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What are offerings to shivalinga and what are fruits of it?
What are offerings to shivalinga and what are fruits of it? It is said that if we offer water of river Ganga, we attain Moksha after death, similarly milk is offered for long life. But this information is not authentic as I read on websites. Also I…
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How important is the Bhagavad Gita when compared to other Hindu texts?
I was raised at LDS (Mormon) in the United States of America. My only real experience with Hinduism is my readings of the Bhagavad Gita this summer (Isherwood translation with introduction by Aldous Huxley).
How central is the Bhagavad Gita to the…
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What is the Birth date of Adi-Sankarācharya?
When was Adi-Sankarāchārya born? Specifically, why is there so much of a variation in the dates given by Kānci, Dwāraka, Joshī Mutts and Śringerī Mutts?
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Which incarnations of Vishnu has different skin colors?
Here is the verse of Bhagavata purana where Garga explains the colors of body of Vishnu in different incarnations.
Your son Kṛṣṇa appears as an incarnation in every millennium. In the past, He assumed three different colors — white, red and yellow…
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"Karmanye vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana" Similar shlokas from Vedas and Upanishadas?
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन। मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥ २-४७
Karmanye vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana । Ma Karmaphalaheturbhurma
Te Sangostvakarmani ।।
Meaning- Your right is to perform your work, but never to the…
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Jataveda and Kravyada forms of Agni, the vedic God of fire
Agni is the vedic God of fire and sacrifice. Agni is prominent in the hymns of the Vedas and particularly the Brahmanas.In the Rig Veda there are over 200 hymns that praise Agni.
Agni is identified with energy and action,and it is the first…
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Why are Apsaras always sent to distract sages?
Why are Apsaras frequently sent to distract a sage from his ascetic practices? This theme seems to appear over and over again in many Puranic stories. Is there any significance attached to this theme or is it just part of the stories?
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Was Parsvanatha, the 23rd tirthankara of Jainism, an avatar of Lord Shiva?
Parsvanatha was the 23rd tirthankara of Jainism. He was very popular and belonged to Ikshvaku dynasty like other tirthankaras.
He has a lot of temples across India, the most popular of which is at Shikhar Ji, also known as Parsvnatha hills where it…
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The story behind Names of Hindu calender Months?
In Hindu traditional calender Their are 12 months (मास)
Chaitra (चैत्र), Vaisakha (वैशाख), Jyaistha (जेष्ठ), Asadha (आषाढ), Sravana (श्रावण), Bhadrapada (भाद्रपद), Asvina (अश्विन), Kartika (कार्तिक), Agrahayana (अग्रहायन), Pausa (पौष), Magha (माघ),…
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What is Dharma according to Veda or Upanishad?
I know that the question asked before What is dharma? but the question and answer shows what Dharma is according to Bhagavad Gita.
I am interested in the explanation of Dharma according to shruti. So, I want to know what is Dharma according to Veda…
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How is Rukmi's killing by Balarama justified?
The slaying of Rukmi by Lord Balarama is described in Srimad Bhagavatam, Harivamsa and Vishnu Purana.
This page gives a comparative study of all three texts as to how they differ in the details of the incident.
The basic story is summarised…
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Why did Lord Rama accept Indra's rath (chariot) in the Ramayana?
In Ramayana, when Lord Rama was about to kill Ravana, Indra sent his glorious and prestigious rath (chariot) to aid Lord Rama.
While taking leave from Ayodhya, Lord Rama had promised his father Dasharatha that during his vanavas (exile), he shall…
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Karna pushing Arjuna's chariot by two steps
During the fight between Arjuna and Karna in the Kurukshetra war, Karna's chariot moved backwards by more than 7 steps when Arjuna's arrow hit the chariot, while Arjuna's chariot moved backwards by only two steps when Karna's arrows hit.
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How is avatara different from realized souls?
Swami Vivekananda has said that avataras are always different from ordinary gurus even if they have attained the highest state.
Complete Works/Volume 5/Questions and Answers:
Q.—Cannot the spiritual teacher make the aspirant fit?
A.— An Avatâra…
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How can a person die if soul never leaves the body?
Soul is infinite, omnipresent, i.e, it is present in our body and outside our body.
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda [Volume 2/Jnana-Yoga/The-Atman] :-
It is the Atman, beyond all, the Infinite, beyond the known, beyond the knowable; in and…
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