Guest guest Report post Posted April 3, 2001 Thanks a lot. Ashish Marathe , "birendra singh m" <birendra_m> wrote: > dear ashish, > HEARTY CONGRAGULATIONS > > Gurudev once told that > 'a noble act has already a divine acceptance ' > for example to help a man in need u need not ask permission, i hope u > understand what i mean > > iam telling it in a humble tone > > it means that if u intend to do anything unselfish/dharma by default > has divine acceptance ,permission need not be taken specially, > > if u are not sure about its usefulness ,than u have to take > permission defenitely, > i see that new site > > goals > > 1)intend to reduce the load on the main site is a good thing > by providing the content and filtering.... > > it would be better if we evolve a framework to materialise this idea > > so from my experience of seeing multiple websites > for ex(www.sivanandadlshq.org) > i have following suggestion > > divide the content into 2 categories > categories > > 1)it should have general stuff for masses > 2)specific stuff for people who are involved in sadhana > > in the first category > > this new site should act as an information archive of the knowledge > that Gurudev wanted the world to know > so in this respect we have to do activities that look something like > the below > 1)archive all the 240 issues MANTRA TANTRA YANTRA VIGYAN magazine > this concept should not die becos Gurudev started it with purpose of > dissemintaion of knowledege to massses , initially before i actually > decided to meet Gurudev i have read lot of content (non sadhana > related) and i was impressed and decided to meet him so old issues > defenitely have more than 30% non sadhana content and besides the > depth and breadth of sadhana content also gives u a good informatioon > that there is something and we are just not blabbering as most of the > fake sites do > > so we have to archive all the issues > but now we have to take a decision as to how do we do it > 1)give the information in compressed format (zip files) > 2)load the information as pdf files so that downlaoded info is smooth > to read/printout becos the audince is masses and they should feel > good about how the content is delivered > > then we have to give multiple opetion as to > 1)download magzine in PDF format zipped either year wise/6 months so > on 2)topic wise...... > > in this way we will be reducing the space that is occupied and > delivered > and this would serve good purpose of reducing the laod on the main > website as people who want to downlaod would have a link to the new > site from the cuurent site > so our main website will still remain the primary one > and in this respect we have to contact the main site organizers as to > how arrange the new links in the site > > similarly audio and video should also presented (though it will be a > later issue we have to accumulate > money to buy the space,instruments required) > > books also should be in pdf (becos the audience is world wide) > > so my initial things would be to put > 1)few books2)magazines in pdf and zipped format wiht the link from > the main website > > all this should be free, remember Gurudev used to tell in shivirs to > buy the magazines for less amount and distribute to people for free, > (he told that knowledge charities is greatest of all the charities) > so we have to bear the expenses and most of the stuff in the website > should be free > see that is the way things catch fast > if we try to ask for money it will create a bad impression to the > world as this site is a window to the world, becos once we had > sizeable information we will give this link to portals so that it can > serve as an useful link , but if the purpose of disemination of > knwoledge is to be served we have to put some free content and then > submit it to good portals for a link > > coming to the 2 category > specific sadhanas, questions and experiences ,tips > that should be more personal and they have to contact GURUDHAM for > that > > > so friends > 1) > do u agree upon categories > > if u agree now how to get the books/cassettes pdf and zip format we > have to think about the resoucesc and content pretty soon > > my sincere suggestion is see some other sites > and come up with ideas > an ex www.sivanandadlshq.org this is about the revered > Sivananda Maharaj of Divine life society > > so build on this ,we may not get something up by aprl 21 but what i > feel is things have started right now, > and probably on 21 we will officially launch a site > with name and link from the main site > for this i want ashish to oversee the responsibilites and contact us > for any help regarding setting this > > ashish we are with u its our site our effort > > luv to all of u > JAIGURUDEV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
