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Heaven is a palace with many doors And each may enter in his own way… ~ Hindu saying Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. ~Chinese Proverb

I am reminded of two great Divine personalities in their 'male' bodies, who had to give up their sexuality in order to enter the Nikunja Lila of Divine Couple.1. Lord Shiva who entered Maharaasa as Gopisvara 2. Arjuna of Mahabharata was also transformed into a Gopi, when Lord Krishna took him to His Divine abode. (Patala Khanda of Padma Purana) [This message has been edited by sha (edited 05-01-2002).]

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Imagine two children playing hide-and-seek; one hides but the other does not look for him. God is hiding and man is not seeking. Imagine His distress. (Baal ShemTov in, `The Spiritual Athlete')

Or to quote US president Harry S. Truman: "The only fear I have, is that of fear itself"

In wealth is the fear of poverty, in knowledge the fear of ignorance, in beauty the fear of age, in fame the fear of backbiters, in success the fear of jealousy, even in body is the fear of death. Everything on this earth is fraught with fear. He alone is fearless who has given up everything. - Bhartrihari

http://www.truthout.com/poll/911Probe.htm t r u t h o u t 911 Probe | Petition / Poll The Question : "Do you support a thorough public investigation of the events leading up to the September 11th attacks that would include but not be limited to, what warnings and information the executive branch of our government received about the attacks prior to September 11th., and full disclosure of all contracts awarded to all private entities with direct contacts to the executive branch as a result of the attacks?"

How about a simple stone- Gautama Patni, sati Ahalya in Ramayana!

Don't you recall from Bhagavatam Lord Krishna liberating the 'two souls' trapped in rather cursed to become the twin Arjuna trees? [This message has been edited by sha (edited 04-26-2002).]

Men seek for seclusion in the wilderness, by the seashore or in the mountains... But such fancies are wholly unworthy of a philosopher, since at any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a more quieter or untroubled retreat than in his own soul;... Avail yourself often, then, of this retirement, and so continually renew yourself. ~ Marcus Aurelius

I like your honest observations and sincere approach.

BHAJA GOVINDAM Adore Govinda, adore Govinda, Adore Govinda, O fool! Rules of grammar are of no avail When the hour of death approaches. Renounce, O fool, your tireless thirst For amassing gold and precious gems; Content yourself with whatever comes Through deeds performed in past lives; Generate righteous thoughts Devoid of passion. Seeing the seductive female form, Be not enslaved by delusive frenzy. Bodies are made up of flesh and fat. Think through this again and again. Precarious is human life, Like rain-drops on a lotus leaf; All mankind is consumed By conceit, disease and sorrow. So long as you provide support, Your dependents will cling; When your aging body falters, Approaching dissolution, None, not even the nearest kin, Will care to comfort you. So long as there is breath, Householders seem solicitous, But when the breath leaves the body, Near and dear flee in fear. Remember, riches invite sorrow, Verily, no joy abides in them. The rich man fears his son: Such is the common plight. As a boy, one is lost in sport. As a youth, one craves female company, As an old man, one broods anxiously, Alas, none yearns for Brahman. Who is your wife? Who is your son? Strange indeed is the glamour of samsara. Who are you? Whom do you own? Whence have you come? Brother, ponder these truths. Good company fosters detachment; Detachment gives freedom from delusion. Exempt from delusion, one is steadfast, Steadfastness bestows liberation in life. When youth is spent, passion is pointless. When water has gone, what lake is left? When money is consumed, where are friends? When the truth is known, what is samsara? Boast not of youth, wealth or kindred. Swifter than eyes can wink, Each is stolen by Time. Let go the illusion of this world, Knowing Brahman, merge into It. Dusk and dawn, night and day, Winter and spring, come and go; Time sports, life is fleeting; Yet linger the winds of longing. Doting on wife, dreaming of wealth, Why roam like the restless wind? Is there not the One who ordains? In all three worlds Good company is the only vessel For crossing the seas of samsara. Restrain the self, regulate the breath, Sift the transient from the true, Recite the holy name of God, And calm the turbulent mind. This is the universal safeguard. Adopt it with heart and soul. Cherish the lotus feet of the Guru And free yourself without delay From the entanglement of samsara. Curbing the senses and the mind Behold the Lord in your heart. Adore Govinda, adore Govinda. Adore Govinda, O fool! Besides chanting the sacred names, Nothing availeth on the ocean of life. SHRI SHANKARACHARYA

"Let us then not be pleased if we are successful in anything, let us not be proud of our activities, let our material good and glory not exalt us. If we swell up with pride about any good things that come our way we are displeasing to God. The psalmist says of the humble: 'The Lord protects the little ones.' Since He was calling the humble 'little ones.' After this saying he added something else. As if we were asking him what he would do in such a case, he added: 'I was made .'humble, and He set me free." St. Gregory the Great.

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A few more famous quotes by Swami Shivananda: O man! Thou art a pilgrim here. Awake, awake. Life is short. Time is fleeting. Go back to your original home of immortal bliss. ---- Swami Sivananda Be kind. Be compassionate. Be honest. Be bold. Be pure. Be wise. Be virtuous. Enquire: "Who am I?" Know the Self and be free. ----- Swami Sivananda The end of wisdom is freedom. The end of culture is perfection. The end of education is Character. The end of knowledge is love. That eye alone is the real eye, which sees God in every thing. --- Swami Sivananda "Until and unless Self-realization is attained, Knowledge-Absolute is gained, there is ever the ebb and flow, the constant see-saw between the animal and the man in every human being. The beast or the brute is never completely absent or overcome except through a final Divinization of the individual." --- Swami Sivananda Who is a Saint? He who lives in God or the Eternal, who is free from egoism, likes and dislikes, selfishness, vanity, mine-ness, lust, greed and anger, who is endowed with equal vision, balanced mind, mercy, tolerance, righteousness and cosmic love, and who has divine knowledge, is a saint. --- Swami Sivananda Bhakti is immortalizing nectar; it transmutes a man into divinity. It makes him perfect. It bestows on him everlasting peace and bliss. ---- Swami Sivananda Trust the Divine Grace at every step. Speak to the Lord like a child. Be candid. Open your heart freely to Him. His Grace will at once descend. ---- Swami Sivananda Pray faithfully like Prahlada. Sing like Radha. Repeat His name like Valmiki, Tukaram and Tulsidas. Do Kirtana like Gauranga, weep in solitude like Mira Over the separation from the Lord. You will have Darshan of the Lord. ---- Swami Sivananda

Believing you can be perfect is the fatal imperfection. Believing you're invulnerable is the ultimate vulnerability. Being a Warrior doesn't mean winning or even succeeding. It means rising and falling and rising again, as long as you live. ~Richard Heckleren

Umm.. I am puzzled.. This quote is from Indian Paganism daily quotes. The quotes prior to this one were by Swami Shivananda. If it needs to be corrected, I'd let them know. Thanks.

It's fixed now. Thanks.

from another board: "While the monkeys were building the bridge, a small squirrel took pebbles in its mouth and brought them to the workers: `These are to help in building the bridge to Lanka so that blessed Rama may bring back his wife. I must do my share of the work.' `You, what?' cried a monkey. `I am helping to build the bridge, sir,' replied the squirrel. `Look, I am carrying the small pebbles that with your rocks will help to from the bridge.' "The monkeys burst into a mighty roar of laughter. By this time a crowd of monkeys had collected and the first monkey roared out, `Did you hear that? The squirrel says she's building a bridge with her pebbles! Haha! I've never heard anything so funny in my life.' The other monkeys thought it was a good joke too. They held their sides and laughed. When they could laugh no more they said to the squirrel: `Here, little creature. Do you think Rama is in need of your pebbles? He commands the largest army in the Seven Worlds, and for him we carry whole mountains with their granite and rock. He does not want your little pebbles.' The squirrel said, `I cannot carry mountains or rocks. God has only given me strength to carry my pebbles. I cannot do more, but this I will do, for my heart weeps for the sorrowing Rama, and what I can do to help, I will.' The monkeys said, `Enough of your foolishness, little one. We have no time for play and for the likes of you. Go home to your nest in the trees and let us get on with our work.' "But the squirrel would not go. Again and again the monkeys picked her up and put her down out of the way, and again and again she returned, with her pebbles. Then the monkeys were angry and threatened to throw her into the sea. Still the squirrel said, `But I want to help too.' Then an angry monkey picked up the little squirrel and flung her away. But she, crying the name of Rama, fell into his hands, where he stood. And Rama held the little squirrel close to him and said to the monkeys, `Despise not the weak and the small, for according to each man's strength will he serve. And to me what matters is not how great the strength and service, but how great the love and devotion. This little squirrel with her pebbles has love in her heart that would move the earth and the heavens by its strength and power.' And he chid them for their pride. But the squirrel he held close to him and said: `Little one, your devotion has touched my heart. Be blessed then by me whom you have loved and served.' So saying, he stroked the little squirrel's furry back. And as he put her down all who had crowded round saw upon the brown fur the three white lines that were the marks of Sri Rama's fingers. And ever since, the Indian squirrel has carried the three white stripes on its back." sri ram jai ram!!!!!

I received this greeting in e-mail for Ramanavami.Other devotees can enjoy it too. <center> <table border=5 width="98%" bgcolor=cccc66><td> <center> <font color="red"><big>Sri Rama Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Rama </font></big> <font color="red">zrI rAmacandra 'kRpAlu' bhaja mana! haraNa bhava bhaya dAruNaM,</font> Oh, blessed mind! Always meditate upon Lord Sri Ramacandra, Who is full of grace! He surely eliminates the fear of transmigration through worldly existence. <font color="red">nava kaJjalOcana kaJja mukha kara kaJja pada kaJjAruNaM</font> Oh, fortunate mind! Adore the beauty of His eyes, resembling the pink petals of freshly bloomed lotus. Worship His tender, fragrant, lotus face, the delicate reddish lotus flowers of His hands and feet. <font color="blue">kaMdarpa agaNita amita chavi nava nIla nIrada sundaraM</font> I prostrate to the most handsome Lord Sri Ramacandra Kripalu, Whose beauty excells uncountable cupids, Whose transcendental bodily luster resembles dark, fresh rainfilled clouds. <font color="blue">paTa pIta mAnahu taDita ruci zuci naumi janaka sutAvaraM</font> My sincere salutations to the chosen Groom of Sita Devi, the divine Daughter of King Janaka, and to the Lord Who is clad in ever pure yellow silk garments, shining as bright as the lightning. <font color="red">bhaja! dIna bandhu dineza dAnava daitya vaMza nikaMdanaM</font> Oh, simple, naive mind! Meditate upon the glory of Lord Rama, Who is the true Friend of the afflicted and the sole Refuge of the distressed! Being the effulgent transcendental sun, my Lord has destroyed the ignorant, evil-minded demons by His prowess. <font color="red">raghunanda Ananda kanda kozalacanda dazaratha nandanaM</font> The beloved Son of King Dasaratha is the source of joy and pride to the entire Raghu dynasty. He ever reigns the kingdom of Kosala and shines as the cool transcendental moon. <font color="blue">zira mukuTa kundala tilaka cAru udAru aGgavibhUSaNaM</font> Oh, restless mind! Fondly remember the tall, enchanting Personality of Beloved Rama, Who is adorned with the Royal crown, charming earrings, beautiful auspicious mark of Tilak on forehead along with other elegant jewels on His blessed body. <font color="blue">AjAnu bhuja zaracApa dhara saMgRAma jita khara dUSanam</font> Always think of His ever kind, soft, noble nature,though He is holding the victorious bow and arrows just to conquer the devilish enemies in war. <font color="red">iti vadati tulasI dasa saGkara, zeSa munijana ranjanaM </font> The Rasik Saint Sri Tulasi Dasa is glorifying His Lord Ramacandra Who is the Source of Unlimited Divine Bliss to Lord Siva as well as the Mighty Sesa, and Who is also the Supreme joy of all other great Rasik Saints. <font color="red">mama hRdaya kaJja nivAsa kuru kAmAdi khaladala gaMjanaM</font> <marquee behavior="alternate" direction="right" width="280"> </marquee> The saintly Mahapurusha, Tulasidasa, praying to his Beloved Lord, Sri Rama for His constant sacred residence in the lotus heart of His devotee, so that all the worldly desires and other offenses can be destroyed completely. <marquee direction="right"><font color="red" size=+2>Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare</marquee> </font> <marquee direction="left"><font color="navy" size=+2>Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare</marquee></font> </td></table>

Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity, Sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, Magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practice daily these eighteen "ities" You will soon attain immortality. ~ Socrates

Hari bol! The problem is not fixed yet!!! What happens to the messages sent to my e-mail ? Would the senders be informed about the existing difficulties?

Are there any others experiencing this problem with their e-mail account of indiadivine.com or is it exclusive to me...

Hari bol! I am getting the following message when I try to login and I am not able to access my messages at the mail box with indiadivine. com account for the last four days. Can you please correct this problem soon and advise on how to log in again. Thanks. Hari bol! ----------------- The requested URL could not be retrieved -- While trying to retrieve the URL: http://mail.indiadivine.com/scripts/common/login.main The following error was encountered: Unable to determine IP address from host name for mail.indiadivine.com The dnsserver returned: Name Error: The domain name does not exist. This means that: The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL. Check if the address is correct. Your cache administrator is root. -- Generated Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:21:31 GMT by localhost.localdomain (Squid/2.4.STABLE3)