सत्यमेव जयते नानृतम् सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः । येनाक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्यात्मकामो यत्र तत् सत्यस्य परमं निधानं ॥ ( मुण्डक-उपनिषद 3.1.6)

सत्य की ही विजय होती है, असत्य की नहीं। सत्य से ही वह (देवयान) मार्ग परिपूर्ण है, जिसके द्वारा कामना रहित ऋषिगण, जहां सत्य का श्रेष्ठ भण्डार (परम आनंद) है, उस (परमपद) को प्राप्त करते हैं।

Truth alone triumphs; not falsehood. Through truth the divine path is spread out by which the sages whose desires have been completely fulfilled, reach to where is that supreme treasure of Truth.

बुधवार, 7 नवंबर 2012

माँ गंगाजी की धारा में हमें दर्शन होता है .... सत्य सनातन धर्म का ||

Sanatan Dharma Prachar Samiti shared

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माँ गंगाजी की धारा में हमें दर्शन होता है : 
अनंत की सर्वव्यापकता के स्वीकार का .. 
समुद्र में लीन होकर, धारा के समुद्र बन जाने की घटना का .. 
समान गंतव्य तक जाने वाली धाराओं को अपने में समाहित कर लेने की क्षमता का .. 
असीमता में मिल जाने के सफल प्रयास की लोकहितकारी सार्थकता का .. 
एवं उसे आदर देने वाले कृतज्ञ समाज का। 
माँ गंगाजी की धारा में हमें दर्शन होता है : 
सत्य पर अवलंबित संस्कृति की अविरल बहती शीतलता का .. 
कर्त्तव्य पूर्ति के भगीरथी संकल्प की सिद्धि का .. 
निरंतर प्रवाह की पवित्र महिमा का .. 
मलिनता के त्याग का .. निर्मलता से उपलब्ध परम शान्ति का .. 
श्रद्धा के शिखर का .. विश्वास की गहराईयों का .. आस्था के महाकुम्भ का .. 
कथन का सार यही है कि ...
माँ गंगाजी की धारा में हमें दर्शन होता है - सत्य सनातन धर्म का ... 
-- (लोकेश शुक्ल), सनातन धर्म प्रचार समिति, बुरहानपुर
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बुधवार, 31 अक्टूबर 2012

राधा -श्याम एक ही रूपक ....


मैं पर-ब्रह्म ,जगत हित कारण, माया भरम परो । 
प्रकृति -माया स्वयं तुम्ही, मम अन्तर वास करो। 
एक तत्व गुन, भासें जग दुई , जगमग रूप धरो। 
राधा -श्याम एक ही रूपक ,विलगि न भाव भरो। 
रोम-रोम हर श्वाँस श्वाँस में , राधे! तुम विचरो । 
श्याम; श्याम-श्यामा लीला लखि, जग जीवन सुधरो।
thanks to डा. श्याम गुप्त (http://saahityshyam.blogspot.in/2009/07/blog-post_21.html)
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गुरुवार, 16 अगस्त 2012

Dharma Is Not The Same As Religion

The word "dharma" has multiple meanings depending on the context in which it is used. Monier-Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary lists several, including: conduct, duty, right, justice, virtue, morality, religion, religious merit, good work according to a right or rule, etc. Many other meanings have been suggested, such as law or "torah" (in the Judaic sense), "logos" (Greek), "way" (Christian) and even 'tao" (Chinese). None of these is entirely accurate and none conveys the full force of the term in Sanskrit. Dharma has no equivalent in the Western lexicon.



Dharma has the Sanskrit root dhri, which means "that which upholds" or "that without which nothing can stand" or "that which maintains the stability and harmony of the universe." Dharma encompasses the natural, innate behavior of things, duty, law, ethics, virtue, etc. Every entity in the cosmos has its particular dharma -- from the electron, which has the dharma to move in a certain manner, to the clouds, galaxies, plants, insects, and of course, man. Man's understanding of the dharma of inanimate things is what we now call physics.

British colonialists endeavored to map Indian traditions onto their ideas of religion so as to be able to comprehend and govern their subjects; yet the notion of dharma remained elusive. The common translation into religion is misleading since, to most Westerners, a genuine religion must:

1) be based on a single canon of scripture given by God in a precisely defined historical event;
2) involve worship of the divine who is distinct from ourselves and the cosmos;
3) be governed by some human authority such as the church;
4) consist of formal members;
5) be presided over by an ordained clergyman; and
6) use a standard set of rituals.

But dharma is not limited to a particular creed or specific form of worship. To the Westerner, an "atheistic religion" would be a contradiction in terms, but in Buddhism, Jainism and Carvaka dharma, there is no place for God as conventionally defined. In some Hindu systems the exact status of God is debatable. Nor is there only a single standard deity, and one may worship one's own ishta-devata, or chosen deity.

Dharma provides the principles for the harmonious fulfillment of all aspects of life, namely, the acquisition of wealth and power (artha), fulfillment of desires (kama), and liberation (moksha). Religion, then, is only one subset of dharma's scope.

Religion applies only to human beings and not to the entire cosmos; there is no religion of electrons, monkeys, plants and galaxies, whereas all of them have their dharma even if they carry it out without intention.

Since the essence of humanity is divinity, it is possible for them to know their dharma through direct experience without any external intervention or recourse to history. In Western religions, the central law of the world and its peoples is singular and unified, and revealed and governed from above.

In dharmic traditions, the word a-dharma applies to humans who fail to perform righteously; it does not mean refusal to embrace a given set of propositions as a belief system or disobedience to a set of commandments or canons.

Dharma is also often translated as "law," but to become a law, a set of rules has to be present which must: (i) be promulgated and decreed by an authority that enjoys political sovereignty over a given territory, (ii) be obligatory, (iii) be interpreted, adjudicated and enforced by courts, and (iv) carry penalties when it is breached. No such description of dharma is found within the traditions.

The Roman Emperor Constantine began the system of "canon laws," which were determined and enforced by the Church. The ultimate source of Jewish law is the God of Israel. The Western religions agree that the laws of God must be obeyed just as if they were commandments from a sovereign. It is therefore critical that "false gods" be denounced and defeated, for they might issue illegitimate laws in order to undermine the "true laws." If multiple deities were allowed, then there would be confusion as to which laws were true.

In contrast with this, there is no record of any sovereign promulgating the various dharma-shastras (texts of dharma for society) for any specific territory at any specific time, nor any claim that God revealed such "social laws," or that they should be enforced by a ruler. None of the compilers of the famous texts of social dharma were appointed by kings, served in law enforcement, or had any official capacity in the state machinery. They were more akin to modern academic social theorists than jurists. The famous Yajnavalkya Smriti is introduced in the remote sanctuary of an ascetic. The well-known Manusmriti begins by stating its setting as the humble abode of Manu, who answered questions posed to him in a state of samadhi (higher consciousness). Manu (1.82) tells the sages that every epoch has its own distinct social and behavioral dharma.

Similarly, none of the Vedas and Upanishads was sponsored by a king, court or administrator, or by an institution with the status of a church. In this respect, dharma is closer to the sense of "law" we find in the Hebrew scriptures, where torah, the Hebrew equivalent, is also given in direct spiritual experience. The difference is that Jewish torah quickly became enforced by the institutions of ancient Israel.

The dharma-shastras did not create an enforced practice but recorded existing practices. Many traditional smritis (codified social dharma) were documenting prevailing localized customs of particular communities. An important principle was self-governance by a community from within. The smritis do not claim to prescribe an orthodox view from the pulpit, as it were, and it was not until the 19th century, under British colonial rule, that the smritis were turned into "law" enforced by the state.

The reduction of dharma to concepts such as religion and law has harmful consequences: it places the study of dharma in Western frameworks, moving it away from the authority of its own exemplars. Moreover, it creates the false impression that dharma is similar to Christian ecclesiastical law-making and the related struggles for state power.

The result of equating dharma with religion in India has been disastrous: in the name of secularism, dharma has been subjected to the same limits as Christianity in Europe. A non-religious society may still be ethical without belief in God, but an a-dharmic society loses its ethical compass and falls into corruption and decadence.



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Wisdom from The Vedas. The Quest for Happiness ...

everybody is looking for love and happiness. But we are searching for these things in the material sphere. Will that bring us satisfaction? ...


शनिवार, 11 अगस्त 2012

In whatsoever manner men approach me I respond to them ...


SHUBH JANMASHTAMI ... 
The Lord Says : 
जो भक्त जिस प्रकार मेरी शरण लेते हैं, मैं उन्हें उसी प्रकार आश्रय देता हूँ । 
ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते
 तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम् । 
मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते
 मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥ ४.११ ॥ 
In whatsoever manner men approach me I respond to them and accept them in the same manner.
 Human beings, whichever their favourite god, finally end up in Me since those gods are only different aspects of Me, the Supreme Lord.

 PURPORT(His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)

 All of them--as they surrender unto Me--I reward accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Prtha. 
हे अर्जुन ! जो भक्त मुझे जिस प्रकार भजते हैं, मैं भी उनको उसी प्रकार भजता हूँ; क्योंकि सभी मनुष्य सब प्रकारसे मेरे ही मार्गका अनुसरण करते हैं । 
.... Everyone is searching for SHREE KRISHNA in the different aspects of His manifestations. SHREE KRISHNA is the object of everyone's realization, and thus anyone and everyone is satisfied according to one's desire to have Him.
 In the transcendental world also, SHREE KRISHNA reciprocates with His pure devotees in the transcendental attitude, just as the devotee wants Him.
 One devotee may want SHREE KRISHNA as supreme master, another as his personal friend, another as his son, and still another as his lover. 
SHREE KRISHNA rewards all the devotees equally, according to their different intensities of love for Him. 
 In the material world, the same reciprocation of feelings are there, and they are equally exchanged by the Lord with the different types of worshipers. 
 The pure devotees both here and in the transcendental abode associate with Him in person and are able to render personal service to the Lord and thus derive transcendental bliss in His loving service. 
 As for those who are impersonalists and who want to commit spiritual suicide by annihilating the individual existence of the living entity, SHREE KRISHNA helps also by absorbing them into His effulgence. Such impersonalists do not agree to accept the eternal, blissful Personality of Godhead; consequently they cannot relish the bliss of transcendental personal service to the Lord, having extinguished their individuality. Some of them, who are not situated even in the impersonal existence, return to this material field to exhibit their dormant desires for activities. They are not admitted into the spiritual planets, but they are again given a chance to act on the material planets. For those who are fruitive workers, the Lord awards the desired results of their prescribed duties and those who are yogis seeking mystic powers are awarded such powers. 
 In other words, everyone is dependent for success upon His mercy alone, and all kinds of spiritual processes are but different degrees of success on the same path..... NAND KE AANAND BHAYO ... JAY KANHAIYA LAAL KI

शुक्रवार, 20 जुलाई 2012

the 5 principles and 10 commandments of Hinduism

Lord Shiva Symbolism ....

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There are many which are named as Shivastaka. The one presented here is written by Adi guru Shankaracharya himself and praises the parambrahma Shiva.
तस्मै नम: परमकारणकारणाय , दिप्तोज्ज्वलज्ज्वलित पिङ्गललोचनाय । 
नागेन्द्रहारकृतकुण्डलभूषणाय , ब्रह्मेन्द्रविष्णुवरदाय नम: शिवाय ॥ 1 ॥
Salutation to thee, O Shiva, who is the prime cause of all causes, whose eyes shines bright like fire and whose blessing is sough even by Brahma, Vishnu and Indra.
श्रीमत्प्रसन्नशशिपन्नगभूषणाय , शैलेन्द्रजावदनचुम्बितलोचनाय । 
कैलासमन्दरमहेन्द्रनिकेतनाय , लोकत्रयार्तिहरणाय नम: शिवाय ॥ 2 ॥
I Pray to  thee, O Shiva, who wears the moon and snakes for decoration, who is adored (kissed on his eyes) by Parvati (daughter of Himalaya), who resides on Mount Kailash and Mahendra, and who relieves the universe of its pains and suffering.
पद्मावदातमणिकुण्डलगोवृषाय , कृष्णागरुप्रचुरचन्दनचर्चिताय । 
भस्मानुषक्तविकचोत्पलमल्लिकाय , नीलाब्जकण्ठसदृशाय नम: शिवाय ॥ 3 ॥
Hail to thee, O Shiva, whose gemmed earrings throws bright light, who wears sandal paste and ashes and with lotus and juhi and whose throat resembles blue coloured lotus.
लम्बत्स पिङ्गल जटा मुकुटोत्कटाय , दंष्ट्राकरालविकटोत्कटभैरवाय । 
व्याघ्राजिनाम्बरधराय मनोहराय , त्रिलोकनाथनमिताय नम: शिवाय ॥ 4 ॥
Salutation to thee, O Shiva, whose matted hair and sharp feature gives him a terrible look and at the same time, sitting on a dear skins looks extremely pleasing and who is saluted by the heads of all the universe.
दक्षप्रजापतिमहाखनाशनाय , क्षिप्रं महात्रिपुरदानवघातनाय । 
ब्रह्मोर्जितोर्ध्वगक्रोटिनिकृंतनाय , योगाय योगनमिताय नम: शिवाय ॥ 5 ॥
O Shiva, you dissolved the offerings of King Daksha, you killed the dreaded demon Tripura in no time and it was  you who cut off the fifth head of Brahma when latter grew arrogant. I bow to thee.
संसारसृष्टिघटनापरिवर्तनाय , रक्ष: पिशाचगणसिद्धसमाकुलाय । 
सिद्धोरगग्रहगणेन्द्रनिषेविताय , शार्दूलचर्मवसनाय नम: शिवाय ॥ 6 ॥
O Shiva, you alone are capable of changing the time and events of the universe, you are adored by saints and demons alike and you are served by all beings, celestial bodies and Gods like Indra. O wearer of  Tiger’s Skin, I pray to thee.
भस्माङ्गरागकृतरूपमनोहराय , सौम्यावदातवनमाश्रितमाश्रिताय । 
गौरीकटाक्षनयनार्धनिरीक्षणाय , गोक्षीरधारधवलाय नम: शिवाय ॥ 7 ॥
Bow to thee, O Shiva, who is decorated with ashes, who is devoted to his devotees who meditate in peaceful and calm forest, who is looked upon by goddess Parvati (from the corner of her eyes) and who is white as milk.
आदित्य सोम वरुणानिलसेविताय , यज्ञाग्निहोत्रवरधूमनिकेतनाय । 
ऋक्सामवेदमुनिभि: स्तुतिसंयुताय , गोपाय गोपनमिताय नम: शिवाय ॥ 8 ॥
Hail to thee, O Shiva, who is served by the Sun, the Moon, the water and the air (who control all these elements), who resides in the essence of sacrifices and yagna, who is glorified by the Veda and other sacred books and by saints and wise and who is escorted by Nandi.
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मंगलवार, 17 जुलाई 2012

whoever is an unadulterated devotee of Lord Krishna never perishes or is ever vanquished ...


Here Lord Krishna gives encouragement to Arjuna to boldly declare His statements with certitude that whoever is an unadulterated devotee of Lord Krishna never perishes or is ever vanquished. 
भगवान की प्रतिज्ञा
भगवान की प्रतिज्ञा है कि जो एक बार कह देता है कि मै तुम्हारा हूँ, उसे वे अभय प्रदान कर देते है ! फिर उसे काल से, कर्म से, किसी से भी भय नही लगता !
कौन्तेय प्रति जानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति । 9-31
हे कौन्तेय ! तुम यह निश्चित जान लो की मेरे भक्त का कभी पतन नहीं होता ।
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गुरुवार, 12 जुलाई 2012

Hindutva Principles for Economic development

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सोमवार, 25 जून 2012

The God Says ....


The God Says ....  
यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र
                    सर्वं च मयि पश्यति ।
तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि
                    स च मे न प्रणश्यति ॥
          "For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me." 
Shreemad Bhagwat Geeta 06.30
— with Punit Poddar and 27 others.

मंगलवार, 12 जून 2012

India’s Da Vinci’s Code’ – Whoever cracks it will rule the world!

Hiteshe Kapadia shared a link. .... India’s Da Vinci’s Code’ – Whoever cracks it will rule the world! (Posted by: Ashwa) .... bharatnirman.wordpress.com
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A lot has been said of the recent bestseller the Da Vinci Code and what it’s implications are for Christianity. However, did you know that India has it’s own little known about and little talked about ‘code’ and that whoever cracks this code will not only change the future of the planet but will go onto rule it! 
This article discusses the following: 
  1. The Vimanas, space craft and extraordinary weapons referred to in the Indian History.
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  1. … AND it’s all true – review the evidence for yourself! 
  1. Lost fountain of knowledge 
    – the Indian Emperor Ashoka and the “Secret Society of the Nine Unknown Men”
  1. Talpade: 
    – The story of the Indian Sanskrit Scholar who built and flew a mercury engine aircraft in 1895 (8 years before the Wright Brothers). He built this aircraft from specs in Sanskrit manuscripts thousands of years old.  
  1. Who is benefiting from this knowledge today?
    – So many have already benefited from these texts while the Indians themselves ignore the knowledge which is right under their nose!
  1. Breaking the code. 
    - Whoever can bring together a multidisciplinary team comprising scientists, philosophers and Sanskrit scholars could unlock the knowledge locked away in these documents and change the future of the world.
I am sure you will agree that the facts discussed in this article are very thought provoking. All comments appreciated. 
1. Vimanas, Space craft and extraordinary weapons referred to in the Indian history (not epic)
Ancient Indian texts on Vimanas are so numerous it would take several books to relate what they have to say.
The Ramayana describes a Vimana as a double-deck, circular (cylindrical) aircraft with portholes and a dome. It flew with the speed of the wind and gave forth a melodious sound (a humming noise?).
Sanskrit texts are filled with references to Gods who fought battles in the sky using Vimanas equipped with weapons as deadly as any we can deploy in these more enlightened times. For example, there is a passage in the Ramayana which reads: The Puspaka car that resembles the Sun and belongs to my brother was brought by the powerful Ravan; that aerial and excellent car going everywhere at will…. that car resembling a bright cloud in the sky.
“.. and the King [Rama] got in, and the excellent car at the command of the Raghira, rose up into the higher atmosphere.”
In the Mahabharatra, Asura Maya had a Vimana measuring twelve cubits in circumference, with four strong wheels.
The Ramayana, does have a highly detailed story in it of a trip to the moon in a Vihmana (or “Astra”), and in fact details a battle on the moon with an “Asvin” airship. This is a small bit of evidence of anti-gravity and aerospace technology used by Indians.
The Mahabhrata records the use of other deadly weapons. ‘Indra’s Dart’ operated via a circular ‘reflector’. When switched on, it produced a ‘shaft of light’ which, when focused on any target, immediately ‘consumed it with its power’.
In one particular exchange, Krishna, is pursuing his enemy, Salva, in the sky, when Salva’s Vimana, the Saubha is made invisible in some way. Undeterred, Krishna immediately fires off a special weapon: ‘I quickly laid on an arrow, which killed by seeking out sound’.
Many other terrible weapons are described, quite matter of factly, in the Mahabharata, but the most fearsome of all is the one used against the Vrishis.
The narrative records:
Gurkha flying in his swift and powerful Vimana hurled against the three cities of the Vrishis and Andhakas a single projectile charged with all the power of the Universe. An incandescent column of smoke and fire, as brilliant as ten thousands suns, rose in all its splendor. It was the unknown weapon, the Iron Thunderbolt, a gigantic messenger of death which reduced to ashesthe entire race of the Vrishnis and Andhakas.
The after-affects of this Iron Thunderbolt have an ominously recognizable ring. Apparently, those killed by it were so burnt that their corpses were unidentifiable. The survivors fared little better, as it caused their hair and nails to fall out.

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2. … And its all true!!!
There are Sanskrit documents which describe how to build a Vimana! 
In the Sanskrit Samarangana Sutradhara, it is written: Strong and durable must the body of the Vihmana be made, like a great flying bird of light material. Inside one must put the mercury engine with its iron heating apparatus underneath. By means of the power latent in the mercury which sets the driving whirlwind in motion, a man sitting inside may travel a great distance in the sky. The movements of the Vimana are such that it can vertically ascend, vertically descend, move slanting forwards and backwards. With the help of the machines human beings can fly in the air and heavenly beings can come down to earth.
The ancient Indians wrote entire flight manuals on the control of the various types of Vimanas, many of which are still in existence, and some have even been translated into English.
The Samara Sutradhara is a scientific treatise dealing with every possible angle of air travel in a Vimana. There are 230 stanzas dealing with the construction, take-off, cruising for thousand of miles, normal and forced landings, and even possible collisions with birds. In 1875, the Vaimanika Sastra, a fourth century B.C. text written by Bharadvajy the Wise, using even older texts as his source, was rediscovered in a temple in India.
It dealt with the operation of Vimanas and included information on the steering, precautions for long flights, protection of the airships from storms and lightning and how to switch the drive to “solar energy” from a free energy source which sounds like “anti-gravity.” The Vaimanika Sastra (or Vymaanika-Shaastra) has eight chapters with diagrams, describing three types of aircraft, including apparatuses that could neither catch on fire nor break. It also mentions 31 essential parts of these vehicles and 16 materials from which they are constructed, which absorb light and heat; for which reason they were considered suitable for the construction of Vimanas.
This document has been translated into English and is available by writing the publisher: VYMAANIDASHAASTRA AERONAUTICS by Maharishi Bharadwaaja, translated into English and edited, printed and published by Mr. G. R.Josyer, Mysore, India, 1979. Mr. Josyer is the director of the International Academy of Sanskrit Investigation, located in Mysore. There seems to be no doubt that Vimanas were powered by some sort of “anti-gravity.” Vimanas took off vertically, and were capable of hovering in the sky, like a modern helicopter or dirigible. Bharadvajy the Wise refers to no less than seventy authorities and 10 experts of air travel in antiquity! (These sources are now lost!)
Vimanas were kept in a Vimana Griha, a kind of hanger, and were sometimes said to be propelled by a yellowish-white liquid, and sometimes by some sort of mercury compound, though writers seem confused in this matter. It is most likely that the later writers on Vimanas, wrote as observers and from earlier texts, and were understandably confused on the principle of their propulsion. The “yellowish- white liquid” sounds suspiciously like gasoline, and perhaps Vimanas had a number of different propulsion sources, including combustion engines and even “pulse-jet” engines. There are so many such texts and most of them have not even been translated into English yet.
It is evident that ancient Indians flew around in these vehicles, all over Asia, and even, apparently, to South America. Writing found at Mohenjodaro (now in Pakistan) has also been found in one other place in the world: Easter Island! Was Easter Island an ancient Indian air base? 
Nuclear war 8,000 years ago
A heavy layer of radioactive ash in Rajasthan, India, covers a three-square mile area, ten miles west of Jodhpur. Scientists are investigating the site, where a housing development was being built.  
For some time it has been established that there is a very high rate of birth defects and cancer in the area under construction. The levels of radiation there have registered so high on investigators’ gauges that the Indian government has now cordoned off the region. Scientists have unearthed an ancient city where evidence shows an atomic blast dating back thousands of years, from 8,000 to 12,000 years, destroyed most of the buildings and probably a half-million people. One researcher estimates that the nuclear bomb used was about the size of the ones dropped on Japan in 1945.  
The Mahabharata clearly describes a catastrophic blast that rocked the continent.  
Archeologist Francis Taylor says that etchings in some nearby temples he has managed to translate suggest that they prayed to be spared from the great light that was coming to lay ruin to the city. (Construction has halted while the site is under investigation.)
3. Lost fountain of knowledge
The Indian Emperor Ashoka started a “Secret Society of the Nine Unknown Men”: great Indian scientists who were supposed to catalogue the many sciences. Ashoka kept their work secret because he was afraid that the advanced science catalogued by these men, culled from ancient Indian sources, would be used for the evil purpose of war, which Ashoka was strongly against, having been converted to Buddhism after defeating a rival army in a bloody battle. The “Nine Unknown Men” wrote a total of nine books, presumably one each. One of these books was titled “The Secrets of Gravitation!” This book, known to historians, but not actually seen by them dealt chiefly with “gravity control.” It is presumably still around somewhere, kept in a secret library in India, Tibet or elsewhere. One can certainly understand Ashoka’s reasoning for wanting to keep such knowledge a secret.  
Ashoka was also aware of devastating wars using such advanced vehicles and other “futuristic weapons” that had destroyed the ancient Indian “Rama Empire” several thousand years before.
Unknown alloys have been revealed in the ancient palm leaf manuscripts. The writer and Sanskrit scholar Subramanyam Iyer has spent many years of his life deciphering old collections of palm leaves found in the villages of his native Karnataka in southern India.
One of the palm leaf manuscripts they intend to decipher is the Amsu Bodhini, which, according to an anonymous text of 1931, contains information about the planets; the different kinds of light, heat, color, and electromagnetic fields; the methods used to construct machines capable of attracting solar rays and, in turn, of analysing and separating their energy components; the possibility of conversing with people in remote places and sending messages by cable; and the manufacture of machines to transport people to other planets!
4. Talpade – The Indian Sanskrit scholar who built and flew a mercury engine aircraft in 1895, 8 years before the Wright brothers!


ImageShivkur Bapuji Talpade, flew an unmanned aircraft, eight years before the Wright brothers demonstrated on December 17th 1903 that it was possible for a ‘manned heavier than air machine to fly’. But, in 1895, eight years earlier, the Sanskrit scholar Shivkar Bapuji Talpade had designed a basic aircraft called Marutsakthi (meaning Power of Air) based on Vedic technology documented in ancient Sanskrit manuscripts. His demonstration flight took place before a large audience in the Chowpathy beach of Bombay. The importance of the Wright brothers lies in the fact, that it was a manned flight for a distance of 120 feet and Orville Wright became the first man to fly. But Talpade’s unmanned aircraft flew to a height of 1500 feet before crashing down and the historian Evan Koshtka, has described Talpade as the ‘first creator of an aircraft’.

This historic day in 1895 (unfortunately the actual date is not mentioned in the Kesari newspaper of Pune which covered the event) was witnessed by the famous Indian judge/ nationalist/ Mahadeva Govin-da Ranade and H H Sayaji Rao Gaekwad.
It is important to note that Talpade was no scientist, just a sanskrit scholar who had built his aircraft entirely from the rich treasury of India’s Vedas.
Shivkar Bapuji Talpade was born in 1864 in the locality of Chirabazar at Dukkarwadi in Bombay. He was a scholar of Sanskrit and from his young age was attracted by the Vaimanika Sastra (Aeronautical Science) expounded by the great Indian sage Maharishi Bhardwaja.

Surprisingly according to the bi-monthly Ancient Skies published in USA, the aircraft engines being developed for future use by NASA also uses mercury bombardment units powered by Solar cells! Interestingly, the impulse is generated in seven stages. The mercury propellant is first vapourised fed into the thruster discharge chamber ionised converted into plasma by a combination with electrons broke down electrically and then accelerated through small openings in a screen to pass out of the engine at velocities between 1200 to 3000 kilometres per minute! But so far NASA has been able to produce an experimental basis only a one pound of thrust by its scientists a power derivation virtually useless. But over 100 years ago Talpade was able to use his knowledge of Vaimanika Shastra to produce sufficient thrust to lift his aircraft 1500 feet into the air!


Maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaekwad of Baroda was a great supporter of the Sciences in India, and was willing to help Talpade with funds to build his aircraft and the mercury engines.

But the success of an Indian scientist was not liked by the Imperial rulers. Warned by the British Government the Maharaja of Baroda stopped helping Talpade.
Talpade passed away in 1916 unhonoured, in his own country. It is said that the remains of the Marutsakthi (the aircraft Tapade built) were ‘sold’ to a British company by Talpade’s relatives.
5. Who is benefiting from this knowledge today?

Robert Oppenheimer inventor of the atom bomb was well known for studying ancient Indian texts and perhaps drew more than inspiration from them. Just before the first Atom Bom test, Oppenheimer famously quoted from the Gita saying, ‘I have become Death, Destroyer of Worlds”.
It is interesting to note, that the Nazis developed the first practical pulse-jet engines for their V-8 rocket “buzz bombs.” Hitler and the Nazi staff were exceptionally interested in ancient India and Tibet and sent expeditions to both these places yearly, starting in the 30′s, in order to gather esoteric evidence that they did so, and perhaps it was from these people that the Nazis gained some of their scientific information!
Only a few years ago, the Chinese discovered some sanskrit documents in Lhasa, Tibet and sent them to the University of Chandrigarh to be translated. Dr. Ruth Reyna of the University said recently that the documents contain directions for building interstellar spaceships! Their method of propulsion, she said, was “anti- gravitational” and was based upon a system analogous to that of “laghima,” the unknown power of the ego existing in man’s physiological makeup, “a centrifugal force strong enough to counteract all gravitational pull.” According to Hindu Yogis, it is this “laghima” which enables a person to levitate.
Dr. Reyna said that on board these machines, which were called “Astras” by the text, the ancient Indians could have sent a detachment of men onto any planet, according to the document, which is thought to be thousands of years old. The manuscripts were also said to reveal the secret of “antima”; “the cap of invisibility” and “garima”; “how to become as heavy as a mountain of lead.” Naturally, Indian scientists did not take the texts very seriously, but then became more positive about the value of them when the Chinese announced that they were including certain parts of the data for study in their space program! This was one of the first instances of a government admitting to be researching anti-gravity.
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6.       Cracking the code 
There is a wealth of knowledge locked away in Sanskrit manuscripts, 80% of which have not even been translated yet. Talpade managed to successfully fly an aircraft in 1895 using the knowledge in these Sanskrit documents. Remember, he was not a scientist, just a Sanskrit scholar. Just imagine what could be achieved if experts in science, Sanskrit and philosophy get together to crack the code! Whoever cracks it will change the future of the world and will probably dominate it.
- Ranjan Bhattacharya