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If you thought wedding ceremonies can't get more bizarre than the groom breaking a wine glass by stepping on it at a Jewish wedding, or the Finnish bride going from door to door with a pillowcase to collect her wedding gifts accompanied by an old man with an umbrella, think again.
Not only are Baltic or Greek wedding traditions peculiar, some of our very own rituals surrounding the wedding can be as off-the-wall. True, a wedding brings happy tidings to the family, but it is after all the eclectic rituals associated with it that make for real memories.
The most common perception of a Hindu wedding is the lighting up of the Vedic fire around which the bride and groom walk seven times while the priest chants mantras. Assumingly for the sake of brevity, almost all television series or cinema dealing with a Hindu wedding conjures up an image similar to this. Then what about the many awkward and flamboyant rituals that precede or succeed it, rituals that are unique to every culture, rituals that are perhaps relevant no more but lovingly adhered to.
With the wedding season upon us, let's vet some truly obscure Indian wedding traditions that evoke emotions ranging from laughter, grimace, scorn, tears, to sheer amusement.
Bengali weddings: That the mother of the bride is not supposed to see the wedding is common knowledge. But did you know that on the day of the wedding, married women from the bride's family rise at the break of dawn and arrange a plate of aarti complete with sweets, twigs and incense, and go over to invite the Ganges to the wedding of their daughter. The holy river is believed to bless the girl in her future life.
Bihari weddings: This could be a rather curious post-wedding ritual performed by any groom's-side-of-the-family on bringing the bride home. Here an eager, expectant bride suddenly finds herself grappling with a huge earthen pot set on her head by her mother-in-law. Without losing time, few more pots are added to the pile while she is expected to bow down and touch the elders' feet. As the dramatic scene is played out, all and sundry gather to see how many pots the new bride actually balances, which is ostensibly an indicator of her skills at striking a balance in the family.
Tribal wedding in UP: Sarsaul, a small town in Kanpur district has given a new dimension to wedding hospitality. In keeping with the tradition, the baaratis here are not greeted with flowers and rose water spray, instead tomatoes and potatoes are hurled at them followed by a round of choicest abuses. Your sides might hurt imaging such a welcome, but the tradition takes root in the belief that a relationship that doesn't begin on a not-so-happy note always culminates in love.
Rabha weddings in Assam: The weddings of the Rabha tribes of Assam is an aesthetic affair. Performed as per Gandharva marriage tradition, the ceremony involves a simple exchange of garlands - no pheras around the fire, and a lavish feast to round it up with. An extremely patriarchal ritual, the newly wed on their first day together at the boy's family home is expected to give a hand in cooking the afternoon meal and serve only to the male, elderly members of the family. For the rest, food is served in subsequent batches by the helpers.
Malayalee weddings: How much the rest of the world frets about keeping the auspicious time for the wedding, tell this to the Nairs of Kerala and you'll manage a wry smile out of them. For them, the auspicious time is when they set out from their homes to marry in a temple or the ancestral home of the girl, and not the actual muhurat of the wedding. Like all Malayalee weddings, this too happens at daytime. A serene white wedding with a generous flash of gold jewellery, the bride and groom walk around the mandapam thrice - not seven times.
Kumaoni weddings: The use of flags in the marriage ceremony sets Himachali weddings apart. Traditionally, a white flag called 'Nishan' leads the marriage procession representing the bridegroom, followed by drummers, pipers and a white palanquin carrying the groom. The last man of the procession carries another flag, of red colour, representing the bride. When the marriage party returns from the girl's home after completing all ceremonies, the red flag takes the lead followed by a red palanquin of the bride, succeeded by the white palanquin of the groom, and the white flag at the tail end of the procession.
Tamil Brahmin weddings: At an Iyer wedding, just as the groom is about to step into the mandapam for the actual wedding ceremony, he has a change of mind and decides to pursue 'sanyaasam' (asceticism). An age-old Brahmin tradition 'Kasi Yaatrai' this, the bride's father too plays his part of a distressed father by reaching out to the groom and convincing him to take up 'Grahastham' (family life) with his daughter who would in turn support him in his spiritual pursuit. Umbrella, Bhagwad Gita, hand fan and sandals are the props used by the bride's father to win his would-be-son-in-law back.
The qualities of the perfect man according to this study are:
1. Six feet tall 2. Muscly, toned and athletic 3. Brown eyes 4. Short dark hair 5. Educated to degree level 6. Earns more than you 7. Earns 48,000 pounds a year 8. Drives an expensive car 9. Jokes around and has a laugh 10. Sensitive when you are upset 11. Tells you he loves you only when he means it 12. Admits it when he looks at other women 13. Wants a family 14. Rings mum regularly 15. Non smoker 16. Drinks beer or lager 17. Gorges on meat 18. Dresses smartly and is stylish 19. Enjoys shopping 20. Gets ready in about 17 minutes 21. Clean shaven 22. Smooth chest 23. Can swim 24. Can ride a bike 25. Can change a tyre 26. Watches soaps 27. Enjoys watching football 28. Holds a driving licence
You can do a lot to stop your mom-in-law from turning into monster-in-law. Here are some simple steps that can help you develop a great rapport with her.
Do your homework: Ask your husband for the issues that she may be touchy about. You may not know about family feuds and other such issues, so don't give your opinion before you know all the details. Also, get to know what she likes. If she loves saas-bahu serials then try and talk to her about it. It may be the ice-breaker that may lead to a great relationship with her.
Bring gifts: Won't you love it if a guests comes to your house with a gift in his/her hand. Similarly, you mother-in-law will appreciate your love for her a great deal more if you take some gifts for her every now and then.
Dress well: If you are out to impress, don't go dressed in clothes that are not ironed and hair that's not brushed properly. And skimpy clothes are a strict no-no. Similarly, it would do you good to not reveal the tattoo on your spine during your first meeting.
Don't compete with her: Accept the fact that a mother is bound to be possessive about her son. So, don't try and tell her how to cook for him. Even if your husband prefers your cooking to hers, don't point it out to her. Give her compliments about her culinary skills and even take recipes from her. A little flattery doesn't hurt, does it?
Be polite: If you can't be overtly nice, then at least be polite. Don't overrule what she has to say. Also, don't get into an argument or debate with her during your first meeting.
Call her often: To make sure that you communicate well with your mom-in-law call her at frequent intervals. Don't wait for her to call you. She will appreciate the fact that you keep in touch over the phone even when you can't be around.
Seek advice: Regardless of whether or not you plan to take it, take their advice. Your spouse's parents will be glad to feel that they still have some influence on their child's life.
Present a united front: Even if you have certain issues with your mom-in-law, don't wash the dirty linen in public. When you are attending a family event make sure that you don't pass snide remarks or discuss you differences in public.
Treat your spouse well in front of them: Parents are obviously very possessive about their kids, and the best way to earn their respect is to treat their child well.
Relax: The most important thing is to not get too nervous, your mother-in-law is bound to be as nervous about meeting you. Secondly, learn to forgive and forget. This simple rule will make your life a lot easier.
1 Once, all villagers decided to pray for rain, on the day of prayer all the People gathered but only one boy came with an umbrella. THAT'S FAITH
2 When you throw a baby in the air, she laughs because she knows you will catch her. THAT'S TRUST3 Every night we go to bed, without any assurance of being alive the next Morning but still we set the alarms to wake up. THAT'S
HOPE4 We plan big things for tomorrow in spite of zero knowledge of the future. THAT'S CONFIDENCE5 We see the world suffering, But still we get married ! THAT'S OVER CONFIDENCE :/
A week ago I asked my friends on Facebook about the craziest thirty-day challenges, and I got quite a few interesting ideas. I’m posting them here today, along with my own contributions.
These are all challenges that you won’t usually think about, yet some of them can be very powerful. I personally want to try some in the near future.
If you want to give them a shot as well, I’d love to hear about your experience, and I’d offer you a spot here to share it if you don’t have a blog.
Enough talk for now, below are 10 thirty-day challenges that nobody wants to take:
No smoking, coffee or alcohol. This is only valid if you currently smoke or drink. I know that you’d never do this if you are a smoker, but come one, it’s only for 30 days, after that you can smoke again, and this would be the perfect opportunity to show everyone that you can quit anytime you want (right?). Not drinking alcohol is easier, but still challenging, especially if you hang out in clubs with friends who like to drink. I personally neither drink nor smoke, even tough I did both for many years, and guess what? I can still hang around with my friends and have fun.
No television. If you watch 2 hours of television per day in the evening, that adds up to 60 hours per month in front of a box. A nice challenge would be to avoid television for one month, and perhaps to use that time for reading books.
No computer and internet. A bit more drastic than the previous one. If I’d stop using the computer now, I’d lose all my clients in three days. Indeed I rely on the internet for working everyday (like many of you do). Still, it would be nice to try this challenge, or at least to minimize the amount you spend online per day. If you want to go the extra mile, you could also get rid of your cellphone and other electronics.
No sex, porn or masturbation. Seriously, I have no idea of what would happen with this. Perhaps we would get a lot of energy and feel better, but I can’t say because I never tried.
Raw diet. If you’re already eating a raw diet, you may laugh at this, but for the rest of us adopting a raw diet for thirty days would be really challenging. Make sure to do some research first if you want to try this, as changing your diet is always a challenge for your body.
Socialize with 5 new people a day. A good way to fight shyness would be to meet and talk with 5 different people every day, preferably of the opposite sex. It will be hard at the beginning, but you’ll become more confident.
Yoga. I’ve never tried yoga, but a friend told me that she’s taking a 30 days challenge of 60-100 minutes of yoga classes every day, and that it’s really challenging.
Polyphasic sleep. I don’t know if 30 days would be enough, but polyphasic sleep is another interesting thing to try. There are many kinds of polyphasic schedules too choose from, the most extreme being of taking only 6 20-minutes naps per day (without any other sleep). Steve Pavlina has tried this in the past with success.
Becoming an optimist. This can be really fun. Every morning and every night before going to sleep, list 10 reasons why your day has been awesome.
Find a way to make extra money every day. You’ll probably not become rich by doing this but.. it’s wort a try. Do something every day that will make you some money, like listing something on Ebay, running errands for someone else or making a website. How much you earn is not important as long as you make something. Here are 43 make money ideas to get you started
Today I am a bit pissed off because I saw a TV programme, where Rahul Gandhi, the prospective future prime minister of India, was discussing Hindu terrorism with USA ( Wiki leaks ).
What a disgrace!
To take countless slaps on your face is COWARDICE.
If you are the type who will see your 16 year old daughters ass being groped by a lech , and will do nothing about it-- well , skip this piece.
Back lash by some fundamentalists, who on seeing unending spiritual prostitution, cried "Enough is enough!" can hardly be called terror.
We had a shrewd and over rated Muslim painter MF Hussain, who would not dare to paint the face of his own Prophet, but he would paint all Hindu gods nude, in sexual poses, just to be in the lime light.
The poor Indian, eating one half-meal a day, has only his Gods for rooting himself, and shunning easy way out stealing , prostitution and crime .
Poverty is due to 700 years of foreign slavery. In the 17th century, there were NO poor people in India, and Kohinoor laden India was the richest country in the world .
Here are some examples of Hussain's rabid art--there are dozens, I am just showing three.
Sita is revered more than own mother since 4000 BC.
Sita sitting on 10 headed Ravana's thigh, at Sri Lanka , both nude , combing her dishevelled hair, after the act -- and scout Hanuman aghast on seeing this immoral sexual act !!
Hanuman playing peeping Tom-- aghast at what is goin' on. The man on top in position 69 , is NOT Ravana or her husband Lord Rama! I dont want to write here who he is-- every Indian knows, who this third man in forest exile with Rama is . His blood will boil !!
A black Sita straddling Hanuman's tail,-- rather impaled by abstract. (The war could have been avoided if Sita went back to India from Lanka, after Hanuman showed Rama's ring and offered to take her back--as ordered by Rama. Virtuous Sita did NOT. I n Ramayana , Hanuman would NOT dare to look at Sita's face , only her feet, out of respect). Ravan is supposed to set Lanka on fire with his tail--here is is by abstract setting Goddess Sita on fire-- of a different carnal sort.
Above is Shiva's son Lord Ganesha's head in between nude Goddess Lakshmi's thighs. He has made sure by giving the lotus.
Above Shiva's son , Lord Ganesha's belly overhanging-- and as a signboard-- sarcasm
Above is an sex orgy between Hindu gods.Hindu gods like Lord Krishna and Shiva are depicted blue. He has made sure , we dont lose identity by highlighting the Sudarshan Chakra and Lord Ganesha beneath
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Above--total debauchery. A erect penis peeping through a Glory hole-- check out the piss orifice . This is depicted as a Shiva Lingam, by putting a snake around it ( artistic feedom, right? ) . Two lesbian wives Ganga and Saraswati have NO use for Lord Shiva's manhood and nothing to do with it and are relaxing after a 69 sexual session. Crows are eating the remains of what they have licked off each other's bodies .
By the way Shiva Lingam is Lord Shiva's PINEAL GLAND, not his penis-- as ridiculed by immature Vatican.
Contrary to Christian and Muslim propaganda -- and even what as some westernised Hindus believe, there is NOTHING as a lingam / yoni concept, in Sanatana Dharma. Lingam is a black meteoric stone cylindrical in shape, and the base runs off the water used to drip quench this powerful stone.
WHO HAS GIVEN THIS "MAD MAN HUSSAIN" SUCH LICENSE TO INSULT SANATANA DHARMA, AND 1 BILLION HINDUS ?
Why do some pea-brained Hindu celebrities who come regularly on foreign funded TV channels at prime-time 9 PM , support "angel Hussain -saab" ? They are quick to condemn protesting Indians as "inbred hindu bigots"?--
-- is it to curry favour with Vatican and Zionists , hoping to get an invite to white Christian nation embassy cock-tail dinners, for being their type of Indian, to inflate their egos and feel terrribly self important ?
We had white Christian missionaries who would go deep into the forest , lure a hopelessly poor tribal with 50 dollars of money, baptise his family, change his name from Hari to Harry , his wife's name from Muniamma to Mary, give him a hat to wear over his loincloth and disappear, leaving him in a deep Spiritual abyss --so that he can shine with his Lord and Master ALMIGHTY Pope and be a Cardinal soon .
You cannot be a Hindu heretic , because there is no standard set of dogmas in Hindu faith , written or unwritten, from which deviation could make you a heretic.
India is the only place on this planet where Jews have never been persecuted . There has never been an episode of anti Seminitism in India. Jews have been getting royally screwed all over the world, by all the people, all the time, for their inherent greed and selfishness.
Openness is the essence of Hinduism.
Gratitude is inherent, which makes this religion noble . Example: A Hindu will never ever neglect his aged and vulnerable parents.
Divorce rate within Hindus is the lowest in the world--it is a mindset . Marriage is NOT based on lust, but by sacred commitment of 7 pheras around a holy fire. No Hindu woman will go for silicon implants to save her marriage.
I will be writing a separate post on the subject GRATITUDE, which is the noblest of all virtues.
A true Hindu will not exploit vulnerability. Hinduism does not allow you to breach a trust. When a Hindu says "thank you", he really means it. When a Hindu greets you with a Namaste, he bows to the greatness in you.
There is great tolerance to other cultures and spiritual paths. The heart of Hinduism is oneness and inclusivity..
The Vedic rishis had stressed, there are many paths to the final goal.
This is why Hinduism has a multiplicity of Gods and Goddesses. This is why Hinduism abjures all divides and separates. It happily embraces all different paths.
This piece is for Roman Catholic Rahul Gandhi. He must understand the great Indian legacy he has to carry forward, and understand the meaning of Dharma.
It is also for the white man who has never understood a Hindu, despite ruling their destinies for several centuries.
I am a proud Hindu.
15% of the people on this planet are Hindu. It evolved in 9000 BC. In 7000 BC Hindu temples existed from Jerusalem to Urals to Vietnam-- during the benevolent rule of Aryan Indian king Emperor Vikramaditya.
Hinduism is a spiritual code. Know thyself is the quintessence.
It has no founder or a Supreme head. There is NO supreme middleman like the Pope who can canonise a human into a saint, by giving bullshit, to the unsuspecting masses.
It is a movement based on principles or evolved over time code of Dharma. It is a relentless pursuit of truth, flexible to suit all situations.
Hinduism does NOT care for individual leadership or hierarchy.
I have never said a prayer in my life--even when my ship was 38 miles off the eye of a Category 5 storm.
(Read my post SUPER TYPHOON BART, THE PERFECT STORM dated 22nd Dec 2010).
Who knows , tomorrow, I may be less cocky of my own abilities and could start praying fervently for deliverance.
This is the wonder of Hinduism. I don't care to visit temples, I don't care to pray, yet--I am a believing and practising Hindu.
Hinduism is the world's oldest religion 11000 years old, when the white man's land was under the quaternary ice age sheets.
Yet, Hinduism is NOT a religion. It is a way of life.
This is a religion without fundamentals or lack of compulsions. You cannot get ex-communicated for NOT toeing the line.
This is why India has never attacked any other country in the past history, but has been invaded again and again and again. If every Indian had picked up a stone like the Palestinians , we could have driven away the invaders long back or killed them like mad jackals on the school street, in one day, ages ago.
It is a faith so unique, that it gives space for every other religion. Hinduism has never claimed to be the only true religion.
Hinduism has never converted , by guile ( Christian missionaries ) or force ( Muslim ) -- nor has a army of missionaries , ramming it down unwilling throats.
I feel happy as a Hindu to meet people of other faiths, and converse with them, without being burdened by the conviction , that my religion is the best, and i have embarked on the right path, that every one else has missed.
Of my top 3 friends, one is Muslim, One is Roman Catholic, and one is Hindu. Both my children studied in Muslim majority school Hilltop School , Calicut for 12 years from LKG. The ratio of seats for Muslims is 90%-- as the school it is run by a Muslim trust. What you believe in we do to our children , right? My elder son was adjudged the best student of this Muslim school , the year he passed out. So, is there any discrimination? This school was so orthodox that on Friday , they took Muslim children to the mosque by bus.
Though we use the Bhagawat Gita to swear an oath, as set down by our British rulers in court--we do NOT have a single holy book, like the Bible or Koran. Such has been the tolerance to deviant beliefs.
I am proud of the diversity, the range, and the lofty metaphysical aspirations of Vedanta.
The eternal truths in the Vedas were written by our great seers without junk DNA in their bodies and king sized resonating pineal glands. It is NOT mere speculation of guesswork.
At the heart of Hinduism remains mans' essential quest for union with the Absolute supreme.
Hinduism is based on reason and NOT faith--unless the faith is an extension of reason. It has its won beliefs, timeless traditions, ethics, rituals, philosophy and theology.
The Bhagavad-Gita ( discourse just before the Mahabharata war in 4000 BC , from Charioteer Lord Krishna to Prince Arjuna ) conveys the essence of Hinduism as follows--.
He who hates no single being, is friendly and compassionate, free from self-regard and vanity, patient, contented, fixed on me in heart and mind, is dear to me.
Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed.
There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist. As the same person inhabits the body through childhood, youth, and old age, so too at the time of death he attains another body. The wise are not deluded by these changes.
He who is full of faith and zeal, and has subdued his senses attains knowledge; having attained knowledge, he soon attains supreme peace.
Do your duty. Sieze the moment. The time to do, is NOW.
The popularly recited Hindu invocation demonstrates this concern for universal kinship:
Om sarve bhavantu sukhinah. Sarve santu niraamayaah.
Sarve bhadraani pashyantu. Maa kaschid dukhbhaag bhavet.
May all beings be happy. May all beings be healthy.
May all beings experience prosperity. May none in the world suffer.
The unadulterated pluralism is captured in the ancient Sanskrit hymn:
Ekam sat vipraha bahudha vadanti
Truth is one, the wise call it by many names.
The Vedas evolved in 7000 BC, but was penned down in 5000 BC, on the banks of the Saraswati. It is NOT a set of preconceived ideas.
The fundamental deities are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. ( Creator/ preserver/ destroyer ) or Tamas/ Sattva Rajas of the Yin Yang trident.
Ancient India has survived over 12000 years, because Hinduism was developed along Spiritual lines, NOT materialistic lines.
Hinduism is a living organism-- a vest tree with countless branches.
Most Hindus believe in the doctrine of reincarnation. This is the belief that each of us has a soul and that our souls are involved in a cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
Reincarnation is tied closely to the doctrine of karma. Karma is the belief that the actions during the previous life determine the conditions of each person's birth.
Here is what a few people said of Hinduism, after understanding this religion that has NOT reduced itself to one man, one book, one faith.
Dr. Carl Sagan: The Hindu religion is the only one of the world's great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite, number of deaths and rebirths. It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond, to those of modern scientific cosmology. The most elegant and sublime of these is a representation of the creation of the universe at the beginning of each cosmic cycle, a motif known as
The dance of Shiva. In the upper right hand is a drum whose sound is the sound of creation. In the upper left hand is a tongue of flame, a reminder that the universe, now newly created, with billions of years from now will be utterly destroyed.
Mark Twain: "Land of religions, cradle of human race, birthplace of human speech, grandmother of legend, great grandmother of tradition. The land that all men desire to see and having seen once even by a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of the rest of the globe combined."
Albert Einstein: "When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous"
Henry David Thoreau: "In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita, in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seems puny and trivial."
Will Durant, American Historian:“India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of mature mind, understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all human beings.”
Max Muller, German Scholar:“There is no book in the world that is so thrilling, stirring and inspiring as the Upanishads.” (‘Sacred Books of the East’)
To the sceptic who wonders whether I have replaced one set of max Mueller lies with another bigger one—pl note. When Hindus are born their horoscopes are made. Every Indian Hindu does it. Mine was engraved on a palm leaf. My sons’ horoscopes are in a notebook. The horoscope gives the navagrahas and rashis. For Sri Rama of Ramayana who fought with Ravana in 4000 BC, his horoscope givesposition of different planets vis-a-vis zodiac constellations and nakshatras (visible stars) were: i) Sun in Aries; ii) Saturn in Libra; iii) Jupiter in Cancer; iv) Venus in Pisces; v) Mars in Capricorn; vi) Lunar month of Chaitra; vii) Ninth day after no moon; viii) Lagna as Cancer (cancer was rising in the east); ix) Moon on the Punarvasu (Gemini constellation & Pllux star). Max Mueller had no such information, nor will he ever understand all this.
Indian mutts have record of horoscopes of all our Vedic personalities, to give us time lines--we don't do bullshit guesswork or vested planting of dates , wrong by several millenniums, to suit the Bible time line where the cosmos was created at 9 AM on 23rd Oct 2004.. The below photo is the horoscope of Swami Vivekananda. All white men body talk about ancient astronomy and uses Indian Sanskrit words and credits it to Mayan, Cherokee India, Hopi, Egyptian, Greek civilisations or themselves -- they lifted everything out of Vedanta, and will never admit it. Every Hindu Indian has his own horoscope like the one below.
Jesus Christ was in India was 3 years to learn how to make horoscopes, do meditation, learn medicine, Mantra healing , Reiki scalar wave DNA blueprint healing etc-- as per modern Nostradamus Edgar Cayce readings, which is still available. 8000 Cayce readings dealing with Vedanta has been buried by Vatican.
Rich world famous authors like Lynn Mctaggart have lifted Vedanta,whole sale in her books The Field and The intention experiment-- yet all the credit she gives India is the praise , pseudo Indian Deepak Chopra heaped on her work.
Hindus themselves prefer to use the Sanskrit term sanatana dharma for their religious tradition. Sanatana as “eternal moral order” encourages Hindus to seek s and moral truth wherever it might be found, each individual must realize this truth through his or her own systematic effort.
Hindu scripture, based on the insights of Hindu sages and seers, serves primarily as a guidebook. But ultimately truth comes to us through direct consciousness of the divine or the ultimate reality. as GOD. Hindus refer to it as Brahman.. (This is not to be confused with Brahmin meaning priest.)
In many religions truth is delivered or revealed from a divine source and enters the world through a single agent: for example, Abraham in Judaism, Jesus Christ in Christianity, and Muhammad in Islam. These truths are then recorded in scriptures that serve as a source of knowledge of divine wisdom: the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament of the Christian Bible, and the Koran. In the Hindu tradition, by contrast, there is no single revelation) by which people may achieve knowledge of the divine or lead a life backed by religious law.
The Hindu tradition acknowledges that there are many paths by which people may seek and experience religious understanding and direction. It also claims that every individual has the potential to achieve enlightenment. .
Hinduism’s universal world-view and its willingness to accept and celebrate diverse philosophies, deities, symbols, and practices, makes it a religion that emphasizes similarities and shared characteristics rather than differences.
The Hindu tradition , unlike other religions --has always concerned itself with the human situation rather than the Hindu situation. Instead of basing its identity on separating Hindu from non-Hindu or believer from non-believer, Hinduism has sought to recognize principles and practices that would lead any individual to become a better human being and understand and live in harmony with dharma.
The distinction of dharma from the Western sense of religion is crucial to understanding Hindu religious identity Dharma is an all-important concept for Hindus. In addition to tradition and moral order, it also signifies the path of knowledge and correct action.
Because of Hinduism’s emphasis on living in accordance with dharma, anyone who is striving for spiritual knowledge and seeking the right course of ethical action is, in the broadest sense, a follower of sanatana dharma.
The chain of births and deaths—is called samsara.
Samsara is caused by a lack of knowledge of our true self and our resultant desire for fulfilment outside ourselves. We continue to embody ourselves, or be reborn, in this infinite and eternal universe as a result of these unfulfilled desires.
The chain of births lets us resume the pursuit. The law that governssamsara is called karma. Each birth and death we undergo is determined by the balance sheet of our karma—that is, in accordance with the actions performed and the dispositions acquired in the past.
Karma is a crucial Hindu concept. According to the doctrine of karma, our present condition in life is the consequence of the actions of our previous lives. The choices we have made in the past directly affect our condition in this life, and the choices we make today and thereafter will have consequences for our future lives in samsara.
An understanding of this interconnection, according to Hindu teachings, can lead an individual towards right choices, deeds, thoughts, and desires, without the need for an external set of commandments. Under the doctrine of karma, the ability to make choices remains with the individual.
The sacred fire serves as a witness to the vows exchanged between the bride and the bridegroom. The sacrament of death calls for cremation (burning of the dead body), at the end of which the ashes are collected and deposited, usually by the sea side of or in a river
Hindu gods are regularly displayed with their female counterparts. Tantra involves the balancing of these two aspects—Shiva (representing consciousness) and Shakti (representing energy)—in a manner reminiscent of yin and yang.
Hinduism has neither a beginning or founder, nor a central authority, hierarchy, or organization. a. A further characteristic of Hinduism is the ideal of ahimsa. Ahimsa, “non-injury” or the absence of the desire to harm, is regarded by Indian thinkers as one of the keystones of their ethics. Historically, ahimsa is unrelated to vegetarianism
11000 years ago-- Hinduism gave this world :--
The consciousness of the double slit quantum experiment observer.
The principle of " mind over matter".
Yin-Yang principle , of the cosmos.
Energy and matter is convertible E= MC2 ( formula used to end the 2nd world war with Nuclear bomb --localised in Hiroshima and Nagasaki )
( it goes further to E=T MC2 as in Vedic BRAHMASTRA, for faster than light Tesla Scalar Interferometry-- formula to start and end World War 3 -- AND TOTAL ANNIHILATION ). Where T is 'delta T ' or change of time. When scalar beams hurtle through hyperspace the flow of time gets redirected temporarily.
That biological internet DNA which holds the intelligent force , cannot be destroyed--mentioned in Rig Veda of 5000 BC as Tvatsa , double helix coiled serpents.--to hell with Darwin
Zero point field, The Akasha or Ether and Scalar waves.
The Schuman resonance of 7.83 Hz or OM which triggers quantum tunneling and opens wormholes
The Sri Yantra which contains the elusive theory of everything. World's oldest architecture based on Sri Yantra vaastu, in the form of majestic temples and Egyptian pyramids . It is the FRACTAL geometric design of the universe or the universal mind.
Yoga
Vedic Nanotechnology from silver colloids for anti-viral medicine to mercury ion for flying saucers to self assembling conscious mantra triggered missiles to invisibility cloaks to water based homeopathy.
The miraculous powers of MUDRA and Nadi channeling.
Ayurveda-- the holistic medicine
Sanskrit, the worlds oldest written language-- the only unambiguous computer language suitable for N-GRAM NLP and AskMSR. This language originated from the 12 strand DNA of Maharshis withfractal minds.
Mathematics of Aryabhatta in 2700 BC
Astronomy 8000 years ago
Quantum butterfly effect of a bloodless sacrifice of breaking a coconut with intention.
Prayer
Tesla's Resonance and CV Raman's Soliton
Explanation of the Holographic nature of the universe--where every part is a whole.
Reprogramming and healing DNA blueprint with Mantras and Scalar longitudinal waves.
That matter is created by vibrations.
The morphogenetic field of consciousness-- the most important thing on this planet--the brahmAn.
Resonating your pineal gland with a Black meteorite stone to speed up the 7 chakras -- ( black orgone emitting stones located by Rishi scouts of Emperor Vikramaditya in 7000 BC BC at Jerusalem dome of the rock, Shiva Lingam at Mecca Kaaba SE corner , Stolen black stone stone of Petra, black Shiva lingam hidden inside the Vatican vault excavated from Solomon's temple , temple at Cyprus and hundreds of Shiva temples till Vietnam ).
The inwards BINDU singularity, balancing the outwards big-bang via Tamas-Rajas or Yin-Yang . ( Sri yantra centre spot )
The principle of Ahimsa, Non-violence --and vegetarianism
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Vatican has spead malicious propaganda that Shiva Lingam is Lord Shiva's penis. It represents his PINEAL GLAND.
See the Shiva lingam entablature above , and the concept on a macro scale.
When a foreigner comes to an Indian Hindu Guru for mental solace, the first thing he tells them is NOT to give up their original religion. Some spiritual leaders like Sai Baba even gave this in writing by pampletes and posters.
It was NEVER to convert-- only to give away free.
Anybody who will need to ask, after reading all this --
I will tell him this -- 'Maan, you will NEVER understand' !!
When the western countries, came out from the quaternary ice age in 9500 BC, and were staying in caves, eating raw meat and doing grunt grunt, India was a great civilization, with kings staying in palaces, wearing silk and writing poetry in Sanskrit. An employee German Max Mueller working for German Jews Rothschild, the owner of opium running British East India company, was told by Vatican to subvert world history to prove to all, that Bible dates are right. That the big bang of cosmos happened in 23rd Oct 4004 BC, 9 AM ( while it happened 14 billion years ago ) and that the great flood with Noah’s arc and party happened in 2500 BC ( life came on earth 4 billion years ago ) . BY 5000 BC, the Indian Rig Veda was written in Sanskrit. Every religion and prayer on this planet is an offshoot of Hinduism and every language is an offshoot of Sanskrit. The Aryans went out of India, with their Swastika symbol ( inscribed on Shiva's son Ganesha's palm ) as modern DNA tests have proved, never into India, as contended by Hitler . The Indian Dravidian Anahata Chakra 6 point star has been adopted by Jewish religion. Shiva Lingam stones of ex-pagan temples are the main attraction at Mecca Kaaba , Dome of the rock at Jerusalem and Vatican.
ABRAHAM who is common to Christianity, Islam and Judaism is BRAHMA, the creator god of Hinduism. Brahma's wife is Sarawati the goddes of learning . Sara is the wife of Abraham. Hindusim is 110 centuries old, while Christianity is 20 centuries old and Islam is 14 centuries old.
I foresee other people of other faiths taking up Hinduism in the future. It is already happening world wide, the latest this year being Julia Roberts.
It is NOT difficult for people to see that this mother of all religions is the only one which does NOT have a hidden agenda.
The picture below gives some propaganda. These words are NOT there in the original Vedas. This Shudras being from the feet etc -- is all bullshit .This was added by the clever Brahmins , to cheat the public , and condone their HIGH HANDEDNESS-- that there have been given special powers over the rest by divinity.
Italian Fibonacci of 1200 AD is given the credit of the Golden ratio, while the Indian Sri Yantra ( which contains the TOE ) based on Golden ratio of 1.618 was drawn in 8000 BC --see video below.
