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42. Aparokshanubhuti class with Swami Sarvapriyananda - May 11, 2018

How to Master the Cornell Note-Taking Method Digitally — with VaultBook 🔐📚 🤔 Cornell Method + Apps Like Notion/Evernote = Privacy Problem The Cornell Method is genius: ✏️ Wide notes column ❓ Cue/keywords column 🧠 Summary at the bottom But when you try it in Notion, Evernote, Obsidian, OneNote, Google Keep, Goodnotes or reMarkable, you hit two big issues: 1️⃣ Your notes (and often PHI/PII) live on someone else’s cloud ☁️ 2️⃣ PDFs, slides, Word, Excel and Outlook emails end up scattered across drives and tabs If you’re in healthcare, law, finance, data, or research, you don’t just need “cute layouts.” You need a secure, offline Cornell system that respects privacy. That’s where VaultBook comes in. 🔐 Why Cornell Shines Inside VaultBook VaultBook is your secure offline note vault: 🔒 Password protection with modern AES-GCM 📴 Fully offline — no cloud, no internet required 🏥 HIPAA & PII-ready workflows 🧨 Expiry limits + 60-day purge policies for sensitive data 💽 No encryption at rest layer — VaultBook stores normal files/folders so you choose disk/OS encryption Now layer Cornell on top: Notes column 👉 main body of your entry Cue column 👉 use Labels and short inline bullets for questions, triggers, formulas Summary 👉 dedicated “Summary” section at the bottom of each Page You get Cornell structure without giving up security. 🧩 Step-by-Step: Digital Cornell in VaultBook 1️⃣ Create a Page per course, client, or project 🎓💼 2️⃣ Inside it, make one entry per lecture, session, or meeting 3️⃣ Top area: metadata (date, topic, tags) 4️⃣ Left/inline “cue” region: • use short headings + Labels (e.g., “Exam 1”, “Case A”, “Regression”, “Risk”) 5️⃣ Main notes: full Cornell notes with diagrams, bullet points and explanation 6️⃣ Bottom: a short 3–5 line summary 🧠 Attach everything: 📄 PDFs (slides, case packs) 🧾 Word & Excel (models, trackers) 📧 Outlook MSG emails (prof feedback, legal threads) 🖼️ Images (whiteboards, scans, diagrams) Everything stays searchable and offline. 👩‍⚕️ Who Should Use Cornell + VaultBook? Perfect for: 🎓 Students at top universities 👩‍⚕️ Therapists & clinicians 📊 Data scientists & data analysts 📰 Journalists & investigators ⚖️ Legal, finance, and compliance-bound professionals You get the clarity of Cornell, the structure of Pages/Labels/Hierarchy, and the safety of an encrypted offline vault. ☁️ Optional Sync + Simple Yearly Plan Prefer to sync across devices? Just point your own cloud (OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud, NAS, etc.) at the VaultBook folders (index, attachments, libs, JSONs) — still no VaultBook servers, no vendor lock-in. A straightforward yearly subscription funds new power features instead of ads or tracking. 🔐 Want to master the Cornell Method and keep your notes truly private? Do it in VaultBook — your personal digital vault, secure, offline, and always under your control. 🚀📚

As Bharat steps into Vikram Samvat 2083 on this auspicious day of Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, we at Vedanta Times pause to honor the extraordinary men and women who shaped the destiny of the world’s largest democracy. From the midnight hour when India awoke to freedom, through decades of trials, triumphs, and transformation, these leaders carried the weight of a billion dreams on their shoulders. Presidents who upheld the sanctity of our Constitution. Prime Ministers who navigated the nation through wars, famines, economic revolutions, and the quiet daily labor of governance. Rajendra Prasad, who lent dignity to a newborn republic. Nehru, who planted the seeds of modern India. Radhakrishnan, the philosopher who reminded us that wisdom must guide power. Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” still echoes in every soldier’s heart and every farmer’s field. Indira Gandhi, the Iron Lady who reshaped the political landscape. Abdul Kalam, the Missile Man who became the People’s President and taught an entire generation to dream. Vajpayee, the poet-statesman whose words could move parliaments and hearts alike. Pranab Mukherjee, the seasoned guardian of democratic institutions. Manmohan Singh, the architect of economic liberalization who quietly transformed India’s global standing. And at the center stands Narendra Modi, the son of Vadnagar, a chaiwala who rose to lead 1.4 billion people, today steering Bharat into its Amrit Kaal with a vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047. This pastel sketch brings them all together in one frame, not as figures of any single party or ideology, but as the collective architects of a civilization-state reclaiming its place in the world. Each face tells a story. Each tenure added a chapter. Together, they are the unbroken chain of democratic leadership that has kept this republic alive and thriving for over seven decades. On this Hindu New Year, as Chaitra Navratri begins and the sacred energy of Maa Shailputri fills our homes, let us remember that nation-building is not the work of one person or one era. It is a relay, passed from hand to hand, generation to generation. Nava Varsha ki Hardik Shubhkamnayein! Happy Ugadi. Happy Gudi Padwa. Happy Cheti Chand. Happy Navreh. May Vikram Samvat 2083 bring prosperity, unity, and glory to Bharat. Jai Hind. #HinduNewYear #NavSamvatsar #VikramSamvat2083 #ChaitraShuklaPratipada #Ugadi #GudiPadwa #ChetiChand #Navreh #ChaitraNavratri #Bharat #IndianDemocracy #PresidentsOfIndia #PrimeMInistersOfIndia #NarendraModi #VedantaTimes #AmritKaal #ViksitBharat #JaiHind

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Actress and #NatGeo33 changemaker @priyankachopra is challenging diabetes stigmas and directing people to lifesaving resources through @beyondtype1, the nonprofit co-founded by her husband, @nickjonas. Learn more about her important work: nationalgeographic.com/culture/nat-ge…

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The crystal clear waters of Meghalaya, India 📹theseeker.jpg

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Did you know what happens when you mix the 3 colours of our flag?

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Bhagavad Gita - not just scripture, a way of life!

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Cities like Mumbai consume 15-18 lakh vada pavs DAILY. That’s more than the population of many Indian cities. In prime areas a street vendor can make as much as ₹2.4 lakh a month. That’s more than most corporate jobs. Profit margin? 53-65%. Employment generated? 1.3 lakh people earning from this ecosystem. The vada pav isn’t just food. It’s a ₹1,500 crore business model running on product that costs just ₹6 to make. Sometimes the best investments aren’t in boardrooms—they’re on the streets. For more such financial content that decodes India’s hidden economies, follow StockGro. 📊 #VadaPavEconomics #StreetFoodBusiness #IndianEconomy

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Tried the Delhi Metro for the first time this weekend! 🚇 Fast, clean & super-efficient. A fantastic way to get around in Delhi. Should have done this sooner! Will definitely use it again. @OfficialDMRC @DelhiGovDigital @CMODelhi @tourism_delhi #MetroDiaries #PublicTransportWins

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Is It Safe to Store Sensitive Information in Evernote? Try VaultBook Instead 🔐🧠 😬 The problem with Evernote (and most cloud note apps) Evernote, Notion, OneNote, Obsidian sync, Google Keep… all say “secure” and “encrypted at rest.” But for many people that still means: ☁️ Your notes live on their servers 🌍 Your PHI, PII, legal docs or financial models cross the public internet 🤷‍♂️ You’re trusting a vendor’s policies, region, staff and breach history If you work in healthcare, legal, finance, data, journalism — or just take privacy seriously — “probably fine” isn’t enough. You need a vault, not just another cloud notebook. That’s exactly where VaultBook comes in. 🔐 Meet VaultBook: your offline, AES-GCM–protected note vault VaultBook is a secure offline app, built for professionals who can’t afford leaks: 🔑 Password protection using modern AES-GCM 📴 Works fully offline — no account, no forced sync, no trackers 🏥 HIPAA & PII-ready workflows for clinics, firms, and regulated teams 🧨 Set expiry limits and automatic 60-day purge policies for sensitive entries 💽 No in-app “encryption at rest” black box — everything is just normal files and folders, so you choose disk/OS encryption (BitLocker, FileVault, VeraCrypt, etc.) Your vault lives on your drive, not in a mystery data center. 📂 Attach & search everything Evernote scatters Real work isn’t just plain text. VaultBook lets you attach and search: 📄 PDFs 🧾 Word & Excel 📧 Outlook MSG emails 🖼️ Images & screenshots Then organize with power-user structure: 📑 Pages for projects, cases, clients, or courses 🏷️ Labels for cross-cut views (Exam, Incident, PII, Sprint, Case A) 🌲 Hierarchy for multi-year research, dossiers, and product roadmaps It feels less like a social dashboard and more like a calm control panel for your brain. 👩‍⚕️ Who should choose VaultBook over Evernote? Perfect if you’re: 👩‍⚕️ A therapist or clinician handling PHI 📊 A data scientist or data analyst working with confidential metrics 📰 A journalist protecting sources and drafts 🎓 A student or researcher in sensitive fields ⚖️ In legal, compliance, or finance where no cloud is the rule, not the exception VaultBook is your personal digital vault — private, encrypted, always under your control. ☁️ Your cloud (optional) + simple yearly plan Want multi-device access? Just point your own cloud (OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud, NAS, etc.) at the VaultBook folders (index, attachments, libs, JSONs) and keep full control of where your data lives — still no VaultBook servers in the middle. A straightforward yearly subscription funds serious, privacy-first features — not ads, tracking, or data mining. 🔐 If you’ve ever wondered “Is it really safe to put this in Evernote?” The honest answer is: put it in VaultBook instead. 🚀📚

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The definition of a power couple. And, yeah, we’re a little jealous #Oscars 📷: Getty

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I had a magnificent day at the Taj Mahal. 🇮🇳 It is the most incredible monument I have ever seen in my life. A monument of love built with perfect symmetry and detail. India is one of the most beautiful countries I’ve ever had the pleasure of traveling to. Highly recommend!

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@deedydas This caught my eye , can someone explain 😊

These three books outsold every novel, outlasted every empire, and are the calling for 70% of the world. But you can't find a good copy on the internet. And you can't take them offline with you. And you can't read them on a plane. So I made a little thing:

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Michael B. Jordan, and the B is for Best Actor. #Oscars

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I must confess that until recently I had never heard of Phool Dei, a spring festival that was celebrated yesterday in the villages of Uttarakhand. Children gather fresh flowers from the hills and go from house to house placing them on doorsteps, offering a blessing for the household: “Phool Dei, Chhamma Dei, Deni Dwar, Bhar Bhakar…” roughly wishing the home prosperity. In return they receive sweets. It reminded me a little of Halloween in the U.S., where children go door to door saying “trick or treat.” But what a lovely contrast. Here the children arrive not threatening a prank, or asking first, but giving first. Flowers. In an age when we speak so much about environmental consciousness, this graceful celebration of spring and nature deserves to be far more widely known. Just as Holi travelled across India and the world, perhaps Phool Dei should too. For me, the children of Uttarakhand are my #MondayMotivation

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