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विघ्नेश्वराय वरदाय सुरप्रियाय, लम्बोदराय सकलाय जगत्‌ हिताय । नागाननाय श्रुतियज्ञभूषिताय, गौरीसुताय गणनाथ नमो नमस्ते ॥


या कुन्देन्दुतुषारहारधवला या शुभ्रवस्त्रावृता
या वीणावरदण्डमण्डितकरा या श्वेतपद्मासना ।
या ब्रह्माच्युतशंकरप्रभृतिभिर्देवैः सदा पूजिता
सा मां पातु सरस्वति भगवती निःशेषजाड्यापहा ॥

No sin or good deed in Hindu dharm

 There is no sin or good deed.
 There is absolutely no reference to the concept of sin or a good deed in The Vedas. There is just the law of Karma. Though such divisions do come in the texts written much later, that is, the Puranas, the underlying theme is still the same.
 It is impossible to define what is a sin and what is not. There will always be grey areas.
 Killing is a sin, but warriors who kill on the battlefield go to heaven. Confusing? A lie spoken to save Dharma, is better than 100 truths. Ironical?
 It is not the action, but the underlying intention and context that defines us to define it as good or bad. The Law of Karma states that every action you do, it's effects will come back to you.
 Hence, there is only action and intention, no concept of good or bad in Hinduism.

When we understand clearly the law of cause and sequence, or of action and reaction, we cease to blame God, or any other extra-cosmic creator of evil.

Then we do not say that evil has been interpolated from without. If we know that all the forces of nature, both physical and mental, are but so many expressions of one eternal Energy or Divine will, which is far beyond the relative good and evil, then we do not see good and evil in the universe. On the contrary, we find everywhere the expression of that Divine will. The nature of an effect must be the same as that of a cause, because effect is nothing but the manifested state of the cause, and if the cause of the universe be one eternal, divine Energy, then the universe, as a whole, can be neither good nor evil.

We can throw aside the narrow and limited (looking) glass of our relative standard, through which now looking at the events of life and put on our mental eye the (looking)) glass of divine energy, or universal will, then we no longer see good and evil, or virtue and vice, or reward and punishment. But we see the expression of one law of causation everywhere. Then we do not blame our parents, or the Satan, or God, or anybody, but understand that all our misery is but the result of our own acts which we did in this life or in a past incarnation. If we understand that as electricity is neither positive nor negative, but appears as positive or negative when manifested through a magnet, we apprehend that the laws of nature only appear to us as good or evil when they express themselves through the gigantic magnet of the phenomenal universe. If we realise that the eternal Energy, or the Divine will, appears as good or evil only as related to our minds and lives then we can say, as the great sages in India said:
“God does not create good or evil, nor does He take the virtue or sin of anybody. He does not punish the wicked or reward the virtuous. Our intelligence being covered, as it were, with the cloud of ignorance and relativity, deluded as we are, we imagine, on account of our imperfect understanding, that God creates good and evil, that His creation is good or evil, that He punishes or rewards.”
It is through our ignorance of truth that we do not recognise the Divinity that pervades the universe, standing high above the reach of our conception of good and evil.

However, let us strive to see the Divinity, by going behind the phenomenal appearance of good and evil. Let us go to the eternal source of all the phenomena. Let us first reach the highest plane of spiritual oneness, and standing on that Divine will, let us understand that good and evil are two aspects of one eternal substance which is neither good nor evil, but is the Absolute or the Brahman. Then and then alone, we shall transcend good and evil and enjoy the eternal Bliss in this life. It should be remembered that relativity created by the categories of time and space is nescience (ajnana or ignorance) and when we dispel the darkness of nescience, the ever shining light of the Atman, or the Brahman, is manifested. The light of the Brahman is self-revealing (svayam-prakasha) and it exists within us and within the phenomena all the time

there is no word that means creation out of nothing. The word, they use, literally means Projection and not creation, answering to the modern idea of evolution. Unlike the Western people of the present day, they had nothing to learn, as they had slowly and gradually discovered the true cause of good and evil, and afterwards explained their mutual relation as clearly as possible. They said that good and evil are relative terms, one of which cannot exist without the other. What we call good depends upon the existence of what we call evil, and evil exists only in relation to good. Being interdependent terms they cannot be separated. In trying to separate them and to make each stand by itself as independent of the other, we not only destroy their relative and interdependent nature, but also destroy the terms themselves. The moment we try to separate good from evil, we find this to be true. Evil cannot exist alone. If we try to make evil stand by itself as entirely separate from good, we can no longer recognize it as evil. Consequently, according to the Vedanta philosophers, the difference between good and evil is not one of kind, but of degree, like the difference between light and darkness.

Again the same thing can appear as good and evil under different circumstances. That which appears as good in one case, may appear as evil if the conditions change and the results be different. The same fire may be called a giver of life and comfort and a bestower of happiness and a producer of good, when it saves the life of a half-frozen man, or when it gives us warmth in the coldest days of winter, or when it cooks our food and guides our feet. But it will be called the producer of evil and a curse of God when it destroys life, or inflicts injury on man or on his property. Still the nature of fire is to burn, and this nature does not change. The Great London fire destroyed many lives, brought ruin and destruction to many families, but at the same time it destroyed the germs of a plague that could have done more evil. So it was both good and evil at the same time. The same force of gravitation is called good when it attracts atoms and molecules of our bodies and keeps together the atoms of our clothes, gives shapes to our houses, bodies, and this earth where we are now living, but it is the producer of evil when it kills a man who falls from the roof of a house.

। । श्रीकृष्ण कवचं । ।

श्रीगोप्य ऊचुः

 shrIgopya UchuH

श्रीकृष्णस्ते शिरःपातुवैकुण्ठः कण्ठमेव हि ।

श्वेत द्वीप पतिः कर्णौ नासिकां यज्ञरुपधृक् । । १ । ।

 shrIkRRiShNaste shiraHpAtuvaikuNThaH kaNThameva hi |

shveta dvIpa patiH karNau nAsikAM yaj~narupadhRRik | | 1 | |

नृसिंहो नेत्र युग्मं च जिह्वां दशरथात्मजः ।

अधराववतां ते तु नरनारायणावृषी । । २ । ।

nRRisiMho netra yugmaM cha jihvAM dasharathAtmajaH |

adharAvavatAM te tu naranArAyaNAvRRiShI | | 2 | |

कपोलौ पातु ते साक्षान् सनकाद्याः कला हरेः ।

भालं ते श्वेतवाराहो नारदो भ्रुलतेऽवतु । । ३ । ।

 kapolau pAtu te sAkShAn sanakAdyAH kalA hareH |

bhAlaM te shvetavArAho nArado bhrulate.avatu | | 3 | |

चिबुकं कपिलः पातु दत्तात्रेय उरोऽवतु ।

स्कन्धौ द्वावृषभः पातु करौ मत्स्यः प्रपातु ते । । ४ । ।

chibukaM kapilaH pAtu dattAtreya uro.avatu |

skandhau dvAvRRiShabhaH pAtu karau matsyaH prapAtu te | | 4 | |

दोर्दण्डं सततं रक्षेत् पृथुः पृथुल विक्रमः ।

उदरं कमठः पातु नाभिं धन्वन्तरिश्चते  । । ५ । ।

dordaNDaM satataM rakShet pRRithuH pRRithula vikramaH |

udaraM kamaThaH pAtu nAbhiM dhanvantarishchate | | 5 | |

मोहिनी गुह्य-देशं च कटिं ते वामनोऽवतु ।

पृष्ठं परशुराम श्च तवोरु बादरायणः । । ६ । ।

mohinI guhya-deshaM cha kaTiM te vAmano.avatu |

pRRiShThaM parashurAma shcha tavoru bAdarAyaNaH | | 6 | |

बलो जानु द्वयं पातु जङ्घे बुद्धः प्रपातु ते ।

पादौ पातु स गुल्फौ च कल्किर्धर्मपतिः प्रभुः । । ७ । ।

balo jAnu dvayaM pAtu ja~Nghe buddhaH prapAtu te |

pAdau pAtu sa gulphau cha kalkirdharmapatiH prabhuH | | 7 | |

सर्वरक्षाकरंदिव्यं श्रीकृष्ण कवचं परम् ।

sarvarakShAkaraMdivyaM shrIkRRiShNa kavachaM param |

। । इति श्रीगर्ग संहितायां गोलोक खण्डे पुतना मोक्षो नाम त्रयोदशोऽध्याये श्रीकृष्ण कवचं सम्पुर्णम् । ।

| | iti shrIgarga saMhitAyAM goloka khaNDe putanA mokSho nAma trayodasho.adhyAye shrIkRRiShNa kavachaM sampurNam | |

श्रीकृष्ण तेरे सिर की रक्षा करें,भगवान् बैकुंठ 
कंठ की. श्वेत्दीप के स्वामी दोनों कानो की 
व यज्ञस्वरुप श्रीहरि नासिका की..भगवान् 
नरसिंह दोनों नेत्रों की,दशरथनंदन राम 
जिव्हा और नर-नारायण ऋषि तेरे अधरों 
की रक्षा करें..साक्षात श्रीहरी के कलावतार 
सनक-सनन्दन आदि चारों ऋषि तेरे दोनों 
कपोलों की रक्षा करें..भगवान् श्वेत्वाराह 
भाल देश तथा नारद दोनों भ्रुलताओं की 
रक्षा करें..भगवान् कपिल ठोढी और 
दत्तात्रेय तेरे वक्षस्थल को सुरक्षित रखें.. 
भगवान् ऋषभ दोनों कन्धों और मतस्य 
भगवान् तेरे दोनों हाथों की रक्षा करें..
पराक्रमी राजा पृथु तेरे बाहुदण्डों को 
सुरक्षित रखें..भगवान् कश्यप उदर व 
धन्वन्तरि तेरी नाभि की रक्षा करें..मोहिनी रूपधारी वा् तेरे गुदादेश को व वामन तेरी 
कटि को हानि से बचाएं..स्वयं परशुराम तेरे पृष्ठभाग व व्यासजी तेरी दोनों जंघाओं के 
रक्षक हों..बलभद्र तेरे घुटनों व बुध देव तेरी पिंडलियों की रक्षा करें..भगवान् कल्कि तेरे दोनों पैरों को कुशल रखें..

'May Ajaprotect Your legs, may Manimân protect Your knees, may Yajña protect Your thighs, may Acyuta protect You above the waist, may Hayagrîva protect Your abdomen, may Kes'ava protect Your heart, may Îs'a protect Your chest, maySûrya protect Your neck, may Vishnu protect Your arms, may Urukrama protect Your mouth and may Îs'vara protect Your head. May Cakrî protect You from the front, may the Supreme Personality of Gadâdharî, the carrier of the club, protect You from the back and may the killer of Madhu and Ajana, the carrier of the bow and the sword protect Your two sides. May Lord Urugâya, the carrier of the conch shell, protect You from all corners, may Upendra protect You from above, may [the One riding] Garuda protect You on the ground and may the Supreme Person of Haladhara protect You on all sides. (24) May Your senses be protected by Hrishîkes'a and Your life air by Nârâyana, may the Master of S'vetadvîpaprotect Your memory and may Your mind be guarded by Yoges'vara. (25-26)May Pris'nigarbha protect Your intelligence, may Your soul be protected byBhagavân, may Govinda protect You when You play and may Mâdhava protect You in Your sleep. May the Lord of Vaikunthha protect You when You walk, may the Husband of the Goddess of Fortune protect You when You sit down and may Lord Yajñabhuk, the fear of all evil planets, protect You when You enjoy life.

S M B canto 10. ch 2 sh 27.-29.

Lies We Need To Stop Teaching Boys About Sex

Liking butt play makes you gay. men, gay or straight, have a prostate gland. It’s a walnut-sized gland that’s part of a dude’s reproductive system.
 Men can climax from butt sex or a prostate massage alone. Which mean when a guy is requesting “butt stuff,” like a finger in the ass or a rim job, it doesn't mean anything about his sexual orientation.

 A big pen!s is the only way to ever please a lover.Studies have pegged up to 77 percent of women don’t care at all about d!ck size. As the saying goes, it’s not the size of the tools, but how you use them.

Sex lasts for at least an hour.
A lot of emphasis is put on men lasting longer in bed, with many products out there attempting to get men to go on for hours and hours. But the average inter-vag!nal sex lasts only 7.3 minutes. Shorter sex isn’t exactly “short” — it’s the norm. It’s up to both partners to be respectful enough of each other’s pleasure to make sure that both are satisfied, whatever the duration of sex itself.

Men can’t get some kinds of STIs.

While there are some wild rumors out there about some men, especially straight men, being exempt from certain STIs, the fact is, that’s simply not true. While it’s harder or impossible to test for some STIs, like HPV, in men, guys are still very capable of catching and spreading STIs, including HIV. Just because boys don’t always have the same symptoms as girls doesn’t mean they’re superhuman.

अजब इत्तिफ़ाक़ है

दूरियां नज़दीकियां बन गईं अजब इत्तिफ़ाक़ है कह डालीं कितनी बातें अनकही अजब इत्तिफ़ाक़ है ऐसी मिली दो निगाहें मिलती हैं जैसे दो राहें जाएगी ये उल्फत पुरानी गाने लगी हैं फ़िज़ाएं प्यार की शहनाइयां बज गयी अजब इत्तिफ़ाक़ हैं एक डगर पे मिले हैं हम तुम तुम-हम दो साये ऐसा लगा तुमसे मिलकर दिन बचपन के आये वादियाँ उम्मीद की सज गईं अजब इत्तिफ़ाक़ है पहले कभी अजनबी थे अब तो मेरी ज़िन्दगी हो सपनों में देखा था जिसको साथी पुराने तुम ही हो बस्तियां अरमां की बस गईं अजब इत्तिफ़ाक़ है

कभी कभी

कभी कभी मेरे दिल में ख्याल आता है के ज़िन्दगी तेरी ज़ुल्फ़ों की नरम छाओं में
गुजरने पाती तो शादाब हो भी सकती थी यह तीरगी जो मेरी ज़ीस्त का मुक़द्दर है
तेरी नज़र की शु'आओं में खो भी सकती थी
अजब न था के मैं बेगाना-इ-आलम हो कर तेरे जमाल की रे'नाइयों में खो रहता
 तेरा गुदाज़ बदन तेरी नीम-बाज़ आँखें इन्ही हसीं फ़सानो में महो रहता
पुकारती मुझे जब तल्खियाँ ज़माने की तेरे लबों से हलावत के घूँट पी लेता
यात चिक्ति फिरती बरहना सर और मैं घनेरी ज़ुल्फ़ों के साये में छुप के जी लेता
मगर यह हो न सका और अब यह आलम है के तू नहीं तेरा ग़म तेरी जुस्तुजू भी नहीं
गुज़र रही कुछ इस तरह ज़िन्दगी जैसे इसे किसीके सहारे की आरज़ू भी नहीं
ज़माने भर के दुखों को लगा चूका हूँ गले गुज़र रहा हूँ कुछ अंजानी रह्गुज़ारों से
मुहिब साये मेरी सिम्त भरते आता है हयात-ओ-मौत के पर हॉल खर ज़ारों से
न कोई जदह न मंज़िल न रौशनी का सुराग भटक रही है ख्यालों में ज़िन्दगी मेरी
इन्ही ख्यालों में रह जाऊँगा कभी खो कर मैं जनता हूँ मेरी हमनफ़स
 मगर यूँही कभी कभी मेरे दिल में ख्याल आता

Why did US allow India to develop nuclear weapon

Actually, US tried every possible trick under the sun to prevent India from developing nuclear weapons. But India managed to find a way around every roadblock placed by US in its way.

The nuclear program of India started under the leadership of PM Nehru and Dr. Homi Bhabha (Indian "Oppenheimer") in the late 1950s. Documents obtained by Jeffrey T. Richelson from the US National Security Archives show that as early as 1958, the CIA was concerned about the possibility that India might choose to develop nuclear weapons. 

In the early 1960s, the CIA told Indian political leaders (Nehru and Shastri) as well as Dr. Bhabha in no uncertain terms to stop their pursuit of the nuclear technology. Bhabha told the CIA guys to mind their own business. But CIA's business at that time was to stop India's nuclear program!

On Jan. 24, 1966, when Dr. Bhabha was traveling in an Air India plane over Mont Blanc (France), the CIA arranged a bomb to go off in its cargo hold, killing Bhabha and 116 others. This claim is based on an interview given by the then CIA "director of plans" Robert Crowley to journalist Gregory Douglas (see link below).

Although Crowley's claim in this interview is clearly debatable, I tend to believe him. There are many reasons for my belief, one of which is that assassination of unfriendly foreign leaders and foreign nuclear scientists was a common practice for CIA in 1960s. For example, CIA has officially acknowledged having made several attempts on Fidel Castro's life in the 60s. And even in the 21st century, many Iranian nuclear scientists have been assassinated by CIA and/or Mossad.

Although Bhabha's death did set back India's nuclear program somewhat, India managed to conduct its first "crude" nuclear test (code named Smiling Buddha) in 1974. This test completely surprised the US. Though Indira Gandhi claimed that the test was for peaceful purposes, the US and its western allies rushed to impose all sorts of nuclear and other technological sanctions on India. By the late 1980s, however, India was ready to conduct some more sophisticated nuclear tests. However, India was very concerned about the international reaction. In particular, India's foreign exchange reserves were in bad shape, and by 1991 India had just enough reserves for one month's worth of imports.

In the 1990s, India kept looking for the right political window to conduct the test. The PM who ordered the tests had to be bold. The logistic preparations for the test had to be done secretly to prevent CIA from throwing a roadblock. And India had to be prepared to face the international economic sanctions that were sure to follow. 

NPT and CTBT

The NPT was the basic strategy of US and other nuclear powers to prevent the horizontal proliferation of nuclear weapons. However, it did nothing to prevent the vertical proliferation of nuclear weapons by the five nuclear powers themselves. Many poor developing countries were bribed and bullied into signing the NPT. But India firmly rejected the NPT because it was blatantly discriminatory towards non-nuclear states. 
 
Another major tactic of US to prevent India from acquiring nuclear weapons was the CTBT (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty). Basically, by early 1990s, the five super powers had done all the nuclear testing they needed to do, so they tried to impose a worldwide ban on nuclear testing. This would have effectively shut the door for new entrants to the nuclear club. But India fought valiantly to prevent the passage of CTBT. In 1996, India's representative in Geneva declared that India would "never sign this unequal treaty, not now, not ever." This was clear evidence that India had every intention of conducting a nuclear test in the foreseeable future. The CTBT treaty remains unratified by many key countries as of today.

In May 1998, prime minister Vajpayee finally ordered the nuclear tests that placed India into the exclusive nuclear club.