Padnamaskar of Isananda

a vision of the legs and paws of Isananda, a faithful grey
cat who left her body and went to Swami.
Isananda means 'joy of Jesus'.

Perhaps Baba is saying if we truly have advaitin vision
we can take padnamaskar of a cat, or as Ananda Mayee Ma
did, of a cockroach.

What Does Milligrain Mean?

A Recent Question on the term - Milligrain - recently came up, and it made me wonder just what else people need to Know about Jewelry Design and Construction?

Please let me know as we are in the Process of writing an 'Insider's Guide To Jewelry Design' which is fully illustrated with Antique and Estate Jewelry items.

Anyway - here is the Question?

Hi, can you tell me what milligrain means, as in a gold double milligrain ring?

And have you ever heard of ep (I guess it's letters, not a word) used in conjunction with gold?

Is 18k gold the best for a ring? I would love to not be ripped off. Thanks!

Answer!

Milligrain is a design feature Jewelers use to decorate their gold or silver items, and is simply a series of dots or 'grains' (of gold) in a row which forms a line or rim or pattern like this:

::::::::::::::::
And is often seen as a single row or double row especially around the gemstone settings.

And yes - 18ct would be about the best quality for jewelry as it's high in gold (18 parts from 24 carats) without being too soft (pure gold 24ct is really too soft and wears easily).

We sometimes get Milligrain rings at our Antique Jewelry Fair website at http://www.antique-jewelry-fair.com/

Hope this helps.

Help with a Gold Cuff Link?

In my usual capacity of answering questions, here is one worthy of note, not because of any major conclusion but because of the suggestion right at the end...

QUESTION..?

I have one gold cuff link which belonged to my late father. He would have been given it around 1950-1953. The markings on the back are as follows:- The first marking looks like a bird or a bell (not sure) followed by 9 375 (which I believe means 9 ct. then followed by "E". It also has the name PROUD (Probably the name of the Jewellery store).

Are you able to shed any light on the markings and possible year it was made. Many thanks

ANSWER..!

I don't know where you live or where your Father lived when he received the cufflinks in the first place, but the marks are certainly British (or colonies)...

You are correct in the 9 375 means 9ct (the 375 is the decimal code for 9ct gold).

The nearest date letter would have been 1954 for the date 'E' but the assay office would be an 'Anchor' mark for Birmingham.

PROUD is the name of an Australian Jewellery Store, but again I don't know if there is any connection. The Bell or Bird is a puzzle...

Hope this helps, and might I suggest you get your local Jeweler to convert it to a very attractive Pendant.

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Baba Links

http://www.sathyasai.org
http://www.eaisai.com/baba
http://www.vahini.org/downloads
http://www.sssbpt.info/html/sss.html 35 volumes of
Sathya Sai Speaks, all Vahinis, all Summer Showers
online
http://www.saibabalinks.org
SAI RADIO http://www.radiosai.org

SAI BABA BOOKS ONLINE AND FREE


Online: Kasturi's biography of Swami SATHYAM SIVAM SUNDARAM http://laluni.helloyou.ws/askbaba/sathyams...aram/index.html http://www.sathyasai.org/
http://www.askbaba.net
http://www.askbaba.net Geetha Vahini, Prema Vahini,
Dhyana Vahini, Upanishad Vahini, etc.
http://www.vahini.org
http://www.eaisai.com/baba
http://www.sssbpt.info/html/showers.html
http://www.askbaba.net/premavahini/prema00.html
http://janaki.virtualave.net/Vahini.htm
Bhagavatha Vahini
http://www.vahini.org/downloads/bhagavathavahini.html
http://www.saibaba.org/saisatc.html
Sai Satcharitra is online
http://www.vahini.org/sss/index.html Sathyam Sivam Sundaram
Professor Kasturi's 4 volume biography of Swami
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Canyon/8397/tigrett.html Isaac Tigrett founder
of Hard Rock Cafes which chain he sold
http://jcandbaba.blogspot.com/ an online book poem to Baba
http://www.freewebs.com/sathwicfood/role_of_love_in_meditation_sai_baba.html
http://www.eaisai.com/baba these 2 links have many of Baba's speeches
http://www.hinduism.co.za/drama-.htm Kalidasa play Shakantula
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Canyon/8397/tigrett.html
Dr Zeba Bashiruddin book online: Sai Baba and the Muslim Mind
http://www.vinnica.ua/~sss/sb_mm.htm
http://groups.msn.com/saibabalinks... huge list of online Baba books

GENERAL LINKS



http://www.askbaba.net
http://www.saibooks.org
http://groups.msn.com/saibabalinks
http://www.geocities.com/saienterprises/anil/anil-title.htm
http://www.sathyasaitoronto.org
http://www.balavikas.org/bhajans.htm
http://www.kingdomofsai.org
http://www.saibaba.org/arathi.html
http://www.postpoems.com/members/saibaba
http://www.groups.msn.com/saibabaleelas
http://www.egroups.com/messages/saibabaleelas
http://www.saibabalinks.org
http://www.postpoems.com/members/saibaba
http://puttaparthi.info/parthi/asp/discour...p?date=02062003
http://www.sairam.ar.cx/
http://www.sathyasai.org/discour/sathyasai...asaispeaks.html
http://saibaba.tk
http://www.egroups.com/links/saibabaleelas

http://www.saibabalinks.org
http://www.saionline.org/mp3/mp3.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~edyl/saibaba.html

ONLINE BHAJANS

http://www.sathyasai.org/audio/audio.htm
http://www.osssbi.org/Bhajans/bhajan.htm#Mâdhavâ Gopâlâ
http://www.saibabalinks.org/bhajansonline.htm

BHAJAN TEXT

www.sathyasaicentrestrathfield.com/bhajanindex_m.htm

LEELAS

http://www.cosmicharmony.com



http://sathyasaibabaj

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Canyon/8397/tigrett.html


http://jcandbaba.blogspot.com/ an online book poem to
Baba

http://www.freewebs.com/sathwicfood/role_of_love_in_meditation_sai_baba.html


http://laluni.helloyou.ws/askbaba/discourses/d1972/d19720500-18.html


http://www.infolanka.com
has a webpage on Baba

http://www.osaibaba.com/mandir.htm


http://www.connieshaw.com Colorado devotee

http://www.saibabaforbeginners.com/aircraft.html

Baba's Corpse

BABA'S CORPSE

A dream that Baba's corpse is lying alone on my single
bed. It is there for several days. I wonder if it will
ever begin to decompose... I should have known better...
when suddenly Baba quickens His body and I cry in
delight "You're alive! You're alive!". Then He disappears.

Why Not Value it YOURSELF?

A question came in today and is typical of the Jewelry Appraisal problems most people face.
The solution may be just right for you too - and it's not much of a risk either..!

QUESTION..?

I have a diamond ring marked 10k and it also has a diamond symbol with A141 Do you know the value of a ring such as this and what the markings mean? Thanks so much

ANSWER..!

There are many aspects which go into a Valuation Appraisal, not least the gold weight as well as the quality. 10K answers one side of that question but not how heavy it is etc?

The other marks in the diamond outline is probably a Maker's Stock Number or Mark and adds nothing to the price.

Apart from those considerations we would also need to know how the item was set, in what condition, how old is is, the design or any special features. All these go into the way an appraiser calculates a final price.

However the MOST important part of any jewelry is the gemstone, and this has a whole set of rules on its own.

What Shape - Cut - Color - Clarity - Carat weight - Wear and so on. These are Imposible to know without seeing the item to be valued - UNLESS....

You Value it..!

At the Jewelry Appraisal Center ANYONE can value their own jewelry ONLINE because YOU can see, feel, measure and touch the item being appraised (lots of help menus to get you through).

For one very low fee the software program even writes the Certificate for you, which you can print on your printer at Home. How safe it that?

I'm biased - of course - because I wrote the software, but we have clients (both in the Trade or First Time Users) who get their Jewelry Valued this way.

You can find the Appraisal Center at: http://www.online-jewelry-appraisals.com and simply follow the steps.

Hope this helps...

India and China

Baba has said that if it had not been for Sankara
India would have become another China.
He said on Nov 23, 1962 that He had turned around
the Chinese army, that India has no need of military
protection for she is protected by Divinity because
of her dharma.

Please give a critique of this article if you feel like it.


COMPARING INDIA TO CHINA IN 19 AREAS

WEALTH
India still has traces of the rape of the country by 150
years of British imperialist rule and theft. There
are pockets of poverty.
China has had hundreds of millions move to the city, with
consequent urban poverty.

FOOD
Indian temples feed those who come. India has once again
achieved grain selfsufficiency which it had before the British invasion. The British raj caused India to be enkindled by
English and England to be enkindled by ahimsa or nonviolence.
England now has more animal rights activists than any other
country than India. India has a slender
population. There are pockets of hunger.
China has a tradition of giving priority to feeding people but loses
higher yields in supporting animal agriculture.

INDUSTRY
India has given a priority to computers. China has more
factory workers.

LANGUAGE
Indians speak Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, English, Gujarati, Marathi,
and many other dialects. Tamil and Telugu are 90% Sanskrit.
Sanskrit has been described by William Jones as 'more perfect
than Latin, more copious than Greek, and more exquisitely
refined than either.'
The predominant language in China is mandarin Chinese.

ANIMAL RIGHTS
India has more vegetarians, perhaps 300 million, than any
other country on earth.
The Chinese population excludes few animals or their parts
from consumption. However vegetarian diet is growing in
China. Bear farms, cat and dog flesh served in restaurants,
cat and dog hair made into fur are some international animal
rights concerns.

CHILD LABOR

India needs more protection for children from child labor.
China as well.

POPULATION

Once India and China were equal in population. After
a brief period of violent sterilization caused by Indira Gandhi's son Sanjay, India has without force achieved more
population control than China has with forced first, second
and third trimester abortions.

ABOLITION

India is one of over 108 countries with no death penalty.
The Chinese government performs more executions than any other.
Some estimate this number is 15,000 a year.

HISTORY AND MILITARY

India's Hindus like Christians, Buddhists, Jews have had
violent encounters with Muslims. India has essentially been
more nonviolent politically than many other countries.
The Chinese government has invaded Tibet, is threatening
the annexation of Taiwan, has many times invaded Vietnam
in the last 1000 years, and invaded India in 1962, still
holding on to some of the illegally seized land NE of Kashmir.
China is currently putting great amounts of money into
its army, tanks, and weapons systems. Sai Baba, guru of
over 100 million, has said India needs no military protection
for it has divine protection.

China has employed psychics native to other countries as
part of its international 5th column.

GOVERNMENT

India is a parliamentary democracy. Some question whether or
not Arjun Singh, who recently announced he is a Christian,
has been an agent of British capitalism.
China is a dictatorship.

RELIGION

India is predominantly Hindu, but tolerates Muslim, Buddhist,
Christian, Sikh, Jain and other religions. Hindu antagonism
to Christian missionaries has historical roots, with
British invaders arriving with Christian missionaries
and slaughterhouse products.
The Chinese government is officially atheist and has
had violent oppression of Falun Gong, Christian and
other missionaries. In Tibet and elsewhere, the Chinese
government has murdered Buddhists, some of whom have escaped
to India.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

India has more freedom of speech than the US since its
media is less controlled by corporate war profiteers.
The Chinese government has internet censorship.

ETHICS

Corruption in business exists in India as in many places.
China's marketing has been called unethical.
China Japan Switzerland have been lending money to
those raining violence on Iraq and Afghanistan, like gloved
men paying others to do their violence.

WOMEN'S ISSUES

India has had a woman PM, Indira Gandhi. Like all countries,
India and China have much remaining work in this area.

EDUCATION

Educational chauvinism aside, India has the highest number
of PhD's in percentage and actual numbers in the world.
China also has a high number.

One can judge neither country by its expatriates.
Srila Prabhupad said "shake India and the materialists
fall to the U.S.".ENVIRONMENT

The ahimsa or universal nonviolence in India has included
besides people, mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, also
insects and plants. Nevertheless India needs trillions more
fruit and nut trees and other plants to bring back rain
to desert areas.

China's environmental quality is considered one of the
world's worst. As in the US, factories have been allowed
to pollute.

TRANSPORTATION

India has perhaps the best preserved train system in the world.
China, like Japan and France, has advanced and rapid trains.

MINE SAFETY

India does not have as many mines as China.
China and the US have high numbers of mine fatalities.

RACISM

Both India and China have pockets of xenophobia.