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Greece Aims to Open the Amphipolis Tomb to Visitors by 2022

The Greek government intends to bring forward the deadlines for completing work on the Kasta Hill Tomb in Amphipolis, Serres so that the site can have visitors from early 2022 on, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni announced on Saturday.

During a tour of the site along with Central Macedonia Governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the culture minister noted that due to the size and layout of the tomb the monument could receive groups of five to six visitors at a time.

After the Central Archaeological Council (KAS) unanimously approved the study for restoring the tomb and its surroundings on December 17, Mendoni noted that the first phase of the work can be completed six months earlier than the original deadline, in June 2021 instead of early 2022. Read more.

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Top 5 Discoveries of Archaeology in This Decade

Top 5 Discoveries of Archaeology in This Decade

An aerial shot of the ruins of the Ancient Greek city of Tenea. Photo: Greece’s Ministry of Culture

Our ancestors brought very small footprints on the planet due to which there is hardly anything to record their global existence. With Archaeology, an ever-changing landscape, the experts can reassess the most firmly held views about the bygones. (more…)

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Some people like Immanuel is a ducking ashoe He thinks he is better than everyone. The things that prove he is an ashoe are...

In 2015, I went with Nihal for a small trip to Coorg. Immanuel said don't go it wont be nice for you and you will feel bored. I said its okay as I am just sitting at room, so I will go. But it turned out to be best trip so far in my life. Best in terms of people and place. Coming to Immanuel, I thought he is giving me good advise but later I realised he was just saying it because he can't go anywhere and he will be alone in the hostel.

Next during mock interview, he asked me so many unmeaningful questions. Later after college he had a lover he didnt even said to me, its okay. I am interested in that but he acts like sorry i didnt say athan ennala thangika mudiyathu. Na ethavathu solati appadiyey na than etho thappu panna mathri pesrathu appa apa pa.. shabba...

Na Nandi hills ponathey ivan pasanga kita enathaiyo solli vachrukan tepayan. Ivan ponungaloda ethavathu panna athu normal ithey na pasangaluku priority kuduthu ellam panni micham irukra timela etho panirupen athu abnormalam.. na ivanuku evlo kasta patu panathellam pakka matan.. na mithavangaluku ethavathu vishyam pana pothum.

Ashiwini oru ponnoda apdi ipdi iruthutu oorla irukravangala ellam kora solrathu.. sila per truea irupanga avangala pathi gossip pesrathu.. ivan panna nyam mithavanga panna anniyayam... Mutual friendla irukan athan innum frienda contactla vachruka vendiyatha iruku ilati epovo delete panirukanum...

Waiting for thw right time to remove him from life.

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Sri Manah-siksa

Raghunatha Dasa Goswami

“Instructions to the Mind”

Text 1 gurau gosthe gosthalayisu sujane bhusura-gane sva-mantre sri-namni vraja-nava-yuva-dvandva-sarane sada dambham hitva kuru ratim apurvam atitaram aye svantardhatas catubhir abhiyace dhrta-padah

O Mind, I grasp your feet and beg you with sweet words: Please cast away all hypocrisy and develop intense, unprecedented love for my spiritual master, Vrajabhumi, the people of Vraja, the Vaisnavas, the brahmanas, the Gayatri mantra, the holy name, and the transcendental shelter that is the fresh young couple of Vraja, Radha and Krsna.

Text 2 na dharmam nadharmam sruti-gana-niruktam kila kuru vraje radha-krsna-pracura-paricaryam iha tanuh saci-sunum nandisvara-pati-sutatve guru-varam mukunda-presthatve smara padam ajasram nanu manah

O Mind, don’t concern yourself with the pious and impious deeds described in the Vedas. Rather, intently serve Sri Sri Radha-Krsna in Vraja. Always remember that Lord Caitanya is the son of Maharaja Nanda and that my guru is most dear to Lord Mukunda.

Text 3 yadiccher avasam vraja-bhuvi sa-ragam prati-janur yuva-dvandvam tac cet paricaritum arad abhilase svarupam sri-rupam sa-ganam iha tasyagrajam api sphutam premna nityam smara nama tada tvam srnu manah

O Mind, just listen to me! If you desire to reside in Vraja birth after birth, and if you desire to directly serve the divine youthful couple there with great attraction, then with intense love always remember and bow down to Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; to Srila Rupa Gosvami and his elder brother, Srila Sanatana Gosvami; and to all their associates and followers.

Text 4 asad-varta-vesya visrja mati-sarvasva-haranih katha mukti-vyaghrya na srnu kila sarvatma-gilanih api tyaktva laksmi-pati-ratim ito vyoma-nayanim vraje radha-krsnau sva-rati-mani-dau tvam bhaja manah

O Mind, give up friendship with nondevotees, which is nothing but a prostitute who will steal the treasure of your heart–your desire to serve Radha-Krsna. Don’t listen to talks of impersonal liberation, which are a tigress who devours everyone. You should even give up attraction for Lord Narayana, which leads to the world of Vaikuntha. Instead, O mind, just worship Sri Sri Radha-Krsna in Vraja, for They bestow upon their worshipers the jewel of pure love for Themselves.

Text 5 asac-cesta-kasta-prada-vikata-pasalibhir iha prakamam kamadi-prakata-pathapati-vyatikaraih gale baddhva hanye ’ham iti bakabhid vartmapa-gane kuru tvam phutkaran avati sa yatha tvam mana itah

The highwaymen of lust and his friends have bound me around the neck with the painful, horrible, powerful ropes of many wicked deeds. O mind, please scream out to the devotees of Krsna, the killer of Baka, “I am being killed!” Then He will save me.

Text 6 are cetah prodyat-kapata-kuti-nati-bhara-khara- ksaran-mutre snatva dahasi katham atmanam api mam sada tvam gandharva-giridhari-pada-prema-vilasat- sudhambhodhau snatva svam api nitaram mam ca sukhaya

O Mind, why do you burn us both by bathing in the urine trickling from the ass of great deviousness and hypocrisy? Instead, you should delight us by eternally bathing in the glistening nectar-ocean of pure love for Sri Sri Gandharva-Giridhari (Sri Sri Radha-Krsna).

Text 7 pratisthasa dhrsta svapaca-ramani me hrdi natet katham sadhu-prema sprsati sucir etan nanu manah sada tvam sevasva prabhu-dayita-samantam atulam yatha tam niskasya tvaritam iha tam vesayati sah

as long as the impudent untouchable woman of the desire for fame dances in my heart, why should pure love for Radha-Krsna touch me? O mind, continuously serve my spiritual master, the leader of those who are dear to the Lord. Then my master will quickly kick out that harridan and allow that pure love to enter.

Text 8 yatha dustatvam me darayati sathasyapi krpaya yatha mahyam premamrtam api dadaty ujjvalam asau atha sri-gandharva-bhajana-vidhaye prerayati mam tatha gosthe kakva giridharam iha tvam bhaja manah

So That He will mercifully smash my wickedness (even though I am a great rascal), so that He will give me the splendid nectar of transcendental love, and so He will engage me in Sri Radha’s service, please, O mind, with words choked with emotion, worship Lord Giridhari here in Vraja.

Text 9 mad-isa-nathatve vraja-vipina-candram vraja-vane- svarim tan-nathatve tad-atula-sakhitve tu lalitam visakham siksali-vitarana-gurutve priya-saro- girindrau tat-preksa-lalita-rati-datve smara manah

O Mind, please meditate on Krsna, the moon of Vraja forest, as the Lord of my controller, Srimati Radharani. And please meditate upon Srimati Radharani, the queen of Vraja forest, as Krsna’s controller. Also please meditate upon Lalita as the peerless friend of Radha and Krsna, Visakha as the guru who teaches Them many things, and Radha-kunda and Govardhana Hill as two places the mere sight of which bestows charming transcendental love for the divine couple.

Text 10 ratim gauri-lile api tapati saundarya-kiranaih saci-laksmi-satyah paribhavati saubhagya-balanaih vasi-karais candravali-mukha-navina-vraja-satih ksipaty arad ya tam hari-dayita-radham bhaja manah

O Mind, please worship Lord Hari’s beloved Radha. with the splendor of Her beauty She makes Rati, Gauri, and Lila burn with envy, with the power of Her good fortune She defeats Saci, Laksmi, and Satyabhama, and with Her ability to control Krsna She completely eclipses Candravali and the other pious young girls of Vraja.

Text 11 samam sri-rupena smara-vivasa-radha-giribhrtor vraje saksat-seva-labhana-vidhaye tad-gana-yujoh tad-ijyakhya-dhyana-sravana-nati-païcamrtam idam dhayan nitya govardhanam anudinam tvam bhaja manah

O Mind, in order to attain the direct service of the two divine lovers, Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari, in the company of Their friends, every day you must constantly drink, with Sri Rupa Gosvami, the five nectars of worshiping Them, chanting Their names, meditating on Them, hearing about Them, and bowing down before Them, and every day you must worship Govardhana Hill.

Text 12 manah-siksa-daikadasaka-varam etam madhuraya gira gayaty uccaih samadhi-gata-sarvartha-tati yah sa-yuthah sri-rupanuga iha bhavan gokula-vane jano radha-krsnatula-bhajana-ratnam sa labhate

These eleven excellent instructions to the mind grant all spiritual benedictions. A person who stays with the devotees, follows Srila Rupa Gosvami, and with a sweet voice loudly sings these eleven verses will attain the matchless jewel of direct service to Sri Sri Radha-Krsna in the forest of Gokula

(Photos Of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Radhanath & Sri Caitanya at ISKCON Temple Of Understanding Chatsworth Durban South Africa)

Preaching To My Mind

Audio Lectures by His Holiness Bhakti Visrambha Madhava Swami

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Source: http://www.vihe.org/audio_lectures.html#

Seminar By Her Grace Mataji Urmila devi dasi

Part 1

https://youtu.be/Ikh1QHGOvhw

Part 2

https://youtu.be/NVVaRrWIexQ

Part 3

https://youtu.be/RPAoRdngJME

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Staden är vi alla! - presentation & bakgrund

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Det började nån gång under sommaren 2014. Jag hade planerat, och under tiden byggt upp förväntningar, på att ta mig upp till Hammarbybackens topp för att därifrån sen kunna göra en time-lapse. Pga min hälsa, och att jag periodvis lever som en nattvampyr, så blev det till slut av genom att jag och min vän Jesper spontant tog oss dit klockan fyra eller fem på morgonen (fast då var det redan ljust). Med mig hade jag min systemkamera och mitt stativ (de flesta av mina övriga time-lapse har jag istället gjort med mobilen). När jag senare hade fört in fotona i mobilen, och därefter renderat ihop allt, så var resultatet en besvikelse. Det hade varit för vindstilla, och eftersom det var någon gång kring juni och juli så flyttade sig solen väldigt långsamt. Med andra ord kändes det nästan som att titta på en stillbild, trots att det var film. Ungefär ett halvår tidigare så hade jag skaffat en ny mobil. Med den följde en fotoapp med en massa tillhörande filter, osv. Bland annat fanns det flera ramar som alla såg ut som om de vore gjorda av typ bläck. Å ena sidan gillade jag spontant idén. Samtidigt kände jag mig lite frustrerad, eftersom de ju faktiskt inte var så unika som tillverkarna nog ville få dem framstå som att vara. Jag hade redan innan gjort två eller tre olika sorters time-lapse utifrån idén att bearbeta varje foto via såna sorters appar, men de hade varit korta och baserades framförallt på skiftningar mellan olika färgade filter som fanns i en annan - mer primitiv - app. Det kändes surt att bara kasta bort alla foton från min misslyckade time-lapse, så därför uppstod idén att istället ta ett parti från dem för att därefter bearbeta varje foto för sig med hjälp av just denna app. Att mer detaljerat än i mina tidigare experiment utifrån appar med inbyggda filter osv försöka göra något av de industriellt framställda bläckramarna, som trots allt ändå skulle bli mera unikt. Från början hade jag nog enbart tänkt använda mig av just bläckramarna, och jag trodde att det endast skulle bli kring hundra stycken. Istället fortsatte det vidare, och vidare.

Varje foto bearbetades för sig. Det brukade ta mellan några sekunder och upp till ungefär en halvtimme. Arbetet med filmen skedde periodvis - och då ofta genom många timmars oavbruten hyperfokus under flera dagar, kanske till och med veckor, i sträck.

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The city is all of us! - presentation & background

It started sometime in the summer of 2014. I had planned, and in the meantime built up expectations, to walk up to the peak of a local hill called Hammarbybacken to be able to make a time-lapse from there. Because of my health, and that I periodically live as a night vampire, it finally ended up with that me and my friend Jesper spontaneously took us there at four or five in the morning (though then it was already bright). With me I had my system camera and my tripod (most of my other time-lapses I have instead done with the mobile). When I later brought in the photos in the mobile, and thereafter rendered everything together, the result was a disappointment. It had been too windless, and since it was sometime around June and July, the sun moved very slowly. In other words, it felt almost like watching a snapshot, even though it was a movie. About half a year earlier I had acquired a new mobile. With it followed a photo app with a lot of associated filters, etc. Among other things, there were several frames that all looked like they were made of ink. On the one hand, I spontaneously liked the idea. On the other hand, I felt a little frustrated, because they were actually not as unique as the manufacturers probably wanted them to appear to be. Earlier, I had already made two or three different kinds of time-lapses based on the idea of ​​processing each photo through such kinds of apps, but they had been short and were mainly based on shifts between different colored filters that were included in another - more primitive - app. It felt a bit boring just to throw away all the photos from my unsuccessful time-lapse, so instead I got an idea of taking a specific batch from them to process each photo separately, using this particular app. A try to, in a more detailed way than with my previous experiments, based on apps with embedded filters etc., do something out of these industrially manufactured ink frames that would result in something more unique. From the beginning I probably only intended to use just the ink frames, and I thought that I would only produce around one hundred. Instead, it went on - further, and further.

Each photo was processed separately. It used to take between a few seconds and up to about half an hour. The work with the film took place periodically - and often through many hours of uninterrupted hyperfocus for several days, maybe even weeks, in a row.

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Greek Culture Minister allocates €2.5 million for Amphipolis Tomb project works - http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/23578-greek-culture-minister-allots-e2-5m-for-kasta-hill-amphipolis-works.html

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Greek Culture Minister Allots €2.5m for Kasta Hill, Amphipolis Works

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Katas Hill

New geophysical scans of the Kasta Hill burial mound at Amphipolis, conducted by the National University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) have yielded some incredible results, pointing to the presence of an extensive network of underground rooms and corridors that resemble a labyrinth. The findings suggest that there may be many more tombs within the tumulus. - See more at: http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/new-geophysical-scan-suggests-labyrinth-tombs-amphipolis-012372#sthash.CQvbxdNI.dpuf

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Ancient Macedonian Kasta Tomb in Greece's Amphipolis set to open to public after excavation

Recently appointed Greek Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou announced that 2.5 million euros have been allotted for restoration works executed at Kasta Hill, the excavation site of the Amphipolis tomb.

During a press conference this week, she clarified that the funds will be made available immediately for the restoration of the site in northeastern Greece, where a huge grave from Alexander the Great’s era was unearthed.

The so-called Kasta Tomb, also known as the Amphipolis Tomb is an ancient Macedonian tomb that was discovered inside the Kasta mound (or Tumulus) near Amphipolis, Central Macedonia, in northern Greece in 2012 and first entered in August 2014. Read more.

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Greek Culture Minister allocates €2.5 million for Amphipolis Tomb project works

Recently appointed  Greek Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou announced that 2.5 million euros have been allotted for restoration works executed at Kasta Hill, the excavation site of the Amphipolis tomb.

During a press conference this week, she clarified that the funds will be made available immediately for the restoration of the site in northeastern Greece, where a huge grave from Alexander the Great’s era was unearthed.

The so-called Kasta Tomb, also known as the Amphipolis Tomb is an ancient Macedonian tomb that was discovered inside the Kasta mound (or Tumulus) near Amphipolis, Central Macedonia, in northern Greece in 2012 and first entered in August 2014. The first excavations at the mound in 1964 led to exposure of the perimeter wall, and further excavations in the 1970s uncovered many other ancient remains. Read more.

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Top 5 Discoveries of Archaeology in This Decade

Top 5 Discoveries of Archaeology in This Decade

An aerial shot of the ruins of the Ancient Greek city of Tenea. Photo: Greece’s Ministry of Culture

Our ancestors brought very small footprints on the planet due to which there is hardly anything to record their global existence. With Archaeology, an ever-changing landscape, the experts can reassess the most firmly held views about the bygones. (more…)

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Amphipolis: Kasta Hill handed over to geologists

Hopes at Amphipolis are now pinned on what geologists will find as they geoscan the hill covering the ancient underground tomb or tombs. The Department of Geophysics of the University of Thessaloniki will perform an electrical tomography on Kasta Hill where the tomb is located. The ground is to be covered with cables and an algorithm created by scientsts of the lab under the direction of Grigoris Tsokas, Professor of Applied Geophysics.

Previous geologists who had scanned the tomb in 1999 (L. Polymenakos et al) found at least two very promising sites for tombs located in the south and southwest of the hill with high density areas and possible structures that could be stone jars. Since that time methods and sensors have improved and geologists will be able to produce better resolutions. Read more.