Washington Post and Hinduphobia (quite long but very good article by Rajiv Malhotra on Sulekha.com showing the current state in the field of Indian studies, USA-Indian relationship, stereotypes involved and more)

Vedic Science and Other Scholarly Resources

Free Horoscopes
www.mywebastrologer.com

Indastro.com (Vedic astrology portal)
www.indastro.com

Vedic Astrology scriptures, classics and books online
www.astrojyoti.com/othersashtras.htm

Indian astrology
www.jyotishvani.com

Shyamasundara Dasa ACBSP (Vedic astrologer)
www.ShyamasundaraDasa.com

Back to Home Go Back to Home With Our Free Self-Realization Course (Sankarshan das ACBSP)
www.backtohome.com

Bhakti Ananda Goswami
www.hknet.org.nz/BhaktiAnandaGoswami.html

Bhaktivedanta Institute
www.binstitute.org

Bhaktivedanta Institute (Mumbai, India)
www.bvinst.edu

Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta (Matsyavatar das ACBSP)
www.c-s-b.org

The Hare Krishna Views On Science (Avadhuta Raya das, ISKCON BI, Amsterdam)
www.krishnascience.info

The Holographic Universe: Does Objective Reality Exist? (Western science approaching Vedic paradigm)
www.rense.com/general69/holoff.htm

Nadi astrology experience: Bhrigu Samhita reading (Indradyumna Swami)

Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
ochs.org.uk

Ontario Consultants On Religious Tolerance
www.religioustolerance.org

Subhash Kak
www.ece.lsu.edu/kak/hist.html

Dr Subhash Kak Solves Einstein's Twin Paradox

Vedic astrologer vs. a skeptic (video)

Vedic Mathematicians in Ancient India (part I)
kosal.us/Mathematics/MathPartI.htm

Travel

Country Studies: Area Handbook Series (Library of Congress / Federal Research Division)
memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/

India at about.com
goindia.about.com

Indian Travel Portal
www.indiantravelportal.com

Low-Cost Airlines
www.etn.nl/lcostair.htm

Flylowcostairlines (search engine)
www.flylowcostairlines.org/low-cost-airlines/

Maps of India
www.mapsofindia.com/index.html

Maps (UT Library Online)
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

MASTA - Holiday injections, Health risks abroad, Health information, Travel vaccines
www.masta-travel-health.com

Mayapur Travel Seva (online travel bookings for India)
www.mayapurtravel.in

Ratha yatra, Jagannatha Puri, India
rathjatra.nic.in

Rec.Travel Library
www.travel-library.com

Spiritual Guides: India Travel Guide, Temples and Holy Places
naturalnirvana.com/India/India.htm

Srivaishnava Divya Desam 108
web.archive.org/web/20091026234426/http://geocities.com/divyadesam108/

Templenet.com
www.templenet.com

US State Department - Travel Warnings Consular Information Sheets
travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html

Health

Appleton, WI, high schools and organic diet (pdf)
www.feingold.org/Research/BLUE/Page-09-wisconsin.pdf

Aspartame (E 951) dangers
dorway.com

Secrets of Vedic Arts / Ayurveda (Dhanvantari Dham, Vrindavan, Dr. Narottama Gupta, Dr. Liladhar Gupta)
www.secretsof.com/content/1313

Bakterie a viry nejsou iniciátory nemocí!
news.branyvnimani.cz/?article_id=9167

Baking soda - a cheap, ecological, multipurpose stuff (cleaning, washing, eating, curing - even cancer, etc.)
www.dogpile.com/dogpile_other/ws/results/Web/baking%20soda/1/417/TopNavigation/Relevance/

Baking Soda and Maple Syrup Cancer Treatment
www.alkalizeforhealth.net/Lbakingsoda.htm

Léèení rakoviny javorovým sirupem a jedlou sodou, zkušenosti
www.stesticko.cz/casopis/leceni/leceni-rakoviny-javorovym-sirupem-a-jedlou-sodou/

Odkyselení
www.volny.cz/lekarnik/Lekarna/Nemoc/Odkyseleni.htm

jak na nemoci.pdf
marrydon.webovastranka.cz/file/?fileid=7002

Pøírodní léèba
janoch.borec.cz/p_lecba.html

Vitamin C intravenous Cancer Cure
www.voxy.co.nz/national/common-sense-dairy-farmers-saves-life-family-member/5/59486

Body Mind and Modem - Ki Exercises (aikido-based)
www.bodymindandmodem.com/KiEx/KiEx.html

Cat's Claw, Uncaria tomentosa, Vilcacora (herb curing many serious diseases)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat's_claw

Charaka samhita - devanagari
www.onlineyoga.in/free-yoga-books/cat_view/52-samhita.html?start=5

Coconut - Cocos Nucifera - Health benefits of Virgin Coconut Oil
www.coconut-info.com

Curing Depression with Spirituality (Sri Nandanandana Das)
www.dandavats.com/?p=2633

The Dangers of Shampoo
bostonpaul.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/the-dangers-of-shampoo/

Desktop Yoga (prevention and healing of RSI and Carpal tunnel syndrome - help your hurting hands)
www.mydailyyoga.com/yogaindex.html

"Dharma-cakra" cultivation system
www.falundafa.org

Eli Lilly former director admits Big Pharma crimes (with YouTube video)
utopia.sk/liferay/c/journal/view_article_content?groupId=16892&articleId=34078&version=1.0

Essiac Information Page About All Aspects of Essiac (anti-cancer herbal tea)
theherbs.info/

Budwig Diet for treating cancer with alternative approaches
www.cancure.org/budwig_diet.htm

Flax Oil As a True Aid Against Arthritis Heart Infarction Cancer and Other Diseases, by Johanna Budwig (book)
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0969527217/vedavedasandv-20

ZÁZRAÈNÝ LEN - návrat ke zdraví a pohodì (dr. Johannna Budwig)
www.mwm.cz/CD/c97.htm

FoodMatters
www.foodmatters.tv/

Goji/Wolfberry (Lycium barbarum)
www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lycium+barbarum

Healing mudras
www.crystallotus.com/Mudras/Index.htm

HIV & AIDS - VirusMyth AIDS HomePage
www.virusmyth.com/aids/

Ibogaine (herbal cure for various drug addictions)
www.ibogaine.co.uk/

Dom's Kefir in-site
users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html

Real Kefir grains database
www.torontoadvisors.com/Kefir/kefir-list.php

Grapefruit Seed Extract (natural antibiotics against bacteria, virii, fungi and parasites)
dreamhawk.com/health-and-healing/grapefruit-seed-extract/

The Healing Music Organization
www.healingmusic.org/default.asp

Holistic Medicine
www.holisticmed.com/index.shtml

JWLabs (Rife's Frequency Instrument, electromedicine)
www.jwlabs.com

Royal Rife site
www.rife.org

Rife Information Forum, Europe
www.rife.de/

Konopi je lek
www.konopijelek.cz

Útìk pøed lékem (Run from the Cure) video
www.mefeedia.com/watch/25235488

Medline Database
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

Nachlazeni (komentar o me ajurvedske lecbe)
www.vitalia.cz/katalog/nemoci/nachlazeni/

Sitopaladi Churna (Ayurvedic anti-cough cure)
sitopaladi.com

Tulasi Devi Cures Devotee's Cancer
news.iskcon.com/node/3464

Turmeric: Ayurvedic Applications
www.turmeric.co.in/turmeric_ayurvedic_use.htm

Vitamins & Nutritional Supplements By Ingredient
www.onelifeusa.com/Ingredients/Ingredients-Directory.htm

Vegetarianism

101 Reasons to go Vegetarian
www.energygrid.com/animals/veg101.html

Animal Ingredients List (PETA)
www.peta.org/living/vegetarian-living/animal-ingredient-guide.aspx

PETA TV: Alec Baldwin Narrates Revised "Meet Your Meat"

The Criminalization of Raw Milk: A Mennonite Farmer is Hauled Away

Earthlings (movie)

Eggless cakes - recipes
www.eggless.com/test5/index.shtml

Foods with and without genetically engineered ingredients - a printable list, 2009
truefoodnow.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/web_new-ge-booklet.pdf

Geneticky nemanipulovane potraviny - pruvodce spotrebitele
www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/czech/assets/graphics/pruvodce-gmo-2.pdf

historie Greenpeace (Patrick Moore v Praze)

How Eating Red Meat Can Spur Cancer Progression: New Mechanism Identified
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081113181428.htm

Høbitov na talíøi - Jan Š astný (kniha)
www.realita.tv/cs/hrbitov-na-taliri

McSpotlight
web.archive.org/web/20090612235433/http://www.mcspotlight.org/issues/

The Meatrix 1, 2 (requires Flash)
www.themeatrix.com

Meet Your Meat
www.meat.org/index-1.asp?c=MYMblogadsc0107

All about milk (Priyavarata das, FFL Global)
www.ffl.org/pure-foodism/why-vegan/dairy/

ISKCON and the use of Milk - My Personal View Point (Priyavarata das, FFL Global)
web.archive.org/web/20070607144640/http://www.ffl.org/ffl_pf_iskcon_milk.php

Vìdecky potvrzeno: lidský imunitní systém považuje maso za cizorodou látku!
www.celostnimedicina.cz/vedecky-potvrzeno-lidsky-imunitni-system-povazuje-maso-za-cizorodou-latku.htm

Kurma das (cook, Australia)
www.kurma.net

Murder of the bull (picture serial)
www.artstudios.de/murder/

Netestovanonazviratech.cz - seznam znaèek
www.netestovanonazviratech.cz/seznam-znacek-s-hcs-hhps-dostupnych-v-cr.htm

Popelnice Evropy (ÈR)

The Simple Living Forum

Stop eating Meat - and heal our Planet! petition

Supersize Me (movie)

Vegetarian Cheese List by Brand
web.archive.org/web/20080214082546/http://cheese.joyousliving.com/CheeseListBrand.aspx

Vegetarian Starter Kit (PETA)
www.peta.org/vsk/

Vegetarianism and Beyond
turn.to/vegetarianism

Non English ISKCON sites

ISKCON Czech Republic
www.harekrsna.cz/cvs/

Govinda restaurants in Czech Republic
www.govinda.cz

Krsnuv dvur - ISKCON farm in Czech Republic
www.krisnuvdvur.cz/index.php

ISKCON Brno, CZ
www.prabhupadbhavan.cz/

Sastra Dana (project for donating Srila Prabhupada's books)
www.sastradana.cz

Govinda restaurant, Milano, Italy
www.krsna.it/govinda/

Henrik Nilsson (swedish)
hem.passagen.se/mrmagoo/nyfiken

ISEV- Primera Biblioteca Internet
de Literatura Vedica en Espanol
www.vrindavan.org/isev/

ISKCON Poland
forum.vrinda.net.pl/

ISKCON Sweden (Goteborg)
www.harekrishnagoteborg.com

Radio Krishna Centrale Italy (with list of several other radio and TV stations)
www.radiokrishna.com

Radio Krishna Centrale Italy - spiritual ringtones MIDI
www.radiokrishna.com/rkc_archive_new/index.php?q=f&f=%2FRingtones

Links to Vaishnava sites
www.vegetarian-restaurants.net/WebSites/HareKrishna.htm

Other Encyclopedias etc.

Search 8 Encyclopedias at once
www.search.com/search?channel=19&cat=63

Wikipedia (editable encyclopedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Catholic Encyclopedia
www.newadvent.org/cathen

Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org

Indian Epics Encyclopedia (from Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology, Western academic paradigm)
www.mythfolklore.net/india/encyclopedia/index.htm

Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology (original scan)
www.archive.org/download/aclassicaldictio00dowsuoft/aclassicaldictio00dowsuoft.pdf

Jewish Encyclopedia
www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp

LookLex (formerly LexicOrient - Middle East & North Africa)
looklex.com

Puranic Encyclopedia (Vettam Mani, various formats)
www.archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft

Muslim (Shiite) Encyclopedia
www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/query.asp

Encyclopedia Mythica
pantheon.org

Encyclopedias - Religion and Spirituality
www.about.com/religion

Assorted Encyclopedias
hinduwebsite.com/general/encyclopedia.asp

Evaluation of information sources
www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/evaln/evaln.htm

Gurukuli dictionary
youth.rupa.com/gdc/getFile/kuli-dictionary?fileID=68

Gurukuli recognition help
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119418038078638&v=wall#!/group.php?gid=119418038078638&v=info

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We have made sense enjoyment, the highest priority today!!!

Posted by dinesh

In the lower stages of human civilization, there is always competition to lord it over the material nature or, in other words, there is a continuous rivalry to satisfy the senses. Driven by such consciousness, man turns to religion. He thus performs pious activities or religious functions in order to gain something material. But if such material gains are obtainable in other ways, then so-called religion is neglected. This is the situation in modern civilization. Man is thriving economically, so at present he is not very interested in religion. Churches, mosques or temples are now practically vacant. Men are more interested in factories, shops, and cinemas than in religious places which were erected by their forefathers. This practically proves that religion is performed for some economic gains. Economic gains are needed for sense gratification. Often when one is baffled in the pursuit of sense gratification, he takes to salvation and tries to become one with the Supreme Lord. Consequently, all these states are simply different types of sense gratification

SB-1.1.2 Purport by Srila Prabhupada

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Women and wealth are very difficult problems for the devotee making progress on the path back to Godhead

Posted by dinesh

One cannot enter into the kingdom of God unless one is perfectly cleared of all sins. The material sins are products of our desires to lord it over material nature. It is very difficult to get rid of such desires. Women and wealth are very difficult problems for the devotee making progress on the path back to Godhead. Many stalwarts in the devotional line fell victim to these allurements and thus retreated from the path of liberation. But when one is helped by the Lord Himself, the whole process becomes as easy as anything by the divine grace of the Lord.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.2.17

Purport by Srila Prabhupada

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The Lord is more anxious to take us back into His kingdom than we can desire

Posted by dinesh

The Lord is reciprocally respondent to His devotees. When He sees that a devotee is completely sincere in getting admittance to the transcendental service of the Lord and has thus become eager to hear about Him, the Lord acts from within the devotee in such a way that the devotee may easily go back to Him. The Lord is more anxious to take us back into His kingdom than we can desire. Most of us do not desire at all to go back to Godhead. Only a very few men want to go back to Godhead. But anyone who desires to go back to Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa helps in all respects.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.2.17

Purport by Srila Prabhupada

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Looking for Love?

Posted by dinesh

Been looking for Love since aeons, but six men headed by the
chief,lust were always in guise of Love.These six men are very good
friends among themselves.Giving shelter to one of these
men(anger,madness,pride,greed,envy) will drag the rest as well to ruin
you. Now I am only,
Endeavoring to turn to listen to my Friend who always comes with me
wherever I go. I have disregarded Him from time immemorial not knowing
Him as my real well wisher,the Lover,the friend,the ability of the
able.
I did not know what is good for me. Even if I were told,I headed in a
direction in madness,that was not for my own good.
Had I been sincere enough to go back to Him,I would not have been here
by now in the midst of people who are killing themselves&others as
well.
He always made arrangements to take me back but I am stubborn of
enjoying the senses&remained in the worldly existence for countless
lives.
The momentum of the past habits are still in place.Only if You desire,
You can give me the ability to tolerate and become sincere in my
endeavors in serving You, O husband of the Goddess of fortune! This is
the prayer of this unfortunate being who is pretending to be in
Service of You!
Everyone in this world is looking for Love! But now it is contaminated
by the modes of passion,ignorance. Everyone from ant to Lord Brahma in
this Universe is bewildered by these modes.
Devotional Service to Krishna only revives the lost Love for
Krishna&all the living entities.

--
Yours
Dinesh

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The Supreme Lord is Supremely Conscious! (knows/feels all of our pleasure/pain)

Posted by dinesh

The chief engineer of a complicated construction does not personally take part in the construction, but he knows every nook and corner because everything is done under his direction. He knows everything about the construction, both directly and indirectly. Similarly, the Personality of Godhead, who is the supreme engineer of this cosmic creation, knows every nook and corner, although affairs are being carried out by demigods. Beginning from Brahmā down to the insignificant ant, no one is independent in the material creation. The hand of the Lord is seen everywhere. All material elements as well as all spiritual sparks emanate from Him only. And whatever is created in this material world is but the interaction of two energies, the material and the spiritual, which emanate from the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Krsna.
SB-1.1.1 Purport by Srila Prabhupada

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Srimad Bhagavatam answers all questions!!!

Posted by dinesh

It is natural that a philosophical mind wants to know about the origin of the creation. At night he sees the stars in the sky, and he naturally speculates about their inhabitants. Such inquiries are natural for man because man has a developed consciousness which is higher than that of the animals. The author of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam gives a direct answer to such inquiries. He says that the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the origin of all creations. He is not only the creator of the universe, but the destroyer as well. The manifested cosmic nature is created at a certain period by the will of the Lord. It is maintained for some time, and then it is annihilated by His will. Therefore, the supreme will is behind all cosmic activities. Of course, there are atheists of various categories who do not believe in a creator, but that is due to a poor fund of knowledge. The modern scientist, for example, has created space satellites, and by some arrangement or other, these satellites are thrown into outer space to fly for some time at the control of the scientist who is far away. Similarly, all the universes with innumerable stars and planets are controlled by the intelligence of the Personality of Godhead.
SB-1.1.1 Purport by Srila Prabhupada

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KKSblog.com - Without chanting there is no life

Posted by dinesh

Without chanting there is no life

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:56 PM PDT

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2005)

The cleansing of the heart has to be done through chanting Hare Krishna. That is our immediate connection to Krishna and it gives life…it is the life of all transcendental knowledge. Without the chanting there is no more life! The chanting gives new life to transcendental knowledge. This is the mercy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who teaches us that this chanting of Hare Krishna gives new life! So we should chant day and night…twenty four hours a day! That's the solution!

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Time alone is awake when all others are asleep

Posted by dinesh

Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.
-Chanakya Niti Shastra 6.7

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people. With the exception of you [the Pandavas], all the soldiers here on both sides will be slain.

Although Arjuna knew that Krishna was his friend and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he was puzzled by the various forms exhibited by Krishna. Therefore he asked further about the actual mission of this devastating force. It is written in the Vedas that the Supreme Truth destroys everything, even the brahmanas. As stated in the Katha Upanishad (1.2.25),

yasya brahma ca kshatram ca

ubhe bhavata odanah

mrityur yasyopasecanam

ka ittha veda yatra sah

Eventually all the brahmanas, kshatriyas and everyone else are devoured like a meal by the Supreme. This form of the Supreme Lord is the all-devouring giant, and here Krishna presents Himself in that form of all-devouring time. Except for a few Pandavas, everyone who was present on that battlefield would be devoured by Him. Arjuna was not in favor of the fight, and he thought it was better not to fight; then there would be no frustration. In reply, the Lord is saying that even if he did not fight, every one of them would be destroyed, for that was His plan. If Arjuna stopped fighting, they would die in another way. Death could not be checked, even if he did not fight. In fact, they were already dead. Time is destruction, and all manifestations are to be vanquished by the desire of the Supreme Lord. That is the law of nature.

Bhagavad-gita As It Is 11.32

Yours
Dinesh

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Even one's intellect;functions as per the providence!!

Posted by dinesh

As is the desire of Providence, so functions one's intellect; one's activities are also controlled by Providence; and by the will of Providence one is surrounded by helpers-Chanakya Niti Shastra - 6.6

Thats why we see that Ajamila even though a learned brahmana who knows the abominable actions, who can very well discriminate things falls for it. Our material desires or the vasanas from our previous lives are so strong that we never know when they will drown us. We'll never even be able to understand why we feel or desire abominable things. So we should always take shelter of the holy names of the Lord and the devotees of the Lord by all means and at all times.

I am wondering about this so much. Material Nature is working so perfectly under the supervision of the Supreme Lord. It's so subtle and intricate to understand as well.
--
Yours
Dinesh

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Wise men?

Posted by dinesh

Wise men spend their mornings in discussing gambling, the afternoon discussing the activities of women, and the night hearing about the activities of theft. (The first item above refers to the gambling of King Yudhisthira, the great devotee of Krsna. The second item refers to the glorious deeds of mother Sita, the consort of Lord Ramachandra. The third item hints at the adorable childhood pastimes of Sri Krsna who stole butter from the elderly cowherd ladies of Gokula. Hence Chanakya Pandita advises wise persons to spend the morning absorbed in Mahabharata, the afternoon studying Ramayana, and the evening devotedly hearing the Srimad-Bhagvatam.)
-Chanakya Pandit Niti Shastra 9.11
--
Yours
Dinesh

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Sleeplessness!

Posted by dinesh

Vidura said: Sleeplessness overtakes thief, a lustful person, him that has lost all his wealth, him that has failed to achieve success, and him also that is weak and has been attacked by a strong person. I hope, O king, that none of these grave calamities have overtaken thee. I hope, thou dost not grieve, coveting the wealth of others.(Vidura addresses to Dhritarashtra)

From The Mahabharata
Udyoga Parva, sections XXXIII to XLI
Translated by Sri Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Unabridged

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These, the learned have said, lengthen life.

Posted by dinesh

Humility, love of all creatures, and respect for friends, - these, the learned have said, lengthen life.

--
Yours
Dinesh

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Why is it said in the vedas, that men live for 100 years, but is not so in reality?

Posted by dinesh

Dhritarashtra said: Man has been spoken of in all the Vedas as having hundred years for the period of his life. For what reason then, do not all men attain the allotted period?

Vidura said: Excess of pride, excess in speech, excess in eating, anger, the desire of enjoyment, and intestine dissensions, - these, O king, are six sharp swords that cut off the period of life allotted to creatures. It is these, which kill men, and not death. Knowing this, blessed be thou

--
Yours
Dinesh

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Speech

Posted by dinesh

Speech

To control speech, O king, is said to be most difficult. It is not easy to hold a long conversation uttering words full of meaning and delightful to the hearers. Well-spoken speech is productive of many beneficial results; and ill-spoken speech, O king, is the cause of evil. A forest pierced by arrows, or cut down by hatchets may again grow, but one's heart wounded and censured by ill-spoken words never recovers. Weapons such as arrows, bullets and bearded darts, can be easily extracted from the body, but a wordy dagger plunged deep into the heart is incapable of being taken out. Wordy arrows are shot from the mouth. Smitten by them one grieves day and night. A learned man should not discharge such arrows, for do they not touch the very vitals of others?

from Vidura Niti
--
Yours
Dinesh

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