#Letters to a Hindu

[shamanarcher]

Outra Reflexão ...

…a mais sobre a carta. A última. Escrevo aquilo que entendi com o pouco que li da vida e da obra de Tolstόi. Sem querer procurá-lo mais, continuei com a minha vida satisfeito com a redescoberta do velho mestre Liev Tolstόi. Pus na minha mochila o que aprendi com ele e segui enfrente como de costume. Alguns meses de foram e sem mais pensar no mestre, Tolstόi reaparece de forma inusitada e…

[askdacast]

Hey isn’t it crazy how the Three Poisons of Buddhism are Anger, Ignorance and Desire, which is just one difference off from the three powers represented by the rahkshi Kurahk, Turahk and Vorahk (Anger, Fear and Hunger) from the hit toy franchise Bionicle?

[derogatorydennis]

the iasip gang would start a horsemeat scandal in philly after seeing the one in the uk on the news btw

[luncheon-aspic]

Sorry liberals but there are NAVA GRAHAS 🙄

[Link]

Under the "has cleared its orbital neighborhood" and "fuses hydrogen into helium" definitions, thanks to human activities Earth technically no longer qualifies as a planet but DOES count as a star.

[nappynames]

Hindu Bengali Boy Names Starting with S

Bengali boy names starting with S are some of the most popular. From 5-letter names to much longer names, the letter S is one of the most used in Bengali names.

Visit: https://nappynames.com/bengali/bengali-boy-s/

[insightfultake]

[shaadidukaan12]

Wedding Wishes That Wow! Heartfelt & Unique Messages for the Big Day

Want to impress the newlyweds with your wedding wishes? Whether you need something sentimental, funny, or deeply heartfelt, we’ve got you covered! Our collection of wedding messages is perfect for cards, speeches, or even a simple text to the happy couple. Make their big day extra special with a wish that stands out!

[shaadidukaanseo]

Learn the key rules for writing heartfelt wedding cards, from offering blessings to congratulating the couple. Find tips for writing for a son, daughter, or in the context of Hindu wedding traditions.

[rightnewshindi]

हिंदुओं पर हो रहे हमलों के खिलाफ हिंदू बौद्ध क्रिस्टान एक्य परिषद ने मोहम्मद यूनुस को लिखा खुला पत्र

Bangladesh News: बांग्लादेश हिंदू बौद्ध क्रिस्टान एक्य परिषद ने खुला पत्र लिखकर बांग्लादेश की अंतरिम सरकार के प्रधान सलाहकार, डॉ. मोहम्मद यूनुस से देश में बढ़ती सांप्रदायिक हिंसा और उत्पीड़न के खिलाफ कड़ी कार्रवाई की मांग की है। पत्र में उल्लेख किया गया है कि देश के विभिन्न हिस्सों में धार्मिक अल्प��ंख्यकों के खिलाफ हिंसा और उत्पीड़न की घटनाएं तेजी से बढ़ रही हैं। विशेष रूप से छात्र-छात्राओं और…

[aaushie]

On the fifth of August, 2024, the Bangladeshi prime minister was forced to resign the flee the country following civil riots after 16 years of autocratic rule. What followed was political violence against minorities, looting and burning of public property and historical museums. The infrastructure that kept these things in check, the police and the army, had fallen in a matter of hours and 4 days letter the new government has still not formed and neither have the infrastructure.

Yet, after the first wave of confusion, what happened was incredible. Students and citizens alike gathered to clean the city and repair public property to the best of their abilities. Traffic was the best in decades thanks to teachers volunteering to manage them. Food prices halved as the corporate syndicates and cartels fell. Muslim religious schools stayed up overnight to protect Hindu temples and Christians churches. Communities prepared local night guards to protect from thieves. All of this, without a formal government or any sort of authoritarian institute to compel them.

Today might be the last day, as the interim government is formed and volunteers move on to their lives. There was still mob violence, lynching and killing of cops and burning of minority houses, and many of the poorest people suffered immensely from lack of sales and not enough food drives were started to support them.

What i want to say is this: this is living proof than a people can function without government, even if it was for a short time. That when people take responsibility and do not rely on a government or party for their problems, true anarchy emerges. It might all go to waste as the interim government is filled with right winged conservatives and centrists as well as army generals, and the eventual elections are taken by the Islamic fundamentalists and the conservative party. But if i have learned anything these past 3 days, it is to never let anyone tell me anarchy is naive or unrealistic. I have witnessed living proof.

[talonabraxas]

"Creation and destruction are one, to the eyes who can see beauty." ~Savitri Devi

Kali - Goddess of Creation and Destruction Talon Abraxas

Kali, the primordial cosmic energy

Like many deities, Kali has different origin stories. In her most famous legend, Durga, a protective warrior goddess who combats the evils that threaten peace, and the Matrikas (a group of mother goddesses) summoned Kali during their battle against the demon Raktabīja. The goddesses could wound and kill Raktabīja’s, but every drop of his blood created a duplicate of the demon, and countless clones appeared on the battlefield. Kali opened her mouth, rolled out her tongue, caught the drops of Raktabīja’s blood, and the goddesses defeated the demon.

Kali is sometimes said to have emerged from Durga’s forehead and embody Durga’s wrath. Another text describes Kali as arising from the sleeping body of Vishnu, the supreme being who creates, protects, and transforms the universe in the Hindu tradition of Vaishnavism.

Kali is more often regarded as the wife of Shiva, the supreme god in the Hindu tradition of Shivaism. Her name, Kālī, is the feminine form of Kāla, an epithet of Shiva, and means “time”. She is Shiva’s Shakti, the primordial cosmic energy of the universe that is creative, sustaining, and destructive. Without Kali, Shiva is a corpse.

There are various depictions of both Shiva and Kali. It’s helpful to think of Shiva as pure consciousness, Kali as energy, and their merging represents reality.

The symbols of Kali

Many people find Kali’s appearance frightening, which has led her to be popularly seen in contemporary Paganism and Witchcraft as a Dark Goddess and a destroying force. She is a Dark Mother and a Destroyer, but not in the way many might imagine. For many devotees across the Indian subcontinent and the world, Ma Kali is a benevolent mother who protects from misfortunes and delights in their childlike qualities.

Kali is the force of time, the darkness from which everything was born. Her dark skin, black or blue, represents the transcendent void and the infinite nature of time and space. She is nude, garbed in space and free from illusions. Her body may be emaciated or voluptuous, representing her all-giving nature and her eroticism. Her wild hair represents boundless freedom, and each strand is a soul; all souls have their roots in Kali. With her three eyes, the sun, moon, and fire, she sees the past, present, and future. Her red tongue is passion, activity, consumes all, and tastes the forbidden. Her white teeth or tusks are purity, goodness, balance, and peacefulness.

Kali wears a garland of severed heads. These are sometimes said to number 108, an auspicious number in Hinduism, and the number of countable beads on a mala. The severed heads are also said to number 47, 50, or 51, associated with the letters of the Sanskrit alphabet, each of which represents a form of energy or a form of Kali. She is the mother of language and all mantras. Hands are the principal instruments of work, and Kali’s skirt of severed human arms represents the action of karma, the cycle of which is severed through devotion to her.

Kali has four arms, representing the complete circle of creation and destruction within her. She offers blessings with her two right hands; she makes the mudrā (gesture) of reassurance and safety, and bestows boons. In her left hand, she holds the blood-covered sword of wisdom, which destroys demons and obstacles to enlightenment, such as ego, represented by the severed head.

Kali’s dwelling place is the cremation grounds, a place of fire and dissolution. Kali dwells in the devotee’s heart, and the cremation grounds symbolise the inner fire that dissolves our attachments and burns away our ignorance and limitations.

Kali is a goddess of death and destruction and, therefore, a vehicle of liberation. She is a Mother because she is the ultimate manifestation of Shakti. The Shaktisangama Tantra says:

Woman is the creator of the universe, the universe is her form; woman is the foundation of the world, she is the true form of the body.

In woman is the form of all things, of all that lives and moves in the world. There is no jewel rarer than woman, no condition superior to that of a woman.

The worship of Kali

The worship of Kali varies. Common elements include meditation, repeating mantras, rites, offerings, and animal sacrifice in some temples. My practice has also changed over the years and has included simple and more extended pujas (devotional rituals) and even Wiccan-style rituals. Currently, I maintain a permanent shrine to Kali and make offerings of red flowers, water, incense, rice, and other various items from time to time.

I view Kali as a benevolent, transcendent, cosmic Mother. She grants freedom by removing our illusions so that we can see ourselves and the world clearly as it is.

If you would like to begin exploring a relationship with Kali, I suggest setting up a small shrine for her. Include a statue or other image and a black or red candle. Make simple offerings: water, rice, red flowers (hibiscus are her favourite), red fruits, and Kali also like sweets. Meditate and speak to her.

There is so much more than can be said about Kali. In future entries, I’ll explore Kali’s various forms, yantra, mantras, tantra, puja, her revolutionary power, and more.

[harrisonarchive]

Photo published in BRAVO, 1974.

“It was 1974; I was 10 and a Beatles fan born too late. I discovered that George was coming to Nassau Coliseum [during the Dark Horse Tour] and convinced my mother to take me to my first rock concert. We had recently moved from India and didn't know that it was not normal in America for mothers to take 10-year-olds to rock concerts. I didn't care. George was my favorite Beatle and seeing him was thrilling. As the years passed, I marveled at his ability to separate himself from the mythology of the Beatles and stay grounded with what mattered. He showed me how Hindu philosophy could guide someone living in the West. On the day he died, I phoned my mother. Before I said a word she asked me, ‘Remember that concert?’ We were both sad and quiet. George will be missed.” - Veena Siddharth (fan), Letters to the editor, The New York Times, December 23, 2001

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

He was raised as a Conservative Hindu, and he claims that his ideals are all derived from the Bhagavad Gita (as I have never read it, I cannot confirm nor deny this)

Bonus - he thinks queer people are inherently better than cishet people because I showed him some Oscar Wilde and a few letters by Alexander Hamilton (to John Laurens) once and he somehow got it into his head that queer people are more romantic than cishet people and that it “commendable that we fought for the right to marry in a world that seems obsessed with sex”

Another bonus - he thinks that all science and culture, literally everywhere, was derived from the Bhagavad Gita

Therefore he believes that “the Western ideals of sex are a perverted attempt at reconstructing the sublime glory of the Kama Sutra”

well. I've learned everything I care to know about this man.

[skyovereuropeldkde]

Major General (ret.) Schultze-Rhonhof speaks out 24.12.2023 "Ladies and gentlemen! I did not serve as a soldier for 37 years to preserve peace in Germany, and now to watch idly and without comment as Germany is slowly but likely headed toward active participation in a foreign and senseless war. Our "Three Wise Men," Chancellor Scholz, Minister Lindner, and Minister Dr. Habeck, all initially refused military service in their younger years for Germany's law and freedom and the preservation of our democracy. They are now spending far more than 10 billion euros of taxpayer money per year on "law," "freedom," "democracy," and Western values ​​in a foreign state that is neither a democracy nor represents Western values. They are using our taxpayer money and the blood of foreign conscripts to prolong a war that has now become senseless.

Ukraine is by no means a democracy, and its values ​​are not ours. Eleven opposition parties are banned in Ukraine. Zelenskyy has banned the presidential elections scheduled for March 2024 (such elections are taking place in Russia). In Ukraine, all media outlets are under control. No reports critical of Ukraine from Ukraine are permitted by German journalists (comments critical of Russia from Moscow are quite common). In Ukraine, political assassinations are commonplace (according to the three-week protocols of the Federal Agency for Civic Education up until the outbreak of the war). Ukraine and Russia are together the two most corrupt countries in Europe (according to Transparency International). Buying out of military service is just as common in Ukraine as it is in Russia. With its record of breaches of international treaties and violations of UN conventions and international charters, Ukraine's record is in no way inferior to that of Russia in terms of frequency and severity. The nature and frequency of Ukrainian war crimes are similar to those committed by Russia; only the misuse of humanitarian facilities protected under international humanitarian law as human shields for fighting troops occurs only on the Ukrainian side (according to the OSCE report of June 29, 2022).

This Ukraine is neither a democracy nor does it stand for our values, as the German media and the majority of our political parties would have us believe. The official interpretation presented to us that Ukraine would help defend our values ​​is as foolish as Struck's "Defense of Germany in the Hindu Kush." ​​I expect the former conscientious objectors in the Bundestag and the federal government—true to their former sense of peace—to actively work for the quickest possible end to the war in Ukraine and to abandon their unrealistic, phantom visions of a Ukrainian victory. I expect the same from all other governments and parliamentarians. The idea of ​​a possible reunification of two quarreling and now hateful sections of a nation, who had already waged war against each other for eight years before the Russian invasion, into a future Ukraine of its former size is the pipe dream of fools. Regarding the zeal of the majority of German parties to help the Ukrainians achieve victory with money and arms deliveries, I'm reminded of a saying by Russian Lieutenant General Alexander Lebed, who said during the first Chechen war: "Let me recruit a company from the sons of the elite, and the war will be over the next day." (Lebed was an unsuccessful presidential candidate in Russia in 1996.)

The second question at issue here is whether the Russian Federation has actually threatened the West, or even a NATO member state or other neighboring country since its withdrawal from Central Europe following the end of the Soviet disintegration process. I will answer this question in detail in the explanatory statement for the following letter to the politicians. This explanatory statement is attached as Appendix 1 to this email.

Since August 15, 2022, I have tried to inform hundreds of members of parliament about the background to the Russian invasion and the events inside Ukraine. Then, I proposed a German initiative for a rapid end to the war to the Federal Chancellor, former chancellors, and leading politicians with still open channels of communication with Moscow. I made my final attempt at Christmas 2023 with the following letter, sent to members of the Federal Government, the parliamentary group leaders of all parties in the Bundestag, to all party leaders and general secretaries, and to all state premiers. Only two party leaders, sitting on the sidelines of the plenary hall, responded with approval and in any way, but they stated that they could do nothing. I have just received a polite but dismissive response from the leader of the largest opposition party, whose silence and disregard for the long history of the war I cannot accept and whose insinuations against Putin I largely cannot confirm. Incidentally, allegedly proven but unfounded allegations were also a common element in the dynamite of the two world wars. Despite all courtesy, the reply gives the impression that its author hasn't even read the justification for my proposal (Appendix 1).

The German people are tired of not being informed about the background to the war in Ukraine and of investing 10 to 15 billion euros annually, despite their own tight budgets, in a senseless, foreign war and the continued deaths of tens of thousands of Ukrainians and Russians. If the German government, disregarding German interests, risks the war in Ukraine escalating into a conflagration and involving Germany as well—as Chancellor Scholz originally feared—the people themselves must remind the government of their first duty. So far, the vast majority of German politicians have been primarily interested in a Ukrainian victory and a Russian defeat, and only secondarily in peace. Please read my Christmas letter to politicians and pass on my thoughts to other interested parties. And try to convince your representatives of the possibility of an early end to the war. Yours, Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof Major General (ret.)

[twistedtalestory]

For the ask game, name and quote pls!!

Name: What does your twst OC's name mean? Why does Rook/Floyd call them [insert nickname]?

Akshara means letters, Goddess Sarawathi in Hindu but in Sanskrit it means "imperishable", "indestructible", "immutable", or "strong" It is a name that is associated with wisdom and knowledge.

Floyd would call her dolphin, cause she easily adapts, smarter and more dangerous than she looks and rook would call her Reine du cygne which means Swan queen. Swan are symbols of wisdom but also remember that swans are dangerous when provoked

Quote: Give me something your twst OC will say. Either something they always say or something iconic they said. Something that helps solve the problems or something that is a catalyst to even more issues.

" Hey prabu, here we go again" - says when something is going to happen

" Hey not everything will go as you plan, cause god has a better plan for you and is guiding you....its up to you if you want to work for it " - says to grim/ Azul

"In my world, Lord Ram taught us to follow rules for Dharma, but Lord Krishna taught use to break rules for Dharma. Two avatars of the same God taught us that is good to follow rules for right reasons but if those rules hurt good people, then break them to ensure righteousness is good as well. " - said to Riddle after his overblot

" just cause you will never be king doesn't mean you can't be someone great. Lord krishna, an avatar of Lord Vishnu didn't rule his kingdom. He was king advisor to his brother Balaram. Yet his acts have remain written in history guiding everyone on values and lessons. So be a king....a king of your people hearts, for having love of your people is more valuable than any common throne in a palace" - said to Leona after his over blot

" Jamil, if kalim knew what you went through. He would have ordered.....no he would have begged you to never hold back your abilities as you are capable of being something great. His friendship with you is strong that he would give up everything to see you happy, a friendship like that is rare....don't lose it" - to jamil after his overblot

" The only meat I eat is Chicken and fish....I avoid beef for religious purposes " She said refusing a beef sandwich

" DO SOMETHING STUPID AGAIN I AM BEATING YOU WITH MY CHAPALS!" - Yelling at her idiot trio

(I want to add more but got tired 😫)

[11queensupreme11]

So I have a question? You know that song lyric “Would you still love me if I’m no longer young and beautiful?” By Lana Del Rey. Okay so I’m gonna give you a scenario I’ve been thinking about adding to my story (as a draft for the next interlude after I finish the next reaction chapter)

So it goes a little like this:

Let say Percy who was a goddess (like in the last ask) got cheated on by Cu and, in her despair, killed herself.

(This is just a draft but I do plan on starting the chapter with her suicide note to her children first. Then to each of the yans individually. And maybe a couple to the friends and family she made on the way. So like a note to Shiva and his wives, Adamas, maybe Hercules and Prometheus, and…Ra(surprise! 🤭) honestly, I plan on making his a mixture of kinda funny/sarcastic, but also nostalgic and sad.)

Everyone finds out of course. And Zeus, devestated by the loss of his favorite neice, incensed by the disrespect shown to the Greek Pantheon by the Celtic Pantheon, spurred on by his son, brothers, and pantheon’s devestation and righteous anger at Percy’s death, along with the Egyptian, Norse, Abrahamic,Hindu, etc. Pantheons’ anger with what Cu did, obviously, declare war. The heavens are split and in utter chaos as the two sides form and each side is gathering allies for the upcoming war (it’ll be known as the “The Divine Schism” later on.

So, as u can imagine, this results in a lot of death, a lot of emotions flying around, and it isn’t even just the gods fighting other gods. Or Percy’s children fighting her other children(wish she begged them in her letter not to do, but she’s gone now; and her children are just as unhinged as their dads) . It also causes the humans to fight too because she was friends with a lot of them and a lot of them blame the Celtic people for 1)encouraging the views that made Cu think it was okay to do that (which is hypocritical because they still believe or once believed and would have done the same thing just due to the time period they were raised/born into, but a lot of them liked Percy so she was the exception) and 2) for not trying harder to keep him under control back when he was still a human on Midgard (Papa Adam is REALLY disappointed).

ANYWAY!

At this point, the war has gotten bad enough that the Fates, the Morrigan, the Norns, and all the other gods and goddesses related to fate and destiny realize that sooner or later the gods are going to end up fighting each other into extinction (with the humans in Vallhalla doing the same) and so they do some research (through their powers which were given to them by “the-Powers-that-Be” (which I actually mentioned in a chapter already but basically that’s the power that created them, their universe, and all the other universes that exist or will ever exist) and find out that, while Percy did die when she killed herself, for whatever reason, she didn’t end up going to Niflheim and instead got reincarnated into a different universe and nope🤭🤭it’s NOT the PJO universe. Which universe it is, I’m going to keep that a secret for now but I wouldn’t mind doing a poll to see which universe everyone would WANT her to be in. It might even help me decide. (just know it’s gonna be an anime universe. So either One Piece, Bleach, Naruto, or something else. It’ll have to be one I’ve read or watched before tho.) but it’s a secret, even to me, until I actually sit down and write this chapter.

Anyway, they find her reincarnated soul (in this I think I’m going to make it so that she only remembers SOME of her past life as a goddess and a demigod and it comes to her in her dreams) and, in order to stop the godly war that threatens the very foundations of their universe, they sit the Pantheons down (what’s left of them anyway) and tell them about what happened and where she is now. This, of course revitalizes the yans (ESPECIALLY CU!!!) because they see it as a second chance to get her back and make SURE she NEVER leaves them EVER again. (I’m talking they might actually lock her in a palace where they watch her every move 24/7 for the rest of eternity)

So they come up with a plan to basically kidnap her from this other plane. In this other universe tho, she’s lived a full, happy life. Sure it had some challenges (if she’s in One Piece I’m gonna make it so that she was Ace’s sister so she def fought in Marineford (love interest: Shanks), if in Bleach I’m making her the Captain of one of the divisions (Love interest:Sosuke Aizen 🤭🤭), if in Naruto ( I honestly can’t see her as an assassin/killer which is literally all ninjas are trained to do when u get to the crux of it so maybe like a political figure of peace? A daiymo maybe? Idk I’d have to figure it out (love interest: Kakashi Hatake, Itachi Uchiha, or Madara Uchiha depending on what time period I want her to be reincarnated into)

I plan on having her influence a lot of stuff, fall in love, have children with said Love Interest, and be an old lady by the time they start looking for her ( might have to write this in three parts since I do want to dedicate a chapter to her life in that other universe).

I’m still trying to figure out all the logistics since I want it to be believable and not just super random and unorganized because there are a lot of moving parts.

But my question to u is what do u think the yans will think (at this point in time) or do about an old, grandma version of Percy? Will it matter to them? She won’t be the same Percy at this point. She might remember some things about them but for the most part she won’t remember them and tho she might have the same morals as the last Percy, because of the stuff she went through in this new universe, she isn’t just physically different (old) but mentally too.

EVERYTHING HERE IS PERFECT BUT I JUST HAVE ONE CORRECTION:

"while Percy did die when she killed herself, for whatever reason, she didn’t end up going to Niflheim and instead got reincarnated"

it's niflhel!!! niflhel (or oblivion, nonexistence, whatever) is where all gods and mortal souls (after dying in the afterlife) go to when they die!

anyway.................

AIZEN SOSUKE????????? AND KAKASHI????????????

dude i genuinely don't know who to vote for, kakashi has been my anime crush SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, and aizen's so fucking daddy too omg why would you make us pick between them that's so cruel 😭😭😭😭😭😭

as for your question, age wouldn't matter much to them cuz they can just forcefully revert her back to her prime or back to whatever age/appearance they last saw her as!

the issue is the mentality 😞 if she's too different (like if she's not the same sweet, cheery, uwu, and infuriatingly annoying and troublesome girl that they know, then they might actually feel defeated. it's percy.... but at the same time it's not THEIR percy

tbh they'd probably try to find a way to revert her back to the percy they know, but if that doesn't work or they can't do it, then it's back to despair and anger 💀