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(posted on 7 Jan 2008 23:02:40 IST)
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| gud!! :) |
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(posted on 7 Jan 2008 23:03:11 IST)
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| superb!! really gud!! |
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(posted on 7 Jan 2008 23:14:27 IST)
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| excellent. thoughts well phrased with precision!! |
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(posted on 7 Jan 2008 23:24:28 IST)
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| nic compiled description of god |
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(posted on 7 Jan 2008 23:51:33 IST)
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Here's an excerpt from Tolstoy's short story The Coffee house of Surat.
'Can any temple compare with that which God himself has built to unite all men in one faith and one religion?
Ah human temples are built on the model of this temple, which is God's own world. Every temple has its fonts, its vaulted roof, its lamps, its pictures or sculptures, its inscriptions, its books of the law, its offerings, its altars and its priests. But in what temple is there such a font as the ocean; such a vault as that of the heavens; such lamps such as the sun, moon, and stars; or any figures to be compared with living loving, mutually- helpful men? Where are there any records of God's goodness so easy to understand as the blessings which He has strewn abroad for man's happiness? Where is there any books of law so clear to each man as that written in his heart? What sacrifices equal self-denials which loving men and women make for one another? And what altar can be compared with the heart of a good man on which God Himself accepts the sacrifice?
The higher a man's conception of God the better will we know Him. And the better he knows God the nearer will he draw to Him; imitating His goodness, His mercy, and His love of man.
Therefore, let him who sees the sun's whole light filling the world, refrain from blaming or despising the superstitious man who in his own idol sees one ray of that same light. Let him not despise even the unbeliever who is blind and cannot see the world at all.'
Hope people spend some of their valuable time and read it. I came across this while browsing through the net.....
And Gaurav is highly appreciated for bringing up such an important issue on this forum......
Here is something more interesting.....its a science fiction story...please do read this.....i think all the members will find it interesting.
http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html
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(posted on 8 Jan 2008 13:07:30 IST)
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| Thanks, well i hope i get into Stanford... spent entire new year's eve writing this essay... and well eating maggi alongside :) |
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(posted on 8 Jan 2008 13:13:40 IST)
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| Also , there is no such word as PREPONE which many people inadvertently use... you're supposed to use the word reschedule in some way suitably if u want to mean the opposite of postponed |
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(posted on 8 Jan 2008 17:35:43 IST)
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Beautifully put !!! And a great outlook too!!!
Btw,isn't 'ADVANCE' the usual correction for 'prepone'?? |
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(posted on 8 Jan 2008 18:08:53 IST)
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| no advance means to progress - as in move ahead or undergo developlement.. not the technically correct word in this context. |
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(posted on 8 Jan 2008 20:05:49 IST)
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todd !!!!!!!!!!!!
bahut mast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ratte tera selection pakka!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D :D :D
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(posted on 8 Jan 2008 20:06:26 IST)
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| vaise ye pura tune likha hai or did you take some external help |
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(posted on 8 Jan 2008 20:12:54 IST)
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| The essay is awsome Gaurav with the perfect combination of words .My essay is not this good I guess..... |
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(posted on 8 Jan 2008 20:20:36 IST)
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| priyesh yaar i wrote it myself sitting at the computer on new years eve... i dont trust any external sources dude i trust only myself for english :P |
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(posted on 9 Jan 2008 01:46:53 IST)
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| hey ken wht topic did u write on? |
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