Hinduism

@HinduFeminist see you have to understand one thing. Hinduism is something which doesn’t discriminate at all. Over time yes due to corruptions of the Kaliyuga things get distorted. A great deal of texts have been burned by invaders and also interpolated like the current version of Ramayana Uttarakanda

There is no concept like women

The concept is human

Male female of every species is an entirely normal and natural thing:- what do our principles say? Man woman are similar to two wheels of a chariot and have to be together in Dharma Artha Kāma Moksha

One cannot base their views on dharma due to one or two interpolated verses. References of kings like Chandragupta Maurya having women soldiers guarding his gates

A rule being made in Mahabharata like no women can participate in war? Such a rule was needed because it was common for women to participate in war eg. Krishna satyabhama, Dasharatha Kaikeyi

You cannot apply modern feminist views on an eternal religion

Please see my bookmarks where honourable seniors have given posts showing even women take janeu and practise Vedic studies

Puranas talk about various hells being there for adultery

Adultery is rare- ancient dharmic mindsets are not like modern America or something where such rudimentary concepts can be applied. Ancient dharmic mindsets respects everyone

read the Garuda Purana which gives even daughters equal rights as sons to do tarpanam etc for forefathers. These one or two Smrutis like Manu and all have been severely interpolated by Germans and britishers who still hold manuscripts of original texts or burned them

Just to degrade our dharma

Dharma is not what is allowed and what is not as Smritis. It is not so bookish. It is based on common sense and scriptures like Gita etc to guide you

Explain this uninterpolated verse from manusmriti- यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यन्ते रमन्ते तत्र देवताः। यत्रैतास्तु न पूज्यन्ते सर्नास्तत्राफलाः क्रियाः? Where women are worshipped, there the Gods sport where they aren’t all deeds are unfruitful

@TheLittleNaruto tried learning it went over my head

@TheLittleNaruto little naruto or another name? Worldwide presence ha 😉

TheLittleNaruto

6:43 AM

@Archit lol not little naruto but "TheLittleNaruto" 😉

Archit

@HinduFeminist one cannot knit pick interpolated and misinterpreted texts and term Hinduism as misogynist sorry. These concepts are beyond common American and other modern mindsets.

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@TheLittleNaruto oooooh nice nice

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Q: How to reenergize gemstones?

I want to know the procedure of reenergising the gemstones.We were them for long time so should we reenergise then time to time. If so then how should we do that.

Archit

@TheLittleNaruto am I correct up? Maybe little extra hyper I got but

TheLittleNaruto

@Archit No!

You said everything right.

Archit

Thank god jai Shri ram

TheLittleNaruto

6:47 AM

Jai Shree Rama 🙏

Archit

@RakeshJoshi ji someone else also has this misconception hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/31635/…. He has answered his own question 😂😂

TheLittleNaruto

@Archit That someone got banned for his good deeds.

Archit

Hain meaning?😂😂😂

He’s been suspended?

TheLittleNaruto

Yea

Archit

Why?😂😂

TheLittleNaruto

6:52 AM

haha! Let's not discuss that. 😂

BTW I bought yajna samagri yesterday

I couldn't find few things. I'll search today may be!

Archit

Wah which yajna?

You do at home?

Kids?

TheLittleNaruto

@Archit I haven't started any yajna yet. But I'll look up Gayatri Pariwar site if there is any yajna for a bachelor

and who is not initiated

Archit

7:28 AM

Why don’t you call the family Brahmin and sit with him while he does it?

TheLittleNaruto

@Archit I don't live in my native town, So I can't call them.

Also this lockdown.......

Carmen sandiego

7:47 AM

@TheLittleNaruto - hows it going . Saw your msg to take the discussion to chatroom. but i think it didn't last long in here !

TheLittleNaruto

@Carmensandiego Hey!

haha yeah

They didn't respond when I shared a correct reference.

TheLittleNaruto

8:35 AM

@Carmensandiego I think You could have edited the same answer and mentioned that at the start of the post like you did in this answer. There was no need of posting another answer.

Carmen sandiego

8:48 AM

@TheLittleNaruto Thought about it. But i felt edit is meant for cases where the answer doesn't change, and one is just providing additional details or fixing grammar. In this case a new answer was required as the old one was way off the mark

TheLittleNaruto

@Carmensandiego Got it

Carmen sandiego

@TheLittleNaruto lost 20 rep points as a result :-(

TheLittleNaruto

:(

Carmen sandiego

maybe i undelete it and edit it :-)

TheLittleNaruto

:D

Do you like Indian classical music? @Carmensandiego

Carmen sandiego

8:56 AM

@TheLittleNaruto i am tone deaf buddy. Weren't you chatting earlier with Malvika(sp?) who was into indian classical music ?

TheLittleNaruto

@Carmensandiego Yeah!

Carmen sandiego

@TheLittleNaruto Did you scare her away ? :p

TheLittleNaruto

I was thinking to share one music with you lol

@Carmensandiego naah!

She is available in Music SE

Carmen sandiego

got it !

Archit

10:21 AM

@TheLittleNaruto arey this will open now today on 10% private office capacity etc started

@Carmensandiego namaste

TheLittleNaruto

@Archit Yeah! But here language gap is also there...

The nearby temple Brahmin I know of, struggles at Hindi..

And I am not too fluent to understand Kannada atm

Carmen sandiego

@Archit namaste !

TheLittleNaruto

1:30 PM

Welcome to Hinduism SE Chatroom @iruvar

Archit

1:41 PM

@TheLittleNaruto hmmm Kannada is better than Japanese😉

TheLittleNaruto

@Archit I agree

No doubt about it

Archit

Someone asked a nice question- how does Brahma look

TheLittleNaruto

I would wonder that

Archit

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Q: How does Brahma look?

Does Brahma look like an old deity, having white hair? What is his body complexion - red, golden or something else. Does he use rosaries for chanting? If so then which rosaries does he use(rudraksha or tulasi mala)? Which type of tilak does he put on his forehead - urdhava pundra (u shaped tilak ...

mythology scripture puranas gods brahma

TheLittleNaruto

Question link?

Archit

1:46 PM

Just voted for him

Rakesh Joshi

@TheLittleNaruto i don't think he is old

TheLittleNaruto

@RakeshJoshi He isn't.

Archit

Even the tikka aspect is intriguing urdhva Pundra or tripundra or his own?

@RakeshJoshi he’s depicted so everywhere

Rakesh Joshi

@HinduFeminist check my posts on women and Hinduism

Then you have to accept that old age (jaraaa vyadhi) affects other lokas too

Archit

See I know during puja and all yellow dhoti (pitambaram) is given to Vishnu and white dhoti is given to Brahma

Rakesh Joshi

1:48 PM

Color has nothing to do with that

Archit

@RakeshJoshi there’s a concept like that

?

Rakesh Joshi

They say jaraa and mrityu is exclusive to earth

Archit

@RakeshJoshi did you write the janeu women answer? I’ve bookmarked and voted for one

@RakeshJoshi interesting

Are these gods - annamaya kosha, sukshma shareer gods or karana deha gods?

You have to still explain me the shudra janeu thing when you’re in a mood 😂 not now

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A: Rules for wearing yagyopavit by women (yes it is possible)

Vedas do not have any gender based discrimination. When it comes to vaidika dharma and practices both men and women enjoy same freedom. However, after the advent of sanyasa, the society slowly turned towards more male dominated and male chauvinistic in nature. Slowly women were deprived from thei...

Very nice answer Have bookmarked this and kept

Just saw and voted recently

Rakesh Joshi

If you go as per geeta some verses say its birth based (9.32-33) some say its based on guna

Archit

Nahi not this one

Rakesh Joshi

1:58 PM

Also have post on women and vedas

Archit

The one where Shudras are allowed to have Upanayana the janmano jayate one

@RakeshJoshi 👌

This one link which I sent deserves 15-20 votes

Which of your answers would you recommend? Will read and vote

I think people on our site have stopped voting only. This women Janeu one has 4 including my vote whereas it deserves 15-20

Rakesh Joshi

The moot point is that even if someone is BORN in a shudra family but he should be initiated into vedas if he is eligible i.e genuine aspiration for veda then he should be initiated and if he does proper sadhana then he can become brahmin too

Archit

You know Keshav Srinivasan style

@RakeshJoshi agree

Rakesh Joshi

Its a taboo about women so i have posted many questions on women @Archit @HinduFeminist

Archit

Thank you

Rakesh Joshi

2:01 PM

I don't subscribe to his views and many of answers

Archit

Okay

@RakeshJoshi actually I was talking of this janeu women answer of your smile getting 15-20 votes like it’s well researched and well explained

Your answer*

@RakeshJoshi example?

Rakesh Joshi

Go to my profile and see there

Archit

Okay

@RakeshJoshi I’ll read a few at night

Did you do a research in this particular area?

@RakeshJoshi do I see the questions or the answers in particular?

Rakesh Joshi

I don't know in particular but depends on your area of interest

@TheLittleNaruto

Archit

@RakeshJoshi keeps varying I like almost everything

Quite a few are sounding interesting

@RakeshJoshi would be nice if you send one to start with

TheLittleNaruto

2:14 PM

@Archit What about it?

Rakesh Joshi

Most of them were very controversial ... the ones on geeta for example. Not much of public acceptance because they are sentimental about it and have grown reading it..

Then there was one on sankaracharya and crypto Buddhism... which created heavy controversy but later on many vaishnavas supported it.

Then there was about other vedanta Acharyas like ramanuja. And overall on vedanta school itself

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Q: Does kanyadaan have a Vedic sanction?

In a traditional Hindu marriage, the bride is 'gifted' to the groom by her father Like Godaan (gifting of cow) bhudaan (gifting of land) etc women are treated as objects that can be gifted away ! Infact in many places, the this act of 'gifting' of the girl to the groom is what a marriage is? Eve...

marriage tradition women vedic-rituals

@HinduFeminist @Archit

TheLittleNaruto

@RakeshJoshi Good that I learned it.

Archit

2:30 PM

@TheLittleNaruto ?

TheLittleNaruto

@Archit Click on reply icon.

Archit

@RakeshJoshi I just read the prayer for a girl child in Vedas one

@TheLittleNaruto reasearch in particular area one?

iruvar

@TheLittleNaruto Thank you @TheLittleNaruto. Don't mind me, just passing through

TheLittleNaruto

@iruvar A'right 😂

Rakesh Joshi

@iruvar epadi iruka?

TheLittleNaruto

2:34 PM

@Archit Oh I see!

Archit

@TheLittleNaruto No no I meant votes like his

I meant Rakeshjis janeu women answer and others deserve 15-20 votes

TheLittleNaruto

@Archit Understood 😂

@Archit I agree

Archit

I just voted for his parents aspiring for girls one

TheLittleNaruto

Great!

Archit

@RakeshJoshi didn’t understand how is the groom disassociating himself from taking the gift? Oh Kāma this dakshina is yours?

And how does it mean that he’s incurring a sin and has to remove it with pratigraha

Check this answer as per Apastamba and Paraskara

They’ve got a slightly different translation for the pratgrahana part

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A: Which scripture describes the procedure for an ideal marriage including how to find the ideal bride or groom?

Choosing a bridegroom: From Yamasmriti: One should seek for seven qualities in a bridegroom viz. good family, good character, physical appearance, reputation, learning, wealth and [track record of] support [of relatives and friends]; the other matters need not be considered. Cho...

Rakesh Joshi

2:49 PM

Because its not a gift

Pratigrahana is to be done for prayashchitta of receiving daanam

Archit

Oh

@RakeshJoshi Does this answer help solve anything?

Rakesh Joshi

3:31 PM

You dont think kanyadaan post is worthy? @Archit

Archit

4:41 PM

@RakeshJoshi I voted it’s is worthy

You would’ve gotten 10 check. Long back 2-3 hours ago I had

But did this answer I sent help solve any part? Like the translation of the pratigrahana mantra

They’re talking about Apastamba grihya Sutra and kanyadaan mantra

@RakeshJoshi Tamil teriyuma? Nice

Rakesh Joshi

I am not looking for solution but making a statement

@Archit

Archit

6:02 PM

@RakeshJoshi really like the part where the question says mahalakshmi cannot be given as a gift

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Q: Was manusmriti the Constitution of ram rajya?

In sarga18 of kishkindha kand Rama explains to dying Vali as to why he gave such a punishment. Rama categorically explains all the question put by Vali in the last chapter from the viewpoint of scriptures(manusmriti) that lay down principle for sanaatana dharma, eternal tradition, as well as raaj...