Maintaining the balance.

 

Take care of and nurture yourself.

You cannot accomplish anything if you're unhealthy. Get plenty of rest, exercise, and eat properly. Many of us think we can burn the candle at both ends, eat junk food, get very little exercise, and still function adequately. You may be able to get away with this for a while when you're young, however, at some point, this lifestyle catches up with the best of us. Burnout is a real possibility.

Ideally, set aside time each day for an activity that you enjoy, such as walking, working out, or listening to music. Or, allow yourself to unwind after a hectic day by reading, meditating, or taking a nice hot bath.

Know what your priorities are.

Balance does not entail cramming in every activity possible. Examine your values and decide what's important to you; then set your boundaries. You may be in the process of building a career, starting a family, or going to school. Depending on what stage you're at in life, your focus and energies will be different.

Avoid becoming overwhelmed by juggling too many big projects in your life at once. Maybe planning a wedding is not a good idea when you're studying for the bar exam. Nor, is starting a family when you are unsure about your career direction, or relationship status.

Not knowing what you want and trying to do everything at once can be a recipe for disaster instead of the road to leading a well-balanced life. As the saying goes, "do not bite off more than you can chew".

Create an efficient mindset.

Be organized and plan ahead. Take time at the beginning of each week to assess what needs to be done. Make a to-do list in a planner or calendar for upcoming appointments, impending exams, or meetings to attend.

Be sure also to allow for recreation and quality time for yourself and your family. Taking the time to connect with family and friends will recharge your batteries and make you more efficient in the long run

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Maintain a positive mental attitude.

Begin each day with the intention of making the best and most of it. It may not always go as planned, but it can go more smoothly if you put it in perspective.

Part of living a well-balanced life is learning how to deal with adversity, unforeseen events and uncertainty. If you practice not letting things get to you, you will not only learn to live a well-balanced and less stressful life, you will learn to live in and savor the moment. Once you've done everything you can within your control, let your life unfold. Be prepared for the future, but don't worry about it.

While we can't anticipate and plan for everything in our lives, we can decide how, where and when to concentrate our energies.

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance. Epicurus

Balance. The Ultimate Goal. Ricky Lankford

It is better to rise from life as from a banquet - neither thirsty nor drunken. Aristotle

I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling. Art Garfunkel

Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use. Peter Latham

Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
Robert Fulgham

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony. Thomas Merton

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them. Thomas Kinkade

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man. Euripides 

They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing. William Shakespeare

Looking back.

 

Smmw.

 Sir Monier Monier-Williams KCIE was an Indian-born British scholar who was the second Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, England. He studied, documented and taught Asian languages, especially Sanskrit, Persian and Hindustani. 

In 1860, Monier Monier-Williams was elected to the position of Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford, following an acrimonious campaign against his rival, Friedrich Max Müller. Monier-Williams had previously been Professor of Sanskrit, Persian and Hindustani at Haileybury College (the East India Company College) until 1858 when the College was closed. Monier-Williams remained Boden Professor until he retired in 1887. Shyamaji Krishnavarma worked as his assistant from 1879 to 1883.

Monier-Williams' major contribution to the landscape and pedagogy of Oxford was the foundation of the Indian Institute. In 1875, he first put the idea to Congregation to found an institute to provide a place of study for Indian Civil Service (ICS) probationers and Indian students at Oxford, combining a library, reading room and museum. He travelled to India in 1875, 1876 and 1883 to secure moral and financial support from Indians, particularly the Indian Princes who also donated items for the museum and library. The foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales in 1883, and opened by the Vice-Chancellor, Benjamin Jowett, on 14 October 1884 at which Monier-Williams gave the address.

Tapaniya gold

Gopāla-tāpanī Upanishad is a Sanskrit text, probably composed in the first half of 2nd-millennium CE, and a minor Upanishad attached to the Atharvaveda. The Gopāla-tāpanī is one of the four Tāpinī Upanishads (Nṛsiṁha, Rāma, Tripurā and Gopāla).

The central character of the text is Radha who is described as the Shakti of krishna, her devotion and discussion of Gopala Krishna. Gopala Krishna is presented as identical to the nondual Absolute Reality (Atman-Brahman), the sat-cit-ananda, the Guru, the Om and the object of Vedanta, who can be reached by devotion to love. It is an important text to the Vaiṣṇava schools of Hinduism, particularly the Gaudiya Vaishnavas of Bengal region of South Asia.

The text is listed as 95th in the Telugu language Muktika anthology of 108 Upanishads.

Farquhar dates it to have been composed after Nṛsiṁha-tāpanī Upanishad, which he estimates to be complete by the 7th century. He states that the first of the Tāpanīya Upanishads is believed to be the Nṛsiṁha, which served as the model for the others which took this name. The Gopalatapani text was extensively commented by the 16th-century scholar Jiva Goswami placing the two limits on its composition century. The 14th-century scholar Vidyaranya commented on Tapani series of Upanishad, so it is possible the text existed by then.

The Sanskrit word tāpanīya in the context of these Upanishads is not clear. The word is found in four different forms: tapanīya, tāpanīya, tāpinī, tāpanī. Tāpanī is the most common form used in titles and references, but this appears to be an abbreviated form of the more correct tāpanīya, which appears in the texts themselves. According to Monier-Williams verdict we should assume tāpanīya ("gold") to be the name of a school of the Vājaseyani Saṁhitā that produced the four Upanishads bearing this name. This assumes that they come from a common source something disputed by others, who believe that the three other works were written on the model of the Nṛsiṁha-tāpanī as a result of the success enjoyed by that work in bringing legitimation a particular ancient tradition containing Nṛsiṁha mantra. Deussen reads tapanīya, which means "that which must be heated" or "gold". It also has the meaning of "self-mortification".

The process of self-purification is often compared to smelting gold, which is heated repeatedly in fire to remove any impurities. Deussen thus explains the term is as follows: "Tapanam (austerity) is burning pain-suffering or ascetic self-sacrifice; Nṛsiṁha-tapanam thus means ascetic self-surrender to Nṛsiṁha. Therefore Nṛsiṁha-tapanīya Upanishad "the doctrine concerning the ascetic surrender to Nṛsiṁha."

RR

 श्री राम रक्षा स्तोत्रम् (Shri Ram Raksha Stotram)

विनियोग: अस्य श्रीरामरक्षास्त्रोतमन्त्रस्य बुधकौशिक ऋषिः । श्री सीतारामचंद्रो देवता । अनुष्टुप छंदः। सीता शक्तिः । श्रीमान हनुमान कीलकम । श्री सीतारामचंद्रप्रीत्यर्थे रामरक्षास्त्रोतजपे विनियोगः । अथ ध्यानम्‌: ध्यायेदाजानुबाहुं धृतशरधनुषं बद्धपदमासनस्थं, पीतं वासो वसानं नवकमल दल स्पर्धिनेत्रम् प्रसन्नम । वामांकारूढ़ सीता मुखकमलमिलल्लोचनम्नी, रदाभम् नानालंकारदीप्तं दधतमुरुजटामण्डलम् रामचंद्रम ॥ राम रक्षा स्तोत्रम्: चरितं रघुनाथस्य शतकोटि प्रविस्तरम् । एकैकमक्षरं पुंसां महापातकनाशनम् ॥1॥ ध्यात्वा नीलोत्पलश्यामं रामं राजीवलोचनम् । जानकीलक्ष्मणोपेतं जटामुकुटमण्डितं ॥2॥ सासितूणधनुर्बाणपाणिं नक्तंचरान्तकम् । स्वलीलया जगत्त्रातुमाविर्भूतमजं विभुम् ॥3॥ रामरक्षां पठेत प्राज्ञः पापघ्नीं सर्वकामदाम् । शिरो मे राघवः पातु भालं दशरथात्मजः ॥4॥ कौसल्येयो दृशो पातु विश्वामित्रप्रियः श्रुति । घ्राणं पातु मखत्राता मुखं सौमित्रिवत्सलः ॥5॥ जिह्वां विद्यानिधिः पातु कण्ठं भरतवन्दितः । स्कन्धौ दिव्यायुधः पातु भुजौ भग्नेशकार्मुकः ॥6॥ करौ सीतापतिः पातु हृदयं जामदग्न्यजित । मध्यं पातु खरध्वंसी नाभिं जाम्बवदाश्रयः ॥7॥ सुग्रीवेशः कटी पातु सक्थिनी हनुमत्प्रभुः । उरु रघूत्तमः पातु रक्षःकुलविनाशकृताः ॥8॥ जानुनी सेतुकृत पातु जंघे दशमुखांतकः । पादौ विभीषणश्रीदः पातु रामअखिलं वपुः ॥9॥ एतां रामबलोपेतां रक्षां यः सुकृति पठेत । स चिरायुः सुखी पुत्री विजयी विनयी भवेत् ॥10॥ पातालभूतल व्योम चारिणश्छद्मचारिणः । न द्रष्टुमपि शक्तास्ते रक्षितं रामनामभिः ॥11॥ रामेति रामभद्रेति रामचंद्रेति वा स्मरन । नरौ न लिप्यते पापैर्भुक्तिं मुक्तिं च विन्दति ॥12॥ जगज्जैत्रैकमन्त्रेण रामनाम्नाभिरक्षितम् । यः कण्ठे धारयेत्तस्य करस्थाः सर्वसिद्धयः ॥13॥ वज्रपञ्जरनामेदं यो रामकवचं स्मरेत । अव्याहताज्ञाः सर्वत्र लभते जयमंगलम् ॥14॥ आदिष्टवान् यथा स्वप्ने रामरक्षामिमां हरः । तथा लिखितवान् प्रातः प्रबुद्धो बुधकौशिकः ॥15॥ आरामः कल्पवृक्षाणां विरामः सकलापदाम् । अभिरामस्त्रिलोकानां रामः श्रीमान स नः प्रभुः ॥16॥ तरुणौ रूपसम्पन्नौ सुकुमारौ महाबलौ । पुण्डरीकविशालाक्षौ चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरौ ॥17॥ फलमूलाशिनौ दान्तौ तापसौ ब्रह्मचारिणौ । पुत्रौ दशरथस्यैतौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥18॥ शरण्यौ सर्वसत्वानां श्रेष्ठौ सर्वधनुष्मताम् । रक्षःकुलनिहन्तारौ त्रायेतां नो रघूत्तमौ ॥19॥ आत्तसज्जधनुषाविषुस्पृशा वक्ष याशुगनिषङ्गसङ्गिनौ । रक्षणाय मम रामलक्ष्मणावग्रतः पथि सदैव गच्छताम ॥20॥ सन्नद्धः कवची खड्गी चापबाणधरो युवा । गच्छन् मनोरथान नश्च रामः पातु सलक्ष्मणः ॥21॥ रामो दाशरथी शूरो लक्ष्मणानुचरो बली । काकुत्स्थः पुरुषः पूर्णः कौसल्येयो रघूत्तमः ॥22॥ वेदान्तवेद्यो यज्ञेशः पुराणपुरुषोत्तमः । जानकीवल्लभः श्रीमानप्रमेयपराक्रमः ॥23॥ इत्येतानि जपन नित्यं मद्भक्तः श्रद्धयान्वितः । अश्वमेधाधिकं पुण्यं सम्प्राप्नोति न संशयः ॥24॥ रामं दुर्वादलश्यामं पद्माक्षं पीतवाससम । स्तुवन्ति नामभिर्दिव्यैर्न ते संसारिणो नरः ॥25॥ रामं लक्ष्मणपूर्वजं रघुवरं सीतापतिं सुन्दरं, काकुत्स्थं करुणार्णवं गुणनिधिं विप्रप्रियं धार्मिकम । राजेन्द्रं सत्यसंधं दशरथतनयं श्यामलं शांतमूर्तिं, वन्दे लोकाभिरामं रघुकुलतिलकं राघवं रावणारिम ॥26॥ रामाय रामभद्राय रामचंद्राय वेधसे । रघुनाथाय नाथाय सीतायाः पतये नमः ॥27॥ श्रीराम राम रघुनन्दनराम राम, श्रीराम राम भरताग्रज राम राम । श्रीराम राम रणकर्कश राम राम, श्रीराम राम शरणं भव राम राम ॥28॥ श्रीराम चन्द्रचरणौ मनसा स्मरामि, श्रीराम चंद्रचरणौ वचसा गृणामि । श्रीराम चन्द्रचरणौ शिरसा नमामि, श्रीराम चन्द्रचरणौ शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥29॥ माता रामो मत्पिता रामचन्द्रः स्वामी, रामो मत्सखा रामचन्द्रः । सर्वस्वं मे रामचन्द्रो दयालुर्नान्यं, जाने नैव जाने न जाने ॥30॥ दक्षिणे लक्ष्मणो यस्य वामे च जनकात्मज । पुरतो मारुतिर्यस्य तं वन्दे रघुनन्दनम् ॥31॥ लोकाभिरामं रणरंगधीरं राजीवनेत्रं रघुवंशनाथं । कारुण्यरूपं करुणाकरं तं श्रीरामचन्द्रं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥32॥ मनोजवं मारुततुल्यवेगं जितेन्द्रियं बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठम । वातात्मजं वानरयूथमुख्यं श्रीराम दूतं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥33॥ कूजन्तं रामरामेति मधुरं मधुराक्षरम । आरुह्य कविताशाखां वन्दे वाल्मीकिकोकिलम ॥34॥ आपदामपहर्तारं दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम् । लोकाभिरामं श्रीरामं भूयो भूयो नमाम्यहम् ॥35॥ भर्जनं भवबीजानामर्जनं सुखसम्पदाम् । तर्जनं यमदूतानां रामरामेति गर्जनम् ॥36॥ रामो राजमणिः सदा विजयते, रामं रमेशं भजे रामेणाभिहता, निशाचरचमू रामाय तस्मै नमः । रामान्नास्ति परायणं परतरं, रामस्य दासोस्म्यहं रामे चित्तलयः, सदा भवतु मे भो राम मामुद्धराः ॥37॥ राम रामेति रामेति रमे रामे मनोरमे । सहस्त्रनाम तत्तुल्यं रामनाम वरानने ॥38॥

Year

 *Namaskarams!!*

We all remember and instantly tell  our year of birth based on English calendar. But we struggle to remember the Samvatsar  based on Bharatiya Hindu Panchanga. Given below is the Samvatsar in which you were born. Some wise person has prepared this to help us know and remember which Bharatiya year we were born. Please preserve this and regularly use it. 

 

*( 1867, 1927,1987,)*: Prabhava

*(1868,1928,1988)*: Vibhava

*(1869,1929,1989)*: Shukla

*(1870,1930,1990)*: Pramodoota

*(1871,1931, 1991)*: Prajotpatti

*(1872,1932,1992)*: Angeerasa

*(1873,1933,1993)*: Shreemukha

*(1874,1934,1994)*: Bhaava

*(1875,1935,1995)*:Yuva

*(1876,1936,1996)*: Dhata

*(1877,1937,1997)*: Ishwara

*(1878,1938,1998)*: Bahudhanya

*(1879,1939,1999)*: Pramadi

*(1880,1940,2000)*: Vikrama

*(1881,1941,2001)*: Vrusha

*(1882,1942,2002)*: Chitrabhanu

*(1883,1943,2003)*: Swabhanu

*(1884,1944,2004)*: TaraNa 

*(1885,1945,2005)*: Parthiva

*(1886,1946,2006)*: Vyaya

*(1887,1947,2007)*: Sarvajit

*(1888,1948,2008)*:

Sarvadhari

*(1889,1949,2009)*: Virodhi

*(1890,1950,2010)*: Vikruti

*(1891,1951,2011)*: Khara

*(1892,1952,2012)*:  Nandana

*(1893,1953,2013)*: Vijaya

*(1894,1954,2014)*: Jaya

*(1895,1955,2015)*: Manmatha

*(1896,1956,2016)*: Durmukhi

*(1897,1957,2017)*: HeviLambi

*(1898,1958,2018)*: ViLambi

*(1899,1959,2019)*: Vikari

*(1900,1960,2020)*: Sharvari

*(1901,1961,2021)*: Plava

*(1902,1962,2022)*: Shubhakruta

*(1903,1963,2023)*: Shobhakruta

*(1904,1964,2024)*: Krodhi

*(1905,1965,2025)*: Vishwavasu 

*(1906,1966,2026)*: Parabhava

*(1907,1967,2027)*: Plavanga

*(1908,1968,2028)*: Kilaka

*(1909,1969,2029)*: Sowmya

*(1910,1970,2030)*:  SadharaNa

*(1911,1971,2031)*: Virodhikruta 

*(1912,1972,2032)*: Paridhaavi

*(1913,1973,2033)*: Pramaada

*(1914,1974,2034)*: Ananda

*(1915,1975,2035)*: Rakshasa

*(1916,1976,2036)*: NaLa

*(1917,1977,2037)*: PingaLa

*(1918,1978,2038)*: KaLayukti

*(1919,1979,2039)*: Siddharthi

*(1920,1980,2040)*: Roudri

*(1921,1981,2041)*: Durmati

*(1922,1982,2042)*: Dundubhi

*(1923,1983,2043)*: Rudhirodgaari 

*(1924,1984,2044)*: Raktakshi

*(1925,1985,2045)*: Krodhana

*(1926,1986,2046)*: Akshaya 

*Please pass this to all your friends and relatives*

Did you know, that as per Indian *Panchang* system, each year has a specific name? And that each name has a meaning? There are *60* names of years *(Samvatsars)*. Each name replays after 60 years. The year typically begins in *mid-April*.*

The year 2019-20 was named *‘Vikari’*, that lived up to its name by being a *‘illness’ year!*

The year 2020-21 was named *‘Sharvari’,* meaning *darkness*, and it did push the world into a dark phase!

Now the *‘Plava’* year (2021-22) is ending. ‘Plava’ means, *"that - which ferries us across".* The *Varaha Samhita* says: this will ferry the world across unbearable difficulties and reach us to a state of glory. And take us from *darkness to light!*

Proud to be a Hindu 

The year 2022-23 is named *‘Shubhkrut’,* meaning that which *creates auspiciousness.*

*We can now look forward and expect to have a better tomorrow* 

Believe it or not *Sanatan Dharma* is thus far the most *scientific, practical and inclusive* of all systems in existence today. 

Our *Rishis* and *Munis* could accurately predict when modern day gadgets and equipments were non existent.

*Proud to belong to the land of diversity and brotherhood*

Magic miracle.

 It will be dangerous, but we have to do something!

… Or I may never get home.

… Earth moves the air and the wind feeds the fire.
Magic is here, if you dare to believe

… I'm just a regular girl type girl
Come from a regular world type world.
Never thought I could be this brave,
Never thought I would ride this amazing wave.
I'm wide awake but it feels like a dream,
Being a part of this new and magical team.

… I've seen the wonders within this land.

… You wanna come with me? Come just take my hand.
Earth moves the air and the wind feeds the fire.
Magic is here if you dare to believe.
Sail out to sea,
On an ocean of mystery.
Elves bring your heart to the ones that you need.

… Whatever happens, wherever we go,
We are the lengend of the 5
Yeah the 5 and we know

… This is the way we're supposed to be,
This is the way we set the powers free.
We know the portals, we hold the keys
I see my magical friends
Whenever I please.
This girl is living the fairy tale
You wanna come with me? Come to Elvendale.

… Earth moves the air and the wind feeds the fire.
Magic is here if you dare to believe.
Sail out to sea,
On an ocean of mystery.
Elves bring your heart to the ones that you need.

… I'm just a regular girl type girl
Come from a regular world type world.
Never thought I could be this brave,
Never thought I would ride this amazing wave.