Take 12 complete months. Clean them carefully of all bitterness, hate and envy. Cut each month into 29,30 (or) 31 different pieces. But do not cook them all at the same time. Prepare one day at a time, with the following ingredients : A pinch of faith, a pinch of patience, a pinch of courage and a big spoon of hard work. Add to each day one part hope, faithfulness and kindness.
Mix well with one part Prayer, one part Meditation and one part Application. Season with a portion of good spirit, a pinch of happiness, a little action and good measure of humor. Place everything in a vessel of love. Cook it well with Fire of enthusiasm. Garnish with smiles and serve abundantly.
Happy New Year 2003...
Mark Pilgrim : ...A day away wouldn’t kill you. With the time you save, you can reflect on how much effort has been spent making this site usable, accessible, and readable the other 364 days of the year...
On Thursday, the 8th. of September, 1887, in the early hours of the morning, when the star Bharani was in the ascendant was born a boy-child (His Holiness Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati Maharaj) in the village of Pattamadai on the bank of the river Tamraparani in South India.
Yagnopavitha Dharana Mantram : "...Now take out your old poonal and throw it in Northern direction. Then do achamaniyam and exit..." - Done !
Tomorrow is Aavani Avittam : "...Brahmacharis must wake up early, have bath, perform Sandhyavandanam, have a hair-cut, then again have bath and then perform Samidadhanam. Followed by Kamokarishi japam, Maadhyanikam, Brahmayagnyam, Mahasankalpam and then a bath. Change the poonal (Yagnopavitham dharanam), Do the Kaanda Rishi tarpanam, Vedarambham and prostrate before God and elders and complete the Upakarma.
Householders (Grihasthas) do not need a haircut nor need to perform Samidadhanam..."