tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post642372916995710827..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: Bindu Visarga - A drop of moon on the crown of Tripura SundariKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-22873981680015756022009-03-31T07:16:00.000+05:302009-03-31T07:16:00.000+05:30Yosee, although Kavitha could perhaps be aware of ...Yosee, although Kavitha could perhaps be aware of it as 'I' have commented on it erlier also, 'Maya' or 'Yogmaya' could perhaps be understood to mean fusion of each of the innumerable souls, the components of the unique Supreme Soul, and each apparent physical form that results in reflection of the grand variety of apparent physical forms that fill the infinite universal JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-16022366118952915852009-03-30T19:03:00.000+05:302009-03-30T19:03:00.000+05:30Hi Yosee, Thanks for the information. As 'I' find ...Hi Yosee, Thanks for the information. As 'I' find it, reading between the lines, in the north, Brihaspati (the cool dude, or planet) generally refers to Jupiter, as the 'spiritual' Guru of the devtas, for long-term advise. Whereas, Mercury or Buddha the planet that is closest to Sun (Brahma and runs with 'fire' in its mouth), is considered as the Guru or advisor for day-to-day or short-term JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-43114825352440342072009-03-30T15:33:00.000+05:302009-03-30T15:33:00.000+05:30JC: Thanks for sharing "the essence of truth" reci...JC: Thanks for sharing "the essence of truth" recieved by you - though i cant say the confusion is cleared completely ! ;-)<BR/><BR/>Tulasidas's observation is shared by many other savants too: the Azhvars, Nayanars,Vachanakaras etc. have all sung similar sentiments beautifully. Yet our sampradayas rely very heavily on myths and symbolisms to get across to the crux of the matter. And they provideYOSEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364914380063474591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-45282758755628314332009-03-30T15:21:00.000+05:302009-03-30T15:21:00.000+05:30Yosee and her old uncle-in-law, Kavitha, and Dr A...Yosee and her old uncle-in-law, Kavitha, and Dr Anilji, It is interesting for 'me' to recapitulate in 'my mind', 'my' recent but long stay with 'my' under two-year-old grandson due to circumstances apparently beyond 'our' control... <BR/><BR/>It eventually turned out to be like a 'teacher-student' relationship, for 'I' was apparently instrumental in making him learn to speak some English/ Hindi JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-25896333279056371232009-03-30T14:25:00.000+05:302009-03-30T14:25:00.000+05:30Anil Joshi: Thanks for the link. My book shop also...Anil Joshi: Thanks for the link. My book shop also informed me that it is out of print. However,a used-book seller has offered to locate a copy for me.YOSEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364914380063474591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-19326756535356637992009-03-30T13:03:00.000+05:302009-03-30T13:03:00.000+05:30The believable movement of time from Satyuga to Ka...The believable movement of time from Satyuga to Kaliyuga, the 'Dark Age', till its extreme end, or 'Ghor Kaliyuga', perhaps gets reflected (in the drama, although appearing difficult to accept it as such) through the rapidly growing 'intolerance' being seen even in 'born Hindus', after 'independence' compared to the reported historical 'tolerance of Hindus', perhaps because of knowledge of the 'JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-13537497896332095522009-03-30T11:06:00.000+05:302009-03-30T11:06:00.000+05:30In the 'Hindu mythological stories', perhaps one w...In the 'Hindu mythological stories', perhaps one wouldn't find any jokes related with function of Parvati, Durga, or Tripurasunderi the consort of Shiva, or Treyambakeshwar who however might sometimes be pictured on his own as a simple fellow and therefore likely to have been 'cheated' by some selfish rakshasha (like Bhasmasur who after receiving boon from Shiva wanted to use it to turn Shiva JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-77365144554881939152009-03-30T09:59:00.000+05:302009-03-30T09:59:00.000+05:30'My father' used to quote time and again - from so...'My father' used to quote time and again - from some story he had come across - how the consort of Vishnu, ie., Lakshami (the Goddess of 'material' wealth) while massaging His legs used to tell Vishnu that He was just lying on bed, while she alone was therefore forced to carry on eternally the task of managing the universe/ earth single-handedly :)JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-43755489986594186962009-03-30T08:17:00.000+05:302009-03-30T08:17:00.000+05:30'I' might add, #1 to read 'our sun' in place of 'o...'I' might add, #1 to read 'our sun' in place of 'our son' (!), and #2 that as per one of the hypotheses, (perhaps on account of the existing 'Hindu belief' of Nadbindu as the Creator), the 'present day astrophysists' believe our universe to have started from a 'Big Bang' and is continuing to expand indefinitely...<BR/><BR/>However, they have apparently also observed how a Black Hole, a hole or anJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-8194412989371012992009-03-30T07:24:00.000+05:302009-03-30T07:24:00.000+05:30Yosee, 'I' hope the following attempt to convey in...Yosee, 'I' hope the following attempt to convey in words the essence of 'Truth' believably received by 'me' also helps - or maybe increase the confusion:)...<BR/><BR/>Sant Tulsidas said to the effect that one saw 'God' in the form as per one's belief according to one's 'mind's inclination', or 'thought plane'...<BR/><BR/>Generally God or 'Paramatma', that is 'Supreme Soul', is believed to exist JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-6002166782511749202009-03-29T21:23:00.000+05:302009-03-29T21:23:00.000+05:30Hi Yosee, 'I' haven't come across the particular b...Hi Yosee, 'I' haven't come across the particular book. However it is generally believed by 'Hindus' that there exists a parallel world of souls at differnt elevations that are engaged in cycles of movement from a relatively lower to a higher level or vice versa till each soul attains moksha or eventually merges with the Supreme Soul, the highest level, which the Yogis indicated to be housed as JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-66918513103709562022009-03-29T20:15:00.000+05:302009-03-29T20:15:00.000+05:30Yosee,The book you have mentioned seems to be very...Yosee,<BR/>The book you have mentioned seems to be very rare,Haven't read it!<BR/>Here is a link in case you are interested in buying it....<BR/>http://www.alibris.co.uk/search/books/qwork/707220/used/The%20biological%20and%20historical%20significance%20of%20Vedic%20mythology.Dr.Anil Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751770622662718050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-63762490033027131122009-03-29T19:51:00.000+05:302009-03-29T19:51:00.000+05:30Hi JC, Kavitha,Anil Joshi : At present,my old Uncl...Hi JC, Kavitha,Anil Joshi : At present,my old Uncle-in-law is visiting and when he saw me reading here intently, asked me about it and we shared some thoughts of Srichakra, moon, third -eye etc. He mentioned that certain passages in Yajur veda contend that the graha Moon is the land of Pitrs ! <BR/>And he has recommended a book for me to read. "The Biological and Historical Significance of Vedic YOSEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364914380063474591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-6711833147237239922009-03-29T14:45:00.000+05:302009-03-29T14:45:00.000+05:30Shiva the 'Destroyer' is called 'Ganga...Shiva the 'Destroyer' is called 'Gangadhar', ie., generally indicted as the one who holds the holiest of the holy Rivers on earth, the Ganges (Mother Ganga to the 'Hindus'), which flows on the surface of earth and passes through many 'holy' cities, including Varanasi (that was 'Kashi')...thus earth itself is Shiva...which ar confirmed by other hints also...JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-20265394600813475692009-03-29T11:52:00.000+05:302009-03-29T11:52:00.000+05:30Only the 'present-day-astronomers' perhaps can fir...Only the 'present-day-astronomers' perhaps can first come to know the behaviour of the 'Heavenly Bodies' as they are in a way obliged to keep watching the 'sky' - call it curiosity or a means of earning - and also report it in 'scientific journals', which thereafter appear in the 'dailies' also... <BR/><BR/>Thus if a 'seeker' has similar 'inclination of mind', one could get to know more about oneJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-85161751598885216212009-03-29T08:08:00.000+05:302009-03-29T08:08:00.000+05:30Yosee, regarding female form associated with moon ...Yosee, regarding female form associated with moon indicated in stories, while recording 'my' loud thoughts, 'I' had earlier also indicated how the mythological stories related with moon and its different models in human forms, in different Eras or Yugas, as it evolved gradually, convey the 'scientific' phenomenon of birth of moon from earth-moon itself as it is also believed today too...<BR/><BR/JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-78203424063621435992009-03-28T21:14:00.000+05:302009-03-28T21:14:00.000+05:30The present Navratri, that believably marks the be...The present Navratri, that believably marks the beginning of the Lunar Year (called Virodhi) over nine nights, that is, 'ratri' when each night the eight-handed Mother Durga, in Her nine different forms, is ritually worshipped by 'Hindus' since time immemorial...and as all 'Hindus' might already know very well, the ancients realised life as symbolic representation of energy, as apparent JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-72562501248354785822009-03-28T15:24:00.000+05:302009-03-28T15:24:00.000+05:30Talking of 'suffering' - on account of 'eccentrici...Talking of 'suffering' - on account of 'eccentricity' - say, 'I' am familiar with the case of a relative whose son, then around 13-14 years in age, a school boy, was diagnosed as suffering from 'schizophrenia'. 'I' have observed the famiy undergo suffering over the last around 30years - primarily because of this particular boy acting as a medium for their additinal physical and mental strain and JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-91843435619060009072009-03-28T11:34:00.000+05:302009-03-28T11:34:00.000+05:30Dr Anilji thanks for making 'me' acquainted with s...Dr Anilji thanks for making 'me' acquainted with some of the 'western views'...Of course, as Ritwoja had also referred, 'I' also happened in the early Eighties, to read the 'Autography of a Yogi' by Paramhansa Yogananda, the book provided to me by a friend who, hearing 'my views', felt 'I' must read it. 'I' recall coming across an incident where the said Yogi as a young boy reported to His Guru, JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-48480019581319837172009-03-28T11:02:00.000+05:302009-03-28T11:02:00.000+05:30"Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us..."Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd." - Dame Edith Sitwell<BR/><BR/>"Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strengthDr.Anil Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751770622662718050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-72621372695480381602009-03-28T10:25:00.000+05:302009-03-28T10:25:00.000+05:30Yosee, you had said you don't believe (?) in a...Yosee, you had said you don't believe (?) in astrology...<BR/><BR/>While seeking 'Who Am I?' in retrospect 'I' find that it was because of my 'family tradition' that 'we' the children also got to see our own horoscopes too in the early age. And, although we didn't have any idea, 'we' went through those in our 'spare time'...<BR/><BR/>'AsJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-65203320575522627812009-03-28T07:34:00.000+05:302009-03-28T07:34:00.000+05:30The 'ancient wise Hindus' also laid stress on 'sat...The 'ancient wise Hindus' also laid stress on 'satya'/ 'satva' that is 'essence', such as in the general statement, "Satyam Shivam Sunderam", literally translated as 'Shiva alone is the Truth and He alone is beautiful'...and perhaps one could call it 'slavery of time', one simply brings to one's mind an image of a human being, symbolically used by the 'ancient wise', which however needs to be JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-38422733489797206012009-03-28T06:48:00.000+05:302009-03-28T06:48:00.000+05:30Hi Yosee, You said, "...one of the 16 roopas ...Hi Yosee, You said, "...one of the 16 roopas of Adiparashakthi is called " Bala-tripurasundari."<BR/><BR/>Similarly, the 'Vaishnavites' indicate 'Balkrishna' or child krishna - the representative of Yogeshwar Vishnu, literally 'poisonous atom, the 'Nadbindu' or the infinite source of sound energy depicted as having a conch-shell in one of His four hands/JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-25693260211519128002009-03-27T17:26:00.000+05:302009-03-27T17:26:00.000+05:30The horoscope that an astrologer prepares, (perhap...The horoscope that an astrologer prepares, (perhaps since the Vedic Era before it collapsed by about <BR/>6th century B.C with the advent of Buddhism and Jainism in India), has 12 'houses' that indicate the 'location of the 'grahas' in the 'sky' or 360 degrees of space as they stood at the time of birth when the individual concerned was born...<BR/><BR/>From this chart, The 'rashi' of a given JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-90498347211893668622009-03-27T13:29:00.000+05:302009-03-27T13:29:00.000+05:30Sorry! 'I' forgot to add that due to shortage of n...Sorry! 'I' forgot to add that due to shortage of numbers of days in a lunar year compared to the solar year, there remains a gap of near about 10 days every year, and therefore to account for it an additional month, called 'adhikmas' is added after about 2 and a-half year or so. And, the extra month is attributed to the 28th Nakshatra, or constellation, called Abheejit.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.com