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musings 283

April 19, 2024, 12:56 am

A plant or tree does not stop growing and continuesto grow leaves and sprouts and flowers too even if they are going to be eaten by a goat or cattle, or are going to be whittled down by cutter's...

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chatuH shashtypachaaraadyaa चतुःषष्टि उपचाराढ्या

April 19, 2024, 3:37 pm

Mother Lalithambika.. Rajarajeshvari.. Mahatripurasundari.. is addressed as chatuH shashtypachaaraadyaa चतुःषष्टि उपचाराढ्या the one who is worshipped by devotees with sixty four upacharas.The Sixty...

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I would prefer to have that black scoundrel Krishna as the resting place for...

April 19, 2024, 3:41 pm

Read a post about a plumber who faced all the trouble In the world during his working hours and was tense all over but would leave all such troubles on a tree outside his house before he joined his...

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गुरूणां माता गरीयसी

April 19, 2024, 4:30 pm

गुरूणां माता गरीयसी॥४॥७४॥सर्व्वावस्थासु माता भर्तव्या॥४॥७५॥चाणक्यसूत्रंgurūṇāṁ mātā garīyasī||4||74||sarvvāvasthāsu mātā bhartavyā||4||75||cāṇakyasūtraṁChanakya underlines the supreme importance of...

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We are trying to understand the mind of God through interpretations,...

April 19, 2024, 10:53 pm

We are trying to understand the mind of God through interpretations, inferences and statements contained in spiritual lore..Actually we are trying to restrict or limit the scope of Divine will through...

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Why are we worshiping the Universal Being Hari in mere idol.. Imagining that...

April 19, 2024, 10:58 pm

Why are we worshiping the Universal Being Hari in mere idol.. Imagining that He is the idol?The inherent contradiction in our action of limiting Lord Narayana who is present everywhere to some Idol or...

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Before cutting a twig from a Vanaspathi or a tree which is of great longevity

April 20, 2024, 1:20 am

Before cutting a twig of about ten inches from a Vanaspathi..or a tree which is of great longevity,which gives out lots of fruits but the flowering may not be evident..when the twig is cut from that...

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musings 284

April 20, 2024, 1:23 am

Often, when I give a lot of quotations from Sanskrit, the readers get the wrong impression that I am a deeply ritual -bound persons..I am a believer, and my faith in God is absolute..Though to give a...

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उच्चैस्तरां मत्सरिणोऽपि लोकाः कुर्वन्ति संसत्सु पुरः प्रशंसां

April 20, 2024, 1:26 am

उच्चैस्तरां मत्सरिणोऽपि लोकाःकुर्वन्ति संसत्सु पुरः प्रशंसां।न पण्डितैर्विश्वसितव्यमत्रतत्सौहृदं यत् क्रियते परोक्षम्॥महासुभाषितसङ्ग्रहे ६३५०uccaistarāṁ matsariṇo'pi lokāḥkurvanti saṁsatsu puraḥ...

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Eternal pranams to the internet and the blessed sites like archive.org and...

April 20, 2024, 1:32 am

Eternal pranams to the internet and the blessed sites like archive.org and the site of archaeological survey of india which provide full access to thousands of great texts and materials on Indian...

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musings 285

April 20, 2024, 1:35 am

Thought is the rider.. Language is just the vehicle.. If one commands a nice way of presentation, it is like having a vehicle with smooth body, wheels and non jerky breaks and perhaps very fluffy...

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मातुः पयोधररसं न पुनः पिबन्ति

April 20, 2024, 10:40 pm

ब्रह्मोवाचये मानवा विगतरागपरापरज्ञा नारायणम् सुरगुरुं सततं स्मरन्ति।ध्यानेन तेन हतकिल्बिषचेतनास्ते मातुः पयोधररसं न पुनः पिबन्ति॥३॥पाण्डवगीतासुbrahmovācaye mānavā vigatarāgaparāparajñā nārāyaṇam...

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ओं अग्निरिति भस्म जलमिति भस्म स्थलमिति भस्म व्योमेति भस्म सर्वं ह वा इदं भस्म...

April 20, 2024, 10:51 pm

ओं अग्निरिति भस्म जलमिति भस्म स्थलमिति भस्म व्योमेति भस्मसर्वं ह वा इदं भस्म चक्षुंसि भस्मoṃ agniriti bhasma jalamiti bhasma sthalamiti bhasma vyometi bhasmasarvaṃ ha vā idaṃ bhasma cakṣuṃsi bhasmaഓം...

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Of course, there are poetic thinkers and thinking poets

April 20, 2024, 11:02 pm

A thinker may be a poet, and a poet would be a thinker too.And either of them should be effective speakers and writersThoughts and poetry evolve in the mind but they reach their consummation only when...

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he ritualistic part of the religion carries with it the celebration part too

April 20, 2024, 11:20 pm

The ritualistic part of the religion carries with it the celebration part too..Every festival is accompanied by eating and enjoying.. And with some core festivals, like say Onam in Kerala, or Pongal in...

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My idea was to show my deep appreciation for the glory and tolerance of the...

April 20, 2024, 11:27 pm

If various strains of religious cults fused themselves to a reasonably homogeneous sect, there is nothing to talk with an upturned nose and assumed holiness looking down upon it.. One essential utility...

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Our ancient culture and religion are really two separate entities

April 21, 2024, 1:49 pm

Our ancient culture and religion are really two separate entities.But quite unlike the western civilizations, every philosophic tenet has a religious face and vice versa.You may be able to study...

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That is the beauty of Indian thought.. Indians are never dogmatic

April 22, 2024, 3:00 am

when we study the wise sayings and philosophies set out in old texts, we find that sometimes ideas which are absolutely contradictory to one another are canvassed as the ideals under different...

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one alternate name for Mother Earth is Kshama which means patience

April 22, 2024, 3:08 am

For Vedic rites, collecting twigs, kusha and doova grass, earth from the colonies of ants, all were done after invoking the permission of the herb or creature concerned.. permission is sought from the...

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A confession to Varuna, the protector of Order in the universe, that we make...

April 22, 2024, 11:29 pm

A confession to Varuna, the protector of Order in the universe, that we make every evening after our Evening water oblations to SandhyaThis is a mantram in Rigvedam and Yajurvedam too.इमं मे वरुण...

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