| A good presentation by, now a Professor of Physiology. | The batch-mates who attended our get togethers will remember her well. | ||
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Monday, February 5, 2024
Happiness, Presentation by Piyusha Atapaththu
Friday, February 2, 2024
Thoughts on living, Ramana Maharishi and Saint Yogaswamy.
1. I am nearing 84 years now. Some of my thoughts on living, which has helped me. I hope this helps others.:-
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| Shri Ramana Maharishi of Thiruvannamalai, South India. He was well known in South India. Paul Brunton authored a book titled " A trip in secret India", in which he described an audience with Ramana. This made his name among the westerners. Please click on the following weblink to know more about Ramana Maharishi :- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi |
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| Saint Yogaswamy of Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
He was working under the British during the Colonial times. He was led to meet his Guru 'Chellappa Swamigal" at the Nallaur Temple. This made him to abandon his sedate life and follow his Guru. Later Saint Yogaswamy had his own followers. Lord Soulbury, the Governor of Ceylon had a son who became his disciple. Lord Soulbury came to interview Sain Yogaswamy to try and get his son away from Yogaswamy. Yogaswamy convinced Lord Soulbury to let his son, follow his own chosen path.
Please click on the following weblink to learn more about Saint Yogaswamy:- - http://aryasangha.org/yogaswami.htm
My memories of teachings of two
Siddhas, one in Thiruvannamalai, South India and the other from Nallur Jaffna.
Both passed away decades ago. I never met them. Writings about them, guided me in my life.
a. ‘Eppavo mudintha kaariyam’ Thamil.------
The life that you lived so far and what you are going to live in the future, was already planned, on your accumillated past Karma (before your birth.)
"The Moving Finger writes; and having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. -
" The Rubayyat' of Omar Khayyam"
b. ‘Oru pollaappum illai’ Thamil
There is no harm befalling you.
You are steadily progressing towards your liberation, paying the debts of your past good and bad deeds.
'Ye are not bound! the Soul of Things is sweet
The Heart of Being is celestial rest;
Stronger than woe is will; that which was Good
Doth pass to Better - Best"
Light of Asia by Sir Edwin Arnold
c. ‘Summa iru’ Thamil
Be still in your thoughts and deeds.
Be
detached. Do not interfere arbitaririly in the destiny already shaped for you.The advice given by a Zen teacher. You must be like a drop of water in a stream and follow it deownstream. You must not swim arbitrarily in the water.
The following additional advice was given to me, by a spiritually advanced person, a retired medical officer in his 80s, living alone in Valaichchenai, Sri Lanka. :-
d. 'Thottukondey iru’ Thamil
Be always in touch with your spiritual guide, mentally.
This refers to the image of your life's spiritual guide, that you build in your mind. It could be The Saakyamuni, Jesus, The Prophet Mohamed or any of the 'Ichcha Dewathas' of Hinduism.
The term 'upavaasa' means, to live next to one's Guru. This could be in thought word or deed. You will then not stray from the good path in life. Your Guru will guide you in your thoughts and deeds.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Buddy Reid, Over 75 years World Table Tennis Champion.
Dr Buddy Reid Over-75 World TT Champ
By Lakshman Ranasinghe
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Even at the ripe old age of the late 70s, former Sri Lanka double international Dr Buddy Reid cannot be denied the limelight. Now domiciled in Australia, this son of Lanka continues to evoke national pride among Sri Lankans. On this occasion Dr Reid was crowned World Champion at the Over-75 World Table Tennis (TT) Championship in Spain. In the preliminary rounds the Dr Reid showed his prowess in the game in which he represented the National TT team with success at national and international level, by first defeating reigning European champion Horst Ifland of Switzerland, then former world champion Bilil of Germany and finally, his biggest victory was when he overcame a fighting, reigning world champion Lay from China. These three victories signaled that Dr Reid is in for the long haul, looking fit as ever. Along the way he didn’t have any problems defeating Lau (Hong Kong) and other players from Slovakia, New Zealand, Japan and Sweden.
Against reigning world champ Lay (China) in the semi-finals, Dr. Reid’s skill, fitness and experience was stretched to its limits to overcome the Chinese champ, as the game went to the deciding 5th set. In the finals, Dr Reid trounced former champ Dimitri Bilil (Germany) 3-0. Partnering Igor Klaf of Russia in the Doubles final, this match too went down to the wire, but Dr. Reid and his partner had to be content with the Runner-up spot, losing the all important 5th set 13-15. At St. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia, Buddy Reid was a member of every age group team from Under12 to 1st XI. As an opening batsman he was a tower of strength, difficult to dislodge, holding his end, making way for other batsmen to settle down to post huge scores for the school. Buddy played in only one Royal-Thomian match in 1959 under Dennis Ferdinands, as he entered the Faculty of Medicine.
Playing for Colombo University in the company of Cricketers such as Sarath Wimalaratne, M.L. Idroos, Gurusinghe, Balakrishna to name a few, in the then premier Cricket tournament of Ceylon the P. Saravanamuttu Trophy, he became an automatic choice for the National side to play against the visiting Pakistan team under Imtiaz Ahamed in 1964. Ceylon, captained by Michael Tissera, playing in the first ever 4-day unofficial ‘Test’ defeated Pakistan in three days. Dr. Reid had the unique achivement of captaining the National Cricket team against the MCC in 1968-69 and the National Table Tennis team at the Asian Games in Bangkok, at the Asian TT Championship in Singapore and the Peking International Games in China. As a TT player, Dr Reid represented Ceylon with distinction in international tournaments. All Sri Lankans should take pride in Dr Reid’s performance, at this age.
On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 6:12 PM Philip Veerasingam <pveerasingam632@gmail.com> wrote:
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How wonderful and inspiring! Congratulations Buddy! I'm amazed by all you do! 
What a fantastic achievement. Congratulations Buddy. Keep shining.
WKR
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