tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post8009429780458332132..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: Jyotirlinga - Kasi Vishwanath, VaranasiKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-71037460507353260572008-04-30T00:22:00.000+05:302008-04-30T00:22:00.000+05:30Help please.I visited India when i was younger.I v...Help please.<BR/>I visited India when i was younger.<BR/>I visited several different Temples.<BR/>I heard one, accurately predicted movement of the earth poles, and seasons etc, hundreds of years before scientists did? Can anyone supply me with links, or/ and info on this please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-29820171839559208922007-07-29T07:29:00.000+05:302007-07-29T07:29:00.000+05:30Guru Purnima falls on a Sunday, 'the day of rest f...Guru Purnima falls on a Sunday, 'the day of rest for Formless God' but not for Krishna the God in human form!<BR/><BR/>Although the Hindu mythology cryptically indicates it through the story of Shiva-Parvati marriage, through the present day scientists also we have come to learn that moon had perhaps evolved from earth itself, or in other words, from earth-moon, which in the words of the ancient Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-27871623065125404072007-07-28T20:07:00.000+05:302007-07-28T20:07:00.000+05:30Yes, of course, the ancients realized that man is ...Yes, of course, the ancients realized that man is the doer, but with a difference, for although he performs a variety of actions during one life time, he remains all the while under the control of a Supreme being, a reflection of which is apparent in humans operating a variety of machines apparently for different purposes in his day-to-day life…And, like he has different experts for operations Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-35141709891575766052007-07-28T09:20:00.000+05:302007-07-28T09:20:00.000+05:30At least some of the stories indicate how astrolog...At least some of the stories indicate how astrology was once upon a time much advanced in ‘India that was Mahabharata’. Although Valmiki Ramayana was believably written before the birth of Rama, many sages reportedly could predict right after the birth of an individual what future had in store for one without the need for studying one’s genetic code, and fiddling with the concerned genes to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-6033405221971930302007-07-27T19:10:00.000+05:302007-07-27T19:10:00.000+05:30With the background belief of Hindu mythology of ‘...With the background belief of Hindu mythology of ‘Panchatatva’, ‘Panchabhoota’, & ‘Panchaparmeshwar’, etc. in mind, it would be noticed that a pyramid is also defined by five points; four at the base and one at the top. That is to say that the five points jointly together apparently result in trapping of some component of the cosmic energy within the material form of a pyramid...<BR/> <BR/>To Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-29743087920212408242007-07-27T18:25:00.000+05:302007-07-27T18:25:00.000+05:30As we have seen earlier also, the wise Hindus, or ...As we have seen earlier also, the wise Hindus, or Yogis, that is, the temporary abodes of ‘elevated souls’, realized all physical forms as illusory images of the one and only Formless being that are being reviewed by It in apparent time, in 1080 cycles from apparent perfect physical form of Shiva/ Vishnu at the beginning of each cycle (Satyuga’s end) to his multiple imperfect images that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-21012771237741867572007-07-27T12:49:00.000+05:302007-07-27T12:49:00.000+05:30Krishna is referred as Yogiraja or the King of Yog...Krishna is referred as Yogiraja or the King of Yogis, that is, those who consciously or unconsciously attempt developing communication with the formless within the self through acquiring a thoughtless stage, or detachment with the exterior world through ‘tapasya’ or ‘meditation’, that is, a minimum thought stage to start with for step by step training of the five naturally provided physical Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-49477398876819267932007-07-27T10:54:00.000+05:302007-07-27T10:54:00.000+05:30Even if one is apparently securely seated within o...Even if one is apparently securely seated within one’s abode, but in darkness, just a crackling sound in the courtyard, say, reaching his ears would alert him/ her…One would then consciously conjure up various images in his mind’s eye that could be associated with that sound – a cat, or a burglar, or even a leopard these days, and maybe a scary ghost; like in dreams, which however believably Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-29433762007512563402007-07-27T08:36:00.000+05:302007-07-27T08:36:00.000+05:30In the early eighties, my father needed surgery, b...In the early eighties, my father needed surgery, both for hernia as well as enlarged prostrate gland. Talking of mind-set, he had a firm belief that if operated upon he would die. In fact, he was afraid of the idea itself, that is of admission in a hospital, because in his days in British India, he had seen only serious patients in their last stages being admitted there, who therefore had a rare Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-32123267098362731272007-07-27T07:36:00.000+05:302007-07-27T07:36:00.000+05:30The essence, or ‘satva’, or ‘satya’ that is ‘Truth...The essence, or ‘satva’, or ‘satya’ that is ‘Truth’ of human life is that it is mysterious, and perhaps, therefore, interesting and inspiring to the ‘seeker’ since time immemorial leading ancient man to believe Creator to ever remain mysterious as well as mischievous! <BR/><BR/>An up-to-date ‘scientist’ today perhaps can know almost everything about material content of whatever he has access to, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-17019880514964360182007-07-26T18:08:00.000+05:302007-07-26T18:08:00.000+05:30The problem in visualization of the Formless Creat...The problem in visualization of the Formless Creator’s possible infinite capacity is our negligible capacity to utilize our brain to its full capacity, thanks to ‘Mahakal’ the controller of apparent time... <BR/><BR/>It believably is part of a grand design related with Time in terms of unending cycles of Maha Yugas while human life-span, one century compared to billions of years, relatively is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-16447837995735092282007-07-26T11:31:00.000+05:302007-07-26T11:31:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha, When Roman Empire was at its peak, the...Hi Kavitha, When Roman Empire was at its peak, there was a popular saying, “All roads lead to Rome.” <BR/><BR/>The above essence could perhaps help in similarly visualizing only 108 names of the physical God, by humans as His models, therefore, say, 10% of 1080 names given to physical characters at the start of each Satyuga. The drama believably being witnessed by the Formless during each day inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-44553811553598878562007-07-26T10:09:00.000+05:302007-07-26T10:09:00.000+05:30Joshi Uncle I have one question.... why has the fo...Joshi Uncle <BR/><BR/>I have one question.... why has the formless Shiva been given so many names, some of which do not have mythology attached to them. <BR/><BR/>Though I understand that some of these names were composed in poetry under sheer devotion, i would believe they had a meaning associated with every name that suggested the character of this deity....<BR/><BR/>108 names to Lord Shiva or Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-10676049734729802332007-07-26T07:11:00.000+05:302007-07-26T07:11:00.000+05:30“Rome was not built in a day,” reflects the appear...“Rome was not built in a day,” reflects the appearance of the essence of thoughts in human mind – believably as an imperfect model of perfect God Himself - in order to visualize the wonderful aspect of Creation by the (Formless) Creator of the ever changing physical universe, a perfect unending system, at any point of time since time immemorial… <BR/><BR/>The wise ancients who could manage to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-44127123141876424442007-07-25T19:54:00.000+05:302007-07-25T19:54:00.000+05:30Although it is difficult to visualize - realizing ...Although it is difficult to visualize - realizing physical forms to be illusory or ‘mayavi’, like characters, or objects, in human dreams – the wise ancients advised one to remain unmoved by false external appearances/ births and disappearances/ deaths of physical forms, which according to them was just a part of the script of the drama, which was in reality being witnessed by the one and only Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-87473394803757319662007-07-25T14:04:00.000+05:302007-07-25T14:04:00.000+05:30One could easily visualize Sun, in our solar syste...One could easily visualize Sun, in our solar system, to represent ‘Fire’. And also as one out of literally the ‘five ghosts’, the ‘Panchabhoota’. Or, as one of the five vital parts, or elements, that, is ‘Panchtatva’, of ‘Mahashiva’ that is, the solar system. The system is continuing since time immemorial or the remote ‘Past’, which in Sanskrit, is also expressed by the word ‘bhoot’...<BR/> <BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-63761705503113366352007-07-25T11:31:00.000+05:302007-07-25T11:31:00.000+05:30The Hindu mythological story related with the chur...The Hindu mythological story related with the churning of the ‘Kshirsagar’ or ‘milky ocean’, using Mandara Hills, (thus referring to the African Continent, which today also is realized as the root of the Homo sapiens, that is, the Modern man all over the world), and celestial serpent Vasuki for rope for the specific purpose by demons the selfish and devtas the selfless humans, in simple words Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-86031677450424928752007-07-25T09:26:00.000+05:302007-07-25T09:26:00.000+05:30The Hindu Mythology is about firm faith in the unb...The Hindu Mythology is about firm faith in the unborn and unending Nirakar or Formless as the omnipotent and omnipotent Creator. <BR/>And, all apparent physical forms are believed to be His Own Images that all are inferior - being of a transient nature. These are apparently undergoing changes with unending apparent time while existing in the infinite universe, that is, the Creator Himself for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-32664481867212914722007-07-24T21:33:00.000+05:302007-07-24T21:33:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha,Hindu Mythology is all about in-depth u...Hi Kavitha,<BR/><BR/>Hindu Mythology is all about in-depth understanding of illusory ‘Nature’ by the ancient ‘Hindus’ - like the present day apparent realization also, which although apparently is still to reach the Absolute Truth unlke the ancients - that the microcosm and macrocosm, both, are functioning similarly, such that the infinite universe is apparently working like a super computer; as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com