What are the characteristics of people who live in Kaliyuga , how are people in Kaliyuga different from those living in previous Yugas ?

NOTE: I'm not asking about Brahman which is attribute less. I'm asking about Saguna Brahman or Ishwara according to the orthodox Advaita Vedanta of Shri Adi Shankaracharya. Here this blog says Answer: This is a commentary of Adi Shankara on the Bhagavat Gita verse 11.43, what people do not unde...

It says here that Shri Adi Shankaracharya says this in his Brahma Sutra Bhashya. Now this Saguna Brahman is he with a particular form as per Shankara, let us look at what he says “मन्त्रौ चेमावीश्वरस्य शरीराद्यनपेक्षतामनावरणज्ञानतां च दर्शयतः न तस्य कार्यं करणं च विद्यते न तत्समश्चाभ्यधिकश्च दृश...

I was going through the Vishnu Puran and came across the following description in Book V, Chapter IV: KANSA, much troubled in mind, summoned all his principal Asuras, Pralamba, Keśin, and the rest, and said to them, "O valiant chiefs, Pralamba, Keśin, Dhenuka, Pútaná, Arisht́a, and all the rest o...

I used to think anger is Rajasic and lust is Tamasic.But after reading much about Gunas, at many places lust is shown as Rajasic while anger is shown as Tamasic. I thought Tamas represents laziness while Rajas represents activity and passion . So Which one is true?

Is there any scripture asking not to sleep at sandhya time or giving reasons about why to not sleep at sandhya time?

In this video, a Swamiji belonging to Shri Madhwacharya order of Sannyasis, say that Lord Krishna and Bhima had the same mindset and same opinons. He says in Sanskrit, नित्यं एकमनस्कौ तौ They both are always one minded What is thr source of this saying? Is it from Mahabharata?

It is almost impossible for a person to change one own's caste during her lifetime. Bhishma said, 'The status of a Brahmana, O Yudhishthira, is incapable of acquisition by a person belonging to any of the three other orders. That status is the highest with respect to all creatures. Travelling th...

It is almost impossible for an individual to change her caste in her lifetime. It will take at least five generations to change the caste. ‘Caste becomes elevated during the fifth or the seventh generation; similarly after five or seven generations one acquires that caste of which he has followe...