SUMMARY OF H.H. SRIMAD SUDHINDRA THIRTHA SWAMIJI’S SPEECH AT KOCHI

SUMMARY OF H. H. SRIMAD SUDHINDRA THIRTHA SWAMIJI’S SPEECH AT KOCHI

H. H. Srimad Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji during his visit to Kochi TTD gave a speech. The gist of same, as is possible to translate by a layman, is given below:

“The young generation is moving away from spirituality. My childhood was different then. “Easwara Bhakti” (devotion) was a companion then. We used to go to temple daily and pray. Now-a-days people prefer for materialistic requirements and possessions, which are perishable.

The Soul is the Object and Life is the reflection of it. The life is under the guidance and influence of the Soul (object). We should know that the body exists along with the soul. Therefore we should strive to uplift the soul and for that there should be some sort of prayer. When we pray, God returns the same by way of peace of mind. If you give you will get it back in manifold, like when we sow the seed the paddy field return the same in multitude. We do not feed the field with the seeds, but the paddy field after some days returns the same in multiples of what we sow.

Now-a-days more preference is given to sports at educational institutions. We are not against that, but unless properly directed, it would not compel us to do any thing. We should try to be nearer to God. Because the habits we cultivate at the childhood will last longer, therefore the parents should take adequate and corrective steps at young age of the children.

In life we should think and act properly, so that we can live together a harmonious life without quarrel. Kindness comes from the soul. Nobody would hurt anybody who is kind to all. Kindness should go together with sacrifice. If anybody asks about your well being do not reply that you are always in sorrow. Even if it so, you should be able to say that every thing is fine with you. Peace of mind is obtained when you do penance for any wrongdoing. We should try to get that peace of mind. Lack of God’s Blessing is reason for all quarrel and arguments. Every one should realize that all things are possible only by the grace of God. If we live without praying to God then what is the difference between human beings and animals”?

Courtesy: Malayala Manorama Daily.

Sri H. H. Srimad Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji

Sri H. H. Srimad Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji during his visit:

Sri H. H. Srimad Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji

Sri H. H. Srimad Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji during his visit:

Insulting Lines

MAN! WHERE DO PEOPLE EVEN COME UP WITH THESE….?

1. Any similarity between you and a human is purely coincidental!

2. Are you always so stupid or is today a special occasion?

3. As an outsider, what do you think of the human race?

4. I’d like to kick you in the teeth, but why should I improve your looks?

5. At least there’s one thing good about your body. It isn’t as ugly as your face!

6. Brains aren’t everything. In fact, in your case they’re nothing

7. Careful now, don’t let your brains go to your head!

8. I like you. People say I’ve no taste, but I like you.

9. Did your parents ever ask you to run away from home?

10. If I had a face like yours. I’d sue my parents!

11. Don’t feel bad. A lot of people have no talent!

12. Don’t get insulted, but is your job devoted to spreading ignorance?

13. Keep talking, someday you’ll say something intelligent!

14. Don’t you love nature, despite what it did to you?

15. Don’t think, it may sprain your brain!

16. Fellows like you don’t grow from trees; they swing from them.

17. He has a mechanical mind. Too bad he forgot to wind it up this morning.

18. He has a mind like a steel trap-always closed!

19. You are a man of the world-and you know what sad shape the world is in.

20. He is always lost in thought-it’s unfamiliar territory.

21. He is dark and handsome. When it’s dark, he’s handsome.

22. He is known as a miracle comic. if he’s funny, it’s a miracle!

23. He is listed in Who’s Who as What’s That?

24. He is living proof that man can live without a brain!

25. He is so short, when it rains he is always the last one to know.

26. He is the kind of a man that you would use as a blueprint to build an idiot.

27. How come you’re here? I thought the zoo is closed at night!

28. How did you get here? Did someone leave your cage open?

29. How much refund do you expect on your head now that it’s empty.

30. How would you like to feel the way you look?

31. Hi! I’m a human being! What are you?

32. I can’t talk to you right now; tell me, where will you be in the next 10 years?

33. I don’t want you to turn the other cheek; it’s just as ugly.

34. I don’t know who you are, but whatever you are, I’m sure everyone will agree with me.

35. I don’t know what makes you so stupid, but it really works.

36. I could make a monkey out of you, but why should I take all the credit?

37. I can’t seem to remember your name, and please don’t help me!

38. I don’t even like the people you’re trying to imitate, if you are at all.

39. I know you were born silly, but why did you have a relapse?

40. I know you’re a self-made man. It’s nice of you to take the blame!

41. I know you’re not as stupid as you look. Nobody could be!

42. I’ve seen people like you, but I had to pay admission!

43. Why are you so stupid today? Anyway, I think that’s very typical of you.

44. Do u practice being this ugly?

The Great Tantra Challenge

On 3 March 2008, in a popular TV show, Sanal Edamaruku, the president of Rationalist International, challenged India’s most “powerful” tantrik (black magician) to demonstrate his powers on him. That was the beginning of an unprecedented experiment. After all his chanting of mantra (magic words) and ceremonies of tantra failed, the tantrik decided to kill Sanal Edamaruku with the “ultimate destruction ceremony” on live TV. Sanal Edamaruku agreed and sat in the altar of the black magic ritual. India TV observed skyrocketing viewership rates.

Everything started, when Uma Bharati (former chief minister of the state of Madhya Pradesh) accused her political opponents in a public statement of using tantrik powers to inflict damage upon her. In fact, within a few days, the unlucky lady had lost her favorite uncle, hit the door of her car against her head and found her legs covered with wounds and blisters.

India TV, one of India’s major Hindi channels with national outreach, invited Sanal Edamaruku for a discussion on “Tantrik power versus Science”. Pandit Surinder Sharma, who claims to be the tantrik of top politicians and is well known from his TV shows, represented the other side. During the discussion, the tantrik showed a small human shape of wheat flour dough, laid a thread around it like a noose and tightened it. He claimed that he was able to kill any person he wanted within three minutes by using black magic. Sanal challenged him to try and kill him.

The tantrik tried. He chanted his mantras (magic words): “Om lingalingalinalinga, kilikili….” But his efforts did not show any impact on Sanal – not after three minutes, and not after five. The time was extended and extended again. The original discussion program should have ended here, but the “breaking news” of the ongoing great tantra challenge was overrunning all program schedules.

Now the tantrik changed his technique. He started sprinkling water on Sanal and brandishing a knife in front of him. Sometimes he moved the blade all over his body. Sanal did not flinch. Then he touched Sanal’s head with his hand, rubbing and rumpling up his hair, pressing his forehead, laying his hand over his eyes, pressing his fingers against his temples. When he pressed harder and harder, Sanal reminded him that he was supposed to use black magic only, not forceful attacks to bring him down. The tantrik took a new run: water, knife, fingers, mantras. But Sanal kept looking very healthy and even amused.

After nearly two hours, the anchor declared the tantrik’s failure. The tantrik, unwilling to admit defeat, tried the excuse that a very strong god whom Sanal might be worshipping obviously protected him. “No, I am an atheist,” said Sanal Edamaruku. Finally, the disgraced tantrik tried to save his face by claiming that there was a never-failing special black magic for ultimate destruction, which could, however, only been done at night. Bad luck again, he did not get away with this, but was challenged to prove his claim this very night in another “breaking news” live program.

During the next three hours, India TV ran announcements for The Great Tantra Challenge that called several hundred million people to their TV sets.

The encounter took place under the open night sky. The tantrik and his two assistants were kindling a fire and staring into the flames. Sanal was in good humour. Once the ultimate magic was invoked, there wouldn’t be any way back, the tantrik warned. Within two minutes, Sanal would get crazy, and one minute later he would scream in pain and die. Didn’t he want to save his life before it was too late? Sanal laughed, and the countdown begun. The tantriks chanted their “Om lingalingalingalinga, kilikilikili….” followed by ever changing cascades of strange words and sounds. The speed increased hysterically. They threw all kinds of magic ingredients into the flames that produced changing colours, crackling and fizzling sounds and white smoke. While chanting, the tantrik came close to Sanal, moved his hands in front of him and touched him, but was called back by the anchor. After the earlier covert attempts of the tantrik to use force against Sanal, he was warned to keep distance and avoid touching Sanal. But the tantrik “forgot” this rule again and again.

Now the tantrik wrote Sanal’s name on a sheet of paper, tore it into small pieces, dipped them into a pot with boiling butter oil and threw them dramatically into the flames. Nothing happened. Singing and singing, he sprinkled water on Sanal, mopped a bunch of peacock feathers over his head, threw mustard seed into the fire and other outlandish things more. Sanal smiled, nothing happened, and time was running out. Only seven more minutes before midnight, the tantrik decided to use his ultimate weapon: the clod of wheat flour dough. He kneaded it and powdered it with mysterious ingredients, then asked Sanal to touch it. Sanal did so, and the grand magic finale begun. The tantrik pierced blunt nails on the dough, then cut it wildly with a knife and threw them into the fire. That moment, Sanal should have broken down. But he did not. He laughed. Forty more seconds, counted the anchor, twenty, ten, five… it’s over!

Millions of people must have uttered a sigh of relief in front their TVs. Sanal was very much alive. Tantra power had miserably failed. Tantriks are creating such a scaring atmosphere that even people, who know that black magic has no base, can just break down out of fear, commented a scientist during the program. It needs enormous courage and confidence to challenge them by actually putting one’s life at risk, he said. By doing so, Sanal Edamaruku has broken the spell, and has taken away much of the fear of those who witnessed his triumph.

In this night, one of the most dangerous and wide spread superstitions in India suffered a severe blow.

Woman of the World

A CAUCASIAN WOMAN:
First Date: You get to kiss her goodnight.
Second Date: You get to grope all over and make out.
Third Date: You get to have sex in the missionary position.

IRISH WOMAN:
First Date: You both get blind drunk and have sex.
Second Date: You both get blind drunk and have sex.
20th Anniversary: You both get blind drunk and have sex.

ITALIAN WOMAN:
First Date: You take her to a play and an expensive restaurant
Second Date: You meet her parents and her Mom makes spaghetti & meatballs
Third Date: You have sex, she wants to marry you & insists on a 3 carat ring
5th Anniversary: You already have 5 kids together & hate the thought of having sex
6th Anniversary: You find yourself a girlfriend

JEWISH WOMAN:
First Date: You get dynamite head.
Second Date: You get more great head..
Third Date: You tell her you’ll marry her and never get head again.

POLISH WOMAN:
First Date: You go to pick her up, and she isn’t home. She gave you the wrong address.
Second Date: You decide to meet at a restaurant. She gets lost getting to the restaurant and then again going home.
Third Date: She’s pregnant. She’s not sure if its hers.

CHINESE WOMAN:
First Date: You get to buy her an expensive dinner but nothing happens.
Second Date: You buy her an even more expensive dinner but nothing happens again.
Third Date: You don’t even get to the third date and you have already realized nothing is going to happen.

INDIAN WOMAN:
First Date: Meet her parents.
Second Date: Set the date of the wedding.
Third Date: Wedding night.

BLACK WOMAN:
First Date: You get to buy her a real expensive dinner.
Second Date: Your get to buy her and her girlfriends a real expensive dinner.
Third Date: You get to pay her rent.
Tenth Date: She’s pregnant by someone other than you!

LATIN WOMAN:
First Date: You buy her an expensive dinner, get her drunk on Reunite, have sex in the back of her car
Second Date: She is pregnant
Third Date: Move in with her, her two cousins, her sister’s boyfriend and live happily ever after eating rice and beans in the Bronx.

Toll Free Helpline Numbers in India

PLEASE DO HAVE A CHECK ON THESE NUMBERS AS THESE NUMBERS CAN CHANGE & THIS INFORMATION MIGHT BE OBSOLETE BY THE TIME YOU USE. PLEASE TRY & GET THE LATEST NUMBERS.

Cell Phones
* Nokia – 3030 3838
* BenQ – 1600 22 08 08
* Bird CellPhones – 1600 11 7700
* Motorola MotoAssist – 1600 11 1211
* Sony Ericsson – 3901 1111

Airlines in India
* Indian Airlines – 1600 180 1407
* Jet Airways – 1600 22 5522
* SpiceJet – 1600 180 3333

Automobiles
* Mahindra Scorpio – 1600 22 6006
* Maruti – 1600 111 515
* Tata Motors – 1600 22 5552
* Windshield Experts – 1600 11 3636

Banks in India
* ABN AMRO – 1600 11 2224
* Canara Bank – 1600 44 6000
* Citibank – 1600 44 2265
* Corporatin Bank – 1600 443 555
* Development Credit Bank – 1600 22 5769
* HDFC Bank – 1600 227 227
* ICICI Bank – 1600 333 499
* ICICI Bank NRI – 1600 22 4848
* IDBI Bank – 1600 11 6999
* Indian Bank – 1600 425 1400
* ING Vysya – 1600 44 9900
* Kotak Mahindra Bank – 1600 22 6022
* Lord Krishna Bank – 1600 11 2300
* Punjab National Bank – 1600 122 222
* State Bank of India – 1600 44 1955
* Syndicate Bank – 1600 44 6655

Computers/IT Companies
* Adrenalin – 1600 444 445
* AMD – 1600 425 6664
* Apple Computers – 1600 444 683
* Canon – 1600 333 366
* Cisco Systems – 1600 221 777
* Compaq – HP – 1600 444 999
* Data One Broadband – 1600 424 1600
* Dell – 1600 444 026
* Epson – 1600 44 0011
* eSys – 3970 0011
* Genesis Tally Academy – 1600 444 888
* HCL – 1600 180 8080
* IBM – 1600 443 333
* Lexmark – 1600 22 4477
* Marshal’s Point – 1600 33 4488
* Microsoft – 1600 111 100
* Microsoft Virus Update – 1901 333 334
* Seagate – 1600 180 1104
* Symantec – 1600 44 5533
* TVS Electronics – 1600 444 566
* WeP Peripherals – 1600 44 6446
* Wipro – 1600 333 312
* Xerox – 1600 180 1225
* Zenith – 1600 222 004

Couriers/Packers & Movers
* ABT Courier – 1600 44 8585
* AFL Wizz – 1600 22 9696
* Agarwal Packers & Movers – 1600 11 4321
* Associated Packers P Ltd – 1600 21 4560
* DHL – 1600 111 345
* FedEx – 1600 22 6161
* Goel Packers & Movers – 1600 11 3456
* UPS – 1600 22 7171

Healthcare
* Best on Health – 1600 11 8899
* Dr Batra’s – 1600 11 6767
* GlaxoSmithKline – 1600 22 8797
* Johnson & Johnson – 1600 22 8111
* Kaya Skin Clinic – 1600 22 5292
* LifeCell – 1600 44 5323
* Manmar Technologies – 1600 33 4420
* Pfizer – 1600 442 442
* Roche Accu-Chek – 1600 11 45 46
* Rudraksha – 1600 21 4708
* Varilux Lenses – 1600 44 8383
* VLCC – 1600 33 1262

Home Appliances
* Aiwa/Sony – 1600 11 1188
* Anchor Switches – 1600 22 7979
* Blue Star – 1600 22 2200
* Bose Audio – 1600 11 2673
* Bru Coffee Vending Machines – 1600 44 7171
* Daikin Air Conditioners – 1600 444 222
* DishTV – 1600 12 3474
* Faber Chimneys – 1600 21 4595
* Godrej – 1600 22 5511
* Grundfos Pumps – 1600 33 4555
* LG – 1901 180 9999
* Philips – 1600 22 4422
* Samsung – 1600 113 444
* Sanyo – 1600 11 0101
* Voltas – 1600 33 4546
* WorldSpace Satellite Radio – 1600 44 5432

Hotel Reservations
* GRT Grand – 1600 44 5500
* InterContinental Hotels Group – 1600 111 000
* Marriott – 1600 22 0044
* Sarovar Park Plaza – 1600 111 222
* Taj Holidays – 1600 111 825

Insurance
* AMP Sanmar – 1600 44 2200
* Aviva – 1600 33 2244
* Bajaj Allianz – 1600 22 5858
* Chola MS General Insurance – 1600 44 5544
* HDFC Standard Life – 1600 227 227
* LIC – 1600 33 4433
* Max New York Life – 1600 33 5577
* Royal Sundaram – 1600 33 8899
* SBI Life Insurance – 1600 22 9090

Mattresses
* Kurl-on – 1600 44 0404
* Sleepwell – 1600 11 2266

Investments/Finance
* CAMS – 1600 44 2267
* Chola Mutual Fund – 1600 22 2300
* Easy IPO’s – 3030 5757
* Fidelity Investments – 1600 180 8000
* Franklin Templeton Fund – 1600 425 4255
* J M Morgan Stanley – 1600 22 0004
* Kotak Mutual Fund – 1600 222 626
* LIC Housing Finance – 1600 44 0005
* SBI Mutual Fund – 1600 22 3040
* Sharekhan – 1600 22 7500
* Tata Mutual Fund – 1600 22 0101

Paints
* Asian Paints Home Solutions – 1600 22 5678
* Berger Paints Home Decor – 1600 33 8800

Railways
* Indian Railway General Enquiry 131
* Indian Railway Central Enquiry 131
* Indian Railway Reservation 131
* Indian Railway All Enquiry 139
* Indian Railway Railway Reservation Enquiry 1345,1335,1330
* Indian Railway Centralised Railway Enquiry 1330/1/2/3/4/ 5/6/7/8/9

Teleshopping
* Asian Sky Shop – 1600 22 1600
* Jaipan Teleshoppe – 1600 11 5225
* Tele Brands – 1600 11 8000
* VMI Teleshopping – 1600 447 777
* WWS Teleshopping – 1600 220 777

Travel & Holidays
* Club Mahindra Holidays – 1600 33 4539
* Cox & Kings – 1600 22 1235
* God TV Tours – 1600 442 777
* Kerala Tourism – 1600 444 747
* Kumarakom Lake Resort – 1600 44 5030
* Raj Travels & Tours – 1600 22 9900
* Sita Tours – 1600 111 911
* SOTC Tours – 1600 22 3344

UPS
* APC – 1600 44 4272
* Numeric – 1600 44 3266

Others
* L’Oreal, Garnier – 1600 223 000
* KONE Elevator – 1600 444 666
* Indane – 1600 44 51 15
* Aavin – 1600 44 3300
* Pedigree – 1600 11 2121
* Kodak India – 1600 22 8877
* Domino’s Pizza – 1600 111 123
* World Vision India – 1600 444 550
* Telecom Monitoring Cell – 1600 110 420

Daily Life In India

US holds largest ever simulated cyber-attack exercise

US officials said Thursday that “real and growing” threats to US computer and telecommunications networks were behind the holding of the largest-ever cyber-security exercises this week.

Computer security experts from five countries, more than 40 private sector companies, and numerous government and state agencies are spending a week fielding simulated “real-world,” on-line attacks on the computer systems of government bodies, corporations, transportation and other key industries.

Robert Jamison, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, said the Cyber Storm II exercise sought to foster personal links between key officials in business and government.

Those people, he said, are not always willing to share information about security issues involving the networks they run.

“We’re concerned that the threats are real and growing” as the Internet expands, Jamison said.

Cyber Storm II tested the warning systems in place for attacks and sought to identify gaps in the way information was shared and reactions coordinated across various sectors.

Several dozen experts crowded into a computer-filled room inside the US Secret Service Headquarters in Washington in sections marked off as chemicals, transportation, telecommunications, state and local governments, and other sectors, for the five-day exercise.

Thousands more were tied into the exercise elsewhere in the US, in Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, and in major companies like Dow Chemical, Wachovia bank, ABB and Cisco.

They fielded some 1,800 “injects,” various types of challenges, from hacker break-ins and extortion demands to DNS amplification attacks — dangerous intensified versions of denial of service attacks that seek to overwhelm and shut down networks.

The exercise involved at least one massive, politically-motivated, coordinated cyber-attack knocking out enough computer and telecommunications networks to require an internationally coordinated response.

“We’re trying to simulate sophisticated adversaries,” Jamison said.

Some of the exercise involved testing the “Einstein program” — the US government’s top-secret automated process for monitoring security and detecting intrusions on all the government’s network gateways.

Greg Garcia, DHS Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Communications, said Cyber Storm II aimed at overcoming complacency and piecing together a “digital jigsaw puzzle” of linkages in critical public and private sector systems and networks.

“People are starting to get it,” he said about cooperating on security threats.

DHS officials declined to say what kinds of threats they found were most dangerous or what specific weaknesses were identified, citing security needs, but said a report on the exercise would be released later this year.

::Source::

Night Course

During work, John and William were chatting:

John: William, I’ve been taking night courses for 5 months now and I have an exam next week.
William: oh!

John: For example, do you know who is Graham Bell?
William: No
John: He’s the inventor of the phone in 1876; if you take night courses you would know this.

The next day, the same discussion took place:
John: Do you know who is Alexander Dumas?
William: No
John: He’s the author of “The 3 Musketeers”, if you take night courses, you would know this.

The next day, once again:
John: And do you know who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
William: No
John: He’s the author of “Confessions”, if you take night courses, you would know this.

This time, William got irritated and said: “And you, do you know who is
George Hunt?”
John: No
William: He’s the guy enjoying with your wife!! If you stop night courses, you would know this!!

Passionate Love Story

They were together in the House.

Just the two of them.

It was a cold, dark, stormy night. The storm had come quickly and each time the thunder boomed he watched her jump. She looked across the room and admired his strong appearance…and wished that he would take her in his arms, comfort her and protect her from the storm.

She wanted that…more than anything. Suddenly, with a pop, the power went out… She screamed… He raced to the sofa where she was cowering. He didn’t hesitate to pull her into his arms.

He knew this was a forbidden union and expected her to pull back. He was surprised when she didn’t resist but instead clung to him. The storm raged on…as did their growing passion. And there came a moment when each knew that they had to be together.

They knew it was wrong…

Their families would never understand… So consumed were they in their passion that they heard no opening of doors…just the faint click of a camera……