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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Hinduism as I see

Many people tried to define Hinduism but failed miserably, So it would be inappropriate to say that I 'm trying todefine Hinduism.Being a Hindu, I'm sharing my beliefs about the most ancient belief existing in this world. Hinduism is one of the truths of this Universe. Can u define matter? Can u define energy? Everytime u try to define it, u find u missed something or u try to satisfy one aspect, other aspect grew incongrous. The duality and uncertainity which exists in the nature exists in Hinduism too. Morevoer, this duality and uncertainity is vital to maintain the flexibility and adaptability.Hinduism itself is not an indigenous term. Europeans called it Hinduism. We called it 'Sanatana Dharma'. We called our land 'AryaVrata'. The origin of Hinduism is unknown. Infact, it has 330 million gods and godesses. People who cant understand Hinduism get baffled by this fact and chortle Hinduism reprovingly. The point of disbelief is that how can I pray 330 million gods daily. I'm going to clear this doubt later on.

First of all, Hinduism is not a religion. Hinduism at present is a set of beliefs accepted by people living below Hindukush. People from school of Advaita can denounce the existence of Shiva,Vishnu or Brahma and all th demigods like Indra, Varun, Surya. Some people get perplexed by myriad beliefs existing in the single religion which contradict each other.

The very word 'religion' distracts the indian reality. Did I say Indian?Yes. Any indian or human being can be called hindu if he believes in certain principles like every individual is free to his will and his beliefs has to be respected. Every human has to be rational and find his own way to the truth and is ultimately responsible of his life. All western religions have a dogma and a body to control or impose the rules of religion. Hinduism doesn't have any central authority.

Even, any eastern religion doesnot have any central authority and each focusses on self-realization and the quest of individual to find the truth. This give every individualistic insight to Hinduism. However, Hindu society is neither individualistic nor homogenous. Hindu society has rules but Hindu religion doesn't .The Hindu society is governed by DharmaShastra. But this Dharmashastra is not ultimate and can be modified according to the requirement of the society. The last modification was made in 18th century.

Hinduism as a science

Hinduism can rival Science. Athiest scientists r dumbfounded when it comes to Hinduism. Their belief about the religion that religion is just a set of dogmas imposed on the society and God is the creation of imagination of human mind is seriously challenged by the Hinduism. Hinduism is very similiar to Science. It takes some assumptions and by logic, it forms a set of beliefs. Further, if it turns out to be false, Hinduism dumb the beliefs. There is no dogma which can restrict the growth of Hinduism. Maybe this is the reason, we have so myriad incongrous beliefs just because they cant be challenged or proved false.

Why 330 million Gods?

Now, the question arises why 330 million gods? since, Hinduism has the nature to celebrate virtually every belief of rational human being, it has so many gods. The Hinduism have celestial gods from Greek and Romans, rituals from phoenicians, nature worship from Druits, shintoism and other celtic religion, Avatars like Buddha and Mahavir from Buddhism and Jainism, Brahman from Jews, occultism from various tribals rituals. It cant be restricted to particular time domain, particular region on the earth or particular species.

Humans even cant claim that Hinduism or 'Sanatan Dharma' belongs to them. Stories of Puran and Vedas tell the truths of age before Jurassic age. Then, there is concept of reincarnation , the heaven and the hell and above all the Maya. The 35 avatars of Vishnu tells us about the evolution of species on the Earth from Fish to Lions to Pygmies to Humans. Then, there are about 8.4 million species (yonis) in Hinduism. The Samudra Manthan tells about the formation of himalayas and disappearance of Tethys Sea which happened during Jurassic period which existed about 30 millions year ago!

Clearly, wtih such a long span of history, Hinduism is bound to have so many gods and so many beliefs.

The Maya

Hinduism has a very unique philosophy i.e., Maya. For many, maya is the illusion which binds us to the Earth. Maya is the super-imposition of the world and the universe on the greater universe in which we live. Western religions doesn't recognize this super-imposition. We are like trapped in thses three dimensions. However, Science recognizes this fact like other 7 dimensions r inaccesible to humans. western religion call it miracle. Miracles r for those people who cannot understand the force behind the process.

The origin of philosophy of Maya came from the logical way of thinking. Long before Egyptians thought that we think from heart (as heart beats fast as we grow anxious), we knew that humans use brains to think and not the heart. The process of goin to sleep and reaching to sub-conscious state has been analyzed long before. Certain cases of remembrance of past lives by some individuals and cross-verification of past life of individuals proved that people are re-incarnated. It happens even today and there has been 'tons' of documented scientific evidence of past life though it is not accepted by large section of scientists (their religious or scientific prejudice does not allow them to see the naked truth).

The indian philosophers went further. There were bilwedered by this fact as it challenged the notion that everything we experience is stored in our brains. If after death, the brain and the body gets destroyed, then there must be the place where our memory is stored. In the search of truth, they went to concentrate on the brain.

They came to understand various unique features of brain like human brain has the tendency to think something everytime. Not only that, they cannot continue with a single thought for even a minute. They tried to attain the state ofthoughtlessness known as Sunya or Zero. They went further and realized that human brain has the capacity to understand the cosmos without saying anything. for example, like vibes or intuition we get about things going to happen.
It forced them to conclude that everything is pre-determined. But they went further in the search of the truth. If the brain is powerful to intercept inter-dimensional messages, it should be able to respond and change the multi-dimensional universe to affect the future. The further self-realization made them clear that we are trapped in this universe and our mind has the key to escape from this trap. They called it "Maya".

In what lies beyond Maya, they went further and found that since they can modify or alter the multi-dimensional lattice of this universe, they have the access to the every part of universe or every particle of this universe. This state is called "Shiv". This is the state when a human being become universal, omipresent, all powerul and syonymous to the God.

Yogis came to know that there is definitely a god and also came to know about various abstractions like swarg, narak, pitralok, various loks and also about the very central autority to which everyone is connected. They became gods in their own respect. They created their own level of abstraction where they live. This place is known as "Gyanganj". This method of achieving God or being god is known as 'GyanMarg' .

The 'BhaktiMarg' is also related to the same principle. However, the approach is quite different. In Bhakti, we are so immensely involved that your brain is overwhelmed with the single feeling. The central authoirty cant deny the multi-dimensional trauma caused by this feeling; the central authority is forced to respond to ur bhakti and fulfill your desire. There are various spiritual powers either godly or evil identified by Hinduism which roam free in this multi-dimensional lattice.

The last one is "KarmaMarg". It believes that since u as an identity is stored somewhere else . U elevate or lower ur state in the various re-incarnations. Just think that u r AI program whose attempt to understand and evolve itself and in that attempt, u urself get evolved into better programs or worse programs. The ultimate of u as an AI program is to reach the mental state of the creator or central authority or God.

Why Idol worship?

There is no need of idol worship in "GyanMarg". But people following "BhaktiMarg" can isolate their thought if they can visualize God as an object. It is difficult for human brain to visualize abstract shapeless all powerful God and stick to one thought. For example, if I say " TriTrita" is all powerful, omipresent, it would be difficult to visualize it. But if I say that TriTrita is a three-headed human being which has each of his head in each three dimension, it would be easier for u to visualize. This is the reason why Idol worship is highly reverred in ancient civilizations. The various spiritual powers in multi-dimensional lattice are isolated and given a shape. Human brain is allowed to picturize and worship it.

I would write more about Hinduism in the next blog. Please post ur doubts comments and suggestions. If you've any information related to this post, plz share with me.

Friday, May 12, 2006

Discovering Love & life

Everyone in this world is aware of love. Even animals love each other. Still there is so much hatred, so much anguish in the world. Bush wants to kill saddam. North Korea can destroy the whole world. Osama want to bring down another World Trade Center. Why there is so much hatred? The reason too lies in Love. It's all because someone loved the other conditionally.

Some people consider Love nothing but a distraction which diverts u from ur path. Probably, they dont understand love at all. The diversion is all because of expectation of the lover. Some ppl associate love with amorosity and call it 'Natural Love'. There is nothing wrong if u r attracted towards ur love but when u attach a condition, the love deteriorates. Love can be expressed by your eyes, your words or your touch, the main ingredient is the feeling which last forever.

Love is the purest form of affection to any one which remains undeterred in the passage of time in any circumstances. Everythin in the universe which exist in the purest form are forever. For example, matter doesnot get destroyed, it is forever and always accompany energy with it. Similarly, love always accompany energy with it. The soldiers who bring the victory for their country are passionate lovers. The scientists passionately love their work. The mother loves her child unconditionally.

Most of people dont express their love as they fear that they might lose their lover. They expect their lover to love them too. Why to attach such a condition? This fear is the bone of contention. That's why so many love relationships break and their love turn to hatred. U feared that u will lose ur lover if u expressed ur feelings to her. But after a while, u will feel that this feeling has started to trouble u from within . u cannot concentrate on ur work. As soon as u will realize that u'll love her in any case without any condition, all ur fears will vanish. If u tell her about ur feelings, u might lose her as a friend but one thing remains, ur love will be forever as long as the universe exist. If u dont express ur unconditional love, the feeling inside will rot like a standing water. Therefore, it is necessary that ur love shud flow from one heart to another. It might happen u might regret the whole life for not saying the golden words, "I love u".

Love is the most beautiful and purest feeling in the world. Express it as soon as possible! Once u do it, you are filled with so much energy that u can climb Mount everest in one go. U can cross sahara without a drop of water. You can overcome any hurdle in your life if you have this "supernatural" love with u.

Why do people celebrate their birthday??

Birthday is the date when u come to this world. Every year, people around the world celebrate their birthday. Every culture has the tradition to celebrate birthday. This day you are sure that u just fnished one year from ur lifespan and you are more closer to death. So, why to be so merry about the birthday and celebrate it?

Birthdays of children are celebrated mandatorily with great joy. Adults celebrate their birthday according to their wish. The whole idea is to remember the day u have stepped in this world. But as age increases, most of people dont celebrate their birthday. They argue they r not kids. In a way, they are trying to explain the life is no more dreams and why to be so happy about the birthday when u know that u r goin to die one day.

The problem arises here. The candour we had in childhood are bruised by the harsh realities of life. But one has to be optimistic about the life. If you dont want to shout like kids or you are on self-imposed exile just like me, you can ofcourse celebrate your birthday in the unique way. You can celebrate ur birthday with strangers, with street children, with unprivileged.

What I'm tryin to say is that on this day, u brought joy to your parents. They wanted to make this day a memorable day of their life. As a person grows up, one should try to spread the same happiness throughout his life. Every minute, every second should be the memorable moment of life we can cherish. On this day, one has to give the joy to others. Life is all about giving and taking joy and pains from one another. Make this day a memorable day for urself.

Need of open-source culture in India

Open-source is the rule of the day. The mantra of open-source is spreading like a wildfire. Morever, it is happening from something better. Free software like Linux, Apache and OpenOffice.org came into existence becuase of open-source movement. Users around the world use these free open-source tools to fulfill thier needs. Some goes to the further extent of modifying the tool annd making more efficient for free. It is hard for some people to realize that how an efficient software can be developed for free and moreover what do these geeks get from creating the software for free!

There are many reasons for it. First of all, the scientific challenge to overcome the hurdle. Next big motivational force is Bill Gates and his company, Microsoft which distribute software for money.

There is a clear lack of open-source culture in our country.

Whenever I shared codes, I told the faculties that I took the assistance from this guy or that website. This is the way in the open-source world. IBM build its own webserver over Apache. At the same time, they recognizes the Apache's contribution to their web server. As ancient saying goes "knowledge increases with sharing!". We've to return to our roots.



Google Earth: Threat to security of the nation ?

The day Google Earth was lauched, it created huge uproars from various nations. All their defense establishment were visible to every human who has access to the Internet. Even our president, His Excellency A.P.J. Abul Kalam consider it as severe security risk.

To make sure that Google provide enough details about military establishment of India, I tried Google Earth. I searched for INS Virat and I was immediately taken to this view. The picture is so clear that I can even notice where the containers are kept.
What I noticed really intrigued me.The high security-risk areas including airports, army cantonments and Rashtrapati Bhawan are updated weekly. It is possible that Pakistan Army is using Google’s satellite to track daily movement of Indian army. Earlier, this technology was available to few high profile defense officials of superpowers and now, it is available to every netizen. The google has made the world really flat.

Now, a jehadi sitting in Lahore could have access over bird-eye views of various institutions similar to IIS. We can have more attacks just like on IIS in Bangalore. The danger is looming in front of us and we’ve no solution for it. We can only make our borders more secure and prevent any possible infiltration, increase espionage and try to hack into computers of terrorists. Possibly, this might be the only solution.

Sunday, April 30, 2006

Where did they go?

They left the whole kingdom. They were the most prosperous on the earth. The whole city was made of gold. The temples, the palaces. They have well-defined city structures and city organization was similiar to that of Mohen-jo-Daro and Harrapa. Civil facilities like rest houses for travellers across borders. Everything they left. They boldly faced centuries of attacks and they suddenly, they withdraw. The people of Angkorwat suddenly disappear. why?

Khmer Empire
Ankorwat was then the capital of Khmer empire. The Empire which regained its strength in 802 AD and keep prospering for about 5 centuries. Ankorwat temple was built by Suryavarman II in the early 12th century. There is one peculiar thing about this temple which is noticed. Unlike other temples, this temple directs to the west. Some scholars debate that this temple was dedicated to Vishnu, the protector who is situated somewhere in the West(I think its either somewhere in mid-pacific or mid-altantic, either he could be some whre in mid-atlantic ridge or in Mauna Kea, Hawaii ). The earlier rulers were Hindu and later on, they were buddhist.

In 1010 AD, SuryaVarman I became the king and and declared 'Buddhism' as state religion. However, he allowed the people to follow Hinduism. People loved their gods, so they continued worshipping them. But the king lost the faith in old gods, they were uprising from everywhere. SuryaVarman II reunited the whole empire and built Ankorwat temple dedicated to Vishnu, The Protector. Even Jayavarman VII who was buddhist expressed his solidarity to Hindu Gods. He is still regarded as the best king Cambodia ever had.( and the worst were Khmer Rouge! They ruined Cambodia)But later on, Buddhism spread and the temples were converted to dedicate to Buddha. Khmer rulers became more tolerant as they accepted Buddhist philosophy and their attackers became more aggressive. They finally abandon everything and left to somewhere. Where did they go?? I mean how can do they leave their own city like this. Some people suggest they formed a new kingdom in south. But again, it was not so prosperous Why??

Harrapan Civilization
The Harrapan Civilization was much more bigger and extensive than Khmer empire. They too have planned cities and structures which would keep all the present seven wonders out of the race. Why do they left? They too faced attackers from West. But How could one leave such a prosperous civilization?

Although the exact history remains murky, some scholars suggest that they were attacked by Aryans who destroyed the whole civilization, adopted the loser's religion and instead of either returning to their own land or imposing their rule on the conquered land, they cleared jungles of Ganga and establish a new civilization. This is utter non-sense and completely unbelievable ! (UN commented on it by sayng that indian historians have committed a heinous crime against india's heritage and culture.)

I totally disagree with British time Theory that Aryans invaded and made Dravidians their slaves. I believe From the ancient times, there has been an agreement not to cross Vindhyas and attack Dravidians.(Though some violated it!) The relation was like present USA -Canada relationship.The theory of attacks on Jain and Buddhist temples and loot them is all bogus and are nothing more than Machiavellian plans by British scholars to disrupt Indian unity at that time. The Bloody communists who denied any kind of religion further deformed our history. (I hate indian communists! They are neo-autocrats who have destroyed West Bengal).

The answer lies in nature. The nature took a toll on these civilizations. There was a drought in 15th century which forced khmer people to withdraw. No food, no life! The Dutch left and settled in the region which is more turbulent just to get the fertile land. The Indus people left b'coz there were huge tsunamis which arised due to bombardment of asteroids in Arabian sea. These tsunamis might have been as big as 100 feet and wiped out the whole civilization. The salt waters made the land infertile. The Rann of Kutch is the proof. They are forced to move to the plains of Ganga and start a new civilization all together.

This is my hypothesis . please comment on it.

Friday, April 28, 2006

Indomitable Indian Team: YES & Indomitable India Inc: ?


When it comes to chasing, no team in this world can stop India from winning ODIs. We are good chasers. We will more pleased if our bureaucrats can learn from our Indian Team and achieve targets setted up in five year plan. They have to gain the vigour to chase for it, to strive for it and turn dreams into reality.

Indian team wins b'coz they have adopted a new strategy: try fresh talents, dont completely rely on worn out and experienced ones. While the experienced ones provide insight and depth to the game, fresh ones are full of enthusiasm and daring which help in overcomin hurdles.
Our bureaucrats lack this. They are grey haired people who are good planners but lack that vital juice required to implement the plan which is available in youngsters.

The only solution is : Change the Civil Service Entrance Examination structure. Allow fresh minds. Start training them after +12. This will overcome the hurdles which are impending our national growth.

A legal loot





I have been wondering why government at all need taxes? Government tax us for the same object twice or thrice. Forget about that! Government tax us for generating income too. our FM came with the budget on 28th February.

I was really let down. I thought that FM will scrap the FBT shit but he didn't. Instead, he made some modifications and therefore added more clauses so that your taxman can charge u more. And for what, for the development of the country? Hey c'mon dont fool us! Even the footpaths are sponsored and managed by local rowdy.

The biggest shock was the increase of service tax from 10% to 12% . Hey, Chiddi, what do u think, u can loot cities and develop villages? Many times, earlier it has been tried and many times, they have failed.

The communist minded people are really sick people. They dont want any1 rich. They want every1to be poor and downtrodden. Look, what they have done to Kolkata?? I would have appreciated him if he had made provisions for interlinking of rivers and establishment of hydro-electric project. We are goin to face huge electric crisis (WE ARE FACIN IT FROM ABT 10 YRS BUT THIS TIME IT WILL BIGGER). India is thirsty, do u listen to me, Mr. Chidamabaram? your 175000 Cr Rs. loan project will never reach to the intended farmers but to foreign accounts of corrupt bureaucrats. Even if it reach to iota of farmers spread across the country, they will not have water to irrigate their lands.

In any case, we are goin to have a deficit of 175000 Crore Rs. THose poor farmers will commit suicide if they will unable to pay loans .Ultimately, governments have to waive the loans.
I dont know why people consider u (our FM) as an intelligent and capable finance Minister? U r dumb fool!! Just a puppet in hands of corrupt bureaucrats or maybe, u r one of those! SHAME ON U!!

THIS IS A LOOT! I REQUEST EVERY1 to SEND E-MAIL TO FINANCE MINISTRY and make sure their servers get jammed! send e-mails to new agencies and political parties. Choke the postal department with ur hate mails. Govt. cant levy taxes to benefit the corrupt few. We've the right to oppose and we should oppose it.

To tie a knot is somethin alien!

I was preparing for an interview scheduled 4 tomorrow. the first thin that came into my mind is that I dont have a tie. Yes, I'm not used to wear a knot As I feared some freaky will suffocate me to death with this useless piece of cloth.

In fact, sometimes I wonder why human wears cloth and why it is such a big issue for humans. Think for animal point of view, u will end up to astonishing conclusion.

Anywayz, The next moment, I was on my rickety scooty with my cousin. We traversed various shops of cities. I went to Khazana as it was near to my house. The owner gave me a perplexin look as I was wearin Bermuda. He was taken aback when I asked him for the tie. It appeared to him that I'm George of jungle decided to get married overnite.

We were taken to basement where we tried some ties. My cousin suggested we wont find the 1 v r lookin for. For me, every stripe is a series of dots and lines, nothin else. Clearly, I was a dumbo and lacked dressing sense.

We cruised to Opus, a new shop offerin flat 50% off. I wondered why he kept such a unpeculiar, unstimulating name "OPUS". OPUS literally means musical work. But when I reached there at 9:00, I found there was no music. Probably, we were late. Again, the boys and girls for attendin customers gave us a bewildering look. We were the only customers in the shop. We goofed around for sometime, then I hesistatingly asked for a tie.

The man at counter said "We offer only casuals". Now, this is frustating. I cant find a tie in such a big city. I thought Treasure Island may be the final solution. But my cousin bro suggested to try for Vishal garments. It was 9:30 PM and bythis time, most of shops were closed. We've very few options left.

I found all kachodi and samosa shops still open. I got frustated even more. This city is gr8. In the last seven years, I found this city wakes up till 2:00 AM just to have 'Kachodis' and 'Jalebi' at Rajbada. I was then amused.

But I'm really frustated. Can't u open ur shop just for 1 more hr. we reached Vishal Garments and bought a tie. Finally! I got 1. Thanx, Vishal garments. I owe this 1 to u. But I'm not sure whether I'll visit it again in the future.

We came home and my cousin bro, who is expert in dressin sense and worldly affairs teached me to tie a knot. I tried once, then another time and once more, but I never made up to the perfect knot. Atlast, my bro tied it . I googled to find the various ways to tie a knot but it was of little help.

If u ever get an answer why ties are required, plz send me the reason.

Mandal-II in the near future


The corrupt and opportunist politicians have decided to ruin this country for power. No.This is not the first time. It happened earlier. It happened back in 1991. Mandal was then imposed. Rajiv Goswami self-inflamed himself. Thousands have inflamed themselves after that incident . Thousands more were shot dead. In Patna alone, 176 students were shot to death by Laloo Prasad Yadav regime.
Now, Aditya Sharma is on hunger strike in Delhi. God protect him.

Is reservation the only way for the upliftment of backward classes? Not at all. even, they dont consider that. Consider a CPMT topper got admission in premier Medical college. But he belongs to scheduled caste. He didn't require reservation to reach that place.He came out of Medical college and started his practice. Unfortunately, no one visited his clinic. People thought he got thru the medicals by reservation, so he might not be a good doctor. Same is the case with engineers, graduates and others. They dont get jobs in MNCs or private firms. Govt. jobs are no more in surplus.

Reservations do not serve the purpose. In fact, it increases the divide among students and it is dangerous for the society. But who cares for that? our politicians are neo-Britishers. They are following the policy of divide and rule. People ask why there is a brain drain? If some people disagrees, please ask te govt. to reserve all the jobs and seats for backward classes upto 100%. Sure, they can go to that extent to be in power and loot the wealth of the country.

We are trying to compete to the world and still sticking to the old ideas of casteism. If this continues, we are goin to face another economic crisis as it happened in post-Mandal days. There would be riots everywhere. World will not trust India anymore.

I cant just sit and watch my country getting ruined b'coz of these bloody politicians. I dont know how to save it. But I've to something. Something just now, RIGHT NOW...