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God As Mother
As I have been mentioning in my posts, Hinduism relates to God in a very personal way, though The Vedas declare that The Reality .is Formless, Attribute-less' Yet Worship of Personal God(Iswara) is...
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Identify The Tools of The Mind Patanjali Yoga Sutra 6
We have seen in the earlier Sutra that one has to manage pleasures by understanding the Modifications of the Mind, which one makes us immersed in them to such an extent as to lose ourselves. We need...
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Number Eight Unreachable?
The concept of Numbers in Hinduism is unique. For them, Infinity is a Positive Concept as Darkness. The absence of Infinity is Finite and the absence of Darkness is Light The take things, as it were,...
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How To Be ‘Aware’ Yoga Sutra 1.7 Patanjali
‘Prathyakshanu maanagamaa Pramaanaani’ Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.7 Attitude towards Life is determined by one’s source of Knowledge. Here, as I have been using hitherto, I use’ Knowledge’ in its prime...
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God Is Not Above The Cosmic Law Krishna’s Death
After I finished posting the blog ‘ When Rama Realized he Was Brahman’. I recalled another one from the Puranas. This incident explains the law of Karma(Please read my posts on this under Hinduism)...
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Temple Accounts Are Submitted To God Daily Madurai
God is treated as the head of the Family in Hindu families. They are called Kula Deivam' in Tamil, literal meaning, head of Clan. Any auspicious ceremony at Homes is preceded by a Pooja to this Deity,...
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Family Deity Personal Deity
Vedas do not advocate Temple Worship or Collective/Public Worship. It does not mention Temples at all. Yet Hinduism has many Gods and Temples. For an explanation please read my post God has Name and...
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Knowledge Systems Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.8
After explaining what the instruments or tools of Knowledge are, Patanjali sets on defining Correct and incorrect Knowledge. Knowledge is simply Awareness, that there is something. This is the...
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How To Communicate, Words Patanjali Yoga 1.9
In our Daily Life we hear a lot of words and we listen to some. We react to them, by replying, feeling Happy, sad, angry or sad. Some times, a quarrel ensures leading to a trading of blows, even murder...
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‘Direct Experience ‘ Yoga Sutra Explains
The senses alone will not provide us with experience, One may have eyes, but can not see,Blind. So the 'act of seeing' is a separate function. Same with the other senses. Therefore, Indian Philosophy...
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Belief Faith and Miracles
My son was telling me( he is a Believer, Agnostic and a Non believer, all rolled into one, don’t ask me how, he is-I do not tell him what he should,on occasions I used to suggest him when he is that...
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Sleep Stages, ‘Not Absence Of Thoughts’ Yoga Sutra 1.10
Sleep and Dreams, are the two states of which we know precious little. Sigmund Freud, in his attempt to interpret the Dreams, has set up a system of Psychiatry, blames every one for their actions but...
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Directing The Mind, Yoga Sutra 1.12
Explaining that the modifications of the Chithi,Yoga delves further into describing the tool that can make the Modifications extinct and enable the Individual to return to his original Self or His...
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When God Rushes Across The River Chithirai Festival Madurai
Ever heard of God rushing across the River to provide Salvation? Lord Vishnu Does. Every year Lord Vishnu,Kallazhakar from Azahkar Koil, near Madurai,Tamil Nadu,India, on the Pradhamai(the next Day...
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God Gets Married Madurai Chithirai Fesival
Goddess Meenakshi weds Lord Sunareswarar in Madurai. Lord Vishnu gives His younger sister Goddess Meenakshi away to lord Shiva, Sundareswarar in Madurai. This festival is celebrated in Madurai,Tamil...
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How To ‘Practice, Resolution’ Yoga Sutra 1.13
Having spoken about the prerequisites for streamlining the Mind to enable it to do our bidding, Patanjali tells us how, Practice.This is closely associated with and inspired by, our resolutions. The...
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Perfecting Practice Yoga Sutra 1.14
In Yoga Sutra 1.14, Patanjali tells us how to make the Practice Perfect. In Sutra 1.13,it was explained how one should go about practicing without bothering about the opinion and comments by the...
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How Full Minus Full Is Full Isa Upanishad
Now onto the Receiver of Knowledge. Knowledge is awareness. Whether it is correct or incorrect Right or Wrong comes later. How are we of things or people? Either we experience them or we know of them...
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Indifference Better Yoga Sutra 1.16
Detachment has been explained as an effective tool in controlling the modifications of the Mind in the last sloka (1.15) As I have explained in the post, Performance of Action without attachments is...
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Who Owns The World Isa Upanishad 1
The World is run by Principles. Nothing in the world is without a reason or Direction. Execution of a simple job needs planning and direction. The world runs and IS with clock like precision. These...
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