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Milarepa - Tibetan Yogi - Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa - Translations

Original translation work from English to Hindi.   Only relevant portions picked to understand / highlight knowledge in book - A. The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa - Volume 1 Translated by Garma C.C. Chang Published by Shambhala Publications Inc ISBN 0-87773-095-4   30. Guiding Instructions on the Bardo, page 341 "Is my father Guru, Marpa. Like a shadow to its body, I stayed close to him for six years and eight months. By following his orders faithfully, Joy and aspiration filled my heart" अपने गुरू (पिता) मारपा के समीप आठ साल और छह महीने तक रहा, जैसे शरीर से छाया रहती है। "The profound Tantra Hevajra, the gracious Dem-Chog, The quintessential Tantra of Mahamaya, The lofty Tantra of Sungdue, The concealed Tantra of Den Yi, And the Nirmankaya of the skull All these vital Tantras And their commentaries, deep as the ocean, Were bestowed on me, A gift of precious gems." 30. Guiding Instructions on the Bardo, page 342 "This is the Final Truth Buddha Gautama pr...

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And the OSCAR goes to ...

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Few months ago, I got the invitation to attend session on productivity technique Mind-Map. It was to be presented by a colleague in another department at STMicroelectronics Pvt Ltd, Greater Noida. I had been using this technique successfully for 7 years for now. But a very useful translation of some Shloka relating to 4-parts of learning just came to mind: - ¼ of learning happens from Guru/teacher, - ¼ from self-study, - ¼ from practice and - ¼ from peer discussion/experience sharing. It was a rare chance of peer sharing of rare technique. During and after the sessions, I went down my memory lane. First clear memory came of a time, when I shared this tool to a colleague who wanted to depict a directed-graph to demonstrate workflow of a GUI SW he was documenting. I had suggested ‘FreeMind’, a tool capable of drawing mind-maps. Mind-maps match Graph data structure very closely, so it naturally handles N-ary tree depiction. This pleased him and he successfully ...

"Developed country" the missing part of puzzle

[From wikipedia, April-29,2012] A  developed country  can be defined through economic growth and security. Most commonly the criteria for evaluating the degree of development is to look at gross domestic product (GDP), the per capita income, level of industrialization, amount of widespread infrastructure and general standard of living. [ 1 ] " Yes, per capita income is surely a good criteria for measuring certain aspects of society. "Jahan sumati, tahan sampaty nana,  jahan kumati tahan vipati nidhana" - Saint Kabeerdas Where there is goodwill wealth is multifold,  where there is ill-will, problems are multifold. But is this wealth as simply translatable to GDP for making index. Isn't something missing in this index.  If a person is very simple and doesn't need much, is honest and loving. I he not developed 'enough'. But the clarity came when I read through "Living with the Himalayan Masters" by Swami Rama. p18,  "In the vill...

State polls 2012 : whats good about it and what remains to be done

While other things will get clear, one thing is clear. Election commission executed very well. The results instill faith in execution of EC. For this we all should be very happy and grateful. Improvements remain though regarding - - Right to reject, - upper age limit (60) for candidates, (should not be in office after 65) - number of maximum parties at any place (5 or lesser), - no-vote options with some clear impact on results, etc. Because even after excellent and timely execution, results are leaving a major population "unrepresented".

Typing in Hindi on Windows 7

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Enabling Hindi language typing support in Windows 7 PC/laptop Navigate to : Control Panel -> Region and Language In this screen select thirdt tab at top “Keyboards and Languages” Select “Change keyboards” Now add Hindi -> Select Devanagari INSCRIPT layout. Press OK/Apply. That’s it, done !!! Now the usability aspects: The Selected language will show up in Taskbar at right corner bottom. This would be in most cases EN. For typing in Hindi, just click on this text and select HI layout. For regular users, the hotkey combination is left Alt+Shift to switch between the two languages. Now you can type using the Devanagari layout. See the above picture for key layout on top of English QWERTY keyboard.

अथ ध्यानम् (Ath Dhyanam)

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"The tortoise moves about in the water. But can you guess where her thoughts are? There on the bank, where her eggs are lying. Do all your duties in the world, but keep your mind on God." [Original source : http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Ebooks/Spiritual-Books/Gospel_of_Sri_Ramakrishna.pdf]

Wireless USB dongle for Linux : Netgear N150 (WNA1100)

Hi friends, Few days ago, I needed to use Wireless dongle with Linux PC. As you all know, the Linux support is always the last thing that most device makers have in mind. Becoz of low % of users :( But anyway, I selected a widely available model - Netgear N150 (WNA1100) and got it to work. I though of sharing the steps for others to follow easily. URL : http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc Download and build =================== $cd compat-wireless-3.0-2/ $./scripts/driver-select atheros $make $sudo make install Firmware ======== This driver requires firmware. The newer, properly versioned firmware is at: http://wireless.kernel.org/download/htc_fw/. Newer firmware map: AR9271 - htc_9271.fw The firmware has to be placed in the correct location, usually /lib/firmware. On Ubuntu, please reboot for detection and auto-configuration.

grass, dust and ego

Sometimes I find a similarity between grass, dust and human ego. They keep growing everyday - slowly and  surely. If not cut, cleaned or dissolved respectively, they become big enough in size and are easily observable. Also easy to notice when you are a visitor. Do we have solution for growing ego? Well one of them: - वैष्णव जन तो तेने रे कहिए पीर पराई जाने रे, पर दुखे उपकार करे तो मन अभिमान न आये रे Want to try it?

How to make a Low Cost LCD TV with DTH

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I have been (re-)using a LCD monitor to make (hack) a home-made TV set. Ingredients : 1. LCD monitor - 15" or 17" (to your liking) 2. Set of PC speaker - creative 2.1 or similar 3. External TV tuner box - choose a good quality as this will decide the overall sound and picture quality 4. DTH box - TataSKY, Videocon or any body 5. Power strip (also called extensions) with 4 power outputs. Preferable with individual switches. 5. (Optional) Audio cable for TV tuner to PC speakers. The most interesting part is total cost of ownership - monitor (7,000) + speaker (1000) + tv tuner (500) + DTH (1500) = 9,999/- one of the ingredients must have reduced one rupee somewhere :)) That's it !!! A LCD TV with all modern technology under 10,000 rupees !!! Can't believe it can work : The catch is that once you start using DTH (TataSKY), your TV is doing nothing. TV becomes really dumb and doesn't even need channel flip feature. Channel selection and all TV signal pr...

गीत : मोहे पनघट पे नन्दलाल छेड़ गयो रे

मोहे पनघट पे नन्दलाल छेड़ गयो रे मोहे पनघट पे हा....... मोरी नाजुक कलईयाँ मरोर गयो रे मोरी नाजुक कलईयाँ मरोर गयो रे मोहे पनघट पे (कोरस) हो... मोहे पनघट पे नन्दलाल छेड़ गयो रे मोहे पनघट पे कंकरी मोहे मारी गगरिया फोर डारी (कोरस) हाय गगरिया फोर डारी कंकरी मोहे मारी गगरिया फोर डारी (कोरस) हाय गगरिया फोर डारी गगरिया फोर डारी, हा ... मोरी सारी अनारी भिगोय गयो रे मोरी सारी अनारी भिगोय गयो रे मोहे पनघट पे (कोरस) मोहे पनघट पे नन्दलाल छेड़ गयो रे मोहे पनघट पे नैनों से जादू किया जियरा मोह लिया (कोरस) हाय जियरा मोह लिया नैनों से जादू किया जियरा मोह लिया (कोरस) हाय जियरा मोह लिया जियरा मोह लिया हा... मोरा घुंघटा नजरियों से तोड़ गयो रे मोरा घुंघटा नजरियों से तोड़ गयो रे मोहे पनघट पे २ मोहे पनघट पे नन्दलाल छेड़ गयो रे मोहे पनघट पे [जैसा मुगल-ए-आजम में लता मंगेशकर और समूह द्वारा गाया]

गुरुवाणी बोल : कोई बोले राम राम

कोई बोले राम राम कोई खुदाय, कोई सेवे गुसैयां कोई अल्लाह कारण करण करीम कृपा धार रहीम । कोई नावे तीर्थ कोई हज जाई कोई करे पूजा कोई सिर नवाय । कोई पढ़े बेद कोई कथेब कोई औढ़े नील कोई सफेद । कोई कहाये तुर्क कोई कहे हिन्दू कोई बशाई भीसथ कोई सुरगी धू । कहू नानक जिन हुकम पसाथा प्रभ साहिब का तिन भेद जाथा ।

फेडोरा / उबुन्टु डीवीडी में हिन्दी उपलब्धता [Fedora / Ubuntu DVD Hindi Support]

कुछ दिन पहले एक साथी की समस्या सुलझाते हुए काम की चीज मिली, आप लोगों के साथ बाँटना चाहूँगा। उसके कस्बे में इंटरनेट की सुविधा नहीं है। अगर फेडोरा या उबुन्टु को डीवीडी से लोड करें तो हिन्दी भाषा चुनने के लिए इंटरनेट की आवश्यकता नहीं पड़ती। इंटरनेट की बाध्यता सीडी के साथ ही है। ज्ञात हो कि Linux For You और PCQuest magazine हर छह महीने में एक बार फेडोरा की डीवीडी निकालते हैं (सिर्फ १००/- में)। शायद दिसंबर/जनवरी में भी आएगी version १२ के साथ। नमस्ते, सुरेश

मेरा कंम्प्यूटर ऊबुन्टू लिनक्स के साथ

लिनक्स से मेरा पहला परिचय 1998 का है, तब मैं इंजीनियरिंग का छात्र था। मैंने अपने हाथ से जोड़कर कंम्प्यूटर बनाया था अपने घरेलू इस्तेमाल के लिए। सारे पुर्जे जोड़ने के बाद कंम्प्यूटर तो बन गया फिर समस्या थी उस पर साफ्चवेयर चलाने की। मुंबई के फोर्ट इलाके से खरीदी Windows 98 की सीडी से जब कंम्प्यूटर शुरू करना चाहा तो पता चला कि सीडी Bootable नहीं है। सीडी बेचने वाले की धोखाधड़ी को जानकर माथा पकड़ लिया। फोर्ट इलाका मेरे घर से काफी दूर भी तो था। पूरा दिन लग जाता वापस जाकर सीडी बदलने में। खैर, भाग्य में कुछ और लिखा था। लिनक्स से मेरी मुलाकात हुई रेलवे स्टेशन के बुकस्टाल पर। PCQuest पत्रिका के संस्करण के साथ Redhat Linux 5.2 की सीडी मिल रही थी 100/- रुपए में। मेरी जेब के लिए यह खर्च भारी था और मैं सोच में पड़ गया था। मेरी मितव्ययता, विवेक और पत्रिका के कवर पर उपलब्ध सीमित जानकारी - इन तीनों के बीच संघर्ष शुरु हो गया। 'एक रुका हुआ फैसला' ही बन जाता लेकिन मेरे गंतव्य की लोकल आ गयी और मैंने दुकानदार को सौ का नोट पकड़ा दिया। फिर तो ट्रेन का सफर पन्ने पलट कर यह तय करने में बीत गया, ...

D : New entrant in Systems Software Arena

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In the history of computing C language appeared in 1972 with the humble start for writing portable Operating System kernel (UNIX) C. On the wings of Unix success, C reached far and wide to be used from embedded systems to supercomputers. It went onto succeed in both system software and application software. Soon it was being used for projects huge in size (Lines of code) and complexity started to loom over such projects. Only highly disciplined programmers and process kept large projects going while others started to failed. The symptoms of failure were - missing project timelines, huge delay in bug fixes etc. With appearance of C++ on computing scene (1983) Object Oriented Programming features became available and raised this project size limits to higher levels. C++ added more design and structure to programs and enabled programmers to succeed in big projects with lesser effort. Further increases in complexity of projects have brought virtual machine based platforms like (Java and .N...

हिंदी पठन और लेखन : भाग 2

विंडोज XP को हिंदी भाषा में प्रयोग करने के लिए हिन्दी इंटरफेस पैक ( Windows® XP हिंदी Interface Pack ) बहुत ही बढ़िया चीज है। मुख्य बटन पर Start के बजाय प्रारंभ देखने का आनंद ही कुछ और है। इसे पाने के बारे ज्यादा जानकारी यहाँ से प्राप्त की जा सकती है। http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=hi&FamilyID=0db2e8f9-79c4-4625-a07a-0cc1b341be7c अगर आपका विंडोज सत्यापित न हो सके (सबके पास तो इंटरनेट नहीं होता) तो यह आजमाएँ: http://epandit.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/windows-xp-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80-interface-pack-lip/ महोदय नें हर तरह से डाउनलोड की जानकारी दे रखी है :)

Reading Source Code : Best tools available

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I explored this GUI wrapper for cscope. I am using it to read Linux kernel sources. The tools looks very promising. It has useful features like : 1. all cscope operations 2. Concept of project open/close etc, file/folder selection 3. Call graph and navigation 4. Multi-color syntax highlight It can open a chosen file in any editor - vim, kate etc. See a snapshot below. [Click on the picture to enlarge] Pros: Memory consumption is low and speed is good. Folding- code, comment, function. Bookmarks Its free and open source. Cons: The two features I found missing (compared to SourceInsight(windows only)) are: - rich coloring of syntax (global / local symbols), - zero effort navigation (automatic preview of symbol definition, easy jump to symbol in another window). - catching duplicate symbols definition/declarations etc. Its the best tool on Linux. For windows I find SourceInsight good option(available for 30-day trial). Reading source ...

The reasons that we are here : Essence of religion

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Last year on birthday of Guru Nanak ji, I had a vacation and I decided to spend some time to reading what this saint said. I found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Nanak_Dev#Teachings - Naam Japna : Chanting the Holy Name and thus remembering God at all times (ceaseless devotion to God) - Kirat Karō : Earning/making a living honestly, without exploitation or fraud - Vaṇḍ Chakkō : Sharing with others, helping those with less who are in need This is a very short list - easy to remember, simple, profound and very practical. I tried to reduce it further but couldn't - 1. Naam Japna (नाम जपना) is very important because that will fulfill 'the reason that we are here' on Earth. i.e. to see/enter 'Kingdom of heaven' and preparation to enter it. Without this, even a good execution of 2nd and 3rd point may leave a person with void/emptiness inside. 2. Kirat Karo (कीरत करो) is very vital for person and society both. Read about a demonstration by Guruji he...

हिंदी लेखन:संपूर्ण समाधान भाग 1 Hindi Keyboard

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[आखिरी बदलाव की तिथि: 31-जनवरी-2010]  I have solved the problem in Devnagari typing (Hindi/Sanskrit/Marathi) on Computer and I thought of sharing my solution with you. There are two steps to get to pleasant typing experience: - Bilingual Hindi keyboard purchase - Windows setup to use Devnagari Unicode fonts and text input method - Linux (ubuntu/fedora) setup to show Hindi interface and support Devanagari typing Bilingual Hindi keyboard: I am currently using a TVS Gold Devnagari b ilingual keyboard . (Click on the image to enlarge it.) You can get it from TVS resellers [#1]. As you can see from image the keys have markings for Devnagari and English on every button. ऊबुन्टु पर हिन्दी उपयोग के लिए For Ubuntu Linux setup for Hindi follow Hardik's blog article (with pictures): http://hardik.in/2009/08/28/enable-ubuntu-with-hindi-language/hindi_on_ubuntu/%20 विंडोज पर हिन्दी के उपयोग के लिए Windows setup to use Devnagari Unicode fonts and text input method : There ...