Miracle in India- Cobra praying to Lord Shiva with holy Vilva ( Aegle Marmelops) leaves - CNN iReport
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Friday, February 19, 2010
But it is Interesting to read
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Divine Life
To practise non-violence, truth and Purity is DIVINE LIFE.
To be kind, generous, humble, tolerant is DIVINE LIFE.
To practise virtues and be righteous is DIVINE LIFE.
To serve the poor in selfless, dedicated ways is DIVINE LIFE.
To serve the sick with all-is-God attitude is DIVINE LIFE.
To be merciful, courageous and devotion is DIVINE LIFE.
To sing the Name of God and pray is DIVINE LIFE.
To do Japa and meditation is DIVINE LIFE.
To be an instrument in the hands of God is DIVINE LIFE.
To act rightly and live in God is DIVINE LIFE.
To do unconditional self-surrender to God is DIVINE LIFE.
To restrain the senses and to have God-communion is DIVINE LIFE.
To be one with the Divine Will is DIVINE LIFE.
To be a silent witness of the three states
(waking, dreaming and deep sleep) is DIVINE LIFE.
~SwamiSivananda~
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Concert - Gayathri Venkatraghavan
- http://www.mediafire.com/?xm1mo25n0xc Varnam - Sarasi janaabha - Kaambodhi
- http://www.mediafire.com/?21vfdwknnnn Vidulakku Mrokkeda - Maayaamaalavagowlai
- http://www.mediafire.com/?bmwzylzymm4 Bhuvinisudane - Sriranjani
- http://www.mediafire.com/?2yncywjtkxj Karpagaambike - Bilahari
- http://www.mediafire.com/?dmncjmgum9lBrovavammaa - Maanji
- http://www.mediafire.com/?tnntszyg8yt Nijadhaasavardha - Kalyaani
- http://www.mediafire.com/?emayh23muev Seethamma Maayamma - Vasantha
- http://www.mediafire.com/?bpnmzayy2cl RTP - Naattaikurinji (Swaram in Kedharam and Hamsanaadham)
- http://www.mediafire.com/?m1kjxjjxjjy Chaliye - Brindhaavana Saarangaa
- http://www.mediafire.com/?mykmjx9ztyj Thiruppugazh - Simhendramadhyamam fwd by Mangalam
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
My diary - 16th February 2010
A good news to readers who were repeatedly inquiring about the error in down loading the song "Abhayamu" of Madurai Somasundaram. I am glad to inform you that "mediafire" has rectified this mistake and you can now down load it . Please download and enjoy.
Chocolate: A Not-So-Guilty Pleasure
I love Chocolate and so I love ths article. I know many of you will also love to read this
Chocolate: A Not-So-Guilty Pleasure
A Love Affair with Good Reason
-- By Rebecca Pratt, Staff Writer
For years, you’ve tried to break it off. You’re certain this relationship is wrong, even sinful. But try as you might, you just can’t end it—your willpower inevitably crumbles, and you always go back for more.
We’re talking of course about your love affair with CHOCOLATE— that dark seducer even more likely to attract as you're surrounded by heart-shaped displays. Long thought to be an aphrodisiac, chocolate has been inextricably linked to Cupid and lovers since it was discovered among the ancient Aztecs and carried to the Old World.
The New World likes it too: the United States is the top importer of cocoa beans, averaging 559,600 metric tons of cocoa beans or cocoa products each year between 1993 and 1997—almost one-quarter of the world's cocoa! While 75% of chocolate purchases are made by women, the tables are turned during the days and minutes before Valentine's Day. $1 billion worth of chocolate is sold for this holiday—75% of it purchased by men.
But, whether you’re the giver or receiver, just how sinful is chocolate? The Aztecs and their neighbors, the Mayans, believed chocolate transmitted knowledge and power to those who consumed it. While there’s no evidence to support that idea, there is mounting evidence showing some health benefits to eating it in moderation. Studies have found that dark chocolate helps prevent heart disease and cancer, and has also been shown to improve mood by boosting the brain chemical serotonin. Some even consider chocolate an effective diet food, claiming that a chunk of chocolate before meals diminishes your appetite.
For years, you’ve tried to break it off. You’re certain this relationship is wrong, even sinful. But try as you might, you just can’t end it—your willpower inevitably crumbles, and you always go back for more.
We’re talking of course about your love affair with CHOCOLATE— that dark seducer even more likely to attract as you're surrounded by heart-shaped displays. Long thought to be an aphrodisiac, chocolate has been inextricably linked to Cupid and lovers since it was discovered among the ancient Aztecs and carried to the Old World.
The New World likes it too: the United States is the top importer of cocoa beans, averaging 559,600 metric tons of cocoa beans or cocoa products each year between 1993 and 1997—almost one-quarter of the world's cocoa! While 75% of chocolate purchases are made by women, the tables are turned during the days and minutes before Valentine's Day. $1 billion worth of chocolate is sold for this holiday—75% of it purchased by men.
But, whether you’re the giver or receiver, just how sinful is chocolate? The Aztecs and their neighbors, the Mayans, believed chocolate transmitted knowledge and power to those who consumed it. While there’s no evidence to support that idea, there is mounting evidence showing some health benefits to eating it in moderation. Studies have found that dark chocolate helps prevent heart disease and cancer, and has also been shown to improve mood by boosting the brain chemical serotonin. Some even consider chocolate an effective diet food, claiming that a chunk of chocolate before meals diminishes your appetite.
The bottom line: Chocolate may be getting a bad rap as a sinful food. On the other hand—as always—moderation may be the key. If you simply must indulge, here are some tips for controlling your chocolate cravings and consumption:
# Choose dark chocolate over milk chocolate. Studies based on dark chocolate tend to show benefits that milk chocolate does not.
# Partner your chocolate with nutrient-rich foods, like chocolate covered strawberries, apple slices or bananas. Add a few chocolate chips in your berry-nut trail mix. Try a refreshing glass of chocolate-flavored milk or soymilk.
# Buy smaller sizes of chocolate bars or hot fudge sundaes, since research shows you tend to eat the entire amount you’re served.
# Order fruit for dessert, with a small chocolate truffle on the side.
# Savor, don’t chew, your chocolate. Sit down, take your time, and focus on the taste in your mouth. Enjoy it thoroughly. If you pop it in your mouth while you are driving, watching TV, or talking on the phone, you’re likely to keep reaching for more.
# Give in to your chocolate cravings! Every try to stifle a craving by eating something else? You usually just end up eating more and more foods, eventually giving in to your original desire anyway. Save yourself the calories and the torment! A small portion may be all you need for satisfaction.
coutesy: Spark People
Chocolate: A Not-So-Guilty Pleasure
A Love Affair with Good Reason
-- By Rebecca Pratt, Staff Writer
For years, you’ve tried to break it off. You’re certain this relationship is wrong, even sinful. But try as you might, you just can’t end it—your willpower inevitably crumbles, and you always go back for more.
We’re talking of course about your love affair with CHOCOLATE— that dark seducer even more likely to attract as you're surrounded by heart-shaped displays. Long thought to be an aphrodisiac, chocolate has been inextricably linked to Cupid and lovers since it was discovered among the ancient Aztecs and carried to the Old World.
The New World likes it too: the United States is the top importer of cocoa beans, averaging 559,600 metric tons of cocoa beans or cocoa products each year between 1993 and 1997—almost one-quarter of the world's cocoa! While 75% of chocolate purchases are made by women, the tables are turned during the days and minutes before Valentine's Day. $1 billion worth of chocolate is sold for this holiday—75% of it purchased by men.
But, whether you’re the giver or receiver, just how sinful is chocolate? The Aztecs and their neighbors, the Mayans, believed chocolate transmitted knowledge and power to those who consumed it. While there’s no evidence to support that idea, there is mounting evidence showing some health benefits to eating it in moderation. Studies have found that dark chocolate helps prevent heart disease and cancer, and has also been shown to improve mood by boosting the brain chemical serotonin. Some even consider chocolate an effective diet food, claiming that a chunk of chocolate before meals diminishes your appetite.
For years, you’ve tried to break it off. You’re certain this relationship is wrong, even sinful. But try as you might, you just can’t end it—your willpower inevitably crumbles, and you always go back for more.
We’re talking of course about your love affair with CHOCOLATE— that dark seducer even more likely to attract as you're surrounded by heart-shaped displays. Long thought to be an aphrodisiac, chocolate has been inextricably linked to Cupid and lovers since it was discovered among the ancient Aztecs and carried to the Old World.
The New World likes it too: the United States is the top importer of cocoa beans, averaging 559,600 metric tons of cocoa beans or cocoa products each year between 1993 and 1997—almost one-quarter of the world's cocoa! While 75% of chocolate purchases are made by women, the tables are turned during the days and minutes before Valentine's Day. $1 billion worth of chocolate is sold for this holiday—75% of it purchased by men.
But, whether you’re the giver or receiver, just how sinful is chocolate? The Aztecs and their neighbors, the Mayans, believed chocolate transmitted knowledge and power to those who consumed it. While there’s no evidence to support that idea, there is mounting evidence showing some health benefits to eating it in moderation. Studies have found that dark chocolate helps prevent heart disease and cancer, and has also been shown to improve mood by boosting the brain chemical serotonin. Some even consider chocolate an effective diet food, claiming that a chunk of chocolate before meals diminishes your appetite.
The bottom line: Chocolate may be getting a bad rap as a sinful food. On the other hand—as always—moderation may be the key. If you simply must indulge, here are some tips for controlling your chocolate cravings and consumption:
# Choose dark chocolate over milk chocolate. Studies based on dark chocolate tend to show benefits that milk chocolate does not.
# Partner your chocolate with nutrient-rich foods, like chocolate covered strawberries, apple slices or bananas. Add a few chocolate chips in your berry-nut trail mix. Try a refreshing glass of chocolate-flavored milk or soymilk.
# Buy smaller sizes of chocolate bars or hot fudge sundaes, since research shows you tend to eat the entire amount you’re served.
# Order fruit for dessert, with a small chocolate truffle on the side.
# Savor, don’t chew, your chocolate. Sit down, take your time, and focus on the taste in your mouth. Enjoy it thoroughly. If you pop it in your mouth while you are driving, watching TV, or talking on the phone, you’re likely to keep reaching for more.
# Give in to your chocolate cravings! Every try to stifle a craving by eating something else? You usually just end up eating more and more foods, eventually giving in to your original desire anyway. Save yourself the calories and the torment! A small portion may be all you need for satisfaction.
coutesy: Spark People
Monday, February 15, 2010
Smile: It is good for health
This is what BAD MOOD looks like
Instead, Spielberg gives him a slap and says "You Chinese people bombed our Pearl Harbor, get out of here."
The astonished Chinese man replied "It was not the Chinese who bombed your Pearl Harbor , it was the Japanese". "Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, you're all the same," replied Spielberg..
In return, the Chinese gives Spielberg a slap and says "You sank theTitanic; my forefathers were on that ship."
Shocked, Spielberg replies "It was the iceberg thatsank the ship, not me." The Chinese replies, "Iceberg, Spielberg, Carlsberg, you're all the same."
This particular joke won an award for the best joke in acompetition in Britain (?)*
*The question mark is mine (sent by Mr. Ramakrishna fro Kualalumpur)
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Some jokes about aged
An elderly couple were on a cruise and it was really stormy. They were standing on the back of the boat watching the storm, when a wave came up and washed the old man overboard. They searched for days and couldn't find him, so the captain sent the old woman back to shore with the promise that he would notify her as soon as they found something. Three weeks went by and finally the old woman got a fax from the boat. It read, 'Ma'am, sorry to inform you, we found your husband dead at the bottom of the ocean. We hauled him up to the deck and attached to his butt was an oyster and in it was a pearl worth $50,000. Please advise.'The old woman faxed back, 'Send me the pearl and re-bait the trap.'
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A funeral service is being held for a woman who has just passed away. At the end of the service, the pallbearers are carrying the casket out when they accidentally bump into a wall, jarring the casket. They hear a faint moan. They open the casket and find that the woman is actually alive! She lives for ten more years, and then dies. Once again, a ceremony is held, and at the end of it the pallbearers are again carrying out the casket. As they carry the casket towards the door, the husband cries out, 'Watch that wall!'
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Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards. One day they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, 'Now don't get mad at me... I know we've been friends for a long time... but I just can't think of your name! I've thought and thought, but I can't remember it. Please tell me what your name is.' Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, 'How soon do you need to know?'
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Great Management gurus of Nature
Earn First. Spend Later..
Invest First. Consume Later.
Simplicity is the most precious asset that one should own.
When any irritation gets into oyster it uses the same irritations to create a Pearl.
Message from Oyster...... "Create a pearl every time you face adversities"
Eagle has a life of 60 years.
However after 30 years ,
it cannot fly and catch food .
So it breaks its own beak and wings .
New beak and wings grow in a few months.
The eagle can then fly and catch food ..
The eagle sacrifices for a better tomorrow!
Message from Eagle …..
Upgrade your knowledge, skills and abilities continuously.
Trees teach us Patience, Growth and Selfless Service.
Trees begin as a small seeds and grow in stages.
The higher it grows; the more it needs to spread its roots deeper.
To grow as an individual, family or an organization we need to spread our roots deeply.
Trees also spread branches.
Message from Trees …..
We should spread in various dimensions like personal, professional, social and spiritual lives.
Received from Balayogi
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
An appeal to my readers
Dear Readers,
Here is the invitation for Rasikapriya Award function. I will be glad if any of the readers contributes their mite for this function. The cheques may be sent favouring "Gaanapriya Foundation" to the address of T 1, Govardan Apartments, 47, Dr. Ranga Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004 or may be directly credited to Savings Bank account No, 909010037981094 of Gaanapriya Foundation, with Axis Bank Ltd, R.A Puram Branch, Chennai with intimation to my mail hariharan.vaidayanathan@gmail.com to enable us to account properly and send you the official receipt. You can also make payment through "Paypal" to gaanapriya.foundation@gmail.com. You can also go to gaanapriya.in to know about its aims and objects.
Will assure you that I will continue to contribute more and more for Carnatic music with your cooperation and support.
Will assure you that I will continue to contribute more and more for Carnatic music with your cooperation and support.
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