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Thank you very much for the Sundar Aawaaj No. 103 and 104.
Hari Om,
Sadhak Pariwar.
Very happy indeed to receive SA103 &104 with
Happy New Year of Nepal Sambat 1125. The poem, views, morals, quotes and jokes are
refreshing and delightful to our mind. I find the morals expressed by SSS are
worth contemplating and emulating. Similarly the special moral value of special
love between brother and sister is very well appropriate for the occasion of Bhaitika. The selfless love is the most valuable essence of
human life. Views and quotes provide good food for our thoughts.
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4. View/s:
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personality gets more comments and burdens.
5. Moral/s:
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Prince of Monkeys (Carefulness) Once upon a time there was
a cruel monkey king who ruled in the A certain wife of the monkey king was pregnant. Just in case the unborn one was a son, she wanted to protect him from the cruel policy of her husband. So she ran away to a forest at the foot of a distant mountain. There she soon gave birth to a bright little baby boy monkey. Before long this baby grew up to be big and strong. One day he asked his mother, "Where is my father?" She told him, "He is king of a band of monkeys living at the foot of a far-off mountain. That makes you a prince!" The prince of monkeys said, "Kindly take me to my father." His mother said, "No my son, I am afraid to do so. Your father bites all his sons in order to weaken them for life. He is afraid one of his sons will replace him as king." The prince said, "Don't be afraid for me, mother. I can take care of myself." This gave her confidence, so she agreed and took him to his father. When the cruel old king saw his strong young son, he thought. "I have no doubt that when this my son grows stronger he will steal my kingdom from me. Therefore I must kill him while I still can! I will hug him, pretending it is out of love for him. But really I will squeeze him to death!" The king welcomed his son, saying, "Ah, my long lost son! Where have you been all this time? I have missed you dearly." Then he took him in his arms and hugged him. He kept squeezing harder and harder, trying to squeeze the life out of him! But the prince of monkeys was as strong as an elephant. He hugged his father right back. He squeezed him tighter and tighter, until he could feel the old king's rib bones starting to crack! After this terrible greeting, the monkey king was even more terrified that one day his son would kill him. He thought, "Nearby there is a pond possessed by a water demon. It would be easy to get him to eat my son. Then my problems would be over!" The monkey king said, "Oh my dear son, now is the perfect time for you to come home. For I am old and I would like to hand over my band of monkeys to you. But I need flowers for the coronation ceremony. Go to the nearby pond and bring back two kinds of white water lilies, three kinds of blue water lilies and five types of lotuses." The prince of monkeys said, "Yes my father, I will go and get them." When he arrived at the pond, he saw that there were many kinds of water lilies and lotuses growing all over it. But instead of jumping right in and picking them, he investigated carefully. He walked slowly along the bank. He noticed there were footprints going into the pond, but none coming out! After considering, he realised this was a sure sign the pond was possessed by a water demon. He also realised his father must have sent him there to be killed. He investigated further, until he found a narrow part of the pond. There, with great effort, he was able to jump from one side clear across to the other. In the midst of his leap he reached down and picked flowers, without actually getting into the water. Then he jumped back again, picking more flowers. He continued jumping back and forth, collecting lots of flowers. Suddenly the water demon stuck his head up above the water. He exclaimed, "In all the time I've lived here I have never seen anyone, man or beast, as wise as this monkey! He has picked all the flowers he wanted, without ever coming within the grasp of my power, here in my kingdom of water." Then the ferocious demon made a path for himself through the water and came up onto the bank. He said, "My lord, king of monkeys, there are three qualities that make a person unbeatable by his enemies. It appears that you have all three - skill, courage and wisdom. You must be truly invincible! Tell me, mighty one, why have you collected all those flowers?" The prince of monkeys replied, "My father wants to make me king in his place. He sent me to gather these flowers for the coronation ceremony." The water demon said, "You are too noble to be burdened by carrying these flowers. Let me carry them for you." He picked up all the flowers and followed him. From a distance, the monkey king saw the water demon carrying the flowers and following the prince. He thought, "I sent him to get flowers, thinking he would be eaten by the demon. But instead he has made the water demon his servant. I am lost!" The monkey king was afraid all his unwholesome deeds had caught up with him. He went into a sudden panic, which caused his heart to break into seven pieces. Of course this killed him on the spot! The monkey band voted to make the strong young prince the new king. The moral is: It pays to be careful. Source: www.buddhanet.net/ |
6. Quote/s:
"It is
through woman that order is maintained. Then why call her
inferior from whom all great ones are born."
- Guru Nanak
Reason has always
existed, but not always in a reasonable form.
- Karl Marx
7. Satire/s or
Joke/s:
The Canoe
A Frenchman, an Englishman, and an
American were captured by a fierce tribe in
we've caught you, we're going to kill you and then use your skins to build a
canoe. The good news is that you get to choose how you die."
The Frenchman says, "I take ze poison." The
chief gives him some poison, the Frenchman says, "Vive la
The Englishman says, "A pistol for me, please." The chief gives him a
pistol, he points it at his head, says, "God save the queen!" and
blows his brains out.
The American says, "Gimme a fork." The
chief is puzzled, but he shrugs and gives him a fork. The American takes the
fork and starts jabbing
himself all over -- the stomach, the sides, the chest, everywhere. There's
blood gushing out all over, it's horrible. The chief is appalled, and screams,
"What are you doing???"
The American looks at the chief and laughs, "So much for your canoe, asshole."
Source: http://members.aol.com/WES425/ with
some modification
8. Breaking News:
MSNBC
NEWS NOV 17
• Inflation worries weigh on Wall Street
Wall Street closed Tuesday with a modest loss, as
investors took a breather from three weeks of gains for stock prices following
a government report that suggested inflation pressures might be creeping back
into the
• Hypersonic plane breaks speed record
NASA launched an unmanned experimental jet over the
• NBC's Robinson: Pedro should stay put
NBC's Robinson: Free agent pitcher's wisest move would be
to remain with Red Sox
• Brawl, stabbing at Vibe awards
Top-selling rapper Young Buck was being sought by police
Tuesday for allegedly stabbing a man who punched hip-hop legend Dr. Dre at the Vibe awards.
• New therapy improves breast cancer treatment
Doctors are using a new procedure to treat breast cancer
patients. The approach involves a device called a particle accelerator that is
used to deliver a huge dose of radiation - right in the operating room.
MSNBC
NEWS NOV 16
• NASA delays hypersonic test flight
An electronic glitch forced NASA to postpone Monday's
scheduled launch of its record-setting X-43A hypersonic plane.
• Brawl, stabbing at Vibe awards
A fight broke out near the stage at the Vibe awards
ceremony as rapper Snoop Dogg and producer Quincy
Jones were preparing to honor Dr. Dre., and one
person was stabbed, authorities and witnesses said.
• Looking for a pet sitter or dog walker?
For many pet owners, tired of imposing on their friends or
wracked by guilt after leaving their animals behind at a kennel, hiring a pet
sitter offers the perfect solution.
MSNBC
NEWS Nov 15
• Yahoo doubles limits on e-mail storage
Yahoo Inc. is more than doubling its limits on free e-mail
storage in order to battle two of its biggest rivals, Google
and Microsoft.
• Scoop: Britney a poet? Don't you know it!
Britney Spears, fresh off her honeymoon with new hubby
Kevin Federline, has written a poem to commemorate
the epic event.
MSNBC
NEWS NOV 12
• Arafat mourned at funeral in Cairo
Yasser Arafat's funeral began Friday morning with prayers for the
Palestinian leader after his coffin, draped in the Palestinian flag, was
carried into an Egyptian mosque.
• Mars rovers get ready to move on
Space.com: NASA's Mars rover
• Borges: The NFC doesn't deserve a Super Bowl slot
Borges: AFC far better than its lightweight counterpart at
midseason
• Who will win 'The Apprentice'?
Here's an unscientific breakdown of who really has a shot
of hearing those two perfect words: "You're hired." By Andy Dehnart
MSNBC
NEWS NOV 11
• Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
dead
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
died Thursday in a French hospital at age 75.
• LeBron leads Cavs to team-record rally
James scores 38 points, 17 in fourth quarter
during 114-109 overtime victory, Suns' first loss of year on Wednesday.
• Scoop: Viewers stone 'Alexander'
"Alexander" doesn't open until November 24, but
director Oliver Stone quietly screened it to some audiences this week - and the
early reaction seems to be a big thumbs down.
• Is it really never too late to have a baby?
Despite what 57-year-old mom Aleta
St. James might say, it is not the case that it's never too late to have a baby
and that you are never too old to parent, says bioethicist
Arthur Caplan.
9. Recall/s:
Dreams:
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(Sapana)
10. Note/s:
Why do snakes stick out
their tongues?
Snakes don't sting or use
their forked tongues as weapons. The tongues are perfectly harmless.
A snake sticks out its
tongue to collect data for its Jacobson's Organ, an organ strategically located
in front of the roof of the snake's mouth that functions as a chemical
receptor. Each and every time the snake flicks out its forked tongue, it snares
chemical particles in the air, which latch onto, or dissolve in, the moisture
of the snake's tongue. Once the snake reels in its tongue, it inserts the tips
of the forked tongue into the two awaiting openings of the Jacobson's organ
where the particles, especially those of animal body odors, are identified,
analyzed, and acted upon.
For the male snake, the
tongue is both a sensory organ, and a sensual organ. The tongue plays a vital
role in snake courtship and reproduction, as the male snake's jerking body
motions and rapidly flicking tongue either charm the
female snake, or render her unresponsive. In either instance, by sticking out
their tongues, snakes ensure the survival of the species.
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