tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post400761507561103405..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: Tulsi, at the seat of SamadhiKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-26410643605303967182009-04-06T13:39:00.000+05:302009-04-06T13:39:00.000+05:30Hi all, "Hari annta/ Hari katha ananta", perhaps e...Hi all, "Hari annta/ Hari katha ananta", perhaps explains best how different people at different times have expressed their own 'truth' as they received it in their heads...<BR/><BR/>You ask, say a Tibetan herbal medicine practitioner, and would perhas learn how they at intervals visit the Himalayas and collect medicinal plants, which they use for preparing medicines...Thus one would find that JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-65780943993093520462009-04-03T07:34:00.000+05:302009-04-03T07:34:00.000+05:30"The shape of the Tulsi pot in the house strangely..."The shape of the Tulsi pot in the house strangely looks very similar to the traditional design used to make a Samadhi for the departed....."<BR/>According to mythology Tulasi Vrindawan is indeed a samadhi of "Vrinda" who was deceived by Vishnu to conquer her husband the demon king Jalandar.Dr.Anil Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751770622662718050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-57602636018901850482009-04-02T22:47:00.000+05:302009-04-02T22:47:00.000+05:30Kavitha, i know you cannot understand because i ca...Kavitha, i know you cannot understand because i cannot explain it properly ! You hear it within your head and it sort of pulsates upto the chest. It is definitely a musical note, somewhat like the OM in the shankh but with a soft ascending scale. Of course , an accompanying relative ( who heard no music) dismissed it as the acoustic effect of the cavernous little shrine deflecting the hum of YOSEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364914380063474591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-77552447285040925652009-04-02T07:14:00.000+05:302009-04-02T07:14:00.000+05:30Hi YoseeLost you there on the inner song...I am tr...Hi Yosee<BR/><BR/>Lost you there on the inner song...<BR/><BR/>I am trying to understand your experience of listening to the inner song, i am tempted to draw a parallel with the sound within the big shankha i have back home, a soft reverberating Om that doesnt fade at all... its strange people call it the sound of the sea and the waves... but no, its the constant sound of Om that vibrates withinKavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-79488000995637837482009-04-01T17:04:00.000+05:302009-04-01T17:04:00.000+05:30Kavitha, Manthralaya has now become a commercial e...Kavitha, Manthralaya has now become a commercial establishment, drowning out the tranquility of the guru's Brindavanam. To experience the real serenity of "samadhi" and derive spiritual inspiration from a mahan's samadhi, go to Govindapuram, about 8kms. from Kumbhakonam. Go at godhuli time, when the lamps are lit. sit before the brindavanam of sri Bodhendraswamigal , who attained jeevasamadhi YOSEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364914380063474591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-38006290239160034322009-04-01T15:52:00.000+05:302009-04-01T15:52:00.000+05:30In the gentler days when people lived in companion...In the gentler days when people lived in companionship with all creation, plants were treated with dignity and reverence. I remember every house having a garden in the backyard which supplied ingredients for home remedies : tulsi,Amla,brahmi,neem,bilva,<BR/>karpuravalli etc. And the towns had the "sacred groves" attached to the temples. (Even today, i know a lady who utters a Kshamaapana hymn toYOSEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364914380063474591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-86895717143913852592009-04-01T06:03:00.000+05:302009-04-01T06:03:00.000+05:30Whether one beleves in a Supreme Soul as the three...Whether one beleves in a Supreme Soul as the three-in-one God or not and maybe, therefore, takes for granted the phenomenon related with appearance of dreams even in 'inferior animals' and also unwanted thoughts when one would prefer to switch them off like one switches off her radio or TV, it logically indicates man as a receiver of messages as 'projected images' or 'thoughts' over which animalsJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-74304940105473425762009-03-31T21:03:00.000+05:302009-03-31T21:03:00.000+05:30Kavitha, Although 'I' had already recorded it earl...Kavitha, Although 'I' had already recorded it earlier, 'I' would recall with reference to 'samadhi', 'my' small experiment in this regard. <BR/><BR/>It was after our return to New Delhi, when 'I' used to travel by city transport bus for some time. 'I' used to close 'my' eyes for most part of 'my' journey whenever 'I had managed a seat. It generally used to be the one on the aisle side. <BR/><BR/>JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-21421828396163546792009-03-31T18:57:00.000+05:302009-03-31T18:57:00.000+05:30As 'I' indicated in 'my' earlier comment, 'Krishna...As 'I' indicated in 'my' earlier comment, 'Krishna' is indicated as a link between 'zero Vishnu' and 'Shiva' also zero but with a difference, that is it believably holds infinite knowledge at the end of Satyuga compared to zero at the base, (and could perhaps thus be represented by the Tangent theta curve)...and in terms of the globe, or 'Gangadhar earth', by the South and North Pole respectivelyJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-57814439616221451572009-03-31T17:17:00.000+05:302009-03-31T17:17:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha, In the message box the following comme...Hi Kavitha, In the message box the following comment is found.<BR/>***************************** <BR/>sury: re article on Tulis, so nice; but Raghavendra samadhi is in Mantralayam?? pl clarify<BR/>*****************<BR/>'I' too checked up on the internet and found it mentioned that the said Samadhi is located in Mantralayam in Andhra Pradesh on the border of Karnataka. This, however, perhaps JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-25147455023912594602009-03-31T10:16:00.000+05:302009-03-31T10:16:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha, Hindu mythological stories are all sym...Hi Kavitha, Hindu mythological stories are all symbolic. For example, Dhruva is believed to be reflected by the immobile or fixed star, Pole Star...'Samadhi' means an attempt to attain the state of immobility or 'stithpragya' that is 'zero thoughts', believably like the 'nirguna', or detached, Creator', to merge one's soul with Him, or Her, or It (like in the game of football/ hockey etc., the 'JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.com