Swami Vivekananda Titbits

I am always enjoyed myself reading some of swami vivekananda's thoughts.I hope you will find it useful and think about it for a minute.Have a nice day!

To help the suffering world was the gigantic task to which Buddha gave prominence . . . yet he had to spend years in self-searching, to realise the great truth . . . The greater the work, the more must have been the power of realisation behind.

"The Kingdom of Heaven is within you." Where goest thou to seek for the kingdom of God? asks Jesus of Nazareth, when it is there, within you.

Do not believe in a thing because you have read about it in a book.Do not believe in a thing because another man has said it was true.Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition.Find out the truth for yourself.

Great work may have to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Each man who thinks ahead of his time will probably be greatly misunderstood.

Be pure to do good.

In some instances misery is a greater teacher than happiness.

Take care about what you think. Thoughts can travel far

swami vivekananda

True Love

Let’s talk about something interesting, that everyone would love to talk….LOVE
"True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen. " This is the quote I came across when I was surfing the internet today. Is there true love? If there is true love what does it mean anyway? I really cannot say anything about it as I never been in love before. So if there is any of you have seen true love please explain it to me. If you don’t mind leave a comment about what you think about the quote. Have a nice day. Bye.

TAMIL AND TAMILIANS

THIS IS AN ARTICLE THAT I FOUND ONLINE:

Tamil is among the four oldest languages in the world apart from Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit. Epic say that, then founder of the language, Sage Agasthiya came down to Earth to spread this beautiful language, on the request of Lord Shiva. He wrote the first Tamil grammar book Agathiyam. It was the first grammar book written for any language in the world. Unfortunately, no copy of this book is known to exist now. The version written by Agasthiya's disciple, Tholkaapiyar, nearly 5000 years ago, still exists, and is accepted as the oldest grammar book in any language. This book is called Tholkaapiyam, after its author. Thirukkural a tamil book on philosophy and life in general, was written by Thiruvalluvar, a sage and philosopher, about 2000 years ago. It is one of the greatest and most succinct books ever written, by popular and critical opinion. After the Bible, the Thirukkural is the book which has been translated into the most number of languages.
The Tamils can be defined as people, having Tamil as their mother tongue. South India has been homelands of the Tamils, from the beginning of recorded history. The region, roughly covered by the modern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala are identified as ancient tamizakam up to about 10th century AD.
The four southernmost states of India- Tamiz Nadu, KeraLa, Karnataka, and Andra Pradesh- are predominantly linguistically Dravidian, each state carved out on the basis of predominance of the four major Dravidian languages. The Dravidian languages are mother tongues of about a quarter of the Indian population. Though about 80% of the speakers are found within the borders of these four South Indian states, a number of Dravidian languages have been identified in other parts of South Asia. Among the tribal languages of Central India, almost extending to the borders of Bengal, distinct from the Austro-Asiatic family of languages, many Dravidian languages have been identified. The northern reaches of this family have been located in isolated settlements in Nepal and Pakistan. The Brahui speakers are found in the hills of Baluchistan, almost on the borders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. So, the Dravidian family of languages is a South Asian family of languages in one sense. About 22 languages are classified as belonging to the Dravidian family and on linguisic criteria, sub-division as North, Central and South Dravidian are made.
Tamils alone number about 60 million people. Some evidence exists for Tamil influence , and strong Tamil presence in Sri Lanka, from about the 10th century. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Tamils migrated to some British colonies in search of employment and thus there are substantial Tamil populations in Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, Fiji and South Africa. After the World War II, a movement of Tamil professionals to UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand is proceeding continuously. Due to the recent civil war type situation in Sri Lanka, many thousands of Tamils migrated and live in about 20 countries, with large numbers in Canada, Germany, France, and Switzerland. Within the Nordic countries, Norway and Denmark have more Tamils than Sweden.

SOURCE:KALANJIYAM

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Why men are happier than women?

This is an article I found in newspaper two days ago.I hope you will enjoy this as much as I did.....

1. they let wedding plans take care themselves
2. the can become next US president
3. they can never get pregnant
4. they can wear a white T-shirt or no shirt,to a water park
5. they don't need to stop and find out how to turn a nut on a bolt
6. they think wrinkles add character
7. they rent tuxedo for $100 but a woman buys a wedding dress for $5000
8. they are fine with the occasional well rendered belch
9. new shoes don't cut,blister or mangle their feet
10. they can open their own jars
11. they get extra credit for slightest act of thoughtfulness
12. they cannot see wrinkles in their clothes
13. everything on their face stays its original colour
14. the same hairstyle lasts for years or decades
15. their belly usually hides their big hips
16. they have one wallet and one pair of shoes in one colour for all seasons
17. they can "do"their nails with pocket knife
18. they can grow moustache anytime

God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted

When I Asked God for Strength

He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face

When I Asked God for Brain & Brown

He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve

When I Asked God for Happiness

He Showed Me Some Unhappy People

When I Asked God for Wealth

He Showed Me How to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Favors

He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Peace

He Showed Me How to Help Others

God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted

He Gave Me Everything I Needed

- Swami Vivekananda

Concepts Of beauty

Today I learned about concepts in my cognitive processes and problem solving module.My group decided to do concept of beauty as part of our presentation.I came across some shocking concepts of beauty.Here are some that I found out through online.

African Ndebele women consider long necks beautiful, for every year that a young woman is attractive, she is given a gold ring that is welded onto her neck
African Ndebele women
for more information:
http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_ndebele.html

Overweight women are considered attractive in Mauritania & Nigeriafleshy is considered attractive in Cambodia
mauritania women

It is called Nkuho in the local language -- a process where a [Nigerian] woman in her teens or early twenties is taken to a fat farm and literally force-fed on fatty foods until she reaches a suitable size. " from CNN article at http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/11/18...sworld.nigeria/

Black teeth are considered beautiful in Kalinga province, Vietnamwhere there is a Tooth staining tradition

http://www.inq7.net/reg/2004/mar/03/reg_8-1.htm


When we all these women in our daily life,we would consider them as freaks,weirdo and so on.But in their community they are the most beautiful women.How does a beautiful person supposed to look like?There is no specific answer for this.It's all depends on YOUR point of view.

LIFELESSNESS

Our communication - Wireless

Our business - Cashless

Our telephone - Cordless

Our cooking - Fireless

Our youth - Jobless

Our religion - Creedless

Our food - Fatless

Our faith - Godless

Our labour - Effortless

Our conduct - Worthless

Our relation - Loveless

Our attitude - Careless

Our feelings - Heartless

Our politics - Shameless

Our education - Valueless

Our Follies - Countless

Our arguments - Baseless

Our commitment - Aimless

Our poor - Voiceless

Our life - Meaningless

Finally, Our existence - Useless???

Happiness

we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

what is Love?

When my grandma got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and cut her toenail anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands have arthritis too. That’s love.
Rebecca,8

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.
Billy,4

Love is when a girl puts on her perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.
Karl,5

Love us when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs. Chrissy,6 Love is what makes you smile when you are tired.
Terri,4

Kid Comebacks

This is a joke that I found in newspaper.It's quite funny and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did!

Teacher:Why are you late?
Student:Because of the sign.
Teacher:What sign?
Student:The one that says 'School ahead.Go slow'

Teacher:Why are you doing your maths multiplication on the floor?
Student:You told me to do it without using tables.

Teacher:John how do you spell 'crocodile'?
Student:K-R-O-K-O-D-A-I-L .
Teacher:No,that's wrong.
Student:Maybe it's wrong,but you asked me how I spell it.

Teacher:George,go to map and find North America.
Student:Here it is.
Teacher:Correct.Now class ,who discovered North America?
Class:George.

Teacher:Gerald,name one important thing that we didn't have 10 years ago.
Gerald:Me!

Teacher:Can anyone give me example of coincidence?
Student:My parents got married on the same day and at the same time