Pranam A1: Bhagavat Gita says as under: Actions based upon sacrifice,
charity, and penance should never be abandoned;{ *yajña*
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/yajna>—sacrifice;(doing nishkamya
karma) *dāna* <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/dana>—charity;( giving
all) *tapaḥ* <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/tapah>—penance;(meditation)
are all only the *karma* <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/karma>
—actions; *na* <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/na>—never; *tyājyam*
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/tyajyam>—should be abandoned;}; they
must certainly be performed. Indeed, acts of sacrifice, charity, and
penance are purifying even for those who are wise.( wisdom can abandon all
except hence sanyasam retains only these 3 and no karma other than are
performable by the renunciates). {sanyasam is abandoning all except the
three; Krishna also says that HE need not act but act as nishkamya with an
attitude of giving as a meditation to this earth; as women do the same (I
mean real women) of action, giving and living a life of meditation, they do
not need anything more).
Bhagavad Gita 18.6 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/6>
These activities must be performed without attachment and
expectation(Nishkamya)
for rewards. This is my definite and supreme verdict, O Arjun.
Bhagavad Gita 18.7 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/7>
Prescribed duties (swadharmam) should never be renounced. Such deluded
renunciation is said to be in the mode of ignorance.
Bhagavad Gita 18.8 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/8>
To give up prescribed duties because they are troublesome or cause bodily
discomfort is renunciation in the mode of passion. Such renunciation is
never beneficial or elevating.( many people to understand; convenient
excuses are forbidden)
Bhagavad Gita 18.10 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/10>
Those who neither avoid disagreeable work ( unlike many people on earth who
are nonchalant for fear) nor seek work because it is agreeable ( unlike as
a politician) are persons of true renunciation. They are endowed with the
quality of the mode of goodness and have no doubts (about the nature of
work).
Bhagavad Gita 18.14 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/14>
1The body (ego) , 2 the doer(kartha) , the various senses,(23 elements)
the many kinds of efforts,(karma) and Divine Providence ( the boon or
bane destined) —these are the five factors of action.
Bhagavad Gita 18.15 – 18.16
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/15-16> These five are
the contributory factors for whatever action is performed, whether proper
or improper, with body,(kaya) speech,(vak) or mind (mano). Those who do not
understand this regard the soul as the only doer.(blaming others) With
their impure intellects they cannot see things as they are.
Bhagavad Gita 18.18 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/18>
Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower—{*jñānam*
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/jnanam>—knowledge; *jñeyam*
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/jneyam>—the object of knowledge;
*parijñātā* <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/w/parijnata>—the knower; }
these are the three factors that induce action. The instrument of action,
the act itself, and the doer—these are the three constituents of action.
Bhagavad Gita 18.20 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/20>
Understand that knowledge to be in the mode of goodness by which a person
sees one undivided imperishable reality within all diverse living beings.
(EQUALITY OF ALL)
Bhagavad Gita 18.21 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/21>
That knowledge is to be considered in the mode of passion by which one sees
the manifold living entities in diverse bodies as individual and
unconnected. (EQUALITY as considered by mind self, though virtually there
is not equality)
Bhagavad Gita 18.22 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/22>
That knowledge is said to be in the mode of ignorance where one is
engrossed in a fragmental concept as if it encompasses the whole, and which
is neither grounded in reason nor based on the truth.(Like words of shabby
words uttered by a member in our group)
Bhagavad Gita 18.25 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/25>
That action is declared to be in the mode of ignorance, which is begun out
of delusion, without thought to one’s own ability,( weighing one’s strength)
and disregarding consequences, loss, and injury to others.
Bhagavad Gita 18.26 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/26>
The performer is said to be in the mode of goodness, when he or she is free
from egotism and attachment, endowed with enthusiasm and
determination, and equipoised
in success and failure.
Bhagavad Gita 18.28 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/28>
A performer in the mode of ignorance is one who is undisciplined, vulgar,
stubborn, deceitful, slothful, despondent, and procrastinating.
Bhagavad Gita 18.30 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/30>
The intellect is said to be in the nature of goodness, O Parth, when it
understands what is proper action and what is improper action, what is duty
and what is non-duty, what is to be feared and what is not to be feared,
what is binding and what is liberating.
Bhagavad Gita 18.31 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/31>
The intellect is considered in the mode of passion when it is confused
between righteousness and unrighteousness, and cannot distinguish between
right and wrong conduct.
Bhagavad Gita 18.37 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/37>
That which seems like poison at first, but tastes like nectar in the end,
is said to be happiness in the mode of goodness. It is generated by the
pure intellect that is situated in self-knowledge.
Bhagavad Gita 18.38 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/38>
Happiness is said to be in the mode of passion when it is derived from the
contact of the senses with their objects. Such happiness is like nectar at
first but poison at the end.
Bhagavad Gita 18.39 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/39>
That happiness which covers the nature of the self from beginning to end,
and which is derived from sleep, indolence, and negligence, is said to be
in the mode of ignorance.
Bhagavad Gita 18.41 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/41>
The duties of the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras—are
distributed according to their qualities, in accordance with their *guṇas* (and
not by birth).
Bhagavad Gita 18.42 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/42>
Tranquility, restraint, austerity, purity, patience, integrity, knowledge,
wisdom, and belief in a hereafter—these are the intrinsic qualities of work
for Brahmins. (quality=GUNA)
Bhagavad Gita 18.43 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/43>
Valor, strength, fortitude, skill in weaponry, resolve never to retreat
from battle, large-heartedness in charity, and leadership abilities, these
are the natural qualities of work for Kshatriyas.
Bhagavad Gita 18.44 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/44>
Agriculture, dairy farming, and commerce are the natural works for those
with the qualities of Vaishyas. Serving through work is the natural duty
for those with the qualities of Shudras.
Bhagavad Gita 18.45 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/45>
By fulfilling their duties, born of their innate qualities, human beings
can attain perfection. ( It means there is no high and low Brahmin and
shudra) Now hear from me how one can become perfect by discharging one’s
prescribed duties.
Bhagavad Gita 18.46 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/46>
By performing one’s natural occupation,(SWADHARMA) one worships the
Creator from whom all living entities have come into being, and by whom the
whole universe is pervaded. By such performance of work, a person easily
attains perfection.
Bhagavad Gita 18.47 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/47>
It is better to do one’s own *dharma*, even though imperfectly, than to do
another’s *dharma*, even though perfectly. By doing one’s innate duties, a
person does not incur sin.
Bhagavad Gita 18.51 – 18.53
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/51-53> One becomes fit
to attain *Brahman* when he or she possesses a purified intellect and
firmly restrains the senses, abandoning sound and other objects of the
senses, casting aside attraction and aversion. Such a person relishes
solitude, eats lightly, controls body, mind, and speech, is ever engaged in
meditation, and practices dispassion. Free from egotism, violence,
arrogance, desire, possessiveness of property, and selfishness, such a
person, situated in tranquility, is fit for union with *Brahman* (i.e.,
realization of the Absolute Truth as *Brahman*).
Bhagavad Gita 18.66 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/18/verse/66>
Abandon all varieties of *dharmas* and simply surrender unto me alone. I
shall liberate you from all sinful reactions; do not fear.(SARVA DHARMAN
PARITYAJYA MOM EKAM CHARANAM VRAJA)
“*tat”* is uttered for dedicating ceremonies and actions to the Supreme
Lord and the syllable “*sat*” signifies eternal virtue and goodness.
Together these words symbolize different aspects of the Absolute Truth.
Shree Krishna concludes this chapter by emphasizing that the acts of
sacrifice, austerity, and charity performed without faith and regard to the
guidelines given in the scriptures are futile.
Bhagavad Gita 17.2 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/17/verse/2>
The Supreme Divine Personality said: Every human being is born with innate
faith, which can be of three kinds—*sāttvic, rājasic,* or *tāmasic*. Now
hear about this from me.
Bhagavad Gita 17.4 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/17/verse/4>
Those in the mode of goodness worship the celestial gods; those in the mode
of passion worship the *yakṣhas* and *rākṣhasas*; those in the mode of
ignorance worship ghosts and spirits.
Bhagavad Gita 17.5 – 17.6
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/17/verse/5-6> Some people
perform stern austerities that are not enjoined by the scriptures, but
rather motivated by hypocrisy and egotism. Impelled by desire and
attachment, they torment not only the elements of their body, but also I
who dwell within them as the Supreme Soul. Know these senseless people to
be of demoniacal resolves.
Bhagavad Gita 17.7
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/17/verse/7> *The
food persons* prefer is according to their dispositions. The same is true
for the sacrifice, austerity, and charity they incline toward. Now hear of
the distinctions from me.
Bhagavad Gita 17.8
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/17/verse/8> Persons
in the mode of goodness prefer foods that promote the life span, and
increase virtue, strength, health, happiness, and satisfaction. Such foods
are juicy, succulent, nourishing, and naturally tasteful.
Bhagavad Gita 17.9
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/17/verse/9> Foods
that are too bitter, too sour, salty, very hot, pungent, dry, and chiliful,
are dear to persons in the mode of passion. Such foods produce pain, grief,
and disease.
Bhagavad Gita 17.10 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/17/verse/10>
Foods that are overcooked, stale, putrid, polluted, and impure are dear to
persons in the mode of ignorance.
Bhagavad Gita 17.14 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/17/verse/14>
Worship of the Supreme Lord, the Brahmins, the spiritual master, the wise,
and the elders—when this is done with the observance of cleanliness,
simplicity, celibacy, and non-violence—is declared as the *austerity *of
the body. Serenity of thought, gentleness, silence, self-control, and
purity of purpose—all these are declared as the austerity of the mind. Bhagavad
Gita 17.18 <https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/17/verse/18>
Austerity that is performed with ostentation for the sake of gaining honor,
respect, and adoration is in the mode of passion. Its benefits are unstable
and transitory. Bhagavad Gita 17.19
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/17/verse/19> Austerity that is
performed by those with confused notions, and which involves torturing the
self or harming others, is described to be in the mode of ignorance.
*Bhagavad Gita 17.20
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/17/verse/20> Charity* given to
a worthy person simply because it is right to give, without consideration
of anything in return, at the proper time and in the proper place, is
stated to be in the mode of goodness.Bhagavad Gita 17.22
<https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/17/verse/22> And that charity,
which is given at the wrong place and wrong time to unworthy persons,
without showing respect, or with contempt, is held to be of the nature of
nescience.(AVIVEKAM) . KR IRS 25122
On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 at 10:25, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <
[email protected]> wrote:
> *CULTURAL QA 01-2022-25*
>
> *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS*
>
> *Q1 What type of food should we eat to increase our stamina?*
>
> A1 Lucia Garcia Worked at Hospitals Sat
>
> For athletes, the most important thing is how to increase stamina, or
> quickly eliminate fatigue and restore physical strength after exercise.
>
> *Once oxygen enters the body, it enters the bloodstream through the
> alveoli to provide oxygen to cells throughout the body.*
>
> When food enters the body, it is converted into glucose, which is oxidized
> with oxygen to produce the energy the body needs.
>
> When exercising, the body needs a lot of energy and consumes a lot of
> oxygen, which is about 30 times higher than that at rest.
>
> Oxidative reactions in the body also produce large amounts of free
> radicals, especially after prolonged exercise.
>
> Free radicals will attack cell membranes and glands, killing various
> cells, resulting in muscle fatigue and decreased physical strength.
>
> *Therefore, only by removing harmful free radicals can we eliminate
> fatigue, increase stamina and restore the vitality of the body.*
>
> These 12 foods have strong antioxidant capacity, can effectively scavenge
> free radicals, accelerate muscle repair, and increase the body's stamina
> and endurance:
>
> Blueberries, strawberries, dark chocolate, walnuts, turmeric, broccoli,
> green tea, tomatoes, garlic, mulberries, pomegranates, beans.
>
> *Q2 What are unique things to do in India that you cannot do in
> other countries?*
>
> A2 Samantha Kannan visited India nine times Sun
>
> I can wear sarees everywhere every day and no one will scold me for
> appropriating or give angry faces. I can spend time with family who
> lives here.
>
> I can sit on the back of a bike with fresh wind in my face rather than
> stale harsh AC blowing in a car.
>
> If I get tired while walking somewhere, i can simply find a nearby auto to
> help complete my journey.
>
> *I can have 100x better versions of American fast food brands.*
>
> I can have fresh high quality Indian food anytime, compared to a simple
> aloo gobi dish costing $15+ in the US.
>
> *Sri Krishna Sweets. No elaboration required.*
>
> I can practice my Tamil and build fluency through immersion.
>
> I can have fresh fruits on a whim. Staring at tree branches trying to find
> the perfect guava, then watching Kannan take the giant stick/hook to pull
> it down is a great afternoon time pass.
>
> Before covid, I also quite enjoyed traveling to enjoy the nature and
> architecture of various places. It is unmatched.
>
> *Q3 What is the cause of the formation of identical and
> non-identical twins in a woman's womb?*
>
> A3 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore; programmer,
> shop owner, secretary on newspaper Fri
>
> *Non-identical or “fraternal” - two separate eggs,* each fertilised by a
> separate sperm. The babies are no more similar, genetically, than siblings
> born at different times.
>
> Identical - one egg fertilised by one sperm generating one zygote, which
> then splits in two. The babies are genetically identical, aside from any
> mutations which were acquired after the split.
>
>
>
> Conjoined or “Siamese” twins - one egg fertilised by one sperm generating
> one zygote, which then starts to split in two but the split isn’t
> complete, leaving them sharing part of their bodies.
>
> Semi-identical - one egg fertilised by two sperm, causing the egg to
> split into two zygotes, which are genetically identical on the mother’s
> side, aside from any mutations which were acquired after the split, *but
> on the father’s side are no more related* than siblings born at different
> times.
>
> *Q4 Does fluoride stay in the bones forever?*
>
> A4 Ken SaladinEmeritus professor of Biology Fri
>
> No; like other minerals, it’s continually exchanged between the bones and
> blood, excreted from the body, and replaced by ingestion.
>
> I found a study of guinea pigs that were provided with fluoride-enriched
> water while the incorporation of fluoride into the bones was traced, and
> then its elimination from the bones after fluoride was withheld. *The
> authors calculated from their data that it should take about 4 years to be
> fully eliminated from the bones if no more was ingested.* They observed
> no toxic effects on the animals and no effect on the physical properties of
> bone.[1]
>
> However, another study estimates *the half-life of human bone fluoride
> to be much longer—20 years (Baud et al. 1978 cited by the National
> Academies of Science[2*]). That is, every 20 years the level of bone
> fluoride would decrease by 50% of what it was at the beginning of a 20-year
> period of measurement.
>
> The National Academies book estimates the average American bone fluoride
> level—acquired from fluoridated drinking water—to be 4,000 to 5,000 mg per
> kilogram of bone ash (bone without its water). At the lower end, that would
> be equivalent to about 2,240 mg/kg of bone wet weight, the bone tissue in
> its natural state in the body. The level will vary significantly, though,
> according to a person’s age and how much fluoridated water they consume.
>
> But if we suppose a 20-year-old who’s been drinking fluoridated water
> until then and had 2240 mg of fluoride per kilogram of bone wet weight; who
> then stopped drinking fluoridated water the rest of their life; assume the
> rate of fluoride excretion to be uniform throughout life, and the half-life
> of this fluoride to be 20 years, then we could expect the bone
> concentration to be (in mg/kg) 1120 at age 40, 560 at age 60, 280 at age
> 80, and 140 at age 100 if they live that long.
>
> In other words, once it’s there, it sticks around for a long time, it’s
> hard to get rid of, and it’s very unlikely to be all gone within anyone’s
> lifetime.
>
> Q5 What are some of the greatest innovative ideas?
>
> A5 Muhammad Irfan Digital Marketer Jan 8
>
> *My personal favorite has always been the Toilet’s U-Bend*
>
> It’s so genius and does its job ever so perfectly. It creates a watertight
> seal (sorry, I had to) between the main sewerage pipe and the opening in
> your washroom which blocks all sort of hazardous and extremely smelly odors.
>
> *I’ve not met enough people who appreciates this awesomeness.*
>
> *Q6 Would it be fair/accurate to say that a fetus is not a
> complete and conscious human being, until it takes its first breath outside
> of the mother's womb?*
>
> A6 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore; programmer,
> shop owner, secretary on newspaper Jan 19
>
> *Not really. Humans aren’t “complete” in the sense of being fully
> developed until about 25*. It’s fair imo to say it’s not a human being
> until its brain is developed enough to be aware of stimuli, which seems to
> be around 20 weeks, *but the idea that it’s not human until it’s born and
> breathing is a religious idea, not a biological one.*
>
> *Q7 Should a hot water heater be raised off the floor?*
>
> A7 Miguel, former Fire fighter /EMT Answered Jan 18
>
> Fire code requirements dictate at least in most of the US the placement of
> water heaters IF they are GAS. *So a water heater in a closet or out in
> the open in a garage is required to be up off the floor to prevent possible
> explosion from gas fumes* leaking from a car or leaking from solvents or
> other items stored in garages. Inside the house a gas water heater does not
> have to be elevated though I have seen many doing house inspections- the
> plumbers get to charge for more labor to install one on a platform.
> Electric water heaters do not require elevation off the garage floor.
>
> *My note- In India electric and gas water heaters are installed above 6
> feet from floor level.*
>
> *Q8 Theoretically, if your blood suddenly froze while you were
> still alive, what would the effects be?*
>
> A8 Mats Andersson B.Sc, M. Sc from Uppsala University Sat
>
> If it “froze” in the sense of becoming totally immobile, *the blood flow
> through the brain would stop. Unconscious in ten seconds, dead in two
> minutes.*
>
> If it “froze” in the sense of lowering its temperature so much it became
> solid, *instant unconsciousness because you would disrupt many cells in
> the brain*—it would be like smashing it with a large sledgehammer. Death
> might technically be a few seconds later, but it’s *completely
> irrecoverable*, because lots of cells in your body (including the brain)
> now have ice crystals piercing them and they’re not actually cells anymore,
> just some sort of organic mush.
>
> Q9 What did the Europeans smoke before the discovery of America
> by Columbus?
>
> A9 Matt Riggsby MA Archaeological Studies, Boston University Dec
> 30
>
> Very little, bordering on nothing.
>
> Smoking, as a social habit or personal recreation, simply didn’t exist.
> On occasion, a doctor might recommend that a patient inhale the smoke of
> some burning plant—and, yes, cannabis, which originated in Central Asia,
> might be one of those plants—but it was hardly widespread. *The
> importation of tobacco effectively created the habit of smoking in Europe.*
>
> *Q10 Why is iron available abundantly in the universe?*
>
> A10 Mats Andersson M Sc. in Physics & Computer Science, Uppsala
> University (Graduated 1991)Jan 12
>
> *Because the iron nucleus is, in a manner of speaking, at the bottom of an
> energy well.*
>
> When you put two hydrogen nuclei together, they fuse and give off energy:
> the energy of two protons bound together is lower than that of two protons
> on their own. If you add another proton, you get lithium, and some more
> energy. (Neutrons complicate the actual picture a bit, but essentially,
> this is how it works.)
>
> This goes on, *giving you progressively less energy when you add protons,
> until you reach iron*. From there on, you need to add energy when you add
> more protons. Or if you look at it from the other direction: *if you have
> a cobalt atom and peel off a proton, you get iron and some energy.*
>
> From hydrogen to iron, you get energy out by fusion—putting atoms
> together. From iron and up to uranium (the heaviest element in nature,
> looking at the nucleus), you get energy out by fission—splitting atoms
> apart.
>
> *As to why this is so, that’s a complicated combination of the strong
> nuclear force and the electromagnetic force*. The strong nuclear force
> pulls protons together, the electric charge of protons push them apart,
> neutrons isolate electric charge and adds to the strong nuclear force. When
> you put it all together, it works out as I described above.
>
> Bottom line—iron atoms are the most stable atoms: when you have iron, you
> need to add energy to turn it into anything else; if you have anything
> else, turning it into iron will release energy.
>
> *Q11 Is it true that hunger arises only from an empty
> stomach?*
>
> A11 Larry Isaacs Former General Surgeon (1993–2017)Jan 19
>
> *No. One of the symptoms in diabetes is polyphagia (eating a lot),
> inadequate insulin keeps sugar out of your cells and it keeps increasing it
> in the bloodstream.(hyperglycemia*)
>
> Even with a full stomach they’re hungry, because their cells are starving.
>
> *Q12 Is "rabbit" a species?*
>
> A12 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, shop
> owner, secretary on newspaper Dec 21
>
> No. Rabbits and hares form a *family*, the Leporidae. Generally speaking
> if they are small and/or have comparatively short legs and ears, we call
> them rabbits, and *if they are large and/or have comparatively long legs
> and ears, we call them hares.* But it doesn’t always work that way -
> American jackrabbits are hares, and some domesticated rabbits are as big as
> a bull terrier.
>
> *All the above QA are from Quora website on 24-01- 2022. *
>
> *Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 25-01-2022*
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