Tomorrow is a very auspicious day in the Hindu Calender. Tomorrow is Dhwaadhashee. Lord Shree Haree is the Presiding Deity of tomorrow.
Tomorrow is an auspicious day in the Maadhwaa Calender; it is the anniversary of the day on which Shree Vidhyaapathi Theerthaa attained the lotus feet of Lord Shree Krishna.
Krishnam Vande Jagad Gurum🙏
I had the joy of listening to Shreemad Bhaagavath Kathaa by respected Shree Devkinandan Thakurji on a Spiritual TV Channel this evening.
Thakurji mentioned how Western influences have shattered our Ancient Bhaarath Varsh (India) facts. He mentioned Darwin's Theory according to which humans are decendants of monkeys. Our school and college textbooks still contain this Theory. None of our Sanaathana Dharmaa Scriptures mention that we are descendants of monkeys. Our Scriptures clearly mention that Lord Shree Mahaa Vishnu created Lord Brahma and that Lord Brahma created Manu, a male human being and Sathroopaa, a female human being. Let me share an information on Manu and Shathroopaa. Manu and Sathroopaa were the ancestors of all human beings. But oddly enough, none of our school and college textbooks mention this fact.
(When I was studying for my BSc Degree in Voorhees College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, from 1968 to 1971, we had English as Second Language. We had to attempt a compulsory paper on two plays by William Shakespeare. One of the plays was 'As You Like It'. There was a teacher by name B G Swamidoss. Prof Swamidoss was a Christian and had a Doctorate in English Literature. Although he was Christian, he seemed to respect Hinduism. When teaching 'Seven stages of man' in 'As You Like It', he used to ask us "Do you think that your granfather's ancestor was a monkey"? He meant that the belief that our ancestors were monkeys was absurd. As the Professor's face resembled that of M R Radha, a popular film actor of those years, he was popularly known as 'Radha' among his students).
Similarly, the false notion that Robert Cooke discovered that the Earth is spherical, Isaac Newton's discovered the force of gravity, and many other such beliefs were pushed on us by Western Media although these were absurd.
I think that it is high time that our Government looks into these issues and fix problems in our textbooks so that students are not misled.
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Cartoon showing Charles Darwin
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Today is Friday and Ekaadashi for which Shree Mahaa Lakshmi, our Devine Mother, and Shree Mahaa Vishnu, our Divine Father abd CEO of our whole Universe are Presiding Deities.
It was joy listening to songs on Lord Shree Krishna by Shree Anup Jalota, one of most favourite spiritual singers on TATAPLAY BHAKTHI SANGEETH TV Channel. The TV show included Rang De Chunaria, a nice song on Lord Shree Krishna; I think that this song was originally sung by Shree Anup Jalota; probably he composed the song as well.
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Lord Shree Krishna with Shree Rukmini Devi, His Wife
Jai Shree Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏
It was nice to see the welcome accorded to our beloved Prime Minister when he arrived in Melbourne recently in today's episode of 'Our World' on ABC TV Channel. It was particularly nice to see him greeted by Brahmin Priests in their traditional attire.
Vasudeva Kutumbakam🙏
Today is an auspicious day in the Maadhwaa Calender. It is the anniversary of the day on which Shree Sathyadheera Theerthaa attained the lotus feet of Lord Shree Krishna.
Today is the birth anniversary of Ringo Starr of The Beatles, the legendary Softrock Band of 1960s.
During the 1960s, when The Beatles were globally popular, it used to be trendy among boys to have long hair in the heads. I was no exception as the following photo taken when I was about 30 years old:
According to the Western Calender, tomorrow is the birth anniversary of my beloved sister; she was born on 7 July 1954. With heavy heart I fondly remember her.
This afternoon during my lunch some thing interesting happened. I politely decline appalam that is served daily in the restaurant. Today there was a side dish known as 'Appalam Saambaar' (a Southern Indian gravy with appalam as one of the main Ingradients) in my lunch menu. It was delicious.
Before shifting to Senior Citizens Home, I used to cook food myself as much as possible; as a cholesterol conscious old man, although I did buy rice appalam, I stopped cooking it as it is usually fried in oil. I gave the appalam packet to my maid servant.
This afternoon's appalam saambaar reminded me of how my beloved mother used to cook it. I had forgotten it for years until an hour ago when I was served appalam saambaar at the restaurant.
Hats off to appalam saambaar.
I don't know about others' experiences. From my experience, I find that we are surrounded by bad people and good people.
In a previous post I have mentioned about the stirling qualities of my landlord of whom I was a tenant. I also mentioned the extraordinary kindness shown by my landlord and his wife when I got suddenly seriously ill (sudden drop in hemoglobin) a few months ago. I stayed in my beloved sister's house in Vellore and got my illness completely cured. In a previous post, I also mentioned her kindness and her daughter's kindness during my stay there.
Just like many senior citizens, I didn't like to be a burden to any one. Hence I shifted to a fee paying Senior Citizens Home recently. The Home staff is very cordial and customer friendly. In any event of emergency, the Home's Administration arranges for ambulance to take the tenant to the hospital.
This afternoon, a gentleman came to my table in the Home's restaurant after his lunch. He mentioned that I look highly qualified, intellectual and good, and said that he felt like conversing with me. (He said that he and his team mates were from Bengaluru and were on a visit to temples and that they liked to have their 100% saathwick lunch at the Home's restaurant on the way). I thanked the gentleman and said that I too felt the same way on seeing him. I told him that I don't know whether I really deserve his compliment.
My mother used to say "If we are good to others, they will be good to us".
