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Bubr Posted 22 years ago
Culture
Hindu stories
Hi Deepa and everyone else interested in Hinduism.
To begin with, I am an atheist, but I treat all world religions with respect and curiosity. I recently came to know some stories from the sacred hindu texts and was amazed by how they differ from the Bible subjects. It seems they are NARRATIVE compared to the MORALISTIC christian stories, telling what the life IS instead of what it SHOULD BE. It looks wonderful.
Say, about the creation of god Ganesh (the one with an elephant head). The militant god Shiva once went out hunting. His wife (sorry I had forgotten her name!) had nothing to do and she created a human-like living being out of clay, perhaps, and called her newborn son Ganesh. She got tired and went to take a bath and told Ganesh to guard the door.
At that time Shiva arrives from hunting. He sees that his wife is in the bath and there is some handsome masculine stranger in front of her door. Shiva tried to pass but Ganesh didn't let him go, and Shiva went mad and speared off Ganesh's head. Here comes Shiva's wife crying 'What have you done? You just killed your own son!'
Shiva was upset but he couldn't admit he was wrong. So he made the following decision: let his servants go and take the first animal they meet to him. The servants brought in an elephant. Shiva took elephant's head and put it instead of Ganesh's human head and made him alive.
No analysis, just the story. I think this story's great. Can you please provide other?
To begin with, I am an atheist, but I treat all world religions with respect and curiosity. I recently came to know some stories from the sacred hindu texts and was amazed by how they differ from the Bible subjects. It seems they are NARRATIVE compared to the MORALISTIC christian stories, telling what the life IS instead of what it SHOULD BE. It looks wonderful.
Say, about the creation of god Ganesh (the one with an elephant head). The militant god Shiva once went out hunting. His wife (sorry I had forgotten her name!) had nothing to do and she created a human-like living being out of clay, perhaps, and called her newborn son Ganesh. She got tired and went to take a bath and told Ganesh to guard the door.
At that time Shiva arrives from hunting. He sees that his wife is in the bath and there is some handsome masculine stranger in front of her door. Shiva tried to pass but Ganesh didn't let him go, and Shiva went mad and speared off Ganesh's head. Here comes Shiva's wife crying 'What have you done? You just killed your own son!'
Shiva was upset but he couldn't admit he was wrong. So he made the following decision: let his servants go and take the first animal they meet to him. The servants brought in an elephant. Shiva took elephant's head and put it instead of Ganesh's human head and made him alive.
No analysis, just the story. I think this story's great. Can you please provide other?
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wow! so this is it! i must say Bubr!
- wow!
- so this is it!
- i must say Bubr!
- you do have a great knowledge about everything!
- but here i want to correct some mistakes that you mentioned in the story.
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wow! so this is it! i must say Bubr! you do have a great knowledge about everything! but here i want to correct some mistakes that you mentioned in the story. the goddess's name is "paarvathi", she makes ganesha with the sandlewood paste that she had applied on her body and tells him to guard. ok...heres the story of : Hanumana, the monkey ***, is very popular deity and is worshipped all over Ind
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Oh my! That's something. Thank you, Deepa you've done a great work on telling this. I am... I don't know what. Astounded.
Ok, closer to the comprehensible words. The reason why you thought I had some knowledge about Indian culture is that I was to India a year ago (somewhere in your area, I believe, Karnataka mostly). What I know now is that it is absolutlely impossible to know enough a
Ok, closer to the comprehensible words. The reason why you thought I had some knowledge about Indian culture is that I was to India a year ago (somewhere in your area, I believe, Karnataka mostly). What I know now is that it is absolutlely impossible to know enough a
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Bubr !!! did you understood the story of hanuman? tell me honestly , because its all inter tangled, and far too difficult to interpret the hindu religion. my family is not orthodox, even though we are BRAHMANS! we have been roaming to different parts of this country, so i got adapted to all kinds of cultures. there are thousands of gods in hindu religion, of whom i know marely some hundred! i kee
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Some words were unknown to me in this story, there were charachters that remained mysterious but the story is not too mixed up.
Please explain what is a Brahman (in the sence you used this word in the last message).
Please explain what is a Brahman (in the sence you used this word in the last message).
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i will give you brief description of the caste system in india first, then about the brahmin.
the cast system
This system was originally introduced to India by the Aryans who arrived with three loose social divisions: priests, warriors and commoners. This system was a division of labour and not a social hierarchy. Caste was dictated by occupation and intercaste mobility was the no
the cast system
This system was originally introduced to India by the Aryans who arrived with three loose social divisions: priests, warriors and commoners. This system was a division of labour and not a social hierarchy. Caste was dictated by occupation and intercaste mobility was the no
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who is a brahmin?
The caste of priests, of those who know and repeat the Vedas. This is the first of the four Hindu castes and belongs to the dvija or twice-born category.
According to the Puranas, Brahmins were created from the mouth of Brahma (***: the sustainer of the life according to hindu mythology) so that they might instruct mankind. This was why they were considered
The caste of priests, of those who know and repeat the Vedas. This is the first of the four Hindu castes and belongs to the dvija or twice-born category.
According to the Puranas, Brahmins were created from the mouth of Brahma (***: the sustainer of the life according to hindu mythology) so that they might instruct mankind. This was why they were considered
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Thanks! At last a comprehensible explanation!
Does the cast system in India nowadays affect the life of people and prescribe a person's life line (career, marriage etc.)?
Does the cast system in India nowadays affect the life of people and prescribe a person's life line (career, marriage etc.)?
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no! When the Constitution of India was adopted on January 26, 1950, it abolished the caste system and guaranteed equality to all citizens. The Fundamental Rights enshrined in the Constitution ensure equality before law and equal protection by the laws to all persons in the country; they guarantee that the state shall not discriminate against any citizen only on the basis of race or caste and that
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Hindu Gods
Unlike the 'Big-Bang' Theory reiterated by Stephan Hawking, or H. G. Wells the origin of earth and the universe holds a totally different concept in the Hindu religion. According to the Hindu belief the genesis of the universe is from the Devine sound AUM (OM), spelt indistinctly. The three letters refer to the Trinity- the three super divine entities; VISHNU, BRAHMA, MAHESHWARA(
Unlike the 'Big-Bang' Theory reiterated by Stephan Hawking, or H. G. Wells the origin of earth and the universe holds a totally different concept in the Hindu religion. According to the Hindu belief the genesis of the universe is from the Devine sound AUM (OM), spelt indistinctly. The three letters refer to the Trinity- the three super divine entities; VISHNU, BRAHMA, MAHESHWARA(
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First - the last, probably, question about the cast system. Ok, the official support for cast differentiation has been demolished. But still people trace their casts, is that right? Does it mean then that phychologically cast system still affects life? Say, will the parents of a Brahmin disapprove his decision to serve in the army, or will the parents of a Brahmin fiance look down on a Vaishya gr
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