Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Students’ Questionnaire

1. Why should one get up in Brahma Muhurta, around 4.00-4: 30A.M.(2 hours and 15 minutes before sunrise)?
Answer: Since the environment is peaceful, pure (non-polluted) and cool at that time, it is conducive to enhancing sattvic, sublime thoughts and zeal of the mind, along with providing freshness and agility to the body. Hence Brahma Muhurta is the best period for studies. Students should take benefit of it.

‘One who is awake gains; and the one asleep, loses.’

What harm is there if one continues to sleep after sunrise?
Answer: According to the ‘According to the ‘Atharva Veda’, if one continues to sleep even after sunrise, sunrays will suck his vitality and luster.

Why should one eat Tulsi (basil) leaves after bathing in the morning?
Answer: Basil is termed as the ‘Family Vaidya’. During the process of photosynthesis, basil leaves give out three times more oxygen than other plants. This has been proved by scientific experiments. Eating basil leaves improves strength, luster and memory power. Basil leaves also contain elements that protect from cancer. French doctor Victor Raisin has said, ‘Basil is a wonder drug.’

Therefore every morning after bathing, eat 5-7 of Tulsi and drink a glass of water in an empty stomach.

4. What are the advantages of meditation?
Answer: Meditation awakens our latent powers, quietens our mind, develops our concentration and memory faculties, sharpens the intellect and helps us experience supreme peace. The easy means to establish contact with the Lord is meditation.

5. Why should one perform Suryanamaskar?
Answer: In ancient times, our Rishis and Munis (seers) had developed a system of asanas (postures), which includes the recitation of the Sun god. This is called Suryanmaskar. Practice of Suryanamaskar. Practice of Suryanamaskar sharpens the thinking and memory faculties as well as augmenting physical and mental vigour.

Western scientist Gardner Ronny has said, ‘The Sun is an excellent medicinal avenue.’ Sun rays help to cure diseases like cold, cough, pneumonia, leprosy etc. Dr. Solley says, ‘The Sun has greater healing power than any other object in this world’.
6. What are the advantages of offering water to the sun while chanting mantra?

Answer: The Sun is the Lord of intellect. As such, offering water to the sun at dawn sharpens the intellect. During the process of making an offering, the combined impact of the Sun’s wonderful the mantra and the Sun-God’s grace is highly beneficial for us. We also receive the benefits of water-therapy, as the water is charged with the rays of the Sun. it gives miraculous benefits in improving intellectual prowess, vigour and luster. This discover made by ancient Indian sages is beneficial for mankind, and is also a proven scientific treatment.

7. What are the ill effects of listening to rock and pop music and watching music videos?

Answer: These futile and hollow pastimes eradicate the sublime thoughts and emotions of the heart and fill the mind and intellect with base thoughts. Dr. Diamond, after careful experiment arrived at the conclusion that such music weakens the life force of the listener.
Experiment: A normal healthy man’s hand can lift around 40 to 45 kilograms of weight by using the deltoid muscle. When a man listens to rock music, his efficiency to lift weight by use of this muscle diminishes considerably. It is thus clear that rock music weakness the life force.

8. Why is ‘Swastika’, the sign of Indian culture, considered auspicious?

Answer: Our Rishis and Munis have conceived this symbol after extensive and subtle research. ‘One without a second, the Supreme Being is Omnipresent’. The vertical and horizontal lines of the ‘Swastika’ represent this truth. The vertical line of the ‘Swastika’ denotes the line of the ‘Swastika’ denotes the ‘Jyotirlinga’. (The special symbol of Lord Shiva) and the horizontal line represents the expanse of the world. The four hands of the ‘Swastika’ represent this truth. The vertical line of the ‘Swastika’ denotes the ‘Jyotirlinga’. (The special symbol of Lord Shiva) and the horizontal line represents the expanse of the world. The four hands of the ‘Swastika’ denote the four hands of Lord Vishnu, with His four hands, nurtures being in all four quarters (of the universe).

‘Swastika’ is a symbol of all round auspiciousness. According to the traditions kumkum (red colour ) on the occasions of a marriage, a ceremony performed on the sixth day after a child’s birth (birth rite), Diwali, starting the year’s new accounts, worship of the scriptures and many other auspicious occasions as well as being drawn on the entrances of homes and temples. Thereafter we devotedly pray to God, ‘Lord! Let our endeavours be successful, unhindered and let only righteous food, clothes and wealth enter our homes.’ Looking at ‘OM’ and the Swastika sign with reverence enhances our vitality. Dr. Diamond has proved that just looking at the swastika increases the vital force.

2. What good accrues from touching the feet of parents and the Guru?

Answer:
It enhances one’s life span, knowledge, fame and strength.

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