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*10. Communicate Effectively* Learning to communicate effectively with everyone is a skill worth possessing. Most of the time you find that you are out of place. Communicating without prejudice is vital for success.  If you are faced with someone who knows more than you, be like a child and keep your ears and eyes open for learning. If you are faced with someone who knows less than you, be humble and strive to make them as good as or better than you.  Play with a small child as you played when you were a child. Talk with an elderly person remembering that one day you will be like that. Communicate with a person of your age group like you are his/her best friend.  This world is varied beyond our imagination, and there's always something to share, learn and teach. When you are centered, you become a powerful communicator. And when your communication improves, your life improves. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji  25 WAYS TO A BETTER LIFE 

Did you know that Devara Dasimayya, a Kannada langauge poet-saint and vachanakaara of the 11th century was an early harbinger of the Virashaiva faith or Lingayatism in Southern India? Devara Dasimayya ದೇವರ ದಾಸಿಮಯ್ಯ, also known as "Jedara Daasimayya (ಜೇಡರ ದಾಸಿಮಯ್ಯ) meaning "Dasimayya of the weavers", considered one of the first mystic poet-saint of Karnataka, an early propagator of the Virashaiva faith or Lingayatism in Southern India, was born in a village called Mudanuru, a village in Shorapur Taluk, Yadagiri district in Karnataka. He was born in the Hindu calendar month of Chaitra in Shukla Paksha in a weavers family of Devanga community, to parents Ramayya and Shankari. He was deeply religious right from his young age dedicated to worship of Lord Shiva in the temple Ramanatha in his village; the temple is famous due to a belief that Lord Rama of Treta Yuga worshipped the Shiva Linga deified in this temple. His early formal education was in the Shiva Center of...

Ravishwarar Temple, Vyasarpadi, Chennai Ravishwarar Temple is a Hindu temple in Chennai, India. Built during the Chola period, the temple is dedicated to Shiva. It is located at Murthy Iyengar Street in the northern neighbourhood of Vyasarpadi. Ravishwarar Temple Religion Affiliation Hinduism District Chennai Deity Lord (Shiva) Location Vyasarpadi State Tamil Nadu Country India History The temple dates back to the Chola time. The temple The main deity in the temple is Lord Ravishwarar ("Ravi" meaning the Sun), facing east, and his consort goddess Marakadhambal, facing south. The temple has a 3-tier rajagopuram (main tower). It is said that the lord here was worshiped by the sun god. The sun god also bathed in the temple tank, known as the Bhrama Theertham or Surya Theertham, to get rid of his Bhrama Dosham (curse). The sun god is placed inside the sanctum of Lord Shiva,...

Kalarmulainathar Temple (Parijatha Vaneswarar Temple), Thirukkalar, Thiruvarur Kalarmulainathar Temple (Parijatha Vaneswarar Temple) is a Hindu temple located at Thirukkalar in the Tiruvarur District of Tamilnadu. The presiding deity of the temple is Shiva. Praises of the temple have been sung by the Saivite saints Sambandar and Thirunavukkarasar in the Thevaram. This is the 222nd Thevaram Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam and 105th Sthalam on the south side of river Cauvery. Presiding Deity is called as Parijatha Vaneswarar / Kalarmulainathar. Mother is called as Amirthavalli / Ilankombannal. Sthala Vriksham is Parijatham. Theertham of this temple are Durvasa, Gnana, Brahmma and Rudra Theertham. Legends Lord Shiva granting the Brahmma Thandava Darshan to Sage Durvasa: Lord Shiva performed his Ananda dance in Chidambaram and Perur, Aajaba in Tiruvarur, Gnana Sundara in Madurai, Oordhva in Avinashi, and Brahmma Thandava in Tirumuruganpoondi. Sage Durvasa performed severe penance in this place ...

Ponvaithanathar Temple / பொன்வைத்த நாதர் கோயில், Thiruchitremam, சித்தாய்மூர் / Sithamoor, Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu. This is the 223rd Thevaram Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam and 106th Sthalam on the south side of river Kaveri in Chozha Nadu. The place was called as Chitremam during Thevaram period and now called as “Sithamoor” and locally called as Chithaimur. In Periyapuranam Sekkizhar records that Thirugnanasambandar came to this temple after worshiping Lord Shiva of Thirukalar. In that he didn’t mentioned this temple in particular, but mentions other temples on the way to Thirumaraikadu. மற்றுஅவ்வூர் தொழுதுஏத்தி மகிழ்ந்துபாடி         மால் அயனுக்கு அரியபிரான் மருவும்தானம் பற்பலவும் சென்று பணிந்து ஏத்திப்பாடி         பரவுதிருத் தொண்டர்குழாம் பாங்கின் எய்தக் கற்றவர் வாழ்தண்டலை...

Family of Chiku, Cainito Apple and Sea Gutta -  The SAPOTACEAE family. It is largely a tropical family of evergreen trees and shrubs with 53 genera and about 1,100 species. 🌷 Members are mostly trees and shrubs that produce latex    🌷 Leaves, flower buds and fruits are often clothed with brownish hairs 🌷Flower are he rmaphrodite and radially symmetrical. These bear sepals in two whorls Petals are united and 4-8 in number. Stamens attached to the petals and carpels are united. The ovary is superior and many chambered. 🌷Leaves are simple, alternate or opposite usually with smooth margins, leathery texture and sometimes stipulate and hair 🌷 Fruit:is a berry where the inner pulp may have latex when unripe. 🌷 Seeds few or one with hard shiny covering marked by a pale lining. The, endosperm is oily. 🌷Pollination is by insects or bats. 🌷Economic Importance of Sapotaceae: 1.F...

RHIZOPHORACEAE Under this family, there are three tribes, Rhizophoreae, Gynotrocheae, and Macarisieae. Even though Rhizophoraceae is known for its mangrove members, only the genera under Rhizophoreae grow in the mangrove habitats and the remaining members live in inland forests. The terrestrial members of the Gynotrocheae tribe include the genera Carallia, Crossostylis, Gynotrochea and Pellacalyx. Within the mangrove tribe Rhizophoreae, there are four genera: Rhizophora, Kandelia, Ceriops, and Bruguiera, all of which are found in the coastal regions of Singapore. So we will discuss here the characteristics of this tribe in general. There are three distinct adaptive characters known in this tribe 🌷Viviparous embryogenesis  Thisestablishes the seed embryo that starts growing while still in the fruit on the tree. It breaks the seed-coat and the fruit wall to grow large enough to take root in the slippery salty soils of the ...

 'Lizard's-Tail Family' -  SAURURACEAE  The family get's its queer name from the interesting spike like inflorescences, the tips of which, bend over to give it a tail like appearance. This family is closely related to the Black-Pepper Family - Piperaceae.  🌷Saururaceae is a small family of five genera and six species, most of them aromatic herbs native to North America and Southeast Asia. The plants generally inhabit wet areas.  🌷The plants are herbaceous and have creeping rhizomes (horizontal stems).   🌷Their leaves are simple, stalked, with entire margins and are arranged alternately.. The base of leaves is heart shaped and the apex is pointed. Stipules are present, often attached to the petiole. 🌷Their inflorescences (flower clusters) are slender, spike-like, and covered with inconspicuous closely appressed flowers. Even though individual flowers are small, the floral spikes are showy, and in several Saururaceae species the spikes resemble a si...

Weekly Knowledge 77 New Delhi 28 Nov 1996  India THE ARROW OF FAITH It is only through merit that you can have faith. When you lack faith, happiness is neither in the inner nor the outer world.  Happiness springs forth from faith. Happiness is forgetting the body consciousness. Pain or sorrow is holding on to the body consciousness. Whenever you are happy you don't feel the body and when you are miserable, you have aches and pains. Question: Then why in meditation is the attention taken to various parts of the body? Guruji: For an arrow to go forward, you have to pull it back. In the same way when you take the attention to the various parts of the body, it frees you from body consciousness. 🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸   साप्ताहिक ज्ञानपत्र ०७७ २८ नवम्बर, १९९६ नाइ दिल्ली, भारत श्रद्धा और प्रसन्नता पुण्य द्वारा ही तुम श्रद्धा पा सकते हो । जब तुममें श्रद्धा नहीं होती, न तो तुम्हें आंतरिक सुख मिलता है और न ही सांसारिक। श्रद्धा से ही आनंद उमड़ता है। आनंद शारीरिक सजगता क...