MR Gopala whatever is i read and written after fully understanding; that is why a small number can only abuse but cannot bring in any stuff in evidentiary and good content or say I am wrong based on evidence; and I do read for the obvious cutting out of unnecessary data added by you in a hurry. Thank you for the settlement K R IRS 9324
On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 at 18:47, gopala krishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Mr Rajaram for *RESPONDING* to my QA after reading. > Gopalakrishnan > > On Friday, 8 March, 2024 at 10:43:16 pm IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > CULTURAL QA 03-2024-08A > > Q1 Why do airplanes prefer to fly over the ocean? > > Q3 What do Doctors know and I don't know but I should know? > > KR 110 120 isa risk factor; but good one in diabetics in fasting. > Tiny is a good doctor but as his experience writes something which can be > read and passed off. Asking why I got it is normal even if it’s a small > fever; doctors who knew well also get it; so, what? Why generally? Health > is well analysed in our Vedic verses as well as in Ayurvedham; as long as > we are like ants, or a bee, in spite of many negative factors, we are > marching forward; and what is behind that? THE MIND. > > TAITRIYA UPANISHAD SIKSHA VALLI 4TH ANUVAKA > > शरीरं मे विचर्षणम् । जिह्वा मे मधुमत्तमा । कर्णाभ्यां भूरि विश्रुवम् । > ब्रह्मणः कोशोऽसि मेधया पिहितः । श्रुतं मे गोपाय ॥ २ ॥ > > śarīraṃ me vicarṣaṇam | jihvā me madhumattamā | karṇābhyāṃ bhūri viśruvam > | brahmaṇaḥ kośo'si medhayā pihitaḥ | śrutaṃ me gopāya || 2 || > > 2. Able may my body be, sweetest be my tongue! With ears much may I hear! > The sheath of Brahman art thou, veiled by intelligence. What I have learned > do Thou keep. > > Moreover, may my body be able! May my tongue be sweetest, uttering only > what is most agreeable! With ears much may I hear! May my > kārya-kāraṇa-sanghāta the aggregate of the causes and the effects, *i.e.*, > the gross physical body and the subtle senses making up my whole bodily > organism—be competent for Ātma-jñāna, competent to acquire a knowledge of > the Self. And it is for the same end that I pray for Medha, intellectual > retentiveness. Of Brahman, of the Paramatman or Highest Self, Thou art the > sheath, as of a sword, being the seat of His manifestation. > > I speak of Thee as the sheath of Brahman because those who have cast aside > all worldly desires perceive the Suprem e in Thee, and because, as both the > designation and the symbol of Brahman, Thou art alone the means of > perceiving Him.—(S.) > > Thou art indeed the Pratīka, the symbol of Brahman: in Thee Brahman is > perceived. By worldly intelligence Thou art concealed: that is to say, the > truth concerning Thee is unknown to men of common intelligence. > > Concealed as Thou art by their worldly intelligence, they whose thoughts > are engrossed in the external objects do not contemplate Thee, the Divine > Being, who givest immortality.—(S.) > > Do Thou guard what I have heard, do thou guard my wisdom, the knowledge of > the Self and the like which I have acquired by hearing the scriptural > texts; that is to say, do Thou enable me to acquire wisdom and retain it. > > Do Thou guard my wisdom from the attacks of attachment, aversion and other > such evils: do Thou so watch that when I am engaged in the study of > scriptures and in other means of acquiring knowledge, I may not meet > with any obstacles to wisdom, such as worldly attachment and the like.—(S.) > > These mantras are to be repeated by him who wishes to improve the > retentive power of memory. > > As I seek wisdom, may my body be healthy and thus efficient for a practice > of contemplation! May my tongue be endued with extreme sweetness; may it be > an apt organ wherewith to recite the scriptural texts! May I hear many > a scriptural text conducive to the growth of wisdom: may I not be afflicted > with the evil of deafness. O Praṇava, Thou art the place where I may > meditate upon the Supreme Being, the Cause of the universe. Just as a > leather-sheath is the place for preserving a sword, so is Praṇava the place > for a safe meditation of Brahman. Accordingly, concerning the syllable > ‘Om,’ the Kaṭha-Upaniṣad says: > > “This is the best means, this the highest means.” > > Thus Praṇava is associated with the retentive power of intellect. Do Thou, > O Supreme Lord, designated as Thou art by that grand Praṇava, protect my > learning—all the secret truths of the Veda that I have learned with my > ears— by way of removing the obstacles of forgetfulness and the like. > > And What Doctor Hegde says is in line with the sanathana dharma. : > > https://youtu.be/bfwdfUGkm6c > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx KR IRS 8324 > > Q4 What are the wisest quotes you've ever heard or read? > > G The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates > > KR why so long as in USA school, because it was in the web site? > > न तं विदाथ य इमा जजानान्यद्युष्माकमन्तरं बभूव । नीहारेण प्रावृता जल्प्या > चासुतृप उक्थशासश्चरन्ति ॥RV 10 82 7 > > na taṃ vidātha ya imā jajānānyad yuṣmākam antaram babhūva | nīhāreṇa > prāvṛtā jalpyā cāsutṛpa ukthaśāsaś caranti || > > “You know not him who has genitive rated these (beings); (his life) is > another, different from yours;wrapped in fog, and foolish speech (do they) > wander (who are) gluttonous and engaged in devotion.” > > Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya > > Sāyaṇa:"The assertion that we know Viśvakarman in the same way as men say, > 'I am devadatta, I am yajñadatta', isfalse, for the essence (tattva) of > Viśvakarman Parameśvara is not endowed with conscious individual > existence,but he is a different entity from you who are sentient beings, > who have individual consciousness, and so forth".Wrapped in foolish speech: > jalpyā: i.e., saying I am god, I am man etc.; > > Ukthaśāsaḥ = singing hymns with aview to gaining felicity in a future > state: you are merely anxious for enjoyment in this world and in the > next,therefore you know nothing of Viśvakarman; or, you who are engaged in > enjoyment of this world or the next,being subject to false knowledge or > ignorance, have no knowledge of the Truth > > II Katradhu kaiyalavu kalladhathu ulagalavu what you know is only a > fistful and the truth is world wide. > > III ONE WHO KNOW HE KNOWS > > ONE WHO KNOWS HE KNOWS NOT > > AND ONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW HE KNOWS NOT > > IV many more here to express here itself. > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > G You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the > correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. – Friedrich Nietzsche > > KR The quote itself is challengeable; Nirtche is a philosopher like > Charawaka and Buddha; he denied the existence; The death of God and the > meaninglessness of existence is a concept proposed by Nietzsche as part of > his philosophy on the nature of life. According to Nietzsche, the death of > God marked the end of a traditional source of meaning and purpose within > society. And here also he said , there are umpteen ways and there is > nothing called as the right way the only way. So there his quote ends as > useless; had he said the best way is yet to be perfected that would have > been different but he concluded that there is no right way at all. > > G It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought > without accepting it. – Aristotle > > KR That is the open mind unlike the three musketeers do; they do not > place evidential controversial factors to sustain the truth; but simply > deny or say my farther said Aya said etc. Legally in the English law as > well as from Tarka sastra , accepting it without admitting it and vice > versa phrases are there. Aristotle dis not call any one by names as some do > here. > > Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while > they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single > step. – Lao Tzu > > KR Loa tzu thoughts are understandable. How can a difficult thing will > be easier? First start as without the first step one cannot reach the `1000 > th step. No one if thinks it will be so difficult, will undertake a job > at all; but when a job, only when started to execute, will show its > difficulties in them; so in the first step one is not aware of. Similarly, > the great job in the beginning. We learn the toughness only as and when we > proceed. > > Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. – > Marcus Aurelius > > KR And was he the one? > > Happiness and freedom begin with one principle. Some things are within > your control and some are not. – Epictetus > > KR Then how do you start and stop? > > So in everything, do to others as you would have them do to you, for this > sums up the Law and the Prophets. – Jesus Christ > > KR As showing your other cheek? > > Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other > helps you make a life. – Sandra Carey > > KR Knowledge is mistaken by Sandra to be Know-how that is the > confusion since she did not read the BG > > While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control > what happens inside us. – Benjamin Franklin > > KR HOW? You said something are uncontrollable. > > The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be > honourable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you > have lived and lived well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson > > KR Only where the mind is in bliss service to humanity will arise. > > The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the > day you find out why. – Mark Twain > > KR Sure? Twain said intending after the success on one issue but can we > know before finishing the life the HISTORY? > > A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes. – > Mahatma Gandhi > > KR All the above including Gandhi is not our subashitani and Upanishad > thoughts? > > The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again > after you fall. – Vince Lombardi > > KR AND HOW SOON IS UPANISHAD > > To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often. – > Winston Churchill > > Because he has to win the war so as a politician he had to covet. Change > might be for the worse also. Perfection cannot be timed out. > > The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even > touched. They must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller > > KR As blind she said > > Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to > God. – Leo Buscaglia > > KR What you do with the gift alone determine the good and the bad karma. > > If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. – Napoleon > Hill > > KR And should not others say that was great? > > Life goes by very fast. And the worst thing in life that you can have is a > job that you hate, and have no energy and creativity in. – Robert Greene > > KR Hence the time is an arrow. > > I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and > live the rest of your life as a champion.’ – Muhammad Ali > > KR HENCE THEY ARE CALLED TOUGH PEOPLE AS THEY NEVER QUIT. > > Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. – Eleanor > Roosevelt > > KR I understood long ago but you did not > > It’s wise to learn from experience, but it is wiser to learn from the > experience of others. – Rick Warren > > KR Foer which you should know personally their air-fly of the > experiences in the clos range and not mere hearsays. > > Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive. – Elbert > Hubbard > > KR If you are playful then returns are only toys. > > Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great > risk. – Dalai Lama > > KR Love at risk or love of the risk? > > Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. – Immanuel Kant > > KR and knowledge and wisdom confused for the 2nd time? > > In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you > lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha > > KR Mrthyunjaya mantra > > K Rajaram IRS 8324 NB G ‘s good efforts seen but has a long way to > go. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *'gopala krishnan' via iyer123* <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 at 07:40 > Subject: [iyer123] CULTURAL QA 03-2024-08A > To: Patty Thatha <[email protected]>, Kerala Iyer < > [email protected]>, Iyer <[email protected]> > > > > > CULTURAL QA 03-2024-08A > > All the below QA are from Quora DIGEST to me on 08-03-2024. > > Selected quora answers generally interesting including jokes are included. > Still they need not be 100% correct answers. I am only a compiler. > > Compiled and posted by R. Gopala Krishnan, 80, on 08-03-2024. > > > > Q1 Why do airplanes prefer to fly over the ocean? > > A1 Amit Singh,Mar 2 > > Have you ever wondered why your flight path curved over the ocean, even > though it seemed out of the way? It's all about efficiency and safety, > friends! Let's dive into this fascinating aspect of air travel. > > Aircraft often follow what's known as the "Great Circle" route. This > might look curved on a flat map, but it's actually the shortest distance > between two points on a globe. When you're traveling thousands of miles, > following a Great Circle route saves time and fuel, even if it seems to > curve oddly over the ocean. > > Plus, there's the added benefit of smoother rides. > > Over the ocean, air tends to be less turbulent compared to over land, > thanks to the uniform temperature of the sea surface. > > This means less bouncing around for you and your in-flight drink! So, the > next time you're on a plane, look out of the window and appreciate the > ocean beneath - it's not just a pretty view, it's part of smart and > efficient aviation. > > Q2 What are some of the most profound jokes ever? > > A2 David Phelps, Jewish Mayflower Descendant11y > > A man dies and goes to hell. Once there, he finds that there is a > different hell for each country, so he tries to seek out the least painful > one. > > At the door to German Hell, he is told: "First they put you in an > electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another > hour. Then the German devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the > day." > > He does not like the sound of that, so he checks out American Hell, > Russian Hell and many more. They are all similarly gruesome. However, at > Nigerian Hell a long line of people is waiting to get in. Amazed, he asks, > "What do they do here?" > > He is told: "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then > they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the Nigerian devil > comes in and whips you for the rest of the day." > > "But that's the same as the others," says the man. "Why are so many people > waiting to get in?" > > "Because of the power cuts, the electric chair does not work. The nails > were paid for but never supplied, so the bed is comfortable. And the Nigerian > devil used to be a civil servant, so he comes in, signs his time sheet and > goes back home for private business." Tolu Ogunlesi > > Q3 What do Doctors know and I don't know but I should know? > > A3 Tiny Nair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital, Trivandrum4y > > Declassified Secrets – for your eyes only > > 1.A sudden catastrophe, like an acute heart attack, is a life changing > event for most people. The treatment like an angioplasty or bypass > surgery is, no doubt, life-saving; people get impressed by them; even > flaunt the news around. Yes, these procedures save life. But they do > nothing; (I repeat: nothing) to prevent progression of the disease that > produced the block in the first place. The patient needs to continue > medicines (statins, aspirin and many more) life long, at full dose, to > prevent a recurrence. > > 2.The reasons why the attack occurred in the first place, are a bunch of > risk factors like hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol levels and > smoking. Majority of people who ask us ‘why did I get this attack? I have > no such disease’ actually have mild levels of multiple risk factors – > > Fasting blood sugar between 110 to 126. (Impaired fasting glucose - IFG) > > Mild hypertension – BP between 120/80 to 140/90 > > Mildly elevated LDL Cholesterol 100 to 130mg% > > Smoking just 2 cigarettes per day. > > > > Most people don’t even consider the above as risk factors. > > Combination of two or more of these ‘mild’ risk factors increase the > chance of a heart attack several folds. > > - > > 3.Galelio Galilei lived up to age 77 years age; Isaac newton 84 years; > Michelangelo 88 Years > > All these people lived and died, much before introduction of sanitation, > vaccinations, antibiotics, intensive care units, angioplasty or bypass > surgery. Modern medicine has not prolonged our life, just prevented early > death. > > 4.Don’t be scared of medicines. Don’t haggle with your doctor every time > asking him to somehow reduce the medicines. Majority of them are, by far, > quite safe for most of us. A rare reaction makes headlines, but those > millions who improve don’t. The aim is to remain healthy and continue with > our present lifestyle; whether you are taking one tablet, or ten, doesn’t > matter. > > If you thought, doctors are supposed to know all these; read the last one. > > ‘Doctor patients’ are the ones, who are most difficult to treat; because > they ask us exactly these same questions :) > > After all, when sickness strikes, we become mentally fragile; even the > staunch, ‘die-hard’ non-believer start praying. > > Q4 What are the wisest quotes you've ever heard or read? > > A4 Hafiz Suboor, Feb 22 > > The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates > > You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, > and the only way, it does not exist. – Friedrich Nietzsche > > It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought > without accepting it. – Aristotle > > Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while > they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single > step. – Lao Tzu > > Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. – > Marcus Aurelius > > Happiness and freedom begin with one principle. Some things are within > your control and some are not. – Epictetus > > So in everything, do to others as you would have them do to you, for this > sums up the Law and the Prophets. – Jesus Christ > > Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the > other helps you make a life. – Sandra Carey > > While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control > what happens inside us. – Benjamin Franklin > > The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be > honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you > have lived and lived well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson > > The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the > day you find out why. – Mark Twain > > A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes. – > Mahatma Gandhi > > The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again > after you fall. – Vince Lombardi > > To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often. – > Winston Churchill > > The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even > touched. They must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller > > Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to > God. – Leo Buscaglia > > If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. – Napoleon > Hill > > Life goes by very fast. And the worst thing in life that you can have is a > job that you hate, and have no energy and creativity in. – Robert Greene > > I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and > live the rest of your life as a champion.’ – Muhammad Ali > > Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. – Eleanor > Roosevelt > > It’s wise to learn from experience, but it is wiser to learn from the > experience of others. – Rick Warren > > Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive. – Elbert > Hubbard > > Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great > risk. – Dalai Lama > > Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. – Immanuel Kant > > In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you > lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha > > Q5 What animals have a stronger bite force than a great white shark, > but are not known to be dangerous to humans? > > A5 Joe Quincy,B.A. in Ancient Artifacts, University of Hawaii Maui > College (Graduated 2008)22h > > My old neighbor had a parrot named Keith. He’d invite me over for beers > and show off all the stuff Keith could bite through. Once I saw him snap a > carpenter’s pencil like a twig. > > One day when I got home from work, I saw my neighbor getting out of his > car with his hand bandaged up. He said he had a few too many beers and > tried to get Keith to bite through rebar. Keith got angry and took his > left pinky finger off. > > A month later I came home to see the same thing. I thought surely there’s > no way this happened again. Lo and behold, he pissed Keith off and lost his > left middle finger. > > I asked if it was safe to keep Keith anymore. He said he wasn’t taking > anymore chances and had set Keith free after the second finger. Somewhere > in southern Illinois there’s a large human-hating parrot on the loose > with an incredible bite force > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/947981892.1236844.1709905225704%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/947981892.1236844.1709905225704%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoqOGZ8nWgGjcLec0s%2ByZ20%3DgGOcpU4AZ0xVkgn5fCofuw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoqOGZ8nWgGjcLec0s%2ByZ20%3DgGOcpU4AZ0xVkgn5fCofuw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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