Saturday, January 31, 2009

Moral Man

Hence a moral man, by living a life of simple truth and earnestness, alone can help to bring peace and order in the world. Let's we all be moral human being and teach the same to the coming generation.

Islam - Wrong Perception

Islam is wrongly perceived to be religion of violence because of certain misguided elements who, in the name of Islam, try to spread terror. Foundation of Islam is laid on very strong pillars, guidelines, rules, principles which will help anybody who lead his life as per the principles of holy book. In fact all the holy books, message the same content, one need to understand and adhere to the fundamental principles. Fringe elements amongst Muslims have destorted the teachings of Islam to suit their political / commercial aims. No religion either Muslim, Hindusim, Christanity, Buddhism or any other religion, can justify the shedding of innocent blood as a part of religious duty. Learned Islamic scholars should come forward to position their voice and ideas in front of the world so that the coming generation is not mislead.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Water's worth

A person who is engaged in killing creatures, polluting wells ( water sources) and ponds, tanks, lakes, rivers, and destroying gardens, certainly goes to hell.
- Padmapurana - Bhoomikhanda 96 7-8

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Insincerity

The great enemy of clear thought and language is insincerity. When there is a gap between "one's real and one's declared aims", one turns instinctively to long words and exhausted phrases.

Friday, January 2, 2009

How to Calculate a Year ( Hindu Way of Calculation)

Measurement of Year
The small unit of time is a nimesha, fifteen nimeshas constitute one kashtha, thirty kashthas make a kala and thirty kalas are one kshana. There are six kshanas in one danda, two dandas in one muhurta and thirty muhurtas in one day. There are thrity days in a month and each month is divided into two pakshas of fifteen days each. Two months constitute a season (ritu) and three ritus constitute an ayana. There are thus six seasons and two ayanas in a year.
The two ayanas are known as uttarayana and dakshinayana. One year for humans is equivalent to one day for the gods. Uttarayana corresponds to day for the gods and dashinayana to night.
Twelve thousand years of the gods are known as a mahayauga. Each mahayuga is divided into four sub-periods of Satya yuga, Treta yuga, Dvapara yuga and Kali yuga.
Two thousand mahayugas are merely one day for Brahma. There are fourteen eras (manvantara) in each of Brahma’s days. Brahma’s nights are just as long and it is during Brahma’s night that the world is destroyed and flooded with water. Each of Brahma’s days is called a Kalpa.
A hundred years for Brahma are equivalent to a single day for Vishnu.