Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More About Badrinath

2014-02-27 Thread Mike Dixon
It's a very nice place to visit. However, I became very sick a couple days 
later. It started with the Delhi-belly but got much worse, some kind of virus 
which put me in a bed for about a week. After coming home, I thought about the 
foolish things I did there, like bathing in the hot spring before going for 
Puja in Badrinath. I realized people were coming from all over India and 
elsewhere to pray for healing of all kinds of disease and were bathing in the 
same hot spring I was in and in fairly close proximity. God knows what kind of 
viruses and bacteria were floating in that warm water that everybody was 
dipping in!




On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:02 PM, Pundit Sir pundits...@gmail.com 
wrote:
  
  
Char-dhama - Badrinath 



http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/features/08-12/features2552.htm 

The image of Shri Badri Narayana at Badrika, Himalayas, India, which lies on 
the right bank of the river Alaknanda, is fashioned out of a Saligram stone. 
Shri Badri Narayana is seated under the badari tree, flanked by Kubera and 
Garuda, Narada, Narayana and Nara. Lord Badri Narayan is armed with Conch and 
Chakra in two arms in a lifted posture and two more arms rested on the lap in 
Yoga Mudra. There is also a shrine to Adi Shankara, and the procedures of daily 
poojas and rituals are supposed to have been prescribed by Adi Sankara.  



On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Pundit Sir pundits...@gmail.com wrote: 


My Journey to India 2011 - Badarikashrama - The Mountain Home of God 





 
At holy places you don’t have to wait for miracles – they are all around you.


Diaries by Sacinandana Swami:
http://www.sacinandanaswami.com/en/s1a23/diaries-by-sacinandana-swami/my-journey-to-india-2011-badarikashrama-the-mountain-home-of-god.html
 



On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote:

A broad stairway leads up to a tall arched gateway, which is the main 
entrance. The architecture resembles a Buddhist vihara (temple), with the 
brightly painted facade also more typical of Buddhism temples. 






The main shrine houses the 1 m (3.3 ft) Shaligram (black stone) image of 
Badrinarayan, housed in a gold canopy, under a Badri Tree. The image of 
Badari Narayan is armed with Shankh (conch) and Chakra (wheel) in two of his 
arms in a lifted posture and two arms rested on the lap in Yogamudra posture. 


Vishnu in the form of Badrinath, is depicted in the temple sitting in 
padmasana posture. According to the legend, Vishnu was chastised by a sage 
who saw Vishnu's consort Lakshmi massaging his feet. Vishnu went to Badrinath 
to perform austerity, meditating for a long time in padmasana. 


Source:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badrinath_temple 
 
  
 

[FairfieldLife] Re: More About Badrinath

2014-02-26 Thread Pundit Sir
Char-dhama - Badrinath

[image: Inline image 1]

http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/features/08-12/features2552.htm

The image of Shri Badri Narayana at Badrika, Himalayas, India, which lies
on the right bank of the river Alaknanda, is fashioned out of a Saligram
stone. Shri Badri Narayana is seated under the badari tree, flanked by
Kubera and Garuda, Narada, Narayana and Nara. Lord Badri Narayan is armed
with Conch and Chakra in two arms in a lifted posture and two more arms
rested on the lap in Yoga Mudra. There is also a shrine to Adi Shankara,
and the procedures of daily poojas and rituals are supposed to have been
prescribed by Adi Sankara.


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Pundit Sir pundits...@gmail.com wrote:

My Journey to India 2011 - Badarikashrama - The Mountain Home of God

 [image: Inline image 1]

 At holy places you don't have to wait for miracles - they are all around
 you.

 Diaries by Sacinandana Swami:
 http://www.sacinandanaswami.com/my-journey-to-india/http://www.sacinandanaswami.com/en/s1a23/diaries-by-sacinandana-swami/my-journey-to-india-2011-badarikashrama-the-mountain-home-of-god.html


 On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote:

 A broad stairway leads up to a tall arched gateway, which is the main
 entrance. The architecture resembles a Buddhist vihara (temple), with the
 brightly painted facade also more typical of Buddhism temples.

 [image: Inline image 1]

 The main shrine houses the 1 m (3.3 ft) Shaligram (black stone) image of
 Badrinarayan, housed in a gold canopy, under a Badri Tree. The image of
 Badari Narayan is armed with Shankh (conch) and Chakra (wheel) in two of
 his arms in a lifted posture and two arms rested on the lap in Yogamudra
 posture.

 Vishnu in the form of Badrinath, is depicted in the temple sitting in
 padmasana posture. According to the legend, Vishnu was chastised by a sage
 who saw Vishnu's consort Lakshmi massaging his feet. Vishnu went to
 Badrinath to perform austerity, meditating for a long time in padmasana.

 Source:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badrinath_temple





[FairfieldLife] Re: More About Badrinath

2014-02-13 Thread Pundit Sir
My Journey to India 2011 - Badarikashrama - The Mountain Home of God

[image: Inline image 1]

At holy places you don't have to wait for miracles - they are all around
you.

Diaries by Sacinandana Swami:
http://www.sacinandanaswami.com/my-journey-to-india/http://www.sacinandanaswami.com/en/s1a23/diaries-by-sacinandana-swami/my-journey-to-india-2011-badarikashrama-the-mountain-home-of-god.html


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote:

 A broad stairway leads up to a tall arched gateway, which is the main
 entrance. The architecture resembles a Buddhist vihara (temple), with the
 brightly painted facade also more typical of Buddhism temples.

 [image: Inline image 1]

 The main shrine houses the 1 m (3.3 ft) Shaligram (black stone) image of
 Badrinarayan, housed in a gold canopy, under a Badri Tree. The image of
 Badari Narayan is armed with Shankh (conch) and Chakra (wheel) in two of
 his arms in a lifted posture and two arms rested on the lap in Yogamudra
 posture.

 Vishnu in the form of Badrinath, is depicted in the temple sitting in
 padmasana posture. According to the legend, Vishnu was chastised by a sage
 who saw Vishnu's consort Lakshmi massaging his feet. Vishnu went to
 Badrinath to perform austerity, meditating for a long time in padmasana.

 Source:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badrinath_temple