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Chapter 4 - Glorify The Divine  Day 23 Effortlessness. Virtues are there in you, do not try to cultivate virtues-they are in you already. All that you need is to become a little quiet, a little calm. When you become effortless, calm and serene, virtues, talents and skills all manifest in your life, all come to the surface.  All our effort is only to get rid of the stress, get rid of all the dust that we have accumulated. And Karma-our action, Gyana-knowledge, and Yoga are all a way, a path to do this, to achieve this purity. Actually, ‘achieve’ is not the correct word.  Knowledge is like a detergent-to be put on and then washed off! Same way with action , “I did so much good,” “I did this charity,” “I did that charity.” If you keep thinking this way, taking pride in your charity or the good work you have done, then that becomes a deterrent to your blossoming.  There is a proverb in Hindi that says, “Do good and throw all the merit in the well, throw it in...

Chapter 4 - Glorify The Divine  Day 22 Surrender often denotes a sense of weakness, a sense of failure, a sense of slavery, isn’t it so? But there is another part of surrender. That aspect of the word “surrender” which denotes freedom.  The pinnacle of Love is also called “surrender’, where your whole being becomes one with the infinite, where the river meets the ocean, where the activity reposes in rest, in the self. The culmination of activity, the culmination of feeling, the culmination of action, of amoment, of an event is all called “ surrender”.  Surrender simply means from limited power energy to unlimited ocean of existence. Growing from limitation to limitless, merging into the divinity, the vast powerful omnipresent, omnipotent truth. An intense love is associated with surrender.  Normally the word surrender is used with intense fear, anguish, weakness. Actually a weak person cannot surrender. He will appear to have surrendered, but inside there...

Rice production in India - Part 1, History and production Did you know that Rice, an export of India in ancient times, had the Grecian name of Uryza which is idenetifed by the Tamil word ‘arisi’? Rice (Oryza sativa) is the staple food of the Indian subcontinent. and is grown in its Tropical and Sub tropical areas. Unmilled rice is known as "paddy". There is a huge varietal diversity of rice in relation to the aroma and morphological and grain charchteristics. From ancient days India placed great emphasis on growing aromatic rice and Hindu scriptures make mention of this fact in Charak Samhita, Vedas, and Rigveda and the oldest records.  Short grained rice of India are non-glutinous while Jasmine rice is gutinous. It is the dominant crop in India and one of its chief grains. and is grown in almost all its states.  Oryza sativa is the botancial name for rice as it is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asia...

Today is the 20th anniversary of this monument of love, light and deep meditation - Vishalakshi Mantap. It’s beauty forever amazes us all 

Devahuti and Kardama Did you know that Devahuti, daughter of Prajapati Manu, and Kardama, one of the nine mind born sons of Brahma, were married in Kushavati, present day Goa, considered as the first marriage in the world? Devahuti's and Kardama's story of the Vedic age (probably 6th or 5th century BC), is narrated in the Srimad Bhagavatam. They were parents of the sage Kapila who was considered the incarnation of Vishnu. Kapila founded the Sankhya school (basically theory of guṇas - qualities, innate tendencies) of Hindu philosophy and who instructed this philosophy to his mother Devahuti, the principles of pure devotional service and thus she was able to perfect her life and go back to Godhead. As the story goes, Devahuti was the beautiful third daughter of Swayambhuva Manu (the first man on earth). Kardama was one of the nine mind born sons of Brahma (interpreted as born from Chaya, the reflection of Brahma) who was ordered by his father to marry an...