Hara Hara Mahadeva!
Mahashivaratri is upon us and I haven't seen any posts. What will those who observe this festival be doing? I have just come down with some sort of lurgy so I'm worried I might not be able to attend. My regular temple no longer allows devotees to attend and perform worship...
Namaste, Jai Ma
Seems I've started quite a few threads in the last week. We go from me barely posting to me posting a lot! Clearly the way to get me posting is to irritate me until I can't keep silent!
The topic for this thread today is the idea I keep seeing pop up about a universal guru...
Woo boy. This is gonna get long.
Namaste, my friends and family (Aup has adopted me as his stupid white grand daughter) of the Hindu DIR, today I am going to talk (type, lol), again, about Paramahamsa Nithyananda, populary known as Swami Ji by his disciples.
Now, I've mentioned this in the...
Namaste friends
Does anyone know much about Swami Nithyananda? Any followers of him here? I ask because I have encountered a couple of his devotees as they have a store front/mini temple across from the Shri Shiva Visnu temple on the other side of town.
They all seem very happy and it looks...
Namaste, my dear friends!
I have something of an aversion to Lakshmi Mata through no fault of Her own but through my experiences with the Hare Krishnas and, I believe, the way She is associated with Lord Visnu. I like Her better when She is one of the Dasa Mahavidyas, Kamala Ma, than I do as...
Namaste!
Everyone is so quiet! How is your sadhana going?
I read a book yesterday that perpetuates the myth that you must be born Hindu. That was frustrating! Thankfully it's from 1999 so it's almost 20 years out of date but it was still frustrating!
A while ago there was an argument within the community here about the gunas and despite how I tried I was unable to convince folks that tamas is not evil it is simply heavy, indolent and brings out our base emotions and needs. Ramakrishna has said exactly what I was trying to say here in this...
Namaste!
There is a YouTube channel called Crash Course and lately they've been covering religion and mythology. They just did an episode on us! I thought folks might like to see it.
How badly does it hurt, my Lord, to see you so sadly reduced. You stand for plurality; none other does so as grandly and yet so often you are abused.
You, my Lord, my teacher, my friend, who are without beginning and without end.
You, who is never born, to see you torn into leaves me...
This questions arose in my mind the other night. While not a Vaishnava myself I associate with plenty of Vaishnavs and some of ther belief has washed down on me.
Now, if we go back to Vrindavan to eternally serve Radhakrishn... and everyone eventually goes back... does Radhakrishna simply...
Namaste!
An interesting thing happened to me today. I had just returned to my car and was getting ready to drive to the train station when a gentleman in a turban knocked on the windows. I look up and he smiles down at me.
What follows is half an hour of talking; he tell I have a fiery tongue...
Please, do not take this as sectarian and try not to take this from a theistic angle either.
The question is, why do you as a person and not a devotee, think Visnu is the most popular of the Trimurti. Perhaps it is the rituals? The beliefs of the sects? Something about Visnu has capture the...
Go away Govinda,
It's not you I seek
Cast your gaze away, Gopalpriya
I will not let you goad me.
Let me see Her feet,
Do not lift your hem,
The dust of your feet does not interest me,
Oh Gopinatha.
Madhava, listen to me, please.
Talk to Her,
Convince Her, please,
To cast her lotus-eyed gaze...
Namaste
I have recently felt the stirrings of my love for Shiva and Shakta growing stronger again and so there has been on my mind a thought. Let me preface this as saying I have not heard this said by anyone but Vaishnavas but please do not feel I am attacking you.
Why do I keep seeing...
Namaste friends
I am wondering what is the etiquette that is followed at the bathing tanks that many temples have within their grounds? What is the etiquette for women vs men?
Thank you, everyone.
Devi Chaaya
I cannot watch the videos due to the fact that I am a work ( what do you mean, Chaaya? At work and posting on the internet? Outrageous!) But I noticed many of the comments saying about how he is the elected leader of the apex such and such and then claiming he was elected leader of Hinduism and...
Happy Radhastami, everyone.
This is definitely more the festival for me; I do not enjoy the crowds of Janmashtami but Radhastami tends to be a bit more laid back,
0 vs 1
I was sitting listening to a young man speak about the Bhagavad Gita tonight he brought up that our material desires and possessions are 0 and Krishna is 1 and I'm not explaining this well but I got to thinking.
0 is far more infinite than 1. He used the example of 0×1 and other such...
I'm reading reading a book at the moment, Science of Spirituality: Vol.9 b Divine Energy (Shakti) and I came across this paragraph that filled me with emotion.
3. Compassionate: Parvati is an icon of compassion. She is instantly moved by the poor and the downtrodden. She hears the anxious call...
http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/nirvana-not-the-band/
Mostly I'm posting this for the Hindus but I wanted to know what the Buddhists and Jains here think? I do not know much about Nirvana as according to Buddhism but I found it interesting to listen to right up until the boys began...