Pranam
Many important narrations and recitations of the veda vedangas are
presented in a raw fashion by avivekam without at least going behind ones,
before copying and pasting some illiterates, calling all of them as the
agmark original.
Rudraksham is a big subject of knowledge as salagrama.
Sacrosanct subjects like mountains are recorded with the sacrilege. In this
Krauncha has details in rig vedam and Ramayanam which is not mentioned.
Importance of places are written with the value in at least a dozen puranas
of India and the whole territory is covered by a walk-talk?!. Ganga Yamuna
and Saraswathi is yet another grand detail but walked over and of course
his originality. And the blasphemy of Goddess narration as, since when
,eliciting a wrong idea, fixing the wrong era. Tree worshipping is that of
the Rig vedam and even today the concept is followed by many villagers but
presented with a British dot on time!!. Tulasi puranam is a magnum opus
but...... Cremation of a sadhu is a misnomer. Siva lingan is a tall subject
including chidambaram. Women greatness, sivalingam, chakra ,tantra,
swastika are all subjects of uniqueness to India which foreigners copied
from but the whole originality by a copy and paste done away with. And sir,
where in Rig vedam the oldest says doing Shraddha?; show me the verse; for
later adoption as shradam, Mantras were taken from Rig and other vedas but
originally , nowhere it is said that do the shraddaha with this mantas in
any vedam; Rig vedam SHRADDHA SUKTAM 10 .151 is not srardham but shraddai
cultivation especially the definition of the 5th verse. But this is not
used in our srardham. And yet originally calling it as since inception in a
query above.
The vastness of the way of life is immeasurable and let us open and
read once at least before we part this earth. KR IRS 91021 (NB A few
days back I sent o some of my friends the article on Pymagmalian effect
west called which Adi Shankara encrypted as shraddha (RV 10.151) and that
effect we have discussed long ago; I am releasing in this group also and if
any one feels like may run through. Thank you )
On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 at 08:24, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty <
[email protected]> wrote:
> QUES ANSW DIVINE 17
>
> Dear friends,
>
> These are information posted by members compiled as QA by me in
> 1998’s-2000’s and stored in my computer. At this date I have no information
> of the members posted.
>
> *Being compilation there may be errors*
>
> *Posted by R Gopala krishnan,78 ,on 9-10-2021*
>
> Q1 What are the brief details of Rudraksha?
>
> A1 The Rudraksha is one of the most commonly used beads amongst the
> Hindus. The tree on which it grows belongs to the species of Elaeocarpus
> Ganitrus found in the Himalayas.
>
> The seed of the fruit of this tree is used as a bead and is classified
> into four categories according to their shape and sizes.
>
> The bead is classified on the basis of the number of lines or mouths (mukhas)
> running from top to bottom. The number of mouths can vary from one to
> fourteen
>
> The five-mouthed (Pancha mukha) beads are the most common
>
> A single faced bead is the rarest and the owner will be free from the
> cycle of births and rebirths
>
>
>
> On wearing the seven-faced bead the goddess Mahalakshmi is happy. The
> eight-faced one is to Ganesha and the wearer is always victorious
>
> Q2 Do the mountains are considered sacred?
>
> A2 yes. The most important of these are of course the Himalayas, on the
> summits of which are the heavens. Mountains, specially the Himalayas were
> also important as it was amongst them that the holy men, the yogis and the
> sadhus lived doing meditation
>
> A person going on a trek in the Himalayas can easily find yogis doing
> meditation in caves amongst the high snow-capped peaks
>
> Q3 What is the legend behind the Krauncha pass. ?
>
> A3 Mount Kailash, the home of Shiva, which became involved in a dispute
> between Indra and Kartikeya as to their relative powers and to settle the
> dispute they agreed to race around it. Kartikeya won but became angry when
> *Kailash
> gave the verdict in favour of Indra ad hurled his lance at the mountain
> splitting it* open, thus creating the Krauncha pass.
>
> Q4 What are the importance of the places Benares, Mathura, Dwaraka, Puri,
> Rameswaram, Gaya, Ujjayani and Haridwar ?
>
> A4 Benares is the most sacred among the holy places. Also known as
> Varanasi and Kashi, it is the city of Shiva, having over two thousand
> temples and over half a million idols, most of them dedicated to Shiva and
> his family. It is situated on the banks of the holy river Ganga.
>
> Mathura, on the banks of Jamuna, near Agra, is the birth place of
> Krishna. The atmosphere of Mathura is in direct contrast to that of
> Benares. Mathura represents the religion of the living, while Benares
> emphasizes the permanence of death.
>
> Dwaraka in Gujarat is another important shrine. It was the capital of
> Krishna’s kingdom and has some very important temples devoted to him. The
> city is located on the Western coast of India.
>
> Puri in Orissa has the Jagannath temple which attracts pilgrims from all
> over India. It has an idol considered to be a manifestation of Krishna. The
> temple, containing idols of Balarama and Subhadra (sister of Krishna), is
> on the Eastern corner of India.
>
> Rameswaram from where Rama is said to have launched his attack on Lanka
> is in the extreme south of India. Rama is said to have installed a Shiva
> lingam here; *hence the place is sacred to both Shaivas (Shiva
> worshippers) and Vaisnavas (Vishnu worshippers).*
>
> Gaya on the Ganges, once a stronghold of the Buddhists, is for the Hindus
> connected with the death ceremonies of ancestors for which they visit the
> place. After the rituals are performed at Gaya the soul of the dead
> attain salvation.
>
> Ujjain. It is called the navel of earth. It has the famous temples of
> Ganesha and Kal-Bhairav. During the time of Vikramaditya it used to be the
> capital of India. Two parts of the Skanda-Purana were said to have been
> written here.
>
> Haridwar. It is another very important holy city of India. It is at the
> foothills of the Himalayas and is the place where the Ganga enters the
> plains. It is also called the ‘gateway of the Ganga’.
>
> Q5 What are the importance of ganga and Jamuna rivers?
>
> A5 The civilization of India was nurtured in the river basin of the Ganga
> and the Jamuna which has been the heart of ancient India.
>
> The two rivers have, therefore, been worshipped since ancient times. The
> Ganga has been known for its purity and divinity and the Hindus believe
> that a bath in her waters cleanses one of all sins.
>
> The river Jamuna is known for her devotion
>
> The river Saraswati was worshipped in ancient times when the Aryans lived
> in Punjab.
>
> The Saraswati changed its course in later ages and gradually disappeared
> in the deserts of Rajasthan
>
> Q6 How did the river goddesses became the guarden deities of the temples
> When did they became so?
>
> A6 Around the 4th century A.D. *architects began to carve figures of
> Ganga and Jamuna, in human form, on the two sides of the temple door
> symbolizing purity (Ganga) and devotion (Jamuna).*
>
> This was to emphasize that only the pure and devoted could enter the
> temples.
>
> At a later period it became a common practice to represent the two river
> goddesses on the two sides of the shrine door in both North and South India.
>
> Q7Do the trees were worshipped as Gods?
>
> A7 The tree deity has been found in the stamp seals of the Indus Valley
> civilization. Plants such as the tulsi, a type of basil, are equally
> important.
>
> The spirits that inhabit trees are the yakshas, feminine deities; male
> figures never appear in such a connection
>
>
>
> A yaksha is propriated with offerings such as food, bits of cloth tied to
> the branches and red-smeared stones put at the base of the tree.
>
> Some trees like the tulsi are worshipped daily
>
> Pipal (Ficus religiosa) is one of the leading trees in Hinduism and
> Buddhism. It is also known as the bodhi tree because Gautama Buddha
> attained enlightenment under it.
>
> The tree is the object of universal worship throughout India. It is
> sacred to Vishnu. It is a very large tree with high raised roots which
> descend to the ground from the branches like additional trunks.
>
> The kusha has the quality of warding off evils. In all rituals, kusha is
> a must in some form or other. Durva is supposed to be very auspicious and
> is offered to Ganesha.
>
> Q8 What are the tales about Tulasi?
>
>
>
> A8 Tulsi (Ocynum sanctum) is a sacred plant of the basil family. Tulsi
> was one of Vishnu’s paramours.
>
> Out of jealousy his wife Lakshmi turned her into a plant, and the god
> became the salagrama stone to keep her company.
>
> In some versions of the story, Tulsi and Lakshmi are the same. The plant
> is about three feet is height. Everyday the ground near it is covered with
> a layer of cowdung and at night a lamp is lit near it.
>
>
>
> It is a common custom to place a sprig of tulsi near the head of a dying
> person. The aromatic leaves are taken as a digestive after meals.
>
> Q9 Do the sadhus are cremated?
>
> A9 NO. Unlike the common Hindu who is cremated, the Sadhu is buried,
> usually in the sitting position. The burial site normally becomes a place
> of worship.
>
> Q10 What are the details about salagrama? What is the sani story
> associated with salagram?
>
> A10 The Salagrama is a small stone, actually an ammonite, a fossil genus
> of marine cephalophod, and is considered by Brahmins to be a natural
> representation of Vishnu. It plays an important role in the worship of a
> Brahmin, who is considered a living, earthly form of the deity. The salagrama
> is mentioned in the Atharva Veda where it is written that any Brahmin’s
> house that does not contain the salagrama is to be considered as impure as
> a cemetery.
>
> Salagramas are to be found in the Gundak river in Nepal. They are black
> or dark coloured, round or oval in shape, striated, umbilicated and
> ornamented with natural tree like markings. The most sought after are the
> ones that are perforated in one or more places by worms
>
> The reason for its sacredness is that once Shani called on Vishnu, who had
> transformed himself into a mountain. *This angered Shani who became a
> worm (Vajrakita) and afflicted him for twelve years*
>
> At the expiration of the time Vishnu regained his original shape and
> ordered that henceforth the stones of this mountain will be worshipped as a
> representation of himself.
>
> Q11 What are the details about the Sivalinga?
>
> A11 A Shiva-linga may be movable (chal) or immovable (achal). The movable
> linga may be kept in a shrine in one’s home and may be prepared
> temporarily with clay or dough and dispensed with after the worship
>
> The immovable lingas are those installed in temples and it is very common
> to have a linga in a temple without any image of Lord Shiva.
>
> The lingas will always have an arrangement for water to drip on it
> continuously The linga symbolizes the divine act of creation. It represents
> the union of linga (phallic symbol) with the yoni (female organ) showing
> manifest nature, the universal energy.
>
> *Q12 Which ritual is continued from vedic period to till date?*
>
> *A12 SHRAADH-*It is a system of offerings for deceased ancestors, based
> upon the Vedas. It is perhaps the strongest feature of Vedic Hinduism to
> have survived into the modern period Sraddha
>
> Rituals performed on the banks of the sacred river at centres like Benares
> or Gaya are beneficial for the spirits of the ancestors.
>
> Q13 What was the position of women in the early periods?
>
> A13 In the ancient times Gargi, wife of Mandanamishra, was appointed as
> judge because of her superior erudition and spiritual attainments. Warrior
> queens like Kaikeye helped their husbands on the battlefields.
>
> *Women were not married till they were in their late teens, sometimes even
> later. They could choose their own husbands and inter-marriages were
> common.*
>
> Polygamy existed in some societies but mostly amongst princes who
> contracted several marriages with daughters of neighbouring rulers for
> political reasons.
>
> The rituals especially auspicious ones, are incomplete when performed by a
> man without his wife co-participating.
>
> Q14 What are the details about swasthik?
>
> [image: Hindui10]
>
> A14 The word ‘Swasti’ means auspicious, benevolent, a good deed or good
> wishes. The Swastika is considered auspicious and is painted on the doors
> of houses in India to ward off evil spirits. Its origin goes back to the
> Vedic times (4500-2500 B.C.), may be even earlier. Seals with the Swastika
> symbol have been found at excavation sites in Harappa which date back to
> about 2000 years
>
> The Swastika is in the form of Greek cross with the ends of the arms bent
> at right angles. The right-handed Swastika moves in the clockwise
> directions and the left-handed in the counter-clockwise direction
>
> The Swastika is said to represent the Sun or Lord Vishnu. In the Puranas
> it has been described as the ‘Sudarshana Chakra’ or the wheel of Vishnu and
> also symbolizes the constant changes in the universe
>
> The Swastika has also been associated with the Sun (the arms representing
> the sun’s rays) and also with Ganesha, the pathfinder whose image is often
> found at the crossroads.
>
> In the ‘Siddhanta Saar’ the hub of the Swastika has been described as the
> navel of Vishnu and the four lines as the four faces and four arms of
> Brahma. The Swastika is considered as a tantric symbol and is drawn in
> various stylised forms.
>
> It is a tradition to pray to it during religious festivals and auspicious
> occasions. During Diwali, the festival of lights, and the financial
> year-end for the Hindu businessmen, new account books are opened and
> decorated with the Swastika symbol and the words ‘Shubh-Labh’ (meaning
> ‘Auspicious Profit’) next to it.
>
> Prayers are also held so that the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, will be
> benevolent.
>
> Q15 What is the brief detail of tantra?
>
> A15 Tantra found an expression in the sensual sculpture of the Indian
> temples, which envisions the coupling of the male and the female as union
> with the divine and the total release of the soul in the godhead
>
> Q16 What are the brief details of chakra?
>
> A16 The centre of the forehead between the eyebrows is the most important
> psychic location in the human body and its importance is stressed by
> putting a coloured mark at this spot. This central spot is where the sixth
> chakra (Ajna) is located. It is also called the third eye or the eye of
> wisdom. It is the aim of yogis and devout Hindus to ‘open’ this third eye
> by constant meditation
>
> The most common material used for making this mark is ‘kumkum’, the red
> powder which is a mixture of turmeric, alum, iodine, camphor, etc.
>
> Another popular material is sandalwood paste blended with musk. This has a
> strong cooling effect and is generally meant for those who have meditated
> for a long time
>
> Sacred ash from the sacrificial fire (yagna) or the funeral pyre is
> considered the best material for the tilak by the yogis and sanyasis
> because they have renounced all their attachments to worldly life and ash
> symbolises this.
>
>
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