I will not do bad to anyone

To sever relationship with this body and the world in other words, to not to accept them as being me, mine and for me is a great observance for all. While fulfilling this observance, understand that this human birth has been bestowed only for realizing journey of life. For perfecting this observance, experience has revealed the three aspect –Discipline of Selfless Action,Discipline of Knowledge and Discipline of kindness. The main observance for one who follows the Discipline of Selfless Action is - Do not understand anyone to be bad, do not desire bad of anyone, and do not do anything bad to anyone. The chief observance for one who follows the path of Knowledge is remain detached from all individuals and objects. The great vow for one who follows the path of kindness is not to accept anyone besides Good as our very own. By fulfilling anyone of these three main observances, man can become such that there remains nothing to be done, nothing to be known, and nothing to be acquired. Main observance is that being a part of understanding himself, the "self" in all beings is free of faults. Therefore no man is bad, entirely, and at all times and for everyone. The faults that you see in him have come in him, they are not naturally present. On seeing these faults that have come, and considering that person as bad, to wanting something bad for him, and doing something bad to him, is entirely improper. The one who understands the other to be bad, who wants bad and does bad, can never serve, whereas, one who follow the above 3 aspects serve someone selflessly is the main thing. By considering someone to be bad, anger, discord, favoritism and other flaws if surely come within, whether the other one is bad or not. By desiring something bad, our sentiments will become bad. Therefore by desiring something bad, bad will certainly happen to the other, and something will surely become bad for us, as well. Therefore one has to observes this great vow, that I will not understand anyone to be bad, I will not desire bad of anyone, and I will not do bad to anyone.
Thank you
One man Journey to stand strong

Che Guevara

Tamil Semmozhi Manadu Theme

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Sorry Friend

Sorry for pushing you away my Friend

Sorry for blaming you for how You felt

Sorry for blaming you for how I felt

Sorry about the time I got upset with you

Sorry for leading you to believe I was something I wasn't

Sorry if I lied

Sorry if I became possessive at times

Sorry if I freaked you out

Sorry for making you feel vulnerable

Sorry if I disturbed you when you were busy

Sorry for coming back when you still were mad

Sorry for loving you to much

Sorry for loving you to little

Sorry for not being more understanding

Sorry if you thought I never cared - truth is I do

Joseph Vissarionovitch Djougachvili

Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates

Humanity does Exist

Two blind persons wanted to drink water at the RagiGudda temple, Bangalore. When they were unable to operate the tap, this mother monkey opened the tap for them, allowed them to drink water, drank some water herself and then closed the tap before leaving the scene.

PS: Do share this pic with your friends. It is proof that humanity does exist - even if we humans have forgotten it ourselves...

Who is clever? Teacher or student?

One Night 4 College Students Were Playing Till Late Night

And Didn't Study For The Test Which Was Scheduled For The Next Day.

In the morning they thought of a plan.

They made themselves look as dirty and weird with grease and dirt.

They then went up to the Dean and said that they had gone out to a wedding last night and on their return the tyre of their car burst and they had to push the car!

all the way back and that they were in no condition to appear for the test.

So the Dean said they can have the re-test after 3 days.

They thanked him and said they will be ready by that time.

On the third day they appeared before the Dean.

The Dean said that as this was a Special Condition Test,

All four were required to sit in seperate classrooms for the test.

They all agreed as they had prepared well in the last 3 days.

The Test consisted of 2 questions with the total of 100 Marks.

Q.1. Your Name........ ......... ........( 2 MARKS )

Q.2. Which tyre burst ?........... ....( 98 MARKS )

a) Front Left

b) Front Right

c) Back Left

d) Back Right .....!!!

CHILDLINE 1098

CHILDLINE stands for a friendly 'didi' or a sympathetic 'bhaiya' who is always there for vulnerable children 24 hours of the day, 365 days of the year. 17 million calls as off Dec. 2009 , 3 million children, 83 cities, 12 years.

Sections, which include:

Street children and youth living alone on the streets

Child labourers working in the unorganised and organized sectors

Domestic help, especially girl domestics

Children affected by physical / sexual / emotional abuse in family, schools or institutions.

Children who need emotional support and guidance

Children of commercial sex workers

Child victims of the flesh trade

Victims of child trafficking

Children abandoned by parents or guardians

Missing children

Run away children

Children who are victims of substance abuse

Differently-abled children

Children in conflict with the law

Children in institutions

Mentally challenged children

HIV/ AIDS infected children

Children affected by conflict and disaster

Child political refugees

Children whose families are in crises

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing?

One day , the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.On their return from their trip , the father asked his son , "How was the trip?"

"It was great , Dad."

"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.

"Oh yeah , " said the son.

"So , tell me , what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered:

"I saw that we have one dog and they had four.

We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.

We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.

Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.

We have servants who serve us , but they serve others.

We buy our food , but they grow theirs.

We have walls around our property to protect us , they have friends to protect them."

The boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added , "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about

what we don't have.

Appreciate every single thing you have!

Please Never Abandon Your Loved 0nes

This is a true story that happened in Japan. In order to renovate the house, someone in Japan breaks open the wall. Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls.When tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard stuck there because a nail from outside hammered into one of its feet. He sees this, feels pity, and at the same time curious, as when he checked the nail, it was nailed 5 years ago when the house was first built !!!

What happened? The lizard has survived in such position for 5 years! In a dark wall partition for 5 years without moving, it is impossible and mind-boggling. Then he wondered how this lizard survived for 5 years! without moving a single step--since its foot was nailed!So he stopped his work and observed the lizard, what it has been doing, and what and how it has been eating. Later, not knowing from where it came, appears another lizard, with food in its mouth.Ah! He was stunned and touched deeply. For the lizard that was stuck by nail, another lizard has been feeding it for the past 5 years... Imagine? it has been doing that untiringly for 5 long years, without giving up hope on its partner. Imagine what a small creature can do that a creature blessed with a brilliant mind can't. Please never abandon your loved ones

Lesson from the Story:

Never Say you are Busy When They Really Need You ... You May Have The Entire World At Your Feet. But You Might Be The Only World To Them.. A Moment of negligence might break the very heart which loves you thru all odds.. Before you say something just remember.. it takes a moment to Break but an entire lifetime to make...

Unconditional Love

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.

"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me."

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.

"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me."

"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."

"There's something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us."

"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live."

"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us."

"Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own."

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don't like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.

-Unknown Author

"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."

"There's something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us."

"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live."

"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us."

"Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own."

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don't like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.

-Unknown Author

Value of a Mother

Human Body can Bear Only Upto 45 Del(Unit) of Pain. But.. At d Time of Giving Birth, a Woman Feels Upto 57 Del of Pain

"This's Similar to 20 Bones getting Fractured, at a Time. 'LOVE UR MOM' till d End of Ur Life"

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Please give suggestions for UID - India's Unique Identity Project

The process to assign a unique identity number to each Indian has been started under the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

It is expected that a unique identification number (UID) that can be verified and authenticated in an online, cost-effective manner, and which is robust enough to eliminate duplicate and fake identities, will help to bring about transformation in the lives of many Indians, who struggle daily to access and rightfully use resources that are available for them. Do you agree?

Now is the time to give suggestions and inputs on how this UID Project can be designed and implemented to be people-friendly, useful and easily doable for

government.

Some examples:

a) what are simple and effective ways to prevent misuse?

b) is biometric identification the most suitable method to adopt in India?

c) how can UID be used to benefit groups such as migrant workers, street children, etc.?

d) should the UID be integrated with other existing I/Cards such as the Pan Card, Voting Card, etc.? How?

e) have you heard of experiences of similar initiatives in other countries, companies, etc.?

f) what are the experiences of NGOs which have been working with groups of all types and sizes, and how such persons could use and benefit from a UID.

Unique Identification Authority of India

email : webadmin-uidai@nic.in

Address:

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Planning Commission, Govt. of India (GoI), 3rd Floor, Tower II, Jeevan Bharati Building,Connaught Circus,New Delhi - 110001

ONE HUNDRED & ONE REASONS TO GO VEGETARIAN

People,Land, Air, Water, Efficiency, Animals and Health

PEOPLE

1. Every year in the UK we feed our livestock enough food to feed 250,000,000 people while in the world 30,000,000 people die of starvation

2. 20 vegetarians can live off the land required by one meat eater

3. Every 3 seconds a child dies of starvation somewhere in the world

4. If Americans reduced their meat consumption by 10% it would free 12,000,000 tons of grain - enough to feed 60,000,000 people (the population of Great Britain)

5. If all Americans became vegetarian, it would free enough grain to feed 600,000,000 people (the population of India)

6. Intensification in animal farming has displaced 1,000,000's of people from their traditional lands - eg. indigenous people in south & central america, native americans in north america & crofters in Great Britain - this is continuing today

7. People displaced from their lands into cities succumb to dietary deficiency, diseases, parasites & opportunistic diseases

8. In third world countries 1 in 10 babies die before their first birthday

9. The UK imports ?46,000,000 worth of grain from third world countries to feed our livestock

10. Due to overgrazing 850,000,000 people live on land threatened by desertification & over 230,000,000 already live on land so severely desertified that they are unable to sustain their existence & face imminent starvation

11. 1,000,000,000 people in the west gorging on meat & dairy leave 1,000,000,000 to waste away & 3,500,000,000 teeter on the brink

LAND

12. If they continue to clear American forests to raise cattle at the present rate, in 50 years there will be none left

13. 1 acre yields 165 lbs of beef or 20,000 lbs of potatoes

14. 8/10 of cultivated land in the UK is used to grow food for animals (14,732,000 hectares)

15. It takes 16lbs of high protein soya to produce 1 lb of beef

16. Since 1945 in the UK we have lost 95% of flower meadows, 50% of ancient woodlands, 40% of heathlands, 50% of wet lands & 224,000 km of hedgerows all due to animal farming

17. Pressure on land due to meat farming leads to soil erosion 6billion tons/year in the USA

18. If everyone went vegetarian upto 90% of land used for animal farming could be taken out of production & used to replant woodlands, leisure activities etc.

19. 25% of Central america's forests have been destroyed for cattle grazing since 1960

20. Between 1966-1983 38% of the Amazon rain forest was destroyed for cattle grazing

21. 90% of cattle ranches established on cleared forest land go bankrupt in less than 8 years as the land becomes barren due to nutrient loss & overgrazing

22. Overgrazing by cattle is destroying the land & increasing desertification, nearly 430 million acres in the USA alone has suffered a 25-50% reduction in yield since first grazed

23. An inch of topsoil takes 200-1000 years to develop - yet in the USA they have lost around 1/3 of their prime topsoil in 200 years (around 7 inches) due to animal farming

24. Land will be lost due to rises in sea level due to global warming due to animal farming

AIR

25. The destruction of the rainforest by cattle farmers is destroying the lungs of the planet & reducing the worlds capacity to replenish our oxygen supply

26. The 1,300,000,000 cattle in the world emit 60,000,000 tons of methane per year (methane is a greenhouse gas & leads to global warming)

27. Burning of forests, grasslands & agricultural waste associated with animal farming releases 50-100,000,000 tons of methane per year

28. Combining these figures, 25% of methane emissions are due to animal farming (not including the billions of sheep, pigs & poultry so the real figure is much higher)

29. Fertilizer used to grow crops to feed to animals releases nitrous oxide - thought to account for 6% of the greenhouse effect

30. Fertilizer, weedkiller & pesticides sprayed on crops enter the atmosphere creating a noxious carcinogenic cocktail

31. CFCs are released into the air from refrigeration units used to store decomposing flesh (meat), milk & butter - CFCs are destroy the ozone layer

32. Ammonia from animal urine also pollutes the atmosphere

33. CO2 is released by burning oil & petrol in lorries, ships, abattoirs, dairies, factories etc. associated with meat & dairy production

34. Emissions from large chemical plants which produce fertilizer, weedkiller & other agricultural chemicals are also poisoning our air

WATER

35. 25 gallons of water to produce 1lb of wheat & 2500 gallons to produce 1lb of meat

36. UK farm animals produce 200,000,000 tonnes of slurry (liquid excrement) every year, the majority of which ends up in our rivers

37. Bloody waste water from abattoirs ends up in our rivers

38. In the USA every second humans produce 12,000 lbs of effluent while farmed animals produce 250,000 lbs

39. Nitrates & pesticides used on crops grown to feed livestock end up in our rivers

40. Meat & dairy farming uses 70 litres of water per day per animal in the UK or 159,250,000,000 litres per year in total

41. The water used to produce 10 lbs of steak is equivalent to the average consumption of water for an entire household for an entire year

42. Depletion of groundwater reserves to grow crops for animals & to supply abattoirs will lead to greater water shortages

43. Aquafers (stores of underground water) in the San Joaquin valley in the USA are being drained at the rate of 500,000,000,000 gallons/year to produce meat

44. 18% of all agricultural land in the world is irrigated & as global warming increases (partly due to animal farming) it will cost $200,000,000 to keep these systems going

45. The water used to produce a 1000 lb beef steer is enough to float a Destroyer battleship

46. The liquid waste from the various parts of the meat & dairy industry flow into the rivers & from there into the seas polluting them & encouraging huge algal blooms to grow

EFFICIENCY

47. To produce 1calorie of energy from meat takes 60 calories of petrol, whereas growing grains & legumes to directly feed people produces 20 calories for each calorie of fuel used ( thats 1200 times more efficient)

48. Meat & dairy farming uses billions of gallons of oil to run tractors, fuel ships & lorries (to move animal feed & animals), pump billions of gallons of water to irrigate fields & run slaughterhouses, power refrigeration units to prevent the corpses from decomposing & to power sewage plants to clean up some of the pollution produced

49. Cattle convert only 6% of their energy intake (mainly grains & soya) into flesh, the remaining 94% is wasted as heat, movement (which is why they keep many animals in very close confinement), hair, bones, faeces etc

50. 1lb of beef takes 1 gallon of petrol to produce

51. A family of four eating beef for a year uses enough petrol to run a car for 6 months (obviously depending on how far you drive!)

52. If the full ecological cost of meat was passed onto the consumer - the price would be quadrupled (at least)

53. The EC spends ?100,000,000's to subsidise animal production resulting in lakes of unwanted milk & mountains of unwanted meat & butter. This money could be better spent encouraging organic fruit, vegetable & grain production

54. In the USA in 1979 145,000,000 tons of crops were fed to cattle resulting in only 21million tons of animal bodies - the cost of the wasted crops was $20,000,000,000

55. Between 1950 & 1985 grain production in Europe & the USA increased massively but 2/3 was fed to animals

56. 70% of all grain is fed to animals

57. Eating vast quantities of animal flesh, eggs, milk & butter is a luxury that most of the planet can not afford

ANIMALS

58. Fishing with drift (and other modern) nets weakens & destroys ecosystems by indiscriminately killing billions of sea creatures & disrupting the sea bed

59. Fishermen's nets kill 10 times as many other animals as the fish they are hoping to catch

60. Fish caught in nets die an agonising slow death of suffocation

61. Each year 15,000,000,000 land animals are slaughtered for food & an unknown but much larger number of sea creatures (including 1000's of dolphins caught accidentally)

62. Chickens are crammed into battery cages with upto 3 other birds, they are unable to even spread their wings & many can not even stand up

63. Unwanted male chicks (because they can't lay eggs) are gassed or pulped while their sisters go to the battery sheds

64. Chicks are debeaked without anaesthetic to prevent them injuring each other in the unnaturally confined conditions they are kept in - this is equivalent to having your fingernails pulled out without anaesthetic

65. Modern farming methods using growth hormones & artificial lighting mean that many chickens out grow their bones, resulting in fractured & broken legs

66. Sows are kept tethered in stalls 1.3 x 1 metre on concrete or slatted floors - they can not even turn around

67. Poultry raised for meat are kept in windowless broiler sheds, with around 20-30,000 in each shed, they live in an area of 10-20 cm square - fighting due to overcrowding is common & like battery hens they commonly suffer from supperating bed sores

68. Broilersheds are artificially lit 23 hours a day to produce rapid growth

69. Animals travel between farms & to slaughter in overcrowded transporters with no food or water - resulting in stress, injuries & deaths - legal requirements are widely ignored

70. 95% of poultry suffer injuries before being killed & 30% suffer broken bones

71. Problems with stunning practices mean that many animals have their throats slit while still conscious (around 6% of cattle or 200,000 per year) & are then dipped in tanks of scalding water (to loosen feathers, bristles etc.) again while fully conscious

72. 4000 animals die spurting their blood out every minute in a British slaughterhouse

73. Calf leather comes from animals killed at just 2 weeks old

74. Cows were fed on the ground up remains of other cows & sheep - the result is thought to be BSE (mad cow disease) in the USA cattle are fed partly on recycled plastic pellets

75. Cows only give milk for 10 months after they have a calf - so they are routinely artificially inseminated (ie. mechanically raped) to keep them pregnant & milking - their calves are taken away (usually at 12 hours old) for meat or export to veal crates

76. Cows would naturally live upto 20 years but are slaughtered after 5-7 years when their milk production begins to fall

77. In the UK animals are killed by first being stunned with electricity or a captive bolt gun (ie. a bolt is fired into their heads) before having their throats slit & being plunged into boiling water - all this happens on a production line with the animals being hung upside down from a moving conveyor belt - this is factory farming

78. "Animals are those unfortunate slaves & victims of the most brutal part of mankind" - John Stewart Mill (philosopher)

79. Veal calves are confined in stalls in the dark, unable to move & are fed on pigs blood , chocolate & dried milk (we are drinking the rich fresh milk of their mothers)

80. Cows naturally produce 5 litres of milk per day for their calves - under the intensified systems of modern farming they produce 25-40 litres per day - resulting in swollen & inflamed udders - at this rate they are soon worn out

81. Large areas of land are under monoculture to grow crops to feed to animals - these areas are wildlife deserts supporting fewer & fewer species.

HEALTH

82. Vegetarians have a 20% lower rate of mortality from all causes (ie. they live longer & don't get sick as often)

83. Meat is full of traces of antibiotics, hormones, toxins produced by stress & pesticide residues that become concentrated from all the crops they have eaten

84. Fish contain heavy metals & other pollutants -many of which originated on farms

85. The world health organisation recommends a diet low in saturated fat, sugar, salt & with plenty of fibre - exactly what you get on a vegan/vegetarian diet

86. Farmed animals contain upto 50% saturated fat in their bodies

87. Vegetarians have 24% reduced risk of getting heart disease & Vegans a 57% reduction (heart disease is the biggest killer in the UK accounting for 50% of deaths)

88. Obesity is rare in vegetarians, obesity is related to many diseases

89. Vegans & vegetarians have lower blood pressure & cholesterol levels - high levels are associated with heart disease, strokes & kidney failure

90. Vegetarians have a 50% reduced risk of dying of diabetes

91. Vegetarians have a 40% reduced level of cancer than the general population thought to be because they have a higher intake of vitamins A,C & E

92. Vegetarians have a reduced risk of developing gall & kidney stones

93. 80% of food poisoning is due to infected meat (faeces, bacteria etc.) after all meat is decomposing flesh - most of the rest is due to salmonella in eggs

94. Osteoporosis due to calcium loss from bones is mainly due to the sulphur content in meat & casein protein in milk that cause calcium to be lost in the urine - the countries with the highest meat & dairy consumption are those with the highest levels of brittle bones

95. 50% of people do not have the enzyme to digest milk properly & milk allergy is related to asthma & eczema

96. Meat eaters have double the rate of Alzheimers disease as Vegans & Vegetarians - some people also think that Parkinsons disease is also linked to meat eating

97. Egg yolk is a dense concentration of saturated fat & the white is high in albumin protein associated with leaching calcium into your urine. Butter is 80% saturated fat, cream is 40% saturated fat & cheese is 25-40% saturated fat

98. Meat eaters are two and a half times more likely to get bowel cancer than Vegetarians

99. The cling film used to wrap meat in supermarkets & butchers contains chemicals linked to falling sperm counts in men

100. Chinese people (living mainly on a vegetarian diet) consume 20% more calories than Americans but Americans are 20% fatter

101. Of 2,100,000 deaths in the USA in 1987, 1,500,000 were related to diet (ie. meat & dairy)

AND I COULD GO ON !

If you've read this far, I hope that you are beginning to see that the Meat & Dairy industry is a major contributor to misery on this planet. It is destroying the health of people in rich countries, starving those in poor countries, it is torturing & killing billions of animals every year and in the meantime it is one of the major factors in the destruction of the environment - so what does the meat & dairy industry have to say in it's defence?

Well their only real point is usually "Meat is tasty" - fair enough a lot of people enjoy the taste of meat - but there are plenty of delicious alternatives (just consider the huge range of vegetarian dishes in Indian cooking - one of the oldest & most sophisticated cuisines in the world) and if you really crave meat & dairy, nowadays there are plenty of healthy non animal alternatives - just look in the supermarket & health food shop. So I hope you will agree it's pretty pathetic to consider all the evidence & then say "well I know you're right about the environment & health & the animals - but I just love my meat"