Pranam
What is Chiranjeevi?
Chiranjeevi
Jīva (जीव) refers to “empirical selves”, according to the
Aṣṭāvakragītā chapter 2.—Man’s ignorance and attachment foster the sense of
duality, the source of all misery and bondage (cf. II, 16, 8. 20). Its
nature is pure, all-encompassing luminousness (*cit* or *bodhamātra*). The
self is all that exists. When the universe manifests itself, verily it is
the Self which shines (cf. II, 8), In the infinite ocean, the formless and
tranquil Self, the wind of the finite mind generates the playful waves of
manifold forms—the phenomena of the universe and empirical selves (*jīvas*). In
the Bhagavad Gita, the jiva is described as immutable, eternal, numberless
and indestructible. It is said not to be a product of the material world
(Prakrti), but of a higher 'spiritual' nature. At the point of physical
death the jiva takes a new physical body depending on the karma and the
individual desires and necessities of the particular jiva in question.
2 Mandukya Karika, verse 2.16
जीवं कल्पयते पूर्वं वचो भावान्पृथग्विधान् ।
बाह्यानाध्यात्मिकांश्चैव यथाविद्यस्तथास्मृतिः ॥ १६ ॥
jīvaṃ kalpayate pūrvaṃ vaco bhāvānpṛthagvidhān |
bāhyānādhyātmikāṃścaiva yathāvidyastathāsmṛtiḥ || 16 ||
16. *First of all*, *is imagined the* Jīva (*the embodied being) and then
are imagined the various entities*, *objective and subjective*, *that are
perceived. As is (one’s) knowledge so is (one’s) memory of it.*
*Shankara Bhashya (commentary)*
What is the source of the imagination of various objects, subjective1 and
objective that are perceived and appear to be related to one another as
cause and effect? It is thus explained:—The *Jīva* is of the nature of
cause and effect and is further characterised by such ideas as “I do this,
I am happy and miserable.” Such *Jīva* is, at first, imagined in the
*Ātman* which
is pure and devoid of any such characteristics, like5 the imagination of a
snake in a rope. Then for the knowledge of the *Jīva* are arious existent
entities, both subjective and objective, such as *Prāṇa*, etc.,
constituting different ideas such as the agent, action and the result (of
action). What is the cause of this imagination? It is thus explained:—It,
the *Jīva*, who is the product of imagination and competent to effect
further imagination, has its memory determined by its own inherent knowledge.
That is to say, its knowledge is always followed by a memory, similar to
that knowledge. Hence, from the knowledge of the idea of cause results the
knowledge of the idea of the effect.
3 "as one cognises so one remembers." Yatha vidhya thatha smrithi:.
And in between the rebirth due to Karma and the non-birth as oneness in
HIM, theer is a siddha to stay as that sat wished as per Vidhya and
undisturbed stay alive Jiva is that.
4 Cira (चिर).—*a.* [*ci-rak*] Long, lasting a long time, existing
from a long time, old; चिरविरहः चिरकालः चिरमित्रम् (*ciravirahaḥ cirakālaḥ
ciramitram*) &c.
-ram A long time. *Note.* --The singular of any of the oblique cases of चिर
(*cira*) may be used adverbially in the sense of 'long', 'for a long time',
'after a long time', 'long since', 'at last', 'finally'; न चिरं पर्वते वसेत्
(*na ciraṃ parvate vaset*) Ms. 4.6; ततः प्रजानां चिरमात्मना धृताम् (*tataḥ
prajānāṃ ciramātmanā dhṛtām*) R.3.35,62; Amaru.79; कियच्चिरेणार्यपुत्रः
प्रत्तिपत्तिं दास्यति (*kiyaccireṇāryaputraḥ prattipattiṃ dāsyati*) Ś6;
R.5.64; प्रीतास्मि ते सौम्य चिराय जीव (*prītāsmi te saumya cirāya jīva*) Rasa
sastra.14.59; Ku.5.47; Amaru. 3; चिरात्सुतस्पर्शरसज्ञतां ययौ
(*cirātsutasparśarasajñatāṃ
yayau*) R.3.26;11.63;12.87; चिरस्य वाच्यं न गतः प्रजापतिः
(*cirasya vācyaṃ na gataḥ prajāpatiḥ*) Ś.5.15; चिरे कुर्यात् (*cire
kuryāt*) Śat.
Br.
5 Chiranjeevi is nothing but Parole for the Jeeva to stay as long as it
can wish without rebirth and becoming oneness with the Brahmam. KR IRS 25322
On Fri, 25 Mar 2022 at 01:40, 'venkat giri' via iyer123 <
[email protected]> wrote:
> *Respected Sir/s,*
>
> *Q5:Why are some light bulbs more efficient than others?*
> *A5:A 100% efficient light bulb would convert all the electricity to light
> and not produce any heat at all. Ask visitors to rank the bulbs from most
> efficient to least efficient. Explain that an LED is 90% efficient, a
> compact fluorescent bulb is 85% efficient, and an incandescent bulb is only
> 10% efficient.*
>
> * When an incandescent bulb is hooked up to a power
> supply, the electric current passes through a metal filament (usually
> tungsten), heating it until the filament is so hot that it glows. As the
> electrons move, they bump into the metal atoms of the filament. The energy
> of each collision vibrates the atoms and heats them up, eventually
> producing light. Only 10% of the energy used by an incandescent bulb is
> converted to light; the other 90% is lost as heat. The tray model
> represents the collisions between the electrons and the atoms of the
> filament.*
> In a fluorescent bulb, rather than
> passing through a filament, the electric current flows through a glass tube
> that is filled with mercury gas and coated on the inside with a phosphor
> coating. When electrons collide with the mercury atoms, the mercury atoms
> are excited to produce an invisible ultraviolet light. The phosphor coating
> then absorbs energy from the ultraviolet light and fluoresces, or turns the
> invisible light into visible light. In fluorescent light bulbs, the light
> is created by high-energy dislodged electrons that are produced when
> electric current is applied to the mercury gas; heat is created as a
> byproduct of these energetic electrons. About 85% of the energy used by a
> fluorescent bulb is converted to light.
> The LED bulb contains a number of
> different light emitting diodes, each of which produces light from a
> semiconductor chip with a negatively charged terminal and a positively
> charged terminal. As electrons move from negative to positive, they collide
> with positively charged particles (“holes”) and fall from a high energy
> level to a lower energy level. The drop releases energy in the form of
> light.
> Since LEDs use electricity more efficiently than the other
> two types of bulbs (they convert about 90% of it to light), they require
> much less energy to produce the same amount of light as incandescent or
> fluorescent bulbs.
> *The efficiency of a light bulb is typically measured in lumens per watt. *
> * The most efficient commercially available
> LED lamps have efficiencies of 200 lumens per watt (Lm/W).*
>
> *LEDs come to full brightness immediately with no warm-up delay. Frequent
> switching on and off does not reduce life expectancy as with fluorescent
> lighting.*
> * PHILIPS LED BULB HAS A LIFE SPAN OF 10,000 hrs.*
> *Energy Star is an international standard for energy efficient consumer
> products.*
>
> * Devices carrying the Energy Star service mark generally use 20–30% less
> energy.*
>
> *The long life of LEDs, expected to be about 50 times that of the most
> common incandescent lamps and significantly longer than fluorescent types.*
> --------
> *Regards*
> *V.Sridharan*
> *Trichy*
> * On Thursday, 24 March, 2022, 06:04:58 am IST, 'gopala krishnan' via
> iyer123* <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> *CULTURAL QA 03-2022-24*
>
> *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS*
>
> Q1 Why does dust settle on any glass object?
>
> A1 Arun Lohia, Cashier at Regional Rural Banks (2008-present)
> Answered Tue
>
> A Mirror Or Window Polished By A Dry Cloth On A Dry Day Soon Becomes
> Dusty. *When glass is rubbed with a dry cloth, the friction creates
> charged static electricity; *this, in turn, attracts small non-charged
> particles of dust.
>
> Q2 What’s the salary of Indian Railways doctors?
>
> A2 Mohammad Talha Azam Former Doctor at Indian Railways
> (2021–2021) Updated Mar 18
>
> The term “salary" is a very *shallow description* for a clinician's job in
> the Indian railways.
>
> I worked as a contractual medical practitioner in the year 2021 at
> Chittaranjan Locomotive Works,WB.
>
> All thanks to covid there were huge vacancies everywhere for
> doctors.However, there was literally no work ( at least during the phase I
> worked there).There was hardly 10–12 hours of work the whole week.
>
> It would either be an emergency duty someday or OPD for 2–3 hours each
> divided over 3–4 days.
>
> This was the room I was provided upon arrival at a cost of just Rs.80/ day.
>
> The beauty of this small town and the peace it had was absolutely
> unparalleled.
>
> *Now coming to the question, as an entry level medical officer you get
> paid a Salary of 75k which after tax becomes around 65k ;)*
>
> P.S - I was also offered a 3 BHK House later at a very low cost!. Railways
> is not for those who want to churn money but for those who want to have a
> good work life balance !
>
> Edit: I was talking about the railways in general and not the town as a
> whole. As far as the town Chittaranjan is concerned you would get bored if
> you are a party person or the one who likes to go out too much.But if you
> want a life away from all the chaos and noisy surroundings then you can
> give it a try and I bet you won't regret.I have seen people and that too
> doctors who came back from places like Mumbai and Bangalore to settle in
> that particular area. So whether you would like the town or not is quite a
> subjective thing.
>
> Q3 Which god is still alive on Earth, except Hanuman?
>
> A3 Narayana - The Supreme God Mar 18
>
> VENKATESHWARA SWAMY-Lord vishnu became an idol in tirupati and grants
> moksha to devotees , he became an idol due to sin committed by thondaman
> chakravarthy , there is evidence that the idol in tirumala is living object
> , thousands of miracles happened in tirupati , and evidence is there for
> that also
>
> PARASHURAM-He is alive from satya yuga and is waiting for lord Kalki , so
> that he can train Kalki in Shambhala
>
> VAISHNO DEVI-Most believe her as a folk goddess , but her believers
> believe that she is alive and waiting for lord kalki to marry him
>
> AYYAPPA-He did meditation and became stone in Sabarimala
>
> KANYAKUMARI-According to the legend , she is alive and waiting for lord
> Shiva , she is said to be a form of goddess Parvati (wife of Shiva)
>
> Q4 What affects light bulb efficiency, and why are some light
> bulbs more efficient than others?
>
> A4 Brett Bergan Building PC's for 25 yearsMar 3
>
> LED efficiency is insane. But that is one of its drawbacks.
>
> Because it is a “light-emitting diode” the LED is designed to output one
> wavelength of light (not entirely unlike a laser). As a result, extremely
> bright light can be generated with a small amount of wattage.
>
> What could be wrong with that? Well, the light quality can suffer when the
> light being used is a single wavelength. Blue LED’s are a fairly recent
> invention and use gallium nitride as a substrate. Mixing substrates in an
> LED to get a desirable white is a difficult process that has only recently
> (within the last ten years) become well established and ported to
> mainstream manufacturing.
>
> We have discussed why a 3W LED can output as much visible light as a 60W
> incandescent. But why are incandescent bulbs so inefficient? The reason
> they require so much power for relatively little light is that filaments
> are superheated blackbody radiators that output most of their energy in the
> infrared spectrum.
>
> With a spectrum typical of a 60W incandescent, a 3000K blackbody outputs
> 95% of its energy in wavelengths of light that are invisible. In other word
> 57W is used to generate infrared light (as heat) while the remaining 3W
> actually produces light that can be seen with the eye.
>
> Since LED’s emit actual photons at a predetermined wavelength, almost the
> the entire 3W they use is to output visible light. Yes, LEDs do get warm,
> so they have some thermal losses due to electrical resistance, but this is
> very small.
>
> Consequently incandescent bulbs output about 15 lumens per watt, while LED
> lighting typically exceeds 100 lumens per watt.
>
> Q5 Why don't rich people choose to get Lasik/Lasek surgery
> while still wearing glasses?
>
> A5 Aishwarya Kher Scientific Mind | Curious Brain | Optimistic
> | VegetarianSat
>
> I got Lasik eye surgery done for both my eyes in 2013. I was near sighted
> with around (-) 2.5 in both eyes. I had been wearing boring glasses since 9
> years before surgery.
>
> I wasn’t super rich, was just out of MBA college and had landed my first
> job.
>
> *The few minutes procedure cost me ~ **₹**40,000 (~$530) back then in
> Pune, India. Wasn**’**t too expensive in my view.*
>
> So money is not the constraint here. Fear of the unknown is what restricts
> people. Eyes are the most precious parts of our body, that let us perceive
> the world in unique ways. It’s totally understandable if many of us
> consider this procedure potentially risky.
>
> I hope my experience inspires the rich as well.
>
> I was very determined since high school to get this surgery done some day.
> Glasses were hampering my confidence level big time. Tried contact lenses
> but they come with several rules.
>
> On the surgery day, there were 4 of us in the waiting room - all young
> folks below 25. None of them looked rich. *The hospital staff
> administered some anesthetic drops into our eyes.*
>
> It did pain for a while post-surgery, I wouldn’t lie, because they kept
> the eyelids forcibly open for a few seconds to focus the laser beam.
> However, depends on each person’s sensitivity. Mine was higher than others.
>
> *I kept my eyes closed for around 15 hours, and could comfortably open
> after getting a good night’s sleep and some medication.*
>
> What a perfect looking new world it was!! The pain was totally worth it.
> I’m glad I took that decision at 23. I’m not the first in my family. My
> mom’s sister got Lasik done before her wedding in the 90s.
>
> *Before finalizing the surgery, these criterias have to be met
> irrespective of your financial status:*
>
> You should be 18+
>
> Your eye power has to be constant for a couple of years
>
> Not sure if the procedure or technology has changed in recent times, but
> I’m sure it must be better and simpler than what it was in 2013.
>
> Q6 Where are the original vedas kept?
>
> A6 Vishnu Kumar IAM That IAM at The Universe (1901–present)Mar
> 6
>
> *The oldest available Vedic tablets are held by the British, the French
> and the Germans in their respective museums and safe vaults.*
>
> Many of the early tablets that were excavated from round the world
> including present day Syria, Iraq, India, Pakistan, Turkey, were sold out
> to private bidders.
>
> In addition, several of the remaining ancient Vedic tablets dating to
> between 1800 BCE and 1200 BCE have not been fully deciphered and released
> to the public, for reasons unknown.
>
> Note: Attached image is a letter written by Mitanni King Tushratta in
> akkadian cuneiform to Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep quoting the Rig Vedic Hymn
> 1.48.1.So that is the answer.
>
> Q7 Did anybody get the "Consider for auto upgradation"
> privilege while travelling in Indian Railways? How does it work?
>
> A7 Divya Sharma Lives in India (1994–present)Mar 12
>
> Once I was traveling from Nagpur to Delhi. I didn’t have a lot of money
> then and for the first time I had booked *sleeper class for such a long
> journey (about 15 to 17 hours).*
>
> I never booked sleeper class for (solo) long journeys (8+ hours) because
> the washrooms are generally never clean in sleeper class and due to safety
> reasons.
>
> Anyway, I was very apprehensive.
>
> *Anyway, I did get an upgrade from sleeper to AC III tier without any
> extra charges and I was the most elated person!*
>
> Finally!! I was so worried and I got such a big relief. I could sleep
> peacefully.
>
> But…
>
> My happiness was short lived because my colleague who was traveling in the
> same train got an upgrade from AC 2 tier to AC 1 tier. Then I started
> wishing what if I had booked AC 3 tier. Humans can never be satisfied :P
>
> Q8 Why do the Japanese love white rice so much? I mean, isn't
> it just bland and tasteless?
>
> A8 Erwin Former Compulsive Writer Mar 18
>
> Why do Americans love potatoes so much? I mean, isn’t it just bland and
> tasteless?
>
> Of course, that’s nonsense. Potatoes are neither bland nor tasteless. And
> guess what? Neither is rice.
>
> *Learn to savor your food more and appreciate its flavors.* Even water
> tastes great, you probably just never paid enough attention to notice.
>
> Q9 What parts of the Magna Carta are still used today?
>
> A9 Clive GordonLives in London (1965–present) 31m
>
> *None. It’s been repealed in its entirety.*
>
> But part of that is because what’s still relevant has been incorporated
> into other law, so the principles *remain.*
>
> *For example, the most famous part is that no tax can be raised without
> the consent of a great council.* The council has evolved into Parliament,
> and the Bill of Rights 1689 prevents any law being made without the consent
> of Parliament. And as you can’t effectively collect tax without there being
> a law about it to make it legitimate and not be counted as theft, you can’t
> have a tax without Parliament legislating for it - which amounts to what
> Magna Carta said.
>
> Q10 What is something the government of India will always remain
> bad at?
>
> A10 Rohit VirmaniI Love IndiaJan 10
>
> This has really been happening for decades and the changing Government has
> not changed it, a bit.
>
> Scene -1
>
> *A well laid, neat clean Road is done.*
>
> Scene -2
>
> *After the Road is done, few days later( month or so) a contractor comes
> in and breaks the Road & digs* a big tunnel. The contractor has been
> given the job to lay pipelines/ cables(telephone/gas/sewage etc)
>
> I don't really understand why all these pipelines, gas lines are not
> planned before hand. This is sheer waste of “Government money”, indirectly
> public money.
>
> No Government has been able to administer and address this problem. Some
> kind of a scam is going on for years and it will continue to happen this
> way.
>
> *All the above QA are from Quora website on 23-03- 2022. **Quora
> answers need not be 100% correct answers *
>
> *Compiled **and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 23-03-2022*
>
>
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