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SARVAJAN HITAYA SARVAJAN SUKHAYA-FOR THE GAIN OF THE MANY AND FOR THE WELFARE OF THE MANY-Soon Bahujan Samaj Party will rule India-Ambeth Rajan, M.P. (Rajya Sabha)

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…..In this Assembly Election, We have destroyed Congress, BJP and SP. My strong feeling is that in the next election there won’t be any opposition parties in the State

Our Behenji is leading an efficient Government and set as an example to other states. Uttar Pradesh is the Gateway to the Temple of Power in the Centre. Soon Bahujan Samaj Party will rule India…..

Ambeth Rajan, M.P. (Rajya Sabha)

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Amitabh gives up claim on farmland

Lucknow: Actor Amitabh Bachchan has abandoned his claim over the farmland allotted to him at Daulatpur village in Barabanki district that was cancelled by the Faizabad Commissioner a few months ago.

His lawyer moved a supplementary affidavit before the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court forgoing his claim over the land allotted to him during the previous SP regime following the village panchayat’s assurance not to pursue the matter further. The affidavit prayed that the court pass an order that no proceedings, “either civil, revenue or criminal in nature” be initiated in future against the actor.

However, the government counsel sought time following which Justice A.N. Verma adjourned the matter to October 24.

The lawyer for Daulatpur village panchayat had on Thursday told the court that it would not launch legal proceedings against Mr. Bachchan if he relinquished his claim over the land. “There is no malafide intention on the part of Mr. Bachchan. If he forgoes his claim, the panchayat will not launch criminal prosecution against him,” the lawyer said.

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THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE - THE TATHAGATA -Dear-The Six Animals

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At Savatthi. As he was sitting to one side, King Pasenadi Kosala said to the Blessed One: “Just now, lord, while I was alone in seclusion, this train of thought arose in my awareness: ‘Who are dear to themselves, and who are not dear to themselves?’ Then it occurred to me: ‘Those who engage in bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, & mental misconduct are not dear to themselves. Even though they may say, “We are dear to ourselves,” still they aren’t dear to themselves. Why is that? Of their own accord, they act toward themselves as an enemy would act toward an enemy; thus they aren’t dear to themselves. But those who engage in good bodily conduct, good verbal conduct, & good mental conduct are dear to themselves. Even though they may say, “We aren’t dear to ourselves,” still they are dear to themselves. Why is that? Of their own accord, they act toward themselves as a dear one would act toward a dear one; thus they are dear to themselves.’”

“That’s the way it is, great king! That’s the way it is! Those who engage in bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, & mental misconduct are not dear to themselves. Even though they may say, ‘We are dear to ourselves,’ still they aren’t dear to themselves. Why is that? Of their own accord, they act toward themselves as an enemy would act toward an enemy; thus they aren’t dear to themselves. But those who engage in good bodily conduct, good verbal conduct, & good mental conduct are dear to themselves. Even though they may say, ‘We aren’t dear to ourselves,’ still they are dear to themselves. Why is that? Of their own accord, they act toward themselves as a dear one would act toward a dear one; thus they are dear to themselves.”

That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further:

If you hold yourself dear then don’t fetter yourself with evil, for happiness isn’t easily gained by one who commits a wrong-doing. When seized by the End-maker as you abandon the human state, what’s truly your own? What do you take along when you go? What follows behind you like a shadow that never leaves? Both the merit & evil that you as a mortal perform here: that’s what’s truly your own, what you take along when you go; that’s what follows behind you like a shadow that never leaves. So do what is admirable, as an accumulation for the future life. Deeds of merit are the support for beings when they arise in the other world.

The Six Animals

“Suppose that a man, wounded and festering, were to go into a swampy jungle. Its sharp-bladed grasses would pierce his feet; its thorns would scratch his festering sores. And so, from that cause, he would experience an even greater measure of pain and unhappiness. In the same way, there is the case where a certain follower of the path shown by The Blessed Noble Awakened One-The Tathagata, having gone to a village or to the wilderness, meets up with someone who upbraids him: ‘This venerable one, acting in this way, undertaking practices in this way, is a thorn of impurity in this village.’ Knowing this person to be a thorn, one should understand restraint and lack of restraint.

“And what is lack of restraint? There is the case where a follower of the path shown by The Blessed Noble Awakened One-The Tathagata, seeing a form with the eye, is obsessed with pleasing forms, is repelled by unpleasing forms, and remains with body-mindfulness unestablished, with limited awareness. He does not discern, as it actually is present, the awareness-release, the discernment-release where any evil, unskillful mental qualities that have arisen utterly cease without remainder.

“Hearing a sound with the ear…

“Smelling an aroma with the nose…

“Tasting a flavor with the tongue…

“Touching a tactile sensation with the body…

“Cognizing an idea with the intellect, he is obsessed with pleasing ideas, is repelled by unpleasing ideas, and remains with body-mindfulness unestablished, with limited awareness. He does not discern, as it actually is present, the awareness-release, the discernment-release where any evil, unskillful mental qualities that have arisen utterly cease without remainder.

“Just as if a person, catching six animals of different ranges, of different habitats, were to bind them with a strong rope. Catching a snake, he would bind it with a strong rope. Catching a crocodile… a bird… a dog… a hyena… a monkey, he would bind it with a strong rope. Binding them all with a strong rope, and tying a knot in the middle, he would set chase to them.

“Then those six animals, of different ranges, of different habitats, would each pull toward its own range & habitat. The snake would pull, thinking, ‘I’ll go into the anthill.’ The crocodile would pull, thinking, ‘I’ll go into the water.’ The bird would pull, thinking, ‘I’ll fly up into the air.’ The dog would pull, thinking, ‘I’ll go into the village.’ The hyena would pull, thinking, ‘I’ll go into the charnel ground.’ The monkey would pull, thinking, ‘I’ll go into the forest.’ And when these six animals became internally exhausted, they would submit, they would surrender, they would come under the sway of whichever among them was the strongest. In the same way, when a follower of the path shown by The Blessed Noble Awakened One-The Tathagata whose mindfulness immersed in the body is undeveloped & unpursued, the eye pulls toward pleasing forms, while unpleasing forms are repellent. The ear pulls toward pleasing sounds… The nose pulls toward pleasing aromas… The tongue pulls toward pleasing flavors… The body pulls toward pleasing tactile sensations… The intellect pulls toward pleasing ideas, while unpleasing ideas are repellent. This, followers of the path shown by The Blessed Noble Awakened One-The Tathagata, is lack of restraint.

“And what is restraint? There is the case where a True follower of the path shown by The Blessed Noble Awakened One-The Tathagata, seeing a form with the eye, is not obsessed with pleasing forms, is not repelled by unpleasing forms, and remains with body-mindfulness established, with immeasurable awareness. He discerns, as it actually is present, the awareness-release, the discernment-release where all evil, unskillful mental qualities that have arisen utterly cease without remainder.

“Hearing a sound with the ear…

“Smelling an aroma with the nose…

“Tasting a flavor with the tongue…

“Touching a tactile sensation with the body…

“Cognizing an idea with the intellect, he is not obsessed with pleasing ideas, is not repelled by unpleasing ideas, and remains with body-mindfulness established, with immeasurable awareness. He discerns, as it actually is present, the awareness-release, the discernment-release where all evil, unskillful mental qualities that have arisen utterly cease without remainder.

“Just as if a person, catching six animals of different ranges, of different habitats, were to bind them with a strong rope. Catching a snake, he would bind it with a strong rope. Catching a crocodile… a bird… a dog… a hyena… a monkey, he would bind it with a strong rope. Binding them all with a strong rope, he would tether them to a strong post or stake.

“Then those six animals, of different ranges, of different habitats, would each pull toward its own range & habitat. The snake would pull, thinking, ‘I’ll go into the anthill.’ The crocodile would pull, thinking, ‘I’ll go into the water.’ The bird would pull, thinking, ‘I’ll fly up into the air.’ The dog would pull, thinking, ‘I’ll go into the village.’ The hyena would pull, thinking, ‘I’ll go into the charnel ground.’ The monkey would pull, thinking, ‘I’ll go into the forest.’ And when these six animals became internally exhausted, they would stand, sit, or lie down right there next to the post or stake. In the same way, when a monk whose mindfulness immersed in the body is developed & pursued, the eye does not pull toward pleasing forms, and unpleasing forms are not repellent. The ear does not pull toward pleasing sounds… The nose does not pull toward pleasing aromas… The tongue does not pull toward pleasing flavors… The body does not pull toward pleasing tactile sensations… The intellect does not pull toward pleasing ideas, and unpleasing ideas are not repellent. This, monks, is restraint.

“The ’strong post or stake’ is a term for mindfulness immersed in the body.

“Thus you should train yourselves: ‘We will develop mindfulness immersed in the body. We will pursue it, hand it the reins and take it as a basis, give it a grounding. We will steady it, consolidate it, and set about it properly.’ That’s how you should train yourselves.”

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DOCTRINE-TRUE PRACTICE OF THE PATH SHOWN BY THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE - THE TATHAGATA -How to Purify One’s Morality

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How to Purify One’s Morality

Morality is restraint and discipline of body and speech. On the formal level this is divided into classes of precepts for lay people and for monks and nuns. However, to speak in general terms, there is one basic characteristic — that is INTENTION. When we are mindful or self-recollected, we have right intention. Practicing self-recollection and mindfulness will generate good morality.

It is only natural that when we put on dirty clothes and our bodies are dirty, that out minds too will feel uncomfortable and depressed. However, if we keep our bodies clean and wear clean, neat clothes, it makes our minds light and cheerful. So too, when morality is not kept, our bodily actions and speech are dirty, and this is a cause for making the mind unhappy, distressed and heavy. We are separated from right practice and this prevents us from penetrating in the essence of the DOCTRINE-TRUE PRACTICE OF THE PATH SHOWN BY THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE - THE TATHAGATA in our minds. The wholesome bodily actions and speech themselves depend on mind, properly trained, since mind orders body and speech. Therefore, we must continue practice by training our minds.

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(64)SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY OF THE TRUE FOLLOWERS OF THE PATH SHOWN BY THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE -THE TATHAGATA-II. The Five Precepts -1. The First Precept: Abstinence from Taking Life

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SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY OF THE TRUE FOLLOWERS OF THE PATH SHOWN BY THE BLESSED NOBLE AWAKENED ONE -THE TATHAGATA

II. The Five Precepts

1. The First Precept: Abstinence from Taking Life

I dont want to be killed by others so I will not kill others

The first of the five precepts reads in Pali, Panatipata veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami; in English, “I undertake the training rule to abstain from taking life.” Here the word pana, meaning that which breathes, denotes any living being that has breath and consciousness. It includes animals and insects as well as men, but does not include plants as they have only life but not breath or consciousness (Now it is scientifically prooved the the plants do not experience pain like other breathing beings with consciousness when they are hurt or killed). The word “living being” is a conventional term, an expression of common usage, signifying in the strict philosophical sense the life faculty (jivitindriya). The word atipata means literally striking down, hence killing or destroying. Thus the precept enjoins abstinence (veramani) from the taking of life. Though the precept’s wording prohibits the killing of living beings, in terms of its underlying purpose it can also be understood to prohibit injuring, maiming, and torturing as well.

The Pali Practioners of the Doctrine Practiced by The Blessed Noble Awakened One-The Tathagata commentaries formally define the act of taking life thus: “The taking of life is the volition of killing expressed through the doors of either body or speech, occasioning action which results in the cutting off of the life faculty in a living being, when there is a living being present and (the perpetrator of the act) perceives it as a living being”6

The first important point to note in this definition is that the act of taking life is defined as a volition (cetana). Volition is the mental factor responsible for action (kamma); it has the function of arousing the entire mental apparatus for the purpose of accomplishing a particular aim, in this case, the cutting off of the life faculty of a living being. The identification of the transgression with volition implies that the ultimate responsibility for the act of killing lies with the mind, since the volition that brings about the act is a mental factor. The body and speech function merely as doors for that volition, i.e., as channels through which the volition of taking life reaches expression. Killing is classified as a bodily deed since it generally occurs via the body, but what really performs the act of killing is the mind using the body as the instrument for actualizing its aim.

A second important point to note is that killing need not occur directly through the body. The volition to take life can also express itself through the door of speech. This means that the command to take life, given to others by way of words, writing, or gesture, is also considered a case of killing. One who issues such a command becomes responsible for the action as soon as it achieves its intention of depriving a being of life.

A complete act of killing constituting a full violation of the precept involves five factors: (1) a living being; (2) the perception of the living being as such; (3) the thought or volition of killing; (4) the appropriate effort; and (5) the actual death of the being as a result of the action. The second factor ensures that responsibility for killing is incurred only when the perpetrator of the act is aware that the object of his action is a living being. Thus if we step on an insect we do not see, the precept is not broken because the perception or awareness of a living being is lacking. The third factor ensures that the taking of life is intentional. Without the factor of volition there is no transgression, as when we kill a fly while intending simply to drive it away with our hand. The fourth factor holds that the action must be directed to the taking of life, the fifth that the being dies as a result of this action. If the life faculty is not cut off, a full violation of the precept is not incurred, though in harming or injuring living beings in any way its essential purpose will be violated.

The taking of life is distinguished into different types by way of its underlying motivation. One criterion for determining the motivation is the defilement principally responsible for the action. Acts of killing can originate from all three unwholesome roots — from greed, hatred, and delusion. As the immediate cause concomitant with the act of killing, hatred together with delusion functions as the root since the force which drives the act is the impulse to destroy the creature’s life, a form of hatred. Any of the three unwholesome roots, however, can serve as the impelling cause or decisive support (upanissaya paccaya) for the act, operating over some span of time. Though greed and hatred are always mutually exclusive at a single moment, the two can work together at different moments over an extended period to occasion the taking of life. Killing motivated primarily by greed is seen in such cases as killing in order to gain material benefits or high status for oneself, to eliminate threats to one’s comfort and security, or to obtain enjoyment as in hunting and fishing for sport. Killing motivated by hatred is evident in cases of vicious murder where the motive is strong aversion, cruelty, or jealousy. And killing motivated by delusion can be seen in the case of those who perform animal sacrifices in the belief that they are spiritually wholesome or who kill followers of other religions with the view that this is a religious duty.

Acts of taking life are differentiated by way of their degree of moral gravity. Not all cases of killing are equally blameworthy. All are unwholesome, a breach of the precept, but the Practioners of the Doctrine Practiced by The Blessed Noble Awakened One-The Tathagata texts make a distinction in the moral weight attached to different kinds of killing.

The first distinction given is that between killing beings with moral qualities (guna) and killing beings without moral qualities. For all practical purposes the former are human beings, the latter animals, and it is held that to kill a fellow human being is a more serious matter ethically than to kill an animal. Then within each category further distinctions are drawn. In the case of animals the degree of moral gravity is said to be proportional to the animal, to kill a larger animal being more blameworthy than to kill a smaller one. Other factors relevant to determining moral weight are whether the animal has an owner or is ownerless, whether it is domestic or wild, and whether it has a gentle or a vicious temperament. The moral gravity would be greater in the former three alternatives, less in the latter three. In the killing of human beings the degree of moral blame depends on the personal qualities of the victim, to kill a person of superior spiritual stature or one’s personal benefactors being more blameworthy than to kill a less developed person or one unrelated to oneself. The three cases of killing selected as the most culpable are matricide, parricide, and the murder of an arahant, a fully purified saint.

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Another factor determinative of moral weight is the motivation of the act. This leads to a distinction between premeditated murder and impulsive killing. The former is murder in cold blood, intended and planned in advance, driven either by strong greed or strong hatred. The latter is killing which is not planned in advance, as when one person kills another in a fit of rage or in self-defense. Generally, premeditated murder is regarded as a graver transgression than impulsive killing, and the motivation of hatred as more blameworthy than the motivation of greed. The presence of cruelty and the obtaining of sadistic pleasure from the act further increase its moral weight.

Other factors determinative of moral gravity are the force of the defilements accompanying the act and the amount of effort involved in its perpetration, but limitations of space prohibit a full discussion of their role.

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(63) SARVAJAN HITAYA SARVAJAN SUKHAYA FOR THE GAIN OF THE MANY AND FOR THE WELFARE OF THE MANY-Mr. Ambeth Rajan has been unanimously elected as Member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. He will take oath in the Rajya Sabha Chairman’s Chamber on 15th October 2007 at 11.30 a. m. He will be occupying the seat vacated by Honorable Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Km.Mayawati ji after her becoming the Chief Minister. It is significant to note that this seat was earlier adorned by late Manyawar Kanshi Ram Ji

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The Dhammasangani, the first book of the Abhidhamma, and the
Pattkana, the last book, are the most important of the seven treatises
of Abhidhamma, providing as they do the quintessence of the entire
Abhidhamma.

Scheme of classification in the Dhammasangani:

(1) The Matika

The Dhammasangani enumerates all the dhammas (phenomena) i e , all
categories of nama, namely, consciousness and mental con- comitant, and
rupa, corporeality. Having enumerated the phenomena, they are arranged
under different heads to bring out their exact nature, function and
mutual relationship both internally (in our own being) and with the
outside world The Dhammasangani begins with a complete list of heads
called the Matika The Matika serves as a classified table of mental
constituents treated not only in the Dham- masangani but in the entire
system of the Abhidhamma

The Matika consists altogether of one hundred and twenty-two groups,
of which the first twenty-two are called the Tikas or Triads, those that
are divided under three heads; and the remaining one hun- dred are
called the Dukas or Dyads, those that are divided under two heads

Examples of Triads are:

(a) KusalaTika, dhammas that are:

moral, kusala,

immoral, akusala,

indeterminate, abyakata

(b) VedanaTika, dhammas that are associated with.

pleasant feeling,

painful feeling,

neutral feeling

Example of Dyads are:

(a) Hetu Duka, dhammas that are:

roots, hetus

not roots, na-hetu.

(b) Sahetuka Duka, dhammas that are.

associated with the hetus.

not associated with the hetus.

The Matika concludes with a list of the categories of dhamma entitled
Suttantika Matika made up of forty-two groups of dhamma found in the
suttas

(2) The four Divisions

Based on these Mafakas of Tikas and Dukas, the Dhammasangani is divided into four Divisions.

Cittuppada Kanda, Division on the arising of consciousness and mental concomitants

Rupa Kanda, Division concerning corporeality,

Nikkhepa Kanda, Division that avoids elaboration,

Atthakathd Kanda, Division of Supplementary Digest

Of the four divisions, the first two, namely, Ctttuppada Kanda and
Rupa Kanda form the main and essential portion of the book. They set the
model of thorough investigation into the nature, properties, function
and interrelationship of each of the dhammas listed in the Matika, by
providing a sample analysis and review of the first Tika, namely, the
Kussala Ttka of Kusala, Akusala and Abyakata Dhamma. Cittuppada Kanda
deals with a complete enumeration of all the states of mind that come
under the headings of Kusala and Akusala; the Rupa Kanda is concerned
with all states of matter that come under the heading of Abyakata;
mention is also made of Asankhata Dkatu (Nibbana) without discussing it

The Nikkhepa Kanda, the third division, gives, not too elaborate- ly
nor too briefly, the summary of distribution of all the Tikas and Dukas,
so that their full contents and significance will become com-
prehensible and fully covered.

Atihakathd Kanda, the last division of the book, is of the same
nature as the third division, giving a summary of the dhammas under the
different heads of the Tika and the Duka groups But it provides it in a
more condensed manner, thus forming a supplementary digest of the first
book of the Abhidhamma for easy memorizing

(3) Order and classification of the types of Consciousness as discussed in Cittuppada Kanda

The Cittuppada Kanda first gives a statement of the types of
Consciousness arranged under the three heads of the first Tika, namely,
(i) Kusala Dhamma i e , Mentonous Consciousness and its concomitants
(ii) Akusala Dhamma i e , Demeritorious Consciousness and its
concomitants (lii) Abyakata Dhamma i e , Indeterminate Con- sciousness
and its concomitants The list of mental concomitants for each dhamma is
fairly long and repetitive

The statement of the types of Consciousness is followed by iden-
tification of the particular type e g Kusala Dhamma, in the form of
question and answer, with regard to the plane or sphere (bhumi) of
Consciousness: Kamdvacara, sensuous plane, Rupavacara, plane of form,
Arupavacara, plane of no-form; Tebhumaka, pertaining to all the three
planes, or Lokuttara, supramundane, not pertaining to the three planes

The type of Consciousness for each plane is further divided into
various kinds e.g , there are eight kinds of Kusala Dhamma for the
sensuous plane: first Kusala Citta, second Kusala Citta etc, twelve
kinds ofAkusala Citta; eight kinds ofAhetuka Kusala Vipaka Cttta and
eight kinds of Sahetuka Vipaka Citta under the heading of Abyakata
Dhamma.

Then these various kinds are further analysed according to:

Dhamma Vavatthdna Vara e.g , the particular quality, whether
accompanied by joy etc. Le, somanassa, domanassa, sukha, dukkha, or
upekkhd.

Kotthdsa Vara, the grouping of dhammas There are twenty- three
categories of dhammas which result from synthetical grouping of dhammas
into separate categories such as khan- dhas, ayatanas, dhatus etc.

Sumdta Vara, which lays stress on the fact that there is no ’self
(atta) or jiva behind all these dhammas; they are only composites,
causally formed and conditioned, devoid of any abiding substance

The same method of treatment is adopted for the akusala and abyakata types of Consciousness

(4) Rupa Kanda

Because Dhammasangani treats all the dhammas (ndmas as well as rupas)
m the same uniform system of classification, Rupa Kanda is only a
continuation of the distribution of the Dhamma under the heads of the
first Tika, which begins m the first division, Cittupada Kanda In the
Ctttuppada Kanda, the enumeration of the Dhamma under the head
‘Abyakata’ has been only partially done, because abyakata type of Dhamma
includes not only all the states of mind which are neither meritorious
nor demeritorious but also all states of matter and the Asankhata Dhatu
or Nibbdna The portion of Dhamma under the heading of Abyakata, which
has been left out from Cittuppada Kanda is attended to m this kanda.

The method of treatment here is similar, with the difference that
instead of mental concomitants, the constituents of matter, namely, the
four primary elements and the material qualities derived from them with
their properties and their relationships are analysed and classified

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The second book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka, Vibhanga, together with the
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closely related foundation for the proper and deep under- standing of
the Buddha’s Dharnrna. Whereas Dhammasangani pro- vides a bird’s eye
view of the whole of the Tika and Duka groups with further systematic
arrangements under classified heads, Vibhanga and Dhatukatha give a
closer view of selected portions of those groups bringing out minute
details

Thus, Kotthdsa Vdra in Dhammasangani explains what and how many
khanda, ayatana, dhdtu, ahara, indnya, jhananga etc. are includ- ed in
the Tika and Duka groups But it does not furnish complete information
about these dhammas It is Vibhafiga which provides full knowledge
concerning them, stating the exact nature of each dhamma, its
constituents and its relationship to other dhammas

The Vibhanga is divided into eighteen Chapters each dealing with a
particular aspect of the Dhamma, its full analysis and inves- tigation
into each constituent The arrangement and classification into groups and
heads follow the same system as in the Dham- masangani Vibhanga may
therefore be regarded as complementary to Dhammasangani.

Vibhanga explains comprehensively the following categories of Dhamma

Khandha

Ayatana

Dhatu

Sacca

Indriya

Paticcasamuppada

Satipatthana

Sammappadhana

Iddhipada

Bojjhanga

Magga

Jhana

Appammanna

Sikkapada

Patisambhida

Nana

Khuddhaka vatthu

Dhammahadaya

Each category is analysed and discussed in two or all the three of the following methods of analysis’

Suttanta bhajaniya the meaning of the terms and the classification of the dhammas determined according to the Suttanta method,

Abhidhamma bhajaniya the meaning of the terms and the classification
of the dhammas determined according to the Abhidhamma method,

Paflha puccaha, discussions in the form of questions and answers.

It may be seen from the above list of the eighteen categories that
they may be divided into three separate groups The first group
containing numbers (1) - (6) deals with mental and corporeal consti-
tuents of beings and two laws of nature to which they are constantly
subjected viz the Law of Irnpermanence and the Law of Dependent
Origination The second group containing numbers (7) - (12) is concerned
with the practice of the holy life which will take bemgs out of
suffering and rounds of existence. The remaining six catego- ries serve
as a supplement to the first two groups, supplying fuller information
and details where necessary

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Although this third book of Abhidhamma Pitaka is a small treatise, it
ranks with the first two books forming an important trilogy, which must
be thoroughly digested for the complete understanding of the Abhidhamma
Vibhahga, the second book, has one complete chapter devoted to the
analysis of dhatus, but the subject matter of dhdtu is so important that
this separate treatise is devoted to it for a thorough consideration
The method of analysis here is different from that employed in the
Vibhanga

Dhatukatha studies how the dhammas listed in the Tikas and Dukas of
the Matika are related to the three categories of khandha, ayatana and
dhatu m their complete distribution i.e , five khandhas, twelve qyatanas
and eighteen dhatus These are discussed in fourteen ways of analytical
investigations which constitute the fourteen chapters of Dhatukatha.

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Abhidhamma is mainly concerned with the study of abstract truths in
absolute terms But in describing the dhammas in their vanous aspects, it
is not possible to keep to absolute terms only. Inevitably,
conventional terms of every day language have to be employed m order to
keep the lines of communication open at all. Abhidhamma states that
there are two main types of conventional usage; the first type is
concerned with terms which express things that actually exist in reality
and the sec’ond type describes things which have no existence in
reality.

The first three books of the Abhidhamma investigate the absolute
Truth of Dhamma in a planned system of detailed analysis employing such
terms as Khandha, Ayatana, Dhatu, Sacca and Indnya These terms are mere
designations which express things that exist in reality and are
therefore classed as the conventional usage of the first type. To the
second type of conventional usage belong such expressions as man, woman,
deva, individual etc , which have no existence in reality, but
nevertheless are essential for communication of thoughts.

It becomes necessary therefore to distinguish between these two types
of apparent truths But as the terms Khandha, Ayatana, Dhatu, Sacca and
Indnya have been elaborately dealt with in the first three books, they
are dealt with here only briefly The terms used in the second type
concerning individuals are given more weight and space in the treatise,
hence its title Puggalapanfiatti, designation of individuals. Different
types of individuals are classified, in ten chapters of the book, after
the manner of enumeration employed in Ariguttara Nikaya

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Kathavatthu, like Puggalapaffiatti, falls outside the regular system
of the Abhidhamma It does not directly deal with the abstruse nature of
the Dhamma. It is mainly concerned with wrong views such as Person
exists; Self exists; Jiva exists’ which were prevalent even in the
Buddha’s time, or wrong views such as ‘Arahat falls away from
Arahatship’ which arose after the Pannibbana of the Buddha

About two hundred and eighteen years after the Pannibbana of the
Buddha there were altogether Eighteen Sects, all claiming to be
followers of the Buddha’s Teaching. Of these only the Theravadins were
truly orthodox, while the rest were all schismatic. The Emperor Asoka
set about removing the impure elements from the Order with the guidance
and assistance of the Elder Moggaliputtatissa who was an accomplished
Arahat Under his direction, the Order held in concord the Uposatha
ceremony which had not been held for seven years because of dissensions
and the presence of false bhikkhus in the Order.

At the assembly, the Venerable Moggahputtatissa expounded on points
of views, made up of five hundred orthodox statements and five hundred
statements of other views, in order to refute the wrong views that had
crept into the Samgha and that might in the future arise He followed the
heads of discourses, Matika, outlined by the Buddha himself and
analysed them in detail into one thousand statements of views This
collection of statements of views was recited by one thousand selected
theras who formed the Third Great Synod, to be incorporated into the
Abhidhamma Pitaka

The style of compilation of this treatise is quite different from
that of other treatises, written as it is in the form of dialogue
between two imaginary debaters, one holding the heterodox views of
different sects and the othei representing the orthodox views.

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The Dhammasangani, the Vibhanga and the Dhatukatha examine the
Dharnma and their classifications as they exist in the world of reality,
named Sankharaloka. PuggalapaMatti and Kathavatthu deal with beings and
individuals which also exist in their own world of apparent reality,
known as Sattaloka Where the dhamma of Sankharaloka and beings of the
Sattaloka co-exist is termed the Okasaloka. Yamaka sets out to define
and analyse the interrelationship of dhammas and puggalas as they exist
in these three worlds

This is accomplished in the form of pairs of questions, which gives
it the title of Yamaka The logical process of conversion (anulomd) and
complete inversion (patiloma) is applied to determine the complete
import and limit of a term m its relationship with the others. An
equivocal nature of a term (samsayd) is avoided by showing, through such
arrangement of questions, how other meanings of the term do not fit for
a particular consideration.

The following pairs of questions may be taken as an example

To the question ‘May all rupa be called Rupakkhandha?’ the answer is
‘Rfipa is also used in such expressions as piya rupa (loveable nature),
eva rupa (of such nature), but there it does not mean Rupakkhandha”

But to the question ‘May all Rupakkhandha be called rupa? the answer
is *yes’, because Rupakkhandha is a very wide term and includes such
terms as piya rupa, eva rupa etc

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Patthana Pali, the seventh and last book of the Abhidhamma, is called
the Maha Pakarana, the ‘Great Book’ announcing the supreme position it
occupies and the height of excellence it has reached in its
investigations into the ultimate nature of all the dhammas in the
Universe.

The Dhammasangam gives an enumeration of these dhammas classifying
them under the Tika and Duka groups Vibhanga analyses them to show what
dhammas are contained in the major categories of khandhas, ayatanas,
dhatus etc. Dhatukathd studies the relation- ship of dhammas listed in
the Matika with each component of these major categones of khandhas,
ayatanas, and dhatus Yamaka resolves ambiguity in the internal and
external relationship of each dhamma Patthana forming the last book of
the Abhidhamma brings together all such relationship in a co-ordinated
form to show that the dham- mas do not exist as isolated entities but
they constitute a well ordered system in which the smallest unit
conditions the rest of it and is also being conditioned in return The
arrangement of the system is so very intricate, complex, highly thorough
and complete that it earns for this treatise the reputation of being
deep, profound and unfathomable.

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and practice, we can quickly lose our way.

In this course,
comparative religionist Kenneth Rose will be your guide in learning
about and practicing the religious and spiritual wisdom that can change
your life and the life of your community. Taking his start from the
spiritual principles and practices outlined by noted investor and
spiritual teacher Sir John Templeton in his book Wisdom from World
Religions: Pathways Toward Heaven on Earth, Kenneth Rose will trace
these teachings to their sources in the world’s major religions and show
you how you can put them into practice.

What You’ll Learn

This course provides clear and inspiring answers to many of life’s big questions:

Does life have an ultimate meaning?
Is science the ultimate guide to the deepest truth of life?
Does God, or a divine reality, exist?
What practices can bring God, or a divine reality, into your own experience?
Is death the end of life?
Course Learning Objectives

After taking this course, participants should be able to:

Identify the basic teachings of the world’s major active religious traditions.
Distinguish the different religions from each other.
Compare these religions in search of commonalties and differences.
Evaluate Sir John’s contributions to the study of spirituality.
Apply some of the spiritual practices suggested by Sir John Templeton
Assess claims about spiritual realities made by the various religions.

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Unit
1 Study Guide: Sir John Templeton’s Wisdom from World Religions: The
Tapestry of World
Religions



Unit
1 Video: Sir John Templeton’s Wisdom from World Religions: The Tapestry
of World Religions



Unit
2 Study Guide: Introducing the Religions of the World: Sir John
Templeton and the Study of
Religion



Unit
2 Video: Introducing the Religions of the World: Sir John Templeton and
the Study of
Religion,



Unit
3 Study Guide: A Spiritual Practice from Sir John Templeton: Lifting
Your awareness to a Higher level of
Receptivity



Unit
3 Video: A Spiritual Practice from Sir John Templeton: Lifting Your
Awareness to a Higher Level of
Receptivity



Unit 4 Study Guide: Guest Lecture: Sir John Templeton on Science and Religion



Unit 4 Video 4: Guest Lecture: Sir John Templeton on Science and Religion

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About the Course

Until
recently, the wisdom of the world’s many religions existed in separate
silos blocked from other traditions by barriers of language, distance,
and slow communications. Now, more than at any time in history, this
collective wisdom is easily available to anyone with an internet
connection. But without a guide to this enormous wealth of information
and practice, we can quickly lose our way.

In this course,
comparative religionist Kenneth Rose will be your guide in learning
about and practicing the religious and spiritual wisdom that can change
your life and the life of your community. Taking his start from the
spiritual principles and practices outlined by noted investor and
spiritual teacher Sir John Templeton in his book Wisdom from World
Religions: Pathways Toward Heaven on Earth, Kenneth Rose will trace
these teachings to their sources in the world’s major religions and show
you how you can put them into practice.

What You’ll Learn

This course provides clear and inspiring answers to many of life’s big questions:

Does life have an ultimate meaning?
Is science the ultimate guide to the deepest truth of life?
Does God, or a divine reality, exist?
What practices can bring God, or a divine reality, into your own experience?
Is death the end of life?
Course Learning Objectives

After taking this course, participants should be able to:

Identify the basic teachings of the world’s major active religious traditions.
Distinguish the different religions from each other.
Compare these religions in search of commonalties and differences.
Evaluate Sir John’s contributions to the study of spirituality.
Apply some of the spiritual practices suggested by Sir John Templeton
Assess claims about spiritual realities made by the various religions.

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Video 1: Sir John Templeton’s Wisdom from World Religions

Topic: The Tapestry of World Religions

A
Spiritual Law from Sir John Templeton: “The rich variety of world
religions creates a tapestry of amazing beauty—a testimony to the
spiritual nature of our human visit on earth” (WWR 56).

Video 1 Learning Objectives:

To get acquainted with Sir John Templeton’s Spiritual Vision
To
apply spiritual laws in order to become what Sir John Templeton calls
“a constructive participant in building ‘heaven on earth’” (WWR xix).
To employ the resources of the world’s religions to a personal quest for wisdom.
Readings and Selections

Suggested Reading in Wisdom from World Religions

xix-xxv
Discussion questions

Seekers
How many significant living religions of the world can you name?
What methods would you use to study the religions of the world?
Proficients
Can you group different current religious into two or three or more families of religions/
What critical and theoretical perspectives do you bring to bear on the study of religion?
Adepts
Do you think that spiritual practices and the study of religion belong together?
What
do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of the synthesis of
religious ideas and practices that John Templeton expresses in Wisdom
from World Religions?

Readings from Sir John Templeton’s Wisdom from World Religions

“The
rich variety of world religions creates a tapestry of amazing beauty—a
testimony to the essential spiritual nature of our human visit on earth.
And yet, within this amazing and sometimes fascinating diversity can be
found an equally amazing unity” (WWR 56).
“The more we know about
the universe and our place in it, the more we realize how little we
know. So, in our ongoing search, we often look to the spiritual
teachings of the world religions to provide assistance in helping us
understand more of who and what we are and why we are here.” (WWR 5)
“Wisdom
from World Religions: Pathways toward Heaven on Earth is designed to
offer people of all ages and all nations an opportunity to learn a
little more about the spiritual laws, principles, and teachings of a
variety of great spiritual practices. I hope that in this book we can
offer a Scripture verse or story or parable or discipline or quote that
may show you the world in a way more helpful than you have seen it
before. The materials presented in this book can provide an opportunity
for learning and “growing in wisdom.” There are clear scriptural and
philosophical bases for advocating the need for an inquiring and open
mind. . . . Can the value in learning to see a different world lie not
in replacing the one you have, but in providing a basis for an
opportunity to see from a different, or larger, perspective? Can the
timeless universal principles of life that transcend modern times or
particular cultures help people in all parts of the world live happier
and more useful lives?” (WWR xxi).
“The publishing of this book is
accomplished with reverence and appreciation for the world religions
that purify a person’s mind and heart, elevate his emotions, and offer
guidance for a spiritual way of life. Much of the material contained
herein has been made possible by the sincere light of the prophets,
teachers, and traditions of the world’s great religions that, through
the ages, have expressed sacred insights and wisdom to humanity” (WWR
xxv).

“Who am I? Why am I here on planet Earth? What does the future
hold? How can I set out on my own into a world that sometimes seems
filled with conflict and strife? How can I get along better with the
people in my life? How do I cope with day-to-day pressures? How can I be
successful in my work? How do I find peace in the midst of turmoil? How
can my life be useful and happy?” (WWR 3).

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Topic: Sir John Templeton and the Study of Religion

Video 2 Learning objectives

To describe SJT’s approach to the wisdom of the world’s religions

To explain how SJT’s Wisdom from World Religions (WWR) relates to the academic and religious study of religion.

To outline some of the skills that we need to bring to the study the world’s religions.

Discussion questions

Seeker

What is the value of “an inquiring and open mind” (xxi), according to the Sir John?

How can studying the world’s religions help us to see the world and its diverse peoples differently?

Proficient

How do the spiritual teachings of the world’s religions help us understand our place and role in the world?

What consequences for your own views of religion does studying other religions have?

Adept

What might be the unifying principle or principles of the vastly diverse religions of the world?

In contrast, say, to philosophy, how do the religions of the world promote wisdom?

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Video 3: A spiritual practice from Sir John Templeton: Lifting your awareness to a higher level of receptivity

Video 3 Learning Objective: To employ this spiritual practice from Sir John Templeton.

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Until
quite recently, the wisdom of the world’s many religions existed in
separate silos barricaded from other traditions behind barriers of
language, distance, and slow communications. Now, more than any time in
history, this collective wisdom is easily …

Week 1

Getting Started

Day 1 (Monday): Wisdom from World Religions

Day 2 (Wednesday): The Divinity of the World: “God-life moving through all”

Day 3 (Friday): The Spiritual Anchor of the Material World

Week 2

Day 4 (Monday): Spiritual Pluralism

Day 5 (Wednesday): Spiritual Laws

Day 6 (Friday): Divine Intelligence and Creativity

Week 3

Day 7 (Monday): The Humble Approach

Day 8 (Wednesday): A Moral Wakeup Call

Day 9 (Friday): Expanding Spiritual Science and Research

Week 4

Day 10 (Monday): The Law of Mind Action

Day 11 (Wednesday): A Guiding Inner Power

Day 12 (Friday): An Attitude of Gratitude

Week 5

Day 13 (Monday): The Return on Generosity

Day 14 (Wednesday): The Movement of Forgiveness

Day 15 (Friday): Practicing Unlimited Love

Week 6

Day 16 (Monday): Forward into the Divine Unknown

Day 17 (Wednesday): The Mystic Power of Prayer

Day 18 (Friday): The Standpoint of Nonduality

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1.
Congratulations and good wishes to all the people of the country and
Uttar Pradesh especially to brave soldiers, poor and whole labouring
class on the auspicious occasion of 71st Independence Day.

2. A
wish for comfort, peace, prosperity in the life of these crores of
people and the sense to live the life becomes better and meaningful with
freedom from problems of day-to-day life so that the true spirit of
Sarvajan Hitaya and Sarvajan Sukhaya could be fulfilled: BSP’s National
President, former Chief Minister of U.P. & former MP, Ms. Mayawati
Ji.

Lucknow August 14, 2018: BSP’s National President, former
Chief Minister of U.P. & former MP, Ms. Mayawati Ji congratulating
and wishing the people of the whole country and Uttar Pradesh especially
brave soldiers, poor and whole labouring class on the auspicious
occasion of country’s 71st Independence Day hoped that in the coming
time a wish for comfort, peace, prosperity in the life of 125 crores of
common people as a result of their hard work and efforts and the feeling
to live the life becomes better and meaningful with freedom from
problems of day-to-day life so that the true spirit of Sarvajan Hitaya
and Sarvajan Sukhaya could be fulfilled in reality.

In a
statement on the eve of the Independence Day Ms. Mayawati Ji said that
the freedom in 1947 after long years of slavery was a historical and
great event, but a humanistic constitution was a necessity to make
country’s freedom a meaningful, constructive and suitable to people
which was fulfilled by most respectable Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
almost after two years on January 26, 1950 and did an unbelievable work
by making India a republic and giving every citizen equal rights. It was
the beginning of testing of real intention of leaders of ruling
parties. Since then country is how much succeeded to fulfill the true
spirit of the Constitution, this is an occasion to evaluate it so that
accordingly the invaluable right to vote could properly be used by
making political awareness among ourselves, such a time is going to come
very soon.
The testing to honestly implement the Constitution in its
true spirit is still continued and to pass this test the leaders of the
ruling party will have to work getting necessarily free from narrow
thinking and discrimination, otherwise they would be bound to face the
allegation of failing the Constitution.

On the auspicious
occasion of country’s Independence, we must introspect ourselves that
how much we have been able to fulfill the interests of crores of poor,
labourers, farmers and other labouring classes by showing our effort,
character and actions, and how much the interest of the country is
getting fulfilled by the intention and policies of the ruling party.

At
last, our party hopes that especially the people of the ruling party by
following the caste-free humanist right path of the Constitution will
allow the people to live with self-respect by giving their
constitutional right to live, and will make efforts to achieve the new
heights of progress with peace and harmony. However, in these matters
the present government does not seem to fulfill the expectations of the
people.
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1.
BSP’s National President, former Chief Minister of U.P. & former
MP, Ms. Mayawati Ji welcomed the passing of SC/ST Atrocities Prevention
Act in its original form in the Lok Sabha especially related to
self-respect of the SC/STs and the Adibasis in the country. But it was
brought too late and under compulsion. BJP’s intention behind it is not
good rather it is full of political and electoral interests.

2.
Who will fulfill the irrepressible loss caused to SC/STs and Adibasis
during this period due to the indifferent attitude of (Brashtachar
Jiyadha Psychopaths (Private) Limited). and its government formed by
tampering the fraud EVMs at the centre, and how?

3. Full credit
to restore the SC/ST Atrocities Prevention Act in its original form and
compel the BJP’s autocratic and arrogant government to surrender goes to
none other than the mass struggles of “Bharat Band” of April 2, 2018
for which people have been made victims of government oppression and
terror even today, and they are behind bars too in falsely framed
charges against them. Gratefulness, applause and congratulations to such
struggles, sacrifices and unity in broader social interest, it has to
be useful in the future.

4. After forcing to surrender a
government by the farmers of the country that was inappropriately
insisting to introduce a completely anti-farmer New Land Acquisition
Law, it is the first time in last four and a quarter years that BJP’s
centre government gets compelled to cede to larger mass struggles.

5. Besides this, welcome to constitutional status given to the Backward Classes Commission.

6.
In addition to all this, BSP has always been in support of separate
reservation on economic basis for the poor among uppers castes from
Sarva Samaj and religious minorities and continuously making endeavours
too. If, central government brings a constitutional amendment bill on
this matter, then BSP will extend its full support.

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Murderer
of democratic institutions (Modi)’s address on the auspicious occasion
of Independence Day from the ramparts of the Red Fort was completely an
electoral speech of a political style that he usually does.

2.
From his lengthy speech, the country of 125 crore has neither received
any new energy nor has any new hope rather Modi forgot to assure the
general public about the most important constitutional guarantee of
safety-security and religion which is the top priority of the country.

3.
However, at present along with the problem of poverty, inflation and
unemployment etc. the real worry and biggest problem of the world are
rapidly changing political situation and the crisis of trade which are
greatly affecting the prices of petrol-diesel etc., Indian currency and
Non-Resident Indians, but on this Modi did not speak even a single
word, why? asks BSP’s National President, former Chief Minister of U.P.
& former MP, Ms. Mayawati Ji.

Lucknow August 14, 2018:
Speaking Modi’s address on the auspicious occasion of Independence Day
from the ramparts of the Red Fort was completely an electoral speech of a
political style, BSP’s National President, former Chief Minister of
U.P. & former MP, Ms. Mayawati Ji stated that from his lengthy
speech, the country of 125 crore has neither received any new energy nor
has any new hope rather Modi forgot to assure the general public about
the most important constitutional guarantee of safety-security and
religion although it has now become the top priority of the country.

In
her statement today, responding to able Modi’s address from the
ramparts of the Red Fort, Mayawati Ji said he should have given such a
speech in Parliament so that the responsibility of the government could
be fixed there and the claims of his government could be tested on the
parameters of truth.

Brashtachar Jiyadha Psychopaths (BJP)’s
government (which is not recognised by the world democrats) that
gobbled the Master Key by tampering the fraud EVMs at the centre must
give account of its policy and programmes in Parliament that how they
are quite useful for public and the speech from the ramparts of the Red
Fort should have been raised new hope and new conviction in the country
related to the challenges which the country is currently facing or which
are suppose to come. It would have been better if the annual speech
from the ramparts of the Red Ford were not used for the political
self-interest, but it seems that BJP at any cost does not like to raise
itself above its narrow-minded and hateful politics. It seems even
impossible keeping in view the coming general elections.

However,
at present along with the problem of poverty, inflation and
unemployment etc. the real worry and biggest problem of the world are
rapidly changing political situation and the crisis of trade that are
greatly affecting the prices of petrol-diesel etc., Indian currency and
Non-Resident Indians, but Modi did not speak even a single word on this
while it is resonant in the capitals of the whole world. Along with the
prosperous countries of Europe every sovereign country of the world is
quite worried and troubled. On this issue, Modi forgot to take the
country in confidence because every time political and electoral
interest dominates the BJP’s RSS (Rowdy Rakshasa Swayam Sevaks). It is
very unfortunate that in his entire speech he continued to boost the
tenure of last four and quarter years like he does in his rallies and
electoral meeting, and one-sidedly in Parliament too.

Modi once
again has set the example of an art of giving him credit to the good
whatever in the country by praising it all in his favour but probably he
has forgotten that if he himself in taking credit and his party members
continue to engage in competing each other in giving him the whole
credit then whatever wrong, senseless, painful, and unfortunate is
happening in the country that all will go to his credit too despite his
whole-hearted unwillingness. He has to prepare himself for this, only
then good will win in a democratic country in the national
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Even
during the tenure of the current government of BJP(Brashtachar Jiyadha
Psychopaths (Private) Limited)people have repeatedly remembered him and
his tenure as well as his policies regarding neighbouring Pakistan and
Kashmir, and people believed that if he was healthy, then BJP might
never be a party of so anti-people, narrow-minded, mean, arrogant, and
hateful foreign policy as it is seen on every aspect today. Therefore,
throughout the country there is an atmosphere of violence and confusion
rather than peace and harmony. That’s why he and his tenure were
remembered more and more by the people.

BSP’s National
President, former Chief Minister of U.P. & former MP, Ms. Mayawati
Ji expressed her deep sorrow over the demise of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpai,
the former Prime Minister and the leader of Board of Directors of BJP
(Brashtachar Jiyadha Psychopaths (Private) Limited). His demise leads to
irreversible damage to the country. Shri Vajpai was one of the leaders
who worked in the interests of the society, rising above his party
interests on many occasions. Mr. Vajpai of the poetic mind was the owner
of a very talented personality and he is said to be the leader of right
thinking in a wrong party.

Together with his great contribution
in public life, a quite sharp and sensitive MP, people have been
reminiscing him for his contributions as a Union Minister and well as a
Prime Minister, and will continue to remember him for this, praying that
god may give the power to bear the misery of his demise to his
followers.

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BSP’s National President, former Chief Minister of U.P. & former MP, Ms. Mayawati Ji:

1.
The incidents of exploitation of women and their forceful trafficking
in Women Shelter Home of Deoria in Uttar Pradesh like Bihar proves that
how much anarchy exists in BJP governments and a high degree of
insecurity and despair of women is a matter of shame and worry for the
whole country.

2. A demand for a strict legal action rather than patching up in both the cases.

3.
There is not only a glimpse but also a complete Jungle raj in BJP ruled
states, and like law and order women security and sanctity is not
priority of BJP rather it is a matter of least importance for them.

4.
In any case, UP Government should have become alert taking a lesson
from unfortunate incident of Bihar but it remained inactive.

New
Delhi, August 6, 2018: The incidents of exploitation of women and their
forceful trafficking in Women Shelter Home of Deoria in Uttar Pradesh
like Bihar proves that how much anarchy exists in BJP governments and a
high degree of insecurity and despair of women is a matter of shame and
worry for the whole country.

BSP’s National President, former
Chief Minister of U.P. & former MP, Ms. Mayawati Ji, strongly
criticizing the horrible incident of forceful trafficking of women
continued for a long time in Bihar and Deoria Women Shelter Home due to
government inactiveness, said that such heinous incidents prove that it
is not only a glimpse but also a complete Jungle raj in BJP ruled
states, and like law and order issue, women security and sanctity is
also not a priority of BJP rather it is a matter of least importance for
them.

Demanding a severest legal action against those who were
involve in women trafficking in Mujaffarpur Shelter Home and Deoria
Women Shelter Home, Ms. Mayawati ji stated that injustice and atrocity
to such an extent was not possible without government protection. Hence,
a strict action must be taken against government officials too rather
than patching up to which BJP governments have become habitual even in
the cases of most heinous crimes.

In BJP Governments, many a
people use to think that they are above the law and because of this
attitude common people are not able to live their peaceful life. Every
section of society is in sufferings and distressed. Now even women
followed by Dalits, Backwards, Christians, Muslims and other religious
minorities, and poor among upper castes, are becoming victims to
exploitation and terror but BJP’s high command seems to be indifferent
in the matter of women security with other serious problems which are a
matter of great worry for the country therefore people have to become
firmed to find out appropriate solutions to it.

Criticizing the
lack of clear and good intention and resolute will-power and following
the tradition of governmental patching up even in the cases of heinous
crimes against women, earlier in Bihar and now in UP, she said that BJP
governments must reminded themselves the suspension of a top most police
officer of the district-the SSP in the incident took place in a village
of Allahabad where a women was demonstrated naked. Until and unless
strict legal action is taken especially in the matters of women safety
and sanctity along with law and order, such incidents are not going to
stop.
However, UP Government should have become alert after the
incident of Bihar but it remained inactive and a big number of women
continued to getting victims to government systems. All this is greatly
unfortunate.
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BSP’s National President, former Chief Minister of U.P. & former MP, Ms. Mayawati Ji in her statement to the Press:

1.
BJP that has been a party in making efforts to deprive the Other
Backward Classes (OBCs) like the Dalits and the Adibasis in the fields
of education, employment, judiciary etc. at every level, now planning to
deceive them at the time of coming of Lok Sabha and general assembly
elections in important Hindi-speaking states.

2. Hence, to
attract them, a Bill is being brought to the floor of Parliament to give
constitutional status to the Backward Classes Commission, it is nothing
but a tactics to fulfill its electoral interests otherwise why the
government was silent on this issue for four and a quarter years?

3.
BJP is yet to give a satisfactory answer to the country that why it
opposed so strongly the implementation of the recommendations of the
Mandal Commission report related to the reservation for the Backwards,
and why they had withdrawn their support from V. P. Singh’s government
to dethrone it from power.

4. BJP does not like at all the
progress of the people of these sections who were deprived from their
right for centuries but form a majority in the country.

Lucknow
August 2, 2018: BJP that has been a party in making efforts to deprive
the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) like the Dalits and the Adibasis in
the fields of education, employment, judiciary etc. at every level, now
planning to deceive them at the time of coming of elections hence, to
attract them, a Bill is being brought to the floor of Parliament to give
constitutional status to the Backward Classes Commission, it is nothing
but a tactics to fulfill its electoral interest because BJP’s action,
character and face has always been a strong anti-OBC and their
reservation, it led them to opposed so heavily the nationwide
implementation of the recommendations of Mandal Commission report.

BSP’s
National President, former Chief Minister of U.P. & former MP, Ms.
Mayawati Ji welcomed the Bill despite its delay beyond expectations and a
long wait saying that BJP government must show some level of sincerity
and honesty towards the interests and welfare of the people of backward
classes by giving up the attitude and policy of committing all kinds of
atrocities on them and continuously denying their constitutional rights
and status, and also must not deny rights keeping their reservation
quota unfulfilled in education, public services and also in politics,
instead the benefits of reservation must be determined at every level.

But
it is a matter of great worry that nothing has been done in their four
and a quarter years of rule at the centre but now when Lok Sabha and
general assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh
are recently going to be held then some efforts are being made to win
their trust so that some amount of their votes could be secured. Thus it
is a tactics to deceive them by BJP government. In the light of these
facts, the people of these sections have to be careful.

However,
if the intentions of the BJP government would have been a little honest
and positive in this matter, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
government in the first year of its formation could have done this. But
at that time it was so eagerly engaged in framing a heavily
“Anti-Peasant New Land Acquisition Law” so it repeatedly brought
ordinances to please the big industrialists and businessmen.

Yet,
BJP’s high command has to give a satisfactory answer to the country
that why they so strongly opposed the implementation of the
recommendations of Mandal Commission report related to 27 percent
reservation for OBCs and principally in oppose, why they had withdrawn
their support from the V. P. Singh’s Government.
It is known to all
that BSP extended its support to the V. P. Singh’s government on a
condition to implement the Mandal Commission report pending for a long
time in previous Congress governments, ultimately BSP succeeded to make
it implemented, but before implementation BSP launched a nationwide
movement to implement it and in its favour a demonstration was continued
for nearly six months at the Boat Club in New Delhi.

Ms.
Mayawati ji said that the intention of BJP government at the centre and
in states is not OBCs friendly at all, and it is futile to repeat it
because it has deprived these classes to greater extent in the fields of
education and public services and also in the field of politics too.
The behaviour of BJP has been anti-OBCs and, at all, it does not like
the progress of these classes who form majority in the country,
therefore, it has continuously been ignoring and insulting them too
under a castiest mind-set known to all but now just before the Lok Sabha
and general assembly elections in important Hindi-speaking states, it
is trying to play different kinds of tactics which very well-known to
the people and they are not going to be misled by such tactics.

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1.
Strong criticism of BJP government’s anti-people decision to impose a
new burden on the people of the country by continuously making heavy
increase in the prices of petrol and diesel and now by increasing
sharply the prices of domestic and commercial gas cylinders. Ms.
Mayawati Ji said that by doing this BJP is setting a new model of
patriotism and nationalism, which is badly affecting the common
interests of the poor of the country.

2. BJP Government only
looks after the interests of big businessmen, therefore, continuously
increasing the prices of the petroleum products.

3. Sharp
criticism of cleaning the temple after the entry of a lady BJP MLA
Manisha Anuragi and the denial of drinking water to a lady Dalit officer
in Allahabad.

4. Along with such castiest and inhuman incidents,
the incidents of showing disrespect towards saints, gurus, and
statesmen born among Dalits and Backwards and incidents to destroy their
statues and insult them have been increased out of amount during the
BJP governments which exposes the difference between their saying and
doing.

5. Honourable Supreme Court’s judgment of 31. 08. 2018
would stop government’s autocracy in the matter of the abolishing the
citizenship of 40 lakhs people of Assam.

These are the main
point raised by National President BSP, former CM of UP and former MP
Ms.mayawati Ji in her statement released on 01.08.2018 to the press.

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BSP’s National President, former Chief Minister of U.P. & former MP, Ms. Mayawati Ji stated:
1.
In people’s opinion, the BJP’s governments at the centre and in Assam
have achieved parochial and divisive objectives of their formation by
abolishing the citizenship of more than forty lakhs religious and
linguistic minorities, who have been living for years in Assam-a BJP
ruled state by publishing the interim draft of the citizenship register.
The most affected among these religious and linguistic minorities are
the Bengali Muslims and the Bengali-speaking non-Muslims. Hence, Bengal
has to be affected dangerously but BJP & company trying to take
political mileage out of it. The publication of final schedule after
December 31, 2018 would become such an insane and hectic problem before
the country that to stop impact of its ill effects would be next to
impossible. She demanded an all party–meeting immediately by the
government at the centre to take necessary effective corrective
measures.

2. The government at the centre must not try to delay
and make the matter more complicated in the backdrop of the honourable
Supreme Court because the whole country is aware and also worried too
about the violations of honourable court’s directives on large scale by
the BJP’s centre and state governments.

3. The people everywhere
in the country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari are frustrated with
parochial, castiest, communal and divisive policy of the BJP and its
governments in the states and their life has been affected very badly in
the atmosphere of haste and anarchy. Specially, Uttar Pradesh too has
been affected to an extent.

4. In this order, in the stronghold
of BSP, Western UP, especially the Dalits and Muslims and their intimate
relative have been victims of the state sponsored terror and put behind
the bars by imposing the Gangster Act etc. The cases of Yogesh Verma,
Ex-MLA and husband of the BSP’s Mayor of Meerut, and BSP’s MLS Mahmud
Ali and his brother Mohammad Iqbal, Ex-MLC in Saharanpur are such
important examples. BSP strongly condemns such discriminatory, castiest,
communal and political vendetta and demands to stop it with immediate
effect. A BSP delegation will also meet with the district administration
to register its protest.

She also brought to the notice the
conspiracy designed by the BJP & Company to disturb the unity and
solidarity among Dalits by constituting the “Bhim Army” and then to
fulfill its political interests planed a hateful conspiracy to kill the
highest leadership of the BSP in Shabbirpur village of Saharanpur
district in UP. All kinds of atrocities were committed against the
Dalits after the incident, but BJP has yet been protecting the real
culprits. Ms. Mayawati ji resigned in protest from the membership of
Rajya Sabha when she was not allowed by the government to highlight
these atrocities adequately on the floor of the Parliament. All also
knows it.

Therefore, she appealed especially to the SC/STs,
Adibasis, Other Backward Classes and religious minorities should not
trust BJP’s governments at the centre and in the states because they
never would care about their interests and welfare. In the year of
General Elections, they would even commit more atrocities. It is also
clear that in the matters of these classes, the BJPians do completely
opposite whatever they speak.

Supreme Court grants reprieve to Mayawati in Taj Corridor case

The
Supreme Court granted a reprieve to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Mayawati in the 175 crore Taj Corridor case, refusing to direct the
state governor T V Rajeshwar to sanction her prosecution in the case. In
his June 3 order, Governor Rajeshwar had refused to grant sanction to
prosecute Mayawati, holding there was no prima facie case and that
corruption and forgery charges against the BSP supremo would “not stand
scrutiny.” The CBI needed the governor’s sanction to proceed against
Mayawati. The Supreme Court special bench headed by Justice SB Sinha
rejected this latest application on the ground that the matter was
beyond its purview.

The Taj Corridor project was
first put forward in 2001 by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
and the German Technical cooperation, a consultancy firm. It proposed to
give a facelift to the areas surrounding Agra’s major monuments along
the Yamuna by setting up a heritage corridor covering five historical
monuments, including Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Ram Bagh, Itmad-ud-Daula’s
tomb and Chini ka Rauza. Included in the venture was a blueprint for a
swanky shopping mall. However, the whole plan was in disregard of the
guidelines laid down by the Environment Ministry and the Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI). The grandiose scheme fell to pieces, when it came
under media scrutiny in mid-June 2003. Since then the CBI has been
attempting to nail the accused, with little success.

Via: Times of India, Andhranews
Image: TimesofIndia

Impose Central Rule in Himachal Pradesh to conduct fair polls: BJP

Pratyush | 19 hr. ago

The Bharatiya Janata
Party has demanded to impose President rule in Himachal Pradesh to
ensure free and fair elections and described the Virbhadra Singh-led
Congress Government as ‘dictatorial and fascist’ government.

Senior BJP leader
Satpal Jain has welcomed the Election Commission’s decision to conduct
early elections in the State. Satpal Jain is also in charge of the BJP’s
party affairs in Himachal Pradesh,

Jain told the media
persons during a press conference that the BJP was methodically prepared
for the coming assembly polls. He also told the senior bureaucrats and
other government servants not to yield in any kind of pressure. He
appealed the government functionaries to help the EC to conduct just and
fair elections in state.

He also said that the Congress
government would have to answer the people of the state on the issues of
corruption, price rise, unemployment and failure of state machinery on
all fronts. He also rejected the reports regarding any kind of internal
division within the party between the Shanta Kumar and Dhumal supporters
in the Himachal unit of BJP.

On the question of
chief ministerial candidate he said that the party workers would reach
an agreeable understanding for the top job in government if the people
would give the party mandate to be in power.

Jain has made it clear
that the party would not form any pre-poll alliance and would contest
all 68 State Assembly seats. He said that the newly formed Himachal unit
of the Bahujan Samaj Party would damage the mass base of Congress in
state because many Congress workers are joining the BSP.

On the other hand, CM
Virbhadra Singh, who is in the US, has also welcomed the EC’s decision
to conduct early polls in the state. He claimed, in a written statement,
that Congress would regain the power because the people would vote for
developmental work his government has done in the state.

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