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 SucceSSor to AchAryA tulSi  Prekshya Dhyan (Perceptive
 Impressed by Muni Nathmal (later   meditation)
 Mahapragya), Acharya Tulsi honored   Mahapragya  formulated  Preksha
 him with the qualitative epithet of    meditation and wrote extensively on
 Mahapragya (highly knowledged) on   this topic. In these books he described   Firm ready to pay   91 lakh   Calment. Upon her death
 12 November 1978. On 4 February 1979,   various techniques of meditations and   in 1997 she was 122 years
 his appellation ‘Mahapragya’ was con-  their effects on the psyche, physiology,   to give your face to robots  and 164 days old. The
 verted into his new name by Acharya   hormonal influences, the endocrine   alleged 123-year-old was
 Tulsi and he was also made ‘Yuvacha-  system, and the nervous system. He   An unnAmed firm is looking for human faces to be   travelling on a flight from
 rya’, successor designate to the present   discussed his discoveries with Acha-  put on thousands of robots worldwide for more than  91
 Acharya, the second highest position   rya Tulsi and exercised deep practice   lakh (100,000 pounds). Your face may be used as virtual   Kolkata to London, via a
 after Acharya. With this elevation,   of meditation and experimented with   stopover in Abu Dhabi.
 he was now referred as Yuvacharya     various techniques. He formulated the   friends for elderly people,   The UAE airport staff
 Mahapragya.   “ It was the year   Prekshya meditation system in 1970   Geomiq.com has revealed.   discovered his passport
 As a Yuvacharya, Mahapragya be-  after India showcased its   and formulated the meditation system   It said a start-up tech   said he was born in the
 came  a  close  associate  of Acharya   nuclear prowess in Pokhram   in a very well organized and scientific   company is actually   19th century.
 Tulsi in major decisions and activities   when Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam   way. The basic four wings of the medi-  looking for a ‘kind and
 related to the sect. In a public meet-  met Acharya Mahapragya   tation system can be summarized as   friendly’ face to put on   Sivananda is from
 ing on 18 February 1994, Acharya Tulsi   in Mehrauli.  Acharya   Meditation, Yogasana and Pranaayam,   Behala in India, and as a child he was raised by a spiritual
 declared  that  Mahapragya  would    Mahapragya said to   Mantra and therapy.  their robots. Geomiq   guru. He attributes his extraordinary longevity to a
 now have the title of ‘Acharya’ also   Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam “Kalam   wrote that they were   lifetime of practising yoga, eating food without any spices
 and that the former was renouncing   God bless you for what you   Jeevan Vigyan (Science of living)  approached by a robotics   and remaining celibate.
 this position forthwith. Subsequently,   have done with your team.   Jeevan Vigyan is an effort to implement   company to help with
 on 5 February 1995, Mahapragya was   But the Almighty has a bigger   value-based education and moral edu-  the finishing touches to
 consecrated as the 10th Acharya — the   mission for you and that is   cation. Its goal and approach is overall   a ‘state-of-art humanoid
 supreme head — of Terapanth religious   greater than what you and   development of student and not simply   robot.’ They did not give out a lot of details about the
 order in a public meeting  in Delhi.  your team have done.  It is   just the intellectual development. Mere   Bull eats gold in Haryana
 indeed greater than what   intellectual development can’t help in   company due to a non-disclosure agreement that they
 any human being has ever   building real experience and charac-  have signed.  A Bull Ate about 40 grams of gold ornaments that
        The company reportedly knows that it is an unusual
 Ahimsa Yatra  done. Nuclear weapons are   ter  and as such it aims for a balanced   request and that it is a big deal, which is why they are   belonged to a woman living in Kalanawali area in
 proliferating in tens and
 emotional, intellectual and physical
 thousands in the world. I   development. The scientific techniques   ready to pay so much money. The robot s are set to go into   Haryana’s Sirsa district. Janakraj said, “The incident
 Troubled by the word’s prob-  command you and only you   of Science of Living help in balancing   production next year.  took place on October 19 when my wife and daughter-
 lems, Mahapragya came out with   with all the divine blessings   the emotions and functioning of the   in-law put their gold ornaments in a bowl in which
 the solution of Ahimsa Yatra, a   at my disposal to evolve a   neuro-endocrine system in our bodies.    People are a little concerned about this demand and   they were cutting vegetables. The bowl got covered by
 journey on foot to advance the   system of peace wherein all   Acharya Mahapragya conceived the   are asking why can’t the company just make a new face
 principle of Ahimsa or non-vio-  these nuclear weapons will be   idea of ‘Science of Living’ on 28 Decem-  exactly like Sophia, the social humanoid robot developed   leftover vegetables by mistake. After which it was
 lence.  He started his yatra in 2001   ineffective, insignificant and   ber 1979 and many camps were con-  by Hong Kong based company Hanson Robotics, a few   thrown into the garbage. CCTV camera footage showed
 and passed through 87 districts of   politically  inconsequential”.  ducted for the teachers while Science of   reports said.  a bull eating the garbage in which the vegetables had
 India, covering more than 2400   In the hush that followed,   Living started getting positive reception   been thrown. We searched for the bull and called a
 villages, towns and cities. Having   Kalam felt the confluence   from ministry of education and vari-  veterinary doctor to catch the animal. After this, we
 eschewed violence and pledged   of heavens concurring with   ous educational society. After one year   have tied the bull in an
 to refrain from killing innocent   the saintly message. He   of its implementation in schools, the
 creatures; political leaders, social   confessed to feeling shaken   results were surprising and very posi-  Passport lists elderly Indian’s    open space near our
 workers, and spiritual leaders   in the aftermath of these   tive for students. It started getting wider    home and have been
 came to him for advice. He took   words. The message of peace   acceptance with education ministry of   date of birth as 8 August 1896  feeding it. We are hoping
 his Yatra from Gujarat to Maha-  gave a new meaning to Dr.   Indian Government and state govern-  that we will get the gold
 rashtra, Daman, Madhya Pradesh,   Kalam’s life, and became his   ments. Many schools started includ-  An elderly IndIAn man reportedly stunned airport   from its dung, that is why
 Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,   ing it in their curriculum. Some of the   staff in the second week of October by showing them a   we are feeding it,” he
 Punjab and Chandigarh.  The   guiding light.  feedback can be summarized as reduce
 yatra concluded January 4,  2009   ”  in stress, improved efficiency in studies,   passport listing his date of birth as 8 August 1896. If the   said. “We will leave the
 at village Sujangarh in Rajasthan   better concentration and memory, bet-  reports are true, that would make Swami Sivananda the   bull at a goshala if we
 from where it had commenced in   Ramnath Kovind  ter anger management etc.   world’s oldest man at 123 years old. The oldest verified   do not get gold from its
 year 2001  President of India  letters@tehelka.com  person ever to have lived was Frenchwoman Jeanne   dung.”



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