Very few recognise the importance of seeking out a guru whom they can look to for guidance.

Guru is not God but God is guru because the guru leads the disciple from darkness to light. God encompasses both light and darkness; He is formless, omnipotent, immovable, and immortal. The guru is a glass of water from the ocean called God. An ideal guru-shishya relationship would be one of friendship and the student should feel free to question his teacher. Both are united by unconditional love, in a relationship that transcends the physical, mental, emotional and the intellectual involvement. Such a relationship has the capacity to weather any storm.

(See also: Advantage of Guru , Spiritual Guidance, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

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This battle is critical from a strategic perspective since it marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theatre, and a defeat for the then dominant power - the Ottoman Empire. It also marks the spillover of the Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East, into the Indian Ocean which was a dominant arena of international trade at that time. The battle parallels Lepanto (1571), Abu Qir (1798), Trafalgar (1805) and Tsushima (1905) in terms of its impact, though not in scale. Had the Turks won India would've become a Muslim dominion, and by extension an arm ...

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Battle of Diu, Battle of Diu - Importance, Battle of Diu - Sultan Of Gujarat, Battle of Diu - Principal Characters, Battle of Diu - Precursor to the battle, Battle of Diu - Battle plan, Battle of Diu - Portuguese Ships, Battle of Diu - Mamluk Egyptian/Gujarat Fleet - Major vessels, Battle of Diu - Aftermath, Battle of Diu - Second Battle of Diu, Battle of Diu - Trivia, Battle of Diu - Additional Reading

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When counties were established in the New York colony in 1683, the present Niagara County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766 by the creation of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770 by the creation of Glouceste ...

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Niagara County New York, Niagara County New York - History, Niagara County New York - Geography, Niagara County New York - Demographics, Niagara County New York - Cities Towns Villages and other locations, Niagara County New York - Indian reservations, Niagara County New York - About Niagara County, Niagara County New York - Educational Institutions, Niagara County New York - Adjacent counties and areas

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Adisesha (Sanskrit) (from adi first + sesha from the verbal root sish to leave remainders)

Primeval residue; the mythological thousand-headed serpent (naga) upon which Vishnu "sleeps" during the pralayas (intervals between manifestations); also represented as supporting the seven patalas (hells) with the seven regions above them and therefore the entire world (VP 2:5). More often called simply Sesha; or Ananta, infinite; or Ananta-sesha.

As sesha means "remainder," "what is left over," the main significance is that during the pralayas Vishnu, representing the cosmic divinity, is conceived as sleeping upon the substance of a spiritual character remaining over after the dissolution of the worlds. Thus Adisesha (primeval substance or remainder) is the cosmic spatial ocean of consciousness-substance left over from the previous cosmic manvantara which acts as the mother-substance or chaos from and in which the future worlds of manifestation will be born when pralaya ends.

See also ANANTA; ANANTA-SESHA

(See also: Adisesha , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

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Can someone actually change his or her nature? Suppressing one'sindividuality is not change. Without an awareness and understanding of the needs of body, mind and soul, the concept of change is no more than a hallucination.

Every individual is like a deep, fathomless ocean with priceless treasures hidden within. These treasures may be likened to basic human qualities which everyone possesses. But, bad experiences, unhealthy habits, negative thought processes, diverse conditioning, neglect and misconceptions born of misinformation are like perilous sea weeds that tend to stifle and choke emotional areas, jeopardising the possibility of manifesting these basic qualities in a wholesome and fulfilling manner.

(See also: Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

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Religion is not meant to create conflict and division, but to promote dialogue and harmony. Buddha Purnima is an appropriate occasion to dwell a little on the Buddhist philosophy I follow, of Nichiren Daishonin, called the Soka Gakkai, which literally means "Value Creating Society".

Daisaku Ikeda, president of Soka Gakkai International, says: "The people and the society of our age might be compared to a ship in the middle of the ocean which has lost its compass. Without an accurate guide to lead them, they sail aimlessly along towards the future''.

(See also: Buddha Purnima , Indian Festivals, Spiritual Guidance, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

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The Paleocene epoch (65-56 MYA) ("early dawn of the recent") is the first geologic epoch of the Palaeogene period in the modern Cenozoic era. As with most other older geologic periods, the strata that define the epoch's beginning and end are well identified, but the exact date of the end is uncertain. The Paleocene epoch immediately followed the mass extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous, known as the K-T boundary (Cretaceous - Tertiary), which marks the demise of the dinosaurs. The die-off of the dinosaurs left unfille ...

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• Paleocene - Paleocene subdivisions
• Paleocene - Paleocene climate
• Paleocene - Paleocene paleogeography
• Paleocene - Paleocene flora
• Paleocene - Paleocene fauna
• Paleocene - Mammals
• Paleocene - Reptiles
• Paleocene - Birds
• Paleocene - Paleocene oceans

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A disaster (from Latin meaning, "bad star") is the impact of a natural or man-made event that negatively affects life, property, livelihood or industry often resulting in permanent changes to human societies, ecosystems and environment. (It may be noted that event itself is not a disaster, it is the impact which is called disaster.) Disasters manifest as hazards exacerbating vulnerable conditions and exceeding individuals' and communities' means to survive and thrive. Most events included herein are compiled from United States Federal Emergency Management Age ...

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• Disaster - Flood
• Disaster - Hail
• Disaster - Heat
• Disaster - Hurricane
• Disaster - Impact event
• Disaster - Limnic eruption
• Disaster - Landslide
• Disaster - Mudslide
• Disaster - Sink hole
• Disaster - Solar flare
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• Disaster - Thunderstorm
• Disaster - Tornado
• Disaster - Tsunami
• Disaster - Volcanic eruption
• Disaster - Waterspout
• Disaster - Winter storm
• Disaster - Man-made disasters
• Disaster - Aviation
• Disaster - Arson
• Disaster - CBRNs
• Disaster - Civil disorder
• Disaster - Crime
• Disaster - Data loss
• Disaster - Dam failure
• Disaster - Hazardous materials
• Disaster - Processing interruption
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• Disaster - Public relations crisis
• Disaster - Radiation Contamination
• Disaster - Space Disasters
• Disaster - Telecommunication outage
• Disaster - Terrorism
• Disaster - War
• Disaster - Surviving a disaster
• Disaster - Personal and family disaster preparation
• Disaster - Local government and emergency services disaster preparation and management
• Disaster - Business disaster preparation and management
• Disaster - National disaster preparation
• Disaster - Humanitarian disaster preparation
• Disaster - Information security disaster preparation

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Medieval interest in Joseph centred around two themes; i. Joseph is portrayed as the founder of British Christianity (even before it had taken hold in Rome). ii. Joseph is thought to be the original guardian of the Holy Grail. Joseph of Arimathea - Legendary Accounts: First Century Evangelist?. Of the two 'legends' surrounding Joseph, the idea that he founded the Celtic Church had more support from early church writers, though most modern scholars are sceptical. Tertullian (AD ...

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Joseph of Arimathea, Joseph of Arimathea - Historical development, Joseph of Arimathea - Christian interpretations, Joseph of Arimathea - Gospel of Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea - Other Medieval texts, Joseph of Arimathea - Legendary Accounts: First Century Evangelist?, Joseph of Arimathea - Legendary Accounts: The Holy Grail, Joseph of Arimathea - Legendary Accounts: The flowering staff, Joseph of Arimathea - Arimathea

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A stream is a body of water with a detectable current, confined within a bed and banks. Stream is also an umbrella term used in the scientific community for all flowing natural waters. An analogy is often drawn between time and a stream; see timestream. The study of streams and waterways in general is known as surface hydrology and is important in environmental geography or environmental geology. Stream - Types of water streams. River A large natural stream, which ...

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• Stream - Types of water streams
• Stream - Other names for streams
• Stream - Parts of a stream
• Stream - Characteristics of streams
• Stream - Intermittent and ephemeral streams
• Stream - Watersheds

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A sea is a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, or a large, usually saline, lake that lacks a natural outlet such as the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea. The Sea of Galilee is a small freshwater lake with a natural outlet, but the term was applied to it anyway. The term is used colloquially as synonymous with ocean, as in the tropical sea or down to the sea shore, or even sea water referring to water of the ocean. Large lakes are sometimes referred t ...

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• Sea - List of seas divided by ocean
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• Sea - Atlantic Ocean
• Sea - Indian Ocean
• Sea - Arctic Ocean
• Sea - Southern Ocean
• Sea - Landlocked seas
• Sea - Extraterrestrial seas
• Sea - Science

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Central America thus has an area of about 540,000 km² (208,500 mi²), and a width between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea ranging from about 560 km to about 50 km (350 to 30 mi). The geology of Central America is active, with volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occurring from time to time. In 1931 and 1972 earthquakes devastated Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. Fertile soils from weathered volcanic lavas have made it possible to sustain dense populations in the agriculturally productive highland areas. The Caribbean Plate is a tec ...

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Central America, Central America - Countries, Central America - Geography, Central America - History

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Rain is a form of precipitation, other forms of which include snow, sleet, hail, and dew. Rain forms when separate drops of water fall to the Earth's surface from clouds. Not all rain reaches the surface, however; some evaporates while falling through dry air. When none of it reaches the ground, it is a precipitation called virga. Rain - Rain in nature. Rain plays a major role in the hydrologic cycle in which moisture from the oceans evaporates, condenses into clouds, precipitates back to earth, and ...

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• Rain - Rain in nature
• Rain - Culture

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Famous Norwegians include the playwrights/novelists Baron Ludvig Holberg and Henrik Ibsen, explorers Roald Amundsen, Fridtjof Nansen, and Thor Heyerdahl, expressionist painter Edvard Munch and the romanticist composer Edvard Grieg. The playwright/novelists Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Knut Hamsun and Sigrid Undset have all won the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1903, 1920 and 1928 respectively. Norwegians celebrate their national day on May 17, Constitution Day. Many people wear bunad (traditional costumes) and most participate in or watch ...

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Norway, Norway - History, Norway - Politics, Norway - Counties, Norway - Geography, Norway - Economy, Norway - Demographics, Norway - Culture, Norway - Miscellaneous topics, Norway - International rankings

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2000s - United States. Fashion slowly becomes less grungy and more excessive as the wearing of flannel by people under 30 declines and acid-washed jeans and shaggy hair become again commonplace for boys and men. For girls and women hoop earrings, originally popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, return to style circa 2004. Wearing baseball caps backwards peacefully falls out of style, in favor of wearing them sideways or forwards. Sunglasses begin to become less widespread as a fashion statement, un ...

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2000s, 2000s - The decade as a whole, 2000s - Names of the decade, 2000s - Criticisms of the Decade, 2000s - Events and trends, 2000s - Technology, 2000s - Science, 2000s - War peace and politics, 2000s - Economics, 2000s - Culture and religion, 2000s - Other, 2000s - Trends and Fashion, 2000s - United States, 2000s - Music, 2000s - United States and Canada, 2000s - Europe, 2000s - Latin America/Caribbean, 2000s - Film, 2000s - Video Games, 2000s - Television and Radio, 2000s - Sports, 2000s - People, 2000s - World leaders, 2000s - Entertainers, 2000s - Sports figures

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Second Sino-Japanese war 1937-1945 Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia and Pacific 1941-12-07 (12-08 Asian Time) Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941-12-08 Japanese invasion of Thailand 1941-12-08 – 1941-12-25 Battle of Hong Kong 1941-12-10 Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse 1941-12-11 – 1941-12-24 Battle of Wake Island 1941-12-22 – 1942-05-06 Battle of the Philippines 1942-01-01 – 1945-10-25 Transport of POWs ...

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Pacific War, Pacific War - Conflict between Japan and China, Pacific War - The Sino-Japanese War, Pacific War - War spreads in the east, Pacific War - The United States enters the war, Pacific War - The Allies re-group, Pacific War - The tide turns, Pacific War - The final stages of the war, Pacific War - Timeline

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United Press International (UPI) is a global news agency headquartered in the United States filing news in English, Spanish and Arabic. With roots dating back to 1907, it was once one of the three biggest news agencies in the world, with the Associated Press and Reuters, but has dwindled in size and continues to redefine itself. Today, it is owned by News World Communications, which is owned by the Unification Church. United Press International - History. United Press International - U ...

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• United Press International - History
• United Press International - United Press Associations
• United Press International - Creating UPI
• United Press International - Decline and comeback
• United Press International - People of UPI
• United Press International - Milestones

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Marine biology covers a great deal, from the microscopic, including plankton and phytoplankton, which can be as small as 0.02 micrometers and are both hugely important as the primary producers of the sea, to the huge cetaceans (whales) which reach up to a reported 33 meters (109 feet) in length. The habitats studied by marine biology include everything from the tiny layers of surface water in which organisms and abiotic items may be trapped in surface tension between the ocean and atmosphere, to the depths of the abyssal trenches, som ...

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Marine biology, Marine biology - Overview, Marine biology - Subfields, Marine biology - Related fields, Marine biology - Lifeforms, Marine biology - Microscopic life, Marine biology - Plant life, Marine biology - Other sea life, Marine biology - Fish, Marine biology - Marine mammals, Marine biology - Reefs, Marine biology - Deep sea and trenches, Marine biology - How oceanic factors affect distribution of various organisms, Marine biology - Famous marine biologists

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Ocean exploration - Early exploration. 4500 B.C. Around this time, coastal cultures like those in Greece and China began diving into the sea as a source of food gathering, commerce, and possibly even warfare. 4000 Egyptians developed sailing vessels, whitch were probably used only in the eastern Mediterranean near the mouth of the Nile River. 4000 B.C. - 1000 A.D. Polynesian colonization of South Pacific Islands. 1800 Basic measuring of the depths is done in Egypt. 600 Ph ...

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Ocean exploration, Ocean exploration - Timeline of ocean exploration, Ocean exploration - Early exploration, Ocean exploration - Age of Exploration begins, Ocean exploration - Sources

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Sea - Pacific Ocean. Chilean Sea Bering Sea Gulf of Alaska Sea of Cortez (aka Gulf of California) Sea of Okhotsk Sea of Japan Seto Inland Sea East China Sea South China Sea Beibu Gulf Sulu Sea Celebes Sea Bohol Sea (aka Mindanao Sea) Philippine Sea Flores Sea Banda Sea Arafura Sea Timor Sea Tasman Sea Yellow Sea Bohai SeaSee also:

Sea, Sea - List of seas divided by ocean, Sea - Pacific Ocean, Sea - Atlantic Ocean, Sea - Indian Ocean, Sea - Arctic Ocean, Sea - Southern Ocean, Sea - Landlocked seas, Sea - Extraterrestrial seas, Sea - Science

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This list should be merged into the list above. 6,690 km - Nile, Africa 6,387 km - Amazon, South America 6,380 km - Yangtze (Chang Jiang), People's Republic of China 6,270 km - Mississippi-Missouri, USA 5,550 km - Yenisei-Angara, Mongolia / Russia, (5,870 km) 5,410 km - Ob-Irtysh, North Asia 4,410 km - Amur, East Asia 4,380 km - Congo, Africa, (or 4,670 km, the source of the river is disputed.) 4,350 km - Huang He (Yellow), People's Republic of China, ...

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List of rivers by length, List of rivers by length - Definition of length, List of rivers by length - List of rivers longer than 2000 km, List of rivers by length - List of rivers longer than 1000 km, List of rivers by length - Longest rivers that have probably existed in the past, List of rivers by length - Nile, List of rivers by length - Amazon-Congo

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Marine biology covers a great deal, from the microscopic including plankton, as small as 0.02 micrometers, and phytoplankton, both hugely important as the primary producers of the sea, to the huge cetaceans (or whales) which reach up to a reported 33 meters (109 feet) in length. The habitats studied by marine biology include everything from the tiny layers of surface water in which organisms and abiotic items may be trapped in surface tension between the ocean and atmosphere, to the depths of the abyssal trenches, sometimes 10,000 met ...

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Marine biology, Marine biology - Overview, Marine biology - Subfields, Marine biology - Related fields, Marine biology - Lifeforms, Marine biology - Microscopic life, Marine biology - Plant life, Marine biology - Other sea life, Marine biology - Fish, Marine biology - Marine mammals, Marine biology - Reefs, Marine biology - Deep sea and trenches, Marine biology - How oceanic factors affect distribution of various organisms, Marine biology - Famous marine biologists

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