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Welcome to Jain Meditation. This site provides and shares Gurudev Chitrabhanuji's experience of meditations and insights, and throws light on our self-created limitations. He shows ways to break through negativities and escapist patterns of thinking. In this breakthrough, there is freedom and celebration.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: He is not only a Master lecturer, but an enlightened spiritual teacher to millions of seekers in search of truth, and self-realization. Continue here Pain is part of life: no pain, no gain. You grow from pain. But suffering is up to you to make it permanent or not. A Guru or teacher is here to give you good recipes but you have to cook. Buying proper nourishments, (meat-free) plant based diet. Listening to his words alone does not do the job. Chitrabhanuji
THIS EXCERPT IS FROM ONE OF JAIN MASTER THE LION CUB A lioness was killed by a hunter, leaving a cub orphaned to fend for itself in the jungle. A few days later, the cub was found by a shepherd who nurtured it with other sheep. When a sheep bleated, the cub mimicked its sound. A year later, a lion saw the sheep and roared. The sheep ran in terror. The lion watched the cub run with the sheep. Amazed and curious, the lion caught the cub and asked, "Why are you frightened and run like meek little sheep? Do you know who you are?" The cub replied, "I am a little sheep." The lion brought the cub to a creek. "See your reflection in the water. Your face is like mine. I am a lion," it said in a loud roar. "I do not have your roar," replied the little cub, "How can I be like you?" "You have forgotten yourself by living with sheep. But you are a lion. Practice roaring. Open your throat," said the lion. The cub practiced and opened its throat to roar for the first time and it echoed in the jungle. He reclaimed himself as the King of the jungle. WRONG COMPANY AND CONDITIONING HIDES THE REAL SELF. WE FORGET OUR TRUE NATURE Page last modified on:
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60 MINUTES on protecting animals in Mozambique's National Park 6/28/09 Last Sunday, June 28, the CBS news magazine show 60 Minutes included a beautiful piece on one philanthropist's efforts to help rebuild the shattered country of Mozambique by rebuilding and protecting the herds of wild animals in the Gorongosa National Park. He is hiring locals to care for the park and doing what he can to attract tourists to the region. It is a wonderful story, which you can watch on line at: http://tinyurl.com/nevkcz You can read the story at http://tinyurl.com/nborv2, and there is a place for comments at the bottom of that page. Please join the discussion -- it is so important to the animals that we do whatever we can to make sure their plight is always part of public dialogue.
"Last year, Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, suggested that the most useful step ordinary citizens could take to help combat climate change would be to stop eating meat. In Belgium, an entire town is taking his advice to heart. The Flemish city of Ghent has designated every Thursday as 'Veggiedag' Veggie Day calling for meat-free meals to be served in schools and public buildings, and encouraging vegetarianism among citizens by promoting vegetarian eateries and offering advice on how to follow a herbivorous diet." "According to the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, meat production accounts for 18% of annual greenhouse-gas emissions more than transportation, which accounts for roughly 14%. Each year, millions of acres of rain forest are cleared for cattle ranchers and suppliers of animal feed, further accelerating climate change. Then there are the urgent human-health issues: the world feeds much of its grain to cattle and other animals even as millions of people starve. Those wealthy enough to consume fatty animal products are themselves at higher risk of certain health problems, including heart disease and some cancers." Please check out this terrific story on line. Time Magazine counts hits for each story and we would love to push it into the "most read" category, and also the "most emailed" category, so please send it along to all your friends. You'll find it on line at: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1900958,00.html The brief piece in the hard copy of the magazine also opens the door for letters to the editor, so why not write about the joys of plant based diets if you are on one, or about the horror of factory farming? Time Magazine takes letters at letters@time.com
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