Ancient Indian Civilization

The Power of Context It is the context which defines the meaning of the content. The meaning of a particular thing changes completely when the context changes, although the thing remains the same. Therefore identifying the context is very essential before understanding the meaning of the thing.  The above picture means different things in different context. In Biology class, the above picture may mean Index finger to hand. In Mathematics class, the above picture may mean the Number 1. In Cricket match, the above picture means clean bold. In public Quiz contest, it may mean gesture of asking turn to answer the question In Church, if a priest does this gesture it may mean pointing to God sitting in the sky. Under a tree, it may mean pointing to something on the tree. Thus, we can see that although the content remains the same but in different context the same content holds different meaning. Similarly, in our day to day life whatever we experie...

Surrender to Supreme Lord means to perform activities of devotional service like Nav vidha Bhakti for the pleasure of supreme Lord. A person absorbed in materialism always thinks of acquiring more and more sense pleasure and forgets to address the inner calling of union with the divine. By great fortune one comes to the stage when one starts addressing that inner calling of union with the divine and starts performing Bhakti. In order to perform these activities he seeks guidance of experts  in this field and expects them to show him the right path. Another aspect of Bhakti is to show compassion to the neophyte devotees and therefore the experts in this field perform this service of guiding the neophyte devotees for the pleasure of their supreme Lord. However, this service requires great attention. Since, the student exposes his lot of vulnerability and trust in the guide, therefore slight lack of attention can cause hurt to the student and resulting in disservice. The slight...