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sampige srinivasa • February 26, 2002 


Hi Dinesh,
Thanks for your opinion.

Dear Sri Bhagavatha Bandus, Can someone known please, answer to my friend's 
questions in the below mail?


Om Namo Narayana
Srinivasa Iyengar
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Johri, Dinesh
>Sent: 26 February 2002 16:40
>To: Sampige, Srinivasa; Rao, Niranjan; Sridhar, MV; Jambha, Madhusudhan;
>Murthy, Peri; 'Nag_Bhushan (E-mail)'; ''Nishanth Rao' (E-mail)';
>'Prabhakara Srikantaiah Konagolli (E-mail)'; 'Raghu Prasad
>(RBIN/DBA-IBT) (E-mail)'; 'Satishms (E-mail)'; 'Suhasa Venkateshamurthy
>(E-mail)'; 'Suresh (E-mail)'; Pradeep. Rao Pathmudi (E-mail)
>Subject: RE: A Scientific View:Comments
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>This all is fine but,
>
>1. What do you get by japing Om??????
>2. What is the level that this naam 'OM' Can take you?
>3. Jappa of 'OM' is also called as knowledge of Naama. Every naam has
>its destination where it can take the soul with it. Do anyone know what
>is the reach of 'OM'.
>4. Vishwamitra invented 'OM' True. But he was still nothing in front of
>vasishtha and vasisitha was nothing in front of Janaka.
>5. The celestial world described is good and mind blowing but there is
>an energy which binds this all, which controls this all(we call it
>Parabraham). And nobody like binding. Have anyone tried to go past this
>binding.???? Does anyone knows who to go past this binding. Once in
>crores of years everything in this cosmic world is destroyed and new
>cosmos is created.(this we called mahapralaya)
>6. Scientifically Your soul is a part of this cosmic world. Hence even
>if you reach a level in this cosmic world during the total destruction
>you will also be aligned back from square one this happens as energy can
>neither be created nor destroyed and your soul is a energy in this
>cosmic world.
>7. At first point it is very difficult for normal human to realize the
>feeling of this cosmic world. There are various levels in this cosmic
>world. Vishwamitra was able to feel some of the levels of this cosmic
>world by japping OM. Vasistha was able to feel more and janaka was able
>to cross the boundaries. But has anyone ever thought how a soul could
>achieve these stages.
>
>Every one prays for materialistic pleasures (money,sex etc)  which we
>call Maya a force created to disrupt the soul.
>Everyone prays to gain power which we call shakti which was created to
>disrupt the soul.
>Every one wants to do good deeds which we call karmas which is a never
>ending bank balance, this was created to keep the soul in the cycle of
>life of death.
>
>Have anyone ever tried to go past these, thinking about your soul ? Very
>rare... as in today's world no one even understands that there is a
>soul. The date-time in which are in is so powerful that the very
>identity of Soul is loosing its significance.
>
>I know many of you would probably think why should I listen to someone
>who doesn't even believe in GOD.
>Why should I bother to take his views.
>Many of you might just do a shift Delete.
>
>Fine do not take any views but do definitely give it a thought. May be
>someday this thought might trigger some Light in you.
>
>Regards,
>Dinesh....
>
>Best Regards
>Dinesh Johri
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sampige, Srinivasa
>Sent: 26 February 2002 14:49
>To: Rao, Niranjan; Sridhar, MV; Jambha, Madhusudhan; Murthy, Peri;
>Johri, Dinesh; Nag_Bhushan (E-mail); 'Nishanth Rao' (E-mail); Prabhakara
>Srikantaiah Konagolli (E-mail); Raghu Prasad (RBIN/DBA-IBT) (E-mail);
>Satishms (E-mail); Suhasa Venkateshamurthy (E-mail); Suresh (E-mail)
>Subject: A Scientific View
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>From: Shreedhar  Torgal 
>To: "Madan Gopal S." , Girish N ,
>"Girish
>Hegde (E-mail)" , "Eshwer chandra jog K. M
>(E-mail)"
>, "GSridhar@Gafri. com (E-mail)"
>, "Sampige Srinivasa K. P (E-mail)"
>, "Shivanad K R (E-mail)"
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>Subject: FW: gayathri
>Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:31:33 +1100
>
>A Scientific View of the Gayatri Manthra by Dr.Tanmaya
>
>
>
> >Gayatri mantra has been bestowed the greatest importance in Vedic
>dharma.
> >This mantra has also been termed as Savitri and Ved-Mata, the mother of
>the
> >Vedas. The literal meaning of the mantra is:
> >
> >O God! You are Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Almighty. You are all Light.
>You
> >are all Knowledge and Bliss. You are Destroyer of fear, You are Creator
>of
> >this Universe, You are the Greatest of all. We bow and meditate upon
>Your
> >light. You guide our intellect in the right direction.
> >
> >
> >The mantra, however, has a great scientific importance too, which
>somehow
> >got lost in the literary tradition. The modern astrophysics and
>astronomy
> >tell us that our Galaxy called Milky Way or Akash-Ganga contains
> >approximately 100,000 million of stars. Each star is like our sun
>having
> >its own planet system.
> >
> >
> >
> >We know that the moon moves round the earth and the earth moves round
>the
> >sun along with the moon. All planets round the sun. Each of the above
> >bodies revolves round at its own axis as well. Our sun along with its
> >family takes one round of the galactic centre in 22.5 crore years. All
> >galaxies including ours are moving away at a terrific velocity of
>20,000
> >miles per second.
> >
> >And now the alternative scientific meaning of the mantra step by step:
> >
> >(A) Om bhur bhuvah swah: Bhur the earth, bhuvah the planets (solar
>family),
> >swah the Galaxy.
> >
> >We observe that when an ordinary fan with a speed of 900 RPM (rotations
>per
> >minute) moves, it makes noise. Then, one can imagine, what great noise
> >would be created when the galaxies move with a speed of 20,000 miles
>per
> >second. This is what this portion of the mantra explains that the sound
> >produced due to the fast-moving earth, planets and galaxies is Om. The
> >sound was heard during meditation by Rishi Vishvamitra, who mentioned
>it to
> >other colleagues. All of them, then unanimously decided to call this
>sound
> >Om the name of God,because this sound is available in all the three
>periods
> >of time, hence it is sat (permanent).
> >
> >Therefore, it was the first ever revolutionary idea to identify
>formless
> >God with a specific title (form) called upadhi. Until that time,
>everybody
> >recognized God as formless and nobody was prepared to accept this new
>idea.
> >In the Gita also, it is said, "Omiti ekaksharam brahma", meaning that
>the
> >name of the Supreme is Om, which contains only one syllable (8/12).
>This
> >sound Om heard during samadhi was called by all the seers nada-brahma
>(a
> >very great noise), but not a noise that is normally beyond a specific
> >amplitude and limits of decibels suited to human hearing. Hence the
>rishis
> >called this sound Udgith musical sound of the above, i.e., heaven. They
> >also noticed that the infinite mass of galaxies moving with a velocity
>of
> >20,000 miles/second was generating a kinetic energy = 1/2 MV2 and this
>was
> >balancing the total energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence they named
>it
> >Pranavah, which means the body (vapu) or store house of energy (prana).
> >
> >(B) Tat savitur varenyam: Tat that (God), savitur the sun (star),
>varenyam
> >worthy of bowing or respect.
> >
> >Once the form of a person along with the name is known to us, we may
>locate
> >the specific person. Hence the two titles (upadhi) provide the solid
>ground
> >to identify the formless God, Vishvamitra suggested. He told us that we
> >could know (realize) the unknowable formless God through the known
>factors,
> >viz., sound Om and light of suns (stars). A mathematician can solve an
> >equation x2+y2=4; if x=2; then y can be known and so on. An engineer
>can
> >measure the width of a river even by standing at the river bank just by
> >drawing a triangle. So was the scientific method suggested by
>Vishvamitra
> >in the mantra in the next portion as under:-
> >
> >(C) Bhargo devasya dheemahi: Bhargo the light, devasya of the deity,
> >dheemahi we should meditate.
> >
> >The rishi instructs us to meditate upon the available form (light of
>suns)
> >to discover the formless Creator (God). Also he wants us to do japa of
>the
> >word Om (this is understood in the Mantra). This is how the sage wants
>us
> >to proceed, but there is a great problem to realise it, as the human
>mind
> >is so shaky and restless that without the grace of the Supreme (Brahma)
>it
> >cannot be controlled. Hence Vishvamitra suggests the way to pray Him as
> >under:
> >
> >(D) Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat:
> >Dhiyo intellect, yo who, nah we all, prachodayat guide to right
> >direction. O God! Deploy our intellect on the right path.
> >
> >Full scientific interpretation of the Mantra
> >
> >
> >The earth (bhur), the planets (bhuvah), and the galaxies (swah) are
>moving
> >at a very great velocity, the sound produced is Om, (the name of
>formless
> >God.) That God (tat), who manifests Himself in the form of light of
>suns
> >(savitur) is worthy of bowing/respect (varenyam). We all, therefore,
>should
> >meditate (dheemahi) upon the light (bhargo) of that deity (devasya) and
> >also do chanting of Om. May He (yo) guide in right direction
>(prachodayat)
> >our (nah) intellect (dhiyo).
> >
> >So we notice that the important points hinted in the mantra are:-
> >
> >(1) The total kinetic energy generated by the movement of galaxies acts
>as
> >umbrella and balances the total energy consumption of the cosmos. Hence
>it
> >was named as the Pranavah (body of energy). This is equal to 1/2 mv2
>(Mass
> >of galaxies x velocity2).
> >
> >(2) Realizing the great importance of the syllable Om, the other later
>date
> >religions adopted this word with a slight change in accent, viz., amen
>and
> >ameen.
> >
> >(3) The God could be realized through the saguna (gross) upasana
>(method),
> >i.e.,
> >(a) by chanting the name of the supreme as Om and
> >(b) by meditating upon the light emitted by stars (suns).
> >
> >
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>I
> >will remove this from my web site. I got this in a document that was
> >forwarded to me.
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