Monday 11 July 2011

Taranatha banned 400 years ago

Taranatha, the Omniscient tulku of Krishnacharya was banned 400 years ago, but his heritage is with us. Thus we have the Kalachakra that is passed down in an uninterrupted
lineage from Krishnacharya; such as the Dalaï-Lama-school doesn't have the lineage of and this they themselves admit to. Note two subtle contradictions



http://prachinatelugu.blogspot.com/2011/07/taranatha-banned-400-years-ago.html

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Michel Sidibe Executive Director,Joint UN Prog HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).


Michel Sidibé currently serves as the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

Sidibé has brought with him more than two decades of experiences in the field of international public health, development, and AIDS. For more than 20 years, he served in a variety of capacities within the United Nations including the UNAIDS in Geneva, UNICEF in New York, and countries in Africa.
He co-chairs the Global Task Team on improving AIDS coordination among multilateral contributions in support of national programmes and systems. He is also a big advocate for promoting universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support
Michel Sidibé currently serves as the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Before this appointment, he was UNAIDS’ Deputy Executive Director – Programmes and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations. He replaced Dr. Peter Piot to become the Executive Director.


Gulam Nabi Azad at HIV convention


National Convention Of Parliamentarians on HIV/AIDS  
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 4-5 July 2011
Sh. Gulam Nabi Azad H,ble Health Minister India, Mr Michel Sidibe Executive Director UN AIDS,

Saturday 2 July 2011

Human rights of 500 BC,


    Now that I put the crown of kingdom of  Babylon, and the nations of the four directions on the head with the help of (Ahura) Mazda, I announce that I will respect the traditions, customs and religions of the nations of my empire and never let any of my governors and subordinates look down on or insult them until I am alive. From now on, till (Ahura) Mazda grants me the kingdom favor, I will impose my monarchy on no nation. Each is free to accept it , and if any one of them rejects it , I never resolve on war to reign. Until I am the king of Iran, Babylon, and the nations of the four directions, I never let anyone oppress any others, and if it occurs , I will take his or her right back and penalize the oppressor. And until I am the monarch, I will never let anyone take possession of movable and landed properties of the others by force or without compensation. Until I am alive, I prevent unpaid, forced labor. To day, I announce that everyone is free to choose a religion. People are free to live in all regions and take up a job provided that they never violate other's rights.  No one could be penalized for his or her relatives' faults. I prevent slavery and my governors and subordinates are obliged to prohibit exchanging men and women as slaves within their own ruling domains. Such a traditions should be exterminated the world over.  I implore to (Ahura) Mazda to make me succeed in fulfilling my obligations to the nations of Iran (Persia), Babylon, and the ones of the four directions.

Cyrus Cylinder,First Charter of Human Rights


Cyrus Cylinder,
The First Charter of Human Rights


 The charter of Cyrus the Great, a baked-clay Aryan language (Old Persian) cuneiform cylinder, was discovered in 1878 in excavation of the site of Babylon. In it, Cyrus the Great described his human treatment of the inhabitants of Babylonia after its conquest by the Iranians.


The document has been hailed as the first charter of human rights, and in 1971 the United Nations was published translation of it in all the official U.N. languages. "May Ahura Mazda protect this land, this nation, from rancor, from foes, from falsehood, and from drought". Selected from the book "The Eternal Land". 


This is a confirmation that the Charter of freedom of Humankind issued by Cyrus the Great on his coronation day in Babylon could be considered superior to the Human Rights Manifesto issued by the French revolutionaries in their first national assembly. The Human Rights Manifesto looks very interesting in its kind regarding the expressions and composition, but the Charter of Freedom issued twenty three centuries before that by the Iranian monarch sounds more spiritual. 

Origion of Human rights

Human rights trace the origins of the concept to ancient Greece and Rome, where it was closely tied to the doctrines of the Stoics, who held that human conduct should be judged according to, and brought into harmony with, the law of nature. A classic example of this view is given in Sophocles’ play Antigone, in which the title character, upon being reproached by King Creon for defying his command not to bury her slain brother, asserted that she acted in accordance with the immutable laws of the gods.

Thursday 30 June 2011

Sati Practice History.

Sati is an old, largely defunct custom, among some communities in which the widow was immolated alive on her husband's funeral pyre. Although the act was supposed to be a voluntary on the widow's part, it is believed to have been sometimes forced on the widow. It was abolished by the British in 1829. There have been around forty reported cases of sati since independence. In 1987, the Roop Kanwar case of Rajasthan led to The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act.

Few reliable records exist of the practice before the time of the Gupta empire, approximately 400 AD. After about this time, instances of sati began to be marked by inscribed memorial stones. The earliest of these are found in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, though the largest collections date from several centuries later, and are found in Rajasthan. These stones, called devli, or sati-stones, became shrines to the dead woman, who was treated as an object of reverence and worship. They are most common in western India


By about the 10th century sati, as understood today, was known across much of the subcontinent. It continued to occur, usually at a low frequency and with regional variations, until the early 19th century.


Widows did this because it was supposed to cast away any sins the husband had committed, making him able to have a happy afterlife. This was voluntary for the widow, but they were put under much pressure to do it and were looked upon as a bad person if they didn’t go through with it.