HINDUISM- DOCTRINE AND PEACE

G.M.Subhasree Iyer

Hinduism: Origin and Essence:

In these days of technical civilization, life is full of stress and strain. A state of indefiniteness and indecision prevails and is patent all through the turmoils of modern life. Only one thing that is evident in our activities is ‘speed’. But when we settle down for a moment to think calmly, what we need is Rest, which is true and quiet rest- ‘Shanthi’. This Shanthi is the message of Hinduism, the message of the Vedas, Upanishads and the message that was preached and practiced by many eminent men. It may be rather difficult to reconcile ourselves to this idea of peace in the bewildering conditions of the modern times. It may be difficult to conceive that this idea of peace is to help one towards God-realization. But in reality it’s not so. This can be illustrated with an example, suppose a navigator is voyaging on the seas, and in the midst of his voyage, he finds himself engulfed by a cyclone. The intelligent navigator steers to the centre of the cyclone and discovers Rest and safety there.  In the same way, the centre of our cyclonic life may be found in our spirit. This is the simple conception to start with! (Mm. Professor Kuppuswami Sastri Birth Centenary Commemoration Volume 1)

Of all the several faiths originating in India, Hinduism is generally acknowledged to be the oldest religion known to mankind. Hinduism is practiced primarily by its adherents over 700 million. The Hindu trinity of Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu form the triumvirate, who oversee the entire cosmos and its inhabitants. Hinduism is not strictly a religion and is primarily based on dharma, the code of life. Hinduism claims no founder and calls itself a revealed religion based on the eternal path or ancient wisdom (Patanjali Yoga Sutras –book I).

Hinduism is called the ‘Sanathana Dharma’ or ‘Perennial duty’ or ‘Eternal Universal Religion’.

Hinduism, which is the oldest of the world religions, had its origin in India, and is practiced by the majority of its people. The name originally has a geographical establishment. The Persians who invaded India through the north-western passes of the Himalayas, named the region watered by the Indus as Sindhu; and the word ‘Hindu’ is only a corrupt form of ‘Sindhu’. The faith of the people of the Indus-land is regarded as Hinduism. Eventually, the word Sindhu has a twofold basis of both Persian and Hinduism in it. Hinduism is thus a geographical term. It does not define the Hindu religion alone, but simply pinpoints the region from which western cultures have got in touch with it. Hinduism does not owe its origin to any historical personage. There is no date and founder to regard as the beginning or as to who began Hinduism.

Hindus lay their basis of everything on the Brahman, the eternal, beginning less, unmodified basis of all. Human life for a Hindu is based on four pillars of Hindu thought namely Karma (action), Janma (birth), >Dharma (righteousness, right conduct) and Brahman (the unmodified basis of all). Karma causes Janma. Janma occurs for the purposes of pursuing Dharma. The pursuit of >Dharma through Karma, eventually leads to the realization of Brahman. The main focus and attempt of Hinduism is to make an individual conscious about life, world, and God. If one becomes conscious about himself, he is aware of all the worldly pleasures which just exist for a short period of time, eventually leading to redemption in one’s life. It advocates the truth and the way of truth so that one can get peace and happiness. In fact, Hinduism can be called a way of life and living.

By examining the core teachings of Hinduism, Peace is considered as the greatest yearning of the Hindus. Ceremonies in Hinduism are entirely based on a number of mantras and in the end of each mantra, Hindus  pronounce ‘Om Santih, Shantih, Shantih (Peace, Peace, Peace) which is to say and mean, peace be to men, to the forces of nature and to the entire universe.

Various books in Hinduism preaches about internal peace (inner tranquility) and external peace (which is attained through meditation and other relaxation techniques)

Peace in Hinduism:

In Sanskrit, the word for violence is ‘Himsa’, which is causing injury or harm to others. The alphabet “a” placed before the word, negates it. Thus assuming, ‘Ahimsa’ is abstaining oneself from causing any type of harm to others, wheth

Need a limousine service? What are the essentials that you need to look into while engaging one? All that depends on the type of service each and every customer needs, among other aspects like safety, vehicles, service etc.

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Ever wondered about why a Limousine Service is so concerned about the dress code for their drivers? Well, it is because it shows the discipline and the professionalism of the service providers.

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You can’t go anywhere without seeing someone talking on a cell phone, this is why cell phone marketing is turning out to be an utter success. In comparison to the amount of people that use the internet, somewhere around 1. 5 billion people there are over 4. 5 billion people that avidly use a cell phone.

There is a lot of potential to earn a great income from engaging in a form of cell phone marketing. Google has actually implemented this course of marketing as part of their system as well. They have started their own mobile number search to make it easier for anyone who is interested in cell phone marketing to have the first cornerstone laid out in front of them in order to commence in the task.

Internet marketers are taking the idea of cell phone marketing and allow it to catapult their careers to new levels. However, you will need a list of certain skills in order to succeed in this new course of action. Remember that people who use their cell phones are usually in a hurry, so you need to ensure that your marketing techniques do not go unnoticed.

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This marketing technique is the newest thing to hit the internet marketing world. It is a brand new way to draw in clients from many different aspects of life. Anyone who is not using this new marketing strategy does not realize how much money they are missing out on.

The Internet has been a ratherfaceless environment, but not any more. You can use video to reach customers and overcome their scepticism abouit buying online.

Successful marketing is all about establishing a relationship; and that is so much easier when they can see and hear you. You may be very comfortable online, but some people are still sceptical about doing business with you over the Internet and you need to persuade them to trust you before they will buy from you.

These are my top 12 direct marketing principles you can use to make sure your Internet marketing really works for you:

1 History.

People want to know you are not going to disappear overnight so if you’ve been in business for any length of time then this will add credibility to you and your offers.

2 Statistics.

Use genuine statistics to give you more credibility by listing number of customers served, money saved, profits made, and so on.

3 Testimonials

I can’t overestimate the importance of these so get them from your Customers and Clients saying how you and/or your products have helped them. Get experts in your market to validate and endorse your products and services and if appropriate get celebrities who you either ‘rent’ for your marketing, feature at your events or use by association.

4 Demonstrations.

With the use of online video and ‘how To’ DVDs it is very ease to show a demonstration of your product both on and offline. You can even demo an ebook by printing it out and talking through what it contains live on screen. Camtasia is free software that lets you make a screen capture video where you can demonstrate your website talking though the sales letter or giving a demo of how easy it is to download your ebook. If you are in a market that isn’t really familiar with online buying this works really well.

What better proof that your product or service works than by showing an example of before and after. Many markets and products lend themselves to this treatment and it is very effective.

In our own business we use video to show how to confirm emails when signing up to our email lists, when demonstrating how to use our Membership site and examples of results in a number of our ebook markets.

5 Credentials.

What credentials do you have in your market? They don’t have to be academic, but can awards, accomplishments, membership to organisations that are relevant to your market. Both I and Neil Travers my business partner are CIPD qualified which is a training qualification we attained while working at the Bank.

This is ‘proof’ of our ability to run workshops that are designed to aid the learning and intake and retaining of information by attendees and gives us increased credibility in their eyes.

6 Publicity.

Reprints of articles about you in the press, or your articles being published in the media that lend weight to your credibility as the expert or authority in your market are highly valuable to you. Show your market that you are in demand, and have status as an expert.

7 Celebrity Spokesperson.

To be used with caution. It can be effective but can also backfire when the market remembers the celebrity and the advert, but not what it was advertising.

8 Guarantee.

If you can’t guarantee the product you’re selling then find something else to sell that you can guarantee. Nothing gives more reassurance to prospects than a genuine, good guarantee.

9 Accessibility.

On your website have your full contact detail if possible as this will give a big boost to your potential customer confidence in you and your company. Using just an email contact is the worst and an email, phone and address the best.

Never give a PO Box as your address as it immediately makes people suspicious.

10 The Personal Touch.

Being visible in the business to your customers is a confidence booster for them. Make it personal so you are a real individual, anecdotes about you and your business, pictures and videos all make your customer more comfortable as if they have already met you.

11 Make A Damaging Admission.

No matter how good your product is it will have a disadvantage somewhere. Admit it up front and honestly comment on this fact.

Answer Questions and objections up front and when a customer asks them via email or the phone. People can call our office throughout the week and email at any time with questions and that makes them feel safe to buy from us.

12 Excess.

Use a combination of as many of the exam

Although part of the fun of having an iPhone is being able to play your favorite music from >Dharma Talks MP3 files, you do have to keep yourself safe withy iPhone music downloads. Cyber criminals target music downloads in order to break into your electronics and get a hold of your personal data. They also can send you really annoying adware – although you don’t get your identity stolen, you do have to waste time and battery power dealing with constant advertisements.

What Not To Do

You definitely should never click on a link for iPhone music downloads from an unsolicited email, unsolicited fax or from a pop-up ad. This is one of the favorite ways cyber criminals load spyware onto your iPhone and then your computer. They set up what are called Trojan horses (after the one in the Greek myth). Like the magical wooden horse that actually houses Greek soldiers, a modern day Trojan horse is a data file like free iPhone music downloads that hide spyware.

You also never want to download iPhone music downloads from anyone sending them to you when you are on a peer to peer (P2P) network like Usenet. Although the instant communication is neat, there is a distinct lack of security to P2P networks. This is why cyber criminals love to hang out on P2P networks – they can’t be detected. Even if your friend sends you free iPhone music downloads, delete the files immediately, and then delete your Delete files.

What You Should Do

Although it sounds like a drag, the only completely safe way of getting iPhone music downloads is to pay Apple iTunes for them. There are a few other legitimate low cost >Dharma Talks MP3 services such as Rhapsody and Napster. You need to download their software and sometimes a monthly fee in order to get access to thousands of iPhone music downloads from all kinds of music categories. These places often come with a free trial so you can see if your computer and iPhone get along with the service.

Or, you can just buy the CDs of your favorite artists and make >Dharma Talks MP3 files yourself. That’s one of the safest ways to build up a music library. And if your iPhone crashes or breaks, then you don’t have to loose your entire music library, too. Buying CDs also helps supports your favorite artists, who really don’t see much money for their hard work. Not unless they have a deal with iTunes, that is.