tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post1953035412602475238..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: The essence of the Vilva leafKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-33552858857958716582009-07-02T17:43:34.809+05:302009-07-02T17:43:34.809+05:30Hi,
Can anybody please tell me if we can keep Vilv...Hi,<br />Can anybody please tell me if we can keep Vilva Patra tree at home?Vandananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-72591115878619721642008-10-24T10:18:00.000+05:302008-10-24T10:18:00.000+05:30Hello,I'm interested in knowing the lyircs of 'vil...Hello,<BR/><BR/>I'm interested in knowing the lyircs of 'vilvaashtakam'. Can you please help me?<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>AparnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-7511811728504102652007-11-07T16:45:00.000+05:302007-11-07T16:45:00.000+05:30If the formless Creator’s original desire was just...If the formless Creator’s original desire was just to create an immortal physical form that could reflect its imaginary face, that is, present to it the ‘true image’ of the omnipotent and omnipresent formless energy that it believably is, then planet Jupiter as one of the selected members of our solar system, believably as the essence of our Milky Way Galaxy, which believably is associated with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-9654872871295886652007-11-07T14:26:00.000+05:302007-11-07T14:26:00.000+05:30As in all cases of human activity with some partic...As in all cases of human activity with some particular goal or objective in mind - whether it is a book/ brochure/ pamphlet etc. as desired by the ‘decision maker’ concerned - a printing job is considered well done only if the end product gives a feeling of happiness to all those to whom the publication was intended to be addressed while primarily serving the purpose that was originally in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-81686590100869428182007-11-07T11:56:00.000+05:302007-11-07T11:56:00.000+05:30Those who are in the 'printing line', they are fam...Those who are in the 'printing line', they are familiar with the use of the term CYMK, that is, Cyan or blue, derived from cyanic or cyanide the powerful poison referred as ‘halahal’ by ancient ‘Hindus’; Yellow; Magenta, a purplish red colour; and black (K for Krishna?), the items on a page to be printed in these four colours, in four cycles (related with four cycles of ‘churning’ referred in theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-83373308141239157472007-11-06T18:31:00.000+05:302007-11-06T18:31:00.000+05:30Human being was realized as the superior most crea...Human being was realized as the superior most creation of the former Creator who as per the Yogis, because of design, reflected typical characteristic properties of some particular member of ‘Mahashiva’, the solar system... <BR/><BR/>And, the grand variety and hierarchy as observed among humans at any given point of time was achieved believably as the result of yoga, that is, permutations and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-46976652389410736172007-11-06T12:38:00.000+05:302007-11-06T12:38:00.000+05:30The question that is likely to naturally arise in ...The question that is likely to naturally arise in the mind of the reader would be how the knowledge thus gained could be used to improve the lot of the ‘common man’ by modifying the electro-chemical system of a human body utilizing colours... <BR/><BR/>However, before this could be attempted, one would need to know first what are the colours due to lack/ excess of which a particular Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-79599208502026231662007-11-05T19:34:00.000+05:302007-11-05T19:34:00.000+05:30As per the apparent grand and intricate design in ...As per the apparent grand and intricate design in 'Nature', believably by a Supreme formless being, only seven colours, that is, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet colours apparently become visible in the spectrum to human eyes (while various other energies aren't) when sunlight gets refracted (seen by the literates through a glass prism that is a pyramid-like object, which hasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-5198509305011787342007-11-05T14:15:00.000+05:302007-11-05T14:15:00.000+05:30Let us once again revert to the ‘nuclear deal’ tha...Let us once again revert to the ‘nuclear deal’ that is apparently in the offing between the now ‘truncated India’ - as it perhaps might have been at some stage in the beginning of a Kaliyuga, for although the universe is estimated to be in existence for around 13 billion years, our Sun - with its white sunlight that holds seven other visible colurs - is the apparent direct and indirect source of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-36848113865249674182007-11-05T08:37:00.000+05:302007-11-05T08:37:00.000+05:30During the school days, our teacher once asked us ...During the school days, our teacher once asked us to write an essay on what God would feel if He were to appear on earth then (and see the apparent deteriorating conditions).<BR/> <BR/>The above thought would indicate that it was even then being generally felt, in the early fifties itself, the state of mind of the generality of ‘common man’ tehn. And, over the five decades thereafter the whole Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-75519833433801709372007-11-04T17:34:00.000+05:302007-11-04T17:34:00.000+05:30Speaking about the ‘Apsmara Purush’, that is, man ...Speaking about the ‘Apsmara Purush’, that is, man who isn’t able to recall his past, under the foot of Natraja Shiva, it’s very well known by the majority of people today how the ancient ‘Hindus’ described Shiva to apply ‘crematorium’s ash’ on His body, and that He had a poisonous serpent hissing, dangling from his neck!<BR/>However, mischievous Krishna perhaps doesn’t let it be realized by the ‘Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-40750476270901441762007-11-04T11:54:00.000+05:302007-11-04T11:54:00.000+05:30Kavitha, Here is another reaction, an essence of H...Kavitha, Here is another reaction, an essence of Hindu Mythology for information, for it is perhaps not saleable in news- media in Kaliyuga, the Dark Age!<BR/> <BR/>This has reference to the article by Shri Shashi Tharoor (STOI), ‘Three Big Rs: Railways, Ray and Reliance.<BR/><BR/>‘I’ would like to only indicate an overall ‘ancient Hindu’ point of view, in brief.<BR/> <BR/>P for Population & R Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-20659820750207052362007-11-04T08:32:00.000+05:302007-11-04T08:32:00.000+05:30This reminds me that ‘I’ came across a ‘shloka’ in...This reminds me that ‘I’ came across a ‘shloka’ in the ‘chandyogyopnishad’ in Sanskrit translated into Hindi, to the effect with respect to the present day terminology, “The essence of the five elements is earth. Essence of earth is water. Essence of water is chemicals in plant life etc. Essence of chemicals is man, the human body. Essence of man is his voice. Essence of voice is prayer in praiseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1131429434847910162007-11-04T01:58:00.000+05:302007-11-04T01:58:00.000+05:30// Om Shri Rameshwar Mahadevaay Namah: //Thank You...// Om Shri Rameshwar Mahadevaay Namah: //<BR/><BR/>Thank You for this nice Website.<BR/><BR/>You can download Shiva Ji Bhajans, Hanuman Mantra Jaap Mala, Hanuman Chalisa (Text + Music) and other Mp3-Bhajans at:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://hanumanji.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow"> http://hanumanji.wordpress.com</A><BR/><BR/>YouRs SinCereLy M!sTer CrippLeD SaMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-3902491546414263792007-11-03T20:35:00.000+05:302007-11-03T20:35:00.000+05:30Shiva the ‘Neelkantha’ that is the immortal ‘Blue ...Shiva the ‘Neelkantha’ that is the immortal ‘Blue Planet’ that eventually was projected as the most evolved and unending Heavenly Body as His ‘true image’, the Formless Creator has mischievously managed to hide His true identity from man - believed also as ‘His Own image’ - by relating ‘Blue’ colour with ‘Rakshashas’ or selfish people, generally imagined as demons, who believably could fool one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-22203018099158684672007-11-03T07:09:00.000+05:302007-11-03T07:09:00.000+05:30Plainly reviewing, man is one of the innumerable v...Plainly reviewing, man is one of the innumerable varieties of ‘life’, one of the animal species that apparently exist on the ever changing earth at any given point in time, an evolved mammal that apparently heads the animal world... <BR/><BR/>In this apparent hierarchy in all aspects, he believes he is the superior most. This sense of superiority over the apparently innumerable ‘inferior life Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-84446301330555340792007-11-02T13:43:00.000+05:302007-11-02T13:43:00.000+05:30Continuing 'my' dialogue with 'I', Once you learn ...Continuing 'my' dialogue with 'I', Once you learn that the human brain is an analogous super computer, unlike the digital computer that we appear to use ‘today’ and which gets slower because of the need to first convert the alphanumeric symbols into machine, or binary language that utilizes only two digits, ‘0’ and ‘1’, it becomes easier to appreciate why ‘advanced Hindus’ used symbols to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-162405569545761682007-11-02T11:37:00.000+05:302007-11-02T11:37:00.000+05:30One could perhaps see the trident/ compound ‘vilva...One could perhaps see the trident/ compound ‘vilva’ or ‘bel’ leaf also reflected in the three major lines on a palm that are called ‘Life’, Head’ & ‘Heart’ lines, with the ‘Fate line’ acting as the handle that keeps one Shiva’s-trident-like attached to the ground that is earth, or the stem that joins the leaf with the tree proper! <BR/><BR/>‘Heart line’, as seen earlier elsewhere also, starts Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-90544042135956896842007-11-02T08:06:00.000+05:302007-11-02T08:06:00.000+05:30Attempting to 'read the mind of the formless Creat...Attempting to 'read the mind of the formless Creator' through ancient 'wise Hindus', continuing further, ‘I’ had elsewhere said how it was my elder brother who introduced me into palmistry, the art of reading lines on the human palms, when he brought 'Cheiro’s book' during one of our summer vacations in the school days...<BR/><BR/>Only ‘I’ continued observing palms thereafter and learned many Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-34981418025181085482007-11-01T16:47:00.000+05:302007-11-01T16:47:00.000+05:30Kavitha, With Bilvs patra or leaf/ Shiva's Trident...Kavitha, With Bilvs patra or leaf/ Shiva's Trident/ Trimurty and so on in mind, a 'Hindu' would perhaps have no problem in accepting the following as essence of 'Hindu' belief.<BR/> <BR/>Some wise person said that words cannot express a realization However, if you want to share it with others, you need words. Any numbers of words used might not be sufficient. However, sometimes just a hint might Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-71866454975042198922007-11-01T12:41:00.000+05:302007-11-01T12:41:00.000+05:30With the objective of maintenance of, say for exam...With the objective of maintenance of, say for example, proper Law & Order today, and at all times too as reflected by ‘Trimurty’ of ‘Sanatan Dharma’, one feels need of three independent systems, with different hierarchy between the three as well as in each system too: The ‘Judiciary’ (to lay down the laws to cover various anticipated situations) and the ‘Police’ (to execute those in proper spiritAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-17828575285988852172007-11-01T10:00:00.000+05:302007-11-01T10:00:00.000+05:30Hi Anilji,This blog started with the appreciation ...Hi Anilji,<BR/><BR/>This blog started with the appreciation of temple architecture and sculpture and for an entire year it didnt seem to gain any ground with the audience as it was rather professorial in nature. <BR/><BR/>Bringing in a bit of truth which connects with our lives today and is something that people can relate to seems to make the difference. <BR/><BR/>Understanding temple Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-4989991523529602822007-11-01T08:34:00.000+05:302007-11-01T08:34:00.000+05:30Hi Anilji, although it is difficult, but by change...Hi Anilji, although it is difficult, but by change of view-point, perhaps one could accept that what one calls as 'foolishness in the present' could, in fact, reflect the beginning of the 'churning' in the 'past' - when the stage of perfection was still just Shiva's dream!<BR/> <BR/>“Brevity is the soul of life”, is the ancient thought from a ‘western’ view-point on ‘essence’, that is, ‘satva’, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-35916907404977161712007-11-01T07:32:00.000+05:302007-11-01T07:32:00.000+05:30Joshi Uncle,May be the end of the world is nearing...Joshi Uncle,May be the end of the world is nearing hence this god's arrangement of being ruled by the fools!!<BR/>Kavitha,another suggestion is that please start a series on"Appreciation of temple Architecture"With Joshi uncle's wealth of knowledge it will be a memorable experience & hopefully pave the way for your future book!Dr.Anil Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751770622662718050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-37066088472594883902007-10-31T23:23:00.000+05:302007-10-31T23:23:00.000+05:30Hi Dr. Anilji, Yes, you are right, for in the ‘pre...Hi Dr. Anilji, Yes, you are right, for in the ‘present’ also it has been concluded that no administrative system has proved to be fool-proof! And Mirabai also concluded that 'Krishna' has given the throne to fools while pundits remain beggars. ‘Wise Hindus’ also believed that which does not change with time only to be the truth. Thus exploitation was accepted as a natural phenomenon. <BR/><BR/>InAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com