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Pancha is five in Samskritam and amritam is nectar

Pancha is five in Samskritam and amritam is nectar

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PANCHAAMRITAM - 30

ONE
Smt. Linda Johnsen quotes Professor Subhash Kak of Louisiana State University (USA) in her book Yoga at the speed of Light and writes: "The Surya Siddhanta is the oldest surviving astronomical text in the Indian tradition. Some Western scholars date it to perhaps the fifth or sixth century A.D., though the text itself claims to represent a tradition much, much older. It explains that the earth is shaped like a ball, and states that at the very opposite side of the planet from India is a great city where the sun is rising at the same time it sets in India. In this city, the Surya Siddhanta claims, lives a race of siddhas, or advanced spiritual adepts. If you trace the globe of the earth around to the exact opposite side of India, you'll find Mexico. Is it possible that the ancient Indians were well aware of the great sages/astronomers of Central America many centuries before Columbus discovered America? Does this sound unlikely? Yoga Sutra 3:26-28 states that through, samyama (concentration, meditation, and unbroken mental absorption) on sun, moon, and pole star, we can gain knowledge of the planets and stars".
Courtesy: Yoga International, English Bi Monthly.

TWO
1.Ammachatram is a village situated at 4 kms from Kumbakonam on the Kumbakonam - Mayiladuthurai  road in Tamilnadu, Bharat. A signboard displayed at the `Madurai Subramanian Saloon', a haircutting shop run by Sri. Selvaraj here, announces: "Free haircut done here for orphaned children, handicapped persons and destitute elders on the 10th, 20th and 30th of every month". On an average, 30 to 40 persons avail this offer every month. This seva has been going on for the past 7 years. Last year (2003), Selvaraj has introduced an additional offer. A 50 % concession in haircutting charges for bona fide persons living below the poverty line in the village. A note from the ward member of the Panchayat to that effect will be necessary to avail of the concession, says Selvaraj (Source: Sri. A.Suresh Kumar, Kumbakonam). 2. In Erode, a district place in Tamilnadu, lives Sri. Thangavel. He is employed in the Maruti Haicutting Saloon in the town. During leisure hours, he flawlessly recites slokas in Samskritam such as Lalita Trisati (a bunch of 300 verses on Ambika), Saundarya Lahari by Adi sankara and Rajarajeswari Ashtakam. He recites the Gayatri Mantra, the Mrityunjaya Mantra and Navagraha Stotram in addition to Tamil hymns like Thevaaram and Thiruvachakam. All this he learnt in 10 years. His dream: to compose a verse on a Devata in Samskritam
(Courtesy: Chennai Media Centre News, June 19, 2003).

THREE

Internal security will be in danger without the participation of the public. Bearing this in mind, the Mumbai police have launched a project by name `Eagle Brigade'. Under this scheme, a team of service- minded youth is organised in every locality. These youngsters aged 15 to 30, patrol their neighbourhood in the nights. A constable of the local police station accompanies the patrol team. Due to the strict vigil of these unpaid sentinels, a majormishap was averted in the Vile Parle area on February 2, 2003. A bomb blast occurred there at 6 pm that very day injuring 26 persons. Senior police officials and politicians rushed to the spot. Even as the inspection was on, they received a startling information: Two young men of Vile Parle, Shri. Sunil Jadav and  Shri. Mohan Devghare, accompanied by police constable Shri. Pravin Baria, were patrolling a street close to the scene of blast. They noticed a suspicious looking tiffin box placed on the carrier of  a bicycle on the roadside. They at once alerted the police. Just a few minutes later, there occurred another blast. But thanks to the courage of the two youngsters, there was no damage. In commendation of this good work, the two young men and the police constable were awarded Rs.5,000 each by the Mumbai police. Sunil and Mohan are Swayamsevkas of the RSS. (Based on a report by Shri. Paresh Navinchandra Bhat  in the Panchajanya of March 9, 2003).

FOUR
Meet Shri. S.A.P.Varadhan. This astrologer of Chennai, Tamilnadu, Bharat is 70 plus. He has this unique practice: as soon as he reads a news item in the daily paper about anyone  who is honest, he sends a cheque for Rs.5,000 as gift to that person. Two recent instances: 1. A bank employee lost a bag containing cash of Rs. one lakh in Tirupur. Shri. R. Murugesan, 30, driver and Shri. K.Velan, 24, conductor of a mini bus, found the bag lying on Tirupur Kumaran Road, when they drove that way on regular duty. They handed over the bag in tact to the police. The bank employee got back the cash bag the next day from the police. Varadhan promptly gave Rs. 5,000 each to Murugesan and Velan as gift when he read a report in DINAMANI, Tamil daily, about their honest act. This was in October 2003. 2. Shri. Nagarajan, a conservancy worker with the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation, says he will be able to pay the fees for his daughter Valarmathi's last semester out of the gift of Rs. 5,001 that he received from astrologer Varadhan in appreciation of his act of honesty. While on duty, Nagarajan found a bundle containing ornaments worth Rs. 60,000 in the dust bin. He duly handed it over to the authorities. This was reported in DINAMANI in August 2003. Valarmathi is doing her III B.Sc. Computer Science. Nagarajan .has to work as a casual labourer during off duty hours to earn more so that he could meet the educational expenses of his daughter.

FIVE
This is one village where the police won't be suspended or transferred if they are caught napping. After all, what else will they do when there is no crime?  In Seehmai Kari Rat village, residents keep their doors unlocked. They believe their lives and belongings are protected by Shiv Baba, whose shrine is situated in this village on the Akbarpur-Faizabad (UP) road, about 5 km from the district headquarters. The legend goes that about 300 years ago, an ascetic, Shiv Deo Nath Tiwari stayed here for a day while on his way to Prayag to bathe in the Sangam. A local talukdar, Khama Singh, went there while Shiv Deo was meditating near the Veera pond. When the talukdar challenged the saint, the latter threw his dhoti into the air. Shiv Deo told the talukdar that he would have to give away the land over which the dhoti drifted and fell. Subsequently, the talukdar was forced to gift 3,300 bighas of land to the ascetic. Later when Khama Singh's sons tried to grab the donated property the ascetic started a fast unto death and eventually died after 19 days. He was cremated there. The pillars of the pyre turned into a large Vat Vriksh (banyan tree) and began to be worshipped as Shiv Baba. The talukdar's family all died in mysterious circumstances. Since then, natives of Seehmai Kari Rat claim their ancestors were continuously directed through dreams by the ascetic soul not to make doors while building houses. That tradition continues even today. Surprisingly, no incident of loot or theft has been reported in the village for the past 300 years. Based on a report by Shri. Ravindra Kumar Singh in the HINDUSTAN TIMES of January 8, 2004.
 

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