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RAMA RAKSHA STOTRA ॥ श्रीरामरक्षास्तोत्रम ॥ श्रीगणेशायनम: । अस्य श्रीरामरक्षास्तोत्रमन्त्त्रस्य । बधुकौशशक ऋषि: । श्रीसीतारामचदं्रोदेवता । अनषु्टुप छन्त्द: । सीता शक्तत: । श्रीमद हनमुान कीलकम । श्रीसीतारामचदं्रप्रीत्यर्थे जपे षवननयोग: ॥ ॥Sri Ram Raksha Storam ॥ Sri Ganeshaya Namah

Asya Sri Rama Raksha Stotra Manthrasya

Budha Kousika Rishi, Sri Sita Ramachandra Devatha,

Anushtup Chanda, Sita Shakthi, Srimad Hanumana Keelakam,

Sri Sita Ramachandra Preethyarthe Jape Viniyogaha

OM, Salutations to Lord Ganesh. The author of this hymn is Budha

kaushika .The deity is Sita ramachandra . The metre is anushTubh. The

power is Sita, central pivot is Hanumana and usage is to recite.

॥ अर्थ ध्यानम ॥ ध्यायेदाजानबुाहंु धतृशरधनिु ंबदददपद मासनस्र्थ ं। पीतं वासोवसान ंनवकमलदलस्पर्धिनेत्र ंप्रसन्त्नम ॥ वामाङ कारूढसीता मुखकमलशमलल्लोचन ंनीरदाभं । नानालङ कारदीप्तं दधतमुरुजटामण्डन ंरामचदं्रम ॥ ॥ Aththa Dhyanam ॥ Dhyayed Ajanu Bahum Drutha Sara Danusham Badha Pad-

masanastham,

Peetham Vaso Avasanam, Nava Kamala Dala Spardhi Nethram,

Prasannam,

Vamangaruda Sita Mukha Kamala Milalochanam Neeradhabham,

Danalangara Deeptham Datha Muru Jada Mandalam Ramachan-

dram ||

Thus begins the dhyaana of this mantra. One should

meditate Rama who has arms reaching his knees, who

is holding a bow and arrow, who is seated in a lotus po-

sition, who is wearing yellow clothes, whose eyes com-

pete with petals of a fresh lotus, who looks satisfied,

whose eyes are fixed on lotus-like (pretty) face of sitaa

sitting in his left lap, whose color is like that of rain cloud,

who has adorned different jewellery, who is wearing

hair reaching upto his thigh

MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN

A Little Story “This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Any-

body and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was Sure that

Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry that because it was Everybody’s job.

Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that

Everybody wouldn’t do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did

that Anybody could have done.”

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Namaskar!

It gives me immense pleasure to reaching out to you with yet another

issue of “Hindu Deep”

Year 2018 started with lot of enthusiasm and you must have noticed

that HCK’s activities are so many and our Great Vibrant team with

many volunteers and supports are doing tremendous work.

You will find our various activities pictorial report and some useful arti-

cles in this issue. Very soon we are going to launch our Mobile appli-

cation and next month Our Library will be officially reopen.

In the month of April we will have our AGM and after that we need

more volunteers to serve for next HCK calendar year. We have al-

ready send circular for Volunteers registration , whoever wish to join

please register with our office.

Further , we always welcome new ideas and anyone has got any

suggestion please write to us on [email protected]

As always, I thank you whole heartedly for supporting HCK and keep

supporting in future also.

Brotherly yours in service,

Nitin Malde

National Chairman

A NEWS LETTER OF HINDU COUNCIL OF KENYA

MARCH 2018ISSUE

ARTICLES DIRECTORATES ACTIVITIES

HINDU COUNCIL OF KENYA HINDU DEEP

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SHADES OF KARMA

Karma is one of the central features of Hinduism. It is also

common to all the faiths that originated in India. The idea of

karma is deeply rooted in the consciousness of the people

of the Indian subcontinent and influences their religious

outlook, behavior, attitude and relationships. On the posi-

tive side, it makes them responsible for their lives and ac-

tions and accept their fate as a consequence of their own

actions. On the negative side, it makes them vulnerable to

superstition and self-defeating behaviors. The following are

50 most important beliefs, ideas or concepts associated

with the doctrine of karma in Hinduism. Although every ef-

fort has been made to avoid repetition, due to the complex-

ity of certain ideas, you may find them more than once.

You may use them for contemplation or further exploration.

Karma means any mental, verbal or physical action one performs.

The concept of karma is peculiar to the religions of In-dian origin.

Literally, karma means that which you perform with hands (kara) or with any organ in the body (karmendriya).

Philosophically, karma means desire-ridden, selfish actions.

Willful inaction (akarma) or avoidance of actions also qualifies as karma.

The consequences of karma are called the fruit of karma.

The doctrine of Karma is mentioned in the Vedas, which declare that good actions lead to peace and happiness and evil actions to suffering and sin.

As the cumulative consequence of all actions, karma also means fate.

Karma binds the souls to Samsara or the cycle of births and deaths.

Desire is the root of karma. Sinful karma arises from selfish, desire-ridden actions.

The law of karma is universal and inescapable even for gods.

Karma is viewed in Hinduism both as an effect (phala) and as an impurity (mala).

Repetitive actions lead to attraction and aversion and attachments.

All beings from the highest to the lowest have karmas (duties).

Plants and animals earn karma by serving their pur-pose and being useful to others.

Action performed without desires is known nishkama karma.

For the purpose of creation, God himself engages in karma.

Actions performed to fulfill desires are known as kamyakarma.

Actions performed as part of daily routine are known as nitya karmas.

All Vedic rituals are collectively known as karma kanda.

Knowledge of karma kanda constitutes lower knowledge (avidya).

God is the source of all actions. He is the real doer.

SHADES OF KARMA


Since he is the source, all actions and their fruit should be offered to God only.

Karma is responsible for suffering and rebirth.

The basis of karma is dharma (godly duties).

Karma is continuous. Hence, unexhausted karma is carried forward to next birth.

Karma is of different types, spent, unspent, currently accumulating and currently bearing fruit

Karma arises from doership and ownership of actions and things.

Tolerating evil or aiding and abetting others in evil ac-tions produce sinful karma.

People who commit mortal sins through grave actions (ghora karma) fall down into darkest hells.

The fruit of karma accompanies the soul to the next birth and determines its destiny.

Karma cannot not be renounced. However, desires can be renounced.

True renunciation is the renunciation of desire for the fruit of one’s actions.

Nishkama karma (action without desire and selfish mo-tive) does not bind people.

Karmaphala sanyasa (actions performed as an offering to God) also do not bind.

Karma sanyasa yoga means performing actions with-out desires as a sacrifice to God.

People, whose karma is not exhausted go to the an-cestral world upon death and return after exhausting their karma.

People whose karma is fully resolved to the immortal world of Brahman upon death and never return.

All desire-ridden actions are induced by the triple gunas namely sattva, rajas and tamas.

The solution to karma is neither action nor inaction nor

avoiding actions

One should never give upon obligatory actions, but only desire for their fruit.

A guru may neutralize the sinful karma of his disciples to help them on the path.

God can intervene and neutralize the karma of his dearest devotees and grant them liberation.

Karma is responsible for relationship and interactions with others.

Apart from individual karma, collective karma also plays an important role.

You keep interacting with certain people until you settle the karmic balance.

The purpose of karma is to teach lessons and facilitate self-purification and self-transformation

Knowingly or unknowingly you may become responsi-ble for the karma of others.

Habitual actions and predominant desires become la-tent impressions in the mind.

Willful negligence of obligatory duties leads to sinful karma.

by Jayaram V

KARMA


The Amazing Abilities of the Human Mind

by Jayaram V The human mind has amazing abilities. It is a self-learning sys-

tem, which evolves continuously, and adapts itself to its environ-

ment and circumstances. In speed it is swifter than light and

gives you a vision of the universe, which no computer or gaming

system can match, at least for now.

Unfortunately, this greatest gift of Nature becomes an ordinary

tool in our hands. We use it, misuse it, underuse it, and underes-

timate its power and potency most of the time, or take its abilities

and functions for granted.

For example, computing power is inherent in the human brain.

The brain can calculate numbers and distances on its own at

amazing speed. It does a lot of things for you before you even

realize what it does.

For example, you do not consciously measure any distance to

carry out most of your daily functions. You do not have to meas-

ure the distances between you and other persons when you

shake your hands with them, handover something to them or

walk into their presence. You do not have to measure the dis-

tance between you and a television set to adjust your vision, park

your vehicle exactly between the two white lines in a parking lot,

or drive your vehicle cautiously in a traffic jam to avoid bumping

into another vehicle.

It is a wonder that you are able to do them without thinking much

because of your brain's amazing power to crunch numbers at

unimaginable speeds. Your brain performs many complex func-

tions in the blink of an eye. In case of intuition, it works even

more efficiently at incredible speeds

I was once told by a scientist about a research project on people

who were born without any mathematical ability. He said that

they would not understand the concept of numbers or calcula-

tions, no matter what they did. I asked him, then how did they

manage to walk from one place to another, or how would they

even eat food because for that to happen, their minds had to

measure the distance between their hands and the food plates

and between their hands and their mouths.

When they walked, would they bump into walls or into other peo-

ple? How would they even manage to sleep on the bed or go to the

rest room? He said that it was still under study how they did it and

whether these two abilities came from different areas in the brain.

We are endowed with super brains. We have amazing and unique

abilities. We are Nature's best specimens. So far, all those whom we

consider superior to us, exist in our imagination, history or mythol-

ogy.

We have such low esteem issues collectively that we ascribe them

all good things and consider ourselves imperfect and inferior. We

have yet to learn to trust our abilities and our intelligence to resolve

our problems.

We must wake up from this delusion that someone far superior to

us will help us. We must look within ourselves into that amazing

virtual space called the mind to find solutions and answers. Per-

haps we may be better off if we stop worrying and let our minds find

solutions to our vexing problems on their own.

Creative solutions arise in our minds, only when we let them do the

work on their own and at their own pace. Have you ever wondered

why creativity and intuition, the higher faculties of your mind hap-

pen without your active involvement? Perhaps there is a lesson and

a message in that truth.

Do you wonder why our scriptures say that true renunciation is

when you let things happen rather than make them happen?

We are at our best when we are spontaneous.

Will we be better off if we remove all judgments, opinions and pre-

conceived notions from our thinking?

Can you set your mind free from your fears, preferences, prejudic-

es, dependencies, conditioning and habitual thought patterns?

Can you liberate your mind and set yourself free?

Do your want to be free? Right now, are you free?

ABILITIES OF HUMAN MIND


Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if

you were to live forever.”― Mahatma Gandhi “

What is Education? Education is the process of facilitating learn-

ing, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and

habits.

What is Career? A career is an individual's journey through learn-

ing, work and other aspects of life in a specific profession or

work.

This means that education and career are inter related. Education

never stops once you come out of college or university but you

will keep learning and getting educated throughout your life.

There is a huge impact which education plays in your career.

Engineering, medicine, fine arts or finance – plenty

of career choices are available but you need to choose your ca-

reer based on your interest. Even when you are in school you can

know which subjects are interesting to you like if you are inter-

ested in accounts then you can become an accountant, if you are

good in biology then you can become a doctor and so on. Stu-

dents should do self-reflection to know what they like and what

they are good at.

Based on your interests, you can choose your career and then

select right subjects in O levels and A levels so that you can fo-

cus on those subjects and that career as early as from school.

Students can also attend career fairs and career days which their

schools keep on organizing to give right direction to students.

Students can even approach career teachers to solve their confu-

sions.

Gone are the days when degree for employers used to be in top

priority. These days you need to have more than a degree. You

need to get at least 1 professional qualification which will give

you insight to real world along with a degree. Employers addi-

tionally want soft skills from candidates like self-discipline, good

communication skills, good time management, good team player

and some good IT skills as these days all the fields are related to

IT. Students can even participate in different activities like pro-

jects, debates, internships and, among other activities which will

help them to develop their soft skills effectively. Now take an

example that employer wants to hire from one of the 2 candi-

dates, 1 candidate has a first class degree and another candidate

has second class degree with professional qualification, he also

has been a team leader and has done many projects in universi-

ties with excellent IT skills as well. So there are high chances that

employer may choose the second candidate as compared to first

candidate. Candidates should know that whatever they are learni

ng during school, college or university they should learn with

interest to practically apply that knowledge in future and they

should not just learn for sake of passing the exams only.

Some of the tips that I can give to the youth are that they should be

in social platforms like Linked IN whereby they can connect with

different professional people related to their career. Candidates

should not run after money for first few years and they should aim at

getting experiences. If you become able in your respective fields

then the money will automatically follow you. Candidates should

avoid job hopping within short period of time to gain quick money

which will in turn spoil their CV for future as next potential employer

might feel insecure about them being in company for long.

Avoid short term money and short term gains. People usually go

wrong when they aim that by 35 I anyhow want to be CFO or by 40 I

want to be CEO of a company. Follow your passion and success will

follow you. Everyone should create legacy in every job they do even

if it is big or small. Even when you leave the company, people

should remember you and give your examples by the work you have

done. For example, watchman of building can think his job is small

and on other hand another watchman can think that he has a huge

responsibility and security can be threatened even by his very small

mistake and then he can take ownership of his job to fulfill it to the

best of his abilities.

Science and technology is killing many jobs in today’s era and will

even impact more in future. Software and machines are doing most

of the work which people used to do before. Therefore people should

be relevant in the market to secure the job. Candidates should focus

on overall development and also by getting trained as a part of Con-

tinuous Professional development in whichever career they choose.

I would like to conclude by saying: Choose a job you love, and you

will never have to work a day in your life.” (Confucius)

Thank you

Karan Gupta

EDUCATION AND CAREER

EDUCATION AND CAREER

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5810891.Mahatma_Gandhi


HCK MANAGING COMMITTEE

HCK MANAGING COMMITTEE

HCK DIRECTORATES ACTIVITIES

HCK DIRECTORATE-VARIOUS

Heartiest Congratulations to our Trustee Dr Ramji Patel for Being Presented

With The Highest Award of Lions Club. The Ambassador of Goodwill Award

by President Dr Naresh Aggarwal and IPIP Bob Corlew.

Lions club “Ambassador of goodwill “award and

leadership award.

.

SREE RAM MANDIR

The Chairman , Trustees and

Managing committee wishes

you all very happy Rama

Navami

HRE DIRECOTRATE HAD

ORGANISED

DIVYASWAROOP


DIRECTORATE of Health organized blood donation camp. 56 donors donated blood for good cause.

HCK DIRECTORATE-Activities

HCK DIRECTORATE-

Business & Professionals directorate organized women empowerment program

for women who were interested starting new business.


HCK Business and Professionals Directorate : had organized Career event for youth.

.

HCK DIRECTORATE-Activities

HCK DIRECTORATE-

HCK Religious & Culture

Directorate had organized

Holi event


HCK DIRECTORATE—Activities

HCK DIRECTORATE-

HINDU COUNCIL’S DIRECTORATE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CONDUCTED DIVYA SWAROOP PROGRAMME

WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 200 GUESTS

HCK TEAM REPRESENTED


HCK DIRECTORATE—Acitivites

HCK DIRECTORATE-

HCK DIRECTORATE—Activities

DIRECTORTE OF YOUTH HAD ORGANIZED

CUBING COMPETION


HCK DIRECTORATE—WOMENS WING

The Pencil Maker took the pencil

aside, just before putting him into

the box.

“There are 5 things you need to

know,” he told the pencil, “Before I

send you out into the world.

Always remember them and never

forget, and you will become the best

pencil you can be.”

One: “You will be able to do many

great things, but only if you allow

yourself to be held in

someone’s hand.”

Two: “You will experience a painful

sharpening from time to time, but

you’ll need it to become a better

pencil.”

Three: “You will be able to correct

any mistakes you might make.”

Four: “The most important part of

you will always be what's inside.”

And Five: “On every surface you are

used on, you must leave your mark.

No matter what the

condition, you must continue to

write.”

The pencil understood and promised

to remember, and went into the box

with purpose in its heart.

Now replacing the place of the pencil

with you. Always remember them

and never forget, and you

will become the best person you can

be.

One: “You will be able to do many

great things, but only if you allow

yourself to be held in God’s

hand. And allow other human beings

to access you for the many gifts you

possess.”

Two: “You will experience a painful

sharpening from time to time, by

going through various

problems in life, but you’ll need it to

become a stronger person.”

Three: “You will be able to correct

any mistakes you might make.”

Four: “The most important part of

you will always be what’s on the in-

side.”

And Five: “On every surface you walk

through, you must leave your mark.

No matter what the

situation, you must continue to do

your duties.”

Allow this parable on the pencil to

encourage you to know that you are

a special person and only

you can fulfill the purpose to which

you were born to accomplish.

Never allow yourself to get discour-

aged and think that

your life is insignificant and cannot

make a change.


Dear Readers

The Hindu council Management and Trustees would like to wish you all a Happy Rama Navami

In this edition we have tried to capture the Karma and its types. Also we have covered the abilities of human brain .

We do have Hindu Religious Education Directorate and number of books on this subject. Please do visit Hck Library and enhance your knowledge. We also would like to give us suggestions to improve. The slogan for this Diwali should be …..

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Hindu deep is our news letter where will mentioning the activities of various directorates conducted during the period. We do cover branches of Hindu Council of Kenya as well. Under the able leadership of our Chairman Mr Nitin Malde and General Secretary Mr Kamal Gupta backed by Trustees , Vice Chairmen and Management committee members we wish to communicate that our strength is because of member institutions and their contributions. .

With Best Regards

Nagaraj Rao

Director and Editor for Hindudeep

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