WHY SUICIDE?

                                       

Audio:https://www.dropbox.com/s/dgwgwtrlsa4xjci/WHY%20SUICIDE.m4a?dl=0 

Last Sunday on 06-14-20 one of the very famous, talented & everyone’s favorite Bollywood star Sushant Sing Rajput committed Suicide. It was a very shocking, heartbreaking & tearful news. Om shanti 🙏 & sadgati to his Soul. May God give strength to his family/friends/fans to bear the irreparable loss. It is very painful for person who is committing suicide as well as for his family, friends & fans. Suicide rates have increased significantly in the last few years, it is an epidemic like Covid-19.

Why are so many famous, successful, talented, wealthy and also common people committing suicide? Most likely because of these reasons: 

1. They think problems of living is much more greater then dying. There are many people, who have so much struggle to survive in this world or face this world.
2. Many people are suffering from the chronic mental illnesses.
3. There are many people who commit suicide that do not find meaning to live life after accomplishing materially by means of fame, power, talent, wealth or fashion.

Mind is the culprit in any case of Depression & Suicide.

As God says in Gita:

TEXT 6: Bg 6.6: For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy. Vedabase.io

How to strengthen our mind to fight against Depression & Suicide?

1. SB: 10.14.58 says पदं पदं यद् विपदां न तेषाम् (padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām) meaning there is struggle & danger at every steps in our life. No one is immune from day to day problems of the life mainly related to family, work, health, wealth & dirty politics. These issues are not permanent, they come & go like summer & winter and we must learn to tolerate them. You are not alone, everyone is in same boat.
2. Seek medical guidance for any curable mental or physical health issues. Have LOL moments with your families & friends. LOL 😂 🤣 😂 is also one of the treatment for any kind of mental or physical stress and remember one thing, Success is not final & Failure is not fatal. 
3. It is good to have a loving families & friends but be mentally prepared that every relationships in this world is temporary. We can be grateful to everyone who contribute in our life. Association of family & friends is essential for advise, care & comforts but simultaneously we have to be self-sufficient and at the end of day we must learn to FLY OUR OWN PLANE. 
4. Do not focus or spend all of your energy for material success only. From inner core we are a Spiritual being covered by a material body. Yes material success is important but we also need to strengthen ourselves internally or grow spiritually to live happy, peaceful and pleasant life. With the spiritual knowledge, wisdom & intelligence we should empower ourselves to face the challenges in this world.
5. Human life is meant for reviving one’s eternal relation with the Lord and all religious injunctions are meant for awakening this dormant instinct of the living entity. Internal happiness is in proportion to our divinity. And our divinity is in proportion to our devotion or unconditional loving relationships to God.

Here God says in Gita:

Bg 2.14 -- O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O son of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.

Bg 2.15 -- O best among men [Arjuna], the person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation.

Bg 5.7 -- One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind and senses is dear to everyone, and everyone is dear to him. Though always working, such a man is never entangled ( Vedabase.io).

Bg 18.58 -- If you become conscious of Me, you will pass over all the obstacles of conditioned life by My grace. If, however, you do not work in such consciousness but act through false ego, not hearing Me, you will be lost.

Have a Blessed Day.

THANK YOU.

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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:

I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra. 

I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Vraja Vihari Dasa, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......). 

FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement. This beautiful Bhāgavatam, compiled by the great sage Vyāsadeva [in his maturity], is sufficient in itself for God realization. What is the need of any other scripture? As soon as one attentively and submissively hears the message of Bhāgavatam, by this culture of knowledge the Supreme Lord is established within his heart.

It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data. 

Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).

NOTE:

Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.

We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God -- either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).

Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes. 

I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.

Here Lord says in Gita

Bg 9.17 -- I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.

TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.

Bg:13-12:-- Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).

LET’s ENJOY THE LIFE:

                                       

Lockdown is open now, so Let’s Enjoy The Life again, but with the new vision.

Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rrsg9ow7eifznhi/LET%E2%80%99S%20ENJOY%20THE%20LIFE.m4a?dl=0

By nature, we are pleasure seeking souls. Our senses are constantly searching for enjoyment & entertainment. Our Tongue likes to taste palatable food, Eyes like to see beautiful things, Ears like to hear soothing music, Hands like to touch nice texture, Nose likes to smell pleasant fragrance and Mind like to dream something big beyond our capacity..LOL 😂. Actually speaking, the main reason for our birth is our strong desire to enjoy this world.

There is nothing wrong in enjoying this world because that’s the main reason we are here for. But one truth every one of us should be aware of, is that we all are born empty handed and going to leave this world empty handed. We are not true owner of our wealth; at the end of day we are not the proprietors of this world, but someone else is. The Basic ingredients ( Earth, Water, Fire, Ether & Air ) of any creation, either animate or inanimate, including our foods are not manufactured by Human. 

We should enjoy everything in this world in the mood of creation of Lord for us, not belonging to us. This one thought can lead us toward enlightenment away from entertainment. So let's rock & enjoy this world ( but within our capacity...😂) in the mood of love, kindness, appreciation, generosity.....rather then possessing, demanding or controlling anyone and without exploiting the other living entities & nature. Just like once we understand & know about milk, we come to know that milk is the source of yogurt, cheese, ghee or any other milk products. Similarly once we understand & know the God by hearing and reading the scriptures, we will come to know that God is the proprietor of this world; this is the GOD REALIZATION stage, which leads us toward SELF REALIZATION.

Here God says in Gita:

Bg 7.3 — Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.

Bg 7.4 — Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego – all together these eight constitute My separated material energies. 

TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.

It is easy to say, but difficult to follow. I am in the same boat with everyone else, or I may even be behind, but thinking in the right direction will help us to go in the right direction.   

With respect to everyone’s  values & beliefs, whichever GUIDELINES ( Bible, Quran, Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other...) METHODS or WAYS work for us is good. 

Have a Happy Journey Ahead.

THANK YOU 🙏 .

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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:

I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra. 

I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Vraja Vihari Dasa, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......). 

FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement. 

It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data. 

Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).

NOTE:

Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.

We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God — either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).

Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes. 

I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.

Here Lord says in Gita

Bg 9.17 — I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.

TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.

Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).

OUR DAILY VISITORS:

                                         

We have so many cute, sweet & talented guests visit us everyday. They sing, fly, jump, hide, run, dive & entertain us. They fill up their belly in our backyard.... LOL 😂. Who are these visitors? Let’s see their biographies, pictures & videos. I also added a few more pictures to the album from other places I visited.

Pictures of birds & other cute animals:https://photos.app.goo.gl/WoPMWRu1zmN1p8XF9 

 

CHIPMUNK 🐿— A very cute, fast & smart burrowing ground squirrel with cheek pouches. He (or she) comes every day, eats some seeds & then fill up his cheek pouches with lots of seeds to store in the ground burrow. One day we put almonds in birds feeder, he took away almost 6-7 pieces of almond in one trip, came three times..😂, very funny to see him everyday. He is no longer afraid 😱 from us.There is a one very cute closeup video in the album.

ROBINS: Robins are gray-brown color birds with dark heads. They eat ground worms, and I’ve never saw them eating seeds. There are two pictures of three new born robins, born in our backyard maternity home...LOL 😂.

BLUE JAY: A very beautiful, sky blue color, intelligent, noisy but sweet and highly aggressive bird. They dominate over other small birds. Once we witnessed him killing a baby sparrow 😕.

CARDINALS: Male cardinals are bright red color with a reddish kalgi or turban... 😂. Females are pale red color with reddish tinges in the wings & crest. Mostly I see these lovebirds together. I have seen, a few times, a kind and caring husband gently putting bird seed into his wife’s mouth…😆😁😂. 

BLACKBIRD: A black beauty with a red wings.Their soothing songs & cheerful moods are signs of the return of spring. We don’t see them in winter months as they migrate to warm weather.

WOODPECKER: A very pretty bird visits our backyard a few times a year. They have a light gray color with stripes & red cap. We have heard their drumming noise many times while pecking the dead wood or tree in our neighborhood. Woodpecker can repeatedly bang it’s head without any concussion injury…😂 

HAWK: They visit us frequently in searching for the birds as their meals. We witnessed them eating sparrow, robin, blue jay & baby rabbit from our back yard....😢. In the album there is a picture & video of big Hawk, taken few days ago while walking at my work place. In the video, the Hawk has captured the Blue jay with its powerful claws & the Blue jay’s friends are attacking the Hawk to rescue him... no success...😞.

TUFTED TITMOUSET: A little gray bird with an echoing voice. They love eating wild red berries from the holly tree in our backyard.

Baby Blue Jay,  Baby Tufted Titmouse & Baby Hawk: We found them while walking in our neighborhood. One day I saw a very sharp cute Baby-Hawk while walking at work place, he was looking into my eyes...😆. See their cute pictures in the album.

BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: A stocky & shrewd dark brown color bird. These birds lay eggs in the nests of other birds. They also visit us everyday except in the winter.

GOLD FLINCH: Gold finch is the Nj state bird. A tiny cute yellow-gold color bird. They visit us 2-3 times a year, mostly in fall season. 

MONARCH BUTTERFLY: Each fall, millions of Monarch butterflies travel 3000 miles from Canada to Mexico. On the way to their long journey they stop by to fill up their honey fuel from the Butterfly Bush in our backyard.. LOL 😂. 

GREAT BLUE HERON: The great blue heron is the largest wading bird in North America. It is 46 inches in length with a wingspan of 72 inches. We see them throughout the years in our neighborhood pond. 

GEESE’s FAMILY: We see them in our neighborhood all the time. A few years ago mother Geese laid 12 eggs in our back yard. We used to glance them everyday, one morning they were hatched and gone. A day later we found them in nearby pond with small cute babies. 

BUNNIES: We see them all the time even in winter season. They love eating the green grass, keeping our lawn nicely trimmed... 😂. They live underneath our shed, their new born babies don’t go too far from the shed due to fear of being kidnapped by someone....LOL 😂. Last year, the shrewd Hawk ate two baby rabbits... 😢.

DEER: Once in while our dear Deer also come to visit us.

Sparrows, House finches & Gray doves.... are also our daily visitors.

July 25th 2023:

A Wolf came to our clinic..😂 

Wolamute, a cross between the Alaskan Malamute dog and Gray Wolf (Timber Wolf).

A Veteran/Patient who accompanied with his Wolf in our clinic, said that him & his coworkers killed the Wolf while building the log cabins 7 years ago (in Alaska)….later on they found out that she was the mother of five baby wolves…. they felt so sad and each employee took responsibility to take care of one baby. He is not allowed to go to a regular pet store….he has to go to zoo to get vaccinated…. 😂 

This Wolf dog is not considered as a pet…. it requires a special permission from federal government to keep him at home.

Deep in the Heart we all love birds, animals & nature. We are happy to feed Our Cute & Loving Guests I mean birds… 😂. All of you are most welcome to our home. We will feed you delicious home made sweets (Laddu).. instead of bird seeds...LOL 😂. In case if you unable to come due to lockdown, then please take one Laddu from the album.... 😂.

Be Safe You & Your Family.

Thank You 🙏 

MAN-MADE DEATH:

                                       

We are not the owner nor we have invented the basic ingredients (earth,water,air,fire & ether) of material creation, but by overuse & misuse of material creations, we have introduced more pollution, disease & death than God Himself...LOL 😂

Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/13uf7r7mtybc8l4/MAN-MADE%20DEATH.m4a?dl=0 

Let’s see some data from Google below.
1. Slaughter house industries: 3 billion animals killed every day. Bird flu, swine flu, mad cow disease, and now COVID-19 which have resulted in deaths of thousands of people all over the world. Have we ever heard about mango flu, strawberry flu, yogurt flu or mad cauliflower disease?.... LOL 😂.  

2. Alcohol industries: Worldwide, 3 million people die from from harmful use of alcohol. The harmful use of alcohol is a causal factor in more than 200 diseases and injury conditions.

3. Oil, gas, chemical & plastic industries: Toxic air, water & soil pollution kills at least 9 million people around the world every year. (Stroke, heart disease, many other diseases, lung and other varieties of cancer due to pollution).

4. Drug industries: Illicit drugs use is responsible for 750,000 death every year.

5. Tobacco industries: Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year. (7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 1.2 million are the result of second-hand smoke). 

6. Gambling industries: 15 times higher rate of suicide.

7. Junk food industries: Unhealthily diets are responsible for 11 million preventable deaths globally per year, more even than smoking tobacco. 

8. Weapons industries: 250,000 death per year due to gun violence. Nuclear weapons can kill million people in one shot.

9. Motor vehicle industries: Approximately 1.35 million people die in road crashes each year. An additional 20-50 million suffer non-fatal injuries, often resulting in long-term disabilities.

10. Technological industries: Sedentary lifestyles due to too many comforts, facilities, and luxuries from technological industries are responsible for even more diseases & deaths.

In summary, approximately 3 billion animals & 150,000 people die & many more suffer from these industries every day. If we observe carefully, our hospitals are filled with patients affected from above mentioned industries. If we go back 250 years, how many of these people & other creatures would have died from these industries?, maybe none; there were no above mentioned industries. These industries keep us busy, give us some comfort, excitement and then disease & premature death... 😂. We invented many diseases as a byproduct of these industries & now we are too busy inventing medicines & methods to cure these diseases... LOL 😂. We can save these many lives everyday & also can make this planet pollution free if we LOCKDOWN ourselves at home....LOL 😂 or otherwise we must accept the reality of this rapidly progressing material world. We can’t manufacture the necessities for survival (food, air & water come from the nature) but we can definitely manufacture MAN-MADE DEATH in these industries.

On the contrary, Grains, Vegetables, Fruits, Plants & Cow farming industries support the survival of whole world without harming anyone. Just imagine, with simple & healthy lifestyle as recommended in scriptures, how many lives we can save per year? Spiritual knowledge doesn’t kills but rather facilitate the survival of others. I am not against the industrial revolution, research & science, but remember one thing, at the end of a day, any unnecessary material activities, creativities, inventions and interventions work against us. We are now dependent on these industries; it is almost impossible to unwind it, we can try our best to use it safely & wisely. Even in the presence of an unhealthy environment, we can still maintain our health. Spiritual knowledge & practice helps us to slowly detach from the unhealthy materialistic life to a healthy spiritual life. The first wealth is health. Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

Bg 6.17 — He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system. Vedabase.io

TEXT 7: Bg 14.7: The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kuntī, and because of this the embodied living entity is bound to material fruitive actions. 

TEXT 8: Bg 17.8: Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one’s existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart.

BE HEALTHY AS A HORSE..... LOL 😂.

THANK YOU. 

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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:

I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra. 

I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Vraja Vihari Dasa, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......). 

FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement. 

It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data. 

Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).

NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.

We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God — either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).

Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes. 

I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.

Bg 9.17 — I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.

TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.

Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).

ANNAMRITA & AKSHAY PATRA:

                                       

Annamrita & Akshay Patra are two of the largest non profit organizations in the world serving vegetarian nutritious food to millions of children daily. Their primary focus is FOOD FOR EDUCATION & LIFE. They also serve the hot nutritious meals in a emergency situations like COVID-19, earthquake, flooding....etc. 

We can change this world for better by serving nutritious meals (Mode of Goodness or Satvik foods) to ourselves & others, and by uplifting our lives/lifestyle by spiritual/material education.We can’t manufacture food, but we can serve of course. Time & money spent for nutritious foods & spiritual education can lead us in the right direction. Prevention is always better than cure. Evolution is better than Revolution. 

1. Annamrita, Food for Life Global: It was founded in 1995, currently serving in 60 countries. They are serving up to 2 million plant-based meals daily. https://ffl.org/
2. Akshaya Patra Organization, located in India. The Largest NGO-Run Mid-Day Meal program serving wholesome vegetarian school lunch to over 1.8 million children in 19,039 Schools Across 12 States & 2 Union Territories in India. https://www.akshayapatra.org/

These two completely independent non-profit organizations are managed by ISKCON & other Philanthropists. 

Akshayapatra (Sanskrit: अक्षयपात्र) means an inexhaustible vessel, which holds a never-failing supply of food. (Read the ancient story about Akshapatra from the grand Mahabharata. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshaya_Patra). A few months ago my family and I visited the Akshaya Patra Kitchen in Bhadaj, Ahmedabad, India. A very thorough tour was given by Keshav Das Prabhu, Bhadaj Iskcon Temple. 

Akshaya Patra Organization started it’s Ahmedabad kitchen on 03 August, 2014 (total 52 kitchen in India). The kitchen, constructed across three levels, and spread over two acres is one of the largest kitchen in the country. Kitchen is constructed on the gravity flow system, equipped with a roti (Indian flat bread) making machine that can churn out up to 60,000 rotis an hour, as well as boilers, rice cleaning machines, rice and dal silos, cold storage and more, this kitchen can produce up to 200,000 meals in five hours. The kitchen is also fitted with a full-scale bakery to produce wheat-based food to the young children.

On every school day about 5 tonnes of rice, 9 tonnes of vegetables, and 4 tonnes of dal are cooked and loaded into 70 custom designed meal distribution vehicles. They are then delivered to 160,000 children in 700 schools across Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad districts.

It is worth visiting this very large, neat & clean kitchen in Ahmedabad, India.

THANK YOU.

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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:

I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra. 

I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......). 

FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement. 

It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data. 

Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).

NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.

We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God -- either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).

Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes. 

I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.

Bg 9.17 -- I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.

TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.

Bg:13-12:-- Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).

BITTER TRUTH OF LIFE:

                                     

  
In the last few months, many people have died & many more are suffering from the outbreaks of COVID 19 throughout the globe. Health care professionals, hospitals, volunteers & many other professionals are trying their best to save the lives & stop the spread. We can try our best to take necessary precautions to stay safe & keep others safe.

Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wouqwh0ldo2gf7j/BITTER%20TRUTH%20OF%20LIFE.m4a?dl=0

By observing the world around us, we can realize that the real & the ultimate problem of our lives are janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam, meaning birth, death, old age and disease are certainly the primary distresses of the material world. When it comes to disease & death, all other problems of the life become insignificant. No one wants to be aged, diseased & eventually dead. Birth, aging & death are certain, but disease varieties & severities vary as per our bodies, diets, enviorment & lifestyle. By overuse & misuse of material creations we have introduced more pollution, diseases & death then God Himself... see the upcoming Blog: MAN-MAD DEATH.

Temple, Church, Mosque, Medical Science, Spiritual science or even God cannot stop our birth-aging-disease & death cycles. When Mr. Death strikes, a rich man can't bribe him to go away; a beautiful lady can't charm him to excuse her; a strong man can't wrestle him to submit; a wise person can't defeat him in a debate. Mr. Death gets us all, with no exceptions. One may be admitted to the best hospital, treated by the best doctors, administered the best medicines, but if he is destined to die, he can't avoid an appointment with Mr. Death.

The knowledge & practice of spiritual science helps us to temper our consciousness & makes us mentally immune while facing the agony, aging, disease & death in our lives. This will allow us to enjoy the flickering happiness of the material world & have some LOL moments in our lives. Spiritual knowledge helps us to live in harmony amongst each other, other creatures & nature itself. It shows us how to live in this world & how to leave this world. We play the dice for our own lives, not God. Indirectly, however, everything is controlled by the Supreme Controller of the Universe. It is hard to understand the Lord & His actions. We should do our duties, God will do His. Be attentive but not attached to the situation. Be responsible, have compassion & don’t blame others. Be careful, carefree & cheerful 😃 but not careless. Be faithful but not fearful. Be supportive to each other. Be optimistic but be ready for the worse outcome.

Mother Nature (Material energy of God) is always one step ahead of us. A few months ago no one has expected that Coronavirus can creat a havoc in the world. We can try our best to fight against agony, aging, diseases & death but in the end we have to surrender to Mother Nature. When our time is up no one can stop our death..... the Bitter Truth Of Life, but our eternal soul lives forever....the Sweeter Truth Of Life.... 😃.

Bg 2.20 -- For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.

Bg 2.22 -- As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones. Vedabase.com

With respect to everyone’s values & beliefs, whichever GUIDELINES ( Bible, Quran, Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other...) METHODS or WAYS work for us is good. 

HAVE A BIG SMILE.... 😃.

THANK YOU.

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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:

I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra. 

I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Vraja Vihari Dasa, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......). 

FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement. 

It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data. 

Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).

NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.

We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God -- either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).

Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes. 

I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.

Bg 9.17 -- I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.

TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.

Bg:13-12:-- Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).

CORONA CHAOS:

                                        

For the last few weeks all of a sudden the whole world became very chaotic due to rapid spread of Coronavirus. The coronavirus has rapidly taken center stage in world affairs. WHO declares coronavirus is a pandemic. Many people have lost their loved ones; businesses, universities, sports events & transportation facilities are being shutdown and stock market has meltdown. Many people as well as some towns are in quarantine. Corona has made people’s lives miserable, everyone’s health is at risk, these kinds of unthinkable tragic events have been present in people's lives throughout the Globe. 

Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/46yddkanlgprzvl/CORONA%20CHAOS.m4a?dl=0

We should all take necessary precautions (follow the CDC guidelines: frequent hand wash with soap, no handshakes, isolation of person who is corona positive, no crowded areas, see the doctor if you have flu like symptoms...etc) to remain corona free & stop the spread. Prevention is always better then cure. 

There is a lots of emotional stress created by coronavirus. Sometimes we may have seen signs at the construction sites which says "Temporary Inconvenience but Permanent Improvement". But in the material world it is other way around "Temporary Improvement, Permanent Inconvenience". This world is a place of dualities wherein Problems-No problems, Illness-Recovery, Birth-Death, Happiness-Sorrow......etc continue like Summer-Winter cycle throughout in our lives. 

SB: 10.14.58 says padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām: There is struggle & danger at every steps in our life. So much distresses, inconveniences, challenges & obstacles in people lives. Many issues to be resolved in healthcare, economy, environment, politics, at home, at work & at county level. We can not escape from this Chaos. Learning to live with chaos is more realistic, progressive and practical or pragmatic. Like running water flows around any obstruction, similarly we should march on through any challenges in our lives. 

Time to time we need to turn off our mind from external chaos & BREAKING NEWS (watching too much breaking news will break us emotionally... LOL 😂). We should spare some time to hear/read the scriptures & focus inward for our internal development. Spiritual knowledge helps us to temper our consciousness & strengthen ourselves to face the unexpected chaotic situations in the world. That does not mean to be selfish or irresponsible but it means be attentive but not attached to the situation. Have compassions for others. Be careful & carefree but not careless.

In short we have to learn to live with chaos like CORONA CHAOS. Don’t worry too much, don’t blame others, support each other emotionally, remain calm, keeps smiling & have full faith in medical care & GOD 😃.

Bg 2.14 —O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed. Vedabase.io

Have a Coronavirus  Free Life 😃.

NAMASTE 🙏.

THANK YOU.

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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:

I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra. 

I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......). 

FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement. 

It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data. 

Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).

NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.

We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God — either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).

Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes. 

I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.

Bg 9.17 — I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.

TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.

Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).