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Bharat Darshan – City of Rajahmundry shapes My connection to India and Indian literature

Bengali writers and thinkers had excited the minds of Indians during early 20th century. I belong to Rajahmundry which was a part of State of Madras and had witnessed that Tamils did not really excite Telugu people in the literary or political arena.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama – There is Joy in Emptiness

His Holiness, The 14th Dalai Lama spoke on “Engaging Wisdom and Compassion” on April 19-20, 2008 at Crisler Arena, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The concept of Sunyata, Emptiness or Nothingness: The emptying of the mind and the attainment of an undifferentiated unity is a theme of the ‘Sunyata’ doctrine developed by Acharya Nagarjuna. ‘Sunyata’ …

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Bharat Darshan – A tribute to Rajahmundry’s traditions of Performing Arts

Bharat Darshan – A tribute to Rajahmundry’s traditions of Performing Arts GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE, RAJAHMUNDRY WHERE STUDENTS EXCEL IN PERFORMING ARTS The Traditions of Performing Arts in Rajahmundry Rajahmundry gets credit for being the home for great artists. The first drama in Telugu language was written by Kandukuri Veeresalingam, a native of Rajahmundry. During the few years I spent in …

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Bharat Darshan – Rajahmundry – The Gateway to Traditions and History

Rajahmundry,East Godavari District,Andhra Pradesh, India is my native place. I spent only a few years of my life and yet those few years have connected me to the traditions of India and have inspired a sense of Nationalism. I take pride in the fact that Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu garu is a native of Rajahmundry. He still lives in our collective memories.

Bharat Darshan – The West Meets the East – Meet the White American Brahmin

Olcott dedicated his energies to fraternal understanding and the search for truth. He referred to theosophists as “original searchers after spiritual knowledge”. In his farewell message he expressed the wish ” to impress on all men on earth that ‘there is no religion higher than Truth’ and that in the Brotherhood of Religions lies the peace and progress of humanity.” Indians fondly remember him as the White American Brahmin.

Akshaya Paatra – Discover Bliss from an empty pot

Akshaya Paatra means an inexhaustible vessel; a vessel that could gratify man’s desires. If mind is compared to a pot, when all the desires are removed, when the pot is empty, man discovers true bliss, pure Joy.

“There is Joy in Emptiness”

The Dalai Lama is believed to be a manifestation of Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and the patron saint of Tibet. Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who have postponed their own nirvana and chosen to take rebirth in order to serve humanity. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, was born in 1935 in a …

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Kosovo’s independence – A threat to India

The United Nations Charter enshrines the inviolability of state sovereignty. Mr. Palmer argues that in recognizing Kosovo without a UN Security Council Resolution, the United States and its European allies have weakened two of the fundamental principles of international law: that states are free to determine their internal composition and that their territorial integrity must be respected. Security Council Resolution 1244 placed Kosovo under the UN administration and provided for Kosovo’s autonomy within Serbia. Now, the administrative authority is transferred from the UN sanctioned mission in Kosovo to an EU mission that has no legal mandate in the province. The main problem is that Kosovo’s independence undermines a system of international law. Kosovo’s independence sets the precedent for ethnic enclaves within other sovereign states. As per Mr. Palmer, the dangerous precedent it has created is: the carving off of a sovereign state’s territory in favor of an ethnic and religious minority threatening violence – a model to be replicated elsewhere.

“Man is condemned to be Free”- Is that so?

Nobel Laureate Jean Paul Sartre believes that “Man is condemned to be free.” Is that so???