Hinduism

Q: How do I know what the will of God is, if I want to surrender to it?

7:43 AM

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I've seen some mentions of complete self surrender, or for example Krishna's 'abandon all dharmas and surrender unto me'. Fine, suppose I decide to do that. How would I know what God's will is at any moment? Whatever I innately feel like doing? I can never know what God's will actually is, only w...

krishna bhagavad-gita

8:40 AM

@KeshavSrinivasan Thanks for providing information.

The following article on Prasthanatrayi:

Prasthanatrayi

Prasthanatrayi (Sanskrit: प्रस्थानत्रयी, IAST: Prasthānatrayī), literally, three sources, refers to the three canonical texts of Hindu philosophy, especially of the Vedanta schools. It consists of: The Upanishads, known as Upadesha prasthana (injunctive texts), and the Śruti prasthāna (the starting point of revelation) The Brahma Sutras, known as Nyaya prasthana or Yukti prasthana (logical text) The Bhagavad Gita, known as Sadhana prasthana (practical text), and the Smriti prasthāna (the starting point of remembered tradition) The Upanishads consist of twelve or thirteen major texts, with a total...

says that

> All the founders of the three major schools of Vedanta, viz, Adi Shankara, Ramanujacharya, Nimbarkacharya and Madhva wrote bhāṣyas (commentaries) on these texts.

So, I was think that Ramanujacharya has also written Bhasyas on Upanishads.

But as you've clarified, Now I knew that actually he has written commentaries on Bhagavad Gita & Brahma Sutra

Yes, Finally I've checked:

Ramanuja

Ramanuja (traditionally, 1017–1137 CE) was a Hindu theologian, philosopher, and one of the most important exponent of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism. He was born in a Tamil family in the village of Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. His philosophical foundations for devotionalism were influential to the Bhakti movement. Ramanuja's guru was Yadava Prakasha, a scholar who was part of the more ancient Advaita Vedanta monastic tradition. Sri Vaishnava tradition holds that Ramanuja disagreed with his guru and the non-dualistic Advaita Vedanta, and instead followed in the footsteps of Indian Alvars...

By the way Madhavacharya has written commentaries on prasthanatrayi right?

And how about that @KeshavSrinivasan ?

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> शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं
विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्ण शुभाङ्गम् ।
लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यम्
वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् ॥

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Q: Who travelled southwards first? Agastya or Parashurama

9:59 AM

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In Hindu Puranas, there are two mentions of southward spread of vedic civilization, one was by Agastya Muni and the other by Parashurama after he decimated 21 generations of Kshatriyas. Is it known about the chronological sequence of these two unrelated events?

history india parashurama agastya

Q: Is Allah(pbuh) male or female?

10:47 AM

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As the Islam says humans should not pray to anybody other than Allah(pbuh). It condemns worshiping idols. Islam says God is almighty, he has no form. My doubt is when there is no form, how can you define whether it is male or female? Allah(pbuh) might be a female goddess instead of referring Alla...

gods goddess allah malegod femalegod

Q: Which are the Shakta Upanishads?

11:23 AM

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This wiki article claims that there are 8 Shakta Upansihads or Upanishads worshipping Shakti. Which are these?

upanishads devi shakti

@TheDestroyer discussion on hinduism.stackexchange.com/q/10599/277

The question is about getting information about Hinduism not about getting scripture

@TheDestroyer ^^^

For getting/finding scripture visit this question.

Which is for finding/getting scripture with (Original) Sanskrit text with Hindi Translation.

11:55 AM

@Pandya but we get information only through scriptures. Do you mean general information or overall idea?

@TheDestroyer yes. visit first 3 website that I've posted in answer

@Pandya But still i'm not clear with what exactly you want in that question.

@TheDestroyer Question is about getting basic information about Hinduism

got it?

@TheDestroyer visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Hindudharma and tell what you get?

visit hindupedia.com and what you get?

@Pandya ok. You can remove my edits.

@TheDestroyer ok roll-backed. By the way If you know about any other site (which is not listed yet in answer) and provides helpful (and authentic) information about Hinduism, then it will be worth to expand answer!

And also welcome for hinduism.stackexchange.com/q/9532/277

Amit Saxena

12:20 PM

@Pandya Does Prasna Upanishad talk about the benefits of meditation? I was going to ask a question but thought will confirm before asking it officially

@Pandya i don't know much references in Hindi

Q: Where does Adi Shankara use the allegory of water worshipping to the sea?

2:19 PM

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A ver famous allegory used by Adi Shankaracharya is that he says my worship is like water worshipping to the ocean. Where is it found?

adi-shankaracharya

Q: Leftover Kshatriyas after Lord Parshuram's sanitization

2:59 PM

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Lord Parshuram sanitized earth by killing kshatirya generations for 21 times. From what Dharma calls that the one who is humble and does not raise a weapon he should be granted sharanagati, & due to this Lord Parshuram would have been merciful to the Kshatriyas who surrendered to him. So accordin...

vishnu avatars vaishnavism kshatriya

Q: How does western model of human evolution fit with Vedic literature?

3:49 PM

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As per western model of human evolution, modern humans are more advanced than our ancestors thousands and millions years ago. Then how could our ancestors could have built up such a massive literature of Vedas, Puranas, Upanishads with knowledge of everything if they are considered to be primitiv...

mythology vedas scripture puranas history

Keshav Srinivasan

6:40 PM

@Pandya Yeah, Madhvacharya did write commentaries on the Prasthana Traya. You can read his commentaries on the Upanishads here: archive.org/details/Sacred_Books_of_the_Hindus

@Pandya Personally, Madhvacharya's commentaries are my least favorite commentaries, because his interpretations do not at all accurately capture the meaning of whatever he's commenting on. Like if you look at his commentary on the Brahma Sutras, everyone will interpret a Sutra one way and then he alone will interpret it in a completely different way.

@Pandya And if you look at his scriptural quotes, you'll find in almost all cases that either the scripture he mentions doesn't exist anymore, or it does exist but Madhvacharya's quote is nowhere to be found in available versions of the text; see my question here:

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Q: Where are Madhvacharya's Puranic quotes describing the path to Moksha?

In verse 8.24 of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says this: Those who know the Supreme Brahman attain that Supreme by passing away from the world during the inﬂuence of the ﬁery god, in the light, at an auspicious moment of the day, during the fortnight of the waxing moon, or during the six months...

puranas bhagavad-gita upanishads brahma-sutras madhvacharya

Q: Regarding Lord Hanuman's special powers

7:05 PM

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Regarding Lord Hanuman's special powers namely Anima & Garima, Goswami Tulsidas in his Hanuman Chalisa says 'Ashta Siddhi Nava Nidhi ke Daata; Asa bara deena Janaki Maata' (verse 30) meaning Hanuman got these powers from Seeta Maata whereas in Valmiki Ramayan (VR) it is said that He got these pow...

hanuman

Q: Does anyone recognize this symbol?

7:16 PM

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My cousin has seen a symbol similar to this at 'Ujjain Simhast Kumbh 2016'. He send this to me wondering if I recognize it, but I don't. Does anyone know anything about this symbol? Thanks

symbolism symbols kumbh-mela

Q: Dhanurveda original manuscript

7:36 PM

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Is there any original manuscript of Dhanurveda or the original text which can be read online.

scripture

Q: In the Ramayan, Did Lord Parsuram and Lord Rama Knew that both are Visnu avatar?

7:48 PM

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As, I know that, when Lord Rama broke the Shiva-Bow,and for that reason Lord Parsuram came to the hall and challenge to the Lord Rama to war with him?Did they don't know each-other before that incidence they both are Visnu avatar ? anyone have some idea about it?.

vishnu ramayana rama parashurama