Belive It Or Not _ _Nareepol Tree_

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Nareepol is an amazing tree in Thailand and
is drawing attention of people from all over
the world. Nareepol Tree is an amazing tree
that grows fruit in the shape of women show
the tree in Thailand. This is a fruit in human
shape. Unbelievable just have a look. This is
amazing tree named "Nareepol" in Thai.
Naree means "girl/woman" and pol means
plant/tree or "buah" in Malay. It means
women tree. This way, it transforms into
women tree. It is amazing to see a creature,
which looks exactly like a woman/girl,
hanging on this tree.
The fact that this woman/girl like stuff is
hanging on the tree like a mango makes it
more mysterious and is arousing curiosity
among people all over. Nareepol tree very
pretty and the Nareepol flower is sweet. But
the fruit of the poor Nareepol is impossible
to eat. Why? Because it a hoax!
The Nareepol tree is said to be located at a
place called Petchaboon in Thailand. You
can see the real tree at Petchaboon province
about almost 500 kms away from Bangkok.

varakh on sweets (mithai)

Do you know whether the varakh (silver
foil) used in many Jain temples on the
idols and in some religious ceremonies is
vegetarian?
Do you know how the varakh on your
sweets (mithai) is manufactured? As a
child I remember always asking for those
sweets that had silver foil on them. Even
today children as well as adults go for
varakh on the sweets. Its popular appeal
has a stronger hold on people's mind,
increasing the demand and there by it's
supply. If people know the source and
method of making it, I am sure they will
never eat the silver-coated sweets again.
Let us find out the procedure from the
article written by Beauty Without Cruelty
(BWC), India branch. We are thankful to
them for this valuable information.
If you look beyond the glitter of varakh,
into the sheds where it is produced, and
at the lives that are sacrificed to make
this possible, you would think twice
before buying that box of sweets topped
with the precious silver foil!
Silver foil, or varakh, as it is generally
known in India, adds glitter to Indian
sweets (mithai), supari (betel nut), paan
(betel-leaf), and fruits. Also it is used in
Ayurvedic medicines and on deities in
many Jain temples. The silver-topped
sweet is even served as prasad in temples
and on auspicious and religious
occasions. Varakh is also used in flavored
syrups as in kesar (saffron) syrup.
Several years ago, as suggested by BWC,
Indian Airlines instructed their caterers
to stop the use of varakh on sweets
(mithai) served on board their flights.
Today, many ask for sweets without
varakh, having realized the cruelty
involved in its preparation.
According to a feature article in Business
India, an astounding 275 tons of silver
are eaten annually into foil for sweets
and chyavanprash! That is a whopping
2,75,000 kilograms! (At the present
market rate that would cost a
phenomenal Rs. 165 Crore or $ 40 million
U.S. Dollars).
Just how is varakh made and what is it
that makes its preparation and
consumption so sinful?
Varakh is not derived from an animal
source. However, a crucial material of
animal origin, ox-gut, is used in its
manufacture. This ox-gut is obtained
from the slaughterhouse.
In the by lanes of the villages of
Ahmedabad (Gujarat state, India) and
other cities, amidst filthy surroundings,
placed between layers of ox-gut, small
thin strips of silver are hammered to
produce the glittering foil.
The intestine (ox-gut), smeared with
blood and mucus, is pulled out from the
slaughtered animal by the butcher at the
slaughterhouse, and sold for the specific
purpose. Note that it is not a by-product
of slaughter, but like everything else
meat, hide, and bones are sold by weight.
This is then taken away to be cleaned and
used in the manufacture of varakh.
The gut of an average cow, measuring
540 inches in length and 3 inches in
diameter, is cut open into a piece
measuring 540" x 10". From this, strips of
9" x 10" are cut to give approximately 60
pieces of ox-gut, which are then piled one
onto another and bound to form a book
of 171 leaves.
Next, small thin strips of silver are placed
between the sheets and the book slipped
into a leather pouch (note that the use of
leather-an animal product again).
Artisans then hammer these bundles
continuously for a day to produce
extremely thin foils of silver of 3" x 5".
The leather and ox-gut, being supple, can
withstand the intense manual hammering
for up to 8 hours a day till such time as
the silver is beaten to the desired
thickness. When ready, the foil is
carefully lifted from between the leaves
of ox-gut and placed between sheets of
paper to be sold to the sweet makers
(mithaiwallas). A booklet of 160 foils
weighs approximately 10 grams and costs
about Rs. 200 ($5.00).
To make a single booklet of 171 sheets,
the guts of 3 cows are used. And the yield
per book is generally 160 foils of silver,
the rest of which may be damaged or
unfit for use. Thus one book, used on an
average of 300 days of the year yields
approximately 48,000 foils of silver which
means that each ox-gut yields an
estimated 16,000 foils.
The leather used for the pouch to hold
the book (made from ox-gut), is cowhide
or calf leather, and uses about 232 sq.
inches of material. Assuming the size of
an average cowhide to be 18 sq. ft or
2,600 sq. Inches, the yield per hide will
be approximately 10 leather pouches.
Usually 4 foils are used per kilograms
(2.2 lbs.) of sweets and the ox-gut of one
cow is used to produce foil for
approximately 4,000 kilograms (9,000
lbs.) of sweets. It is estimated (by
Surveys) that the average consumption of
sweets by a middle class family of four in
India is about 100 kilograms per year.
Thus, an average middle class Indian
family of four consuming approximately
100 kg of sweets per year for forty years
consumes silver foil produced with the
gut of 3 cows and one-tenth of a cowhide!
India is not the only country where foil is
made by such methods. In Germany,
small-specialized enterprises produce gold
leaf, which is beaten down to 1/10,000-
millimeter thickness, for decorative and
technical purposes by similar methods.
The Jews use the gold foil for as much the
same purposes, namely for food
preparations, as it is in India.
In India the 275 tons of silver that are
beaten annually into varakh utilize
intestines of 516,000 cows and calf leather
of 17,200 animals each year.
Therefore, we hope that someone;
somewhere will develop an alternative
process for the making of varakh without
using ox-gut.

Reference ;
Pramoda Chitrabhanu
Jain Meditation International Center,   New York

संस्कृतम् as a mass communication language..

Though it is listed as one of India’s 22
“scheduled” languages but it is not widely
spoken in India except for its use in
religious setting and mantras. The language
is used in the religious services of Hindus,
Jainis and Buddhists. Sanskrit is also the
second official language of Uttarakhand.
Many a times Sanskrit is regarded as a dead
language and not a common man’s spoken
language in India. Perhaps it ceased to be
spoken some thousands of years ago but its
connection with religion has kept it alive. It
was proposed that to preserve the language
of Vedic origin, it should be made
compulsory in schools and colleges. But
probably this is quiet an impossible task to
do, as various political parties will have
different opinion on the same and some may
not be in the favor of this. If possible we can
make it our national language if not the
official language of India. Other ways to
popularize it should be found out.
Arguments in favour to make Sanskrit as a
National language state that for any
language to be a national language it must
have born and developed in the country and
Sanskrit is that language.
National language of the country should be
close to the culture of the nation, which
Sanskrit is.
Moreover you cannot identify it with any
particular region or city so it is national in
nature.
Then most of the languages in India have
been born out of Sanskrit, so it is the
mother of almost al

There is sufficient evidence available today
to say that Sanskrit is the oldest language
of the world.
Among the current languages which
possess a hoary antiquity like Latin or
Greek, Sanskrit is the only language which
has retained its pristine purity. It has
maintained its structure and vocabulary even
today as it was in the past.
Sanskrit is a language for humanity and
not merely a means for communication
within a society. The oldest surviving
literature of the world, viz. the Vedas,
encompass knowledge in virtually every
sphere of human activity. The fact that many
profound principles relating to human
existence were given expression through
Sanskrit, continue to amaze those who
study Sanskrit. A Sanskrit Scholar
understands the world better than most
others.
Sanskrit is the classical language of India
that has been used for thousands of years
as the language of religion and scholarship,
and is still so used today. The Sanskrit
language and its literature represent a
continuous cultural tradition from the time
of the Vedas in the second millennium B.C.
down to the present.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4kdjHFBvd4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

"silent mind". No-mind is silence! And the moment there is no-mind

`One thing to be understood is that
silence is not part of mind. So whenever
we say, "He has a silent mind," it is
nonsense. A mind can never be silent.
The very being of mind is anti-silence.
Mind is sound, not silence. So when we
say: "He has a silent mind," it is wrong. If
he is really silent, then we must say that
he has no mind.'
A "silent mind" is a contradiction in
terms. If mind is there. it cannot be
silent; and if it is silent, it is no more.
That is why Zen monks use the term "no-
mind", never "silent mind". No-mind is
silence! And the moment there is no-mind
you cannot feel your body, because mind
is the passage through which body is felt.
If there is no-mind, you cannot feel that
you are a body; body disappears from
consciousness. So in prayer there is
neither mind nor body -- only pure
Existence. That pure Existence is
indicated by silence -- mouna.
How to attain to this prayer, to this
silence? How to be in this prayer, in this
silence? Whatsoever you can do will be
useless; that is the greatest problem. For
a religious seeker this is the greatest
problem, because whatsoever he can do
will lead nowhere -- because doing is not
relevant. You can sit in a particular
posture: that is your doing. You must
have seen Buddha's posture. You can sit
in Buddha's posture: that will be a doing.
For Buddha himself this posture
happened. It was not a cause for his
silence; rather, it was a by-product.
When the mind is not, when the being is
totally silent, the body follows like a
shadow. The body takes a particular
posture -- the most relaxed possible, the
most passive possible. But you cannot do
otherwise. You cannot take a posture first
and then make silence follow. Because we
see a Buddha sitting in a particular
posture, we think that if this posture is
followed then the inner silence will
follow. This is a wrong sequence. For
Buddha the inner phenomenon happened
first, and then this posture followed.
Look at it through your own experience:
when you get angry, the body takes a
particular posture, your eyes become
blood-red, your face takes a particular
expression. Anger is inside, and then the
body follows. Not only outwardly:
inwardly also, the whole chemistry of the
body changes. Your blood runs fast, you
breathe in a different way, you are ready
to fight or take flight. But anger happens
first, then the body follows.
Start from the other pole: make your eyes
red, create fast breathing, do whatsoever
you feel is done by the body when anger
is there. You can act, but you cannot
create anger inside. An actor is doing the
same every moment. When he is acting a
role of love, he is doing whatsoever is
done by the body when love happens
inside -- but there is no love. The actor
may be doing better than you, but love
will not follow. He will be more
apparently angry than you in real anger,
but it is just false. Nothing is happening
inside.
Whenever you start from without, you
will create a false state. The real always
happens first in the center, and then the
waves reach to the periphery. That is
why this sutra says that prayer is silence.
The innermost center is in prayer. Start
from there.
T IME
YOURSELF
INTO
T IMELESSNESS
If you just put a watch with a
second hand in front of you and
keep your eyes on the second
hand, you will be surprised: you
cannot continue to remember
even for one minute completely.
Perhaps fifteen seconds, twenty
seconds, at the most thirty
seconds, and you will forget. You
will get lost in some other idea --
and then suddenly you will
remember that you were trying
to remember.
Even to keep awareness continuous for
one minute is difficult, so one has to be
aware that it is not child's play. So when
you are trying to be aware of the small
things of life, you have to remember that
many times you will forget. You will go
far away into something else. The
moment you remember, don't feel guilty
-- that is one of the traps.
If you start feeling guilty, then you
cannot come back to the awareness that
you were practicing. There is no need to
feel guilty, it is natural. Don't feel
repentance. It is simple, and it happens to
every seeker. Accept it as natural;
otherwise you will be caught in
repentance, in the guilt that you cannot
remember even for a few moments and
you go on forgetting.
Mahavira is the first man in history who
has actually worked out that if a man can
remember, be aware for forty-eight
minutes continuously, that's enough -- he
will become enlightened, nobody can
prevent him. Just forty-eight minutes...
but it is difficult even for forty-eight
seconds -- so many distractions.
No guilt, no repentance -- the moment you
remember that you have forgotten what
you were doing, simply come back;
simply come back and start working
again.
My emphasis is: simply come back. Don't
cry and weep for the spilled milk, that is
stupid.
It will take time, but slowly you will
become aware that you are remaining
alert more and more, perhaps for a whole
minute, perhaps two minutes.
And it is such a joy that you have been
aware for two minutes -- but don't get
caught in the joy.
Don't think that you have attained
something. That will become a barrier.
These are patterns where one is lost. Just
a little gain and one thinks one has come
home. Go on working slowly, patiently.
There is no hurry -- you have eternity at
your disposal.
Don't try to be speedy. That impatience
will not help. Awareness is not like
seasonal flowers that grow in six weeks'
time and are then gone. Awareness is like
the cedars of Lebanon which take
hundreds of years to grow; but they
remain for thousands of years and rise to
one hundred and fifty feet, two hundred
feet high in the sky. They are really very
proud people.
Awareness grows very slowly, but it
grows. One has to just be patient.
As it grows you will start feeling many
things which you have never felt before.
For example, you will start feeling that
you are carrying many tensions in your
body of which you have never been
aware because they are subtle tensions.
Now your awareness is there you can feel
those very subtle, very delicate tensions.
So wherever you feel any tension in the
body, relax that part. If your whole body
is relaxed, your awareness will grow
faster because those tensions are
hindrances.
As your awareness grows even more, you
will be surprised to know that you don't
dream only in sleep; there is an
undercurrent of dreaming even while you
are awake. It goes just underneath your
wakefulness -- close your eyes any
moment and you can see some dream
passing by like a cloud in the sky. But
only when you become a little more
aware will it be possible to see that your
wakefulness in not true awakenedness.
The dream is floating there -- people call
it daydream. If they relax in their chair
for a moment and close their eyes,
immediately the dream takes over. They
start thinking that they have become the
president of the country, or they are
doing great things -- or anything, which
they know at the very moment they are
dreaming is all nonsense. You are not the
president of the country, but still the
dream has something in it, that it
continues in spite of you.
Awareness will make you aware of layers
of dreams in your waking state. And they
will start dispersing, just as you bring
light into a dark room and the darkness
starts dispersing.

Reference ;
Osho Awareness
http://www.osho.be/New-Osho-NL/EnglBooks/Awareness.htm

ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಚಿಂತನೆಯ ಫಲವೇ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಜೀವನದ ಭವಿಶತ್ತಿನ ಪರಿಸ್ತಿತಿ ..

ವಿಜ್ನಾನವು ಸತ್ಯಾಸತ್ಯತೆಯನ್ನು

ಪ್ರಯೋಗಾತ್ಮಕವಾಗಿ ಆಧಾರ ಸಹಿತವಾಗಿ

ಸಾಧಿಸಿ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ

ಇದು ನಂಬಿಕೆಯಂತೆ ನಿರಾಧಾರವಲ್ಲ. ವಿಜ್ನಾನದ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳು 

ಪರಿಮಾಣಗಳ

ಮೂಲಕ ಕರಾರುವಾಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ,

ಆದರೆ ನಂಬಿಕೆಗೆ ನಿರ್ಧಿಷ್ಟತೆ ಇಲ~

ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಓಲೈಕೆಯ ಹಿಂದೆ

ಘನವವಾದ ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥವು ಮೌನವಾಗಿ

ಅಡಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ...

ಭಗವಂತನ ಇರುವಿಕೆ ,ಶಕ್ತಿ ,ಅನುಬವದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಗುತ್ಹೆ  ಅನ್ನುವದಾದರೆ

 ಅನುಬವವನ್ನು ಅನುಬವಿಸಿ ಅನುಬವಸಿ ,ಚಟವಾಗಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ 

ಅನುಬವವನ್ನು ಇದೆ ಎಂದು ಬ್ರಬಿಸಿ ,ಇದೆ  ಎಂದು ಅವರವರ 

ಅನುಬವವನ್ನು ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬರ ಮೇಲೆ ಏರುವದು  ಆಸ್ತಿಕರ 

ಕೆಲಸವಾಗಿದೆ, ವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕವಾಗಿ ನಿಕರವಲ್ಲದ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟತೆ ಇಲ್ಲದ 

ಬ್ರಮೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇರುವ ಪರಿಸ್ತಿತಿ ಬದಲಾಗಬೇಕು ಅಲ್ಲವೇ..!?

ಭಗವಂತ ನ ಮೇಲೆ ನಂಬಿಕೆ ಇಡುವದರಿಂದ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರೆಶ್ನೆಗಳಿಗೆ 

ಉತ್ತರ ದೊರಕುವದಿಲ್ಲ ಬದಲಿಗೆ ನಂಬಿಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಇರುವಿಕೆ ಬಗ್ಗೆ 

ನೀವೂ ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸುವಂತಿಲ್ಲ .

ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಚಿಂತನೆಯ ಫಲವೇ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಜೀವನದ 

ಭವಿಶತ್ತಿನ  ಪರಿಸ್ತಿತಿ ..

If you are trying to prove that god exists there

 are two very important things to remember..

I. Reading the books of gods is not valid 

research.

II. "I feel him in my heart" is not valid data..

Sabarimala was actually a Buddhist shrine and Ayyappa was actually Buddha,

Until 10th century AD, almost 85% of the
people in Kerala were Buddhists or Jains.
Following the attack that took place
between 10th and 12th century AD,
Hinduism established itself. It was
Paramara Parasurama (970 AD) who
conquered Kerala and initiated the process
of conversion to Hinduism. This is the
same Parasurama, who is mentioned in
Hindu scriptures, as the one who threw his
axe and reclaimed the land, which he later
gave as gifts to Brahmins. The reference to
‘reclamation’ is to indicate the process of
reclaiming Hindu Dharma from the
influence of Buddhism and Jainism, or the
country from their hold. The battle axe was
the most common weapon used in those
days by the soldiers. Parasurama took
over the Buddhist places of worship and
converted them into Hindu Temples. He
then gave charge of these temples to
Brahmins to run them according to Hindu
rites of worship.
This was followed by the attack of Cholas
(999 to 1102 AD). During this period, the
Buddha vihars were converted into Siva
temples. The Jaina vihars were changed
into temples of Vishnu. The nunneries
(where the Bikshunis lived) became Devi
temples. What we see today as temples of
Dharma Sastha were originally Buddha or
Jaina vihars. (Vihars were Buddhist or
Jaina monastic retreats.)
During the later period, under the
leadership of king of Pandalam, a Buddhist
pilgrimage centre, which is now known as
Sabarimala, was conquered. In this
conquest the king of Pandalam, must have
taken the help of the Muslims residing in
the precincts of Erumeli. As a result, Vavar
(Babar), a muslim commander, finds a
place in this story or legend. All these
events took place around 1600 AD.
The place conqured by the King of
Pandalam, belonged to the Maravars of
Tamilnadu. After the conquest, the king
became a believer in Hinduism. As a
result, this shrine became a centre of
Hindu worship. Both the Saivaites and
Vaishnavaites tried to take control of this
temple. Based on a compromise between
these two groups, the story or legend of
Hariharaputra (son of Vishnu and Siva)
gained popularity. May be in order to ward
any further onslaughts, a temples with 18
narrow steps was built, which made access
to this shrine difficult.
Till recently, Brahmins did not visit this
temple carrying the traditional bundle of
coconuts and rice (Irumudi-kettu). They
called the temple as a Pulaya (lower caste
Hindu) temple. Even today, the clothes
worn by the devotees represent those worn
by the lower castes/tribals.
The Mudra (symbolic gesture) attributed to
Ayyappa is unique, where the index finger
of the hand is kept joined with the thumb,
leaving the other three fingers free. This
symbolizes the steadfast aim of the
devotee to achieve nirvana, by taking
refuge in the three jewels (Triratnas),
Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, the
fundamental commitments of a Buddhist.
(Buddha- the awakened one. Dharma- the
truth and tenets expounded by him.
Sangha- the community following these
principles.) Lord Buddha is popularly
depicted as sitting in Padmasana (lotus
pose) with the fingers of both hands held
in Chinmudra.
There is no class discrimination in
Sabarimala. Everybody is an Ayyappa (a
representative of the deity) or a
Malikapuram (mother godess). Even this
concept has its roots in Buddhism and its
principle of equality. Though people
practiced different professions or crafts,
there was no caste distinction in
Buddhism.
The chanting of Saranam (refuge in God)
is part of Buddhism. Buddham Saranam
Gachhami (I take refuge in the enlightened
One), Sangham Saranam Gachhami (I take
refuge in the community of Bikshus/
Bikshunis,), Dharmam Saranam Gachhami(I
take refuge in the practice of Truth and
righteousness). Today, these have been
changed to ‘Swami Saranam’ and
‘Dharmasastha Saranam’. That is the only
difference.
The affidavit was filed in response to a
notice issued by the court on a petition by
the Indian Young Lawyers Association and
five other women advocates challenging the
ban in vogue for several years.
It said: “Some scholars of ancient Kerala
history say that the Sabarimala Sastha
Prathista was once a Buddhist shrine. The
rituals chanted by worshippers are
synonymous with the ‘Saranathrayam’ of
Buddhist disciples (Budham Saranam
Gachami; Dharmam Saranam Gachami;
Sangham Saranam Gachami).” However, the
government had no intention of creating any
controversy, it said.

It was one of the most unexpected and the
most hurting situation for millions of
Ayyappa Swami devotees when the
Tranvancore Devaswom Board (TDB)
confirmed that the Makara Jyothi that
appears on the edge of the Ponnabalamedu
hill (on the 14th of January, every year) at
Sabarimala is man made.
Every year, millions of Ayyappa Swami
devotees used to visit Sabarimala and the
Temple trust managed to gather crores of
rupees as a revenue. Now the fat is, the
Jyothi that appears on the hill slope is man
made and this “fake” process of creating a
Jyothi has been ongoing from hundreds of
years! So are all Ayyappa swami devotees
been fooled? Are Ayyappa devotees been
misled?
Another interesting fact here is, most people
in the Kerala were aware of this fake
creation of Makara Jyothi. The truth came to
light when the High Court questioned the
temple authorities about the Makara Jyothi,
whether it was natural or a man made one.
The President of Travancore Devaswom
Board then revealed that it was man made.
Sow how is it actually done? Read below -
On every 14th of January at about 7:00 pm,
a few people from the Kerala Forest
Department, Kerala State Electricity Board,
TDB, authorities from the Sabarimala Temple
and a couple of policemen carry 4 – 5 kgs
of camphor (in the form of cubes) in a plate
and a few matchsticks. They then proceed
to the Ponnambalamedu hill, light it and
show it to the devotees thrice. Since the
Sabarimala temple is situated on another
hill opposite to Ponnambalamedu (where the
camphor is lit) and about hundreds of feet
beneath it, the flame that comes out appears
to the devotees as Makara Jyothi but in
reality, it is just the flames that you are
seeing and not the actual Jyothi (light). This
entire process is done by people, along with
the support of Government of Kerala, and is
not due to the miraculous powers of GOD.
So to be honest, all devotees were fooled. Or
better to say, all devotees are being fooled
from hundreds of years.

Sabarimala was actually a Buddhist
shrine and Ayyappa was actually
Buddha, rechristened during the revival
of Hinduism and the subsequent exile of
Buddhism.
“ Dharma Sastha”, the alternate name by
which Ayyappa is known, suggests in
similar lines. “Dharma ” is a word which
is of utmost importance to Buddhists.
The ' Saranathrayam' of Buddhist
disciples “Budham Saranam Gachami;
Dharmam Saranam Gachami; Sangham
Saranam Gachami ” meaning “To the
Buddha I go for refuge; To the Dharma
(Teachings) I go for refuge; To the Sangha
(Monks) I go for refuge ” portrays Buddha
and Dharma as destinations for ones
refuge. Also “Sastha ” is a widely used
synonym for Buddha.
The chanting of Ayyappa devotees
wherein they repeat the word Saranam
is also interesting. There is no other
Hindu God who is associated with the
chanting of Saranam whereas it is an
integral part of the Buddhist chants.
Ayyappa devotees making a pilgrimage
are expected to lead an austere life for
41 days - follow celibacy and refrain
from tobacco and alcohol and all carnal
pleasures as well - unlikely of other
Hindu pilgrimages. This is very much
similar to the Buddhist principles which
advocate renunciation and mental
discipline.
Another interesting aspect to notice is
the egalitarian nature of the Sabarimala
temple. Devotees here are never
differentiated on the basis of religion,
caste or color. Everyone wears the same
dress and addresses each other as
“Ayyappa” or in other words each
devotee considers each other as the God
himself. This again isn’t in line with the
Hindu system of differentiating people,
but more similar towards the Buddhist
principle of equality.
Ayyappa does not show his presence in
any of the mainline Hindu scriptures,
which are of Aryan origin. This is
obvious as Ayyappa was a Dravidian
God, who was absorbed into the Hindu
mythology. Later Hindu works added
him as Hariharaputra ( Son of Vishnu and
Shiva ) who was born out of the love
between Mohini(Vishnu) and Shiva.
The folk story of Ayyappa portrays him
as the prince of Pandalam dynasty, the
Pandalam King having adopted him on
finding him as a baby in the shores of
river Pampa. It is probable that the folk
story was absorbed into the later Hindu
scriptures, adding the missing link of the
birth (story of Mohini and Shiva).
Ayyappa’s legends speaks about him
having a Muslim friend called Vavar who
has helped Ayyappa. This also underlines
the above fact, as Islam religion
originated in mid AD 600s whereas most
of the Hindu scriptures were composed
in the BC era. The legend of Ayyappa
must have originated at a time of
religious harmony between Muslims and
Hindus. The era of Pandalam Dynasty
(1200-1500AD) of which Ayyappa’s legend
is based on, also suggests the same.
It is interesting to note that Ayyappa is
just one among the several Dravidian
Gods including Tirupati Balaji, who
convincingly seem to be rechristened
forms of Buddha.
There is also convincing evidence that
Buddhism had strong following in Kerala
during early days. Lot of idols have been
discovered across Kerala; the black
granite statue of Buddha discovered in
Alapuzha(Karumadikkuttan) being the
most prominent. A 4 foot statue of
Buddha has been discovered in
Neyyattinkara as well. Karunagappally,
Idappalli, Mavelikkara etc. have been
pointed out as chief centers of Buddhism
in early days.
Whatever be the truth behind it, with
the limited knowledge that we have ( and
as history and mythology are never
written by God himself ), it is impossible to
conclude on any of the presented views.
It is actually immaterial to the millions
of devotees of Ayyappa, to whom the
egalitarian nature, the unique
experience of controlling ones senses for
an extended period, the toughness of the
journey, the ambience and the energy
felt among the devotees in the entire trip
contributes to the ultimate satisfaction of
the unique pilgrimage to Sabarimala.
Ayyappa and Sabarimala draw millions
of devotees from across South India
every year, making it the second largest
annual religious gathering in the world
after the Hajj.

References
http://www.ambedkar.org/Tirupati/
Chap5.htm
http://www.chintha.com/keralam/
sabarimala-history-myth.html
http://www.thrikodithanam.org/
tidbits.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayyappan
http://www.rediff.com/news/
dec/31rajeev.htm

A 1942 picture by Sri. Uthradom Thirunal
Marthanda Varma, seniormost member of
Travancore's erstwhile royal family
(Trivandrum) during his brothers’(who was
then King of Travancore) visit to the Holy
shrine.

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astral projection real? The fact is that several hundreds of people across the world

It is also possible that some out-of-body experiences are the result of dreaming during
what is called "microsleep" — falling asleep for anywhere from a fraction of a second to
half a minute, and not realizing it. This is common when people are tired, relaxing, or
doing tedious activities such as long-haul trucking. In some cases the person may
believe they have been out of their bodies for minutes or even hours when in fact they
simply experienced microsleeps. If a believer in astral projection has a sudden,
unexplainable and vivid dream and does not know they were asleep, this could easily be
interpreted as an out-of-body experience.
Though astral projection practitioners are convinced their experiences are real and not
merely dreams or fantasies,their evidence is all anecdotal — just as a person who takes
peyote or LSD may be truly convinced that they interacted with God, dead people, or
angels while in their altered state. It is not a coincidence that drug users refer to a
psychedelic experience as a "trip."
Astral projection is an entertaining and harmless pastime that can seem profound, and
in some cases even life-changing. But there's no evidence that out-of-body-experiences
happen outside the body instead of inside the brain.
There are still many skeptics who want to
know a scientific answer to the question ‘is
astral projection real? The fact is that
several hundreds of people across the world
can project their bodies at will and span
space and time during these ‘journeys’. It is
impossible for one to truly understand the
nature of such travel unless he/ she
experiences astral projection himself/
herself.
Sleep is a biological process. However,
it is believed amongst practitioners that
during sleep you may astral project
unknowingly or without willful intent. Astral
projection requires a deep state of relaxation
that without training, practice and
conditioning, most people cannot achieve
Astral projection is a hallucination. You
may get up during your hallucination and
move around but you will not end up in an
entirely different place.
There are no set rituals or words for astral
projection. It is usually best to start in a
relaxed meditative or light trance state, but
the rest is up to you.

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Why Is 'Shiva Linga' Prioritized & Prayed In Hindu Culture?

Why Is 'Shiva Linga' Prioritized

& Prayed In Hindu Culture?
A Shiva Linga as known is a union
of male and female reproductive
organs; it mainly symbolizes the
origin and termination of life.
Many ridicule this very act of
Hindus praying sexual organs (the
penetrated reproductive organs or
an action performed during sex),
Linga being the male reproductive
organ and Yoni is of the female’s
(the lower portion). Well there
stands science I should say.
Though it is partially true that
it is a cause or origin of life
(as almost all the Aathman in
this earth takes birth as a
result of sex). Even you might
wonder now for it being the cause
of, end of thing, well many
consider the Black Hole as Kali
(the goddess of destruction),
many justify it in their own ways
comparing it to Shiva (Pralaya
Roopa or infinity ending into
nothing),this could be true in
accordance to their theories, may
be or May be not. But there’s
another theory widely accepted:
Shiva: The male from or Purusha,
waits for every single Aathman
left to attain Moksha and
destroys everything, including
Gods!, brings everything down to
nothing, many say even time
wouldn’t exist.
Shakthi: The female form or
Prakruti, is the Pralaya Sakshi
or the one who witnesses this
phenomena.
The
Black
Hole,
according to science is an object
which absorbs every celestial
being into it and will not allow
even the light to pass out.
But, according to spiritual
science, the black hole is
considered the vagina, the yoni
or the female reproductive organ
of Shakthi, absorbs in the semen
(celestial objects) of Shiva into
it, thus ends everything,
planning for a new beginning.
Once the Black Hole explodes the
Pranava is heard (i.e. the AUM
Kaara or OM) in space announcing
the ingress of new celestial
beings, this theory is in
accordance to the belief that god
is everything and he exists
everywhere.
The other reason being, the end,
is that during sex many other
Jeeva Anu or sperm expires in the
yoni, which cannot make up to
fertilize the egg.
So what’s wrong praying to a
Linga you feel now, don’t you?
Hinduism is science, seeing
science with a spiritual touch is
Hinduism, it endorses nature and
natural actions inevitable and
uncontrollable by man.
Many might ask that its only
Hindu culture that endorses gay
culture, then why not any
symbolical representation of
their actions performed in sex?
A very simple explanation to
those who believe that their
religion states that its against
law and god does not like this
act, as known to all the very
first verse in any religious book
of any religion known, it says
its god who is ultimate and is
superior, he who is the one who
decides even the tiniest speck’s
color and nature, if that is what
everyone believes then I have
another one for you, the supreme
soul decides every single act
starting from the rise of sun,
the direction of wind and of any
other thing known or unknown to
man, do you still think if god
had not liked homosexuality to
exist in this world, would have
created it in the first place? He
who preplans the very next second
of what we would or should do in
this life, would have not planed
about this? Without his
“permission or thought “there
would be such a thing in this
world prevailing? And lastly what
apart from this in this world, do
exist that god doesn’t like? If
“nothing” is your answer then do
you even now think that there are
things in this world that god
wouldn’t like, when God has the
power to eradicate things that he
doesn’t like, why will he sit
idle looking at a so called
“unnatural” behavior?
Though there are many Hindu
leaders who speak against gays,
it shows their ignorance or lack
of knowledge towards Hindu
culture, I really do wonder at
times as to how where they being
upheld as spiritual leaders when
they known not a twig about a
vastly grown tree called
Hinduism, there are many Pauranic
stories which state and prove gay
love, Budha and Ila, Shiva and
Jaganmohini, Aaho Ooho Gandharvas
are a few of examples. Many even
now think that Vishnu turned into
a woman (Jaganmohini) and seduced
the Dhanavas for the divine
nectar to be drawn away from
them, but it’s not true. (One
thing which all of us must
understand, is that even if gods
have got powers to create
miracles they don’t go against
laws of nature for whatever it
might be or for whatever it might
take, the only thing which was
done against law was to replace
Ganesh’s head with an elephant
one, that was done save nature
from the goddess who turned
furious against the Devas or gods
who killed her son, they later
promise to never do so again) so
coming back, Vishnu never turned
into a woman at all, ever, all he
did was that he disguised himself
like a woman, his feminine looks
and soft nature of his endorsed
it (in ref to text Alankara
Priyaha which means he loved
getting a makeover ).
Thus when being called by Shiva,
who had to satisfy his sexual
urges after losing his wife
Dhakshayini, who fell into a
pyre, so he just disguised
himself as a beautiful damsel and
when entertained Shiva sexually
there was no way for the semen to
enter his body (not even from
behind as it won’t sustain long
enough in the intestinal walls,
it will surely make its way out).
Hence the semen which was spilled
out during this incident, was
been preserved for years in the
right place and in right
temperature, which later was
artificially inseminated into
Anjana’s womb to give birth to
Hanuman.
So concluding about endorsing gay
culture which any other religion
don’t, it’s because Shiva is the
one who destroys and Shakthi is
the only one left behind with him
all the way through negative
infinity, Shiva Linga is only
about male and female
reproductive organs intersected,
if there was any other god
equally powerful who would be
left behind to witness this whole
phenomena of nature and if Lord
Shiva is Bisexual, as which he
is, there will be another kind of
Shiva Linga too… (although u may
get to know and see that a black
hole sucks into the objects
around from both sides, up and
below and from the sides), though
Indian Kamasutra and medical
science believe that backward
penetration is very normal during
sex in case of a man and woman
having sex, how does, in any way
could it be different in-case of
a man and man when the organ to
be penetrated is the same?

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