tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post7128304612550966639..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: Shiva Bhairava - The naked mendicantKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-17199152476741610992008-03-03T02:02:00.000+05:302008-03-03T02:02:00.000+05:30DEAR KAVITAJI AND BIBHUTIJI,YOU HAVE DONE THE COMP...DEAR KAVITAJI AND BIBHUTIJI,<BR/><BR/>YOU HAVE DONE THE COMPILATIONS IN GOOD WAY.THOUGH A BIT HAPHAZARD BUT DEFINITELY INTRICATE.<BR/><BR/>KEEP IT UP. MAY BE YOU COULD ADD SOME OF THE UNCARED/FORGOTTEN TEMPLES.<BR/><BR/>||Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaha||<BR/><BR/>B.Dash<BR/>nsill7@gmail.com<BR/>India.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-8761168655664462492007-12-24T18:22:00.000+05:302007-12-24T18:22:00.000+05:30But, because of ‘Maya’, the majority appears to be...But, because of ‘Maya’, the majority appears to behave like jackal the animal that howls in unison with the leader of the pack and subsists on ‘the left overs’ unaware that there is a lion-like ruler within each form, who is waiting to show the ‘Truth’ – as ‘wise Hindus’ have referred to Krishna as the cause of ‘Maya’ or illusion! He only seeks ‘surrender in Him’, just as Arjuna believably did Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-86326226988059699592007-12-24T17:41:00.000+05:302007-12-24T17:41:00.000+05:30He iwas realized by the ‘wise’ to remain unseen wi...He iwas realized by the ‘wise’ to remain unseen within all human forms and communicates the ‘Truth’ to the ‘grown ups’ even through children. But unfortunately, during oiur prime time in youth, due to lack of knowledge, ‘we the grown ups’, or Apsmara Purush the forgetful man, are given to understand that we are more intelligent than them! <BR/>It is thus only in the ‘second childhood stage’ that JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-18993824824997771152007-12-24T17:15:00.000+05:302007-12-24T17:15:00.000+05:30Kavitha, ‘Chakras’ within human bodies can be visu...Kavitha, ‘Chakras’ within human bodies can be visualized as reflecting the hierarchy in the variety of formless, or point sources of energy, that represent the essences of the selected members of the planetary system at each of which the particular form is connected with the corresponding planet, like - similarly as a model of its functioning - a puppet’s different limbs are connected by the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-46612936749990766682007-12-24T12:06:00.000+05:302007-12-24T12:06:00.000+05:30Generally speaking, ‘we the people’ appear to have...Generally speaking, ‘we the people’ appear to have a tendency to analyse a particular event based on history that is apparently being recorded by ‘imperfect humans’, for a limited period only because of so many factors that limit collection of the requisite data, unlike the record that is present in the apparent ‘perfect Nature’. <BR/>And, we generally do not/ can’t start from the ‘absolute JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-49480660775804505482007-12-24T08:20:00.000+05:302007-12-24T08:20:00.000+05:30This feature, as a reflection of the ‘past’, could...This feature, as a reflection of the ‘past’, could perhaps be realized from the ‘Indo-US nuke deal’, that is, the deal between ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’, as representatives of the ‘East’ and the ‘West’, respectively, which was apparently being discussed, in which the ‘Rightist West’ was trying to have it on its terms, while the ‘Leftist East’ apparently wanted the terms to be in the overall interest of JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-84779085076225731402007-12-24T07:58:00.000+05:302007-12-24T07:58:00.000+05:30‘Krishna’ says that He illuminates the Sun and the...‘Krishna’ says that He illuminates the Sun and the Moon. Obviously, it can’t be the ‘two legged animal’ that could at any time have said it or say so (unless it is a ‘realized soul’ - as the ‘model of universe’, that is, the centre of our planet earth (Ma Kali), or ‘an image of God’ Himself). <BR/><BR/>And, in so far as the ‘present day scientist’ is concerned, our Sun, and all other stars in theJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-4523108573083165932007-12-23T09:47:00.000+05:302007-12-23T09:47:00.000+05:30As the end, of Kaliyuga that once was a beginning ...As the end, of Kaliyuga that once was a beginning of the churning by Krishna, apparently approaches, the various specimens appear to be confused and helpless… <BR/>Krishna explained it on account of lack of (overall) knowledge (as per ‘time’ – the most apparent in Kaliyuga the ‘dark age’). <BR/><BR/>The phenomenon could be visualized from the apparent ‘fact’ that even a small dark cloud, which JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-19885254331475684702007-12-23T08:22:00.000+05:302007-12-23T08:22:00.000+05:30In recent times, Gautam the Buddha apparently was ...In recent times, Gautam the Buddha apparently was the ‘enlightened one’ and thus called The Light of Asia…Acharya Rajneesh also reportedly said that he wouldn’t discuss Siddhartha the person, but could talk for days about the light within the person…and everyone who has read his life history compiled by historians after his death, apparently knows what all he did, and particularly that he sat Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-73638222533799316542007-12-23T07:29:00.000+05:302007-12-23T07:29:00.000+05:30‘Tantrics’ advised consumption of ‘maansa’, ‘madir...‘Tantrics’ advised consumption of ‘maansa’, ‘madira’ etc., i.e., meat, alcoholic drinks, and so on to accentuate ‘tamasic property’ in the subject under their influence, who approached them mainly for some material gains…<BR/>In its physical form, among animals whose meat is commonly used in ‘India’, the goat exhibits to contain within its form a soul that makes the animal sure-footed and JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-33916891622017641752007-12-23T06:48:00.000+05:302007-12-23T06:48:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha, “Prabhu ki kaisi yeh maya hai/ Kahin d...Hi Kavitha, <BR/>“Prabhu ki kaisi yeh maya hai/ Kahin dhoop kahin per chhaya hai,” is a popular line by some poet, meaning that sunlight and shadows are on account of illusion created by God…I had similarly extended it by exchanging ‘leela’ that is ‘drama’ for ‘maya’; and ‘dhoop & chhaya’ by ‘sookha’ & ‘guila’ that is ‘dry’ and ‘wet’… <BR/>First of all one needs to convince oneself that the JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-46843986357540940072007-12-22T22:35:00.000+05:302007-12-22T22:35:00.000+05:30HI joshi uncle,am still trying to understand the c...HI joshi uncle,<BR/><BR/>am still trying to understand the connection of color - infra red etc.. with the chakras at various levels in the body. It is interesting to see one of the more important areas is just below the naval - nabhi kamal.<BR/><BR/>there have been many theories to the flow of spiritual energy through the chakras,the most common one being from the bottom of the spinal cord - Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-63947851911207473682007-12-22T21:10:00.000+05:302007-12-22T21:10:00.000+05:30However, it is easier said then done for all other...However, it is easier said then done for all other souls than the Bhootnath Himself who, being the only ‘perfect soul’, is aware because He alone is related with zero time and, therefore, absolutely detached, whereas all other souls are imperfect and only those that had at some stage attained ‘moksha’, that is, they had got tuned to the supreme soul, would perhps be able to realize the Absolute JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-36628082337200711382007-12-22T18:32:00.000+05:302007-12-22T18:32:00.000+05:30The heat and light producing furnace in human body...The heat and light producing furnace in human body, from food items, is believably located at the navel level and solar plexus level, respectively, in the human body. However, the function of life-line, that is, nerves and blood circulation to carry information/ energy to all nooks and corners of the body is performed at the chest and throat level. Surplus energy is stored at the level below the JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-34723296410001758152007-12-22T17:47:00.000+05:302007-12-22T17:47:00.000+05:30In view of the four stages considered for completi...In view of the four stages considered for completing the ‘churning’, the eight colours and energies could perhaps therefore be divided into four pairs in ascending order from ‘Mooladhar’ to ‘Saharara Chakras’: Orange-Red; Infra Red- White; Ultra Violet- Blue; Green- Yellow. <BR/>We can perhaps visualize Green – Yellow to represent the most evolved forms of Earth- Moon, and also Shiva – Parvati inJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-21905913982936983512007-12-22T13:39:00.000+05:302007-12-22T13:39:00.000+05:30The mythological stories also indicate Vishnu, (th...The mythological stories also indicate Vishnu, (the ‘sudershan chakra-dhari’) to have been considered - by the advanced astronomers in ‘future’ (that appears ‘past’ in the ‘present’) – represented by the double-colour planet (lustrous copper in the middle with blue coloured rings of ice), that is, Saturn, the ninth ‘graha’ (also meaning crocodile that holds powerful elephant even in its jaws – Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-24888522523564663252007-12-22T12:34:00.000+05:302007-12-22T12:34:00.000+05:30Sorry! There is a correction in the duration of Sa...Sorry! There is a correction in the duration of Satyuga; it should read 1.728 million years…<BR/>The Formless Creator or the Supreme Being believably has innumerable parts, each one of which appears to take one of the varieties of innumerable forms, which appear to fill the infinite universal void at all times… <BR/>Although each one of these undergo change in appearance with passage of time, theJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-12090147588468892862007-12-22T09:05:00.000+05:302007-12-22T09:05:00.000+05:30It is conveyed by the ‘wise advanced Hindus’ - thr...It is conveyed by the ‘wise advanced Hindus’ - through the mythological stories - that ‘perfection’ in human form, along with earth, also was attained at the end of Sat-yuga, literally the age of ‘Satya that is Truth’, that in physical forms represents the ‘satva that is essence’ of the universe, that is Nadbindu the point source of unlimited energy at the centre of Mother earth. <BR/>Satyuga, JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-79777406089950988792007-12-22T07:51:00.000+05:302007-12-22T07:51:00.000+05:30The ‘Hindu Mythology’, therefore, is indicated to ...The ‘Hindu Mythology’, therefore, is indicated to be beyond the comprehension of ‘present day average man’, in ‘Kali-yuga’ the ‘dark age’ with one’s roots in the ‘Dark Continent’. It is primarily so because of the characteristic property of time, as conveyed in the Gita also by ‘wise advanced Indians’ or souls within human forms that - thanks to the supreme soul - had remained detached while Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-10417820581957241322007-12-22T07:18:00.000+05:302007-12-22T07:18:00.000+05:30The four stages of ‘churning of the milky ocean’ i...The four stages of ‘churning of the milky ocean’ in the ‘Hindu Mythology’ cryptically convey the three primary colours – ‘Red’, ‘Blue’ and ‘Yellow’ contained in white sunlight that are seen in rainbows, but with certain other colours also that result primarily from apparent combinations of these. That is, ‘Green’ seen in the middle is formed when Blue & Yellow are combined; ‘Orange’ when Red & JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-66104229660429000692007-12-21T18:39:00.000+05:302007-12-21T18:39:00.000+05:30The ‘wise advanced Hindus’, therefore, advised one...The ‘wise advanced Hindus’, therefore, advised one to seek God/ Durga within oneself, based on similar experiences and thereby reaching realization of the ‘Absolute truth’ of one and only Creator, who cannot ever be reached by an average man with the help of the ‘God given’ or ‘natural’ five numbers physical senses while keeping the Sixth and themost important one with Himself for providing that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-37423813846528504562007-12-21T18:07:00.000+05:302007-12-21T18:07:00.000+05:30Kavitha, in the space for messages one Shri Shreer...Kavitha, in the space for messages one Shri Shreeram Balijepalli has drawn your attention to a site where, as per him, articles on similar topics etc, and ‘Srividya way of worship’ etc is given, copy shown below. <BR/>21 Dec 07, 03:12<BR/>shreeram Balijepalli: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru this is the link..<BR/>21 Dec 07, 03:12<BR/>shreeram Balijepalli: Please join the JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-35522971948575284942007-12-21T12:37:00.000+05:302007-12-21T12:37:00.000+05:30But, in the ‘present’ that was, in fact, the ‘past...But, in the ‘present’ that was, in fact, the ‘past’ in the life of Krishna the churner, when he had just started the churning, obviously the ‘characters’ in human form even were all ‘wilder’, as obviously seen ‘today’, just as one finds ‘wild animals’ in the forests at all times. Even ‘today’, experts, or Gurus in different fields, are seen, whose job it is to tame the ‘wild animals’, be they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-47104432296750828672007-12-21T12:17:00.001+05:302007-12-21T12:17:00.001+05:30However, the stories also cite examples of childre...However, the stories also cite examples of children, viz. Prahlad, Dhruva etc. who at a very young age received the believable enlightenment, which the story of Krishna also indicates him as an exceptionally lucky and miraculous child even when he apparently appeared in Dwaper-yuga, which believably is the middle stage. And in Gita he says that anybody could reach Him, with the only condition Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-84543769634685043912007-12-21T12:17:00.000+05:302007-12-21T12:17:00.000+05:30However, the stories also cite examples of childre...However, the stories also cite examples of children, viz. Prahlad, Dhruva etc. who at a very young age received the believable enlightenment, which the story of Krishna also indicates him as an exceptionally lucky and miraculous child even when he apparently appeared in Dwaper-yuga, which believably is the middle stage. And in Gita he says that anybody could reach Him, with the only condition JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.com