Music for Meditation...

A nice video giving introduction to different kinds of music used in meditation .....

Calm your mind

A disturbed mind shows path to heal. Our Gurus say a human mind is like a drunken monkey. Millions of thoughts come and go every day. Our views change every minute, well can we do much about it , all we can do is control our mind to the extent possible.

Here is what I hear from others, Mind can be controlled by

• Reaching out to God (Worship, Helping others when you can .....)

• Controlling your breath (Yoga)

At the bottom of my blog I have some links to some very good videos which will help to change your thoughts and relax your unstable mind if possible.

Plan your meetings

If your team is distributed across the globe and if you need to plan a meeting then this online meeting planner will be of great use to you. I will be glad to know if you find a better one....

Srinivasa Mangapuram/Kalyana Venkateswara.

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Srinivasa Mangapuram is a small village near Tirupathi. Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy Temple is located in this village. Legends say that Lord Venkateswara after his marriage with Godess Padmavathi stayed here for sometime before proceeding to Tirumala, as per Hindu customs newly married couples are not supposed to climb hills, such devotees can have darshan of Lord at this temple and attain moksha.

It is also said that individuals having trouble getting into wedlock can pray here and get rid of troubles. Kalyana Utsavam to the Lord is performed here every day. Devotees get rid of their troubles by attending this ritual. At the end of ritual the Priest ties kankana (Yellow thread) to the right hand of the Devotee...

Travellers can stay at Tirupati and visit temples around. Tirupati has quite a number of Good Hotels(Bliss, Bhimas, Fortune Kences, Mayura). Srinivasa Mangapuram is about 12 kms from Tirupati. Various modes of transport are available APSRTC runs buses from Tirupati , Shared Autos and Private Taxis are also available.

My New Motorola Ming......

When ever I visit my in-laws place at Tirupati I make it a point to visit Kapila Teertham Temple every day along with my wife. Unfortunately last week when I did this I lost my Motorokr E6.
I was very upset as I had recently purchased it after my Treo 650 was badly damaged. Loosing E6 meant losing 16000 Indian Rupees. Well I could not get it back as the person who found the phone would not lift my call :( . After trying for one week I gave up and my wife decided to gift me a new Phone. This time I got to choose the gift :).


I needed basic PDA functionality but nothing came near to my Palm Treo 650 for a descent price. I refused to buy a expensive phone as I had lost lot of money on my Palm Treo 650 and Motorokr E6. My wife still insisted so I decided to go for Motorola Ming aka Motorola A1200. It is a very cute phone and had all the basic PDA functionality I needed. It runs on Unix has Touch screen, Handwriting and speech recognition , 2 mega-pixel camera well here is the complete spec and feature list. It is a cute chick and I am loving it ......
I now need a iPod to play my Audible books(Treo 650 supported audible too..) . Darn!!! I miss my Palm Treo .....