Review of book "Meditation and other spiritual disciplines"

Review of book "Meditation and other spiritual disciplines" authored by Swami Swahananda. Presented at ICC Senior Center Cupertino September 2017

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Guidance for Marriage Alliance

Guidance for Marriage Alliance

(Guidance for young Indian   boys  ( Guys)and girls who have passed out high School and have entered college or have  graduated and are looking for marriage alliance  (finding a life partner ) with  a suitable eligible girl or boy (Guy) respectively.)

Hindu marriage literally means the ceremony of ‘carrying away’ the bride to the house of the groom. Hindu Marriage is different from the institution of marriage in other societies. According to Prabhu,” Hindu Vivaha (marriage) is, in essence, a ritual and a formality, of course, very important through which an individual has to go, to be able to start his other life in Grihasthasrama. The meaning of vivaha refers mainly to the ceremony of ‘carrying away’ the bride to the house of the bridegroom. But since long it has come to refer to the whole of ceremony or wedlock.

According to K.M. Kapadia,

“Hindu marriage is a socially approved union of man and a woman aiming at dharma, procreation, sexual pleasure and observance of certain social obligations”.

It is through marriage that relation between man and woman is socially recognised.

In America  marriage is defined as below

 Definition marriage is a relationship within which sexual inter-course is legitimate. In general, a woman who cohabits with a man has a legitimate status in relation to that man only if she is known to be married to him.

In India after one gets married you get a life partner. Though there is provision for divorce but it is sparingly used as after living together, the love and cooperation between couple develops with each side adjusting mutually to their job condition and family circumstances.

However , In India also where couple have  chosen the partner without guidance from and acceptance from parents of both parties, the frequency of divorces has increased, as these marriages or not love marriages as commonly called but marriage of convenience as the couple chooses partner without any guidance from experienced person ,thinking that they are mature enough to select  their life partner, because of this factor out of registered five marriages  in Mumbai , two  out of five  have been divorced within last five years.

Part  I

Need for early marriage:

 In America the young boys and girls consider the marriage as their personal field in which they do not want any interference from parents or elders. So when Parents say to their sons are daughters of marriageable age that get a job and get married and be settled in life, the sons and specially daughters ask their parents, is it only the purpose of life to get married produce off springs only and not to look after our careers and future. The parents generally say you get a life time partner to share your grief and pleasure add to help each other specially in old age you need for a partner and a protector throughout your life. Those girls who do not care or heed to their parents advice to settle early, occasionally remain unmarried as they cross the age of 30 years and then are unable to find a suitable match as most of the boys or guys liked by them   get married by that time  and no suitable boy is available to match their qualifications and financial position and status. This gives need to write this paper as   marriage guide

 In fact the young boys and girls of 2^nd or 3^rd generation ,  have been brought up by parents who grew up  in Indian culture where there was no system of boys and girl to come in contact with each other,  there being no coeducation in India in general,  therefore they had very little contacts to go for love marriage or self arranged marriage, though in recent past  a change has already set in big cities of India where boys and girls are themselves selecting their partner and marrying with or without consent of their parents and this has  resulted  in divorce of two  couples out of five registered marriages as has been recently reported  in Times of India Mumbai ,for marriages  registered in Mumbai.

The system of going in for living in together before marriage somehow does not appeal to elders , and I  am personally aware of cases where this has failed in producing matrimony in most of the cases and if it did then they remained childless as very late marriages were solemnized.

As there is coeducation here in America, there is no difficulty in mixing and playing and having boy and girl friends from the beginning.

The marriages outside caste or between two nationalities or between two Indians or two Americans of different origin has been now been generally accepted in modern society but of course their results are being watched with care and caution.  Marriage between boys and girl of different religions are also being held but these are sometimes seen to cause problems to their parents and mostly to their children.

There is no time or age limit fixed for marriages fixed by law of land or by and now  even  old custom that boy should be older than girl are not considered essential .But there are merits to the age old custom,  that bride groom is older than bride and this  custom has been  followed in every race.

 Now there is example of President of France who had been motivated to marry his teacher who is  about more than 15 years older than him , He married while was only 20 years of age which is a typical case of successful love marriage

Well this aspect is individual consideration for boys and girls. Some people prefer mental beauty over bodily looks of both sexes. So keeping this in view and it may take an instant to two to three years to decide and choose a right partner, the boys/ girls may start thinking in this direction for getting a suitable life partner for marriage from age of 25 for boys and 22 years for girls so that they get married as soon as they complete graduation and settle in Jobs.

It is considered opinion of many elders, that boys/ girls may start thinking about this aspect,  a year or two ,  after entering the college.  As usually the tradition in most social systems is that boy proposes to girl and not vice versa, girls should search their would be partner from those  generally  who ,  are in third or final year but wait till boy is settled in Job and similarly the boys may think of  selecting some girls from which to pick up bride  from  those girls  who are junior in age  or  class to him.

 Those girls a who are planning to do post graduation courses before seeking jobs have to decide when  and at which stage they should start the search keeping the age, at which they  want to marry after getting employment .The reasonable agefor boys would be less than thirty and for girls less than 27.It has been observed that girls who cross age of thirty remain single, and boys crossing age of thirty have difficulty in getting a match of their liking.

 All above does not mean that they should not take advice from their parents and not consider the girls/ boys proposed by their parents and elders. The boys and girls are advised to listen to their parents and go in for arranged marriages by parents

if the partner selected by them meets their requirements.

If they have some partner in mind they should tell in advance to their parents so that they may not settle                                                                                                                         marriage  in ignorance and make it an issue afterwards.        

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 I have discussed this problem with other grandparents also  and found that  there is no literature available here to guide boys and girls of Indian origin

Their parents  and their friends have no experience in this field of arranging marriages of sons and daughters in USA being married in Indian traditions

in view the modern thinking of different countries and the generation gap which has brought many new traditions.

Time to marry.

 According to law of land minimum age for both boys and girls are fixed mostly as 21 years for boys and 18 years for girls. No upper limit of age has been fixed for marriages. Law of land does not require that everybody has to marry.

A girl should also keep in  mind that the best fertile period for a girl is approximately between 22 to 30 years and therefore the recommended age is 22 to 27 years. The maximum difference between boy and girls age is recommended to be 10years and preferable is 2 to 3years.

 It is again stressed that the best period to meet the life partner is considered to be college though they also have opportunities in festivals, in parties held by parents and friends, in places of worship, and in picnics and fairs etc which should be utilized to know each other and make friends with each other for selecting   a suitable partner  All the above avenues are necessary for them to interact and get an opportunity to meet the right person as life partner. I would also like to add that matrimonial agencies are also doing a good job though one must find a good and reliable one.

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It has to be remembered that prime beauty of girls also starts to lose its charm, beauty and  attraction after attaining age of 25 years though a married girls becomes more and more charming after  age of 25 or so. .

As usually the tradition in most social systems , is that boy proposes to girl and not vice versa  girls should search, their would be partner from those who  generally  are in third or final year but wait till boy is settled in Job and similarly  it is advisable the boys may think of  selecting a  girl  for  bride , from girls junior in age and class to him.

Education of Girls

 It has to be remembered by girls that they can pursue their ambition for higher or professional education even after marriage with support of Husband and it is not necessary to be in Job before marriage. If girls pursue for higher and higher education even for professional course then they will them self land themselves in a difficult position to find a suitable match for them with similar or higher qualification as boys want generally want to settle in job just after graduation in some professional course and then marry as soon as they are 26 or 27 and very few  wait  beyond 29^th.So keeping in view this aspect they should take up a suitable job and marry at  an appropriate age and complete their ambitions  of higher education after their  marriage.  This aspect is also to be considered by their parents.

Other points to be considered for choosing a life partner

The boys and girls should be aware that despite many cultural similarities, Indian Americans in the US are not a homogenous block. They belong to various linguistic communities like Punjabis, Gujaratis, Tamilians, Bengalis etc and follow different religions like Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity and Islam.. Indian American populations traditionally tended to concentrate in regions with warmer climates like California and New Jersey The US states with the largest Indian American population in order are California, New York, New Jersey, Texas and Illinois.

 The most common meeting grounds among young Indian Americans are community events where there is a large congregation of prospective partners from similar cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Festivals, marriages and religious celebrations are some of the occasions when young Indian Americans can meet and get to know each other. Very often community events organized in places of worship like temples and gurudwaras  also function as important venues for checking out girls or guys in the community.

  Boys and girls should know,   what are , would be life partners  values in life and their strong likes and dislikes in each aspect of life.?”

 (1)It is good to find a partner having same religion and of Indian origin. Most important is one should be compatible andtwo families should have same values, be agreeable. IfVegetarian a person who is vegetarian or a person whowill allow you to remain vegetarian will suite better.

(2) The second choice is to have a boy / girl from different religion/area with solid back ground, and family values. It should be emphasized that over 50% of the marriages in this country end in divorce, some in bitter court battles. Once divorced, this stigma/ medal you carry to your grave.

As such as far as possible Inter racial marriage be avoided. Hindu and Muslims marriages are generally not successful and should be avoided.   However Euro women if agreeable to adopt  boys  religion and customs may give lasting marriage. But euro men are not suitable for girls of Indian origin and their marriages usually end in divorce after about five years.

And therefore to be avoided.

 Marriage with other races usually create many problems and therefore are not recommended as it causes for parents and children. The details why inter racial marriages should not be performed are given below

10. Far away from family. 

9. Loss of holiday traditions.

  8. Cultural misunderstandings

7. What if we divorce? 

 6. Learning the language.   other’s language

5. It takes a lot of work. Marriage in general can be a lot of work. However, international marriages take just that little bit more

4. Never completely at home

3.-In tolerance due to cultural differences-------

2. Airplane flights are expensive to go to spouses homes.

 1. At least one set of grandparents is always far away.  And here is one more general question: Where will we be buried when we die? Will it be in the country that we live in now? Or in our country of origin

Part II

How to arrange Marriage

1. Arranged Marriages.

(a)Old System. The parents find a suitable match from enquiries made from relations and acquaintances for a suitable match for their daughters and approach the bridegrooms parents and after matching the Janam Kundalies  settle the marriage of boys and girls with mutual consent.The boys and girls  have generally no say

 of suitable match.

(b)Modernised System

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Matrimonial advertisements are given in news papers for both boys and girls parents for selection  of suitable match. After finding a suitable match , they give  both boy and girl opportunity to meet each other and talk to each other for a short time or allow them to go to some places together and after obtaining their consent settle their marriages. Now a days they consult marriage buiro’s or matrimonial Agencies where both boys and girls parents or guardians give their biodata including details of boy or girl  including the job and salary details and  then paying necessary charges you get details of required matches and then you correspond or talk on phone and parents let boy and girl meet other etc. Some times boys and girls are permitted to give their advertisements them self and find out suitable life partner and then parents see boy/girl and settle marriage.

How to take help from matrimonial sites?

There are different sites available in USA and India You have to choose site according to your choise and requirements.

Some agencies send you a list of suitable candidates and also help in arrange interviews and help in settling marriages.

2. Settlement by boys and Girls ( So called Love Marriages)

These are essentially marriages of convenience and are settled by boys and girls by making boy /girl friends, by mutual consent and after boy proposes to girl in a formal manner the boys and girl marry in a court or with mutual consent of parents marry in normal way of arranged marriage observing full customs.

This is done by two methods

1.  By approaching a guy or a girl whom you like but are not formally introduced. Or to get introduced by a common friend or acquaintance.   In this both boys and girls should find details about each other from their face book or office or other bio data available on Google sites and remaining data  by asking relevant questions in a manner not to hurt the opposite party. Girls in general are curious creatures, and guys are the biggest mystery. Even if you ask them these questions, they’ll probably shrug it off or give the general, “I don’t know” or “You wouldn’t understand.” Guys and girls will never fully understand each other, and may be it’s just inappropriate to actually ask, but here are some questions as given in Annexure A and B for boys and girls These questions may be asked at time of dating.

The annexures shall be supplied on demand only

2.By approaching dating sites for selection of life partner and who may also guide you how to approach and ask relevant questions.

Indian Dating in USA - Matchmaking

The popularity of campus life is reflected in the number of Indian Student Associations which not only help new arrivals to adjust to life in a new country but also offers a platform of all young people who share the same ethnic identity.

Today Indian Americans enjoy greater freedom than ever in making personal choices. But no matter how they meet, date and marry, a relationship still remains one of the most important decisions in their lives, to be entered after careful consideration and thought.

Should he be a vegetarian? This is the first question that makes me pause. Before it, Jasbina Ahluwalia has asked me for a boatload of information that feels comically foreign.

 Does the religion of my future husband matter? Must he be Indian? From a particular region? No, no, no, I laugh, feeling modern and flippant. But vegetarianism? I do not know?  It’s a sign of liberal, possibly crunchy values, healthfulness. Sure, I say. That’d be nice. At last, I’ve narrowed the pool.

In fact, out of all Asian-Americans, Indian-Americans are the most likely to marry someone of their ethnicity — only 10 percent marry outside of their race,. The famous website Shaadi.com — literally Marriage.com — is officially passé

Guys and girls will never fully understand each other, and maybe it’s just inappropriate to actually ask, but here are some questions I, and probably many other girls, would love to get some true answers to…so I got them. From the perspective of real guys, here’s a sneak peek into a male

1.   The purpose of dating is to marry.

 If you’re too young to marry, you’re likely too young to date. The only repercussion of dating is perhaps a broken heart.

2. Date too long, even if you sincerely love each other, and you open yourself up to a lot of temptation. In fact, perhaps even because you seriously love each other. All those legitimate feelings have nowhere to go, because you can’t marry yet.

3. When you date a lot, you often leave same-sex friendships by the wayside, and these are the years that you need to learn how to be a good friend.

4. Similarly, if you date a lot, you may decline other important things, like going on missions trips, or taking jobs, or doing some ministry you might love

The End of Article by Avdhesh Kumar Mathur

Super Senior Resident of America and Citizen of India

E mail id          akm1934@gmail.com

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We  start with Gayatri Mantra

                    GANESH VANDANA

Introduction

By grace of God and thanks to Smt Meera Ramchandran for giving  time for this talk , I have   tried to give a summary  and  how  vedas  have been understood by me

I have read all four Vedas and many of Upanishads in Hindi  and English as  I do not have any knowledge of Sanskrit and may have missed the true meanings .

 1. Veda is knowledge of God

2.which was heard / visualised by ancient saints of India in their ecstasy while in meditation .

. 3 On this basis Hindus regard and say their religion to be  Sanatan or Vedic dharma

 I  am  sharing my knowledge with you.

What are Vedas

The Vedas  are a large body of knowledge texts originating in the ancient Indian subcontinent.Composed in Vedic Sanskrit,  Hindus consider the Vedas to be apauruṣeya, which means "not of a man.

Each Veda has been subclassified into four major text types – 1. the Samhitas (mantras and benedictions),

 2. the Aranyakas (text on rituals, ceremonies, sacrifices and symbolic-sacrifices),

 3. the Brahmanas (commentaries on rituals, ceremonies and sacrifices),

 4. and the Upanishads (texts discussing meditation, philosophy and spiritual knowledge). .

These  four Vedas are 1. RIG 2. Sam. 3.Yajur 4. Arthava

History of Vedas

1. According to Hindu dharma the Vedas existed before creation and are  direct gift from GOD

2. The western  civilisation puts emergence of Vedas  to 1900 to 1000 B.C. They believe that Aryans who came from caucacios mountains created them after coming to India . Actually this theory has been rejected now as The shifting of population from west to east was due to drying 0f river Saraswati towards Ganga Yamuna plains

Even according to western documents, Krishna's Bhagwat Geeta has mention of three Vedas and this is beleived  to be written before1500 BC  , and therefore western thinking is not only wrong but a myth.

These Vedas  are estimated to be written 30,000 year B.C according to pictures taken from satellites which show River Saraswati in which Indus river used to meet and around which Mohanjodro civilisation was established.

The early vedic period

Picture of Vedic Manuscript

Vedic Litrature

Ved Vyas Compiled the Vedas which  were in eternal existence as shruties  which  were heard or visualised by great rishies in trance

Division of Vedas

 The shruties were passed on from one generation to another and so on until they were classified into Vedic hymns and upnishadic hymns and later on ved -vyas classified Vedic hymns into four scriptures  given below

1  Rig Veda

2 Sam Veda

3.Yajur Veda

4. Arthava Veda

Fortunately I own a set of   all four Vedas  translated by

Swami Dayanandji along with a set of Vedas vaishnavite version  translated by renowned author

Upanishads are end parts of Vedas.

Rigveda

1.Rigveda  comprises of 10589 hymns for Agni,Varun,Indra,Chandra,Sun,Saraswati,and other god and goddesses who represent  different energies inherent in God.

The Rigveda  It is one of the four canonical sacred texts (śruti) of Hinduism known as the Vedas.[2][3] The text is a collection of 1,028 hymns and 10,600 verses, organized into ten books (Manda

First  few Mantras of Rig Veda

Sloka from Rig veda in English

‘Agni’ means fire. This fire refers to the aspiring flame that rises from our inmost being; again, ‘Agni’ also refers to the fire god himself.

 We are all aspirants; we are all seekers of the infinite Truth.

 It is we who have to embody Agni, the flame of aspiration, in the inmost recesses of our hearts.

 We also have to grow upwards with this flame until we become the embodiment of Agni, the fire god himself.

Provisions in Rig  veda

1. Origin of creation

2 introduction of each of devi and devta and

 3. includes prayers for different Devies and Devtas for getting particular desire.

4. Rig Veda teaches  us how to live better life and  obtain  Gods grace who is father of all of us 

Sloka of Rig Veda

Sama Veda

                        

Soma veda – It refers to ecstatic melodies ,music ,art ,drama, and the science ofsound.

 Embedded inside the Samaveda is the widely studied Chandogya Upanishad and Kena Upanishad,

The classical Indian music and dance tradition considers the chants and melodies in Samaveda as one of its roots.

Provisions in Sama veda

Samveda puts weightage on music. It  contains 1000 mantras.

1. its mantras   are usedin karma kand

2.It teaches  behaviour of give and take and mantras regarding maintenance of our body and other material things.

3 it provides for sacrifice of somras in havans and contains several mantras  giving methods used inused in performing havan.

4.from this Veda  tejiyasya  upanishad  , Sanhita brahman, ken Upanishad and chandogya Upanishad have come out.

Provisions in Yajur veda

1. It contains several mantras  needed in doing hawan

 2. it contains taitarya ,sathpat brahman and tatarya anarya and brh and brahadnaik, and taitarya and Katha Upanishads.

These three vedas  are estimated to be written 30,000 year B.C

There was great emphasis on teaching of Vedas to disciples with correct grammar and pronunciation and memorising them by heart.

Provisions in Atharva veda

1. it contains all mantras used in doing household works and means and methods   used in socialization

2.this Veda deals with important matters regarding   arya and anarya and gives their customs and rituals

3 contains prayers and methods for removing and eradicating bad  symptoms and things

4.  Gopath Brahman and prashna and Mandookya  Upanishad are its product.

Vedas are available in Audio now

Upveda  of abive vedas

3.Gandharva veda from Samveda comprises the specific sets of laws of Nature that are engaged in promoting the quality of Rishi ,the observer, the witnessing quality

4. Dhanurveda, from Yajurveda . Archery is noted to be one of the noblest form of defence within Indian cultural heritage. 

5.Artha Veda from Atharva Veda: It  deals with social, economic, and political systems. In the early medieval times Artha Shashtra was also authored by Chanakya
 

Dhanur vidya

                                         GAYETRI MANTRA

Two types of religious
scriptures

Hindu dharma has two types of scriptures

1.     shruti ;- for a very long time these were passed on from guru to shishya orally and remembered by heart  and then again passed on till they were written and then classified by Ved vyas in 4 volumes of Veda's and also different versions of Upanishad with names of rishies.

     Out of these eleven Upanishads are famous on which commentary ha been written by Adi shankeracharya 1. Isha 2 ken  3 katha   4 prashna   5  Aitarya 6 Mandaka   7  Taitarya 8 Mandukya  9  Chandogya 10 swetasavatara  11Brahadnaik

Fortunately I have all the four Vedas and a collection of 108 Upanishads  by Sri Shree Ram Sharma of Gayetri Peeth.

Different poses in sadhana

Guru and Shishyas

Brahadnayak                    self and Self

The Eleven Upanishshads on whom  commentary has been written by AdiShanker

Beliefs in Vedic times

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1.In those time there was no murti puja but havan and sacrifice only to please various gods who in turn looked after the humans, animals and plants etc on earth.

 In Vedas  the slokas are given  in poem form in Sanskrit . Each devta in turn is worshiped by doing hawan reciting mantras in praise of him and requesting him to bestow peace on earth according to his  energies.

Civilisation in Vedic period

Parts of Universe

Universe has been subdivided into three main parts

1.Bhu    Earth

2.Bhuva   Atmosphere and ether

 3  swaha    Heaven and Beyond

And , human civilisation into four Varnas and four ashrams so that we may live according to laws of nature.

Vedic rituals

This includes both domestic and samohic   social rituals,  riti rivaj .

Now a days most of rituals are done according to puranas but still some of them are done according to vedas. Swami dayanand has revived all rituals aaccording to Vedas in Arya Samaj.

1.  still all yagyas are performed according to vedas for welfare of people a

2. Those who wish to go to heaven must perfom  some form of  yagya including mansic yagya.

3. Manu Smriti has a long list of yagyas to be performed on different occasions and purposes as  well as the sixteen Sanskars.

4. . There are  different methods of God realisation  given in Vedas  which have been summed up in Bhagwat Geeta and Vedanta which are much easier  such as karma, jnan , bhakti or raj yoga and Dhyan yoga.

Performing Yajna

Yajna as one of rituals

Rishi Guru doing Meditation  in presence of Shishyas

Lord Agni

                   Lord Vishnu

Lord Indra

                                                                

Lord Vasudev

                                       Lord Daksh

Lord Ansh or Siva

           Lord Surya dev

                                    Lord Surya dev

Sons of sun adityas

1.mitra

2. ayarma

3. bhang

4.varun

5.daksh

6. ansh

Without sun life is impossible.

Several devtas and devi’s in vedas but there is one God

There are several descripitions of  dev and devi;s ( shaktiyan) in veda. In mahapralaya none (even life and death disappear)remains except the allmighty God

God’s will creates and dissolves the universe.

It is also written that both parmatma and jivatma remain in body like two bird on a tree and parmatma is  drista , and jivatma is bhokta

  Description of creation in veda.

In Arthava Veda mantra 42-7  it is stated that first of all in the beginning there was a golden egg which is called Hirdaya garbh and from this creation was done.then came fire and light rig veda 10.121  and then all creation.

All this creation exist in God. The mode of creation in different manvantars is given, in different slokas of Vedas and full knowledge of universe is also given.

  God alone is seen in different forms and vibhuties. It  has also been  in Vrdas ,how to  pray and worship him in different forms and ways.

Creation of Universe

Creation of universe

Method for God realisation

God has given main paths  of His realisation as karma, jnan and bhakti and Raj Yogaa and meditation to realise him.

He has given to us , in Vedas,  the methods to realise him by doing Karmkand  including yagya,  tap and jap  to purify the Antahkaran and then how to meditate and how to concentrate and fix our Mana,  Budhi , Chit and Ahankar in Him .

We can obtain deliverance from cycle of birth, death and rebirth and get mukti or mokch as per individuals liking and get rid of all pain ,sufferings in this very life and thereafter.

Prakrity, maya, bandhan and mukti
how to get eternal peace

 Vedas in detail describe in their last chapters how get eternal peace called anand by letting us have the knowledge about

1. universe

2. self and Self

3. prakriti and  maya

4. bandhan and mukti

 mukti is the goal of our life and it can be achieved by visualising God as our internal Guru, have total devotion and faith in him , and by total surrender to him  to obtain his ashirvad  , blessings and grace and realise self and realise the almighty God

                        Conclusion

I have no words to conclude

Suffice to say that for Hindus, for common man, there it  is not necessary to study Vedas and all Upanishads  in detail now,  as  our ancient Rishies have brought all this knowledge for common man in three books namely,

1.Vedanta/Brahmn Sutra

2 Bhagwat Geeta

3.Ramayan/ Ramcharitra  manus.

Further the running of day to day life,  is now to be done as per rules of the society and constitution of land and positive thinking for following  sayings.

I am the problem and I am the solution and we can mould our life according to our thoughts and overcome our emotions by patience and positive thinking and live a healthy prosperous life in this world and by our spiritual knowledge and practice attain the eternal peace and Anand thereafter. OM  SHANTI, SHANTI, SHANTI

The End

 I am thankful to the chair person Smt Meera Ramchandran and  Sri  Rajaram  for conducting the programme successfully and finally to you august audience to have listened to me  so peacefully , with your full attention.

 Over to Chairperson , for question  Answer session

Time permitting I shall show video of Prayer to Shiva Parvati

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                              Shiva Parvati Vandana

The End

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