2014 May 15
Anjali (KHNA)
Dallas –Texas, USA
Vol 8 Issue 7
KHNA SPIRITUAL FORUM
PROJECT - 1
The Project: Essay Writing for Fun
and Knowledge
KHNA is starting a series of projects
to promote spiritual awareness among the
Kerala Hindus in North America. Some of
these projects consist of providing materials and encouraging young and old to read,
write and speak on subjects of spirituality,
on life history of spiritual leaders and India’s
glorious past and contributions to the world.
Following is the Project -1
2. If you want anything specific you
can write to the committee members whose
names are given on the registration form
3. Your essay will be published in
KHNA eAnjali magazine.
Project -1 Essay Writing
Rules
P.O.Box. 702423, Dallas TX 75370-2423. Ph: (214) 403-0575
Contributions to KHNA may be tax deductible
KHNA Spiritual Project - Essay Writing
Registration form 2014/15
1. Registration for this project is
restricted to any Kerala Hindu of North
America of age between 15 and 20 yrs.
2. Complete the Registration using
the form attached.
Name (First and Last)
3. The registration will be approved
and sent back to you with a Registration
Number assigned to you. This number (and
not your name) shall be used on your essay.
Date of Birth
4. A list of 7 topics is attached out
of which any one topic should be selected
for the essay.
Email ID
5. Essays shall be on Letter size (
8.5 x 11 ) sheets, single spaced using font
size 11.
6. Language can be English or Malayalam.
7. You are encouraged to discuss
the subject with anybody, your friends or
parents, but the writing should be yours.
The purpose is to encourage youngsters
to read, discuss with parents, friends and
peers and understand the wealth of India’s
spiritual heritage and be proud of it and
derive strength and self-confidence in the
pursuit to success in life.
General
1. We will try to send some reading
materials to all registrants and / or give
references and source. Very soon you will
understand that Spirituality is not a hard
subject to understand.
4. A panel of judges will rank the
essays and each writer will get an award.
The top two awardees will get a chance to
present the essay at the 2015 KHNA convention in front of an audience, provided
they are registered for the Convention.
Address
Telephone Numbers
High school grade/College year
Employed as
Name of Father/Mother
And their Address
Suggestions for what KHNA can do to inspire youngsters to acquire spiritual knowledge
Do you have any questions about this Essay Writing Event? If so write them here.
For More Information:
M.G.Menon ([email protected])240-938-1272 | Udayabhanu Panickar ([email protected]) 631-742-1292
Shyalmala Nair ([email protected])254-231-0924 | Gopalan Nair([email protected])718-347-4782
Rajeev Bhaskaran([email protected])516-395-9480 | Raghu Nath([email protected])571-216-1144
P.Balarajan([email protected])571-332-2344 | Anand Prabhakar([email protected])847-716-0599
Jayaraj Nair ([email protected])561-234-9433 | Sankeri Pillai ([email protected])214-383-7639
President- T.N. Nair 214-403-0575/ General Secretary- Ganesh Nair - 914-826-1677/ Surendran Nair- Vice president 248-5252351
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KHNA Spiritual Project - Essay Writing -1
(15 TO 20 Years Age Group)
TOPICS
Choose any one of the topics you like from below for your 3 to 4 page write-up:
1. Read any book of Ramayana or Mahabharata and write 3 to 4 pages on any
character or incident you like.
2. Read books, articles or biography of Swami Vivekananda and write 3 to 4 pages
on his life and message.
3. Sri.Narayana Guru was a great scholar, spiritual leader, social reformer, a writer
and a poet. Read about him and write 3 to 4 pages about him, his life and message.
4. Sankaracharya was a great scholar, spiritual missionary, a writer and a poet. He
unified India in spiritual thought. He was only 8 yrs. old when he started his first
tour of India on foot all alone. Read about Sankaracharya and write 3 to 4 pages on
his life and message.
5. The great Scientist, Albert Einstein once remarked,
“We owe a lot to Indians who taught us how to count,
without which no worth-while scientific discovery
could have been made”. Read about ancient India’s
contribution like introducing zero, the numerals
and other contributions in mathematics, astronomy,
medicine and other subjects. Write 3 to 4 pages
on “Ancient India’s Contributions to the World”.
6.
Yogasanas and their benefits for the body
and the mind. Read about Hatha Yoga by Patanjali
Sastri and find out where ‘Asanas’ are described.
Discuss overall benefit of each Asanas, in 3 to 4
pages of your essay
7.
The concept of God in Hinduism is
expressed in the verse “Isa vasyamidam
sarvam, Yat kincha Jagatyam Jagat”. Read
or discuss with others the meaning of
this verse. How is this concept different from other religions? Why
do and what for Hindus worship
different idols?
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Hinduism the Scientific Religion
DR. SUDHIRDAS KUMAR PRAYAGA
Hinduism as a religion has developed and
evolved over many millennia in India,
originally called the ‘Sanadhana Dharma’.
It probably is the oldest religion that is
practiced continuously until now. The origin
of Hinduism goes back to antiquity where
no written records are available. Hinduism is not created by any one person or at
any one particular time in history. India
was also a melting pot of developments
in mathematics, astrology, medicine, art,
architecture, justice, etc. since time immemorial. Hinduism accepted these and
incorporated many of these developments
into itself as a way of life.
In this article I like to introduce readers
to the scientific strength of Hinduism,
rather than blind faith and belief, with
three examples. How Hinduism is in full
agreement with our current understanding
of scientific materialism and perception
of reality. Extraordinary parallels can be
found between modern understanding of
physics, biology, and mathematics with
ancient Hindu scripts.
THE GOD EQUATION MATHEMATICS
India was the cradle of mathematics, which
is echoed very well in its many Hindu
texts. To name a few, it has developed the
decimal number system now known as the
Arabic numerals, introduced ‘0’, established
Pythagoras theorem probably 500 years before Pythagoras! The knowledge of infinity
probably existed for over two millennia in
India. An excellent example is from Isavasya
Upanishad, written over 2000 years ago,
about God and the universe to explain some
of the basic concepts of Hinduism and the
nature of reality.
ॐ पूर्णमदः
उदच्यते
पूर्णमिदम
पूर्णत
पुरनम
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पुरनम एवावासिस्यते
ഓം പൂര്ണമധ്ഹ പൂര്ണമിദം പൂര്ണധ്
പൂര്ണം ഉദ്ച്യതേ
പൂര്ണസ്യ
പൂര്ണമാദായ
അവശിഷ്യതെ
പൂര്ണംഏവ
om purnamadah purnamidam purnat
purnamudacyate
purnasya purnamaadaya purnameva vasisyate
‘Purnam’ in Sanskrit (and Malayalam) has
the meanings of complete or infinite. Thus,
it says God is complete and infinite. The
universe is also complete and infinite. The
complete and infinite universe was created
or arose from the complete and infinite
God. When you take infinity out of infinity,
what remains is infinity. The last line uses a
mathematic equation to establish a concept,
which I call ‘the God equation’.
THE GOD PARTICLE PHYSICS
The modern cosmological understanding
about the universe and the nature of reality
seems to be in line with the ancient Hindu
philosophical ideas on the origin of the
universe and reality. It is the only religion
in which the time scales correspond to
those of the modern scientific cosmology. Its cycles run from our ordinary
day and night to a day and night
of Brahma, which is 8.64 billion
years long. Many eminent scientists and thinkers like Albert
Einstein, Max Planck, Henry
Shrodinger, Niels Bohr, Julius
Oppenheimer, Carl Sagan, etc.
have made comparisons in awe
about these close similarities.
Our scientific understanding of the physical universe
underwent a revolutionary
change after the publication
of Einstein’s special theory of
relativity (1905) and general
theory of relativity (1915). The
concepts of absolute space and
absolute time had to be discarded in
favor of a mind-boggling space-time
fabric in which two events can never
be said to be simultaneous. Other new
concepts such as quantum mechanics,
light is both a particle and a wave, energy
and mass are interchangeable, how matter
bends space and space directs how matter moves led to conclusion that reality is
probabilistic and not deterministic. It says
in Mahabharata that ‘time is the seed of
the universe’. Hindus believe that nature
is maya (illusion) or midhya (unreal), as
the great sage Adi Sankaracharya (788-820
AD) succinctly put it in his famous verse
‘Brahma Satyam Jagat Mithya’.
ब्रह्मा सत्यम जगत मिथ्या जीवो ब्रह्मैव
न अपरह
ബ്രഹ്മ
സത്യം
ബ്രഹ്മൈവ
ജഗത് മിത്യ
ജീവോ
നാ ആപരഹ്
brahma satyam jagat mithya jeevo brahmaiva na aparah
Thus, it says that Brahman or
God alone is real; the
universe is il-
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lusory or unreal. Jiva or self is identical
with Brahman.
Physicists now demonstrate that the whole
universe is pervaded or enveloped by what
is called the Higgs field, without which the
universe may not exist. Higgs field is carried
by particles called Higgs Bosons (named after
physicist Peter Higgs and Indian physicist
Satyendra Nath Bose), the so-called ‘God
particles’. It is believed to provide mass to all
other subatomic particles and thus crucial to
the formation of the physical universe that
we know. The allegory ‘God particle’ says it
all, that there is no existence without these
particles pervading the whole universe. A
quote from Bhagavad Gita (7.7) says exactly
this, that everything in the universe is strung
on Brahman like jewels on the thread of a
necklace.
मयी सर्वमितं
प्रोतं सूत्रे
मणिगणे ऎव
മയി സര്വമിതം പ്രോതം സുത്രേ
മണിഗണെ ഏവ
Mayi sarvamitham protham suthre manigana eva
Stories from My Heart
A quote from Isavasya Upanishad again
will put this idea in perspective, which is
the very fundamental tenet of Hinduism
that God is present everywhere.
इसवास्यम इदं सर्वं यात्किंचा जगत्यां जगत
ഈസവശ്യം ഇദം സര്വം യട്കിന്ചാ
ജഗത്യാജഗത്
isavasyam idam sarvam yatkinca jagatyam
jagat
Thus, it says that God is omnipresent and
envelops everything that is animate or
inanimate in the universe. This concept is
also made very famous by the Beatles song
‘within you and without you’, written by
George Harrison.
THE GOD EVOLUTION –
BIOLOGY
Evolution is the process of gradual or
progressive change or development. Biological evolution is any change that occurs
A Cardiologist’s Reflections
on the Gift of Life
“S
tories from My Heart” is a collection of stories
and essays that come right out of the author’s
heart. These are real life experiences that capture the
fascinating details, challenges, drama and at times humor
as well, while working through three different countries
in three different continents in the world - India, England
and USA. These are taken from the author’s practice of
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M. P. Ravindra Nathan, M.D. FACC, FACP, FRCP
Hinduism is not only in line with such
concepts, but provides many examples
to support such evolutionary process in
its many texts. One good example is the
‘Desavathram’ of the Hindu God Vishnu.
Each incarnation or avatar of Vishnu is
evolved or progressed from the previous
avatar. Thus the first avatar ‘Matsya’ or
fish is more primitive than the next avatar
‘Kurma’ or turtle which is a reptile. The 3rd
avatar’ Varaham’ or pig is a mammal, and
so on with successive evolution.
Another example is that which describes
the evolution of universe and time. This is
described in Surya Sidhanta and Vishnu
Purana, in addition to other texts. This describes the Hindu philosophy that universe
is eternal or perpetual, that there is no beginning, or end. With each cycle of Brahma
the universe is created and destroyed. This
concept is illustrated in the cosmic dance
figures of Shiva, with a drum in the left hand
indicating the sound of creation (the Ohm
or big bang) and right hand with an arc of
fire (of destruction).
References:
1. Isavashya Upanishad
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across successive generations. Our current
scientific understanding is that all life on
earth originated by chemical synthesis and
diverged over time. Charles Darwin, in late
19th century, put forward his evolution
theory to scientifically explain a basis for
generation of diversity of life on earth in
his eminent work ‘The Origin of Species’.
Authored by
Dr M. P. Ravindra Nathan
Edition: First
2. The Bhagavad Gita
3. The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra
4. The Universe in a Single Atom by Dalai
Lama
5. Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav
6. Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
7. Nature, Reality and the Sacred by Langdon Gilkey
8. National Geographic March 2008
Note:
1. This article is an adaptation of articles published previously in Gitanjali by Ohmkaram
2. The author’s blog can be found at - prayagaprinciples.blogspot.com, for more articles.
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Sri Narayana Gurudev’s “Daiva Dasakam”.
Sri Narayan Guru (ca 1854-1928) needs no introduction to the Malayalees. In reality he has become a house hold name
in the land of Kerala. He was not only a social reformer, but an ardent thinker, a philosopher, a gifted poet and an astute authority
of Sanathana Dharma Scriptures, particularly the Upanishads. He was a proponent of the Advaitha Philosopy of Sankara Bhagavat
Padar. Gurudev, a Brahmajnani, delved deep into the ocean of spirituality and experienced everlasting bliss. Based on the Sanathana
Dharma tradition, the Jnana Gurudev acquired through ardent contemplations were transmitted through his compositions for our
tasting and perusal. His various books are nothing but compassionate solicitation to trod the divine path for exquisite bliss. Guru
Dev composed a number of magnificent poems infused with Vedanthic messages which one can incorporate in the Sadhana for
self-realization. These include poems ranging from the single versed “Ekasloki” to the one hundred versed “Athmopadesasathakam”.
The ten verses of “Daiva Dasakam” expounds the supreme truth in vibrant prayers to Iswara or Bhagavan. As in his other works,
Guru Dev’s exhortations of one religion, one cast and one god for all mankind is reflected in this composition. Truly a Universal
prayer, Daiva Dasakam propitiate the eternal God almighty whose compassion is sought irrespective of religion, cast or creed. This
is a humble lyrical translation of Daiva Dasakam intended for the non-Malayalam speaking younger generation of Kerala origin. I
am fully aware of the limitations in the translation as it will be difficult to convey the intended meaning and ramifications, especially
coming from the pen of a God-realized saint as Sri Narayan Guru. I submit this at the feet of the Almighty and Gurudev and request
their pardon for the mistakes.
O’ Lord supreme, give us refuge always at Thy lotus feet
And never let loose Thy divine hold on these hapless ones.
And shower your compassion to cross this ocean of life
O’ captain of the mighty ship, lead us to Thy lotus feet. ..........1
By counting one by one with attention
Till the last of all worldly scenes surpassed
When nothing else is left for the eyes to see
What remain is only your exalted vibrations.
With no scarcity you fed and clothed us all,
You protected us through time and space
Fructified and fulfilled all our needs and more
You alone is our gracious God supreme
Like the ocean with its mighty waves and storms
Its immense depth and its limitless waters,
Perceiving in silence both ignorance and splendor
To immerse deep in Your adorable solace. You alone is the magnificent and only creator
Innumerable are all your wonderful creations.
O’ God Almighty, Thou alone is the Father of all
The cause and effect of all magnificent creations.
You alone is the nescience and its perpetrator
You alone is the enjoyer of this mighty play
You alone is the greatest masters of all
You alone unveils the illusion and bestow salvation.
You alone is Truth, Knowledge and Bliss
You alone is present, past and future
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You alone is all that visualized and beyond
You alone is all pronounced words and sounds.
Thy divine feet encompass and fill all within
And veil the space infinite beyond and within
We praise you ceaselessly, O’ Mighty Lord
Accept our humble salutations; Victory to you.
Victory and glory to You O’ my Lord
O’ compassionate to the downtrodden!
Victory to Your perpetual splendor.
O’ Merciful Lord, victory and glory to You.
May we all be immersed in the ocean of Your heart
Which abounds with love and compassion unlimited.
May we drink the ambrosial nectar of eternal Bliss.
And merge in that inexhaustible delight forever.
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Acharya Ayur Gramam
Palmistry
Palmistry is another method of predicting
future by reading the streaks of palm and
suggesting atonements. This method is
very much helpful to those who have no
horoscope or unknown about birth time.
Whenever we hear about the term ‘Palmistry’ we recollect the village fortune-teller
lady, ‘Kakkathy’s’ figure, with a hanging
a cage on the hand with a parrot inside
the cage. As the lady opens the cage,
the trained parrot will come out and
pick out one envelope from among the
other envelopes kept in front of the cage.
The Kakkathy lady opens the cover and
take a colour picture out. In that picture
there may be a scene from Hindu Puranas
or a picture of a methological character
or a God. After seeing the picture the lady
examines the palm and predicts the ‘fortune’. Actually, this is not true palmistry.
She can only guess the future, but not tell
true things scientifically.
In palmistry a person’s future can be predicted
without knowing his birth time or positions
of the planets. There is no mathematical
calculations on planets or horoscope in
palmistry, but reading the streaks of Palm
a Palmist can predict one’s future. We can
say that palm streaks are photocopy of
one’s future.
Palmistry is the practice of foretelling the
future by examining the lines and marks of
the palm of the human hand. People in many
parts of the world today practice palmistry.
Many palmists use various physical and
psychological clues in making predictions.
The conditions of the hands and nails also
indicates some characteristics. Such signs
may help the palmist make accurate predictions. Some palmists use the form of the
hand to describe an individual personality as
part of the process of predicting the future.
Palmistry is often thought of as the art of
reading the lines in the hand. The lines tell
only one part of the story that is etched into
the hands. A skilled Palmist looks at palmar
lines and ridges, the shape and length of each
finger, the mounts and bumps on the hand
as well as skin color, warts, cuts, blisters,
scars and the subject’s own unique calling
card, the fingerprints.
DR. JAYANARAYANJI
Trivandrum
9142499897
Chirognomy
Recognition of the shape of the palm and the
correspondences given to the mounds and
fingers provides a grounding in the study
of the map of the hand. Once this mapping
is understood, it becomes much simpler to
learn to read the hand by viewing the lines,
bumps, wounds and other unique markings
as an “overlay” on top of the map.
JUPITER - The pointer fingter
and the mound below it.
The study of hand shapes, including the
size and shapes of the fingers and mounds.
This section contains information about
the four basic hand shapes. To learn about
the map of the hands, visit the Meaning &
Myth section.
Chiromancy
The study of the lines in the hands. This
word is also often used to describe the
entire study of palmistry. This section gives
a basic overview of the three major lines
found in the hand as well as commonly
found vertical lines..
Dermatoglyphics
MARS - The upper mound inside
the life line.
The study of the skin ridges of the hand. In
the section you will find an summary of the
four basictypes of fingerprints.
SATURN - The middle finger
and the mound below it.
Meaning and myth
VENUS - The lower mound
inside the life line.
APOLLO (sun) - The mound
on the heel of the hand.
MOON - The lower mound inside
the life line.
MERCURY - The little finger
and the mound below it.
The astrological map of the hand is key to
palm reading. Without an understanding
of the qualities that correspond to each
part of the hand and each finger, the lines,
dots, squares, cuts, hollows and bumps are
meaningless. A star on the mound of Apollo
has a very different meaning than a star on
the mound of Mars. A person with a large
thumb and a long, straight Jupiter finger will
behave very differently than a person with
a large thumb and a short, twisted Jupiter.
The astrological map of the hand is the
base upon which the highways and byways
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of the nervous system become etched. A
firm grasp of the meanings and myths
associated with each area is the basis for
the study of palmistry.
The mounds and fingers were named for
the seven planets that were recognized by
astronomers and astrologers at an earlier
time in our history. Some modern palmists have added the outer planets, Uranus,
Neptune and Pluto, to the map. As these
are not personalized planets, I prefer to
work with the classic diagram. The image
on this page illustrates the traditional
layout of the hand. The links below each
open to a page with more details.
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Proposal for Heritage School
Sadar namaskar.
India has a great Heritage despite its vast geographical area, cultures, climatic conditions, lifestyles and conflicts. Of late,
because of the greed of some of the selfish people, our Heritage and Environment are being damaged which has its impact on the change
in climatic conditions resulting in El Nino.
Against this back ground, a group of socially conscious and nature loving persons from different background under the patronage of Justice
V.R Krishna Iyer, a former supreme court judge and a crusader of moral values and ethics, have come forward to establish a charitable trust
to protect and preserve our great Heritage for the future generation.
The trust has chosen Aranmula as its centre of activities. Aranmula Heritage Trust is the organization setup for the purpose.
Aranmula is a village which is situated in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. The place, though is a remote village, has a tradition of great
Heritage associated with it.
On the religious side, Aranmula Parthasathy Temple is one of the oldest Krishna temple in the country. It is believed to be more than 2500
years old. It has unique construction with granite stone and wood as its base. The temple is one of the 108 Vishnu temples in the country
which are revered by the devotees. The deity is believed to have been installed by Arjuna on his way to the heavenly abode. Nammalvar, one
of the most revered saints of India had visited the Temple in his time over several centuries ago.
On the spiritual side, Shri Vijayananda Gurudev, famously known as Kaviyoor Swamigal, who was a disciple of Chattambi Swamigal has been
a spiritual guru to a generation in his time. He had established several schools in the area where Sanskrit is taught along with other subjects.
The institutions gave emphasis on moral and ethical values to the students.
On the ecology side, Aranmula is situated on the banks of River Pampa. The river has its tributaries running across over 100 villages in the
area providing fertility and facilitating agricultural operations. The place can grow almost any crop from Paddy, Spices, Medicinal Plants,
Vegetables to cash crops such as Rubber and Tea. It is unfortunate that real estate mafia has been making efforts to destroy the unique
ecological balance and the local population has been resisting the destruction.
Lord Ayyappa, as a child is believed to have been found on the banks of river Pampa. The river therefore is worshiped as Dakshina Ganga.
The pilgrims visiting Sabarimala take a ritualistic dip in the river before and after visiting the Temple.
On the cultural side, Aranmula VALLAMKALI( Snake Boat raise) is a cultural spectacle with its large number of Boats, colour full presentation and rhythmic songs sung by over 100 oarsmen in each boat. VALLAMKALI takes place in Pampa River on the last day of Onam Festival
during August / September every year.
On the performing arts, Aranmula is famous for PATAYANI, a martial art and Temple arts such as THEYYAM, KATHAKALI, KOOTHU etc.
The world famous Aranmula KANNADY is a mirror made out of metal. These mirrors are made in a unique process and the knowhow is known
to only one family in the world who lives in Aranmula.
Aranmla also has unique Flora and Fauna.
We therefore, consider that Aranmula is the most suited place to set up our Heritage programme. It is our plans to initiate action for protection
of Heritage at various centres in India over a period of time.
To begin with we are starting a Heritage School at Aranmula at an estimated cost of Rs 12 Crores. The intention is based on the principle of
“catch them young”. Besides the academic subjects, the children will be inculcated with values as described in Chapter 5 of the Project Report.
It is our intention to involve famous academicians to guide us in setting up the Heritage School as a worthy proposition.
We enclose a copy of our project report as well as brochure detailing our plans and organization.
We now seek your support financially as well as ideologically in making our endeavour a success. I would be extremely grateful if you give
me an opportunity to meet you personally and submit a presentation on the proposal.
I shall appreciate a line in reply.
Yours Sincerely
Kummanam Rajasekharan
Chairman
Anjali (KHNA)
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