@SRahulBose I find it strange that you criticized some of the other answers as rants, then begged for upvotes so you could answer your own questions, then proceeded to write the biggest rant yourself. I don't want to say it's straight out trolling, but please don't do that again.
As of now, we don't have Ayurveda.SE yet. And many time its proposal got failed. But know
Hinduism is live and Vedas are part of it.
Now my concern is that is Ayurveda completely acceptable or is it partially acceptable? Or up-to what extent?
yeah, i just feel what if someone from other religion or from our religion sees this and says "Hey, cool. Hinduism allows drugs and alcohols. Let's drink!"
yeah... materialistic living to it's best ! You live only once.. so lets eat, smoke, drink... i don't have any agenda against this, but just that don't like when people say in favor of this without a complete knowledge
take bhang for example..
an answer says bhang is allowed in Hinduism, what a novice will understand?
Bhang () is a preparation from the leaves and flowers (buds) of the female cannabis plant, consumed as a beverage in the Indian subcontinent.
Indian Sub-continent
Bhang has been used as an intoxicant for centuries in the Indian sub-continent. Bhang in India and Nepal is distributed during some Hindu festivals like Holi, and consuming bhang at such occasions is a standard practice.
It is also available as Bhang goli (pill) which is just freshly ground cannabis with water. Apart from this, sweetened bhang golis are also widely available. These are not considered a drug, but a traditiona...
a mild preparation of marijuana made from young leaves and stems of the Indian hemp plant, Cannabis sativa, drunk with milk or water as a fermented brew or smoked for its hallucinogenic effects.
Acceptable or not is decided by an individual. But saying that I don't do weed but I do bhang because bhang is not a drug and weed is. That's incorrect IMO.
In India, people do drugs and take alcohol. This can be interpreted as there being no law in India to stop them from drinking and doing drugs.
But is taking alcohol really allowed in Hinduism, or did people forget that it was forbidden by the teachings?
@AdityaSomani my only problem with the asnwer is that, it says bhang is drug but in hinduism bhang is not treeted as drugs. I am not saying any scietific things here.
you won't believe so many flaws and misconception there are in the things people commonly believe. but as they have got accepted as the truth convincing people is diffcult
In the Anushasana Parva of the Mahabharata, in the course of recounting the boons that Shiva has bestowed upon various people, there is a description of a certain son of the demon Hiranyakashipu by the name of Mandara:
He who was the foremost of all [of Hiranyakashipu's] sons and who was cele...
Currently our chatroom name is Hinduism. Are we going to stick with it or what to change it?
Note:- Fell free to add your chatroom name suggestion as answers.
@VineetMenon to be frank i do have a story, but may be later. i was obsessed about finding out about God, life, etc. and from childhood had wondered here and there looking for answers.
nah... it's real. you won't believe how much troubled i was by certain questions. I don't know much about Hinduism in terms of culture and customs but i am aware about most of the core practices and philosophy of hinduism
oops you closed Ganga Jamuna so soon! Anyway, I was typing an answer to it. It's not exactly the duplicate. There is a certain esoteric meaning of taking dip or bathing in Ganga and Jamnua, not just only Ganga.
Sign
It is a unique sign that a lady is married. Similar to the red powder she uses in her scalp (maang). It is uniques because mangal-sutras are different in looks. It would be very difficult to find two mangal-sutras exactly the same.
It's Holy
It was first seen in history with God Shiva and...
In Hinduism, brides wear Mangal Sutra. They use a divine red powder to colour thier scalp (the name of which is Sindoor). They are all symbols of love etc.
Why not then men wear such things?
@Mr_Green Anyways after election, mods will have the same power in chatroom. So being chatroom owner doesn't do anything much. Rather then italic name.
I know very less about it that Hindus believe that there are different loks (worlds). For example
par lok (heaven)
paathal lok(underworld)
Bhu lok (Earth)
I want to know exactly how many loks(or worlds) are there? and who lives there?
I just know that people (us) live on Bhulok.
I heard onc...
Just as the questions asks, how does Karma work exactly? I've heard tales if your bad, your re-incarnated as a bug or something. I'm sure there is more to it than this and can someone clear it up for me please.
I've heard many uneducated tales of the vedas concept of a heaven & hell, but not in the sense that there is a good & bad place that souls reside. More that planes of existence of higher & lower power/beings that are above & below the earth. Can someone clear this up for me?
I know very less about it that Hindus believe that there are different loks (worlds). For example
par lok (heaven)
paathal lok(underworld)
Bhu lok (Earth)
I want to know exactly how many loks(or worlds) are there? and who lives there?
I just know that people (us) live on Bhulok.
I heard onc...
There are some claims that ancient Hindu scriptures have mentioned about Jesus Christ or Prophet Muhammad.
Link 1
Link 2
I would like to know what is the stand of Hindu experts on these claims.
Does the Hindu consensus accept that Bhavishya Purana had 'predicted' about Prophet Muhammad?
The relationship between Samudra Manthan and alcohol came up in a comment thread to another question, with one commenter stating that alcohol was forbidden in Hinduism because Daanavs drank alcohol and lost the chance at the amrit (nectar of immortality).
I tried to follow up on this thread myse...
In Hinduism, is there a concept of evolution? If so, how it it portrayed? I seen a YouTube video that I am unable to find again that says that the Vedic text says that beings evolve from most complex being to the simplest being(backwards from scientific conception), but also states that conscious...
When circumambulating a temple or an idol (i.e. perform pradakshinam), we do so clockwise. Now, it's obvious that we need to have everybody circumambulating in the same direction, or else people would run into each other. But why do we specifically do so in a clockwise direction? Is there a scrip...
I understand there is a caste system on the basis of occupation. What is the reason for having such a classification system?
Has the original concept kept the same or it has evolved over time (if at all) ?
The swastik symbol is used in many ceremonies, yagya etc. What is the significance of this?
Also what is the correct direction for this?
this or it's mirror image?
Friends, just wish to clarify that I wrote an answer to the best of my abilities. I had spent a lot of time preparing it. My only hope was that I contribute what I can to Stack Exchange. I agree the bold etc was uncalled for. I am not very familiar with SE conventions, but did take some time to gather the links from wiki etc so that people can check what i say by clicking on the links. I did my best. I can assure all of you my intention was never to rant etc. All the best :)
Tulsi plant have significant role in Hinduism and it's rituals. It is considered as a Holy plant and in front of every Hindu houses there will be a Tulsi plant. Why is it considered as a holy plant? Where is the root of the holy plant in the text?
In Islam and Christianity, it is obligatory for a couple to take a shower to purify themselves (not together in order to keep them away :D of course; just joking). I have never heard of such a thing from any of my Hindu friends.
Are there any teachings related to this? I have been reading other ...
Recently, gay rights have been a very hot topic, and some politicians say that they are un-natural and against Hindutva. But how? I mean I don't rember any Veda or religious book saying anything against a third gender. And even the Mahabharata has a transgender character. Is there anything in the...
Tirupati is most commonly associated with the world-renowned Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple. But there is another Vishnu temple in Tirupati, the Govindaraja Swami Temple. (This isn't the only Govindaraja temple; there's also one in Chidambaram.) As I understand it, the story of the temple goes ...
Some Hindus believe that the Buddha is one of the Dasavatara; others replace him with Balarama. Which groups of Hindus believe that the Buddha was one of the avatars?
I vaguely remember reading that this is divided roughly along north-south geographic lines, with people living in the north (loo...