WRITTEN by London Swaminathan
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Date: 31 OCTOBER 2019
Time in London – 8-04 am
Post No. 7159
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NOVEMBER 2019 ‘GOOD THOUGHTS’ CALENDAR
Festival days:- November 2- Sura Samharam in Skanda/ Kartikeya Temples; 9 Tulsi Vivah; 12 Guru Nanak Jayanti & Annabishekam (Kartik Purnima in North India; in Tamil Nadu it is on 10th December) ; 16 Gopi Ashtami;18- Sangabishekam in Shiva Temples (Bathing Shiva with holy water from Conch shells); 24 Guru Tej Bahadur martyrdom day.
Muhurta/ auspicious days- November 1,3, 10, 15, 22, 24
New moon/ Amavasyai – 26.
Full moon/ Purnima day- 12
Hindu Fasting /Ekadasi Days- 8 and 22/23
I have chosen 30 Sumerian Proverbs which are similar to Indian Proverbs in Tamil and Sanskrit. Great men think alike!
November 1 Friday
Dharma:- Who can compete with righteousness It creates life
November 2 Saturday
Hindu Yudhdha Dharma- You should not cut the throat of that which has already had its throat cut.
November 3 Sunday
Hindu Wedding Mantras- Marrying is human. Having children is divine
November 4 Monday
Arajaka in Valmiki Ramayana- In a city that has no
watch dogs,
the fox is the overseer.
November 5 Tuesday
Who possesses much silver may be happy;
who possesses much barley may be glad;
but he who has nothing at all may sleep.
November 6 Wednesday
Writing is the mother of eloquence and the father of artists.
November 7 Thursday
Flatter a young man, he give you anything;
Throw a scrap to a dog, he’ll wag his tail.
November 8 Friday
Mata Pita Guru Deivam- Pay heed to the word of your mother as though it were the word of a god.
November 9 Saturday
A sweet word is everybody’s friend.
November 10 Sunday
For a man’s pleasure there is marriage;
on thinking it over, there is divorce.
November 11 Monday
Conceiving is nice; pregnancy is irksome.
November 12 Tuesday
The wife is a man’s future;
the son is a man’s refuge;
the daughter is a man’s salvation;
the daughter-in-law is a man’s devil.
November 13 Wednesday
Less Luggage, More Happiness-Who builds like a
lord, lives like a slave.
Who builds like a slave, lives like a lord.
November 14 Thursday
Vidura Neeti and Tirukkural – Do not return evil to your adversary; maintain justice for your enemy, do good things, be kind all your days. What you say in haste you may regret later.
November 15 Friday
Making loans is as [easy] as making love, but repaying them is as hard as bearing a child.
November 16 Saturday
Hindu View- Go up to the ancient ruin heaps and walk around; look at the skulls of the lowly and the great. Which belongs to someone who did evil and which to someone who did good?
November 17 Sunday
Fear of ‘Papa’/ Sin- Commit no crime, and fear [of your god] will not consume you.
November 18 Monday
Karma Theory- Has she become pregnant without intercourse? Has she become fat without eating?
November 19 Tuesday
Kalidas Advice – Bride, [as] you treat your mother-in-law, so will women [later] treat you.
November 20 Wednesday
Against Drinking- If the beer mash is sour, how can the beer be sweet?
November 21 Thursday
Anityam – The gods alone live forever under the divine sun; but as for mankind, their days are numbered, all their activities will be nothing but wind.
November 22 Friday
Be Perfect- If a singer knows only one song but makes the sound pleasant, he is indeed a singer!
November 23 Saturday
He who knows how to move around becomes strong.
November 24 Sunday
You can have a lord, you can have a king, but the man to fear is the tax collector!
November 25 Monday
Don’t be Aggressive- If you take the field of an enemy,
the enemy will come and take your field.
November 26 Tuesday
He who possesses many things is constantly on guard.
November 27 Wednesday
Be careful about your Speech-A heart never created hatred; speech created hatred.
November 28 Thursday
Family comes First- He who does not support a wife, he who does not support a child, has no cause for celebration.
November 29 Friday
Vidhi – Fate is a dog, well able to bite.
November 30 Saturday
Be Perfect- If a scribe knows only a single line but his handwriting is good, he is indeed a scribe!
Sumerian Proverbs are similar to Hindu Proverbs.
–subham–
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