Harivarasanam............

Written by Kambangudi Kulathur Srinivasa Iyer and composed by Devarajan Master, Harivarasanam, is played at the Sabarimala temple every evening after the final pooja is done. As the song reaches its final verses, all assistant priests leave the Sreekovil. By the the time the song ends, only the head priest is inside who then extinguishes the lamps one by one and closes the doors for the night.


Harivarasanam Viswamohanam
Haridadheeswaram Aaradhyapadukam
Arivimarddanam Nithyanarthanam
Hariharathmajam Devamashraye
Sharanam Ayyappa Swamy Sharanam Ayyappa (2)

Sharanakirthanam Bhakthamanasam
Bharanalolupam Narthanalasam
Arunabhasuram Bhoothanayakam
Hariharathmajam Devamashraye
Sharanam Ayyappa Swamy Sharanam Ayyappa (2)

Pranayasathyakam Praananayakam
Pranathakalpakam Suprabhanchitham
Pranavamandiram Keerthanapriyam
Hariharathmajam Devamashraye
Sharanam Ayyappa Swamy Sharanam Ayyappa (2)

Thuragavahanam Sundarananam
Varagadayudham Vedavarnitham
Gurukrupakaram Keerthanapriyam
Hariharathmajam Devamashraye
Sharanam Ayyappa Swamy Sharanam Ayyappa (2)

Thribhuvanarchitham Devathathmakam
Thrinayanam Prabhum Divyadeshikam
Thridashapoojitham Chinthithapradam
Hariharathmajam Devamashraye
Sharanam Ayyappa Swamy Sharanam Ayyappa (2)

Bhavabhayapaham Bhavukavaham
Bhuvanamohanam Bhoothibhooshanam
Dhavalavahanam Divyavaranam
Hariharathmajam Devamashraye
Sharanam Ayyappa Swamy Sharanam Ayyappa (2)

Kalamridusmitham Sundarananam
Kalabhakomalam Gathramohanam
Kalabhakesari Vaajivahanam
Hariharathmajam Devamashraye
Sharanam Ayyappa Swamy Sharanam Ayyappa (2)

Shrithajanapriyam Chinthithapradam
Shruthivibhushanam Sadhujeevanam
Shruthimanoharam Geethalalasam
Hariharathmajam Devamashraye
Sharanam Ayyappa Swamy Sharanam Ayyappa (4)

panchadreeshwari mangalam
hari hara premakruthey mangalam
pinchalamkrutha mangalam
pranamathaam chinthamani mangalam
panchasyadwaja mangalam
thrujagadhamadhya prabhoo mangalam
panchastropama mangalam
shruthisirolankaara san mangalam

CST-2010

CST-2010

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has implemented Cheque Truncation System (CTS) effective from 01 October, 2012. It has directed all banks to issue only CTS-2010 compliant cheques. Hence the current cheques won't work starting Jan 1, 2013. Banks are busy sending the new cheques with MICR and IFSC. Cheques will have to be in a standard paper type across the banks, with a water mark in the center and the bank's logo. Corrections on cheques are not allowed, which means if you make a mistake, you will have to write a new one. The paper has chemical sensitivity to any solvents, acids, bleaches etc. Basically it is aimed at reducing frauds, and to simplify cheque clearing system whereby cheques can be cleared electronically the same day, saving time and manpower. If any post dated cheques have been issued, those needs to be collected back from the lender and issued a new one.

Kandisa - Indian Ocean

Considered to be originators of fusion rock in India -- Susmit Sen, Asheem Chakravarty, Rahul Ram and Amit Kilam together formed Indian Ocean band in the 90s. Susmit's guitar and Amit's drums, when in sync, can't stop listening to it...simply awesome. Vocals for the group mostly rendered by Rahul Ram itself, also taking care of bass guitar. Unfortunately, Asheem passed away in 2009 due to cardiac arrest. To me Indian Ocean is any time...any where...love them!!! 

Kandisa is a prayer in ancient Aramaic, a 3000 year old Semitic language. Ancient Aramaic is the language that Jesus Christ spoke. A modern version of Aramaic is spoken even now in parts of Syria. Indian Ocean has transformed Kandisa into a superb song...


Kandisa Alahaye, Kandisa Hylsana,
Kandisa Alahaye, Kandisa Hylsana.
aalam aalam Aalam, Aamenu Aamen.
sliha Mar Yose, Almaduba-ha Qudisa-ha,
angene Dhanusa, Nyahveh Dukrana.

aalam aalam Aalam, Aamenu Aamen,
sliha Mar Yose, Almadbaha Qudisa-ha.
angene Dhanusa, Nyahveh Dukrana.
Kandisa Alaha, Kandisa Hylsana, Kandisa La Ma Yosa Isaraham Alem.



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Time - The Teacher - PART II

Doctors said that there is infection in his lungs which is stopping it from working to its full potential, thus lesser the intake of oxygen, and indirectly it was making the heart and the system weak. Reason for this was heavy smoking during the young days. My dad quit smoking almost 20 years back but the initial impact was still there. I have request for buddies who have this habit, please don't take your kid to the cliff for fear for silly pleasures, not everyone will get people like I got to shoulder the situation.

After the breathing trouble, the only option left was doing a bypass surgery and dad's condition demanded him to be in ICU till he is fit enough to stay away from the external support. As the condition got bad, the cost of solution went up. Now more monetary arrangements needed to be done. I told mom that there is a change in the situation and hence change of plan. She timely called my dad's childhood friend, Mani Uncle, at Mumbai and informed him about the problems. Parallel, my sister called her childhood friend, Anu, at Bangalore and asked for some help. Within few minutes they called me enquiring about dad's condition. Uncle told that he would deposit an amount in my account and Anu told that she would ask her father-in-law and dad to come to hospital with whatever is necessary for hospital expenses.

With people helping us timely, the inner voice told me that God is with dad. By this time it was almost one week in the hospital. I too didn't go home ever since I came to GKNM. With the cute member at home, mom had a hard time managing household chores itself. Baby used to sleep during day and cry the whole night, so my mom already was serving a 24 hour service at home.

In the mean time, my manager, Ranjith, came for a visit to the hospital. He enquired about the condition and asked me if we can go out for a walk. When we reached his car, he handed over a pouch to me with some gold. There were four bangles and a necklace in it. He advised me to make use of it when needed. Whom should I thank? Should I thank all those wonderful souls or the almighty for paving a life where these souls are part of!!!

I don't think I would have ever had that courage to do the same if I were in my friends' place. There wasn't a second thought by them whatsoever. I would like to also remember my friends' wives too, as without their support I don't think it would have been practical for them too to rotate such big amount.

Before that crucial day, we had to make arrangements for blood. At this time, my friend, Sathyaseelan, made a visit to the hospital with his friend and handed me with 10K. Just an enquiry to him if he knew anyone resulted in chain of phone calls and within few hours we saw a gang marching into the hospital for blood donation. I was really taken back. I don't know who and all were involved in the phone call and information sharing but it was stunning -- the response time.

The all important day came and the surgery was conducted without much trouble. It was lengthy and tense one. Since the path to recovery was slow, dad had to be in the ICU for longer time than normal. He was in the ICU for nearly 20 days since he was dependent on external support. Later he was taken to the ward. It was tough for him as the lung's condition made it difficult and he had to be oxygen-supported all the time.

Being on the water bed inside the AC during the days in the ICU made it hard for him to sleep as the muscles and body was finding it uncomfortable. Every second was uncertain. There was a lot of worry beneath on what next as there was an initial experience of health worsening and going back to ICU. The biggest solace came in the form of Ward Nurse Elizabeth who was very patient listening to us, caring and helping. 

The doctors worked together in deciding the medicines and injected antibiotics that gradually brought down the infection level and he was able to breathe independent of the mask. Though dad couldn't do the physical exercise as the normal patients were asked to, he was feeling far better and improved than the initial days. We could sense that there was some sort of fear undergoing the toughest days of his life. Now he is far improved and fit, back to the routine.

Looking back I really wonder if it was a dream or reality that we faced. Time had frozen for nearly a month teaching very important lessons of life. One important point to notice here is about the people who helped us liberally, emotionally, morally as well as monetarily. People whom we counted a lot turned out to be Siva, Mani uncle and Mahesh and Ramesh Bai - all the four used to call me daily asking for updates and injecting positive energy. And every other friend was whom we never expected to play such a vital role in a situation like this. One key learning is the real nature of people around you will come to light during crucial time. Never expect a person to support you just because he/she talks too much sweet and at the same time never misunderstand anyone just because they are silent and not expressive.

SATHISH N

Time - The Teacher - PART 1

Time - Nature's greatest gift for human species. I always wonder what all things one can do with this universally unbiased allotment for the life time!!! Everything that we see in the world in the form of achievements, inventions, creativity, history are all result of collection of events with time.

One particular angle I would like to note here is that Time gives us the opportunity to understand people. Yes, it may be either over a period of Time that one would realize or it may be when facing a Critical Time that we come to know about the real value of people.

"When the going gets tough, the tough get going" is a popular proverb that we often use but in my life it goes something like this "When the going gets tough, people blessed with better companions get going."

On August 1, 2012, my sister delivered "Prarthana," our greatest momentum of Joy. We were all busy planning for the ear-piercing ceremony and suddenly this happened. On August 7, 2012, I was in deep sleep after returning from the night shift work. Around 10 AM, my mom woke me up stating dad is complaining of severe chest pain. He claimed it as gastric and was reluctant to go hospital but the pain's intensity stated otherwise. He laid down on the bed stating he was tired and within few seconds he vomited. It was panic all around. Meantime, my sis called for a call taxi.

I informed my cousin working in GKNM Hospital and rushed there. The driver updated the cops that it is an emergency and that good hearted cop made way for us stopping other vehicles. We were on time and dad was diagnosed with heart attack, which demanded immediate Angioplasty. Just coming out of a major expense, out wallet was almost dry. I called my friend Siva Kumar, who had similar experience when we went to Sabarimala and asked for inputs. After his experience he had good knowledge on this ailment.

My cousin was there with me from the time we reached hospital and was guiding me. By this time, Siva Kumar too reached hospital. He said he will go home and see how much he can help me. In the mean time, I called Ramesh Bai and explained him the situation. He ensured me that he will be there the next day and not to worry.

The angioplasty was done and dad was in the ICU. Since the heart was in a weak condition, doctors suggested there maybe a need for placing stent, but some time later looking at future diagnosis. He was in observation for a day and then moved to the ward. By this time Siva and Ramesh Bai had come to hospital. When they both were there, dad was doing fine, but for some heavy coughing.

During night, the coughing got severe and my dad was finding it hard to breath. Though they tried every means to bring breathing back to normal, the strain was getting worse and the night in-charge decided to take him back into ICU. It is one of the toughest days in my life. I was literally shivering. If not for the emotional and moral support from my fiancee through these tough days, I don't think I would have survived to share this now.

In the morning, we were eager to know what the situation is.

To be contd............

SATHISH N

Just Like That -7

Just Like That - 6

Petrol price hike can't wait any longer - Oil Companies (The Hindu)

Read: Hartal Can't Wait Any Longer In Kerala - The panacea for all problems, at least so thinks the mentally retarted ones here.

Ente Keralam, Ethra Sundaram......

Time to shut down CBI: Rajasthan High Court

Love that! CBI has become a puppet in the hands of politicians, especially the ruling government. Gone are the days of anyone fearing hearing the name of a CBI enquiry. Just look at the cases they have taken over the last five years. In many of the cases the final report kept changing!!! It's high time Rajasthan High Court's view is put into practice.

Cricket's Shame!

In a country so obsessed with cricket, where other sports are sort of neglected, where people take leave to watch an important match, where its cricketing board revolves around and only around money, power and hence corruption, once again its fans are upset over a 0-4 whitewash in tests against Australia. Giving just the due respect to the sport, and not over-indulging and wasting time analysing 11 people who get enough money irrespective of what they do in the field, just thought to jot down a few random thoughts.

1. A 0-4 whitewash was expected, but didn't expect the team to be like rats there. It's not the failure but the manner of the failure that irritates a fan. No team can win all their matches. But this time barring a few, none gave a fight at all. In a five day match, usually some session will belong to a team. Here we didn't see even one such session where India dominated. The effort to fight itself wasn't there from the majority, else how you could explain players like Kohli, Saha, Ashwin doing quite OK? As a layman, I didn't feel the Aussie bowling was unplayable. Rather it was shamelessness and spinelessness on the part of the Indians that they never bothered to even put up a fight.

2. Our batsmen have never been good against major foreign teams in their soil. They have never done well in sporty bouncy tracks. This has been happening ever since we started playing cricket. And what has been done so far? Doesn't the rich BCCI have enough money to prepare bouncy pitches in India of the like of Mohali and make players play Ranji trophy etc there and prepare them well? Of course they have. Then why not?

Well we Indian fans are also sort of responsible for the same. For many of us cricket is just about hitting every ball for fours and sixes; very few of us want to really see or believe in building partnerships, rotating strikes with singles etc. Crowd turns out to see big sixes. Bowlers' efforts are seldom appreciated. Other than a Kapil Dev we really don't have any bowler celebrity. And so what better way to please the crowd than to prepare flat pitches? Give the crowd what they want and mint money via APL, BPL, CPL, DPL etc...

After such a horrendous tour, to better the batting tigers' averages, to bring the crowd back, and to forget this kind of humiliation, just call in Bangladesh or Zimbabwe and plan a five match series in India, preparing pitches where ball drops in the leg and moves via the off, making batsman rotate in their crease. And our heroes hit double, triple centuries and once again become paper heroes, having excellent average scores! This eyewash has been going on for years now.

3. It's time that zonal-based selection of selectors need to be taken away. On what basis was Vinay Kumar selected other than Srikanth a southie is the selector? Same goes with Mithun. If Ranji trophy is looked into, why not even one player from Rajasthan, who were in excellent form, taken in the team? Why Irfan was left out? What about Ashok Dinda's performance this season? This is not the usual talk where after one batsmen fail, we normally ask why not the other. This is a genuine case of excellent form vs. poor form.

4. Unlike Australia, we go by big names and not the current form of the batsmen. In-form batsman has to be taken in playing 11 and an out-of-form star has to sit on the bench. Neither the captain nor the team management have guts to take these decisions. Rohit Sharma, in excellent form (by now might have gone) was not even considered for a single match even when stars where cutting a sorry figure. Then why was he and Rahane taken in the first place? 

These points just bring out the rotten system in our cricket and also reminds us that there is no point in pointing fingers at a few players and getting out of the blame. The board should remember that the same fans who bring them money might desert them one day, and BCCI can become a story of riches to rag. It's high time that they start changing things from the very base - selectors, selection criteria, nepotism, preparing sporty wickets in India so on and on. Hope authorities open their eyes at least now, though it is too late.

God Save his Own Country's TV Viewers

Come January, and it's that part of the year where you felicitate the good works of the previous year in the entertainment industry, right from Oscars to our own Filmfare awards. Nowadays, even your neighborhood Krishna Appalam sponsors a film award as Krishna Appalam Film Awards 2012, that channels find it tough to accommodate them in one January with limited Saturdays and Sundays. Well all that's good for the ET industry as more recognitions come their way.

But what am coming to is not the awards per se. And this pertains only to Kerala. Come Saturday/Sunday, it's tough to even walk by the TV without listening to someone screaming and killing your mother tongue. It's a shame we don't have any other presenter in the whole state who can handle two languages, Malayalam and English properly? "Irritating" is the softest word I can use to describe this "neither here nor there" being's presentation. Is somebody listening? God save us!

The POLITrICkS

In the depth of a remote village came a group of entertainers named POLITrICkS. The group consisted of a bunch of magicians, body builders, acrobats and so on. The natives of the villages made its livelihood from back-breaking works equipping themselves in agriculture and related fields. Taking a break off their hard day to get entertained was quite relaxing, improving their morale and the people became very cheerful. Thus in a way, the entertainers were sort of doing a service to the society.

The vanishing acts, acrobats, dramas and power shows quickly gained interest among the villagers and became super hits. The entertaining group was gaining popularity and making good profit. They were consistently increasing the entry fee but people were ready to pay that price without much hesitation. Gradually the entertainment group became wealthy and started investing it in the land and properties of the same village.

The villagers not knowing what was happening at a macro level, gave away their assets either for small blown-up margins, or as a consequence of threats, and became dependants. The dependence ratio kept on increasing due to the ignorance of the people and over time, majority of the villagers were bound to the entertainers literally. Now the POLITrICkS were in control of things. They were the wealthiest as the entire village worked for them. They were the decision makers in the village as they owned most of the assets there. And they manipulated things as they wished, as the entire village was directly or indirectly dependent on them.

The condition prevailed but none dared to voice against it, such was the influence of the entertainers now. Things started to go out of control and people who were in support or part of the POLITrICkS Group did whatever they wished, as there was no code of conduct for them. When things went overboard, some folks started raising their voice against the POLITrICkS and its motive. Initially there were big agitations in unison against the deeds. Slogans were raised and agitations were noticed throughout the village.

Did this change the condition of the village? No way. The group said that they will look into the happenings and do the needful. For namesake, some actions were taken. The idea behind this move was to reduce the boiling point by eating time and once the heat subsides, the agitators could be dealt needfully. The effectiveness of this trick was so much that even people within the protesting group became tired of the frequent agitations and wait for action. The group started loosing strength and at the right time, the POLITrICkS Group tried injecting split into the agitators which to some extent was effective or at least induced doubt in the minds of supporters. Thus the POLITrICkS Group was in control of the proceedings.

Once the heat subsided, the initial face saving acts by POLITrICkS Group were taken back and their members started roaming free. Though the heat was no more intense, the strong agitations made the  POLITrICkS Group cold and numb. Some people who were affected by the wrongdoings were determined to bring things to light. They realized that they should expose the truth without delay, bringing in the land grabbing and related profit making deeds of the group to the epicenter.

The sequence of events started to become a threat for the group. One jolt followed by the next became a little bit challenging to handle. They could foresee their downfall, if things prevailed and continued the same.

What is the solution for this? The solution was the same technique used to make appear a big line small. That is, just draw a bigger line near it. Thus the group decided to ignite a fire that catches wild and grows big enough that all other things goes out of focus. Down the southern end, a commotion between neighboring villages was flamed up and situation in both villages started to become sensitive. People started reacting emotionally and without logic. Of all the tricks played till then, the current trick, playing with the sensitivity of the issue between the two villages became a big success. None were bothered about the wealth misappropriation or the land grabbing. Everyone in the village were keen for each others' blood on misguidance. Time was running away from the villagers as they indulged in unwanted activities rather than working for their prosperity. After a few days of fight and bloodshed, people became tired and realized that their normal life has been hampered considerably and decided to return to their root, but by then all the initial unity and togetherness for the common cause had gone with the wind. POLITrICkS magic worked again.

“We don’t belong to that village who were ignorant, who doesn’t have highly equipped communication system, or who didn’t have even basic education, right??? No one will ever dare to try the same with us because we are the Hi-Fis of the world till date, correct??? When everything happens at the click of a button, how can any POLITrICkS Group play their magic on us, right!!! All the wealth of information is always available at our service, so how can some one misguide us, correct??? When the world has been shrunk more than one can imagine and has become a place where everything can be understood as first hand information, how can someone over smart and fool us, right!!! If we are overconfident about ourselves so much, then it is time to rethink. Let's use the resources and figure out how many times we were made to look nonsensical but still gone unnoticed by us. Just go back and look at what the groups that were supposed to serve the people had really done to us, right from the list of scams to tension between states in the name of disputes from aqua to air. Basically we continue to be those villagers who are exploited in every possible way and the POLITrICkS Group continue to play their trick on us in the form of the vanishing acts, sympathetic dramas, muscle power, groupism and so on. The magic continues and we fail continuously to notice it.….

If the greatest poet of Tamil Nadu, Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathi, was still alive, probably he would have again chanted the lines from his poem Endru thaniyum intha suthanthira thagam? Endru madiyum engal adimayin moham? the meaning of which goes thus…

“When will this thirst for freedom be quenched?

When will the desire of a slave die?

When will this shackles on our hand go away?
When will our sufferings get exhausted?
Oh God, who came to make the country of Bharatha then,
Oh God , who supports the life of a gentleman
Is not the support given by victory, your grace?
Is it proper for these true slaves to fade further?”

Let’s render our basic duties properly or a day will come when we are slaves again, but within our country by our own people. 

Om Asatoma Sadgamaya,
Tamasoma Jyothirgamaya
Mrithyorma Amrutangamaya
Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti

SATHISH

The World of Maya

When I was a kid, my mom used to read spiritual books and say that the entire world is Maya and all our pain are due to our ignorance about Maya. This statement kept on puzzling me. Maya means illusion, and I always wondered when I can see everything around me, feel everything around, and even touch everything around me, how does the world get categorized as Maya or illusion. Since the declaration on Maya was made by spiritually enlightened personalities, I couldn't rule it out as a junk statement.

At one point I understood that the conflict within me on Maya was my current knowledge and the realization toward understanding the in-depth meaning shared by yogis as the knowledge I should seek. Time passed and events started unwinding, life started teaching lessons on materialism, attachment and greed. Slowly the vagueness about Maya was getting cleared. It is a good learning on how to distinguish things and make life more meaningful and happy from the interview video with Sister Shivani of Brahma Kumaris posted by Ramesh Bai.

The main source of completeness for human being off late is from materialistic things that has a monetary value associated with it or from power or from recognition among the genders or different permutations and combinations of three. Perhaps expecting this shift long back, philosophers had stated that people who find their happiness in the aforementioned things will never be peaceful in their life. Let’s imagine an individual’s life and associate the general mindset at each stages and it consequences.

Till the education, life for an individual is totally at a different plateau. The learning and the grooming during initial phase comes handy for the rest of the life. Hence teachers and parents have a key role in molding the right platform of attitude, character and skill set. Now moving to the mainstream, once into professional line individuals will be keen to get a job that pays them handsomely because it is believed that money will "buy" you everything and also there is always a comparison by people on the scale and the status involved in getting a well paid job. What about Job Satisfaction? For some it is a priority but often money overtakes it.

Now the next stage is getting as much as gadgets, well furnished house and vehicle. These are all needs but the problem arises when materials sought extends beyond need. After this it is settling in life, alliance sought after will be again one who is equal in status and better in monetary background. There will be an elaborate wedding function. Reason? All these establish themselves in the society and they feel happy directly and indirectly.

The consequences of this are: First, there is over dependence on the so-called needs that gets elevated to a different level. Second, all the materialistic things are perishable, means the happiness and completeness is going to perish one day or another by default. Third, there will be a lot of financial obligations associated with all the materials and sweating day in day out for the rest of the life span will not be sufficient to settle them.

Ultimately this will lead way to: First, there is no time for yourself. Two, there is no time for the family. Third, a fear factor of insecurity and breaking down always looms large. Fourth, relationships get bitter. Fifth, health goes for a toss. And finally, life becomes mechanical and there is no more wholehearted living happening.

What is the core reason that life transferred to turmoil which was supposed to be traveling in the path of happiness and completeness? In very simple terms, the reason is the over-attachment with materialistic things that was imagined to have an idealistic long shelf life, which is not the truth. This sort of unrealistic attachment is mere illusion, which is Maya.

Let’s overall view few things that exist in world that we generally are eager to possess and try categorizing them.

Type	Category	Definition
Gadgets	Material	Maya
Properties	Material	Maya
Wealth	Material	Maya
Power	Exhaustible	Maya
True Knowledge	Permanent	Non-Maya
True Intellect	Permanent	Non-Maya
True Love	Permanent	Non-Maya
True Affection & Care	Permanent	Non-Maya

Now depending on what we give priority to, we can experience bliss or pain, the choice is ours. There can be a question that now doesn't love, affection and care fall into the category of Maya since there is high percentage of chance that it gives pain at one point or another. The pain happens when there is a something expected in return, even if it is permanent existence or attachment, but true love, true affection or true care doesn't expect anything in return, it is like being a true devotee.

Now the next question is, will it be possible to live a normal life staying away from the materialistic things. One should understand that there is a lot of difference between seeking basic necessities and obsession, possessiveness and attachment towards the materials. Imagine you are going in a cart. If the cart is comfortable for the people to travel and the bullocks to ride, plus it is safe that will become the need whereas if it is elaborately decorated and fitted with all the latest technology available is senseless. The technology will become a necessity if you are breaking the barriers of safe zone.

So, just because there are a lot of items available in the market, let’s not fall for it but know the limit of the need and allow life to unwind in a peaceful and pleasant format for everlasting happiness. We often see people becoming restless and insecure. This is mainly because the condition that they put themselves into, either by getting tangled due to overspending and directionless to make either ends meet or over attachment thinking everything is permanent. Both conditions will lead to physical and psychological weakness and eventually lead to the unfortunate.

So rather than seeking happiness outside, try finding it inside in what you are, try seeking it in the knowledge that everyone is same as us, and try enjoying leading a life of the highest value of peace, acceptance and content. Content doesn't mean stopping to explore but it means knowing the limits of one's needs. There is a proverb in Tamil which goes like this "Pothumendra Maname Pon Seiyyum Marunthu" which means the moment one understands the upper limit of ones need and can make thy heart accept and follow it, it is the golden medicine one possess for a life of happiness, peace and prosperity. Wishing Everyone a Wonderful & Peaceful Life Ahead. 

SATHISH N

In Search Of Happiness - 1

Really loved this series of talks between Suresh Oberoi and Sister Shivani of Brahma Kumaris. I have always loved the way she explained things. It's worth a watch, and I am sure each one of us will get something worthy and implementable, if not everything...