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Comparing Diet-based Farming Systems

2009-09-03T08:44:00.000-07:00

Farming systems can be defined in many ways. VEDA (The Vegetarian Environmental Development Association) has defined three different farming systems according to the diet the farming system feeds - a meat-based diet, a vegetarian diet and a vegan diet; though overlap between the diets does exist.

1. The rearing of animals for slaughter provides for a milk and meat-based diet. This meat-based farming system is the presently accepted norm in most of the world, with India as a notable exception.

2. The rearing of animals for useful products and services without slaughtering the animals provides for a vegetarian diet. This farming system is that followed by Protection Farms.

3. Farm animals need not be used at all, leaving a vegan, plant-based diet. This system is presently being developed according to vegan standards.

Protection Farms utilizes all domesticated farm animals, though the main farm animal, as in most farming systems, is the cow. Presented below are comparisons between the three farming systems outlined, using the cow as an exemplar.

A table showing dietary comparisons and their implications to the farmed animals, using the cow as an exemplar.

A Meat-based Farming System
In a conventional dairy unit in the UK dairy cows are impregnated in their second year for a 300-day lactation in their third year. Their calves are separated from their mothers within the first 48 hours; unwanted calves are used for veal production or slaughtered as they are seen to be of no economic value. The dairy cow will yield an average of 20 litres/day for a 6,000 litre lactation. During this period they are impregnated again ready to give birth and another 300-day lactation, with only 2 months between drying off and birth. At an average age of 7 years old, after 5 or more lactations, yielding in its lifetime over 30,000 litres of milk, the dairy cow is sent to slaughter; usually for low-grade meat for pet food. In conventional beef suckler systems beef steers suffer another fate to the dairy cow. After castration and intensive feeding for 3 years they are then slaughtered for meat for human consumption.

The feed that is used in conventional systems is in a concentrated form to increase growth rate and milk yield. Before the BSE crisis concentrates even contained the dried powdered remains of animals, including the cow. These concentrates increase metabolic disorders, which, along with intensive stocking, leads to infirmity; this is counteracted via the proliferate use of antibiotics. The organic dairy system differs from the conventional system in a lower intensity of the system in regards to (organic) feeding and stocking. Still, all organic farms slaughter their livestock at the end of their optimal economic efficiency, though a few very fortunate farm animals may be kept as pets.

A Vegan Farming System
The vegan farming system is a livestock-less system, therefore no animals would be farmed. If the vegan system were taken to its extremes, i.e. the world ate a vegan diet, then there would be no domesticated animals, including pets. The relationship with the natural world and its animals would be one of minimal interference. The land would revert to its natural climax vegetation, e.g. forest, and the vegan diet would come from an agro-ecology of tree-based fruits and nuts, as well as field-based crops of grains and horticulture. Unless farm animals were made extinct and there was no other invasive wildlife, then competition from feral farm animals and wildlife could intensify, leading to the necessity to cull.

Notable vegan writers like Kathleen Jannaway have lent their support to a farming system with protected farm animals as a halfway house between the present system and the vegan ideal. Other vegans are more militant in their approach to Protection Farms. There are valid arguments from vegan writers concerning the need to keep animals at all, which are highly complex and polemic. One detail which will be mentioned is the need for the castration of animals. Whilst Protection Farms markets its products as "food without cruelty", it must be understood that nature itself is inherently cruel. Drawing on the Hindu concept of ahimsa, which is often quoted as non-violence but actually means minimal violence, as it is understood that non-violence is not feasible, then castration is seen as a minimalist form of violence. Castration of male offspring in farm animals is seen as essential to Protection Farms as too many fertile males would bring havoc to the farming system.

In the above extreme vegan scenario, the fact that the necessity to cull may arise raises its own dilemma. A 'fortress vegan' farming system would need to be in place and the wildlife on the other side left to its own devises. A contemporary analogy would be with the elephants in parts of Africa, where great effort is made to keep them out of farmed land, and culling is a yearly norm. In the vegan system although the animals are not domesticated and managed by humans, they would need to be managed by culling or fenced out of human crop land. To vegans this may represent minimised violence. To the vegetarian, farm animal protection may represent minimised violence. Either one has its own dilemma as nature is inherently cruel.

In India the predominantly vegan Jains support Hindu cow protection in many ways. VEDA believes the Western vegan should also support Protection Farms. The vegan diet should have its own live-stockless agriculture, but in the long run the meat-eating diet will continue to take the lives of millions of animals each year. With Protection Farms people following the vegan diet will have one form to aid the plight of the farm animal. Too many animal welfare groups are re-active to the meat and milk industry, Protection Farms offer a pro-active stance via which animal welfare standards will be pushed ever higher; Protection Farms will offer the best-practice for animal welfare, raising the benchmark for animal welfare standards.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION

2009-09-02T04:31:00.000-07:00

ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION

Maharaj shri says,
"It’s a common place belief among people that nature is equivalent to forest cover and vegetation, rivers and glaciers, mountains and valleys etc and we humans as well as other animal species on this planet are outside this ecosystem. But the truth is this entire world is a representation of nature. Every element, every life form that exists on this planet exists in relation to each other. If any one link of this chain gets broken it creates a state of imbalance"

On this planet the two main foundation of our existence is solar energy and forest cover. It should be our primary responsibility to preserve these two sources of life energy. If one studies the geological makeup of Rawatpura region then it is quite evident that this region is devoid of any forest cover or vegetation because of the bad quality of soil cover. However since the time Maharaj shri established Rawatpura ashram, this region has gone through a natural transformation that is beyond any words.

As of today 500,000 trees of different species have been planted in the vicinity of the ashram and now the ashram seems like an oasis in the middle of a desert. One is overwhelmed with a feeling of astonishment at this miraculous play of nature in the middle of ravines of Chambal. This has been made possible primarily because of the subtle undercurrent of spiritual energy that has acted as a nutrient to these plants.

Another important aspect of increasing tree cover is that this has an indirect effect on the increase in the population of endangered bird species.

Maharaj shri says,
"The same life force that flows through our veins is flowing in these trees and plants. They are as sensitive to the environment around them as we are. I always motivate people to plant trees and to conserve them as well. Today our forest cover is fast depleting because of our carelessness and exploitation of natural resources. It is our moral duty to make people aware of the dangers of deforestation. In future mankind will face a heightened scarcity of water and since forests help us to maintain the water table it is of utmost importance that we should apply water conservation techniques and plant more trees. Nowadays we are facing numerous problems like natural calamities, global warming, acid rain, incurable diseases, ozone depletion etc at an alarming rate. This is happening because of the imbalances created in the natural environment. If we want to prevent such disasters in future then we should take the first step in conserving our natural resources."

Organic Farming Method
One of the key focus areas at SRLKT is to inculcate awareness and provide training to farmers regarding organic farming methods. Current farming techniques have a strong emphasis on usage of insecticides and pesticides to prevent crop failure and to increase arable land productivity. However such techniques have had a damaging side effect on the quality of soil as well as on our health. Many incurable diseases are caused because of the use of these chemicals which have a harmful effect on our body.

To prevent this, SRLKT is promoting organic farming methods which have their basis in the traditional Indian agricultural techniques that predominantly use organic waste of plants like neem, dhatura etc, flowers, cow dung, urine and earthworms as natural manure like Nadep, Farmyard, Compost etc as well as insecticides and pesticides.

"Stand as a rock; you are indestructible. You are the Self, the God of the universe"

Malas or Rosaries

2009-09-01T07:49:00.000-07:00

Malas or Rosaries

As Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshvara, God is not conscious of a Trinity; As the rose knows nothing of its fragrance, Men do not know their own Divinity - Dust and Bones, Dadaji

Malas (rosaries) are an integral part of puja, being used to count the mantra recited to the devata installed in image or yantra. According to Devirahasya, the classic Tantrika rosaries are made of conch- shell, pearls, rodhra (symplocos racemosa), crystal, rudraksha, tulsi (basil), rubies, gold, lotus seeds, skull bone/teeth.

One should commence by purifying oneself, doing the usual nyasas, opening the temple, and making the rosary. The number of beads may be 27, 54 or 108 -but there is always an extra bead inserted -- called the meru, so that one knows when the cycle is finished.

Breath should then be installed in the rosary. Again, according to the Devirahasya, the seer of the purification is Kalagnirudra, the metre is Anushtubh, Shmashana Bhairavi, the Night of Time, the Great Playful One adorned with Human Skulls is the devata. Hsau is the Bija, Thah is the Shakti, Hrah is the Peg, and the object is the purification of the rosary.

After installing breath, the rosary should be bathed with the appropriate pure substances (upachara).

The mantras given in Devirahasya are:
Conch: Om Shrim Shrim Om Shankhini Om Shrim Om.
Pearl: Om Hrim Hrim Om Muktamalini Shrim Shrim Svaha.
Rodhra: Om Strim Om Raudre Rodhramalini Sah Svaha.
Crystal: Om Ah Hram Hram Arkamale Hram Svaha.
Rudraksha: Om Ah Shrim Hrim Rum Rudrakshamalini Shuddha Bhava Svaha.
Tulsi: Om Shrim Om Strim Tulasi Vaishnavi Vaushad Svaha.
Ruby: Om Trom Dhum Manimale Manohare Svaha.
Gold: Om Shrim Trim Aim Klim Sauh Suvarnamale Sauh.
Lotus Seed: Om Prim Om Padma Akshamalini Hsauh Svaha.
Skull/Teeth: Hrim Shrim Klim Hram Sauh Dantamale Mundamale Prim Strim Hsauh Svaha.

After purifying the rosary with the appropriate mantra, one should then use it, using one's root mantra, and worshipping it with scent, flowers &c.

Then one should pronounce the following great mantra: Om Male Male Mahamale Sarvatattvasvarupini Caturvargastvayi Nyastastasmanme Siddhida Bhava Svaha. (Om, O Rosary, Rosary, Great Rosary, the true form of all things, place in me the Four Aims of Mankind. Give siddhi! Svaha )

One should then close the rite in the usual tantrika fashion, placing the breath in the heart again &c. When using a rosary to recite mantras, the fruit of the recitation should be given to the installed aspect in the yantra. Cycles of mantra should be 27:54:108 and more, according to will. The index finger should never be used when counting the beads, but the thumb and middle finger. The rosary should be kept safely away from others when not in use, and should never be allowed to touch the ground. If this happens, it must be reconsecrated. The same procedure should be undertaken if the string is cut. The beads should be scented with the eight great scents.

The Five Limbs (Panchanga) of Bala

2009-08-31T04:59:00.000-07:00

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The Five Limbs (Panchanga) of Bala

Listen, Virachamunda, to the characteristics of jiva. It is supreme, whole, eternal, consisting of nothing, stainless. It is the ultimate atomic particle, the Natha, it is supreme Shiva, all pervading, it is above all, it is Hamsa, the soul of Shakti. It is the mind, the breath, the buddhi and the chitta, residing in the inspiration and expiration of the breath of all living beings. - Kaulajnananirnaya, VI, 4-6.

This is the first English translation of the five limbs, or panchanga, of the aspect of Goddess known as Bala Tripura. Bala means "girl", this aspect of the Red Goddess is the most highly erotic of Her three aspects, as the 1,000 names show. Bala is an adolescent woman, Tripurasundari a mother, and Tripurabhairavi a woman in whom menstruation has ceased.

Bala's root mantra is aim klim sauh and variations of this mantra are used in her daily ritual. Many tantrik devatas have manuals structured along similar lines. The devata is first visualised as residing in the heart, then later drawn out through the breath and "placed" in the yantra. On installation or invocation, various ritual accessories are offered, and the 1,000 adjectives (names) of the particular deity recited. The Devi is then drawn 'back' into one's heart, and the ritual concludes with various elements "cleaning up" the area of worship.

The five limbs of a ritual panchanga are Patala, Paddhati, Kavacha (Armour), 1,000 Names, and Stotra. The first gives the unfolding of the mantra, usually in coded form. It also describes the meditation image and the yantra of the devata, as well as various optional rites. The second limb describes the ritual worship, including worship of the avarana or attendants of the devata, which are really aspects of the god or goddess. The kavacha is an "armour" used to ward off evil and which may either be recited or written and then worn on the body. The fourth limb consists of the 1,000 names, of which there are very many sets in the tantrik literature. The fifth, the Stotra, is the hymn of praise of the ishtadevata, the tutelary devata of a tantrik sadhaka.

This particular manual comes from the Devirahasya, a large work which contains many other panchangas relating to different aspects of Shiva and Shakti.

Bala Patala

Seated on Kailasa Summit is Bhagavan, spouse of Uma, the God with a crescent Moon as His diadem, whose eyes are Sun, Moon and Fire, wearing an elephant skin, mighty, worshipped by the Gods, bowed to by hosts of Gandharvas, mighty Yakshas, and by gods and demons.

Having recited mantra, and having read sacred texts, rising up and bowing, Bhairavi questions the Lord.

Shri Bhairavi - Lord God, Ocean of Compassion, who reveals all Agamas, by Your grace I have heard of all the Vidyas, O Sureshvara. Now I would like to hear of Bala Tripurasundari. If this can be spoken of, declare the Vidya, O God Maheshvara.

Shri Bhairava -- Listen Devi, I speak of the five Limbed Manual (Panchanga) desired by sadhakas, (which consists of) Patala, Paddhati, Armour, 1,000 Names and King of Hymns. O Mahadevi, listen one-pointedly. Parameshani, Shri Bala is the Goddess bestowing both enjoyment and Liberation.

O Mahadevi, one may give away power, dominion, house and wealth. All these may be given away, but one should never give away this thing which is the best of all. In the Kali Yuga there is no other Vidya resembling this Vidya. It is said that Shri Bala Tripura gives siddhi quickly.

It should be passed on to peaceful disciples, and to those devoted to their Guru. One should not give this Vidya to the undevoted, O Parameshvari.

I will speak of the unfolding of the mantra, yantra, prastara, meditation, and the rites of the Devi, O Maheshvari. First, Deveshi, listen to the unfolding of the Mantra which bestows all fruit. It should be carefully concealed, whoever knows it becomes successful (Siddha).

One should place "Shakti" (Sauh) at the end of 'Vagbhava" (Aim) and "Kamaraja" (Klim), ending this with Namah. O Devi, this is the eight lettered Mantra of Bala. (There are) no obstacles, or impurity or restrictions attached to it, it causes one to become a Siddha, O Mahadevi, and is the King of Mantras in the Kali Yuga.

Dakshinamurti is the Seer, Pankti is the Metre for pronunciation, the Goddess if Tripura-Bala, "Aim" is the Seed, "Sauh" the Shakti. "Klim" is the linchpin. Its application is towards Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.

One should do (six fold) Nyasa on the head, on the mouth, in the heart, on the feet, on the navel lotus and in all the limbs, O Devi.

One should do Nyasa according to the rules doing Seer, Hand and Limb nyasa, using the bijas of the mantra, O Maheshvari.

Now I speak of Her meditation, advantageous for all sadhakas:

I meditate on Bala, clothed in red, with a digit of the Moon as Her ornament, effulgent as the rising sun, with three eyes, holding a book and a rosary, showing the gestures of removing fear and giving, seated on a red lotus.

Having meditated in this way one should repeat the mantra which gives success. A pure sadhaka should prepare (the mantra by reciting it) 300,000 times.

Now I speak of the unfolding of the Yantra of Mahadevi, the Giver of both Enjoyment and Liberation, which is very hard to get to know of for any sadhaka.

Bindu, triangle, eight triangles, eight petals, adorned with three circles and enclosed in an earthsquare. This circle of Bala (and Her attendants) is the Destroyer of Pain, O Mountain-Born One!

One should worship the Shaktis of the pedestal when inscribing the Yantra. The pedestal Shaktis are Will (Iccha), Knowledge (Jnana), Action (Kriya), Lotus-Girl (Kamini), Giver of Sexuality (Kamadayini), Sexual Pleasure (Rati), Loving the Bliss of Sexual Pleasure (Ratipriyananda), and Mind-Born (Manonmani) lastly. One should place these Shaktis round the pedestal using the mantra "Vyoma Parvata Tartiya Sadashiva Mahapadam Pitha Padmasanaya Namah". This is the pedestal Mantra. Having put, in order, these 16 syllables around the image (Yantra) one should recite the root mantra.

One should invoke Devi and worship Her with the ritual accessories according to the rules. Having invoked the desired Devi in the centre of the yoni, one should worship in the triangle, in a similar way Sexual Love (Rati) on the left, Pleasure (Priti) on the right, and Mind-Born (Manobhava) at the apex. One should worship the six Limbs inside the yoni (i.e. central triangle) starting from the South East.

Outside the central yoni one should worship, from the East, in a clockwise direction, the Arrow-Devis. In the eight yoni-triangles one should worship the eight Shaktis called Beautiful Bhaga (Bhaga=female sexual organ), Bhaga, Nectar of Bhaga, Bhaga adorned with Flowers, Primordial Sexual Pleasure, The Flower of Sex, the Girdle of Sex, the Bliss of Sexual Love - these are the eight Shaktis.

In the filaments of the lotus one should worship Brahmi and so forth, and in the petals themselves the (eight) Bhairavas. One should also worship, in the petal tips, from the East in a clockwise direction, the Sacred Sites called Kamarupa, Malaya, Kaulagiri, Cauhara, Kulantaka, Jalandhara and Oddyana -- the eighth being Devikuta.

In the bhupura one should worship in the cardinal directions Heruka, Tripurantaka, Vetala, Agnijihva, Kalantaka, Kapalini, Ekapada, Bhimarupa, Mala and Hatakeshvara. (Also) in the directions one should worship Indra and the others with the (various) weapons.

Outside of this, in the directions, one should worship Vatuka, the Yoginis, Kshetrapala and Ganesha. In the intermediate points one should worship the (eight) Vasus, the Sun, and Shiva. One should worship all the elements and then the weapons.

First of all one should meditate on Bala in the embrace of Kameshvara in the centre; A Kaula should worship using the five makaras according to the rules of Kaulachara.

The sadhaka skilled in the mantra should worship Mahadevi in the bindu (of the yantra) with scent, unhusked rice, flowers, incense, flame and liquid oblation. This is called Layanga.

Listen to the rituals, O Parvati. Whosoever skilled in mantra who does this gains a share of success swiftly, it is certain. The (eight rites) are Paralysing, Deluding, Killing, Attracting, Subjugating, Driving Away, Peace Making and Healing.

This sadhana is the Quintessence, invisible, Dear One. One should not give this to those undevoted to Devi, and should keep it concealed and secret from pashus.

(1) On the first day of the Waxing Moon, Devi, having bathed and done the daily rite, one should go to a deserted place at midday. There one should do sacrifice by a 10th part using ghee, curd and so forth. One should do oblation to the Goddess, then immediately one is free to paralyse, this is certain.

(2) At dusk, in the cremation ground, one should recite (the mantra) on a seat made of owl feathers. One should do much sacrifice and by a tenth part of this give ghee, wine, grain, shoots and lotus seeds. Then one may delude the world.

(3) Having gone in the morning or at night to the place of Ghosts and Elementals (Cremation Ground), the mighty Hero should recite the Vidya of 16 letters in front of a cremation pyre. The mantrin should do much sacrifice of ghee, fragrant gums and hairs of chandalas in the burning funeral pyre. (In this way) one kills an enemy.

(4) On an eighth day of the Bright Fortnight the sadhaka should recite (the mantra) in secret. Having recited a myriad times using the root Vidya, and having meditated, O Charming One, one should do sacrifice of a 10th part giving ghee, lac, flowers, menstrual blood, wheat and bamboo shoots. (Then) one may attract women.

(5) Dearest, on a ninth day the ritualist, having bathed and done the daily rite, should offer much ghee, fish, eggs, lotus, pearls, and hair of deer. Doing sacrifice in this way, O Lady of Heroes, one is able to make people slaves.

(6) On the fourth Lunar Day of a Dark Fortnight one should recite the mantra at the arising of the Moon, Dearest. On a riverbank, seated in Shirsha Asana, the Hero should recite the mantra many times. One should sacrifice a 10th part of this, giving ghee, blue lotus, cloves, black pepper and tamarind. Then one may cause an enemy to flee.

(7) On a fifth night, O Deveshi, one should recite the mantra a myriad times. One should sacrifice a 10th of that and should offer ghee, fish, sugar cane and camphor - thus one may calm down great disputes, wars and adversities.

(8) On a great eighth day (of the dark Lunar fortnight) a person1 having bathed, should do sadhana on the best of pedestals. The hero should recite (the mantra) 10,000 times and should sacrifice a 10th part of that, giving ghee, camphor, grapes, many betel leaves, goat flesh and blood. Then one causes healing to occur.

This thing which is secret is the form of all, my very Self, O Deveshi, Secret. One should conceal it in the Kali Yuga. On Sundays etc. one should recite the mantra 10,000 times. Then one becomes Siddha, there should be no doubt about this! This celestial chapter is revealed because of Your love. Hide it! It should be concealed, hide it as You would conceal Your own yoni.

Shri Bala Paddhati

Now I will declare the Paddhati in its spoken form - the essence of Shri Bala Tripureshvari, the Giver of Happiness. Having done morning acts those who are devoted should worship Devi. This puja is fruitless for those impure at the Three (Twilights).

Extending from the base of the spine to the top of the head, like a lotus stem, a brilliant, white, slender thread, one should meditate on Devi, Giver of Subjugation, Great Good Fortune and Eloquence; as surrounded by a swarm of black bees; with braided hair garlanded with flowers; with a face marked with a jewel as her forehead mark; her mouth sweetly smiling, wearing a beautiful diadem; her head adorned with pearls and diamonds; with a slender crescent Moon as crest gem; her three bright eyes effulgent as a swarm of sapphire bees; with jewelled coiled earrings, the chief of which is as bright as the Sun: ornamented with shining pearls and gems of dazzling appearance; around her throat a necklace like a line of bees, beautiful and bedazzling, surpassing nectar in its beauty; adorned with beautiful and resplendent garments like the white water of the Ganga in flood; beautiful, sinuous graceful limbs, scented and sweet like creeping vines; covered in gold and by other precious metals, and by glistening jewels, glittering and bright; her beautiful feet and toes like red lotuses with their petals; as bright as the circle of the starry realm (Nakshatras); adorned with pearl-like blossoms; with her lower left hand holding a book and her upper right hand dispelling the fears of sadhakas; in her two right hands holding a rosary and bestowing boons; She herself being of the dazzling whiteness of snow, milk or the Moon; gracious and charming.

Armour of Shri Bala Tripurasundari

Shri Bhairavi said - Devadeva, Mahadeva, expander of devotees who please You, the Armour of Devi is hidden. Speak of this to Me!

Shri Bhairava -- Listen Devi, I speak of the Armour difficult to get even for gods. One should never reveal this high secret, which gives the wished for siddhi to a sadhaka. The Seer of the Armour is Dakshinamurti. Pankti is the Metre. The Devi is Tripurasundari. Its application in puja is the four aims of Mankind. She wears a pearl diadem, coiled earrings, armlets, a necklace of gems; pearl finger rings; effulgent bracelets and other jewels; a golden hip girdle, glittering anklets; her navel is adorned with a ruby, and she has a bracelet of shells, with a Kala of the Moon on her forehead. She holds a noose, a goad, a book and a rosary in her upper hands and the other hands.

May the Vagbhava Aim protect my head, and the Kamaraja Klim my heart! May the Shakti Bija Sauh protect me in my navel, genitals and feet!

May Aim Klim Sauh protect my face, and Bala shield me in my siddhi! May Ha Sa Ka La Hrim Sauh Bhairavi shield my throat, and may Sa Ka La Sundari shield me in the region of the navel!

May Mahatripurasundari shield my brow, and the point between my eyes! Subhaga protect my forehead! Bhaga shield my throat! Bhagodevi protect my heart! Bhagasarpini, shield my belly!

Bhagamala, shield my navel! Manobhava, protect my penis! May the auspicious Lady, the Queen of Queens, the Mahadevi, shield my anus!

Mother of the Cosmos (Jagad Ambika), form of Consciousness, protect my feet! Narayani, protect me at night! Shubhankari shield me in all my actions!

May Brahmani protect me in the East, and Vaishnavi in the South! May Varahi protect me in the West, and Maheshvari in the North! May Kaumari protect me in the South East, and Mahalakshmi in the South West! May Chamunda protect me in the North West, and Indrani in the North East!

Mahamaya, protect me in Water! Sarvamangala, shield me in Earth! Varada, protect me in Aether! Bhuvaneshvari, protect me everywhere!

This Armour is called "Names of the Goddess" and is hard to obtain! The pure person with concentrated mind should arise and recite it at dawn.

Whoever does it knows no fear or disease. Nor is he afraid of death or anxious about sin. He is never poor, nor is he vanquished by death. He dwells in the realm of Shiva, O Devi. I say to You that this is most certainly true.

O Auspicious One, whosoever should recite this Armour having not been initiated into Shri Vidya gains no fruit, but is struck by lightning.

The 1,000 Names of Bala

Shri Devi - Shri Natha Shankara, Bliss-Maker, speak! O Lord God, how may one obtain the yoga-power of full devotion, O Ocean of Wine 1 If You have compassion for Me Shambhu, reveal that which is well-hidden!

Shri Bhairava -- By devotion to Shakti one comes to know the entire vermilion ocean of Bliss, the hidden essence of Bala. Dear One, I will speak to You of Her 1,000 Names. One should well hide it, O One with Thighs like Plantain Stems, it is revealed out of deep and amorous affection for You. Whoever meditates on how Devi is hymned immediately gains the whole mass of happiness, and is the cause of Knowledge.

(Of this 1,000 Name-Hymn of Shri Bala Sundari, Bhargava is the Seer, Anushtubh is the Metre, Shri Bala Tripura is the Devata. Aim is the Seed, Sauh is the Shakti, Klim the linchpin. The application by reading it are the four aims of Mankind.

Rishi Nyasa :Hail to Bhargava the Seer on the head; Hail to Anushtubh the Metre on the mouth; Hail to Shri Bala the Devata in the heart; Hail to the Seed Aim in the genitals; Hail to the Shakti Sauh on the feet; Hail to the Linchpin Klim on the navel; Hail to the Application on all the limbs.

Aim hail to the thumbs; Klim obeisance to the index fingers; Sauh hail to the middle fingers; Aim hail to the ring fingers; Klim hail to the little fingers; Sauh to the front and backs of the hands hail Thus the heart and other Nyasa are related. Meditation-)

Wearing red clothes, with a Kala of the Moon as Her ornament, effulgent as the rising Sun, holding Book and Rosary, bestowing boons and banishing fears, I meditate on Bala on the Red Lotus.

Pleasing and Supremely Blissful Vermilion One. Ultimate Treasure of the Path of Devotion. Deep Left Thing. Manifestation of the Elements. Shankari. Shiva.

Boon Giver of Erotic Form. Essence. Auspicious Sphere of Action. Ocean of Ultimate Bliss. Passionate. Actress. Graceful One.

Kala of Sexual Play the Colour of Blossom. Dalliance. Absolute. Kala.

Suitable Essence. Creeper Granting All Wishes. Eager-Goddess. Playing with Love's Arrow. Truly Affectionate. Lovely Sweet Form.

Effulgent as 10,000,000 Suns. Cool as 10,000,000 Moons. Arrow Limbed One Shedding Nectar. Means by which Heaven is Attained.

Gazelle Eyed. Charming. Walking Beautifully. Happy and Peaceful One. Empress. Queen. Worshipped by Mahendra.

Lady Moving in the Cosmos. Ultimate Mover in the Cosmos. With Dishevelled Clothing. Irresistible Shakti. With Tinkling Golden Anklets.

With Breasts like the Paradise Tree on Mount Meru. Bearing Goad and Noose as Weapons and Giving Boons. Holding Arrows and Sugar Cane Bow in Her Two Beautiful Hands,

Face like the Disc of the Moon. With a Beautiful Crest Gem like a Little Moon. Having a Vermilion Forehead Mark. Her Lovely Braided Hair adorned with Flowers.

Rejoicing in a Garland of Coral Tree Blossoms. Adorned with a Garland of Gems. Fond of Gold Ornaments. Having a Beautiful Pearl Necklace.

Her Mouth is Full of Tambula. Her Mind is Filled with Sexual Bliss. Pleasing and Happy. Essence of Passion. Supremely Compassionate. Lady of Treasure.

An Effulgent Gem sits between Her Breasts. Intoxicated with Wine-Essence. Having a Mantra which is the Self of Bindu and Nada. Form of the Fourth.

The Lovely Giver of Happiness. Shankari. Fond of Blossoms. The Universe. Complete. Dweller in the Purna Pitha.

Rajyalakshmi. Shri Lakshmi. Mahalakshmi. Beautiful Queen. Santoshima. Excellence. Gold Vessel. Light.

All-complete. Supporter of the Cosmos. Creatrix. Increasor of Strength. Magnificence of all Earthly Kings. Mother Ruling All.

Lotus-Eyed One. One Gazing Long. Clear Eyed One. Flow of Love. Taste. [100] Chief One. Essence Body.

Vermilion Essence. Moving Gracefully. Colour of Pollen. Mad with Bliss in Sexual Intercourse. Inmost Quality. Self of Shakti.

Eyes Full of Love. Charming. Goddess of Love. Lovely Bhaga (Female Genitals). Beautiful Bhaga. Taking Pleasure. To be Enjoyed. Giver of Fortune. Lovely. Bhaga.

Kala of the Bliss of Yoni and Linga. Dwelling in the centre of the Bhaga. Form of Bhaga. Consisting of Bhaga. Bhaga Yantra. Highest Bhaga.

Yoni Mudra. Kamakala. Essence of Kula Nectar. Fire of the Kula Kunda. Subtle. Jivatma. Form of the Linga. Root Cause. Root Form. True Form of Root Action. Longing For It. Lotus-Bliss. Self Dissolved in Consciousness Meditation. Beneficent.

White and Red. Form of Bindu. Yoni which is the Sound of Knowledge. Sound of 10,000,000 Bells. Humming One. The Marvellous Risen Disc of the Sun. Dissolved in Sound. Completely Full. Place of Fullness. Many-Bodied.

Golden Music. Hereditary Music. Sound of the Drum. Garland of Letters. Siddhi-Kala. Dwelling in the Six Chakras. Sexually Playing in the Muladhara. Svadisthana. Dwelling in the fourth.

Situated in the Manipura. Loved. Essence of the Tortoise Chakra. Like a Flame

in the Anahata. Made of Gems.

Vishuddha. Pure Sound. Residing in the Awakened Being. Song. Situated in the Ajna Lotus. Emanatrix. Skilful. Triple Circle.

Little Moon. Splendid as 10,000,000 Moons. Shining like 10,000,000 Suns. Shadow of the Ruby Red Lotus. Consisting of Eternity and Joy. Shining.

Auspicious Liquor. Very Beloved. Still and Joyful Nectar. Charming Limbed One Rejoicing in Intercourse. Having Sweet Nectar.

Seated on a Great Pedestal. Satisfied. Wild. Beautiful in Bearing. Drenched in a Shower of Nectar. Expanding Ocean of Redness.

Very Red. Fond of Moistness. Wearing Innumerable Earrings and Removing Fear. [200] Excellent Oral Lore. Encircled by Countless Flowers and Fruit.

Dear. Auspicious. Beloved of Shiva. Shankari. Shambhavi. Powerful. Self Created. Beloved of the Self. Partner. One's Own. Mother Matrika.

Vowel-Being. Refuge. Chaste. Highest Being and Origin of Wine. Fortunate Gladdener. Respected. Devoted to All Good Fortune.

Lucky. Slender Thread. Maiden. Bright as a Fragment of a Half Moon. Beautiful Slender Creeper. Dear One. Wicked Deed. Evil Spell.

Gazelle Eyed. Excited Eyed. Sharp. Intoxicated with Wine Nectar. Delighted by Intoxicating Liquor. Beauteous as Madira Wine.

Pleased by Kadamba Wine. Handsome. Delighted. Rejoicing in Sideways Glances. One with Slowly Turned Down Eyes Gazing Long and Sweetly. Destroyer of the Family of Demons. Radiant Nectar of Sexual Desire. Suvasini. One with Rounded Body. One With Breasts Heavy with Milk.

Truly Beautiful. With Teeth Like Little Pearls. With a Halo. Radiant Mouth. Her Lips Like Tender Shoots. Her Nose Like the Tip of a Til Blossom. Her Forehead Shining Like Gold. With a Face like the Full Moon. With a Young Moon as Her Shining Diadem.

Her Lively Eyes Smeared with Orpiment. Her Ears Like Blossoming Flowers. Each Ear like Half a Leaf and resembling a New Moon. With the Sun as a Gem in Her Diadem.

Her Gold Earrings Studded with Gems. With Coiled and Begemmed Earrings. Very Beautiful Cheeks. With a Shell-Like Neck. Wearing Alluring Gems.

Wearing a Pearl Necklace which is Like the Ganges in Flood and Her Voice Like a Bird. Her Limbs Extending Like Many Lotus Roots. Carrying Noose, Goad and Bow. With Bracelets Entwined Round Her Clothes. Adorned with Various Beautiful Jewels. Her Lotus Hands the Colour of Copper and Her Lovely Nails Shining like Gems.

Her Fingers Adorned with Jewels with Beautiful Lines between Her Fingers. Her Two Beautiful Breasts Like the Mandara Tree. The Hair of Her Pubic Region like a Line of Serpents. Her Womanly Deep Navel Encircled by Three Lines. Very Slender of Waist.

Wearing a Breast Plate for Battle. Wearing a Beautiful Waist Cloth. Her Buttocks Like the Brows of an Elephant. Her Two Thighs Close Together Like the Cheeks of an Elephant. Her Beautiful Knees and Legs like Unworldly and Bright Paradise Trees.

With Hidden Ankles. Her Anklets Adorned with Gems and Making a Charming Ringing Sound. Her Two Feet Meditated on by Yogis. Ocean of Wine Nectar.

Vermilion Ocean. With a Vermilion Forehead Mark. Adorned with Dishevelled Hair. Perfect Nectar. Truly Wise. Intelligent. Most Beautiful of Divinities.

Like a Row of Scarlet Rays From a Dawn Sun. Beloved Cow of Heaven. Padmini of the Essence of Nectar. Stream of Rasa.

The Beautiful and Ever-present Boon Giving One. Autumnal. Giving True Fortune. Dear to Nataraja. Cosmic Dancer. Male and Female Dancer.

Brightly Coloured Yantra. Web of Consciousness. Knowledge Vine. Chief Thing. Dwelling in the Forehead. five-Sectioned One. Panchami.

four-Sectioned One. Tripartite Primordial One. Six-Sectioned One. Worshipped in the Vedas. Having 16 Sections. The Fourth. Supreme Kala. Shodashi. Goddess of Mantra and Yantra. Meru Circle.

Sixteen Lettered One. Three Lettered One. True Form of Bindu Nada.

Above the Letters. Mother of the Letters. Great Happiness Who is the Absolute as Sound. Consciousness Vine. Being with Sections. Kameshi. To Be Seen in Dream.

Goddess of Dream. Goddess of Awakened Intelligence. Refuge of the Watchful in the Waking State. Abode of Dream. Deep Sleep. Free from Idleness. Spring Creeper of Fragrant White Flowers (Madhavi).

Lopamudra. Queen of Kama. Daughter of Man. Worshipped by Lords of Wealth. Shakambhari. Nandi Vidya. Garland of Light Emanating Blossoms.

Mahendri. Served in Heaven. Oral Lore. Refuge of the Best Sadhakas. Chaste. Truly Good. Siddhi Cave.

Lady of the Three Cities. Worshipped by Conquerors of Cities. City Devata. Satisfied Destructrix of Obstacles. Without Qualities. Worshipped by the Celestial Cow.

Golden Mother. Lady of Hosts. Secret Mother. With Beautiful Buttocks. Giving Birth to All. Liberation. Initiation. Initiated Matrika.

Mother of Sadhakas. Mother of Siddhas. Most Powerful Wizardess. Deluding the Mind. Youthful and Intoxicated. Exalted. Her Beautiful Buttocks Swaying Slowly.

Dwelling in the Red and Blue Lotus. Smeared with Red and Adorned with Red Gems. Wearing a Pure Red Rosary. With a Very Beautiful Peacock Feather Crest aim. Satisfied by Kings. Waving Peacock Plumes. Perfume Diffusing in the Cosmos. Earth. Fragrance. Giver of Sexual Love. Beloved. Giving Success in Love to Those Seeking Love.

Nandini. Lakshanavati. Devata Resorted to by (Rishi) Vasishta. Devi of Goloka. (400] Protectress of Shri Goloka and all the Worlds. Giver of the Fruits of Sacrifice. Mother of the Gods. Giving Boons to Gods.

Partner of Rudra. Auspicious Mother. Wide Expanse of the Ocean of Nectar.

Dakshina. Form of Sacrifice. True Maiden. Rejoicing in Resolution. Dwelling in the Ocean Full of Milk. Pure Yoni. Beautiful Eyed. Dwelling in Beauty. Truly Served. Dissolved in Beautiful Scents. True in Actions. Beautiful Tripura. With Beautiful Breasts. With the Breasts of a Young Maiden.

Menstruating Girl. Showing Her Menses. Colourful One. With a Bright Garland. Liking Red. Very Red. True Form of Love Making. Mother of Menses and Semen. Intent on Sex Play. Coming in Love Making.

Cry of Orgasm. Self of all Love Play. Life of the Gods. Bliss of Svayambhu Menses. Fond of Svayambhu Menses. Pleased and Satisfied by Svayambhu Menses. Cause of Creation of the Beautiful Svayambhu Menses. Place of Svayambhu Menses. Shakti Hole. All Love Dalliance is Her True and Sacred Pedestal.

Very Inner Whore. Duti. Artful. Pleased by Worship. Kullika. Dwelling in a Yantra. Dwelling in a Yoga Pedestal. With Beautiful Body. Form of the Quintessence. Having All Characteristics.

Wearing Various Beautiful Jewels. Worshipped With Five Arrows. Residing in the Upper Trikona. Bala. Kameshvari.

Worshipped by Hosts. Worshipped by Kulas. Lakshmi. Sarasvati. Pleased by Spring. Beloved. Having Gems on Her Breasts.

Bearing a Kala on Her Head. Her Feet Causing Growth. Residing in Kalas. Fond of Flowers. Wearing Flowers. Deludress of Love.

Intoxicated with Sexual Desire. Mohini. Kalas of the Moon. Shoshini. Vashini. Rajini. Subhaga. Bhaga. Pusha. Vasha. Sumana. Rati. Priti. Dhriti. Riddhi. Benefic. With a Garland of Rays. With Parts.

Moon. True Shadow. Rising Full Moon. Satisfied. Full Amrita. Dwelling in the Female Sex Organ Yantra.

Residing in the Linga Yantra. [500] Body of Shambhu. Yogini of Sexual Intercourse. Wine Goddess. Body of Bija. Steady. Dear to Sadhakas.

Self of the King of Bija. Giver of Dominion and Happiness. Giver of Desires. Shakti of Menses and Semen. Knower of Shiva' s Semen. All Nectar. Consisting of Nectar. Consisting of Shiva and Shakti. Lady.

Dwelling in the Bliss of Love Making. The Matrika Fond of Love Making. Bliss of the Flowers of Sexual Intercourse. Lovemaking. Expander of Yoga. State of Happiness in Sexual Intercourse. Served by Unified Consciousness-Bliss.

True Form of the Substances Used in Offering and Giver of Success in Worship. Samarasya. Supreme One Female Form Fond of Love-Making.

Messenger of Knowledge. Accessible to Knowledge. Origin of Knowledge. Abode of Shiva. Consciousness- Kala. Knowledge With All its Parts. True Kula. Beautiful Self of Kula.

Four Kalas. Very Subtle Lotus Girl (Padmini). Supreme Being. Dwelling in the Play of Hamsa. Shadowy One. Emanatrix of the Two Parts of Hamsa.

Free from Passion. Liberation Kala. Supreme Being Indwelling in Kalas. Very Self Situated in Vidya Kala. Dweller in the Four Kalas. The Vidya Making All Content. Pleased One. The Light of the Supreme Absolute. The Supreme Paramatma. Dissolved in Things. The Fourfold Shakti.

The Diffusion of Shanta and Bodha Kalas. The Kala and Inner Essence of the Highest Knowledge. Pashyanti. Supreme Quintessence. The Inner Atma without Parts Known as Akula.

Madhyama. Vaikhari. The Bliss of Atma Kala. Dweller in Kalas. Tarini. Swift One (Tarani). Tara. Knower of the Inner Core Dissolved in the Shiva Linga.

Mover in the Ultimate Good. Delighting in the Bliss of the Absolute. Intoxicated with Rasa. Highest Rasa. Successful. Fond of Success. Uma.

Fond of All Castes. Increasor of the Bliss of Yogis and Yoginis. Bestower of the Heroic Frame of Mind. Celestial One. Giver of True Heroism to Heroes.

Great Giver of the Heroic Mood to Pashus. One Whose Head is Bathed. Queen Shri. The Ultimate Matrika of Warriors.

Skilled in Sword and Missile. Grace. Essence Place. Enlivening in Battle. Victorious. Yogini. Pilgrimage. Crusher of Great Armies. Full. [600] Goddess of Wealth. Wealth. Provided with Great Hoards of Treasure.

Dwelling in Heaps of Gems. Jewel. Abiding in Necklaces of Gems. Mahishi. Worshipped by Kings. With Hosts. Bearing Hosts. Creatrix. Prostitute. Attainable by Yoga. Mallasena. Female Foot Soldier. Battle Array. Brave in Love. Banner. Dwelling in the Banner.

Beautiful Parasol. Little Mother. Mother (Amba). Fragrant. Moving in sadhana. Acting like Kings Act. Consisting of Brahmins and Kshatriyas. Dwelling in Moon and Sun. Fond of Her Priests. Chaste One. Brahmin Girl. Multitude of Sacrifices.

Supreme Wine of the Moon. Origin of All. Burning One. Patient One. Opposing Evil. Bearer of All. Creatrix of All. Origin. Moving in Eternity. Gayatri. Attainable by Knowledge. Initiated. Giving the Wished For Goal.

Dwelling in the Cosmos Like Jewelled Rays. Life of the Universe. Giver of Success in the Field. Augmentor of All. Little Usurer.

Support of Kula. One who Extends Herself Beautifully. Mind's Delusion. Refuge. Pure. Dwelling in the Twice Born. Doer of Actions. Worshipped in Festivals.

Going Under Various Guises. Bala. Wanton. Consisting of Kalas. With Beautiful Ears. Highest of All. Freer from Difficulties.

Durga. Staying in the Vindhya Forest. Beloved of the God of Love. Pacifier. Black One. Protectress. Intoxicated with Rasa.

Appeaser of Those Fallen From the Three Rules of Conduct. Bestower of Complete Happiness. Little Moon of the Cosmic Pleasure Garden. Giver of Happiness to the Multitude of Siddhas. Worshipped by Hosts of Yoginis.

Body of the Sixteen Nityas. Kameshi. Bhagamalini. Nityaklinna. Bherunda. Vahni-Mandala-Vasini. Mahavidyeshvari Nitya. Shiva Duti.

Tvarita. Kula Sundari. Nitya. Nilapataka. Vijaya. Sarvamangala. Jvalamala. [700] Vichitra. Mahatripurasundari.

Host of Gurus. Supreme Guru. Lady Prakashananda. Form of Shivanandanath. True Form of Shaktyanandanath. Consisting of Devi-Anandanath. Lady Kaulesha Anandanath. Form of the Divyaugha. Lady Samaya Anandanath. Lady Shukla Devi Ananda Nath. Kulesha Ananda Nathini.

Body of Klinnanga Ananda (Nath). Samaya Ananda Nathini. Consisting of Veda Ananda Nath. Sahaja Ananda Nathini.

Body of the Siddha Augha. Body of the Highest Guru. Gagana Ananda (Nathini). Vishva Ananda Nathini. Vimala Ananda Nathini. Madana Ananda Nathini. Primordial Lady of the Worlds. Primordial Playful One. Nandana Ananda Nathini. Body of Sva Atma Ananda. Priya Ananda Nathini.

Self of the Manava Augha Gurus. Lady of the Gurus of the Gurus. Ultimate Secret. Guru Shakti. Fond of Those Who Sing the Praises of Their Own Guru. Known as Bewilderer of the Three Worlds. All Encompassing and Complete One.

All-Bewildering One. Residing in the Eastern Amnaya. Shiva-Shakti. Auspicious (Shiva) Shakti. Dwelling in Three Shiva Chakras. Known as the Giver of All Great Good Fortune. Giver of All Desires to Sadhakas. Called the All Protecting One. Devata of the Southern Amnaya.

Dwelling in the Centre of the Disc of the Sun. Devata of the Western Amnaya. Creating and Indwelling the Nine Chakras. Devata of the Northern Amnaya. Worshipped by Kubera. Origin of Kula. Residing in the Exalted Kula Amnaya.

Making and Dwelling in the Bindu Chakra. Lady of the Central Lion Throne.

Shri Vidya. Mahalakshmi. Lakshmi. Self of the Three Shaktis. Lakshmi Giving All Dominion. Pancha Lakshmi. Shrividya. Supreme Light Source. Supreme Shambhavi Without Parts. Matrika. Panchakoshi. Shrividya Tvarita.

Parijateshvari. Trikuta. Panchabaneshi. Panchakalpalata. Pancha Vidya. Source of Amrita. Wine. Lovely Lady. Annapurna. Cow of Plenty. Shri Vidya. Siddha Lakshmi. Matangi. Bhuvaneshvari. Varahi. Pancharatneshvari. One Who Dwells in the Letters of Matrika. Supreme Effulgence. In the Form of All Words. Aindri. Desire.

Own Lady. Vision of Shakti. Seed of the Sun. Having the Body of Brahma. Having the Body of Shiva. Having the Body of Vishnu. Residing in the Wheel of Creation. Having the Body of the Sun. Dissolved in the Chakra of Places. Having the Body of Mercury. Mahatripurasundari.

True Form of Tattva and Mudra. Pleasant One. [800] Knowledge Mudra. Satisfied by All Ritual Accessories. Dwelling in the Heart. Divinity of the Head. Divinity of the Top of the Head. The Absolute. With Amorous Three Eyes.

Dwelling in the Missile. Four Square One. Dwelling at the Doors. Dwelling in Each Door. Anima in the West. Laghima in the North. Mahima in the East. Ishitva Divinity of the Southern Door. Vashitva in the North West. Prakamya in the North East. Bhukti in the South East. Iccha in the South West.

Brahmi. Maheshvari. Kaumari. Vaishnavi. Varahi. Aindri. Chamunda. Mahalakshmi. Dwelling in the Ten Parts.

Kshobhini. Dravini Mudra. Akarshana. Unmadana. Mahankusha. Khechari. Bija. Yoni Mudra.

Dwelling in the Sarvashapura Chakra. Cause of Successful Siddhi. Kamakarshini Shakti. Buddhi Akarshana. Ahankara Karshini. Shabda Akarshana. Sparsha Akarshana. Rupa Akarshana. Rasa Akarshana. Gandha Akarshana. Chitta Akarshana. Dhairya Akarshana. Smritya Akarshana. Bija Akarshana. Amrita Akarshini. Nama Akarshini. Sharira Akarshinidevi. Atma Akarshana. Form of the Sixteen Vowels. Temple of the Flow of Nectar. Tripureshi. Form of Siddha. Dwelling in the Sixteen Petals.

Queen of the All Agitating Chakra. Lady of the Guptatara Shaktis. Ananga Kusuma Shakti. Ananga Kati Mekhala. Ananga Madana. Ananga Madanatura. Ananga Rekha. Ananga Vega. Anangankusha. Ananga Malini. Shakti of the Eight Divisions of the Alphabet.

Making and Dwelling in the Eight Petals. Shrimat Tripurasundari. Giver of all Happiness & Dominion. Lady giving Great Good Fortune. Lady of the Sampradaya. Cause of All Agitation. Causing All to Flee. Attractor of All. Shakti Gladdening All. Shakti causing Crushing. Shakti causing all Paralysis. Shakti causing All Delusion. Shakti causing All Subjugation. Shakti who gives Colour to All and Everything. Shakti causing Sexual Awakening. Shakti giving the Fruit of All Desires. Shakti giving All Wealth. Shakti consisting of Mantra. Shakti causing the Dualities to Disappear. [900]

Siddhi-Tripura-Vasini. Lady giving All Desires to a Sadhaka. Lady giving the Fruit of All Actions. Lady of the 14 Angle Chakra. Devi giving All Siddhi. Giver of All Prosperity. Shakti Beloved of All. Cause of All Good Fortune.

Full of All Sexual Desire. Liberator from All Sorrow. Alleviator of All Death. Destructress of All Obstacles. Devi Beautiful in All Limbs. Giver of All Great Good Fortune.

Tripureshi. Giver of All Siddhi. Dwelling in the 10 Triangles. Lady Bestowing All Protection. Nigarbha Yogini. Knowing All. Shaktii of All. Giver of All Dominion. Devi Consisting of All Knowledge. Destroyer of All Ailments. True Form of All Adharas. Destroyer of All Evil. Devi made of All Bliss. True Form of All Protection. Mahima Shakti Devi.

Devi Giving All. Lady Residing in the Inner 10 Angles. Devi Tripura Malini. Lady Destroying All Disease. Rahasya Yogini. Vagdevi. Vashini. Devi Kameshvari. Modini. Vimala. Aruna. Jayini. Sarveshvari. Kaulini. Giver of Siddhi in the eight Angles.

Lady who gives All Love. Parapararahasya. Dweller in the Square & Trikona. Self of All Dominion Who consists of the Weapons. Kameshvari Arrow Form. Kameshi Bow Form. Kameshi Noose Form. Kameshi Goad Form.

Kameshvari the Indra Shakti. Residing in the Sphere of Fire. Presiding Devi of Kamagiri. Going in the Lowermost Angle of the Triangle.

Lady Dwelling in the Rightmost Angle. Vishnu Shakti at Jalandhara. Residing in the Sphere of the Sun. Rudra Shakti in the Leftmost Angle. Brahma Shakti in the Sphere of the Moon. Anuragini Dwelling at Purnagiri. Auspicious Lady of the Sphere of the Triangle. Tripura-Atma-Maheshvari.

Lady Residing in the Sphere of All Bliss. Secret One Dwelling in the Bindu. Supreme True Form of the Absolute. Mahatripurasundari. Dwelling Within All Chakras. Chief of the Whole of the Chakras. Lady of All Chakras. Lady of All Mantras. Lady of All Vidyas. Lady of All Speech. All Yogeshvari. Undivided Lady holding Dominion over All Pithas. Sarva-Kameshvari. Lady of All Tattvas and Dominions. Shakti. Shakti with Eyes Intoxicated with Bliss. Without Duality. Womb of the Dualities.

Unextended in the Cosmos. Mahamaya. Extended in the Cosmos. Dweller in Herself. Supporter of All Manifestation in the Cosmos. Ultimate Bliss Sundari. [1,000]

Thus the celestial cause of Supreme Bliss has been declared, the Salt Vermilion Waves of Bala giving all satisfaction. O Parvati, of all sets of 1,000 names in the tantras, this is the quintessence.

Dearest, this hymn may be recited at all times, at night, and during puja in the morning. When Bala, the Giver of All Dominion and Happiness, is pleased, She bestows jewels of various kinds, wealth, and (answers all) requests. O Parameshvari, She bestows whatever desires a person has, and sons and daughters are born if one wishes it.

Enemies are destroyed, ailments are alleviated. If in a difficult situation, things are eased, medicines are bestowed on one. This bestows beautiful palaces, pictures, and all dominion. For a person, agriculture bestows rich harvests, and the heavenly cow seems to dwell for him on earth. His country prospers, and his state is not afflicted with calamities. Great elephants shower him with streams of nectar.

He dwells happily in palaces, surrounded by gems and horses. His offspring become rulers, free from strife, ministers of the king. Those known to him please him, he becomes noble and very beautiful, wealthy, always in a good position, alluring. Spoken speech and verse musically flow from him, like the Ganges in flood. He becomes able to expound the various meanings of various verses, becoming skilled in the entire essence of all, successful, his speech like gracious blossoms.

Shastras unknown to him are constantly revealed. Those with faults who would attack him become fearful, they sing adoringly of him, like slaves before a king. Swords and missiles hurt not his limbs. Women of all classes become completely subjugated by him. Poison becomes like wine-nectar for him. The host of opponents are paralysed, and his enemy crushed, if the knower of Yoga should continually practise for a period of nine nights.

If he should recite day and night, without idleness, he becomes peaceful of mind, and all created things in all the worlds become subject to him, there is no doubt of it.

If one should perform the yoga continually for six months, one becomes the (very essence of) Yogamaya, without question. Whosoever reads this ultimate hymn whilst meditating on Kamakala has women in a state of subjugation seeking him, intoxicated with sexual desire, beautiful, mad with lust, with beautiful enraptured eyes. He knows satiety of love through feminine desire, in this act of subjugation.

On a fortunate day, having written the yantra of Devi on birch-bark, colouring it with rochana, kumkum, lac, red dye, or sunflowers, making the womb of the yantra (=triangle) of gold or silver hue, very alluring, one should awaken Bala, having worshipped and established Her. If one should then carry this on one 's head, throat, shoulder, or near to one's heart or navel, one becomes wealthy, victorious, and gains love.

There is nothing greater than this in the three Worlds for protection, most certainly. Planets, diseases, and so forth, anxieties, are all banished, one gains happiness and health, it is the cause of strength and virility, and destroys cruel elements and enemies.

It gives sons, daughters, increases a host of qualities, gives wealth and grain. In whichever city this best of sadhaka dwells, whilst bearing Her, wealth is gained. In whichever dwelling this stotra is placed and written out, O Varanana, there I - Shiva, Hari and Kamala always dwell, and it is as if all the sacred waters spring from this place.

If the best of sadhakas should recite and read this devotedly he knows Knowledge, Bliss and Unity. O Deveshi, by reading this hymn, one gains the fruit of worship. One should recite it very carefully having established oneself in the six fold Nyasa. In the best of all tantras is the puja of Bala. There the 16 letters are the greatest thing. This, the best of all hymns, is found there.

O Sundari, one should never give this to those who are not pupils, the impure, fraudulent, indolent, who make no efforts, the undevoted, those deficient of Vishnu bhakti, the unstable or the stupid. It should be given to those who are devoted, as it is the cause of liberation, and augments devotion. O Varanana, whilst engaging in sexual intercourse (Latayoga), one may read the hymn. One becomes like the Aeon Creeper (Kalpalata), and the fruit of one's desires are achieved.

If a sadhaka should steadily recite this whilst in Latayoga, offering blossoms to the gazelle-eyed (partner), he is blessed with the results of 100 sacrifices (Yajna). O Deveshi, Brahma and the other (devatas) worship his feet, he himself becomes like Shiva -- that discriminating person who is attached to devotion to Bala. He becomes one with the Bliss of the Absolute, Jyotsna, in the state of Sadashiva.

Shri Bala Stotra

Shri Bhairava said - Parvati, now I speak of the Hymn of Devi Bala. Having heard the secret Panchanga, one should always conceal it.

(Dakshinamurti is the Rishi of this stotra-mantra of Shri Bala Tripurasundari; Pankti is the Metre; Shri Bala Tripurasundari is the Devata; Aim is the Bija; Sauh is the Shakti; Klim is the Kilaka; its application when reciting it is pleasing Shri Bala.

Hail to Dakshinamurti on the head
Hail to the Metre Pankti on the mouth
Hail to the Devata Shri Bala in the heart
Hail to the Bija Aim on the navel
Hail to the Shakti Sauh on the genitals
Hail to the Linchpin Klim on the feet
Hail to the Application when Reciting on all limbs

Aim to the heart obeisance
Klim to the head
Sauh to the peak
Aim to the armour
Klim to the eyes
Sauh to the missile

Aim to the thumbs hail
Klim to the index fingers
Sauh to the middle fingers
Aim to the ring fingers
Klim to the little fingers
Sauh to the front & back of the hands

(Meditation:)

Like the coloured red rays of the Sun shining brightly through red dust, the colour of the Japa rose, holding book, dispelling fear, and in Her other hands giving boons and holding a fully blossomed white water lotus. Thus one should establish in one's heart the eternally beautiful form Bala.

One should recite Aim, O Tripura Bhavani. One becomes greater than God or Guru, and has dominion and so forth of the partner of the Lord of the Mountains.

Within the course of one day, one should recite the King of Your Mantras known as the triple syllable Kamaraja, that of Kameshvari. The person initiated in Kula should worship the earthly and most beautiful and alluring courtesan.

One should recite Sauh, O Tripura, Mother of the three Worlds! You Who Manifest, Play, and bring all to Completion, the core of the Absolute (Brahmapada), Self-Existent! One should worship in the rectangle, the circles, the eight petalled lotus, within the city of the lotus of six petals, worshipping Bala in the Bindu Pitha, in order to become greater than Shiva.

Whosoever should recite this hymn of Tripura, which consists of mantra, at night or at dawn, becomes garlanded (praised) on earth, and in three days becomes equal to Shukra, Saura and Lakshmi.

Thus this stotra of Devi Bala, consisting of ultimate Mantra, is revealed. One should not give it to the undevoted, and should conceal it as if it were Your own yoni.

Artwork is © Jan Bailey, 1996-2006. Translations are © Mike Magee 1996-2006. Questions or comments to mike.magee@btinternet.com

Calendar - Bharathiya Gou Vamsh

2009-08-30T04:03:00.000-07:00

Calendar - Bharathiya Gou vansh

Body Skin Care

2009-08-28T03:45:00.000-07:00

Body Skin Care

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Fair , healthy and glowing skin attracts everybody's attention. Ayurveda has many solutions to have a fair , healthy and glowing skin.

According to ayurveda skin has seven layers . When imbalanced doshas affect these layers different type of skin diseases arise. Doshas may get imbalanced in body and locally on skin.

Vata dosha is dominant in skin . The qualities of vata dosha are Cold, Light, Dry, Rough, Hard and Mobililty.

When vata dosha gets aggravated the skin becomes dry, cracked, rough, dark, dull, lifeless, fissured and scaly.

As vata dosha is only one dosha which has a capacity to move in nuke and corner of body and also has a deeper penetrating power. Vata when get imbalanced vitiates other to doshas i.e pitta and kapha.

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When vata vitiates pitta the skin will get rashes, burning sensation, eruptions and other allergic manifestations. The sweat will have a bad odor .

When kapha gets vitiated due to imbalanced vata oil secretion increases, acne and pimples erupt. The skin becomes dull and luster less.

For a healthier skin the vata should be always in normal balanced condition. The balanced vata keeps all other tissues and remaining two doshas in healthy condition. The imbalanced vata vitiates the tissues of skin and leads numerous skin problems.

There are two ways to balance vata and maintain a healthy body skin.

1.

Massaging body with medicated oil.
2.

Expelling toxins regularly which get accumulated in body .

Benefits of Oil massage .

Massaging body daily with ayurvedic herbal oil has innumerable benefits. This process is called as “Abhyanga". In great ayurvedic classic Ashtanga Hridaya it the benefits of herbal oil massage has been mentioned as follows.

" Abhyanga aachare nityam sa jara- shrama – vataha | Drushtihi prasada pushtyaahu swapna sutwak daadarya krit ||”

This means

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The aging symptoms appear very late in life.
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Balances Vata.
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Skin becomes soft and glowing. h
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Skin looks fresh.
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Skin becomes resistant to diseases.
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Skin looks healthy.
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Sharp eyesight and attractive eyes.
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Body becomes stronger and well nourished.
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The body and mind gets relaxed.
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Undisturbed sleep.
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Increases Libido.
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Rejuvenates the body. the

Treatment for Pimple, acne, moles, dark circles:-

Balance your doshas by adopting the modified diet and life styles. Take rejuvenating herbal drinks .

Apply a face pack containing
masoora, kushta, kaaliyaka etc later

Following this procedure for seven days makes your face pimple ,acne and dark circle free.

Accumulation of toxins in body which affect the skin:

The inner physiological processes like digestion, metabolism, elimination of waste products etc directly affect the beauty of skin.

The process of digestion is carried out by agni or fire which is present in our digestive system.

(Agni is the body fire, which is responsible for transformation of one substance to another. It breaks down the food substances, eliminates toxins and wastes, maintains body temperature, and resists the invasion of microbes by maintaining strong body immunity.

The body fire, which is assisted by balanced doshas, digests the food completely to form Pakwa Anna rasa (the liquid form of food which is completely digested by digestive enzymes), which is ready to get absorbed by body tissues. According to ayurveda Pakwa Anna Rasa nourishes the body and its components to keep the body devoid of diseases. But when body fire is impaired there will be an incomplete digestion of food forming Apakwa Rasa (indigested food). The indigested food fails to nourish the body components leading to lowered body resistance. Due to indigestion toxins start accumulating in body.)

An unhealthy diet and life style imbalance doshas and the imbalanced doshas impair agni. Due to impaired agni toxins accumulate in body. These accumulated toxins affect the health of skin and the skin loses its luster and glow, acne and pimples start appearing, wrinkling of skin starts in an early age. Hence a well nourished diet, a healthy life style and regular detoxification is very important to keep our skin healthy.

Detoxification at home

The herbs amalki , haritaki, and vibhitaki can be used for detoxification. They act as body cleansers.These herbs when used in proper proportions expel toxins , which have accumulated in body.This herbal combination also act as a best rejuvenator.
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Kumari (Sanskrit ) - Aloe Vera

BOTONICAL NAME	Aloe Vera Barbadensis
FAMILY	LILLIACEAE
STRUCTURE	Mature plant: They are succulent plants with perennial, strong and fibrous roots and numerous, persistent, fleshy leaves, proceeding from the upper part of the root, narrow, tapering, thick and fleshy, usually edges are serrated with spiny teeth Seeds: Angular Flowers: The flowers are produced in erect, terminal spikes. There is no calyx, the corolla is tubular, divided into six narrow segments at the mouth and of a red, yellow or purplish colour. The capsules contain numerous angular seeds.
HABITAT	Grows mainly in the dry regions of Africa, Asia, Europe and America.
PHARMACOLOGY	The important constituents are the two Aloins, Barbaloin and Isobarbaloin, Other constituents are amorphous Aloin, resin and Aloe-emodin. A mild purgative, sooths skin, Acts as a mild antimicrobial
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION	Contains Aloins, Barbaloin and Isobarbaloin,
World distribution:	Asia, Africa Europe, America

Ayurvedic Description of ' Kumari (Sanskrit ) - Aloe Vera Tourn. "

SANSKRIT NAME	Kumari,Griha kanya, Ghrita kumarika
LOCAL NAMES (in India)	Gheekuaara (Hindi), Ghrta kumari (Bengali), korpad (Marathi), Aloe (English),
PROPERTIES (ayurvedic)	Guna :- guru,snigdha picchila Rasa :- Katu Veerya :-sheeta Vipaka :- Tikta
KARMA (Action)	Normalizes kapha & pitta. a very good aphrodisiacs, diuretic, sooths skin, and anti inflammatory widely used in conditions of sun burn, dry skin conditions, burns, scars

अनूठी योजना

2009-08-27T03:14:00.001-07:00

अनूठी योजना

अमृत महल गायों के विकास की एक अनूठी योजना

अमृत महल, भारतीय नसल

अमृत महल, भारतीय नसल की गाय

* मैसूर के राजाओं ने इस योजना को आरंभ किया था ।
* १६१७ से १७०४ के मध्य वोडेयर वंश के चामराज वोडेयर, कंठीरव नरसराज वोडेयर, चिक्कदेवराज वोडेयर के शासनकालों में यह अपने चरमोत्कर्ष पर थी ।
* योजना को ‘बेण्णे चावडी’ गायों जिन्हें अब अमृत महल कहा जाता है, के लिये शुरू की गयी ।
* योजना के लिये राज्य में २४० मैदानों की ४,१३,५३९ एकड़ भूमि को सुरक्षित किया गया ।
* अज्जंपुर, बीरूरु, हब्बनघट्ट, बासूरु, लिंगदहळ्ळि और अर्सिकेरे इसके मुख्य केंद्र थे ।
* टीपू सुल्तान ने गायों का नाम बदल कर अमृत महल रखा और इसी नाम से भूमि सुरक्षित कर दी ।
* टीपू ने इन गायों की उत्कृष्टता को पहचान कर अपने सेना का भाग बनाया । आज भी इस नसल के बैलों का महत्व गायों से अधिक माना जाता है ।

मैसूर पैलेस

मैसूर पैलेस
* यह गायें कुत्तों से अधिक वफादार होती है और गरजती बंदूकों से भी भयभीत नहीं होतीं ।
* चूँकि इन गायों का युद्ध के लिये पालन किया जाता था, इन की दूध की उपज ११ से घटकर २-३ लीटर घट गई । शोधों से पता चलता है कि १० वर्षों में २-३ पीढ़ियों के दौरान इसे बढ़ाया जा सकेगा ।
* योजना में ६ चरागाह क्षेत्र थे । जब गायें एक क्षेत्र में चरना पूर्ण कर लेती तो उन्हें दूसरे क्षेत्र में भेज दिया जाता । गायों के लिये अलग चारे की व्यवस्था नही थी ।
* स्वतंत्रता प्राप्ति के समय कर्नाटक सरकार के पास चरागाहों की भूमि ५०,००० एकड़ थी ।
* आज २२,००० एकड़ भूमि और १५०० गायें ही बची हैं ।

Panchagavya - Presentation Transcript

2009-08-25T23:50:00.000-07:00

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PANCHAGAVYA INGREDIENTS : 1. Fresh Cow Dung 5 Kgs. 6. Sugar Cane Juice 3 Lts. 2. Cow Ghee ½ Kg. 7. Tender Coconut Water 3 Lts. 3. Cow Urine 3 Lts. 8. Toddy Fresh * 2 Lts. 4. Cow Milk 2 Lts. 9. Ripe Banana 12 Nos. 5. Cow Curd 2 Lts. * for fermentation ALTERNATIVE INGREDIENTS : 1. In place of Sugar Cane Juice add 500 gms. Jaggery dissolved in 3 Ltrs. Water. 2. In place of toddy add 100 gms. Yeast Powder + 100 gms. Jaggery + 2 Ltrs. Water. After 30 mts. add to rest of the ingredients. METHOD OF PREPARATION : DAY-1 : First mix the fresh cow dung and ghee thoroughly and keep it for 3 days. Mix it twice daily (Mor/Eve.) at least for 15 mts. On the 4th Day add the rest of the ingredients and mix them completely. DAY-4 : This solution must be stirred twice daily (Mor/Eve) .) at least for 15 mts. On the 19th day Panchakgvya will be ready for use. The container must DAY-19 : always be kept covered with a mosquito net or cotton cloth. Wide mouthed mud pot, concrete tank or plastic can could be used for mixing. Keep open in shade. Stir twice a day Morning & Evening. Panchagavya is ready for use after 18 days. STORAGE : Stir twice daily (Mor/Eve) to keep Panchagavya for 6 months without deterioration in quality. Add cow urine, when solution becomes thick. NOTE : 1) Only after dilution with water, the solution can be filtered. 2) Native Indian breed cow Dung, Urine, Ghee, Milk and Curd are the best over that of Cross breed cows . DOSAGE : FOLIER SPRAY : 3% i.e., 3 Lts. Panchagavya to 100 Lts. water per Acre. First make 3% dilution. Power spray after filtering sediments. Hand operated spray gun – Use wider nozzle (bigger Pore size). For best results spray during ascending period of moon. SOIL APPLICATION :20 Ltrs. Per Acre through flooding. For best results apply to soil during descending period of moon. SEED/SEEDLING TREATMENT : Drench seeds, Soak or Dip seedling for 20 mts. before planting in 3% Solution. (Rhizomes of Turmeric, Ginger and Sets of Sugar cane – 30 mts. Soaking) SEED STORAGE : Dip seeds in 3% solution before drying and then store. Contd…..2
2nd page PERIODICITY : Pre flower stage (i.e., 20 days after plantation) : Once in 15 days. Two Sprays. Flowering & Pod Setting : Once in 10 days. Two sprays. Fruit/Pod maturation : One spray. ADVANTAGES – PADDY : 1) Heavy tillers 2) 300 Grains per head 3) No Chaffy grains 4) Harvest advanced by 15 days. 5) Percentage of broken rice reduces 6) Grain wait 30% higher. 7) Cooked rice edible on the next day also. GENERAL EFFECTS OF USING PANCHAGAVYA : 1. Bigger leaves. 2. Denser Canopy 3. Photosynthetic system activated 4. Increases biological efficiency. 5. Max. metabolites and Photosynthates. 6. Trunk produces side shoots (carry Max. fruits) 7. Rooting is profuse and dense and remains fresh for long. Roots spread and grow into deeper layers. 8. Max. intake of nutrient & water by the healthy root. 9. Increases shelf life. 10. A thin oily film is formed on the leaves and stems, which helps reducing the evaporation of water. 11. Withstands long dry periods due to deep and extensive roots. 12. Irrigation water requirement reduced by 30%. YIELD : When land is converted to organic farming, certain amount of yield loss occurs normally. Panchakgvya ensures restoration of yield levels even during the very first year. FOR DETAILS ON : 1) Panchakgvya, 2) E.M. Technology, 3) Bio-dynamic Preparations and usage, 4) PROM Technology, 5) Organic Forming 6) Tank Composting etc., contact the following address / Phone Nos

Advanced Formula Curcumin Extract

2009-08-09T21:51:00.000-07:00

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Terminalia Arjuna

2009-08-08T01:20:00.000-07:00

Latin Name : Terminalia Arjuna, Pentaptera glabra, Pentaptera angustifolia Common Name : Terminalia Arjuna, White Murdah Ayurvedic Name : Arjuna Myrobalan, Arjun, Arjuna Family : Combretaceae



	Habitat : Terminalia arjuna is a deciduous tropical woody tree growing to a height of 60-90 feet and is found in India and Ceylon. The thick, white-to-pinkish-gray bark has been used in India's native Ayurvedic medicine. Part used : Bark, Extract. Bark contains tannin including GLUCO TANNIC ACID. Bark is an astringent, cardiac stimulant, tonic. Terminalia Arjuna has main constituents like tannins, triterpenoid saponins (arjunic acid, arjunolic acid, arjungenin, arjunglycosides), flavonoids (arjunone, arjunolone, luteolin), gallic acid, ellagic acid, oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs), phytosterols, calcium, magnesium, zinc, and copper.1,2 Remedies For: Cardiac stimulant, Rejuvenative, Astringent, Hemostatic. Terminalia Arjuna is the best herb for heart disease. It prevents and helps in the recovery of angina, heals heart tissue scars after surgery, Bile, Edema, Fractures, Contusions, Broken bones, Diarrhea, Malabsorption, Venereal disease and healing of tissues. Arjuna in the Products: Arjuna in Cholesterol Health Arjuna in Femivita Arjuna in Heart Health Terminalia Arjuna can be used externally for ulcers, Acne, Skin disorders. The bark of the Terminalia Arjuna tree has a long history of use as a cardiac tonic as well, and has been indicated in the treatment of coronary artery disease, heart failure, hypercholesterolemia and for relief of Anginal pain. Additionally, It has been found to have antibacterial and Antimutagenic properties. Terminalia Arjuna has been used in traditional practice, in the support of cardiovascular health & blood circulation, for over three centuries, primarily as a cardiac tonic. Mechanisms of Action: Improvement of cardiac muscle function and subsequent improvment in pumping activity of the heart seems to be the primary benefit of Terminalia. It is thought, the saponin glycosides might be responsible for inotropic effects of Terminalia, while the flavonoids and OPCs provide free radical antioxidant activity and vascular strengthening. A dose-dependent decrease in heart rate and blood pressure was noted in dogs given with Terminalia intravenously. No toxicity has been documented. References: 1.Indian Journal Of Pharmacology,30(2): p118-119,1998 (Eng.) Coronary flow was measured on the isolated perfused rabbit heart after administration of different doses of the Terminalia arjuna extract ( 1 to 1024 micro gm ) at time 1,3 and 5min. The results show coronary flow was significantly enhanced with the higher doses of the extract. The results show antianginal activity of Terminalia Arjuna NSL. 2.Effect of Terminalia Arjuna on coronary flow, an experimental study. Bhatia J.; Bhattacharya, S. K.; Mahajan, P.; Dwivedi, S. (Department of Pharmacology and medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, Shadara 110095 Delhi) 3.Bone K.; Clinical Applications of Ayurvedic and Chinese Herbs. Warwick, Queensland, Australia. Phytotherapy Press; 1996:131-133. 2. Kapoor L. D.; Handbook of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press; 1990:319-320. 3. Singh N.; Kapoor K. K.; Singh S. P.; et al. Mechanism of cardiovascular action of Terminalia Arjuna. Planta Med 1982;45:102-104. 4. Dwivedi S.; Agarwal M. P.; Antianginal and cardioprotective effects of Terminalia Arjuna, an indigenous drug, in coronary artery disease. JAPI 1994;42:287-289. 5. Bharani A.; Ganguly A.; Bhargava K. D.; Salutary effect of Terminalia Arjuna in patients with severe refractory heart failure. Int J Cardiol 1995;49:191-199. 6. Dwivedi S.; Jauhari R.; Beneficial effects of Terminalia Arjuna in coronary artery disease. Indian Heart J 1997;49:507-510. 7. Ram A.; Lauria P.; Gupta R.; et al. Hypocholesterolaemic effects of Terminalia Arjuna tree bark. J Ethnopharmacol 1997;55:165-169. 8. Khanna A. K.; Ramesh C.; Kapoor N. K.; Terminalia Arjuna: an Ayurvedic cardiotonic regulates lipid metabolism in hyperlipidaemic rats. Phytotherapy Res 1996;10:663-665. Caution: According to Ayurveda, herbs are taken in combination with other herbs to neutralize the toxicity of one herb with the opposing effect of the other or to enhance the particular effect of one herb with the help of other. "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease."

2009-08-08T01:19:00.000-07:00

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Other Names: Arjuna Myrobalan, Arjun, Arjuna, Terminalia Arjuna, White Murdah, Pentaptera glabra, Pentaptera angustifolia.

As a dietary supplement: Arjuna is a unique heart tonic that supports healthy cardiovascular function and blood circulation. Arjuna's lipid regulating ability helps to modulate the blood's absorption of lipids and has been reported to possess protective cardiovascular and hypo-lipidemic properties.

According to Ayurveda: Arjuna is a tonic to the heart and has been used historically in cases of heart problems (checks and helps in recovery of angina, heals heart tissue and scars after surgery). It is a cardiac stimulant, specifically for all conditions associated with cardiac failure including irregular heart beat, palpitations, coronary artery problem, hypertension and congestive heart failure. It is rejuvenating, astringent and haemostatic. An alternative herb, good for bile, edema, fractures, broken bones (heals tissues), mal-absorption, external ulcers, acne and skin disorders.

Arjuna (Terminalia Arjuna) Bark: Improves blood circulation and tones up the heart, helps in checking tachycardia (excess heart beat above normal level). It is a natural rich source of tannins, calcium and iron, which get naturally absorbed by the body without producing any side effect. It improves the healing power of the body.

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NGOs, ACTIVISTS & FOREIGN FUNDS - Anti- Nation Industry

2009-08-06T06:36:00.001-07:00

NGOs, ACTIVISTS & FOREIGN FUNDS - Anti- Nation Industry
24/12/2007 11:35:07 PRADEEP KUMAR

NGOs, ACTIVISTS & FOREIGN FUNDS
Anti- Nation Industry by Radha rajan & Krishen Kak

PRADEEP KUMAR

The well-researched book is the result of two events; the national systemic bending-over-backwards to ‘render justice’ to the Muslim victims of the Gujarat riots and the denial of a visa to the Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi by the US State Department. The first was a process and the second an incident, and both the process and the incident were authored by the same group of prominent ‘peace’ and human rights NGOs and individual activists whose signature tune is ‘anti-Hindu’.

This book is not about the hundreds of NGOs working with great dedication among the socially and economically backward sections of our society motivated only by the inspiring vision of transforming social attitudes and the quality of life of the people amongst whom they live and work. But it is about those NGOs and activists whose ‘peace’ and human rights activism cloak deep political ambitions and objectives not restricted to participating or influencing electoral politics but aimed at shaping the character and direction of the Indian polity in a manner which derives from their warped notion of the Indian nation. Their political ambitions and activism are essentially undemocratic and anti-India nation.

Notwithstanding the fact that important democratic institutions including the NHRC, Parliament and the Judiciary have repeatedly shown a marked tilt towards minorityism and have rushed to do the bidding of the ‘peace’ and human rights activists profiled in this book, these persons have nevertheless shamed our judiciary, our men in uniform and our polity with their criticism of these pillars of our democracy on foreign soil and even before foreign governments. Parliament should consider suitable restrictions being placed on retired judges, retired armed force personnel including and above the rank of Brigadier, retired bureaucrats including and above the rank of Assistant Secretary and retired policemen including and above the rank of SP from undertaking projects for foreign or foreign-funded think-tanks and from deposing before foreign governments and their departments on any issue without prior permission from the Government of India.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has been sitting for over five decades on the title suit of the Ramjanmabhumi while the Supreme Court promptly issues interim orders on cases filed by the Muslim community seeking to deny Hindu access to the site; those guilty of the genocide of Sikhs during the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, those guilty of the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus and those that render Kashmiri Hindus alive in the notorious Radhabai Chawl incident during the Mumbai riots of 1992, have all escaped the notice and attention of these very national institutions and the same ‘peace’ and human rights activists who continue to campaign for the Muslim victims of the Gujarat riots of 2002.

There is a growing perception among the Hindu intelligentsia that ‘peace’ and human rights NGOs and activists are holding all democratic institutions in the country hostage to international opinion about democracy and good governance to serve the cause of ‘secularism’ in a peculiarly on-sided fashion which may be interpreted to be anti-Hindu.

The well researched book exposes that India’s so-called secular polity is teetering perilously on the brink of minorityism aided and abetted in no mean measure by this well-networked group of Hindu-baiters who have succeeded in cleverly cloaking their congenital anti-Hindu bias in the garb of constitutional ‘protection of minority rights’ discourse. These NGOs and other politically motivated activists are embarked on the twin mission to weaken India’s political will to deal ruthlessly with Islamic, Christian and Naxal terrorism and to de-Hinduise the nation. A group of nationalist Indians – some of them residing abroad – came together to profile these ‘internationally acclaimed’ ‘peace’ and human right NGOs and activists with a view to exposing their anti-India and anti-Hindu activism.

The most striking feature of this book is that, in spite of the fact that the authors never discussed which NGOs to put under the scanner and which activists to expose when they began to write the book, they all zeroed in on the same groups! The book offers a veritable mine of information on these NGOs and activists – who are their supporters, partners and collaborators, what they say, what they write and their position on important national issues. What the compilers have presented, however, is only the tip of the iceberg. They have provided endnotes and appendices, which will enable the interested reader to dig deeper.

The book argues that contrary to doctored public opinion, these internationally- acclaimed NGO’s and activists are a threat to communal harmony and India’s democratic ethos. Communal harmony and democracy are naturally and best protected only when 85% of this nation’s population repose faith in the country’s democratic institutions.

The book exhorts the reader to raise his voice too as a political Hindu to render service to this great nation’s well being.

In this second and revised edition of the book a new chapter, exposing AID, has been added, as well as a number of new appendices that include Shri. Narendra Modi’s speech at a book release function. The book exposes Nirmala Deshpande, Arundathi Roy and Admiral Ramdas and their kind much better and the kind of industry of which they are a part. Arundhati Roy soon after Pokharan 2, said she is a mobile independent republic. Roy also said she is not a flag-waving patriot. But since Roy has a passport, it must have something to do with the Indian nation. So, the Indian nation is relevant at least to the extent that it allows these people to travel abroad to badmouth this country.

The clearly reveals the position of these so called NGO activists in regard to national territory, to opinions they express in regard to Jammu and Kashmir, the kind of nonsense they speak on American and Pakistani soil about our jawans, is a cause of grave concern, because they are members of either the National Integration Council or of CABE or of the National Advisor Council of the UPA government. And they are not above glorifying terrorism.

With facts the book argues that the so-called NGOs have no faith in our elected parliament, they have no faith in our judiciary, they have no faith in the NHRC. They go to the US State Department to depose before it, begging the US State Department to come to India and protect India’s democracy. It is high time legislation is put in place banning such people from deposing before alien governments against the Indian army and India’s democratic institutions. Very little is generally known about the kind of position these people take on American soil against the Indian nation, or their position on Jammu and Kashmir, or what they are to say about our army. We have or jawans dying day in and day out protecting our territory, protecting our right to live. Why is it that the media does not do an expose of these people, on what they have stated about Jammu and Kashmir, what they have stated about Naxal terrorism, what they have stated about India’s defence requirement, what they have stated about the Indian army? What is the opinion that they have about India’s democratic institutions? Every major issue concerning national security, every issue concerning national security, every issue concerning national interest, they reduce to the politics of minoritysm.

Arundhati Roy, for example, speaks for effect. She puts words cleverly together. And, mindless that we are, we are so fascinated by the English she speaks that we fail to subject the contents to critical scrutiny. In fact, she has run down everything that is sacred or reverent to large sections of India’s people. The book has documented, word for word, what they have said, and the kind of patrons they have found abroad. Why do the European Parliament and the US State Department support these activists? The compilation prompts us to look at these questions and gives us the need to have the courage to look at the answers. Releasing the book on September 9,2006, Shri. KPS Gill noted his surprise ‘that the anti-nationals in our country are respected, and nationalists are derided…….. These days our country is fighting terrorism. But our so-called intellectuals have made efforts unparalleled in the history of the world to decry and deny our success in fighting terrorism’.

Vigil has placed before the readers, world for word a true picture of the so –called NGOs. One must have the courage to look at the book dispassionately. The book exposes the illustrious people who find international patronage. This brilliantly analysed and thought-provoking book is a must for all those who love India.

NGOs, ACTIVISTS AND FOREIGN FUNDS [ANTI-NATION INDUSTRY] Published by: VIGIL PUBLIC OPINION FORUM, H-12/3, Pari Street, Kalakhetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai- 600090. Edition: 2007. Pages: 422. Price: Rs.400/-.

Biggest demo in India for clean energy A thousand say NO to coal in Maharashtra

2009-08-05T04:01:00.001-07:00

Biggest demo in India for clean energy

A thousand say NO to coal in MaharashtraOver 1000 residents from villages in the Alibag taluka in Maharashtra gather to take part in a giant human art formation of a windmill, to voice their opposition to coal fired power plants planned in the region. The Maharashtra government is considering plans to approve 10,000 MW of new coal power plants by the Reliance, TATA, ISPAT and Patni groups. 60% of India’s power currently comes from coal, the major cause of climate change. India needs to shift away from a fossil fuel based energy pathway to greener sustainable energy options.

Alibaug Taluka, India — Close to a thousand villagers stood for hours in the formation of a life-size human windmill near Khidki village in Alibag, in what could well be the largest protest for renewable energy in India till date.

They were demanding that the Maharashtra Government drop plans to build 10,000MW coal-fired thermal power plants in the region and explore renewable energy instead. The villagers said they were committed to fight the acquisition of their fertile land for coal-based power plants.

“We believe that the energy planned from these coal plants is dirty. It can come instead from clean alternatives like wind and solar energy, and by using energy more efficiently. We will not give up our land and our future to these mega power plants that will pollute our air, land, and water. We will not allow them to ruin our children’s future by adding to the problem of climate change,” said Dr Vishnu P. Mhatre of the Naugaon Sangharsh Samiti, one of the organisations fighting for clean energy here.

The community is opposing plans to set up thermal power plants over 8,500 acres of fertile land. The companies involved are the Tata Power Company Limited (1,200MW) and the Maharashtra Energy Generation Limited, a Reliance subsidiary, (4,000MW) at Shahpur in Alibag. The Patni group (500MW) and the Ispat group (2,000MW) want to set up their plants in the adjacent Medekhad Khadi.

For more than four years, the villagers have been resisting attempts by the government and the companies to acquire their land. “We do not oppose production of energy. But, we strongly demand that the Government of India change its energy pathway and move towards decentralised renewable energy, which will be used locally for agro-based industries and domestic needs,” said Satish Londhe, a resident of Alibag and state coordinator of the Shramik Mukti Dal.

To prove their solution-oriented approach, the citizens later joined in setting up a wind station. Admiral Ramdas, a Magsaysay awardee and a resident of Alibag, inaugurated the “Citizens’ Wind Monitoring Station” where the residents would record the area’s wind potential through an anemometer. This would show that the region has huge potential for wind energy, and challenge the government’s inaction in investing in alternate energies.

“Policymakers in the central and state governments need to explore the possibility of renewable resources like the wind, the sun, and other agents before rushing to coal for energy. In the current environment of global concern over climate change, we must also look critically at the operational efficiency of our power plants and increase energy efficiency in all sectors. This will ensure a dramatic reduction in our energy demand,” Ramdas asserted.

Maitree Dasgupta, Climate Campaigner with Greenpeace India, said: “This protest is a sign of popular opposition fomenting against coal in India, which will only grow. This not a fight against growth or development. It is just the opposite. It is a fight for building energy infrastructure for the future instead of relying on dinosaur technologies. India can get 35% of its power from renewable energy by 2030. We have the ability and technical capacity; we only need the political will.”

Greenpeace India is demanding that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh put in place a National Renewable Energy Bill no later than 2010, which would enable a shift towards a more sustainable energy pathway. This implies that the draft bill be made public this year for debate before placing it for parliamentary approval. It would also provide a framework for the Solar Mission and show that India is serious about the mission. More than 50,000 Indians have already signed Greenpeace India petitions demanding a response on this from Manmohan Singh.

Joys of Cow Based Farming

2009-08-04T21:58:00.000-07:00

Agriculture

Joys of Cow Based Farming

Indian agriculture has variety. There is no farm-product that we don’t cultivate. Our land grows all kinds of grains, pulses, vegetables, fruits, flowers, cotton and silk.

About 70% of our population has embraced agriculture as profession. Majority of them are small farmers, owning one or two acres of land.

Our agricultural landscape is diverse and vivid - in land topology, soil type and quality, irrigation method and frequency of harvesting.

Cattle are integral part of this huge canvas of agriculture. We use oxen to plough, to pick and move harvested crops, in irrigation, cow manure as fertiliser, and cow urine as insecticide.

Unique Role of Cow in Agriculture :

Cow Based Agriculture

In our country with small holdings and small scale farming, there is no better alternative to employing cattle in farming.
While ploughing, the oxen stride with gentle gait, not harming the surface of the earth, unlike tractors.
Even as they plough the land, the oxen defecate and urinate, fertilising the land.
Cattle Manure : organic manure, green leaf manure, earth-worms, and slurry manure with cattle manure bond with the nature and make the land fertile. They do not create the challenge of chemical waste.
99% of the insects in nature are beneficial to the system. Insecticides prepared from cow urine or well fermented butter milk do not affect these helpful insects.
Dung from one cow is adequate to fertilise 5 acres of land and its urine is can protect 10 acres of crop from insects.
As per the Supreme Court, cow dung produced by one oxen can support a family for 4 years.
Oxen do not pollute the atmosphere.

NORTH AMERICA- NEWS

2009-08-03T03:38:00.001-07:00

NORTH AMERICA [USA, Prabhupada Das, Resource Person]

I have been reading your presentation, "Varnashram Course In South India" and other information at: http://www.glovesco.org/ and thought:

The DimDim Video service also has integrations with Moodle and Claroline, which may be of interest in your work to create the Varnashram College desired by Shrila Prabhupad. Moodle and Claroline might be ways in which the entire College could be conducted on line and thus made available to millions. If you have not seen these, here are the URL's.

I have very general outlines of College courses and free software but have not yet created any courses that can be given. At some point, I would like to work on a set of courses that can be taken online by people anywhere. If there was an online College with something like Moodle, Varnashram education could be standardized and distributed everywhere. As the students took the courses, they could start communities in many places which would gradually expand into Villages. In this manner, the spread of Village development would be "generic", somewhat like a franchise, which would gradually lead to a Globally connected network.

EDITOR’S NOTE: GLOVESCO will be seriously considering introducing on-line courses promoting the principles and concepts of varnasrama education. Devotees interested in this project may write to us and may also visit our website dedicated to education at www.varnasramaeducation.org.

NOVEMBER 26, 2008 NEW PROJECT IN SPAIN

SOUTH AMERICA [Spain, Jiva Tattva Das, National Coordinator]

Thank you very much for your kind invitation to the second annual seminar. Right now still I don´t have the schedule for February, even I yet don’t know if I will go. Specially it´s because [it] all depends of the grade of development in our new project here in Spain. We already talked with the authorities of the village, now I´m in the process of getting the money to buy the small
farm; it´s about 4 ha. (40.000 sq. mts.) We have got already 100.000 Euros, but still we need about 50.000 more.

I hope I can present an already advanced project, that has given shelter to many devotees by those dates of February.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Jiva Tattva prabhu was one of the speakers at the first annual Global Varnasrama Seminar held in Sri Mayapur earlier this yeas in conjunction with MIHET. The second annual Global Varnasrama Seminar will be conducted from February 24 to February 27, 2009 in Sri Mayapur.

NOVEMBER 24, 2008 DEVOTEES ARRIVE FOR VARNASRAMA COLLEGE

ASIA [India, Bharat Chandra Das, Varnasrama College Co-Director]

This is to inform that [our] grhastha couple from Belgium, his Grace Surya Kunda Prabhu and Nikunja Vasini mataji arrived here yesterday with a 4 year Student Visa! They are happy going around the farm and are enthusiastic devotees. With gems like Indrabhata Prabhu, Isvari mataji & Surya Kunda Prabhu, Nikunja mataji, Sahyadri Sri Krishna Balarama Ksetra is pointing towards having a successful Varnasrama College in line.

NOVEMBER 23, 2008 NEW PAMPHLET ON “MAKING ONE’S OWN OIL”

ASIA [India, Bharat Chandra Das, GLOVESCO National Coordinator]

Kindly receive the pamphlet containing the material on "Making one's Own Oil'. It also includes very new details on the dangers of modern oil consumption. The presentation is also attached to this mail. The pamphlet, as well as the presentation can be put on the website.

NOVEMBER 23, 2008 NEW VARNASRAMA PROJECT IN THE MAKING

ASIA [Dubai, Nanda Kumar Das, Varnasrama Supporter]

It is our good fortune that you have given us this opportunity to participate in these projects that take us closer to establishing varnashrama which was so close to Srila Prabhupada's heart.

Please consider us here in Dubai as another set of your own boys (kinkaras) who are eager to be of service to the varnashrama mission.

Please bless us with more seva & the ability to adapt to true simple living in lines with Srila Prabhupada. We are working towards aligning ourselves with the Gokul Dham project. We are currently having a lot of communications with Madhav Pr & Bharat Chandra Pr who are ably guiding us & giving us siksha.

We request you to consider a visit to Dubai at the earliest possible. There are many devotees who are aspiring to become varnashrama participants & preachers.

NOVEMBER 23, 2008 CONFIRMED ATTENDANCE/VARNASRAMA SEMINAR

AFRICA [Nigeria, H.H. Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami, National Coordinator]

Thank you very much for the mercy, you are always very kind to me. Yes, I will come and will happily attend your wonderful Varnasrama seminars…. I am travelling… I will keep encouraging other devotees and have some good news for you when I come. Let me just attend and learn for I know that when I am through with this house issue, things will change and since we have much land here in Nigeria, Ghana and other part of Africa, we will be able to do much in the near future.

Many devotees have been asking me about your seminars and I have been encouraging them to participates as well as going into farming to fulfill Srila Prabhupada's desire on self-sufficiency.

NOVEMBER 22, 2008 TO ATTEND SECOND ANNUAL SEMINAR

EUROPE [Ukraine, Dhanesvara, National Coordinator and Heading up Gitagrad Project]

Thank you for your invitation. Yes, I plan to be in Mayapura this coming year for Gaura Purnima and would be very happy to attend. I think I will not offer any of my own classes this year so scheduling will not be a problem.

My book [Spiritual Economics] will be in print by then and I will be happy to present it and speak on any other topic that you ask.

NOVEMBER 20, 2008 NEW NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR BRAZIL

SOUTH AMERICA [Brazil, H.H. Purushatraya, Head of Gour Vrndavana Project]

I think I can accept the role of National Coordinator for Brazil.

One thing I'd like to point out is that my project here in Brazil has a format somewhat different from projects related to GLOVESCO, especially those developed in Indonesia, Cambodia, South India (one and half years back I had opportunity to visit the small farm project near Udupi...). In fact one of the differences is that the great majority of the Brazilian yatra devotees has urban backgrounds.

In my project, out of 16 members (half are ladies), more than half have university degree. Some of them are becoming experts in dealing with organic agriculture and cow protection and they do practical work.

Well, I can explain more at Mayapur seminar the strategies for developing our project and also how we are trying to establish varnasrama in a very natural way.

NOVEMBER 20, 2008 VARNASRAMA MEDIA PRODUCTIONS INAUGURATED

ASIA [Secunderabad, Gour Gopal Das/Varnasrama Research Team]

In the evening there was a grand reception at Govardhan, Secunderabad. By the mercy of H.H. Bhakti Raghava Swami Maharaj, VMP (Varnasrama Media Production) was opened for everyone under the supervision of GLOVESCO. H.G. Rasananda Prabhu was very kind to accept our proposal to be the guest of honor. In the beginning we had arranged for him to cut the ribbon for opening of the office, but when he came and saw us telling him to cut the ribbon with the scissors, he said: "If this office is being opened for the service of Varnasrama mission then we should not open it by cutting the ribbon [but] rather by lighting the lamps. That is the Vedic system." So we arranged a lamp and he lit it and every participant was singing and dancing in ecstasy. The ceremony was later followed by a 30 minutes lecture of H.G. Rasananda Prabhu and then [Krishna] prasadam.

NOVEMBER 18, 2008 CLARIFICATION ON “LOCAL GOVERNANCE”

EUROPE [Radhadesh, Manohara Das, Resident at Radhadesh]

This is Principle No. 1:"Governance of a village community is primarily the responsibility of its local residents".

“It should not be some committee or organization removed from the local community or village. This means that any group of devotees should be encouraged to set up such a rural community, following the general guidelines given by Srila Prabhupada and the Vedic literatures, and this, without feeling the need to obtain the official permission or sanction from any local, regional or national authority.”

Does "any local, regional or national authority" refer to ISKCON or to government of country in which rural community would be situated, or both?

EDITOR’S NOTE: Those wishing to receive the response given to this question may write to us and we can send it to you.

NOVEMBER 18, 2008 GLOVESCO BRANCH OPENS IN SECUNDERABAD

ASIA [Secunderabad, Gour Gopal Das/Varnasrama Research Team]

With the blessings of our Guru Maharaj and the mercy of their Lordships [Sri Sri] Radha-Kunjabihariji, I take the opportunity to announce and welcome everybody for the inauguration function of GLOVESCO Branch office in Secunderabad.

Venue: GLOVESCO, PL. #89, 9th cross, 1st floor, Sri Nilayam, Mahindra Hills, Secunderabad.

Date & Time: 19th November 2008, Wednesday at 6.20 p.m. for further details contact: H.G. Sri Rama Dasa at 99 89 488 656, Gour Gopal at 99 49 69 82 96.

NOVEMBER 17, 2008 TOPIC: INVITATION TO FESTIVAL OF INSPIRATION

NORTH AMERICA [USA, Malati Dasi, GBC and NA EC Member]

I have three items I wish to address in this communication. The first being to inquire from you how things are going with your project and endeavors regarding rural lifestyles and varnashram in ISKCON? And, how is GLOVESCO doing overall?

The second is to remind you of my invitation and request for you to attend and participate in Festival of Inspiration 2009. The dates are May 8, 9, 10th (although, we will begin on Thursday the 7th by observing Narshima Chaturdasi). The sessions run 1 1/2 hours each. This venue would be an excellent opportunity for you to make a presentation of a large scale attentive audience.

Please get back to me about this as soon as you are able.

NOVEMBER 17, 2008 TOPIC: BOOKS & DOCUMENTARY DONATED

EUROPE [Amsterdam, Gangadhara Das, Resource Person]

Good news that already 22 devotees will participate in the varnasrama courses!

Before I left for India I got the message from Bharat Chandra prabhu that there would be a sufficient stock of books of the VBT in Vrndavana. I found only copies of MAKE VRNDAVANA VILLAGES. I hope that in the near future all the books as well as the magazine will be available in Vrndavana. That will help those (such as myself) to more effectively and completely represent GLOVESCO to potential supporters in Vrndavana and Delhi.

Titles of some of the books which I gave to Hrdoya Caitanya prabhu: (list of some 40 books)

I gave also one DVD to Hrdoya Caitanya prabhu, entitled: "Mother Earth; A new future for small farmers." This documentary recorded in Andhra Pradesh is about "poor farmers who have turned their backs on modern agriculture in order to bring new life to their traditional ways of farming. The surprisingly good results are due to a combination of working together intensively, and the masterly combining of traditional seeds."

NOVEMBER 16, 2008 TOPIC: COW PROTECTION WEBSITE IN MAURITIUS

AFRICA [Mauritius, Cidanan Das, Varnasrama Supporter]

Dear friends,

Please accept my obeisances. I sent a mail last time which did not function. It was just to announce a new website for a cow protection program in Mauritius.

The link: http://nandgaon.terapad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2008 TOPIC: PLANNING VISIT TO VIETNAM

ASIA [VIETNAM, Pe Pe, Varnasrama Supporter]

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Krishna. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Haribol my dear Maharaja. I was able to inform devotees based in Hochiman City, his name is Govinda Hari. He was a pioneer in this city, more or less he’s been here for ten years. I informed him about your trip here in Vietnam.

NOVEMBER 14, 2008 TOPIC: BHAKTIVEDANTA LIBRARY SERVICES (BLS)

EUROPE [Laksmipriya dd. Belgium, Secretary of BLS]

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thank you very much for your reply. We will take 25 copies of each title.

1) MAKE VRNDAVANA VILLAGES
2) VARNASRAMA EDUCATION
3) IMPLEMENTING VARNASRAMA.
4) The magazine is Introducing GLOVESCO.

We are very happy to get these book into our offer for distribution in Europe. We are hoping that there will be a keen interest from the devotees here into this important subject matter and we get more books from you in the future on a regular basis.

NOVEMBER 14, 2009, TOPIC: PREACHING/FUNDRAISING/VARNASRAMA

NORTH AMERICA [CANADA, Bala Krishna Das, Resident at Saranagati Village]

Yes, I haven't forgotten you or your request. It has been a very mild autumn which has allowed me to get much done on the farm. There never seems to be any end to work needed to be done. Also, I am working on several ongoing projects here that are demanding my time . One is a composting research project that is being funded by the federal government and for whom I have
contracted graduate students from the University of British Columbia and the other is the ongoing project to build a water/irrigation system for our valley.

Anyway, now I am within a day or two before leaving for Vancouver where I will be setting up shop/an office where I will then be starting my full time service of preaching/fundraising for varnasrama . This is a big change for me that I am embarking on - I do have a plan but I am not sure how it is all going to unfold. I do need a few months to quietly focus and prepare.

NOVEMBER 13, 2008 TOPIC: DEVOTEE OBTAIN 4 YEARS STUDENT VISA

EUROPE [Hungary, Surya Kunda Das and Nikunja Vasini Dasi, Radhadesh]

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Yes, yes… we have it in hand from yesterday, all ready, Visa, Student Visa till.....12 of November 2012 , multiple visa.

Thank you Very very much. Thanks for phone numbers. grateful for all.

November 13, 2008 TOPIC: COLLECTING BOOKS ON VARNASRAMA

NORTH AMERICA [CANADA, Surya, Director, La Nouvelle Vraja Bhumi, Quebec)

Pour vous confirmer que je vais apporter les livres qui m'ont été confiés par Gangadhara pr. à Sri Dhama Vrindavan dimanche prochain. Une vraie mine d¹or pour le projet de Hebri. Je prends en note plusieurs des titres importants que je vais tenter de me procurer à Loi Bazar pour acheminer au projet de la Nouvelle Vraja Bhumi.

NOVEMBER 7, 2008 TOPIC: PRINTING MAKE VRNDAVANA VILLAGES IN ARGENTINA

SOUTH AMERICA [Jaya Govinda Caran Das, Ecuador)

If is possible for you please answer this mail because Jagad Bandhu prabhu wants to print your book as soon as possible. I gave him an English copy and he just fell in love with your book. Another reason is that the marathon is coming soon and he wants to distribute the book during the marathon.

NOVEMBER 1, 2008 TOPIC: VARNASRAMA CONFERENCE

NORTH AMERICA (USA, Prabhupada Das, Kavaca)

His Grace Shriman Dhanesvara Das Prabhu has suggested that I contact you to discuss the idea of a Daivi-Varnashram Village Constitutional Conference. He and I have been discussing this for many years and, recently, he shared some of our dialogue with your good self and others. As a result, he is encouraged that there may be sufficient interest among whom I term "Varnashramites", to undertake a serious dialog to discuss and formulate an outline for a Village Constitution that could be used as a template for any number of Villages. Such a common foundation would make it easier for Villages to cooperate and be developed in new locations. It might also inspire other Gaudiya Vaishnavas to see how important this is and to begin such development in their own organizations.

October 28, 2008 TOPIC: NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING

EUROPE: [Ukraine, Dhanesvar Das, National Coordinator and Project Director for Gitograd]

I presented a 40-page document to our national council that was essentially our by-laws, as a work-in-progress. They will look it over and see what amendments they want in order to make it an Iskcon project. I will be sending you this document soon. I am interested to know if other VAD projects are defining their activities in such ways, and if so I would like to know how they are structuring their management, internal workings, and so on. If not, perhaps my document can become a model for other projects. We need to define the roles of the varnas, their interactions, and how the culture works. While that is not detailed in this document that does need to be done somewhere. Perhaps this is being taught at your training course? If so I would like to see the outcome.

October 27, 2008 TOPIC: FINAL PREPARATIONS/VARNASRAMA COLLEGE

ASIA: [India, Sahyadri Sri Krishna Balarama Ksetra, Bharat Chandra Das, National Coordinator and Staff Member for Glovesco Varnasrama College]

Thank you for the list of students. Hope admissions will be closed as we planned. I was listing the different records that we need to maintain; some of them I am trying to enlist below (can be added):

1. Applications
2. Box file for Handouts of materials
3. Power point presentations on CD (fr which Curriculum has to be designed as soon as possible)
4. Accounts, Ect.

Applications are one thing that I can file right away. I also need to approach the local police station with this record. I came in touch with a senior police official here when working out my passport and he suggested that we give them all the records of the students and required security details, etc. I shall meet them with some records including the application forms of the confirmed students.

October 24, 2008 TOPIC: KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS BAIL OUT - THE ULTIMATE PLAN
ASIA: [Indonesia, Jakarta, Bhakta Tito]

Hare Krsna Bharat Chandra Prabhu,
Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Many thanks for your emails. Yes, I received the updates. I do hope sincerely that by Krsna's mercy I will be able to visit Sri Krsna Balarama Ksetra in short future.

Prabhu, as I'm finishing read "Plan B" I found a very nice quantitative facts provided there goes 100% same direction with Krsna consciousness.

Page 183-190

1. 37% of world grain production (740 million tones) goes to animal feed, 7 kg of grains become only 1 kg beef, 1 kg of pork took 3 kg, poultry takes 2 kg, and so on , it is "indirect an inefficient way of consuming food"

2. the world produced 222 million tons of soybean in 2007, 20 millions was consumed directly (as tofu and others), the other 202 is crushed, and 37 million tons of soybean oil is extracted, the bunch of 160 million tons of high protein soybean meal, you bet, went to feed mill! What a mad scheme! You know Prabhu, while soybean price soared last few months, there was suicidal case happened here in Indonesia where tofu maker was frustrated in condition he felt cant afford to buy raw material (soybean) which is too expensive to do his business , selling tofu.

3. An average American consumes 800 tons of grains annually, directly and indirectly. Directly: he eats only 100 tons indirectly: all 700 tons goes to animal livestock before he ate it. Italian consumes average 400 tons of grains, directly and indirectly. Indian consumes 200 tons in average yearly. And of course we know, the Americans die sooner of heart disease and all.

Finally, the Plan B suggested: MOVING DOWN THE FOOD CHAIN. :)

One devotee in Indonesia told me that if the world reduced 10% of meat consumption, starvation would end. I calculated let's say that 10% meat reducing means 10% x 740 million tones, we would get 74 million tones of grain. I don't know the number of starvation, but let's say 1 billion, and then we get 75 kg per person. I agree, it would end starvation.

October 23, 2008 TOPIC: REVIVING THE TRADITIONAL AGRAHARAM
ASIA: [Singapore, Dina Anukampam, National Coordinator]

Please allow me to say my two-cents' worth. I have somehow or other been meeting many South Indian brahmins who, more and more, are taking up Krsna consciousness. In the past, brahmins would live in an exclusive part of town called the Agraharam, (where other castes were not allowed to pass by, unless they carried their shoes on their head and walked by silently, in which case the brahmins would all stop chanting Vedic mantras so that they would not be heard... Some of my friends still live in the now decaying agraharams..... I recall spending a few days in one idyllic village* agraharam by the banks of the Kavery in Tamil Nadu. It was a timeless place. And in the morning, to bathe in the Kavery and see the (few) brahmins who were still doing the ritual bath as their forefathers had done for centuries was wonderful and calming.

There is a young friend of mine from this village who practices KC to some degree and I am still in touch with him. It is an hour or two away from Trichy. If Maharaj would like to visit the village, I could try to arrange for that.

In my humble opinion, it would probably be most efficacious to focus on reviving these agraharams where the community still has some cohesion and strength and where there are favorable elders who can impart the traditions as they have seen and lived it... What could be done might be:

1. To commission a survey to find out amongst our global body of initiated devotees who those are who have family links to such agraharams, and especially those along the banks of the great rivers of India.
2. Induce these devotees to begin trying to buy up/help preserve these agraharams and plan to re-settle back there if not soon at least later in their village life. (Even Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada commented that in S India the last vestiges of true Vedic culture remain. Those devotees who have seen with their own eyes the strong Vedic culture of their elders could easily be inspired about the importance of preserving and reviving it, for if they look at their own children or grand children, they will see how centuries of culture and tradition are so easily lost forever within a generation or two...)
3. Next, a survey should be done of all existing agraharams with stats to show the status of their health. Then a few of these could be targeted - strong preachers sent to establish preaching bases there and to revive the Krsna consciousness and to integrate with the community. Then slowly revive the pre-existing culture. Protection of independent, truth-speaking brahmanas, as I have understood it, is the foundation of varnashrama.

The article you have circulated below correctly, in my humble opinion, speaks of the components that are needed to make a true village, and not just run one pseudo-farm. These are already still existing in some degree in the agraharams.

Hope these ideas may be useful, Maharaj. hare krsna

October 22, 2008 TOPIC: VARNASRAMA TOUR IN SOUTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA: [Ecuador, Jaya Govinda Caran Das]

Yes, it would be great to serve you as your traveling secretary. With regard to traveling date considerations, you tell me which time is the best for you and let how we can work it out. Please Maharaja, tell me which countries would you like to visit, how long do you intend to stay in each county and what is your intended audience.

October 22, 2008 TOPIC: RECEIVING BOOKS ON VARNASRAMA (ANTONY)
MAIL RECEIVED THROUGH INTERNET

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Shrila Prabhupada

Thank you very much for your postage. Today I received your wonderful books. I will read them carefully and will try to contribute to the development of Vedic Varnashrama.

October 21, 2008: TOPIC: 19 STUDENTS ENROLL FOR VARNASRAMA COLLEGE
ASIA: [India, GLOVESCO Varnasrama College at SSKBK, State of Karnataka, Hrdoya Caitanya Das, Curriculum Director]

"Please see attached our updated list of students. This is getting pretty close to the final list." Canada (2), Hungary (3), India (4), Indonesia (1), Nepal (3), Poland (1), Russia (1), South Africa (2), USA (2), for a total of 19 students."

Editor's Comments: The GLOVESCO Varnasrama College opens its doors on January 1, 2009 and will run for three months. This is the first year the Varnasrama College will operate. It will set the scene for a full fledged Varnasrama College specialized in promoting training and education in all the varnas and asramas. Applications are now closed as of this posting. Inquiries are welcome for future courses.

October 21, 2008: TOPIC: PROJECT PROPOSAL AT GANGA SAGARA BARU
ASIA: [Indonesia, Borneo, Sundarananda Das, State Coordinator for Kalimantan and Project Director for Ganga Sagara Baru]

"Hare Krishna prabhu Kisora Krsna. We are submitting a project proposal through Anandamaya prabhu's office to make a coconut orchard. Please discuss with Maharaja and ask him for any comments on this proposal."

October 20, 2008. TOPIC: PROJECT PROPOSAL TO NATIONAL COUNCIL
EUROPE: [Ukraine, Dhanesvara Das, National Coordinator and Project Director for Gitograd]

"This week I will make a presentation of my project to the national council of Ukraine (all the TP's). I am also going to include a copy of the Indian RGB decision to make VD a part of the national preaching program."

Editor's Comments: The Indian RGB [Regional Governing Body] is the main leadership body of ISKCON India who has recently adopted a Position Paper covering Varnasrama Development in India as recommended by the standing committee called the RGB India Varnasrama Development Committee.

October 18, 2008.TOPIC: DEVELOPMENTS/MANOHARA VARNASRAMA PROJECT ASIA: [Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Durasaya Das, State Coordinator and Project Director]

"We grow vegetables and fruits. The surplus is sold to the market. Some florists/nurseries also come to the ashram to buy the organic fertilizers from cowdungs.... They also come to learn our bio gas stoves and apply them in the transmigration sides. We have already made our Yayasan Radha Manohara, akte notaris from notaris here."

October 18, 2008 TOPIC: RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES IN GUJARAT
ASIA: [India, State of Gujarat Savyasachi Das, State Coordinator]

"Since the monsoon season is over, we wish to embark upon developing some residential facilities at our farm. To plan this we thought it to be better if we can consult someone experienced in architectural planning of a village in terms of what are the different considerations while allocating land for various necessities, etc. We wish to plan for next 10 yrs. with a target of 10 to 15 families and a guest house for around 50 people. Could you kindly guide us to someone whom we can consult in this regard?"

October 16, 2008: TOPIC: BOOKS ON VARNASRAMA
NORTH AMERICA: [USA, New Talavan Farm, Hari Das]

"Gopinath dropped off some books with another devotee, namely some of the introductory magazines [Introducing GLOVESCO], 2 copies of Varnasrama Education and 6 copies of Make Vrindavan Villages. I was seriously hoping for Implementing Varnasrama - GLOVESCO Reference Guide as I am very serious about working for you on this and the named book is of utmost importance. The education book is excellent with so many important points. It is clear that we have to work not just on the citizens of ISKCON but with leaders in particular. And my feeling is that there is just way too much denial about the current state of affairs globally."

October 16, 2008:TOPIC: TRANSLATION IN SPANISH LANGUAGE
SOUTH AMERICA: [Chile, Sudama Sakha Das, National Coordinator]

"Like you told me, I have been translating some info you send me previously, and what I´m going to do is send it to a very known web in South America [in] that it reaches many devotees of this side of the world, and I am going to ask them if they are already in this service of farming or are willing to be involved to contact me, do you agree? At the same time I will contact a devotee from here who does contact most of our communities via e-mail, and I´ll send them same information. That´s [all] for the moment Maharaja, if you have any ideas or questions, let me know it and I´ll get back to you as soon is possible."

October 15, 2008: TOPIC: DEVELOPMENTS AT SAHYADRI SRI KRISHNA BALARAMA KSETRA
ASIA: [India, SSKBK, Parasurama Das, Trustee for GLOVESCO India]

"Laxman Prabhu, the brother of Giriraj prabhu was also there. Giriraj prabhu and Laxman prabhu where jointly taking care of Cows and agriculture. Sundarananda prabhu was taking care or Deities and Prasadam. And Bharat Prabhu was overlooking and guiding and engaged in construction. Till now 2 kutirs are done - one bhajan kutir and the other built near the planned yogashala well. The kutirs need finishing touch. Rice is half way and soon we will have lots of Coconuts. The Mohte is working nicely with Bala and Krishna. But the land has broken due to lack of rains earlier, so it helps only to keep the land moist."

October 14, 2008: TOPIC: TRYING TO LOCATE LAND IN VIETNAM
ASIA: [Vietnam, Bhakta Pepe]

GLOBAL VARNASRAMA NEWS - November 2008

2009-08-02T23:47:00.000-07:00

Global VAD News

GLOBAL VARNASRAMA NEWS - November 2008

Global VAD News
Global Varnasrama News covers varnasrama developments taking place around the world. We are happy to publish all varnasrama related news events in an on-going effort to promote the varnasrama mission. Please forward any such news to varnasramanews@varnasrama.org. For any inquiries, please write to the Column Editor, Bhakti Raghava Swami, brswami@varnasrama.org. NOVEMBER 26, 2008 VARNASRAMA COLLEGE ONLINE! NORTH AMERICA [USA, Prabhupada Das, Resource Person] I have been reading your presentation, "Varnashram Course In South India" and other information at: http://www.glovesco.org/ and thought: The DimDim Video service also has integrations with Moodle and Claroline, which may be of interest in your work to create the Varnashram College desired by Shrila Prabhupad. Moodle and Claroline might be ways in which the entire College could be conducted on line and thus made available to millions. If you have not seen these, here are the URL's.
Read more...

Glovesco Varnasrama College from 1st of January 2009

ASIA: [India, GLOVESCO Varnasrama College at SSKBK, State of Karnataka, Hrdoya Caitanya Das, Curriculum Director]

October 21, 2008: "Please see attached our updated list of students. This is getting pretty close to the final list." Canada (2), Hungary (3), India (4), Indonesia (1), Nepal (3), Poland (1), Russia (1), South Africa (2), USA (2), for a total of 19 students."

Editor's Comments: The GLOVESCO Varnasrama College opens its doors on January 1, 2009 and will run for three months. This is the first year the Varnasrama College will operate. It will set the scene for a full fledged Varnasrama College specialized in promoting training and education in all the varnas and asramas. Applications are now closed as of this posting. Inquiries are welcome for future courses.

Proposal for Coconut orchard

ASIA: [Indonesia, Borneo, Sundarananda Das, State Coordinator for Kalimantan and Project Director for Ganga Sagara Baru]

October 21, 2008: "Hare Krishna prabhu Kisora Krsna. We are submitting a project proposal through Anandamaya prabhu's office to make a coconut orchard. Please discuss with Maharaja and ask him for any comments on this proposal."

Presentation to National Council of Ukrane

EUROPE: [Ukraine, Dhanesvara Das, National Coordinator and Project Director]

October 20, 2008. "This week I will make a presentation of my project to the national council of Ukraine (all the TP's). I am also going to include a copy of the Indian RGB decision to make VD a part of the national preaching program."

Editor's Comments: The Indian RGB [Regional Governing Body] is the main leadership body of ISKCON India who have recently adopted a Position Paper covering Varnasrama Development in India as recommended by the standing committee called the RGB India Varnasrama Development Committee.

Farm news from Indonesia

ASIA: [Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Durasaya Das, State Coordinator and Project Director]

October 18, 2008."We grow vegetables and fruits. The surplus are sold to the market. Some florists/nurseries also come to the ashram to buy the organic fertilizers from cowdungs.... They also come to learn our bio gas stoves and apply them in the transmigration sides.We have already made our yayasan Radha manohara, akte notaris from notaris here."

Report from Gujarat India

ASIA: [India, State of Gujarat Savyasachi Das, State Coordinator]

October 18, 2008 "Since the monsoon season is over, we wish to embark upon developing some residential facilities at our farm. To plan this we thought it to be better if we can consult someone experienced in architectural planning of a village in terms of what are the different considerations while allocating land for various necessities, etc. We wish to plan for next 10 yrs. with a target of 10 to 15 families and a guest house for around 50 people. Could you kindly guide us to someone whom we can consult in this regard?"

Varnasrama in USA New Talavan Farm

NORTH AMERICA: [USA, New Talavan Farm, Hari Das]

October 16, 2008:"Gopinath dropped off some books with another devotee, namely some of the introductory magazines [Introducing GLOVESCO], 2 copies of Varnasrama Education and 6 copies of Make Vrindavan Villages. I was seriously hoping for Implementing Varnasrama - GLOVESCO Reference Guide as I am very serious about working for you on this and the named book is of utmost importance. The education book is excellent with so many important points. It is clear that we have to work not just on the citizens of ISKCON but with leaders in particular. And my feeling is that there is just way too much denial about the current state of affairs globally."

Varnasrama in Chile & South America

SOUTH AMERICA: [Chile, Sudama Sakha Das, National Coordinator]

October 16, 2008:"Like you told me, I have been translating some info you send me previously, and what I´m going to do is send it to a very known web in South America [in] that it reaches many devotees of this side of the world, and I am going to ask them if they are already in this service of farming or are willing to be involved to contact me, do you agree? At the same time I will contact a devotee from here who does contact most of our communities via e-mail, and I´ll send them same information. That´s [all] for the moment Maharaja, if you have any ideas or questions, let me know it and I´ll get back to you as soon is possible."

Update from SSKBK

ASIA: [India, SSKBK, Parasurama Das, Trustee for GLOVESCO India]

October 15, 2008: "Laxman Prabhu, the brother of Giriraj prabhu was also there. Giriraj prabhu and Laxman prabhu where jointly taking care of Cows and agriculture. Sundarananda prabhu was taking care or Deities and Prasadam. And Bharat Prabhu was overlooking and guiding and engaged in construction. Till now 2 kutirs are done - one bhajan kutir and the other built near the planned yogashala well. The kutirs need finishing touch. Rice is half way and soon we will have lots of Coconuts. The Mohte is working nicely with Bala and Krishna. But the land has broken due to lack of rains earlier, so it helps only to keep the land moist."

News from Vietnam

ASIA: [Vietnam, Bhakta Pepe]

October 14, 2008: "Dandavats Maharaj. Hare Krishna. Maharaj can you bring that medicine you mention before made from cow urine when you come here in Vietnam. I was able to talk to Keyur prabhu and right now we are quite far apart but this coming week we might meet and have some association. I still could not locate land for our project. This place here is too far expensive because its too commercial, specially this is a resort area; but I will ask some friends in Dalat (the coolest place here in Vietnam) if there's still avalable land. This place is whole year round a cool area, so.you might like the place. Thanks so much for writing to me. Your most fallen servant, bhakta Pepe. Haribol. Take care and have a nice day."

Journey of Conservation

2009-08-01T21:12:00.000-07:00

Journey of Conservation

Progress in Cow Protection

Cencern Expected...

Our forefathers in the epic period loved and cared for cows like their own children. Cow was significant in offerings and exchanges during Yagas. A person’s wealth was measured with the number of cows he owned. In the form of taxes and honours paid to kings, cow was more important than cash, jewellery, elephants and horses.

Measure of Social Status :

Qualifying count of cows to achieve different social status

Nandaraja : 1,00,00,000
Vrishbharaja : 50,00,000
Vrishabhanu : 10,00,000
Nanda : 9,00,000
Upaanda : 5,00,000
Vraja : 10,000

Cow Protection Leads to Prosperity :

Raghu’s dynasty - Raghuvamsha - in Ramayana starts with the blessing of divine cow.
Service to cows by Shree Krishna and his clan in the age of Mahabharata is exemplary.
Adi Shankara gave a prominent position to cow when he re-established Advaita philosophy.
Kautilya’s Economic Framework of Maurya era required appointment of a government officer (Godhyksha) to govern the care of cows, grazing land, and feed. (Kautilya Arthashastra - Godhyaksha Chapter)
Ashoka the Great believed that cows should prosper for the country to be rich and glorious.
Satavahana dynasty treated care for cows and cow offering as supreme.
Rajputs bet their lives to protect cows. Mohammed Ghori attacked Prithwiraj keeping cows ahead of his soldiers with wicked intensions. Not willing to kill the cows, Prithwiraj surrendered.
When he was 17, Shivaji beheaded a butcher, unable to bear the sight of a cow being dragged to slaughter house.
Babar, the founder of Mogul dynasty, mentions in a letter to his son Humayun never to kill cows.
Abul Fazal records in Ain-e-Akbari that Akbar prohibited consumption of beef in his kingdom, honouring the sentiments of his Hindu subjects.
Burnier mentions in his travelogue that Mogul king Jahangir had prohibited cow slaughter and this law was strictly implemented.
Though majority of the population ate meat in Vijayanagar Empire, none ate beef.
Mark Cubbon, commissioner of Mysore State (1834 - 61), divided the state administration to nine departments, of which ‘Amritha Mahal’, named after the breed of Karnataka’s pride, was dedicated to cow rearing and cow welfare.
A Supreme Court judgement of 1958 notes about an 18^th century order by Hyder Ali that if one was found killing a cow, his hands would be cut.
Mysore state had created 240 grazing fields covering 4,13,539 acres through the state, for ‘Benne Chavadi’ breed of cows, which flourished around 1617 under state patronage. In Tipu Sultan’s time, the breed was renamed ‘Amrita Mahal’ and the reserved land was named “Amrita Mahal Reserved Land.”
Use of cow and pig fat in cartridges by the British caused the first struggle for freedom in 1857.
Madhava Rao Peshwa was the strongest in his dynasty. He prohibited cow slaughter in his kingdom and opined that cow-eaters should be banished from whole of India.
Under the leadership of Namdhari Sikh community, Kuka agitation of 1872 fought against establishment of slaughter houses in Punjab.
Leading freedom fighters like Veer Savarkar, Chandrashekha Azad, Balagangadhara Tilak, Gopalakrishna Gokhale, Vallabhabahi Patel and Mahatma Gandhi raised voice against cow slaughter. It was also promised that independent India would ban cow slaughter.
18^th section of the constitution suggests ban of cow slaughter.
In 1966 Lakhs of people agitated near the Parliament in Delhi demanding ban on cow slaughter.
In 1979, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2000, private bills were introduced in the parliament demanding ban on cow slaughter.
In 1982, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi wrote to the states requesting ban on cow slaughter.
Cow slaughter was legally banned in Gurjarat in 1944. Subsequently, Madhya Pradesh, Rajastan, Chattishgarh.
National Commission on Cattle (NCC)was created in 2001.
Gopala Govardhana Goshala, Pathmed, Rajastan, rears and cares for more than 1,00,000 cows under the leadership of Shree Datta Sharanandaji Maharaj.
Go-vigyan Anusandhan Kendra of Nagpur is doing salutary work with research on cows and cow products.
There are 4 patents related to cows.
Kamadugha movement under the leadership and guidance of Poojya Jagadguru Shankaracharya Shree Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swamiji of Shree Ramachandrapura Math has four causes - protection of Indian breeds of cow, their prosperity, research on them, and their welfare. Amritadhara Gouloka in Hosanagar is protecting and prospering 30 out of the 33 remaining breeds of Indian cows. Plan includes establishing 108 such centres in the country. Financial viability of the project is encouraging.
Breed Development Centres are set up for Rati in Bikaner, Devani in Bidar, Andhra Pradesh, Amrita Mahal at Ajjapura, Karnataka, Hallikar at Tumkur, Khilari at Haveri, Krishnateera at Hosanagar, Malanad Gidda at Muliya, Karirangala and Bhankuli, Karnataka, and Kasaragod at Bajakudlu, Kerala. Tharparkar, Haryana also has Breed Development Centres.
Currently several religious and other organisations are active in cow protection and prosperity. Pinjarapol network of cow centres is famous.

In Other Parts of the World :

Fidel Castro banned cow slaughter in Cuba, which is effective since then.
Iran legally prohibits cow slaughter.
Eating beef is prohibited in Nupanisa Island of Indonesia
98% of the cattle in Brazil belong to the Indian Ongole breed.
Countries like Australia have created ‘Brahman Breed’ by cross breeding local and Indian cows.
South Africa has a tradition of offering 20 cows as dowry.
Burma used to punish killers of cow with capital punishment.
110^th Ahal Sunnat of Afghanistan had issued fatwa against killing of cows.
During Babylonian and Sumerian civilization, cow slaughter was banned.

Sewa International USA provides helping hand to Bhutanese refugees

2009-07-31T03:59:00.001-07:00

Sewa International USA provides helping hand to Bhutanese refugees
11/01/2009 08:53:03 http://www.sewausa.org/bhutanese-refugee-empowerment-project

Population in Bhutan mainly consists of two communities Drukpas
and Lhotshampas. In 1985 conflict between these two communities
resulted in a mass exodus of Lhotshampas to Nepal. Since then till 1994
more than hundred thousand Lhotshampas took refuge in UN camps in Nepal
living in very poor condition.

In 2008 Bhutanese refugees began arriving in the United States, what
UN describes as one of the world’s largest resettlement efforts. United
States will be resettling 60,000 Bhutanese refugees. These refugees are
in dire need of financial & material need. They also require
emotional help to make the transition in this new land.

These refugees are poor families who can’t afford to buy essential
material such as clothes and toys for children or furniture. Many have
no jobs or are students and have no income. Though VOLAGs, resettlement
agencies have been providing support including accommodation, food stamps,Medicaid and job search for a period of three to seven months, it is not adequate.

Though many of the refugees are educated and can speak English, they
are little exposed to western culture. Many of them have remained
unemployed. Since, the government agencies will not be able to help
them for long; there is a strong need to make them employed, so that
they can support their families and themselves.

Sewa International USA has taken up a nationwide project to help
these refugees. Currently Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Cleveland &
Sacramento chapters are working to fulfill the needs of these refugees.
Sewa International USA is providing:

Financial help

Essential material such as blankets, winter jackets, clothes, furniture etc.

English and driving lessons

Job training

Help in transitioning to new environment

We welcome any Bhutanese refugee who need help to contact us by
email provided below. We also urge our donors to donate towards this
project.

For more information email to info@sewausa.org.

For the sake of Vishwa Mangala

2009-07-30T03:54:00.000-07:00

For the sake of Vishwa Mangala

by admin ~ May 27th, 2009.

From time immemorial, Bharath, the land of the holy Himalayas and Ganges woke up to the call of the cow. ‘Amba’ is the sweet call of love which fell on the ears of the millions and filled the days with joy. But lo, today the call is fading, dying and is becoming a thing of past. For a minute let us re call those joyous days when the calf ran to mother cow which poured her sweet milk along with her heart, not only to her calf but to the whole world.

The picture of the happy cow grazing on the meadow, the calf frisking around, the bulls walking majestically on the village lanes and streets, the bonding between the farmer and the oxen , these scenes cooled one’s eyes and warmed one’s heart. Then there was meaning and poetry in life.

Cow was so inter wined into the fabric of life. It gave us food ; it took us from place to place; it healed the mind and body; it was a treasure house of wealth. It also assumed the role of a warrior when occasion demanded. All these functions of the cow are relevant even today. But we have forgotten its significance in this age of plastic, when milk means, white sachets at our door steps every morning.

We palm off our responsibility by transporting the cows which have stopped giving milk, the male calves and the old oxen to the slaughter houses. At the time of Independence we had 77 breeds of Indian indigenous cows. But today only 33 of these precious breeds remain and that too varieties like Amrith Mahal, Red Sindhi, Krishna, Vechure, Punganoor are in very small numbers.

The main reason for this state of affairs is the greed of man who wants quick money. He wants to become rich over night. As a result farms have become dumping ground for chemical fertilizers, food has turned toxic, the farmers reel under the burden of loans and seek solution in suicide.

Added to this is the environmental exploitation and ecological imbalance. We have to live in a world of polluted air, water, land and mind also. Global warming and technological waste are threatening us.

The only ray of hope at this juncture is to return to the ways of our ancestors - The cow centred way of life.

The advent of Vishwa Mangala Gou Grama Yathra strengthens this hope of an auspicious life to our country and the world. It brings the message of joy and prosperity to the villages and the farmer, through the cow.

The guiding spirit behind this great movement is Shree Shree Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swamiji who has dedicated his whole life to the cause of the cow. All the spiritual leaders of the nation have lent support to this socio-economic revival of Bharath. All cow lovers have come under the banner of this movement.

The Yathra commences on September 30, 2009 on Vijayadashimi day at the battle field of Kurukshetra which marks the beginning of righteous war.

The Yathra will cover a distance of 20,000 kms all over India. It will traverse through Amrithsar, Jammu, Muradabad, Kashi, Siliguri, Kolkatta, Vishakhapattanam, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kanyakumari, Tiruvanantapuram, Bengaluru, Panjim, Mumbai, Rajkot, Jaipur and conclude at Nagpur.

In addition, 15,000 Upa Yathras will cover a distance of 10 Lakh kms. When the Yathra reaches your place let us strengthen the resolve to begin a beautiful life once again.

Let us make this a true freedom movement. We once missed the opportunity to realize the dream of a free India, in spite of Gandhiji’s vision of Grama Rajya. The thirst for true freedom has increased today.

We are taking a new and different path to achieve this goal of a free Bharath.

It will bring us prosperity. To revive the cow centred villages, and to reap the benefit of panchagavya, we must not consider cow as just a milking machine.

When we go back to the cow, the land will become free of chemicals, the food will be free of poison, gobar gas will light the villages and puts the farmer and the village on the path of sustainable development. This is true freedom.

This 108 days spiritual journey to the cow and the village is a meaningful return to prosperity and progress. Let us take a pledge to be a part of this pilgrimage and discover the true meaning of freedom and happiness.

Vande Gou Matharam.

Ingram Pinn illustration

2009-07-29T21:34:00.000-07:00

Ingram Pinn illustration

The phrase “climate change denier” has a nasty ring to it. It links those who dispute mainstream science on global warming with “Holocaust deniers”. They are not just wrong, it implies, they are evil.

But the climate change lobby is in the grip of its own form of dangerous fantasy. It is in denial not about science – but about international politics.

At the moment, efforts to deal with global warming are focused on a huge international summit in Copenhagen in December. But the chances of Copenhagen delivering a deal that meets the goals for carbon dioxide emissions set by the United Nations Panel on Climate Change is vanishingly small. In private, many climate change activists will admit this. But Copenhagen is the only game in town – so they keep playing.

The first UN agreement on climate change was struck in Rio back in 1992. But in the intervening years, the rate of CO2 emissions has risen steadily – seemingly undeterred by huge emissions of hot air at UN conferences.

It was convenient to blame the lack of international progress on George W. Bush. But it is becoming increasingly apparent that the arrival of Barack Obama in the White House will not be the game-changer that many climate change activists hoped for. The House of Representatives in Washington has passed a bill to limit carbon emissions. But its provisions are so mild that they seem unlikely to make much impact. The climate change lobby hoped that if the US took the lead with new laws, the rest of the world would respond. There is little sign of this.

When Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, visited India last week and appealed to her hosts to limit emissions she was rebuffed. The Chinese may be a little more polite in Washington this week. But the substance of what they say is likely to be just as unyielding. The Indians and Chinese point out that the vast bulk of the CO2 already in the atmosphere has been put there by the industrialised countries of the west. China is now probably the largest emitter of CO2 in the world. But, on a per capita basis, emissions in China are still well below western levels. Why, ask the Indians and Chinese, should Americans and Europeans assume the right to continue using energy at levels that they seek to deny to poorer countries? It is a fair question.

The Indians and the Chinese have so far refused to accept binding targets on CO2 emissions. Even if they change their position during the Copenhagen negotiations – and that is far from certain – that will come at a price. The proposed deal is that rich countries essentially bribe poorer countries to cut emissions and adopt cleaner technologies. China has proposed that developed nations should all agree to contribute 1 per cent of gross domestic product to help poorer nations fight global warming.

Now imagine that you are Mr Obama trying to sell a deal like that back home. The US is running a budget deficit of 12 per cent of GDP. The Chinese are sitting on the world’s largest foreign reserves. The president would have to ask the American people to write a large cheque to China to combat global warming – while simultaneously praying that the Chinese graciously consent to keep buying American debt to fund the deficit. It does not sound like a political winner.

Even if a deal is somehow struck at Copenhagen, it will involve promised reductions of CO2 emissions that seem literally incredible. The rich countries that belong to the Group of Eight, including the US, say they want to cut emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 – which will mean a massive transfer to cleaner sources of energy. As Oliver Morton, the science writer, points out – “Building two terawatts of nuclear capacity by 2050 – enough to supply 10 per cent of the total carbon-free energy that’s needed – means building a large nuclear power station every week; the current worldwide rate is about five a year. A single terawatt of wind – 5 per cent of the overall requirement – requires about 4m large turbines.”

Nicholas Stern, a professor of economics, has issued an influential report arguing that the transition to a low-carbon economy is affordable and compatible with continued economic growth. Leading western politicians say that they believe this and talk airily of the “green jobs” of the future. But there is little sign that they are prepared to back their arguments with deliberate efforts to raise the cost of fossil fuels or to make the necessary investments in alternative energy. All the politicians involved in the global climate change negotiations know that a country that moves unilaterally risks severely damaging its economy, at least in the short-term – without affecting the global problem.

The state of international negotiations presents a huge dilemma for climate change activists. Most genuinely believe that a failure to achieve an international agreement in Copenhagen would be catastrophic. But they also know that, even if a deal is reached, it is likely to be feeble and ineffective. If they admit this publicly, they risk creating a climate of despair and inaction. But if they press ahead, they are putting all their energy into an approach that they must know is highly unlikely to deliver.

It is a horrible dilemma. But, in difficult situations, it is best to start by facing facts. The trouble is that – in different ways – both sides of the climate change debate are in denial.

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Sastrnow me Gou

2009-07-28T04:53:00.000-07:00

Hindu Religion

Even the gods pray to the cow. She contains the divinity of all the Gods. A pious day starts with her worship. She has prominence in various religious festivals. Sankranti and Deepavali are specially cow related festivals. Cow products are essential in different religious rituals. Thus, cow is integral part of our life.

Cow in Vedas and Puranas

यः पौरुषेण क्रविषा समंक्ते यो अश्वेन पशुना यातुधानः ।

ये अघ्न्याये भरति क्षीरमग्ने तेषां शीर्षाणि हरसापि वृश्चः ॥

Oh fire god, with your flames burn the heads of those demons who eat the meat of humans, animals like horse and cow, and those who steal cows’ milk. (Rik Samhita 87 - 161)

प्रजापतिर्मह्यमेता रराणो विश्वैर्देवैः पितृभिः संविदानः ।

शिवाः सतीरुप नो गोष्ठमाकस्तासां वयं प्रजया संसदेम ॥

May the supreme Lord, complemented by all the Gods, create auspicious and spacious cowsheds for our happiness and populate them with cows and calves. Let us rejoice the cow-wealth and contend by serving those cows. (Rik Samhita 10 - 169 - 4)

सा विश्वाय़ूः सा विश्वकर्मा सा विश्वधायाः।

That cow would augment the life span of the sages involved in the sacrifices and the doer of the sacrifices. Cow coordinates all the rituals of the sacrifices. By providing offerings like milk, cow nourishes all the Gods of the sacrifices. (Shulka Yajurveda 1-4)

आ गावो अग्मन्नुत भद्रकम्रन् सीदंतु गोष्मेरणयंत्वस्मे ।

प्रजावतीः पुरुरूपा इहस्स्युरिंद्राय पूर्वीरुष्सोदुहानाः ॥

यूयं गावो मे दयथा कृशं चिदश्रीरं चित्कृणुथा सुप्रतीकम् ।

भद्र गृहं कृणुथ भद्रवाचो बृहद्वो वय उच्यते सभासु ॥

Oh Cows! With your milk and ghee you make the physically weak strong, and nurture the sick to health. With your sacred utterances, you chastise our homes. Your glory is discussed in gatherings. (Atharvana Veda 4-21-11 and 6)

वशां देवा उपजीवंति वशां मनुष्या उप ।

वशेदं सर्वं भवतु यावतु सूर्यो विपश्यति ॥

The Gods and men live on cow products. Till the Sun shines, the universe will have Cows. The whole universe depends on the support of cow. (Atharvana Veda 10-10-34)

सा नो मंद्रेषमूर्जम् दुहाना ।

धेनुर्वा गस्मानुष सुष्टुतैतु ॥

She is Kamadhenu - the divine cow that fulfils all our desires. Her body is of cow and face is of a woman. She was born before the amrutha when the ocean was churned. Her hair exudes fragrance. From her udder she showers Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. She is an abode to self-knowledge, shelters, Sun, Moon and Fire God. All the Gods and the living beings depend on her. She provides us with food and supreme knowledge even when we mildly pray. Let her be near us.

पीतोदका जग्धतृणा दुग्धदेहा निरिंद्रियाः ।

आनंदा नाम तेलोकस्तान् स गच्चति ता ददत् ॥

These cows have eaten grass and have taken water. They have been milked. They are past reproductive age. One who donates these old cows will go to place of darkness devoid of pleasures. Instead, donate me. (Kathopanishat - Nachiketa tells sage Vajashravas during Vishwajit Yaga)

गोकुलस्य तृषार्तस्य जलार्थे वसुधाधिपः ।

उत्पादयति यो विघ्नं तं विद्याद्ब्रह्मघातिनम् ॥

Obstructing provision of water to thirsty cows should be considered equal to the sin of killing Brahmins. (Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva 24-7)

गवां मूत्रपुरीषस्य नोद्विजेत कथंचन ।

न चासां मांसमश्नीयाद्गवां पुष्टिं तथाप्नुयात् ॥

Do not hesitate to consume cow urine and cow dung - they are sacred. But one should never eat the cow meat. A person becomes stronger by consuming Panchagavya. (Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva 78-17)

गावो ममाग्रतो नित्यं गावः पृष्ठत एव च ।

गावो मे सर्वतश्चैव गवां मध्ये वसाह्यहम् ॥

Let there be cows in front of me, behind me and all around me. I live with the cows. (Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva 80-3)

दानानामपि सर्वेषां गवां दानं प्रशस्यते ।

गावः श्रेष्ठाः पवित्राश्च पावनं ह्येतदुत्तमम् ॥

Donation of cows is superior to all others. Cows are supreme and sacred. (Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva 83-3)

सर्वोपनिषदो गावो दोग्धा गोपालनंदनः ।

पार्थो वत्सः सुधीर्भोक्तादुग्धं गीतामृतः महत् ॥

Bhagavad-Gita is the essence of Upanishads. It is like a cow whom Srikrishna milks. Arjuna is like a calf. The learned devotees are drinking the ambrosial milk of Bhagavad-Gita.

गौर्मे माता वृषभः पिता मे दिवं शर्म जगते मे प्रतिष्ठा ।

Cow is my mother and ox my father. Let the pair bless me with happiness in this world and bliss in heaven. I depend on cow for my life - thus stating one should surrender to cow.

गावो बंधुर्मनुष्याणां मनुष्याबांधवा गवाम् ।

गौः यस्मिन् गृहेनास्ति तद्बंधुरहितं गृहम् ॥

Cows are the abode of the Goddess of wealth. Sins don’t touch them. There exists a fine relationship between man and cow. A home without a cow is like one without dear ones. (Padmapurana)

वागिंद्रियस्वरूपायै नमः ।

वाचावृत्तिप्रद्दयिन्यै नमः ॥

अकारादिक्षकारांतवैखरीवक्स्वरूपिण्य़ै नमः ॥

By the service of the cow and consuming cow products, awareness and spirit, both enhance. (Atri Samhita 310)

यन्न वेद्ध्वनिध्यांतं न च गोभिरलंकृतम् ।

यन्नबालैः परिवृतं श्मशानमिव तद्गृहम् ॥

The house where Vedas are not chanted, where cows are not seen where children are not around it is like a graveyard. (Vishnusmriti)

गोमूत्रगोमयं सर्पि क्षीरं दधि च रोचना ।

षदंगमेतत् परमं मांगल्यं सर्वदा गवाम् ॥

Cow’s urine, dung, milk, ghee, curd and gorochana - these six are the most auspicious products.

Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra A movement to restore smile of farmers - Swami Raghaveshwara Bharati

2009-07-27T03:50:00.000-07:00

Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra A movement to restore smile of farmers - Swami Raghaveshwara Bharati

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

Courtesy : Organiser Weekly, New Delhi-12 July, 2009

Swami Raghaveshwara Bharati made it clear that the movement would be kept away from politics and the common man of the country would be exhorted to preserve the priceless gift of the God to the mankind. “We know the cow cannot be protected merely by enacting a central law. Basically, the countrymen need to be mentally prepared for her protection,” he said.

“The Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra is an initiative to put Indian villages on the path of sustainable development by focussing on the cow-based way-of-life. It is a massive national movement to restore freedom to the cow to live and die with dignity. It aims to bring back the smile on the faces of Indian farmers and is a pilgrimage to regain the lost soul of the nation,” said the head of Sri Ramchandrapura Math, Karnataka, and the guiding force behind the Yatra Shree Raghaveshwara Bharati Swamiji in New Delhi on June 27. He was talking to mediapersons at Constitution Club. Noted yoga scientist and national working president of the Yatra Samiti Dr HR Nagendra was also present on the occasion.

A comprehensive website (www.gougram.org) was also launched on the occasion to provide detailed, fast and updated information about the Yatra in Hindi, English and Kannada languages. It is worth mentioning here that the Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra will commence from Kurukshetra on September 30 and traversing through the length and breadth of the country in 108 days will conclude in Nagpur on January 17, 2010.

Swamiji informed that the Yatra is a joint endeavour of all the saints, environmentalists, scientists and scholars who wish to do something concrete for the protection and preservation of the cow and also to save the farmers from the clutches of untimely death. He announced to launch the world’s largest signature campaign for the protection of the cow demanding declaration of the cow a national animal, enactment of a central law for cow protection and stopping all kinds of cruelties on the cow and her progeny. He said millions of people belonging to even the far-off areas of the country would give their assent to the memorandum, which would be presented to the President of India Smt Pratibha Patil on January 29, 2010. A positive ambience will be developed across the country through more than 400 big public meetings to be organised at prominent places of the country, he pointed out.

He made it clear that the movement would be kept away from politics and the common man of the country would be exhorted to preserve the priceless gift of the God to the mankind. “We know the cow cannot be protected merely by enacting a central law. Basically, the countrymen need to be mentally prepared for her protection,” he said adding that the cow may be slaughtered at the slaughter-houses but the preparation for slaughter begins at the level of the farmers. Therefore, we have to create an atmosphere where the farmer is no longer compelled to sell the cow to butchers.

Dr HR Nagendra said the demand of the Indian cow is growing worldwide due to her wider usefulness. It has scientifically been proved that the milk of Indian indigenous cows decreases the cholesterol level in the blood, while the milk of cross-breed or foreign-breed cows increases it, he informed. He said the Yatra is a wake-up call given by the spiritual leaders of the nation to save the cow, the village, Bharat and the world through a positive action. Describing the village as the soul of Bharat, he said the farmer and the cow are its life. But today the farmers’ over-dependence on chemical fertilizers, pesticides and machines has led to the neglect of the indigenous cow and the bull, he lamented. The foodgrains the farmers produce have become toxic, the land has turned infertile and the ever-mounting loans drive them to death, he stated.

“It is a matter of great concern that the Indian indigenous cow is on the verge of extinction. Only 33 breeds, out of the hundreds of varieties, survive today. There is a dire need to save and protect them. We have to wake up to this urgent need and work out a comprehensive plan to rehabilitate them,” he said adding that the answer to all such problems lies in returning to the cow-centered way-of-life. The cow and the farmers are the two eyes of the nation. They have to move together if we have to live a happy life.

Talking about the action plan to save the cow and her progeny, Dr Nagendra emphasised that the farmers need to rear indigenous cows and bulls for ploughing, manure and transportation. Cows should be reared not just for milk but also for dung and urine so that cow keeping becomes economically viable. Artificial insemination and cross-breeding of the cow should be avoided. Gavya industries should be established in villages to manufacture health care and cosmetic products. It will generate additional income for the farmers and will make the cow-rearing a profitable proposition. The farmers should adopt eco-friendly methods of cultivation, organic farming and preservation of nature, he suggested.

By Pramod Kumar

Vishwa mangala Gou Gram yatra

2009-07-26T05:55:00.000-07:00

Immediate

Immediate Purpose of the Journey

Formation of representative committee for cow protection with members from all religious sections.
Start of safe havens for cows at tehsil and district levels.
Demand to declare cow as the national animal.
Demand on the central government to formulate laws to preserve various breeds of Indian cows.
Demand for a separate ministry to handle the issues related to cow.
Demand the state governments to take responsibility of cow protection and development activities.
Demand to protect the purity of Indian breeds of cows by stopping cross breeding.
Signature campaign resulting in an appeal to the President of India with crores together signatures.

Long Term

Long Term Purpose of the Journey

Immediate action for protection and growth of the remaining 33 breeds of Indian cows.
Take appropriate action to stop encroachment of grazing land.
Show the path of organic farming and check farmers’ suicide.
Stop uncontrolled migration of villagers to towns and cities.
Educate the farmer that cow is not giver of milk alone. It is important that it is the farmers’ responsibility to care and protect the cow.
Educate the farmer about the gains of using oxen for farming and positive effects of organic farming.
Develop products related with cow. Create market for products from cow urine and dung.
Conduct serious research on the above.
Encourage agriculture related handicraft.
Understand the divine nature of cow.
Prosperity of villages by devotion to cow, progress of the nation from that of villages, leading to the progress of the world.

Change in fertilizer subsidy policy can help India save crores, ensure food security - India Report

2009-07-25T06:17:00.000-07:00

Change in fertilizer subsidy policy can help India save crores, ensure food security - India Report

New Delhi, India — Moving away from current Government subsidies on synthetic fertiliser that lead to poor soils and less food, and investing in ecological farming will have triple benefits: save public money, ensure food security under less rain and a changing climate, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, says ‘Subsidising Food Crisis’ – a scientific report released by Greenpeace today.

The fertiliser report, a joint effort by scientists from Institute of Agriculture Visva Bharathy University, West Bengal, offers a scientific analysis linking the increasing fertiliser subsidies to yield stagnation in agriculture. In 2008/09 the Government of India had set aside an amount of 119,772 crore Rupees for synthetic fertiliser subsidies.

Releasing the report, Greenpeace India’s Sustainable Agriculture campaigner Gopikrishna said, “The irrational subsidy doled out by the government provokes the excessive usage of synthetic fertilisers leading to soil degradation, a major cause for yield stagnation”. He further opined that “The potential for a shift from synthetic to organic nitrogen fertilisers is real: India can save a substantial amount of taxpayers’ money along the way”.

The report points out that in Punjab, the state with highest use of synthetic fertilisers in India, data on the relationship between food grain production and fertiliser consumption from 1960 to 2003 show that in spite of consistent increment in N-P-K fertiliser consumption, grain yield has not only stagnated but also showed a declining trend with fertiliser application during the later period, 1992 to 2003. The average crop response to fertiliser use was around 25 kg of grain per kg of fertiliser during 1960s, the said value has reduced drastically to 8 kg/kg only during late 1990s. High use of chemical fertilisers is mostly also associated with high level of water consumption and micro-nutrient deficiency in soil leading to decline in water table and further deterioration of the soil.

’Subsidising Food Crisis’ for the first time calculates the greenhouse gas emissions from the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, both by its manufacture and use. Synthetic nitrogen fertilisers contribute 6 percent of the India’s total greenhouse gas emissions, comparable to the road transport sector. A shift from synthetic nitrogen fertilisers to efficient and ecological fertilisers will reduce this contribution from 6 to 2 percent. “At a time when it is extremely urgent that the whole world fights climate change, the Government of India could save significant emissions by shifting subsidies to ecological farming. The good news is that this is also a proven way to make agriculture more resilient to upcoming climate change conditions, like less water and more unpredictable rains’, said Reyes Tirado, one of the authors and senior research scientist at the Greenpeace Research Laboratories in the University of Exeter in the UK.

Based on the report released 5 days prior to the first full budget by the new UPA government on July 6th Greenpeace India demands that the Government needs to:

1. Look into an alternate subsidy system that promotes ecological farming and use of organic soil amendments.

2. Shift the irrational subsidy policy for synthetic fertilisers to sustainable ecological practices in agriculture.

3. Re-focus scientific research on ecological alternatives, to identify agro-ecological practices that ensure future food security under a changing climate.

Notes to Editor

The report is authored by Dr B.C Roy and Dr G N Chattopadhyay of Visva Bharathy University and Dr Reyes Tirado, from Greenpeace Research laboratories at the University of Exeter. While Dr Roy, an agricultural economist, has years of experience in agricultural growth and poverty and water-food security, Dr Chattopadhyay is a Soil Science specialist with extensive experience in vermicomposting. Dr. Tirado, an agricultural ecologist, currently leads projects on how ecological farming and biodiversity can help mitigate and adapt food systems to upcoming climate change conditions.

Ayurvedic Concepts Introduction to Ayurveda & OUR PRODUCTS

2009-07-24T09:55:00.000-07:00

Ayurvedic Concepts Introduction to Ayurveda

Ayurveda (Science of life) is the traditional medicine and natural healing system of India and its cultural sphere. Its foundation comes from the Vedic Era, the primitive age around 5000 years ago. It is appropriate to say that it is the Mother of all Healing Systems. Ayurveda is one of the most comprehensive healing systems in the world, dealing integrally with body, mind and spirit. Ayurveda has classified the body system according to the theory of Tridosha to overcome all ailments by eliminating the basic cause. The basic objective of Ayurveda is to educate people on how to take care of their health by themselves and increase their span of healthy life. One can achieve this goal by monitoring and balancing one’s nutritional diet and life style. Keeping good habits to heal and prevent illness and inadequacy of body functioning. This system is related to the soul, body & mind simultaneously. Psychosomatic theory recognizes that the mind can create illness in the body. To Understand the Ayurvedic System, the following fundamental section must be understood in detail: 1. Five elements (Base of constitution of the universe). 2. Three doshas- their normal and abnormal stage. 3. Three types of doshas and their significance. 4. Diseases caused by individual doshas. 5. Application of treatment as per symptoms of doshas. 6. Pathya- Apathya (Precaution and care of diet) (Foods to be taken - Foods to be avoided) 7. Three types of vitalities and their relation with the human being and the basis of their healing treatment. These are known as qualities of mind (Satva-Rajas-Tamas) and should be considered. 8. Six tastes- Sweet, salty, bitter, sour, pungent and astringent. These become the cause of different diseases when aggravated. Creation of Five Elements The whole universe is made up of five essential elements- Building blocks that all life forms contain: Ether, air, fire, water and earth. We can easily see how life was created from the subtlest to the grossest matter. From eternity, the subtlest form of matter is ether. Ether mixing with eternity creates air, more observable or experiential element. As air moves, it eventually creates friction, which creates heat or fire. Heat produces moisture, thus creating water, the densest element; if one tries to walk through water, one is slowed by its density. Finally, water produces the densest form of matter, earth. Ayurveda says that all of the creations, including humans, are made up of the combination of all five elements. These elements are the subtlest aspects of human life, finer than the molecular, atomic, or subatomic levels. This is the level that Ayurveda healing works on. Focusing on the cause of the grosser levels of life, the denser aspects will be taken care of since they are made of these five elements. Just as a strong foundation supports a strong building, the five elements (the foundation of all matter) when strong and balanced in a person, they will automatically balance the more material levels. Thus, Ayurveda does not need to look at isolated parts of the human anatomy, or at the vitamin, chemical, or nutritional level of health. It simply balances the elements, and this balances the more physical levels. A person diagnosed with a duodenal ulcer is an example of this balancing. Rather than creating a name for a symptom, Ayurveda identifies the illness as an excess of the fire elements. Acid is a by-product of heat. Ayurveda will look to see in what part of the patient’s life overheating occurs. It may be due to eating excessive fiery foods and spices like tomatoes and peppers. One’s career may be causing undue anger (i.e. hot temper). Perhaps the person drinks alcohol (fire water). Once the cause is learned, suggestions for reducing a person’s excessive intake of fire are discussed. Simultaneously, the patient is advised to use more of the air and water elements to balance the heat with coolness (air cools heat, water puts out the fire). Thus, the holistic approach of Ayurveda seeks the cause of an illness and restores balance, using the insight of the elemental creation of the universe. Description of the Five Elements 1. Space- Sky- Akash (Ether): It is an omni present and all prevailing element, which serves as an abode (dominating or controlling) to all the other four elements and objects in the universe. It is due to space that one can separate or differentiate various objects and different parts of the objects. The same space exists in the body, which creates differentiation and division in the tissues of the body. 2. Air-Vayu: Air contains oxygen, which is a vital element for the existence of all living creatures. Wind is responsible for all the movement in nature. It is in the presence of oxygen in the air that fire can exhibit its action. Wind, in the form of a storm, can cause the destruction of trees, crops, houses etc. The same term as “Vata” applies to the body, which acts in the body as commanding all activities and functions for its betterment and its abnormalities. The knowledge of these facts, helps in the treatment of disease. 3. Energy-Agni (Heat) (Pitta): The sun and fire are the main sources of energy in nature. The sun maintains equitable environmental temperature and light. These properties of the sun are essential and vital for survival of life. The sun’s heat is the source for ripening of plants, vegetables, fruits as well human body cells. It also causes evaporation of water, forming clouds which supply the water to the earth, mountains, hills and streams etc. These elements of nature constitute the life of human beings. The same heat is known as Agni or “Pitta” in Ayurveda. It has the role of chemical changes in the body helping digestion, forming various secretions and enzymes. 4. Water-Apa (Kapha): Water is found in the atmosphere, the sea, lakes, rivers etc. Water is the basic element for sustaining life. It has the cooling effect in the environment. It also feeds the plants, crops etc. The same element in Ayurveda is Kapha. It constitutes the various cells of the body and provides strength as well as life to human beings 5. Solid or Earth: This element itself is predominantly solid. It gives shelter and protection to human beings to work and move on the surface of earth. It is also a source of life and existence. The solid (Earth) maintains life and stability in the nature. The same element represents the development and stability of the body. All the solid elements in the body, such as the bones, teeth, etc. are of the Earth constitution. The Earth property is the base of the constitution of the body. Tri-Doshas Parallel to the three qualities of mind in creation are the three doshas or constitutions in human body. Vata, Pitta and Kapha are the three biological elements, which constitute the structural and fundamental units of all the living cells, tissues, organs and the body as a whole. The three doshas originate from five elements, i.e. the doshas are the basis of five elements. Relation of the five elements with the three doshas: 1. Vata has relation with air. 2. Pitta has relation with Heat - Energy- Fire (Agni). 3. Kapha has the relation with liquid substances of nature i.e. Water (Earth) 4. Akash (Space) forms the space in the body and division in the various cells. 5. Earth forms the solid parts of the body. Therefore, the doshas act in the body in accordance with the five elements that are the base of nature as well as Ayurvedic Theory of treatment. The functioning and existence of the body entirely depends on Vata, Pitta, Kapha. To the three elements of constitution i.e. air, water and heat, the Sanskrit names have been given according to their significance (properties) i.e. Vata, Pitta and Kapha. The name themselves show their properties and foundation: Details of Doshas Vata: - Vata or air means movement in the universe. Vata is responsible for all the movements. Vata molecules are light, minute, clear, rough and dry. They are always mobile and move in all directions. They quickly spread throughout the body. Vata is cold in nature and causes the diseases related to cold. Because of its minute nature, it cannot be visualized in any form in the body but its presence can be proved by its actions. It is the electricity, setting the organism into motion, marinating the equilibrium between Pitta and Kapha (inerts). It is the sole power to control all the movements of nerves, tissues, cells and systems. Vata may be understood as nerve force, electro motor, physical activity or that which is responsible for motion. It controls the actions of the prefrontal lobe, motor cortex and spinal cord. It carries all the sensory impulses to their centers and also maintains the efficiency of the sense organs. Vata has five divisions or responsibilities in the body, which exist in the different parts of the body. Pran is located in the head and governs the chest, throat, mind, heart, sense organs, intelligence, expectorating, sneezing, belching, inspiration, and swallowing of food—outward movement. Udan resides in the chest and controls the nose, navel, throat, and is responsible for initiating speech, effort, enthusiasm, the capacity to work, complexion, and memory—upward movement. Vyan is found in the heart and rapidly moves throughout the body. It regulates all body movements, including walking, raising and lowering of the body parts, and opening and closing the eyes. Saman is located near the digestive fire. It works in the alimentary tract, and other abdominal organs. It holds food in the alimentary tract (absorbing nutrients and excreting wastes), helps digest foods, separates nutrients from waste, and eliminates the waste—equalized movement. Apan is seated in the colon, and controls the waist, bladder, genitals, and thighs. Its main function is downward movement of wastes (feces, urine), reproductive fluid, menstrual fluid, and it also controls the downward movement of the fetus. Pitta (Heat) Pitta represents energy or heat (Calorie) in the body. Further, Pitta is the combination of energy (heat) and liquid. Heat is the active principle whereas liquid acts as a vehicle. Life on earth depends on energy derived from the Sun. Digestion entirely depends on Pitta (Agni). The process of digestion continues in the gastro-intestinal tract and in the tissues by means of various digestive and tissue enzymes (known as Pitta). Character of Pitta Pitta is hot, light, clear and viscous and has a penetrating power, mobile, pungent, sour and has strong foul smell. It tends to move upward and downward (on the principle of gravity). It increases heat and body temperature as well as appetite and thirst. It maintains the complexion, color and luster of skin. It renders the skin soft and thin. It also maintains the vision. Its main sites are digestive tract, body fluids, blood, sweat, skin, eyes and brain. There are five types of Pitta in the body which exist in the different parts of the body 1. Pachak Pitta (digestive fire): - The gastro-intestinal tract is the seat of Pachak Pitta. The fire digests and transforms food, emulsifying food fats and separating absorbable nutrients from wastes, so they may be passed to lacteals by absorption (Food becoming partially digested in the stomach is called chyme. This chyme passes into the small intestine where it becomes digested by the pancreatic juice and bile. The usable byproduct is lymph and fatty matter, or chyle. The chyle moves through lacteals, or lymphatic vessels which carry chyle from small intestine to the thoracic duct. From the thoracic duct, the chyle is sent into the blood). Pachaka (digestive enzymes), through digestion, automatically nourishes the other four Pittas. 2. Ranjak Pitta: - The main sites of this Pitta are the liver, spleen, stomach and small intestines. It is represented by the bile, enzymes and bone marrow. Its function is synthesis of hemoglobin and imparting red color to the blood. 3. Sodhaka Pitta: - The brain is the main site of Shodak Pitta. It is represented by the cellular enzymes of nerve cells. It helps in performing mental function such as knowledge, intelligence and consciousness by maintaining rhythmic and cardiac contractions. 4. Alochak Pitta: - It exists in the eyes. It is represented by the enzymes in the rode and cones in the retina. It functions in perception of light. 5. Bhrajak Pitta: - The skin is the main site of this Pitta. It keeps the skin warm and is responsible for its normal complexion and luster by keeping secretions from the sweat and sebaceous glands of the skin active. Kapha The Biological element of Kapha is derived from the two basic physical elements namely earth and water. Kapha molecules are heavy, stable, smooth, soft, viscous, shiny and moist, white in color and predominantly have a sweet and slightly salty taste. Kapha constitutes the main body mass and is responsible for the shape and form of the body. Kapha fills the intercellular spaces of the body as connective tissues including mucus, synovial fluids and tendons. All the cells, tissues and organs of the body are predominantly composed of Kapha elements. The biological combination of solid and liquids in varying proportions is responsible for the varying structure and composition of various tissues like body fluids (Rasa), semen, blood, muscle, fat, bone marrow and brain. The fluid component of Kapha is responsible for the maintenance and formation of body fluids. Because of its heavy and stable qualities, it is responsible for strength stability and firmness of body and mind. Because of its oily nature, it prevents friction between the two parts of the body. In muscles, it gives strength to the body. In fact, it gives shape (form) to it. In the semen, it is responsible for fertility. The brain and nerves tissues predominantly contain Kapha molecules. Kapha of inferior quality in the brain produces a stab of ignorance, delusion, laziness and jealousy. Five sites of Kapha in body: 1. Kledak :- It is present in the stomach and intestines up to the colon. It is the mucus secretion in the gastro intestinal tract. It dilutes the food taken, and also helps the digestion and supports the Kapha elements to work properly throughout the body. 2. Avalambak :- It is present in the chest. It constitutes the myocardial and Alveoli (Lungs tissue), plensal and pericardial fluids. It supports and gives strength to the heart, lungs and bone cage of the body. 3. Bodhak :- Present in the oral cavity and throat, represented by saliva. It helps to appreciate taste by the tongue. It also helps to moisten the food for easy ingestion and digestion. 4. Tarpak Kapha :- Situated in the cranial cavity and is represented by Kapha molecule of brain, cerebrospinal fluids. It supports the nutrition of brain and nourishes the sense organs. 5. Shleshak Kapha: - Known as sinovial fluid in the joints. It provides nutrition to the ends of the bones and its presence prevents friction during joint movements and, particularly supports to constitute and strength to the body. Vayu/Pitta, Vayu/Kapha, Pitta/Kapha, and a combination of all three (tridosha). Although finding the cause of an illness is still a mystery to modern science, it was and continues to be the main goal of Ayurveda. Six stages of the development of disease were known, including aggravation, accumulation, overflow, relocation, a buildup in a new site, and manifestation into the recognizable disease. Modern equipment and diagnosis can only detect a disease during the fifth and sixth stages of illness. Ayurvedic physicians can recognize an illness in the making before it creates more serious imbalances in the body. Health is seen as a balance of the biological humors, whereas disease is an imbalance of the humors. Ayurveda creates balance by supplying deficient humors and reducing the excess ones. Surgery is seen as a last resort. Modern medicine is just beginning to realize the need to supply rather than to remove, but still does not know how or what to supply. Additionally, there are over 2,000 medicinal plants classified in India’s materia medica. A unique therapy, known as pancha karma (five actions), completely removes toxins from the body. This method reverses the disease path from its manifestation stage, back into the blood stream, and eventually into the gastrointestinal tract (the original site of the disease). It is achieved through special diets, oil massage, and steam therapy. At the completion of these therapies, special forms of emesis (vomiting), purgation, and enemas remove excesses from their sites of origin. Finally, Ayurveda rejuvenates—rebuilding the body’s cells and tissues after toxins are removed. Significance of Doshas Disease is caused by imbalancing of the doshas. For example, if a Pitta dosha eats much ginger, it will create excess fire in the digestive system (body). This results in Pitta disorders like acid indigestion. Disease may be caused by deficient, improper or excess contact with seasons ( e.g., excess cold in winter), sensory objects (e.g., excessive light/sound), and activities (e.g., over exercise). VATA SYMPTOMS AND SIGNIFICANCE The following symptoms show the causes of Vata and significance (existence) in the body: 1. Joints and Muscles: Pain all over the body or in individual parts i.e. joints-muscles-nerves etc. (Arthritis). 2. Muscles :- Myalgia, muscular pain, tenderness in the muscles. 3. Nerves- Neuralgia- Other stages of Vata disease- hemiplagia, facial paralysis, trigerminal, neuralgia, neurotic pain in any part of the body—other diseases of the nervous system 4. Convulsions, hysteria –epilepsy –spasm, tremors—stiffness 5. Abdominal pain:-Accumulation of wind in the digestive tract. 6. Renal colic., colic pain 7. Pain in the joints – Pain in the chest, pain in the back Use of Herbal Medicine: Reslim, Gluco health (Glubeta), Chanderprabha, Respiton, Sitopladi churna, Talisadi churna, Trikatu, Antma syrup Kapha Oil for local application or steaming Tastes: Tastes have crucial significance in Ayurveda. According to Ayurvedic theory, there are six tastes existing in every food, plants, herbs, etc. and these play a vital role in human body: 1. Sweet (Madhus) 2. Sour (Amal) 3. Salty (Lawan) 4. Pungent ( Kattu) 5. Bitter (Tikt) 6. Astringent ( Kashaya) These tastes have the direct relation with doshas. These tastes may either aggravate or pacify the doshas: Vata (air), Pitta (fire), Kapha (water). For example: 1. Sweet (Madhu) :- Increases the Kapha and subsides the Vayu (Vata) and Pitta. 2. Sour (Amal) :- Increases the Pitta and subsides the Vayu (Vata) and Kapha. 3. Salty (Lawan) :- Increases the Pitta and Kapha and subsides the Vayu (Vata). 4. Pungent (Kattu) :- Increases the Pitta and subsides Kapha and Vayu (Vata). 5. Bitter (Tikta) :- Increases the Vayu (Vata) and subsides the Pitta and Kapha. 6. Astringent (Kashaya) :- Increases the Vayu (Vata) and subsides the Pitta and Kapha. 7. Sweet, sour, salty: Subsides the Vayu and increases the Kapha and Pitta. 8. Pungent, bitter, astringent: Subsides the Kapha and increases the Pitta and Vayu. 9. Astringent, bitter, sweet: Subsides the Pitta and increases the Kapha and Vayu. 1. Sweet, Sour, Salty :- Increase Kapha and Pitta, subsides the Vayu 2. Pungent, bitter, sweet :- Increase the Kapha and subsides the Pitta 3. Astringent, bitter, sweet :- Increase the Kapha and subsides the Pitta. The six tastes have the relation with five elements also : 1. Sweet, Pungent, astringent :- (Relation with ) :- Water 2. Salty :- (Relation with ) :- Earth 3. Sour, salty :- (Relation with ) :- Fire (Heat) 4. Astringent, bitter :- (Relation with ) :- Vayu (Air) Omni Present:Akash (ether). Sweet taste is the most nourishing and as each taste becomes less nourishing, it becomes more bitter, until it is astringent – the least nourishing. That is why meals should be tasteful. In aggravated doshas, to maintain health, a little of each taste is prescribed in Ayurveda. Qualities of the Brain- Satva- Rajas- Tamas 1. Satva means good quality of mind. 2. Rajas means undesirable/medium quality of mind. 3. Tamas means bad quality of mind. Parallel to the three qualities of mind in creation are the three doshas or constitutions in human body. These are the three qualities of mind, which are formed at the time of imbedding of the fetus in the human being and just compared with the formation of genes, which sustain throughout life. They have a deep relation with the Ayurvedic system and treatment. Treatment of Satva persons is maintained and applied according to nature of the Satva person; similarly Rajas and Tamas persons are treated according to their nature. Description: 1. Satva persons are holy, steady, clear minded, religious and follow the path of truth. They are persons of good manners and characters. They posses a great degree of self control and never become upset or angry. They remain calm, quiet, mentally strong, less sleepy and respectful. They are always dedicated to improving their knowledge, efficiency and skill. They are persons of strong and correct decisions and many times they are found like saints. 2. Rajas Persons have involvement in worldly affairs. These persons are egoistic, proud, ambitious and have a tendency to rule on others as they are persons of uncertain decisions. Though inattentive they are hard working. They lack proper planning and direction. Their mental makeup is not strong. A wavering mind, emotions like anger, joy, attachment, jealousy and selfishness rules them and are good friends with others for their own interest. 3. Tamas persons are less intelligent, depressed and lazy. The slightest mental exertion tires them. They a have tendency to feel sleepy even during the day. They indulge in eating, drinking, sleeping and sex affairs. They are extremely greedy, irritable and have no interest in the affairs of others. They go to the extent of harming others to safeguard their own interests. These qualities are transferred by parents to their children during fertilization. Environment and diet plays a decisive role in the formation of all the above noted three qualities (Satva-Rajas-Tamas) Some considerable factors: Ayurvedic system of healing takes a long time to fix any problem as the problem is fixed from the roots and the basic cause of the problem is eliminated. So that's why Ayurvedic herbal products are supposed to be taken with confidence, regularity, and should be used for a long time. Ayurvedic treatment has no side effects. Instead of filling the body with vitamins, minerals and other components Which are synthetic or extracted,and canot have all of them at a time. Why not take vitamins, minerals and other nutritious components requird by body from herbs?. Which are in colloidal form, eassily and naturally get absorbed in the body whole having nutritional, assimilating and abosorption values, Without any side effects. For example, one Emblica Officinalis (Amla fruit) provides 20 times more vitamin C than a whole orange. Besides, it has herbal curative properties also. How can a problem be fixed so quickly when it took a long time to develop? It is advisable to use natural products for a long time for better results, as herbal products take time to show any significant results and these results last forever. There is more stress put on the carrier, i.e. the type of liquid that is used to take herbal formulas, and precautions (food habits). The properties of many herbs change simply whether they are taken with cold water or hot water. This shows how the carrier plays a key role in the effectiveness of herbal formulations. The herbal formulation acts faster in a physically weak person, as compared to a healthy person. **These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any Disease.

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2009-07-24T00:01:00.000-07:00

Herbal Remedies for Menopause

Dear Health-Conscious Friend,

In this report you'll learn about the real truths of hormone replacement therapy(HRT), and find out how to get relief for menopause in just days.

You'll also find:

* Herbal Remedies for Menopause
* How to test your hormones at your home
* How to Get Real Hormonal Replacement Therapy
* The dangers of pharmaceutical "HRT" drugs
* The reasons and cures for your symptoms relating to depression, weight gain, lack of energy, and loss of libido

Get Remedies For Your Symptoms

The hottest topic in medicine today is the issue of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for women. It is important because your hormone levels decline and cause the changes of aging and menopause. These changes are responsible for osteoporosis and the increased risk of heart disease in post-menopausal women.

HRT is more popular than ever with Oprah talking about it. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been both praised and bashed in the media.

And while argument still rages, no one seems to be focusing on the most important point in interpreting the recent studies. All of the studies about "HRT" that you have heard about recently did not test the effects of hormones. They are all trials of hormone mimicking drugs like synthetic estradiol derivatives and chemical medroxyprogesterone acetate. They are pharmaceutical concoctions made to mimic the effects of estrogen and progesterone respectively.

These things are drugs, not hormones. Since they have never been in your body, you are not replacing anything by taking them. The bad press about these drugs has given hormones themselves a bad name. Find out the truth about HRT in this free report.

The good news is, there is a natural solution to nature's problem and you can find it in this free report.

Climate Change = Water Crisis

2009-07-22T04:29:00.000-07:00

Greenpeace activists queue up outside RBI to deposit water.
Delhi, India — 25 Greenpeace activists queued up outside the Reserve Bank of India to deposit 100’s of pots of water for safe keeping to highlight the issue of the growing water crisis fuelled by climate change. The activists unfurled a banner with a message “Climate Change = water crisis” right out side the RBI main gate.

"Our government’s response to the preparation required to address climate change stinks. At the rate the Gangotri is melting, it will soon vanish and dilli wallhs will soon have to take turns to bathe", said Nitin, Greenpeace campaigner tongue firmly in cheek. Delhi has received almost 60% less than the predicted rainfall this season. Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh are not to far behind.

The Indian monsoon which is the lifeline of the subcontinent will be significantly affected by climate change, according to a Greenpeace paper titled ‘Monsoon Wager: Climate change and the Indian Monsoon’ (1). Stability and predictability of the monsoons are critical to India’s economy society and ecology including our agriculture and food supply chain. Changes in the monsoon will have far reaching social and economic impacts.

The lives of millions of Indians, farmers, city dwellers, depend on the monsoon. Delhi has been at the receiving end of changing weather patterns with summers becoming hotter every year and monsoons very erratic and unpredictable. "The time has come for ordinary citizens to step forward and lead the war against the climate crisis. If our governments don’t take immediate steps to tackle climate change, we will live to see the day when water will have to be deposited in the banks for safety" Said Nishant, a volunteer with Greenpeace.

Greenpeace has launched a campaign called "Greenidol" across the country to engage with people and get them to sign a petition demanding a Renewable Energy Law. Since the 4th of June more than 35000 people have signed on. Greenpeace along with citizens will be presenting these petitions to the Prime Minister of India demanding for an ambitious central Renewable Energy Law in the country.

It’s about survival. Hillary, Barack, Stop Global Warming!

2009-07-21T08:57:00.000-07:00

New Delhi, India — School children, joined Greenpeace activists to tell Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, before she left India, that mere talk isn’t enough to avert a climate catastrophe. With photographs and messages from children, women and men from Aila hit Sunderbans, the children demanded that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama be leaders and ensure that the irreparable damage that climate change would wreck on the environment and people was avoided.
“The US is one of the biggest culprits contributing to global warming, which has led to an increase in the intensity of disasters including the cyclone in Sunderbans leading to a humanitarian crisis there. Why should the vulnerable pay the price for this crisis to which they have contributed little? Its time the culprits started taking responsibility for their actions and it has to start from the US.” said Siddharth Pathak, climate campaigner, Greenpeace.

The election of Barack Obama had raised lots of hope to get real leadership on climate. 5 months ahead of the UN-climate conference in Copenhagen, meant to be the most crucial to get a good decision on addressing the danger of climate change, there has hardly been any leadership from Obama. “We need strong actions globally to avert this crisis and these actions need to start from the industrialized countries. Contrary to the imperative, the US has repeatedly failed to come up with strong domestic mitigation actions and is silent on the financial support for developing countries to help the most vulnerable peoples adapt to the impacts of global warming.” said Pathak.

In the meantime, the impacts of climate change on various countries have been devastating. Cyclone Aila has left lakhs homeless and dependent on relief materials. With agricultural fields ruined by salt water ingress there is likely to be a shortage of locally grown food in the affected areas, and a loss of livelihood. Delayed and insufficient monsoons have worsened the situation in the monocrop agriculture region. Thousands of people from this region have already sought refuge in Kolkata in search of food and employment, with many thousand more climate migrants likely.

“Sunderbans is just one example. Barack and Hillary should look at the Sunderbans and start taking immediate steps to curb the effects of climate change.” He added.

The Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, demonstrated leadership at the G8 summit in Italy earlier this month by showing solidarity to limit global temperature rise below 2 degress Celsius. For fulfilling the commitment of limiting global warming, industrialized countries need to start reducing emissions domestically and ensure they provide financial and technological support to countries like India where vulnerable people are suffering from the impacts of climate change.

Climate Change

2009-07-20T04:27:00.001-07:00

Climate Change
Climate change has caused dramatic glacial retreat. This is Rongbuk glacier in Tibet in 2007.The photo held by our Greenpeace staff is of the same glacier taken in 1968.

Climate change is happening.

Because of man-made greenhouse gas emissions the earth is dangerously warming up. Most greenhouse gas pollution comes from burning fossil fuels such as coal to make electricity.

If we do nothing to stop it, climate change will cause severe water shortages, rising sea levels will swallow cities, and pest outbreaks will sicken people and kill crops.

One of the early signs we are already experiencing is an increase in extreme weather events such as destructive storms, drought and floods.

Climate change is already killing more than 150,000 people every year from disease and extreme weather.
(World Health Organisation
estimation for deaths in 2000).

China’s rapid economic development has lifted millions out of poverty but has come at a huge environmental cost.

An explosive number of factories, coal-fired power stations and massive construction projects have made China, along with the US, the world’s top greenhouse gas emitter.

And with a population of more than 1.3 billion, China faces very real threats from climate change.

Millions will go thirsty:

About 80 percent of the Himalayan glaciers which feed China’s rivers will disappear in 30 years.

Millions will go hungry:

By 2030 some scientists believe the country won’t be able to grow enough food to feed its own people.

Millions will suffer from disasters:

Extreme weather events such as storms, droughts and floods will become common and threaten lives across the country.

Greenpeace is the leading non-governmental organisation in China pushing for stronger policies to fight climate change.

•We are lobbying for China to play a strong leadership role in critical United Nations negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009.

•We are urging the country to move away from coal.
•And we are working with scientists to map out a feasible plan that China can follow to massively boost its renewable energy sector.

Paradise Forests

2009-07-18T07:49:00.000-07:00

Paradise Forests

Only 20 percent of the world's ancient forests remain in large, intact tracts. Some of the ancient forests under greatest threat are the ‘Paradise Forests’.
This wonderfully diverse region supports hundreds of indigenous cultures and creatures found nowhere else in the world. The island of New Guinea, the world’s second biggest island, has the largest continuous tracts of ancient forest in the Asia Pacific region. The island is divided into two regions: the Indonesian territory of Papua in the west and the nation of Papua New Guinea in the east.

The Paradise Forests consist of tropical rainforests, mangrove, coastal and swamp forests. Monsoon and deciduous forests flourish in the drier and more mountainous regions. They shelter an amazingly rich number of plant and animal species, many of which occur nowhere else on earth. The Orang Utan, Sumatran Tiger and the world's largest flower, the one metre wide rafflesia all call the Paradise Forests home.

People also live in the Paradise Forests. Their deep connection to the forest for their cultural, spiritual and physical wellbeing has been unbroken for thousands of years. The diversity of these cultures is extraordinary. More than 1000 languages are spoken on the island of New Guinea alone. That is around one sixth of all the living languages on Earth today.

CowParade Hits La Jolla Streets

2009-07-17T03:42:00.000-07:00

CowParade Hits La Jolla Streets
Due to the economy, San Diego's CowParade shrunk to 40 cows and are all in La Jolla March 15th to June 15th.

Since we are in San Diego, we took some photos to show you some of the cows that are on parade.

My Ancestors' Village
Mad Cow Wild Style
Psychedellic Green Cow

Senorita Flora Fauna de Vaca
The Triumph of Will
Digesting the News

Designer Jeans
San Diego Nightlife
Tribal Bovine

Digesting the News #2
Cow with a View
Cow with a View #2

emoo, A Reason to Survive
Action Cow
Cowsablanca

CowParade Hits La Jolla Streets
Due to the economy, San Diego's CowParade shrunk to 40 cows and are all in La Jolla March 15th to June 15th.

Since we are in San Diego, we took some photos to show you some of the cows that are on parade.

My Ancestors' Village
Mad Cow Wild Style
Psychedellic Green Cow

Senorita Flora Fauna de Vaca
The Triumph of Will
Digesting the News

Designer Jeans
San Diego Nightlife
Tribal Bovine

Digesting the News #2
Cow with a View
Cow with a View #2

emoo, A Reason to Survive
Action Cow
Cowsablanca

Organic farms

2009-07-16T21:20:00.000-07:00

Organic farms

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(1) Beijing Qing Pu Yuan Vegetable Co.,Ltd.（Liu Min Ying Ecological Farm）
Add：Liu Min Ying Ecological Farm, Changziying Town, Daxing District, Beijing

Certifier：OFDC，COFCC

Product categories：vegetable and fruit, grain

Tel：010-80266739

Website：www.liuminying.com.cn

Liu Min Ying Ecological Farm products are sold in major supermarkets including Carrefour, Wal-Mart, Hua Lian, CR Vanguard, and more. The farm is also open to visitors and offers catering services. Advanced booking is required.

(2) Crab Island

Add：1 Xiedao Lu, Chaoyang District (1 kilometre south to Airport thruway Exit Weigou)

Certifier：OFDC

Product categories：vegetable and fruit, grain

Tel：010-84335566/5588

Website：www.xiedao.com

Crab Island farms are open to visitors who wish to experience farm life. Fruit picking and crop harvesting tours can be arranged. Tour bookings and ordering of organic food can be made online and by phone.

(3) Beijing Kuai Le Nong Fu

Add：3 kilometres from the Tuqiao subway station, Zaolin Village, Zhangwan Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing

Product categories：vegetable and fruit

Certifier：Self-certified（Certification that awarded by agency is on the application）

Tel：010-51515231/13701105044(Mr. Wang)/13501268189(Mr. Fu)

Website：www.kuailenongfu.com

Kuai Le Nong Fu has released a project of small family farms which consumers can rent to grow their own fruits and vegetables. Kuai Le Nong Fu will be happy to provide technical guidance and daily management services.

(4) Lohas Organic Farm (Beijing Lohas Health Food Communication Co., Ltd.)

Add：Nan Nian Feng, Yangsong Town, Huairou District,Beijing

Product categories：fruits and vegetable, grain, livestock

Certifier：In the process of application

Tel：010-88496728

Website：www.lehas.cn

Lohas Organic Farm covers 500 acres and is open to the public. They provide health education courses, accommodation, catering, and activities such as livestock feeding. Advanced booking can be made by phone.

(5) Zhiwan Organic Ranch （Beijing Lohaocity Supermarket Co.,Ltd.）

Add：Tianzhuang Village, Gaoling Town, Miyun District,Beijing

Organic Union：Member of IFOAM

Product categories: vegetable and fruit, grain, feeding animals, honey, plant

Certifier：OFDC，DFJH

Opening date: Mid May – Mid Oct

Tel：010-84594332

Website：www.lohaocity.com

Zhiwan Organic Farm covers an area of 1,486 hectares. They provide health education courses, accommodation, catering, and activities such as livestock feeding. Advanced booking for tours and organic food ordering can all be made by phone. Zhiwan Farm products are also available in Lohao City Supermarkets and at the Long Island Organic Hotpot Restaurant.

(6) Green Cow Farm

Add：Dong Ge Zhuang Village, Hou Sha Yu, Shunyi District, Beijing

Product categories: vegetables and fruits

Certifier：Self-certified, Vegetables and fruits are all planted in the soil which has no chemical pollution, and without fertilizer.

Tel：010-80464301

Website：www.greencowfarm.com
E-mail：thelovelygreencow@gmail.com

Consumers may apply for membership of Green Cattle Farm Vegetable Club to enjoy their ordering and delivery services. You can also save your biodegradable kitchen waste and send it to the farm for use as compost fertilizer. Green Cattle Farm has its own restaurant, for details please refer to Organic Restaurants (page number?).

(7) Derunwu Organic Farm

Add：3-6# strawberry garden, Xin Village, Xingshou Town, Changping District, Beijing

Product categories: dozens of kinds of organic vegetables

Certifier：USDA，QAI，OCIA，JAS，BFA，IFOAM

Tel：010-8459-0809

E-mail：jiyunliang@vip.163.com

Derunwu Organic Farm mainly offers organic vegetables.

(8) Yuandingyuan Organic Eco-Agricultural Park

Add：Lixian Town,Daxing District,Beijing

Product categories: certified organic poultry,vegetable and corn
The Branch of Chinese Academy of Agricultural is the special store for organic Produce.

Customer Service Hotline：010-62130815 15911112185

Yuandingyuan Produce Distribution Center

Tel：010-89222818 13121020116

E-mail：ydy365@ydy365.com.cn

The products of Ecological Agricultural Park are available by email or phone. Consumers may also apply for the membership of Yuandingyuan Organic Eco-Agricultural Park, and plant and herd in the farm. They can also enjoy a half-discount price to pick vegetables in the farm once every month.

Greenpeace Living Guide tips for green living

2009-07-14T07:46:00.000-07:00

Greenpeace Living Guide tips for green living

The Greenpeace Living Guide offers real solutions for environmental living at home, at work and in your community. It also shows how each one of us can get political and be an everyday activist - taking on the root causes of environmental issues around the world. In the spirit of The Greenpeace Living Guide, we post some timely green tips here each month.

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The top three ways to talk about the environment (from the most persuasive environmentalists we know)

A few months ago, we asked you for your thoughts about the environment, the 'green living' trend and what you'd like to see us discuss in 'Green Tips.' Many of you asked how to talk to friends, neighbours, colleagues and family about the environment. We tried to get you answers from the most persuasive and knowledgeable environmentalists we know: Greenpeace Canada phone outreach staff. They're the ones who call you from time to time to talk to about Greenpeace, your membership and environmental issues. Next time you see 'Greenpeace' on your call display, pick up the phone and get tips on how to talk about the environment straight from the experts.
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The top three things on your mind

For years, you've been hearing from us in this column about green living and green politics. This month, you're going to hear from each other.
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The top three reasons 'green tips' aren't green tips anymore

For a long time, this column consisted exclusively of handy (and very popular) 'green tips.' We told you how to clean your bathtub with baking soda, maximize energy in your kitchen and create an eco-friendly lawn. That era is over. While we will still provide tools for daily life (and our website will continue to feature a wealth of green tips) our focus will now include green politics. Here are the top three reasons why.
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Sustainable Agriculture

2009-07-13T21:58:00.000-07:00

The Unbearable Coolness of Pesticides homicide suicide genocide pesticide -cide suffix [Middle English, from Old French (from Latin -cida, killer), and from Latin -cidium, killing both from caedere, to strike, kill ]
For centuries, farmers around the world have spent their waking hours turning their ingenuity towards improving their crops and driving out pests. And they tried everything. Rice farmers in China kept ducks and corn farmers in Nebraska chased swarms of grasshoppers them and clubbed them to death. Nothing was completely effective and nothing was easy. But farming had never been a game for cowards.

In contemporary agriculture, however millions of farmers across the world use chemical pesticides. These chemicals are sold with the promise of efficiency seemingly taking away the drudgery of farming. These chemicals formulated in laboratories and manufactured in factories seek to replace the skill sets of farmers who would have otherwise knock together solutions that suited their land, their weather and their budget. The culture of chemical pesticides comes from the same mythic land as cures for baldness and free size garments. But unlike most free size garments or baldness cures, pesticides have done severe damage in several spheres, from ecology to community health and rural social structures.
Imaginative publicity material for pesticides, help spread the poisons.

Imaginative publicity material for pesticides, help spread the poisons.

Pesticides are poisonous substances intended to harm or kill living organisms considered as pests. Do we imagine that any substance that can kill other living organisms can not harm or kill human beings? All of us use household pesticides in one form or the other: the Baygon spray at home, mosquito repellents or rat poisons, to name only a few. However, there are also huge quantities of pesticides being used in other arenas of life: mostly in public healthcare and in agriculture.

The bottom line is that pesticides are poisons. In addition to innumerable health problems created by pesticides (as residues and as drift) to urban consumers, pesticides are proving to be fatal to farming community members too.

“Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.” Victor Hugo

Up until the turn of the twentieth century farmers were for most part subsistence farmers. And subsistence did not carry today’s stigma of poverty because all it meant was that you grew enough to feed your family and perhaps some people in your community. Post-World War II the chemical industries of Europe offered what seemed like a wonderful form of pest management. With the heavy arm of capital they made agriculture without chemicals seem a prehistoric form of life. Developing nations received ‘aid’ to buy or manufacture pesticides. Technology would be their salvation they were told.

A few decades later the big DDT scare ensured that people were more wary about the indiscriminate use of pesticides. But to millions of farmers across the world it seemed like there were no options. There was amnesia in the communities about a time when they had grown their crops without lying awake worrying about their pesticide debts.

Then like the Hindi movie heroine who falls down the waterfall and remembers her lost past, the resurgence was unexpected. Farmers woke up to an organic, less traumatic future. Sections of the scientific establishment was also ready to endorse non-chemical farming for its benefit to the environment and to health.

The fraudulent promise of ease has come into our midst. The agro-chemical industry is now a thirty billion dollar industry The new tack is Genetic engineering. Today they are saying (like many beauty pageant winners) that they would like to end world hunger. The strong arm is ready to put their logo on the source of life itself. But farmers are still dying and so are their fields. The industry is always looking for new promises to make. It is up to us to exercise caution. Greenpeace India is campaigning for ways to expose these fraudulent promises and to explore sustainable agriculture.

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2003 12:22:59 AM ]

2009-07-12T05:16:00.000-07:00

Protect cows: Muslim leader

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2003 12:22:59 AM ]

NEW DELHI: Adding a broader dimension to the debate on cow slaughter, a prominent Muslim leader has said that the Central law being considered by the Vajpayee government should "not be limited only to 'non-use of beef' but should also protect those cows that wander the streets as 'stray animals' and suffer from the eating of garbage, plastic and other poisons".

In a statement, Maulana Syed Athar Hussain Dehlavi, chairman of the Old Delhi-based Anjuman Minhaj-e-Rasool, said protection must be provided to those "unfortunate cows who die a slow death on the streets... Indian cows must be protected not just from the slaughtering knife but also from hunger, unhygienic food and dirty conditions". Dehlavi stressed that the cow is the "symbol and worship for Hindus and so protection of cow is very important".

Although in different parts of the world people belonging to different religions use beef, he said, "in India, in view of the respect of cow, the Indian Muslims also have regards and respect for cow and avoid using beef".
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Gehlot turn to 'milk' cow

Express News Service

Jaipur, February 27: The Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation (RCDF) is gearing up for some serious milking. Cows are in and buffaloes are out as milk booths in Jaipur gear up to sell ''pure cow milk'' this weekend. Ignoring all talk of a political plot behind the promotion of cow milk in the state, around 500 booths in Jaipur will display gleaming new polypacks of cow milk. By mid-March, all 1,400 booths in the city will follow suit.

Brushing aside all conspiracy theories of political motivation and talk of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot countering the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's cow agenda with his own little gimmick, Jaipur Dairy officials say the entire project is based on the simple principles of demand and supply. ''There is a huge demand for cow milk in the state, especially during festivals and weddings. We are just giving people what they want - pure, unadulterated cow milk,'' says Atul Shukla, Deputy Manager (Marketing) of Jaipur Dairy.

At present, at all the Saras booths, there are four varieties of milk available - all a mix of cow and buffalo milk. Saras Gold, with fat content of 6 per cent, sells at a premium Rs 17. Of the three lakh-odd litres sold in the city, the more popular toned milk packets sell for Rs 13. Priced at Rs 14.50, the new cow milk packet hopes to set the cash registers ringing. With a maximum of 3.5 per cent fat and 8.5 per cent ''solid not fat'' (the protein content), cow milk is being pegged as the healthy milk to drink.

''Cow milk is always popular. In fact, we woke up to the fact when Mother Dairy in Delhi asked us if we could supply pure cow milk to them. After their request, we started doing a little market research and realised that a number of our customers were constantly demanding cow milk at our booths. And so the decision was taken,'' says G.S. Sandhu, Managing Director of RCDF.

The milking cows are all in drought-hit Barmer district. Thousands of farmers in this district own the Rathi breed of cows which, according to dairy officials, have been certified the best by French cheese-making company Le Bon.
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Centre mulls ban on cow-slaughter

Express News Service

New Delhi, March 3: The Centre is examining the issue of imposing a ban on cow-slaughter throughout the country, Union Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today. Ajit stated that 22 states and six Union Territories have already enacted legislations to ban or restrict cow-slaughter. ''Even then the Government of India is examining the issue.'' There was, however, ''no evidence'' that slaughter of cow and its illegal transportation was on the rise. Since West Bengal had not completely banned cow-slaughter, the cattle are transported to the state. They may be smuggled to Bangladesh illegally, he pointed out.

In reply to another question, Minister of State for Agriculture Hukumdev Narayan Yadav informed the members that an expert group, constituted to examine the recommendations of the National Commission on Cattle on banning cow-slaughter, has been asked to submit its report by March 15. He said the Commission, which reviewed laws relating to protection, preservation and well-being of the cow and its progeny, has suggested a constitutional amendment for the enactment of a Central law on this count.Agreed on cow slaughter, LS split on who has power to ban it

Express News Service

New Delhi, March 11: A BJP-supported private member's resolution for a ban on cow slaughter sparked off uproarious scenes in the Lok Sabha today, with the Opposition resisting a vote on it. As both sides resorted to slogan-shouting, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (RJD), who was in the Chair, adjourned the House an hour ahead of schedule.Congress and Left members trooped into the Well saying the House was not competent to adopt the resolution seeking a legislation banning cow slaughter moved by BJP's P.S. Patel. Shivraj Patil (Cong) said the issue fell neither under Union nor concurrent lists. The House was thus not competent to legislate on cow protection.
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Gau man gau

Jan 22, 2003

Digvijay Singh refuses to get cowed down Now that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh's deep affinity for holy mother cow has been loudly proclaimed - chiefly his reported taste in gau mutra (cow's urine) and his belief in gau dung as excellent fertiliser - you would have to be dumb cattle not to realise that the cow has always been a potent political instrument in the hands of India's rulers.

With elections around the corner, Diggy Raja has clearly decided to take the bull by the horns and attempt to destroy the sangh parivar's monopoly on Hinduism and nationalism. After all it was only a mere fortnight ago when he launched a jhanda ooncha rahe campaign to honour the Tricolour and there is thus reason to believe that with patriotism well hoisted, Singh is now determined to prove that as far as Hinduism is concerned: when you gotta gau, you gotta gau. Since gaumata is a crucial feature of the sangh's definitions of Hindutva, Digvijay is clearly refusing to be cowed down by the BJP's ownership of our sacred quadruped.

Gaumata has had a long political career. Mughal emperors like Akbar and Jehangir imposed restricted bans on cow slaughter. Shivaji declared that Hindus musn't witness the killing of cows. The founder of the Arya Samaj, Dayanand Saraswati, used the cow as a symbol of national unity. Several riots through the ages have been spurred by reports of slaughter of cows.

Tilak's first campaigns centred around safeguards for the life of the cow and, in the seventies, Vinoba Bhave went on a hunger strike against cow slaughter. The VHP's gau-raksha campaigns began the era of aggressive Hindutva and for groups seeking to emphasise the anatagonism of Islam to Hinduism, the so-called Muslim attack on the cow has been seen as a fundamentally hostile stance against the majority community.

No wonder the book, The Myth of the Holy Cow by D.N. Jha, in which the author provided instances of cow slaughter in the ancient period, been banned. When politics operates in an overwhelmingly agrarian and pious land, its symbols are naturally bovine.

Not that gau mutra isn't healthy. Those who have sampled it, swear by its scientific rejuvenating effects and the properties of cow dung are in evidence all over the rural countryside, not just as fertiliser but also as fuel. Digvijay's gau campaign thus isn't complete hogwash, although it shows that in Indian politics you can never say gau man gau.
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Advani seeks blanket ban on cow slaughter

New Delhi: Deputy PM L.K. Advani today called for a Constitutional amendment for a blanket ban on cow slaughter across the nation, asserting that soon there will be enough democratic pressure for such a demand.
Advani was speaking at the inauguration of the All-India Conference and Exhibition on cow products-based economy at the IIT.

''Article 48 given by the Constitution makers should have been more comprehensive in its scope. Then the situation today would have been substantially different had it fully addressed the issue of cow slaughter,'' Advani said. ''The signature campaign by the RSS after Independence is a great movement that placed the issue of cow slaughter in the centre of public debate till as late as 1979,'' he added. (Agencies)
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Holy cow! Look what they're talking about

Tavleen Singh

There are moments when politics in India acquires a surreal quality and we are currently in the throes of one such bizarre moment. How else to explain the current obsession with cow slaughter and beef-eating at a time when the world edges ever closer to war? The story, for those of you who may have been following cricket or the impending war instead, is that the Congress Party in Madhya Pradesh suddenly and quite inexplicably decided to charge the Prime Minister with being an eater of beef. Gau hamari mata hai, Atal Behari khata hai. This is the sort of stupid accusation that is best ignored but the Prime Minister chose to answer it. So, his government was ordered to launch a counter attack in the form of a terse press release from the Ministry of Commerce. ''Export of beef is banned. The prohibition is listed as item 02021: all consignments of meat are subject to pre-shipment inspection.''

In case this was insufficient defense of the Prime Minister, his party also leapt into the act with Vijay Kumar Malhotra coming forth with the theory that when Hindutva hero, Veer Savarkar, suggested cow slaughter was a good thing he meant foreign cows only. God knows what he meant but he should have been talking of Indian cows whose plight is so pitiable that the poor creatures would be better off dead. European cows, on the other hand, live better than most human beings do in India. At the India Economic Summit in Delhi last November, an economist drew attention to the fact that cows in Europe lived on two dollars a day, twice as much as Indians below the poverty line get to spend.

Now, there is something that our two main political parties should be discussing. With nearly half our population living in desperate poverty it would be interesting to know what excuses, explanations and ideas our politicians have to offer. With what face do they tell us that we are on our way to being the world's next economic superpower when so many of our countrymen continue to live on less a day than European cows? What is worse is that most of them are as illiterate as European cows as well and yet we never hear our political parties discuss the shambles in our education system. In recent times, there has been much hysteria over ''saffronization'' of education again, oddly enough, on account of beef and cows. Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, that leading champion of the Indian cow, deleted from history textbooks all references to Brahmins eating beef in ancient times and secular hysteria rose across the land. Fine. But, why do we never see similar rage over the disgraceful state of the Indian school system? So appaling are conditions in our schools that to have a classroom is a luxury. Most rural schools do not have this luxury and if they do they are usually reliant on the services of a single teacher who often finds no time for the mundane business of teaching.

For things to improve we need to spend at least twice as much on education as we currently spend but I cannot remember the last time there was a serious debate in Parliament on this issue. For that matter, when did you last hear our politicians discuss the shaming state of Indian healthcare? We have government hospitals in which it is not unusual to find stray dogs and cats wandering about the wards, not to mention rats so large they have been known to eat newborn babies. And, if you wander into smaller towns and villages it is not unusual to find health centres and hospitals so filthy that to enter them is to risk your life. According to one recent survey, Indians spend more on private healthcare than almost any other people, but can you remember the last time there was a debate in Parliament, or even a public discussion on this subject?

What is it with our politicians that they find so much time to discuss cows, religion and temples and so little to discuss education, healthcare or our desperate need for such fundamental necessities as electricity and drinking water? Speaking of water, there was a truly surreal moment recently when everyone panicked over the quality of bottled water in India. The government responded with remarkable speed and last week the Consumer Affairs Ministry withdrew certification to eight brands of bottled water on grounds of unsafe quality. What makes the exercise truly surreal is that nobody, least of all the Minister of Consumer Affairs, appears to have noticed that the water that ordinary Indians get through their taps is of such dubious quality that only the foolhardy or the desperately poor dare drink it without first filtering or boiling it. Certainly, if analysed, it would be declared unfit for European cows.

To return then to cows for whom we see so much concern from both Congress and BJP, can we expect that their lot will improve in the near future? As things stand, to be an Indian cow is a fate worse than death. With cow slaughter banned, when cows grow old they are simply abandoned so clusters of them can be seen seated sadly on busy streets in every Indian city. Most die such slow painful deaths that if it was possible for them to have a say in the matter they would almost certainly vote for lifting the ban on cow slaughter. Perhaps, it's time to seriously consider Savarkar's views on the subject, he was after all the man who invented the idea of Hindutva.

Demand for Skins Drives a Deadly Industry

2009-07-11T21:59:00.000-07:00

Demand for Skins Drives a Deadly Industry

Every time you choose to buy a leather jacket or leather shoes, you sentence animals to a lifetime of suffering. Buying leather directly contributes to factory farms and slaughterhouses, since the skins of animals are the most economically important coproduct of the multibillion-dollar meat industry. The vast majority of animals slaughtered for their skin suffer all the horrors of factory farming-intense confinement, painful mutilations, deprivation, harmful hormone and antibiotic injections, and cruel treatment during transport and slaughter.
Cattle

Leather from cows comes from animals raised for both beef and milk. Cattle raised for beef spend most of their lives on overcrowded feedlots. Studies have found that ranchers maximize profits by giving each steer less than 20 square feet of living space-the equivalent of putting 12 half-ton steers in a typical American bedroom! They are subjected to painful procedures like castration; branding, which causes third-degree burns; tail-docking; and dehorning - all without painkillers. Deprived of veterinary care, exposed to the elements with no shelter, these breathing, thinking, feeling beings, who feel pain just as we do, suffer immensely. Instead of treating them humanely, they are fed a steady diet of hormones to fatten them and antibiotics to keep them alive.
Dairy Cows

Cows raised for milk are typically confined to crowded concrete-floored milking pens, where they are milked by machines that often cut or shock them. Some farmers inject cows with synthetic growth hormones, which increase the likelihood of mastitis, a painful infection in the cows' udders. They are repeatedly impregnated, only to have every baby torn from their side shortly after birth. Both calf and mother cow, powerfully bonded by maternal love, are known to cry out desperately for days when separated. The cows' female offspring are forced to become future "milk machines," and their frightened male calves are trucked to veal farms where they are chained inside tiny, dark crates. Motherless and alone, they are unable to take even one step in any direction, turn around, or lie down comfortably. When they are slaughtered, they are often too sick or lame to walk.
Transport

After short dismal lives, cows are jam-packed into metal trucks where, confused and terrified, they suffer from injury, freezing cold and blistering heat, overcrowding, hunger, and thirst. In the winter, cows routinely arrive for slaughter frozen to the sides of transport trucks, frozen to truck bottoms in their own feces and urine, and injured or dead from the journey. Frequently collapsing during their hellish ride, many cows arrive at the slaughterhouse unable to walk off the backs of transport trucks and are instead dragged off with chains-bones breaking as they hit the ground.
Slaughter

Every year, 35.7 million cows are stunned, hung upside down, bled to death, and skinned in slaughterhouses. The federal Humane Slaughter Act stipulates that cows should be stunned by a mechanical blow to the head and rendered unconscious before they are strung up, but the high speed of assembly lines that often process up to 400 cows per hour results in the improper stunning, each year, of millions of cows, who are consequently skinned and dismembered while they are still kicking and crying out in terror.

Cows are not the only animals who are raised for their skins. Millions of other animals are also victims of the cruel trade.

No Beef with Ban By JUG SURAIYA

2009-07-10T00:29:00.000-07:00

No Beef with Ban
By JUG SURAIYA

I like beefsteak, and frequently eat it when I happen to be abroad. At the same time, I agree with the Supreme Court’s upholding of the Gujarat law banning cow slaughter. My reason has got nothing to do with Hindutva. Nor am I guilty of hypocrisy and double standards when I permit myself to eat beef abroad, but argue against cow slaughter in India. It’s merely that I recognize the special role the cow has long played in the social dynamics and the unorganized political economy of the country. In his book Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: The Riddles of Culture, American sociologist Marvin Harris has formulated a persuasive, secular rationale behind the Indian mystique of the scared cow. According to Harris, the cow represents the only capital that the landless in India can hope to possess. By deeming the cow to be sacred, we protect this literally grass-roots capital: The poor, landless man’s cow can with impunity graze on the rich man’s fields and yield milk and biofuel for her master and his family.

The trespassing cow represents social justice and a seminal beginning of the redistribution of wealth. This holds true in urban as well as rural areas. Cows meander through our city streets like perambulatory traffic islands, much to the amusement of foreign visitors. The cattle forage at will, without fear of harm, from the refuse bins of vegetable markets and roadside eateries, relieving their owners of the financial burden of having to buy fodder. If, in addition to its employment guarantee scheme, the UPA government enables every Indian below the poverty like to own a cow, we could witness an economic sea change in the country. On the other hand, Bangladesh is a cautionary example of what can happen to a country which has depleted its cattle wealth. On a visit there some years ago, I was intrigued to discover that there were hardly any cattle in the country, almost all having been butchered for meat. The result? Bangladesh have to import vast quantities of powdered milk from Australia and Europe, a luxury it can ill afford. Even the humblest village tea stall has tins of Nestle. Operation Flood? Forget it. So tuck into your filet mignon, if you fancy it. Just make sure it’s from a foreign cow. Spare the Indian cow, the great white hope of the dispossessed.

Quotes

2009-07-08T06:11:00.001-07:00

Quotes

Killing a bull is equivalent to killing a cow.
(Jesus Christ)

Cow’s milk is tonic, its ghee is ambrosia and its meat is disease.
(Hazarat Mohamed)

Cow is the source of progress and prosperity. In many ways it is superior to one’s mother.
(Mahatma Gandhi)

Cow protection is the eternal dharma of India
(Dr. Rajendra Prasad, 1st President of India)

One cow in its life time can feed 4,10,440 people once a day while its meat is sufficient only for 80 people.
(Swami Dayanand Saraswati)

Till cows are slaughtered, no religious or social function can bring its fruit.
(Devarah baba)

The first section of Indian Constitution should be on prohibition for Cow slaughter.
(Madan Mohan Malviya)

The pressure of Muslims for cow slaughter is the limit of foolishness. I have studied both Koran and Bible. According to both of them, to kill a cow even indirectly is a great sin.
(Acharya Vinoba Bhave)

Since the cruel killing of cows and other animal have commenced, I have anxiety for the future generation.
(Lala Lajpat Rai)

Kill me but spare the cow.
(Lokmanya Tilak)

According to me under the present circumstances, there is nothing more scientific and intelligent act than banning cow slaughter.
(Jai Prakash Narayan)

Cow is the God even of God.
(Shri Haridas Shastri)

We want to live in the world while being called as Hindus then we have to protect cows with all our might.
(Shri Prabhudata Brahmachari)

The offensive act of British Rule towards cows will go down in the history as an abominable deed.
(Lord Lonlithgo)

Cow is the foundation of our economy.
(Giani Zail Singh – Former President)

Neither Koran nor the Arabian Customs permit killing cow.
(Hakim Ajamal Khan)

Leather: No Friend of the Earth

2009-07-07T06:39:00.000-07:00

Leather: No Friend of the Earth

Raising animals for food and leather requires huge amounts of feed crop and pastureland, water, and fossil fuels. Animals on factory farms produce 130 times as much excrement as the entire human population, without the benefit of waste treatment plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has even acknowledged that livestock pollution is the greatest threat to our waterways.

Although some leather makers deceptively tout their products as "eco-friendly," turning skin into leather also requires massive amounts of energy and dangerous chemicals, including mineral salts, formaldehyde, coal-tar derivatives, and various oils, dyes, and finishes, some of them cyanide-based. Most leather produced in the U.S. is chrome-tanned; all wastes containing chromium are considered hazardous by the EPA. Tannery effluent contains large amounts of pollutants, such as salt, lime sludge, sulfides, and acids. The process of tanning stabilizes the collagen or protein fibers in skins so that they actually stop biodegrading so that leather doesn't rot right off your feet. Additionally, to raise the animals whose skin eventually becomes leather, trees are cleared to create pastureland, vast quantities of water are used, and feedlot and dairy-farm runoff create a major source of water pollution. Huge amounts of fossil fuels are consumed in livestock production. (By contrast, plastic wearables account for only a fraction of the petroleum used in the U.S.)

People who work in and live near tanneries suffer too. Many are dying from cancer caused by exposure to toxic chemicals used to process and dye the leather. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the incidence of leukemia among residents in an area near one tannery in Kentucky was five times the U.S. average. Arsenic, a common tannery chemical, has long been associated with lung cancer in workers who are exposed to it on a regular basis. Studies of leather-tannery workers in Sweden and Italy found cancer risks "between 20% and 50% above [those] expected."

Wearing leather hurts animals, the environment, and the people who produce it. The only ones who benefit are the people who profit from the misery and suffering of others.

Dairy Disaster: ( The American cows)

2009-07-06T08:22:00.000-07:00

Dairy Disaster: ( The American cows)

Think milk does a young body good? Think again. Mother cows produce milk for one reason—to feed their own babies. Giving dairy products to human youngsters is unnatural and unhealthy. For one thing, cow’s milk contains proteins that may cause or aggravate a variety of conditions in infants, toddlers, and older children. Furthermore, the American Academy of Pediatricians found that “infants fed whole cow’s milk receive inadequate amounts of vitamin E, iron, essential fatty acids, and excessive amounts of protein, potassium, and sodium.”
Digestive Distress

Giving cow’s milk to your infant can lead to an upset stomach, diarrhea, and crying. Switching from formulas that are based on cow’s milk to soy-based formulas often eliminates the discomfort. Even breast-fed babies may develop digestive problems if their mothers consume dairy products. A study published in the journal Pediatrics shows that the proteins in cow’s milk are transferred to babies through their mothers’ breast milk.
Obesity and Other Disorders

Stomachaches are only the beginning of the problems that your kids may face if you give them dairy products. Milk consumption can contribute to asthma, canker sores, constipation, recurrent ear infections, iron deficiency, and anemia. Learn more about the detrimental effects that dairy products can have on your kids’ health. Consuming dairy products can also make kids overweight. There is a reason why dairy products are so fattening—they’re packed with fat and calories. In fact, calves can gain almost 500 pounds by the time they are weaned from their mothers. The empty fat and sugar calories in cow’s milk will add to your child’s waistline and will detract from his or her health. Learn more about the link between dairy-product consumption and obesity.

On the other hand, fruits, vegetables, and soy products are all kid-friendly and rich in calcium, but they don’t come with all the calories and the adverse health effects that are associated with dairy products. Plus, despite what the powerful dairy industry lobby may claim, scientists have shown that the calcium in plant-based sources is more easily absorbed by human bodies than is the calcium in cow’s milk. In fact, drinking milk may actually weaken our bones! Ironically, American women have one of the highest rates of dairy-product consumption in the world, yet they also suffer from osteoporosis more frequently than any other group. A study funded by the U.S. National Dairy Council found that women who drank three glasses of milk a day for two years actually lost bone mass at twice the rate of women who did not drink milk. Furthermore, the Harvard Nurses’ Health Study confirmed that women who received the majority of their calcium from dairy foods also suffered more broken bones than women who did not drink milk.34 Research has clearly shown that children should avoid milk and should fill up on calcium-rich plant foods to build strong bones. Learn more about the link between dairy-product consumption and weak bones.
Got Diabetes?

The consumption of cow’s milk has also been implicated in the development of diabetes; in fact, more than 90 studies have been devoted to the link between the protein in dairy products and the development of insulin-dependent diabetes. Scientists suspect that infants’ immune systems produce antibodies that attack the cow’s milk protein because it is foreign to the human body—frighteningly, these antibodies also attack the human pancreas. The damaged pancreas no longer produces insulin; this means that children who have this condition will be required to receive daily shots of insulin. A study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that while milk can trigger diabetes in babies, fruits and vegetables actually lower our risk of developing this disease.
Healthy Kids Are Dairy-Free
It’s never too early to encourage healthy eating habits. In his acclaimed book Baby and Child Care, the late Dr. Benjamin Spock, America’s most respected pediatrician, recommends that parents raise their children on a vegetarian diet. “We now know that there are harmful effects of a meaty diet,” wrote Spock. “Children who grow up getting their nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, and some forms of cancer. ... I no longer recommend dairy products. ... There was a time when cow’s milk was considered very desirable. But research, along with clinical experience, has forced doctors and nutritionists to rethink this recommendation.” Doctors and concerned parents agree—consuming dairy products is unnatural, and it can make children sick.

Red meat, cow's milk and low-fiber diets increase risk of lymphatic cancer, says new research

2009-07-05T05:13:00.000-07:00

Red meat, cow's milk and low-fiber diets increase risk of lymphatic cancer, says new research

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New research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology shows that diets high in animal protein (red meat), saturated fat, eggs and dairy products (cow's milk) leads to an increased risk of lymphatic cancer (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or NHL). Simultaneously, the study concluded that diets high in plant fiber -- from broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes and other vegetables -- resulted in a 40% decrease in the risk of lymphatic cancer. It's an interesting study, but here's the real story: This study brings new scientific support to some of the dietary suggestions I've been sharing with readers for quite some time. Namely, red meat is bad for you, cow's milk and dairy products are bad for you, saturated animal fat is bad for you, and vegetables and dietary fiber and good for you. I realize that's an oversimplification of the research, but it's also a valid summary of it.

Red meat and cow's milk are unhealthy for human consumption for several reasons, most notably because cows are raised in an extremely unhealthy environment by the ranching industry. They're pumped full of illegal hormones, they are actually fed chicken litter and ground up diseased animals as part of their daily meals, and they are raised on feed that's typically laced with heavy metals (cadmium and lead) as well as pesticide residues. When you eat beef, you're eating all this, second-hand style. The cow ate it first, stored it in its tissues, and then you ate it. Many of these chemicals, by the way, tend to concentrate in animal fat tissues, so the juicier your hamburger, the more toxic substances it's likely to contain.
On the dairy side, cow's milk and other dairy products and bad for humans for a much simpler reason: cow's milk is food for baby cows, not for adult human beings. The substance is simply nutritionally imbalanced for humans. It lacks gamma-linolenic acid, it doesn't have much magnesium, and it is very high in difficult-to-digest proteins, among other problems. Baby cows do very well with it, but human beings don't.

This study is simply highlighting the results of consuming these unhealthy animal products on a regular basis. And you can bet that lymphatic cancer is just the tip of the iceberg here: the same foods probably also contribute to colon cancer, nerve disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. It all adds up to yet one more reason to consider avoiding red meat entirely. Even if you don't go vegetarian, you can replace all your red meat with chicken or turkey (that's what I do when I feel the need to eat meat). Or, at the very least, greatly limit your consumption of red meat. For dairy products, I highly recommend you try the 30-day "no dairy diet," meaning that you avoid all dairy products for 30 days and see how you feel. Most people notice a tremendous difference in their energy, their digestion, and they typically see a strong improvement in sinus conditions or asthma. You see, milk tends to aggravate all these problems, and sadly, many people haven't lived a single day without consuming cow's milk. Try 30 days, dairy free, and see how you feel. If you feel better, quit milk for good. I wouldn't touch cow's milk, personally.

For those of you worried about getting calcium in a dairy-free diet, don't believe the milk industry hype. There are far better choices for dietary calcium. One cup of cooked quinoa (a supergrain) has more calcium than a cup of milk. A cup of broccoli juice does, too. You can get calcium from coral calcium supplements or from superfoods like chlorella and spirulina. If you're concerned about not getting enough protein in your diet without red meat, just look to the same foods: quinoa is very high in protein, and it's a complete protein, too (all eight amino acids). Spirulina has twelve times the digestible protein of beef, ounce per ounce, making it a far superior source of protein than cow flesh. Whey protein, even though derived from dairy, is also a good choice because it is isolated from the other problems typical of dairy products.
Reality check: I'm a strength trainer. I've put on maybe 10 pounds of solid muscle mass in the past year without touching a single piece of red meat. I get all my protein from spirulina, quinoa and soy products, with a piece of chicken or seafood from time to time. You don't need beef to get protein, and you sure don't need milk to get calcium. And, of course, if you avoid red meat and dairy products, you will also reduce your risk of lymphatic cancer.

ARTI develops a novel biogas plant

2009-07-04T06:52:00.000-07:00

ARTI develops a novel biogas plant

Though remembered for its success in converting sugar-cane leaf trash and similar organic waste into charcoal briquettes, Dr Arvind Karve's Appropriate Rural Technology Institute [ARTI] in Phaltan near Pune, Maharashtra, is working on many other innovations as well. The charcoal briquette process won it the Ashden Award for 2002. Now here's news of ARTI's 'compact biogas plant'. It is small. It will accept a wide range of farm wastes—not just cow dung—as its input. It will digest them and yield gas in 6 hours.

The following note received from ARTI elaborates it further:

Appropriate Rural Technology Institute [ARTI], has been working on biomass based improved fuels and cooking systems for the last 8 years. ARTI received, in February 2002, the Ashden Award for Renewable Energy, 2002, for developing the technology of making charcoal briquettes from agricultural waste and the Sarai cooker [see note below], which uses these briquettes as fuel.

In January 2003, ARTI received from Shell Foundation, London, a grant of Rs.15 million, for commercialising improved biomass based fuels and cooking systems in India. This work was being conducted till 2002, by the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Government of India, under a government sponsored welfare programme called the National Programme on Improved Cookstoves [NPIC]. This programme was terminated by the Government of India, because it failed to have any impact at all.

Under the Shell funded project, ARTI distributes charcoal briquettes, Sarai cooker and various models of energy efficient cookstoves that were developed under NPIC, through small-scale commercial enterprises based on these technologies. The prices of the fuel and the devices have not been subsidised. The customers have to pay the full price. Under this programme, about 100 artisans have already started small rural enterprises under the guidance of ARTI.

About two years ago, ARTI developed, under the guidance of its President, Dr.A.D.Karve, a compact biogas system, which uses starch or sugar as feedstock. Just one kg of starch or sugar yields the same amount of methane as 40 kg of cattle dung. Whereas cattle dung requires about 40 days to get converted into gas, the starch/sugar based biogas plant delivers the gas in just 6 to 8 hours. Waste starch in the form of rain damaged grain, banana rhizomes, non-edible seeds of various tree species, oilcake of non-edible oilseeds, etc.Êis plentifully available in the rural areas. While the smallest traditional domestic biogas plant has a volume of about 2 cubic meters, the new compact biogas system is just as large as a household refrigerator.

This invention was publicised by Dr. Karve under the title "The Blue Flame Revolution". Papers based on this concept were also presented by him in international seminars held in October 2003 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and in January 2004 in Seattle, U.S.A. A short note on this technology was also published in the premier scientific journal "Science".

The smoke and soot generated by traditional cookstoves using traditional fuels like stalks of cotton or pigeonpea, maize cobs, dung cakes, etc. cause indoor air pollution in rural households. Because the improved fuels and improved cookstoves mitigate this problem, the United States Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA] had already accorded the status of a partner organisation to ARTI under its programme called "Partnership for Clean Indoor Air". Under the same programme, the USEPA has sanctioned to ARTI a grant amounting to about Rs. 6 million, for standardising and commercialising the compact biogas technology. The project, having a duration of two years, would be conducted under the leadership of Dr. A.D.Karve.

For those that may not know what a Sarai cooker is, here is a note on it by Dr Karve himself:

Sarai is a stainless steam cooker. It is a non-pressurised vessel, into which you put about 150 ml of water and then lower into it, a wire cage, which carries three cook-pots, one on top of another. The steam pot has a lid which is kept closed while the food is being cooked. The heat is provided by a charcoal burner, designed to hold just 100 g of charcoal or a single honeycomb briquette of 100 g. After the coal has caught fire, the pot assembly containing the food to be cooked is placed on the stove.
A hollow cylinder, also made of stainless steel, encloses the entire assembly. The surrounding annular gap is just 5 mm. Flue gases generated by the charcoal escape through this gap. In this way, the pot is heated on all sides, instead of just from the bottom. The boiling and evaporation test showed the efficiency of this gadget to be 70%. Beans, rice and vegetables for a family of 4 to 5 are cooked with just 100 g of charcoal briquettes. It takes between 45 minutes to an hour to cook the meal. At present we are advocating it for food that needs to be steamed or boiled. We have not attempted roasting or frying

Cow cure-alls rush off Indian shelves

2009-07-02T23:56:00.000-07:00

Cow cure-alls rush off Indian shelves

Alongside life-size posters of Hindu nationalist leaders, Indian political activists can now buy lotions, potions and pills to cure anything from cancer to hysteria to piles - all made from cow urine or dung.

A new goratna (cow products) stall at the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) souvenir shop is rapidly outselling dry political tracts, badges, flags and saffron-and-green plastic wall clocks with the face of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. "You won't believe how quickly some of the products sold out," Manoj Kumar, who runs the souvenir shop along with his brother, Sanjeev, said. "The constipation medicine is a hot seller." But the biggest seller is a "multi-utility pill" that claims to cure anything from diabetes to piles to "ladies' diseases". "It's a miraculous cure" the container declares. A month's supply costs a little over $US1. Another cure for all is Sanjivani Ark, a liquid medicine that battles cancer, hysteria and irregular periods among other things.

In addition to medicines, the goratna products range from cow dung toothpaste, to detergents, a skin-whitening cream, baldness and obesity cures, soap and a cow urine "antiseptic aftershave". BJP spokesman Siddarth Singh says the stall aims to promote village industry, one of the biggest employers in India. "If you go back in the history of India, this belongs to our culture," he said. "There's no commercial value to us. Village industry in this country needs to be promoted."

The use of cow products in India is centuries old. The five key products - butter, milk, curd, urine and dung - are collectively known as panchgavya and are an important part of ayurvedic medicine. The cow is worshipped by Hindus, who make up some 82 per cent of India's population. Cow slaughter is banned in most parts of the country. The goratna products, made by a cooperative in the northern "cow-belt" state of Uttar Pradesh, are rapidly gaining in popularity. "Once they use it, they are coming back and they are bringing their friends and their family and their neighbours back with them," Mr Kumar said. Mr Singh already uses the detergent and is thinking of experimenting further. "I'm tempted to try something for the hair - let's hope," he grins, running his fingers through his thinning crop.

Soy equal to cow's milk for babies, says study

2009-07-01T05:56:00.000-07:00

Soy equal to cow's milk for babies, says study

The results of a new study show no difference in the long-term health effects of soy infant formula and those based on cow's milk, the researchers claim.

The study, led by Dr Brian L. Strom from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, did not compare infant formula to breast milk, which is now well established as the healthiest food for babies. But it is thought to be the largest controlled study ever into the long-term effects of soy versus cow's milk formulas.

The findings are reported in today's Journal of the American Medical Association.

The researchers studied 811 adults aged 20 to 34 who had participated in controlled feeding studies between 1965 and 1978. One group of 248 had been fed soy formula during infancy (age 9 days to 16 weeks); the other group of 563 had been fed cow's milk formula.

A range of 30 measures included participants' current health, height, weight, and details of menstrual and reproductive history.

The one difference they found was that women in the soy formula group had slightly longer periods and greater discomfort, although there was no difference in the severity of menstrual flow.

"The prolongation of menstrual bleeding was small and was not accompanied by heavier bleeding," write the authors.

There is good evidence that breast milk has positive long-term health effects. It lowers the risk of adult diseases such as diabetes, asthma, and obesity.

However, some mothers are unable to breast feed, and some infants are intolerant to cow's milk.

Soy milk is one alternative, but there has been concern that its high levels of phyto-oestrogens may affect the delicate, hormone-directed process of infant development. Phyto-oestrogens are plant chemicals which act like weaker versions of the hormone estrogen. They are found in many fruits, vegetables, dried beans, peas, and whole grains.

While numerous studies suggest that eating phyto-oestrogens during adulthood can protect against a range of diseases, there has been little research on the long-term effects of consumption during infancy.

The new finding that soy during infancy is correlated with a change in menstrual patterns underlines the possibility that it may have some physiological effect. It is unknown, however, whether this has any clinical effect on health, say the researchers.

"This is the first study of its kind and as such is very important," commented pediatrician Dr Pat Tuohy, who advises the New Zealand Ministry of Health on feeding soy to infants.

Dr Tuohy said there have been some suggestions that children fed soy formula might develop thyroid problems, but previous studies had been small or limited to case reports.

Parents who had fed their children soy and were concerned by such reports should feel reassured by the JAMA study, he said.

Nevertheless, he emphasized that soy formulas should still only be considered for babies with special medical conditions. The Australian College of Pediatrics also supports this policy.

The JAMA study was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and a grant from the Infant Formula Council. Some of the researchers disclose that they have received funding for research or speaking engagements from Nestle and Mead Johnson Nutritional.

Cattle, the Research Catalyst

2009-06-29T05:51:00.000-07:00

Cattle, the Research Catalyst
MUMBAI, India -- In most Indian towns, foreigners are perplexed by the sight of listless cows walking aimlessly in the middle of the road. Passing locals touch the animal's hind reverently and send a quiet prayer. But the supreme sacred status of the cow has not just given it the license to jaywalk, which every Indian has anyway. The cow may also be the most researched animal in India.
Fundamentalist Hindu organizations like the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS, and the Vishva Hindu Parishad, or VHP, which have been accused in Indian courts of inciting riots, murder and destruction of mosques and churches, are probing deep into their beloved cow to claim that it is a very special animal. Bhanwarlal Kothari, a senior member of the RSS, said, "Our tests have shown that distemper made out of cow dung and spread over walls and roofs can block nuclear radiation." According to Kothari, mainstream physics researchers conducted the tests in the north Indian town of Jaipur and even asked India's premier nuclear research agency, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, to test their claims and endorse the finding. Sailen Ghosh, a senior scientist at BARC, said he was not aware of any such request.
"It's ridiculous and laughable," said M.V. Ramana, a Bangalore-based nuclear scientist, about the RSS claim. "There are different kinds of nuclear radiation. Alpha and beta radiation can be blocked by very thick walls. It would take considerable thickness for a concrete wall to block gamma radiation. I cannot imagine how a coating of cow dung in whatever form can block nuclear radiation. It does not appear to be a scientific case."
The RSS and VHP say they are funded by donations from fellow Indians, including many of those settled in America and Britain. Exactly how much the organizations muster every year is not revealed in the public domain.
In Nagpur, a town in the province of Maharashtra, VHP volunteer Sunil Mansinghka runs Go-vigyan Anusandhan Kendra, an outfit "devoted to R&D on the role of cows." At four every morning, VHP workers stand with bottles beside their cows, waiting for them to urinate voluntarily so that the workers can collect the waste for future research.
In the past eight years, Mansinghka, who is well-informed but not a qualified researcher, has supervised donations worth $500,000 for research on the curative properties of cow urine and dung. Doctors from both the mainstream and the ancient Indian science of Ayurveda are working on several projects that study the benefits of cow waste. "We believe that cows' urine can cure cancer, renal failure, arthritis and a lot of other ailments," Mansinghka said. "We are working hard to test and prove these claims."
He summoned one of his researchers, an Ayurvedic physician named Bharat Chouragade, to explain the benefits of cow urine. "I don't think cows' urine can cure cancer," Chouragade said. "What it can do is enhance the effects of the modern cures for cancer." That disappointed Mansinghka, who later said of his Ayurvedic physician, "some people are misled by too much learning."
Anil Gupta, an academic and activist who promotes rural innovation, is encouraged by research on cow urine. "Yes, it is true that not just cows' waste but the excretions of several animals have some benefits for humans," he said. "The difference is, psychologically, Indians are less repulsed by cows' waste." Mansinghka bottles and markets distilled cow urine. From many such crude labs across the country come pest repellents, soaps, tablets and shampoos made out of cow urine and dung. "Some of my friends have (debated) ways to use cow dung to wrap surgically removed human body parts and bury them in the ground," he said. "That will save hospitals the expensive process of incinerating such organs." Mansinghka also spoke with great adoration about "the stunning work of professor Madan Mohan Bajaj, who has clearly proved how important cows are."
Professor Bajaj is from the Delhi University's department of physics and astrophysics. He has spent 14 years investigating the effects of animal slaughter on earthquakes, air crashes and other disasters. "The killing of animals causes natural and manmade disasters," Bajaj said. "But, since the cow is so useful to human beings, its slaughter causes exceptional seismic activity. The cries of the animals go down to the earth through Einsteinian pain waves."
Sandip Trivedi, a highly regarded string theorist with the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, said he has never heard of Einsteinian pain waves. "It doesn't exist," he said with a chuckle.
Even though established science has not endorsed the many claims of cows' fans, they continue unmindful. "In the cow there is panacea," VHP's Mansinghka said. "Just overzealousness," Trivedi said. The cows were unavailable for comment

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