Which sloka in bhagavad gita says
rjuna: "How do I know that it is Dharma, O Keshava?"
Krishna: "When the Adharmic lament, know that Dharma has manifested."
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In Indian religions and society, an acharya (IAST: ācārya) is a preceptor or instructor in religious matters; founder, or leader of a sect; or a highly learned person or a title affixed to the names of learned people. The designation has different meanings in Hinduism, Buddhism and secular contexts.
Acharya is sometimes used to address a teacher or a scholar in any discipline, e.g.: Bhaskaracharya, the mathematician.
== Etymology ==
The term "acharya" is most often said to include the root "char" or "charya" (conduct). Thus it literally connotes "one who teaches by conduct (example)", i.e. an...
This whole mantra forms the first passage of Taittariya Aranyaka of YajurVeda. The first verse "Om Bhadram Karnebhi Srinuyaam Devaha" also exists in RigVeda 1.89.8
Here is the meaning of the above mantra:
ॐ भद्रं कर्णेभिः शृणुयाम देवाः ।
Om Bhadram Karnebhiḥ Srinuyaam Devah
Om, M...
Samkhya or Sankhya (Sanskrit: सांख्य, IAST: sāṃkhya) is one of the six āstika schools of Hindu philosophy. It is most related to the Yoga school of Hinduism, and it was influential on other schools of Indian philosophy. Sāmkhya is an enumerationist philosophy whose epistemology accepts three of six pramanas (proofs) as the only reliable means of gaining knowledge. These include pratyakṣa (perception), anumāṇa (inference) and śabda (āptavacana, word/testimony of reliable sources). Sometimes described as one of the rationalist schools of Indian philosophy, this ancient school's reliance on reason...
Can I say Sankhya as the oldest hindu philosophy has influenced all the other darshanas like Vedanta? That implies all astika darshanas are derivative from Sankhya, not necessarily conflicting or contradictory.
Let's get the example Advaita Vedanta vs Samkhya:
Sankhya says there is phenomenical...
Weren't we the only Santana Dharmis? Then why did Gods forsake us? British looted us, raped our women, killed our people. The mughals raped us Hindus, and mass converted us. Then why didn't the Gods help us?
I used to take an oath every day in my previous school that all Indians are my brothers...
Namaste,
Please excuse adiyen's ignorance if this is the right forum and right question to ask.
I have a question about ashoucham. My father attained panama-adam in January this year and we were told not to visit any thirtha kshetram for one year.
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