Vedanta and Philosophy

Pandya

01:05

@TheDestroyer Good idea and I usually do follow it but users may face difficulties especially who can't read Devanagari e.g users from other countries may not find Sanskrit verses easily. Screen shot may work. Btw, how do you handle if a user doesn't follow? You may not stop them without Sanskrit Verses. I think You can post meta post for Encouraging to include Sanskrit Verses. I don't think mandatory strategy may work effectively. What do you think?

@TheDestroyer let me clear Are you talking about including versers in Sanskrit or "Iincluding at least one Sanskrit verses (may not be in Sanskrit) in each post" ? I assume first one right?

SwiftPushkar

02:54

@TriyugiNarayanMani - GM , just added shloka frm. vaman purana with link into your answer.😊👍

Tezz

@TheDestroyer yes, I agree with @Pandya mandatory may not work effectively... encouraging may work.. you can give examples of some magical additions in translation like that in the answer of Keshav (Lakshmi choosing her consort).. also in my answer can Sudra become Brahmin in this birth?.. The Sanskrit uses PanchaVimshati Lakshata which means 25 Lakh times but translator translates it as 20 Lakhs... so Sanskrit verses are needed...

SwiftPushkar

03:30

Good Morning All :-)

Tezz

@SwiftPushkar Good Morning!😀😀

SwiftPushkar

@Tezz - yes , hows cold over there :)

Sree Charan

Good morning to all. these are the sanskrit verses of SB 8.8.22 with translation in english. There is no mention of crematorium in the word to word translation but it pops out in the translation.

Irony is that this interpolation is the most popular translation available on the internet. The risk of following misleading translations (there are many which are not found on the internet) is high.

SwiftPushkar

@SreeCharan - also see this , there is no mentioning of word Brahmaloka in gita press version , they are just abt. higher lokas , but on vedbase the word brahmaloka is there , but its not in verse .

@SreeCharan - yes , i will give sanskrit verses also with image , and yes that is ISKON translation , but in other versions its not there.

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A: When can one take Sannyasa?

When one can take Sanyasa? The answer is also provided in Shreemad Bhagvat Purana by Lord Shree Krishna himself (Skanda 11 Chapter 18 verse 12) The name of the chapter is" Dharma of Vaanprastha & Sansyasis" Here is the sanskrit shloka-: यदा कर्मविपाकेषु लोकेषु निरयात्मसु। विरागो जायत...

Tezz

04:19

@SwiftPushkar haha lol.. now I'm seeing many magical translations.. 😀😀

@SwiftPushkar very cold in the morning.. how about there?..

Sree Charan

04:37

@Tezz It's cold here too. I had my sweatshirt on up to 9 am. My feet get cold.

SwiftPushkar

@Tezz - yes , same here , cold in morning , but pleasant throughout the day , I think we are experiencing nice winter season this year , last 2-3 winters were much hot , (climate change) , this year harvest also looks gtr.:)

Sree Charan

05:18

@Tezz @SwiftPushkar @TheDestroyer @Pandya Do you know why Kalabhairava has dog as mount? Is there mention in any purana?

SwiftPushkar

@SreeCharan - i dont know exactly the reason but this is just guess -"Kalabhairava is the wandering form of Lord Shiva". so IMO dog as his companion ... , but the meaning of vahana should not always be a taken as carrier but companion also :)

Sree Charan

@SwiftPushkar ji Yes a companion or which always accompanies. You may say that.

SwiftPushkar

@SreeCharan - yes you can call me ji with my user NO. also :)

@SreeCharan - Dattatreya also shown surrounded by dogs , but that is diff. story ie. Making every creature as guru ... the story is in Shreemad bhagvatam also

Sree Charan

05:40

@SwiftPushkar Four dogs=Four vedas and and a cow =mother earth

SwiftPushkar

@TheDestroyer @Tezz @SreeCharan @KeshavSrinivasan - As there is tradition of worshiping "Dakshinamurty form of Lord shiva " as Adi guru , a similar tradition is also here in Maharashtra of worshiping Lord Dattatreya as Adi Guru.

chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/34303105#34303105 - shree charan yes that is right 4 vedas and cow , but i am talking abt. bhagvatam story :)

Keshav Srinivasan

@SwiftPushkar I haven't heard of Dakshinamurthy being referred to as Adi Guru. But yeah, Dattatreya is considered the Adi Guru of the Nath Sampradaya.

SwiftPushkar

@KeshavSrinivasan - oh ok , I think someone here told me that (abt. dakshina murty) , as this form is not much known in north . And not only people of Nath Sampradaya but every one ( at least In my state , Maharashtra) worship Dattatreya as Adi Guru. :)

Brahma + Vushnu +Mahesh

SwiftPushkar

06:05

audiobooks, PDF's - related to Shri Dattatreya, archive.org/details/GuruCharitraMarathi - some material is in Hindi and Marathi :)

Sree Charan

06:37

@KeshavSrinivasan Devotees of shiva consider Dakshina murthy as guru like we consider Hayagriva.

SwiftPushkar

@KeshavSrinivasan - yes , and one more thing there is one common term here as "Datta Sampradai " which is wide & nath sampradai is subset of that (Datta sampradai)

Sree Charan

This is a thing I came to know today. Generally a guru's picture is depicted to sit in Virasan(one leg folded and one leg down). Eg Hayagriva, Dakshina murthy.:

SwiftPushkar

11:16

@SreeCharan - ha ha , nice question , i will search but , don't know much stories related to "Kartikeya" ( we in MH call him this ) ,except few , one story is more famous , that is Race btw. Ganesha and Kartikeya.

Pandya

12:05

@SreeCharan No, I don't know. Btw I haven't read Purans yet.

The Destroyer

13:56

@Pandya Yes. Encouraging new users and may be mandatory for high rep users or experienced users. I will post a meta question soon.

@SreeCharan Don't know exactly. I think it is mentioned in Tantras.

Sep 17 at 5:22, by The Destroyer

@Tezz Do you know anything about Kala Bhairava's dog?

@SwiftPushkar Yes. Dattatreya is also considered as Guru.

The Destroyer

14:15

@KeshavSrinivasan @Tezz This time Dwaraka ..

Pandya

14:26

@TheDestroyer Good. Best of luck!

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan I want to post my 100th answer something with depth such as Ganesha as elder son of Shiva.

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A: Who is the eldest son of Lord Shiva?

One of the famous names of Sri Ganapaty is "Skandapurvaja" which literally means "the elder brother of Skanda or Lord Karthikeya".So,Ganapaty is the eldest son . 108 names of Ganapaty,with 82nd in the list being "Skandapurvaja" There is a Ganesha Asta Namavali Stotram found in the Brahma Vaivar...

But now got tempted to post partial answer for your question of Kartikeya.

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Q: What is the reason behind Lord Kartikeya holding a rooster flag?

Kartikeya (also called Muruga, Skanda, Subrahmanya) is the son of Lord Shiva and Parvati. He is mostly worshiped in the southern part of India. He is also the commander-in-chief of the army of the devatas.He is also the God of war. He is mentioned in various puranas and known for defeating the d...

Keshav Srinivasan

16:06

@TheDestroyer @SwiftPushkar @sv. @SreeCharan In case you haven't seen it, check out my Medium post about Hinduism-related pieces of writing I'm thinking of doing: medium.com/@lugita15/…

@TheDestroyer Haha, Ramesh Bhattarai's posts are really funny

Sree Charan

16:24

@TheDestroyer Congrats on 100th answer

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan Thanks!

Sree Charan

@KeshavSrinivasan That is not Ramesh bhattarai's post.

Keshav Srinivasan

@SreeCharan What are you talking about? It is:

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Q: Why is the description of Dwarika not how shastras tell us?

Shiva purana, Koti rudra samhita, adhaya 27, verses 19-20 To impress Gautama muni, Ganga appeared and asked him to name the area below Gangadwar, Kushawarta Vishnu purana, chaturtha anksha, verse 91 Brahma says, "The place of kushasthali will be known as Dwarikapuri" Brahma purana...

puranas history rivers dwarika

The Destroyer

@SreeCharan Keshav is talking about Dwaraka question

Sree Charan

Ok. @KeshavSrinivasan when I hovered on your message, it showed my question. Ayodhaya done and now dwaraka. Ha Ha

Keshav Srinivasan

16:36

@SreeCharan Oh ok

SwiftPushkar

17:00

just came

The Destroyer

@SwiftPushkar Hi Bro :)

@KeshavSrinivasan But these books will be sold as hot cakes in India.

SwiftPushkar

@all - i really like to thank you all for supporting me 😊👍👍👍 @TheDestroyer - Yes , bro , .👬 👍👍

The Destroyer

18:47

@KeshavSrinivasan @Tezz Why did Swami Sivananda include Sri Adishankara?

254. Will a Jivanmukta also take birth?

Some Jivanmuktas whose hearts are filled with mercy and Vyavahar Apeksha for Lokasangraha like the Buddhistic Arhats may, out of their own free will, take a birth¾like Sri Sankara, Sri Dattatreya or Jnana Dev. They need not do any Sadhana as they are born Siddhas. At once they appear as spiritual luminaries, do some spiritual preaching, write out some precious philosophical books, set aright some catastrophe, pass off quickly and merge in Brahman (Videha Kaivalvam). They are all Amsa-Avataras with special Isvara Kala (spiritual rays).

dlshq.org/download/may_ianswer.htm

sv.

19:29

@KeshavSrinivasan Ok, great! Will check them out.

Keshav Srinivasan

@sv. OK, tell me if there are any that interest you.

sv.

21:52

@KeshavSrinivasan I directed this user to your H.SE profile page and this chat. Hope you don't mind :P

@KeshavSrinivasan Also told him: "He can give you a ton of documents which will take a couple of lifetimes to read" .. :)

Keshav Srinivasan

22:15

@sv. Haha yeah, I have tons of ebooks and physical books on Sri Vaishnavism. And I'm constantly getting more. Like I'm getting Ranga Ramanuja's commentaries on the Upanishads for Christmas.

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