Vedanta and Philosophy

4:45 AM

@SwiftPushkar @SreeCharan @TheDestroyer @AnkitSharma @Pandya @KrishnShweta @all I just proposed a new rule in Meta.. what do you think:?...

0

A: Let's delete all old answers from early days of the site that lack any references at all

I don't think all the unsourced answer should be deleted at this time. However if a question contains at least one sourced/scripture based answer, then all the other unsourced answers of that question should be deleted. Example: There is a question: Why is Lord Vishnu called Aravamudhan? I h...

Pandya

@Tezz reading...

If you find other answer as better and with useful source/citation then you can request or point-out questioner to mark that as accepted but I don't think we should easily take the big step of deleting obsolete accepted answer just because later is better. — Pandya 1 min ago

Tezz

@Pandya see my comment below..

@Pandya I'm not saying to delete answer if the latter answer is better.. I'm just saying to delete if the answer is unsourced... — Tezz 4 mins ago

Pandya

@Tezz I agree. I can say your suggestion is better than that of proposed in question. Thanks! +1

Tezz

@Pandya Haha... Thank You!...

Pandya

5:05 AM

"a question contains at least one sourced/scripture based answer, then all the other unsourced answers of that question should be deleted." ok. let's see what community (active users & moderators)'s thought on this. Btw, this suggestion sounds better than that of proposed in question! — Pandya 8 mins ago

Sree Charan

@Tezz Good suggestions. +1 for that.

Tezz

@Pandya I don't think that is of primary importance (making 74)... as it will just change the 'answered' part to 'modified'... So I try to edit before 5 min passes...😀😀

Sree Charan

@Tezz @Pandya Shall we discuss this in Hinduism chat room??

Tezz

@SreeCharan Thank You!....

@SreeCharan Ok...

Pandya

@Tezz Btw, Objector and We reply looks inspired by Adi Shankaracharya Bhashya! Haha

@Tezz ok

Tezz

5:10 AM

@Pandya haha lol... Actually it may be inspired by Kumarila Bhattas Mimamsa Bhasya...😀😀

SwiftPushkar

5:41 AM

@Tezz @Pandya @TheDestroyer @SreeCharan @AnkitSharma - GM .💐🌸

Sree Charan

@SwiftPushkar Good morning!!!!!!!!!

SwiftPushkar

@Pandya - Is upanishdas "Akash" concept is similar to our general concept of Panchamahabutas? or its little mysterious or complicated to know..

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan Color of Vishnu

Aug 30 '16 at 16:34, by Keshav Srinivasan

SwiftPushkar

@SreeCharan - 😀👍👍👍 , You will find ample description about colors of Vishnu avatras in all the yugas in Bhagvatam also :) will give you chapter name if you want in some time.

Sree Charan

@SwiftPushkar OK.

SwiftPushkar

5:50 AM

@TheDestroyer - Yes , MeghaShyamam मेघश्यामं 😊

Tezz

@SwiftPushkar Good Morning!....😀

The Destroyer

@SwiftPushkar Subhodayam.

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer Yes. He is of the complexion of a rain cloud. I know that.

Pandya

@SwiftPushkar actually the Panchamahabhut concept is spiritual in Upanishads and Akash refers to Brahman as quoted from Brahma Sutra. Visit hinduism.stackexchange.com/a/16340/277 related post.

SwiftPushkar

Why anybody yesterday told me about there answers , i was busy writing answer's & havent checked Active Questions.So missed @Pandya & @TheDestroyer answers yesterday , ...

@Pandya - Ok

@Tezz - Yes 😀👍💐

Pandya

6:00 AM

@SwiftPushkar no-problem. I appreciate your knowledge of Puranas (especially Srimad Bhagavat). You provide very good answers!

The Destroyer

@Tezz why letter "ऽ" is used as in शिवोऽहम् ?

Pandya

@TheDestroyer Colder weather today comparatively to previous week!

Tezz

@TheDestroyer it means to prolong the pronounciation... of वो

The Destroyer

@Tezz But in chanting of Sri Rudram, i don't find any such prolongations.

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer - It means we have to sing swara Vo वो for long duration , 2-3 second's , with compare to other swaras

The Destroyer

6:10 AM

@Pandya Yeah. Same here too in south.

@Tezz @SwiftPushkar Ok. I will check again. Thanks!

Tezz

@TheDestroyer there are no prolongations denoted by "ऽ" in Sri Rudram...

The Destroyer

@Tezz i didn't understand?

@Tezz In Telugu script of Sanskrit, "ऽ" is used.

Tezz

@TheDestroyer there are small prolongation on Vedic tones which are denoted by Udatta Anudatta, Swarita... but not represented by "S"

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer - It's like Dirgha Swara दीर्घ स्वरा ,so that we can meditate on those swaras in our mind during ,listning or chanting.

Tezz

@TheDestroyer It's just representation...

The Destroyer

6:14 AM

@Tezz i learnt chanting from this video.

Rudra Namakam Chamakam by Y.N. Sharma

►

Tezz

Actually there was no writing system previously... so we shouldn't be confused how they were written... @TheDestroyer

The Destroyer

@Tezz Should i prolong or not in Sri Rudram?

Tezz

@TheDestroyer prolong which word?..

@TheDestroyer nice chanting...

The Destroyer

@Tezz Ok. I think the telugu "உ" is different from "ऽ".

@Tezz I learned chanting through that video.

Tezz

@TheDestroyer which letter in which word in Sri Rudram are you trying to prolong...

@TheDestroyer Did you fully memorized Sri Rudram.. ?..

The Destroyer

6:23 AM

In "Aghoraapakasini", in telugu script , உ is present after "raa". The video neglects உ .

No prolongation. I thought உ was same as ऽ. But they are different.

@Tezz Yeah. Almost. But not thoroughly.

I asked a question about it on Indian Languages SE.

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/97432/indian-languages/…

@SreeCharan @sv. ^^

Tezz

@TheDestroyer see above.. in Aghorapapakasini...

The Destroyer

@Tezz Yeah. In Devanagari, it doesn't have any letter.

Tezz

@TheDestroyer Paa should be pronounced little bit longer than Raa... as I discuss here:

15

A: Procedures used for preserving the integrity of the Vedas

Very special procedures are applied to preserve Vedas. Here are some of them: 1) Divisional Protection: Veda Výas divides Veda at the end of Dwapar into Rig, Yajur and Sama so that it becomes suitable for men of Kaliyuga so that they can just study part of it as they do not have enough memory a...

The Destroyer

@Tezz Letter "உ " is neglected throught out the Sri Rudram. I think it has different significance and related to Telugu language than Sanskrit.

Tezz

@TheDestroyer Ok...

The Destroyer

6:32 AM

@Tezz Where can i hear those chandas?

Tezz

@TheDestroyer which Chhandas?..

The Destroyer

Sorry chandas.

Keshav Srinivasan

@Tezz I just posted a question about Kumarila Bhatta's belief that Brahman is the soul of the Vedas/Sabda Brahman:

0

Q: Which Purva Mimamsa philosophers think Brahman is the soul of the Vedas?

As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage Vyasa that summarizes and systematizes the philosophical teachings of the Upanishads. (You can read th...

Tezz

@KeshavSrinivasan Ok... nice question... !..

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer Can you write it in telugu?

yesterday, by Sree Charan

@KeshavSrinivasan I have never heard a Sadari or Sadagopam called a Sadagopuram.

@KeshavSrinivasan Where is sadagopuram used?

Keshav Srinivasan

6:45 AM

@SreeCharan You mean you've heard of the words Sadari and Sadagopam but not Sadagopuram, or you haven't heard of any of those words?

Tezz

@TheDestroyer hmm.. you have changed about to Shivoham...

Sree Charan

@KeshavSrinivasan I know sadari and sadagopan but not sadagopuram.

Tezz

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan

@Tezz Haha. Yeah.

Keshav Srinivasan

@SreeCharan Oh ok. Yeah, I also know it as Sadari primarily. I've never heard anyone say Sadagopam or Sadagopuram in real life.

Sree Charan

6:48 AM

12 hours ago, by Mr. Alien

@SreeCharan http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/55556/mr-alien < Replace with relevant id here, ur user id

Tezz

@TheDestroyer previously you have asked about colour of Shivas bull... From Mahabharata I found it's white... Is there a question related to it... ?...

Sree Charan

@Tezz You can also put your own line.

hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/2675/…

The Destroyer

@Tezz No. generally all bulls in temples are black. I thought Vrishabha was of black color too.

Tezz

@TheDestroyer Ok... It's white...

Keshav Srinivasan

@SreeCharan By the way, I'm planning to post a question about who started the practice of Sadari. I assume it was some Sri Vaishnava Acharya.

Tezz

6:50 AM

@SreeCharan I think I should put latter...

The Destroyer

@Tezz Do you know any Swayambhu bull?

Tezz

What is Sadari?

The Destroyer

or Nandi

Sree Charan

@KeshavSrinivasan You have also answered a question regarding satagopam on our site too. ^^^

Tezz

@TheDestroyer I don't know... do you know?...

Sree Charan

6:51 AM

@KeshavSrinivasan These days it is there in Shiva nad sakthi temples also.

The Destroyer

@Tezz No. I don't know. I think bulls were built later for Swayambhu Shiva Temples.

Tezz

@TheDestroyer yes, I too think they were built latter...

The Destroyer

@Tezz You also update your "about" section.

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer I have some nandis made with marble too. The nandis' are black generally because the stone is black.

@KeshavSrinivasan Some staunch devotee of Nammazhwar.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan @KeshavSrinivasan What is Sadari?

Tezz

6:55 AM

@TheDestroyer I'll update soon..

Keshav Srinivasan

@TheDestroyer See my answer here:

9

A: What is the significance of Satagopuram?

It's because the Sadagopuram, AKA Sadagopam or Sadari, is unique to Vishnu temples. The Alwars (also spelled Azhwars) are a group of 12 ancient Vaishnava saints who lived in Tamil Nadu and are famous for their poetry in praise of Vishnu, which was pivotal in the development of the Sri Vaishnava ...

Sree Charan

The Destroyer

@KeshavSrinivasan Satagopam is also used in Shiva Temples.

Keshav Srinivasan

@SreeCharan "Staunch devotee of Nammalwar" describes pretty much every Sri Vaishnava Acharya, haha. And it describes at least two of the Alwars Madhurakavi Alwar, who was Nammalwar's Shishya, and Thirumangai Alwar who started the Adhyayana Utsavam festival in Sri Rangam in honor of Nammalwar.

@TheDestroyer Hmm, I'm not sure why it would be used in Shiva temples. It's not like Shaivites revere Nammalwar.

The Destroyer

@KeshavSrinivasan A temple near my house "Vishweswara-Annapurana Devi temple" uses Satagopam.

Sree Charan

7:01 AM

@KeshavSrinivasan Shaivates and other sects use satagopam. For them, the feet on it are the feet of SHiva nad parvati and respected deity.

Keshav Srinivasan

@SreeCharan Yeah, it's understandable that Shaivites revere the feet of Shiva, but only the top of the Sadagopam represents the feet of Vishnu. The whole thing represents the head of Nammalwar.

Sree Charan

@KeshavSrinivasan I know. The name shatagopam came because of Nammazhwar.

14 hours ago, by Sree Charan

@SwiftPushkar @Tezz @TheDestroyer @Pandya @KeshavSrinivasan In which parva ithe places of Lakshmi devi are said in mahabharata.?

@KeshavSrinivasan Do you know where it is mentioned?

@TheDestroyer Do you know nammazhwar?

SwiftPushkar

@KeshavSrinivasan @SreeCharan - Yes , In my city , there is one "lord Karyikeya" temple ,some time ago i visited there , there is seprate Shree vishnu temple in that premises , they put this Satagopam over my head 😊👍

Keshav Srinivasan

@SreeCharan Where did you get the idea that it's mentioned in the Mahabharata?

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan I just know his name.

@SwiftPushkar In Andhra, almost every temple has Satagopam. They at least put it on head for money. (10 Rs).

Sree Charan

7:06 AM

@KeshavSrinivasan I saw a video. In which the speaker says, in MB, 96 places are mentioned.

I am not posting it here because you can't understand telugu.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan Do you know anything about letter "உ "?

Keshav Srinivasan

@TheDestroyer What, they charge money to put the Sadagopam on your head? Nammalwar would be outraged, haha

Tezz

@SreeCharan there are more than 96 places mentioned in Mahabharata....

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer - oh ,i see , here there is no such custom , Prists only give , parsad & tirtha in most Famous temples , even , There is Prati Balaji (Second tirupati) temple here , but they ,do not Carry out this bacause of large no.of devotees😊

Keshav Srinivasan

@TheDestroyer Are you referring to the Tamil letter "u"?

The Destroyer

7:11 AM

@KeshavSrinivasan haha. Yeah. My dad visits Venkateswara temple frequently and preist will be ready to put Satagopam and expects money, minimum 10 Rs. This is sad thing happenning in some Indian temples.

@KeshavSrinivasan No. it's telugu letter. I think Tamil small "aa" looks same but i think it's different.

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer I asked my teacher about this but he said, some letters are not used now and should be ignored. like arasunna. So I don't know.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan Yeah. It is neglected.

Sree Charan

@SwiftPushkar After tirtha is given, shatagopam is put on our head.

@SwiftPushkar ping me.

Keshav Srinivasan

@TheDestroyer Oh, I've never seen them charging for it in either Tamil Nadu or America.

@TheDestroyer No, in Tamil aa is ஆ and u is உ. See here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_script#Vowels

Sree Charan

@KeshavSrinivasan Some Priests(not all) in our states have become commercialised. Or I should say habituated to give/take money for every seva even which is free.

The Destroyer

7:15 AM

@KeshavSrinivasan Yeah. I haven't seen that in Tamilnadu. But in North this is rampant. In Andhra, money is expected for Satagopam but in Varanasi and Kali Temple of Kolkata, situation is very bad.

SwiftPushkar

@SreeCharan - Yes , it's quite some time ago , so don't remember the exact sequence , but i remember, abt this thing😊👍

Sree Charan

@KeshavSrinivasan Also this is less known. A sri vaishnava who has got initiated should be given theerta thrice. Some priests don't give it. I ask specially and take it.

The Destroyer

@KeshavSrinivasan I think this is due to Hindu endowment act. With growing inflation, they need more money for increasing cost of living. We can't blame them either.

Sree Charan

@KeshavSrinivasan @TheDestroyer You will see much more charging at Puri jagannath. If you give more money, treatment will be more special.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan haha.

Keshav Srinivasan

7:19 AM

@SreeCharan Not just thirtha thrice, also Sadagopam on the shoulders where the brands are.

Sree Charan

@KeshavSrinivasan Yes.

Keshav Srinivasan

@SreeCharan Well, special treatment based on extra money is common even in Tamil Nadu temples.

Sree Charan

@Tezz Will you tell me in which parva and chapter they are mentioned?

Ankit Sharma

@SwiftPushkar Good afternoon

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan @KeshavSrinivasan During Krishna Pushkaras, when we were coming out, many Brahmin priests were asking for poojas just like Autowalas ask us when we come out of railway station. I felt very bad at this. They besmeared Shiva Namams all over their bodies and they know Vedas Mantras but still asking people (it's like begging) which is very bad.

Sree Charan

7:24 AM

@KeshavSrinivasan@AnkitSharma I have never seen two mods active at a time. When one enters other exits.It is like lookin sun and moon at a time. :D

@TheDestroyer I too felt very sad when I went to godavari pushkaralu.

Ankit Sharma

@SreeCharan we are from different timezones

Keshav Srinivasan

@TheDestroyer I've only had an experience like that once, and that was in North India. It happened both in Nand Gaon, the house of Nanda Gopa where Krishna was raised, and in Barsana, the house of Radha. In Barsana it was the worst. We literally had to run up the steps of the temple to escape the priests who were chasing us trying to get money.

Sree Charan

@AnkitSharma I know.

Tezz

@SreeCharan I'm telling in the whole Mahabharata there are more than 96 places...

Sree Charan

@Tezz OK.

Keshav Srinivasan

7:26 AM

@Tezz I think he meant 96 places of Lakshmi, not 96 total places.

Sree Charan

@Tezz Is milk and mirror one of them?

Keshav Srinivasan

@TheDestroyer In Nand Gaon, the priests kept the curtain in front of the Krishna statue closed while they delivered a long lecture on why they needed money. My uncle got really annoyed by this, and he kept repeating in Tamil "Krishnar pathi pesu" - "talk about Krishna". He said it in Tamil so they wouldn't understand it.

@TheDestroyer And once we exited the Nandagaon temple, the priests exited the temple in order to hound us for money.

The Destroyer

@KeshavSrinivasan haha. This is greatness of india where you can use other language to comment or scold someone.

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer Do you know, Mr_Green is also from Telangana?

The Destroyer

@KeshavSrinivasan haha.

@SreeCharan ohh.. i thought he was from Mumbai.

Sree Charan

7:34 AM

@TheDestroyer He is Hyderabad.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan ok.

@SreeCharan how do you know he is from TS?

Krishn Shweta

@TheDestroyer I know Mr_Green's exact location too :P

Tezz

@SreeCharan Oh.. I didn't understand your question... sorry..

Krishn Shweta

@Pandya Thanks for your help (Yesterday's). That cleared my doubts :)

If I'm not interrupting in your current discussion I would like to ask one more doubt.

Seems like BG teaching me Advaita (My interpretation might be wrong). By this verses:

SwiftPushkar

7:54 AM

QUIZ - How Snakes , scorpions etc.became poisonous? Offcourse according to Hinduism scriptures😀🐍

Tezz

@SwiftPushkar because they ate some drops of Halahal poison while Lord Shiva was drinking😀😀...

SwiftPushkar

@Tezz - Correct Answer 😀😀Congratulations , 🍫🍬➡ Here is UR prize

Krishn Shweta

Sorry I will ask my doubt later.. (my mother called me)

Tezz

@SwiftPushkar Thank You for the prize... those sweets are very sweet... 😀😀

SwiftPushkar

@Tezz - Yeah ,👍👍👍

Sree Charan

8:08 AM

in Hinduism, Feb 8 '16 at 14:34, by Mr_Green

It is now Telangana, and I live in Hyderabad

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan ohh..you were talking about Mr Green. I thought Mr.Alien.

@Tezz Ohh.. where it is mentioned? Before Churning of ocean, weren't they poisonous? @SwiftPushkar

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer @Tezz - What about possibility of Kaliyuga having only one charana or pada ⬅@SreeCharan , also ur views😊

The Destroyer

@SwiftPushkar I think it has 4 padas. Not so sure.

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer - Its in Bhagvatam , now i lost that verse , will give u that:)

The Destroyer

@SwiftPushkar ok.

@SwiftPushkar Post question and answer, like "What is the mythological reason behind snakes becoming posionous" or something like that.

Pandya

8:18 AM

@KrishnShweta You're welcome! Btw, no need to say "Thanks" everyday!

@KrishnShweta which verse?

The Destroyer

Jan 6 at 5:12, by The Destroyer

.Om Parthaya prathi boditham bhagawathaa narayanena swayam,
Vyasaena grahitham Purana muninaa madhye Mahabaratham,
Advaithamrutha varshaneem bhagawtheem ashta dasa dhyayineem,
Ambaa thwaam anusandadhami bhagwad geethaa bhava dweshineem.

Jan 6 at 5:12, by The Destroyer

That which was taught to Arjuna by Lord Narayana himself,
Which was written by the epic sage Vyasa in the middle of Mahabaratha,
Oh Mother goddess who showers the nectar of advaitha called the Bhagawad Gita ,
Which has eighteen chapters , I meditate on you mother who removes all past karma

Pandya

@TheDestroyer btw, if Hyderabad is a capital of Telangana then which is the capital of AndraPradesh now?

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer - Yes , but we , won't find any other details abt.this in puranas , so it's just a single verse , but there is no description like why only those animal's aquire poison , why not other's , wht abt. poisonous plants and material's ,so Question not that imp.to ask on main😊

The Destroyer

@Pandya Indra's city :P

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer - Amaravati ,right , there is one amaravati in MH also😀

The Destroyer

8:24 AM

@Pandya Hyderabad is common capital for 10 years from formation of new states. But APs historic city of Amaravati is choosen as new capital.

@SwiftPushkar Yes. Named after Amaralingeswara Temple.

Amaralingeswara Temple

Amaralingeswara Swamy temple is located in Amararama which is one of the Pancharama Kshetras which is located at Amaravati town near Guntur City in Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Lord Shiva is known as Amareswara Swamy or Amaralingeswara Swamy here. The temple is situated on the southern bank of Krishna River. The consort of Lord Amareswara Swamy is Bala Chamundika. The Sivalinga at this place is installed and established by Lord Indra. The temple is closed between 1PM and 4PM everyday. == The Deity == The Sivalinga here is very tall that the archakas mount a pedestal platform, and perform the...

/@Pandya

It is believed that Shiva Linga here grows in length and someone nailed it to stop the growth and blood oozed out. Still one can see blood stains.

Pandya

@TheDestroyer ok. yes, Amaravati. I've forgotten.

@TheDestroyer Good to know! Thanks

The Destroyer

Shiva Linga of Amaravati

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer - WoW , this is unique 😮 is it of White stone ,or marble?

The Destroyer

@SwiftPushkar Don't know. But established by Indra.

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer - ok , We can see the , Sadari ,in that pic😊

The Destroyer

8:32 AM

@SwiftPushkar Here are some photos

Pandya

@TheDestroyer Mahashivaratri would be greatly celebrated at Amaralingeshwara I think.

The Destroyer

@Pandya Yeah. Obviously.

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer - it's not Sharp , but is there some kind of craving on linga , or its natural surface structure,?

The Destroyer

@SwiftPushkar I don't know much. I haven't visited this temple yet.

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer - oh ok:)😊👍👍

Sree Charan

8:41 AM

@SwiftPushkar @TheDestroyer Do u know that there was a room created for trivia questions but frozen due to inactivity.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan yeah. It was frozen.

Hinduism Trivia Quiz

Post Trivia questions here

Sree Charan

I think shiva+ aham= shivoham. So the letter "S" comes between showing the sandhi. @TheDestroyer

@TheDestroyer 1 pending delete post for trusted users. May be you could cast a vote for delete/undelete.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan it's for prolongation of "vo". I think not Sandhi.

@SreeCharan i don't have any pending votes in review. Which post are you taliking about?

Sree Charan

But it is the sandhi also.

SwiftPushkar

@SreeCharan - Yes , we can create one room like this😀👍👍

Sree Charan

8:47 AM

see delete posts hinduism.stackexchange.com/tools

The Destroyer

@SwiftPushkar @SreeCharan Mods can unfroze it.

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer - According to Bhagvatam "Vasuki" was poisonous before Churning of ocean

@TheDestroyer - We will request @KeshavSrinivasan - about unfrozening of that room 😊

Sree Charan

@KrishnShweta You said you have a doubt.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan lol. Downvoted to get delete option.

Keshav Srinivasan

@SwiftPushkar I unfroze it

Pandya

8:51 AM

Btw, which is the language used here and here?

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer - See some shlokas SB skanda 8 ,chapter 7 ,shlokas 46 (quiz question) , 18 ,14

Sree Charan

@Pandya Telugu.

SwiftPushkar

@KeshavSrinivasan - Yes , thanks 😊👍👍

Pandya

@SreeCharan ok.

The Destroyer

@Pandya Why didn't i get my +1 back after downvoting and deleting the post?

Pandya

8:58 AM

@TheDestroyer Is the post deleted?

The Destroyer

@Pandya Yeah.

Sree Charan

1 post deleted.The number goes down by 3....

Pandya

@TheDestroyer Have you checked reputation history?

The Destroyer

@Pandya Yeah. It got updated.

Pandya

@TheDestroyer hinduism.stackexchange.com/reputation

The Destroyer

9:02 AM

@SreeCharan For me 7.

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer Yes. 10-3=7. It decreased by 3.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan ok. So, 3 votes got fructified.

@SreeCharan other 7 are close votes i think.

6 close votes and 1 reopen vote.

Sree Charan

How to see that?

The Destroyer

I think you get these options only after 5k reputation.

@SreeCharan I'm not sure. See "close" tab under "Tools".

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer It shows to me too. 1 reopen and 6 close votes. I think it gets better at 5k.

The Destroyer

9:16 AM

@SreeCharan Google site statics will be available after 5k.

@SreeCharan Next time if any pending votes are there to delete inappropriate answers, tell me. I like deleting those answers. 😀😁

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer OK. 😀

These moderator tools are confusing. Now I understand the pressure of moderation. @AnkitSharma @KeshavSrinivasan @Mr.Alien

Ankit Sharma

@SreeCharan lol

Mr. Alien

9:40 AM

:)

SwiftPushkar

11:18 AM

@SreeCharan - have you gone through valmiki Ramayana ?

The Destroyer

3:07 PM

@Tezz Do dead have only existence without Consciousness and bliss?

Keshav Srinivasan

3:52 PM

@TheDestroyer Jivas in the afterlife certainly have consciousness.

@Tezz I just found a passage in Kumarila Bhatta's Tantra Vartika where he says that you are allowed to read more than one Veda, but you are not allowed more than one Shakha of the same Veda: gdurl.com/wELO

@Tezz This is in the context of discussing whether someone who reads multiple Shakhas will get confused and think that the Jyotishtoma Yagnas described in different Shakhas are different, when really there is only one Jyotishtoma Yagna. Kumarila Bhatta responds that such confusion will never arise, because a person is not allowed to read multiple Shakhas.

@Tezz But then Kumarila Bhatta himself seems to be violating this rule, haha, because he discusses what different Shakhas of the same Veda say about the Jyotishtoma Yagna.

The Destroyer

4:27 PM

@KeshavSrinivasan No. I mean dead bodies.

Sree Charan

@SwiftPushkar Sundara kanda..But I think I can clarify you.

Krishn Shweta

@SreeCharan @Pandya @TheDestroyer Sorry I was doing some work :)

The Destroyer

@KrishnShweta why sorry?

Krishn Shweta

@TheDestroyer I started asking my doubt and then without completing it I left the room.

So.. I was talking about these verses which are saying about Advaita ( my understanding)

1 more is :

Sree Charan

4:50 PM

@KeshavSrinivasan What are conscious things and unconscious things according to Samkhya philosophy?

Krishn Shweta

@TheDestroyer Krishna kuda Advaita gurinchi chepinda?

Keshav Srinivasan

@SreeCharan Oh, are you referring to my Kapila dialogue?

Sree Charan

@KeshavSrinivasan Yes.

Keshav Srinivasan

@SreeCharan The conscious things are Purushas, and the unconscious thing is Prakriti.

The Destroyer

@KrishnShweta No. Different philosophers interpreted differently.

Sree Charan

4:56 PM

@KrishnShweta Krishna only said about Himself. To understand it clearly, many philosophers wrote commentaries.

Krishn Shweta

@SreeCharan @TheDestroyer How all souls are eternal? Only God or Supreme God must be eternal right? (from my 1st uploaded pic)

The Destroyer

@KrishnShweta Atman in you is the only truth. It must be eternal. See this answer.

3

A: How can the Vedas be constant when they come from the 4 heads of Brahma?

Vedas are eternal and apauruSheya (अपौरुषेय) which means "not produced by man". Veda Samhitas (core portions of Vedas) are heard by sages in deep tapasya. Veda Samhitas talk about eternal truths which are constant always. Truth is always same and it doesn't change with time. Vedas also say, time...

Sree Charan

@KrishnShweta See verse 20 also.

@TheDestroyer Work for you. hinduism.stackexchange.com/…

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan haha. only 1 people voted to delete it.

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer I voted to turn it to comment.

The Destroyer

5:04 PM

@SreeCharan i flagged it as low quality answer.

@SreeCharan hinduism.stackexchange.com/review/low-quality-posts/14847

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer I reviewed it as a late answer. So I can't review as a low quality.

@TheDestroyer Anyways, the dates given by the OP are also wrong.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan Yeah.

Krishn Shweta

@TheDestroyer @SreeCharan OK. I'll go through different commentaries too.

Sree Charan

@KrishnShweta The jīva cannot be demonstrated by those means of knowledge(pramanas) by which gross objects can be demonstrated; hence it is said to be unmanifest. The jīva is different in kind from objects susceptible to cutting etc., therefore It is inconceivable. Not having any of the nature, elements and constituent parts of any other [known] object, the jīva cannot even be conceived of, therefore it is unchanging and incapable of modifications. 1/2

2/2 @KrishnShweta Thus, knowing this jīva to be possessed of the above mentioned qualities, it is not proper for you to feel grief for it.

These are the pramanas : There are three means of knowing:— a. pratyakṣa — direct personal perception, b. anumāna — inference through   the process of logical reasoning and c. śabda — verbal testimony from a reliable source. The jīva cannot be demonstrated either by direct perception or through inference but can only be known through Scriptural testimony @KrishnShweta

@TheDestroyer Have you gone through the close votes?

@KeshavSrinivasan You are taking on other philosophies in your writings!!!! How is kapila different from prakriti and purusha?

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan yeah. why?

Sree Charan

5:14 PM

@TheDestroyer Nothing. just reminding your pending posts(if there are any). The atharvana veda question should be closed.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan yeah. i voted to close it. check history.

hinduism.stackexchange.com/review/close/history

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer I used to see my skipped reviews too. Where are they?

Got it.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan how to see skipped reviews?

Krishn Shweta

@SreeCharan How you changed the font style?

Sree Charan

@KrishnShweta Selected fixed font. it comes when we paste here.

Krishn Shweta

5:21 PM

@SreeCharan OK.

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer In history, at the bottom, you can see your history. At the bottom, check show skipped reviews.

@KrishnShweta Did you understand?

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan it's already checked for me. 😁

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer It's default.

Krishn Shweta

@SreeCharan About font?

Sree Charan

@KrishnShweta About the commentary.

Krishn Shweta

5:29 PM

@SreeCharan Whose commentary it is?

Sree Charan

@KrishnShweta Guess whose commentary?

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan number reduced to 5 even though there are 8 pending posts.

after Parthasarathy Raghavan's reviewing.

Sree Charan

Close votes got fructified. atharva veda question on-hold.

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan But still 8 posts are there under "today" tab.

Krishn Shweta

@SreeCharan Naaku antha thelsi unte nenu ekkado undedaanni..... may be Prabhu Pada (As I know only his name :P)

The Destroyer

5:33 PM

@SreeCharan what's that 5 now?

Krishn Shweta

Also maybe Shankaracharya.

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer It is better to see in 30 days tab.

@KrishnShweta Well tried. But it is Bhagavad Ramanucharya's commentary.

Krishn Shweta

@SreeCharan OK...

Sree Charan

:34832868 That is such a headache. I am not going to look at number now!!!! Increases and decreases at its will.!!!

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan Ohh. There are many posts.

@SreeCharan I think the number is bug. I unnecessarily removed the tag bug

@SreeCharan @KrishnShweta Bye!

GN

Krishn Shweta

5:42 PM

@TheDestroyer Bye

Sree Charan

@TheDestroyer No it is not a bug. In some of those questions, I voted to stay open. Some voters might also done the same. So, the post remains pending.

@TheDestroyer GN.

@KrishnShweta Artham ayinda? If you want, I can give you link for Ramanujacharya's commentary.

@KrishnShweta Do you watch TV?

Krishn Shweta

@SreeCharan Thanks but this website has all the commentaries. I'll go through that.

@SreeCharan If I don't understand in that I'll ask you :)

@SreeCharan very less. Maybe 1 hr

Sree Charan

@KrishnShweta Your answer for this question was answered by an astrologer in zeetelugu.

Krishn Shweta

Really?

Sree Charan

I was searching in scriptures to answer the question properly. @KrishnShweta

@KrishnShweta He only said about milk being spilled. But if you follow the program, u may get answer for mirror also.

Krishn Shweta

5:52 PM

@SreeCharan Oh! who is he?

Sree Charan

@KrishnShweta vakkantam chandramouli in sreekaram subhakaram. 8 am.

Keshav Srinivasan

@SreeCharan Because Kapila is an incarnation of Vishnu. Kapila's Samkhya school believed that there are only Purushas and Prakriti, it didn't believe in the existence of a supreme being. So the point of my dialogue is to address the question "Why did Kapila, who is an incarnation of Vishnu, found a school which doesn't accept the existence of a supreme being?"

@SreeCharan And the answer I'm giving is that Kapila was only describing things other than himself, i.e. other than Sriman Narayana.

@SreeCharan By the way, in Visistadvaita terminology, Purusha corresponds to Chit and Prakriti corresponds to Achit.

Krishn Shweta

@SreeCharan OK.

Sree Charan

@KeshavSrinivasan Did you see this question and answer?

3

Q: Did the destruction of Daksha's sacrifice also happened in present Vaivasvata Manvanatara?

It is a well known event that Mahadeva destroys sacrifice of Daksha when Devi Sati destroys herself in the sacrifice. But it happened in the Pitri Kalpa. Destruction of Yajna of Daksha is the symbolism of the fact that Devas due to their arrogancy are stupefied to such level that they proceed to...

scripture mahabharata shiva vedas yuga

Krishn Shweta

@SreeCharan But how you are saying that he is an astrologer?

Sree Charan

5:59 PM

@KrishnShweta He says daily predictions. He adds another topic. Current topic is omens.

Krishn Shweta

OK...

Keshav Srinivasan

@SreeCharan No, I didn't see it until you mentioned it. But I think that chapter of the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata is an interpolation, for multiple reasons. First, because those chapters of the Shanti and Anushasana Parvas where Janamejaya interjects with a question are widely considered interpolations.

@SreeCharan And second, because it contains the line "We have many Rudras armed with lances and bearing matted locks on their heads. They are eleven in number. I know them all, but I do not know who this (new Rudra) Maheswara is." which is emblematic of later developments in Hindu thought.

@SreeCharan I think other accounts in the Mahabharata of Shiva destroying Daksha's Yagna are authentic, but this particular one is not.

Hinduism Trivia Quiz

Transcript for

Vedanta and Philosophy