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 यमधर्मांच्या स्तुती प्रीत्यर्थ ज्या अष्टकाची रचना केली गेली त्याला "यमाष्टक" असं म्हणतात. मानवाच्या कर्मप्रधान जीवनात लागणारी "नैतिक तत्त्वं" आणि त्याच नैतिकतेच्या आधारावर होणारी "मानवाची उत्क्रांती" याबद्दल यमाष्टक भाष्य करतं. या यमाष्टकाची रचना करताना व त्यातील श्लोकांचे अर्थ समजावताना लेखकाने आपल्या सनातन हिंदू धर्मातील "योग वाशिष्ठ", "ऋग्वेद", "ऐतरेय उपनिषद", "कठोपनिषद", "दुर्गासप्तशती", "पातंजल योग दर्शन"  या प्राचीन ग्रंथातील संदर्भ दिलेले आहेत. आता यमाष्टक समजून घ्यायचं असेल तर आधी 'यम' म्हणजे काय हे समजून घेणं गरजेचं आहे. 'यम' हा शब्द 'यमन' या शब्दातून निर्माण झाला. मनाला नियंत्रित व संयमित करून चांगलं वळण लावणे म्हणजेच यमन करणे होय आणि हे यमन ज्याने सर्वप्रथम केलं तो म्हणजे यम. यमाष्टकाची सुरुवात ही परमेश्वराच्या पंचकृत्यांच्या उल्लेखाने होते. ही समस्त सृष्टी या पंचकृत्यांवर आधारित आहे. मानवाची उत्क्रांती ही त्याच्या नीतिमत्तेवर अवलंबून असते आणि ही 'नीतिमत्ता...

  ३ डिसेंबर २०२३ चा रविवार महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स वाचत असताना दुसऱ्याच पानावर एक बातमी वाचली त्याचं शीर्षक होतं "ज्ञानपरंपरेत पुराणकथा नकोत". हे शीर्षक वाचताक्षणी ठरवलं की आता पूर्ण बातमी वाचायचीच. बातमीच्या सुरुवातीलाच "राष्ट्रीय शैक्षणिक धोरणात भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरेच्या अभ्यासक्रमात पौराणिक कथांचा समावेश न करता सांस्कृतिक वारसा, नद्यांच्या खोऱ्यातील संस्कृती, पुरातन जीवन शैली, थोर शास्त्रज्ञांचा अभ्यास या घटकांचा समावेश करणे अपेक्षित आहे" असे मत पुणे विद्यापीठाचे माजी कुलगुरू श्री नितीन करमळकर यांनी व्यक्त केले. पूर्ण बातमी वाचून झाल्यानंतर देखील बराच वेळ डॉ नितीन करमळकर यांनी व्यक्त केलेल्या मताबद्दल विचार चालू होता. साहजिकच मला पहिला प्रश्न हा पडला की भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरेच्या अभ्यासक्रमात पुराणकथा नकोत असं डॉ नितीन करमळकर का बोलले असावेत ? पुणे विद्यापीठाचे माजी कुलगुरू श्री नितीन करमळकर मला वैयक्तिक पातळीवर तरी डॉ नितीन करमळकर यांचं हे वक्तव्य अजिबात पटलेलं नाही. आता डॉ. करमळकरांचं मत का पटलं नाही यासाठी आधी आपल्याला “Indian Knowledge system” अर्थात भारतीय ज्ञान परंपर...

  Currently in the Asia Cup tournament, India has defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets. India and Pakistan are the fiercest opponents in the cricket world. Till date no cricket match has ever been and never could be as thrilling as India Pakistan match. If you look at the records of India vs Pakistan cricket matches, be it One Day International, 50 or 20 overs World Cup, or T20 format, India has usually been one step ahead of Pakistan. As per the time table of Asia cup 2022 it was decided that india will face Pakistan on 28th august and after the announcement of match, discussions about match started. But most common question in all the discussions was whether shaheen afridi is a part of playing eleven or not? And it’s very natural if this question arises in anyone’s mind, the reason is he is the guy who with his staggering bowling despatched top batting order of indian cricket team to pavilion in T20 World Cup of 2021. But in present instances because of his knee injury shah...

Rise and boom of social media: 2020 the 3rd decade of 21st century. We have accomplished quite a lot of amazing feats that Humans at one time never anticipated. If we look back at earlier 2 decades we can see that a new dimension came in human life which is called "social media". Smart phones along with social media became a part and parcel of human life. Truly social media came to life with the rise of SmartPhones. It seems that the journey from email to various messenger apps was covered within a blink of an eye. Social media catched a grip in our lives during the years from 2003 to 2009 and the rise of social media platforms led to an increase of social outreach of people and a decline in “Actual Human Interactions and Compassions”. In the post globalized world, social media not only emerged as means of communication but also a free tool of marketing, spreading information and a very legal form of dopamine hit. Social media became an integral part from personal...

There is a certain thing common between cricket and politics and that is uncertainty. If we carefully look at the political scenario in North indian states, they show a regular political transition in every 5 years. Yes we too have some exceptions to it for example Mr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan of BJP who served as CM of Madhya Pradesh from November 2005 to December  2018 prior to him was the government of Mr. Digvijay Singh a congress leader who served as CM from 1993 to 2003. It's rightly said that you can't keep everyone happy at the same time , this logic also fits in politics too , especially when you are having a coalition govt where you have to maintain the balance by considering interest of allies or another situation is when a political party receives absolute majority and still due intra party clashes the party can't provide a stable leadership. Yes if we look at the present scenario and think that fall of congress govt is only sole example where they coul...

World Health Organization (WHO) has recently declared Corona Virus as Pandemic. Now what does the term "Pandemic" mean ?? it means an epidemic which has spread over countries or continents and has affected a large number of people. As we know that the origin of this corona virus is in Wuhan province of china. And it's rapid spread not just sent a wave of tension across the world but it has also created panic situation which is much more dangerous.                    India being neighbor of china was closely monitoring the outbreak and spread of corona virus since beginning. PMO, MEA, Health ministry, and many other organs of government machinery started to chalk out the plan to tackle the threat of corona virus. On 17th Feb 2020 India made arrangements to evacuate all the 650 Indians from wuhan province. Now as they entered the indian territory they were asked to line for the medical check up. This medical check up was done a...