It's with utmost pleasure, I present this absolutely amazing dharma sermons by Most Venerable NaaUyane Ariyadhamma Thero to the seekers of Arya dharma.
Usual specifics:
Author: Most Venerable NaaUyane Ariyadhamma Thero
Genre: Buddhist Dharma Sermons
Language: Sinhala /Pali
Credits: These Talks are made available for free Distribution by Mr Ranjith Daluwatta. And most of these file were provided to me by Mr Dinesh Kularatna.
These guidelines are for a serious Sadhaka (practitioner) who wish to engage in meditation or acquiring sidhi for his/her chosen mantra.
Sadhaka means the person who recites the Mantras, does meditation and engages in all acts to attain sidhi. It is incumbent on the part of Sadhaka to observe some rules and regulations strictly while practising. Otherwise erroneous results may be attained.
The following guide lines are provided for Sadhaka to attain sidhi or success in meditation.
Complete faith , unflinching loyalty backed by clear heart towards deity of your sadhana or the path and fruits.
Subconscious mind should have full trust and confidence in your act.
Command your subconscious mind as it is your faithful servant.
Three things are admirable: Truthfulness, Honesty and large heartedness.
Three things are to be controlled: Tongue, anger and restless thoughts.
Three things are to be cultivated: Cosmic love, kindness and patience.
Three things are lovable: The wish for liberation, The Company of saints and selfless service.
Three things are to be avoided: Covetousness, brutality and triviality.
Three things are to be renounced: Lust, evil company and fruits of action.
To be childlike is good. But be childish is not good.
To be devotional is good. To be emotional is not good.
To be courageous is good. To expose oneself to danger is not good.
Be good, do good, be kind, be pure.
Avoid unnecessary talks.
Gentle words break no bones, but they break hard hearts.
The more you run after sense pleasure the more restless and agitated you will be.
To be jealous is pitiable. To be selfish is shameful. To be compassionate is divine. To be patient and enduring is manly, to be without lust is profitable, and to be calm and relaxed is admirable.
Evil thought are just as evil as evil deeds.
One should be free from all vices.
One must respect his/her teachers. He should have faith in him. He should not find faults in him and neither talk ill of his preceptor.
He should serve all and especially who speak ill of him.
Adopt, adjust, accommodate. Bear insult and injury.
Lust destroys life, luster, personality, the life force, memory, power and reputation, holiness, peace, knowledge and devotion. Therefore kill the lust.
Do not mix with evil company, control your vice habits.
Do selfless service. Bitter pills have better effects.
Sadhaka should take sathvic meals. These include Ghee, milk, curd, sugar, til, coconut, banana, mango, rice, barley, wheat and other fruits. Hot spicy and meat dishes should be avoided.
Egoism be curbed.
During sadhana keep yourself away from material world.
In case you see any miracle, do not fear. Keep your will power strong and continue your sadhana. You will be blessed with success.
In case you feel indisposed, do not fear. Be strong and continue your sadhana, all troubles will vanish.
Celibacy should be observed during sadhana days.
Do not express to anybody that you are in meditation, not even to your family members.
Do not lose heart if success is delayed. Try hard again and again you will be crowned with success.
These extracts are from the wonderful book by L.R Chawdhri called practicals of Mantras & Tantras.
Found an unbelievably great set of video tutorials on Metasploit Framework done by an Indian (सारेजहाँसेअच्छाहिन्दोस्ताँहमारा) instructor named Vivek Ramachandran , founder of security Tube.
This was the best video tutorial series till date I have stumbled upon. (Hey don’t make a funny face! I have gone through all most all of the Nuggets, VTC, Train signal Lynda series etc.. )
After you get over with his accent you will really start appreciating the content he has generously put in to the series. A really great job Vivek.
You can also dig the same site for more videos on computer security and vulnerability testing.
North Korea has had its own internet from a long time now. Their internet is free of any American influence and now, they have their own operating system to power that internet. The Red Star OS is a Linux based OS, developed by orders from Kim Jong-il.
The OS has been developed by North Korean IT specialists to meet the needs and requirements of the North Korean people and the government, respectively. News of its release and existence got known, thanks to a student from North Korea’s Kim Il-sung University. The student is a Russian individual and writes a blog from the Russian embassy in Pyongyang.
Although Kim Jong-il is willing to go forward with this Operating System, it is not exactly the people’s favorite. It still needs a lot of polishing according to the local populace. For this reason, they still prefer using Windows XP and Windows Vista over this snappy OS.
Red Star is available for $5 and comes in the Server and the Desktop edition. Though, the apps available for the OS are selling at twice the price and need to be bought separately.
The language of the OS is “Korean only” and it takes around 15 minutes to install. The minimum system requirement is 256 MB of RAM and a Pentium III processor coupled with a 3 GB hard-disk space. Ironically, the web browser is named “My Country” which is actually a Firefox fork.
Douro20 says : "This OS was designed to copy everything the user types in and receives and, upon a backdoor request, transmit this information to the North Korean police. Don't say I didn't warn you."
Last year I had a opportunity to see a Gammadu Poojothsava held in a trample in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka.
This particular event shown in the video below occurred during early morning hours and seems like the dancer was in some kind of trance all throughout the event.
Following is a small description of what Gammadu really is and its significance.
This video was recorded on 23rd November 2010 in Mahabodhi Temple ,Bodhgaya, India.
No other person till date has worked harder to establish Buddhism in India (Of cause after Lord Buddha) than Srimath Anagarik Dharmapala paving way to the independence of Srilanka through his Amadyapa Campaign. Yet his name hardly gets mentioned in Srilankan literature/media. People who create school text books purposefully try to keep his name out, making present day school kids totally unaware of the work he has done. Children know more about Robin Hood and Saradiyel than Anagarika Dharmapala.
Secret? Well, British government boot lickers in EsmondWickremasinghe family ( Ranil Wickremasinghe’s father) were the biggest rivals of Anagarika Dharmapala , accusing him of theft , lunacy and crating public unrest. Since they were in power for the most part of Srilankan history after independence (including Ranil’s uncle, J.R Jayawardana) this was a name they wanted out of people’s memory at any cost.
"Sri Pada soars upwards to a height of 7360 feet from the very edge of the central highlands and viewed from the southwest looks like a pinnacle on a verdant castle wall. For about half the year it is oftenhidden in cloud and the torrential rains that rush down its steep sides during this time makes visiting the summit almost impossible. This abundant precipitation feeds Sri Lanka's four main rivers which all have their sources on the mountain's lower slopes. "
"It is surrounded by exceptionally dense forest, much of it now making up the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary. This is not the lush steamy cover one usually associates with the tropics but a cool misty forest similar to that found in the lower reaches of the Himalayas. Giant trees hang heavy with moss, rhododendrons put forth large red blossoms and rare orchids like the Regal and the Chandraraja grow in the dark moist loam."
"On the summit of the mountain is a boulder with a mysterious mark or indentation on it resembling a human footprint. Since from perhaps as early as the first century BCE the Sinhalese believed this mark to be the footprint of the Buddha himself." (Venerable Dhammika S , 2008 ,Sri Pada : Buddhism's Most Sacred Mountain , A Pilgrim's Guide , Read All.)
Last time when i was in Sri Lanka (2010) got a chance to climb this most scared mountain. It was raining heavily all throughout the journey, so there was not much chance for extended video recording. Still Enjoy this small clip!
Stumbled upon a nice research paper on possible ways of detecting encrypted P2P traffic in public / private networks using Snort IDPS.
Title: Towards the Detection of Encrypted Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Traffic and Peer-to-Peer TV Traffic Using Deep Packet Inspection Methods. Author : David Alexandre Milheiro de Carvalho Supervised by: Dr. Mário Marques Freire, Full Professor at theDepartment of Computer Science, University of Beira Interior. Published: August 2009 Link:Click Here
