"THOUGHT OF THE DAY"
"Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences."-
Dalai Lama
The very purpose of spirituality is self-discipline. Rather than criticizing others, we should evaluate and criticize ourselves. Ask yourself, what am I doing about my anger, my attachment, my pride, my jealousy? These are the things we should check in our day to day lives.
Events that took place on this day in history 17 August
*In 1970,
Apollo 13 was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module failed two days into the mission.
*In 1947,
The Radcliffe Line was revealed. This line was known as the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan.
Famous people that have birthdays on this day in history 17 August
*In 1941,
Bimal Jalan is a former Governor of Reserve Bank of India and was a nominated member of the Upper House of India's Parliament, the Rajya Sabha during 2003–2009.
*In 1941,
Yaga Venugopal Reddy is an economist and retired IAS officer of the 1964 batch, belonging to the Andhra Pradesh cadre. He also served as the governor of the RBI from 6 September 2003 until 5 September 2008.
Famous people that have death anniversaries on this day in history 17 August
*In 1958,
Sir John Hubert Marshall CIE FBA was the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1902 to 1928. He oversaw the excavations of the Harappa and the Mohenjodaro Civilizations.
*In 1949,
Pulin Behari Das was an Indian revolutionary and the founder-president of the Dhaka Anushilan Samiti.