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The Greatest Hunter

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Later, as advised by Vyasa, Arjuna went to the Himalayas to practise austerities for the purpose of getting new weapons from the devas. Arjuna took leave of his brothers and went to Panchali to bid her farewell. She said: "O Dhananjaya, may you  prosper in your mission. May God give you all that Kuntidevi hoped and wished for when you were born. The happiness,life,  honor and prosperity of us all depend on you. Return after acquiring new weapons." Arjuna passed through dense forests and reached the mountain of Indrakila, where he met an old  brahmana. The ascetic smiled and spoke affectionately to Arjuna: "Child, you are clad in armor and carry weapons. Who are you? Weapons are of no use here. What do you seek in this garb of a kshatriya in this abode of ascetics and saints who have conquered anger and passion?"  That was Indra, the king of gods, who came to have the pleasure of meeting his son. Arjuna bowed to his father and said: &

HONEY

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Skanda Puran Book I: Maheshvarakhaada,  Section II: Kaumarikakhaada, Chapter 40, Verse 182 In Sat-Yuga*, trees had leaves shaped like cups, filled by bees with excellent honey of sweet taste and fine colour that sustained civilization. Honey known as madhu in ayurvedic scriptures is one of the most important medicines used in ayurveda. In ayurveda, honey is used for both internal and external applications. It is mainly used for the treatment of eye diseases, cough, thirst, phlegm, hiccups, blood in vomit, leprosy, diabetes, obesity, worm infestation, vomiting, asthma, diarrhoea and healing wounds.  It is also used as a natural preservative and sweetener in many  ayurvedic preparations. It is also used as a vehicle along with some medicines to improve its efficacy or to mitigate the side effects of the other medicines it is mixed with. It is also known to mitigate the increased kapha dosha. (Kapha dosha is the ayurvedic category for body constitutions- th

How do you Visualize Lord Shankara

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Different people see Mahadev in different views. Some visualize him as a person with long beard, hair and ash smeared all over his body sitting in front of a hundred dead bodies and mediating. To some others even thinking so about their God is a sin. They see him as a handsome yogi with well built body sitting on top of Mount Kailash with his beautiful wife, Ma Parvathi.  Mahadev or Shiva as we know is a God with lots of mysteries, he is cosmic at the same time material. The cosmic form of Mahadev is seen as Shiva who is beyond the Trinity and the material appearance is Lord Rudra ( Shankara ) who is part of the trinity along with Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu. "The Visualization of Mahadev in ones mind is a reflection of his consciousness as Shiv is the factor of consciousness in all man" See only a person who likes to have muscles and a person interested in body building will love to draw a picture like above. It has Mahadev with long beautiful beard

NEPAL

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The Land connecting Deva Bhoomi Historians and local traditions say that a Hindu sage named "Ne" established himself in the valley of Kathmandu during prehistoric times, and that the word "Nepal" means the place protected ("pala" in Sanskrit) by the sage Ne.He performed religious ceremonies at Teku, the confluence of the Bagmati and Bishnumati rivers. According to legend he selected a pious cowherd to be the first of the many kings of the Gopala Dynasty. These rulers are said to have ruled Nepal for over 500 years.He selected Bhuktaman to be the first king in the line of the Gopal (Cowherd) Dynasty.The Silncan Gopal dynasty ruled for 621 years. Yakshya Gupta was the last king of this dynasty. The Pashupatinath Temple The temple was built on the site where Shiva lost one of his antlers, while he was in the guise of a deer. He and his wife arrived to the bank of Bagmati and amazed by the beauty of the site decided to change themselves into deers

VISHU

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In Kerala, the start of the Zodiac New Year*—when the sun enters into Sidereal Aries, Ashwini nakshatra—is celebrated as Vishu. It is said that what one sees when one first opens one's eyes on Vishu morning is an indication of what one can expect in the year to come. Thus on Vishu, effort is made to assure one opens one's eyes before an auspicious image—the Vishukkani. While the festival is called "Vishu" only in Kerala, across India festivals sharing the same spirit—such as Ugadhi in Andhra Pradesh and in Karnataka, Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, Bihu in Assam and Baisakhi in Punjab—are celebrated around the same time of year. Lord Vishnu, the preserver of creation, is the aspect of the Paramatman that is focused upon during Vishu. In jyotish, Indian astrology, Vishnu is seen as the head of Kaala Purusha, the God of Time. As Vishu marks the first day of the Zodiac New Year, it is an appropriate time to offer oblations to Lord Vishnu. But the general ide

ABRAHAM AND THE RISE OF WESTERN RELIGIONS

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Ibrahim was born in a house of idolaters in the ancient city of Ur, in the Mesopotamian plains of Babylonia (present-day Iraq) which was part of Arya bhoomi or Bharath desha at that time.He was born into a family that worshiped and honored Vedic gods and goddess .The language that was spoken at the time was Akkadian (Akkadian is now an extinct language.) His father Azar was a well known idol sculptor that his people worshipped. As a young child, Ibrahim used to watch his father sculpting these idols from stones or wood. When his father was done with them, Ibrahim would ask his father why they could not move or respond to any request and then would mock them; therefore, his father always ground him for not following his ancestors's rituals and mocking their idols.abraham opposition to idols. Abraham understood  that Idols were God and never understood the concept of invoking GOD in the idols. It is not the idol we worship, it is the GOD in it that we worship and offer prayers.