Myra

Thanks so much Gopaldas Prabhu! I just admired Sri Prabhupada more and more. On the other hand, it's very disappointing to see the continuous split/changes of his teachings. The posts actually are such a challenge to those sincere and pure devotees who believe and living from the teachings of Sri Prabhupada. It's been obvious that more and more Krishna followers through Sri Prabhupada ( I mean they understand more Krishna through Prabhupada) became more bodily conscious than spiritually aspiring. Given the scenario posted above, Pure Devotees: If you won't act today, who else? If not now, when? Hare Krishna, Myra

Thank you so much Prabhuji for sharing these wisdom from Srila Prabhupada. Hare Krshna, Myra

It's too early to judge her that she is resisting to Krishna. I would rather advice that you must introduce her to Krishna more in your action than words, but very carefully and gradually. If all of her life she is not aware of Krishna, you can't just turn around her consciousness in just a minute. I understand her postition right now. Take note that since you are her husband, you are playing a major role in her consciousness. You must let her feel that you are not introducing a new religion (HK is non-sectarian right?), but rather a complimentary to her belief but more indepth. Once she feels that it's a new religion she will tend to back off and defensive. She will then tend to justify her belief in you and herself. So, you must be very careful for you might be arising a religious/spiritual competition rather than tolerance. Besides, marriage is not just a matter of love and sacrifices but respect and appreciation to one another. Hare Krsna! Jaya Yahshua! Myra.

There was this case in the hospital's Intensive Care ward where patients always died in the same bed and on Sunday morning at 11 a.m., regardless of their medical condition. This puzzled the doctors and some even thought that it had something to do with the supernatural. No one could solve the mystery.....as to "Why the death at 11 AM?" So a world-wide forensics and paranormal investigative team was constituted and they decided to go down to the ward to investigate the cause of the incidents. They brought with them special photographic equipment, infra-red devices and motion-sensitive radars to detect any presence in the room. So on the next Sunday morning a few minutes before 11 a.m., all the doctors and nurses nervously waited outside the ward to see for themselves what the mysterious phenomenon was all about. Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits... Just then, the clock struck 11... (Scroll down for the shocking revelation...) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The part-time Sunday janitor, entered the ward and unplugged the life support system so that he could use the vacuum cleaner!!!!

AS THE WORLD TURNS Author Unknown If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following. There would be: 57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south 8 would be Africans 52 would be female 48 would be male 70 would be non-white 30 would be white 30 would be Christian 70 would be non-Christian 89 would be heterosexual 11 would be homosexual 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States. 80 would live in substandard housing 70 would be unable to read 50 would suffer from malnutrition (ONE)1 would be near death; (ONE)1 would be near birth; (ONE)1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education; (ONE)1 (yes,only1) would own computer. When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent. And, therefore . . . If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than three billion people in the world. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world. If your parents are still alive and still married, you are very rare, even in the United States. If you can hold someone's hand, hug them, or even touch them on the shoulder, you are blessed because you can offer healing touch. If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not. If you can read this message, you have just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all. As you read this and are reminded how life is in the rest of the world, remember just how blessed you really are.

Dear Haridramaji, Apologies for my late reply. I was a real busy girl yesterday. Anyway, I'll give you websites where I got these informations. However, most of the data were taken from hard copy publications with me. Kind regards, Myra If your professor could get a copy of the following publications: Hard copy Publications: 1. The IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India): Report On Development Banking in India, 1999-200 issue, pp.83-87. 2. International Monetary Fund, January 2003 Issue: International Financial Statistics and World Economic Outlook. 3. OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. April Issue of the Monthly Statistics of the International Trade. Website: http://www.cmie.com/ - Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. This site requires you to log on in order to view the information. Sorry but I can't give you my access code. http://commin.nic.in/doc/india_trade.htm - Government of India Ministry of Commerce and Industry - Department of Commerce. http://commerce.nic.in/Nov03_release.htm#h1 - November release of External Trade from the Department of Commerce India website. http://www.adb.org/Statistics/default.asp - Asian Development Bank

These are excuse notes from parents (including original spelling) collected by schools from all over the country (not India /images/graemlins/smile.gif ) My son is under a doctor's care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him. Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot. Dear School: Please ekscuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33. Please excuse Gloria from Jim today. She is administrating. Please excuse Roland from P.E. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins. Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side. Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels. Please excuse Pedro from being absent yesterday. He had (diahre) (dyrea) (direathe) the shits. [words in ()'s were crossed out.] Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I don't know what size she wear. Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday, we thought it was Sunday. Sally won't be in school a week from Friday. We have to attend her funeral. Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well. Gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover. Maryann was absent December 11-16, because she had a fever, sore throat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever and sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.

Hey this is part of my job, to collect these data from the original source. Not that hard work...just collecting all my previous reports and re-construct it for you. I have soooooooooooo much here but I am sure they are very technical. And be thankful, that you are a devotee or else, I would leave these things in my database till I forgot and delete them later on... LOL!! We provided these information to our clients...But I think it's a good idea if you could paraphrase it, not just for the prjury thing but for you to understand your own report later on....

FY - Fiscal Year EU - European Union ADB - Asian Deveopment BAnk IMF - International Monetary Fund JBIC - Japan Bank for International Cooperation IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IDA - International Development Agency OECF - Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund JEXIM - Export-Import Bank of Japan USAID - United States Agency for International Development CIDA - Canadian International Development Agency Should you have further questions, please let me know. Good luck to your project. Regards, Myra

FOREIGN AID (loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments) India's major sources of aid are the ADB, the World Bank, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and United States, as well as the European Union. ADB, the World Bank, and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) provide the bulk of India's official loans. ADB (Asian Development bank Seven loans for six projects—five public sector and one private sector, totaling $1,183.6 million—were approved in 2002. The projects aim at developing the East-West Corridor, developing roads in Madhya Pradesh, reforming the state power sector, improving railways, and modernizing government and fiscal reform in Kerala. The private sector loan of $20 million equivalent in local currency was made to a medical services network, which is expected to create an integrated private sector system in India. Twenty-six technical assistance totaling $13.2 million and three grants totaling $55.3 million were approved. ADB also approved two equity investments totaling $25 million in an infrastructure fund to help finance private sector infrastructure projects and a mortgage guarantee company in India. Since joining ADB in 1966, India has received 76 loans totaling $11,636.9 million, of which 34 were active at the end of 2002. Contract awards totaled $862.4 million, bringing the cumulative figure to $6,808.6 million. The contract awards ratio for 2002 was 22.4%—close to the ADB-wide average of 22.6%. Disbursements during the year totaled $576.5 million, bringing cumulative disbursements to $6,386.6 million. The disbursement ratio was 17.9%—lower than the ADB-wide average of 22.2%. The World Bank The World Bank, which lends from both International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Agency (IDA) resources, provides support mainly to agriculture, social sectors (family welfare, health, nutrition and primary education), and infrastructure (power, and transport) and financial sectors. World Bank has also provided support for forestry and water supply projects, including in Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. In response to a decision by the World Bank's management to increase IBRD lending to India to about $3 billion per year and to harden the terms of its overall assistance by achieving an IBRD:IDA ratio of 2:1 (from 1:1 earlier), the World Bank is substantially increasing its lending to the power and road sectors and also envisages possible support for urban development as well as for the railway sector. While there is complementarity between ADB and World Bank in several key sectors (especially power and transport), ADB has taken the lead in holistic state level support. To increase the developmental impact of its assistance, the World Bank has also begun channeling a portion of its lending operations to more focused state-level operations and, in April 2000, approved its first loan for subnational adjustment program 11. In discussion with the Government, ADB and the World Bank are coordinating on an appropriate geographical focus for each institution's state-level operations. ADB has commenced state-level operations in both Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, and has received Government concurrence for initiating work on Kerala as the third focal state. The World Bank has so far concentrated its subnational operations on the power sector in Haryana, Orissa, and Rajasthan, and on more comprehensive support including public finance reform in Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. In other sectors too, activities are coordinated to ensure an appropriate division of labor and geographic spread. As a result of such efforts, in recent years ADB has taken the lead in capital market development, policy reform in the hydrocarbon sector, support for investment in gas infrastructure, and in state-level reforms of resource management. Over the current programming cycle, ADB is expected to play a lead role in policy development for railways, urban development, housing finance, as well as debt market development. Regular consultations between ADB and the World Bank at the headquarters level have also been institutionalized. Japan JBIC, successor to the merged Japan's Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) and Export-Import Bank of Japan (JEXIM), has focused its support in the past mainly on economic infrastructure (power, transport and communications, urban sector), as well as the environment, agriculture, and small-scale industries. It also has been an important source of official cofinancing for ADB projects. Following the merger, and in the context of the current international environment, the focus of Japan's development assistance to India is shifting. In future, JBIC's focus will be directed more towards basic human need projects and selected, high visibility infrastructure projects. This could also limit the future scope for JBIC cofinancing from the official financing window, at least of hard infrastructure projects. In contrast, ADB may evolve modalities for possible cofinancing opportunities for social sector interventions, or for facilitation of donor financing of investment on basis of ADB technical assistance. ADB may also play a more pronounced role in administering JBIC loans which are co-financing ADB interventions, as is being done in the ongoing Private Sector Infrastructure Facility project. United Kingdom The United Kingdom, through its Department for International Development (DFID), has a large aid program to India, focusing on poverty reduction inter alia through support for social sector initiatives. The program also seeks to support sustainable economic growth through support for economic reforms, particularly in fiscal policy and the power sector. DFID is concentrating its assistance to selected states, including Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal, and is collaborating and coordinating activities with ADB in the areas of mutual interest such as support for power sector reforms, urban water supply and sanitation and slum improvement. ADB's efforts to strengthen the poverty focus of its portfolio and the supporting TA program provide further cooperation opportunities. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has focused its program inter alia on population stabilization; provision of health care, including HIV/AIDS control; environmental protection and pollution control, particularly in urban areas; and support for energy conservation and demand side management. USAID also provides extensive food aid. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has been active in support for state power sector reforms. In its preparatory work for power sector reforms in Kerala, the ADB is already drawing upon work being prepared by CIDA-financed consultants. The ADB and CIDA are also closely collaborating on power sector reforms in Madhya Pradesh. The priorities of Germany's assistance are the infrastructure (power) and social sectors, including water supply, urban waste management, housing, and health. The Netherlands is providing assistance mainly for social sector interventions, as well as in support of local governance and effective decentralization. One of its focal states is Kerala. The European Union (EU) provides assistance under two broad categories: development assistance and economic cooperation. The former is directed towards improving the quality of life of the poorest and is providing grants for rural development, as well as primary education and health. EU's economic cooperation program mainly comprises technical assistance and training support. External assistance to India substantially increased from the low levels in the early 1980s, and averaged about $4 billion annually during FY1991-FY1998 or almost $5 in per capita terms. The terms of the ODA to India have considerably hardened over time, with the grant element declining from 19 percent during 1975-1980 to 8 percent during 1990-1995; the grant element is further declining with the World Bank modifying its overall funding mix of IBRD and concessional (IDA) resources from an IBRD:IDA ratio of 2:1 to a ratio of 1:1, although the ratio of actual commitment may vary slightly from year to year. This will imply an increase in the cost of long-term funds as the portion of concessional lending in total lending is diminishing over time. Following India's nuclear test in May 1998, and the subsequent imposition of economic sanctions, most bilateral donors put a freeze on new aid to India and in addition indicated their unwillingness to support new lending from multilateral agencies for other than humanitarian purposes. As a result, Board consideration for several World Bank loans was postponed in May/June 1998, the end of its fiscal year. Similarly, ADB lending to India was substantially affected and only one basic human needs loan approved by the Board in late 1998. Together with the freeze on bilateral assistance, the drastic decline in multilateral lending to India lowered foreign aid to $1.8 billion in FY1999 compared to $3.7 billion in FY1998 and about $4 billion on average since the early 1990s. As the international environment and the G-7 stance on lending continued in FY2000, foreign aid to India remained severely constrained, and new ADB and World Bank commitments amounted to $625 million and about $800 million, respectively. Moreover, the non-approval of infrastructure projects by multilateral institutions and the freeze on bilateral lending is increasingly hampering the medium to long term growth potential of the Indian economy by preventing removal of infrastructure bottlenecks.

INDIA’S EXPORTS Exports refer to all commodities (goods and services) leaving the country to be sold to a foreign country that are properly cleared through the Department of Commerce, India. India’s Exports have quadrupled over past 20 years. In FY 2002 alone, Indian exports reached US$ 51.7 billion, an 18 percent increase over 2001. The recent release of exports data for September 2003 are valued at US $ 4982.20 million which is 15.93% higher than the level of US $ 4297.54 million during September, 2002. In rupee terms, the exports in September 2003 were Rs. 22841.93 crores, which is 9.73% higher than the value of exports during September 2002. The increase in the export was triggered by the passenger vehicle exports that nearly trebled over the last four years to 71,653 units in 2002-03, while motorcycle exports increased by 122 percent in 2002-03 alone to 126,122 units. In addition, exports of automotive components were estimated at Rs 4,000 crore in 2002-03, compared to Rs 2,775 crore in 2001-02. Fuelled by demand from the U.S. and China, the auto components industry is expected to record strong growth over the next few years. Below are the lists of the Major Commodity Exports of India: 1. Gems & Jewellery 2. Engineering goods 3. Readymade garments 4. Chemicals & related products 5. Cotton yarn fabrics madeups etc. 6. Leather & leather manufactures 7. Marine products 8. Ores & minerals 9. Manmade yarn fabrics madeups 10. Rubber, glass products 11. Rice 12. Carpets 13. Oil meals 14. Iron ore 15. Cashewnut incl. Shell liquid 16. Tea

Haridramaji, I will get back to you regarding this. I am the one who maintain the Indian Economic Database so I will give you enormous data for you heart content /images/graemlins/smile.gif. It's my pleasure to help you. Be right back... Myra

Prabhuji, If you think that your parents are speaking a curse upon you, you should not send a curse back on the them, meaning unlikely words too. We are not to return curse for curse, but rather overcome curse with good words by chanting the Holy Name. Ask Sri Krishna to forgive them, because many times (based on your confessions here) they do not know what they are doing and talking. If you intercede for your parents, you are obeying the Lord, which allows the Paramatma to cancel the curse automatically if you are speaking good and praying for those who would seek to harm or discouraging you. Jaya Yahshua, Jaya Krishna! Myra.

Shiva, Theist is right. I can see that we will never compromise because both parties don't believe each other's sources. But you know something? I wanna thank you because the more you post "deconstructing" views about Lord Jesus, the more I see His glory, the more I feel closer to Him, the more I crave to read about Him, the more I see that He is soooo true, the more I learn about Him, the more I know Him and the more I love Him. Hope you will find time to study more about Bible and who knows? You might bump into one of it's scriptures that would change your views/life forever. Jesus Christ said: "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him." John 10:37-39

Haridramaji, I will research more. I only remember this thing in my history class. I never been to India. Regards, Myra

This is a real creepy. This is a reality that our generation has denied God as the creator. And add all this to the use of animal organs in human transplants and we see how science is developing techniques in which human beings are playing at God. But...the Psalmist showed more wisdom than most of the 'great minds' of our generation when he wrote: "O Lord you have searched me and known me. ... for you have formed me in my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvellous are your works, and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in secret." Psalm 139:1,13-15 Psalm 141:3-4: "Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties".

No. The Original name was Madras. The origin of the city's name had never been conclusively established, but is probably linked to the names of asmall seventeenth century settlement, Madrasapatnam, and a weaver colony, Chennaipatnam which later merged into what was called Madras (in English) until its named changed to Chennai in 1996. I have no idea if the Indian Government will change Chennai to its original name which is Madras.

With the establishment of the East India Company (under the British rule) most of South India came under the British sway. After the Indian Independence (15th August 1947) the old capital Madras city was retained by the new Madras state. In 1969 the Madras State changed its name into Tamil Nadu. The capital city Madras was renamed as Chennai in 1996. Hope this helps. Myra

Answer to the Critics of Mel Gibson's Movie, The Passion of Christ by Betty Miller Though The Passion of Christ, will not be released until Spring of 2004, it is interesting to see the controversy that this movie has already generated. Opponents are declaring the movie could incite hatred against the Jews, because the movie portrays Jews as having a part in killing Jesus. In a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise in some parts of the world, we can understand why a Jewish person may be concerned. Though anti-Semitic slurs such as "Christ killer" have been used to incite persecution against the Jews for centuries, these were done by ignorant people who were deceived. Today the Christian church has recognized this terrible evil committed by our ancestors. We grieve over the atrocities that have been done to Jews in the name of Christ. Such actions do not bear the character of Jesus Christ, who was Himself a Jew. We certainly never want to see such things happen again; and in fact there are more Christians today supporting Jewish causes than at any other time in history. Regardless of the how the facts have been twisted in the past to incite racism and persecution against the Jews, the fact does remain that Jews--along with the Romans--were indeed involved in the death of Christ. However, true Christians do not blame the Jews, but rather know that it was all of mankind's sin that sent Him to the cross. Matthew 27:22-26: 22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. 26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. In fact, the Gospels also bear record that some of the Jews were friends of Jesus -- they loved Him. Not all wanted to kill Him. It was a rich Jewish man (Joseph of Aramethea) who provided his own tomb for Jesus after He died. In every people group, there are good people and evil people. The Jews are no different than anyone else in this regard, and their own history as recorded in the Bible proves this to be true. The Old Testament scriptures record the success and failures of their heroes and their villains without sugar-coating the truth. In the same way the New testament writers (who were for the most part also Jewish) also did not sugar coat the truth when it came to their own people. This message of the cross is hated by the devil as it brings life to those who accept Jesus as their Savior. The Passion of Christ is a movie that depicts the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus which took place in Jerusalem, the home of the Jews. Therefore, the Jewish people were highly involved in this story historically. If the setting was another country, the nationality of those people would be a part of the record. In this story, it is the Jews. However, they are not the only people involved. As we mentioned earlier, the Roman rulers and soldiers were also a part of the story too. So Who Killed Jesus Christ? Actually, the Bible tells us that all of us are responsible for Jesus' death on the cross, as He willingly went there for the sins of all mankind. Everyone of us had a part in His suffering and agony. He died so that we can all live eternally if we repent of our sins and accept what He did for us and surrender our lives to Him. All may be saved, no matter what nationality, religion, race, or background we may come from. Once any of us come to know Him, we immediately want to tell others that He is the true Messiah and Savior of the world. We thank God for Mel Gibson and all Christians who are in the spotlight for sharing the gospel message. We must all pray for him and for the success of this movie so that it will cause many people (Jew and Gentile alike) to take a fresh look at Jesus Christ and put their faith in Him. 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 (Amplified Bible): "For the story and message of the cross is sheer absurdity and folly to those who are perishing and on their way to perdition, but to us who are being saved it is the [manifestation of] the power of God. For it is written, I will baffle and render useless and destroy the learning of the learned and the philosophy of the philosophers and the cleverness of the clever and the discernment of the discerning; I will frustrate and nullify [them] and bring [them] to nothing. Where is the wise man (the philosopher)? Where is the scribe (the scholar)? Where is the investigator (the logician, the debater) of this present time and age? Has not God shown up the nonsense and the folly of this world's wisdom? For when the world with all its earthly wisdom failed to perceive and recognize and know God by means of its own philosophy, God in His wisdom was pleased through the foolishness of preaching [salvation, procured by Christ and to be had through Him], to save those who believed (who clung to and trusted in and relied on Him). For while Jews [demandingly] ask for signs and miracles and Greeks pursue philosophy and wisdom, We preach Christ (the Messiah) crucified, [preaching which] to the Jews is a scandal and an offensive stumbling block [that springs a snare or trap], and to the Gentiles it is absurd and utterly unphilosophical nonsense. But to those who are called, whether Jew or Greek (Gentile), Christ [is] the Power of God and the Wisdom of God." The bottom line to this controversy is that this is not an issue of anti-Semitism, but rather an issue of belief. The Jewish faith believes only in the Old Testament of the Bible, while the Christian faith believes in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. Historically the Jewish people had a part in sending Jesus to the cross; however, the true Christian knows that all are guilty of sending Him there by our sins. The good news is that Jesus went there willingly to pay the price for our sins. He was buried and then rose on the third day and lives forevermore and all who put their trust in Him will also have eternal life. Mel Gibson and all who are true Christians can never deny this truth.

Sorry theist, I forgot this one...but also, upon remembering this food makes me wanna fly home and eat! It's an Italian Menu actually, made of pasta with lots of parmessan cheese and tomatoe sauce and leaves (I forgot the name of that sprinkled leaves hmmmmmmmm). Gonna go home now. See you on Monday! Have a nice weekend everyone! Take care, Myra

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Long ago I read where the word for name in the New Testament, as in "In the Name of the Lord", actually meant 'in the nature of'." "Do you know if that is true about the word for name in the NT?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YES and NO. Yes because in the New Testament, "In the Name of the Lord" means 'in the nature of' but No becasue its meaning is not limited to that alone. The Bible specifically in the New Testament uses the words "In the NAME of the Lord" because His NAME must have a very special meaning. Even more, God reveals Himself by His deeds and by His names (old and new testament), that is why the BIBLE or VEDAS uses different names, because only one name wouldn't be enough to say everything that God is. Let's go back to the Old Testament first. The Main names of God are revealed as EL or ELOHIM, YAHWEH, ADONAI, SHADDAI or EL SHADDAI, ELOAH and YAHVEH OF SABAOTH. EL or ELOHIM - refers to God as the Creator as One who is over everything. It is used frequently in plural as it were several, not because God is several but because that is a way to refer to God as somebody magnificent. On the cross, Jesus called God by that name, as we read in Mark 15:34. YAHWEH - This is the proper name of God, this is the name which says what God is, who He is, because this name means I AM. When Moses told God: If the children of Israel ask me, Who sent you to us? what shall I say to them? God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said: "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, "I AM has sent me to you" (Exodus 3:14). God is the One who exists by Himself, the One who does not depend on anybody else to be: HE IS. ADONAI - means Lord: God is The Lord. This means that He has power over all mankind and the whole universe, and He deserves our reverence and service. This is a name that says what God is, and His relationship with us, His creatures: He is The Lord. SHADDAI or EL SHADDAI - means God Almighty, Sustainer, and was the name given to God before the name of YahWeh was revealed to Moses, as we read in Exodus 6:3: "I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Lord I was not known to them." ELOAH - means The Only One, The Incomparable, The Truthful, as we read in Isaiah 44:8: Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one. This name is found in particular in the poetic books of the Bible; Job uses it 57 times. Eloah means also Dread, in the sense that we must "fear" God, that is, that reverence is due to God; this is the meaning of the fear of God. YAHVEH OF SABAOTH - means Lord of Hosts; that is, that God has "hosts," probably of angels, who serve Him. In the Old Testament there is a question: "What is His name, and what is His Son's name, If you know?" (Pro. 30:4). In the New Testament, Our Lord Jesus Christ declared: "I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me,......." (Jn. 5:43) His sacred name "I AM WHO I AM" (YAHWEH) God had also revealed His memorial name "I AM" that is pronounced "YAH" in Hebrew. Jesus Christ applied God's memorial name "I AM" (YAH) to Himself. He said: "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM." (Jn. 8:58). Bible records this name "YAH" in Psalm 68:4; Isaiah 12:2; 26:4 and 38:11. In fact they use this name all the time. Take the names of the prophets in the Bible for instance. "Isaiah" means salvation of YAH, "Jeremiah" means exaltation of YAH, "Elijah" means God is YAH and "Zechariah" means YAH is renowned. When the Jews praise God in the temples they say "Hallelujah" which means "Praise You YAH". We now come to an important name "YAHSHUA" that means YAH is Savior. This name is sometimes mispronounced "Joshua" but the correct pronunciation is "YAHSHUA" because the Hebrew language do not have the letter "J". "YAHSHUA" is the Hebrew pronunciation of the Greek/English name "JESUS". YAHSHUA means "YAH is Savior" in the Hebrew/Aramaic language. Whewwwwwww! It's indeed the intensity or the intrinsic value of His Name and the Lord God is far deeper than we can fathom, and the extensity or the face value is already with us and already includes our lives and our history yet, also goes measurelessly beyond. Theist, I hope I have answered your question with the help of the Holy Spirit in me. Goodnight. God Bless Everyone! Let the Name of The Lord sink deep inside our hearts! Jaya Yahshua! Hare Krishna! Myra P.S. Now you theist, /images/graemlins/smile.gif you can chant Jaya YAHSHUA... HARE KRISHNA (name of God in Vedas) without difficulty. God always reveal His ever lovingself and His immeasurable Mercy to those who seek His Glory and say His name. I am still amazed the indefinite fullness of the LORD GOD in the Word, in his NAME in our hearts 'puts us right', makes us fully human and transcedental. And as we constantly speak it, it continues in us and amongst us.

Dear Prabhu, According to my database, since 1953 (except between 1978 to 1981) the Indian Gross Domestic Product at constant Price showed significant growth. Among the sectors that contribute the growth are the Manufacturing, Construction, Transport and communication, financing and real estate. Slow growth can be seen on the Agriculture, mining and quarrying. Also, Tourism has helped India augment its domestic income. The economic growth has been influenced by the increasing literacy rate, job opportunities and the higher remittances of overseas workers. India is becoming the most active country to import labour force, especially in the IT industry. On the other hand, the robust population growth has been tampering the economy to reach its peak. Worth mentioning the unstable politics, corruption (according to Transparency International Survey, India is in the 30th corrupt country out of 102 list...but much better to Bangladesh though which is the first!) and the lack of Political will from its leaders caused India to suffer through these years. The gap between the rich and the poor is also increasing. The cause of this is the poor zoning. Rural areas has been left out, while the government administrators concentrate in the nourishment of the economic zone in cities and urban areas. Hope this helps! God Bless India! God Bless us All! /images/graemlins/smile.gif Myra.

No problem. God Bless! Myra. P.S. You guys want some food? We'll be out for lunch. Baked ZITI!!! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Yeah, this deserves its own thread. Back to work Myra! Bye. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Dear theist, I have read several times in this forum “the holy name of THE LORD is all in all”. The Name of the Lord and the personality of the Lord is one. Since Jesus is the reincarnation of God and born as a son, the Lord’s name is above every Name and there is Great Power in His Name and when we use it, we need to make sure that we use with respect, not to be used as an attachment to make others laugh and be an instrument for self gratification. The name of a person represents the character of the person. When you love and honor a person's name you are loving and showing respect to that person. So, the reason the name of Jesus is to be handled gingerly is that to call upon him is to invoke his glory, his mercy and his presence. (Not only Jesus but other saints too like Sri Prabhupada). We are to call upon his name in prayer, in thanksgiving, in worship and in time of need. But to use his name cavalierly is blasphemous. He is holy, so his name and words about him are holy and not to be trifled with. Jai Sri Jesus! Hare Krishna! Myra