Hinduism - 2014-06-23 (page 1 of 2)

« first day (4 days earlier) ← previous day next day → last day (3605 days later) »

12:20 AM

0

Q: How accepted are the Smiritis?

According to Wikipedia there are two main types of scriptures, the Vedas (which are seen as eternal) of which there are four, and the Smiritis (which are seen as revealed). I was wondering what the current Hindu thought of the status of the Smiritis are, like are they cannon? Are they not accepte...

5 hours later…

5:03 AM

0

Q: Significance of Atharva Veda among Vedas

Atharva Veda is not considered the same as other three Veda and the study of which is generally discouraged if one doesn't have the required moral conditioning. I know Atharva contains recipe for numerous maleficent rituals including vashikarana etc. Can someone shed some light on this?

Mere hindu bhaio ko mera pyaar bhara namashkar.. arthat GOOD MORNING

Good morning

@Mr_Green hello

Actually, Good morning means "Shubh Uday" :)

@TheDictator How's everything in Wadia? :P

@Mr_Green सुप्रभात्

5:05 AM

@VineetMenon its going cool here

@VineetMenon yeah correct I think.

Does anyone here think that Hinduism.SE is going to have a sectarian war?

as in Vaishnavites vs. Vedantins ?

etc

or something else?

25 secs ago, by Vineet Menon

as in Vaishnavites vs. Vedantins ?

^ I don't even know who are they? :(

wtf man?

you dissapoint me.. :P

I will go through some wiki when I get time

5:10 AM

sure.. basically, ISCKON are a subset of Vaishnavites.

and vedantins are those who follow vedanta.

Who would like to become owner of this Chat?

I am taking sanyas from this chat room :P

any one interested?

@Mr_Green don't be like kejriwal

haha

you were interested in being owner since day 1

you hit me on heart with missile

5:12 AM

and now you are abdicating?

@Mr_Green lol

I can't spend my time here.. I can be here only on saturdays.. due to office work

@Mr_Green i take back my missile.

@Mr_Green congratulation for being the first owner of this room

@TheDictator thanks.. but need second owner

btw how did that happen?

@Mr_Green

5:13 AM

It happened because I am "Mr_Green"!!

I was active in chat from Day one

Anybody want to be second owner of this room? so that if I am not available and there needs a serious change to chat, the second guy could do it..

@Mr_Green Nope. sorry. I too have office stuff to attend to..

same to me :( lets see..

@Mr_Green hmm

5:27 AM

@Mr_Green @Mr.Alien and @AnkitSharma will be there so u can make him

I will ask them once they come here

hello guys

3

Q: Definition of God, on-topic/off-topic?

There are many gods in Hinduism and hence many questions would arise about gods of Hinduism. This post intends to decide, that whether we should make or create a canonical question on main site, in which the definition of god will be explained according to Hinduism. The post will contain: Def...

about above question, there were not much voting on it, but sometime has passed since I posted that

so, do we agree on posting that question as CW on main site or should I wait for some more time?

let us wait for more time

OK, lets see what happens

:)

that is just my opinion :)

5:35 AM

@Mr_Green then we wait for others

ok

5:58 AM

??

@Mr_Green why?

-1

A: How accepted are the Smritis?

Yes Wikipedia is right in saying that Hinduism has two types of scriptures, Shruti and Smriti. Shruti The word itself means 'to be heard' and are supposed to be cosmic vibrations from the Brahman itself. This class of Hindu scripture includes, four Vedas (Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva) which are...

another war between vaishnavites and vedantin going on..

I'm exhausted.. :(

@Mr_Green there is no nedd for second group owner. Mods wil going to have same access. Even other sites mod can also do sufficient changes.

@VineetMenon can't help. Don't know about it :|

@AnkitSharma when are we going to get mods?

after beta?

@VineetMenon I've seen mods in public beta of sites, like fitness SE, may be we will get one then

@AnkitSharma oh, it's okay. I was just venting my frustration.

6:02 AM

@VineetMenon Roughly a week after the site enters private beta, i.e. about ten days or so from now.

@VineetMenon i think mods gets appointed in public beta. But don't remember exactly

0

Q: Why are sesame seeds used in vedic puja and rituals?

I have seen in many puja and rituals sesame seeds being used with milk. Scriptures also mention its usage in certain rituals. So what's the importance of sesame seeds? Why they are used?

@StackExchange noice question

I don't know why but i feel people are not using upvotes or downvote much.

@AnkitSharma Ok good.. wonderful!! :)

6:04 AM

@AnkitSharma This is true. You can see overall voting activity here: hinduism.stackexchange.com/users?tab=voters

@senshin leechers gonna be leachers

@senshin ahhh...mine upvotes are also very less. ;)

Should we raise meta to encourage user for upvote? or even down-vote if necessary.

@AnkitSharma implying n00bs read meta

@AnkitSharma We've tried that on some other sites I've been on. It's a nice gesture, but practically speaking, the people who read meta are mostly the same people who cast votes, and the people who aren't casting votes mostly don't read meta.

don't we have community bulletin for meta highlights also

It keeps showing popular meta questions

6:08 AM

@DroidDev Community Bulletin got updated by site mod or they got selected by upvotes.

@DroidDev Yes, that's true. It's not possible to manually select what shows up in the bulletin (until we get mods), though.

@senshin let me try to get answer to question "When we will be getting mods?"

@DroidDev Like I mentioned above, "Roughly a week after the site enters public beta, i.e. about ten days or so from now." (This assumes that private beta will only last a week. It may last longer if the site has problems of some type.)

@senshin ok, so as soon as we enter public beta, we will have a mod

@DroidDev Oops, sorry, I typo'd that. I meant "roughly a week after the site enters public beta".

Let me fix that.

6:11 AM

@senshin oh! no problem

@senshin well, I have some new information about that

we can have a mod in private beta also

aahhh! public private confusion...

in Tavern on the Meta on Meta Stack Exchange Chat, 1 min ago, by ProgramFOX

@DroidDev Yes, you can. Data Science had that post during private beta.

@DroidDev ?

user image

12

Q: Who should our moderators be?

If your meta site does not have a post to nominate Moderators, start one now! Pro Tem appointments will begin about two weeks after the site is created. The more guidance we receive, the more informed our choice. Moderator Pro Tempore Each nomination should be a separate answer. Link the na...

discussion moderation

@senshin I posted the message above, in which it is stated that Data Science had a mod during private beta

6:13 AM

@DroidDev He's wrong. Yes, Data Science had a nomination post during private beta, but they still don't have moderators after a month: see datascience.stackexchange.com/users?tab=moderators

@senshin oh! I see

@VineetMenon ahhh....why you reminding me about collage studies.....which i have not done seriously

@DroidDev but you can still ask it in meta if you want.

@AnkitSharma hehe..

@AnkitSharma I'll only ask if WE ALL want. A meta post about it will only be significant if community wants it

@DroidDev hmmmm....

6:22 AM

@AnkitSharma as it currently stands, there are not much users on our site, and this post won't get much attention apart from us people. Still that's only my opinion, let's see what others have to say about this.

@DroidDev We should avoid posting about moderators until the site enters public beta. Posts about moderators typically cause all sorts of drama, so we want to put them off for as long as possible.

@senshin then we need some high rep users to take that responsibility of moderating site, but still there are some things that only a moderator can do

@DroidDev user are not that less but meta participants are very less.

@DroidDev Okay, so just to clarify - the community managers (Stack Exchange employees) will pick moderators about a week after the site enters public beta. This will happen whether or not we make a nomination post.

So basically there is nothing we can do to make the selection of moderators happen faster or slower.

@AnkitSharma exactly, I am still thinking of how can we increase that participation without any mod, so I guess we will have to wait

@senshin then we will have to wait only.

6:24 AM

Between now and the selection of moderators, the community managers will be taking care of any mod-only tasks (e.g. flag handling) that need to be done.

Btw, who wants to be a moderator on this site here?

I for one, don't want to be a moderator for now

So many good answer and very less upvote. ahhh...disappointed.

@DroidDev i want to be.

@AnkitSharma do you have time for that?

I mean moderation is like a full-time job, once we start to get some traffic

@DroidDev i can manage. Currently i am sitting in office but still managing the time.

@DroidDev Based on what I've heard from moderators of other early beta sites, moderation is the kind of thing that takes roughly 30-60 minutes of time per day on average.

6:27 AM

@AnkitSharma currently I am also sitting in office and have sometime, but when a project work kicks in, then I am not able to get online for whole day sometimes, that's why I don't want to be one.

That said, if anybody wants to find out what it's going to take to moderate this site, the best people to talk to are the mods of Islam - demographically and content-wise, their site is the most similar to ours.

@AnkitSharma Btw, in which profession you are, If I may ask.

@DroidDev DBA

In mysql, we are not busy all the day. THere are always free time gaps. And at house i am always active on social networks and my SE tabs remain open too.

@senshin in early beta, yes it is not much time consuming, but I think, Hinduism is a kind of topic, which will get too much traction (I don't know if word is right) in very less time, because of many followers world-wide.

@AnkitSharma Then I wish you luck and will also vote for you, if we have an option

@DroidDev That's very possible, you're right. It all depends on how much this site catches on with Hindus on other forums/sites/etc.

6:30 AM

@senshin that, we will see very shortly :)

@DroidDev no we will not going to have option. On Pet.se comunity moderator selected the mods and Mod Voting meta post got ignored mostly.

@senshin don't you wanna be moderator, I think you have enough knowledge about working of site, whole SE netwrok

@AnkitSharma :(

@DroidDev Ankit is right - there is no real voting at this stage. The nomination post is merely one factor that the community managers consider in selecting the moderators.

It is only after the site graduates from public beta that proper elections are held.

@senshin just more waiting

6:47 AM

No beta users with 200 reputation yet. How?

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/…

THere calculation must be wrong.

@AnkitSharma yeah it seems wrong.

we have a couple of user with 500+ reps

6 above 500.

And 14 above 200.

@AnkitSharma but we are lacking in other points like unanswered question, and answers per question.

@AnkitSharma who are above 500?

@TheDictator i am ;)

check here hinduism.stackexchange.com/users?tab=Reputation&filter=all

6:58 AM

@TheDictator hinduism.stackexchange.com/users

@AnkitSharma u are one of them

Lol

Still taking about rep :D

@NullPoiиteя you can suggest other topic

@TheDictator you really live in Wadiya?

you don't say....

7:03 AM

@Mr_Green he must be joking

So we really have 330000000 god

not exactly those many gods

keep a number or more here or there :P

@NullPoiиteя not really...

33 koti means 33 classes.

it's a translation mistake, AFAIK

@VineetMenon thats also a controvercial statement. Few agree with it and few still not.

@AnkitSharma what can i say....

hinduism is a controversial religion.

everyone can what the hell he wants to say

7:07 AM

agree...but still very interesting.

hahaha

@Mr_Green yah..

@NullPoiиteя i heard that there are not total 36 crore god they are the "Swaroop" of GOD

My first funny met question for movies and tv

0

Q: Stats gone wild

What happened to our stats? They are surely wrong but what is the reason for it?

yeah really gone wild

Specially the question per day part

I think this question can still work here

0

A: Holy cows and plastic bags

It's also related to my other answer. According to one version of Pushkar yajna story, because of absence of Savitri for the yajna, Brahma married Gurjar girl, Gayatri. Gayatri got purified by Cow's womb to be worthy to be wife of Brahma. After Savitri ( Srasvati in some versions) arrival, she c...

just need editing.

@AnkitSharma I think you should circle the "wild gone" section in that image.

7:16 AM

@AnkitSharma reopen karna hain kya?

@Mr_Green what do you say?

yeah reopen it. [IMO]

@Mr_Green more importantly, he has probably clarified his position in the comments ..

Where is our alien friend?

Looks busy

0

Q: Please remember to vote

Voting on Stack Exchange sites does a number of things. It rewards the content that we like to see when we upvote. It also signals trust, the more someone is upvoted, the more powers on the stackexchange site they get. If we want this site to be successful, those of us that use it on a regular b...

I think this kind of copy paste is allowed.

7:37 AM

@AnkitSharma I think you have good knowledge on Hinduism :)

nice explanation for the above post

@Mr_Green i love reading mythological stories and i have Pushkar story book in my house.

refer here for detailed answer on pushkar story

0

A: Why are temples devoted to Brahma so rare?

According to Padma Purana, Brahma saw the jhantu Vajranabha (Vajranash in another version) trying to kill his children and harassing people. He immediately slew the demon with his weapon, the lotus-flower. In this process, the lotus petals fell on the ground at three places, creating ...

@AnkitSharma shiv purana has a different story

yeah I never heard this story

@VineetMenon i know 3 stories for the same question 2 are already there but pushkar one was missing.

arggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I will become mad

7:45 AM

My blurry memory say there is one more but forgot it.

OMG

But bhrigu one is the most popular one for sure.

^ yeah I heard the same

I think there should be special event every week in this chat room

I don't know what should be that though

still thinking..

If you love mythological story then i will recommend you all to read Pushkar story. Its very intresting.

@Mr_Green ask meta for suggestions.

@AnkitSharma hmm ..kk

7:49 AM

does anybody read about "manasa yoga"?

A kind of practice where human can travel out of body. he/she can go anywhere all over the world.. something like that

@Mr_Green reminded me about shaktimaan.

hehe

pranayogacenterindia.com/kadappa-swami.php

^ This great saint did the same

@Mr_Green shankara did it.. paradehapravesham

I think in Ramanad sagar's Jai shree Krishna shows the same concept too.

परदेहप्रवेशम्

7:52 AM

ahh yes ^ correct word

who is shankara? you mean Lord shankara?

@Mr_Green shankara-acharya

ohh ok

Adi Shankara (pronounced ; early 8th century CE) – also known as (Adi) Shankaracharya and Shankara Bhagavatpada, spelled variously as Sankaracharya, , , – was one of the most revered Hindu philosophers and theologians from India who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedānta. His works in Sanskrit establish the doctrine of advaita, the unity of the ātman and nirguna brahman, brahman without attributes. His works elaborate on ideas found in the Upanishads. He wrote copious commentaries on the Vedic canon (Brahma Sutra, principal upanishads and Bhagavad Gita) in support of ...

I think we should ask a good and structured question about this topic

@AnkitSharma lol

@Mr_Green it's more related to Yoga than Hinduism

7:55 AM

yoga is related to Hinduism

even tapasya is kind of yoga

moreover, it's a part of ashtasiddhi

I don't know what is that :(

@Mr_Green aumamen.com/topic/ashta-siddhis-other-supernatural-powers

Thanks

@VineetMenon isn't yoga emerged from Hinduism?

I think yoga related question will also come under our umbrella

If they doesn't go too far.

8:13 AM

2

Q: Why ring finger or thumb is used for tilak?

For doing Tilak, I have been always instructed to use my ring fingers. But my Panditji always used thumb. When i asked about it he instructed me that Pandits and brahman can also use thumb too, but didn't got the reason for it. So really want to know the logic behind it.

8:35 AM

yeah I think the same

@Mr_Green idk

@NullPoiиteя, hinduism.stackexchange.com/a/399/70

Sorry, I understand that English isn't your first language, but I have no idea what this is saying. What is "ved trai"? — senshin 1 hour ago

@VineetMenon who is your school friend?

jk = Jammu and Kashmir ?

@Mr_Green a boy with surname chaturvedi

jk=just kidding

:D

haha I understand totally wrong

9:00 AM

0

A: How accepted are the Smritis?

Yes Wikipedia is right in saying that Hinduism has two types of scriptures, Shruti and Smriti. Shruti The word itself means 'to be heard' and are supposed to be cosmic vibrations from the Brahman itself. This class of Hindu scripture includes, four Vedas (Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva) which are...

9:11 AM

@Mr_Green Jammu and Kashmir's short form is J&K

9:23 AM

0

Q: What is the Story behind Dhooli Darsanam in Srisailam?

In Hindu religion, visiting temple without ablution (cleaning dirt) is meant to be sin. One should always do bath and visit the temple. But in Srisailam, the story is completely different. A person should enter without cleaning the dirt from the body. if he/she does bath to clear the dirt it is s...

9:33 AM

Anybody here? helllooooo

?

@Mr_Green yaaah

hello

@AnkitSharma u should be the second owner of this room.. why are u declining?

@AnkitSharma f** dude, you name remands me of a friend I had, Ankita Sharma everytime you post.. :(

9:40 AM

^ wow

Ankit, change your name to Mr_Blue

@Mr_Green lol.

and also I recommend every one to change there names to colors.. except pink

0

A: Why and when did the Ganga become a holy river?

During the course of Hindiusm, the local elements played a crucial role in shaping the sacred. During the Rigvedic Ages, Saraswati and Indus played a crucial role in forming the hymns and myths. During the Vedic Ages, mainly Upanishads and Puranas, which occurred in the Gangatic Planes, Ganga a...

@TheDictator i have no problem in being owner. Even i have tried to hard to get this but lost it to Mr green

@Mr_Green you being a racist ....why not pink ;D

@VineetMenon Ankit is very common name. You can't run away from it.

@VineetMenon +1 nice answer but its too generic.

@TheDictator even i am the second frequent user in this room chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/15189/hinduism

shall I give you the ownership then?

9:52 AM

@Mr_Green i don't mind

Mr_Green has added Ankit Sharma to the list of this room's owners.

@AnkitSharma it's not the name, it's the combination of ankit and sharma

@VineetMenon k

@StackExchange congrats @AnkitSharma

Previously my name was Jason Vorheese in SE

10:02 AM

@AnkitSharma it's called misogynist

@AnkitSharma y? game character?

@VineetMenon ahhh...nice term.......Mr green is a misogynist :P

@AnkitSharma or homophobic :P

@VineetMenon movie character

A famous psycho killer movie character.

@AnkitSharma lol

@AnkitSharma congrats budy.. :D

10:04 AM

But deleted that account. And when i restarted in SE i chose to be with my real name.

@TheDictator @VineetMenon thatnx

@AnkitSharma you don't say that on internet

@AnkitSharma where are u from/

Currently in Bangalore. Belongs from J&K and Delhi.

@AnkitSharma j&k and delhi? two places? i dont understand that

Delhi duuude ? eh

@TheDictator both side of lineage

10:07 AM

I am not misogynist

@VineetMenon i used the same mailid and when i deleted my account i have requested SE authority to do so. So its official

I am ogynist.. :P

@Mr_Green what is this?

@AnkitSharma what i said was. you don't disclose your actual name on internet and then proclaim to have the same name

opposite of misogynist I suppose

10:08 AM

@AnkitSharma i think he need psychiatrist

hehehehhe........

@Mr_Green androgynist

I don't mind in sharing real name.

@AnkitSharma suit yourself.. but I'm not very confident myself.

k

@VineetMenon i though to change it to heisenberg but changing name create problem . I mean people get problem in recognizing you.

10:10 AM

@AnkitSharma yeah.. that's correct

@AnkitSharma ekjactly... that happened to me as well./..

@TheDictator i think i have seen you in some other SE

My contribution to this room is 6%

on SO.. And which room usually visits everyday? @AnkitSharma

My fav rooms are "The Screening Room" and dead room "Indian Movies"

@AnkitSharma no o0n SO CHAT

10:24 AM

@TheDictator Maybe somewhere else.

@AnkitSharma i am regular visitor on CSO.. may be there we have met

cso?

Chat.stackoverflow

Maybe

hello all

do you agree with the accepted answer of the question What is the difference between God and Devi-Devta or are they same?

10:29 AM

@AksharRoop link

hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/368/…

hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/368/…

@AksharRoop I don't agree, that's why i have posted my own answer..

which got -2 votes. :(

@VineetMenon May be the reader of your answer belongs to some sects which follow different siddhant (philosophy)

@AksharRoop exactly.

the accepted answer is of Vishnavam

my answer is based on advaita

I'd answer to this question based on aksharpurushottam siddhant, where brahm and parbrahm are different

eternal entities

10:39 AM

Ahh that's why i stayed away from that question because i don't know what is advaita and Vishnavam differences.

@AksharRoop is it similar to mimansa? or dwaita vedanta?

@AnkitSharma haha, it's okay buddy.

@AksharRoop you make me more confused ;)

@AksharRoop but beware, you might get downvoted to hell...

Vaishnavas are really very loyal.. case in point ISCKON.

@VineetMenon No, it is a siddhant itself

I don't see a reason to downvote atleast.

10:41 AM

@AnkitSharma yes thats the reason why I did not answer the question

Because the things I'd mention there would be known to very limited audience.

@AksharRoop go with you answer. WE should encourage all form of believes.

Akshar Purushottam Upasana

Akshar Purushottam Upasana is an interpretation by Shastriji Maharaj of the teachings of Swaminarayan which led to the creation of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) in 1907. It could also be referred to as Brahman Parabrahman Upasana or Bhakta Bhagwan Upasana. According to this interpretation, Gunatitanand Swami is the successor of Swaminarayan as opposed to the Acharyas (heads of the Swaminarayan Sampraday). Shastri Yagnapurushdas created BAPS as a result of this difference in belief. Interpretation of Bhagwan Swaminarayan's Teachings Bhagwan Swaminaray...

@AksharRoop go ahead..

@AksharRoop this is by swaminarayan.. yes, I know him.. but not his teachings.. been to akshardham, gandhinagar

@VineetMenon yes

@VineetMenon If you like reading his teachings - Read Vachanamrut (it is available in English, Gujarati)

@VineetMenon It is difficult to digest for everyone, but this siddhant is being accepted widely and a saint of baps has written bhasya on Prasthantrayi (Brahmsutra,Geeta,Upanishad) that backs this siddhant

@AksharRoop kk, I'll..

hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5495

« first day (4 days earlier) ← previous day next day → last day (3605 days later) »

Transcript for

Jun '1423

Hinduism

General discussion for hinduism.stackexchange.com; New her...

ping-fest sanatana-dharma support वार्तामञ्च

join this room
about this room

00:00

06:00

12:00

18:00

all times are UTC

site design / logo © 2024 Stack Exchange Inc; legal

mobile