Vote India!

Sometimes "Why" is the only question arise in my mind for everything I watch and hear. I love my country. I have passion for my country. Like me there may lot many others who have passion for my country, their country - India. I want to help my country to grow with prosperity and peace. I want my countrymen to grow with happiness and wealth, but then everyday my mind asks WHY?
Why is my country suffering from so many diseases after 66 years of Independence?
Why so many of my countrymen sleep in hunger everyday?
Why have politicians become so corrupt?
Why can't I see a drop of patriotism in any politician?
Why politicians and their relatives become richer my thousand times in no time and still so many people follow them?
Why can't a politician see a pain of a poor Indian and they keep robbing us?

and then if I look at the answers, this is what I get...
Why doesn't my countrymen VOTE - basic and most important factor for any healthy democracy?
Why has my countrymen become so selfish that he/she can't even put a tiny effort for their country?
Why can't I see a drop of patriotism in most of us?

The disease lies within a common man of this country and thus within their rulers and not vice versa. We are the pillars of this country. Stronger we become and stronger the nation would be. We have to become responsible enough to make these rulers to understand that, we are not blind. We have to take a very tiny effort to VOTE. This is a must act for each and every countryman to make their mother land stronger and make our politicians responsible.

Let us make a small promise to make our country stronger, let us take a pledge to vote for coming election. Most of us have not voted so far and we are witnessing the result. This time let us VOTE and motivate others also to vote and see the difference.

If you are not registered voter with the Election Commission, following link would make your work very easy to register as a voter.

http://www.allindiadaily.com/2013/07/apply-for-voter-id-online.html


VOTE INDIA!


P.S. - For any help in regard to register as a voter, I'll be very happy to help. Please drop me a mail on sagar15884@gmail.com or sagar15884@hotmail.com with subject line as "Vote Help". I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

God Particle and Brahman

God Particle - "Higgs Boson"

Recently CERN scientists found the most important particle of standard model of particle physics and named it after British physicist Peter Higgs. 

According to findings after the years of research, this is the particle, which defines mass of anything and everything present in this universe. So whatever things are present in this universe, at the core of all these things is Higgs boson and that is why, it is often called as “God Particle”.

I was watching news about this and one of the Hindi news channels showed a Sage saying, “Chalo acha hai, ab ja ke science ne bi maan liya, har kan kan me bhagwan hai, hum to sadiyyon se kehte aa rahe hai, ab science ne sabit bi kar diya!” That time I did not think much about that, and just laughed out. Then today I was reading about ‘God particle’ on the Internet and suddenly realized doesn’t it sound similar to what ancient Rishimunis said thousands of years ago about Brahman?

There is a holy book of ‘Yoga Vasistha’. This book is one of the most important books of the Hindu philosophy called “Advaita Vendata” and this is the only book I read from lot of Hindu scriptures. There is English translation available by SwamiVenkatesananda.

I read one sloka from that book as follows:

astiha niyatir brahmi cic chakttih spandarupini
avasya bhavitavyaika satta sakala kalpaga (60/8)

Swamiji translates it as below.

In this verse, Lord Rama is asking to Vasistha about god.

Vasistha replies,

“There does exist, O Rama, the power or energy of the infinite consciousness which is in motion all the time; that alone is the reality of all inevitable futuristic events, for it penetrates all the epochs in time.

It is by that power that the nature of every object in the universe is ordained.
That power (cit sakti) is also known as Mahasatta (the great existence), Mahaciti (the great intelligence), Mahasakti (the great power), Mahadrsti (the great vision), Mahakriya (the great doer or doing), Mahodbhava (the great becoming), Mahaspanda (the great vibration).
It is this power that endows every thing with its characteristic quality.
But this power is not different from or independent of the absolute Brahman: it is as real as a pie in the sky.”

So it says, there is a power, which is not different from Brahman and which exists in each and every object in this universe and that is only responsible for the nature of all objects. Doesn’t it absolutely just as what scientist found about Higgs Boson? Yes, ‘Brahman’ is the word in Hindu scriptures used for modern physic’s ‘Higgs Boson’.

There is sloka in Chhāndogya Upanishad. It says,

“sarvam khalv idam brahma”

It means: "All this that we see in the world is Brahman".

Another one in 'Mandukya Upanishad' 

 सर्वं ह्येतद् ब्रह्मायमात्मा ब्रह्म सोयमात्मा चतुष्पात्

It means: “All indeed in this universe is this Brahman; He is Atman; He has four steps/quarters.”

There are some more slokas in the Rig Veda. I came to know about this when I started searching on the Internet about relation of modern physics and spirituality. His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar mentioned about these slokas in one of the talk recently. In the Rig Veda, there is a Sukta called Nasadiya Sukta, in the 10th Mandala, 129th Adhyaya, there, around seven verses are written.

Nasadasinno sadasittadanim nasidrajo no vyom paro yat
Kimavarivah kuha kasya sharmannambhah kimasid gahanam gabhiram

Its brief meaning is; the space of pure consciousness or energy, which here and there appears to have consolidated and appears to be matter. What appears to be matter is really not matter, it is all one energy, and that one field is called Brahman, and that is what everybody is, that is what everything is.

You can find detailed meaning of this on Art Of Living site.

All these slokas indicate that ancient Rishimunis were already aware about the concepts of modern science.

And there are many more mention of Brahman in the Hindu Scriptures and philosophy of Advaita Vedanta. All these explain about Brahman, responsible for nature of everything exists in this universe and beyond this universe. As lord Shri Krishna said in the Hindu religion's holy book the Gita, Brahman is omnipresent and omnipotent in nature. Shri Krishna uses the word ‘Servam’, which includes both living and nonliving objects.

It is just we need to understand the concept of Brahman mentioned in the Hindu scriptures and listen to what Rishimunis said, with open mind as we listen to scientists and understand science. People are happy and can blindly believe what Modern Science says, but when it comes to Spirituality or Religion, people closes their door of ears and mind! People who talk about broad mentality is first to become narrow minded when it comes to Spirituality. They think all these are man made stories and so myths. Have they ever tried to understand what it actually means?

Hope people show acceptance to these great Hindu scriptures and philosophy and understands the concept of Brahman and relation to God Particle.

Why?

What an irony of the country, whose father of the nation is M.K.Gandhi, who is remembered for Truth and Non-violence! India, the country won freedom with truth. Today, in this same country, someone fights against untruth, and everyone who is in power are against them, the electronic media are against them. This electronic media that tries to show few good work being done by them and make their impression, as they are saints and shows only truth and helps this great country, actually have no interest for the common people. They care and only care about their TRPs and how to fool common people and divert common people's mind as politicians wants to. 

Today I was watching one of the news channel, there was debate going on about why Anna and Baba Ramdev are differing on some points, what is wrong between these two? I mean WOW, you guys are discussing on why these two are not on same stage? What can be the reason behind that? Can there be any political agenda behind this? Is team anna not on same page? I mean, WHY? Why the hell you need to discuss always something negative about fight against corruption? Why can't you join this great fight or create your own movement against corruption? Why can't you use your power and flood your channel with news to make people aware about corruption? Why you always have to sensationalize things, which are crystal clear to people's mind? Why you have to divert people's attention from fight against corruption? Why can't you see that people are fighting against the people who are abusing my money? Why can't you run news about politicians running their businesses with my money? Why can't you show that politicians are harassing the person fighting for truth? WHY?????

You can go to XYZ country and find XYZ criminal whom even CBI can't find, but you can't show the criminals who are running their businesses on my money, common people's earned money. You can show one common person slapping a politician but you don't show why that guy was so angry and why people of India are angry? 

After watching all exclusive breaking news, I am left with only one thing. That’s WHY?

Missing India

10^th December 2011

10:46 PM 

Currently I am in Staines, UK staying with three Bengali friends. I am here from last three months for my work. This blog is all about how did I find this place so far.

Staines, beautiful small town in south west of London, situated at the bank of the river Thames, colored with English culture. The first word come to my mind about Staines is small but beautiful!

London, what should I say about this city! This city is one of the most famous, and historical places in the world. You will find all kind of people here from all different parts of the world (Asian, African, European, American… ), Belonging to different religions of the world (Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jews, Buddhist and many others). This city has huge network of Tube (local train like our Metro rail in Delhi J).

When I was told that, I am going to UK for six months. I had mix feeling for leaving home and my country India but got a chance to see other parts of the world. Little sad, little excited!

Finally I arrived here at World's busiest airports by international passenger traffic Heathrow, London on 22^nd February 2011.

During my UK stay, I saw places here and I missed India like anything. I never imagined myself longing for India like this! That freedom, that oneness, those people, that “MY” feeling. I am missing INDIA badly. L

Today India has almost everything what other developed countries have. Yeah we may have some broken roads and may have more numbers of poor people and may be far behind in terms of cleanliness. But we are far ahead in one aspect that is Corruption! ;) But then what we got?

We got really good infrastructure (now, yeah after 64 years of independence, but we got it, and yeah definitely we need improvements!), best educational institutes, better and cheap medical facilities, best businessmen in the world, good transportation facilities (I do not expect AC trains or bullet train all over the country!), good communication facilities, one of the biggest cinema industry in the world and many more...

But what other countries don’t have is, our rich culture, our rich past, our education (yeah, I believe that we have better educational system, just one thing we need to improve is that we need to ease the pressure on the students.), our cheerful youth, and our spirituality (I am not talking about any religion, I am talking about meaning behind every religion, Spirituality). I saw a huge difference in terms of youth here and in India. Our youth is far more responsible and more progressive. 

Anyway we are still progressing and with that we also need to stick to our culture...

I am just missing India! L

Sad and Angry!

13th July, 2011. Yet another serial bomb blasts, killing 18 and injuring more than 100 innocent Indians. 


Yet again it happened in our beautiful, peace loving country. Just not finding a single word for the people and their families who suffered. Feeling sad and at some moments helpless... but surely very much angry on PM Mr. Manmohan Singh and I am not able to understand that why is he still in this post????? He can't control corruption. He can't control terrorism. He can't control inflation. He can't even control his selected ministers and blame other allies. He is so helpless, he is so weak, he is so spineless, he is not at all "A Leader", he is just a simple human being like other Indians, and who is not a leader, have no rights to be in position of PRIME MINISTER! It is shame on him and Sonia and Congress! He himself should leave the post now... why people suffer because of your weakness mr PM?!?!


And moreover if this is less, today Mr. Rahul declares, "We prevented 99% attacks!" 
Is this time to say this?!?! Does he understand sensitivity of the issue?!?! Such an irresponsible statement. He just cares about not loosing some votes by taking credit of so called 99% prevented attacks. 


I am so sad and angry!


My prayers for peace and love all around.

What can you do for India? - 2

Exactly one year back, I started writing my thoughts into blogs. Last 15th August, I thought "What can I/You do for India?". I thought everyone should stop complaining about all other things and we should start doing small things to help India. So have I started anything? Yes, I have started doing some small things like not to throw garbage anywhere but only in dustbin, not to break traffic signals, not to waste water as much as possible, put my vehicle off on cross roads, gave little donation to NGO to make India a better place to live in.

I am sure, such small things surely will help a bit to make my country better place to live in. I do not want to blame my government for the drainage system blockage when people around throwing plastic and other garbage on road all the time, which in turn blocks drainage system. Take your own responsibility rather complaining and talking big. I am sure, I can still do lot more things then this and surely next 15th august, I promise myself, this list will have more things in it.

TALK LESS, DO MORE!

With this "small" message, Wish You All A Very Happy Independence Day!
Love you India.

वन्दे मातरम्

What can you do for India?

First of all Happy Independence Day to all...

On this Independece day, I believe, we all should start doing at least something... may be tiny thing, to improve our nation rather than complaining about politicians and infrastrucutre and other things... Just a small thing, it'll surely help to improve our nation... whatever it may be, help slum kid to get education or give promise to yourself to vote in next election or plant some tree... something which can help our India to be best place in the world...

Love you India...
वन्दे मातरम्