Nepal Earthquake and Human Safety - Shridev Sharma

The recent Nepal Earthquake has once more drawn the attention of the entire humanity. In a matter of seconds, thousands of lives were lost and others who survived would go through an endless agony of having lost everything.

The tragedy after Nepal earthquake happened because new technologies to make habitats were applied mindlessly without due cautions to methodology of resisting earthquakes. It is noteworthy that while designing structures various loads i.e. Imposed loads, wind loads, seismic loads, snow loads and other loads are minimum working loads which should be taken into consideration for the purpose of structural design.

Nepal Earthquake: Who is Responsible?

No authority responsible for sanctioning drawings for any type of building, business dwelling, educational, industrial, institutional or office, mercantile, residential, or storage, should get approval, until its structure is designed by a competent structural engineer, who has factored in ..... (click here to read full article)

Tweets of Shridev Sharma

Shridev Sharma is writing on different topics and interpreting Rig Veda, Yoga Sutra, Majjhim NIkay, and other Sanskrit classics. He is getting huge response from the readers. Yesterday was a remarkable day as he scored above 60,000 impressions for his 500+ tweets. As on 15th June 2015, he is being followed by 300+ users. You may also read his interpretations on https://twitter.com/shridevsharma .

His tweets, specially on Yoga Sutra, Majjhim Nikay and Rig Veda, are getting more and more attention.

a must read....Patanjali’s Yogasutra vs Secular-Acharyas

While this blog is made to mention issues relating the 2013 Land Acquisition Act & its impact, however, I found an article for must read to my readers. A part of the article is given herewith, with the link to full text. The article is written by Shridev Sharma.

Patanjali’s Yogasutra vs Secular-Acharyas

A debate on the true nature of yoga as professed in the Patanjali’s Yogasutra and a perspective into the Secular-acharyas approach.

Yoga-Sutra

Over a period of time yoga and yogasanas including pranayama (breathing exercises) have been greatly promoted across the globe. People across races, religions, languages and nationalities have practiced it, become followers and realized its positive impact on their lives.

While going through Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, which is the principal philosophy of yoga, one admires that it is professed so human mind can attain balance and remain healthy.

According to Patanjali, one of the major instruments to attain it was by focusing on any likable form of God. Likability means any person following a form of god according to one’s belief and liking. Patanjali’s Yogasutra, in its Samadhi Padd, 32^nd Sutra, talks of this as “Aek tattavābhyās”.

Debate on Yoga

It is beyond any doubt that practicing asana leads to a flexible and healthy body, and breathing exercises lead to de-stressing, healthy lungs, and plenty of oxygen to the brain, to read the full article, please visit  shridevsharma.com/patanjalis-yogasutra-vs-secular-acharyas/