TRUTH AND PHILOSOPHY

 Hello Everyone !!! The 5 Types of Fire : Physical/ bodily Lust Digestion Social criticism Knowledge and love The 3 Types of Tapas (Austerity) : Sattvic (Practice without feeling we are doing it and being part of phenomenon) Rajasic (Practice with a motive and to show-off) Tamasic (Torturing oneself with desire to achieve something) Thanks for Reading !!!

 Hello Everyone !!!  The 10 Augustian Values : Love Interiority Humility Devotion to study and pursuit of wisdom Freedom Community Common good Humble and generous service Friendship Prayer  Thanks for Reading !!!

 Hello Everyone !!!   God helps the Person with 6 Qualities : Enterprises  Courage Patience Intelligence Strength Bravery The 9 Marks of one Endowed with Divine Nature : Fearlessness Purity of heart Fixing in the Yoga of knowledge Charity Control of senses Yajna Study of the Scriptures Austerity Straightforwardness Serving and Paying Respect to the Elders gives these 4 Qualities : Long life Knowledge Fame Strength The 4 Formulas to Healthy Life : Pranayama Sun worship (offering, Sun bath, Sun salutation) Japa (chanting of Holy names) Celibacy (Brahmacharya)   Thanks for Reading !!!  

 Hello Everyone !!! This book was published in 2009 by Wendy Doniger. Here are some of the excerpts from that book. The 3 Most Important Animals in Scriptures : Cow --   Purity, Brahmins Horse -- Power, foreign Kshatriya rulers Dog --    Pollution, lower class. The 12 Types of Alcohol popular in Ancient India : Sura Panasa Draksha Madhuka Khajur Tala Sikhshiva Madhvika Saira Arishta Narikelaja Maireya The 10 Vices : ( by Manu )   Hunting Gambling Sleeping by day Malicious gossip Women Drunkenness Music Singing Dancing Aimless wandering The 3 Debts every Man Owes : Study to the sages Funeral offerings to the ancestors Sacrifice to the gods. The 5 Solutions to the 4th Addition to the 3 Aims :  The goals of sacrifice and renunciation were to be followed one at a time in sequence. The argument from plenitude holds that need  each other, to compose society as a whole, the householder to feed the renouncer , the renouncer to bless the ho...

Hello Everyone !!!  The 4 Things given by Parents : Education Cultural heritage Family Carrier  The 2 Sources of Samskaras : Eyes Tongue The 4 Sources of Lust : Past accumulated Karmas Mother Father Present environment The 7 Formulas to achieve Life Management : Speak truth Always put the ego aside   Avoid denouncement  Do prayer everyday Practice silence for sometime in a day Do Yoga and meditation everyday Make schedule to spend time with family and friends also. The 3 Ways to Win over Somebody : By attacking on him   By changing him By spiritual transformation   Thanks for Reading !!! 

 Hello Everyone !!! The 9 Losses due to Lust : ( by Lord Krishna ) Life Luster Strength Vitality Memory Wealth Great fame Holiness Devotion to the Supreme The 3 Explanations : (V.S. 1.43-45) An absolute abandoning of sexual indulgence on mental, verbal and physical level. For householders, it includes love with their partner only. Serving the Guru regularly. The 5 Methods of Expelling Evil Thoughts :  Gain another, wholesome object in mind instead of one which caused these evil thoughts. Reflect misery of these thoughts as unwholesome and leading to pain. Pay no attention to them. Consider their compound nature Suppress and root them out with force of mind, teeth clenched and tongue pressed against the gums. Verse 11.21.19 of Srimad Bhagvatam . The 7 Methods of Suppression : Fixing the mind on an idea that arouses disgust. Contemplation on the loathsomeness of the body. Controlling the 6 senses Moderation in eating Friendship with wise and good men Right instruction Prayin...