On the eve of the Republic Day of India, I have great pleasure to extend my greetings and good wishes to all of you. 26th January was the day when the Indian Republic and its constitution came into force.
Although India obtained its independence on August 15th 1947, it did not have a permanent constitution; instead its laws were based on the modified colonial “Government of India Act 1935”. A drafting committee with 308 members, headed by Dr.Ambedkar was formed to draft a permanent Constitution.
To mark the importance of this occasion, every year a grand parade is held in the National as well as State capitals. The event in New Delhi begins with the Prime Minister of India laying a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate, commemorating all the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country. Soon, a 21 gun salute is presented, the President unfurls the National Flag and the National Anthem is played. This marks the beginning of the parade.
The Parade begins with winners of gallantry awards passing the President in open jeeps. President of India takes the salute of the Armed Forces at the grand parade. The Indian Military – Army, Navy and Air force showcases its latest acquisitions such as tanks, missiles, radars, warships, fighter planes, etc...
Soon after, awards and medals of bravery are given by the President to the people from the armed forces for their exceptional courage and also to those civilians who have distinguished themselves by their different acts of valor in different situations. After this, helicopters and fight planes fly past the parade area showering rose petals on the audience.
The military parade is followed by a colorful cultural parade. India’s rich cultural heritage is depicted in the form of tableaus from various states. Each state depicts its unique festivals, historical locations and art. This exhibition of diversity and richness of the cultures of India lends a festive air to the occasion. School-children from all over the country also participate in the parade showcasing folk dances and singing to the tunes of patriotic songs.
At exactly 6 pm, the National Flag is lowered and the National Anthem is sung, bringing the Republic Day Celebrations to a formal end.
Celebrations, though on a relatively smaller scale, are also held in all state capitals, where the Governor of the state unfurls the Tricolor. Similar celebrations are also held at district headquarters, sub divisions, talukas and panchayats.
On this great day, let us rededicate ourselves to the noble principles of Justice, Liberty and Equality on which the Republic of India was founded.
Getting into reading habit is one of the significant developments in my life. I think I started sometime around when I was in 6th standard reading Telugu newspapers and my all time favorite newspaper ‘The Hindu’. Around the same time, I started my first magazine reading with a telugu magazine ‘Wonder world’ and later on moved to ‘Competitors Success Review - CSR’ and continued with it for almost a decade. I am proud to say I have till date all the magazines of CSR. Then I went on to compare news in Telugu and English newspapers as well as from different local newspaper. Then I started with India Today, The Week and Outlook. But above all, it was the ‘Frontline’ magazine for which I waited eagerly. Till date, Frontline and Hindu newspapers are my benchmarks in regard to writing and presenting a topic.
After when I first stuck with my failure, I got my hands on these Self Help books and with them I also started reading Autobiographies and historical books. On the same path of reading, I started my journey into spiritual books with Ramakrishna Math books which were at affordable prices for me at that time. Another great thing which happens to me was the discovery of State owned libraries which contains tons and tons of good books. I almost spent my Engineering days in the local library and read any and all books on which I can lay my hands. As these books were costly and I couldn’t offer them at that time, I use to go to library (as they didn’t allow Non-locals to borrow the books) and spend the whole day.
Second hand books purchased on Sundays in Abids, Hyderabad, is from where I started my own library which old and new books. I am proud to say I have a collection of almost 2000 books ranging from spirituality, history, autobiographies, self help and technical books.
Books have more influence on me. I also depend on books for emotional support as they are my stress busters. It takes me 60-70 pages per hour and almost 4 to 5 hours to complete a book depending on the size of the book. I normally underline or take notes during reading and will summarize the whole book as per my understanding. When I feel bored, I pick up two or three books and travel to some nearby places and make a point to return after completely reading those books.
I like serious books. I hate reading novels, coffee table books and classic English literature.
I have a big list of books to read and very happy to have this habit of reading.
This soil has produced many great sons who time and time again have spread the greatness of this culture by truly following it in their own lives. One such person who we look up to is Mr. Kalam, the people president of India.
“Courage to think different, courage to invent, courage to travel on the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible, and courage to impact problems are the unique qualities of the youth. Don’t just sit there and crib about the bad system. Join it to change it. It does not matter which society you belong to, you can achieve your dream’. That was the message from former President A P J Abdul Kalam.
It is very rare to see someone so inspiring and urge people to think positively. I think after Swami Vivekananda, we kind such role model in Kalam.
Kalam’s mantra is based on four proven steps to achieve success
1.Aim in life
2.Acquire knowledge through books
3.Emulate lives of great human beings
4.Work hard to defeat problems
Organ donation:
Over 100 people, inspired by kalam speech, signed forms pledging their organs after death to the needy in Bangalore. Kalam, known for his pro-active speeches, urged people to make India a great nation. He said no nobler service existed than bringing succor to the sick.
8.SAMADHI – Total absorption of mind in object of contemplation
The first two steps, Yama and Niyama purify and strengthen our minds through moral and ethical exercises.
The third step, Asana is assuming postures that allow us to sit comfortably and meditate for at least an hour or two. Continuously sitting in Yoga posture for three hours is called ASANA-SIDDHA.
The four step, Pranayama, is a breathing technique to control our mental and physical energies.
The fifth step, Pratyahara, is withdrawing our minds from all other objects of meditation.
The sixth step, Dharana, is holding our minds with great concentration on the object of meditation.
The seventh step, Dhyana, is more mature form of Dharana.
The eighth step, Samadhi, is concentration par excellence.
Note – The above points are notes I have scrubbed down while reading the book “Meditation – Mind and Patanjali’s” written by Swami Bhaskarananda. I am blogging this material only to encourage the readers who see my blog to read the book and is not meant for any commercial purpose. It is just sharing information about a good book.
Mind Tree CEO Mr. Subroto Bagchi Success principles
Success is mainly about leaving a legacy behind for the future generations and reaching extraordinary heights with ordinary means and people. All of us want fulfillment in life. Now, picture your life to be a huge container that needs to be fulfilled for you to be satisfied. Say the container has only one tap. This is your ‘work’. There‘s only a certain extent to which this tap can fill your container: what happens if it dries out? The best thing is to make sure there is more than one tap. The other should be your ‘hobby’, ‘health’, ‘giving to others’ and lots more. Only if all these taps are open will your container be filled. So, make sure you fill your life with a lot of things and find satisfaction out of all of them. He also warns that every now and then, ‘a tap goes dry’. Also, ‘no harmony is possible without strife. Behind every harmony there’s some strife and after every strife, there’s harmony waiting to be found.
Life depends on how you look at it. So, enjoy it and be positive.
I would like to wish Singer Yesudas on his birthday. I love his songs and pray to god to give him good health, long and peaceful life.He has sung around 40,000 songs in almost all the Indian languages like Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tulu, Malay, Russian, Arabic, Latin and English
Sri Ramakrishna was born on Feb 18, 1836 in West Bengal. From the childhood, he was yearning for the vision of God and neglected his studies; he sat with wandering monks and was associated with pilgrims. He observed that the aim of all secular knowledge was mere material advancement and resolved to devote totally to the pursuit of spiritual knowledge which would ensure eternal peace. He became a priest of the Kali temple in Calcutta and started worship of God and took the duties of the temple with great zeal and enthusiasm. Gradually his worship developed into burning desire to have a direct vision of the Divine Mother. He prayed, day and night, meditated seriously for the vision of the Divine Mother. Finally, he had the vision of God. Ramakrishna started practicing hard spiritual practices in various paths of Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. He was married to Sri Sarada Devi. Sri Ramakrishna literally worshipped her as the Divine Mother. He guided men and women of all walks of like and of different religions, to whomever came to him with earnestness to learn about life, spiritualism and God. He trained a group of young men to carry the spiritual message he had realized. These young men formed Ramakrishna math. He passed away on the 16th August, 1886.
Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna:
The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If u wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
Be not a traitor to ur thoughts. Be sincere; act according to ur thoughts; and u shall surely succeed. Pray with a sincere and simple heart and ur prayers will be heard.
One can ascend to the top of a house by means of a ladder or a bamboo or a staircase or a rope or a lift; so too, diverse are the ways of approaching God and each religion in the world shows one of the ways.
He who has faith has all, and he who lacks it lacks all.
As one thinks, so does one become.
Truthfulness is the Tapasya (austerity) for the dark (present) age.
Knowledge leads to unity; ignorance to diversity.
Long must u struggle in the water before u learn to swim; similarly, many a struggle must u pass through before u can hope to swim on the ocean of Divine Bliss.
Pray to Him in any way u will. He is sure to hear u, for He hears even the footfall of an ant.
Remain always strong and steadfast in ur own faith, but eschew all bigotry and intolerance.
When the fruit grows out of the flower, the petals drop off themselves. So, when the divinity in u increases, the weaknesses of ur human nature will all vanish of their own accord.
God is in all men, but all men are not God, that is the reason why they suffer.
A truly religious man should think that other religions also are paths leading to truth. We should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religion.
Indulgence in futile talks and criticism concerning others only distracts the mind and make one forgetful of the contemplation of the self or God.
God looks at the working of one’s mind. He does not take into account what in particular a person is doing, or where he is lying. He recognizes the motive alone.
He wants Him finds Him. Go and verify it in ur own life. Try for three days, try with genuine zeal, and u r sure to succeed. He finds God quickest, whose concentration and yearning are strongest.
The darkness of centuries is dispersed as soon as a light is brought into a room. The accumulated sins of countless lives vanish by a single glance of God.
It is the nature of a child to soil itself with dirt and mud, but the mother does not allow it to remain dirty always. Similarly, it is the nature of the man to commit sin, doubly sure is that the Lord devises methods for his redemption.
Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
In whatever name or form u worship God, u will realize Him.
First gain God and then gain Wealth.
That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true knowledge.
The nearer u come to God, the less u r disposed to questioning and reasoning.
The sacred books tell us only the way to God, i.e, of the means for the realization of God. That way being known, the next step is to work one’s way to the goal. Realization is the goal.
The soul that has tasted the sweetness of Divine bliss finds no happiness in the vulgar pleasures of the world.
The spiritually-minded belong to a caste of their own, beyond all social conventions.
A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in the boat. An aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
The companionship of the holy and the wise is one of the main elements of spiritual progress.
Knowingly or unknowingly, consciously or unconsciously, in whatever state of mind, a man utters God’s name, he acquires the merit of such utterances.
Be not like the frog in the well. The frog in the well knows nothing bigger and grander than its well. So are all bigots. They do not see anything better than their own creed.
Eat to your satisfaction in the day, but let your meal at night be light and small in quantity.
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the use of the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
Extract from the books published by Ramakrishna Math. For more information, knowledge and spiritual guidance, visit Sri Ramakrishna math in ur place or visit www.sriramakrishnamath.org; and send ur doubts and queries to srkmath@vsnl.com
The first is seclusion, in which u must free ur mind from sensuality.
The second is a tranquility of mind full of joy and gladness.
The third is taking delight in things spiritual.
The fourth is a state of perfect purity and peace, in which mind is above all gladness and grief. Be sober and abandon wrong practices which serve only to stultify ur mind.
Four means for dominating of spirit over matter
Prevent bad qualities from arising.
Put away bad qualities which has arisen.
Produce goodness that does not yet come to existence.
Search with sincerity and persevere in ur search. In the end, u will find the truth.
The first is meditation of love, in which u must so adjust ur heart, that u long for the weal and welfare of all beings, including the happiness of ur enemies.
The second is the meditation of pity, in which u think of all beings in distress, vividly representing their sorrows and anxieties in ur imagination so as to arouse a deep compassion for them in ur soul.
The third is the meditation of joy, in which u think of the prosperity of others and rejoice at the rejoicings.
The fourth is the meditation on impurity, in which u consider the evil consequences of corruption, the effects of sin and diseases. How trival often the pleasure of the moment and how fatal its consequences.
The fifth is the meditation on serenity, in which u rise about love and hate, tyranny and oppression, wealth and want, and regard ur own fate with impartial calmness and perfect tranquility.
He who recognizes the existence of suffering, its cause, its remedy and its cessation, has fathomed the Four Noble Truths. He will walk in the right path.
Right views will be the torch to light his way. Right aims will be his guide. Right words will be his dwelling-place on the road. His gait will be straight, for it is the right behaviour. His refreshments will be the right way of earning his livelihood. Right efforts will be his steps; Right thoughts his breath; and peace will follow in his footprints.
Whatsoever is originated will be dissolved again. All worry about the self is vain; the ego is like mirage and all the tribulations that touch it will pass away. They will vanish like the nightmare when the sleeper awakes.
He who has awakened, is freed from fear, he has become Buddha; he knows the vanity of all his cares, his ambitions, and also of his pains
Happy is he who has overcome all selfishness; happy is he who has attained peace and happy is he who has found the truth.
Truth is noble and sweet; truth can deliver u from the evil. There is no saviour in the world except the truth.
Have confidence in truth, although u may not able to comprehend it, although u may suppose its sweetness to be bitter, although u may shrink from it at first. Trust in Truth.
Vijayanagar – “the city of Victory” is the old name of Hampi – The Ruins. Infact, great effort was made to make all the great places and historical events to be distorted or resort to different names and the credit goes to the British era to look down Hinduism, Indian Heritage and its History.
This “Hampi” is the same place called “kishkindha” in Ramayana, where Vali, Surgriva and Hanuman lived and the cave where Surgriva killed a Rashatya (demon) is called as Surgriva cave even now and once Sugriva kept sita jewel inside the cave (which was brought by Hanuman from Lanka) and a mark made on the rock by it, is still visible. Vali is also cremated in Nimbapuram, and u find lot of monkeys here.
Hampi is on the banks of Tungabhadra river and covered by rocky hills on all sides. There are lot of natural rock formation in Hampi may be due to the earthquakes or formed naturally. These hills contains many mineral springs which are said to cure health problems. The local people are familiar with this type of water medicines in a particular place for particular disease and are using them for centuries. The “Water therapy” which has now become popular in the west was used by our ancestors to cure the diseases and they knew the importance of water and its importance for the survival of the life on the earth. Water as considered as the purest and lot of importance was given to the water in daily life, starting from bathing in the natural flowing water in the early morning to the coconut water as a soft drink. There were special festival, puja and homas for the gods/goddesses who were worshipped by all.
Many Dynasties like Sangama, Saluva, Narasinga, and Karnataka have ruled this part of South India till 14th century but only one among them, Sri Krishnadevaraya, who ruled in 15th century, built what Hampi is now. He not only acquired power on all fronts by spreading his kingdom in South India, but also patronage literature, Arts, music, poetry, dance and above all constructing many incredible temples, forts, dams, building and also restoring and supporting almost all major temples in South India. He has contributed a lot to the temples and Hindu culture in the South India post 15th century.
ENTER THE RUINS……..
Ur Guide – TIRUMALANATH
U can reach Hospet from Goa, Bangalore and Hyderabad by train or bus and travel 13 kms from Hospet by bus or taxi and u will step ur foot on the world’s famous and only ruins – The Hampi.
The first temple u sees on the right side from Kamalapur (a village on the way to Hampi from Hospet, where u can stay with the local people in their houses as a paying guest) is Chandrasekhara temple.
Almost in all the temples in Hampi, statues or sculptures are missing or damaged by the invaders after the defeat in 15th century and what we see the ruins are only the foundations of the temples or buildings. The whole of the empire was burned, looted for months after the defeat of Hampi rulers. If the ruins can mesmerize us to such a extent, then imagine how the original Hampi would be at that era.
Opposite to Chandrasekhara temple is octagonal baths used for bathing and Saraswati temple on the back side. Come back again to the main road, just adjacent, u will find Queen’s Bath, as usual used by the Queen – as saying go. But my doubt is if the Rajmahal is far away and the building is also on the entrance to the city, people don’t build bathrooms at that juncture, that to in those times, when high society women are kept away from common man’s eye. One arguable point to agree is that this is the first point of water to reach the town from the river. But my gut feeling is, this bath would be used by the Queen or others for taking dip before entering into the temples. In olden days, the King, Queen and all other people would visit various temples in the morning before starting their dialy activities. Even in Penukonda (second or summer capital of Sri Krishnadevaraya), there was a tradition where King would visit one temple everyday and the same number of temples were constructed in Penukonda for that purpose. Penukonda in Anantapur district is also interesting place with number of temples, forts and most famous Hanuman statues everywhere…….everything in my next blog on penukonda.
From there, if u moves towards right on the same road, u will find King’s palace .ha-ha….only foundations remain and everything else was burned or pulled down. I wonder which company made bulldozers were used as it takes lot of efforts for days and by a hundreds of people to do the destruction in such a large scale. After visiting Hampi, I realized that it takes lot of effort and rock ridden passion/dispassion to make or unmake something. Now climb on ‘Kings Audience Hall’ and u will get the full view of the whole ruins of Hampi. Spent some time to feel the light air and sweat a little in the hot sun as it is beginning to a hard trip of three days. Take as many as snaps u can and also keep in view the map of the kingdom, which u will be exploring in the coming days. While getting down, look at the bottom where u will find lot of sculptures on the heavy rock displaying various games played at that time. Ads and Advertisers never leave us alone. They are lot of playgrounds, underground chambers and bath tubs used during festival seasons. There is a very small well surrounded by beautiful artistic carved rocks.
Besides this, is the famous Hazara Rama Temple having all the epics put on the walls of the temple. The epics like Ramayana, Mahabharata, Lavakusha (sons of Sri Rama) and many other important tales from Hinduism and their culture including the animals are also presented in a very systematic manner (they knew the flowchart technique and explained such a long epics in short and straight manner). Its a wonder, huge volumes of epics are told in few scenes (same like film trailers) which people can understand and more surprise thing is that the illiterate people understands these concepts well than the literate one.
Move further, u will find a museum and Guard’s quarter. We must also demand Mr. Narayana Murthy to allocate quarters to all in Electronic City……heck with this traveling dialy to office.
Relax a bit, have tea under the tree in front of the museum and pay Rs.10 to enter into Zenana Enclosure. I don’t know how it got its name. There is a Queen’s place at the beginning (u see I have thinking mind based on the fact. Remember I told about the Queen’s bath at the entrance. Why would Queen daily go there for bath when her resides here) and right to that, the famous Lotus mahal and watch tower in the right corner. And just cross the wall, u r before elephant stables and Guard’s room. There is something messy about all these….how come Queen’s palace so close to elephant stables and guards’ room and bathroom such a long distance from here.
Again come back to the main road, it is very long and walking in hot sun, it’s a different experience. This is a right place for people who want to be active physically and stretch the body for 2 to 3 days. If u r tired and bored with the routine…going to films, parks, discos, then Hampi is the place to be in for a weekend. My suggestion is to go alone, stay in small lodge in Hospet or Kamalapur. Take bicycle for rent (Rs.50 per day) and explore the ruins in the heat and dust. That makes the trip manlier.
From there, if u moves on, u will find “underground temple”, then famous Narasimha statue and large stone linga immersed in water. There are Sri Krishna temple and Vishnu temple followed by Ganesha statue and opposite to that, few natural formed stones whose pictures are below. Just right to that is the “Kadalaikallu Ganesha Temple” - the biggest Ganesha and u will be mesmerized by the size. Sit in the temple facing towards to the Bazaar street and from here, u have the best view of the small town with big temples and the river in the backdrop.
Just moving further, I want to bring to ur notice about the size and type of the statues of Narasimha and Ganesha. Sri Krishnadevaraya is known for the big and great things. If u visit penukonda, u will find lot of big sized statues of the Hanuman on every corner of the town. We are very unfortunate to be left with one or two statues and the remaining lost in the time of history. But those few have given the gimsle of the art and talent of the earlier people.
Go down and u will find the famous Virupaksha, Pampati temples and Hampi Bazaar (it is the same place where diamonds where sold openly in the streets of Hampi as vegetables are sold today) and right to it, the famous – Matanga Hill (hill which had prominent place in Ramayana). Move further, u will find Achyutaraya temple, Varaha temple, Anantasayana shrines, many jain temples and Sugriva cave along with the old bridge on Tungabhadra river. On the way, u will find King’s balance which was used on special festival days to weight the king and donate same quantity of gold and diamonds to the people.
Move on to Vithala Temple, which houses the world famous “Stone chariot” which was used on festival days for taking the “Vigraha mutris” around the streets of Hampi. This Stone chariot is fully made of stone and was able to move freely….who was that great engineer?????? Who got the idea of building a chariot of stone???? How were the roads then in Hampi???? Do we have to laugh or cry with what we have …the roads and vehicle both. compared to the roads and vehicle of 15th century. There are lot of many small temples and very big stones of the river side. Spent some time on the rocks but be carefully about people and make sure not to slip between the stones as they are lot of unknown small small caves.
Once thing u will notice throughout Hampi is the importance given to the animals, plants and eco system on the walls of every temple preaching the importance of the nature to everyone and the need to protect it as in return it protects us and the future generations. We are realizing the same fact which our elders have understood and injected this concept in the daily life either through fear or faith. Many of the superstition of the older time have their reason at that particular period and seem to look funny or degraded today for us. The religion in olden days was same as constitution of today, guidelines for living in society and coexisting.
The most striking in whole Hampi is the engineering and technology of yesterdays which solved their day to day problems in a very systematic manner which we are not able to do now. The water supply to all places and palaces from Tungabhadra river was passed through ‘stone water canals’ and supplied through stone pipes, even though the river is far below the town. Another is technical marvel is the passage of fresh air and light in all the buildings and forts in Hampi. And more over, this well designed capital with wide roads, temples, parks, water bodies and playgrounds in every corner of Hampi is lot better than any of our present famous cities. One important thing to note – two sides of Hampi is covered by water bodies and wind flow from that sides in the evening making the Hampi cool at night times. Records suggests that Sri Krishnadevaraya at the beginning wanted to build his empire at a place called Kashapuram near Guntakal in Andhra Pradesh which is around 100 kms from Hospet. But after giving due consideration to the water resources, Hampi was finalized. A small but famous Hanuman temple has been build by the king in Kashapuram.
More details in my next blog….just throw ur comments.
Suggestions:
Plan a three day trip to Hampi.
First day – Starting from Kamalapur museum to Zenana Enclosure.
Second day – Start with Narasimha statue to Matanga Hill
Third day – Vithala temple to river side temples
Don’t forget to go for “HERITAGE TOUR” in the morning at 6 am to 9 am covering many unknown temples on the river side and getting chance to interact with local people and know their culture. Cost is Rs.250.
Make a point to see Sugriva Cave and spent some time near the banks
Of Tungabhadra and top of the Kings Audience Hall.
Take lot of photos. I bet u will find all animals on the walls of Hampi.
Take bicycles/bikes on rent to go around. They are cheap.
Have big water bottles as u don’t get anywhere till u reach Hampi bazaar.
U can hire autos for Rs.200/- for side seeing, but not suggested.
Have the local food and spend nights imaging how Hampi would be in 15th century. RUINS ur IMAGINATION.
Taking your time over anything is the first positive step to a sustainable success in all things. Anything worthwhile - is worth waiting for. Allow your self the luxury of slowing down and discover you will actually achieve more.
1. Slow down!
2. Emotions: Keep them in check.
3. Choice is yours.
4. Do not hang onto negativity: just let go.
5. Write down your goals and plan.
6. Learn to enjoy silence.
7. Discover something beautiful each and everyday on which to meditate.
8. Simplify life; offload cumbersome baggage.
9. Develop a balanced sense of humor.
10. Develop a discerning manner.
11. Do not pretend; you only fool yourself.
12. Celebrate life; no matter what the circumstances.
13. Accept you cannot control everything.
14. Only you can make you happy; and then share this with others.
15. Selfishness is like masturbation.
16. Anger serves no master; you degrade yourself in anger.
17. Find time to be alone every day.
18. Learn the art of having a quiet sense of humor.
When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Shraddha means respect, implicit faith and trust. It also means self-confidence. Besides having the greatest respect for our teachers, we must have implicit faith and trust in them. We must also have the self-confidence that we will surely be able to experience God with our teachers help, even though the path of spiritual progress, as the scriptures say has many obstacles and difficulties.
Note – The above points are notes I have scrubbed down while reading the book “Meditation – Mind and Patanjali’s” written by Swami Bhaskarananda. I am blogging this material only to encourage the readers who see my blog to read the book and is not meant for any commercial purpose. It is just sharing information about a good book.
Dharmavaram, Anantapur, Rayalaseema, Andhra Pradesh, India
Call me as u like - tirumalanath, thiru, tirumal, timmi, tirumala, neelaiagari or neel. Took my first breath on May 21. Graduated in Chemical Engineering but still learning about action and reactions of life. Working Labour as Sr QA Analyst in Software Product Testing. Always in Pepe Jeans/Tshirts. 8 to 10 cups of Tea for daily survival. My Background score now a days is limited to Indian folk, Instrumental, Classical and my favorite MASS BEAT. Not understanding anything I read, piled up all the books into a small library. I have been all over India but keep visiting places like Varanasi, Tiruvanamalai, Nashik and Goa , but city life is just fine with me. My only
Passion is Thinking..Intense thinking about everything and anything. Very serious about life. I cherish the past (na..re...na), enjoy the hell out of the present and ****cally looking for the future. I have good appreciation for Places, People, Culture, Food, Writing, Reading, Music, History, Meditation, Gadgets, Spirituality, Politics, Architecture and heritage. I love to be either alone in calm place or with dozens of people in very crowded places.
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