Monotheistic Commands in Bhagvad Gita

Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures. Chapter 7, Verse 21. I am in everyone's heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship the demigods, I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to some particular deity. Chapter 7, Verse 22. Endowed with such a faith, he seeks favors of a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone.

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Monotheistic Commands in Bhagvad Gita

Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures. Chapter 7, Verse 21. I am in everyone's heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship the demigods, I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to some particular deity. Chapter 7, Verse 22. Endowed with such a faith, he seeks favors of a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone.

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ULTIMATE KNOWLEDGE

ULLTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF BHAGVAD GiTA India’s favourite spiritual book, The Bhagavad Gita, has made a dramatic impact at Harvard, Wharton and other business schools with its universal message of “concentration, consistency, and cooperation”. In a nutshell: “You can’t succeed in business (or war) unless you develop the intellect, which controls the mind and body.”
The Gita remains relevant in the conduct of any war, including Afghanistan. But first about business schools. At one time it used to be fashionable in management circles to quote from the sixth century B.C. Chinese classic The Art of War. However, the recent trend shows the growing inclination towards introspective Bhagavad Gita.
The New York-based Business Week says that Bhagavad Gita is the favoured text in the US for ideas about leadership. Let me quote from an earlier issue of the magazine: “The ancient spiritual wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita seems at first like an odd choice for guiding today’s numbers-driven managers.
“Also known as Song of the Divine One, the work relates a conversation between the supreme deity Krishna and Arjuna, a warrior prince, struggling with a moral crisis before a crucial battle. One key
message is that enlightened leaders should master any impulses or emotions that cloud sound judgment.
“Good leaders are selfless, take initiative, and focus on their duty rather than obsessing over outcomes or financial gain. ‘The key point,’ says Ram Charan, a coach to CEOs such as General Electric Co.’s (GE ) Jeffrey R. Immelt, ‘is to put purpose before self. This is absolutely applicable to corporate world

CONCEPT OF GOD

CONCEPT OF GOD

The festival season starts an all prepare to do pooja and worship deities This gives an impression that Hindus are polytheistic. In fact they are worshiping the manifestation of divine grace so essential for our welfare and confidence .
Personal God


In general Hinduism considers God not just as the Supreme All-powerful Gigantic One, Who commands the humanity to tread the way He/She/It says, but also a personal God Whom the individual can worship out of love and not necessarily out of fear ! The fear brings one only upto certain point and beyond that it repels, but love takes through to the point. Devotion or bhakti as often referred to is a very key concept in Hinduism, even for the philosophically inclined ones. While the shashtras - be it vedas, Agamas, purANas - describe the Glory of God, one finds abundance of stotras that praise the God in love.
God is Formless or with Form ?

For Hindus God, as is, is beyond any attributes of form, color, shapes ... That is, God does not have any specific form or name. In this state God is referred to as nirguNa brahman(attributeless god). However God takes forms as perceived by humans and this perceived form is called saguNa brahman (god with (good) attributes). These forms could range from calm to fierce to yogic (1). Each form has its significance. For example when one is depressed and sees the form of God Strong and Powerful, the seeker feels the moral boost that God would definitely be the support for the right thing. Similarly when in an auspicious ceremony would like the God to be the calm provider of boons. In a spiritually elevated state, the choice would be the yogic form of God. The forms provide a basis for the Hindu worshipper to easily pursue the otherwise incomprehensible Supreme. So Hinduism supports both form as well as formless worship of the God. Whether one worships in saguNa or nirguNa way, it is ultimately the same God.
Let us hail the God, Who does not have a name or a form or anything like that, by singing thousands of Its names!
Is there an evil force against God ?

God is the Almighty and Supreme. So how can there be anything good or bad against It ? If the good things are the creation of God and bad things of some other evil force, will the gravitational force of the earth be attributed to God or the other force, as it is vital good element for us to live at the same time kills somebody who falls down from a high-rise building! In the system made by God, normally one gets to enjoy the good or bad things based on what have been their inclinations and the actions they made because of that. (This is calledkarma). There is no evil (satan type) against God. In fact atharva veda puts it very clearly,
"na dvitIyo na tR^itIyashchaturtho nApyuchyate
na pa.nchamo na ShaShThaH saptamo nApyuchyate
nAShTamo na navamo dashamo nApyuchyate
ya etaM devamekavR^itaM veda"
There is none second to It, neither third not even fourth.
There is none fifth to It, neither sixth not even seventh.
There is none eighth to It, neither ninth not even tenth.
It is the only Supreme. This is to be known.
The concept of good and bad things is at a lower level and that too in a different way than strictly good and evil. The divines called devas are the protectors and the essentials who support the worlds. For example, air, sun, moon, water, fire etc. Those who disrupt the life supporting mechanism are the daemons called asuras. The conflicts between the two often arise and the Hindu epics talk in detail about them. However it should be kept in mind that as specified in purANas all the devAs are not the perfect beings and the asuras the worthless evils.
Whether it is Ganesh, Durga or Lakshmi it is the Supreme that is worshiped

Indian Culture

Doc ..1 Indian Culture

In continuation of your letter I have the following matter for your information:

Although I did not read the book by Prof, Stanislaw Grof, but got some idea from the internet .His interest it appears, is in line with the ancient Indian philosophical thinking. It is relevant even today in modern times. It appears that his methods can offer solutions to modern day problems.

Let us try to know the development of knowledge in India during the last 5000 years or so. .It comes mainly from the ancient holy books of the Hindu scriptures. Later they were modified by Jains and Buddhists who adopted it for meditation.

First of all let us answer a simple question: Who are we? The ancient scriptures say that we are the part of the entire cosmos. Even if we do not believe in God, he/she should ask this question. The answer leads us to agree that we are interconnected some how.. The feeling of greater connectedness leads to understand our deeper self. Once we realize this our problems are understood and solutions are within our reach.

A Sanskrit saying says that if at all God wishes to protest us He will give spark in our thought which leads to find the solution. Majority of the rituals of the Hindu pray to invoke this faculty of the mind and not simply surrender to God.

Under such varied circumstances, it is natural that our genetic memories come to our help in an unconscious manner. Some philosophies do stress on confession and corrective measure of pardon will also lead to the same kind of mental preparedness.

It appears that concept of rebirth of the soul when it leaves the body establishes this primal and profound inter connection of all existence. Hindus, Jains and Buddhists and later Indian thought including Gandhian nonviolent approach are based on this concept.

If these thoughts are carried further, we will have profound peace in this world.

Shanti Mantra

SHANTI MANTRA SRI RUDRAM:

Hari Om Ida Deva humanuryagnam

Brahaspati ruktha Madani shansisad

Vishva Devah sookta Vachah Prithvi

Matarmahim Surmadhu Manishye,

Madhu Janishye,Madhumati Devebhyo

Vacha mudhyasagam Ma deva avantu

Shobhaye Pitaro nama dantu

Om shanti shanti shantihi

The divinity is invoked through this Kamadhenu. Manu is for sacrifices,Brahaspati for recitation.

These will praise the divinity and mother earth to give sustenance and bring forth:

Pleasant actions and enjoyable fruits, pleasant acts, peasant talks and words. to them who hear me.

Let them enlighten my speech, feel glad and agreeable.

All my ancestors be pleased with me and my prayers for all the time to come.

Let there be peace, peace and peace.

Referance: Rudrartha Deepika by Shripad Shastri Kinjwadekar of Pune and his Marathi translation of Sri Rudram

Rates,Rate Constants and Order

The principles of pharmacokinetics form the basis for drug formulations. A practicing pharmacist uses them during clinical applications.These principles would help in optimising
the drug therapy to its fullest beneficial effects.It is required to know the rates,rate constant and order of reactions.Different drugs are used in the body based on this principles by different mechanisms depending on their concentrations and various physico-chemical properties.It is required to become well-versed with these concepts to understand the pharmacokinetic aspects of drugs for rational therapy in clinical practice.

Omkarnath Kamalapurkar.