tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post7384608702015905781..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: Arti at Chidambaram Nataraja TempleKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-14020915909156835142007-09-24T06:59:00.000+05:302007-09-24T06:59:00.000+05:30As per Hindu Philosophy, the Formless Creator is r...As per Hindu Philosophy, the Formless Creator is related with time and space zero. Thus the entire ‘Creation’ (to make it possible to reach the immortal solar system as the essence of the infinite universal void) was completed in zero time. Thus, when He, believably as Bhootnath Shiva, is believably reviewing the creation from infinity to zero, or the stage of perfection to the beginning stage ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-27988894454988999262007-09-23T07:30:00.000+05:302007-09-23T07:30:00.000+05:30Kavitha, I had indicated at some places that Lord ...Kavitha, I had indicated at some places that Lord Vishu is generally believed to recline in West-East direction... <BR/><BR/>Thanks to Shri TR Krishnakumaran, I have learnt from Wikipedia on hte Internet, "Srivaishnava shrines that were sung about by Azhvars (divine saints) are called divya desams. There are 108 divya desams in total. Two of these are not in this material world - Parama padam (atAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-25404106429016587712007-09-22T12:07:00.000+05:302007-09-22T12:07:00.000+05:30Based on Hindu Mythology, essentially, ‘I’ visuali...Based on Hindu Mythology, essentially, ‘I’ visualize immortal ‘Nirakar Nadbindu’ as the original ‘Divine Person’, the cause of innumerable thoughts within zero time that believably got reflected in innumerable physical forms, as its own hierarchical images, which apparently fill the infinite void of the universe. And, in these physical forms, members of the solar system reflect its ‘true immortalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-48941248269457652222007-09-22T08:44:00.000+05:302007-09-22T08:44:00.000+05:30Sorry! Please read ninth century in place of ninty...Sorry! Please read ninth century in place of ninty century...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-26030468699716280372007-09-22T08:41:00.000+05:302007-09-22T08:41:00.000+05:30Kavitha, Perhaps a ‘coincidence’, I just now read ...Kavitha, Perhaps a ‘coincidence’, I just now read in ‘my’ newspaper the reporting with the title, ‘Bahubali statue with flowing hair found’. The news item originating in Bangalore reads, “This life-size Bahubali image of ninty century has long flowing hair unlike the ones you have seen. And the style resembles the Bahubali metal image of the 5th century, now preserved in the Metropolitan museum, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-16498806438886804562007-09-22T07:29:00.000+05:302007-09-22T07:29:00.000+05:30Kavitha, Talking of weapons, that is, ‘astra’, one...Kavitha, Talking of weapons, that is, ‘astra’, one life-time isn't enough to know about just one subject. However, one gets introduced to some examples as essence. For example, there was once a news item in ‘my’ newspaper how a motorcyclist was going along the correct side of the road when a speeding truck - loaded with CGI sheets - overtook him. At that very moment, as his ‘bad luck’ or a rare ‘Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-88692861794361262852007-09-21T21:43:00.000+05:302007-09-21T21:43:00.000+05:30With the background of 'Vedanta' expressing the ‘A...With the background of 'Vedanta' expressing the ‘Absolute truth’, the apparent ‘Truth’ related with confusion at the end of Kaliyuga when our Sun, that is, Brahma is preparing to go to sleep, having believably completed 4.6 billiion years that comprise its one day, ‘I’ think, an ‘engineer’ or an ‘architect’, because he/ she deals with drawings at the planning part itself, even before a structure/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-32467385225463576592007-09-21T08:04:00.000+05:302007-09-21T08:04:00.000+05:30Krishna says He appears in various physical forms,...Krishna says He appears in various physical forms, and cites how He is ‘the best’ in all the varieties of apparent forms, which although only are projections of light/ energy - appear real to animals including humans as their leader - as His Own models or ‘images’ because of Yogmaya the art of creating illusion through apparent imperfections in the apparent physical senses! <BR/><BR/>Perhaps ‘Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-34341706000698387542007-09-21T06:32:00.000+05:302007-09-21T06:32:00.000+05:30God is mischievous! In the make-believe world of C...God is mischievous! In the make-believe world of Cinema, for example, there are two characters, Salman and Sanjaya, maybe it is a pure coincidence that both names start from letter ‘S’, like Saraswati’s the Goddess of Learning, and both are now ‘running from pillar to post’ due to lack of knowledge – and are chased by cameramen for common man’s knowledge too that the ‘Vaishnava thoughts’ (Vishnu Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-75768421620208342202007-09-20T20:40:00.000+05:302007-09-20T20:40:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha, ‘I’ write so because ‘I’ am convinced,...Hi Kavitha, ‘I’ write so because ‘I’ am convinced, after ‘churning of the thoughts’ from left to right and from top to bottom’ while attempting to remain aware of the centre always, that Sun-Moon-Earth, together, make up the ‘Trimurty’ of Brahma-Vishnu-Mahesha, as the true image of the formless Creator that jointly represent Mahashiva…Of course, with assistant of the other HBs, such as Mars and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-18237566487948800032007-09-20T18:24:00.000+05:302007-09-20T18:24:00.000+05:30Hi Joshi Uncle,You have made many references to as...Hi Joshi Uncle,<BR/><BR/>You have made many references to asthras, the latest being brahmastra. Should it be taken so literally? <BR/><BR/>There is a full possibility that you are right about the chemical nature of it, but given the concept of asthras, they could have been for various other kinds of purposes... of a much smaller nature.<BR/><BR/>Ashtras used to ward off enemies, to save oneself Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-42335449293316325232007-09-20T16:43:00.000+05:302007-09-20T16:43:00.000+05:30If anyone is reading the comments, please read ‘so...If anyone is reading the comments, please read ‘southwest coastal region’ in place of ‘northwest…’:-)<BR/><BR/>As is well known, it is the southwest coastal region in India that acts as the origin of the ‘churning’ created by the ‘panchabhoota’ in the form of annual southwest monsoon, the cause of the ‘water cycle’ in which the northeast region of the lower Himalayas plays an important role of 'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-41874538295639079822007-09-20T11:51:00.000+05:302007-09-20T11:51:00.000+05:30“The world has to move forward with nuclear power ...“The world has to move forward with nuclear power as an inevitable option.”<BR/> <BR/>‘My’ newspaper, in ‘A thought for today’, has presented Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Shri Anil Kakodkar’s, perhaps the ‘mind opening’ quotation in the eyes of the editor, the age old ‘Truth’ known even to the ancient made to appear 'foolish', but perhaps ‘wiser Hindus’ than the ‘present day’ ‘wise Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-18226804447747844452007-09-20T07:17:00.000+05:302007-09-20T07:17:00.000+05:30I just wanted to add that the Twenty20 Cricket mat...I just wanted to add that the Twenty20 Cricket matches, the latest source of excitement and entertainment for the present day youth are presently being played in (South) Africa, the once 'dark continent' (projection on the surface of earth of Ma Kali who according to hindus resides at the heart of shiva/ core of earth) believed as the ‘root’ of the ‘present day’ Homo sapiens all over the world…A Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-20309820461027325572007-09-19T19:37:00.000+05:302007-09-19T19:37:00.000+05:30Formless Creator is mischievous – as ‘Krishna’ was...Formless Creator is mischievous – as ‘Krishna’ was also believably understood as such... <BR/><BR/>In all aspects of life, as part of a grand design, it reflects itself in three major physical forms, expressed by the ‘wise Hindus’ as Brahma-Vishnu-Mahesha, the three broad aspects of the Formless, and yet an average human being fails to see Her hand although he/ she/ it is provided look at the ‘Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-21399003205078053742007-09-19T13:06:00.000+05:302007-09-19T13:06:00.000+05:30Talking of "churning" of thoughts,let us now try t...Talking of "churning" of thoughts,let us now try traveling up from the core of earth (where Ma Kali believably resides)!<BR/><BR/>It is observed by characters - categorized as ‘scientists’ today - that tonnes of soil gets deposited upon the surface of our planet earth annually from space, such that it is growing fatter along the Equator (perhaps becoming ‘Ganesha-like-lambodar’, that is, pot Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-80243058507174265342007-09-19T06:46:00.000+05:302007-09-19T06:46:00.000+05:30“Travelling is education.”Let’s try to see our pla...“Travelling is education.”<BR/><BR/>Let’s try to see our planet through the eyes of an astronaut from a newspaper report a few decades ago... Recalling it from memory, an American astronaut reportedly expressed how when the spaceship had escaped the gravitational field of earth and proceeded ahead on its onward journey to moon, he saw the earth becoming smaller while moon grew bigger in size... <Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-45486453855547181162007-09-18T17:59:00.000+05:302007-09-18T17:59:00.000+05:30It is the state of mind that apparently matters. T...It is the state of mind that apparently matters. The environment determines man’s behaviour. If a person is lost, say, in an interesting film for a few hours inside a cinema hall, she becomes cut off physically and mentally from the knowledge of the external world and the apparent turmoil in, say, the field of ‘politics’, irrespective of who or which party 'rules'...<BR/><BR/>Similarly, a temple Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-13892584954444378682007-09-18T09:21:00.000+05:302007-09-18T09:21:00.000+05:30"Hari ananta/ Hari katha ananta..."‘Nadbindu’ beli..."Hari ananta/ Hari katha ananta..."<BR/><BR/>‘Nadbindu’ believably created innumerable physical forms of the apparently infinite universe... <BR/><BR/>The building block of the universe today is called a Galaxy, which believably houses a ‘Black Hole’ in its centre, a ‘Heavenly Body (HB)’ that possesses super gravity compared to other HBs contained within it, to be able to make all other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-43818299644492262352007-09-18T07:27:00.000+05:302007-09-18T07:27:00.000+05:30Good morning Kavitha, It's a good description of t...Good morning Kavitha, It's a good description of the enjoyable visit.<BR/>I just would like to repeat as background of 'Hindu Philosophy' the following, 'Truth' in the words ow 'wise Hindus'...<BR/><BR/>‘Hindus’ believed God to be the one and only formless point source of energy called (Nirakar) Nadbindu. HE/ IT was also called ‘Shambhu’, an abbreviation ‘of Svayam-bhu’, that is, the one who Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com