Excellent Quotes by Warren Buffet

Hi All,

Just now, I came across these wonderful quotes from Warren Buffet. I am very much impressed with the volume of "Gyan" being conveyed by these few quotes. Worth having a look every day ;)

- Enjoy :)

जलादों दुर्गुणों को भगाओ प्रमाद l जगाओ जीवन में सत्याग्रही प्रहलाद ll

This post dedicated to occasion of Holi. Thanks to my friends Milind Shah & Gaurang Patel for forwarding this content.

होली की शुभ-कामना

होली यह दुनिया के सबसे पहले सत्याग्रही (सत्य का आग्रह रखने वाला) प्रहलाद को याद करने का दिन है| प्रहलाद वह जिसने विकट परिस्थितियों मैं भी इश्वरके अस्तित्वका सत्य छोड़ा नहीं, अपने पिता के हर जुल्म के सामने अपनी असत्य से भरी ज़िन्दगी को ठुकराकर सत्य का साथ देनेवाली मौत को गले लगाना पसंद किया...|

उसके पिता हिरन्यकश्यप ने प्रहलाद के अन्दर रहे हुए इश्वर के सत्य को मारने की बार-बार कोशिश की, लेकिन वो नाकामियाब रहा|

ये कथा हम सभी के जीवन का आयना है|

हम सभी के अंदर हिरन्यकश्यप नाम का राक्षश बैठा हुआ है, बुरे विचार, बुरी आदत, दुर्गुण बनकर... और ख़ुशी की बात यह है की हम सभी के अंदर वो प्रहलाद भी छुपा हुआ है, अच्छे विचार, अच्छी आदतें, सद-गुण के रूप में| जरुरत है नर-सींह बनकर, बुरे विचार, बुरी आदत, दुर्गुणों पर संयम लाने की, प्रहलाद अपने आप प्रगट होगा क्योंकि... 

"Every soul is potentially divine " - Swami Vivekanand.

कहते है न की जब राक्षश के घर प्रहलाद पैदा होता है तब भगवान् अवतार लेता है|

धरती पर पाप बढेगा तब भगवान नहीं आयेगा... बढ़ते पाप के बीच भी हमारे अंदर रहे हुए प्रहलाद को मिलने, मदद करने भगवान निचे आता हैं|

जलादों दुर्गुणों को भगाओ प्रमाद

जगाओ जीवन में सत्याग्रही प्रहलाद|  

!! SHUBHAM HOLI !! 

The Four Wives (Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta)

"Putting up this one on occasion of Geeta Jayanti"...

There was a rich merchant who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to delicacies. He took great care of her and gave her nothing but the best.

He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He's very proud of her and always wanted to show off her to his friends. However, the merchant is always in great fear that she might run away with some other men.

He too, loved his 2nd wife. She is a very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the merchant's confidante. Whenever the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his 2nd wife and she would always help him out and tide him through difficult times.

Now, the merchant's 1st wife is a very loyal partner and has made great contributions in maintaining his wealth and business as well as taking care of the household. However, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her.

One day, the merchant fell ill. Before long, he knew that he was going to die soon. He thought of his luxurious life and told himself, "Now I have 4 wives with me. But when I die, I'll be alone. How lonely I'll be!"

Thus, he asked the 4th wife, "I loved you most, endowed you with the finest clothing and showered great care over you. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?" "No way!" replied the 4th wife and she walked away without another word.

The answer cut like a sharp knife right into the merchant's heart. The sad merchant then asked the 3rd wife, "I have loved you so much for all my life. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?" "No!" replied the 3rd wife. "Life is so good over here! I'm going to remarry when you die!" The merchant's heart sank and turned cold.

He then asked the 2nd wife, "I always turned to you for help and you've always helped me out. Now I need your help again. When I die, will you follow me and keep me company?" "I'm sorry, I can't help you out this time!" replied the 2nd wife. "At the very most, I can only send you to your grave." The answer came like a bolt of thunder and the merchant was devastated.

Then a voice called out : "I'll leave with you. I'll follow you no matter where you go." The merchant looked up and there was his first wife. She was so skinny, almost like she suffered from malnutrition. Greatly grieved, the merchant said, "I should have taken much better care of you while I could have !"

Actually, we all have 4 wives in our lives

a. The 4th wife is our body. No matter how much time and effort we lavish in making it look good, it'll leave us when we die.

b. Our 3rd wife ? Our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, they all go to others.

c. The 2nd wife is our family and friends. No matter how close they had been there for us when we're alive, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the grave.

d. The 1st wife is in fact our soul, often neglected in our pursuit of material, wealth and sensual pleasure.

Guess what? It is actually the only thing that follows us wherever we go. Perhaps it's a good idea to cultivate and strengthen it now rather than to wait until we're on our deathbed to lament.

But have we ever learned in our graduation about how to cultivate and strengthen our soul? In today's bread oriented education system I really doubt if someone even ever got an opportunity to do so!

Well... It seems Shri Krishna already knew the future of humankind way before 5000 years and hence he himself sang the beautiful song of life named "Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta".

Geeta rightly explains and teaches to cultivate one's Mind and Soul. Way before 5000 years, I don't think humankind ever knew about various religions and the ongoing fights between them. Geeta is not meant for a specific religion rather it is for the mankind, it is a guiding philosophy for the humanity!

Geeta is a 'Shaastra"... a set of principals that never changes regardless of time, place or events. And hence in today's date as well, all the knowledge of Geeta is yet rightly applicable even after 5000 years and it will remain rightly applicable for the coming 5000 years as well.

In my life, "Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta" is the guiding force and it will remain the guiding force for my this life as well as all the life that I may take after this one!!! All credit goes to "Pujaniya Pandurang Shashtri Aathavle" ("DADA JI") who has put this bible of humanity in our hands with all the love and affection via "Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta Paathshaala".

Long live "DADA JI"...!!! And may "Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta"'s reaches in every corner of the world.

"Krunavanto Vishwam Aaryam".

It's time for Innovation

Recently I landed on National Geographic's site featuring an innovating competition titled as Shell Eco-marathon Americas. A team of students from Canada was the winning team who developed a prototype gasoline car which runs 1090 Kilometer-per-liter of fuel (yes! it is 1090 kilometers, no typo here).

The more impressive thing about this team was that they broke their own previous year's performance by 33 km/l.

I appreciate their attitude of setting the new records and breaking the same themselves.

It would be really great to see such innovative competitions happening all around the world and more and more governments pay attention to setup the required infrastructure to boost innovations.

In India, I have seen some competitions happening in engineering colleges however I feel that there is a lot to learn and long to go before we attain a level of maturity in such events.

I am waiting for that day when more and more educational institute focuses on this aspect in collaboration with commerce power houses to drive innovations in the blood of enthusiastic students?

An of course, If I get an opportunity I would love to be on either side of the collaboration ;)

Kudos to the Canadian team for their innovation and I wish them all the best for the next challenge!

Subhaashit - Strength

I have been constantly searching for such knowledge capsules since a long time. Finally have found a one and I am very much impressed with it.

Now I will ensure at least 10 'Surya Namaskars' every morning ;)

अश्वं नैव गजं नैव व्याघ्रं नैव च नैव च |
अजापुत्रं बलिं दद्यात् देवो दुर्बलघातक: ||

Ashvam naiva gajam naiva vyaaghram naiva cha naiva cha
Ajaaputram balim dadyaat devo durbala-ghaataka-ha.

Meaning:
Neither horse (ashva), nor elephant (gaja), nor tiger (vyaaghraa), none at
all.
Only the baby goat (ajaa-putra) is sacrificed in rituals.
(Thus, even God doesn't protect the weak)

This shloka emphasizes the importance of strength. Be it an individual, a
society or a nation, it is always the powerless that are exploited even
when they are not at fault. We can not afford to remain weak.
Indian culture, inspite of being the origin of the finest of philosophies;
inspite of a glorious & divine inheritance, is looked down upon today. The
only reason - her sons & daughters are spineless weak goats. Simply
possessing the best doesn't help, we should be powerful enough a society,
for the world to look up to us.
The use of power is not necessary but the knowledge, to us and to others,
that the power exists, and can be used effectively when needed, is
definitely a necessity. Its only the powerful who can promote peace.

Sparsh Counselling

Hi All,

I am very pleased to introduce 'SPARSH Counselling Center - Feel The Unfelt' to all!

This is a dream project of my life partner where she has started offering various services like personalized counselling, signature/handwriting analysis and weight management solutions under the banner of SPARSH.

You all are welcome to visit http://doctorshreya.webs.com and Feel The Unfelt ;)

Cheers...!!

The Alchemist

"When you wish and desire for something with your whole heart... Forces from whole universe comes down to help you get that".

As specified very rightly below the title, it is truly a magical fable about following your dream.

If you think a little more about one's dream, what are the possibilities that one can do about it?

- Follow the dream, work hard and get it?
- Follow the dream, and leave the chase when you are tired or ready to accept defeat?

Well... there is a lot more about dreams apart from just success and failure... and that's what this fable is all about.

As you and your dreams are very much part of this universe there exists a bond between you, your dreams and the soul of this universe.

Knowing this bond is one thing and feeling this very same bond is the art of living. The moment one consciously starts exploring feelings of this bond with universe, universe itself start revealing its secrets to the one. And its the same thing nicely captured in this fable where the whole universe comes down to help "Santiago" who is chasing his dream.

Personally, going through the fable was a magical experience as if I got a third eye to my mind to see the invisible things happening around in life. And I am sure, whoever learns and explores the language of universe, will certainly experience the same.

I put 5/5 rating for this book. One of the bests that I have come across.

In other words " A Worth Read"... :)

Cheers

Tahuko dot Com

This post is a special one for all Gujarati(s).

If you are in love with music and admire those beautiful creations from veterans of
Gujarati Sangeet Jagat, here is a awesome collection you would love to take a look at.

visit www.tahuko.com.

I will call it a beautiful collection of pearls from the ocean of Gujarati Sangeet. A wonderful work done by Jayshree.

Thanks, Jayshree for putting up such a nice collection.

Your site definitely deserves a direct link from this blog.

Door to Door: Power of +ve Energy

Allow me to greet you and tell you a little about myself. As you probably know, I have cerebral palsy. The "world" told me I could never earn an income, my mother told me I could, and my father told me I must! And so I have, and still do. I am NOT dead (as people keep reporting), but nearly 73. Although physically less active, I still phone my long-time customers for their orders and to keep abreast of what is changing in their lives.


Guys, These are the words from one great salesman I ever knew about...

He is Bill Porter, the great salesman at Watkins working hard always to greet all the challenges of life with his phenomenal will to succeed.

I just came across this movie named "Door to Door" which is based on Bill's real life story, and after watching this I must say it has successfully ignited all my emotions to be determined for NOTHING ELSE BUT SUCCESS!

Bill is somewhere around his early 20's when the movie starts. He is suffering from cerebral palsy which doesn't allow him to talk smoothly or even tie his shoelaces on his own... he goes and grabs a job of a salesman who goes door to door knocking to sell the company's products. He faces lots of criticism from all around and still he sticks to his job as a salesman.

Initially he was well motivated by his mother and he starts of with small baby steps in his career as a salesman. Later the reality of life hits him hard, where he faces challenges every where in his personal life and still he keeps hitting hard as a salesman. The person who was dependent on his mother during his 20's starts taking care of his mother as if she is under 20's and yet keep working hard on his job as a salesman.

Making relations with people and converting them into his customers never stops despite of challenges he was facing in his life. He keeps on working hard, living life as it comes and moving ahead with time, finally reaches a stage where he was the best salesman at Watkins... grabbing "Salesman of the Year" title.

Humble character with mighty will and strongest desire to succeed keeps him moving all the time. I have never seen such a person in my life, and I must say my all emotions are charged to follow his foot steps. I am inspired by the spark of his personality and I am all set to buy a personal copy of this movie "Door to Door".

Guys, its a must watch movie for all of us, as we all are facing pressures all around our life. We can't even afford to think about letting ourselves down against a single odd thing after watching this movie...

I think I have experienced the Power of Positive Energy and if you too wanna feel the same, just get your movie player loaded with "Door to Door" ("Highly recommended" - Shrenik)

Cheers!

Words of Wisdom

Here is something to take into account for our lives...

When you are sharing your joy, you don´t create a prison for anybody —
you simply give. You don´t even expect gratitude or thankfulness,
because you are giving, not to get anything, not even gratitude.
You are giving because you are so full, you have to give.

- Osho ( My all time favorite)

Trek to Korigadh

Guys,

As promised, I am setting up a blog dedicated to Korigadh Trekking.

Keep watching for those beautiful moments.

http://trektokorigadh.blogspot.com

Cheers

Mission Korighad

Friends,

Yesterday, I got a chance to visit Korigadh, the fort located at just 30 mins drive from Lonavala.

Reaching at top was a good time. Moving through ruff terrains, crossing streams and puddles and moving inches close to bushes... I call it a luxury of life, if you are living in a city like Mumbai.

Though I enjoy drizzles when I am out to enjoy, this time my fingers were crossed through out our journey as I was eager to capture every moment in camera.

Weather was excellent through out the day. Partly cloudy - partly sunny, just right for a trek like this. I could see some glances of beautiful western ghats while we were on the way to top. But after reaching on top I realized what a strategic location was chosen by Shivaji the Great Maratha! Words are not enough the describe the beauty of this jewel.

We spent 2 hours on top of this fort, moving around in all directions and enjoying those wide wide wide horizons made up of beautiful mountain ranges. This has been added to my memory's special corner "Memorable Experience of my Life".

I have managed to capture around 250+ pictures of this trek. Will upload them soon. Keep watching this space and of course http:\\photographybyshrenik.blogspot.com

[Self Help:] The One Minute Manager

Here comes one more review on one minute series.

The One Minute Manager, is a very precise and crisp presentation about managing professional relationships.

The credo of the one-minute manager rests on the implementation of three ideas, namely: the need to establish clear-cut goals, the need to praise good performance, and the need to reprimand people when their performance fails to contribute to the attainment of commonly agreed goals. This three basic ideas are known as the three secrets of the one minute manager, namely: one-minute goals, one-minute praisings and one-minute reprimands.

A must read for all professionals.

;)

The One Minute Apology

Friends,

Recently read a book "The One Minute Apology" by Ken Blanchard, Margret McBride.

Before you say you're sorry, you have to admit that you are wrong; Not every one can do this easily. We often use the word sorry in our relations and with the people who touches our lives, but how often we think it through before saying sorry.

This delightful story highlights the wisdom and power that is contained in an honest admission of being wrong. "Learning to apologize has to be an irrefutable law". This book is not a manipulative technique for getting what you want. It is a testimony to what the power of repentance and its related power of forgiveness can do to improve or repair relationships, your business and even your home.

Its about being honest with your self. Being in any situation, you have to be honest and ask your self a simple truth; if there is something going wrong? if there is something to be unhappy about? if there is something that needs to be improved?

Once you find out the truth you are not dealing with; surrender your self. Admit that there is soemthing wrong and you need to make up for it. Apologize for your act and share how you feel about it.

After recognizing what is inconsistent with what you want to be, demonstrate your commitment to not to repeat the act by changing your behavior. Take responsibility of the situation and thoughtfully do the needful!

That's it... ! Apologizing is never as easy before reading this book.

I'll say worth a read!

Meditation: Everything Converges in Your Being

Just sit under a tree. The breeze is blowing and the leaves of the tree are rustling. The wind touches you, it moves around you, it passes. But don’t allow it just to pass you; allow it to move within you and pass through you. Just close your eyes, and as it is passing through the tree and there is a rustling of the leaves, feel that you are also like a tree, open, and the wind is blowing through you ― not by your side but right through you.

The rustling of the tree will enter in you, and you will feel that from every pore of your body the air is passing. It is really passing through you. It is not only imagination, it is a fact ― you have forgotten. You are not only breathing through the nose, you are breathing through the whole body ― from every pore of it, from millions of pores. If you are allowed to breathe through your nose, but all the pores of your body are closed, painted, you will die within three hours. You cannot be alive just by breathing through the nose. Every cell of your body is a living organism, and every cell is breathing. The air is really passing through you, but you have lost the contact. So sit under a tree and feel.

In the beginning it will look like imagination, but soon it will turn into a reality. It is a reality ― that the air is passing through you. Then sit under a rising sun, and not only feel that the rays of the sun are touching you, but that they are entering you and passing through you, so you become vulnerable, you begin to feel open.

The ego is the barrier. When you feel you are, you are so much that nothing can enter in you. You are filled with your own self. When you are not, then everything can pass through you. You have become so vast that even the divine can pass through you. The whole existence is now ready to pass through you, because you are ready. So the whole art of religion is how not to be, how to dissolve, how to surrender, how to become an open space.

Osho: Excerpted from The Book of Secrets

HAIKU: Freedom from Oneself

Immobile haze.
Moon, spring, sleep.
- Kyorai

He is saying this is what life is: “Immobile haze. Moon, spring, sleep” — simple, no complication.

A sannyasin lives a life of such simplicity: the moon, the spring, the sleep — and he is fulfilled. A little immobile haze, and then arises the moon, then comes the spring — there are flowers — and then the sleep.

If you can conceive life in such simple terms — a little dance, a little love, a little playfulness, a little laughter, a little music, and then comes the eternal sleep, life becomes just a small drama. Soon the drama will be over. The acceptance that the drama will be over, that we are just players in a game which is not going to last forever — we will have to vacate the place for other players — then life becomes very simple, without any complexity and without any competition. One lives silently, peacefully, and prepares himself for the eternal peace, the eternal silence, the eternal sleep.

Osho

The Zen Manifesto: Freedom from Oneself

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Classic Composition

ishq junoon jab hadh se badh jaaye - 2
hanste hanste aashiq suli chadh jaaye .....

ishq ka jaadu sar chadhkar bole
khoob laga lo pehre raste rab khole.....

yahi ishq ki marzi hain
yahi rab ki marzi hain
yahi ishq ki marzi hain
yahi rab ki marzi hain
tere bin jeena kaisa
???

tune kya kar dala marr gayi main mitt gayi main
ho ri ha ha ri ho gayi main
teri deewani deewani
teri deewani deewani

Guys, if you feel charged up looking at this words, believe me you are a soul who appreciates good composition.

These are words from the song Teri Deewani - by Kailash Kher. With the release of his album KAILASA, he has given few good compositions and Teri Deewani is one of them.

This song starts with classic vocal of Kailash Kher, slowly it ramps up with guitar and finally drums and synthesizer pitches inn. Full credits to the lyricist, who has successfully built an image of a crazy lover girl along the song. I will say, Kailash Kher has given everthing that he had in this song. Listening to it, one could feel the character, that lyricist had portrayed in words.

As I wrote above, if you are a soul thriving for good music, you would love to add this song in your favorite playlist. What say Smitha? Ajay Patel? Rishikesh?

Album Info:
Singer: Kailash Kher
Music Director: Kailash Kher, Paresh, Naresh
Lyrics: Kailash Kher
Year: 2006

Quote of the Day

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price."

--Kahlil Gibran,
author, poet, artist

Is the Cryosphere sending signals about climate change?

Guys,

Are you concerned with the raising temperature levels across the globe?

How the melting of ice in one corner of world influences al neno, which inturn impacts the monsoon in India?

Here the place where you can find some statistical data about global warming.

Check out some details on National snow and ice data center @ http://nsidc.org/sotc/

This site provides time-series data for Northern Hemisphere snow cover, mountain glacier fluctuations, sea ice extent and concentration, changes in ice shelves, and global sea level. It also provides a snapshot of current permafrost conditions.

I am sure we all are conscious about Green house effects and will take enough care of our planet to breath easy.

Chill out guys, lets see what happens to temperature levels in India this summer!

Keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best.