olivier/John Downer Productions

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Image credits: imgur.com

Image credits: Jim Ridley

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Image credits: Michael Nichols

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Image credits: Edwin Kats

 

Source::::www.boredpanda.com

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Message For the Day…” Do Your Work with utmost sincerity and Dedication… “

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For success in any aspect of life, three things are essential – knowledge, skill and balance. If you combine knowledge with skill, you get balance which is very important. It means maintaining equipoise in the face of praise and criticism. To stay balanced, skill is necessary. If you lose balance, suffering will soon follow. When you are given some work, you should put your heart and soul into it, and do it with utmost sincerity and dedication, to the limit of your capacity. Take for example, a person who is entrusted with planting trees and developing a garden. If he does the work wholeheartedly without getting affected by praise or blame, the plants will come up well, and the garden will get transformed into a place of beauty. When the Guru comes to see that garden and feels happy with the growth of the plants, the joy of the Guru becomes the grace He bestows on that individual, and that grace will confer great happiness to that person.

Sai

Message For the Day…” Inner Purity is the Greatest Wealth One Can Acquire…”

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Only by the light of the Divine lamp inside can  blossom  you as a worthwhile person. Inner purity is the greatest wealth that one can acquire; it is the wick in the container of the heart. Devotion is the oil and Divine Grace is the fire with which the lamp of wisdom can be lit. The prime requisite for achieving Divine Grace is to have harmony in thought, word and deed.