Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri



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Sringeri Sharada Peetham hosts seminar on Space Technology and Agriculture

 

October 11, 2009

With the Blessings of the Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji, a two-day seminar on Space Technology and Agriculture was ogranised by the Peetham and held at Sringeri on 3rd and 4th October 2009. The seminar was inaugurated by ISRO Chairman, Padma Vibhushan Dr. Madhavan Nair on the 3rd at the Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Sabha Bhavanam. Sri V. R. Gowrishankar, Administrator and CEO of the Peetham stressed the need to hold such a seminar in the wake of the recent floods in South India. On 4th, the seminar sessions were held at the Pravachana Mandiram. Farmers including those belonging to the Chikmagalur District Arecanut Farmers association interacted with the ISRO Scientists.  Discussions on how ISRO Technology that has proved the presence of water on the moon can help predict the monsoon and issue flood warnings in advance took place. Dr. Suresh, Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram and Dr. Y. S. Hegde, Senior Scientist ISRO presided over the discussions.

 
  • Weapons do not cut This (Atma); nor does fire does burn It. Water does not wet (nor drown) nor does wind dry It. This (Atma) cannot be slain, nor burnt, nor wetted, nor dried up. It is changeless, all-pervading, stable, immovable and eternal. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • Do not be proud of wealth, people (relations and friends), and youth. All these are snatched by Time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Mohamudgara
  • Today God is altogether ignored and this is the cause of all our suffering and misery. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • By God’s grace, we have obtained a human birth, the power of discrimination and someone to teach us about the ultimate, truth. If we still remain lazy, we will be wasting a marvelous opportunity. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • No man is omniscient. Hence man should not have the ego that he knows all. It is ego that leads man astray and drives him to commit sins. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names