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So many teachers who teach via YouTube use Telegram for providing support to students. Is this not even known to policy makers?

One of the heart-wrenching devotional cry of Utapladeva, from Śivastotravalī: "प्रसीद भगवन् येन त्वत्पदे पतितं सदा । मनो मे तत्तदास्वाद्य क्षीवेदिव गलेदिव ॥ प्रहर्षाद्वाथ शोकाद्वा यदि कुङ्याद्धटादपि । बाह्यादथान्तराद्भावात्प्रकटीभव मे प्रभो ॥" "O Lord, be pleased! so that I always remain fallen at Your feet, and my mind melts away by the taste (of various mystical states). Whether in great joy or sorrow, whether in a wall or in a pot, whether outside or inside, O Lord, reveal Yourself." Notice what he does not ask for. He does not ask Śiva to remove his suffering. He does not ask for mystical powers. He does not even ask for liberation. He asks only one thing: "Reveal Yourself." In joy—reveal Yourself. In sorrow—reveal Yourself. In the sacred—reveal Yourself. In the ordinary wall and the ordinary pot—reveal Yourself. Within me—reveal Yourself. Outside me—reveal Yourself. This is the essence of Tantra, not escaping the world, but recognising Śiva in everything. Utpaladeva, as a great philosopher, argues with extraordinary precision, but as a devotee, he weeps like us for the Lord Śiva: प्रकटीभव मे प्रभो — "Manifest Yourself to me, O Lord." Jai Ma Ram!

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Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others. Gerald Jampolsky

In the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata, Bhishma explains the mechanics of governance to Yudhishthira: कालो वा कारणं राजो राजा वा कालकारणम्। इति ते संशयो मा भूद् राजा कालस्य कारणम्॥ "Is it the time that makes the king/the king that makes the time? Have no doubt: the king is the cause of the times." The leader's choices shape the era, but the state of the society dictates the limits of execution. Ancient Indian wisdom dictates that governance is a symbiotic wheel. We cannot eliminate systemic social evils like food adulteration/exam cheating/cleanliness through top-down policing alone if parts of the civic fabric itself are willing to engage in them. True development requires the simultaneous evolution of Dharma (civic duty) within the populace & Danda (state enforcement) from above.

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यतो भगीरथो राजा ततो गङ्गायशस्विनी ॥ जगाम सरितां श्रेष्ठा सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी । - वाल्मीकिरामायणम्, बालकाण्डम्, ४३.३३[२]-३४[१] Wherever King Bhagiratha went, there the illustrious Ganga followed. She, the foremost among all rivers, purifies and destroys all sins.

Today is Ganga Dashahara (गङ्गा दशहरा), the day of avatarana of Maa Ganga. गगनाच्छङ्करशिरस्ततो धरणिमाश्रिता ॥ व्यसर्पत जलं तत्र तीव्रशब्दपुरस्कृतम् । - वाल्मीकिरामायणम्, बालकाण्डम्, ४३.१५[२]-१६[१] From the sky to the head of Shankara (Shiva) and from there reaching down to Earth; the water (Ganga) flowed forward and spread out with a thunderous, roaring sound.

We’re searching for permanent satisfaction with an impermanent mind in an impermanent world.

Yes, they did. Can't you guys click on the CBSE site to see if the link is there or not? @TimesNow cbse.gov.in/cbsenew/cbse.htm…

उत्सवे व्यसने चैव दुर्भिक्षे राष्ट्रविप्लवे । राजद्वारे श्मशाने च यस्तिष्ठति स बान्धवः ॥ - हितोपदेशः, मित्रलाभः, ७३ One who stands by you during celebrations, in calamity, in famine, in political turmoil, at the royal court (legal matters), and at the cremation ground, that person alone is a true friend/relative.

Vidura on learning and happiness #Mahabharata

आचार्यात् पादमादत्ते पादं शिष्यः स्वमेधया । पादं सब्रह्मचारिभ्यः पादं कालक्रमेण च ॥ ācāryāt pādam ādatte pādaṃ śiṣyaḥ svamedhayā | pādaṃ sabrahmacāribhyaḥ pādaṃ kālakrameṇa ca || A student draws one quarter of knowledge from the teacher, one from their own intellect, one from peers, and the final quarter from time itself.

I know this is clickbait. I do not know whether this is still true. Even if it is not, I would still respect that. If you learn C/CPP you understand a lot of foundational constructs. Serious people would still learn a language that help you optimize at all layers.

Why would CBSE put a QR code linked to a YouTube video on Mathematics Paper of class 12th today? Beyond hilarious! @cbseindia29

What could happen by chanting Bhagavān's names? Here's what Ādi Śaṅkarācārya has to say. He cites a mantra from the Ṛgveda to state that by chanting the names of Bhagavān Viṣṇu, one can attain true knowledge. [Viṣṇusahasranāmabhāṣya 14]

A poem about π, written around 1400 by Mādhava of Saṅgamagrāma (c. 1340–1425), the founder of the Kerala school of Indian mathematics and astronomy, gave one of the best approximations for π at the time.

How to make an apparently artificial stunt routine? Do it 4993 times. #HumorInMathematics

Samashti Gubbi has sung Durandhar in #sanskrit version. Super 🙂👍👌