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  • Apocalypse-Mayan Calendar

    The Mayan Calendar
    Mayan Calendar

    Apocalypse or nothing of the sort shall take place.Maya year cycle is 5125 years. According to The Hindu Kali Yuga calendar began on 18 February 3102 B.C. There is only a difference of 12 years between the Hind’s beginning of the Kali Yuga and the Maya’s beginning of the Fifth Great Cycle.
    Transition from the present age to a new age and values shall dawn,just as Industrial Revolution brought in change.


    According to Hindus, Time is Non Liner and Cyclic.

    For details  refer my blog on Time, a Non Linear Theory.

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  • Stay Happy and Healthy.

    1.Eating good food.Food that is cooked afresh,neither too hot, nor cold,neither too much of salt,spicy,tangy;reheated food,food that is old.
    Faith.in something worth living for.(Gita)
    3.Do what you ought to do and do not anticipate results.(Gita)
    4.Remember we can change nobody nor their opinions.People and things are what they are.Leave them be.(Gita)
    5.Too much of attachment to anything is a curse.
    6.We are born with none and shall leave alone.All relationships acquired.These are of two kinds.One is SONDHAM( relative is a poor substitute) ,which is not determined by us, namely parents, brothers and sisters and children .These can not be avoided.We must take this with a pinch of salt in that because of their special place in our existence that does not give us the right to interfere in their lives.The other is BANDHAM.These are acquired by us, like wife, profession , friends.Less interaction that would lead to our well being is better.
    5.Avoid comments on others.
    6.Attachment leads to desire;desire to anger, anger to imbalance, imbalance to destruction of intellect-and that leads to ruination. Be content(Gita)

  • Environment Concerns in Hinduism

    ‘May the four legged animals be Happy;May the two legged animals(Man) be Happy;May water reach the roots of the plants.May there be Happiness to all living beings.
    -‘May the ruler be Happy; May the citizens be Happy;May the ruler rule righteously;May the Learned,animals be Happy’
    The above two verses are from the Vedas, the Holy Book of Hindus.These chantings are a must at the conclusion of any Prayer or Oblation.
    Every Temple in India has a Pond,a Tree, a Village/Town which is glorified and revered and worshiped.
    The importance given to Earth is to read to be believed;Earth is mother.

  • Science and Religion.

    1.Religion and Science.
    As Einstein observed’Religion with out Science is lame and Science without Religion is Blind’
    Much confusion is due to the assumption that Science and Religion and Philosophy are poles apart, which is not true.Probably,people have taken only Christianity and Judaism alone into account.Many old and Great Religions like Hinduism and Buddhism are very scientific in terms of methodology of Knowledge, Sources and definition as to what constitutes Knowledge.Space is a constraint here to examine all the ideas.To cite,Hinduism states that what is in the Microcosm is in the Macrocosm.All laws applicable ti individual species/individuals/individual units also apply to Nature/Universal Laws as a whole.Which is exactly what scientists are saying when attempting to explain Quantum Theory.The pattern of movements of electrons/protons correspond to movement in heavenly bodies.Now they have also explored the frontiers of Dark Matter/energy ; these concepts are present in ancient texts of Hinduism.
    The paradox of Time is solved by classifying Time as one that is cyclic and not linear(Which is what we are doing now).The same conclusion is arrived at by Quantum Theory which envisages the existence of multi verses in different levels, all existing at the same time.Time recoils into itself.
    Hence what the earlier texts enumerated might not have been called by them or by us as Science by our definition.But they hailed it as Truth as distinct from facts.
    So what we are uncovering now is more of rediscovering under a new name.
    2. Monotheism breeds Tolerance.Correct.One of the most tolerant Religions is Hinduism, because it evolved from Polytheism, Henotheism,and Monotheism.Monotheism has been further refined into Monism or Non Dualism.This concept has been the reason for Hinduism being very tolerant and flexible and been able to survive for more than 5000 years.
    3. Purpose Driven History.Universe is teleological.The fact that we are evolving for the better can not be doubted.We get this impression that it is not so is because we are vocal about our views and are allowed to be so because of Freedom which has been declined in earlier times.The fact that we are able to call our past mistakes as mistakes is itself is an evidence of our moral maturity.We may find many of the practices of earlier civilisations are entering into our lives as new ideas like,Gay marriages,Lesbianism etc.These ideas will again crystallize into one man one woman concept or some other form we may not know right now.
    We also see earlier Nobility being replaced by neorich and this likely to lead to turmoil akin to French Revolution.History seems to be repeating under different names and it looks as though there seems to be a purpose behind all this.