Shivaduta

There are some interesting references...

1)The pushpak vimana of the ramayana...

2)The flying city which attacked Dwarka and started a chain reaction which ended with dwarka being submerged...

3)The story of king Revata whose daughter Revati married Balaram

true ..never stop ... just change the form of shiva that you worship from the most ferocious to the calmest

the self is the only truth...

Anything other than the self which involves the concept of self and any other concept like time and space is maya... for time and distance are the roots of maya...they are the pegs which hold maya in place

You fight to see the air.... when all u have to do is open your mind and experience it around u... dont fight to see... give up and accept and u shall always see...

Absolutely agree

mythology is the basic building block of civilisation...

it is thru mythology that civilizations impart the sense of right and wrong to the next generations...

some of the parameters change over time and yet mythology continues inducting new children into the old civilization...

The smiles on the childrens face says it all. well done

As u are a shiva bhakt and desirous of peace and calming effect in your inner self... imagine shiva as a yogiraj... sitting calmly in a yogic mudra with his eyes shut... (or have a picture or idol of the same form of shiva).... and say.... Om shiva . shanti shiva.

say om shiva with breath going out and say shanti shiva with incoming breath and imagine shivas peace filling u...

Hari bol

Well buddha was a kshatriya prince before he became buddha so it must be true that he ate meat... also there is one tale regarding his passing away which involves a meat preparation

http://zencomp.com/greatwisdom/ebud/ebdha192.htm

"In the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, we are told that the Buddha became ill suddenly after he ate a special delicacy, Sukaramaddava, literally translated as "soft pork", which had been prepared by his generous host, Cunda Kammaraputta."

one who spends his time in pursuit of siddhi without having the desire to use the siddhi is a siddha... he seeks perfection through and of his siddhi...

well jainism buddhism and sikhism are offshoots of hinduim...

just as christianity and islam are offshoots of judaism...

and when a offshoot believes it is different from the parent there is nothing the parent can do but agree.

the animosity betwen buddhism and hinduism is a remenant of the politics which happened around the period of Adi Shankaracharya.

but being a hindu i do believe that busddhism has cerainly scored over its parent religion by giving up a lot of deadwood (like the caste system) which bogged hinduism down...

blue saphire is "neelam" it is not a stone to be worn without proper guidance as it is a stone for "shani" who can be pretty nasty...

interesting

I think u have arrived at the right awareness. may god bless u and grant u strength. life is as much about who u love as it is about who loves u... may u find the one "that which is yours" who loves u as much as u love him and fare well in your life and goals

Dear pentium... Well if brahma narayan and shiva couldnt see Anusuya naked without turning to children... i am sure neither can u... unles u are greater than the trinity... and when u give up lust and become as inocent as a child i am sure mother anusuya will disrobe herself to bring you nourishment... remember in western myths there is a tale similar to this of lady godivia and the peeping tom...

Those who live by the sword die by the sword....

Isnt it far better to live by chanting and to die chanting

Hari Om

shiva linga can be installed in the north with the flow of water from the yoni going eastwards or alternatively the linga can be established eastwards with the flow of water going norht... these are the only two positions adviced...

further it isnt adviced to have a large shivalinga within the home... as the rituals required can be quite some task... that is why a proper linga sthapana is always done in a temple.

and about the initial discussion i find the topic very interesting and enlightening

even most of the famous temples close the garbha-grihs's doors at fixed times... so doing the same in a temple room at home should not be a problem...

Sadashiva prasanna ho

the right food

the minimum quantity

the right thoughts all day long...

and a desire to control your instincts...

there is no instant control but gradually the mind learns a new way of life.

interesting conversaton going on here ... someone seeking a vashikaran mantra to use on an exam invigilator... getting and using a nuclear bomb would be easier i guess... from what i know the vashikaran sadhana takes anything from 2-6 years to be effective... after having done the sadhana you do acquire the power to influence people as per your will... so lage raho

control comes with effort ... i think you will find some matter regarding this in mahatma gandhi's autobiography "My Experiments with truth" some rishis of old have adviced near starvation diets to control human urges... others have adviced a lot of "pathyas"/restrictions on what should be eaten and what shouldnt... and how much...

each rudrakhsa has a specific mantra and a specific purpose... the 5 mukhi is the one which anyone can wear without asking anyone... but for most others you do need to take proper advice if/how to wear them

interesting form of ganesh that u have mentioned... the story behind it deserves looking up

havent read the vayu purana yet will put it on my reading list