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Posted: 12 years ago

#171

This is the reason of not interviewing of Shukracharya between the battle of Ram and Raavan.

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#172

Parshuram a great devotee of Lord Shiv

The purpose of the sixth incarnation or Sixth Avatara of Vishnu is considered by religious scholars to be to relieve the earth's burden by exterminating the sinful, destructive and irreligious monarchs that pillaged its resources, and neglected their duties as kings.

Parashurama was the Great Grandson of Bhrugu Rishi, after whom the "Bhruguvansh" has been named. Bhrugu's Son, Rucheek, married King Gadhi's daughter, Satyavati. The son of Satyavati Jamadagni and Grandson was Parashurama. Jamadagni married Renuka, daughter of King Prasenjit. They had five sons, Parashurama was the youngest

Sri Parashuram left home to do devout austerities (tapascharya) to please Lord Shiva. Considering his extreme devotion, intense desire and unmoved and perpetual meditation (dhyan), Deity Shiv was pleased with Sri Parashuram.

He received an axe after undertaking a terrible penance to please Lord Shiva , from whom he learned the methods of warfare and other skills.

Legends
Once King Kartavirya Arjuna (Sahasrarjuna) and his army visited Jamadagni, a brahmin sage, who fed his guest and the whole army with his divine cow Surabhi; the king demanded the magical cow and Jamadagni refused because he needed the cow for his religious ceremonies. King Kartavirya Arjuna (Sahasrarjuna) sent his soldiers to take the cow and Parashurama killed the entire army and the king with his axe. In return, the princes beheaded Jamadagni the father of Parshuram.
Lord Parshuram

When Parashurama returned home he found his mother crying hysterically. He asked why she was crying, she beat her chest 21 times. In a rage, Parashurama vowed to exterminate the world's Kshatriyas 21 times. He killed the entire clan of Kartavirya Arjuna (Sahasrarjuna), thus conquering the entire earth. He offered his dead father's soul tarpana with the blood of the kings and warriors he slew. He then conducted the Ashwamedha sacrifice, done only by sovereign kings, and gave the entire land he owned to the priests who performed at the yagya.

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Sweet24

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Posted: 12 years ago

#173

Parsuram temple in Rajasthan:

According to Hindu mythology, this is the only place in the country where Lord Parshuram offered his prayers. During August-September, around five lakh devotees throng the mela. People continue to visit the area round the year. According to an estimate, around eight-nine lakh people visit the holy place every year.

Parashuram Kund (Arunachal Pradesh)

Parashuram kund is located 13 miles north-east of Tezu, District headquaters of Lohit district in Arunachal Pradesh
Thousand of pilgrims visit this place from all parts of India every year during Parashuram mela held in the month of January. Parasuram Kunda is associated with Parasuram's matricide. To get rid of the crime of matricide, It is said in puranas that Parasuram came to the Brahma Kund, in Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh for holy dip in the kunda to wash off his sin. Religious people, saints come to this kund on Makarsakranti on the 14th January every year.

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Posted: 12 years ago

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Kalki Purana on Parshurama

The Kalki Purana states Parashurama will be the martial guru of Sri Kalki, the 10th and final avatar of Lord Vishnu. It is he who instructs Kalki to perform a long penance to Shiva to receive celestial weaponry.

Parashurama Kshetras

Eight kshetras are popularly known as Parashurama kshetras and Parashurama Srishti. The Seven Mukti Sthalas are

1. Udupi 2. Subramanya 3. Kollur 4. Shankaranarayana 5. Koteshwara 6. Kumbasi 7. Gokarna 8. Parashuram Kund (Arunachal Pradesh)

Later life of Parshuram

Parashurama became an ascetic and practiced penances, mainly on the Mahendra Mountains. in his later life and gave up violence. The territories he received from the Kshatriyas were distributed among the Brahmrishi Brahmins. They ruled these lands for many centuries. Parashurama also retrieved from the sea a virgin-land which was a stretch of coastal-area to the west of Western Ghats of India a part of the land of Kerala from the sea.

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Posted: 12 years ago

#175

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Posted: 12 years ago

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Sweet24

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Posted: 12 years ago

#177

The 32 aspects of Ganesha

Lists of the 32 aspects of Ganesha may well differ according to source. The aspect-names are usually followed by "Ganapati", hence Bala Ganapati can be read as -

"The Lord of the categories who is childlike."

Title	Meaning	Title	Meaning
Bala	"Childlike"	Taruna	"youthful"
Bhakti	"devoted"	Vira	"Heroic"
Sakti	"Powerful"	Dvija	"Twice-born"
Siddhi	"Accomplished"	Ucchishta	"Lord of Blessed Offerings"
Kshipra	"quick-acting"	Heramba	"protector of the weak"
Lakshmi	"giver of success"	Maha	"great"
Vijaya	"victorious"	Nritya	"dancing"
Urdhva	"elevated"	Ekakshara	"single lettered" [i.e. Gam]
Varada	"boon-giver"	Tryakshara	"Lord of the 3 letters" [i.e. A-U-M]
Kshipra Prasada	"quick rewarder"	Haridra	"the golden one"
Ekadanta	"single tusk"	Srishti	"Lord of manifestation"
Uddandu	"enforcer" [i.e. of dharma]	Rinamochana	"Remover of humanity's bondage"
Dhundi	"the sought-after"	Dvimukha	"two-faced"
Trimukha	"three-faced"	Simha	"riding a lion"
Yoga	"Great Yogi"	Durga	"Saviour"
Sankatahara	"dispeller of sorrow"

For example, one might meditate on "Dvija Ganapati" (Lord of the Twice-born) and in doing so try and find out more about the phrase "twice-born" and it's significance in Hindu/tantrik esoterics.

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Sweet24

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Posted: 12 years ago

#178

Ganesha may be propitiated to remove obstacles from the path of the devotee. In Tantrik magic this is known as klesha-smashing. The Kleshas (blocks) are the bindings of conditioned belief and response - habitual patterns of attitude and emotional loops which maintain the boundaries of our achievable reality. In the Natha tradition, the root Kleshas are Ignorance, Ego, Revulsion, Attachment, and Clinging to Life. Invoke Ganesha to illuminate the dark corners of your psyche, to open the doors marked "I dare not enter here". Ritual is not enough. What matters is thought, world and deed - action in the everyday world. The results of each act of magic must be made flesh. Each knot unbound is a release; an orgasmic realisation of the dizzying freedom open to us beyond the artificial limitations we set up for ourselves. The Mudgala Purana lists 8 forms of Ganesha who mastered 8 demons or weaknesses:

Dhumravna	[smoke-coloured]	vs	Abhimana	[pride]
Vaklatunda	[twisted trunk]	vs	Matsurya	[jealousy]
Mahodra	[big belly]	vs	Moha	[infatuation]
Gajanana	[Elephant face]	vs	Lobha	[greed]
Lambodara	[corpulent belly]	vs	Krodha	[anger]
Vikata	[deformed]	vs	Kama	[lust]
Vighnaraja	[King of Obstacles]	vs	Mamata	[ego]

A short puja

Obtain an icon or painting of Ganesha and place it on a small pedestal facing the rising sun.

In front of the image, draw a swastika in red paint on paper, and light candles and joss sticks around the image of Ganesha.

A simple and effective invocation of Ganesha is to meditate upon him taking form within your belly, and reflecting upon the qualities he embodies which you wish to emulate. A simple mantra such as OM GANAPATI NAMAH (obeisance to the Lord of the Categories) can be used. This meditation is known as "Internal Worship" and is followed by "External Worship" - breathing out the Ganesha within into his image or icon. The Ganesha indwelling the image may then be worshipped, by offerings of fire, incense, sandalwood, red paste, red flowers, water, music and of course, sweets. You may also offer him your experiences - "Om Ganapati, I offer the great laugh which burst from me when I listened to Howard Stern this morning." In return for your heartfelt offerings, Ganesha might well grant you a boon.

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Sweet24

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Posted: 12 years ago

#179

Hi friends!

"Ganesha and Parvati !"

One-day child Ganesha, diverted himself intormenting a cat, pulling her tail and rollingher up and down.

After few minutes he leftthe cat and went away. He never thought as to what he had done to the cat. He arrived at mount Kailash to meet his mother Parvati.

He found her suffering badly with wounds and dust. He then asked her about what had happened and she replied that he was only responsible of this situation.

Indeed she was the cat that was tormented by Ganesha.This story teaches us that all the living beings are of divine importance.

If we injure any living being we injure God himself. Ganesha learned a lesson and we must also learn.

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