tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post112893393735772695..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: The moment of void - the moment of truthKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129673015805598852005-10-19T03:33:00.000+05:302005-10-19T03:33:00.000+05:30Exactly the same thoughts i have... much better ex...Exactly the same thoughts i have... much better expressed... thanks for sharing this one... it was really great... hope we can walk the way and find the answers asap...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129557504910289752005-10-17T19:28:00.000+05:302005-10-17T19:28:00.000+05:30Thanks Kavitha! In Dwaper Yuga, as reported in the...Thanks Kavitha! <BR/><BR/>In Dwaper Yuga, as reported in the Mahabharata, Krishna in human form played the role of Shri Arjuna’s chariot driver, whereas in reality or in Sata Yuga He perhaps is the driving force concentrated at the Centre of our galaxy! <BR/><BR/>In the Kaliyuga or the present, His models vary from children riding tricycles/ bicycles to Astronauts flying in space ships to, say, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129483338050901132005-10-16T22:52:00.000+05:302005-10-16T22:52:00.000+05:30an interesting metaphorical representation joshi u...an interesting metaphorical representation joshi uncle!Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129475994098423392005-10-16T20:49:00.000+05:302005-10-16T20:49:00.000+05:30Talking of ‘enlightened’ souls, with reference to ...Talking of ‘enlightened’ souls, with reference to the question discussed on the TV, whether we are learning to deal with disasters or not, I give below my reaction thereto for information, with background belief of one Supreme soul as the sole actor in the drama:<BR/><BR/>“At the outset, despite knowledge about it, man is unconscious of the fact that he is a passenger of a ‘train of space ships’ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129472113519009792005-10-16T19:45:00.000+05:302005-10-16T19:45:00.000+05:30hi badriyou spoke the truth, its surely something ...hi badri<BR/><BR/>you spoke the truth, its surely something that is unthinkable and definitely undigestible in our current state of mind.<BR/><BR/>the fact remains that none of us can view death like the monk who walked past the bloody war field of Kalinga, indiffrent to the whole picture of bloodshed around him. <BR/><BR/>if we could do that, surely we would be enlightened.Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129460804887068942005-10-16T16:36:00.000+05:302005-10-16T16:36:00.000+05:30Your comment about death seems deep. For a moment,...Your comment about death seems deep. For a moment, I tended to agree with it when I looked at death as "my death". But when I thought about it as "death of a loved one". Its not only negative, I felt that its intolerable pain and unacceptable unfairness. If you don't find death as a negative even in that sense, you are truely enlightened!<BR/><BR/>PS: Sorry, if the comment brings bad taste to theBadhrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15549143296407318099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129435750080305862005-10-16T09:39:00.000+05:302005-10-16T09:39:00.000+05:30HI Kavitha!In the end I wold like to share the 'es...HI Kavitha!<BR/><BR/>In the end I wold like to share the 'essence' a friend has shared with me on the 'social animal':<BR/><BR/>"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you."<BR/><BR/>"Friends are like melons; shall I tell you why? To find one good you must<BR/>try one hundred."<BR/><BR/>"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and<BR/>leave Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129315562762001462005-10-15T00:16:00.000+05:302005-10-15T00:16:00.000+05:30Abhi’s doubt is based on inexperience, and of cour...Abhi’s doubt is based on inexperience, and of course because of the expected characteristic property of time, i.e., the present human behaviours exhibiting the typical predictions reportedly made by the ‘wise’ ancients thousands of years ago...<BR/><BR/>Today even the right hand doubts the intentions of the left!<BR/><BR/>I would draw his attention to the realized ‘essence’ of the formless Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129259926246552502005-10-14T08:48:00.000+05:302005-10-14T08:48:00.000+05:30Very nice! The basic thought, “I am the supreme so...Very nice! <BR/><BR/>The basic thought, “I am the supreme soul” in reality, perhaps is more acceptable to a ‘Hindu’ because of his natural place value - with the background belief bombarded constantly on his consciousness - of Kashi as the abode of Adi Shiva, the zero that in reality is equal to infinity and I as His reflection! <BR/><BR/>However, when I see reflections of my weak/ ugly (fair Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129199593968702242005-10-13T16:03:00.000+05:302005-10-13T16:03:00.000+05:30A God that is Yours Slender beams of sunlight ente...A God that is Yours <BR/><BR/>Slender beams of sunlight enter<BR/>this darkened room as I kneel,<BR/>always hopeful, always in prayer,<BR/>frozen here, waiting.<BR/><BR/>Haloed forms wrought in panes of glass loom as<BR/>dust dances in the air,<BR/>forming an image in my mind,<BR/>penetrating my naked soul.<BR/><BR/>Realization dawning on a deathless face.<BR/><BR/>I raise my head, now kneeling Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129196441176552392005-10-13T15:10:00.000+05:302005-10-13T15:10:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha,“Man is a social animal” because of nec...Hi Kavitha,<BR/><BR/>“Man is a social animal” because of necessity. If one had the capacity to read the minds of others, as the Yogis reportedly could, one could directly know how the people who look happy outwardly might, in fact, be suffering inwardly due to some one reason or the other - from time to time… <BR/><BR/>In the present, relatively speaking, generally because of apparent lack of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129188675715845912005-10-13T13:01:00.000+05:302005-10-13T13:01:00.000+05:30Kavi,You finally symbolise your name. I loved ever...Kavi,<BR/><BR/>You finally symbolise your name. I loved every bit of what you wrote. I too have wondered on similar lines for a long, long time. <BR/><BR/>There is a rason for sure why we exist... object for mechanical functions... that was a great line... <BR/><BR/>But without a reason, we humans can't digest the fact that we are existential in nature. we just happened to be. <BR/><BR/>The abhilash warrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676672819691640600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129186557579546842005-10-13T12:25:00.000+05:302005-10-13T12:25:00.000+05:30i dont see death as a negative ravati, its infact ...i dont see death as a negative ravati, its infact part of a larger picture, just more thought provoking and in some cases fear provoking because of the uncertainty it brings with it. <BR/><BR/>so i hope death is not looked at in bad light.Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129183164116337562005-10-13T11:29:00.000+05:302005-10-13T11:29:00.000+05:30WOW!If this isn't poetry, then what do I call it? ...WOW!If this isn't poetry, then what do I call it? Wonderful. I have gone through most of this 'journey' too and come out the better. But why this waiting for death? You ought to be celebrating life, with all its contradictions, not already look forward to dousing your fires! I didn't quite enjoy that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1129179338416344852005-10-13T10:25:00.000+05:302005-10-13T10:25:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com