THE VEDAS

Most of the great religions of the world owe allegiance to certain books which they believe are the words of GOD or some other supernatural beings, and which are the basis of their religion. Now of all these books, according to the modern savants of the West, the oldest are the VEDAS of The HINDUS. A little understanding, therefore, is necessary about the VEDAS.

This mass of writing called the VEDAS is not the utterance of persons. Its date has never been fixed, can never be fixed, and, according to us, the VEDAS are eternal. There is one Salient point which i want you to remember, that all the other Religions of the World claim their authority as being delivered by a Personal God or a number of Personal beings, angels, or special messengers of GOD, unto certain persons; while the claim of the HINDUS is that the VEDAS do not owe their authority to anybody, they are themselves the authority, being eternal- The Knowledge Of God. They were never written, never created, they have existed throughout time; just as creation is infinite and eternal, without beginning and without end, so is the Knowledge Of God without beginning and without end. And this knowledge called the VEDANTA was discovered by personages called RISHIS, and the Rishi is defined as a Mantra-drashta, A Seer of Thought; not that the thought was his own. Whenever you came from a certain Rishi, never think that he wrote it or created it out of his mind; he was the seer of the thought which already existed; it existed in the universe eternally. This sage was the discover: the Rishis were Spiritual Discovers.

This mass of writing, the VEDAS, is divided principally in to two parts, the Karma Kanda and the Jnana Kanda- the work portion and the knowledge portion, the ceremonial and the spiritual. The work portion consists of various sacrifices; most of them of late have been given up as not practicable under present circumstances, but others remain to the present day in some shape or other. The main ideas of the Karma Kanda, which consists of the duties of man, the duties of the student, of the householder, of the recluse, and the various duties of the different stations of life, are followed more or less down to the present day. But the spiritual portion of our religion is in the second part, the Jnana Kanda, the Vedanta, the end of the Vedas, the Gist, the Goal of the Vedas.

The essence of the knowledge of the Vedas was called by the name of Vedanta, which comprises the UPANISHADS; and all the sects of INDIA- Dualists, Qualified-Monists, Monists, or the Shaivites, Vaishnavites Shaktas, Sauras, Ganapatyas, each one that dares to come within the fold of Hinduism- must acknowledge the Upanishads of the Vedas. They can have their own interpretations and can interpret them in their own way, but they must obey the authority. That is why we want to use the word Vedantist instead of Hindu. All the Philosophers of India who are orthodox have to acknowledge the authority of the Vedanta; and all our present day religions, however crude some of them may appear to be, however inexplicable some of their purposes may seem, one who understands them and studies them can trace them back to the ideas of the Upanishads. So deeply have these Upanishads sunk into our race that those of you who study the symbology of the crudest religion of the Hindus will be astonished to find sometimes figurative expressions of the Upanishads- the Upanishads become symbolized after a time into figures and so forth. Great spiritual and philosophical ideas in the Upanishads are today with us, converted in to household worship in the form of symbols. Thus the various symbols now used by us, all come from the Vedanta, because in the Vedanta they are used as figures, and these ideas spread among the nation and permeated it throughout until they became part of their everyday life as symbols.

From the Work Essentials Of Hinduism By Swami Vivekananda.

ORIGIN OF THE WORD HINDU.

The word Hindu, by which it is the fashion now a days to style ourselves, has lost all its meaning, for this word merely meant those who lived on the other side of the river Indus(in Sanskrit, Sindhu). This name was murdered in to Hindu by the ancient Persians, and all people living on the other side of the river Sindhu were called by them Hindus. Thus this word has come down to us: and during the Mohammedan rule we took up the word ourselves. There may not be any harm in using the word of course; but, as I have said, it has lost its significance, for you may mark that all the people who live on this side of the Indus in modern times do not follow the same religion as they did in ancient times. The word, therefore, covers not only Hindus proper, but Mohammedans, Christians, Jains, and other people who live in India. I therefor, would not use the word Hindu. What word should we use then? The other words which alone we can use are either the Vaidikas, followers of the Vedas, or better still, the Vedantists, followers of the Vedanta.

From 'Essentials of HINDUISM' by Swami Vivekananda.

Disclaimer

I sincerely apologize to those who read my blog regularly. As i was held up with many other works, i couldn't bring you out Posts here. I know that Its been 2months and i Once again feel so sorry to have not been in to writing here. But Its not the one which happens so frequently. So i Assure You all that i will continue my blogging from now and hope my visitors will start visiting again and i expect more people. I would like to bring out many great speeches and Works of Swami Vivekananda and other great Monks and Leaders of India here in my blog apart from my own postings. So here the journey begins again.
Thanks and Love,
A.S.RAM.

Will These Change Anytime by Anychance??!!

It is the heart of the city. One of the Posh areas in Chennai city...The place where it is said most of the famous personalities live and the top most entertaining department works here 24*7. Even the most privileged Oscar Award and the winner resides here. Its nothing else but Kodambakkam. It struggles with various problems. Even completing more than 60years of independence, our government doesn't wish to forget British rulers nor want the public to do so. That is why they remind us about them in various forms. One amongst them is by show casing the British electricity connections to the public now and then :) Already even in some places where the electricity lines are quite fine, power supply proves in sufficient as there is a minimum 2to3hours of power shut down in TN except the main cities. In between this, in the most important cities like Chennai, the Electricity Connections reminds us of the power shut down in other places by bursting out now and then :) If an electrical engineer could happen to see the cables provided by government which works from inside the road and from transformers, he will definitely faint down as the quality is to the core worst. This is what makes us doubt whether the govt is safeguarding the connections done by the Britishers :) Neither these connections resist with an average rainfall nor with the hot sunny climate. More than public, these are the most affected to the climatic conditions :) Of course how come we can expect it to resist??!! We should not forget the point that these are the cables which are purchased through the so called Tenders by the Govt. Tenders are those which has different groups of people competing for the contract and in government's view, whom ever quotes the lowest rate will get the contract signed. Apart from this there is an unwritten rule too ie a suitcase with so and so should have got transferred to the concerned Minister :) So under these circumstances how can we expect for top quality cables which proves efficient??!! In fact when we are unable to get efficient rulers itself, how far are these cables!!??!! :) Moving on to the next is the infrastructure. The ruling party in the state today boasts for its success over bringing up various fly overs around the city. But did they ever think about the internal infrastructure ie street and main roads??!!! Never did they. So even in most acclaimed areas like kodambakkam, people are forced to suffer with worst condition of roads. There is no evenness in the roads which make the rain water enter in to the houses when it rains heavily and the most pity in this is a particular part of a street(slope side) suffer because of water entering in to their place but the other part lives safely. This is because the roads are not even. One more thing which i want to share with you is the brilliance of our government and The Electricity Board in TN. The matter is:

We should pay them a sum of money as a deposit kinda(we all have paid it in fact) and they say the sum paid is returnable to us when we write up a letter and surrender the connection ie if we say them that we don't need power supply, they will return the amount to us..I was Awe-Amazed when i heard this from an official from TNEB :) :) Who will do such, as there is no alternative option for power supply??!! How brilliant our rulers are!! :)

Concluding, We have Oscars here in the City but is that alone enough??!! Or just the Fly Overs(most of them built for personal benefits) are enough for the city??!!!

Could SL Govt Be Loyal Enough??!!! We Should Really Watch Carefully.

"Yea. This is the time. Its the end of a 26yr old fight. Its our Victory." These are the quotes mentioned by the SL Govt in the recent times after their victory over Mr.Prabhakaran of LTTE. It is a welcome fact that a kinda terrorism is been put to an end in SL. One third of the island was in the control of LTTE over the years which is now no more. In the time of gaining a lead over them(LTTE) the question of SL Govt being Loyal towards the civilians becomes a doubtful note too. I would like to share few points in this regard with you all. Over the years The SL Govt had its partiality towards Sinhalese than the Tamils which made the root cause for all that has happened and happening in SL. But there were Sinhala leaders like Premadasa who really ought the way of political solution for the on going problems in Lanka then. But to the most unfortunate scene, LTTE brutally murdered Mr.Premadasa. LTTE has been known widely for its brutal actions which made them a banned group in most of the countries. But people should also be aware of the facts over SL army. It had brutally raped a wide no of civilians over the years. In the name of interrogation youth and even male children are taken by the army and killed. When Mr.Puleedeevan(Political leader of LTTE) was coming towards the army for surrender in the battle field recently with holding high a white flag as a symbol of peace, the army did not even bother about it but shot him and few people who were heading with him dead. The conditions of the civilians in the refugee camps by SL Govt are to the core pity as the civilians are not given enough treatment(altogether) and many are even in the urge of death it seems. I recently read in times online that in a particular place a Single Doctor holds 44,000 Injured Civilians. By forefronting all these points only the LTTE were pleading to the world nations to make SL Govt stop the war. But it was intentional too. I totally blame both the LTTE and SL Govt for the present worst situation of the civilians. Poor are they. Now it is the duty of the World Nations, especially India to intervene in this issue and provide security and proper care at present for the affected civilians and next to bring a political solution with fair means that Tamils get the equal rights and live peacefully. Because i really really doubt that this would not be possible without India and World Nations' Role as SL President proves really doubtful to the max till now(kindly recall the brutal acts of army at present which i have mentioned above). The Conditions of the civilians prove so worse at present. Of course this happens in every war. But it is the duty of the Govt to overcome such problems which SL Govt till now has failed to. Over a period of time me and various people blame SL Govt for not being loyal towards the civilians in their refugee camps or the so called Safe Zones. If readers don't believe in my words, kindly read Times online. Concluding(only in this post) It is because of both SL Govt and the LTTE, the condition of civilians in SL has gone so worse. World Nations should join hands to save them. Because, they have been saved out from one group which was ruling them so badly but we should remember that there is another group alive(SL Govt). So this is not an easy problem to be left out as only because the LTTE has come down.

A FEW LOOK BACKS OVER THE SRILANKAN CRISIS AND FEW POINTS TO BE READ.

"Ruthless Rajapaksey Killing people, wont the world stop all these??" " Our Leader Prabhakaran can only bring the solution to this situation and no one else" etc etc....Do not wonder why am i quoting these!! These kinda speeches are spoken by a lot of people in the recent times in Tamilnadu and outside India and Srilanka. Of course i do agree there are ruthless killings of civilians taking place. But in view of this, various groups in and outside India trying to create a scene that LTTE is the only group which is fighting for the Civilians. But is this the fact?? People who watch this crisis which is taking place for more than decades will definitely agree that the present situation is much worse than the past that we could witness a lot of people being killed in the name of abolition of LTTE. But one could not denie the fact that LTTE and its leader Mr.Prabhakaran are the main root cause for the present situation in Srilanka. Of course in the earlier days of this crisis the Sinhalese enacted riots over Tamils in Lanka and so many Tamil organizations rose in favor for the civilians especially and one amongst them was LTTE which was in to severe action from 1980s. LTTE was formed in 1970s where it jumped in to its earlier act when Tamil youth were restricted admissions in Lankan Universities. In 1972 a group named in Tamil "Pudhiya Tamizh Puligal" ie New Tamil Tigers was formed which later became 'Tamizh Eezha Vidudhalai Puligal' or the LTTE. When various other groups for tamils had the principle of bringing a political solution for this crisis, LTTE and its Chief Mr.Prabhakaran believed in Terrorism or in their language should we say Fight for Freedom by being a Rebel. The first and foremost victim of LTTE being the member of United National Party and Mayor then for Yaazhpaanam, Mr.Albert Dhuraiappa. Assassinating a person who doesn't carry or use any weapon but varies by principles with others isn't a act of terrorism??!! LTTE and its chief wanted them to be the one and only fighting for the civilians and in getting the separate country. This is what made Mr.Prabhakaran kill several other tamil leaders like Amirtalingam, Neelan Tamilselvan, Sabharathinam etc and also several Sinhala Leaders like Premadasa, Vijayarathna, Lalith Adhulath Mudhali etc. LTTE doesn't stop there but even entered in to India and did the most cruel assassination of our former PM Mr.Rajiv Gandhi. In fact Mr.Prabhakaran himself quoted long time back that If he gets the independent country for the Tamils in lanka then there would surely be a Military Dictatorship alone in the Eelam land.It is even said that LTTE forceably indulges a large no of children in to the war by providing them with enough training. Training includes Tortures too.

Now lets see that is Independent Tamil Nation or the Eelam is the only solution??!! A separate Eelam is asked for the people of northern province of Lanka. If that is achieved, will a large no of Tamil people who lives in places like Colombo and Eastern province of lanka agree to live in the northern region (where eelam will be formed) along with those people??!! I strongly feel no. Because it is believed that a wide range of thoughts and principles severely vary amongst the people of north and east lanka already and so definitely the eastern province Tamils will say no to live in the independent Eelam as they might neglect to leave their life in the east. In fact many families who were living in eastern lanka and now in India when spoke to me were against LTTE and were blaming them for all the present happenings. I have a good friend who is a refugee from Srilanka presently lives in another country. He is a staunch supporter of LTTE but not his father. He himself has told me this once. In fact his father faced the most brutal acts of Sinhalese it seems but still he is against LTTE and their several acts. Coming back to the point, Eastern people are not going to accept to live with northern people in a separate Eelam if its formed. And what is the assurance that the Sinhalese will not insist the eastern province Tamils to go away to Eelam in case if its formed?? !! If such kinda incidents happen, then even the Srilankan Govt will not be able to control the emotions of Sinhalese. So the situation will still go worse even after forming Eelam. But who thinks of all such??!! If we get carried away by emotions and arrive at decisions in that regard, then i am sure those will not last long instead will create various other problems. In Indian freedom struggle, there was a person called Aurobindo Ghosh who was a rebel who believed in Terrorism but at last arrived at a decision that his way of approach will not bring any kinda solution to the problem and so became a famous spiritual person Swami Aurobindo and also started expressing his thoughts and fight for freedom by starting a magazine called "Aarya" Even when Subhash Chandra Bose was leading a separate military and fighting against British, he respected Mahatma Gandhi to the core and abide him at various circumstances. Even our freedom struggle has witnessed ruthless people like Gen.Dyer, Lord Dalhousie etc as equal to Rajapakshey of Srilanka. But Gandhiji who was leading the freedom movement did not rise with emotions during various ruthless acts by The British against Indians, instead thought practically and politically and that's why we are able to ripe the fruit of freedom for so many years now.

Concluding, Terrorism doesn't going to bring any stable solution and Independent Eelam is not a practical solution. Even we gave a separate nation named Pakistan to a section of Muslims under their demand in belief that it will be a solution for the on going riots then but does it prove effective??!!! I leave the answer to the readers themselves. Anyways, i appeal that world nations should join together to ensure that Tamils get equal rights in Lanka and live with peace. There can be a separate state in Srilanka with powers but a separate country cannot be a solution at all. I can still give you all a lots of unknown facts but i feel let me stop here as of now. And one important point i wanna make here is that LTTE or Pro LTTEs will always pose as if they are the one who care for Tamils in Lanka and oppose people like me. But i am least bothered about such people. The almighty knows who really cares and who get carried away by emotions alone.

DMK HAS BEGUN ITS DEMANDS

Chennai, May 17 (ANI): Having played a key role in ensuring a United Progressive Alliance's success in Tamil Nadu, the M.Karunanidhi-led Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam is likely to ask seven cabinet berths in the new set up of government at the Centre.

DMK wants to retain Surface Transport and IT ministry among others, a Times Now report quoted sources as saying on Sunday.

DMK sources had earlier stated that they were eyeing cabinet posts for Kanimozhi, Maran and Azhagiri.

Sources said that DMK chief and chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi would visit the national capital on Monday (May 18) to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi over the matter.

Putting up a strong showing, the UPA constituents DMK and Congress were racing to capture a lion's share of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. 'I give credit to the DMK government in Tamil Nadu. The mandate is clear,' said Maran, former Communication and IT Minister.

M K Azhagiri, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's son, registered success from the Madurai Lok Sabha seat trouncing CPI-M's P Mohan by a margin of over 140,000 votes. (ANI)

After enacting all kinda underplays in polls in TN, The DMK has had its results which they themselves had created and so keeps on high no of demands in the post result scene to the Congress. When people are killed in a several no in Srilanka with the help of The Indian Govt nor in any public related problems even inside TN, Hon.MR.Karunanidhi of DMK had the role of just writing up letters to PM and at last for the sake of Polls he also dramatized a world's 1st ever 6hours hunger strike. But now again he shows his real face as the sources say that he might soon fly to New Delhi for the sake of Cabinet posts. JAI HO :)