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Brand Is Withholding Judgment on Playoff

January 10, 2003|Lance Pugmire | Times Staff Writer

Myles Brand says the time will come when he'll have a stronger opinion on how the NCAA can best determine a Division I-A football champion. For now, the association's new president concedes, "I do not have all the answers."

The bowl championship series, which produced last week's 31-24 double-overtime victory by national champion Ohio State over Miami in the Fiesta Bowl, runs through the 2006 Rose Bowl, when the television contract will expire.

Brand said his thinking on the highly politicized, long-debated issue of how to most effectively crown a No. 1 football team is most influenced by two questions:

Is it in the sport's best interest? Can it be accomplished while improving academic opportunity?

"This year's deciding game was a very exciting football game, one of the classics of all time," Brand said. "Some would argue, 'Why do you want to fiddle with that?' "

Yet, when Brand visited the American Football Coaches Assn. meeting in New Orleans this week, he said he learned that several coaches preferred 11 regular-season games. Some teams played as many as 13 this season, and, including bowl games, 15 BCS-eligible teams played 14 games.

Brand said he was intrigued by the potential of an 11-game regular season becoming the national norm.

If that were the case, he said, the addition of a playoff involving the winners of the four major bowl games -- Fiesta, Orange, Rose, Sugar -- would be an acceptable plan because most football players would be afforded an extra weekend between the start of the season and the bowl games to devote to academics.

"The length of the football season is a very important issue to me," Brand said. "Revenue is not irrelevant, but it shouldn't be the driving force behind every decision we make."

Mike Tranghese, the Big East commissioner and BCS coordinator, said a six-member oversight committee made up of university presidents from the six BCS conferences would be announced by the end of February.

The committee will work to determine whether to continue the BCS.

"Obviously, [Brand] has access to college presidents," Tranghese said. "He will have his opportunity to have his say. If his opinion differs from what our presidents decide, he can interact with them. Can he be an effective lobbyist? I don't know."

Brand says he's a fan of bowl games and believes a football playoff should not be handled like the NCAA basketball tournament.

Beyond that, he said, a football playoff could be created only after "a whole set of questions are addressed," including television coverage, game sites, financial payoffs and how many teams will be involved.

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Stan Lee to host 'Avengers' screening at Catalina Film Festival

April 18, 2012|By Mary Forgione | Los Angeles Times Daily Travel & Deal blogger
  • Stan Lee will receive an award and host two movie screenings at the Catalina Film Festival from May 4 to 6.
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If you want to do brunch with comic book impresario Stan Lee, it will cost you -- right now about $1,550.

That's the current minimum bid for a shot at attending a VIP brunch at the Catalina Film Festival on May 5 with the co-creator of Spider-man, the Hulk and a slew of other famous characters. The winning bidder gets a seat at the table and other cool stuff, including passes to the film festival in Avalon on Catalina Island, two autographed comic books and ferry tickets to get there and back.

Bidding ends noon Pacific time Thursday, and of course it's all for charity. Proceeds benefit the film festival and the Catalina Island Conservancy

But brunch isn't the only Lee-centric event at the three-day festival. The former Marvel Comics president, who co-founded the new POW! Entertainment company, also will host a special screening of "The Avengers" on the film's opening weekend. He'll introduce a showing of the documentary "With Great Power -- The Stan Lee Story" and appear on a panel to answer questions about his work and his life.

And on opening night (May 4), he will be presented with the Ronald Reagan Great Communicator Award, which  gives a nod to films and filmmakers who espouse "a philosophy of individual opportunity, optimism and pride," a film festival statement says.

The festival, May 4-6, will feature 75 films and present awards for animation (Lee will present this award), feature, documentary, student, short and other categories. Films will be shown at the Avalon Casino Theater and other venues. Tickets range from $8 for students and seniors to individual screenings to $150 for a weekend pass to $2,000 for two VIP guests.

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Michael Jackson's financial, medical records to be revealed?

April 19, 2013|By Jeff Gottlieb
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A Superior Court judge is poised to decide whether some records of Michael Jackson’s finances and medical history should be kept out of public view during a trial over the singer’s 2009 death.

Jury selection in the wrongful death case began April 2 and is likely to last at least another week, according to attorneys. But the fate of the confidential documents is expected to surface early next week.

The wrongful death suit, filed by Jackson’s mother and three children, accused entertainment powerhouse Anschutz Entertainment Group of hiring and controlling the Las Vegas physician who gave Jackson a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol in the days before he was set to begin a series of comeback shows in London.

AEG contends that it was Jackson who brought Dr. Conrad Murray aboard, while the firm had planned to retain an English doctor.

Jackson’s estate, which is not a party to the wrongful death suit, is requesting that certain portions of the confidential records be shown only to the judge, witnesses, attorneys and the jury. If granted, the motion would keep some of the documents from being made public.

Attorneys for the estate also intend to look at the witness lists and depositions from experts to try to show which materials it wants to remain closely held.

Meanwhile, jury selection continued Friday and Kevin Boyle, one of the Jacksons’ attorneys, estimated that opening arguments would begin about April 29. The trial is expected to last four months.

Attorneys can remove as many potential jurors as they want if they can convince the judge they are biased. In addition, each side is allowed eight peremptory challenges, meaning they can remove a juror for almost any reason.  Each side is allowed another five peremptory challenges for alternates. Twelve jurors and five alternates will be selected.

Another hearing next week will be held on AEG’s challenge to some of the Jacksons' expert witnesses, Boyle said.

Jackson died in 2009, two weeks before his "This Is It" series of concerts was scheduled to start.

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Kings open exhibition season with losses at home and on the road

L.A. loses, 5-1, at Staples Center in a split-squad game against the Coyotes. Phoenix beats the other split squad, 4-2, in Arizona.

September 15, 2013|By Lisa Dillman
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Preseason hockey isn't exactly the best advertisement for the sport.

Of course, you could say that about preseason anything. But there it was, warts and all, on display at Staples Center on Sunday. It is the first time since 2011 there are NHL preseason contests because the lockout wiped those games out a year ago.

"Work in progress" might be best to describe the Kings' effort in split-squad games against the Phoenix Coyotes on Sunday night. The Coyotes' goaltending duo of Thomas Greiss and Louis Domingue combined to beat the Kings, 5-1, at Staples Center.

Right wing Brandon Yip, signed as a free agent by the Coyotes in July, scored twice and added an assist. Defenseman David Rundblad had three assists. Kings goalie Mathieu Garon, who is in training camp on a tryout basis, played the entire game, facing 21 shots

Kings assistant coach John Stevens praised the effort of the rookie line of Valentin Zykov-Nick Shore-Scott Sabourin but was appropriately blunt in his general assessment.

"Not very good, to be honest," Stevens said. "Wasn't very good special teams, either side of the puck. ... Still a little bit too slow, too deliberate, looking for too many seams. The penalty-killing wasn't what it needed to be."

The Kings goal came at 9 minutes 42 seconds of the third period, via defenseman Slava Voynov. Voynov scored on Domingue, who replaced Greiss for the period.

Kings Coach Darryl Sutter attended the game in Glendale, Ariz., in which the Coyotes rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 4-2 win.

But that result, and everything else, was overshadowed by a sobering incident in the first period. Phoenix defenseman Rusty Klesla was taken off the ice on a stretcher after an open-ice hit from Kings forward Jordan Nolan.

Klesla, according to reports, waved to the crowd as he was leaving the ice. There was no penalty called on the play.

The Arizona Republic reported on Twitter he was alert, conscious and was later taken to a hospital.

Nolan has a history with the league office, albeit a limited one. He was fined $1,436.94 for cross-checking the Vancouver Canucks' Henrik Sedin in March at Staples Center.

There was no penalty on the play — but the league ended up reviewing the play. It was considered a first-time offense.

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Divorce Mediation Idea Slanted Against Women, Magazine Says

July 14, 1985|Special to the News/Sun-Sentinel

Mediation sounds like a civilized way to negotiate a divorce, but it can spell disaster for a wife.

If mediation of any kind is to be fair, according to an article in the July issue of Cosmopolitan, then there must be a rough balance of power between the parties. But equality of social and economic power does not exist between men and women.

``It`s very significant,`` said Joanne Schulman of the National Center on Women and Family Law, ``that just as women were beginning to make legal gains -- equitable division of property, more effective protection against abuse, and enforcement of child support -- a sudden groundswell of support for the idea of divorce mediation appeared.``

The traditional system of lawyer advocates has its flaws for women. The U.S. General Accounting Office says the average divorce decree increases the man`s standard of living by 42 percent, while cutting the income available to women and children by 73 percent.

One study of divorce mediation found women chose this option to reduce friction, while men picked it because they wanted to get a better deal.

Surprisingly, mediators are not licensed in any state, nor must they meet special educational requirements. Most mediators are psychologists, social workers or lawyers, author Marianne Takas wrote, but there is nothing to stop your butcher from opening a mediation office.

Another factor is that the lawyer is paid to be your advocate, while the mediator is paid to be impartial.

Boston therapist Claudia Cahan sees advantages in mediation. ``Mediation can be valuable in that it can help people in a disruptive situation to regain a sense of control over their own lives,`` she said. ``They learn, with the help of a good mediator, that they can resolve differences without repeating patterns. That knowledge can be an important boost to self-esteem at a difficult time.``

The woman who picks a good mediator, knows her rights and has legal advice -- and who finds mediation sessions marked by cooperation rather than power- wielding -- may find mediation a good way to settle a divorce. If any of those elements is missing, Cosmopolitan advised, then stick to the more formal -- and more predictable -- path of parting.

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Lw May Demolish Condemned Building

November 20, 1985|By Sally Gelston, Staff Writer

LAKE WORTH — The northwest wing of the Lake Worth Beach casino building, condemned for several years, has started crumbling into the street, prompting Lake Worth city commissioners to talk Monday about demolishing the structure.

Pieces of concrete dislodged from the exterior wall and fell to the sidewalk on Oct. 22. Because of the hazard posed to pedestrians, the area was barricaded, City Engineer John Sczymanski wrote in a recent memo.

No one has been injured.

``The city was very fortunate that the failures that have occurred at the building in the past two days were during times in which the pedestrian traffic has been relatively low,`` wrote consulting engineer Robert Botkin of Botkin & Assoc. Inc. of Lake Worth.

``In the coming months, pedestrian traffic will be steadily increasing, thus magnifying the chances of the passing pedestrians being hit by concrete falling off the building from heights as great as 30 feet,`` Botkin wrote.

City commissioners said they want the city staff to look for the spare funds needed to tear down the wing.

The job would cost $130,000. Removing the wading pool behind it as well would cost an added $70,000, wrote engineer Brian Rheault in an estimate from the Botkin firm.

The former commission had planned to remove the wading pool in the defeated 1984 proposed renovation of the beach complex.

In the Bodkin letter, city officials were cautioned to enter the building only for emergency reasons.

``We strongly recommend that no one be permitted to enter the northwest wing because of the safety hazards present and because of the potential for collapse,`` Botkin wrote.

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Man Fatally Shot By Police After Chase

January 29, 1986|By David Uhler, Staff Writer

POMPANO BEACH — A man who was on probation for assaulting a Fort Lauderdale police officer last year was shot to death by officers Tuesday following a two-city chase that ended at the Hillsboro Inlet drawbridge, investigators said.

The bridge and others had been raised to stop the suspect, Richard Edward Otstot, 25, but he smashed through the inlet crossing gate.

Then Otstot, who had already rammed his car into several squad cars during the chase, threw his auto into reverse and headed for a group of Pompano Beach officers approaching on foot, police said.

Two officers shot at Otstot. Police think a total of five shots were fired. One bullet hit Otstot in the head.

He was pronounced dead at 12:20 a.m. at North Broward Medical Center, police said.

No officers were injured. The officers who fired at Otstot, John Stabile, 30, and Donald Stefanko, 37, a 10-year police veteran, were given temporary desk jobs immediately after the shooting while police continued their investigation of the incident.

Stabile, who joined the department in 1983, was named Officer of the Month in July 1984 after another car chase in which two robbery suspects were arrested.

Otstot was a native of East Lansing, Mich., but had lived in South Florida for about 1 1/2 years. His mother said he was unemployed at the time of his death but added that he usually worked odd jobs to make a living.

``He had a great personality,`` said the woman, who asked not to be identified. ``But he had problems.``

The woman, who last spoke with her son by phone on Dec. 30, said he was put on probation following an East Lansing burglary conviction about five years ago. Otstot was an excellent athlete and enjoyed skiing, she said.

``He moved to Florida because he didn`t like the cold weather,`` she said.

Last April, Otstot pleaded guilty to resisting arrest with violence after he threw a can of beer at a Fort Lauderdale police officer. He was given 18 months` probation, police said.

Otstot`s mother and police did not know his local address Tuesday. She said the car he was driving during the chase belonged to someone with whom he was living. Police said it had a stolen license tag.

The entire 16-minute car chase was recorded in the Pompano Beach Police Department communications room. Police gave this account:

Shortly after midnight Tuesday, Stabile saw Otstot driving erratically in the 400 block of South Federal Highway and tried to pull him over.

Instead, Otstot sped up and turned onto Southeast Second Street. Otstot`s 1973 Pontiac Grand Prix bounced off Stabile`s car before he drove onto Atlantic Boulevard and then north again on Federal Highway.

Just past the Pompano Square, Otstot turned west onto Northeast 23rd Street. He made a U-turn, striking Stabile`s car again as he headed back to Federal Highway, where he turned south.

The chase reached 100 mph and soon crossed the city limits. Fort Lauderdale police picked up the pursuit and two Pompano Beach units, including Stabile, fell in behind.

Otstot headed east on Oakland Park Boulevard and then north on State Road A1A, all the while ramming and sideswiping cars of officers trying to pull him over.

Fort Lauderdale police broke off pursuit as the chase headed back into Pompano Beach. Stabile radioed the police dispatcher to call the bridgetenders to raise the drawbridges at Atlantic Boulevard, Northeast 14th Street and the Hillsboro Inlet on A1A.

On the Police Department tape, Sgt. Frank Lightbourn can be heard telling officers stationed at the bridges to make themselves visible because he hoped Otstot would decide to surrender.

``Keep your lights going,`` Lightbourn said. ``This guy can be warned ahead of time.``

As Otstot`s car neared the Hillsboro Inlet, Stabile said, ``See if they can get that bridge raised at Hillsboro so he doesn`t kill somebody.``

The next message on the tape was an officer requesting an ambulance.

``What have you got?`` Lt. Charlie Lane asked by radio.

``Subject`s been shot,`` Sgt. Joe Lanza said at the scene. ``It doesn`t look too good.``

``Why was he shot?`` Lane asked.

Lanza replied, ``He went up to the bridge, lieutenant. The bridge was up. He floored it and started to burn rubber backwards toward about five of us running up to the car and tried to run us over.``

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Put Up A Wall At The Border

May 14, 1986|By Gary Stein, Staff writer

Florida tourism officials are doing handstands these days as they envision our state overflowing with tourists and big wallets.

The officials were ecstatic -- but tastefully under control -- when they realized the threat of terrorism overseas would send countless thousands of American Express cards on the way to Florida instead of Europe.

And they went out of their minds with delight when the Rand McNally Vacation Places Rated guide picked South Florida as the fourth-best vacation spot in the country.

OK, so what does this windfall mean for those of us who don`t own a bar, restaurant, T-shirt shop, alligator wrestling pit or the Jungle Queen? You guessed it -- more unwanted visitors.

Every Floridian has unwanted visitor stories, and I`ve got a classic to relate in a moment.

The subject of unwanted visitors was discussed here awhile back, when I was looking for ideas to stop the onslaught. I am not talking about good friends who visit. I`m talking about people you never heard from until you moved here.

``Send a photo of your house being tented for termites,`` suggested one reader.

``Tell them you shoot every third visitor, and the second one just left,`` recommended another.

``Explain to them the encephalitis quarantine has just been lifted,`` said another. The thoughts were truly heartwarming.

But things are going to get worse, what with the latest turn of events from terrorists and Rand McNally. And there is another problem to be considered -- how do you creatively get rid of unwanted visitors after they`ve already moved into the guest bedroom?

With that in mind, I have to relate a story that was told recently at dinner by a delightful couple who just had some classic unwanted visitors.

``They were some relatives (from overseas) that we really didn`t know, and they wanted to see the United States,`` the husband explained.

``One of the first mornings they were here, we woke up, and they said to us, `OK, what do you have planned today?` ``

Ah, yes. The ``all Floridians are tour guides`` syndrome.

``We took them everywhere,`` said the man. ``They said they had heard about the Keys, so we drove to Key West.``

``Were they impressed?`` I asked.

``No. We took them down to Miami maybe four times.``

``Were they impressed or enthused?``

``No. We took them to Cypress Gardens; they weren`t impressed.``

I don`t know about you, but I can see a definite pattern developing.

``We had been to Epcot several times previously, but they wanted to go, so we took them,`` the husband said.

``Let me guess,`` I said. ``They weren`t impressed.``

``They said, `It`s OK.` ``

It kept up like that for a month. We are talking 30 days. No matter how they were escorted around -- and they were taken everywhere -- the visitors just weren`t impressed or enthused about anything. But the couple I was talking with were too tolerant to evict the visitors.

``It got so bad, we wanted to get rid of them for a while, so we put them on the SeaEscape cruise,`` said the wife. ``When they got back, they said, `Everybody on the boat said it used to be better.` ``

By now, some folks might have been hiring terrorists to entertain their guests. But this very nice couple lived through it.

``I think the problem is they were expecting everything to be wild nightlife and glitzy,`` said the wife. ``I really think the only place that would have satisfied them would have been New York.``

Perhaps. But I doubt if anybody in New York would take them.

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Three Sons, Many Friends On `Bonanza`

May 9, 1993|By TOM JICHA, TV/Radio Writer

Q. How many sons were on the original Bonanza? We are divided between three and four. We know of Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts and Michael Landon. If there was a fourth, who was it? -- Evelyn Eichen, Boynton Beach

A. Three is it. Blocker was Hoss, Roberts was Adam and Landon was Little Joe. Your confusion might stem from some later cast additions, who were welcomed as if they were members of the Cartwright family. David Canary, who has gone on to win three daytime Emmys for All My Children, joined the cast in 1967 as handyman Candy. In 1970, Lou Frizzel and Mitch Vogel settled on the Ponderosa as Dusty Rhodes and Jamie Hunter. In the final season, Tim Matheson was a regular as Griff King.

Q. Your review of The Fire Next Time indicates you are another person unable to find the time to educate himself about the Earth. You are not separate from the planet, you are part of it. Please read up on the planet. If you don`t have time, I will check out books for you at the library. -- Janice Pelletier, Fort Lauderdale

A. No thanks on the books, but the next time you`re out hugging trees, give one a squeeze for me. My review was a backlash against the extremist, anti- prosperity, anti-American theories that were expressed as fact in the CBS miniseries. The thing I don`t understand is, if using deodorants and hair sprays will cause the temperature to rise, why aren`t all the people in Minneapolis standing on their rooftops spraying Right Guard at the sky? If the militant environmentalists had been around at the time, America`s West Coast would be the backside of Plymouth Rock.

Q. Both Jill Beach and Steve Dawson were on WSVN-Ch. 7 several years ago. Then they left. I read that they had married but now she is back on WTVJ-Ch. 4 and he is in New York. Are they divorced? -- Joan Jackson, Fort Lauderdale

A. Beach and Dawson divorced while they were working in Cleveland.

Q. Is Get A Life being shown on cable? I thought it was the funniest show ever. -- Dougie White, Margate

A. No. Part of the problem is that not enough episodes were made for syndication. Also, not many people shared your opinion. But with 500-channel cable coming, every show ever made is liable to turn up somewhere again.

Q. Is Chan Lowe, your very talented political cartoonist, related to actor Chad Lowe from Life Goes On? Also, when will Chan be back in the paper? -- Bernadette Cronin, Hollywood

A. Chan did not get his last name from any relationship to the acting Lowes, but he did get his first name from a fantastic performer. Carol Channing is his mother. Chan, who is away on a year-long fellowship, should be back on the editorial page next month.

Q. Why is it that when TV covers a soccer match, there is a cutaway to commercials while play is still going on? This doesn`t happen in baseball and football telecasts. Wouldn`t it be better if the commercials were all placed at halftime? -- L. Hamilton, Lauderdale Lakes

A. Baseball and football have natural breaks when commercials can be inserted. Soccer has continuous action, so to speak. Sponsors buy time because they want their message to be seen. If commercials were clustered at halftime, the audience would disappear. Then again, considering the comatose pace of soccer, commercials might be welcome action during the break from the lull.

---- Send your questions about local television, the networks or cable to Tom Jicha, TV/Radio Writer, Sun-Sentinel, 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 33301-2293. Personal replies are not possible; please do not send self- addressed stamped envelopes.

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Agnes Monica the Artis Indonesia Seksi

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I really has forgotten this Hot Actress and Hot Singer, yes Agnes Monica, she is the one and only Artis Seksi in Indonesia that has booming from a little child until now. And today Artis Seksi Ku will write a little about the story of Agnes Monica the Indonesian Actress Sexy.

Agnes Monica born in Jakarta, 1 Juli 1986. This Artis Seksi start her career from 6 years old as young singer girls and she already has at least three albums of herself which is Si Meong, Yess and Bala-bala and those albums make the name of Agnes Monica fly to the world of Indonesian Actress Celebrity.

At the years of 15, Agnes start to follow on the Acting world and start to staring Sinetron on the TV which is Pernikahan Dini and believe it, with this Sinetron she is very successful write her name on the entertainment industry, and from there she start to become Artis Seksi but not Artis Bugil.

One of the song that I like until now is Awan dan Ombak when she collaborate with Yana Yulio and that song really show her power as a Sexy Singer. There is so many thing that we can talk about Agnes Monica, I believe almost everyone know in Indonesia that Agnes Monica is one of the Artis Seksi and Artis Top who very successful in her career also in her lifes.

So, I believe if Aura Kasih is Artis Seksi 2009, for me Agnes Monica is Artis Seksi whole lifetimes and she is one of the best Sexy Actress in Indonesia. And down here is her albums and her film, enjoy it.

Song Albums
  • ..And The Story Goes.....
  • Whaddup A'..?!
  • Sacredly Agnezious
Film and Sinetron
  • Lupus Milenia
  • Pernikahan Dini
  • Amanda
  • Ciuman Pertama
  • Cinta Selembut Awan
  • Cantik
  • Bunga Perawan
  • Ku 'Tlah Jatuh Cinta
  • Romance In The White House (Drama Taiwan)
  • Pink
  • Kawin Muda
  • Jelita
  • Kawin Masal

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The new way of approaching life

Yoga - Basics - Modules

Module 1 Module 2

Mantras - Prayers before and after yoga practise

Importance of prayers for yoga - So many articles are already there on the web, suggesting an interesting article by Sadguru

Prayer - Guru

Akhanda Manadalakaram Vyaptam yena Charaacharam
Tadpadam Darshitam Yena Tasmai Sri Guruve Namaha

Meaning : My Salutations to that Guru who revealed to me that Truth, which is unfragmented, infinite, timeless divinity, and which pervades the entire universe – movable or unmovable.

Prayer - Patanjali

Yogena Chithasya Padenavacha
Malam Shareerasya Cha Vaidyakenam
Yopakarotham Pravarammuneena
Pathanjalim Pranjalirana Thosmin

Meaning : I bow with folded hands to Patanjali, the greatest of sages, who removed the impurity of mind by his work on Yoga, the impurity of speech by his work on grammar and the impurity of body by his work on medicine.

Prayer 3

Om Saha Nau-Avatu
Saha Nau Bhunaktu
Saha Viiryam Karavaavahai
Tejasvi Nau-Adhiitam-Astu Maa Vidvissaavahai
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih

Meaning : Aum! May He protect us both together;
may He nourish us both together;
May we work conjointly with great energy,
May our study be vigorous and effective;
May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate any).

Prayer 4 - At the end of the class

Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Sarve Santu Nir-Aamayaah
Sarve Bhadraanni Pashyantu
Maa Kashcid-Duhkha-Bhaag-Bhavet
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih

Meaning : Om, May All become Happy,
May All be Free from Illness.
May All See what is Auspicious,
May no one Suffer.
Om Peace, Peace, Peace.


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Save Mother Earth - Environmental Ethos In Vedic Times

Today, the natural resources of the earth are being mindlessly exploited globally far beyond need, resulting in a poor state of their regeneration and causing irreversible damage to the planet. This year's World Environment Day theme `Seven billion dreams. One planet. Consume with care'  therefore, is highly relevant.

Starting from space, a Vedic mantra, `prithivy apah tejah vayuh akashat' depicts sequential primal appearance of the five basic gross substances, called `panch mahabhuta'  namely, space, air, fire or energy, water and earth  from which all universal matter is created.

Water has enjoyed the highest social and religious status in ancient Indic culture. Prayers in all four main Vedas refer to water as nectar, honey, source of life, protector of earth and environment, cleanser of sins, generator of prosperity, and ambrosia. Sages in Yajur Veda pray thus, "O Water, thou art the reservoir of welfare and propriety, sustain us to become strong. We look up to thee to be blessed by thy kind ambrosia on this earth. O water, we approach thee to get rid of our sins." Rivers were considered divine and worshipped as goddesses and people were ordained to use their life-sustaining waters most judiciously and with greatest reverence.

Today, we have lost sight of the fact that the resources are finite. Of all of earth's water, only 0.007% is accessible for human use. Today, globally more than 1.1 billion people have inadequate availability of water.

In Vedic cosmology, Prithvi or earth symbolises material base as mother and the Dyaus, upper sky or heaven, symbolises the unmanifested immortal source as father, which together and between them, provide paryavaran, the environment.

An Atharva Veda hymn says, "Mata bhoomih putroham prithivyaah," reminding us of our responsibility not only towards our motherland but also to Planet Earth. The mantra refers to earth differently as `bhoomi' and `prithvi' implying that while my motherland is my mother, i am also a child of Planet Earth.

The Yajur Veda addresses Prithvi as a guardian, praised for being benevolent to humankind, and is prayed to for continued protection: "O Earth! Fill up your broad heart with the vital healing air, waters and flora. May the benevolent life giving air circulate for a bountiful Earth." Another prayer says, "Pleasant be you to us, O Earth, without a thorn be our habitation. May your development grant us bliss and sustenance."

In hymns of the Rig Veda, seers seek blessings of the sun and wish every part of the earth to be prosperous and mountains, waters, and rivers to be propitious. The importance of vital healing air, fresh unpolluted waters and healthy flora on earth was recognised and wished for in the hymns of the Atharva Veda.

Nature and its seasons are governed by cosmic laws of integration and balance, called `Rit' in the vedas. Keeping an eye on Rit, human activities can be directed to global sustainable development. A hymn of the Yajur Veda says, "O learned people, fully realise your conduct towards different objects of the universe." But, in today's world we are misusing scientific and technological breakthroughs to indiscreetly and greedily exploit natural resources, thereby causing imbalances that make it difficult to maintain natural harmony.

Ancient Indic philosophy always wished for everyone to be happy and free from ailments, "Sarve bhavantu sukhinah, sarve santu niraamayaah"  Let everyone be well and happy  and pleaded for an all-inclusive holistic development on the planet for harmony, "Saa no bhoomirvardhayad vardhamaanaa" as in the `Bhumi Sukta' of Atharva Veda.

Written by Kamla Nath Sharma - First Published in

Saturday, 18 July 2015

There Is No Need To Believe In God

Interaction: Osho

How can one believe in a God one cannot see?
Who is telling you to believe in God? I am against all belief. Belief is irreligious, as much as disbelief is. Belief means you don't know yet you have accepted something. It is cowardly you have not inquired. You are pretending; you are a hypocrite. Believers don't know and yet they pretend as if they know. And the same is true about disbelief.

In the first place there is no need to believe in God. And if you believe you will never be able to know God. Belief is always a barrier. Belief means you are carrying a prejudice, and you will not be able to see that which is. You will project your own idea.

Don't carry any idea of God, for or against. Don't carry any image of God. In fact God is absolutely irrelevant  be meditative! And meditation means: drop all thoughts, ideologies; all knowledge. Drop the mind itself. And then when you are in a state of no mind, something unimaginable, unbelievable, unpredictable, inexpressible is experienced. You can call it godliness, truth, nirvana, or whatever you want to call it. You are free because no word describes it; hence any word is as good as any other. God is not a person, hence God cannot be seen in that sense. God is a presence.

There is no God but godliness. It is a quality, a fragrance. You experience it, you don't see it. It is not something out there as an object; it is something in here, in your heart. It is your subjectivity, your consciousness. So there is no question of belief or seeing either.

But people are brought up in all kinds of beliefs and they go on seeing through their prejudices. So anything that fits with their prejudices enters inside; anything that does not fit with their prejudice is prevented from entering.

In fact, God is not a religious but a philosophic subject. It is for those people who go on endlessly into logic-chopping and hair-splitting.

A religious person is more interested in the very source of his being, who he is: "Who am i?" That is the most fundamental religious question  not God, not heaven, not hell. And if you can find the truth of your own being you will have found all the truth that is necessary to know and is worth knowing. But don't make a philosophical inquiry; otherwise you will end up with a conclusion. And all conclusions are dangerous because once you conclude you become fanatical about your conclusion, you start clinging to it. You become afraid of truth  because who knows? Truth may disturb your conclusion, and your conclusion is so cosy and so convenient, and it has helped to give you a certain feeling of security. Your conclusion cannot be bigger than you. Your conclusion will be as high, as deep, as you are high and deep; it will only reflect you.

God is not a conclusion arrived at by logical processes  by believing, by discussing, by analysing, no. When all mind processes have ceased, something suddenly wells up within you. You will feel tremendously ecstatic, blissful, at home, at ease. For the first time existence will be your home. You will not be an outsider. There will be no conflict between you and existence. You will be able to bloom into thousands of flowers. That is God  or better, godliness.

From `Ah, This', copyright Osho International Foundation,

Saturday, 11 July 2015

We are Part Of A Living, Breathing Cosmos

Human consciousness has become so fragmented that most people have forgotten that what you consider to be your `body' is not just a piece of the planet, but much more.

Interdependence is not just a philosophical theory. It is a reality. Your physical existence is possible only because of your body's seamless ability to respond to the entire universe. Without this, you wouldn't be able to exist for a moment.

I lived on a farm for a few years. There was a man in the locality with a hearing impairment, an object of ridicule for the villagers. I employed him to help me on the farm. He was a nice companion because I wasn't particularly interested in talking, and he couldn't talk because he could not hear. So, no problem!

In those days before tractors, life on the farm was all about bullocks and ploughs. One day, suddenly, at four o'clock in the morning, I saw him preparing the plough and asked him what he was doing. He said, `It will rain today. I am preparing to plough.' I looked up. It was an absolutely clear sky. I said, `What? Where is the rain?' He said, `No, sir, it will rain.' And it did.

I sat up for days and nights after this. Why couldn't I feel what this man could feel? I sat, holding my hand in different positions, trying to feel the moisture, the temperature, trying to read the sky. I read all kinds of books on meteorology, but was up against a wall. But gradually, with careful observation of my own body and environment, I discovered the fundamental mistake that most of us make: the fact that we view the ingredients which constitute our body, like earth, water, air and food, as commodities and not as an organic part of the life process.

If it is to rain today, some change will happen in your body. Most urban-dwellers cannot feel it, but many rural folk all over the world, sense this. This is not astrology or magic, but a surmise based on the minute observation of a completely different level of the human system and its ongoing transaction with the cosmos. Most insects, birds and animals can feel it. A tree for sure knows it.
Modern physics has established that the universe is a great dance of energy, and every subatomic particle in your body is in constant dialogue with the entire cosmos. The aim of the spiritual process is to make this scientific fact an experiential reality for you.

Yoga reminds us that the physical body is just an accumulation of food  or what is called annamayakosha. The food that you eat is just the produce of the earth, which, in turn, is a fragment of the universe. You are a small outcrop of this planet, claiming to be an autonomous entity! But with some inner work, a dimensional shift occurs. Suddenly, the human body becomes what it was always intended to be an instrument of extraordinary refinement, a barometer, an antenna capable of downloading the entire cosmos. We realise that we inhabit a living cosmos

By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev first published in

Saturday, 4 July 2015

From Relative To Absolute Consciousness

Consciousness, meaning awareness or knowledge, has two dimensions. The consciousness in normal human beings that `I am So-and-So' is a relative, objective, physical or psychological consciousness rooted in names and forms, cause and effect. Whereas absolute consciousness or pure, objectless, divine consciousness is beyond names and forms, cause and effect and is an essential attribute of the Self, Atman or Brahmn, referred to as `chit', in the phrase sat-chit-ananda.

Self is all-pervading and omnipresent. All that exists is referred to as the `sat' aspect of sat-chit-ananda. All existence can be grouped into two main entities living and non-living, sentient and inert, seer and seen, knower and known, subject and object. The Self in its `chit' aspect is vividly expressed in all living beings, particularly human beings, due to presence of mind and intellect and is dormant in non-living objects. Hence conscious beings perceive, think, analyse, discriminate and evolve whereas inert objects do not perceive and evolve  or, they evolve very slowly.

Relative consciousness has its merits and demerits. The obverse side is that we can perceive each and every object and being bearing a name and form and we can relate ourselves with them. It also helps express our apparent identity as body, mind, intellect (BMI) equipment bearing a particular name and identity and lead our earthly life with personal, professional and social objectives and values. The obverse side is that BMI equipment becomes a blockade in manifestation of our essential divine consciousness.

In ordinary human beings, world or physical consciousness covers God or divine consciousness like a moss covering the surface of pond water. When a spiritual aspirant follows the process of removing world consciousness  clearing the moss higher consciousness comes to the fore. However, when one stops the effort, world consciousness creeps in like moss on the water's surface. Spiritual process is therefore persistent and tenacious effort to gradually cease world consciousness and transform it into spiritual consciousness. What is the root cause and way out?

Avidya or ignorance of our true Self is the root cause. Avidya sprouts into ahankara, ego, that leads to raga, attachment; dvesha, likes and dislikes and abhinivesh, clinging to worldly objects. As long as these five kleshas or obstacles persist, relative consciousness and pairs of dualities like pain and pleasure persist and our true Self cannot manifest.

The irony is that this very relative consciousness helps us in reaching absolute consciousness that is not known to us as such. When antakaram or the BMI equipment is cleansed of its dirt and dross in the form of subtle impressions and tendencies and rendered still, by spiritual practices such as selfless service, devotion and meditation, the faculty of intuition is awakened, enabling the manifestation of absolute consciousness. Intuition is possible only because of interconnectedness and essential unity of all objects and beings. Intellect leads to psychological consciousness that is indirect, mediate and relative whereas intuition leads to spiritual consciousness that is direct, immediate and absolute.

Purusharthas, the three objects of human aspirations  dharma, artha and kama  are pursued when one is in a state of relative consciousness. The fourth and final aspiration of moksha, liberation, is attained when one transcends psychological consciousness and abides in spiritual consciousness. Relative consciousness is characterised by exclusivity where one beholds oneself as Dehbuddhi or BMI equipment or residing in it (jivbuddhi). Whereas absolute consciousness is characterised by inclusivity where one beholds all existence as one mass of consciousness and bliss.

By Jayant B Dave - First Published on


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Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Chapter --- (7), Hindustan-Tibet Road Fantasy, NH-22. (July-August) 2014

Continuation of my Blog’s previous chapter
Chapter ----(7)

Our next journey is from Nako village to ---- Malling ---- Chango ----Sumdo (an ITBP check post is there. Here River Spiti and River Parcha, which comes from Tibet, joins) ---- Hoorling ---- Gue village (this village has Lama’s "Mummy temple") ---- Back to Hoorling ---- Lari village ---- Tabo (NH-22, ends here)

“NAKO” is situated at an altitude of (12,114 feet) above MSL.

Nako village’s approximate population is (572) and has 128 families

Nako is located in Kinnaur district. The Nako village is Known for its famous Lake and the Old Monastery, those are located on a small plateau which is in the center of the village.
Aerial View of Nako Lake and Nako village.

After Yangthang “Y” junction, the Right side of the NH-22 goes to Nako village, through a Helipad and Nako Bus stand. Nako bus stand and Nako Helipad are next to each other. From this Bus stand there is a side road of about 2 Km length that leads to Nako village.

                                        View of Nako Bus stand on NH-22
Entrence gate of Nako Monastery compound

We reached Nako at about 1.00 PM. We drove through the narrow road of Nako-village and parked our car in one of the corners, at the entrance of the Nako Monastery. Dalai Lama had conducted “Kalchakra” ceremony” here in 2007. During that time a big beautiful traditional residential building was built for Dalai Lama’s stay. A new Monastery Building too was constructed during the same time of “Kalchakara Ceremony”, which is now used for daily prayers and day to day religious activities of the Monastey.

Picture of the new buildings constructed in 2007, for 14th Dalai Lama’s stay during Kalchakara ceremony

Prayer wheels at Nako
Antique wooden Prayer wheel on the way to Nako Lake

Very adjacent to this newly constructed Monastery building, there is a (900 year old monastery ),  that was established by "Lochen Rinchen Zangpo", in the first half of 11th century. Since the old Monastery is a very ancient construction that has become very, very weak. That’s why the New Monastery building was constructed. And this 900 year ancient Monastery structure, just to preserve it is now locked and closed from being used. They open the old monastery structure only on certain special occasions. We were very lucky, because one of the monks obliged our requested of seeing the Old Monastery from inside. He unlocked the door and took us inside. From inside, the old Monastery is awesome. Inside the old monastery, there is a small circular prayer hall, which still has the smell of centuries old ancient fragrance. The old monastery has ancient architecture of just mud and stones and centuries old colourfull murals and paintings, those are faded now, but are awesome. The old Monastery still has a beautiful huge 30 feet high statues of Buddha made of clay and is hand painted with original organic colours. The ancient paintings and the ancient murals, hanging on the walls, still have the faded organic colours which were (as per Lama), painted some 900 years ago. Whatever said and done, I have no words to express the beauty of most artistically intricate geometrical drawings and designs, those have proportionate Dragons and Demons faces. The apt colours combinations and Tanka paintings are exuberantly lively.

View of Nako’s Old Monastery, which was established by "Lochen Rinchen Zangpo", in the first half of 11th century.

In side photography of the Old Monastery is strictly Prohibited,

 that's why no photographs are shown
Before seeing old Monastery, we entered the new prayer hall of newly constructed Monastery building. Since, it was “Amavase day" when we visited the Nako Monastery. It is a very auspicious day for Nako Buddhist villagers. Nako village Buddhist community’s religious chores of the monthly prayer were going on. As we entered the prayer hall, just to show respect to the religious Congregation, Guruduth and I folded our hands in a “Namaste” posture and to pay respect, we simultaneously bowed our heads too. We humbly seeked the permission from Lamas and requested them if we two could join them in their prayers. In Unison every Lams happily gestured us to sit down. We peacefully and composedly sat throughout the whole prayer rituals. The Buddhist Chants sung in soothing unison, were so heavenly, divine, blissful, peaceful and mediating that we felt blessed to be part of this religious rituals. Once the rituals of the prayers were over, we started conversation with the particepents of the prayers. In the congregation, there were males as well as females too. They informed us that the entire polpulation of males and females are married, have their children and lead a normal domestic family life. Some of the Lamas are government employees, some of them are teachers and some of them have their own business too. But most of the Lamas are agriculturist.

Inside view of New Prayer Hall

The Monastery of Nako village performs these “Buddhist community religious ritual festive prayers” on every date of 5th, 15th, 25th of every month. Especially during “Amavase” day, it is a very big celebration. On that day, the whole of Nako village Buddhists folks get together for this celebration.

The above series of pictures are the whole sequence of community  cooking, serving and relishing the Pradsdam.
The women folk of whole of Nako town collectively cook in bulk, variety of tasty and delicious food, enough for all the Buddhists of the town. Then once the rituals of the prayers were over, first of all the Eats (as Prasadam) were served to all the Lamas who performed the rituals, in the main hall of the New Monetary. Along with the rest of congregation even Guruduth and I were served the same Prasadam (Eats). The Prasadam that was served consisted of butter tea, biscuits, buns, baked roties and sweets. Then finally after the Prayers ceremony was over, everyone of the whole village were served with rice, sabji (vegetables), rajma dal, baked Roties an Sweets.

Whole of the old village of NAKO is built in an ancient style. To save themselves from severe winter (--30 degree centigrade), the houses are constructed in such a way that the walls of every house touches the walls of every other connecting house. This prevents the flow of freezing cold winds to pass through. The hoses are small in height, have thick stone walls, and have small entrance doors, small windows with just about five to six feet high roof top.

Series of photographs showing pattern of Old Houses in Nako
All most every house has three stories. In the lower most floors, they keep their cattle inside the houses, they themselves live on the second floors and then they put all of their household belongings, items and food grains on the third floors. To insulate the roof tops, the roofs of the houses are made of wooden logs, those are  covered with very thick layers of Hay. Then the Hay is covered and coated with thick layers of mud. By living in the middle floors of the house, the family members insulate themselves from the sever winter. The warmth is generated from the bodies of cattle those are tied at the bottom most floor of the houses as well as from the insulated roof tops. It keeps them warm though out the severe winter. The old town has small narrow inter connecting stone laid lanes, those look like Maze. The old town is settled on one side of the Nako Lake.

Once we finished our Prasadam eating at the Monastery, later during the day we checked in one of the hotels named as "Galaxy Guest House" at Rs. 400/- per night.

The caretaker was a Nepali boy called as Raju. The cash crop of Nako is green peas, which is grown in plenty and is the best in the region for its juiciness, firmness, crispness, sweetness and nutrition value. Here once again we met the Holland couple whom we had met at Kalpa village. Generally Tourists take a break here for the night stay. Now there are many hotels and guest houses in this village, some of them are constructed in old traditional way with local materials, they are popularly known as Home stay. During Off seasons, tariffs of these home stay guest houses are less and available at a range of from Rs 600 /- onwards, per day. Normal guest houses are available at a price of Rs 650/- . Extra bed are at a range of INR 100 to 150/-. Room rent may vary. Tourist luxurious tents are available at a price of INR 1500/- per day. These tents are promoted on Eco tourism concept. Tents are having all basic facilities with attached toilet but without TV facility. In Nako even good hotels do not have TV facility inside rooms.

During the Dinner we met a lady whose name was Neeru, a Taiwanese national who was a doctor by profession and was travelling all alone from Srinagar via Leh Ladakh. We shared our experiences with each others and her next destination was Kalpa (she pronounced it in a funny squeaky and nasal way as KAPPA). It was nice talking to her. The temperature at night was very cold and water leakage from our bathroom made our room even colder.

The mobile connection gets very feeble here. Airtel does not connect at all and BSNL has a very weak signal. Even the STD booths have difficulty in connecting the lines.

History of Nako Village
Nako is a village located in Kinnaur district. The area is known for its lake,”Nako Lake” which forms part of the border of the village. Nako Monastery is located in the center of the Nako village. it receives tourists during the summer months only.

Series of photographs showing New Nako village mushrooming for Tourists
Nako Lake is a high altitude lake. It forms the part of the boundary of Nako village and seems that the village is half buried in the lake's border. It is about 3,662 metres (12,014 ft) above sea level. The lake is surrounded by willow and poplar trees. Near the lake there are four Buddhist temples.

 Near this place there is a foot like impression ascribed to the saint “Padmasambhava”. Several miles away there is a village called Tashigang around which there are several caves where it is believed that Guru Padmasambhava meditated and gave discourse to followers. There is a waterfall nearby which has snow water falling like a river of milk. Legend says that it is a heavenly realm of fairies. In one of the caves you are still able to see the live footprints of these fairies or other demigods. It is a sacred place for the people of these valleys. Followers come from as far a place as Ladakh and spiti valley.

Fields of Cash Crop of Nako (crisp, juicy, delicious, sweet and Nutritious Green Peas)

Day (7)—22nd July 2014---Our today’s Journey would be from Nako to kaza town. For the coming night we would be stopping at Kaza town.

Rear aerial view of Nako village from Malling side
Since all night long, it had been raining. Just to avoid road blocks due to continuous landslides, From Nako we started our journey early in the morning (at 6.00 AM) hoping that we could easly clear the Malling stretch. The whole stretch of about 10 Km of Malling range is  actually Prone area for plenty of Landslides.

From Nako climbing deplorable steep road towards Malling

At one of the most narrowest stretch of this dangerous Malling road, there is a permanent small temple structure of the “Goddess DEVI”, which is constructed by (BRO), where all most all the travelers before venturing out on this dangerously fatal road, pray for their safety.

Devi Temple where all most all the travelers pray for their safe journey

At “Malling” itself there is a permanents base camp of (BRO), (Border Road Organization). The (BRO) has a big manpower permanently camped here. They are fully trained workforce of (BRO) and are equipted with heavy machinery too, to maintain the highway. (BRO) works nonstop throughout the day right from 8 AM to late evening. The whole stretch of “Malling” is landslide prone area. There are many areas where continuously shooting rocks keep rumbling down which invariably brings down tonnes of mud slush too.

BRO, Malling Base camp

Seeing these Photographs, you yourself can judge how dangerous Malling’s accident prone road stretch is ?

Early morning at about 6:30 AM when we reached at the beginning of Malling's Landslide area, a portion of the road was blocked due a huge landslide, that would have been caused during the last night’s nonstop rain. We were shocked to see the amounts of Mud and huge rocks that had blocked the road. Since it was very cold in the early morning, (BRO) manpower hadn't come to work. Gurudatt got down from the car to inspecting the colossal damage caused by the landslide. After inspecting unbelievable size of the landslide, Gurudatt suggested that we should go back to Nako town till the (BRO) start's clearing the boulders and the road.
BRO, Malling Base camp
While driving back to Nako, on our way at the base camp of (BRO), Gurudatt  got down from our car and went into the camp to informed them about the road block. Then one of the men of (BRO) suggested us that we should come back only after 10AM, by then they would clear the bad stretch of the road. We came back to the same hotel and slept till 10 AM.

By the time we came back to the spot of road block, (BRO) were still managing with manpower and heavy machinery to clear the road. After clearing big boulders, big vehicles were allowed to go first, where as we were asked to stop, because our small car ALTO, which has lesser bottom clearance from the road. It was amazing experience to see that while (BRO) men were working, many stray shooting stones were still continuously shooting down. Then finally after half an hour’s wait, we were allowed to proceed. We thanked the (BRO) team and proceeded onwards to our further journey.

Drive from Nako to Tabo ( 62 KM ):---After 21 KM drive from Nako, we reached “Chango” village,

which is situated at an altitude of (7,125ft) above MSL.

Aproximate Population of Chango village is (634) comprising of 160 famalies

Distant View of Chango Village

At a distance of another 13 Km from “Chango” comes “Sumdo” village. Here at “Sumdo” a little away from the RCC connecting bridge, the rivers “Parchu which runs from Tibet and Spiti” join here.

View of the road from Chango towards Sumdo
All along  the road is running River Spiti and River Parchu

View of the road from Chango towards Sumdo

From Sumdo on wards the valley of Spiti starts

Near Sumdo Bridge the Conflence of River Parchu, (that runs from Tibet) and River Sipti takes birth here

Brief introduction of Lahaul and Spiti district

 Just aside the border walls of China, there lay another cold desert of India alike Ladakh, known as “Spiti Valley”. The breathtaking views, panoramic vistas and magical multi-colours mountains of this barren land makes it almost identical to Ladakh and at times even more beautiful.

Such traits of Spiti Valley make it another place after Ladakh from where only body comes back and soul’s keeps wandering somewhere there.

The district of “Lahaul-Spiti” consists of the two formerly separate districts of “Lahaul” and “Spiti”. The present administrative centre is “Keylong”  in “Lahaul”. Before the two districts were merged, “Kardang” was the capital of “Lahaul” and “Dhankar” the capital of “Spiti”. The district was formed in 1960.
In whole of the “Spiti” region it doesn’t rain, that’s why it is called as a high altitude or cold desert having close similarities to the neighboring “Tibet” and “Ladakh” regions in terms of terrain.

The harsh conditions of Lahaul and Spiti permit only scattered tufts of hardy grasses and shrubs to grow, even below 4,000 metres. Glacier lines are usually found at 5,000 metres.

Animals such as Yaks and Dzos  roam across the wild Lingti plains. However, over-hunting and a decrease in food supplies has led to a large decrease in the population of the Tibetan antelopes, Argali, Kiangs, Musk Deer, and Snow Leopards  in these regions, reducing them to the status of endangered species. However, in the Lahaul valley, one can see Ibex, Brown Bears, Foxes and Snow Leopards during winter.

The language, culture, and populations of Lahaul and Spiti are closely related. Generally the Lahaulis are of Tibetan and Indo-Aryan  descent, while the Spiti Bhotia are more similar to the Tibetans, owing to their proximity to Tibet. Fairer skin and hazel-colored eyes are commonly seen among the Lahaulis.
The languages of both the Lahauli and Spiti Bhutia belong to the Tibetan family. They are very similar to the Ladakhi and Tibetans culturally, as they had been placed under the rule of the Guge and Ladakh kingdoms at occasional intervals.

Among the Lahaulis, the family acts as the basic unit of kinship. The extended family system is common, evolved from the polyandric system of the past. The family is headed by a senior male member, known as the Yunda, while his wife, known as the Yundamo, attains authority by being the oldest member in the generation. The clan system, also known as Rhus, plays another major role in the Lahauli society.

The Spiti Bhutia community has an inheritance system that is otherwise unique to the Tibetans. Upon the death of both parents, only the eldest son will inherit the family property, while the eldest daughter inherits the mother's jewellery, and the younger siblings inherit nothing. Men usually fall back on the social security system of the “Trans-Himalayan Gopmas”.

The lifestyles of the Lahauli and Spiti Bhotia are similar, owing to their proximity. Polyandry was widely practiced by the Lahaulis in the past, although this practice has been dying out. The Spiti Bhutia do not generally practice polyandry any more, although it is accepted in a few isolated regions.
Divorces are accomplished by a simple ceremony performed in the presence of village elders. Divorce can be sought by either partner. The husband has to pay compensation to his ex-wife if she does not remarry. However, this is uncommon among the Lahaulis.

Agriculture is the main source of livelihood. Potato farming is common. Occupations include animal husbandry, working in government programs, government services, and other businesses and crafts that include weaving. Houses are constructed in the Tibetan architectural style, as the land in Lahul and Spiti is mountainous and quite prone to earthquakes.

Most of the Lahaulis follow a combination of Hinduism and Tibetan of the Durkpa Kagyu order, while the Spiti Bhotia follow Tibetan Buddhism of the Gelugpa order. Within Lahoul, the Todh/Gahr (upper region of Lahaul towards Ladhakh) region had the strongest Buddhist influence, owing to its close proximity to Spiti. Lahoul has temples such as Trilokinath Temple, where pilgrims worship a certain god in different manifestations, notably in the form of Shiva and Avalokiteshvara where in Udiapur (near Keylong) is a puritan temple. This bas-relief, of marble, depicts the Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara (the embodiment of the Buddha's compassion) in a stylized seated position; Hindu devotees take it to be Shiva Nataraj, Shiva dancing. This image appears to be of sixteenth century Chamba craftsmanship. It was created to replace the original black stone image of the deity, which became damaged by art looters. This original image is kept beneath the plinth of the shrine. It appears to be of 12th century Kashmiri provenance . Much of the art thieves are active in this remote belt because of neglected gompas and temples.Raja Ghepan, one of the major deities is greatly workshipped by almost all Lahauli.

Before the spread of Tibetan Buddhism and Hinduism, the people were adherents of the religion 'Lung Pe Chhoi', an animistic religion that had some affinities with the “Bon” religion of Tibet. While the religion flourished, animal and human sacrifices were regularly offered up to the 'Iha', a term that refers to evil spirits residing in the natural world, notably in the old pencil-cedar trees, rocks and caves. Vestiges of the Lung Pe Chhoi religion can be seen in the behaviour of the Lamas, who are believed to possess certain supernatural powers.

The Losar festival (also known as Halda in Lahauli) is celebrated between the months of January and February. The date of celebration is decided by the Lamas. It has the same significance as the Diwali  festival of Hinduism, but is celebrated in a Tibetan fashion.

At the start of the festival, two or three persons from every household will come holding burning incense. The burning sticks are then piled into a bonfire. The people will then pray to Shikar Apa, the goddess of wealth (other name Vasudhara) in the Buddhist religion.

In the Pattan belt of the valley in Lahoul most population follows Hinduism, but counts for 14 percent of the total and they are called swanglas. The “FAGLI” festival is celebrated between February and March all over the valley. This festival is a new-year festival and closely precedes beginning of Tibetan and Chinese calendar. Notable is the Pattan people are the late settlers in the valley around 1500 A.D. and have broad highlights and have distinct language on the likes the central Asians, Chamba, Pangi, Pashtoons and Uyghurs. This belt is known for the convergence for Chandra and Bhaga rivers to form Chenab.

Lahaul has three major valleys like kinnaur, which is Tinan Valley ( Koksar-Dalang), Pattan Valley (Mooling-Uadaipur region), Punan or Todh/Gahr(Keylong-Zanskar). People of Pattan Valley are largely Hindu and each village has its presiding deity. The inhabitants of Tinan Valley is influenced by both Buddhism and Hindu. The people of  Punan (Todh/Gahr) is mostly influenced by Buddhism.

Approximate altitude of Sumdo village is (10,600 ft) above MSL

                        The Approximate Population of Sumdo village is (172),
                                                      comprising of 38 families

Sumdo is another (ITBP) check post ahead of Chango where we had to mark our entry to Spiti region. Foreigners are supposed to submit a copy of inner-line permit at Sumdo check post. Sumdo is also considered as political border of Kinnaur and Spiti Valleys. FromSumdo, detour goes upwards to Kaurik (aka: Sugar point) and Lepcha (Indian army post at Tibet Border). Indian Nationals require special permit to visit Kaurik & Lepcha.  These permits are issued from ITBP check post at Sumdo after submitting valid identity cards.

From Sumdo village the district of SPITI starts. As soon as we cross the bridge that is constructed across river “Spiti, we enter “Sumdo” (ITBP Check Post). At “Sumdo” check post, all the details of the tourist including their vehicle details and other documents relating to their ID are verified and entered in a register, at the check post. For foreign tourists, other than their usual documents like their Passport details, their Visa details, their “Inner Line Permit” that is issued to them by DC of that particular Indian area,  have to be verified and then entered in a register which is kept at the office of the check post. Now from July-(2012-13), for Indian nationals the “Inner Line Permit” is not required. Where as in earlier days, even Indians has to obtain the “Inner Line Permit”

At Sumdo village facing Tabo, there are three diversions on NH-22. First one leads to Indo-Tibet border. The second one leads to “GUE” village and the third one leads to Tabo village and Kaza town.

The first diversion is at Right side of the road, immediately next to the check post. It is a very rough and very steep road on which only (4 by 4) vehicles can climb. It goes right upto “Shipki La Pass which is situated at (16,000 ft) above MSL,” It is the last Indian village on this side of Tibet border.

The second diversion is that, from Sumdo check Post, while driving towards Tabo, after 5 Km there is another detour on the Left side of the NH-22, which leads to “GUE” Village, which is situated at an approx (10,000 feet) above MSL.

The third diversion is that, from Sumdo check Post, if we drive straight, that road leads to Kaza.

To go to “Spiki La Pass” which is at (16,000ft)
Since because of our small “ALTO” car, which surely wouldn’t have been able to climb on this steep gradient deplorable rickety road. Had Gurudatt and I taken the risk of venturing out on this most treacherous road, it would have been sure suicidal.  So we decided not to go to “Spiki La Pass”. More over if I am not mistaken, I don’t think if civilians are allowed to go “Spiki La Pass” unless special permission is taken from Army?

Mummy of “Gue” Lama, whose name was “Sangha Tenzin”
To go to Gue village, while facing “Tabo” village, we have to take a Left side detour of 8 Km at “Hoorling” village.

 Then a colourful arch invites you into the village of “Gue”. From here, it’s an 11 km rickety drive along a deplorable narrow road abutting the mountains. There are hardly a dozen houses in the village and the gigantic mountains engulf it from all sides. The last structure in the village, atop a small knoll, is said to house of Gue mummy. In this village there is a Monastery also.

 The Temple where Lama's mummy is kept in glass cubical encloser

Gue village

Population of Gue village is less that (80)

and it’s approximate altitude is (8,200 ft) above MSL

While the mummified body of "Saint Francis Xavier” was already placed in a glass container encased in a silver casket on 2 December 1637 in Goa. Round about the same time, a docile, humble religious divine Buddhist monk named as “Sangha Tenzin”was mummifying himself in the most remotest inaccessible part of distant India. He was painfully mediating and praying for the peace and tranquility of his fellow Tibetan Buddhist, who were being brutally ruled by Tibetan mighty “Ming Dynasty” rulers, (1368-1677).

It's believed that the Lama "Sangha Tenzin" must have had attained the "Samadhi" That's why his mummified body is in the sitting position itself. His body is not laying down flat on ground. Where as “Francis Xavier” would have died of sickness, that's why his mummified body is in a flat lying down posture.

Samādhi, in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism is a Yogic  schools of a higher level of concentrated meditation, which transcends the realms of body, mind and intellect, and where the logical and analytical ability of the being becomes silent. Samadhi, being the ultimate stage of Yoga, symptomatically represents itself as the transcendental state, wherein even consciousness of the yogi might get detached from the body. According to Bhargava Dictionary, Samadhi is the exercise of austerity of a Yogi whereby he acquires the power of suspending the connection between the body and soul as long as he likes.

Final liberation

Yogis are said to attain the final liberation or videha mukti after willfully leaving their bodies at the time of death. It is at this time that the soul knows a complete and unbroken union with the divine, and, being free from the limitations of the body, merges effortlessly into the transcendent Self. This final liberation is referred to as mahasamadhi (ultimate samadhi) and is a voluntary and controlled exit of the soul, from the body by the fully liberated yog.

The monk or Lama, known as “Sangha Tenzin” body has undergone a natural mummification.Natural mummification is an extremely difficult process in which the body is made to react in such a way that body fats and fluids reduce at a constant rate and the organs that can decay are reduced in size. A special diet is given towards the end to preserve the meat on the bone. The body is kept in a posture where the monk can continue to meditate, by using a restrainers around the neck. This esoteric practice is a part of the “Dzogchen” tradition in the “Nyingma” sect of Buddhism. Northern Honshu in Japan also follows this practice of natural mummification.

It is believed that when Sangha Tenzin's soul finally left his body, a rainbow appeared across the sky.

When we reached at “Gue” Lama’s temple, the entrance door was locked. We didn't know whom to approach for unlocking the entrance door. An elderly looking Buddhist might have seen us from a distance, while we were driving towards the village. He took an exhausting sprint just to ensure that we don’t return back without paying homage to “Gue mummy". He unlocked the Temple door and did show us the Lam's mummy and the temple. He was so humble, respectful and hospitable to us, that just to express our gratitude’s for his generous efforts, we offered him some money but he adamantly refused to accept and smiled absently. He robbed our hearts. A very rare incident, just to find such a solemn masterpiece of human in our present day wicked world.
As we stepped inside of the Lama’s temple. It was an amazing experience to see with our own naked eyes that “mummy” of a sitting Lama, who is now enclosed in a glass cubical house.

As we step inside, a closer observation revealed that Lam’s has empty eye sockets and the broad forehead. The mummy is amazingly by nature itself well-preserved with unbroken skin; teeth, nails and bristles of hairs on his head, fully intact. When we inquired about the mythology of this mysterious Lama, he told us of how blood oozed out of the ground when people were digging the area to build houses. This led to much fright and furor among the villagers and on further careful digging, the mummy was found. The silk robes on him seem to conceal the tremendous POWER and WILL that he must have had to undergo the mummification process. We inquired from that elderly gentleman who opened the doors for us of “Gue Lama’s” temple , “How old is this Gue mummy?” He replied, “Sons, it is difficult to say, may be 500 years, 600 years or may even more. In fact no one knows exactly how old Gue Lama is, but he has been protecting and blessing  our whole region down the ages.” He added with an astounding abundant faith, “MUMMY LAMA IS OUR LIVING GOD”. Local people here around this Gue village, with respect, religious faith and conviction call this Lama as “MUMMY LAMA”. It is believed that this revered lama was a Tibetan monk named Sangha Tenzin, who gave up his life about 600 years back while meditating in the squatting position. He was discovered mummified inside a tomb. The locals of Gue knew about the mummy only since 1975, when an earthquake brought down a part of the tomb. But the sheer remoteness of the area kept it out of bounds. Carbon dating carried out by some foreign scientists estimated it to be about 550 years old.

Bowing our heads, we seeked “Gue” Lama’s blessing and prayed for our safe onward journey.  We felt blessed, re-energized and fresh to drive on our further treacherous journey. MAY “GUE” LAMA BLESS US WITH SAFE JOURNEY”

The body of Saint Francis Xavier, too got naturally mummified.
Saint Francis Xavier, SJ, born as Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta (7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552), was a Roman Catholic missionary born in Xavier, Kingdom of  Portugual. He too was a divine missionary appionted at Goa, who helped and anointed people suffering from incurable diseases, relieved devotees from their miseries. Most of his life, he spent in and around Goa. He was a noble soul. On 3 December 1552, he died in China at Shangchuan Island (Present day Hon Kong). Somehow by the divine natural process, even his body too got mummified. On 11 December 1553, Xavier's mummified body was shipped to Goa. The body is now in a church of the “Basilica Of Born Jesus” in Old Goa, where it was placed in a glass container encased in a silver casket on 2 December 1637.

It is situated at an altitude of (10,760 ft} above MSL
The approximate population of Tabo village is (592) comprising of 135 Families

After driving down back from “Gue” mummy village, we joined the main road at “Hoorling” village which is 9 Km away from “Sumdo” From Hoorling, Tabo is 19 KM. All around this region, where ever eyes can see, its barren, arid, infertile land surrounded by huge mud mountains, whose peaks are cover with snow and Glaciers. No trace of trees, greenery or even a speck of grass can be seen. The whole area is like any desert.

Old Bridge connecting other side of Lari village
New Bridge connecting other side of Lari village
Lari village
Inbetween “Hoorling” and “Tabo” we come across a small village called as “Lari” which has a population of 235 people only.   Tabo is a small town on the banks of the River “Spiti”.  It has a population of 450. It is the sub-divisional headquarters of “Spiti”.

Distant view of Tabo village
View of series of photographs of Tabo Monastery from Outside

Tabo Monastery. Inside photographs of the Monastery is strictly prohibited, that’s why we haven’t shown any inside pictures
 The town surrounds a Buddhist monastery which, according to legend, is said to be over a thousand years old. His Holiness the “Dalai Lama”  had expressed his desire to retire at “Tabo”,  since he maintains that the “Tabo Monatery”  is one of the holiest “Monasteries”. In 1983 and 1996, HH the 14 th  Dalai Lama conducted the” “Kalchakar” initiation ceremony in Tabo, which coincided with the millennium anniversary celebrations of the Tabo monastery. The ceremony was attended by thousands of Buddhists from across the world. Tabo Monastery's present spiritual head is “Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche”. Tabo Monastery (Tabo Chos-Khor Monastery) was founded in 996 CE in the Tibetan year of the Fire. Ape. by the Tibetan Buddhist Lotswa (translator), “Rinchen Zangpo ”(Mahauru Ramabhadra), the king of western Himalayan Kingdom of “Guge”. Tabo is noted for being the oldest continuously operating Buddhist enclave in both India and the Himalayas. A large number of frescoes displayed on its walls depict tales from the “Buddhist Pantheon”. There are many priceless collections of “Thankas” (scroll paintings), manuscripts, well-preserved statues Frescos and extensive murals which cover almost every wall. The monastery is in need of refurbishing as the wooden structures are aging and the “Thankas” scroll paintings are fading. After the earthquake of 1975. The monastery was rebuilt, and in 1983 a new “Du-kang” or Assembly Hall was constructed. The monastery is now protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as a national historic treasure of India. New monastery is under construction.

After visiting the “Monastery”, we had our Lunch at a "Name-less" small restaurant. After the lunch as we were getting ready to proceeded toward Kaza town. Here also the local drivers again asked us where were we heading to? And we said, “Leh-Ladakh” In disbelief  their mouths too fell wide open and their heads too shook repeatedly, in negative gesture saying “Oh No”, not possible? Then they also warned us about the dangerous condition of the further treacherous road. They also seriously suggested us that it was better we turned around and went back via Kullu, Manali, Rohtang, Leh Road. Anyway since we has reached till here, we thought let's take a chance and continue towards Leh Via Kaza, Kunzum La Pass itself.

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  1. Baiji ,dare devil spirit in you drives you wild and mad, every inch of your travel is awesome thought provoking that life is like that to civilization carries on despite harsh ,environ,thanks to share in detail

  2. Respected Ashok Ji,

    Thank you very much for the description and the photographs. The description is interesting because it is first hand. Such description is only possible when you are at place. The photographs are breath taking giving more details that you have given.

    I think all these travelogues should be compiled together in a book. It will be definitely a GUIDE to the future travelers who will venture in such places where only eagles can dare.

    Prayers for your excellent health which will enable you to go to such places which have remained untapped till date.

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India: Millions breathe deadly air

Millions of Indians breathe in cancer-causing air according to a study by the Independent Community Environmental Monitors (CEM).

One of the world's most polluted countries, India has regions with toxic levels for some pollutants 32,000 times higher than global safe air standards.

India still depends on coal for much of its energy production needed to fuel rapid economic growth.

Smokestacks in Calcutta, India belch dark smoke.
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The country has no standards or monitoring for many dangerous pollutants, according to the study.

In the first quarter of this year, the Indian economy grew by 9.3 percent.

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Autumn - the sweetest of sixteens

So, yesterday was lovely Ruby's Sweet Sixteen! It was an amazing day, we went out and had Italian for lunch which was so so yummy and filling. I share with you some cute cute photo's from the day.

Ally saved up and bought her self a Louis Vuitton bag, and boy is it beautiful. Like, really really beautiful.

I actually think this series of Ruby opening her pyjama's from Nicole is one of the cutest things evvvver! You can just tell how happy they are, and why wouldn't she be, those pants are adorable.

Ciara and I communicating in our true form.

Ciara looking stunning, as per usual.

Ruby's pretty necklace (I'm saying that because I was part of the group that bought it for her, but yeah, it really is cute)

As Bella said "a Kodak moment if I ever saw one".

Us with our cute outfits (if I do say so myself).

Aren't they cute with their little adorable half up half down ears!
I think this photo really says a lot about our friends...

Maddie's top was pure genius, I'm so sad I didn't get a picture, but she had this old purse of her Mums that was adorable! It was one of those little mini "box purses" and was black patent with a gold clasp and black handles. So cute.

Bella and Ciara looking stunning. Good photo I might add.

Cute Bella.

I hope you have all been happy with the frequency of the posts lately, we certainly have been.

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Dec 23, 2010 at 8:22 PM

Hello there,

I'm running into a problem detecting Ring events when then modem is in Voice mode (fclass=8).

Is it possible to do this?

I'm using a Multitech MultiModem MT5656ZDX-V in conjunction with the Microsoft Windows driver.

In the driver modem properties i pass in the following initialization parameter:

fclass=8 - sets the device to voice mode, so I can increase the volume

vgt=200 - increases the volume

vtd=25 shorten Beep Tone Duration Timer, I'm doing this because i think it helps avoid problem detecting button press events ...

Is there a better way of doing this?

When I remove the above parameters from device manager ~Advanced tab, the ring event works. However, I use these parameters to increase the volume and shorten the tone duration.

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You know that old saying about an ounce of prevention? Well, that ounce of prevention can help keep your drains clean and free from clogs. It doesn't take a lot of work either. With just a few simple steps, you can keep your drains clean and smelling fresh.

Go Heavy On the Hot Water

You might think that everything gets washed down the drain each time you turn the faucet on. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Small particles of food and grease get left behind and cling to the sides of your drain pipes. You can help push those particles through the pipes by flushing your drains with hot water each time you use your sink.

Get the water as hot as possible and allow it to run for about 5-10 seconds. For added protection, pour boiling water down your drains once a day. Simply bring a pot of water to a boil on your stove and then pour the water directly into your drain. Your drains will stay clean and clog free.

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Along with clogs, caked on oil and foods can also cause odors to build-up in your drain pipes. You can alleviate the clogs and foul odors by tossing a cup of baking soda down the drains once a week. The baking soda will clean the pipes and absorb the foul odors. Add a ½ cup of lemon juice to really freshen the pipes.

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why christianity is false

exorcism is false because for thousands of years, people could never understand why people behavior strangely, they can't tell that they are hearing things or seeing things that aren't there, they do not know mental illness, and today they still believe this. Christianity is so very backward.

their homophobia is so irrational because they fear what they do not understand and they think homosexuality is wrong because procreation is important, they think heterosexuality is the "Norm" and that homosexuals are child molesters. They are very wrong.

Their sexism is irrational. Despite the women teaching, having authority over men, and speaking in church, the bible strongly thinks women are inferior, stupid, and are possessions than humans. Why do women believe in God when the same God seems them as objects?

God endorses slavery. We knew slavery is wrong but God expects us to keep slaves. If Christianity is a moral religion, then i fail to see it. Christianity is a blind, pro slavery, sexist, homophobic, backward, primitive religion that should be thrown away.

The story of Jesus is copied off from other religions. the rest of the old testament is made up as well for there is no concrete evidence that any of it exists.

Christians inspires violence: Inquisitions, crusades, holy wars, witch hunts, and so on. All of these in the name of God. Christianity is also monstrous.

If God is all loving, all powerful, all knowing, then the Christianity and the Bible is not devoted to that God but that of an evil God. If there is an all loving, all powerful, all knowing God, then why is there such evil? to proclaim that God is blameless, then why hasn't God done anything about it? To say he did is a lie obviously, to say he entrusts us to deal with it makes him a coward, to say he can't is to say he isn't all powerful then. The doctrine of Christianity is false, Christians are blind, and God is imaginary.

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