To Cyra - Your question - Our solution

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Dear Vipin,

Thank you so much for the detailed information. I am

going to contact both the organisations for the

orphans. You have been very useful. Thanks also for

the wonderful stories. It uplifts my heart a lot that

people who do not even know me care so much.

God bless you.

Cyra

--- vipin kannan <vipinendran wrote:

> Dear cyra

> I am sending some information which would be of use

> to you

> 1.There are two organisations in Madras now called

> chennai in tamilnadu in india who are doing

> excellent work with orphans especially children

> one is Udavum karangal (you could refer to their web

> site www.myhelpinghands.org )this is run by a person

> called vidyakar and he has some wonderful children

> with him around 500 in number and i am there at

> least one day a year to sponsor their

> breakfast/lunch and spend the time with them.Well i

> came to know from them that love is something where

> the mathematics is strange if u divide it, it

> increases..................these innocent children

> make one forget all our problems!

> The other is Sivananda saraswathi ashram in chennai

> and they can be contacted at

> sivanand contact name padmashree Dr.

> S. Rajaram or website at www.sivanandagurukuk.org or

> buildhope.org

> You could contact them directly and ask them how to

> send money and other details.

> 2.Yes , you can chant mantras during this.

> Out of my limited knowledge i would say that there

> are different ways of reaching god one is manav

> seva(helping our fellow beings,other living beings

> etc.) the other is bakthi seva where one surrenders

> one completely to the lord. Or well both!

> Well as told in Bagavath Gita by Lord krishna if you

> are born in this earth do what is just and help

> others without any expectations and you will reach

> me one day.

>

> 3.Whatever way we want to reach god is up to us and

> for all practical considerations we

> should............................................

> First do our duty to our fellow beings(in whatever

> capacity let us say a

>

doctor,teacher.........husband,wife..............son,brother...................w\

ithout

> expecting any return-unconditional love( pretty

> difficult isn't it!)

>

> Well let me sum it up in this wonderful story:(as it

> is very difficult for me to explain this

> ..................

> Sage narada wanted to know from Mahavishnu as to who

> is the greatest devotee in this world.Vishnu showed

> him "Look there is a farmer on the earth toiling in

> the hot sun and chanting my name whenever possible

> let us say during periods of rest/work etc. and

> this farmer is my greatest devotee".

> Sage narada was shocked to say the least!!

> Well he said "Lord i chant your name "Narayana" a

> million times a day but this is what you have to

> say?"

> Mahavishnu gave sage narada a job:He had to take a

> pot full of oil filled to the brim and come around

> the earth without spilling a drop.Well sage narada

> did the same very carefully with utmost

> concentration - PERFECTLY.

> After the task mahavishnu asked him "Narada well

> done.. but during this job how many times did u

> remember me or utter/chant my name?"

> Well sage narada sheepishly told mahavisnu that he

> did not done so even once nor chanted narayana even

> once during the job as he was completely immersed in

> the job

>

> There is the lesson God has for us : Everything we

> do everything we own is his and what we are capable

> of doing today is also because of him ......so he

> says "I will shower my greatest blessings on the

> person who remembers me when fulffiling every duty

> of his"..................

>

> Cyra,.........Bad times due to planetary positions

> are like........ let us say we go to a person's

> house for a visit and he has some fine dogs who

> would bark at us or come to bite us and make us

> terrified! (I have experienced it) but as soon as

> we call the master of the house and he comes out

> and command's his pets to remain quite they do so

> and all our fear is gone and we breathe easy, it is

> the same ---------------------chant om Namo narayana

> or om namashivaya and as soon as we see god (the

> master) and he gives us darshan all our troubles

> disappear and we breathe free.

>

> So go ahead cyra happy chanting (rudraksha beads

> will help u a lot for jappa) and the blessings of

> god will always be with you.

> Om Namashivaya........................

>

> Regards

> Vipin

>