October 27, 2007

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….-:Thomas Alva Edison:-….

October 27, 2007

Thomas Alva Edison, one of the great American inventors was born in 1847. His parents were very poor. As a young boy, Thomas had to earn to live as a newspaper boy on railway trains. With the little money he bought chemicals. He bought books and learnt about chemicals and conducted experiments with them. Later he was employed in a telegraph office. He was not contented with the work he did. He read studied and made various experiments in the field. He was searching for ways to improve telegraphy. Within a short period he presented his proposals for the improvement of the existing system. They were accepted when he was twenty two he received forty thousand dollars for an invention.

       Edison was appointed to a very high post in a New York telegraph company. Later he set up his own workshop at Menlo Park. Most of his later inventions were made there. The credit for the invention of the phonographs and cinematography goes to Edison. The electric bulb we use in our homes was greatly improved by Edison. His inventions and improvements are countless.  Thomas Alva Edison was one of the great men America produced in the filed of modern technology


The lord Buddha.

October 27, 2007

The Buddha’s name of when he was a prince was siddharatha. He was born in the year 620 B.C. hailed from royal clan called shakyas. It is a tribe related to the mangols. He was born at kapilawasthu, a small state situated ay the foot of Himalaya Mountain. His father was suddhodana the ruler of kapilawasthu and the mother was queen mahamaya. The prince was brought up amidst luxuries but he was not so much interested in them. When he was a young man he married ysodara a pretty princess from a relative clan. When prince siddharatha was 29 years old his wife gave birth to a prince. That very night he left the castle in search of the meaning of life. 

              The prince did away with his royal clothing, cut his heir and dressed himself in the robes of an ascetic. For few years he was a disciple of several teachers, but they could not help him in his search. He had to undergo many hardships in his quest. After six or seven year from the day he left the castle, one night he set under a bo tree and contemplated over the nature of human life. At last he was successful. He had found the answer to the tormenting question” why do people suffer?” He discovered that craving is the root cause of all human agony. Besides, he understood a lot of other causes and effects related to human existence. He spent the rest of his life which amounts to forty five years, preaching the Dhamma he realized, to the mankind.                 

              He covered the whole of Madya Pradesh on foot to do good to thousands of people there. He passed away at Kusinagar at the age of eighty. All the worldly things perish one day. Do not delay in your efforts to liberate yourself from worldly fetters they were his last words.