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5 संपादक�य

6 Ge�ng to Know Hinduism Through Ques�ons Anant Deshmukh

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Pain�ngs and Pencil Sketch

Dhanashree Gore

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SDMM Sankran� Photo Collage

Saurabh Kothawade

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Five Food Combining Principles

Shalaka Bhosale

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Top 10 Diet Tips

Shalaka Bhosale

17 भ�व�य (क�वता) सागर साबड े

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10 Reasons to Throw Out Your Microwave

Shalaka Bhosale

21 यासपवा!ची गुढ& मु"धा परळीकर- चौधर�

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President Pallavi Kulkarni

Secretary Jayadeep Inamdar

Treasurer Nilesh Bhoir

Cultural

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Rohit Bhopatkar

Khushbu Joshi

Jaydeep Inamdar

Kavita Gavand

Finance Nilesh Bhoir

Manish Kulkarni

Food Pallavi Kulkarni

Yogesh Mahajan

Kavita Gavand

Manish Kulkarni

Logistics Siddharth Pisal

Kshitij Joshi

Yogesh Mahajan

Web &

Communication

Saurabh Kothawade

Jaydeep Inamdar

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संपादक�य पान


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Anant Deshmukh

Hinduism as a religion has evolved over the period of thousands of years. May be, due to

that, lot of auxiliary concepts, have got introduced over the period of time. Unfortunately,

these auxiliary concepts have now become more prominent than the original concepts

de+ined by Vedas and Upanishads. Even the people who call themselves Hindu, don't

know those original concepts, partly because it is available in Sanskrit language, which is

not very easy to understand for today's generation.

The idea of this article is to introduce today generation, the concept through some

common question and answers. I have selected some questions to start with. Please feel

free to write your feedback, so that I can improve it further.

• Unlike other religion, there are many books in Hinduism, which is very confusing, is

there any easy way to understand it? Is there any literature which has more authority

than others?

• What is the de+inition of God? Is Hinduism all about worshiping millions of gods?

• Why there are so many casts, un-touchability and unfair practices in Hinduism. Is

this is what given in literature?

• There are so many issues in our life, also so much bad around us. Is this all God

wanted us to have?

Q1: Unlike other religion, there are many books in Hinduism, which is very

confusing. Is there any easy way to understand it? Is there any literature which has

more authority than others?

Vedic religion is de+ined through four major sections of literature: Shrutis, Smrutis,

ShastrasandPuranas.Out of these Shrutis provide basic understanding of Supreme Being

or Brahman, along with various ways to reach it. This part of the religion is considered to

be core of the Hinduism and assumed to be directly coming from hiranyagarbha, and

transferred from one Yuga to other. Four Vedas namely, Rig-Veda, SamVeda, Krishna/

Shukla Yajurveda, and Athervaveda, along with associatedUpanishads, Brahmanas and

Aranyakas and Bhagwadgita make the major chunk of Shruti section of Hinduism.

Bhagwadgita, even though part of puranicliterature of Mahabharata, is considered as

Shruti by many scholers, as it was told by Srikrishna, an incarnation of supreme being or

Brahman.

Smriti and Shastras, like Manusmriti, YadnyavalkyaSmriti, Dharmashastras, provide basic

guidelines to people on how to lead a normal life (which may or may not be leading to

supreme being or Moksha) and maintain a order in the society. By de+inition, they are

supposed to be revised with the changing time, sometime explicitly or sometime getting

replaced with the law of land.

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In addition to this, Puranas like Bhagwatpuran, Devipuran, Mahabharata, Ramayan give

examples of the how great personalities in the past have lived life. The intent of this is to

provide live examples, so that when a situation arises, these stories will help us in making

a decision in selecting good vs. bad. Also various personalities in these puranas act as an

idol for the society, providing a way which others can follow. But we need to note that, the

text in these puranas is written by philosophers/rishis of various times frames spread

over multiple millenniums. Also, the oral tradition used to transfer this knowledge was

not as strong as that of Vedas, so there is always a scope of discrepancies, contradictions

getting added over a period of time. So in case of any contradiction in any of the

literatures, Shrutis are supposed to take precedence.

Q2: What is the de3inition of God? Is Hinduism all about worshiping millions of

gods?

Let’s start with the de+inition given in Ishopanishad,

om purnam ada purnam idam purnat purnam udachyate |

purnasya purnam adaya purnam evavasischyate ||

|| om Shanti Shanti Shanti ||

Which indicates that, God is the one who is in every bit of the world in such way that

which can not be separated.

Hinduism believes in monastic or one dimension view of world where everything is made

or covered by this ultimate thing. It believes that God makes up every living/non-living

entity. We as people, don’t see it that way, as we do not have the ability to see through,

what is shown to us by maya.The goal of our life is to come out of this condition and

realize our self as Brahman. This self-realized state is called Moksha. Shrutis prescribe

many way to achieve this goal, including, Bhakti, Dnyana, Dhyan, Karma yogas and many

other.

With this background, you may be wondering, then why do we have so many gods,

differentiation in Hinduism. Simple answer would be, as God is in everything, you can

prey it in any form you wish to like, your choice. Not everybody is capable of seeing God

in everything, so for the common people, it is easy to start with something which is easy

understand and relate. As said in Bhagwadgita, once you start with a +irm bhaktion any

form you like, God will guide in further progress.

So, in short, idol worship is not ‘THE’ principle of Hinduism, but just a means given to

common people, so that they can prey to any form they like, while in the early stages of

their spiritual progress. Once their conviction grows, they slowly understand the real

Brahman and work towards reaching it.


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Anyways, as we say at the end of every major pooja/prayer:

Akashat patitam toyam, yatha gachati sagaram |

Sarva deva namaskaram, keshavam pratigachati ||

Whichever God you prey, it +inally reaches to the ultimate being, the Keshava.

Q3: Why there are so many casts, un-touchability and unfair practices in Hinduism.

Is this is what given in literature?

Do you think, a philosophy that teaches you to see God is in every living/non-living thing,

would have practices like un-touchability etc.? Doesn’t seem logical, correct? And

thankfully it is not.

Today’s social issue of cast-ism, untouchability got introduced during later period

through the evolution of various Smritiliterature, like Dharmashastras, mostly in last two

millenniums. We are thankful to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi, Jyotiba

Phule to help us get rid of this partially. But, even today, we see the deep rooted impact of

this in our society and still more work is needed to get back to true Hinduism de+ined by

Vedas. So let’s start with understanding what is said in Vedas and other Shrutiliterature.

As we discussed earlier, the ultimate goal of every person is to achieve the self

realization. But there are very few people who achieve this goal, while others are, either

still trying or not even aware of it. So, during this process, we need to have a society

which is self sustained. For this reason, vedicliterature created a work structure, where

we have four sections called varnas. First reference of this appears in Purush Suktam in

Rigveda (Rig Veda 10.7.90.1).

1. Brahmin, working towards carrying the vedicknowledge from one generation to

other, along with helping others to understand it. They were not only required to

know the vedic literature, but also were required to have sessions for the people in

the locality so that everybody understands true goal of life, and work towards it,

by using the path suitable for them.

2. Kshtriyas, working towards protecting their locality/country from outside

invasion and maintain a law or order.

3. Vaishya, working towards doing various businesses which would enable the

society to sustain.

“...Do you think, a philosophy that teaches you to see God is in every

living/non-living thing, would have practices like un-touchability etc.?

Doesn’t seem logical, correct? And thankfully it is not…”


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4. Fourth is the working class called Shudras. They work towards enabling the +irst

three complete their tasks.

There is no mention in any of the Shrutisthat somebody becomes +irst three (namely

Brahmin, Kshtriya, Vaishya) just by birth. In fact there is a mention that everybody is

Shudraat birth, and only become the dwija (as the +irst three called) by a ceremony,

followed by a strict life. There are also many examples of people moving from one varna

to another, most notable being Maharshi Viswamitra (Kshtriya to Brahmin) and Maharshi

Valmiki (Shudrato Brahmin).

With this Vedicde+initions, 99% of today’s Brahmins (the ones which are born in

Brahmin families) are not doing the Job of Brahmin, neither they know Vedas, nor follow

the strict acetic life, so they don’t qualify to be called as Brahmins.

Most of us, who do jobs in private/public sector, are part of working class, which is

named 'Shudra' irrespective of the families we were born.

Q4: There are so many issues in our life, also so much bad around us. Is this all God

wanted us to have?

Hinduism believes in a philosophy of Karma, and according to it, what you do would

come back to you. What we get in life is earned by us, part of it is from this life, and

remaining from earlier lives. As learned people say, we take birth to spend the karma

accumulated in earlier lives, and while spending accumulated karma, we end up in

creating new ones. And to spend this newly created Karma that we need to take

additional births. This way cycle of birth and death continue. The problems we have in

our life are created by us and there is nobody else to blame. And if we want to get out of

it, there is nobody but ourselves, who needs to act.

Both the good and bad karma (paap and punya as we call) is equally sticky, and when we

earn it, and could not spend all of it in given life, we need to take additional birth(s) to

clear them off. If we have too much of good karma, you would get a life, where you will

have all the comforts and easy life. In the contrast, if you have too much bad Karma, you

would have dif+icult situations in life. Most of the people, generally, we have mix of good

and bad karma, which leads to a life, which has some good things and some bad things.

“...There is no mention in any of the Shrutisthat somebody

becomes +irst three (namely Brahmin, Kshtriya, Vaishya) just by

birth. In fact there is a mention that everybody is Shudraat birth,

and only become the dwija (as the +irst three called) by a

ceremony, followed by a strict life…”


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In order to know, what we need to do, lets try to understand the Karma in little more

detail. As said in NadaBinduupanishad, we have two types of accumulated Karma from

multiple lives. Sanchitis the total accumulated karma, while Prarabdhais the currently

active one, which we are suppose to spend. When we take birth, the Brahma/

Chitragupta, choose the Prarabdhaout of the Sanchit, and assigns it to us. This way,

Prarabdhais more or less +ixed for a life, and there is nothing that anybody can change.

Which means, the conditions (or situations) that we are going to face in a given life are

more or less +ixed. But, how we behave (or act, react) in those situations is completely in

our control. Which means, the outcomes are not +ixed, and they depend on what we do, in

those good/bad situations. We have seen many examples in life, where some people have

turned worst possible situation in a success, while others who have turned best possible

situation into failure.

We, as individual have been given complete freedom to choose what we want to do in

our life and how we want to lead. With freedom comes responsibility. So, we are also

responsible for our acts and need to be ready to accept the outcomes, how good or bad it

is, without complaining. In the rule book, there are no concessions, it is not that if we do

some paap, we can do some punya to negate that. It does not work that way, if you do

bad+good, you would get bad+good back, they don’t cancel out. It’s very plain and

simple, What you sow is what you reap. This has been going on from ages for each of us,

and will continue.

But, there is ray of hope, and as said in Bhagwadgita, it is called as KarmaYoga. One can

also choose other paths, like BhaktiYoga,DhyanYoga,DnyanYoga or combinations of

some or all of these. They all give us a way to clear the Sanchit and leads us to self-

realization/Moksha.

“...Hinduism believes in a philosophy of Karma, and according to it, what

you do would come back to you… The problems we have in our life are

created by us and there is nobody else to blame. And if we want to get

out of it, there is nobody but ourselves, who needs to act…”

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Makar Sankrant Moments from Celebration


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Shalaka Bhosale

Eat fruit alone. Every morning have a breakfast of fruit. This is a wonderful way to start

the day, because fruit is a powerful detoxi+ier. It provides nutrients as well as +iber, which

helps in keeping the intestines clean and help to lower cholesterol in blood.

Many people think that eating fruit for dessert is a healthy choice, but in fact it gets held

in your stomach by the other foods, causing fermentation.

After eating fruit, allow at least one to two hours before eating any other kind of food.

Morning is the best time to eat fruit.

Do not combine protein with starch. Protein foods and starchy foods require different

digestive juices in order to be properly broken down and used by the body. Avoid eating

the traditional American diet of meat and potatoes, or meat and other starches, as well as

sandwiches containing cheese, meats, eggs or other proteins. When you think about how

regularly we consume these combinations, it is no wonder we suffer from so many diges-

tive disorders.

Eat protein alone or with vegetables. The enzymes in the vegetables enhance the di-

gestion of protein. The +iber contained in the vegetables helps to move the non-+iber pro-

tein foods rapidly through the intestines.

If you eat starches, eat them alone or with vegetables. Since vegetables do not require

their own speci+ic digestive juices, they can be digested in the alkaline environment re-

quired by starches.

Do not drink with meals. If you drink water, tea, or any other beverage along with your

meals, you effectively dilute the digestive juices that are needed to break down the food,

preventing it from being properly digested. The best time to drink +luids is between

meals- at least ½ hour before or after eating. If you are eating fruits & vegetables high in

water contents, or beans and grains prepared with water, then food itself will provide

plenty of +luid, and you should not feel thirsty after your meal. If you do +ind that you are

thirsty after eating, you may be using too much salt in your food.

Following these easy +ive steps to food combining will be one of best things you can do

for your digestive system and health. If its sound too complicated, let’s put it in simpler

terms: instead of eating meat & potatoes, eat meat with a salad or some steamed vegeta-

bles. Eat the potato with cooked or raw vegetables or in a vegetable soup with no meat.

Eat fruits only in the morning. If you like pasta, great! Eat whole grain pasta with vegeta-

bles or by itself with a nice vegetable sauce. If sandwiches are your thing, have a grilled

vegetable sandwich on whole grain bread.

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Top Ten Daily Diet Tips

Shalaka Bhosale

1. Take one heaping tablespoon of ground seeds or one tablespoon of

cold pressed seed oil.

2. Eat two servings of beans, lentils, quinoa, tofu (soy), or seed vege-

tables.

3. Eat three pieces of fresh fruit, such as apples, pears, bananas, ber-

ries, melon, or citrus fruit.

4. Eat four servings of whole grains, such as brown rice, millet, rye,

oats, whole wheat, corn, quinoa, breads, and pasta.

5. Eat +ive servings of dark green, leafy, and root vegetables, such as

watercress, carrots, sweet potatoes, broccoli, spinach, green beans,

peas, and peppers.

6. Drink at least six glasses of water, diluted juices, or herb or fruit

teas.

7. Eat whole, organic, raw food as often as you can.

8. Supplement your diet with a high-strength multivitamin and min-

eral supplement and 1,000 mg of vitamin C a day.

9. Avoid fried, burnt, and browned food, hydrogenated fat, and excess

animal fat.

10.Avoid any form of sugar, also re+ined, or processed food with

chemical additives, and minimize your intake of alcohol, coffee, or

tea – have no more than one unit of alcohol a day (e.g. a glass of

wine, 600ml/pint of beer or lager, or one mixture of spirits.)

Top Ten Daily Diet Tips


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Artist : Dhanashree Gore


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वथृा का वणवण 3फरसी? ९

राहू केतूची आहे लागण

करा शेरभर धा�य अपCण

स,वा 3कलोचा Kशरा धाडा

ते,हा कुठे जाईल पीडा ४

आ:म5वDप जाण बाळा

तेच देई भा"य सकळा

न ललाट� न ह5तरेखी

न कोणी सटवाई भा"य वाट� १०

गु[जी 3कती महान qहणुनी

बायाबापे पाया पडती

तुमचे भPव�य तुमBया हाती

मी तर ते फiत वाची ५

करणे तसे 9ाvत होई

1नयम जगाचा जाण एक ठाई

करशी आज ते उOया पूवCसंrचत होई

एवढेच खरे, बाकU काह� नाह� ११

सहज एकदा एके Vदवशी

मीह� गेलो मठापाशी

हात दावूनी qहणे गु[जी

मजला सांगा पुढे काय जी? ६

सागर साबडे


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Ten Reasons to Throw Out Your Microwave Oven

Shalaka Bhosale

From the conclusion of the Swiss, Russian and German scienti+ic clinical studies, we can

no longer ignore the microwave oven sitting in our kitchens. Based on this research, we

will conclude this with the following:

1. Continually eating food processed from a microwave oven causes long term-permanent

-brain damage by ‘shorting out’ electrical impulses in the brain [de-polarizing or de-

magnetizing the brain tissue].

2. The human body cannot break down the unknown by-products created in microwaved

food.

3. Male and female hormone production is shut down and/or altered by continually eat-

ing microwaved foods.

4. The effects of microwaved food by-products are residual [long term, permanent] with-

in the human body.

5. Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients of all microwaved food are reduced or altered so that

the human body gets little or no bene+it, or the human body absorbs altered compounds

that cannot be broken down.

6. The minerals in the vegetables are altered into cancerous free radicals when cooked in

microwave ovens.

7. Microwaved foods cause stomach and intestinal cancerous growths [tumors]. This may

help explain the rapidly increased rate of colon cancer in America.

8. The prolonged eating of microwaved foods causes cancerous cells to increase in human

blood.

9. Continual ingestion of microwaved foods causes immune system de+iciencies through

lymph gland and blood serum alterations.

10. Eating microwaved food causes loss of memory, concentration, emotional-instability,

and a decrease of intelligence.

20 Ar)st: Dhanashree Gore (Medium: Water Color)


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जरा आठवा, लहानपणी वषाCतला तुमचा सवाCत आवडता Vदवस कोणता असे? अनेक जणाचं े

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आ<ण तो Vदवस 9:यI आला qहणजे आप+याला आकाश ठWगणे होऊन जाते.परंतु जसजशी

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नेहमीBया धावपळीBया जीवनात

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म"ुधा परळीकर- चौधर�

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तोलता कामा नये...”


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Contributors to this Issue

Dhanashree Gore likes pain)ng as a hobby, especially charcoal. She also tries

her art with water color and oil pain)ng.

मु'धा परळीकर- चौधर& मुंबई मHये बालपण गेले+या मु"धास संगीत,

साVह:य,9वास, छायाrचeण आ<ण लेखन यांची Pवशषे आवड आहे. ती MBA

पदवीधर असून सHया Human Resource Management या Iेeात कायCरत

आहे

Saurabh Kothawade Photo collage creator for this issue lives in San Diego and is

currently responsible for Web/Communica)on of SDMM.

सागर साबड े,यवसायाने संगणक अKभयंता असलेले सागर साबड ेमूळच े

साता�याच.े San Diego महारा�� मंडळाच ंrच�ह (लोगो) :यांनी तयार केलं आहे

Anant Deshmukh lives in San Diego.

Milind Parelkar Cover designer Milind is fond of photography. Since he is usual-

ly the “guy behind the camera” this this is very rare picture of him :-)

Shalaka Bhosale is a Nutri)onist and Herbalife Weight Management and

Wellness coach in San Diego.

Sagar Sabade Pallavi Kulkarni Milind Nemlekar Milind Parelkar Pradnya Chande

SanMaan Editorial Group


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