Amrutha Bindu Upanishad
THURSDAY MESSAGE, 30th   OCTOBER, 2008 (SERIES 129)
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AMRUTHA BINDU UPANISHAD:
This is a very small Upanishad explaining about mind in 22 lines.
1. This Upanishad tells us that there are two parts for our mind.
2. Part  one is the location where all the cravings and negatives are stored which is the asuddha /impure part. Part two where all the positives are stored which is the pure part of mind.
3. Greatness of an individual is due to the active positive /pure part of the mind and people becomes negative in their nature due to the active negative part
of the mind, says the Upanishad.
4. The influence of meditation in mind is greatly explained in few lines here.Â
5. The method of controlling the impure part of the mind through saadhana is further explainedÂ
6. The meditation is said to be possible only by controlling the negative part of the mind and then focusing  omkaram through the positive part of the mind.
7. By taking the pure mind to brahmajnaana praapti level and elevating  himself spiritually, the yogi can attain a level free from rebirth. Through great sacrificeÂ
also one can attain the level to become free from the rebirth
8. Vedas are the main source of knowledge and one should learn Vedas and attain higher and higher levels n spirituality.
9 Just like the butter is present in milk, the knowledge is present in Vedas and it should be taken by churning the Vedas by yoga saadhana. Just like the clay is present in  all pots, the Brahma thathwam is present in all living and non living beings says this Upanishad.
10. Every one should understand that knowledge is present in every living beings and everywhere  and one should realize this to become brahmajnaani, through brahma saakshaathkaaraÂ
and enjoy the brahmaananda.
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IISH ACHIEVEMENTS:
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Seven days soorya Ramayana festival was a great success for IISH
presentation of Ramayana management principles. Third floor concreting
of the Bharatheeya Vidya Vihar has been completed on 29th . Lecture programs in Aruvipuram Sree Narayana Gur’s temple was excellent. Separate sections for 1. Scientific and Technological heritage  2. Indian Management principles 3. Upanishads  and 4. Modern India and Indians around the world has been uploaded in the website www.iish.org . Deepavali pongala in Mazhuvanchery Mahadeva temple was very
successful. Extremely
wonderful admission rush for the Bharatheeya Vidya Vihar school of IISH
in Trissur becomes a matter of great satisfaction. Membership drive of
iish is progressing very well.
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VIDUROPADESA.
201. For human beings the character is the most important factor based on which he gets respect from the society.
202.  When the character is lost   everything is lost including relatives, wealth….
203. The royal and wealthy family member may include  high quantity of meat
in their food, the middle class opts for milk products where as the
poor people may have to satisfy with simple foods.
204. But the poor
always enjoys the food because of  hunger factor which will always be with them
205. But this hunger and related taste are almost absent for the rich
due to many other worries .
206. Generally the rich cannot take good food for a long time, the restrictions fall upon their eating soon due to health factors.Â
207. For the poor even a piece of wood can get digested in their stomach.
208. The poor people are always afraid of the availability of their daily food. The middle class is always afraid of the death and rich are afraid of the bad name and fame in the society.
209. The most important and crucial danger is due  to liquor/ alcohol.
210. By this the  wealth and corresponding ego will destroy an individual /rich men. He realizes
 this only after the great fall due to ego .
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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGIAL HERITAGE OF INDIA
40. The great ancient Indian copper mines  can be seen extending  from the eastern flank of Araavallis  hill ranges from Bharathpur through Alwar, khetri, to north east of Udaipur in south west.Â
41. This deposit extends up to the Ambamata on the boarder of the Gujarat and Rajasthan .
42. More than three meters deep pits can see in this region particularly in Khankhera site  . In all these places large amount of slag could be seen even today.Â
43. Dr. D.K. Chakrabarthy has proved
using archeological tools that the copper production in India has started from 3500 BC onwards.Â
44. There is a wrong impression that the copper technology reached India  from Persia in 2000 BC.
45. The Harappans have done open and closed casting of the metals, slow cooling and
casting, annealing and cold metallic processing also.
46. Huien Tsang
has written about a gigantic copper colossuses of Buddha image of 80
feet in height , standing upright towards the eat of the great Nalanda university. This is said to be the work of great king Raja Poorna Varman of 7th century. AD.
47. Another statue of Buddha made of copper in Sultan Ganj on the Ganges having a height 78.74 feet and weighing a tonne has also been reported.
48.
This copper idol has outer garments made of copper which is virtually transparentÂ
49. The softest copper meal statue ever made was installed in Gujarat which belongs to the pre Gupta period.
50. We can make lines using our finger nails on this soft 18 cm high, 13 cms wide copper idol having Hellenistic influence which is said to be wonderful. …
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