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LANGUAGES & SCRIPT (FOREIGN & INDIAN) "A special feature of our language is that each syllable of every word is pronounced distinctly. Take the English word "world". The sound of the first syllable has no clear form; it is neither "we" nor "wo". Then the letter "r" is slurred over. There are many such indistinct words in foreign tongues. They come under the category of "avyakta-sabda" (indistinct sounds). In our country all languages are "spashta"(clear and distinct). In the languages of many other countries there is no accord between spelling and pronunciation. For the  sound of "ka" there are three letters in English "k", "c" and "q". Such is not the case with our languages. The  "f" sound in English is represented in three different ways as illustrated in the words "fairy", "philosophy", "rough". When you say ...

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A Conversation  With A  Christian David: Hi. Where do you come from? Gopal Das: Hare Krishna. I come from Italy. David: I am David Raja. What is you name? Gopal Das: Gopal Das. David: Oh, you have changed your name. What is your original name? Gopal Das: Spiritual name is the original name. David: No, I mean the name that your parents gave you. Gopal Das: I had so many names, so many parents, so many lives. All these things I have changed, but the spiritual name refers to the spirit soul, and the soul is not going to change. So the spiritual name is the real name. David: Oh, I see. I think that Italy is a Christian country. What is your original religion? You were Christian isn’t it?  And now you have been converted to Hinduism. Gopal Das: Well, you do not look to me as someone who just came out of Jerusalem, so it must be that you are also converted Mr. David Raja. David: No, no, I am a born Christian. My grandfa...

आज माझंच मला कळून चुकलं, मलाच नातं नीट जपता नाही आलं. आज जेवून झाल्यावर बाबा बोलला,"मी आता रिटायर होतोय, मला आता नवीन कपडे नको, जे असेल ते मी जेवीन, जे असेल ते  मी खाईन, जसा ठेवाल तसा राहीन." काहीतरी कापताना सुरीने बोट कापलं जावं, आणि टचकन पाणी डोळ्यात यावं, काळीजच तुटावं, अगदी तसं झालं. एवढंच कळलं कि आजवर जे जपलं ते सारंच फसलं. का बाबाला वाटलं तो ओझं होईल माझ्यावर ? मला त्रास होईल जर तो गेला नाही कामावर ? तो घरात राहिला म्हणून कोणी ऐतखाऊ म्हणेल, कि त्याची घरातली किंमत शून्य बनेल. आज का त्याने दम दिला नाही,"काय हवं ते करा माझी तब्बेत बरी नाही, मला कामावर जायला जमणार नाही." खरंतर हा अधिकार आहे त्याचा सांगण्याचा, पण तो काकुळतीला का आला? ह्या विचारातच माझं मनं खचलं. नंतर माझं उत्तर मला मिळालं, जसा जसा मी मोठा होत गेलो, बाबाच्या कवेत मावेनासा झालो. नुसतं माझं शरीर वाढत नव्हतं, त्याबरोबर वाढत होता तो अहंकार, आणि त्याने वाढत होता तो विसंवाद, आई जवळची वाटत होती, पण बाबाशी दुरावा साठत होता. मनाच्या खोल तळापर्यंत प्रेमच प्रेम होतं, पण ते शब्दात सांगताच आलं नाही, बाबाने...

It will take just few seconds to read this and change your thinking.. Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.. Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and colour of the world outside. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young...

Chay! Chay!” The calls of tea vendors echo through India’s train stations at any time, whether it be two o’clock in the morning or ten at night. The vendors are always busy selling tea through train windows. Sometimes they climb aboard a train and get off at another station, sure that tea addicts will buy a cup. The voices wake the passengers, reminding them of their daily need, urging them to take a cup of hot tea. “One rupee!” the vendor says. Drinking tea is not part of our Vedic culture. The British introduced tea in 1834, after they had conquered India. Once I asked my grandmother, “Dadiji, did you always drink tea?” “No,” she replied, somewhat embarrassed. When she was a child, her father, a well-known attorney in town, would not permit tea in the house except to offer British friends. To keep up with the English “sahibs,” however, Indians in the last century have gradually adopted tea as part of our daily lives. Indian households restricted tea because it is ...

The rules start with basic mechanical arrangements and end with the proper mood and meditation. Anyone who follows these eight rules will surely improve his japa and receive delightful rewards from sri-nama.  1.  Night before-Give up rice and eating heavy foods at night.Take simple foods such as milk and fruits. By eating a light meal you will sleep soundly, rise early without difficulty, and have full energy for attentive japa the next morning. The night before make asankalpa or firm vow: "Tomorrow morning, I will chant with full concentration and sincere feelings."Upon waking, take a full bath or at least wash the mouth, face, hands and feet with cold water before chanting. If you feel sleepy or dull headed, a kirtana with karatals will immediately invigorate the dull mind and purify the enviroment.  2.  Time, Place, Mind-Start chanting very early in the morning, either with devotees, Tulasi-devi, Thakurji, or in a place free from disturbance. Sit befor...

Sanyasa does not mean hating this world and leaving home and living in forests. We can never skip any people in this world. Instead, we can live with all these people and just avoid having attachments with them. What is attachment? If the separation of anyone affects you, that means you have attachments. When you are not affected and stand as you are unoscillated even when you get a very big offer of Prize as well as you lose a very important person. Such an unoscillated mindset is called detachment. In other words, Accepting all the happenings as it is! This mindset coupled with chanting Hare Krishna will take you to Goloka. Not just chanting alone. If you sincerely chant regularly without offences, this detached mindset will automatically come. So, chant, but, sincerely without offences.

सगळ्यांनाच वास्तूशास्त्रा प्रमाणे घर घेता येणे अथवा बांधणे शक्य नाही. पण ते साधारणत: या चित्रात दिल्याप्रमाणे असावे....आणि असेही म्हंटले जाते की जगातील कोणतेही घर अगदी १००% वास्तुशास्त्राप्रमाणे असू शकत नाही.  यातील ज्या उपदिशा आहेत त्या कमी महत्वाच्या नसून खूप खूप महत्वपूर्ण आहेत. आणि त्यांच्यावर पंचमहाभूतातील तत्वांचा प्रभाव असतो....आग्नेय या दिशेवर नावाप्रमाणेच अग्नी तत्व, ईशान्येवर जलतत्व, वायव्येवर वायू तत्व आणि नैऋत्य दिशेवर भूमी तत्वाचा प्रभाव असतो....तुलनेने नैऋत्य ही जास्त संहारक परिणाम देणारी दिशा आहे.....अर्थात तिथे खोदकाम केले, बोअर, विहीर मारली तर ..... स्वयंपाकाचा अग्नीशी संबंध असल्याने अर्थातच स्वयंपाकघर आग्नेय दिशेला असणे उत्तमच, नसल्यास किमान किचन ओटा तरी आग्नेयेला असावा. Gas शेगडी आग्नेयेला तर सिंक इशान्य दिशेला हवे....घराचा मधला भाग शक्यतो मोकळा ठेवावा. देवघर ईशान्य किंवा आग्नेय दिशेला असावे. देवघरात घरातील जिवंत किंवा मृत व्यक्तींचे फोटो लावू नयेत. त्या आपल्याला प्रिय असल्या तरी त्यांच्या फोटो मधून वाईट स्पंदने येत असू शकतात आणि ती प्रगतीला, उपासना स्थळाला न...