CULTURAL QA 04202420
Q1 What are some of the greatest examples of presence of mind?
KR This conversation is only a figment of imagination. And I do
remember another story. A father asked his son to concentrate more and
shine in the studies; and the son asked the father hereafter S and F: why
would one have to study?
F so you can have the best job.
S what is the use of the best job?
F So you earn a fat salary
S What is its use?
F You live comfortably and retire safely.
S After retirement what?
F You spend your time without worries and leisurely
S That is what I am doing it now and so why would I study?
Warren Buffet looks to me like the son.
Q2 Has the Shinkansen ever had an accident?
KR: There have been some accidents involving Shinkansen trains in
Japan over the years, although they are relatively rare considering the
extensive operation of the system.
One notable incident occurred in 2015 when a Shinkansen train derailed
after hitting a piece of metal on the tracks in Gunma Prefecture.
Fortunately, there were no fatalities, but several passengers were injured.
Another incident happened in 2020 when two Shinkansen trains collided
during a test run on a new line in Shizuoka Prefecture. Again, there were
no fatalities, but the accident resulted in injuries to both passengers and
crew. Despite these incidents, the safety record of the Shinkansen system
is generally very high, with rigorous maintenance and safety protocols in
place to prevent accidents.
Q3 Who is believed to have created gods like Brahma, Vishnu, and
Shiva in Hindu mythology?
KR I am waiting for the answer sir; who created? There is no
authentic verses in any Vedic verses or that of Upanishads as to who
created such GODs or Demi Gods. All our scriptures, speak about Brahmam and
the Atma. The matter existed already and thus manifested by the brahmam;
the GODs were spoken by a name individually in the oldest scripture of the
earth RIG VEDAM. In Brahadaranyaka Upanishad, it is said,
“There was a war going on between the children of Prajāpati, a conflict
between the elders and the youngsters, one may say, the gods and the
non-gods, the Devas and the Asuras.
dvayā ha prājāpatyāḥ, devāś cāsurāś ca. tataḥ kānīyasā eva devāḥ, jyāyasā
asurāḥ, ta eṣu lokeṣv aspardhanta, te ha devā ūcuḥ, hantāsurān yajña
udgīthenātyayāmeti.
te ha vācam ūcuḥ, tvaṁ na udgāya iti, tatheti: tebhyo vāg udagāyat. yo vāci
bhogas taṁ devebhya āgāyat. yat kalyāṇaṁ vadati tad ātmane; te vidur, anena
vai na udgātrātyeṣya ntīti tam abhidrutya pāpmanāvidhyan, sa yaḥ sa pāpmā
yad evedam apratirūpaṁ vadati, sa eva sa pāpmā.
atha ha prāṇam ūcuḥ, tvaṁ na udgāya iti, tatheti: tebhyaḥ prāṇa udagāyat.
yaḥ prāṇe bhogas taṁ devebhya āgāyat, yat kalyāṇaṁ jighrati tad ātmane, te
vidur anena vai naudgātr ātyeṣyantῑti. tam abhidrutya pāpmanāvidhyan, sa
yaḥ sa pāpmā yad evedam apratirūpaṁ jighrati sa eva sa pāpmā.
atha ha cakṣur ūcuḥ, tvaṁ na udgāya iti tatheti: tebhyaś cakṣur udagāyat.
yaś cakṣuṣi bhogas taṁ devebhya āgāyat, yat kalyāṇaṁ paśyati tad ātmane; te
vidur anena vai na udgātrātyeṣyantīti. tam abhidrutya pāpmanāvidhyan, sa
yaḥ sa pāpmā yad evedam apratirūpam paśyati, sa eva sa pāpmā.
atha ha śrotram ūcuḥ, tvaṁ na udgāya iti, tatheti: tebhyaḥ śrotram
udagāyat. yah śrotre bhogas taṁ devebhya āgāyat, yat kalyāṇaṁ śṛṇoti tad
ātmane; te vidur anena vai na udgātrātyeṣyantῑti. tam abhidrutya
pāpmanāvidhyan; sa yaḥ sa pāpmā yad evedam apratirūpaṁ śṛṇoti, sa eva sa
pāpmā.
atha ha mana ūcuḥ, tvaṁ na udgāya iti, tatheti: tebhyo mana udagāyat. yo
manasi bhogas taṁ devebhya āgāyat, yat kalyāṇaṁ saṁkalpayati tad ātmane; te
vidur anena vai na udgātrātyeṣyantīti. tam abhidrutya pāpmanāvidhyan; sa
yaḥ sa pāpmā yad evedam apratirūpaṁ saṁkalpayati, sa eva sa pāpmā; evam u
khalv etā devatāḥ pāpmabhir upāsṛjan, evam enāḥ pāpmanāvidhyan.
atha hemam āsanyam prāṇam ūcuḥ, tvaṁ na udgāya iti, tatheti: tebhya eṣa
prāṇa udagāyat; te vidur anena vai na udgātrātyeṣyantīti. tam abhidrutya
papmanāvidhyan; sa yathā aśmānam ṛtvā loṣṭo vidhvaṁseta, evaṁ haiva
vidhvaṁsamānā viṣvañco vineśuḥ, tato devā abhavan, parāsurāḥ; bhavaty
ātmanā parāsya dviṣan bhrātṛvyo bhavati ya evaṁ veda.
The gods wanted to overcome the demons. The great exponent Achārya Śankara
tells us that the gods are always less in number, the demons are more in
number, by which he means that people who follow their natural inclinations
are more in number than those who are able to subdue the natural impulses.
{KR so Prajapati was there but all the rest were from the MANTRA OR
Man=human YANTRA Machinery.
II In another place in Brahadaranyaka Upanishad it is stated:”
Chapter III Ninth Brahmana: Many Gods and One Brahman
But, there was one man who would not listen to this advice. He had to do
something, and he puts a very intricate question. He was the last man to
query. There were eight people who put questions. Now the eighth man comes
and he dies actually, in the very audience, due to an incident that took
place on account of too much meaningless querying. He was called Śākalya.
1. atha hainam vidagdhaḥ śākalyaḥ papraccha: katy devāḥ, yājñavalkya,
iti. sa haitayaiva nividā pratipede, yāvanto vaiśvadevasya nividy ucyante;
trayaś ca trī ca śatā, trayaś ca trī ca sahasreti. aum iti. hovāca, katy
eva devāḥ, yājñavalkya, iti. trayaś triṁśad iti. aum iti. hovāca, katy eva
devāḥ, yājñavalkya, iti. ṣaḍ iti. aum iti. hovāca, katy eva devāḥ,
yājñavalkya, iti. traya iti. aum iti. hovāca, katy eva devāḥ, yājñavalkya,
iti. drāv iti. aum iti. hovāca, katy eva devāḥ, yājñavalkya, iti. adhyardha
iti. aum iti. hovāca, katy eva devāḥ, yājñavalkya, iti. eka iti, aum iti,
hovāca katame te trayaś ca trī ca sahasreti.
*Atha hainam vidagdhaḥ śākalyaḥ papraccha:* This gentleman gets up and asks
certain questions. They are very very long queries, and very long answers
also are given. "How many gods are there?" This is what Vidagdha Śākalya
wanted to know. The question put to Yājñavalkya by Śākalya means this much
– *katy eva devāḥ, yājñavalkya, iti.* *Sa haitayaiva nividā pratipede,
yāvanto vaiśvadevasya nividy** ucyante.* When the question "How many gods
are there?" was put, Yājñavalkya contemplated the list of gods given in a
passage, or a *Mantra* of the Veda called the Nivid, which has reference to
a group of gods called Viśvedevas. And in accordance with the statement
made in that Mantra, called the Nivid in the Veda, Yājñavalkya says: *Trayaś
ca trī ca śatā:* "Three hundred and three." The answer was given. Then he
says: *Trayaś ca trī ca sahasreti:* "Three thousand and three." "All right!
Let me see," was the retort of Śākalya. *Katy eva devāḥ, yājñavalkya:* "Is
this the answer that you give me to my question, how many gods are there?
Three thousand and three; three hundred and three! Have you no other answer
to this question?" Then Yājñavalkya gives another answer. *Trayaś triṁśad
iti:* "There are thirty-three gods." *Aum iti. hovāca:* "All right!" Again
he asks, not being satisfied with this answer. "Tell me again properly; how
many gods are there?" – *katy eva devāḥ, yājñavalkya. Ṣaḍ iti:* "Six are
there." "All right!" He was not satisfied; he again asks a question. *Hovāca,
katy eva devāḥ, yājñavalkya:* "How many gods are there. Tell me again.
Think properly." *Traya iti:* "Only three gods are there." *Aum iti.
hovāca, katy eva devāḥ, yājñavalkya*: Not being satisfied, he asks again:
"How many gods are there? Tell again.*Drāv iti:* "Two gods are there."
Again he asks a question, not being satisfied. "Tell again; how many gods
are there?" *Katy eva devāḥ, yājñavalkya.* "One and a half gods" – *adhyardha
iti.* Then he was very much upset. "What is this you say, one and a half
gods. Tell again properly; how many gods are there?" – *Katy eva devāḥ,
yājñavalkya. Eka iti:* "One god is there," he said finally. So, a series
was recounted by Yājñavalkya in a very humorous manner, all of which has
some meaning which will be mentioned in the following passages. *Katame te
trayaś ca trī ca sahasreti:* "All these numbers that you have mentioned –
three thousand and three, three hundred and three – *what are these gods?*
Give the names of these gods, the deities." Then Yājñavalkya said:
2. sa hovāca, mahimāna evaiṣām ete, trayas trimśat tv eva devā iti.
katame te trayas triṁśad iti. aṣṭau vasavaḥ ekādaśa rudrāḥ, dvādaśādityāḥ,
te ekatriṁśat indraś caiva prajāpatiś ca trayastriṁśāv iti.
Sa hovāca, mahimāna evaiṣām ete, trayas trimśat tv eva devā iti: "All these
three thousand and all that I mentioned – they are not really gods. They
are only manifestations of the thirty-three. The thirty-three are the
principal manifestations, and others are only their glories,
radiances, *manifestations,
magnificence or forces, energies, powers."* "But what are these
thirty-three?" *katame te trayas triṁśad iti*. "The thirty-three gods are
eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve ādityas – they make thirty-one (
*ekatriṁśat*) – then Indra and Prajāpati – these make thirty-three gods."
Now, these are called gods in a very special sense, and there is a meaning
behind their being designated as gods*. The term 'god' means a power that
causally works inside a form*. That which regulates from inside any
particular individual, groups of individuals, etc. *is the god of that
individual or the god of that group of individuals. In a broad sense we may
say, the cause of anything is the deity of that thing.* Now again we have
to bring to our mind the meaning of the word 'cause'. *The deity does not
operate as an external cause. *The sun as the cause of the eye is not the
sun that is ninety-three million miles away, disconnected from the eye in
space. That principle which controls the eye or any other organ has
something to do internally also with the structure of the organ. Likewise,
is the case with every other function*. The god of any particular
phenomenon is the invisible presence*. *So it will be mentioned here in the
following passages that every visible object has a presiding deity inside*.
Even the hands cannot be lifted unless there is a force inside; the eyes
cannot wink unless there is a force inside the eyes, likewise with every
other function or limb of the individual. What are these Vasus, Rudras and
ādityas? They have to be explained. They are not far away from us. They are
immanent within us.
KR Sir seek the answer wrt your age and not from a kid gossiper;
however it is understandable that you are yet to grow.
Q4 Since humans have been around for many thousands of years, why
is it only in the last 400 years that they have started using electricity
and invented things like cars and planes?
G A4 Mats Petersson, Skaterboy many years ago Mar 23 and the copier
had only grown a little ,only revolving on a theory of kids without being
able to think progressively , hence such shabby answers. Hence accepts
gullibly the conclusion as, “If you spend some time studying the history of
science and technology, there’s a clear progression from basic machines and
simple technology to modern machines and modern advanced technology.”
(Quote is mine KR)
KR: In 1900, Vivekananda said: “It seems to us, and to all who care
to know, that the conclusions of modern science are the very conclusions
the Vedanta reached ages ago; only, in modern science they are written in
the language of matter.”
A LOT I HAD WRITTEN MODERN SCIENCE PLUS THINGS ARE YET TO BE SEEN IN THE
MODERN SCIENCE; AND g ALSO WROTE BUT CONTRADICTS HIS OWN MAY BE THAT IS HIS
QUALIFICATION.
Q5 Is there scientific evidence to support the theory that life
evolved from non-life through natural processes, such as evolution?
KR ONE WHO IS BEATING AROUND THE BUSH WRITING NOTHINGNESS TO
FILL PAGES ACCUSES THE AUTHENTIC UNDER THAT HEAD!! HAVING READ PHYSICS IF
HAD Really read, not S its LABEL, THEN ONE SHALL ASK how from nothingness
something will come up? KR IRS 20424
On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 at 01:42, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty <
[email protected]> wrote:
> *CULTURAL QA 04-2024-20*
>
> *All the BELOW QA are from Quora digest to me on 20-04-2024.*
>
> * Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers *
>
> *.Compiled **and posted by R. Gopala krishnan, on 20-04-2024*
>
> *Q1 What are some of the greatest examples of presence of mind?*
>
> *A1 Apar Kaushik, Studied at The Institute of Chartered
> Accountants of India (ICAI)6y*
>
> *Once Bill gates advised warren buffett to invest in tech companies like
> microsoft , apple etc .*
>
> *And for that bill gates is trying to explain him that entire world is
> going to be changed in coming years i.e we can able to talk anywhere in
> world through internet, introducing touchscreens in mobile phones , video
> conferencing , laptops and what not.*
>
> *Warren buffett(WB) listens to him carefully and after that asked bill
> gates(BG) ; that if people are introduced to these technologies , then are
> they going to stop eating chewing gums?*
>
> *BG: of course not*
>
> *WB: are they going to stop drinking coke?*
>
> *BG: NO*
>
> *WB: ok then i’ll choose chewing gums and coke , and you choose
> technology.*
>
> *And from then WB knew that sales of these companies are never going to be
> effected whether people are introduced to the technology or not .*
>
> *Q2 Has the Shinkansen ever had an accident?*
>
> *A2 Shubham Bhargava, Consultant at High-Speed Rail 8mo*
>
> *No, The Shinkansen which is Japan's bullet train rail network, has never
> had an accident in its 59-year history.*
>
>
>
> *In case of earthquake, Shinkansen operation is stopped immediately when
> the seismometers detect the primary wave of an earthquake. Since 2005, JR
> East has increased the number of seismometers along its lines and improved
> its estimating methods to try to stop train service as soon as possible in
> the event of an earthquake.*
>
> *Also, It is passing through one of the beautiful places. Mount Fuji can
> be seen from the Tokaido Shinkansen between Tokyo and Osaka. When coming
> from Tokyo, the mountain appears on the right side of the train and is best
> viewed around Shin-Fuji Station, about 40-45 minutes into the journey.*
>
> *Q3 Who is believed to have created gods like Brahma, Vishnu, and
> Shiva in Hindu mythology?*
>
> *A3 Anurag Mishra,Have been studying and understanding Hinduism
> since 17 years Feb 10*
>
> *As per the Smarta tradition established by Bhagwan Adi Shankaracharya who
> is known for the re-establishment of Sanatan Dharma to its original form,
> there is only one God, Gyani Jans call him Para-Brahma, Yogi Jans call him
> Paramatma and Bhaktas call him Bhagwan.*
>
> *Smarta Tradition tells that this one Para-Brahma manifests himself in
> five forms which are Vishnu, Shiv, Brahma, Ganesh, and Adi Shakti.*
>
> *Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva are parts of the Trinity in Hinduism. Brahma
> takes care of the creation, Vishnu is the preserver(also called
> Vishwambhar) and Shiva is the God of destruction.*
>
> *There can be no preservation, if there is no creation and no destruction
> if there is no preserved Creation. So Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva are one and
> the same. As per the Smarta tradition, if you worship any of the
> above-mentioned five menifestations or their incarnations, you are
> worshiping the same Para-Brahma and all you see is only his manifestation
> but due to Maya appears to be duality.So, the answer to your question is no
> one created Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.*
>
>
>
> *Q4 Since humans have been around for many thousands of years, why
> is it only in the last 400 years that they have started using electricity
> and invented things like cars and planes?*
>
> *A4 Mats Petersson, Skaterboy many years ago Mar 23*
>
> *The short answer is “we didn’t have enough wealth and spare time before
> then”.*
>
> *Long answer:*
>
> *So humans have been the current species Homo sapiens for about 300 000
> years. Spreading outside of Africa around 50 000 years back, and over time
> took over from the other human forms that lived in Europe and Asia before
> then.*
>
> *Until about some thousands of years ago, all humans were nomads** -
> meaning they moved around according to seasons, to get food from the nature
> around them - following herds of animals or moving to be close to water
> when it’s dry season, and spreading to other areas when the season is more
> generally wet, etc.*
>
> *Not living in a permanent place makes large structures needed to make
> bigger machines hard to have. Once we started living in villages
> permanently, that allowed both more “spare time” (not spending time walking
> from one place to another), as well as having various more heavy duty
> machines and equipment to make other things, rather than only having “what
> you can bring with you”.*
>
> *There’s also a huge amount of learning needed to get to sophisticated
> machines and other advanced technology. Learning that rely on people being
> able to exchange ideas at a distance, which pretty much requires a postal
> service or at least a way to send letters.*
>
> *The ways to produce metals and understanding more of chemistry took a
> long time**. About three thousand years ago, the first iron tools were
> starting to emerge, but only as very “expensive” products - swords,
> arrowheads and some other weapons along with a few tools. More
> mass-produced metals didn’t appear until the last few hundred years. You
> need metals to make almost all of the modern technology, including cars and
> electrical things.*
>
> *A lot of technological development also depends on “previous inventions”.**
> If you travelled back in time 1000 years and gave the smartest man in the
> village the exact recipe for lithium batteries, he would have no useful way
> to make use of that recipe [and I’m completely ignoring any language
> issues, here - that WOULD be a problem, but it’s also that there’s simply
> far too many steps between “the most sophisticated technology available”
> and “making a lithium battery”*
>
> *If you spend some time studying the history of science and technology,
> there’s a clear progression from basic machines and simple technology to
> modern machines and modern advanced technology.*
>
> *Q5 Is there scientific evidence to support the theory that life
> evolved from non-life through natural processes, such as evolution?*
>
> *A5 Phil S. B.A. in Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering &
> Humanities (college minor), Embry-Riddle FL/AZ (Graduated 2013)Thu*
>
> *It definitely happened, and we know several ways it could have happened.
> Life and “non life” aren’t fundamentally different. What we call “life” is
> a set of mutually catalyzing chemical reactions, meaning reactions that
> make the catalysts the others need as byproducts.*
>
> *We also know that the emergence of life through abiogenesis (not
> evolution) is an aspect of the laws of the thermodynamics, specifically
> entropy. The chemical reactions that formed the building blocks of life
> absorb energy from their environment which drives entropy forward. You have
> to progress really far down the line to get to exothermic reactions that
> eventually became the base of organic metabolisms.*
>
> *We also know that the evolution of life from simple to complex forms
> follows entropy**. Complex life forms are slightly more resource and
> energy efficient than the equivalent mass of simple life forms while being
> massively more durable, so there is selection pressure for life to become
> more complicated.*
>
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