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SPECIAL REPORT – How Did Sierra Leone Performed In The Year 2009 Failed Economy or Gradual Process of Growth

2009 was a very remarkable year for Sierra Leone. As the dust of Ernest Koroma’s assumption of office was just settling by mid-2008, the global financial crunch struck leaving series of unanticipated issues of national interest at stake.

By late 2008, the universal effect of the depression was deeply felt in the country such that it cuts across virtually every facet. As a donor-driven state with a background of just grappling with the reality of rebuilding its infrastructures destroyed in the course of the decade-long civil war, Sierra Leone faced a crucial test which required a solid head-on confrontation to quell.

Economy

For players in Sierra Leone’s economic circle, 2009 started with great expectations especially after President Koroma had disclosed the year before that he intends to run the nation in a business-friendly manner.

However, despite this statement, little improvement was recorded in the business and economic prospect of Sierra Leone in 2009.

With rising costs of basic commodities and a weak Leone, Sierra Leoneans hope for a change in 2010 because the signs indicated by the country’s import-based economy coupled with rising global prices and a weak national currency, are tantamount to an increase in hardship for majority of Sierra Leoneans most of whom still live below the poverty line.

According to Economy Watch, Sierra Leone still remains an extremely poor country (on a per-capita GDP basis) with tremendous inequality in distribution of income as at 2009.

Its annual report stated: “While Sierra Leone possesses substantial mineral, agricultural, agrarian, fisheries and farming and fishery resources, its physical and social infrastructure and facilities is not well developed and major social disorders perpetuate to hamper economic progress. The fate of its economy depends upon the maintenance of domestic peace and the perpetuated receipt of substantial aid from overseas, which is essential to offset the severe trade (imports and exports) imbalance and supplement government earnings.”

2009 also showed that a country beset by several problems from transportation, lack of adequate infrastructure and the menace of armed robbery will be faced with huge impediment as it strives to fulfil its economic prospect.

Many foreign investors and even Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora still have a shocking thought about an eyesore at the Lungi International Airport which sometimes welcome first time visitors including potential investors with overwhelming darkness. In addition to that is the tricky problems of crossing over to Freetown.

Armed robbery reigned supreme in 2009 targetting business people, mostly foreigners.

Though Bumbuna is almost up and running, electricity posed a huge problem to business people in 2009 especially the small scale enterprises most of which cannot afford the daily cost of fuelling and maintaining their generators.

Despite moving up in the rankings of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation Doing Business 2009 Report to 156

among 181 countries, the challenges in Sierra Leone are still tough for both local and foreign business people.

According to the African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2009 data, Sierra Leone posted relatively strong growth in 2008 with GDP increasing by an estimated 5.4% despite high oil prices then.

GDP rose by 6.3% in 2009 and is projected to rise by 5.5% in 2010. The AEO commends Sierra Leone for this performance despite our dependence on food and oil imports in a time of global price increases.

That is the main reason for many calls on the government to push up its agricultural budget and commitment for the upcoming years after it would have reduced its current heavy spending on the electricity programme.

Agriculture accounted for 58% of GDP in 2007 and it grew by about 5% in 2008 and 2009 (down from a 14% increase in 2007). Sierra Leone remains a net importer of food despite agriculture’s large share of GDP and employment. The sector has been dominated traditionally by subsistence agriculture and it suffers from a number of constraints including private handling of production and marketing ; poor infrastructure (especially roads) which hinders access to markets ; weak extension services that impede the delivery of training and information to farmers; limited irrigation and financing ; and poor storage facilities.

In addition, weak institutional capacity such as access to information, undermines policy formulation and co-ordination of stakeholder activity. Critics also contend that the rural land tenure system, which precludes free-holding, inhibits investment as land is either communally or family-owned.

In 2009 the government, in coordination with WFP and other stakeholders, made efforts to address these problems and to boost agricultural productivity by promoting the use of equipment and inputs, extending irrigation, providing post-harvest facilities (storage facilities, drying floors, rice mills and threshers) as well as animal feed mills and abattoirs, setting up community banks and financial services associations and improving marketing infrastructure by constructing and rehabilitating feeder roads and community markets.

Despite these moves, hundreds of tractors and other equipment are yet to be distributed to deserving farmers and the WFP has warned that Sierra Leone might not be able to cope with the maintenance and upkeeping of these equipments.

Sierra Leone also has substantial marine resources with a 560 kilometre-long shoreline. Fishing is undertaken at the industrial and artisanal levels. However, widespread poaching of Sierra Leone’s territorial waters was a major problem in 2009 and in what was seen as a real ridicule to justice, questions were raised on how a magistrate in September 2009 fined a foreign fishing vessel and 26 crew members caught fishing illegally in Sierra Leone waters, a sum of $155,000 – which is less than one-twentieth of the mandatory fines for fish poachers proscribed by the 1994 Fisheries (Management and Development) Decree.

Permanent Secretary at the Marine Resources Ministry, Paul Sandi, was outraged at the small fine and told reporters that such lax enforcement of the Act would only encourage poachers and destroy a potentially saucy part of income for government.

Services accounted for 34% of the country’s GDP in 2007. Having contracted by 6%

in 2007, services rebounded in 2008 with 5% growth.

The financial sector continues to expand in 2009 with the number of commercial banks increasing to 14. Though questions have been raised about the strength and efficiency of these commercial banks, one positive thing they have succeeded in achieving is recruiting many of the nation’s unemployed graduates.

Tourism is at present very limited but it is growing and shows good potential. The government has a critical role to play in planning and promoting the sector, particularly in improving the country’s external image and attractiveness as a tourist destination.

More fundamental constraints include poor infrastructure, especially electricity, and the difficulties of accessing the country from Lungi International Airport which can only be accessed by ferry or by helicopter.

Despite some of these actions, the nation is still short of replicating a huge pro-tourism campaign as done by countries such as Ghana and The Gambia. Obviously, more needs to be done in international promotion, restoration and maintenance of tourists’ attractions throughout the country.

Industry growth remained constant as most of the nation’s industries are more of assembly structures in which most of the contents are imported and then packed or assembled here.

Manufacturing accounted for just 2% of GDP in 2008 and was expected to be in the same region for 2009 reflecting the country’s low level of industrial development.

The sector has not witnessed much growth in 2009 and that means continued reliance on foreign imported goods which is a bad thing for the economy.

Sierra Leone’s mineral resources include diamonds, rutile (titanium ore), bauxite, iron ore and gold. However, the mining sector’s importance to Sierra Leone is understated in national accounts. Mining accounts for over 90% of export revenues. It is also the second largest employer providing employment to an estimated 300, 000 people. Semi-industrial production of Kimberlite diamonds began in 2003.

Before then, diamond production was largely undertaken on an artisanal basis with its attendant environmental and physical risks. A large proportion of artisanal miners still live in poverty in 2009 hampered by problems of access to finance and markets.

Establishing secured property rights for these miners and their families is also a huge challenge. To address this, the government established a mining cadastre to provide information on land rights and use. Still, in 2009, many workers complain just like in the past that the government and the labour ministry are not doing much to augment their condition of services in the difficult working environment they found themselves.

In order to ensure tight monitoring, the government continues to participate in the Kimberly Diamond Certification Process which aims to combat trade in conflict diamonds.

It also participated in the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative which seeks to improve the management of mineral resources by publishing information on government revenues from natural resources. Changes to the structure of the mines ministry are planned and the government intends to consolidate regulations.

The mining sector in Sierra Leone still faces several challenges including the application of legal and regulatory framework.

There was however a particularly positive news for the iron ore sector as mineral exploration company, African Minerals, announced in July that it expected $2.6 billion in capital expenditure at its flagship iron-ore project at Tonkolili and forecast production to start in 2013.

The capital expenditure forecast included costs for the mine and the building of a railroad and a deep-water port. This is a good news as the local economy is set to benefit.

Taxation which is also a growing source of revenue for the government was hit by a serious setback when majority of the nation’s business people set up a united front against the government’s much-heralded Goods and Services Tax (GST) saying its introduction will lead to an increase in prices of goods and services.

One of the business people who criticised the GST, Mr Ibrahim Sesay, warned at a joint seminar with the Natioanl Revenue Authority NRA in July 2009 that if President Koroma fails to properly review the GST and avoid what he referred to as the ‘Ghanaian experience’, many business people will run away from Sierra Leone to neighbouring countries.

The NRA still argue that importers will pay less taxation under the GST. Whatever the case will be, 2009 could be seen as the year in which the government was forced to backtrack on a taxation system it was about to institute.

Despite the onset of the global recession towards the end of 2008, government statistics and AEO projection believed the real GDP increased by 5.4% in 2008 with 6.3% and 5.5% growth anticipated for 2009 and 2010 respectively.

In 2008, growth was due primarily to an 8.2% increase in private consumption made possible by the increase in agricultural production in 2007 and 2008 and this trend is predicted to continue in 2009 and 2010.

Gross capital formation is forecast to increase faster than consumption in 2009 and 2010 more than doubling its 2008 growth rate to 12.1% in 2009 and expanding even further by 14.3% in 2010. In particular, public investment is expected to triple in 2009 to rise by 15.2% with private investment predicted to be slightly lower at 11.1%.

As such, gross capital formation is anticipated to contribute 1.1% to real GDP growth in 2009 and 1.3% of growth in 2010 though this remains low relative to the effect of total consumption on growth.

On the other hand, the trade deficit widened in 2008 as exports fell 2.6% and imports rose by 10.4% exerting a 3.4 point negative effect on GDP. The global recession is expected to put downward pressure on exports, remittances and foreign aid causing the trade deficit to widen further.

The most positive news for the country’s economy this year was the announcement of oil discovery in Sierra Leone. Though its economic viability is yet to be proven, the Sierra Leone government has already begun to benefit from the discovery with some of the bidding companies already paying up for dimensional surveys (3D surveys).

Controversy has already began to shoot up with critics accusing Anadarko Petroleum of not helping the Sierra Leone economy by not helping the local economy when the company went all the way to Senegal to purchase goods and services which should have been easily done in Sierra Leone.

Recent media reports also exposed rift between Anadarko and a Nigerian company, Oranto Petroleum, about the share of the carved out area the oil deposits are thought to be located.

More importantly however, there was also accusation from the Nigerian company that Anadarko had already begun drilling oil and giving out statistics in the absence of a single Sierra Leonean.

They warned that it was a dangerous signal because the staff on board can give any data or statistics. Although Mr Raymond Saidu Kamara is said to have joined the oil station, there are still serious questions to be asked and issues to be clarified as 2010 emerges and before majority of Sierra Leoneans start asking for the whereabouts of the revenue generated from oil.

The challenges going forward will be to consolidate growth and address the enduring risk factors for conflict such as widespread unemployment and poverty. Rise in inflation, which was a massive concern in 2009, is also important as its far reaching impact affects majority of Sierra Leoneans who are low income earners.

The year 2009 ends up with rising prices of basic goods simply because the dollar keeps going up and importers are having a field day increasing prices and citing the rise of the dollar as the reason for their action.

2009 can be seen as a year of disappointment for the majority of consumers who woke up every morning going to their retailers only to be confronted with a hiked price of their usual commodities.

Media in review

Since the 80s, the media has played a crucial role in the social-political scene of the country but this year can be seen as a true watershed that has always existed between the majority of journalists and the ruling elite in the country.

The coming of Umaru Fofanah to the helms of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalist SLAJ which was heralded as a right choice by most media practitioners and cried down by pro-government supporters as an anti-APC to the core, saw him wasting no time to make good his campaign promise to aid the removal of the obnoxious defamatory and seditious libel part V sections of the Public Order Act of 1965.

On March 9, 2009, SLAJ made a final passionate argument to the Supreme Court in which legal counsel representing SLAJ Yada Williams argued the association’s case for repeal of the criminal and seditious libel law, an act SLAJ deems as inconsistent to the country’s 1991 Constitution.

As expected, the nation’s highest court did not give in so SLAJ took a war path and in June 2009 declared a one-week news blackout on the judiciary. The association branded the inaction of the Supreme Court as “a denial of justice” to the association which might have the tendency to be repeated against other individuals or associations.

The ban which was later extended was modified by SLAJ exempting the Sierra Leone Bar Association later.

That was the biggest and most notable confrontation between the nation’s most notable media body and the Judiciary since the death of late FDP editor, Harry Yansaneh.

However SLAJ was very skilful in diverting some of the pressure on the government of President Koroma whose proponent argued that there was no need for the urgent alarm bells SLAJ is raising because the current government is yet to convict any journalist with the said Act.

Adding to this pressure, SLAJ after serious war of words directly with the IG of Police, Acha Kamara, defiantly demonstrated and handed over a petition to the Ombudsman, Edmond Cowan, and the President’s office for what it said was in reaction to the failure by the Supreme Court to deliver a verdict in the Association’s case for repeal of the Criminal and Seditious Libel Law.

Journalists who supported the move were however buoyed by their meeting with the Ombudsman who accepted their petition.

However, an interesting twist in these events and confrontations is that it led to yet another division within the media, with some media practitioners branding Fofanah and his administration as radicals with a different agenda.

Notable among them are Philip Neville, executive editor for Standard Times and David Tam Baryoh of Citizen Radio who openly castigated Fofanah for taking SLAJ in a wrong direction.

2009 is an eventful year for the media in Sierra Leone from the so-called kidnap/arrest of a journalist by police in the north to the capture in Kenema of female journalists Manja Balama-Samba by some Soweis and other members of the Bondo secret society for allegedly reporting on the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). Variety of dramatic events surrounded journalists.

As usual in Sierra Leone, the media is not immuned from the political wrangling that goes on within. But this time around, it was the nation’s two leading political parties that took to the media war.

The controversial decision of Vice President Sam Sumana to close both the SLPP and ruling APC radio stations created another heated moment that led to a confrontation between SLAJ and the government.

SLAJ president Fofanah directly accused the government of undermining free speech and setting a bad precedent by closing the radio stations. Whilst some in the media clearly signalled red alert on the implications of that decision, there was also a genuine belief that both stations were inciting hatred and violence similar to what the infamous Radio Milles Collines in Rwanda did in 1994-95.

There were tragedies for the media also this year as journalists lost some of it members including the oldest member of SLAJ Mr Samuel Jocelyn Augustine Short, fondly called Sam Short who gracefully bowed out at the age of 85 years on January 10th 2009.

Sports

2009 was aptly not a good year for sports in Sierra Leone. Much had been anticipated for the nation’s most popular sporting discipline, football; but disappointingly for the majority of us, our darling Leone Stars were eliminated from all international competitions.

Football in Sierra Leone encountered lots of problems in 2009 even though the breakthrough of the new Premier League Board must not be underestimated but there is a lot more to be done.

For the first time in Sierra Leone, a different body from the ineffective SLFA was running the league and giving the clubs more power and revenue in gate takings and deals from sponsors.

The refereeing situations also improved and there were less controversies. This was perhaps a flexible board comprising of reputable professionals who were proactive and effectively addressing issues arising during the league.

According to FIFA, 2009 is the worst year in the history of Sierra Leone football as the country moved 40 places backwards in their rankings in July which is the worst ever mover for the country. We all just hope that the year 2010 will be a marked different from 2009.

Either way round, critics in 2009 have pointed to the lack of proper management and infighting from within SLFA to the nation’s Olympic committee as the cause for some of the huge complex problems that still hinder these sporting disciplines.

Take SLFA for instance whose president, Nahim Khady, has been out of the country for the most part of the year 2009, there have been huge funds in 2009 coming from CAF and FIFA, but what have they actually been doing with it?

This decadent even forced former SLFA President, Justice Tolla Thompson to voice concern in 2009 about the management of the Sierra Leone Football Academy, when he described the Academy at Kingdom as a white elephant and appealed to the new Premier League Board to do something about it before it collapse finally.

Another high point in Sierra Leone sport this year was the participation of Ola Sesay in the world athletics meetings in Berlin 2009. Though she was unable to capture a medal, Sesay brought pride to Sierra Leoneans as she put up a stiff challenge in the qualifying series in the long jump category with the world’s best athletes.

Although most Sierra Leoneans do not understand the game of cricket, the national team did better than any other sporting discipline in 2009. The game brought accolades to Sierra Leone but the highpoint went sour when our flickering hopes of taking part in the Under-19 World Cup were finally put torest when the team failed to arrive in Canada before the expiry of the ICC’s September 5 deadline.

Officially, it was stated that visa applications for the squad were submitted late whereas local newspapers reported that the Canadian Consulate in Ghana refused the players visas on the grounds that there were concerns that some of them will not return home.

However, despite the laurels won by the Sierra Leone Crickets Association SLCA in the past years, nothing has been done by the past government to lift the ban slammed on the Kingtom Oval by the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2004.

But as 2009 gives way to 2010, there is hope in some quarters that at least some form of rejuvenation will take place within the National Olympic Committee and the football administration.

And as the Director of Sports, Bai Kabia, told Parliamentary oversight Committee on Education, Youth and Sports, the 1964 Act of Parliament which created the National Sports Council Act should be revisited if sport is to take a different turn in the country.

About the Author

Muctaru Wurie is a Sierra Leonean born writer who grew up in Freetown at a time the war in Sierra Leone reached it peak.
Growing up in the eastern part of the capital city, Muctaru said he was inspired to writing when he was a kid attending the Cathedral Boys Primary School, as they used to have various writing sessions & essay in which he usually excelled.
He later attended the St Edwards Secondary School and then Fourah Bay College where he had a BA Honours in Mass Communications. Since then he has written on almost all aspects of Sierra Leonean society, sometimes taking a critical look at issues that are mostly deemed as taboo in the country.
Muctaru’s works have been published in various publications from All Africa.com, Sierra Eye Magazine to Fourah Bay College Journal – Aureol Torch.
He has also edited The New Tempo and Kalleone Newspaper. Muctaru has worked in the humanitarian field also, acting as a Communications Officer for Handicap International Sierra Leone and The Mohamed Kallon Children’s Foundation (MKCF).

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Vedic Astrology XXVII

Vedic Astrology Lesson 27

The ecliptic is inhabited by 27 constellations, each of they distributed in an arc of 13 degrees 20 minutes

The sidereal zodiac Limbs

Name of Constellation Deg Min Deg Min

1. Arietis Beta (Aswin) 00 00 13 20
2. 41 Arietis (Bharani) 13 20 26 40
3. Eta Tauri (Karthika) 26 40 40 00
4. Alpha Tauri (Rohini) 40 00 53 20
5. Lamda Orionis (Mrigasira) 53 20 66 40
6. Alpha Orionis (Aridra) 66 40 80 00
7. Beta Geminorum (Punarvasu) 80 00 93 20
8. Delta Cancri (insisting) 106 40 93 20
9. Alpha Cancri (Aslesha) 40 120 00 106
10. Alpha Leonis (Magha) 120 00 133 20
11. Delta Leonis (Pubben) 133 20 146 40
12. Beta Leonis (Uttara) 146 40 160 00
13. Delta Corvi (Up) 160 173 00 20
14. Alpha Virginis (Chitra) 173 20 186 40
15. Alpha Bootis (Chothi) 186 40 200 00
16. Beta Librae (Vishakam) 200 213 00 20
17. Delta scorpions (Anuradha) 213 20 226 40
18. Alfa scorpions (Jyeshta) 226 40 240 00
19. Lamda scorpions (Moola) 240 00 253 20
20. Sagittaria Delta (Poorvashad) 253 20 266 40
21. Sagittaria Delta (Uthrashad) 266 40 280 00
22. Alpha Aquilae (sravana) 280 00 293 20
23. Alpha Delfini (Dhanishta) 293 20 306 40
24. Lamda Aquari (Satabhisha) 306 40 320 00
25. Markab (Poorvabhadra) 320 00 333 20
26. Alpha Andromeda (Uttrarabhadra) 333 20 346 40
27. Piscium Zeta (Revathi) 346 40 00 360

The effects of being born on the 27 constellations

constellation of birth is the constellation where the Moon is posited in the horoscope sidereal.

The constellation of birth is very important because the rules of their destiny. KP system of astrology sidereal ideal points in the constellation of birth. We give here the effects of being born under different constellations. (Those who do not understand the birth of the star can send an email to mailto: info@eastrovedica.com? Subject = BirthStar)

Beta Arietis: Ashwini – Aswathy

Ashwini newborns are self made men, although they generally help others. They may be opposed by their families. The devotion to the Almighty, awareness, wisdom, a high IQ, high MQ expected. Your life will be affected by problems and other times they have been a follower of the budget planning is difficult to record. Always thinking advantages and disadvantages before making a decision Even his wife can not change once they decide. great sense of responsibility that breathe. They are especially to keep everything clean and tidy. Prospero's women living with restriction lower divisions. They are strong, with a pleasant manner. They get the kids happy. Their surfaces administrative capacity, but their tolerance level is low. They have a deep sympathy for the people. They are tormented by unnecessary concerns of childhood.
Beware of these diseases – cerebral contusion head injuries -, thrombosis, bleeding from nose and epilepsy fainting – dizziness, insomnia, neuralgia, meningitis, intestinal and stomach problems.
Nature – Greedy, the dispute with extravagant brothers – Fond of ornaments – two women – Service Factory or departments.

Gemstones – The use Cat's Eye Birth of the Lord can strengthen constellational and what makes them happy.

41 Arietis: Bharani

Bharani are born high principles, even since childhood. Knowledge comes to them automatically. They are good at analysis and understanding is deep. They know Hits a lot of intelligence and can cross all. They are pacifists and do not want to create problems for others. But still going to be hurt the love and many disappointing experiences manifest. They believe that the tax is divine and will do well in the professional field. Obstacles and barriers are still in their own way and find it difficult to act against his conscience. They may not be popular, if not by the way to please people. They have difficulty adapting to the tastes and needs of others. They do not get discouraged and powerless in the face of adversity. This becomes an important factor in success. Resilience, after all, is the primary attribute. This attitude concerns too. They become angry very quickly after of poor tolerance. At the same time he was forgiving.

Beware of these diseases – problems brain pain Headache Meningitis Head – insomnia fever

Nature – Aspiring – love the screen entertainment – sports fan – - Show – judge – lawyer.

Piedras Precious – The use of diamond could strengthen Mr. constellational birth and what makes them happier.

Eta Tauri: Krittika – Karthika

It stationed abroad and subjected to different types of skills. They are capable of any type of action difficult. They have a high sense responsibility. Should be recognized for her talent in competitions and debates. They do not go against the morals and ethics, but at the same time, pleasure and love. They will worry about a problem after another. They enjoy prosperous life with your partner. They do not peace of mind. They are lucky to have an open minded woman. They come in life and continued work until either hard and make life happier. They will face its share or problems caused by children. Life will be better in the second half. Are prevented cons dental problems. You can be proud of their accomplishments and can not ignore its faults.

Beware of these diseases – fever – problems brain meningitis – sore throat, nosebleeds – Quinsey – Chicken Drop

wives argument energy of nature – Good Health – - – popular attraction and more prosperous "

Gemstones – Ruby The use of birth can strengthen constellational lord and what makes them happy.

Alfa Tauri: Rohini – Rohini

They trust too much, and this trend is not good in a fraudulent world. They are capable of overcoming any What is the problem, but they are not systematic. They must be careful with relying on the business. Cooled fast enough, even if they are systematic. They are easy to satisfy. Not all financial planning. They may have to deal with the scandals. Earn the love and affection their families. Best time to half and the second half. The do not receive the same pleasure of children. Decorations will be up to your sweetheart. They are weak-minded in some areas and levels of tolerance and patience are low. They can find fault with others but they are harmless. Urinary problems, lung problems as possible. They have to incorporate patience and perseverance.

Be careful with these disorders – Sore throat – Cough and Cold ocular disorders of the legs and feet – race – menstrual problems.

Good ways abiding nature of nature – - music lover of art and literature, enjoy the company of the opposite sex – soft language – new – many children.

Gemstones – Moonstone The use of birth can strengthen Mr. constellational and what makes them happy.

Lamda Orionis: Makiryam – Mrigasira

Humility is the best credentials to succeed in life and to carry out this principle to the end. The second half of his life will be very comfortable. Will professional reputation and improvement. Essential role is played by the mother in her life and progress. They blindly believe someone, despite the respect and listen to the opinions of others. A life based on principles appeal to you. They have someone to direct and control in the early stages of the path chosen is correct. You must understand that the real cause of progress is your partner. Mental strength is willing and angry by the trifling. They believe that cleanliness is godliness. Stomach problems must be kept under control. Your ego becomes a problem creation. Should resist the tendency to gossip.

Beware of these diseases – problems adenoid throat polyp – Fevers – epistaxis – goiter – - Arm broken – down Disorders secret parts.

Nature – Unhappy Married Life – Danger ingenious – current – industrious and rich magnetic accidents.

Gemstones – The use of coral can strengthen Mr. constellational birth and this will make the lucky ones.

Alpha Orionis: Thiruvathira – Aridra

Looking spirit and ability to focus on more than one thing at a time some of the qualities of this constellation bequethed node. Glow in the activities public. They are cooperative and fair. His sincerity and honesty pays good dividends in the long term. For your travel and stay in remote locations are favorable. Always perform well below their potential. The enemies and obstacles to this is that they are not able to if to please any other cost or prostrate themselves before others. They believe that the satisfaction derived from his better half is below the expected level. Rifts with women in family life even when life is calm and pleasant. The joy of children is also more rare. Medical care is necessary for blood and reproductive system. Major steps of wisdom and knowledge gain. They have the innate ability to speculate and succeed in speculation.

Be careful with these diseases – Sore throat, mumps and gout, his eyes red ear problems – urinary problems.
Nature – Active – Company Background other women – The risk of accidents.

Gemstones – The use of Hessonite can strengthen Mr. constellational birth and this will make the lucky ones.

Punarvasu Beta Geminorum: – - Punartham

Always rebellious to any unjust and wrong because they are a gentleman. They believe in fair play. Skill and luck combine to artists to perfect. They tend to follow the path of philosophy and to give priority to the respect and acceptance. Despite the discord financial progress is widespread in the familiar environment. They are easily pleased and irritated. They must pay attention to his words and language. Health is good, but there is an element of fear on the lookout. They may be struggling with problems of children. They enjoy all the modern facilities life. As you are born in a constellation of Jupiter is not the grace of God and philosophical innate qualities. Jupiter gives wisdom and comfort and, above all, peace of mind and a sense of accomplishment. Lord Rama was born in the star and all the qualities he had – to namely, the willingness to sacrifice the purity of patience and perseverance – they will.

Beware of these diseases – Pleurisy – bronchitis – dropsy – Stomach problems – lung diseases Dyspepsia – - headaches – pain in the body and eye problems.

Nature – Memory Sharp intellect good – honest – sincere – Business Desktop reliable fear of girls.

Gemstones – The use of yellow sapphire can fortify the birth of Mr. constellational and what makes them happier.

Delta Cancri: Pushy Pooyam

They are competent and efficient. Sometimes they work without any sense of purpose and some projects fail. They are still far from their place of residence. They get the pleasure of traveling. They can not get their parents' property. They become self-made Men and achieve prosperity is necessary. Normally do not do domestic happiness. They are also informed about the choice of friends. Being misunderstood and misinterpreted his wife. They are fun and talkative, which can become the soul of the party. They are the lungs, weakness of limbs. They require vigilance constant does not jump to new firms in their whims and fancies. They tend to get into problematic situations. They have a high level of cleanliness and dress. As you are born in a constellation they become arrival saturnine melancholy levels of reality.

Beware of these diseases – gastric ulcer consumption, respiratory problems, gallstones, intestinal obstruction, jaundice pyorhea, eczema.

Nature – Careful, economical and simple care care through the problems of children.

Gemstones – The use of Blue Sapphire can improve Mr. constellational birth and what makes them happy.

Alpha Cancri: Ayilyam – Aslesha

They have always looked with suspicion, even if they do not deceive others. They can get the poor woman camaraderie and fun. All those who believe in hard work does not enjoy. Maybe your children to become beneficiaries. The events are expected to forget unpleasant circumstances because they are skilled in the diversion of the mind to pleasant areas. Believe the economy is prudence and people can call a miser. At the same time be generous in many other areas.

They tend to lose balance of mind when you are angry and tend to forget the environment. Sometimes cool and composed. Problems are created by the lack of diplomacy. They have indomitable will and strength of mind. His enemies are destroyed, but can create a lot of damage.
Beware of these diseases – Stomach Diseases – Diseases of the legs and knees, dropsy, hysteria, jaundice – Neurosis.
Nature – Rough Statement – brilliant – Versatile – can imitate others – Search fault with others – jealous – intelligent.
Diamonds – Emerald Use constellational birth can strengthen the Lord and what will be lucky.

Alpha Leonis: Makam

They know very well and cool and altruistic and good. They are willing to sacrifice for others and it will win many friends, so that the prospective enemies.Their is excellent and conscientious they are. High and noble principles of heart. They are autonomous and their way of doing things his way arouses envy. They are much more concerned about his race and people. They to solve problems related to children. His strange personality leaves its mark on everyone. Born in a cluster node, which makes Moksha oriented researchers. They might get sudden flashes of vision in the reality of things. They will be affected by family and friends who are private of their time.

Beware of these diseases – heart problems – back pain, fainting, kidney gravel – meningococcal meningitis.

Nature – defensive – force – proud – happy married life.

Gemstones – The use of Cat's Eye Birth of the Lord can strengthen this constellational make them happier.

Leonis Delta: Pooram

Its simplicity makes enemies. They can not get the highest level of achievement or enjoyment of their facts, but is not considered a failure. His sense of aesthetics the envy of many. They prefer a quiet life and not show much and power. They are noble in all relationships and deserve the name of a decent gentleman in society. They are intended to succeed in everything they do. As they are not diplomats and not leave the way to please those who may face many problems and obstacles. They have a large circle of friends because they are sincere and honest. Some people are regarded as selfish and overconfidence. May have problems with gas and stomach related problems. Proven success and happy life. married life is good, even though there may be cracks in the lute. His love for material comfort and friends above all.

Beware of these diseases – problems heart – disease of the legs and ankles – BP – drop – lumbago-sciatic operation.

Nature – Generoso – honest – conservative fan-fan sexy other women Candy Company Amateur Dining

Gemstones – The use of diamond could strengthen Mr. constellational birth and what makes them happier.

Beta Leonis: Uthram

They are independent of men is blessed with many versatile qualities. They consider themselves lucky. They can not stop spending and that a heavy burden of his purse. They are hedonistic and pleasure seeking is his hobby. Decency and honesty in the context of his character. They good for the heart and that's a lot of friends and enemies. Their level of patience and tolerance are very low. When angry, lose control and forget environment. After the spasm is to become repentant. They are willing to help, regardless of crazy self. Their hard work made workaholics and all difficulties are overcome by patience. Not at all despite the criticism as it is constructive. They meet all their goals in life. Born in a constellation Solar and equipped with all the qualities that solar generosity, nobility and spirituality.

Beware of these diseases – intestinal and intestinal disorders – Sore throat – drop.

Nature touch – youngest daughter first – - mother villi – the separation of children at older ages – More than one wife, the loss of money by women.

Gemstones – The use of Ruby's birth can strengthen Mr. constellational and what makes them more happy.

Delta Corvi: Athame

Are occasional failures and the melancholy fate following. powerful obstacles come your way success and return to your shell. His lack of diplomacy made many enemies. This is a serious obstacle to its success. They have many responsibilities and financial problems and its progress is affected. Despite the many flaws in the married life lute reached the level of happiness. They love the royal family and refuse to do no servile work. They bear many responsibilities and problems, and this affects their financial situation. Life is good for them. They warned fall into the relationships that can create scandals and thus win the chagrin of his partner. They become sort after marriage. Issues regarding your second half is likely. sudden effects occur on the path of progress before the decline of the movement.

Take care of those affected diseases – stomach problems – Lives B deficiency disorders of the eyes – drop – to – Diarrhea – dysentery – neuralgia – skin diseases, jaundice.

Nature – Mago – astrologer – consuming – conservative – Thief.

Gemstones – Moonstone The use of birth can strengthen Mr. constellational and what make them happier.

Alpha Virginis: Chithra

His courage and willingness laurel They can cope with any crisis its unusual ability becomes uncontrollable. They are quite severe and tremendous strength of will, but may appear as friendly and accommodating. In fact, do not care even for the advice of your partner. This creates enmity and opposition. They are ready to do something for those they love. They tend to be too independent and it can become a negative feature certain circumstances. They must embody the spirit of interdependence. Born on a constellation of Mars and all the qualities martial of the value and the liberal perspective of a charitable inherent in them. Its strength in adversity is amazing. They are ready to to work hard and tend to become workaholics. They are bold and elegant. You will do well to speculation and trade.
Beware of these diseases – disorders of the intestine – to – Fever – Animal wounds – skin problems.
Nature – Responsible drinking – bold and courageous problems – Through a first child – difficult.

Gemstones – The use of red coral can strengthen Mr. constellational birth and what makes them happier.

Alpha Bootis: Chothi – Swathi

Born in a nodal constellation governed by the North Node, Rahu. They are particularly skilled and talented. They can not tolerate the criticism is constructive if. They are nasty to their detractors. Create more enemies with his bold and uncompromising approach. They will have difficulty work on surface problems like me. They do not go the way of people, please. They do not give respect easily. Scandals and blame the rise as a rigid and recalcitrant behavior is known to society. They have more enemies than friends. Are you amateur who love. Her strong will to power and cool are useful in many areas. They must protect the stomach problems yourself. They must make an effort especially to make your family life happy and healthy. His life is subject to the vicissitudes and terrible to use prayer and meditation for peace mind.

Beware of these diseases, urinary problems – eczema, skin diseases – leprosy – toothache.

Lovers of Nature – loose temperament – Deluxe – Fancy – problems in children – intelligent discourse.

Gemstones – The use of birth can strengthen Hessonite M. constellational and what makes them happier.

Beta Librae: Visakham

They are unorthodox and give less importance to the thought of antiquity. They are independent perspective on life in general. Away from other family members. They are effective in the work. principle and practice "economy is prudence." They do not believe something blindly. Their understanding and compassion and love for all human beings are worthy of attention. Other hand, are interested in the hedonistic pleasures of worldly life. They desperately want and are willing to pay something for it. They have a prosperous life, with his wife and children.

Born on a constellation of Jupiter and, of course, are equipped with all the qualities of Jupiter. purity, patience and perseverance are the key words. They are wise and good. His universal love to win on all creatures laurels. The selfless and optimistic approach is excellent.

Be careful with these diseases, kidney problems, diabetes rash – - Headache – fever.

Nature – Ungrateful – talent – the spirit Open – evil genius – having problems with getting a higher education – the loss of his first wife.

Gemstone – Use Yellow Sapphire can fortify the birth Mr. constellational and what makes them happier.

Delta Scorpions: Anizham

Saturn born in a constellation and therefore face problems more than anyone. They do not get the rewards they deserve. Saturn is the planet can give a melancholy temperament melancholy. Reckless thought and simplicity often put in difficulty. Protect yourself against disputes are argumentative contests that are unhealthy and beverages. They are hedonistic and sometimes out of fashion in their pursuit of pleasure. This can have harmful effects. While luxury does not appeal to them or transvestites They love the pleasures of worldly life. They are very attractive to women and involve them with strong feelings. They enjoy family life with his wife and children. Great patience and perseverance are transmitted by Saturn and its tolerance level rise and patience.

Beware of these diseases – Constipation – batteries – catarrh nose – throat painful hip fractures – - stomach problems.

Nature – Responsible Travel – Grave – cruel – vindictive – dishonest – problems by children.

Piedras Precious – The use of sapphire can enhance the birth of Mr. constellational and what makes them happy.

Scorpions Agfa Thrikketta

Born on a constellation of mercury and therefore come with a temperament of mercury. They wax and wane and his life is marked by the vicissitudes serious. They make decisions without thinking that this lack of foresight and put them in difficulty. They are fairly well informed and is likely to stay abroad. His perspective is unique and their tolerance level is low when associated with unpleasant and difficult situations. They will get relief if they speak their problems with someone you trust. independent views and the strong force of will are useful for performance. They do not come out of the way if to please people and lack of diplomacy is also an obstacle to success. happy married life women. They have to control their need to be drunk. The scandals and the blame should be tolerated by them, despite their innocence. Have a good home, but a misunderstanding with the wife and children are all indeed possible. They feel powerless before the destination. Solution – God.

Beware of these diseases – Hemorrhoids – fistula – intestinal disorders – Pain in the arms and shoulders.

Nature – Clever – venomous language gras – great – - did not have many friends – energy.

Diamonds – Emerald Use of birth can strengthen Mr. constellational what makes them happier.

Scorpions Lamda: Moolam

Born in a nodal constellation and therefore can not obtain the success they deserve in particular in the field of economics. Its asterism is spirituality through suffering. They are associated with nobility and royalty in one way or another. They are sincere and humorous. They are born optimists and not the principle of economy that is prudence. Get powerful contacts between peoples. His humility earned laurel. Their impulse control and the desire to be drunk. His general knowledge is excellent. happy married life women. They are warned about health dangers. Problems due to partners or children. There may be causing diplomatic problems. You may have to face more of a penalty and you are required to be melancholy. They must turn to prayer and meditation to gain inner strength and peace. Yoga can change completely.

Beware of these diseases, diseases hip Rheumatism – Sciatica – back pain – - lung problems.

Nature – Noble – honest – the fear God.

Gemstones – cat's eye of birth can strengthen Mr. constellational and what makes them happy.

Delta Sagittaria: Pooradam

They are born with the divine gift of articulate speech. They are very imaginative and criticize others without worrying about their views. They may not have the chance to parents. Your participation can be misinterpreted by his wife. They trust that can lead to punishment. They do not change the words or the failure of the promises they have made and hey be known as men of great integrity. The first part of life is a sacrifice for the family. A marriage based on a feeling or a delay is indicated. His life couple can not be happy.

Born on a constellation of Venus and therefore all the qualities of Venus are gifted. They love the romance and material pleasures. Venus is the planet of love, romance and what makes asterism part of all worldly pleasures.

Beware of these diseases – sciatica – diabetes – gout – knee lung disorders – back pain – problems the hip.

Nature – More liberal – open – optimistic.

Gemstones – The use of diamond may strengthen Mr. constellational birth and what the makes them happier.

Sagittaria Delta Uthradam

They are subject to the vicissitudes terrible born in a constellation sun. The virtues of nobility and solar spirituality are latent in them. They are always clever and calculating in his words and actions. sudden changes are expected and have the innate ability to overcome all obstacles. Always make decisions with people who are bigger than them and they respect. They do not like to show and prove. They are always orderly and systematic. They can not talk to other bad. Happiness is affected by the poor health of women and children. They do not speak lot and are always the peace of mind. They are always dignified and majestic in the behavior. If they choose politics as their fields are required to do that politics rules the Sun in learning the depth and inclination towards the occult. His life becomes chaotic and they must turn to prayer and meditation to overcome obstacles in life.

Beware of these diseases – sciatica – vision disorders – disorders of the extremities – Consumption – down – toothache.

Nature – religious spirit – the children of some benevolent and cheerful – - lots of girls – A lover of travel.

Gemstones – The use of Ruby may strengthen Mr. constellational birth and what makes them happier.

Alfa Aquilae: Thiruvonam

They were born in lunar constellation. They are subject to waxing and waning like the moon and terrible subject to vicissitudes. They are noble and aristocratic perspective on behavior. The reward they get in return can not be pleasant. His love for others can not be returned. They are not willing to live a mediocre life. They want the joy and comfort equipment. They are high principles and noble spirit. They have a shell, but a heart of gold. Only those close to them to understand how they are really different. They are blunt and not diplomatic. If they feel that something is true to say that without hesitation, without having to know the feelings of others. Sacrifice for family growth. They are of a melancholy temperament and care by one problem or another. There may be some disappointments in life but at the end of life with your other half will be happy. They are essentially altruistic and dedicated their lives to improving the human sex

Beware of these diseases – skin problems – gout – heart problems, stomach problems – the consumption.

Nature – God fearing – Fond of astrology – mild.

Gemstones – Moonstone The use of birth can strengthen Mr. constellational what will chance.

Alpha Delphini: Avittam

They were born in a constellation of Mars and all the fighting skills that you have. Strength and courage of mind are enviable qualities of Mars. They are liberal in Outlook and charity. Despite their training, which have specific intellectual abilities. The efficiency, competence and skills and help them win laurels. Ensure good position in life. They are still worried about one thing or another always. Ego and self-respect that the allocation of Above anything else. Do not believe the other too. They will be attracted to science and literature. They are wise and sure of herself. They have to tell your partner to take care of your health. They must integrate the qualities of patience and perseverance in his life. They are likely to reach conclusions based on incomplete facts. They must rely on an older man advisors and wise words can really help in the crisis.

Beware of these diseases – diseases of bone Respiratory diseases fainting leg – against cough and cold heart problems – - – indigestion.

Nature – Fond of eating – difficult – shorttempered – Sincere – Helpless – Life unhappy wife – the separation from his wife – sexual weakness.

Gemstones – The use of birth coral eyes Mr. Red can strengthen what constellational make them happier.

Lamda Aquari: Chathayam

Born in a nodal constellation gives life unstable. Are in a bad mood in the nature. Its asterism is governed by Rahu, an incendiary planet. They are good in the game and speculation are good for diplomacy and rhetoric. His life becomes chaotic as many unpleasant experiences that have made your impression on them. They are subject to mental fluctuations. They are good talkers. Difficulties due to the woman and the spacing specified. Urinary problems indicated. His tolerance and patience levels are low. Mostly on order and routine practices approaches. Will be misunderstood by many and his life becomes unstable. They want peace of mind and the best remedy is to resort to yoga and meditation. Bhakti Yoga can be a valuable relief from bruises suffered in life.

Beware these diseases – heart problems – the fall – Arthritis – hip bone BP-garde – palpitations – Eye disorders.

Nature – Lazy – amateur entertainment – angry – Cruel – sick wife – the problems of old age.

Gemstones – The use of birth constellational Mr. Hessonite can strengthen and what makes them happier.

Markab: Poororuttathi

They were born in a constellation of Jupiter and all the qualities of Jupiter are with the right of children. PS Triple the purity of patience and perseverance and the quality of resilience. Jupiter represents justice and they will do their best to defend the ideals of Justice. Jupiter represents honesty and sincerity and for the relief of human suffering. Grace, when he will face a bad situation. They yearn for spiritual comfort and welcome you in need.

They are highly skilled conducive to career advancement. His reputation is moving through and they progress in the field of spirituality. They leave no problems during the hire. His love and always win laurels.

Beware of these diseases – Diseases of private parties – pox eye problems – heart problems – low BP – dropsy.

Nature – Temper – Fond of friends – honest – sincere.

Gemstones – The use of yellow sapphire can fortify the birth of Mr. constellational and what makes them happier.

Alpha Andromeda Uthrattathi

As gentlemen is your position on sound principles. They earn acceptance and respect for the people rather than wealth. Impracticable, but simple, clear thinking. They can not be blind to religion or belief. people angry are by nature practical and calm. If there is someone to encourage you can achieve even higher levels of performance. Although they are ready to do service to others what they receive in return is the lack of consideration. Family problems, stops, obstacles and delays may arise from time to time. false prestige against their interest and progress. The second half of their life cycle is relatively pleasant. Very dedicated to his wife.

Beware of these diseases, tooth pain – Fevers – the Smallpox – dropsy – stomach disorders – rheumatism – consumption.

Nature – Partner sick – problems in children – altruistic.

Gemstone – Sapphire Blue Using birth strengthen Mr. constellational and what makes happier.

Piscium Zeta: Revathi
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They are sincere, simple and open. Despite a bad mood that hides nothing or pretend to be someone else. They are sure of what they think and are therefore join regardless of what other say. Its decisions are normally slow and late. They can take care of others beyond the limit. They are also very independent. Disagreements with spouse or prolonged separation in married life is probable. It is best to take care of your heart and stomach.

Beware of these diseases – disorders of the stomach – foot disorders – gout – Cramps – deafness – ear diseases – dysentery teeth problems.

Nature – Vicious – Intelligent – religious.

Diamonds – Emerald Use constellational birth can strengthen the Lord and what will be lucky

Article by G Kumar, astrologer, writer and www.eastrovedica.com programmer. He recently received a certificate issued by the World Association Gemologists global (Www.pga.org) as adviser Gem Global. He has 25 years experience in psychic research in the field of esoteric arts. To subscribe to your ezine free information, the Z Files mailto: info@eastrovedica.com? subject = SubscribeZF. His Astro blog is for the http://www.zodiacastrology.blogspot.com blog and philosophy is http://transcendentalphilosophy.blogspot.com Mobile 091 9388556053

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G Kumar, Astrologer, writer & programmer of www.eastrovedica.com. Recently he was awarded a Certificate by the Planetary Gemologists Association Global ( www.p-g-a.org ) as a Planetary Gem Advisor. He has 25 years psychic research experience in the esoteric arts. To subscribe to his free informative Ezine, the Z Files mailto:info@eastrovedica.com?subject=SubscribeZF. His Astro blog is up at http://www.zodiacastrology.blogspot.com & his Philosophy blog is http://transcendentalphilosophy.blogspot.com Mobile 091 9388556053

Justice arc diamond issue?

I just bought a diamond before judge for my son … £ 26 all draw and 58 .. but particually not like the rubber grip that … Is it possible I could get a handle of wood or of him in a different way?

I just bought a diamond Victoria and understand what you mean. I have a wooden handle on mine and asked to change the (curiosity). When I took a bow, I remember the celebration that node with some rubber grips and I did not like. I would recommend Bowtech or Diamond Web site and from there. I found that some models where the evolution of handles while others do not, so you can be out of luck, but there is always hope. Sometimes the manufacturer will not do what customers want and then a spare parts company takes over. As always, the Internet may be your best friend when it comes to finding something like that. Good luck

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HINDU MYTHOLOGY

HINDU MYTHOLOGY –“Life resembles the motion and process of churning. Every human being has to undergo this process of churning before the nectar of life is extracted. And during this process God manifests Himself and helps in different forms. Two days prior to Diwali, Dhan Teras or Dhanvantri Trayodashi is observed with gaiety.”   

HINDUISM –“Mahabali’s Tatal step proved a blessing in disguise for the good king—the foot salvaged and released him from the recurrent cycle of birth and death. Onam is celebrated by wearing new clothes and resolving to lead a new life of truth, piety, love and humility.”

HINDUISM, GARUDA PARANA –“Knowledge makes a man honest, virtuous, and endearing to society. It is learning alone that enables a man to better the condition of his friends and relations. Knowledge is the holiest of holies, the God of the Gods, and commands respect of crowned heads; shorn of it, a man is but an animal. The fixtures and furniture of one’s house may be stolen by thieves; but knowledge, the highest treasure, is above all stealing.”

ISAVASYOPANISHAD –“The face of truth is covered by a golden disc. 0 sun, remove that covering so as to be seen by me who is of the nature of truth.”  

ISHA UPANISHAD –“All changing things experienced in this changing world are known by light of consciousness, which carries on unchanged in all apparent change. By going from appearances to consciousness, on which they stand, reality may be attained and truth of self is realised: for both are one in consciousness.”  

ISHA UPANISHAD –“All changing things experienced in this changing world are known by light of consciousness, which carries on unchanged in all apparent change. By going from appearances to consciousness on which they stand, reality may be attained and truth of self be realised for both are one in consciousness. Then, whose are outward seeming things, and how can they be coveted? As mind and body act in world, a person seems to lead a life that starts with birth and ends in death.”   

ISHA UPANISHAD –“The man who sees all beings in the Self and the Self in all beings is free from all fear.”

ISHA UPANISHAD –“The man who sees all beings in the Self and the Self in all beings is free from all fear.”

JAIN COSMOLOGY –“The special characteristic of space is its capacity to allow common accommodation to all substances. Space, one of the six substances, pervades both the universe and the non-universe. The universe is in the midst of the non universe space which is endless and where space alone exists without the other five substances, namely the souls, the medium of motion, the medium of rest, matter and time.” 

JAIN PRAYER –“For violence I have committed mentally, for violence I have committed verbally, for violence I have committed physically, I ask forgiveness.” 

JAIN SCRIPTURES –“Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture, or kill any creature or living being. There is nothing so small and subtle as the atom nor any element so vast as space. Similarly, there is no quality of soul more subtle than non-violence and no virtue of spirit greater than reverence for life.”         

JAIN TEACHINGS –“In order to heal ourselves of the wounds inflicted upon us we must be willing to forgive those who hurt us, totally and unconditionally It does not mean that we must go and tell them that they are forgiven. It doesn’t mean, if we are the offending party we must go to the other and beg for their forgiveness. Realisation of our mistake and true repentance — Prayaschitta — can in itself set a new direction for our life.”  

JAIN THOUGHT –“Jivadaya or compassion towards all living beings is an important aspect of the principle of ahimsa and it means caring for all living beings, tending, protecting and serving them. It entails universal friendliness, forgiveness and fearlessness. Its observance leads to actions which have great relevance to contemporary environmental concerns.”  

JAIN THOUGHT –“One should avoid speaking anything which may provoke violence, flattery, condemnation or gossip, or use words that may cause harm to others. One should not inflict pain by using words which are abusive…”

JAINA PHILOSOPHY OF ANEKANTAVADA –“No single perspective on an issue contains the whole truth. Substance, time, place and the conditions of the observer all affect the viewpoint, so any event should be considered from different points of view.”  

JAINISM –“Everything within the universe, whether sentient (jiva) or insentient (ajiva), is eternal, although the forms that a thing may take are transient. Practise the principle of promoting universal wellbeing (sarva-mangalya).”  

KABIR – “Real happiness lies only in love, all the rest is just fuss and anxiety.”

KABIR- ‘Real happiness lies only in love, all the rest is just fuss and anxiety.”

KABIR –“Behold but One in all things; it is the second that leads you astray.”   

KABIR –“Do not go to the garden of flowers 0 friend, go not there In your body is the garden of flowers Take your seat on the thousand petals of lotus, And there gaze upon the infinite beauty.”    

KABIR –“God first created light. All men are born out of it. The whole world came out of a single spark.”

KABIR –“If thy God lives only in the mosque, to who else belong the rest of the world? The Hindu finds the God’s All-pervading Essence in the image; so both know not the quintessence. 0 Allah, 0 Ram, I live by Thy Name, 0 Master, be Thou Merciful to me? The Hindus see their God in the south, the Muslims in the west; but search thy God only in the heart, for; thy heart is the Seat of God. The Brahmin fasts (yearly) for 24 days, once every Ekadasi, the Qazi in the month of Ramzan; Lo, they keep out God for 11 parts, and find the treasure of Bliss only in a single month… 0 God, all men and women that one sees are but thy Manifestations, And I am thy child, and all Gurus and all Prophets are mine. Says Kabir, “Hear ye men and women seek only the refuge of the One God. And utter only the Lord’s Name that ye are ferried across.”

KABIR –“Ram’s pass is a high one/ Kabir keeps climbing.”     

KABIR –“The conscious and unconscious are poles. Between them thought has made a swing. All beings and all worlds hang there. Myriad beings exist there. Myriad ages pass and the swing goes on. Infinite swing: Sky, earth, air and water, and God Himself taking form.”   

KABIR –“The creator is the creation and the creation in the creator, He is everywhere… He who surrenders to him gets to know Him. Says Kabir, my doubts are dispelled, I have seen the Pure with my own eyes.”

KABIR –“The heart is pierced with the true passion for, righteousness, the hero is engaged in battle, now is the time to fight unto the last. He alone is a hero who fights to defend the humble and the helpless.”           

KABIR –“The mind creates defeats and also victories …”

KABIR –“The Three worlds were plundered; they all were stripped of their all. But Mind is a faceless Thief, whom no one could recognise.”

KABIR –“There stands a tree that has no roots, it bears fruit without flowering. Neither branches nor do leaves have the tree that blooms all the year round. Two birds perch on that tree, one the teacher, the other the disciple. The disciple eats the sweet fruits, the teacher watches calmly. Says Kabir, unknowable are these birds. At the root of the formless is the form: the body must be given due honour.”   

KABIR –“Those who seek will find; I remained seated, on the shore, Watching the sea, too un concerned to take a dive, In deep waters lies the Truth.”   

KABIR –“Where there is forgiveness, there is God Himself.”    

KAIVALYA NAVANEETNA –“This wisdom (realizing the Self) can be gained by a long course of practice of unceasing enquiry into the Self. Disciple: What is this inquiry?’ Master: ‘Inquiry consists in pondering over the questions: Who is this ‘I’ in the body, including mind, senses etc? What is sentience’s What is insentience? What is their combination, called bondage? What is Release?”    

KAIVALYA NAVANITAM –“Because its nature is not determinable, maya is said to be Inexpressible. They are in its grip who think, ‘This is mine, I am the body, the world is real’. 0 son, no one can ascertain how this mysterious illusion came into being. As to why it arose it is because of the person’s lack of discerning inquiry.”    

KAIVALYOPANISHAD- “I am subtler than the subtlest, I am greater than the greatest, I am the manifold universe. I am ancient. I am the purush (Primal being….).”

KAIVALYOPANISHAD –“Meditating on the lotus of your heart, in the centre is the untainted, the exquisitely pure, clear and sorrowless, the inconceivable, the unmanifest, of infinite form, blissful, tranquil, immortal, the womb of Brahma.”         

KAIVALYOPANISHAD –“On account of his connection with the deeds of previous incarnations, the individual selfi (jiva), dreams and awakens. He plays in the three cities…”  

KAIVALYOPANISHAD –“On account of his connection with the deeds of previous incarnations, the individual self (jiva), dreams and awakens.”     

KALIDASA’S RITUSAMHARA –“Trees put forth flowers, waters abound in lotuses, women’s thoughts turn to love, the air is sweetly scented; mornings are pleasant and days delightful; all things are more alluring in springtime, my love.”    

KATHA UPANISHAD –“As in a mirror, so (it is seen) in the soul, as in a dream, so in the world of the manes, as (an object) is seen in water, so in the world of the gandharvas; as shade and light in the world of Brahmn.” 

KATHA UPANISHAD –“Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind.”        

KATHA UPANISHAD –“The mortal in whose heart desire is dead becomes immortal. The mortal in whose heart the knots of ignorance are untied becomes immortal. These are the highest truths taught in the scriptures. Radiating from the lotus of the heart there are a hundred and one nerves. One of these ascends towards the thousand-petalled lotus in the brain. If, when a man comes to die, his vital force passes upward and out through this nerve, he attains immortality; but if his vital force passes out through another nerve, he goes to one or another plane of mortal existence and remains subject to birth and death.”  

KATHA UPANISHAD –“The self-existent Lord pierced the senses to turn outward. Thus we look to the world outside and see not the Self within us. A sage withdrew his senses from the world of change and, seeking immortality, looked within and beheld the deathless self.”   

KATHA UPANISHAD –“The wise man should surrender his words to his mind; and this he should surrender to the Knowing Self; and the Knowing Self he should surrender to the Great Self; and that he should surrender to the Peaceful Self.”         

KATHA UPANISHAD –“When are cut all the knots of the heart here on earth, then a mortal becomes immortal!”           

KATHA UPANISHAD –“Who sends the mind to wander afar? Who first drives life to start on its journey? Who impels us to utter these words? Who is the Spirit behind the eye and the ear? It is the ear of the ear, the eye of the eye, and the Word of words, the mind of mind, and the life of life. Those who follow wisdom pass beyond and, on leaving this world, become immortal. There the eye goes not, nor words, nor mind. We know not, we cannot understand, how he can be explained: He is above the known and he is above the unknown. Thus have we heard from the ancient sages who explained this truth to us?”           

KATHA UPANISHAD-“If a man fails to attain Brahmn before he casts off his body, he must again put on a body in the world of created things.”

KHAGGAVISANA SUTTA –“Having cast off the bonds, like a fish which breaks the net in the water, like a fire that returns not to the spot already burnt up, let one walk alone like a rhinoceros.”  

KHANDOGYA UPANISHAD –“The eye is indeed the fourth foot of Brahmn. That foot shines with Aditya (sun) as its light, and warms. He who knows this shines and warms through his celebrity, fame, and glory of countenance.” 

KHUDDAKA PATHA –“As a mother with her own life guards the life of her child, let all-embracing f thoughts for all that lives be thine.”

KHUDDAKA PATHA –“Come back, 0 Tigers, to the woods again, and let it not be leveled with the plain, for without you, the axe will lay it low you, without it, forever homeless go.”  

KHUDDAKA PATHA –“To the Buddha I go for refuge. To the Norm I go for refuge, To the Order I go for refuge.”  

KRISHNA IN ‘KRISHAVATARA BY KM MUNSHI –“Town and Country I would never have loved Radha had I not felt sure that I was going to be in Vrindavan as a cowherd forever But when I was called to Mathura as Vasudeva’s son, it would have been wicked to bring her with me. She was born to be an exquisite flower in the spring and would never have survived the hot winds of the life I was called upon to face… I, with my mission to fulfill, could not have played the gay cowherd, who was the very breath of her life.  So I parted from her.”    

KRISHNA, BHAGAVAD GITA –“Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings, nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.”

KRISHNAMACHARYA –“Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God, old the exhalation, and surrender to God.”    

KUBERA MANTRA –“I salute Kubera, lord of Yakshas, who provides the spell for magical weapons that bring wealth and good fortune. May the utterance of this prayer bring forth those magical weapons.”  

KULARNAVA TANTRA –“Adepts in yoga speak in the manner of the uncivil, behave as if ignorant, appear like the lowly They do so in order that men may ignore them and not flock to them; they talk nothing at all. Though realised in freedom, the yogi will sport like a child, may conduct himself like a dullard, talk like one intoxicated. If the yogi accepts things of life it is for the good of the world and not out of desire.”    

KULARNAVA TANTRA –“No creature shall be harmed for one’s own sake, one’s own enjoyment. All depends upon the purpose; not even a blade of grass shall be cut without a worthy purpose. What is called sin becomes a merit if it is done for a higher purpose, even as what is considered uplifting becomes a force for binding if done in disregard of the higher Truth. Rightly used, rightly directed, the very means of fall become the means for rise…”       

LANKAVATARA SUTRA –“The triple world originates from the discrimination of unrealities and where discrimination takes place there is duality and the notion of permanency and impermanency, but the Tathagatas do not rise from the discrimination of unrealities.”    

LANKAVATARA SUTRA –“When this entire world is regarded as concatenation, as nothing else but concatenation, then the mind gains tranquility.”

LORD MAHAVIRA –“Anger, pride, deceit and greed are the four powerful enemies which stimulate sinful deeds. One who desires the welfare of his self should renounce these four flaws… Faith, knowledge and conduct together constitute the path of liberation; this is the path to be followed. The saints have averred that if it is followed in the right way it will lead to liberation, otherwise it will lead to bondage.”         

LORD MAHAVIRA –“As the fallow leaf of the tree falls to the ground when its days are gone, even so the lives of men (come to a close). Gautama, be careful all the while. As a dew drop dangling from the tip of a blade of kusa grass lasts but a short time, even so the lives of men. Gautama, be careful all the while. A rare chance in the long course of time is human birth for a living thing. Hard are the consequences of action. Gautama, be careful all the while. Though one believes in the law, one will rarely practise it, for people are engrossed in pleasures. Gautama, be careful all the while.”  

LORD MAHAVIRA –“By scriptural study one acquires knowledge, is fixed in religion and helps others to be so fixed. Thus by studying multifarious sutras he becomes absorbed in the contemplation of what is expounded therein.”           

LORD MAHAVIRA –“I surrender this body for the sake of my soul. This body is not mine. With this feeling I shall use my body. To cross a river, a boat is needed. I shall use my body as a boat to cross the river of life. I shall bear all the pangs of suffering by being immersed in the soul.”

LOTUS SUTRA –“A gracious cloud full of moisture;/ Lightning-flames flash and dazzle,/ Voice of thunder vibrates afar,/ Bringing joy and ease to all./ The sun’s rays are veiled,/ And the earth is cooled;/ The cloud lowers and spreads/ As if it might be caught and gathered;/ It’s rain everywhere equally/ Descends on all sides,/ Streaming and pouring unstinted,/ Permeating the land.”     

LOTUS SUTRA –“From the one water which Issued from that cloud, Plants, trees, /thickets, forests, According to their need receive moisture. All the various trees,… Each according to its size, Grows and develops… Wherever the one rain reaches, All become fresh and glossy According as their bodies, forms And natures are great or small, So the enriching rain, Though it is one and the same, Yet makes each of them flourish. In like manner also the Buddha Appears here in the world, Like unto a great cloud Universally covering all things; And having appeared in the world, He, for the sake of the living, Discriminates and proclaims The truth in regard to all laws. The Great Holy World-honoured One Proclaims: I am the Tathagata, The Most Honoured among men; I appear in the world Like unto this great cloud, To pour enrichment on all Parched living beings, To free them from their misery To attain the joy of peace, Joy of the present world, And joy of Nirvana… I preach the Law equally; As I preach to one person, So I preach to all… Never am I weary of Pouring it copious on the world, Like the all-enriching rain.”

LOTUS SUTRA –“The Dwelling of the Tathagata is the great compassionate heart within all the living. The Role of the Tathagata is the gentle and forbearing heart. That seat of the Tathagata is the spirituality of all existence.” 

MAHA GHOSANANDA –“When we respect the environment, then nature will be good to us. When our hearts are good, then the sky will be good to us. The trees are like our mother and father, they feed us, nourish us, and provide us with everything; the fruit, leaves, the branches, the trunk. They give us food and satisfy many of our needs. So we spread the dharma (truth) of protecting ourselves and protecting our environment, which is the dharma of the Buddha.”

MAHABHARATA –“A beggar approached Yudhishthir, the eldest of the Pandavas. Yudhishthir asked him to come the next day and the beggar left. Bhimapickedupa drum and started walking towards town Yudhishthir was puzzled. He asked Bhimawhat he was doing. Bhima answered, “I am going to town to announce to everyone there that my brother Yudhishthir has conquered time”. “What do you mean?” a perplexed Yudhishthir enquired. Bhima replied, “A beggar came to you for alms and you made a promise for tomorrow. You asked the beggar to come and collect alms tomorrow. How do you know that you will be alive tomorrow? Or that the beggar will be alive tomorrow? Even if both of you are alive, how do you know that you will be in a position to give alms tomorrow, and how do you know that the beggar will still be in need tomorrow? How do you know that both of you will meet tomorrow? Yet, you’ve made a promise and asked him to come tomorrow. This makes you the first person to have conquered time. So, I am going to town to announce that my brother here has conquered time!”   

MAHABHARATA –“No one should leave the path of dharma on any account — neither by temptation nor by fear nor by greed nor for life. Because pleasure and pain are both transitory, dharma is permanent and follows the soul in all directions.”     

MAHABHARATA –“On meeting with misfortune to blame fate and to remain unconscious of his own failings and faults characterizes the uncultured man.”

MAHABHARATA –“One who is friend of all and is engrossed in doing good to all always with mind, speech and deed, he alone knows dharma — no others.”   

MAHABHARATA –“That again which is virtue may, according to time and place, be sin. Thus appropriation of what belongs to others, untruth, and injury and killing, may under special circumstances, become virtue. Acts that are apparently evil, when undertaken from considerations connected with the gods, the scriptures, life itself, and the means by which life is sustained, produce consequences that are good.”      

MAHABHARATA –“The mode of living which is founded upon a total harmlessness towards all creatures upon a minimum of such harm is highly recommended.”

MAHABHARATA –“They that are desirous of victory do not conquer by might and energy so much as by truth, compassion, righteousness, and spiritual discipline.” 

MAHABHARATA- “Which friendship ages not? That with good souls.”

MAHABHARATA –“Yudishtra: How might a man overcome difficulties? Bhishma on his death bed: Never practise deceit. Behave with restraint, control all worldly desires. Do not speak when addressed in foul language, do not injure others; give, rather than take. Do not sin in thought, word or deed, never harm any creature. Always speak the truth even though your life may be at stake. Speak words which are agreeable, always spend your wealth well. Bow to all the gods, listen to the doctrines of all creeds, have faith.”    

MAHAPARINIRVANA –“0 good men! One who acts good is the “true thinking”. The true thinking is compassion. Compassion is the Tathagata. 0 good men! Compassion is the Buddha Nature of all beings. Such a Buddha Nature is long overshadowed by illusion. That is why beings cannot see. The Buddha Nature is Compassion. Compassion is the Tathagata.”

MAHAPARINIRVANA SUTRA –“Every being has the Buddha Nature. This is the self.” 

MAHARAJ JAGATH SINGH –“Alexander offered to give half his kingdom to anyone who could make him live just for as much time as would enable him to see his mother. But the physicians replied that, even if he gave the whole kingdom, they could not add one single breath to his life. Tears welled up in the emperor’s eyes, who said with a deep sigh: “Alas! Had I known that breath is so costly a thing, I would never have wasted them in useless pursuits”. Then he dictated that, during his funeral procession, his hands be kept out of his coffin with palms turned upward so that people might take a lesson from the Great Alexander, who had planned to conquer the world, but was going away from it empty-handed.”  

MAHARATNAKUTA –“A liar lies to himself as well as to the gods. Lying is the origin of all evils; it leads to rebirth in the miserable planes of existence, to breach of the pure precepts, and to corruption of the body.”

MAHARATNAKUTA SUTRA  -“A liar lies to himself as well as to the gods. Lying is the origin of all evils; it leads to rebirth in the miserable planes of existence, to breach of the pure precepts, and to corruption of the body.”    

MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI –“Meditation is the effective process of sharpening the mind to increase its capacity for experience, so that it may be able to experience even the finer fields of creation lying beyond this gross field of sense perception and be able to experience the essential nature of the Transcendental Reality, the Bliss Eternal and Absolute.”   

MAITRI UPANISHAD –“He who is in the fire, and he who is here in the heart, and hewho is yonder in the sun — he is one.”            

MAITRI UPANISHAD –“Infinite One Verily, in the beginning this world was Brahman, the infinite one, infinite in the east, infinite in the south, infinite in the west, infinite in the north and above and below, infinite in every direction. For him, indeed, east and other directions exist not nor across, nor below, nor above. Incomprehensible is that Supreme Atman, unlimited, unborn, not to be reasoned about, not to be thought of (unthinkable), he whose self is space. At the dissolution of all he alone remains awake. Thus from that space, he awakes this (world) which consists of thought only. By him alone is all this meditated on and in him it is dissolved. He is that luminous form which gives heat in the yonder sun, the wonderful light on the smokeless fire, as also the fire in the stomach which looks (digest) food. For thus it has been said, he who is in the fire, and he who is here in the heart and he who is yonder in the sun— he is One. He who knows this goes to the oneness of one.”

MAITRI UPANISHAD –“Some contemplate one Name, and some another. Which of these is the best? All are eminent clues to the transcendent, immortal, unembodied Brahma: These Names are to be contemplated, lauded, and at last denied. For by them one rises higher and higher in these worlds; but where all comes to its end, there he attains to the Unity of the Person.”

MANTRAS –“I am tying a raksha to you, similar to the one tied to Ball, the powerful king of the demons. Oh raksha, be firm, do not waver. The sun radiates its sunlight/ the radish seeds/1 (the sister) tied the rakhi/ brother, may you live long.”

MANU SMRITI –“The person who takes the vow that he will cause no fear to anyone is the person to whom nothing can cause fear anymore. The person who causes no disquiet to the world is the person who is not perturbed by the world.”  

MANUSMRITI –“All things are determined by speech; speech is their root, and from speech they proceed. Therefore he who is dishonest with respect to speech is dishonest in everything.”   

MANUSMRITI –“If the hair has become white, a man does not on that account become old; though a man may be young, if he is learned the gods look upon him as old.”

MANUSMRITI –“Let there be faithfulness to each other until death. This, in short, should be known as the highest duty of husband and wife.”   

MANUSMRITI –“Where justice is destroyed by injustice, or truth by falsehood, while the judges look on, there they shall also be destroyed.”

MANUSMRITI –“Where women are revered, there the Gods reside. Where women are not revered, all actions become futile.”

MATA AMRITANANDAMAY –“A toddler will fall countless times before he can walk properly Similarly failures, which are a part of life, carry within them the message of success. Each failure is a step that takes us closer to towards ultimate victory So don’t feel disappointed or frustrated.”        

MATA AMRITANANDAMAY –“Don’t remain in the dark. Darkness is a prison created by your own mind and ego; it is self-imposed and self-created. It is not your real abode, for you belong to the light. You are the light of God. So let go the dark.” 

MATA AMRITANANDAMAY –“If there are at least two youths in every village who will set out to serve the world and disseminate spiritual wisdom, we will be able to build a new world of abiding peace, love and fraternity.”

MATA AMRITANANDAMAY –“No matter how rich we are, as long as we have no compassion, we, ourselves, are truly living in utter poverty. The value of compassion is immeasurable.” 

MATA AMRITANANDAMAY –“We may deny the existence of God, but the intellect cannot completely prove or disprove God. If the intellect were able to prove God’s existence — if it could contain God within its grasp — it would only mean the intellect is greater than God. If God can be understood through the intellect, then God and religion are not necessary Science and the intellect would be enough. What we have to inquire about is the very source of that Power which exists within ourselves.”   

MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI – “In this universe it is love that binds everything together. Love is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life.”

MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI –“Look at people whenever they get excited, anxious or angry They actually go mad. Anger is nothing but temporary madness, and it is the same with excitement and anxiety When you are extremely angry you are crazy; you speak and act in a crazy way It is a temporary state, in which you lose your mental balance. If you give in to your mind too much, and it is not kept under proper control, you lose your equipoise and go crazy.”    

MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI –“Only in the depth of pure silence can we hear God’s voice. Silence is like an upright empty glass that is capable of being filled with, and retaining, the water of knowledge.”  

MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI –“Peace is something to be attained internally. Wherever we go in search of peace, we take our minds with us. To find real peace, get rid of the mind.”   

MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI –“The beauty of words, the charm in your actions, the allure of your movements — all depend on the amount of silence you create within, Human beings have the capacity to go deeper into that silence. The deeper you go, the closer you become to the Infinite.”        

MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI –“Think of how much you care about yourself. You want to eat good food, live in a wonderful home, sleep in a comfortable bed, travel in a beautiful car, and you don’t want anyone to hurt or insult you in any way You always want to be happy This is because you love and care about yourself more than anything else. Now imagine what will happen when you become one with everything and everyone. You will love, honour, and care about everyone and everything equally but with infinitely greater depth and power than you have ever loved yourself. In that infinite play of consciousness, where you are one with everything and everyone, everything is permeated with Divinity Every blade of grass and every sand particle is filled with divine energy The awakened one thus has an attitude of deep reverence and humility towards all of Creation. For the awakened soul, life is a play of Infinite Consciousness.”    

MATSYA PURANA -“Prosperity forsakes those who always dream of fate and favours those who persevere. One should therefore always be active and alert.”

MATSYA PURANA –“Success forsakes those who always dream of fate; it favours those who persevere. One should therefore always be active and alert.”    

MIRA BAI –“I have attained Krishna, the precious I am free of the birth-death cycle No more for me worldly pursuits I have attained Krishna, the precious. No expenses have I Nor fear of looting With His Name on my lips I have attained Krishna, the precious. Navigating with the boat of truth The Lord has accepted me In infinite Grace I have attained Krishna, the precious. Mira’s Beloved Giridhar Nagar Let’s sing His Glory I have attained Krishna, the precious.”            

MIRABAI –“Unbreakable, 0 Lord, Is the love that binds me to you: Like a diamond, it breaks the hammer that strikes it.”    

MUNDAKA UPANISHAD –“All evil effects of deeds are destroyed, when He who is both personal and impersonal is realised.”

MUNDAKA UPANISHAD –“As the flowing rivers in the ocean Disappear, quitting name and form, so the knower, being liberated from name and form, goes unto the Heavenly Person, higher than the high.”

MUNDAKA UPANISHAD –“Fools, dwelling in the midst of ignorance (avidya), yet considering themselves wise and learned, go round and round, staggering to and fro, like the blind led by the blind.”   

MUNDAKA UPANISHAD –“Heavenly formless, is the person (purusha), He is without and within, unborn, Breathless, mindless (a-manas), pure Higher than the high Imperishable. From Him is produced breath, Mind, and all the senses, Space, wind, light, water, -And earth, the supporter of all.”  

MUNDAKA UPANISHAD –“The fetters of the heart are broken, all doubts are resolved, and all works cease to bear fruit, when he is behind who is both high and low.”

MUNDAKA UPANISHAD –“The knot of the heart is loosened, All doubts are cut off, And one’s deeds cease When He is seen; both the higher and the lower.”

MUNDAKA UPANISHAD –“Truth is victorious, never untruth. Truth is the way; truth is the goal of life. Reached by sages who are free from self-will.”   

MUNDAKA UPANISHAD –“Two birds, united always and known by the same name, closely cling to the same tree. One of them eats the sweet fruit; the other looks on without eating. Seated on the same tree, the jiva moans, bewildered by his impotence. But when he beholds the other, the Lord worshipped by all, and His glory he becomes free from grief, When the seer beholds the self-luminous Creator, the Lord, the Purusha, the progenitor of Brahma, then he, the wise seer, shakes off good and evil, becomes stainless, and reaches the supreme unity.”   

PARAMACHARYA, KANCHI KAMAKOTI PEETAM –“The egg-shaped Baana Linga reminds us that Isvara has neither beginning nor end, like the sky Looking at the horizon we feel that the sky and the earth meet at a particular point. But try as we might, we can never reach that meeting point. This point will still be as far away as it was from the place from which we first looked at the horizon. We may circle the earth and return to the point from which we started, without coming to the point where the sky and the earth meet. The Linga symbol brings the unknown within our comprehension.”        

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANADA –“Peace is the altar of God, the condition in which happiness exists.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“ “Mental relaxation consists in the ability to free the attention at will from nagging worries over past and present difficulties; from constant awareness of duty; from dread of accidents and other haunting fears; and from greed, passion, or other disturbing or negative thoughts and attachments. Mastery in mental relaxation comes with faithful practice. It is attained when one is able to rid the mind at will of all restless thoughts and fix the attention fully on the peace and contentment within.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“A body that is relaxed and calm conduces to mental peace. Disturbing psychological states can be substantially alleviated by consciously removing their outer physiological manifestations. Fear often causes you to clench your fists and to incline your head slightly forward… If you watch out for such physiological reactions and relax your hands, straighten your body, breathe slowly and deeply and then exhale the breath and keep it out as long as is comfortable, concentrating on the inner calmness of breathlessness, you will feel some relief from the fear.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“Don’t seek experiences in meditation. The path to God is not a circus.”    

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“Every force and object in this universe is a product of the Divine Mind, in the same way that all the things you perceive in a dream are creations of your own mind.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“Few people in this world try consciously to develop the potentials of body, mind and soul. The rest are victims of circumstances of the past. They plod on and on, pushed by wrong habits, helplessly going down under their influence… It lies with each one of us to cut with the sword of wisdom the cords of our bondage, or to remain bound.”    

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“He who walks between boundaries is Man, he who goes beyond them is Trace the visible effect a saint. But he who invisible Cause, the Spirit.”    

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“If you continually write out checks without depositing anything in your bank account, you will run out of money so it is with your life. Without regular deposits of peace in your life account, you will run out of strength, calmness, and happiness. You will finally become bankrupt —emotionally mentally physically and spiritually but daily communion with God will continually replenish your inner bankroll.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“Include the world in your love, and call yourself a cosmic citizen. You are the king; and in the kingdom of your love, include… all living creatures.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“Life has a bright side and a dark side, for the world of relativity is composed of light and shadows. If you permit your thoughts to dwell. On evil, you yourself will become ugly Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.”       

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“Life was given that we might find the Eternal Life. Peace was given that we might find the Eternal Peace… Relax and throw the searchlight of vitality within to reveal the presence of Spirit.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“Look at yourself In the mirror of introspection. That is the way you can become flawless in the spiritual mirror of your soul.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“Meditation is the way by which you must strive to rise above delusion and know your true nature. If you can hold on to that consciousness in activity as well as in meditation…then you will be above this dream world of gods.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“Ordinary life is like a pendulum, ceaselessly swinging back and forth. The peaceful person remains calm until he is ready to work; then he swings into action. As soon as he is through, he swings back to the centre of calmness. You should always be calm, like the pendulum that is still, but ready to swing into steady action whenever necessary.”            

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“The disturbance of mental equilibrium, which results in nervous disorders, is caused by continuous states of excitement or excessive stimulation of the senses. Indulgence in constant thoughts of fear, anger, melancholy, remorse, envy, sorrow, hatred, discontent, or worry; and lack of the necessities for normal and happy living, such as right food, proper exercise, fresh air, sunshine, agreeable work and purpose in life, all are the causes of nervous disease.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“The life of the ordinary man flies away swiftly and erratically you should not ignore the opportunities, however I small, afforded by your present life and intelligence. Through even the tiniest of windows, by spiritually concentrated vision you can glimpse the vast sphere of all-freeing wisdom, and the goal of all-fulfilling Bliss.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“The material and the spiritual are but two parts of one universe and one truth By overstressing one part or the other, man fails to achieve the balance necessary for harmonious development… Practice the art of living in this world without losing your inner peace of mind. Follow the path of balance to reach the inner wondrous garden of Self-realisation.”        

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“The mental equilibrium, which results in nervous disorders, is caused by continuous states of excitement or excessive stimulation of the senses. Indulgence in constant thoughts of fear, anger, melancholy, remorse, envy, sorrow, hatred, discontent, or worry; and lack of the necessities for normal and happy living, such as right food, proper exercise, fresh air, sunshine, agreeable work and purpose in life, all are the causes of nervous disease.”    

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“The yearning for our lost perfection, the urge to do and be that which is the noblest, the most beautiful of which we are capable, is the creative impulse of every high achievement. We strive for perfection here because we long to be restored to our oneness with God.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“There is no particular section of the world, nor any special group of people, that may claim truth as an exclusive heritage. It is the rightful possession of every person, and constitutes the equality of all souls before God. If you do not make an effort to know truth, to perceive it beneath the veils that hide it, you will not discover your own real nature and will therefore remain at the mercy of outside forces of “circumstances”. In meditation behold the star of divine wisdom, that its rays disclose the truth ever within yourself.”             

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“We must learn to participate in this cosmic drama with a perfectly poised and equilibrated mind. The spiritual aspirant should counterbalance his restlessness-producing material activity by calmness-producing spiritual meditation.”      

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“When you discover Him, a great joy will come over you, a joy you’ll find nowhere else.”

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“You are a child of God. You are made in His image, you cannot be violated or hurt by stones, nor bombs, nor machine guns, nor atomic bombs. Remember, the best shelter is in the silence of your soul. And if you can develop that silence, nothing in the world can touch you…you can stand unshaken midst the crash of breaking worlds… Place your heart with God. The more you seek peace in Him, the more that peace will devour your worries and sufferings.”  

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“You have come on earth to entertain and to be entertained. This is why life should be a combination of both meditation and activity if you lose your inner balance that is just the time when you are vulnerable to worldly suffering… Awaken the innate fortitude of the mind by affirming: “No matter what experiences come, they cannot touch me. I am always happy.”   

PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“Your trials did not come to punish you, but to awaken you — to make you realise that you are a part of Spirit and that just behind the sparks of your life is the Flame of Infinity.”   

PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA –‘Love is the light that dissolves all wells between souls, families and nations.”  

PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA –“0 Spirit! Command my soul to arise from the sephulcre of littleness into Thy vastness of everywherene.”               

PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA –“Find god. Don’t think he is hiding from you, you’re hiding from him.”

PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA –“Kriya, controlling the mind directly through the life force, is the easiest, most effective, and most scientific avenue of approach to the Infinite.”   

PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA –“The human soul is encased successively in three bodies — the idea, or causal body; the subtle astral body seat of man’s mental and emotional natures; and the gross physical body On earth a man is equipped with his physical senses. An astral being works with his consciousness and feelings and a body made of prana. A causal-bodied being remains in the blissful realm of ideas.”  

PARMAHANSA YOGANANDA –“You have come on earth to entertain and to be entertained. This is why life should be a combination of both meditation and activity. If you lose your inner balance that is just the time when you are vulnerable to worldly sufferings… Awaken the innate fortitude of the mind by affirming: “No matter what experiences come they cannot touch me. I am always happy.”

PATANJALI –“Avoidance of all slaying, nay, of hurt to mind or body of a living thing; of falsehood in all speech, and even in thought; of all unlawful gain or coveting; of all sense of possessive ownership; such are the yamas. The niyamas are: Observance of utmost purity that may be possible for body of flesh; contentment with whatever may befall; study of sacred science of the Self; restraint of body by determined will; and complete surrender of one’s will to God’s, replacement of one’s own small self by the great Self, by utmost trust in Him.”   

PATANJALI –“Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who observes his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.”

PATANJALI -“In deep meditation, the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil.”

PATANJALI -“In deep meditation, the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil.”

PATANJALI –“Peace can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart.”   

PATANJALI –“Peace can be reached through meditation or the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart… In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil.”   

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