Thank you sir for reading the QA and responding with additionGopalakrishnan
On Sunday, 10 March, 2024 at 06:58:39 am IST, Narayanaswamy Iyer
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear folks
"Q2 Was Guru Nanak Ji a real devotee of Lord Rama as he talked a lot about
Raam Naam and Raam Bhakti in his verses?"
My comments:- If one studies the Guru Granth Sahib with attention, one will
note that Guru Nanak also prayed to "Har Har (Mahadev)", i.e. Lord Shiva.
S Narayanaswamy Iyer
On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 4:30 PM 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123
<[email protected]> wrote:
CULTURAL QA 03-2024-09
Allthe below QA are from Quora DIGEST to me on 09-03-2024.
Selected quora answersgenerally 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 09-03-2024.
Q1 Whichcaste is considered the Brahmin caste in Andhra Pradesh? What are
theirsurnames?
A1 JosephTaylor,Handsome guy20h
In Andhra Pradesh, the Brahmin caste is traditionallyknown as the
NiyogiBrahmins. They are one of the predominant Brahmin communities in thestate
and are known for their involvement in various priestly, scholarly,
andintellectual roles.
Some common surnames among Niyogi Brahmins in AndhraPradesh include:
1. Sharma 2.Joshi 3. Dixit 4. Trivedi
5. Upadhyay 6.Bhatt 7. Chaturvedi 8. Acharya 9.Pandit 10.
Mishra
These are just a few examples, and there may be manyother surnames associated
with the Niyogi Brahmin community in Andhra Pradesh,depending on regional and
family-specific variations.
My note- Our member Mr Yeddanapudim had once wrote in groups that heis a
Niyogi Brahmin, I recollect.
Q2 Was GuruNanak Ji a real devotee of Lord Rama as he talked a lot about
Raam Naam andRaam Bhakti in his verses?
A2 SantKabir talked about 4 kinds of Ram —
Ayodhya's Prince. The son of Dashrath. In the originalRamayan, Ram is just an
ordinary human prince with the best of noble qualities. There is nothing
magical ormystical in the original Ramayan.
The second oneis the human mind that controls and runs the humans and hence the
world. It is responsible for all thebad actions of humans too.
The third one isthe creator of this whole existence. The one that has come into
expression.
The fourth oneis the Supreme one. The source of all and everything. The source
of life and soul. Thehumanity or even theDevtas are not aware of the Supreme
being. This power is the source ofall souls.
Whenever Guru Nanak talk about his “Ram", he istalking about the fourth Ram. It
is the very source of consciousness, the source ofall souls, including the
life/souls of Devi/Devtas of all religions. Most religions have the knowledge
orrevelation upto the third Ram (God) only who is the manifestor of
wholecreation.
But the Supreme Lord is even higher and subtler thanthe creator of 3 worlds.
Hehas no form or limits. It expresses itself through the highest orderSaints
like Sant Kabir, Guru Nanak, etc. He's the one Ram, The one God that Guru Nanak
repeatedlytalks about.
Q3 What isimportant in life?
A3 RakshithAkira, A Sensible Writer 5y
When we die, ourmoney remains in the bank.
Yet, when we are alive, we don't have enough money tospend.
In reality, whenwe are gone, there is still a lot of money not spent.
One businesstycoon in China passed away. His widow wife, was leftwith $2.5
billion in the bank, and married her husband's chauffeur (Cardriver).
His chauffeur said, All the while, I thought I was working for my boss it is
only now, thatI realise that my boss was all the time, working for me !!!
The cruel reality is,It is more important to livelonger than to have more
wealth. So, we must strive to have a strong and healthy body.
In a high end hand phone, 75% of the functions areuseless!
For an expensive car, 75% of the speed and gadgetsare not needed.
We never contact 75% of people in our contact list.
If you own a luxurious villa or mansion, 75% of thespace is usually not used or
occupied.
How about your wardrobes of clothes?75% of them arenot worn!
A whole life of work and earning. Still, we spend 75%of our earning on other
people.
So, we must protect and make full use of our 25%.
Go for medical check-ups even if not sick.
Drink more water, even if not thirsty.
Learn to let go,even if faced with grave problems.
Endeavour to give in, even if you are in the right.
Learn to forgive people.
Remain humble, even if you are very rich andpowerful.
Learn to be contented, even if you are not rich.
Exercise your mind and body, even if you are verybusy.
Be calm and patient in every situation.
Make time for people you care about.
My note- With respect to saving of money, I do notagree with point.A person may
require a huge amount of money, even if healthy, when any problemoccurs to him.
Nothingwill be equal to saved money. One may not get money at the required
moment fromany one. So, afterdeath let it go to wards and wife. Saved money is
important, after spending fornecessary things.
Q4 Have youexperienced miracles from Lord Shiva?
A4 UrvilSarvasva, Trying to stand still in this spinning world.12h
I use to do abhishek of Shiva when I was in the UK atmy aunts place and when I
returned to India and stayed at my grand father’splace, they also had a shiv
ling which I used to abhishek.
When I moved in to my new apartment I felt that Ineed to have a shiv ling but
with a thought that I do not wish to purchase it. It has to come to me. Itwas a
simple thought and with no sense of ego or questioning god.
Time passed andone day I was searching for my car key that I had given to the
security guard and I got my hands on a shiv lingam thatwas just there in a
rusty drawer of a table.
I asked the security guy, who does it belong to andhe said ‘don't know’.After
giving some thought, I brought it home.
I purchased thestand on which shiv lingam is kept. I lovingly call it
Asthireshwar (the one that is not steady, it keepswobbling).
You can call it a miracle or a coincidence but I asked for Shiva to come to me
and he came.
Happy Mahashivratri. Har Har Mahadev.
Q5 If Earthexists in a million years, will humans still look the same as
now?
A5 MarkDaly, follows evolution discoveries6h
Well, first, the Earth will exist in a million years because planetsare quite
hard to destroy. As an example, about 66 millionyears ago a rock that was about
10 kilometers (6.2 miles) in diameter hit theplanet and caused a mass
extinction event that affected about 75% of all life.The Earth, however,
survivedjust fine.
As for humans, Homo erectus (Latin: upright human)evolved as a distinct species
about 2 million years ago. They were still the dominantform of human 1 million
years later. So, what did humans look like 1 million years ago?
There were nopale-skinned people. No blue-eyed people. No blond-haired people.
If you had asked someoneliving 1 million years ago (in a way they could
understand) they would never predict pale-skin,blue or green or gray eyes, or
even yellow or red hair 1 million years later.
We cannot say what humans will look like in 1 million years. The bodyplan will
generally be the same if humans survive that long. Remember, humanshave only
existed for 2 million years. Our current form, Homo sapiens,has only been
around for about 300,000 years.
You cannot predict what evolution will do.
Q6 Who isthe most underrated scientist of all time?
A6 JackFraser-Govil, Doctor of Physics, Writer of Code, Player of Games
Updated 7y
During her lifetime, Emmy Noether was hated by the establishment - andthey
almost forced her into obscurity.
Emmy Noether is probably the most important woman in allof science (in
competition with Curie) and definitely the most important woman in
mathematics.She was insanely talented and had an understanding of maths which
was justastounding.
She wasn’tactually allowed to attend university - shecould only “audit” classes
- not actually attend them, and requiredevery lecturer to approve of her
presence (which many of them didn’t).
Then she was invited to Göttingen by Hilbert - despite the other
facultiesalmost rioting at the idea of a woman being a member of staff. For the
firstfew years of teaching, she was not paid at all. Virtually nobody attended
herlectures - since they were being given by a woman (the accounts I have read
ofpeople who did attend say shewas a fantastic lecturer).
The other members of the department would, beingfrustrated with people not
attending her lectures, pretend they were giving alecture - which Noether would
then give (people would walk out as soon as shewalked in).
Despite this active hatred from the university - sheproduced some of the most
important and fundamental work in mathematics and physics of the era
(lessflashy than Einstein - but pretty damn important!)
Her list of“contributions to maths and physics” section on Wikipedia is longer
thanEinstein’s - andsecond only to Dirac in volume. Her most famous theory -
Noether's theorem is one of the mostfundamental relationships we have - it
links conservation laws to symmetries inspace and time. It isbeautiful in its
simplicity.
On top of this, she was renowned for being agenuinely caring human being. To
quote Wikipedia:
In addition to her mathematical insight, Noether was respected for
herconsideration of others. Although she sometimes acted rudely toward those
who disagreed with her,she nevertheless gained a reputation for constant
helpfulness and patientguidance of new students…. A colleague later described
her this way:"Completely unegotistical and free of vanity, she never claimed
anythingfor herself, but promoted the works of her students above all."
Q7 What aresome of the greatest examples of presence of mind?
A7 ElangoVenkateshan, Complete Vegetarian, not Tuesday, Friday Updated 5y
I was too weak in English language and I had stagefright too during my
graduation.
In my college, they conducted Cambridge Business EnglishCertification training
program.
We were divided into groups and each group had 5members in it.Each group was
provided 5 questions. Each member should answerfor a question for at least 2
mins.
My question was 'you could go anywhere in the world, whereyou would like to go
and why you want to go?’.
I tried hard to form the sentences but I couldn't.
Finally my turn had come.
I was standing in front of 60 people and I didn't evenknow what to tell.
That's the time something suddenly sparked in my mindand I told that.
Everyone in the class was clapping for that answerand trainer was too happy
about that.
My question was 'you could go anywhere in the world,where you would like to go
and why you want to go?’.
My answer was
“I would like togo to my seat now. Because I am too nervous to stand here.” :P
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