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With recent news about "super bugs," you may wonder if antibiotics are still effective, and whether they will work for you when you need them. You're not alone - there is a lot of confusion about antibiotics - what they do and don't treat, and why they sometimes stop working. It is important to know that antibiotics are effective only if they are prescribed and taken correctly.

Two main types of germs cause most infections - viruses and bacteria. Antibiotics are a type of medicine that can kill or stop the growth of bacteria and help cure the infections they cause. Some people think that antibiotics can be used to treat viral infections, such as a cold or the flu. However, it is very important that you not take an antibiotic for a cold or the flu - doing so can contribute to what experts call "antibiotic resistance." To help you understand when you need to take antibiotics and how you should use them, here are answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about antibiotics and resistance.

Q. What is antibiotic resistance?

A. Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of an antibiotic. When this occurs, medications used to treat infections caused by bacteria become less effective or not effective at all. When antibiotics are used incorrectly, such as when they are taken when not needed, bacteria can develop new ways to fight the medicine, and they become resistant to antibiotic medications. This can lead to more visits to the doctor, more medication, higher medical bills or even a visit to the hospital.

Q. Do currently available antibiotics still work?

A. Yes. There are still many effective antibiotics available. The best antibiotic is the one that kills the bacteria and stops the infection the first time. Antibiotics are most effective when taken as prescribed by your doctor.

Q. Can an antibiotic be used to treat the cold or the flu?

A. No. Antibiotics only treat illnesses caused by bacteria. Colds and the flu are caused by viruses. Taking antibiotics when you have a virus may cause more harm than good. Your doctor can determine whether your infection is caused by a virus or bacteria.

Q. I was prescribed an antibiotic the last time I was sick, so is it safe to assume that I should probably take an antibiotic again?

A. No. Often, people become confused about whether they should treat the sniffles, a cough and aches with just rest and fluids, or with an antibiotic. Doctors report that many patients see them to request antibiotics even though antibiotics might not be appropriate. Your doctor will decide if an antibiotic is appropriate for you. DO NOT take leftover antibiotics or an antibiotic that was prescribed for someone else. Taking antibiotics when not needed may increase your risk of getting an infection that resists antibiotic treatment.

Q. If I feel better, can I stop taking my antibiotic?

A. No. Take your antibiotic exactly as prescribed - and that means finishing the entire course, even if you feel better. Stopping treatment too soon, even if you feel better, also contributes to resistance because the bacteria may be left to grow and multiply. Taking the complete course helps to make the medication effective, allowing it to kill the bacteria causing the infection and reduce the risk of resistance. If you feel worse or experience a side effect while taking an antibiotic, please consult your doctor.

Remember, antibiotics are strong medications that can stop infections and save lives. Talk to your doctor about whether or not you need an antibiotic and how to use it correctly.

LEVAQUIN® (levofloxacin) is indicated for adults with acute bacterial sinusitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, or Moraxella catarrhalis.

Important Safety Information

The most common drug-related adverse events in US clinical trials were nausea (1.5%) and diarrhea (1.2%).

The safety and efficacy of levofloxacin in pediatric patients, adolescents (under 18), pregnant women, and nursing mothers have not been established. Levofloxacin is contraindicated in persons with a history of hypersensitivity to levofloxacin, quinolone antimicrobial agents, or any other components of this product. Serious and occasionally fatal events, such as hypersensitivity and/or anaphylactic reactions, as well as some of unknown etiology have been reported in patients receiving therapy with quinolones, including levofloxacin. These reactions may occur following the first dose or multiple doses. The drug should be discontinued at the first appearance of a skin rash or any other sign of hypersensitivity.

As with other quinolones, levofloxacin should be used with caution in patients with known or suspected central nervous system disorders, peripheral neuropathy, or in patients who have a predisposition to seizures.

Tendon ruptures that required surgical repair or resulted in prolonged disability have been reported in patients receiving quinolones, including levofloxacin, during and after therapy. This risk may be increased in patients receiving concomitant corticosteroids, especially the elderly. The quinolone should be discontinued in patients experiencing pain, inflammation, or rupture of a tendon.

Some quinolones, including levofloxacin, have been associated with prolongation of the QT interval, infrequent cases of arrhythmia, and rare cases of torsades de pointes. Levofloxacin should be avoided in patients with known risk factors such as prolongation of the QT interval, patients with uncorrected hypokalemia, and patients receiving class IA (quinidine, procainamide), or class III (amiodarone, sotalol) antiarrhythmic agents.

Antacids containing magnesium or aluminum, as well as sucralfate, metal cations such as iron, and multivitamin preparations with zinc, or Videx®* (didanosine) chewable/buffered tablets or the pediatric powder for oral solution, should be taken at least 2 hours before or 2 hours after levofloxacin administration.

For information on Warnings, Precautions, and additional Adverse Reactions that may occur, regardless of drug relationship, please see full Prescribing Information.

Videx is a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. :help:

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Religion, Faith, Spirituality / wish you all happy navratri
« on: September 27, 2011, 08:22:02 AM »
wish you all happy navratris , may great goddess shakti bless you all  :happy:


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Jokes Majaak / hubbies reality
« on: September 24, 2011, 08:12:04 AM »
Woman Buys A New Sim
Card Puts It In Her Phone
And Decides To Surprise Her
Husband Who Is Seated On
The Couch In The Living Room.

She Goes To The Kitchen,
Calls Her Husband With
The New Number:

"Hello Darling"
The Husband Responds
In A Low Tone:

"Let Me Call U Back
Later Honey, The Dumb
Lady Is In The Kitchen.. :D :D:D:D

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Knowledge / great personality - mother Teresa
« on: September 23, 2011, 09:59:41 AM »



quotes by mother Teresa:-

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."

"Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go"

"There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible."

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”

 
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, the future Mother Teresa, was born on 26 August 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, to Albanian heritage. Her father, a well-respected local businessman, died when she was eight years old, leaving her mother, a devoutly religious woman, to open an embroidery and cloth business to support the family. After spending her adolescence deeply involved in parish activities, Agnes left home in September 1928, for the Loreto Convent in Rathfarnam (Dublin), Ireland, where she was admitted as a postulant on October 12 and received the name of Teresa, after her patroness, St. Thérèse of Lisieux.

life history :-

Agnes was sent by the Loreto order to India and arrived in Calcutta on 6 January 1929. Upon her arrival, she joined the Loreto novitiate in Darjeeling. She made her final profession as a Loreto nun on 24 May 1937, and hereafter was called Mother Teresa. While living in Calcutta during the 1930s and '40s, she taught in St. Mary's Bengali Medium School.

On 10 September 1946, on a train journey from Calcutta to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa received what she termed the "call within a call," which was to give rise to the Missionaries of Charity family of Sisters, Brothers, Fathers, and Co-Workers. The content of this inspiration is revealed in the aim and mission she would give to her new institute: "to quench the infinite thirst of Jesus on the cross for love and souls" by "labouring at the salvation and sanctification of the poorest of the poor." On October 7, 1950, the new congregation of the Missionaries of Charity was officially erected as a religious institute for the Archdiocese of Calcutta.

Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Mother Teresa expanded the work of the Missionaries of Charity both within Calcutta and throughout India. On 1 February 1965, Pope Paul VI granted the Decree of Praise to the Congregation, raising it to pontifical right. The first foundation outside India opened in Cocorote, Venezuela, in 1965. The Society expanded to Europe (the Tor Fiscale suburb of Rome) and Africa (Tabora, Tanzania) in 1968.

From the late 1960s until 1980, the Missionaries of Charity expanded both in their reach across the globe and in their number of members. Mother Teresa opened houses in Australia, the Middle East, and North America, and the first novitiate outside Calcutta in London. In 1979 Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. By that same year there were 158 Missionaries of Charity foundations.

The Missionaries of Charity reached Communist countries in 1979 with a house in Zagreb, Craotia, and in 1980 with a house in East Berlin, and continued to expand through the 1980s and 1990s with houses in almost all Communist nations, including 15 foundations in the former Soviet Union. Despite repeated efforts, however, Mother Teresa was never able to open a foundation in China.

Mother Teresa spoke at the fortieth anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly in October 1985. On Christmas Eve of that year, Mother Teresa opened "Gift of Love" in New York, her first house for AIDS patients. In the coming years, this home would be followed by others, in the United States and elsewhere, devoted specifically for those with AIDS

From the late 1980s through the 1990s, despite increasing health problems, Mother Teresa travelled across the world for the profession of novices, opening of new houses, and service to the poor and disaster-stricken. New communities were founded in South Africa, Albania, Cuba, and war-torn Iraq. By 1997, the Sisters numbered nearly 4,000 members, and were established in almost 600 foundations in 123 countries of the world.

After a summer of travelling to Rome, New York, and Washington, in a weak state of health, Mother Teresa returned to Calcutta in July 1997. At 9:30 PM, on 5 September, Mother Teresa died at the Motherhouse. Her body was transferred to St Thomas's Church, next to the Loreto convent where she had first arrived nearly 69 years earlier. Hundreds of thousands of people from all classes and all religions, from India and abroad, paid their respects. She received a state funeral on 13 September, her body being taken in procession - on a gun carriage that had also borne the bodies of Mohandas K. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru - through the streets of Calcutta. Presidents, prime ministers, queens, and special envoys were present on behalf of countries from all over the world.
 
some more quotes:-

“Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”

“I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?”

“When you don't have anything, then you have everything.”




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Knowledge / christian medical college - ludhiana
« on: September 23, 2011, 09:28:10 AM »
great in knowledge n attitude in all region punjab n have great repo all over india by award of  5th rank in all top medical colleges ranking of india .









According to the Constitution of the Christian Medical College Ludhiana Society (Regd.), the Christian Medical College Ludhiana is an educational and research institution of an all India character established and run by the minority Christian community. Its primary aim is to educate and train Christian men and women as health professionals, in the spirit of Jesus Christ for the healing ministry of the Church in India. However, like man other Christian educational institutions this college also offers educational facilities to other young men and women irrespective of religion, caste and community.

Through education in this college the Christian Church seeks to make a significant contribution to the health standards of all communities of our nation with special emphasis on health care in the rural underserved and unreached areas/communities in India.

( celebrations on time of christmass)

The Medical Missionary work was started in Ludhiana in the year 1881 by the Greenfield sisters, Miss Martha Rose and Miss Kay Greenfield. They were Evangelists and Educationalists from Scotland. This pioneering medical work of the Greenfield sisters was the precursor of the Medical Training and Health Care Service Programe of the present Christian Medical College, Ludhiana

The Greenfield sisters and their associates organized the Health Care Educational Services in which endeavour Dr. Edith Mary Brown joined them in 1893 and in 1894 the North Indian School of Medicine for Christian Women was started by Dr. Edith Mary Brown and her colleagues with the object of training Indian nationals particularly the women, to serve in the field of Medical education and Health Care Services, emphasizing integration of training and health care services.



The period from 1894 to 1952 has been an epoch making era which saw the landmark of development from its beginning as a School of Medicine for Christian Women to Women’s Christian Medical College until 1952 when the name was changed to Christian Medical College to enable it to admit both men and women students for the upgraded MBBS course which came into effect for its first admission from 1953. The College was affiliated with Punjab University, Chandigarh.

The Medical School granted LSMF diploma till 1952. Since the College was upgraded to M.B.B.S in 1953, more than 2000 candidates have graduated and these graduates are serving in different parts of India & the world.

The Christian Medical College is situated in a large campus not far from Ludhiana Railway Station, on both sides of the Brown Road. The Campus has residential quarters for the staff, hostels for medical, nursing and paramedical students, both men and women.

The College maintains 775 Hospital beds.

Our national medical and para-medical teaching staff and other staff come from nearly every state in India. The Government of India and Punjab have continued their interest and support in the work and the development of the college and its hospital.

The Christian Medical College is recognized by the Medical Council of India. Since July 1999 the College is affiliated with Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab.

Ludhiana, one of the old-established cities of Punjab, with a population that has increased during recent years to around 20,00,000 lies 300 km north-west of Delhi and less than 150 km from the border with Pakistan. It is situated on the Grand Trunk Road running from the border through to Delhi, and is an important railway junction. Today it is one of the fastest-growing small and medium industrial centers in India.

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Lok Virsa Pehchaan / princess mira bai
« on: September 17, 2011, 11:20:29 PM »
princess mira bai :- 







Mira is regarded as an incarnation of Radha. She was born in Samvat 1557 or 1499 A.D. in the village Kurkhi, near Merta, a small state in Marwar, Rajasthan. Mira was the daughter of Ratan Singh Ranthor and the grand-daughter of Dudaji of Merta. The Ranthors of Merta were great devotees of Vishnu. Mira Bai was brought up amidst Vaishnava influence, which moulded her life in the path of devotion towards Lord Krishna. She learnt to worship Sri Krishna from her childhood. When she was four years of age, she manifested religious tendencies. Once there was a marriage procession in front of her residence. The bridegroom was nicely dressed. Mira, who was only a child, saw the bridegroom and said to her mother innocently, "Dear mother, who is my bridegroom?". Mira’s mother smiled, and half in jest and half in earnest, pointed towards the image of Sri Krishna and said, "My dear Mira, Lord Krishna—this beautiful image—is your bridegroom".

Child Mira began to love the idol of Krishna very much. She spent much of her time in bathing and dressing the image. She worshipped the image. She slept with the image. She danced about the image in ecstasy. She sang beautiful songs in front of the image. She used to talk to the idol.

Mira’s father arranged for her marriage with Rana Kumbha of Chitore, in Mewar. Mira was a very dutiful wife. She obeyed her husband’s commands implicitly. After her household duties were over, she would go to the temple of Lord Krishna, worship, sing and dance before the image daily. The little image would get up, embrace Mira, play on the flute and talk to her. Rana’s mother and other ladies of the house did not like the ways of Mira, as they were worldly-minded and jealous. They were all annoyed with her. Mira’s mother-in-law forced her to worship Durga and admonished her often. But Mira stood adamant. She said, "I have already given up my life to my beloved Lord Krishna". Mira’s sister-in-law Udabai formed a conspiracy and began to defame the innocent Mira. She informed Rana Kumbha that Mira was in secret love with others, that she with her own eyes had witnessed Mira in the temple with her lovers, and that she would show him the persons if he would accompany her one night. She further added that Mira, by her conduct, had brought a great slur on the reputation of the Rana family of Chitore. Rana Kumbha was very much enraged. He straightaway ran with sword in hand towards the inner apartments of Mira. Fortunately, Mira was not in her room. A kind relative of the Rana checked him and said, "Look here Rana! Do not be in haste. You will repent later on. Consider well. Enquire into the matter very carefully. Find out the truth. Mira is a great devotional lady. What you have heard now may be a wild rumour only. Out of sheer jealousy some ladies might have concocted a cock-and-bull story against Mira to ruin her. Be cool now". Rana Kumbha agreed to the wise counsel of his relative. The Rana’s sister took him to the temple at dead of night. Rana Kumbha broke open the door, rushed inside and found Mira alone in her ecstatic mood talking to the idol.

The Rana said to Mira, "Mira, with whom are you talking now? Show me this lover of yours". Mira replied, "There sits He—my Lord—the Nanichora who has stolen my heart". She fainted. There was a wild rumour that Mira was mixing very freely with Sadhus. She, no doubt, had great regard for Sadhus and mixed freely with them. Mira never cared a bit for the meaningless scandals. She stood unruffled.

Mira was persecuted in various ways by the Rana and his relatives. She got the same treatment which Prahlad got from his father Hiranyakasipu. Hari shielded Prahlad. Here, Sri Krishna always stood by the side of Mira. Once the Rana sent a cobra in a basket to Mira with the message that it contained a garland of flowers. Mira took her bath and sat for worship. After finishing her meditation, she opened the basket and found inside a lovely idol of Sri Krishna and a garland of flowers. Then the Rana sent her a cup of poison with the message that it was nectar. Mira offered it to Lord Krishna and took it as His Prasad. It was real nectar to her. Then the Rana sent a bed of nails for Mira to sleep on. Mira finished her worship and slept on the bed of nails. Lo! The bed of nails was transformed into a bed of roses.

When Mira was thus tortured by her husband’s relatives, she sent a letter to Tulsidasji and asked the advice of the saint. She wrote thus: "All my relatives trouble me, because I move amongst Sadhus. I cannot carry on my devotional practices in the house. I have made Giridhar Gopal my friend from my very childhood. I am strongly attached to Him. I cannot break that attachment now".

Tulsidasji sent a reply: "Abandon those who do not worship Rama and Sita as if they are your enemies, even though they are your dearest relatives. Prahlad abandoned his father; Vibhishana left his brother Ravana; Bharata deserted his mother; Bali forsook even his Guru; the Gopis, the women of Vraja, disowned their husbands in order to attain the Lord. Their lives were all the happier for having done so. The opinion of holy saints is that the relation with God and love of God alone is true and eternal; all other relationships are unreal and temporary".

Once Akbar and his court musician Tansen came in disguise to Chitore to hear Mira’s devotional and inspiring songs. Both entered the temple and listened to Mira’s soul-stirring songs to their heart’s content. Akbar was really moved. Before he departed, he touched the holy feet of Mira and placed a necklace of emeralds in front of the idol as a present. Somehow the news reached the Rana that Akbar had entered the temple in disguise, touched the feet of Mira and even presented her a necklace. The Rana became furious. He told Mira, "Drown yourself in the river and never show your face to the world in future. You have brought great disgrace on my family".

Mira obeyed the words of her husband. She proceeded to the river to drown herself. The names of the Lord "Govind, Giridhari, Gopal" were always on her lips. She sang and danced in ecstasy on her way to the river. When she raised her feet from the ground, a hand from behind grasped her. She turned behind and saw her beloved Krishna. She fainted. After a few minutes she opened her eyes. Lord Krishna smiled and spoke to her these words: "My dear Mira, your life with this mortal husband is over now. You are absolutely free. Be cheerful. You are Mine. Immediately proceed to the bowers of Vraja and the avenues of Brindavan. Seek Me there, my child. Be quick". He then disappeared.

Mira obeyed the divine call immediately. She walked barefoot on the hot sandy beds of Rajasthan. On her way, she was received by many ladies, children and devotees with great hospitality. She reached Brindavan. She found out her Flute-bearer there. She went about Brindavan begging for her food and worshipped in the Govinda Mandir which has since become famous and is now a place of pilgrimage. Her devotees of Chitore came to Brindavan to see Mira. Rana Kumbha came to Mira in the disguise of a mendicant, revealed himself and repented for his previous wrongs and cruel deeds. Mira at once prostrated before her husband.

Jiva Gosain was the head of the Vaishnavites in Brindavan. Mira wanted to have Darshan of Jiva Gosain. He declined to see her. He sent word to Mira that he would not allow any woman in his presence. Mira Bai retorted: "Everybody in Brindavan is a woman. Only Giridhar Gopal is Purusha. Today only I have come to know that there is another Purusha besides Krishna in Brindavan". Jiva Gosain was put to shame. He thought that Mira was a great devotional lady. He at once went to see Mira and paid her due respects.

Mira’s fame spread far and wide. So many princesses and queens have come and gone. So many Ranis, Kumaris and Maharanis have appeared on the stage of this world and vanished. How is it that the queen of Chitore alone is still remembered? Is this on account of her beauty? Is this on account of her poetic skill? No. It is on account of her renunciation, one-pointed devotion to Lord Krishna and God-realisation. She came face to face with Krishna. She conversed with Krishna. She ate with Krishna—her Beloved. She drank the Krishna-prema-rasa. She has sung from the core of her heart the music of her soul, the music of her Beloved, her unique spiritual experiences. And she has sung songs of surrender and Prem.

Mira had the beautiful cosmic vision. She saw Krishna in the tree, in the stone, in the creeper, in the flower, in the bird, in all beings—in everything. As long as there is the name of Krishna, there will be the name of Mira also.

It is extremely difficult to find a parallel to this wonderful personality—Mira—a saint, a philosopher, a poet and a sage. She was a versatile genius and a magnanimous soul. Her life has a singular charm, with extraordinary beauty and marvel. She was a princess, but she abandoned the pleasures and luxuries incident to her high station, and chose instead, a life of poverty, austerity, Tyaga, Titiksha and Vairagya. Though she was a delicate young lady, she entered the perilous journey on the spiritual path amidst various difficulties. She underwent various ordeals with undaunted courage and intrepidity. She stood adamant in her resolve. She had a gigantic will.

Mira’s songs infuse faith, courage, devotion and love of God in the minds of the readers. They inspire the aspirants to take to the path of devotion and they produce in them a marvellous thrill and a melting of the heart.

Mira’s earthly life was full of troubles and difficulties. She was persecuted. She was tormented and yet she kept up an undaunted spirit and a balanced mind all through, by the strength of her devotion and the grace of her beloved Krishna. Though she was a princess, she begged alms and lived sometimes on water alone. She led a life of perfect renunciation and self-surrender.

Mira had Raganuga or Ragatmika Bhakti. She never cared for public criticism and the injunctions of the Shastras. She danced in the streets. She did no ritualistic worship. She had spontaneous love for Lord Krishna. She did not practise Sadhana-bhakti. From her very childhood she poured forth her love on Lord Krishna. Krishna was her husband, father, mother, friend, relative and Guru. Krishna was her Prananath. Mira had finished the preliminary modes of worship in her previous birth. :Bye:

Mira was fearless in her nature, simple in her habits, joyous in her disposition, amiable in her deportment, graceful in her behaviour and elegant in her demeanour. She immersed herself in the love of Giridhar Gopal. The name of Giridhar Gopal was always on her lips. Even in her dreams, she lived and had her being in Sri Krishna.

In her divine intoxication, Mira danced in public places. She had no sex-idea. Her exalted state could not be adequately described in words. She was sunk in the ocean of Prem. She had no consciousness of her body and surroundings. Who could gauge the depth of her devotion? Who could understand her internal Premamaya state of Maha-bhava? Who could measure the capacity of her large heart?

Mira wafted the fragrance of devotion far and wide. Those who came in contact with her were affected by her strong current of Prem. Mira was like Lord Gauranga. She was an embodiment of love and innocence. Her heart was the temple of devotion. Her face was the lotus-flower of Prem. There was kindness in her look, love in her talk, joy in her discourses, power in her speech and fervour in her songs. What a marvellous lady! What a wonderful personality! What a charming figure!

Mira’s mystic songs act as a soothing balm to the wounded hearts and tired nerves of those who toil in this world with the heavy burden of life. The sweet music of her songs exerts a benign influence on the hearers, removes discord and disharmony, and lulls them to sleep. Mira’s language of love is so powerful that even a downright atheist will be moved by her devotional songs.

Mira acted her part well on the stage of the world. She taught the world the way to love God. She rowed her boat dexterously in a stormy sea of family troubles and difficulties and reached the other shore of supreme peace and absolute fearlessness—the kingdom of supreme love. She belonged to the gentle fair sex and yet how undaunted in spirit and how courageous she was! Though she was young, she bore the persecutions silently. She endured the piercing taunts and sarcastic criticisms of the world bravely. She has left an indelible impression on the world and her name will be handed down to posterity.

From Brindavan, Mira proceeded to Dwaraka. There she was absorbed in the image of Lord Krishna at the temple of Ranchod.

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Love Pyar / great queen victoria and prince albert
« on: September 16, 2011, 11:20:36 PM »
This is a sad love story  :sad: because the majority of of this love story is spent through death. It is short but inexplicably interesting and poignant.



Victoria was a cheerful and vibrant young woman who suddenly found herself as Queen of England after her Uncle, King William IV, died in 1837. She was the closest heir. In 1840, she married her cousin, Prince Albert. At first the country was not found of Prince Albert, only because he was German. But he proved to be a loyal subject and faithful to England. Victoria loved him immensely and came to depend on him for political and diplomatic advice.

In 1861 Prince Albert died and Victoria was utterly devastated. She would not show her face in public again for three full years. People began to doubt her and assassination attempts were made on her life. She finally did come out of hiding but absolutely refused to wear anything but black to show her mourning for her late husband. And for forty years, until her death in 1901, she wore nothing but black and mourned him until her own death. Her long state of mourning earned her the nickname, "The Widow of Windsor". Victoria asked for two items to be in her own coffin. In one hand was placed one of Albert's dressing gowns while in the other was a lock of Albert's hair.  :sad:

Unfortunately for her, she had the longest reign in England's history, and she mourned through most of it. She truly loved her Prince and could not let his memory go.

Besides being known as the Widow of Windsor, the time in which she reigned was truly a remarkable period in the life of England. England was going through the industrial revolution and the period became known as the Victorian Era.

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Knowledge / queen padmini
« on: September 16, 2011, 11:07:18 PM »
 :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile:


queen padmini :-



Rani Padmini, Queen of ChittorRani Padmini, the wife of King Rawal Ratan Singh, was the queen of Chittor and often personified as a mythological figure for her Indian womanhood and sacrifice. The great story of Rani Padmini has been wonderfully commemorated in Padmavat, an epic poem. It was written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in Awadhi language in 1540. During the 12th and 13th centuries, the Delhi Sultanate conquered the political setting of Northern India. The first sack of Chittor by Ala-ud-din Khilji  in 1303 AD is conventionally thought to be the result of his infatuation with Ratan Singh`s wife, Rani Padmini. Ala-ud-Din Khilji received support for his seizure attempts from two of Ratan Singh`s own brothers, namely Raghav and Chetan.

Marriage of Rani Padmini:-


Ratan Singh had married the incredibly gorgeous Rani Padmini, the daughter of King Gandharvasen, and his wife, Queen Champavati and had received a handsome and open-handed dowry from her parents. The brothers thus demanded a large portion of this dowry as payment for their silence. Furious at their refrain, Ratan Singh expelled them from Chittor. To exact revenge, the brothers went to Delhi and prompted Ala-ud-din Khilji to attack Chittor.

Advent of Ala-ud-din Khilji:-

Since, Ala-ud-din realised that he and his opponent were equally matched in military potential; he decided a complicated way out to betrayal and discretion to defeat Chittor. He sent word to Ratan Singh that he was willing to offer friendship if he was allowed to see the exceptional beauty Rani Padmini`s face just once and also claimed that he considered the Rani as his sister. The unwary Ratan Singh asked Rani Padmini to meet her newfound Brother, but the Rani Padmini was rather sharp and smart and she could smell an ambush. She refused to meet him; instead, she insisted that her husband to allow the Sultan to look at her reflection in a mirror.

Meeting with Rani Padmini:_

Ratan Singh agreed and called for Ala-ud-din. He instantly arrived to meet Rani Padmini, accompanied by his most trusted generals and soldiers. While Ala-ud-din waited eagerly to meet Rani Padmini, his generals watchfully examined the fort`s defences to help them plan their attack of Chittor. Rani Padmini stood by a lotus pool as Ala-ud-din was stunned and gazed at her reflection in a mirror, awed by her sparkling beauty. When he was further informed that he would not be able to meet Rani Padmini personally, despite his claims of newfound relationship with the couple, the Sultan felt both embarrassed and cheated. As Ratan Singh accompanied him out of the fort, as a good host should, his men pounced upon the King and took him as a prisoner to the Sultan`s camp.

Ala-ud-din then sent a note to Rani Padmini that if she wished her husband to get freed unharmed then she should immediately become his mistress. The Rani responded that she would meet the Sultan the next morning. At the very opening of dawn the following day, one hundred and fifty palanquins left the fort and moved towards the camp of Alauddin.

Attack on Chittor and Rani Padmini:-

The Rajputs, with around 150 strong and stout soldiers, then returned to the fort, after having rescued their King, and momentarily scoring a chief victory over the Sultan of Delhi. Ala-ud-din responded by laying blockade to the fort of Chittor. After a long drawn out operation, supplies within the fort gradually decreased and Ratan Singh gave orders for the fort`s gates to be flung open and an all-out attack be planned on the would-be invaders as they could not hold out any more. Rani Padmini was aware that her husband`s troops were very less in number and they would be easily defeated and dishonoured once they enter the battlefield. The Sultan`s army started pillaging Chittor, Padmini and her attendants of women. All of them decided to commit suicide. The children of the graciousness were moved out of the fort with trusted escorts and attendants in order to save them from the invaders.

Suicide of Rani Padmini:-

At dawn on August 26, 1303, a huge pyre was lit in a room with a single door. Rani Padmini and the noblewomen belonging to her court, the wives, sisters and daughters of ministers and courtiers, moved away their young children and men folk out of the area to safety lands, then dressed up in their wedding finery and went into the room with the pyre, locked the door behind them and jumped into the flames in mass. The men with heavy heart put on saffron robes, and threw open the gates of the fort. Almost all of the Rajputs died in the battle that day. The Sultan and his troops entered the fort, eager to seize all the females, but were highly disappointed when confronted with the evidence of the mass suicide.

Jauhar:-

Jauhar is an ancient tradition of the Rajputs that started with the legend of Rani Padmini and her suicide. Jauhar refers to the voluntary and honorary death of the queen and other royal female members upon the defeat of the Rajput kings. When the Rajput kingdom was defeated by the Muslim rulers, the women preferred to commit suicide, rather than being captured by the Muslim invaders, who used the royal women in their harems. This tradition started with the legend of Rani Padmini and her suicide.

Rani Padmini`s life and death has been the subject of many legends, ballads and even movies in recent years. Unfortunately, no images of Rani Padmini have been preserved to tell about her exceptional beauty and personality, although her courage and sacrifice continue to make an impression even today as they did during her lifetime more than seven centuries ago.

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Religion, Faith, Spirituality / great lord budha
« on: September 16, 2011, 01:56:11 AM »
bow down to this great avtar:- :smile:
 




Introduction:-

In the sixth century before the Christian era, religion was forgotten in India. The lofty teachings of the Vedas were thrown into the background. There was much priestcraft everywhere. The insincere priests traded on religion. They duped the people in a variety of ways and amassed wealth for themselves. They were quite irreligious. In the name of religion, people followed in the footsteps of the cruel priests and performed meaningless rituals. They killed innocent dumb animals and did various sacrifices. The country was in dire need of a reformer of Buddha's type. At such a critical period, when there were cruelty, degeneration and unrighteousness everywhere, reformer Buddha was born to put down priestcraft and animal sacrifices, to save the people and disseminate the message of equality, unity and cosmic love everywhere.

Birth

Buddha's father was Suddhodana, king of the Sakhyas. Buddha's mother was named Maya. Buddha was born in B.C. 560 and died at the age of eighty in B.C. 480. The place of his birth was a grove known as Lumbini, near the city of Kapilavastu, at the foot of Mount Palpa in the Himalayan ranges within Nepal. This small city Kapilavastu stood on the bank of the little river Rohini, some hundred miles north-east of the city of Varnasi. As the time drew nigh for Buddha to enter the world, the gods themselves prepared the way before him with celestial portents and signs. Flowers bloomed and gentle rains fell, although out of season; heavenly music was heard, delicious scents filled the air. The body of the child bore at birth the thirty-two auspicious marks (Mahavyanjana) which indicated his future greatness, besides secondary marks (Anuvyanjana) in large numbers. Maya died seven days after her son's birth. The child was brought up by Maya's sister Mahaprajapati, who became its foster-mother.

Astrologer's Prediction

On the birth of the child, Siddhartha, the astrologers predicted to its father Suddhodana: "The child, on attaining manhood, would become either a universal monarch (Chakravarti), or abandoning house and home, would assume the robe of a monk and become a Buddha, a perfectly enlightened soul, for the salvation of mankind". Then the king said: "What shall my son see to make him retire from the world ?". The astrologer replied: "Four signs". "What four ?" asked the king. "A decrepit old man, a diseased man, a dead man and a monk - these four will make the prince retire from the world" replied the astrologers.

Suddhodana's Precaution

Suddhodana thought that he might lose his precious son and tried his level best to make him attached to earthly objects. He surrounded him with all kinds of luxury and indulgence, in order to retain his attachment for pleasures of the senses and prevent him front undertaking a vow of solitariness and poverty. He got him married and put him in a walled place with gardens, fountains, palaces, music, dances, etc. Countless charming young ladies attended on Siddhartha to make him cheerful and happy. In particular, the king wanted to keep away from Siddhartha the 'four signs' which would move him to enter into the ascetic life. "From this time on" said the king, "let no such persons be allowed to come near my son. It will never do for my son to become a Buddha. What I would wish to see is, my son exercising sovereign rule and authority over the four great continents and the two thousand attendant isles, and walking through the heavens surrounded by a retinue thirty-six leagues in circumference". And when he had so spoken, he placed guards for quarter of a league, in each of the four directions, in order that none of the four kinds of men might come within sight of his son.

Renunciation:-



Buddha's original name was Siddhartha. It meant one who had accomplished his aim. Gautama was Siddhartha's family name. Siddhartha was known all over the world as Buddha, the Enlightened. He was also known by the name of Sakhya Muni, which meant an ascetic of the Sakhya tribe.

Siddhartha spent his boyhood at Kapilavastu and its vicinity. He was married at the age of sixteen. His wife's name was Yasodhara. Siddhartha had a son named Rahula. At the age of twenty-nine, Siddhartha Gautama suddenly abandoned his home to devote himself entirely to spiritual pursuits and Yogic practices. A mere accident turned him to the path of renunciation. One day he managed, somehow or the other, to get out of the walled enclosure of the palace and roamed about in the town along with his servant Channa to see how the people were getting on. The sight of a decrepit old man, a sick man, a corpse and a monk finally induced Siddhartha to renounce the world. He felt that he also would become a prey to old age, disease and death. Also, he noticed the serenity and the dynamic personality of the monk. Let me go beyond the miseries of this Samsara (worldly life) by renouncing this world of miseries and sorrows. This mundane life, with all its luxuries and comforts, is absolutely worthless. I also am subject to decay and am not free from the effect of old age. Worldly happiness is transitory".

Gautama left for ever his home, wealth, dominion, power, father, wife and the only child. He shaved his head and put on yellow robes. He marched towards Rajgriha, the capital of the kingdom of Magadha. There were many caves in the neighbouring hills. Many hermits lived in those caves. Siddhartha took Alamo Kalamo, a hermit, as his first teacher. He was not satisfied with his instructions. He left him and sought the help of another recluse named Uddako Ramputto for spiritual instructions. At last he determined to undertake Yogic practices. He practiced severe Tapas (austerities) and Pranayama (practice of breath control) for six years. He determined to attain the supreme peace by practicing self-mortification. He abstained almost entirely from taking food. He did not find much progress by adopting this method. He was reduced to a skeleton. He became exceedingly weak.

At that moment, some dancing girls were passing that way singing joyfully as they played on their guitar. Buddha heard their song and found real help in it. The song the girls sang had no real deep meaning for them, but for Buddha it was a message full of profound spiritual significance. It was a spiritual pick-me-up to take him out of his despair and infuse power, strength and courage. The song was:

"Fair goes the dancing when the Sitar is tuned,
Tune us the Sitar neither low nor high,
And we will dance away the hearts of men.
The string overstretched breaks, the music dies,
The string overslack is dumb and the music dies,
Tune us the Sitar neither low nor high."

Buddha realized then that he should not go to extremes in torturing the body by starvation and that he should adopt the golden mean or the happy medium or the middle path by avoiding extremes. Then he began to eat food in moderation. He gave up the earlier extreme practices and took to the middle path.

Enlightenment

Once Buddha was in a dejected mood as he did not succeed in his Yogic practices. He knew not where to go and what to do. A village girl noticed his sorrowful face. She approached him and said to him in a polite manner: "Revered sir, may I bring some food for you ? It seems you are very hungry". Gautama looked at her and said, "What is your name, my dear sister ?". The maiden answered, "Venerable sir, my name is Sujata". Gautama said, "Sujata, I am very hungry. Can you really appease my hunger ?"

The innocent Sujata did not understand Gautama. Gautama was spiritually hungry. He was thirsting to attain supreme peace and Self-realization. He wanted spiritual food. Sujata placed some food before Gautama and entreated him to take it. Gautama smiled and said, "Beloved Sujata, I am highly pleased with your kind and benevolent nature. Can this food appease my hunger ?". Sujata replied, "Yes sir, it will appease your hunger. Kindly take it now". Gautama began to eat the food underneath the shadow of a large tree, thenceforth to be called as the great 'Bo-tree' or the tree of wisdom. Gautama sat in a meditative mood underneath the tree from early morning to sunset, with a fiery determination and an iron resolve: "Let me die. Let my body perish. Let my flesh dry up. I will not get up from this seat till I get full illumination". He plunged himself into deep meditation. At night he entered into deep Samadhi (superconscious state) underneath that sacred Bo-tree (Pipal tree or ficus religiosa). He was tempted by Maya in a variety of ways, but he stood adamant. He did not yield to Maya's allurements and temptations. He came out victorious with full illumination. He attained Nirvana (liberation). His face shone with divine splendour and effulgence. He got up from his seat and danced in divine ecstasy for seven consecutive days and nights around the sacred Bo-tree. Then he came to the normal plane of consciousness. His heart was filled with profound mercy and compassion. He wanted to share what he had with humanity. He traveled all over India and preached his doctrine and gospel. He became a saviour, deliverer and redeemer.

Buddha gave out the experiences of his Samadhi: "I thus behold my mind released from the defilement of earthly existence, released from the defilement of sensual pleasures, released from the defilement of heresy, released from the defilement of ignorance."

In the emancipated state arose the knowledge: "I am emancipated, rebirth is extinct, the religious walk is accomplished, what had to be done is done, and there is no need for the present existence. I have overcome all foes; I am all-wise; I am free from stains in every way; I have left everything and have obtained emancipation by the destruction of desire. Myself having gained knowledge, whom should I call my Master ? I have no teacher; no one is equal to me. I am the holy one in this world; I am the highest teacher. I alone am the absolute omniscient one (Sambuddho). I have gained coolness by the extinction of all passion and have obtained Nirvana. To found the kingdom of law (Dharmo) I go to the city of Varnasi. I will beat the drum of immortality in the darkness of this world".

Lord Buddha then walked on to Varnasi. He entered the 'deer-park' one evening. He gave his discourse there and preached his doctrine. He preached to all without exception, men and women, the high and the low, the ignorant and the learned - all alike. All his first disciples were laymen and two of the very first were women. The first convert was a rich young man named Yasa. The next were Yasa's father, mother and wife. Those were his lay disciples.

Buddha argued and debated with his old disciples who had deserted him when he was in the Uruvila forest. He brought them round by his powerful arguments and persuasive powers. Kondanno, an aged hermit, was converted first. The others also soon accepted the doctrine of Lord Buddha. Buddha made sixty disciples and sent them in different directions to preach his doctrine.

Buddha told his disciples not to enquire into the origin of the world, into the existence and nature of God. He said to them that such investigations were practically useless and likely to distract their minds.

Spreading the Doctrine

The number of Buddha's followers gradually increased. Nobles, Brahmins and many wealthy men became his disciples. Buddha paid no attention to caste. The poor and the outcastes were admitted to his order. Those who wanted to become full members of his order were obliged to become monks and to observe strict rules of conduct. Buddha had many lay disciples also. Those lay members had to provide for the wants of the monks.

In the forest of Uruvila, there were three brothers - all very famous monks and philosophers. They had many learned disciples. They were honoured by kings and potentates. Lord Buddha went to Uruvila and lived with those three monks. He converted those three reputed monks, which caused a great sensation all over the country.

Lord Buddha and his disciples walked on towards Rajgriha, the capital of Magadha. Bimbisara, the king, who was attended upon by 120,000 Brahmins and householders, welcomed Buddha and his followers with great devotion. He heard the sermon of Lord Buddha and at once became his disciple. 110,000 of the Brahmins and householders became full members of Lord Buddha's order and the remaining 10,000 became lay adherents. Buddha's followers were treated with contempt when they went to beg their daily food. Bimbisara made Buddha a present of Veluvanam - a bamboo-grove, one of the royal pleasure-gardens near his capital. Lord Buddha spent many rainy seasons there with his followers.

Every Buddhist monk takes a vow, when he puts on the yellow robe, to abstain from killing any living being. Therefore, a stay in one place during the rainy season becomes necessary. Even now, the Paramahamsa Sannyasins (the highest class of renunciates) of Sankara's order stay in one place for four months during the rainy season (Chaturmas). It is impossible to move about in the rainy season without killing countless small insects, which the combined influence of moisture and the hot sun at the season brings into existence.

Lord Buddha received from his father a message asking him to visit his native place, so that he might see him once more before he died. Buddha accepted his invitation gladly and started for Kapilavastu. He stayed in a forest outside the city. His father and relatives came to see him, but they were not pleased with their ascetic Gautama. They left the place after a short time. They did not make any arrangement for his and his followers' daily food. After all, they were worldly people. Buddha went to the city and begged his food from door to door. This news reached the ears of his father. He tried to stop Gautama from begging. Gautama said: "O king, I am a mendicant - I am a monk. It is my duty to get alms from door to door. This is the duty of the Order. Why do you stop this ? The food that is obtained from alms is very pure". His father did not pay any attention to the words of Gautama. He snatched the bowl from his hand and took him to his palace. All came to pay Buddha their respects, but his wife Yasodhara did not come. She said, "He himself will come to me, if I am of any value in his eyes". She was a very chaste lady endowed with Viveka (discrimination), Vairagya (dispassion) and other virtuous qualities. From the day she lost her husband she gave up all her luxuries. She took very simple food once daily and slept on a mat. She led a life of severe austerities. Gautama heard all this. He was very much moved. He went at once to see her. She prostrated at his feet. She caught hold of his feet and burst into tears. Buddha established an order of female ascetics. Yasodhara became the first of the Buddhistic nuns.

Yasodhara pointed out the passing Buddha to her son through a window and said, "O Rahula! That monk is your father. Go to him and ask for your birthright. Tell him boldly, 'I am your son. Give me my heritage'". Rahula at once went up to Buddha and said, "Dear father, give me my heritage". Buddha was taking his food then. He did not give any reply. The boy repeatedly asked for his heritage. Buddha went to the forest. The boy also silently followed him to the forest. Buddha said to one of his disciples, "I give this boy the precious spiritual wealth I acquired under the sacred Bo-tree. I make him the heir to that wealth". Rahula was initiated into the order of monks. When this news reached the ears of Buddha's father, he was very much grieved because after losing his son, he now lost his grandson also.

Buddha performed some miracles. A savage serpent of great magical power sent forth fire against Buddha. Buddha turned his own body into fire and sent forth flames against the serpent. Once a tree bent down one of its branches in order to help Buddha when he wanted to come up out of the water of a tank. One day five hundred pieces of firewood split by themselves at Buddha's command. Buddha created five hundred vessels with fire burning in them for the Jatilas to warm themselves on a winter night. When there was flood, he caused the water to recede and then he walked over the water.

Ananda, one of Buddha's cousins, was one of the principal early disciples of Buddha and was a most devoted friend and disciple of Buddha. He was devoted to Buddha with a special fervour in a simple childlike way and served him as his personal attendant till the end of his life. He was very popular. he was a very sweet man with pleasant ways. He had no intellectual attainments, but he was a man of great sincerity and loving nature. Devadatta, one of Ananda's brothers, was also in the Order. Devadatta became Buddha's greatest rival and tried hard to oust Buddha and occupy the place himself. A barber named Upali and a countryman called Anuruddha were admitted into the Order. Upali became a distinguished leader of his Order. Anuruddha became a Buddhistic philosopher of vast erudition.

The End

Buddha went to Sravasti, the capital of the kingdom of Kosala. Here a wealthy merchant gave him for residence an extensive and beautiful forest. Buddha spent many rainy seasons there and delivered several grand discourses. Thus Lord Buddha preached his doctrine for over forty-five years traveling from place to place.

Buddha died of an illness brought on by some error in diet. He became ill through eating Sukara-maddavam, prepared for him by a lady adherent named Cundo. The commentator explains the word as meaning 'hog's flesh'. Subadhara Bhikshu thinks it means something which wild boars are fond of and says that it has something of the nature of a truffle. Dr. Hoey says that it is not boar's flesh but Sukarakanda or hog's root, a bulbous root found chiefly in the jungle and which Hindus eat with great joy. It is a Phalahar that is eaten on days of fasting.

Buddha said to Ananda, "Go Ananda, prepare for me, between twin Sal trees, a couch with the head northward. I am exhausted and would like to lie down". A wonderful scene followed. The twin Sal trees burst into full bloom although it was not the blossoming season. Those flowers fell on the body of Buddha out of reverence. Divine coral tree flowers and divine sandalwood powders fell from above on Buddha's body out of reverence.

Lord Buddha said, "Come now, dear monks. I bid you farewell. Compounds are subject to dissolution. Prosper ye through diligence and work out your salvation".

A Few Episodes

The spirit of Ahimsa (non-violence) was ever present with Gautama from his very childhood. One day, his cousin Devadatta shot a bird. The poor creature was hurt and fell to the ground. Gautama ran forward, picked it up and refused to hand it over to his cousin. The quarrel was taken up before the Rajaguru who, however, decided in favour of Gautama to the great humiliation of Devadatta.

In his wanderings, Gautama one day saw a herd of goats and sheep winding their way through a narrow valley. Now and then the herdsman cried and ran forward and backward to keep the members of the fold from going astray. Among the vast flock Gautama saw a little lamb, toiling behind, wounded in one part of the body and made lame by a blow of the herdsman. Gautama's heart was touched and he took it up in his arms and carried it saying, "It is better to relieve the suffering of an innocent being than to sit on the rocks of Olympus or in solitary caves and watch unconcerned the sorrows and sufferings of humanity". Then, turning to the herdsman he said, "Whither are you going, my friend, with this huge flock so great a hurry ?". "To the king's palace" said the herdsman, "We are sent to fetch goats and sheep for sacrifice which our master - the king - will start tonight in propitiation of the gods." Hearing this, Gautama followed the herdsman, carrying the lamb in his arms. When they entered the city, word was circulated that a holy hermit had brought the sacrifices ordered by the king. As Gautama passed through the streets, people came out to see the gracious and saintly figure of the youth clad in the yellow robes of a Sadhu (renunciate) and all were struck with wonder and awe at his noble mien and his sweet expression. The king was also informed of the coming of the holy man to the sacrifice. When the ceremonies commenced in the presence of the king, there was brought a goat ready to be killed and offered to the gods. There it stood with its legs tied up and the high priest ready with a big bloodthirsty knife in his hand to cut the dumb animal's throat. In that cruel and tragic moment, when the life of the poor creature hung by a thread, Gautama stepped forward and cried, "Stop the cruel deed, O king!". And as he said this, he leaned forward and unfastened the bonds of the victim. "Every creature" he said, "loves to live, even as every human being loves to preserve his or her life". The priest then threw the knife away like a repentant sinner and the king issued a royal decree throughout the land the next day, to the effect that no further sacrifice should be made in future and that all people should show mercy to birds and beasts alike.

Kisagotami, a young woman, was married to the only son of a rich man and they had a male child. The child died when he was two years old. Kisagotami had intense attachment for the child. She clasped the dead child to her bossom, refused to part with it, and went from house to house, to her friends and relatives, asking them to give some medicine to bring the child back to life. A Buddhist monk said to her: "O good girl! I have no medicine. But go to Lord Buddha. He can surely give you a very good medicine. He is an ocean of mercy and love. The child will come back to life. Be not troubled". She at once ran to Buddha and said, "O venerable sir! Can you give any medicine to this child ?". Buddha replied, "Yes. I will give you a very good medicine. Bring some mustard seed from some house where no child or husband or wife or father or mother or servant had died". She said, "Very good, sir, I shall bring it in a short time".

Carrying her dead child in her bossom, Kisagotami went to a house and asked for some mustard seed. The people of the house said, "O lady, here is mustard seed. Take it". Kisagotami asked, "In your house, has any son or husband or wife, father or mother or servant died ?". They replied, "O lady! You ask a very strange question. Many have died in our house". Kisagotami went to another house and asked the same. The owner of the house said, "I have lost my eldest son and my wife". She went to a third house. People of the house answered, "We have lost our parents". She went to another house. The lady of the house said, "I lost my husband last year". Ultimately Kisagotami was not able to find a single house where no one had died. Viveka and Vairagya dawned in her mind. She buried the dead body of her child. She began to reflect seriously on the problem of life and death in this world.

Kisagotami then went to Lord Buddha and prostrated at his lotus feet. Buddha said to her, "O good girl! Have you brought the mustard seed ?". Kisagotami answered, "I am not able to find a single house where no one has died". Then Buddha said, "All the objects of this world are perishable and impermanent. This world is full of miseries, troubles and tribulations. Man or woman is troubled by birth, death, disease, old age and pain. We should gain wisdom from experience. We should not expect for things that do not and will not happen. This expectation leads us to unnecessary misery and suffering. One should obtain Nirvana. Then only all sorrows will come to an end. One will attain immortality and eternal peace". Kisagotami then became a disciple of Buddha and entered the Order of Nuns.

Once Buddha went to the house of a rich Brahmin with bowl in hand. The Brahmin became very angry and said, "O Bhikshu, why do you lead an idle life of wandering and begging ? Is this not disgraceful ? You have a well-built body. You can work. I plough and sow. I work in the fields and I earn my bread at the sweat of my brow. I lead a laborious life. It would be better if you also plough and sow and then you will have plenty of food to eat". Buddha replied, "O Brahmin! I also plough and sow, and having ploughed and sown, I eat". The Brahmin said, "You say you are an agriculturist. I do not see any sign of it. Where are your plough, bullocks and seeds ?". Then Buddha replied, "O Brahmin! Just hear my words with attention. I sow the seed of faith. The good actions that I perform are the rain that waters the seeds. Viveka and Vairagya are parts of my plough. Righteousness is the handle. Meditation is the goad. Sama and Dama - tranquillity of the mind and restraint of the Indriyas (senses) - are the bullocks. Thus I plough the soil of the mind and remove the weeds of doubt, delusion, fear, birth and death. The harvest that comes in is the immortal fruit of Nirvana. All sorrows terminate by this sort of ploughing and harvesting". The rich arrogant Brahmin came to his senses. His eyes were opened. He prostrated at the feet of Buddha and became his lay adherent.

Buddha's Teachings

Lord Buddha preached: "We will have to find out the cause of sorrow and the way to escape from it. The desire for sensual enjoyment and clinging to earthly life is the cause of sorrow. If we can eradicate desire, all sorrows and pains will come to an end. We will enjoy Nirvana or eternal peace. Those who follow the Noble Eightfold Path strictly, viz., right opinion, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right employment, right exertion, right thought and right self-concentration will be free from sorrow. This indeed, O mendicants, is that middle course which the Tathagata has thoroughly comprehended, which produces insight, which produces knowledge, which leads to calmness or serenity, to supernatural knowledge, to perfect Buddhahood, to Nirvana.

"This again, indeed, O mendicants, is the noble truth of suffering. Birth is painful, old age is painful, sickness is painful, association with unloved objects is painful, separation from loved objects is painful, the desire which one does not obtain, this is too painful - in short, the five elements of attachment to existence are painful. The five elements of attachment to earthly existence are form, sensation, perception, components and consciousness.

"This again, indeed, O mendicants, is the truth of the cause of suffering. It is that thirst which leads to renewed existence, connected with joy and passion, finding joy here and there, namely, thirst for sensual pleasure, and the instinctive thirst for existence. This again, indeed, O mendicants, is the noble truth of cessation of suffering, which is the cessation and total absence of desire for that very thirst, its abandonment, surrender, release from it and non-attachment to it. This again, indeed, O mendicants, is the noble truth of the course which leads to the cessation of suffering. This is verily the Noble Eightfold Path, viz., right opinion, etc."

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Complaints / chat nu ki tank ne takar mari aa chaldi he ni
« on: September 13, 2011, 11:50:25 PM »
chat nahi chaldi           



"An Error Has Occurred! "

solve it solve it  :angr:

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Love Pyar / The telltale signs of a cheat
« on: September 13, 2011, 10:42:11 PM »
The opportunist:
We all know this guy! He’s the Mark Wright of the cheating world. It’s not about your relationship or even you for that matter, it’s about him being in the right place at the right time. If he’s always out getting drunk with his mates all the time then be wary, he could be playing away.
The infatuation junkie
You know the feeling you get when you spot someone you fancy, the chemical high and the butterflies? Well this guy loves those feeling and is more likely to cheat when he meets someone new and exciting.
The affair of ego massage
How predictable – this is the guy who just wants to know he’s still got ‘it’ and he’s still attractive. This bloke is most likely in a long-term, stable relationship but he’s eager to recapture his youth.
The affair of protest
If your relationship is a bit rocky or you haven’t got enough time for one another then your boyfriend might be out finding someone to provide what you’re not giving. He may drop hints as a cry for help – keep an eye out for lipstick on the collar ladies.
The serious affair
This is the one to watch. This man is prepared to give up anything for his new love and he doesn’t care if he gets caught. :superhappy: lol



                                     source:- yahoo
      http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/telltale-signs-cheat-134500925.html

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Religion, Faith, Spirituality / wish you all a blessed eid
« on: August 30, 2011, 12:46:58 AM »
 :happy:  ajj eid aa so , wish u all a happy eid , may great lord bless you all n great god's messenger hazrat muhamad sahib ji bless you all  :happy:

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Knowledge / university of Melbourne
« on: August 28, 2011, 08:57:19 AM »
The study of history has been part of the curriculum of the University of Melbourne since it began teaching in 1854. The study of history, and the history of the University (150 years of academic excellence), makes some fascinating reading.



The University of Melbourne is as much a part of the City of Melbourne as its people.


The University of Melbourne was founded very early in the history of the colony of Victoria, less than 20 years after Batman and Fawkner arrived and less than two years after gold commenced the dramatic increase of population and wealth.





The University itself was a direct product of the gold rushes. It was made possible by the wealth of gold and was a demonstration of how important Victoria now saw itself. It was a conscious move by the raw and young community to cloak itself with some of the culture and sophistication of the parent country, and to assert its equality with Sydney whose university opened in 1852. Melbourne's University was also intended to be an agency of civilisation - to improve the moral character of the colony.

Like so much else in the new colony, the University was a state facility rather than a private or church enterprise. To avoid sectarian influence and jealousy it was made a purely secular institution - forbidden to offer degrees in divinity, there were to be no clergy among its staff and the numbers of clergy on the Council were limited. Provision was made for the churches to establish colleges - but they were marginalised to the northern perimeter.



The legislation establishing the University of Melbourne was introduced late in 1852 and passed early in 1853, making it older than all the universities in England except Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and London, and older than most in the British empire. Its foundation was principally the result of the efforts of three men - barrister Redmond Barry, colonial auditor-general Hugh Childers and Lieutenant Governor Charles La Trobe.

The foundation stone was laid in July 1854, and the first four professors arrived early in 1855. The building was not yet ready so classes commenced in April 1855 in the exhibition building in William Street. The University building was occupied late in the year.

Initially there only four faculties, each with its own professor, four talented men attracted by high salaries. They were:

WP Wilson (Mathematics)

Henry E Rowe (Classics and Ancient History), who died soon after arrival and was replaced by MH Irving

Frederick McCoy (Natural Sciences)

WE Hearn (Modern History, Literature and Political Economy)

The University commenced with 16 students, subsequently dropping to 11 before rising slowly over the next few decades. In part, the low numbers indicate that there was little demand in the colony for a university education and that there were few secondary schools able to prepare students for the matriculation examination. The small intakes stimulated a continuing debate between those who wished to cling to a traditional classics-dominated curriculum and those who argued for more utilitarian, profession-oriented courses. In 1857 law was introduced, in the early 1860s medicine and engineering.

Government of the University was complex, consisting of a Council, a Senate and a Professorial Board. The first Vice-Chancellor was Hugh Childers, then still in his twenties, but in those years it was a much less important position than today. The University was largely dominated by the foundation Chancellor, Redmond Barry, who held the position until his death in 1880.

In 1881 legislation made minor reforms to the University, including allowing for the admission of women. This confirmed a decision previously made within the University after a long and bitter battle. At first women were confined to arts, the first woman graduate being Bella Guerin in 1883. In 1887 women were admitted to medicine.

The contentious issue of the role of the University was still being debated late in the century, especially in the 1890s because of depression cutbacks and falling enrolments. There was some broadening of courses in areas of engineering and the sciences, but matters came to a head when it was discovered in 1902 that Frederick Dickson, the Bursar, had been siphoning off large sums of University money and that it was effectively bankrupt. A Royal Commission was appointed, chaired by Theodore Fink, into the governance and operation of the institution. The recommendations led to a broadening into more utilitarian courses in such areas as agriculture, dentistry and education, and a restoration of funding. There commenced a major period of renewal in the first decade of the century.

From then until 1945, the University played two principal roles. One was to provide professional training (now including commerce) for young men and women of the affluent classes, and occasionally offering the chance for poor but brilliant scholarship students to rise professionally and socially. (Gradually, too, a few women gained a foothold on the staff.) The other role was as a significant site for research, an activity which had emerged late in the nineteenth century but which grew increasingly important as the twentieth century advanced.

Significant reforms of university government in 1923 legislation reduced the significance of the Senate and made the Council more clearly the pre-eminent forum. However, there was the continuing problem that the first officer was a part-time unpaid Chancellor. Finally the first paid Vice-Chancellor, Raymond Priestley, was appointed in 1936 and succeeded in 1939 by John Medley.

Arguably the most important period for the University commenced after World War 2. A rapidly growing demand for higher education transformed the University of Melbourne from a small and elite institution which was far beyond the reach of most people in the community to a huge institution drawing from broadly across the population and offering instruction in an ever-increasing and changing range of courses, and which was now essentially Commonwealth funded. From the 1960s it was only one of a number of universities, and beyond them was a mounting number of competing tertiary colleges.

The 1980s and 1990s brought amalgamations with a number of those colleges, including the Melbourne College of Advanced Education and the Victorian College of the Arts, enhancing the university's role as a broadly based teaching and research institution.


In the late twentieth century, the University of Melbourne maintains its pre-eminent position among Australian universities and is increasingly international in its outlook and its reputation. 1998 saw the establishment of Melbourne's private arm, Melbourne University Private.

Melbourne and its graduates will continue to grow in the esteem of future generations in the new century, always proud of its fine history but always aiming to lead the way in higher education over the decades to come.



Discipline                     ranks in Australian education
Arts & Humanities   --2   
Business & Economics   --1   
Education  --------------1   
Engineering-------------1   
Law --------------------1   
Medicine ----------------1   
Science -----------------1


--150th Anniversary: 150 years of academic excellence and the remarkable individuals that have been part of the University of Melbourne.
--Archives: historical information dating from 1853, compiled of print, image and reference materials.
---Collections As well as its museums, galleries and libraries, the University owns a number of other research and historical collections available to students, staff and the wider community. These include the University’s own archival records at the University of Melbourne Archives.
---The History of the University Unit is dedicated to fostering research into the history of the University of Melbourne and maintains a program of seminars and an annual round of study grants.

colleges are under of this university :- which have great academic excellence :-

Summary of Colleges:-
Graduate House
International House
Janet Clarke Hall
Medley Hall
Newman College
Ormond College
Queen’s College
St Hilda’s College
St Mary’s College
Trinity College
University College
Whitley College 

fst rank in Australia and 27 rank all over the world

 all over this university get fst rank all over Australia in 2010 n 2011 :smile:


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Religion, Faith, Spirituality / happy krishan janmashtmi
« on: August 21, 2011, 09:35:57 AM »
happy krishan janmashtmi , may the great lord krishna bless you all  :smile:

”Dawapar krishan murar kansh kirtharath kio,ugarseanh koa raaj abeah bhagtah janh deoh” ( swayiye mahale pehle )

 





ਨਿਰਾਹਾਰੀ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥
He is beyond need of any sustenance, free of hate and all-pervading.

ਧਾਰਿ ਖੇਲੁ ਚਤੁਰਭੁਜੁ ਕਹਾਇਆ ॥
He has staged His play; He is called the four-armed Lord.

ਸਾਵਲ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਰੂਪ ਬਣਾਵਹਿ ਬੇਣੁ ਸੁਨਤ ਸਭ ਮੋਹੈਗਾ ॥੯॥
He assumed the beautiful form of the blue-skinned Krishna; hearing His flute, all are fascinated and enticed. ||9||

ਬਨਮਾਲਾ ਬਿਭੂਖਨ ਕਮਲ ਨੈਨ ॥
He is adorned with garlands of flowers, with lotus eyes.

ਸੁੰਦਰ ਕੁੰਡਲ ਮੁਕਟ ਬੈਨ ॥
His ear-rings, crown and flute are so beautiful.

ਸੰਖ ਚਕ੍ਰ ਗਦਾ ਹੈ ਧਾਰੀ ਮਹਾ ਸਾਰਥੀ ਸਤਸੰਗਾ ॥੧੦॥
He carries the conch, the chakra and the war club; He is the Great Charioteer, who stays with His Saints. ||10||

ਪੀਤ ਪੀਤੰਬਰ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਧਣੀ ॥
The Lord of yellow robes, the Master of the three worlds.

ਜਗੰਨਾਥੁ ਗੋਪਾਲੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਭਣੀ ॥
The Lord of the Universe, the Lord of the world; with my mouth, I chant His Name.

ਸਾਰਿੰਗਧਰ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਬੀਠੁਲਾ ਮੈ ਗਣਤ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਸਰਬੰਗਾ ॥੧੧॥
The Archer who draws the bow, the Beloved Lord God; I cannot count all His limbs. ||11||
( SGGS : 1082)





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spiritual teacher of baba esher singh ji rara sahib wale ....



Great soul, Sant Attar Singh Ji of Reru Sahib. He was born in 1867 A.D., in the month of March, in Loppon village in Ludhiana district. At the time, Baba Ram Singh, the world-famous chief of the Namdhari sect was very popular in this area. The residents of Lopon Village too were fully impressed by his knowledge of Gurbani. He also crated a lasting impression on Baba Takhat Singh, by influencing him with the Guru's ideology of God's Nam and Bani. It was in this religious atmosphere that Sant Attar Singh of Reru Sahib was reared. At the age of five he was sent to receive instruction in Punjabi from the Granthi of the town, Bhai Gurmukh Singh Ji, who was a devotee of Guru's faith. In those days, the priests who served in the Gurdwara, used to be far superior to saints of today, in life's virtues, in adopting the way of Guru's teachings and in possessing complete faith in their religion. They did not accept any money for reciting the Holy granth; they had no interest in their hearts for money matters. They were true men of Gurus, the true servants of the Gurus' house.

Impressed by their way of life the Sikh faith flourished in the countryside. This child (Attar Singh) received knowledge from such men of the Gurus. He used to get up at 2:30 A.M. in the early dawn. At that time, he made readings of the Holy scripture, he devoted time in remembrance of God, he contemplated on the Bani. From his teacher, he learnt the way of life and used to practice that. His father commanded respectability in the area, being a Numberdar and Sufaidposh (two titles during British rule). When he had leisure from the programme of studies, he sought to have practical experience of the Bani that he studied. He sat under the shade of tress, closed his eyes and used to enjoy internal bliss, like the ascetics. When he was 18, he was inspired by the patriotic sentiments to serve his motherland. He was recruited in Platoon No. 36, which had produced some outstanding saints. That platoon was the pride of the Sikhs. It was June 8, 1887 and he was twenty years of age. His handsome physique, well-filled height, broad chest and fortunate forehead attracted all, who saw him.

Baba Karam Singh of Hoti Mardan- a very honourable soul used to reside very near him. This young man at that time posted in Noshehra cantonment. The Sikh soldiers used to go to Hoti Mardan to have the darshan of Baba Karam Singh and many Sikh soldiers whose life was influenced by Baba Ji got into the habit of getting up at dawn and engaging themselves in prayer. When Attar Singh met Baba Karam Singh face to face, he saluted him by laying prostrate before him, with the greatest earnestness. When his forehead touched the feet of Baba Ji he felt a strong electric current thrill in every fiber of his body. He was completely influenced by the programme of other worldliness (indifference to the world, offering complete devotion to God). The Saint made him get up and said 'Get up dear brother. Meet the holy congregation restrain you feeling of love. Sant Ji patted him on his forehead and on his back. Baba Attar Singh made this petition from the deepest recess of his consciousness. "Baba Ji, shower you grace on me, so that my human birth achieves its true purpose." The great man (Baba Ji) said, Attar Singh, the mission of your life with which Guru Kalgidhar Maharaj, the Tenth Master blessed you, has been lying safe as a trust with me. Now spread you cloths to receive your due and take care of it. You yourself practice spirituality and spread it (the Guru's message) in the world.

After meeting Baba Karam Singh Of Hoti Mardan, his life was completely changed. At all times, he went on doing Jap of Gur Mantar by his tongue, and in his body, it flowed nonstop in his life; it went from his tongue to his breath, from his breath to the unspoken speech and from the silent speech into his heart, from the entering the Agya Chakkar via sphere of limitless sound and the passing through the thousands-petalled lotus (top of the head) entered the tenth gate. He heard the harmonies of Nam from all nature, as is the Commandment of Guru Maharaj: Whatever the deer, the fish and the birds utter; without God they speak not of another. Even getting more than this, he saw the perfection of the Nam from the insensate objects of the entire nature: The earth, nether-world and firmament, O my soul, all mediate on the Lord Master's Name. He began to feel such consciousness and with nonstop concentration he reached the state about which the Gurbani ordains as under: They, who remember God, become like God and the playful and sportive Lord meets them.

When one successfully achieves such a state, one gets the right to instruct others to the method of the Nam-Simran. Guru Maharaj ordains thus intimating us about the honour of that Gursikh. Servants Nanak ask for the dust of the feet of that Sikh of the Guru, who himself contemplates on God's Name and makes other contemplate thereon. Thus making spiritual practices he retired from the army at the age of forty and reached the abode of Reru Sahib. Here stood the holy land of Reru Sahib, which stands there, keeping alive the remembrance of Guru Kaligidhar, the True Emperor. It was waiting for some realized soul, who with his own hands should discover this holy spot and who should thereby immortalize the memory of the Tenth Master. When it was time for him to take leave of Baba Karam Singh Ji, the great saint said, "Go and yoke the plough; go on doing service of the Guru's house hold all your life and in your inner mind, the Jap of Guru will also go on in your inner consciousness for all the time. You are blessed with he service of the Guru's mission." Thus he began this career of service with the effect from 18th October, 1907. To finance his own maintenance, he had his pension from the army.

His was the life of service and of remembering God, Miracles and riches and successes and many other powers were extremely anxious to serve him as his maids, but he did not even cast a glance on them. The frame of his dedication in the service of the Guru's cause, like a strong scent spread far and wide; it spread among the rich and the poor, among the places of kings and the queens. The Maharaja of Patiala came to have his darshan in Cognito. At that time, he had retuned after the ploughing fields. Just then, he began to cut the fodder for the animals with the cutter with his own hands, which were all besmeared with dust and dirt. The Maharaja of Patiala thought that some servant wrapping a shawl around him was cutting the fodder for his bullocks with his owns hands. He was much impressed with his face that was glowing radiant. To remove the doubt of his mind he enquired thus, "I have come from afar to have the darshan of Sant Ji. Kindly tell me when and at what place can I meet him." At this the great saint signaled the Maharaja to take his seat on a bed nearby and with extreme humility he said, "You have come from a long distance. Do have food in langar before you go see the saint."

If you wish the food can be served here itself. Pointing towards a room, he said, kindly wait a little. The saint whom you have come to meet will be here soon. After finishing his work, he washed his feet and hands. When he was proceeding towards the room, a servant informed the Maharaja that the saint was coming. The Maharaja was wonderstruck to see that while the saint was cutting fodder for the cattle, he (Maharaja) was sitting on the bed. He fell at the feet of the saint and made this submission with the great love, dedication and with all earnestness, 'Honoured sir, I have committed a big blunder; namely I made the mistake of sitting on the bed. Today really I am face to face with a God-realized person.' He revealed his identity and with full faith, he heard the words of the saint and after getting his blessing, he departed.

The fragrance of his name fame reached Baba Partap Singh Maharaj of Bhaini Sahib, He along with the Sangat of Namdhari sect came to meet the saint, reciting the words of Gurbani all the way. At that time, the saint was sitting in the congregation, wrapping himself in a sheet and in inner contemplation. Just then, the great man Baba Partap Singh was reciting these lines- Bhag Jage Aj Sathe Bhag Jage, Guru Ji Ne Sant Milae. (With the kindness of Guru Ji, our luck has wakened up today, and we have met the real Saint. When this Shabad (holy words) was completed, then the old ladies from the sangat who had come with him from Bhaini Sahib passed their hands on the sant's back and gave their benedictions thus- Dear son. Blessed are you, the son of the Guru. we feel blessed with meeting you. These ladies, the two holy mothers were incarnations of dharam, cool-hearted, simply dressed, their sweet words, noble nature, they at all times did service of others with their own hands. They were the honourable visible embodiments of the goddesses.

He often used to go on a pilgrimage to visit Saidhu Sahib where in the Lunda river the body of Sant Baba Karam Singh had been immersed. Here religious folks used to worship Sant Attar Singh, taking him to be the incarnation of Baba Karam Singh. People got fulfillment of their wishes by receiving his blessing. During his pilgrimage to Saidhu Sahib, he used to rest at night at the edge of the well of a Pathan named Ajim Khan. He was a rich Pathan & was devoted to Sant Ji. He had a friend named Nijula Khan, the Nambardar of the area who was a well-known Rais (rich man) and also a military pensioner. He had three wives, but in the absence of a child, his house was covered with darkness. This man heard about the glory of the great Saint from Azim Khan (his friend). Azim Khan told his friend that this divine faquir, who is a true lover (of God), and true disciple of Guru Nanak sits in the contemplation of God throughout the night at the edge of his well. The fraternity of Guru Nanak is said to be a house that can confer great blessing. A Musalman like Mardana became his supreme disciple and spent his whole life, singing the praises of Guru and God. I have heard the story even up to this extent, that when Guru Nanak left the world, both Hindus and the Musalmans consider him to be one of them (each); the Hindus owned him, the Muslims said, he is one of us (Muslims).

In order to put an end to this dispute, the great prophet (Guru Nanak) made his body disappear. Sant Attar Singh is also one in the tradition of Guru Nanak. I am 100% sure that house (of Sant Attar Singh) will fulfill your wishes. Nijula Khan was mortally afraid of the Muslim Holy Writ. Inspite of that, greatly pressed by his need (to beget a son), he stood with folded hands before the great Saint (Sant Attar Singh Ji) at 11 o'clock. in the darkness of the night (lest anyone should see him doing this). He submitted, most respected Saint! you are the beloved of God and are the disciple of Guru Nanak, the Prophet of all Prophet. At his door, no supplicant has ever returned with his wish unfulfilled. I have come to your court to beg the gift of a son. O you helper of the poor, I have large land. I am getting handsome military pension. I have three wives, but in the absence of a son, I feel no ties with the world. You have the capacity to turn the dry ones into green. Two of my wives have gone to God (died). When Sant Ji enquired about his age, he replied it is 90 years. Two of my wives have died and three are still living. The great man (Sant Attar Singh) closed his eyes (to see the future) and pronounce this; Khan Sahib Almighty has showered his blessing on you. Next Year, a son would be playing in the lap of your eldest wife. But you should look at Hindus and Musalmans with an equal eye. Run a langar (community kitchen) in your house. Regularly say your prayers five times in a day. God will surely fulfill your desire. Next year, that Pathan was blessed with a son. As a thanksgiving he came to Sant Ji, along with a band and accompanied by his fraternity.

At dawn, the Sant after taking his bath, sat at the edge of a thatched cottage, in solitude, immersed in the memory of God. It was the month of Bhadon (August). There were crops on all sides. Day and night, the landlord used to irrigate his land. Nearby there was the well of Chanchal Singh. As the well giving out water, the machine of Persian-wheel kept on making a sound as an indication of its continued working. Chanchal Singh thought lest this sound of the well, might be disturbing the meditation of the Sant Ji, he took away the sound-making element and put it aside. When on waking from his meditation. the Sant did not hear the sound of the dog, he enquired of Chanchal Singh. The saint said that the shoulders of bullocks get tired (by going round and round, beating the yoke) and the landlord gives them rest after sometime. Those bullocks are put to great trouble for my sake. The peasant replied, I used to stop the wheel with my thighs and these bullocks felt no trouble. Just then the following words escaped the saint, almost spontaneously, 'you put the element back on the circling wheel; it will never produce sound again after today.' During the life of the saint, that Persian wheel never made any sound. The blessing of the (God's) Nam are infinite. Even nature, wind, water and river too obey the orders of the saints, because these (saints) are not separate from God. This Saint Ji spiritually uplifting countless souls. His drama of life taught to people the way of service, and remembering of God.

He had a meeting with Sant Attar Singh Ji, Mastuane-wale (who belonged to a place named Mastuana). At that time, he was sitting among the congregation, engaged in devotional singing. He in a loud voice told the devotional audience to go and have the darshan of Sant Attar Singh Ji of Reru Sahib, who is a Sadhu in the real sense & who has achieved and is a God-realized persons. There are so many saints; the world terms us also as a saint. In Sukhmani Sahib, praises & glories have been sung about such true saints. Thus he passed through life distributing treasures of the blessings (of God). Maharaj Sant Ishar Singh Ji of Rara Sahib and Baba Kishen Singh of Rare Sahib also came into his contact and with the touch of his alchemy themselves were changed into alchemy. All his life, Sant Ishar Singh Ji spread the message of Guru Granth Sahib in many foreign countries and converted persons to Guru's ideology. He baptized more than a million persons. Such Sikhs of Gurus are called pillar of light. The memory of such saints give inspiration to people to perform prayer and worship.

Sant Baba Attar Singh Ji was conducting Kirtan (holy singing) at the house of a Sehajdhari Sikh at Doraha. At that time, an inquisitive Gyani Ji asked, "Why are you chanting so loudly the hymns about otherworldliness when you yourself live at Transcendental stage? Why don't you preach the message of the knowledge about God?" The great saint said, 'you wait for three more days, you will get the answer.' It was the 5th Magh Samvat 1983. (17th January 1927 A.D.) There was a big wallow land. The whole day he kept standing there and changed it into a road. He said large crowds would feel inconvenience. This (sentence) seemed like a puzzle, which nobody could understand. A few days after this on 9th Magh 1983 Samvat (21st January 1927 A.D.), he proclaimed at 1 A.M. after midnight, "I am ready to go into the court of Kalgidhar Emperor (Tenth master). No one should shed tears on my passing away. But who could stop the grief of sangat? (all began to weep) After sometime, he bade the final Waheguru Ji di Fateh to the world and shuffled off his mortal coil. He, a light, merged in the supreme of the Guru.

In this month of 19th January, a great soul, Sant Attar Singh Ji Mastuane wale also left his body and rested at the feet of the Gurus. We can never forget the great campaign that he waged to purify and reform the fallen Sikh Community. These two great saints greatly loved each other. The great work in the field of education which Sant Attar Singh Ji Mastuane wale did create in our hearts firm faith, and has left lasting memories. It was in this very month of January, when the great saints and God-realized soul Sant Baba Kishan Singh Ji left his body five elements and went and rested at the feet of the Gurus.

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AS DESCRIBED BY S. BHAGAT SINGH JI SESSION JUDGE  :smile:

1. ONCE BABA NAND SINGH JI VISITED A GURUDWARA IN A VILLAGE. SAHIB SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI’S PARKASH WAS DONE IN THE OPEN AND THE “PALKAN” WERE COVERED WITH SAND AND GURU SAHIB’S PAGES (ANGS) WERE ALSO COVERED WITH SAND. BABA JI WAS GREATLY UPSET AT THIS. HE AT ONCE CALLED GRANTHI SINGH AND SCOLDED HIM AND SAID, “IF I PUT SAND IN YOUR EYES, THEN HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?” THEN BABA JI HIMSELF TOOK A CLEAN RUMALA AND REMOVED ALL THE SAND FROM THE PAGES (ANGS) HIMSELF. BABA JI ALWAYS SAID, “THESE ARE NOT THE LETTERS BUT EYES OF GURU NANAK.” AND THE PALKAN ARE THE EYE LIDS OF GURU NANAK’S EYES.  WHERE EVER BABA JI WENT, THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS TO SEE HOW GURU GRANTH SAHIB WAS BEING MAINTAINED. ONCE A SARDAR JI VISITED BHAI SAHIB BHAI DR. VEER SINGH JI AND ASKED HIM, “HOW TO DO THE SEVA OF SAHIB SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI?” BHAI SAHIB BHAI VEER SINGH JI TOLD HIM TO GO TO NANAKSAR AND SEE IT YOURSELF.

 
WHENEVER SANT BABA WADHADA SINGH JI OF LEHRA, WANTED BABA JI TO VISIT HIM, HE WOULD ASK A SAVADAR TO WRITE A LETTER TO HIM. WHEN BABA NAND SINGH JI CAME TO LEHRA ON RECEIVING THE LETTER, HE BROUGHT VARIOUS FOOD ITEMS WITH HIM. THIS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. BABA NAND SINGH JI ASKED SANT WADHADA SINGH JI THAT INSTEAD OF SENDING A LETTER, HE SHOULD SIMPLY PRAY IN FRONT OF GURU GRANTH SAHIB AND HE WILL COME.

BABA NAND SINGH JI WAS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.  FOR EXAMPLE, ONCE A SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE CAME BEFORE BABA JI AND BEGAN TO ASK VERY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ABOUT SPIRITUALISM. BABA JI AT ONCE SAID “YOU ARE ASKING SUCH QUESTIONS, AS IF YOU HAVE PASSED THE HIGHEST EXAMINATION OF SPIRITUALISM, BUT YOU ARE SIMPLY IN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS."

A FOLLOWER OF BABA JI NAMED BHAI KARAM SINGH LIVED IN A TOWN OF JHANG (PAKISTAN). HIS SON’S NAME WAS ATTAR SINGH. THEY WERE POOR, BUT VERY FAITHFUL DEVOTEES OF BABA JI. THEY DID THE SANGAT OF BABA JI. BABA NAND SINGH JI CALLED THEM “SAMAN MOOSAN” WITH LOVE.  ONCE THEY DECIDED TO GO FOR THE DARSHAN OF BABA JI. THEY LEFT HOME WITH STALE TANDOORI PARSHADAS AND PICKLE OF MANGOES FOR THEIR OWN EATING AT THE SHRINE, BECAUSE THEY WANTED THEIR OWN FOOD TO BE TAKEN THERE. UPON ENTERING THE SHRINE, THEY HID THEIR FOOD IN THE THORNY FENCE OUTSIDE. BABA JI CAME TO THAT SIDE. HE SENT SAMAN MOOSAN TO ONE SIDE AND CAME TO THE SPOT, WHERE THE FOOD WAS HIDDEN. HE OPENED THE PACKET OF FOOD AND BEGAN TO EAT IT. IN THE MEANTIME, THE FATHER AND SON CAME THERE AND WERE ASTONISHED TO SEE BABA JI EATING STALE PARSHADAS. THEY FOLDED THEIR HANDS AND REQUESTED BABA JI NOT TO EAT THESE, BECAUSE THESE ARE STALE. BABA JI REPLIED “I HAVE EXCELLENT TASTE IN THESE, AS THESE HAVE A LOT OF LOVE AND AFFECTION IN THESE.”

ONCE BABA NAND SINGH JI WAS STAYING AT KAROL TIBBA. SIR DATAR SINGH JI CAME THERE AND REQUESTED BABA JI TO ALLOW HIM TO SPEND THE NIGHT THERE. BABA JI SIMPLY SMILED, “WE ARE HANGING TOPSY TURVY. YOU MAY ALSO DO THE SAME. THERE IS NO ROOM TO TAKE REST, GO TO THAT TENT.”

EXAMPLE OF A FISH

A FISH LIVES IN WATER. IT CAN NOT SUSTAIN WITHOUT WATER. IT KEEPS ITS MOUTH OUT OF WATER AND AGAIN DIVES INTO WATER. IN THE SAME WAY A SANT REMAINS ENGROSSED IN NAAM, HE TALKS TO THE WORLDLY PEOPLE AND FEEL SUFFOCATED LIKE A FISH AND AGAIN DIVES DEEP INTO MEDITATION.  HE DOESN’T WASTE HIS TIME IN USELESS TALK.

BABA JI’S STYLE OF LIVING:

BABA NAND SINGH JI USED TO CARRY AN EARTHEN POT WITH  HIM. HE TOOK FOOD IN THAT BOWL AND CARRIED AN IRON JUG TO BE USED FOR WATER. BUT LATER DUE TO THE INSISTENCE OF HIS DEVOTEES, HE BEGAN TO USE CROCKERY AND GLASSES. ONCE UPON A TIME BABA NAND SINGH JI STOPPED AT THE PALATIAL RESIDENCE OF SIR SUNDAR SINGH JI MAJITHIA, WHO OFFERED TEA IN A GOLD CUP. BUT BABA NAND SINGH JI SAID, “NO, THESE ARE MEANT FOR RICH PEOPLE AND TOOK OUT HIS EARTHEN CUP AND TOOK TEA IN THAT.” SIMILARLY MAHARAJA YADVINDER SINGH OF PATIALA CAME TO NANAKSAR TO HAVE DARSHAN OF BABA NAND SINGH JI. HE WAS OFFERED MEALS ON THE LID OF A UTENSIL. WHEN MAHARAJA REACHED BACK PATIALA, HE SENT FIFTY ONE BIG PLATES, HUNDRED AND ONE CUPS AND  HUNDRED AND ONE SPOONS ALL MADE OF SILVER AND BASKETS OF FRUITS AND SWEETS THROUGH SARDAR HARCHAND SINGH JI HIS MINISTER WITH THE PRAYER THAT THESE SHOULD BE ACCEPTED.  BABA NAND SINGH JI SAID, “THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL BEHOVES ONLY A ROYAL PALACE.” BABA NAND SINGH JI PUT SOME SWEETS INTO THE PLATES AND RETURNED ALL THE THINGS TO THE MAHARAJA KEEPING ONLY ONE CUP AND ONE SPOON FOR OFFERING FOOD TO GURU SAHIB AND THANKED HIM.

BABA NAND SINGH JI, WORE VERY TIDY AND CLEAN CLOTHES. HE LIKED TO WEAR COTTON, (KHADDAR) CLOTH ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WAS MADE AT HOME.



BABA NAND SINGH JI WAS PARTICULAR ABOUT PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANLINESS. HE OFTEN SAID THAT THE FLOWERS GIVE OUT A SWEET SMELL, BUT IT IS FOR A SHORT TIME. AND A DROP OF PERFUME GIVES A LOT OF MORE SMELL THAN BUNCH OF FLOWERS AND IT REMAINS THERE FOR A LONG TIME. BABA JI MADE A GOOD USE OF GOOD PERFUMES. HE SAID, “FOR THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, PERFUME IS VERY IMPORTANT.” THE ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT OF GURU SAHIB’S ROOM WAS SCENTED AND SWEET SMELLS WERE ALL AROUND. THE MAHARANI OF PATIALA USED TO BRING BIG BOTTLES OF PERFUMES. SIMILARLY PERFUMES WERE SPRINKLED ON THE SANGAT ALSO.

ONCE A S.P. OF LUDHIANA CAME TO NANAKSAR TO HAVE DARSHAN OF BABA JI. HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THE EXPENSIVE GOWNS AND THE AMPLE USE OF PERFUMES ON BABA JI. HE BECAME SUSPICIOUS. BABA JI AT ONCE SAID ,“WE TAKE BATH TO KEEP OURSELVES CLEAN. SO IF CLEANLINESS IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE BODY, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE CLOTHES CLEAN NOT TO IMPRESS PEOPLE, BUT TO GO INTO THE PRESENCE OF GURU SAHIB.” FOR BABA JI, THE USE OF PERFUME WAS A PART AND PARCEL OF WORSHIP.

BABA JI SAID THERE WERE HORSES, CHARIOTS ETC. IN THE PAST, BUT NOW THERE ARE CARS AND AIRPLANES. A FAMILY MAN SHOULD CUT HIS COAT ACCORDING TO HIS CLOTH. A POOR MAN SHOULD NOT FEEL DISAPPOINTED ON SEEING A RICH MAN AND A RICH MAN SHOULD NOT FEEL PROUD. HE SHOULD CONSIDER IT A BLESSING OF GURU SAHIB. HE LIKED WHITE CLOTHES ALL THE TIME. DURING SUMMER AND WINTER HE WORE ONLY WHITE CHOLAS. THE COVERS OF ALL THE INSTRUMENTS WERE ALSO WHITE AND THE PALKAN WERE ALWAYS WHITE.

METHOD OF TEACHING:

ONCE KAVI JI SAID, “ONCE BABA JI ASKED HIM TO WALK AHEAD OF HIM AND WHEN I DECLINED,” BABA JI SAID, “WHEN YOU WALK AHEAD, IT IS AN OBEDIENCE OF ORDER AND WHEN YOU DECLINE, IT IS DISRESPECT.”

GURU SAHIB SEVA:

BABA JI OFTEN SAID THAT ONE SHOULD SHOW THE UTMOST RESPECT TO GURU SAHIB AND THE MORE YOU RESPECT GURU SAHIB THE MORE FRUIT YOU WILL GET.

ONCE A DEVOTEE CAME TO BABA JI AND SAID THAT HE WAS LUCKY TO HAVE DARSHAN OF GURU NANAK DEV JI IN A DREAM, BUT GURU NANAK DEV JI WAS SLEEPING AT THAT TIME. BABA JI IMMEDIATELY SAID YOU ARE INSULTING GURU SAHIB BY SAYING THIS. THE DAY GURU NANAK DEV JI GOES TO SLEEP ,THE WORLD WILL BE DESTROYED IN A SECOND. GURU SAHIB STAYS AWAKE WHILE THE ENTIRE WORLD SLEEPS.

CLASSES OF SPIRITUALISM:

BABA JI SAID, “THERE ARE VARIOUS CLASSES IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. MANY TYPES OF SUBJECTS ARE TAUGHT THERE. MANY TYPES OF EXAMS ARE GIVEN TO TEST THEIR KNOWLEDGE. THE GRADING OF THESE EXAMS ARE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. SOME ARE WORTH ONE HUNDRED POINTS WHILE OTHERS ARE WORTH FIVE HUNDRED; THE PERCENTAGE NEEDED TO PASS DIFFERS.  ALL THE STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT EQUALLY, BUT THE SUCCESS OF THE STUDENTS DEPENDS UPON THEIR LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OR INTEREST IN THE SUBJECTS AND HARD WORK. SOME OF THE STUDENTS DROP AT AN EARLY STAGE AND LAG BEHIND, WHILE THE FORTUNATE ONES ARE ABLE TO REACH THE FINAL GOAL. SOMETIMES FEW STUDENTS JOIN LATE BUT SURPASS THE OTHERS BECAUSE OF THEIR HARD WORK. SIMILARLY THERE ARE CLASSES IN SPIRITUALISM, WHERE THE HARD WORKERS WILL PERSEVERE ONCE AGAIN.

OBEDIENCE:

WHAT IS MEANT BY OBEDIENCE? IT IS COMPLETE MENTAL RESERVATION AND COMPLETE RENUNCIATION OF EGOTISM.

ONCE A SADHU TIED A PRECIOUS STONE (GEM) TO A NECK OF A DOG. A SELFISH MAN REQUESTED THE SADHU TO GIVE HIM THAT GEM. THE SADHU SAID AT ONCE, “I SHALL GIVE IT TO YOU, IF YOU BECOME LIKE THE DOG (FAITHFUL).”

HAZOORI SEVA OF DHAN DHAN BABA ISHER SINGH JI:

A HAZOORIA IS A PERSON WHO IS EVER PRESENT IN FRONT OF HIS MASTER. THERE WERE MANY HAZOORIAS BEFORE DHAN DHAN BABA ISHER SINGH JI, WHO GOT THE HAZOORI SEVA OF DHAN DHAN BABA NAND SINGH JI IN 1934 AND NEVER WENT BACK HOME. BABA ISHER SINGH JI PUT HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO THE SEVA OF BABA NAND SINGH JI. HE DID THE SEVA WITH SO MUCH DEVOTION THAT HE LEFT ALL THE OTHER SAVADARS FAR BEHIND. BABA NAND SINGH JI OFTEN SAID, “A SIKH NEEDS NO REST AND A BEGGAR SHOULD HAVE NO PRIDE.” ONCE AT KAROL TIBBA BABA NAND SINGH JI ASKED BABA ISHER SINGH JI TO BRING HIM SOMETHING TO EAT AT MIDNIGHT. IT WAS RAINY MONTH (SAWAN) AND IT WAS RAINING IN TORRENTS. THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR PREPARING THE FOOD. BABA ISHER SINGH JI PREPARED THE FOOD SITTING UNDER AN UMBRELLA. BABA NAND SINGH JI WAS PLEASED TO HAVE THE FOOD AND BLESSED BABA ISHER SINGH JI WITH A LOT. BABA ISHER SINGH JI WAS ALWAYS WAITING FOR THE ORDER. ALL THE FOUR EYES WERE IN REGULAR TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER. WHENEVER BABA NAND SINGH JI CALLED, BABA ISHER SINGH JI WOULD RUSH TO HIM TAKING LONG STEPS. HE DIDN’T PAY ATTENTION TO ANY OBSTACLE IN THE WAY. ONCE HIS FOREHEAD STRUCK AGAINST THE WALL BECAUSE HE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH THE TASK SO SWIFTLY.  HE FELT THAT THE TIME SPENT ON COVERING THE DISTANCE WHILE GOING AND COMING BACK WAS TOO MUCH FOR HIM.

ONCE BABA NAND SINGH JI SUGGESTED THAT AN ASSISTANT SEVADAR MAY BE APPOINTED FOR HIS HELP. BUT BABA ISHER SINGH JI DID NOT AGREE. BABA NAND SINGH JI SAID THAT BABA ISHER SINGH JI HAS CROSSED TWO RIVERS, ONE OF SEVA AND SECOND OF NAAM– HE IS A HIGHLY CONTENTED MAN, WHO HAS NO DESIRE OR PRIDE.

MANY TIMES BABA NAND SINGH JI SAID, “THIS HAZOORIA DOES SEVA ON HIS OWN AND DOES NOT ASK ANYONE TO HELP HIM NOR DOES HE COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL THE HARD WORK HE PERFORMS. HE DOESN’T EVEN POINT OUT ANY PERSONAL DIFFICULTY AND NEVER FINDS ANY WORK TO BE HARD. HE IS ALWAYS READY TO FULFILL THE WILL OF THE MASTER AND HE TAKES SPECIAL CARE TO LOOK TO MY COMFORTS. SOMETIMES HIS SEVA IS SO INTENSE THAT HE CAN NOT FIND TIME TO HAVE EVEN A WINK OF SLEEP. HE WORKS LIKE A MACHINE TIRELESSLY AND HE IS NEVER READY TO GIVE UP HIS DUTY OF SEVA.” ONCE A DOCTOR ADVISED BABA ISHER SINGH JI TO HAVE COMPLETE REST FOR TWO DAYS AND TAKE A PARTICULAR MEDICINE FOR TWO DAYS. HE AT ONCE SAID, “I CAN TAKE THE MEDICINE BUT I CAN NOT GIVE UP MY SEVA EVEN FOR A SINGLE MINUTE.” IN THIS WAY BABA ISHER SINGH JI IGNORED HIS OWN COMFORTS AND HIS OWN SELF. HE HAD NO TIME TO WASH HIS CHOLA AND OFTEN TIMES HE WOULD WEAR IT INSIDE OUT IN ORDER TO HIDE THE STAINS. HE WOULD ALSO TIE HIS TURBAN HASTLY BECAUSE HE HAD NO TIME TO SPEND ON HIMSELF. IT WAS JUST LIKE DECIMATING ONESELF FOR THE SAKE OF SEVA OF THE MASTER. HE PUT THE TEACHING OF BABA NAND SINGH JI INTO PRACTICE. HE ALWAYS SAID “YES SIR”. THE WORD “NO” WAS NOT IN HIS DICTIONARY. IF BABA NAND SINGH JI REPRIMANDED HIM, HE DIDN’T MIND AND IF BABA NAND SINGH JI PARDONED HIM IT WAS HIS GREATNESS. BABA ISHER SINGH JI WAS FULL OF HUMILITY AND HAD RESPECT FOR OTHERS. HE NEVER EXTENDED HIS HANDS TO ASK FOR ANYTHING FROM ANYONE. HE KNEW THAT SEVA IS THE ABODE OF GURU. IT IS OBTAINED THROUGH KINDNESS AND BLESSINGS OF THE GURU. SEVA CONQUERS AND OVERCOMES THE MIND, AND THEN BLESSINGS ARE OBTAINED.

A MAN REAPS BENEFITS IN PROPORTION TO HIS FAITH IN GURU. THE SPIRITUAL TREASURE IS LIKE A SAROVER (POOL). THE BIGGER THE PIPE OF FAITH YOU HAVE, THE GREATER THE FLOW OF WATER YOU OBTAIN.  WHEN A PERSON BEGINS TO HAVE FAITH IN HIS OWN GURU, HE IS SURE TO HAVE ALL THE ATTAINMENTS. A MAN WHO HAS HIS FEET IN TWO BOATS AT THE TIME IS SURE TO BE DROWNED.

IT IS RIGHTLY SAID THAT A MAN WITH NO FAITH IS LIKE A MAN WITH NO FATHER:

BABA NAND SINGH JI OFTEN SAID “I AM IN SO MUCH BLISS AFTER BEING SUBMERGED IN GURU NANAK’S FEET.” YOU SHOULD ALSO TAKE REFUGE IN HIM. YOU ARE CLINGING TO SO MANY THINGS, WHY NOT CLING TO ONE MORE THING. I DON’T ASK YOU TO GIVE UP ANYTHING I ONLY ASK YOU TO CLING TO ONE MORE THING, CLING TO GURU NANAK’S FEET AND SAY,” GURU SAHIB I AM YOURS.“

SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB, THE TRUE GURU:

BABA NAND SINGH JI CONSIDERED GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI AS THE TRUE FORM OF GURU NANAK. THAT IS WHY HE HELD GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI IN HIGHEST ESTEEM RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING. HE USED TO SAY THAT IF ANYONE WANTED TO GET SOMETHING, HE SHOULD DO THE SEVA OF GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI. BABA JI OFTEN SAID THAT SAHIB SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB IS THE ONLY TRUE GURU.

A PERSON, WHO SERVES GURU SAHIB WITH COMPLETE DEVOTION AND ABSOLUTE FAITH CAN GET EVERYTHING FROM HIM. THAT PERSON CAN ACHIEVE GREAT POWER AND BECOMES A GURMUKH. IT IS UP TO YOU, YOU CAN CALL HIM A MAN, A GURMUKH, A SAADH, A SANT,OR A TEACHER. WHATEVER YOU THINK OF HIM, YOU WILL GET THE FRUIT ACCORDING TO WHAT YOUR BELIEF IS. BUT THAT PERSON, WHO ACHIEVES A GREAT SPIRITUAL POWER NEVER COMPARES HIMSELF TO GURU SAHIB. HE ALWAYS THINKS HIMSELF TO BE A HUMBLE SERVANT OF GURU NANAK.

GURU NANAK DEV JI PROCLAIMED HIMSELF TO BE A SLAVE, POOR, LOWLY, IGNORANT ETC., IN SPITE OF BEING HIMSELF SO SUPERIOR. A TRUE SANT HAS THE SAME QUALITIES AND IS TOTALLY DEVOID OF EGO. BABA JI ALWAYS CLAIMED THAT HE HAS NOT BECOME A SIKH YET AND IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE DUST OF THE GURSIKHS’ FEET. HE ALWAYS SAID THAT HE IS NOT WORTHY OF GIVING DARSHAN. HE TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS TO SEEK THE DARSHANS OF GURU NANAK.

MANY PEOPLE CAME TO SEE HIM TO GET ANSWERS FOR THEIR QUESTIONS.  BABA JI WAS KNOWN TO READ PEOPLE’S MINDS AND ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS ON HIS OWN EVEN BEFORE THEY ASKED THE QUESTIONS. BABA JI SAID THAT THE EXTENT OF HUMILITY SHOWN BY GURU SAHIBAN HAS NO COMPARISON AT ALL. BABA JI HIMSELF ALSO SHOWED UTMOST HUMILITY AT ALL TIMES. IT WAS CLEARLY EVIDENT FROM HIS WORDS AND PRAYERS. HE ALWAYS PRAYED THAT HE LIKES TO REMAIN AT THE LOWEST LEVEL. HE SAID THAT HE WAS A “JHAROO BARDAR “ ( SWEEPER ) OF GURU NANAK SAHIB’S HOUSE.  HE ALWAYS PRAYED FOR THE DUST OF THE FEET OF GURSIKHS. HE SAID THAT HE IS A POOR MAN LYING ON THE THRESHOLD OF GURU NANAK’S DOOR AND WISHES THAT EVERYONE WOULD TREAD UPON HIS BODY.

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Complaints / video of day nu video of month kar doooo
« on: July 10, 2011, 10:16:24 PM »
 :wait: video of day naam ta rakhta daily change kyu ni hundiii , ehda naam video of month kardooooo je kuch nahi hunda nahi ta video of year  :angr:

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Religion, Faith, Spirituality / The Different Kinds Of Simran
« on: June 30, 2011, 09:44:11 AM »
ajj mein enternet te es bare padiya , changa lagiya so i share here it with you all , its some questions answers about simran ,  Sant Ajaib Singh Ji (  1926-1997 ) who spend their all life to say whts simran n whts importance of that in our life .  so their are some questions jo ki ohna to kitte gaye c about simran , hope so you all like it .




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A question and answer session given December 29, 1985,at Sant Bani Ashram, Village 16 PS,
Rajasthan, India
Q.  Master, when doing meditation, is it better to concentrate on the Simran and listen to
yourself doing Simran in the mind's eye until it is perfect, or to keep the Simran more as a
background to concentrating on the Light?
M.  Often I have said that satsangis should not do any thinking or any fantasizing of the world
while doing Simran. There are three means of achieving liberation:Simran, Dhyan and Bhajan.
All these three practices can happen within our body. By doing Simran we vacate thenine
openings, and after crossing the stars, sun, and moon we reach the Form of the Master. Simran
takes us only up to the Form of the Master.
When we manifest the Form of the Master within us, that Form is very clear: It is as clear as we
are sitting here in front of each other. He will answer all our questions. When the Form of the
Master is manifested, we need Dhyan to keep Him there. Usually when the Form of the Master
comes within the disciple, sometimes he feels that the Form has gone, sometimes he feels that
it has come; but that does not happen. It is not the Form of the Master which comes and goes. It
is because the disciple has not attained enough concentration; he has not had much Dhyan or
contemplation on the Form of the Master, and that is why he feels that the Form sometimes
comes and sometimes goes. If at that time the disciple would contemplate so much on the Form
of the Master that he would forget his own self, so that he would only remember the Form of the
Master, then that Form would remain there forever and the happiness which the disciple would
receive cannot be described.
Many times when we do meditation, if we are aware of our mind then, when we get a little bit of
concentration and if suddenly the Light is manifested within us, since we are not fully
concentrating and since our mind is also working, then we become afraid and don't know what
to do. Many dear ones stop doing meditation when they have such an experience. Many times it
so happens that when the disciple is meditating, and if his mind is also working at that time, then
if graciously Master manifests His Form there, that disciple does not understand whose Form
has come there, because his mind is pulling his soul down while the Master is trying to pull him
up. So he becomes afraid and gives. up doing meditation. So it is very important that when you
do Simran, you should not be aware of your doing Simran.
There are a couple of things which I always say before we sit for meditation. I say them to all the
dear ones in all the groups. The purpose of saying them is, that you should always remember
those things whether you sit for meditation here or back in your home. If you remember them,
you will be able to do the meditation correctly. I always say that you should make the mind quiet,
that you should not understand meditation as a burden, and you should not pay attention to the
outer disturbances. You should not allow your mind to wander outside.
This is a reality: it has come in my own experience that when the Form of the Master is
manifested within you, He remains with you all the time; He accompanies you like a shadow.
Not even for one moment does He go away from you. But the thing is that you should first
manifest the Form of the Master, and you can do that only when you are meditating correctly,
when you are not allowing your mind to play tricks on you.



When the Form of the Master is manifested, other people who have [spiritually developed] eyes,
they can also see that that Form is accompanying you and that He is always with you. Once
when I was going to Punjab on the Rupur canal, at a village called Dyali, I saw a sadhu sitting
and many other people were listening to him. That sadhu had performed austerities, and I felt
like paying homage to him. You know, before meeting the Masters, I also had done rites and
rituals, and performed austerities. So I always had appreciation for those sadhus who had really
done austerities. Even though I did not get anything from that, still I appreciate them, because it
is very hard work.
So when I went there, he was sitting with some other people of the village. He was sitting on a
rope bed, and as soon as he saw me, he got up from that bed and welcomed me. I was trying to
sit on the ground, but he said, "No, don't sit on the ground, come and sit with me on the rope
bed. Because I see Someone with you." I told him, "No, I am like your servant, and I have come
to have your darshan; let me sit on the ground." But he did not let me sit on the ground. When
he insisted, I sat on the gunny sack which was there for the people. While I was sitting there he
would talk to the other people, and after talking to a couple of people he would again tell me that
he was seeing Somebody with me dressed in white with a very great personality. When he told
me repeatedly, I told him, "Yes" - since I knew that it was that God Almighty Kirpal Who is
pervading everywhere, and it was all His grace that the sadhu saw His presence and could tell
that the Master was accompanying me.
So when you are in meditation, when you attain that high position where the Form of the Master
is manifested within you, the people who do a little bit of meditation and go up a little bit, even
they can also see that the Form of the Master is with you. They  can very well see that.
But when you attain such a position you should be very careful; you should not talk about that to
other people, because other people will become jealous of you; they will start thinking, "He is an
initiate like us - how come he has progressed so much and we have  not? And why is Master so
gracious on Him and not on us?" Their jealousy may spoil their meditations. So I always say that
when you attain such a position you should protect it and not talk about it to anyone except the
Master. You should protect it the way a woman protects her body. Because this is the grace of
the Master, and when you have had it you should not show it off to the other people.
Q.  Sometimes when I do my Simran it sits in my throat and I can be concentrated at my
forehead, but sometimes with Your grace the Simran is just in my thoughts. I find that I say it to
myself a lot like I am speaking to myself, like speaking from inside, and that's why it is just stuck
in my throat. And I wondered if, with time, does it move up from the throat? By doing a lot of
Simran, will it move up to the Third Eye?
M.  I have often said that the work which we do every day, if we do it regularly, we become
competent in that. If you continue doing Simran in your throat, gradually it will move up and it will
start happening with the tongue of your mind.
Do you think that the thoughts which you are having twenty-four hours a day, all the thoughts
which are bothering you, that you have not practiced those thoughts, that you have not repeated
those thoughts?
Now you don't need to work to have those thoughts or fantasies come in your mind; they come
by themselves. Do you think that you have not practiced for that? Ever since we got separated
from the Almighty Lord, no matter in which body we went, whether it was the body of a bird or
animal or any body, we always had the thoughts of that body. We always create a desire for the
worldly things and materials and because of all those desires we have developed, we have
practiced those thoughts, and it is those thoughts which are bothering us now. It is those
fantasies which come in our mind without our making any effort.
Saints have the knowledge of that (condition) and They know what it is that keeps the souls in
this world, and They tell us that at the time of death there is no one in this world whose tasks have all been accomplished. If anyone is able to fulfill ten things, five or ten other things remain
unfulfilled; and at the time of death those unfulfilled tasks and the thoughts of those tasks go
with that soul and in the next lifetime it is those thoughts and fantasies that bother him. So, just
as you do not have to make any effort in having those worldly thoughts and fantasies because
you have practiced them a lot in your previous birth - you don't know how many ages, how many
births, you have practiced them but you don't have to make any efforts in thinking those
thoughts now-in the same way, if you practice the Simran with the same amount of strength and
energy, the time will come when you will not have to make any effort in doing Simran; it will
happen by itself.
These thoughts and desires which we have at the time of death, our intellect for the next lifetime
is determined or decided by them. Our thoughts and desires of the time when we leave the body
have a direct effect on our intellect. Because of those thoughts of the previous lifetime our fate,
our intellect, and our thoughts of the next lifetime are determined. When I was commenting on
Tulsi Sahib's "Ratan Sagar" in Colombia, in one of the Satsangs I told a story that Master
Sawan Singh used to tell, of a potter. Once he was taking his donkeys loaded with clay to the
palace, and he was saying, "Come mothers, come sisters, come friends" - like that. He was
calling the donkeys "mothers" and "sisters" and "friends." So someone asked him, "Why are you
doing that? They are just donkeys!" He said, "I am practicing, because I am a potter and I am in
the habit of speaking very loosely, so I don't want to speak any bad word in the palace; if I speak
any bad word in the palace, the king might put me to death. So I am practicing now so that I
may speak politely in the palace."
So why do the Saints always emphasize doing Simran? Why do They make us do Simran?
They make us do the practice of Simran so that at the time of our death either we should be
doing Simran or we may have the Form of the Master within us. If we are doing Simran, or if we
are remembering the Form of the Master, we will go directly to Him.                     
Saints have the knowledge of how, because of the simran of the world, we come into and we go
back from this world; again and again we take birth in this world because of the simran of the
world. They know the weakness of our mind and how we are stuck in this world, and They also
know that the crop which is destroyed by water can be healed or made whole only with other
water.                                     
They give us the Simran which They have earned Themselves; and behind that Simran given by
the Masters, Their renunciation, Their hard work, Their Charging, is working - and They know
that only by doing the Simran of the Master can we cut the simran or remembrance of the world.
That is why They tell us to do Simran. And as you know, when we do something without making
any effort to have the image or the form of that thing in front of us, that form or that image
comes in front of us  - if we do the Simran given by the Master, without our making any effort of
having the Form of the Master in front of us, we can have it.     
In that Satsang I had talked about the personal experience of Master Sawan Singh, Who used
to say that there was a judge who all his life long gave out decisions and worked as a judge. At
the time of his death, on one side he was about to leave the body, but on the other side he said,
"Objection overruled." Whatever simran he was doing all his life long, at the time of his death he
spoke the words according to that.
I also spoke about my own experience, that once there was a business man in Padampur who
never got married. He always had the desire of getting married, but somehow he never did it.
But he always used to think about it. When he was about to die I went to see him, because at
that time I was practicing Ayurvedic medicine. When I went there and held his arm to feel his
pulse, he thought I was tying a wedding band on his wrist - because in those days in India there
was a  tradition that people tied a piece of thread to the wrist when they are about to get
married. When I held his arm he felt that I was doing that, so he at once said, "Are you tying the
wedding band?" I thought in my mind, "Brother, you are preparing for the journey to the beyond;
how can we get you married now?" So whatever simran he was doing throughout his life, he
remembered that at the time of his death and he spoke out from that. So whatever simran,
whatever remembrance, you do throughout your life, you will remember it at the time of death.



Bhagat Trilochan, whose bani is included in Guru Granth Sahib, has written that those who at
the time of death do the simran or remembrance of women, are born into the body of a
prostitute where they have to indulge with so many men. Nature is not a useless thing.
According to our thoughts, we get those desires in our next lifetime, in our next birth. So those
who remember women at the time of death, they become prostitutes and their death desire is
fulfilled; but in that body they make many more new desires and in order to fulfill those new
desires they have to come back into this world again.
Bhagat Trilochan says that at the time of death those who do simran of their homes, they
become ghosts and come and live there. Those who do the simran of, or remember, wealth,
they come back as snakes.
I have seen many married people who do not have any children. Whenever they give any
donations, or do any good thing, they always have this desire: that they will be rewarded with a
child. So He says that those who die doing the simran of children, they come back in the body of
a pig; you know that pigs have a lot of children, and the sow is always bothered by children
because she gives birth to so many children at one
time.
Finally Bhagat Trilochan Ji says that those who do the Simran of God, those who love God
Almighty, God manifests in their heart, and they are the ones who get liberation. So we should
always do constant Simran; because only by doing Simran can we vacate the nine openings
and open the tenth door. Beyond that we do not need Simran, beyond that we cross the planes
only by climbing on the Shabd.








its awesome  :smile:

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 :rabb:  dso hun sab  :smile:  sab sahi sahi vote kariyo humble request aa .

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Religion, Faith, Spirituality / what is sukhmani sahib ?
« on: June 29, 2011, 07:43:32 AM »
The savior of the world, jewel of the Sodhi dynasty, He, Himself the Almighty, identified as the Lord, Sahib Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji Maharajah, came to this world in the form of a human being, only to shower His benevolence upon its people. He is very soft-hearted and tender towards humanity, so much so, that His heart always beats for the welfare of society, His heart leaps out to any and everybody, whosoever, is in suffering.
If one was to count the benevolence showered by Him, he would be dumbstruck and would feel “Satguru, nobody can be like you, only you are you.” He has conferred infinite blessings on us; so many of us have benefited, so many of us are benefiting and many more will continue to benefit.
Guru Sahib’s tender heart melted and He blessed the ‘Sarovar’ of ‘Taran Taraan sahib’ with the strength to cure all, who ever concentrates upon His ‘daya drishti’ and takes a holy dip in this sacred pond gains freedom from his ailments related to the skin, be it leprosy or any skin disease, the physical pain subsides and he is cured, such is His power.
‘Gurudwara Maldi Sahib’ situated near Jalandhar on Nakodar Road, has been blessed by Him, with the power to cure anyone suffering from joint pains, anyone just by being present over here physically, will get cured of joint pains, such is His mercy.
Not only this, He has given to us the ‘Sahib Shri Guru Adi Granth Sahib’; ‘Shri Sukhmani Sahib’; ‘Gurudwara Santokhsar’ in Amritsar; the unique honor of ‘Shri Harimandir Sahib’ bestowed upon the Sikh community. So much so, He sacrificed Himself so that humanity could live in harmony. As Baba Nand Singh Ji said, that who knows what adversity was to fall upon this world; what fire was to blaze at that time, when the Master of time, the fifth light of Sahib Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the One who knows all, and who could not bear to see anyone suffering, took all the pain on Himself, and saved the world from this terrible fire. When you will realize this then your heart will overwhelm with love, then you will want to be of use, even giving up your life will seem insufficient to you; it will seem less. We can never repay Sahib Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji for the countless blessings He has bestowed upon us.

Baba Nand Singh Ji said, “All fathers get gifts for their children, some get fruit; some get wealth; some get clothes; but our father, Sahib Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, has for us “Dhur Ki Bani” (meaning the divine voice from heaven). He has the holy Gurbani for us. He has done a great favour to us by giving us this blessing. He has uplifted the spiritual strength and welfare of the whole world through Gurbani. To cure the pain and suffering; to arouse compassion; Sahib Shri Guru Nanak Dev came in the fifth house as the benevolent Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji. He gave the ambrosial Shri Sukhmani Sahib to the world, which is static and is there with us for keeps. This Bani takes care of us, gives us peace, not only in this world but in the next world as well. It even guides us to salvation. By reciting the Sukhmani Sahib daily we are blessed:
“Eh lok sukhiya perlok suhalae
Nanak har prabh aphae mela.” (Ang….292)
[/size]Eighth Characteristic Feature of Shri Sukhmani Sahib :
The scripture of Shri Sukhmani Sahib protects one from witchcraft, black magic, ghosts and spirits, superstitions and from others being envious of you.
In today’s world, envy and jealousy are reigning supreme. Those who are ignorant cannot see or tolerate others hard work and progress. In today’s era, such people are uncountable, who are not troubled because of their troubles but are troubled because of others happiness. A person, who has not been to religious congregations and has not enjoyed the Sangat of wise people, is perpetually stuck in such feelings; such people’s heart is always burning with why someone is progressing whereas I am where I was or why is someone happy when I am not, they feel jealous all the time. Just remember a small truth, that is, that the people who are jealous of your happiness and welfare are none other than your own relatives or your blood relations. Do not get annoyed but this is the truth that these people are the ones, who are really close to you.
Do not get disheartened on reading this; instead take shelter in the invaluable scripture of Shri Sukhmani Sahib, given to us by Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji. If you have the support of the scripture of the Shri Sukhmani Sahib, then it even protects you from those people, who are envious of you. If you keep the security of the scripture of the Shri Sukhmani Sahib i.e. recite the scripture daily with love, faith and devotion; then whosoever may try to conspire against you, the scripture of Shri Sukhmani Sahib will protect you against it.
The house of the Guru or the Guru preaches us to do good, our actions should be good. When you do good, automatically you are praised for it, you are glorified. When one gets glory, then it is someone from the near and dear ones who is unable to tolerate it, nobody from outside but someone from within, he further plans to cause destruction.
Today’s era, is the era of the kalyug, it is at its peak, and therefore, jealousy and enviousness are highly influencing people. If someone progresses even slightly towards prosperity or maybe that one progresses towards Gurbani, he starts meditation and concentration then people who are really close to him will begin to feel envious, they will be unable to tolerate it. (I have seen people going to extreme of not wishing each other when they meet because they are from opposite institutes (taksal), they do not realize that the basic of all the institutes is the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. This does not mean that out of fear of resentment of such people you stop your good actions. Be strong and do good, at the same time barricade yourself with the scripture of Shri Sukhmani Sahib. Then nobody can harm you, no covetousness can harm you, you will continue to progress.
There is a ‘kirteniya’ (one who sings hymns in the praise of the Lord). He sings melodiously, there is a lot of sweetness in his singing. I really liked one of his qualities, I was deeply impressed. I am presenting this quality to you, after reading it, try to imbibe it. This kirteniya has made a rule for himself that whenever he sings the praises of the Lord (Kirtan) anywhere, after the completion of the Kirtan, he makes it a point to recite a scripture of Shri Sukhmani Sahib before eating anything. After having sung the hymns, he recites the scripture of the Shri Sukhmani Sahib to barricade himself from the peoples envy and thank the Lord that He has granted him this service of doing Kirtan.
(There is a distinction in this. Those who are not aware when they do good Kirtan or they do good katha or they do any good action then their pride overtakes them and their ego gets inflated; they desire that after katha Kirtan, they should be looked after and served. This varies from one individual nature to another, some kirteniyas are happy to be served after Kirtan, they want that someone should massage their feet, rub oil or do any other act of service; just remember one fact that such acts of taking service from others, make you lose your earnings in your practice of Kirtan. That’s why, he who is a Gursikh, who is wise, he protects himself from taking such service, only if it is of utmost urgency then only get served.)
There is another unknown person, a ‘paathi’(a person who reads and recites the scripture of the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji) reads the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji for 2-3 hours, then gets served. Now there is a lot of difference between this paathi and that kirteniya. This paathi is ignorant, ego has gone to his head, and he feels that he has recited the scripture so he should be served, on the other hand the kirteniya, who is aware, recites the scriptures and thanks the Lord that God allowed him to serve by singing the hymns. By doing this he is fencing his fame, this will help him and protect him from people who are jealous of him or those who out of jealousy will try to bring harm to him but will be unable to do so.
This is with reference to all that if someone in his happiness and prosperity, who has been blessed with honour and fame, takes the shelter of the scripture of Shri Sukhmani Sahib, then this scripture protects him from the jealous world. I am amazed, there is a phrase in the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji :
‘avkhed sabha kitien nindek ka daru nahi’ (Ang…315)
Avkhed means medicine, Satguru says that all sorts of medicines have been made on this earth for all cures but alas there is no medicine to cure a malignant person, to stop him from malignancy. At the same time, at one place in the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji there is a purport that:
‘nindek gur kirpa ta hatyo’ (pg714)
Take the message, he, who has the treasure of Gurbani and the Gurus blessings then malignant and defaulters stay away from such a perso
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