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Teachers Day - remembering them !

Happy Janmashtami !

September 5, 2015 !!

Kasarabada.org welcomes you all !

Happy Teachers day! This is Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrsihnan's birthday. He is a philosopher king. His birth day has become a day to remember teachers in India. This is also Janmashtami !

Teachers day reminds us about the Gurus and the story of 24 Gurus comes to mind. Teachers day is about remembering the many teachers who lent their hand in making us what we are. There are teachers from the elementary school stage onwards. The learning is an endless process.It happens all the time on your job too ! Some of the bosses too become teachers. This time we have a article in "one more thing" about the teachers whom we can never forget!

This week it is Balakanda Sarga 58. This is the famous story of Trisanku. Most of us would have heard of the story of Trisanku's heaven or "Trisanku svargam". This is only the beginning of the story.

This is also Janmashtami . We are fortunately going through Krishna's pravachan or Bhagavadgita.

In Bhagavadgita we are in the chapter 3 , the famous Karma Yoga. The slokas of Karma yoga and the a summary of Karma yoga are presented Since we have deliberately set a pace of one chapter every month you can expect more articles on Karma Yoga in the next couple of weeks. We have one thought on the "why" of Karmayoga under one more thing

The Bhagavadgita home page too gets updated . We could not suppress our delight in creating Sankhya Yoga for the kasarabada.org. pages ! So we added three more pages or notes on related Topics : Moksha ; Nishkama karma , Vedavadarataah. Our excitement spilled over on to " one more thing " pages as you can elsewhere on this page !

We have multilingual pages. An important part of language pages is Telugu. The Telugu home page is restructured . We want all our Telugu visitors to visit the new Telugu page. We created pages for Telugu Balakanda, Telugu Bhagavadgita and Subbalakshmi gari kalamlO. These are in addition to the earlier Vijayraghavrao gari Sundarakanda.

We are excited.

Happy Reading !

What is on the Kasarabada.org?

For the new visitors - the site has a layered structure with with Four main pages :

- Ramayanam which includes (i) Sundarakanda, (ii) Role models of Ramayana, (iii) Vijayraghavrao gari Telugu Sundarakanda (iv) Balakanda

- Bhagavatam which includes (i) Dasama Skandha and (ii) Uddhava Gita

Athato Brahma jignyasaa which includes (i) Kathopanishad and (ii) Tatvabhodha

One more thing is a page where we have articles which could be on anything , informative and educative handled with a light heart and a touch of contemporary realities.

These pages list all contents of those segments !

In effect to have a look at what is available from the earlier issues you only need to visit the four pages of Ramayanam , Bhagavatam , one more thing. and Athato Brahma Jignyasaa. Each page of these banner pages carry the list of all earlier articles .

Om Tat Sat ( info@kasarabada.org)

Index Archives

Witty Wisdom

- contributed by Kamaraju Turaga

__________________________________________________

One more thing !

The Teachers Day !

Teachers day!

If I close my eyes I can see a vivid picture of my school days .

In Guntur MGH School it is the first classroom on the left as soon as you enter the main gate! In Kurnool Municipal High School my class room was behind the main block in a row of class rooms in a shed. In Kakinada PRC School it is a pucca building with one floor above. The first room is that of office and the Head master. The Third form A section was the last room on the ground floor. We were always in section 'A" because we were Sanskrit students.

There is an even more vivid picture of some teachers.

First is Madam Sughandavalli a teacher who knows everything it seems ! Then Vaddiparti Subbarao garu, Fakir Raju garu both maths teachers . And then there was Annarama Sarma garu with a brilliant complexion, happy round face and fully shaven head with a mostly white stubble mellifluiously reading slokas at the top of his voice !

There were other teachers too !

We seem to have been blessed by an abundance of teachers who added dignity to the office they occupied.

My teachers remembrance starts with Ramanayya "mestaru".

It was probably a family connection, with some of my senior siblings too having been associated with him. He is the first teacher I remember because I went for tuition with him in my "first form" or the sixth class. I would go to his house in the morning then walk to the MGH School in Guntur ! Why I went for tuition I do not remember. Probably because my elder sister seemed to be always ahead with double jumps etc and I was moving only year to year basis ! The most interesting thing I remember about that tuition is not the teaching. It is the play ground next to his house.

It turned out that the time I went to tuition was also the time of a RSS Sakha meet on that play ground with all of them in khaki half pants and white shirts ! I was certainly fascinated

by the "Daksha " "Aram" drill !

But Ramanayya "Mastaru" remains forever in my memory as my first teacher , teaching maths !

In the subsequent transfers we

moved from Guntur to Kurnool for one year and after that moved to Kakinada . I joined the PRC High School in third form. That was mid way through the year around October / November.

At PRC high School there were two teachers who had immediate impact on us. First is Annarama Sarma garu the Sanskrit teacher. He would read the slokas in such beautiful tone which is totally mesmerizing. More importantly he would explain the meaning and context in a way that you will never forget.

The first sloka I learned in my third form is

" తే శతం హి వయం పంచ
స్వకీయే కలహే సతి|
ఆన్యెస్తు ఖలహె ప్రాప్తే
వయం పంచోత్తరం శతమ్ ||

This famous advise of Dharmaraja "we are five they are hundred " has been for ever etched in my mind. Later it became a management mantra too!

Annarama Sarma garu was Sanskrit teacher for me and my sister . Since we joined the school midway through the year we had a special attention from him and ever since we became only closer.

When we had another transfer to Rajahmundry and came back on transfer to Kakinada again this time as college students, Lo we came to know his son G Annapurniaha garu as a Physics lecturer in the college. Our respect and association with him continued.

The second impact teacher was Sugandhavalli teacher. Her full name is Y Sugandhavalli. She was our class teacher in the Third form. I still remember her lessons about independence movement, about how the British would arrest Gandhi etc. For a child's mind her actions in explaining the events created an awe and aura about Gandhiji ! And from that time onwards that story of Gandhi held a fascination.

Years later when I went to University of Minnesota , I would walk across the Mississippi river to the west Bank and visit the Ames South Asian library and look up the archives of New York Times to see how those events were seen by others. I must have read through the editorials of NY Times in the immediate aftermath of Gandhi's shooting many times. Reading all baout Gandhi in the old chronicles was thrilling !

We lost touch with Ms Sugandhavalli. She for ever remains a ebullient chirpy presence in our hearts !

It is quite normal as children , for us to fall in love with our teachers in School. It is not often that you develop very close contact with your college teachers. But our mid term transfers , and the difficulties we had to go through, brought us closer to some teachers.

This happened again when my father moved from Rajahmundry to Kakinada. I was mid way through my BSc program. So when we came to Kakinada , parts of the Sanskrit curriculum, " Chandraloka" to be precise , was already completed at PR College. I was to be left high and dry !

The Sanskrit lecturer was Sri Bhashyam Appalaacharyulu garu. He told me not to worry and asked me to come to his home on the weekends to learn this book separately !

And I went for almost ten weeks. The end result is that I stood first in the college for the languages part because of Sanskrit . He was proud of my achievement and when I went to meet him in the lecturer's room he introduced me to other teachers saying that "his student" came first in the college. He moved on to become a great speaker on spiritual front. My parents too became his followers !

Many years later when my mother wanted to put together a " short form of Sundarakanda" or "Sankshipta Sundarakanda" , I went to him to request him to give his blessings. Then he gave me an hour long oration in Telugu. I took notes as he spoke. I had it translated and printed the same as the "inner meaning of Sundarakanda" !

Here was a teacher who taught me Sanskrit in college. The teaching left indelible impression. I might have taken Sanskrit for scoring marks. But Sanskrit became a passion because of him ! Years later I went and met him as the Chairman and Managing Director of ECIL his joy was as great as the time I met him when I came first in the college ! He became a spiritual Guru for our family !

These are the three teachers that shaped a large part of me .

The teacher who introduced me to the beauty of Sanskrit namely Garimela Annarama Sarmagaru.

The teacher who introduced the independence movement and Gandhiji namely Ms Y Sugandhavalli

And finally the teacher in Sanskrit who ensured that Sanskrit remained for ever part of my passion namely Sri Bhashyam Appalaacharyulugaru.

It is a very pleasing thought to remember that I had their blessings and encouragement.

I am grateful forever for their blessings !

|| om tat sat ||

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|| Happy Reading ||

om tat sat !!

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To continue reading One more thing page click here !!!

Om tat sat

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Some of the earlier articles:

The story of "My Sundarakanda"

A sequel to Vakbhushanam bhushanam

The new beginnings on a festival day !!

Mantras from Ramayana

The story of the Lizard !

Sanskrit words and their meanings- Sivoham !!

Walking away !! - a difficult task !

Jayamantram and Management styles

'Peace does not fall from the sky'

History of Sanskrit Literature

Vurdhva mula madhassaakham ... more .. notes from

Kathopanishad -

Self as the master of the Chariot -notes from kathopanishad

Good Vs Pleasant from kathopanishad

Blind leading Blind - from Katha

Upanishad

The story of Ganesh Chaturthi

Manisha Panchakam Sloka 1

Manisha Panchakam

Who are you ??

Leader and the Led

Bhakthi and Self surrender

Why say so many words Part 2

Why say so many words Part 1

Gurus and lessons

Such a Simple message !!

Sundarakanda and the related Beliefs

Remembering Sribhashyam

Appalacharyulu garu

The methods of Elucidation

( Lakshana)

The story of the Jar/Kunda

The story of Devadatta

"Hitam Manohari cha" - revisited

Dasama Nyaya

On the Fortune - a demolition of its traits !!

on the Success

The story of Sabari

Charvaka School of Philosophy

On Vedas from the West

Jayamantram

The story of a Bear ( from Ramayana)

Ramudu-Sugunaabhiraamudu

Sahasavidadhita na kriyam..

... 'no not in a hurry'!

Aham nasyaami .. I destroy !! contributed by Tuaraga Rajendraparasad.

"It is not that the holy waters are not altogether Holy - Krishna

An intelligent man should follow those actions that are consistent and within his realm of action ..( more)

.. I am enquiring , that should be clearly explained! …." Thus spoke Krishna.(more.).

" Peace does not drop from the sky" says Dalai Lama.

Passing away of a stalwart:

Prof Bhavaraju Sarveswara Rao

. ............

Unison of thought speech and action

Jewel of jewels'

Who is Poor ?

Green message from Bhagava...

Music in our Epics

what is kasara ?

Saundaryalahiri

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	The Contents.... !!! Happy Reading !! Bhagavatam , Dasama Skandha, Uddhava Gita Ramayanam Sundarakanda Balakanda Rama Pattabhisheka Sankshipta Ramayanam, Role Models from Ramayana, Vijayraghavrao gari Telugu Sundarakanda , *Athato Brhamajignyasa, Kathopanishad , Tatvabodha, Bhagavadgita One more thing* *Happy Reading* !!! Om tat sat !! info@Kasarabada.org For Telugu Home page click here At	Welcome to Kasarabada.org Teachers Day - remembering them ! Happy Janmashtami ! September 5, 2015 !! Kasarabada.org welcomes you all ! Happy Teachers day! This is Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrsihnan's birthday. He is a philosopher king. His birth day has become a day to remember teachers in India. This is also Janmashtami ! Teachers day reminds us about the Gurus and the story of 24 Gurus comes to mind. Teachers day is about remembering the many teachers who lent their hand in making us what we are. There are teachers from the elementary school stage onwards. The learning is an endless process.It happens all the time on your job too ! Some of the bosses too become teachers. This time we have a article in "one more thing" about the teachers whom we can never forget! This week it is Balakanda Sarga 58. This is the famous story of Trisanku. Most of us would have heard of the story of Trisanku's heaven or "Trisanku svargam". This is only the beginning of the story. This is also Janmashtami . We are fortunately going through Krishna's pravachan or Bhagavadgita. In Bhagavadgita we are in the chapter 3 , the famous Karma Yoga. The slokas of Karma yoga and the a summary of Karma yoga are presented Since we have deliberately set a pace of one chapter every month you can expect more articles on Karma Yoga in the next couple of weeks. We have one thought on the "why" of Karmayoga under one more thing The Bhagavadgita home page too gets updated . We could not suppress our delight in creating Sankhya Yoga for the kasarabada.org. pages ! So we added three more pages or notes on related Topics : Moksha ; Nishkama karma , Vedavadarataah. Our excitement spilled over on to " one more thing " pages as you can elsewhere on this page ! We have multilingual pages. An important part of language pages is Telugu. The Telugu home page is restructured . We want all our Telugu visitors to visit the new *Telugu page. We created pages for Telugu Balakanda, Telugu Bhagavadgita* and *Subbalakshmi gari kalamlO. These are in addition to the earlier Vijayraghavrao gari Sundarakanda. We are excited. Happy Reading ! What is on the Kasarabada.org?* For the new visitors - the site has a layered structure with with Four main pages : - Ramayanam which includes (i) Sundarakanda, (ii) Role models of Ramayana, (iii) Vijayraghavrao gari Telugu Sundarakanda (iv) Balakanda - Bhagavatam which includes (i) Dasama Skandha and (ii) Uddhava Gita Athato Brahma jignyasaa which includes (i) Kathopanishad and (ii) Tatvabhodha One more thing is a page where we have articles which could be on anything , informative and educative handled with a light heart and a touch of contemporary realities. These pages list all contents of those segments ! In effect to have a look at what is available from the earlier issues you only need to visit the four pages of Ramayanam , Bhagavatam , one more thing. and Athato Brahma Jignyasaa. Each page of these banner pages carry the list of all earlier articles . Om Tat Sat ( info@kasarabada.org) Index Archives Witty Wisdom - contributed by Kamaraju Turaga __________________________________________________	One more thing ! The Teachers Day ! Teachers day! If I close my eyes I can see a vivid picture of my school days . In Guntur MGH School it is the first classroom on the left as soon as you enter the main gate! In Kurnool Municipal High School my class room was behind the main block in a row of class rooms in a shed. In Kakinada PRC School it is a pucca building with one floor above. The first room is that of office and the Head master. The Third form A section was the last room on the ground floor. We were always in section 'A" because we were Sanskrit students. There is an even more vivid picture of some teachers. First is Madam Sughandavalli a teacher who knows everything it seems ! Then Vaddiparti Subbarao garu, Fakir Raju garu both maths teachers . And then there was Annarama Sarma garu with a brilliant complexion, happy round face and fully shaven head with a mostly white stubble mellifluiously reading slokas at the top of his voice ! There were other teachers too ! We seem to have been blessed by an abundance of teachers who added dignity to the office they occupied. My teachers remembrance starts with Ramanayya "mestaru". It was probably a family connection, with some of my senior siblings too having been associated with him. He is the first teacher I remember because I went for tuition with him in my "first form" or the sixth class. I would go to his house in the morning then walk to the MGH School in Guntur ! Why I went for tuition I do not remember. Probably because my elder sister seemed to be always ahead with double jumps etc and I was moving only year to year basis ! The most interesting thing I remember about that tuition is not the teaching. It is the play ground next to his house. It turned out that the time I went to tuition was also the time of a RSS Sakha meet on that play ground with all of them in khaki half pants and white shirts ! I was certainly fascinated by the "Daksha " "Aram" drill ! But Ramanayya "Mastaru" remains forever in my memory as my first teacher , teaching maths ! In the subsequent transfers we moved from Guntur to Kurnool for one year and after that moved to Kakinada . I joined the PRC High School in third form. That was mid way through the year around October / November. At PRC high School there were two teachers who had immediate impact on us. First is Annarama Sarma garu the Sanskrit teacher. He would read the slokas in such beautiful tone which is totally mesmerizing. More importantly he would explain the meaning and context in a way that you will never forget. The first sloka I learned in my third form is " తే శతం హి వయం పంచ స్వకీయే కలహే సతి\| ఆన్యెస్తు ఖలహె ప్రాప్తే వయం పంచోత్తరం శతమ్ \|\| This famous advise of Dharmaraja "we are five they are hundred " has been for ever etched in my mind. Later it became a management mantra too! Annarama Sarma garu was Sanskrit teacher for me and my sister . Since we joined the school midway through the year we had a special attention from him and ever since we became only closer. When we had another transfer to Rajahmundry and came back on transfer to Kakinada again this time as college students, Lo we came to know his son G Annapurniaha garu as a Physics lecturer in the college. Our respect and association with him continued. The second impact teacher was Sugandhavalli teacher. Her full name is Y Sugandhavalli. She was our class teacher in the Third form. I still remember her lessons about independence movement, about how the British would arrest Gandhi etc. For a child's mind her actions in explaining the events created an awe and aura about Gandhiji ! And from that time onwards that story of Gandhi held a fascination. Years later when I went to University of Minnesota , I would walk across the Mississippi river to the west Bank and visit the Ames South Asian library and look up the archives of New York Times to see how those events were seen by others. I must have read through the editorials of NY Times in the immediate aftermath of Gandhi's shooting many times. Reading all baout Gandhi in the old chronicles was thrilling ! We lost touch with Ms Sugandhavalli. She for ever remains a ebullient chirpy presence in our hearts ! It is quite normal as children , for us to fall in love with our teachers in School. It is not often that you develop very close contact with your college teachers. But our mid term transfers , and the difficulties we had to go through, brought us closer to some teachers. This happened again when my father moved from Rajahmundry to Kakinada. I was mid way through my BSc program. So when we came to Kakinada , parts of the Sanskrit curriculum, " Chandraloka" to be precise , was already completed at PR College. I was to be left high and dry ! The Sanskrit lecturer was Sri Bhashyam Appalaacharyulu garu. He told me not to worry and asked me to come to his home on the weekends to learn this book separately ! And I went for almost ten weeks. The end result is that I stood first in the college for the languages part because of Sanskrit . He was proud of my achievement and when I went to meet him in the lecturer's room he introduced me to other teachers saying that "his student" came first in the college. He moved on to become a great speaker on spiritual front. My parents too became his followers ! Many years later when my mother wanted to put together a " short form of Sundarakanda" or "Sankshipta Sundarakanda" , I went to him to request him to give his blessings. Then he gave me an hour long oration in Telugu. I took notes as he spoke. I had it translated and printed the same as the "inner meaning of Sundarakanda" ! Here was a teacher who taught me Sanskrit in college. The teaching left indelible impression. I might have taken Sanskrit for scoring marks. But Sanskrit became a passion because of him ! Years later I went and met him as the Chairman and Managing Director of ECIL his joy was as great as the time I met him when I came first in the college ! He became a spiritual Guru for our family ! These are the three teachers that shaped a large part of me . The teacher who introduced me to the beauty of Sanskrit namely Garimela Annarama Sarmagaru. The teacher who introduced the independence movement and Gandhiji namely Ms Y Sugandhavalli And finally the teacher in Sanskrit who ensured that Sanskrit remained for ever part of my passion namely Sri Bhashyam Appalaacharyulugaru. It is a very pleasing thought to remember that I had their blessings and encouragement. I am grateful forever for their blessings ! \|\| om tat sat \|\| info@kasarabada.org \|\| Happy Reading \|\| *om tat sat* !! info@kasarabada.org To continue reading One more thing page click here !!! *Om tat sat* info@kasarabada.org Some of the earlier articles: The story of "My Sundarakanda" A sequel to Vakbhushanam bhushanam The new beginnings on a festival day !! Mantras from Ramayana The story of the Lizard ! Sanskrit words and their meanings- Sivoham !! Walking away !! - a difficult task ! Jayamantram and Management styles 'Peace does not fall from the sky' History of Sanskrit Literature Vurdhva mula madhassaakham ... more .. notes from Kathopanishad - Self as the master of the Chariot -notes from kathopanishad Good Vs Pleasant from kathopanishad Blind leading Blind - from Katha Upanishad The story of Ganesh Chaturthi Manisha Panchakam Sloka 1 Manisha Panchakam Who are you ?? Leader and the Led Bhakthi and Self surrender Why say so many words Part 2 Why say so many words Part 1 Gurus and lessons Such a Simple message !! Sundarakanda and the related Beliefs Remembering Sribhashyam Appalacharyulu garu The methods of Elucidation ( Lakshana) The story of the Jar/Kunda The story of Devadatta "Hitam Manohari cha" - revisited Dasama Nyaya On the Fortune - a demolition of its traits !! on the Success The story of Sabari Charvaka School of Philosophy On Vedas from the West Jayamantram The story of a Bear ( from Ramayana) Ramudu-Sugunaabhiraamudu Sahasavidadhita na kriyam.. ... 'no not in a hurry'! Aham nasyaami .. I destroy !! contributed by Tuaraga Rajendraparasad. "It is not that the holy waters are not altogether Holy - Krishna *An intelligent man should follow those actions that are consistent and within his realm of action* ..( more) *.. I am enquiring , that should be clearly explained! …."* Thus spoke Krishna.(more.). " Peace does not drop from the sky" says Dalai Lama. *Passing away of a stalwart:* Prof Bhavaraju Sarveswara Rao . ............ Unison of thought speech and action Jewel of jewels' Who is Poor ? Green message from Bhagava... Music in our Epics what is kasara ? Saundaryalahiri
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The Contents.... !!!

Welcome to Kasarabada.org

Teachers Day - remembering them !

Happy Janmashtami !

September 5, 2015 !!

Witty Wisdom

One more thing !