Friday 24 October 2008
Hey everyone!!!
How are you guys? well, I'm fine here....I'm back!!! It was such a long break....
Currently, I'm working on my dissertation. I still have approximately 5 weeks to go for my submission. So far, I'm doing fine i guess...Need to put more x3 effort to get a good result..
I was browsing through the net, suddenly I saw one image which really caught my attention. As you can see above, that's the picture I'm talking about.
Well, some might agree and some might not...But I don't give a damn.!!..
I believe there is only ONE GOD in This Universe...Well, the paths (religions) that we follow might lead us in a different directions. But eventually all of us are reaching the same destiny.
No religion teach us to be Bad..or do evil..
No holy books (Bible, Quran or Vedas ) teach us to be Bad...
So, all of us are the SAME....
So, stop talking bad about other cultures....If can try to learn about other cultures and the way of their living.. As now, we are surrounded with multi- racial people, I think is better for us to know about their culture and norms.
As I always say to myself...I don't think That I'm knowledgeable if i only know about my religion. I need to know about other religions too...Thats how I respect my own religion and other religions.....
GOD IS ONE...
Shamrat Guna
Wednesday 27 August 2008
Journey of Realisation Part: 1
If I were asked, how was my trip to Egypt? I rather say it is meaningful instead of saying enjoying. I was touched by seeing the way people live there. According to a source, almost 15 million Egyptians are living under poverty line. Adding to this, when the world food price rose recently , the suffering of the people increased more.This is something sad to hear about. Kids sitting in the streets bagging for money. According to a middle class Egyptian family, after the food price have risen , there need to cut off vegetables, meat in their daily food. Their are only afford for lentils and rice for their meal. As mentioned by the World Food Program, most of the Egyptian people are lacking in nutrients as they have cut down the healthy foods. Hence, this will cause a lot of health problems eventually. Maybe as I am in UK, I have not realized the impact of the rising food price , but in Egypt, the citizens are suffering. Besides that, one of the typical foods in Egypt is a bread called “Irish” (not very sure about the spelling.). I tried eating it, but did not enjoy it. No matter which part of Egypt you travel, you can get this bread easily. However, for the Egyptians, this bread is a basic food. To reduce the burden of the citizens, there are certain bakery shops, where this bread has been subsidised by the government. For instance, in normal Bakery shops, one loaf of bread cost 10sen, while in subsidised bakery shops, one loaf cost 1sen. So, there will be a huge crowd in front of the subsized bakery shop. Normally, people started queuing from 6am and might get the bread after 3 to 4 hours. Recently, there were 16 people died when queuing in the line. I was really hurt when I heard about this. Just to get a basic food, there are struggling !!!!.
shocked seeing him with barefoot and sitting
alone beside the road in such a hot weather.
bread " Irish". It's common
Apart from observing the living atmosphere there, another aspect that I observed was the architecture. I realized most of the building there have some similarities with the western type of buildings. The pictures below will show you.
Above pictures :
Aggressive men
Imagine, in two weeks, I have seen roughly 4 fighting scenes. These Egyptian guys are a bit aggressive and easily get to their nerves. Hahaha. Well, just look at the picture below.
TO BE CONTINUED
Motivated again!!! Being consistent is the toughest part
Besides this, another friend of mine, in his blog, he has written about the wonderful reminisce back in IPBA. His writing brought me back to IPBA for a moment.
And there are lot of my friends who have started blogging. Even in Marjon, I think majority of my friends here have their own blog. Some are being secret and some are not.
Looking at my friends’ blogs really inspired me a lot.
Well, I’m a practical person, but some time I do believe in Numerology. One of my weakness as stated in the book was inconsistent which I do agree with it. : ). No matter what I do, I lack in being consistent. For example, in blogging, easily get bored I guess : ). Well, sometimes I think it is good to get bored easily because it urges you to try other sorts of things.
Guna
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is a famous mantra in Hindu veda.
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra (maha-mrityun-jaya), also called the Tryambakam Mantra, is a verse of the Yajurveda (TS 1.8.6.i; VS 3.60) addressed to Tryambakam "the three-eyed", identified with the Hindu deity Shiva. It's literal translation is the Great Death-Conquering mantra. It is a mantra that has many names and forms.
It is called the Rudra mantra, referring to the furious aspect of Shiva; the Tryambakam mantra, alluding to Shiva's three eyes; and its is sometimes known as the Mrita-Sanjivini mantra because it is a component of the "life-restoring" practice given to the primordial sage Shukra after he had completed an exhausting period of austerity. The Maha Mrityunjaya mantra is hailed by the sages as the heart of the Veda. Along with the Gayatri mantra it holds the highest place among the many mantras used for contemplation and meditation.
The mantra reads (IAST transliteration):
- tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭi-vardhanam
- urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya māmṛtāt
In the translation of Arthur Berriedale Keith, 1914):
- "To Tryambaka we make offering, The fragrant, increaser of prosperity;
- Like a cucumber from its stem, From death may I be loosened, not from immortality."
Grammatical analysis:
- tri-ambaka-m "the three-eyed-one" (accusative)
- yaja-mahe "we praise" (1st pl. middle)
- sugandhi-m "the fragrant" (acc.)
- pusti-vardhana-m "the prosperity-increaser" (acc.)
- urvaruka-m "cucumber" (acc.)
- iva "-like"
- bandhanāt "from attachment" ("from the stem", ablative)
- mṛtyos "from death" (ablative)
- mukṣīya "may you liberate"
- mā "not"
- amṛtāt from immortality (ablative)
There is a parallel formation mṛtyor māmṛtaṃ gamayeti/gamaya iti "thus lead me from death to immortality" in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad 1.3.28 (se asato ma sad gamaya) with amritaamritat as ablative rather than accusative forces the interpretation of ma as "not" (and not "me") and leads to the rather stilted translation by Keith given above. (immortality) in the accusative; having
Monday 25 August 2008
Public Transportation
The screen indicates what bus is approaching and the time as well.
It is really convenient for the public when they know what is time the bus is approaching because they are able to make a good planning. No need to waste time waiting hours for the bus !!!!.
There are two bus companies running in Plymouth which are City bus ( in the picture ) and also First bus.
It shows the route the bus takes
Guna