Raksha Bandhan

Happy Rakhi to One and All. I remember my child hood on this day :) . It was the time when we don't know the actual significance of the day but we tie rakhi to our brothers to get some nice nice gifts from them.. :) - I even used to ask my brother to tie rakhi for me, but I will not give any gifts :D
But as I grew up I knw the Significance... I knew the tradition from where we got this festival.. here is a gist of what all I knew about this special Day...

Rakhi : The Thread Of Love

In the month of shravan, on the full moon day, like any other Indian festival RAKSHABANDHAN is celebrated with the same gist and warmth. This very day marks the promise of never ending love and affection between a brother and a sister.

Traditions And Customs

On Rakshabandhan every sister ties a thread on the wrist of her brother and prays for his long and prosperous life. The brother takes this as a pledge to protect his sister throughout his life.
This festival has its roots in the ancient times and even today it has not lost its charm. It has a very significant place in the hearts of Our Indians and parents make strong efforts to imbibe the values and emotions associated with this festival into their children. This relationship is no where so celebrated as in India.

The Meaning of Raksha Bandhan

The name 'Raksha Bandhan' suggests 'a bond of protection'. Relationships are the essence of any festivity and it holds true for any Indian festival. Each occasion brings the family together which calls for a celebration. Raksha Bandhan is a celebration of one such relation - that of a brother and a sister. Raksha Bandhan is a festival which celebrates the bond of affection between brothers and sisters. It is a day when siblings pray for each others' well being and wish for each others' happiness and goodwill.

I Wish All A Happy Raksha Bandhan !!!

"There's no other love like the love for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother"
Urs

Long Time Back

After a very long time back Im back to the blog world. from so many days back I was thinking to open blog but not possible to do that, i was so busy with my life these days.. Had so many good things which made me busy. well, finally I am back.

Urs,

4. List of Avatars

In Hindu mythology, ten avatars of Lord Vishnu are famous even though he has lot of more incarnations. There is a story behind these incarnations.

Long back once a king was performing some Vratham(Holy Penance). All sages/saints are invited. Vratham was almost over. Last step was to serve food to all sages and finally king has to eat before sunset. Everybody were waiting for sage Dhurvasa to come. Finally he reached. King invited him and offered him to have food. Then sage said that he and his disciples will go to nearest river and wash their hands and come back.

Again all were waiting for Dhurvasa to come back. It was almost sunset and if king didn't eat anything, vratham will be a waste. So some sage among them advised the king to have some water which will complete vratham successfully and as he didn't eat anything, it wont conflict with condition that he should eat after all sages finished eating. So king had some water. Exactly at that moment sage Dhurvasa arrived and got angry.

He started scolding the king furiously. He started cursing him like "You will take a life of fish, tortoise, pig, beast ... so on". That poor king was helpless and just folded his hands to god and meditating. Then Lord Vishnu took over his body and accepted all Dhurvasa's curses. After some time, even god got angry. He left his Sudharshan Chakra on him. Then sage Dhurvasa got scared and started running to save his life. He went to Lord Brahma. He said that he is incapable to defend Sudharshana Chakra. Later he went to Lord Shiva to get the same answer. Finally he went to Lord Vishnu and pleaded for mercy. Then Lord Vishnu told him to ask the king for forgiveness to save his life. Then Dhurvasa had to ask pardon to that king to save himself.

Later Lord Vishnu had to take all his avatars because of curses by sage Dhurvasa. Famous 10 among them are as follows:

1. Matsyavatar
2. Kurmavatar
3. Varahavatar
4. Narasimhavatar
5. Vamanavatar
6. Parashuramavatar
7. Ramavatar
8. Krishnavatar
9. Budhavatar
10. Kalki avatar

Urs,

Stages of busy life without missing fun in it !!!

Busy ...Busy ......Busy ...

I donno what am I doing , but I can say strongly I have been busy all the day :p

And...... Day by Day as time passes I am getting more busy than earlier :D

During my job days in pune, I was busy with heavy project schedule and weekend masti :) Weekdays busy busy work in office til late night, weekends busy busy timing with friends , chit chat with roomies till late night :) Busy with Fun .... enjoyed LIFE and learnt a LOT about LIFE during this busy phase of my life :)

During my married life in USA, days were more busier than before, It was a  new place for me, different food, have to prepare box for my hubby, making calls to India to be in touch with parents, relatives nd friends and more than that , need to got up early in the morning to manage all household things .........uuuffhhh,, I still wonder how did we manage to do all things those days.. even weekends were busy as the day starts at 12- 1PM for us :) even if we woke up early it would for a date outside :) Life has become more busy with much FUN, surprises and excitement in my new life :)

and nowwwwwwww, most loving phase of my life I would say,,, I am most busy than ever, and I am enjoying life at most than anytime...... Full time goes with my loving kid, her mischief...... How innocent these kids are.....Why cant we all ppl be such innocent for ever :p I doesn't even have time to think about job, and why to think lifez amazing like this,, why cant it be like this for some more time :)

Is life leading towards busyness all the time :D what ever time you see, its busy , busy and more busy :) But by god grace all the time he was with me and made me enjoy the true color of life ........... Bottom line I want to say ,, however busy you are.......... dont ever miss fun in your life, enjoy life at max, coz you never know you have another chance or not :)

cheers buddies :)

How do you Really Look At things ??

A small story I came across and would love to share it to everyone -

One day a father and his rich family took his son to a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be. They spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor family.

When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, “How was the trip?”

“Very good Dad!”

“Did you see how poor people can be?” the father asked.

“Yeah!”

“And what did you learn?”

The son answered, “I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden, they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden, they have the stars. Our patio reaches to the front yard, they have a whole horizon.”

When the little boy was finishing, his father was speechless. His son added, “Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are!”

Isn’t it true that it all depends on the way you look at things? If you have love, friends, family, health, good humor and a positive attitude towards life-you've got everything!

You can’t buy any of these things, but still you can have all the material possessions you can imagine, provisions for the future, etc., but if you are poor of spirit, you have nothing!!

Urs,

Dad's Retirement

43 years of dedication, hard work, never ending commitments and ever lasting responsibilities…. You should be real tired and stressed out by now and you deserve some rest. Congrats on your retirement dad. YOU ARE THE BEST.

My dad retired from his government service as a Senior Section Engineer on 30th June 2014. He begins his carrier as a painter and taking away promotions, he retired as a Senior Section Engineer. We’re so proud of his attitude and his colleagues comment on the way of his service he followed as a ideal to others and today’s younger generation.

We know how much you and mom strived to raise us. Bringing up four kids is a great challenge, but you stood for it and accomplished it in an outstanding way. No one else could have done better. You never compromised in providing us what we want or felt large family as a burden. You stood brave while in trouble, neither panicked nor lost the smile on your face. You tried every possible way and sailed this large ship to its destination. Now it is our turn to take good care of the tired sailor. The underlying truth is that, " Its hard to sail a huge ship to its destination through all the storms and cyclones out there, but if you could make it to the destination – the pay back is high". You proved yourselves as successful parents and now its our turn to prove. We admire the smile on your face and your attitude towards life. Dad...You are a true inspiration .

As some one said "retirement is from work, not from life" . I know you still have responsibilities but the best part is, Now you have children to share them. I have loads of feelings, but short of words to express them. Thanks for every thing you gave us. We feel blessed to be your children. CONGRATS DAD.

Urs,

When I was Kid

• I'd put my arms in my shirt and tell people I lost my arms.

• Would restart the video game whenever I knew I was going to lose.

• Had that one pen with four colors, and tried to push all the buttons at once.

• Waited behind a door to scare someone, then leaving because they're taking too long to come out.

• Faked being asleep,so I could be carried to bed.

• Used to think that the moon followed our car.

• Tried to balance the switch between On/Off.

• Watching two drops of rain roll down window and pretending it was a race.

• The only thing i had to take care of was a school bag.

• Swallowed a fruit seed I was scared to death that a tree was going to grow in my tummy.

• Closed the fridge extremely slowly to see when the lights went off.

• Walked into a room,. forgot what you needed, Walked out, and then remember.

• Thinking earthworms falls from sky when it rains.

Remember when we were kids and couldn't wait to grow up and now we think why did we even grow up?

Childhood Was The Best Part Of our Life

I know u have a smile on ur face while reading, bt frankly we all miss all those childhood days and now im feeling , experiencing and sharing same moments with my daughter.

Urs,

3. The Lifespan and Age of the Universe

The total lifespan of the Universe is 311 trillion and 40 Billion years. This Universe is 155.522 trillion years old and it will end in 155.518 trillion years time. This calculation is based on the life of Brahma.

There are millions of Universes with millions of Planets, with living beings. This Planet Earth is simply a drop in the ocean of Planets.

All Universes have life, are closed, of different size and properties.

The whole material creation with Millions of Universes constitutes just a quarter of srishti (creations). The other three quarters of srishti (creations) is Spiritual, called Vaikuntha.

During the lifetime of each Universe, there are partial srishti (creations) and pralaya (annihilation). At the beginning of each day of Brahma there is creation and at the end of each day there is partial annihilation. One day of Brahma is 4.32 Billion years; the night is also of the same duration. We are currently half way through the current day of Brahma, thus we have existed for approximately 2.16 Billions years in the current small cycle.

This Universe has existed for 155.522 trillion years and this is just in the current cycle of creation and annihilation. Before this cycle there were countless other cycles and after this cycle which will end in 155.518 trillion years time. There will be countless other cycles. The cycle of creation and annihilation is based on the life of Brahma, the engineer of the Universe. At the beginning of each day of Brahma, he creates everything in this Universe and then at the end of each day, there is partial annihilation Each day (12 hours) of Brahma is 4.32 billion years. Brahma lives for 311 trillion and 40 billion years, after this time there is complete annihilation of this Universe and the current Brahma dies. Then there is another Brahma and cycle repeats itself. This Universe is the smallest in Gods creation. There are other Universes, which are thousands and even millions of times bigger than this Universe.

Within each day of Brahma, there are 14 Manus. We descend from the 7th Manu. Manu is the first man created by Brahma, and his wife, the first woman is called Satarupa.

There is a vast difference between the teachings of the Vedic scriptures and non-Vedic scriptures. The Vedic scriptures are eternal and the Vedic knowledge comes from God himself. The fact that the Vedic scriptures are the oldest on the Planet proves that it’s the absolute truth.

A day of Brahma is equivalent to one Kalpa which itself consists of 14 manvantaras as mentioned below —

1. Swayambhuv,
2. Swarochis,
3. Uttam,
4. Tamas,
5. Raivat,
6. Chakshush,
7. Vaivaswat,
8. Savarnik,
9. Daksha Savarnik,
10. Brahm Savarnik,
11. Dharma Savarnik,
12. Rudra Savarnik,
13. Rudra Savarnik,
14. Indra Savarnik.

Presently the seventh manvantara — Vaivaswat is running and there are seven more manvantars to go.

Now, ONE MANVANTAR = 1000/14 DIVINE YEARS OR CHATURYUGAS= 71.42 CHATURYUGAS.

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2. The Four Yugas

EACH of the four Yugas, as described by the ancient Hindu sages, has a correspondence with one of the four powers of Maya, the darkness of Illusion that hides from man his Divine nature. Each Yuga brings to mankind in general an opportunity to control and understand one of these universal powers.The four yugas make up a cycle called divya-yuga, which lasts 4,320,000 years. One thousand of these yugas equal one day of Brahma, which is called a kalpa. Brahma's lifespan is 100 years of his time. In each yuga there is a specific process of self-realization (yuga dharma).

Satya Yuga: The age of the truth and true religion. Everyone in the world is truthful and follower of the only religion in the world, the Vedic religion.The process of self-realization in this yuga is meditation on Visnu. During this yuga the majority of the population is situated in the mode of goodness. The yuga (age) lasts 1.728 million years and the lifespan of humans is up to 100,000 years.

Treta Yuga: also called the silver age, the introduction of ignorance takes place in this age. The process of self realization in this yuga is the performance of opulent yajnas(sacrifices). The Vedic religion is the only one in the world. The yuga (age) lasts 1.296 million years and the lifespan of humans is up to 10,000 years and the godly qualities decrease one fourth compared to the Satya yuga. It is during this age that Varna-asrama-dharma is introduced.

Dvapara Yuga: or the bronze age, increased decline in the truth and religious values takes effect in this age. The process of self realization in this yuga is the worship of the deities within temples. Godly qualities are reduced to 50% by now. The Vedic religion is the only one in the world. The yuga lasts 864,000 years and the lifespan of humans is 1,000 years.

Kali Yuga: the iron age of hypocrisy, the age of irreligion and ignorance. There is complete decline in religious principles.The only process of self realization is sankirtana, the chanting of the Holy Names of the Lord. God consciousness is reduced to 25% of the population. In the first few thousand years there are many religions, which will gradually completely disappear from the face of the Earth one by one. Only the Vedic religion will survive, but there will be very few followers. By 15,000 years into Kali Yuga, 99.9% of the humans in the world will become atheistic. Things will get so bad in Kali Yuga such that parents will eat their own children. The yuga lasts 432,000 years and the life span of humans is up to 100 years.

We are currently 5000 years into Kali Yuga.

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1. Beginning of Srishti

At the beginning of universe there was only water everywhere. Then Lord Vishnu incarnated floating on the ocean. After some time, Brahma incarnated from the lotus which sprout from navel of Vishnu. He saw around but couldn't see anyone. So he thought he is the first being in the universe. 

After some thousands of years, Vishnu came before him saying that he incarnated from his navel. Brahma was unwilling to believe this as he was thinking that he is the first being created in universe. They started quarreling about who is Superior among them. Then suddenly a form of a column of light, appeared beside them. The column seemed to have no beginning or end, stretching upwards and downwards as far as the eye could see. The two gods decided that whoever found the top or the bottom of the column first would be deemed to be superior to the other. 

So they set out, Vishnu in the form of a boar, and Brahma in the form of a swan. Vishnu descended downwards, but could not find the base of the column, and finally gave up the search. Brahma, soaring upwards, was equally unsuccessful in reaching the top. Finally he had to give up. He returned to the starting point where Vishnu was waiting for him.

Vishnu said that he couldn't find the ending point. So Brahma said that he found the top. Then that column of light turned as Jyothirlinga and finally Lord Shiva. Shiva has no beginning no end. He is eternal being. Then he cursed Brahma that no one will worship him.

Later Brahma took duty as the creator. Vishnu took duty as the preserver and Shiva as destroyer.

For the srishti (creations) of anything three causes are required to be fulfilled: Material cause, instrumental cause and supporting cause. In Creation, Brahman is all of these three causes. He evolves Himself into Mulaprakriti or primordial matter.

There are two types of srishti (creations), samashti srishti, aggregate creation and vyashti srishti, individual creation — the creation of mahat out of prakriti, of ahankara and the 10 indriyas of knowledge and karma, of panchabhutas and subtle elements. All these are called aggregate creation. This is how the world or the universe was created. The further creation of human beings, animals, trees and plants is called individual creation.

In Sankhya philosophy, Acharya Kapila Mahamuni has described 24 principles that are involved in the formation of the Universe. These are – Avyakta, Mahat, Ahankara, Mind, 5 Sense faculties, 5 Motor faculties, 5 Great elements and 5 Tanmatras.

For more details click on the below link:

http://www.ayurvedaamritvani.com/srushti-utpatti---formation-of-universe.html

Watch video on "The Creation of Universe" in the below youtube link:

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