How einstein derived at equation E=mc^2?

Today i was watching the movie - kungfu panda. There is a scene where the teacher tells panda that this is the birth place of the art of harmony and focus - which definitely was a catch phrase. Harmony and focus - is definitely a way of looking at spirituality. Kungfu is a way to achieve that state of mind. What are the other tools which help you achieve this pleasant state of mind? What are the other ways of attaining spirituality? Before that, what is spirituality?

The meaning of spirituality seems to have changed over time and has differed from one age to another. Before some time, it has meant search for god. When the science was taking control, it has taken a mild turn towards search for nature of god. Some of the leading scientists have been spitirual. Even Einstein 'discovered' his most famous E=mc^2 in his way towards 'self discovery' - in his search to understand how god has made this world. In the recent times, its taken a definite phycological turn in the meaning as well.

Spirituality is reforamation which aims to recover the image of god /godliness
What are the reforms which happen? It underscores commitment. When to realize if the image of the god is complete?

Some religions says the spirituality starts with becoming conscious of forces around and within shaping the life. Its all about living in 'now'.
Conscious just perhaps teaches patience and concentration. This along with being healthy - does that mean spirituality is achieved? What changes after this state is achieved? Is this the only purpose in life or is there any other purpose? To sustain this state is by itself a challenge. How to naturally evolve after this?

Some say the spirituality is about finding purpose and meaning in life. Whats my purpose in life? How does this relate to decrypting godliness?

Answer probably is a collection of all of these and probably a lot more which is difficult to put down on paper as well. However the spirituality is all about continuous reformation, consciousness of present, balance, harmony, unification of mind and body, discovery and purpose.

Sri suktham - meaning!

O Jataveda (Agni, the Fire God)! Bring unto me Lakshmi who resembles a doe of golden colour, who is adorned with garlands of silver and gold, delightful like the moon and abounding in riches.

O Jataveda! Bring unto me that Lakshmi who will not desert me so that I may obtain the gold, cows, horses and followers bestowed by her.

I invoke that Goddess of Prosperity who comes with horses in the front and chariots in the middle and whose coming is announced by the trumpeting of elephants. May that Goddess of Prosperity come and bless me.

I invoke that Goddess of Prosperity whose nature is bliss, who wears a gentle smile, who is surrounded by gold on all sides, who is extremely benignant, lustrous and always contented. She makes those who worship her contented and is of the colour of a lotus and seated on a lotus.

I seek refuge at the feet of the Goddess of Prosperity who is bright as the moon, whose fame blazes like a fire in the world, who is adorned by the Devas and who is extremely generous. May my poverty disappear. I invoke thee again.

O Goddess who art bright as the sun! That noble tree of Thine known as bilva came in to existence as a result of thy austeries. (tapas). May its fruits destroy my impurities of mind and outer features of poverty with Thy grace.

May the friend of the Devas, (Kubera, the Lord of Wealth, who is a friend of Mahadeva or Siva) come to me with fame and wealth. May he grant me who am living in this kingdom, fame and riches.

I shall by They grace destroy that distressing poverty, the first born in the form of hunger and thirst, (i.e., which prevents the advent of prosperity). Dispel from my house every form of want and insufficiency.

I invoke that Goddess of Prosperity, the controller of all beings, who is known by her fragrance, who is invincible, who is always full of wealth and fertility.

O Goddess of Prosperity! May we obtain the desires of our heart, our longings for food and milk products, and may we utter only truthful words. Let us attain glory.

O Kardama! Make her who was born to Kardama (i.e. to you) abide with me. Make the Goddess of Prosperity who is the mother of the universe and wears garlands of lotuses, dwell in our family.

Let the waters produce oily products (like butter) in my house. O Chiklita, dwell in my house and make the Goddess of Prosperity, the Divine Mother, also dwell in my family.

O Jataveda! Bring to me the extremely benign Lakshmi who is reddish in complexion, who dwells in lakes and who possesses the Moon’s brilliance and gold in abundance.

O Jataveda! Bring to me the extremely benign Lakshmi of a golden complexion who dwells in lakes, who is the bestower of plenty, who wears a garland of gold, who is resplendent like the Sun and abounds in wealth.

O Jataveda! Bring to me that Lakshmi who will not forsake me and by whose grace I may obtain in plenty gold, cows, women servants, horses and men servants.

He who is desirous of becoming prosperous should, after making himself pure and controlling his senses, make daily offerings of melted butter in the fire. He should also repeat always the above stanzas of mantras.

O Thou whose face is like a lotus, whose thighs resemble the lotus, whose eyes are like a lotus and who is born of a lotus! Bless me, O Goddess with lotus-like eyes, so that I may attain happiness.

Thou who art extremely rich givest horses, givest cows, givest riches. May riches come to me O Goddess, who grantest all prayers.

O Mother of all beings, grant me sons, grandsons, wealth, grains, elephants, horses, goats, cows, chariots and long life.

We meditate upon Lakshmi, the supreme Goddess, the controller of all, brilliant as the sun and moon and fire.

By your grace may Agni grants us riches, may Vayu (the wind-god) grants us riches, may Surya (the sun god) grants us riches, may the Vasus grants us riches, may Indra and Brihaspati grants us riches, may Varuna (the water-god) grants us riches.

O Vainateya, drink the soma (rasa). Let the Destroyer of vritra (Indra) drink the soma. Let the other gods who drink soma grant me riches required for conducting the soma (sacrifice).

The devotees of the Goddess of Prosperity who have earned religious merit are not affected by anger, envy, avarice or other evil thoughts.

O Night covering the light, May the lightnings of the cloud in the Heaven pour down! Let all seeds grow! Protect!

O Goddess who art fond of lotus, who belongs to the highest order of women known as Padminis, who holds a lotus in Thy hand, who art seated on a lotus, who art loved by the whole world and who pleases the minds of all beings! Be pleased to place Thy lotus feed upon me (my head).

May that Lakshmi born of a lotus and seated on a lotus, with full hips, eyes like the petals of a lotus, deep and round navel, bent with the fullness of her breasts, wearing bright garments, bathed every day with water in golden and bejeweled pots by celestial elephants, with a lotus in her hand, ever dwell in my house with all auspicious qualities.

I worship Lakshmi, the daughter of the ocean of milk, the queen of Sriranga, whom all the celestial damsels serve, the sole seed and sprout of the world, whose slightest look has endowed Brahma, Indra and the God who wears Ganga (Siva) with the powers they now possess, the mother of the three worlds, she who was born of a lotus and is the consort of Mukunda (Vishnu).

May Laksmi the possessor of Siddhis or the supernatural powers, Lakshmi the bestower of liberation, Lakshmi who grants victory and is known as Saraswati, Lakshmi the Goddess of Prosperity, Lakshmi the granter of boons, be always gracious to me.

I worship the Goddess of the world who holds in her hands the noble ankusa (a weapon generally used to control and guide an elephant) and a rope called paasa, whose hand has the pose of protection against fear, who is seated on a lotus, who is lustrous like ten million rising suns and who is the primal being.

Obeisance to Thee, O Goddess Narayani, Tryambika, who art the abode of all auspicious qualities, who art auspiciousness itself, who fulfills all the desires of her devotees, who art the only refuge of every one.

We shall try to know the great Goddess. We shall meditate on the consort of Vishnu. May Lakshmi guide us!

May the Goddess of Prosperity grant me, her devotee, lustrous looks, longevity, good health, grains, wealth, cattle, many sons and a long life!

Become wealthy, feel spirituality - Recite sri suktham

Sri suktham is a sanskrit sloka for goddess sri lakshmi. Our goddess lakshmi is the divine source of wealth, prospectiry, fertility and happiness. Sri suktha is a hymn which thanks the holy mother for all that she is and asks goddess for bliss, love and affection so that the reciter gets propsperity, children and happiness in world.

I was always a non beleiver. I read sri suktham just to understand the meaning of the hymns and to see if it makes sense for me. However, i feel there is a sense of bliss which I get once i understand the meaning and able to connect to the divine.

In the days ahead, I will share the meaning of the hymns.

If you would like to listen to sri suktham, here is the link :

Sri Suktam

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ISKCON temple, Bangalore

ISKCON is one of the famous temples in karnataka and located in Bangalore. The temple is devoted to lord krishna and is located in Maha lakshmi layout near rajaji nagar. ISKCON means international society of krishna consciousness. Infact, when I was visiting other districts and some places in Bangalore, I saw Russians and Americans in dhoti distributing phamplets on ISKCON to pedestrians and selling bhagvat gita.

It truly made me wonder, when Russians and Americans are interested in Indian culture and are devoted to lord krishna, there is truly something special with India and the power of lord krishna.

Look at the beauty of the main shrine - that of lord krishna and radha - in ISKCON. Its such a beauty.

Come evening, ISKCON is a beauty with its lights.

While climbing up the stairs to shrine, please take the route of hare rama hare krishna entrance. Here you will have to recite the mantra while you make your way to the shrine. Its a new experience of spirituality and made a difference on me that day.

ISKCON has lot of food options and the food is low cost and of very good quality. I felt at sometimes at the level of commercialization in ISKCON but given the changing world and the international presence, I understand that such comforts will be required at some point.

HARE RAMA, HARE KRISHNA.

Majorda beach, Goa - A must visit place

Majorda is a beach village located in south Goa. Majorda beach is known for its pristine blue waters, white sandy beach, pleasant and not very crowded beach suitable for sun bathing and spending some nice time with nature.

What you can do in Majorda?
1. Best place for calm sun bath
2. Swimming
3. Water scooter
4. Beach volleyball
5. Drinks and food with friends. Try some goan food.
6. Photography

Regarding the stay?
Majorda has quite a few beach resorts and majorda beach resort located along shore is often a preferred place for foreigners. I stayed in a serviced apartment called tree house blue located about 2 kms from majorda beach.

Regarding tree house blue:
The 1 BHK apartment i stayed in was a nice pleasant air conditioned apartments with all the amenities filled in like modular kitchen, furnitures, refrigirator, bed, retro bathroom, electronic safe, swimming pool, microwave, stove etc. The staff were friendly and the service was good.
There are lot of indoor games like table tennis, carrom etc and you can spend some time with your family / friends.
There is a grocery store in tree house blue and you can buy the necessary items there itself.
Cycle is free to use here. The bikes & cars can be rented for self drive. The bike hiring costed about 300 INR and the CAR about 1000 rupees excluding petrol. Petrol is cheap in goa (cheaper by 20 INR / litre) and you can drive around the small city in these vehicles quite comfortably. There is one MR pareira near tree house blue who can rent you vehicles and also arrange for petrol.

Regarding the food:
There are lots of nice restuarants and I liked pentagon very much. There were lot of foreigners frequenting this place and the food was definitely very good. I felt the food was little expensive though.
I desperately tried out Goan food and the chicken vandaloo i tried was the lone not so good food through out the trip. The vandaloo gravy was little awkwardly spicy, tangy and felt some itch in tongue too after eating
The cheaper and a nice way i found out is that to pick the cycle and buy groceries from a bigger grocery store about 2 KMS from tree house blue. 

Trip to colva beach, Goa

Colva is a beautiful beach village in South goa and its beach stretches for about 2.5 KMs. Colva is known its white sandy beaches, spa and for its water sports activities. Tourism is well developed in Colva and there are lots of restaurants, handicrafts shops, bars and other shops. The beach is crowded during the evenings and if you are a person who loves action, this is the place to be in.

I stayed in majorda during the goa trip and it was about 7 kms from colva beach. I rented a scooter and drove down via the paddy fields with my family to colva beach. Evenings are cool and the drive was very pleasant.

Some of the highlights of the trip to colva:

1. Ayurvedic massages and spa are available in reasonable rates. 

2. I tried out evening snacks in vegetarian restaurant (udupi) and it was good. Rates were cheap. Filter coffee though was lacking flavour completely.

3. Water sports was very enjoyable but felt was a tad costlier for the time you get to spend on the sport actually.

4. Paragliding is available in two flavors - one which takes you from beach and the one in which you go some distance into sea and take off in parachute from there. Both of them cost about 700 bucks per person. Obviously, I chose for the later. Once they take you into the sea in a connecting boat, they normally ask you for 300 more per person to get some more thrills like dipping in sea and a few more minutes in the sky. The ride lasted for about 15-20 mins totally and the paragliding was for 5 mins. The first few moments were tense given that it was my first time but then it was such a pleasant experience flying and to be with the birds and seeing only sea around you.

5. Water scooter charged about 500 rupees and the drive in a jumpy sea was amazing.