Jainism doesn’t have a single founder. The truth has been revealed at different times by a tirthankara, which means a teacher who ‘makes a ford’ i.e. shows the way. Other religions call such a person a ‘prophet’. As great omniscient teachers, Tirthankaras accomplished the highest spiritual goal of existence and then teach others how to achieve it. In what Jains …

Bhaktamara Stotra Bhaktamara Stotra is the most famous of the Jain Sanskrit prayers. It was composed by Acharya Manatunga. The name Bhaktamara comes from a combination of two sanskrit names, “Bhakta” (Devotee) and “Amar” (Immortal). So, it is said that by recitation of this Stotra, a person gets free from the worldly bonds, attains salvation, and hence becomes immortal. As …

कष्ट न हो औरों को ऐसे जीएं जीवन रस बाटें सबको, खुद दुख पीएं। निर्मल करो ज्ञान को अपने त्यागो मोह, भय और अज्ञान राग द्वेष को नष्ट करो मिले मोक्ष सुख खान जीओ और जीने दो: भगवान महावीर भगवान महावीर का दार्शनिक दृष्टिकोण इसी आधार पर निर्मित हुआ था जो उनके युग में जितना प्रासंगिक था, आज भी उतना …

Dublin, Ireland – April 7, 2017 – Farmer Patrick Shalvey, whose family are hosting Big Week on the Farm on their dairy farm in Cootehill, Co Cavan, smashed the existing Guinness world record for reversing a tractor and trailer by 2.8 kilometres. Photo: Farmer Patrick Shalvey, whose family are hosting Big Week on the Farm on their dairy farm in …

Dublin, Ireland – April 6, 2017 – Barry John Crowe, 36, from Cavan, managed to break the Guinness World Record for the Most sausages produced in one minute live on air on RTÉ One’s ‘Big Week on the Farm’ at Maudabawn, near Cootehill, by making a whopping 78 sausages in 60 seconds. Photo: Barry John Crowe (36) has smashed the …

Urs Festival Images: The Urs festival is an annual festival held at Ajmer, a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, which commemorates the death anniversary of the Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti, (founder of the Chishtiya Sufi order in India). It is held over six days and features night-long dhikr/zikr qawwali singing. The anniversary is celebrated in the seventh month …

London, United Kingdom – April 5, 2017 – British inventor Colin Furze fitted a traditional bumper car with a powerful sports bike engine, allowing the vehicle to reach speeds of more than 103 mph, thus setting the new world record for the Fastest Bumper Car. Photo: British inventor and YouTuber Colin Furze set a World Record by modifying a bumper …

Oswego, New York, USA – April 5, 2017 – Five-hundred and ninety-three State University of New York at Oswego students laced up their ice skates to break the world record for the longest conga line on ice. Photo: Five-hundred and ninety-three State University of New York at Oswego students laced up their ice skates to break the world record for the …

पाओलो कोएलो के अनमोल विचार: दुनिया के सबसे ज्यादा पढ़े जाने वाले ऑथर्स में से एक पाओलो कोएलो अपनी किताब अलकेमिस्ट के लिए पूरी दुनिया में जाने जाते हैं। आइये हम उनके प्रेरक विचारों को जानते हैं।

The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO). In 1948, the WHO held the First World Health Assembly. The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day. The World Health Day is held to …