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FACTS TO MAKE EVERY Indian PROUD

 

Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?

A. Vinod Khosla

 

Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of

the today's computers run on it)?

 

A. Vinod Dahm

 

Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?

A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim

Premji,who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is

at 6th position now.

 

Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1

web based email program)?

A. Sabeer Bhatia

 

Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the

creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)? A.

A:Arun Netravalli

 

Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?

 

A. Rajiv Gupta

 

 

Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,

responsible to iron out all initial problems?

 

A. Sanjay Tejwrika

 

 

Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?

A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.

 

 

We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America,

even faring better than the whites and the natives.

 

There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1. 5% of population). YET,

38% of doctors in USA are Indians.

 

12% scientists in USA are Indians.

 

36% of NASA scientists are Indians.

 

34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

 

28% of IBM employees are Indians.

 

 

17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.

 

 

13% of XEROX employees are Indians.

 

Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were

recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD

 

FACTS ABOUT INDIA .

1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of

history.

 

2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by

Aryabhatta.

 

3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in

700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more

than 60 subjects... The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th

century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in

the field of education.

 

4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most

suitable language for computer software.

 

5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine

known to humans.

 

6. Although western media portray modern images of India as

poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption,

India was once the richest empire on earth.

 

7. The art of navigation was born in the river

Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived

from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

 

8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he

explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem.

British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that

Budhayan's works dates to the 6th Century which is long before the

European mathematicians.

 

9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India .

Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the

largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas

Indians used numbers as big as 1053.

 

10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until

1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.

 

 

11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a

century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless

communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

 

 

12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in

Saurashtra.

 

13. Chess was invented in India .

 

14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health

scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract,

fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in

ancient India .

 

15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest

dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in

Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).

 

16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in

India in 100 BC.

 

Quotes about India .

 

 

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which

no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

Albert Einstein.

 

 

 

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech,

the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand

mother of

tradition

 

Mark Twain.

 

"If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living

men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the

dream of existence, it is India ."

 

 

French scholar Romain Rolland.

 

"India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries

without ever having to send a single soldier across her border."

Hu Shih

(former Chinese ambassador to USA)

 

 

 

 

ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE

 

 

 

ENDLESS.

 

 

 

BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India

that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our

potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining

and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to

follow.

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA .

 

 

 

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.

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Certainly things to be proud about.

 

At the same time before we begin to get tooo comfortable in that

glory

I would add ...

 

How do we care for our disadvantaged and unfortunate?

 

_/\_ Tat twam asi

 

Uma

 

 

, "Baba ji" <beirut_ka_baba>

wrote:

> FACTS TO MAKE EVERY Indian PROUD

>

>

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Namaste _/\_ all. Happy Guru-vaar.

 

Let us reflect upon the teachings of Adi Jagadguru

Sri Shankara Bhagavatpada's 'Bhaja Govindam':

 

kA te kAntA kaste putraH

saMsAro 'yam atIva vicitraH

kasya tvaM kaH kuta AyAtaH

tattvaM cintaya tadiha bhrAtaH (8)

 

bhaja govindaM, bhaja govindaM,

govindaM bhaja mUDhamate!

 

Who is your wife (husband)?

Who is your son (daughter)?

Supremely WONDERFUL indeed is

this (samsara) entanglement!

 

Of WHOM are you?

>From where have you come?

O brother (sister),

think of that TRUTH here!

 

Seek Lord Govinda, Seek Govind,

Seek Beloved Govinda, O Fool!

 

kastvaM ko 'haM kuta AyAtaH

kA me jananI ko me tAtaH

iti paribhAvaya sarvam asAraM

vizvaM tyaktvA svapna vicAram (23)

 

bhaja govindaM, bhaja govindaM,

govindaM bhaja mUDhamate!

 

Who are you?

Who am I?

>From where did I come?

Who is my mother?

Who is my father?

 

Thus ENQUIRE, leaving aside the ENTIRE world-of-experience (vishvam),

essenceless and MERE dreamland born of imagination (svapna vicaaram).

 

Seek Lord Govinda, Seek Govinda,

Seek Beloved Govinda, O Fool!

 

Poetic version of the same verse:

 

Who is your wife and who is your son??

This world-of-changes, know, is a wonder of wonders

Of whom are you?...whence have you come?

Brother, think of the TRUTH...here and now!! (8)

 

Who are you?...Who am I?...Whence are we?

Who is my mother?...Who the father?

ENQUIRE thus WITHIN, CASTING OFF THE NONESSENTIAL...

The world entire...the phantasy of MERE DREAM! (23)

 

Seek the Lord, Seek, Seek, Seek the Lord,

Seek alone the Lord...O mud-headed fool!

 

 

viSayAn dhyAyataz cittaM viSayeSu viSajjate

mAm anu smara zcittaM mayyeva pravalIyate

 

Srimad Bhagavatam 11.14.27

 

Lord Krishna beautifully reveals-

 

"The MIND of a man who thinks of material objects

and worldly subjects is attached to them,

but the mind of one who remembers Me

is merged in Me alone.

 

tasmAd asad abhidhyAnaM yathA svapna manorathAM

hitvA mayi samAdhatsva mano mad bhAva bhAvitam

 

Srimad Bhagavatam 11.14.28

 

So the Lord carefully instructs His devotee, Uddhava:

 

"Therefore, giving up dwelling on "unreal things" and not

attaching your mind to worldly desires, persons and subjects

which are no better than dreams or fancies (svapna mano-ratham),

concentrate your heart and mind upon Me alone,

with Divine emotional attachment for Me.

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

 

, "Tatwamasi" <tatwamasi> wrote:

> Certainly things to be proud about.

>

> At the same time before we begin to get tooo comfortable in that

> glory

> I would add ...

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I love the Bhaja Govinda ... but did u post this in reference to my

query? I'm not quite sure how you related them, if that is what you did.

 

 

Uma

 

, pyari_h <no_reply> wrote:

> Namaste _/\_ all. Happy Guru-vaar.

>

> Let us reflect upon the teachings of Adi Jagadguru

> Sri Shankara Bhagavatpada's 'Bhaja Govindam':

>

> kA te kAntA kaste putraH

>> Jaya Sri Radhey!

>

>

> , "Tatwamasi" <tatwamasi> wrote:

> > Certainly things to be proud about.

> >

> > At the same time before we begin to get tooo comfortable in that

> > glory

> > I would add ...

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This post was sent to my email box. Uma

______

 

 

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:37:56 -0000

"roopika_devi" <roopika_devi

"Tatwamasi" <tatwamasi

Re: Mera Bharat Mahaan !!

 

Greetings Mahasajjano!

 

I was just passing by and couldnot help reading some of the

posts in

this august forum.

 

Qood Question posed by Tat Twam Asi

 

How do we care for our disadvantaged and unfortunate?

 

Exactly ! We can all sit in our armchair and close our eyes and

pretend all is well with the world when we know for a fact that

our

own Countrymen ( Bharat Vasis) are living in dire poverty, filth

and

squalor - with no food to eat, no roof over their heads and

roaming

about naked with no clothes to wear. Is this the Bharat we want

to be

proud of ?

 

Today is Mahatma Gandhiji's birthday.

 

Let us recall what Gandhiji once said ...

 

"If all the Upanishads and all the other Scriptures happened all

of a

sudden to be reduced to ashes, and if only the first verse in

the

Ishopanishad were left in the memory of the Hindus, Hinduism

would

live forever"

 

The first verse of Ishopanishad states

 

Om Isavasyamidam sarvam yatkiñca jagatyam jagat |

tena tyaktena bhuñjitha ma grdhah kasyasvid dhanam 1

 

Swami Paramananda translates this verse thus

 

"All this, whatsoever exists in the universe, should be covered

by

the Lord. Having renounced (the unreal), enjoy (the Real). Do

not

covet the wealth of any man. We cover all things with the Lord

by

perceiving the Divine Presence everywhere. When the

consciousness is

firmly fixed in God, the conception of diversity naturally drops

away; because the One Cosmic Existence shines through all

things. As

we gain the light of wisdom, we cease to cling to the

unrealities of

this world and we find all our joy in the realm of Reality.

The word "enjoy" is also interpreted by the great commentator

Sankaracharya as "protect," because knowledge of our true

Self is the

greatest protector and sustainer. If we do not have this

knowledge,

we cannot be happy; because nothing on this external plane of

phenomena is permanent or dependable. He who is rich in the

knowledge

of the Self does not covet external power or possession."

 

Everything on this planet belongs to God ( ishavasya idam

sarvam)

and *nothing* to humans . So, why so much poverty in the midst

of so

much afluence? The answer is human Greed and Avarice and

Coveteousness.

 

I invite comments on this from Tat Twam Asi and other members on

how

to deal with this perennial problem.

 

Aum Santi! Santi ! Santihi!

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For some reason this individual is able to read posts but doesn't

post it herself on the board. Maybe this is our famous "well_wisher"

in a different ROOP! Or maybe its some game.. or maybe the individual

doesn't know much about message boards. Whatever.. here it goes..

 

Uma

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Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:28:20 -0000

"roopika_devi" <roopika_devi

"Tatwamasi" <tatwamasi

Re: Mera Bharat Mahaan !!

 

Uma,

 

Thank you for posting my email on the message board.

 

I note Beirut ka Baba has responded to this.

 

He observes "Is charity not a sort of pampering our own Ego??

When we

see a begger or a person in pains, do we not feel ourselves

having

upper hand ?"

 

True to some extent but if you follow the path of Karma Yoga

,one is

not really pampering the "ego" , for the karma yogi, there is

no "ego" to pamper as he /she is doing his/her duty without

expecting any fruits for his/her actions. So, the right hand

goes on

giving without the left hand knowing about it. In other words,

we

have no "hand" in the results of our action nor should be Name

or

Fame the motive in discharching our duties.

 

As far as thinking that a man is poor because it is his Destiny

to be

poor because of past Karma , i do not buy that theory in one

bit.

Inequality of incomes is a curse on society and it is the duty

of the

wealthy to help their poor brethren. There is a thing called

Agami

karma also besides Sanchita karma.

 

So, think about the following factors while performing Karma

yoga

 

 

1)Abandonment of, or evenness of mind towards, results good or

bad;

 

2)Dedicating, or consigning or depositing, results of actions,

to

Lord Krishna

 

3)Dedicating, the actions themselves to Lord Krishna

 

4)Having no personal motive for actions; such as Name , fame, or

egho-

building

 

5) Giving up attachment to action as such;

 

6)giving up attachment to inaction.

 

Finally, one cannot teach a Drowning man how to swim ; However ,

after saving him, teach him how to swim. Also, offer him a fish

first

to ward off hunger then teach him how to fish and fend for

himself.

 

My 2 cents.

 

Hari AuM!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "Tatwamasi" <tatwamasi>

wrote:

> This post was sent to my email box. Uma

> ______

>

>

> Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:37:56 -0000

> "roopika_devi" <roopika_devi>

> "Tatwamasi" <tatwamasi>

> Re: Mera Bharat Mahaan !!

>

> Greetings Mahasajjano!

>

> I was just passing by and couldnot help reading some of the

> posts in

> this august forum.

>

>

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Namaste _/\_ all.

 

A few more verses from 'Bhaja Govindam'

by Bhagavatpada Adi Jagadguru Sankaracarya:

 

mUDha jahIhi dhan Agama tRSNAM

kuru sad buddhiM manasi vitRSNAm,

yallabhase nija karmopAttaM

vittaM tena vinodaya cittam.

 

bhaja govindaM bhaja govindaM

govindaM bhaja mUDhamate! "

 

O Fool! Give up the THIRST to possess material wealth !!

Create in your mind good thoughts of spiritual wisdom

and discrimination, purging all mundane passions!

 

With whatever you get according to your past sanskaras (destiny)

as a reward, be content and satisfy yourself.

 

And seek Lord Govinda, worship Govinda and

adore Beloved Govinda, O foolish mind!!!

 

yAvad vitto pArjana saktaH

tAvannnija parivAro raktaH,

 

pazcAjjIvati jarjara dehe

vArtAM ko'pi na pRcchati gehe

 

bhaja govindam bhaja govindam....

 

As long as there is the ability in you to earn and accumulate wealth,

so long are all your dependent family members attached to you!

Later on, when you become old and weak, with infirm body,

no one at home cares to speak even a word with you!

 

So, O foolish mind, seek Lord Govinda.....

 

vayasigate kaH kAma vikAraH

zuSke nIre kaH kAsAraH,

 

kSINe vitte' kaH parivAro

jnAte tattve kaH samsArAH

 

bhaja govindaM bhaja govindaM....

 

When the youthful strength to enjoy sensual pleasures

has passed away, of what use is lust and passion?

 

When all the water is dried up, of what use is the lake?

 

When the wealth is depleted and gone, where are

the family members and relatives?

 

When Truth is realized where is the illusion of Mayic world?

 

Please, O foolish mind, seek Lord Govinda!

 

mAkuru dhana jana yavvana garvaM

harati nimeSAt kAlAH sarvam,

mAyAmayam idam akhilaM hitvA

brahma padaM tvaM praviza viditvA

 

bhaja govindaM......

 

Never take pride in your possessions of mundane wealth,

nor in your happy family and in the people at your command,

nor in the youthful strength of your body!

 

The all powerful Death (Time) loots away these

so called possessions of yours in a single moment!

 

Leaving aside all these distractions after knowing their illusory

nature, realize your true transcendental state and establish

yourself in That Supreme Divinity.

 

O foolish mind, seek Lord Govinda!....

 

kA te kAntA dhanagata cintA

vAtula kiM tava nAsti niyantA,

trijagati sajjana saGgatir ekA

bhavati bhavArNava taraNe naukA

 

bhaja govindaM bhaja govindam....

 

O Distracted and disressed mind!

 

Why worry about wife, wealth, home, family etc.,???

Don't you know that it is NOT for you to ordain the outcome of events!

 

It is well known that in ALL the three worlds,

the Savior of souls is the Supreme Lord alone and

the sole ship to cross the ocean of transmigration

is the faithful association of the Saints of the Lord.

 

So, o foolish mind, please worship Lord Govinda!

 

geyaM gItA nAma sahasraM

dheyaM zrIpati rUpam ajasram,

neyaM sajjana saGge cittam

deyaM dIna janAya ca vittam

 

bhaja govindaM bhaja govindaM...

 

Always sing the blessed Song of Lord Krishna! (Bhgavadgita)

Glorify the Lord with thousands of His holy names!! (vishnu sahasra nama)

Delightfully contemplate upon the Beloved of Sri Radhika! (Sri-pati)

 

Faithfully associate uniting your heart and mind with God-realized

Saints, your eternal well-wishers!

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

> Who is your wife (husband)?

> Who is your son (daughter)?

> Supremely WONDERFUL indeed is

> this (samsara) entanglement!

>

> Of WHOM are you?

> From where have you come?

> O brother (sister),

> think of that TRUTH here!

>

> Seek Lord Govinda, Seek Govind,

> Seek Beloved Govinda, O Fool!

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Q) Sacrificing the ambition on the fruit of the work is sufficient. It is not

necessary to sacrifice the fruit of the work as per Gita. Is it not correct?

 

 

 

A) In the very beginning itself (second Adhyaya) Gita says that the fruit of the

work must be sacrificed (Karmajam Buddhi Yuktahi Phalam Tyaktva Maneeshinah).

This means that realized scholars sacrifice the fruit of the work. Gita keeps

sacrifice of the fruit of the work on the top most level (Dhyanath Karma Phala

Tyagah). According to Veda sacrifice of fruit of work means sacrifice of money

only (Dhanena Tyagenaike). Karma Phalam means self-earned money with which the

man is more attached. Reason for the inability to do the sacrifice of fruit of

work (Karma Phala Tyaga) is the selfish ambition for the fruit of the work.

Therefore if the selfish ambition is removed, the fruit of the work can be

easily sacrificed.

 

 

 

It is funny to enjoy the fruit of work and say that he has no ambition for the

fruit of the work. In such case you must also enjoy the fruit of your sin in the

hell i.e., cutting of your muscles by knife etc., without any selfish ambition.

Saktuprastha was tested in the sacrifice of the fruit of the work, which alone

can prove the lack of selfish ambition for the fruit of the work. If one says

that he has sacrificed the ambition for the fruit of the work and yet, enjoys

the fruit of work is trying to fool the author of Gita. In turn the Lord will

fool him in the hell.

 

at the lotus feet of shri datta swami

surya

 

 

pyari_h <no_reply> wrote:

O Fool! Give up the THIRST to possess material wealth !!

Create in your mind good thoughts of spiritual wisdom

and discrimination, purging all mundane passions!

 

As long as there is the ability in you to earn and accumulate wealth,so long are

all your dependent family members attached to you!Later on, when you become old

and weak, with infirm body,no one at home cares to speak even a word with you!

 

So, O foolish mind, seek Lord Govinda.....

 

 

SURYA

surya

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