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Buddha means “Awakened One”, someone who has awakened and sees things as they really are. According to AboutBuddha.org , a Buddha is a person who is completely free from all faults and mental obstructions. Because he has awakened from the sleep of ignorance and has removed all obstructions from his mind, he knows everything of the past, present, and future, directly and simultaneously. Moreover, Buddha has great compassion which is completely impartial, embracing all living beings without discrimination.

Nepal is a land of many faces, each mysterious and diverse, covering a range of unique landscapes. While the jewels of this tiny country between India and China are in the Himalayan Ranges, Nepal shares the arid environment of the Tibetan plateau, jungles and marshlands to the south, and a lush lake country at the center. Trekking on fabled and legendary Himalayan trails is like nowhere else in the world. These are Nepal’s six classic treks. Upper Mustang Length: 15-20 Days This mysterious region, set on the Tibetan Plateau feels far removed from the rest of the country. Ancient monasteries, people of Tibetan origin, and an arid desert under towering walls, sets an environment that feels intensely removed from the rest of the country. The trek begins in the town of Jomsom, a city built on ancient trade routes, sitting in a wind-swept valley of golden rock. Trekkers circle the rim of the world’s deepest gorge, passing through centuries-old villages steeped in tradition.  Under th...

App #1:  SelfControl Imagine you are studying, you sit at your desk and start to  create a mind map to organize your ideas . When you’ve just created your first node on your Mind Map, you get a notification on Facebook. It’s almost impossible to ignore! So you check it out and waste another few minutes instead of studying! To avoid distractions like this,  SelfControl  allows you to  block certain websites for a set amount of time . This enables you to concentrate fully on your studies and avoid sporadically checking social networks or your email. Best of all is that once you put these blocks in place, it’s impossible for you to access them until the time you’ve previously specified runs out. You can’t just flick a switch and check them. Even if you get desperate and delete the application, you won’t be able to access them before the time you specified. Happy studying!

Bishnu Shrestha, who had just retired from the Indian army where he served as a Gorkha soldier, held off a horde of robbers that tried to rob a train in India. From  the article on  Republica : “The band of about 40 robbers, some of whom were travelling as passengers, stopped the train in the Chittaranjan jungles in West Bengal around midnight. Shrestha– who had boarded the train at Ranchi in Jharkhand, the place of his posting–was in seat no. 47 in coach AC3.

A Gurkha soldier  who single-handedly  defeated more than 30 Taliban fighters has been awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross by the Queen. Corporal Dipprasad Pun, 31, described how he was spurred on by the belief that he was going to die and so had nothing to lose in taking on the attackers who overran his checkpoint in Afghanistan. His gallantry award is second only to the Victoria Cross - the highest honour for bravery in the face of the enemy. Proud: Queen Elizabeth presents the 31-year-old Gurkha with his medal at Buckingham Palace during an Investiture Ceremony

Since lubricating oil can oxidize, so can the base oil in grease. When the grease oxidizes, it usually darkens; there is a build-up of acidic oxidation products, just as in other lubrications. These products can have a destructive effect on the thickener, causing softening, oil bleeding, and leakage. Because grease does not conduct heat easily, serious oxidation can begin at a hot point and spread slowly through the grease. This produces carbonization and progressive hardening or crust formation. All things considered the effect of oxidation is more harmful in grease than in oil. The rate of oxidation is mainly dependent on the temperature. Here it is good to understand that if a soap-based grease is heated, its penetration increases only very slowly until a certain critical temperature is reached. At this point the gel structure breaks down, and the whole grease becomes liquid. This critical temperature is called the DROP POINT. Grease, when heated above its drop point and then all...

Introduction One of the best ways to communicate one's ideas is through some form of picture or drawing. This is especially true for the engineer. The purpose of this guide is to give you the basics of engineering sketching and drawing. We will treat "sketching" and "drawing" as one. "Sketching" generally means freehand drawing. "Drawing" usually means using drawing instruments, from compasses to computers to bring precision to the drawings. This is just an introduction. Don't worry about understanding every detail right now - just get a general feel for the language of graphics. We hope you like the object in Figure 1, because you'll be seeing a lot of it. Before we get started on any technical drawings, let's get a good look at this strange block from several angles. Figure 1 - A Machined Block Isometric Drawing The representation of the object in figure 2 is called an isometric drawing. This is one of a family of ...

Orthographic Projection  is a way of drawing an 3D object from different directions. Usually a front, side and plan view are drawn so that a person looking at the drawing can see all the important sides. Orthographic drawings are useful especially when a design has been developed to a stage whereby it is almost ready to manufacture. IMPORTANT : There are two ways of drawing in orthographic -  First Angle  and  Third Angle . They differ only in the position of the plan, front and side views. Below is an example of  F irst Angle  projection.        Opposite is a simple L-shape, drawn in three dimensions. The front, side and plan views have drawn around the 3D shape. However this is not the correct way of drawing them as they are not in the right positions.             The correct method of presenting the three views, in first angle orthographic projection is shown below. The drawing is composed...

Isometric drawings  are 3D drawings. They show three sides, all in dimensional proportion, but none are shown as a true shape with 90 degree corners. All the vertical lines are drawn vertically but all horizontal lines are drawn at 30 degrees to the base line. Isometric is an easy method of drawing 3D images. Oblique drawings  are also used in engineering. The object is drawn with the most distinguishing features facing directly towards the observer, showing the true shape of these features. Circular features like round holes can be drawn on this front face as true circles. In other 3D forms, circular features must be drawn as ellipses. To show the 3D effect, parallel lines (called 'lines of sight') are drawn from the front face at an angle. The cavalier method is the simplest form of oblique projection. All features in the oblique projection view are drawn to the same scale eg 1:1, and the lines of sight are drawn at 45° to the horizontal as shown in the diag...

Bearing Numbers Explained (1) Prefix :   (2) Basic Number:   (3) Suffix Prefix K Cage with roller elements L Removable bearing ring R Ring with roller set S Roll body of stainless steel W Stainless steel deep groove ball bearing *Note : Each bearing company may create their own prefixes. e.g.  E2.  = SKF Energy Efficient bearings Suffix 2 RS Bearing with rubber seal on both sides. RS provides a better seal but more rolling friction than 2Z. RS Bearing with rubber seal on one side, one side open. 2 Z / ZZ Bearing with a metal seal on both sides. Z Bearing with a metal seal on one side, one side open. E Reinforced Design P2 Highest precision K Bearing with taper bore Bearing Numbers The example at the header shows a 6001 2RS bearing. So what does the 6001 actually mean? Lets attempt to break it down. (6)001 This first number relates to the bearing type, as shown in the table below type 6 is a deep grooved roller bearing. ...