Now A Temple Dedicated to Ravan! - Page 2

Originally posted by: Swar_Raj

Could you quote where you read that?? Ravan was noty Vishnu's avtar. Pl stop misleading others. Yes he had Aryan and Demon blood, so was a great scholar and devil by nature. And pl stop saying Laxman was not a saint himself. Half knowledge is dangerous than no knowledge.

A temple for Ravan is stupid. Next will be Duryodhana temple I guess

I agree. Stop misleading ppl by saying that Ravana was Vishnu's Avtar. Lord Vishnu has 10 avtaras, according to Hindu sacred texts: Matsya (fish), Varaha (boar), Kurma (tortoise), Narasimha (half lion half man), vaman (dwarf), Parashurama (the axe man), Rama, Krishna, Lord Buddha, Kalki (The Kaliyuga Avtar, not born yet).

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Agreed. Stop misleading people. Every time there is a character on TV or in a movie, he becomes an Avatar. I mean will all famous and notorious people end up having temples. Ravan was not and will never be considered a God. As or Laxman, what crap that he was not saintly. Whats your source of information. You should be ashamed justifying the terrible sin of creating a temple for a person that was half demonic. Demon is a Demon whether it be in half or full blooded. He had powers granted to him due to his tapaysa. Thats all.

I was shocked when I started reading people's comments that Ravan is Vishnu's Avatar. I'm glad it's not true! Before posting a comment, one should make sure what they are writing is true.

Ravan is not a Vishnu avataar. India is famous for its temples. People are so ignorant that they worship anything. So a temple for Ravan is not surprising. There are temples for Gods we have never heard of before. We can actually say that India is the Land of temples. Of course, it remains to see how many people visit this temple of Ravan to offer prayers.

"In the Bhagavata Purana, Ravana and his brother, Kumbakarna were said to be reincarnations of Jaya and Vijaya, gatekeepers at Vaikunta, the abode of Vishnu and were cursed to be born in Earth for their insolence.

These gatekeepers refused entry to the Sanatha Kumara monks, who, because of their powers and austerity appeared as young children. For their insolence, the monks cursed them to be expelled from Vaikunta and to be born in Earth. The all-merciful Vishnu agreed that they should be punished but agreed to mitigate their curse. He asked them whether they would want to be undergo seven births as devotees of Vishnu or three births as enemies of the Lord. Since they wanted to get back as soon as possible, they agreed to be born in three births as enemies of God.

In the first birth, Jaya and Vijaya were born as Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha. Vishnu incarnated as Varaha and Narasimha and killed them both. In Treta Yuga they were born as Ravana and Kumbhakarna and were killed by Rama. Then in Dwapara yuga, and in their final birth, Jaya and Vijaya they were born as Shishupala and Dantavakra and killed by Sri Krishna. After the end of three births, they returned to Vaikunta.


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Originally posted by: arian_1c

"In the Bhagavata Purana, Ravana and his brother, Kumbakarna were said to be reincarnations of Jaya and Vijaya, gatekeepers at Vaikunta, the abode of Vishnu and were cursed to be born in Earth for their insolence.

These gatekeepers refused entry to the Sanatha Kumara monks, who, because of their powers and austerity appeared as young children. For their insolence, the monks cursed them to be expelled from Vaikunta and to be born in Earth. The all-merciful Vishnu agreed that they should be punished but agreed to mitigate their curse. He asked them whether they would want to be undergo seven births as devotees of Vishnu or three births as enemies of the Lord. Since they wanted to get back as soon as possible, they agreed to be born in three births as enemies of God.

In the first birth, Jaya and Vijaya were born as Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha. Vishnu incarnated as Varaha and Narasimha and killed them both. In Treta Yuga they were born as Ravana and Kumbhakarna and were killed by Rama. Then in Dwapara yuga, and in their final birth, Jaya and Vijaya they were born as Shishupala and Dantavakra and killed by Sri Krishna. After the end of three births, they returned to Vaikunta.


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You are absolutely right👍🏼. Thanks for clarifying this.

anytime....
and if i can have my say...a temple for ravana is not such a bad thing...he might have been a very bad person but at the same time he is probably considered as one of the most intelligent and powerful person ever...

WHY do we talk of ram, ravana, laxmana and the rest of them all as we were talking abt us humans...they were all a part of the grand design, to set examples for generations to come...

one more thing tht i wud wanna mention here is tht, religious histories(for lack of a better term, cuz i hate the word 'mythology') have been glorified, the stories and incidents in them have been portrayed larger than life, so that they can pass from generation to generation....so when u say dashanand ravan had ten heads, wht it might means is tht he had the knowledge/intelligence/brains of ten people.....

i think one should read and understand not just the literal meaning but the deeper meaning so as to learn frm it....after thts the whole point of reading it, to learn from it...

sahil

Originally posted by: arian_1c

anytime....
and if i can have my say...a temple for ravana is not such a bad thing...he might have been a very bad person but at the same time he is probably considered as one of the most intelligent and powerful person ever...

WHY do we talk of ram, ravana, laxmana and the rest of them all as we were talking abt us humans...they were all a part of the grand design, to set examples for generations to come...

one more thing tht i wud wanna mention here is tht, religious histories(for lack of a better term, cuz i hate the word 'mythology') have been glorified, the stories and incidents in them have been portrayed larger than life, so that they can pass from generation to generation....so when u say dashanand ravan had ten heads, wht it might means is tht he had the knowledge/intelligence/brains of ten people.....

i think one should read and understand not just the literal meaning but the deeper meaning so as to learn frm it....after thts the whole point of reading it, to learn from it...

sahil

hi mate... that is a very good point you make that we should understand the deeper meaning and learn from it... but unforutnately people take only half of the deeper meaning (like you) if they take any... yes, ravan (dashanan NOT dashanad... dash + anan = 10 heads) was a ved-pathit brahman a scholar, and his 10 heads may signify that he had the knowledge of 10 people.... but it also signifies, that he had the ahankar, ego and abhimaan of 10 people as well.... gyaan/wisdom should be rid of ego, or else, that gyani (scholar) will perish like ravan via the hands of ram.

The article clearly states that :

"The temple will project Ravana as a scholar, writer, thinker, philosopher and his religious devotion and perception,"

no where does it mention his being a demon. I dont get it. =/

Does that mean one forgets his 'demon-ness(?)'

Originally posted by: sarina_202

The article clearly states that :

"The temple will project Ravana as a scholar, writer, thinker, philosopher and his religious devotion and perception,"

no where does it mention his being a demon. I dont get it. =/

Does that mean one forgets his 'demon-ness(?)'

dont u till now get it??wat do u call his demon-ness,he took away sita,but never did he touched her,and also when fighting with ram and his army,he fought like a warrior and not like a demon.

He was one of the world's greatest ever shiv-devotee,a great meditator of lord shiva and one of the most knowledgeble and non-superstious person.

Even in the warfield,he cud have easily tricked ram and maybe who knows the result but he didnt.

Lanka was basicaly of the asuras(dyaityta)and was forcefully confescated by the devs,so y r they not stated bad??they r not stated as tht b'coz watever happens in the world,have a inner meaning to it,even kidnapin of mother sita,and confestating of lanka,which u and me wont understand.