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Do mantras actually have any significance?
What is the significance of mantras and why do people chant them?
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How does Dvaita philosophy explain Moksha?
From what I've understood, Moksha means attaining union with the Supreme Soul. But Dvaita philosophy says that the individual souls (jiivatma) are different from the Supreme Soul (paramatma).
If jiivatma and paramatma are different, how exactly does…
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What was the education system in the Gurukuls like?
We have all heard that kids were sent to Gurukul returned as educated men.
I wonder what life in a Gurukul was like, what subjects did the kids study, and what activities filled a typical day?
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Is there a temple in India where devotees get rid of the "evil" in their selves by uttering abusive words before a deity?
I came across the following bit on this Christian Evangelist website []:
[...]there is a temple in India where they have a festival every year.
Devotees go there during this festival that goes for a week and utter
curses and abuses to the god in…
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Significance of Hanuman's sitting posture?
In many images, Lord Hanuman is shown as sitting in a particular posture seen in the images given below:
Here, he is kneeling down with the left knee touching the ground and the right leg is placed flat on the ground.
What is this posture called?…
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Vatuka Bhairava references
Where I can find some scriptural references about Vatuka Bhairava?
Where does Vatuka appear the first time?
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Where does the verse "aavaahanan na jaanaami..." come from?
Whenever a pooja is completed in my home, my mother says this.
आवाहनं न जानामि न जानामि तवार्चनम्।
पूजां श्चैव न जानामि क्षम्यतां परमेश्वर॥
Where does this verse come from?
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Sandhyavandanam for those not initiated (without Upanayanam) using Puranas. It is possible?
Many statements (eg. ŚB 1.4.25) talk of how non-initiated persons (irrespective of caste) cannot follow Vedic procedures, and how for them to read and follow, the Puranas and itihasas were composed.
A comment
on a post about Navagraha tarpana…
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Why did Lord Ganesha curse the Moon?
When there's Ganesha Chaturthi going on, people say that we shouldn't look at the moon on the day of immersion (visarjan) as its counted as a bad omen.
So why did he cursed the moon and why is that, we shouldn't look at the moon?
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Why are female counterparts in South Indian temples placed on the right?
Google search for Sri Rama temples in Tamilnadu returns many similar images, with Sita on the right of Rama, as well as many pictures with her being on the left, as usual elsewhere for Lakshmi-Narayana, Sita-Rama, Radha-Krishna etc. Why are South…
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Who is Manu of Manu Smriti?
The Manu of Manu Smriti is same as Manus of Manvantar or he is any rishi?
Also, which Manu he is if he is Manu of Manvantar?
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Does Shri Rama return in the month of Chaitra or Vaishakha?
The main question is right below, if you want to avoid the scriptural reference in the middle. also below we are following Amanta calendar (similar to South India)
Valmiki Ramayana
Shri Rama was supposed to be crowned as the heir in the month of…
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How did earth sustain itself after Rishi agastya drank all the water from the oceans?
Rishi Agastya drank the oceans so the Devtas can iradicate the asura's hiding in the depth of Oceans,but he digested all the water and it was not filled back.
Then after many 1000s of years later Bhagirathi prayed to Brahma/Ganga/and Shiva so that…
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Is it more helpful in any way to worship multiple deities?
I live in central India and I haven't met many people who only worship one particular deity or God. They may be partial to one over others, but they worship all dieties. Most temples also contain multiple idols.
I wonder if there are any benefits to…
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Did Adi Shankaracharya support animal sacrifice?
I had always assumed that the Advaitin philosopher Adi Shankaracharya opposed animal sacrifice in Vedic Yagnas (fire-rituals). Here is what this blog post says, for instance:
In the 7th century A.D. the great philosopher Adi Shankara stopped…
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