साधनमन्त्र
इदानीं वयं समुहे साधनमन्त्रस्य जपं कुर्याम।
BAPS IT Convention
On January 18, 2026 BAPS Banglore temple hosted IT convention event from morning to evening. More than 375 participants.
Here are few take away points
1. "Changing Trends of AI in technologies" by Prof. Rahul De
Prof. Rahul De' is founder and CEO of https://www.memoricai.in/ He provided nice academic insight, history of AI, present state and future. AI is about inference and inference is predications, classification and generative output
Human brain has 80 to 86 billion neurons (cells).
Evolution of AI
1. ANI : Artificial Narrow Intelligence
2. GNI : General Narrow Intelligence
3. ANI : Super Narrow Intelligence
In 1966 a professor Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT developed first chatbot by name ELIZA. It acts like a Rogerian psychotherapist. People like it so much. Later on, we had to convince, that it is not a real person. It is just a computer program that simulates human conversation, through pattern matching and keyword substitution.
Late in 1980 John Searle did "Chinese Room Experiment". Here, a non-Chinese speaker in a room, just manipulate Chinese symbols manually and produce fluent responses without understanding the language. It proves that just through syntax (rule-following) alone, computer cannot achieve semantics (genuine understanding or consciousness).
Probably that is why today, GenAI has caveats like hallucinations, jail breaking, bias, privacy violations and unfair responses. In the context of bias, he mentioned about recent movie "Human in the loop" Available on Netflix. "An indigenous woman works as an AI data-labeler after returning to her village with her children, but soon questions the human bias in machine learning."
He shared some statistics
- - 2.5 billion prompts are handled by ChatGPT alone in a year.
- - 2.4 million models are present at hugging face
- - 50 billion USD are spent for AI in year 2025.
- - 95% firms fail in GenAI adoption.
- - We achieved 15% improvement by GenAI
The above numbers raised serious questions that does spending behind GenAI is worth?
He mentioned few books and categorised all AI adopters in four groups. Boomers (books by Ray Kurzweil), Doomers , Skeptics and Critics "Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI"
2. panel discussion on "Ways to overcome Challenges in IT"
One of the discussion point was about reducing 95% failure rate in 2026
We need:
- - Automated task workflow
- - Cross functional aggregation across various departments
- - Collaboration between AI and human
- - Orchestration for AI in day-today work
How can you fail? Your effort (to adapt AI, to retain job etc) can fail. In fact the definition for failure came after industry revolution. During the last century, "Productivity" was more in focus due to industry revolution.
Other points:
Former OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever has indicated that simply scaling up to 1 trillion parameters model will not improve AI capability further.
May be, personalised AI will be next thing
We are humans so
- - we are always optimistic, we have hope.
- - We have ability to adapt.
- - We are creator of AI so we are smarter than AI
We shall remove the fear that we need to learn everything. Yes, we shall learn something new everyday and take its now on NotebookLM. Internet is flooded with many buzzword about AI. We need to separate signal from noise.
Now learning is not same as degree earning.
Now, we need to be aware about all domain. That knowledge shall not be gain by asking ChatGPT.
Few points were discussed about parenting: We shall have 30 min of productive arguments with kids. We will learn AI from the end-user. We shall enable parental control for Internet, OTT. While using AI, be skeptic. You are interacting with product. So product has market, company / organisation behind it, that want to earn profit. AI product is not your friend. More we use LLM, that much brain is unused and lost.
- - Humans are not means
- - Respect life in people
About firing due to AI.
- * If software engineers consider themselves as coder then AI will replace them. They shall consider themselves as problem solver.
- * On lighter notes: Pujya Aksharatit Swami mentioned that we SADHUs are easier to get replace. Chat with AI is available round the clock.
- * On lighter notes: Pujya Aksharatit Swami mentioned
येषाम् न विद्या न तपः न दानम् न ज्ञानम् न शीलम् न गुणः न धर्मः ।।
ते मृत्यु-लोके भुवि भार-भूता मनुष्यरूपेण मृगाः चरन्ति ।
It means: Those who possess no knowledge (Vidya), no penance (Tapa), no charity (Dana), no wisdom (Jnana), no good character (Sheela), no virtues (Guna), and no righteousness (Dharma), are a burden to the earth. Although they look like humans, they roam the earth like animals in human form.
Now this sloka is applicable for knowledge of AI also :-)
During the panel discussion, the floor is open for everyone to ask question via WhatsApp group, that was flooded with many questions.
3. Networking
The audience was divided into many groups. The participants had a round of introductions within group. There was engaging quiz, where all groups participated and the group leader responded to questions on behalf of group.
We had delicious vegetarian, SAATTVIK food. Now some key take away points from post lunch sessions.
4. Work-Life Integration & Wellbeing
“In God we trust. All others must bring data.” - W. Edwards Deming
Here are some shocking data points
- 83% of Indian IT professional are burnout
- 73% of European IT professional are burnout
- 72% are working beyond limit
The data source is ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association)
5 pillars of work life integration
1. Know your why?
What is purpose? It brings impact, mastery and autonomy.
Our health and family should tune to work.
2. Design your system
Define boundaries so you can protect capacity
Bring rhythms by frequent breaks.
3. Recovery and build resilience practices
3.1 Mindful ness and reflection. Moment to moment non-reactive, non-judgmental awareness is mindful ness.
3.2 physical movement
3.3 social connections
4. Align your environment
5. Seek help early
Something about sleep
- Sleep is non-negotiable.
- Sleep hygiene and nutrition
- Stop all screens 60 to 90 min before going to bed. It is digital sunset.
- use eye mask while sleeping.
Next topic was NSANE
Nutrition
Screen Time
Automatic health. He mentioned about book : "Atomic Habit"
Notice Signal
Engage with real people
Remember 3 truths
1. Mind = body. Means if body is unhealthy, means mind is unhealthy. Body can be healthy by making healthy mind
2. Work family balance is important
3. It is still not too late.
Ask your wife, what she expect about husband?
- Rich husband?
- Healthy husband?
- Rich but unhealthy husband?
- burn out person as husband?
3. Personal/Spiritual Fire Chat with Pujya Santo
Along with other relevant questions and guidance by Pujya SAINTs, again IT layoff was discussed. The apparent reason is AI for layoff. The real reason can be poor performance of employee. Extra hiring happens during COVID phase, so now layoff is inevitable. जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युः Same way, if you have job, you may get fire. If not today then in future, at age of 62 years. Even after 10 years, the present software application has no values. This is also as per SANKHYA philosophy. It inspires us to make better documentation of product.
Summary
1. Be happy
2. Worship God.
બી.એ.પી.એસ. પ્રકાશ એપ
પ્રકાશ વિશેષ :
બેંગલુરુમાં આઇ.ટી. પ્રોફેશનલ્સ માટે યોજાયો વિશેષ સમારોહ
વધુ માહિતી માટે નીચેની લિંક પર ક્લિક કરો.
Disclaimer: The author had put best effort to capture all the points, as per his understanding. It may or may not reflect exact intention of the speaker. So any corrections are welcome. This article is not verbatim
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My Favorite Saint
Hi all, sharing my speech on મારા મનગમતા સંત ( My Favorite Saint ). Written by my class teacher Fatamaben. It was one of my best speeches. Later on I read few books about "Pujya Mota" from Kamdaar club at my native place Mithapur. I planned to join engineering college at Nadiad, because Nadiad has Hari OM Ashram established by Pujya Mota. Finally I did Maun Ekant Sadhana at Hari Om Ashram at Nadiad and Surat. School days memories that gave direction to my life.
Importance of Satsang
सत्सङ्गत्वे निस्सङ्गत्वं
निस्सङ्गत्वे निर्मोहत्वम् ।
निर्मोहत्वे निश्चलितत्त्वं
निश्चलितत्त्वे जीवन्मुक्तिः ॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं
भज गोविन्दं मूढमते ।
भज गोविन्दं 9
satsaṅgatve nissaṅgatvaṃ
nissaṅgatve nirmohatvam ।
nirmohatve niścalitattvaṃ
niścalitattve jīvanmuktiḥ ॥
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃ
bhaja govindaṃ mūḍhamate ।
Bhaja Govindam 9
पतंजलि योग सूत्र २. साधन पाद:
The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali is a collection of Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and practice of yoga
It has four section.
This blog post is on 2nd section. SAADHAN PAAD: and few initial SUTRA from 3rd section VIBHUTI PAADA:
What is क्रिया-योग: ?
1. तपः,
2. स्वाध्याय
3. ईश्वर-प्रणिधान
Why क्रिया-योग: ?
1. समाधि भावना
2. क्लेश तनू
What are क्लेश ?
1. अविद्या
* Root cause of other 3
* Considering
- अनित्य as नित्य
- अशुचि as शुचि
- दुःख as सुख
- अनात्म as आत्म-ख्याति:
2. अस्मिता : दृक् दर्शन शक्त्यो: एकात्मता
3. राग : सुख अनुशयी Promises happiness
4. द्वेष : दुःख अनुशयी
5. अभिनिवेश:
We shall get rid of क्लेश by प्रतिप्रसव = चित्त को अपने कारण में विलीन करने के साधन
We shall get rid of वृत्ति by ध्यान
If root of क्लेश remains then we get
- 1. जाति - जन्म,
- 2. आयु: - आयु
- 3. भोग:
पतंजलि योग सूत्र १. समाधि पाद:
The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali is a collection of Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and practice of yoga
It has four section.
This blog post is on 1st section. SAMAADHI PAAD:
योग: चित्त वृत्ति निरोधः ।
चित्त भूमि प्रकार:
- 1.क्षिप्त
- 2. विक्षिप्त
- 3. मूढ़
- 4.एकाग्र एवं
- 5. निरुद्ध
Habbit
All our habits , positive and negative are related to
1. Process : It is like part of routine. OR it is due to RAJAS GUNA. OR some qualities like greed, laziness etc.
2. Outcome: It generates some visible, tangible/intangible outcome. OR our desire for some result, tangible/intangible outcome
3. Personality: some personal traits, beliefs, value, self concept, memory of some past incident.
All habits have some root cause behind it.
Motivation to change habit:
- Autonomy : Some more power, authenticity, freedom
- Competence : skill
- Relatedness : How it benefits me. Having some better reason to quit the habit.
We shall replace our habit with better habit.
Guru Parampara
पद्मभव Creativity
शक्ति Energy, strength
पराशर Focused. Supreme arrow
व्यास Centered and organized, higher seat of knowledge
शुक Knowledge/scholar + devotion & beauty
गौड़पद Medicine, astronomy, astrology, alchemy : dis-passion, contentedness, meditation, union with self.
योगीन्द्र गोविन्द : King of all Yogis
आदि शंकराचार्य : commentary on BHRAM-SUTRA (knowledge of self/consciousness)
| 1 | Padmapada | Sanandana | Light weight, Very intelligent | East | Jagannanath Puri |
| 2 | Hastamalak | Divakara ? | Effortless | West | Dwarika |
| 3 | Totakacharya | Giri | Devotion | North | Badrikashram |
| 4 | Vartikakara | Mandan Mishra | Audio Recorder | South | Shringeri |
Transcendence
This blog has many articles with label "Spiritual Science". This book is also about Spiritual Science. How a renown scientist looks at religion, philosophy, spirituality. I recommend, all people - with scientific temperament - must read:
(1) "Chapter 14. Walking Over the Waves" and
(2) "Part 3 Fusion of Science and Spirituality", particularly "Chapter 19 Mind Is the Matrix of All Matter" that talks about spirituality, quantum physics etc.
The entire book has diversified interesting topics. It talks about
- various philosopher, scientists, good people of different time and places.
- big bang, solar system, universe, galaxy etc.
- statistics about BAPS, and HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
- India's space programme
- India's white revolution by Verghese Kurien
- Life of author A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. His native place. His teachers, relatives, other books. Also his role as president of India.
The last two pages of "chapter 20. Growing into Highly Evolved Physical and Spiritual Being" sheds light on how status quo of our own inner lives harms us: We denounce wisdom of others when it does not fit into our emotional framework. We choose to agree only with opinions of others who share our personal values and feelings...In this state of ignorance, we become subservient, we are at the mercy of the popular status quo.
It also reminds me, a story about bumblebee and an insect. A bumblebee offered ride to an insect across the beautiful garden. The insect took some of the bad smelling matter in his nose with him and could not understand, what the bumblebee was describing about different fragrance of different flowers. The bumblebee realized it and make the insects dawn into pond and take it out, so it can enjoy fragrance. Same way sometimes we are cut of – like a fortress. A Guru open a window in the fortress. Then also we need to put efforts to progress in this spiritual path. I was one of the fortunate persons, who listened to this story directly from HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj. Prior to that I read it in some book by Swami Vivekanand or Ramkrishna Paramhansa.
You will like this book, regardless of you are bright atheist or committed religionists. Here is my favorite content from the book. You may also like it. It is in context of Galileo
People who are unable to understand perfectly both scripture and science far outnumber those who do understand them perfectly. The former glancing superficially through the scriptures, could easily arrogate to themselves the authority to decide upon every question of physics on the strength of some word which they have misunderstood, and which was consciously employed by the sacred authors for some different purpose. And the smaller number of understanding men could not dam up the furious torrent of such people. These people would gain the most followers, simply because it is much more pleasant to gain a reputation for wisdom without effort or study, than to consume oneself tirelessly in the most laborious disciplines.
We all have heard famous quote from Shrimad Bhagavad Gita:
Book: Transcendence
Transcendence - 4
Transcendence
My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji
by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
with Arun Tiwari.
This is not a book review.
This article is just like
'key take away points' for me.
The book is divided in 4 parts. This article covers 4th part of the book.
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Part 4 Evolution of Creative Leadership
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Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,
but to be fearless in facing them,
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but
for the heart to conquer it.
Six basic fears in the order of their most common appearance :
1. fear of poverty
2. fear of criticism
3. fear of ill health
4. fear of loss of someone
5. fear of old age and
6. fear of death.
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Moral excellence was more a matter of divine bequest
Body has five senses: touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing.
Soul has five qualities: intuition, peace, foresight, trust and empathy.
Self-giving to God's Will
Is without fail,
A slow-ripening
But most delicious fruit
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The noble man, he says, will help others even with his bones, whereas the ignoble, governed by fear and greed, is completely worthless, and in a crisis will only sell himself
How could anyone wish to fatten himself by eating fat of other beings? Butchering is disgrace; and eating meat is senseless
Liquor does not differ from poison
Ethics, virtues, righteousness and purity indeed make a human different from the beast
We must be pure. I do not speak merely of the purity of senses. We must observe great purity in our wills, in our intentions - in all our actions.
The light of love, the purity of grace,
The mind, the Music breathing from (his) face,
The heart whose softness harmonized the whole -
And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul !
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Access to higher consciousness is the purpose of human evolution, and non-violence is the means to access the higher consciousness.
Eight measures of self realization
1. Smyak gyan: Appropriate knowledge
2. Smyak darshan: Appropriate philosophy
3. Smyak charitra: Appropriate conduct
Five great vows for appropriate conduct
4. Ahimsa: non-violence
5. Satya: truthfulness
6. Asteya: not stealing
7. Bhramacharya: abstinence
8. Aprigriha: No possessions
- English: One world family
- Sanskrit: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
- Tamil: Every country is my own and all the people are my kinsman. Purananuru Tamil poem in 300-100 BC
- Unity (tawhid) has 3 categories: Unity of God, Unity of religion and Unity of mankind, in Ahmadiya Muslim community
- "The earth is one country, and mankind its citizens" - Baha'ullah (founder og Bahai faith) in book "Tablet of Maqsud"
- Ubuntu - prominent philosophy of South Africa means 'humanness' 'humanity towards other' ' the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity'
Forgiveness is ultimately gift to ourselves. Only through forgiveness can wounds heal.
The truth is, unless you let go - unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over - you cannot move forwards
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The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
1. Mindfulness
2. Hope
3. Compassion
i have just three things to teach
1. simplicity
2. patience
3. compassion
These three are your greatest treasures.
