Jahnava Nitai Das

No, that is tamilized, adding an 'h' after the letter 't'. Make it asato, tamaso, jyotir, mrityur, amritam. But that isn't indicating long and short vowels, if that matters to you.

Look this verse up in the Bhagavad Gita. The spelling is wrong but I don't have time to type it out. I think you should look in your copy of Bhagavad Gita. Besides, what is right and wrong depends on what you are using it for. We aren't able to show diacritic marks here, so I don't know to what extent you want it clarified. I hope you aren't getting tattoos like everyone else in this forum.

No, that isn't the most logical thing to do, as food in the mode of ignorance is condemned by Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita. If your aim in starting threads as above is to set people up for your witty replies and then go on to condemn Hinduism you won't last long here. For others who are interested, generally when a cow dies a natural death it is put in the ganga or burried (if the ganga is not nearby). For the purpose of Bhagavan's seva the skin is sometimes taken from some cows to make mridangas to be used in nama sankirtana. I would not advise anyone to utilize anything from the dead body of a cow for personal use (as medicine). Cows should be worshipped and respected as they are our mother and the mother of the devas. When our mother's die we don't utilize their body for medicine, as that would be disrepectful to the individual.

Russians who have studied sanskrit seem to have good pronunciation. Americans tend to have heavy american accents.

Yes, Hinduism accepts people of all backgrounds. Different schools will have different views on who can perform what type of worship. The scriptures accept that anyone can worship the Lord with devotion being the only requirement. Hinduism is very vast and there are many paths within it. I would suggest you first read some of the books like Bhagavad Gita and try to figure out what it is you are attracted to. Once you know that, then you can figure out how to proceed and which path to follow.

Base your bhakti on what the scriptures say, not on what the Shiva Purana T.V. serial tells you. There is nothing wrong with having devotion to Shiva, but base it on something solid.

Avoid grains of all types, and eat fruits, vegetables, milk, etc. The vegetables may be cooked or raw, as you prefer.

Translations is correct. The sanskrit has some spelling mistakes though, not sure if that is important to you or not.

The Puranas don't say Shiva is tamasic, they say he is the presiding deity of tamas (which includes destruction and other things). Being the controller of tamas does not make you under the influence of tamas. Otherwise one could claim Krishna being the controller of maya was under the influence of maya. Shiva is sadashiva, or always auspicious. In Tamil vegetarianism is called as shaivam, contrary to the claims of tamasic activites. Shiva being a mahajana and great devotee of Lord Vishnu can never be under the influence of maya. By worshipping him with full knowledge we ourselves can become free from the influence of maya. Foolish people worship him for material gain, not understanding his divine position. For them he destroys them while fulfilling their foolish desires, for it is said if you take a spec of dust from Mahadeva your dynasty will be destroyed. At the time of annihilation Mahadeva sees that another universal life has come to an end, yet still the conditioned jivas failed to take shelter of Narayana. Becoming filled with anger at these foolish souls he decides to destroy the universe. I don't know if it is relevant, but certainly if you take the world's population more than 95% of the people in the world engage in one of the above tamasic activities. Maybe they don't engage in all of them, but certainly the majority engage in one or more. For example, eating meat. Most of the world engages in this tamasic activity. I don't have any statistics, but I am sure more than 90% of the population. It is kali yuga, so we shouldn't be surprised that tamasic activities are prominent in the world. Generally those who are tamasic have a particular svabhava that impells them to certain material qualities and activities, such as lust, greed, anger, etc. When one is overcome by these bad qualities, their motive for worship becomes polluted and they will tend to worship God or a god to satisfy their bad desires.

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Gita 3.26 na buddhi-bhedam janayed ajnanam karma-sanginam josayet sarva-karmani vidvan yuktah samacaran Let not the wise disrupt the minds of the ignorant who are attached to fruitive action, they should not be encouraged to refrain from work, but to engage in work in the spirit of devotion.

Gita 7.20 kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ taḿ taḿ niyamam āsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā TRANSLATION Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures. Gita 7.23 antavat tu phalaḿ teṣāḿ tad bhavaty alpa-medhasām devān deva-yajo yānti mad-bhaktā yānti mām api TRANSLATION Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods, but My devotees ultimately reach My supreme planet.

Acamana can be taken as it is for the Lord's service. Caranamrita can also be taken, three drops to respect the Lord.

The same way leather mridangas heads are made. Mridangas are made from leather taken from cows who have died a natural death.

BBT Word on Divine Pronouns CORRESPONDENT Mar 21, USA (SUN) — A recent query was sent to the BBT by Vyapaka dasa, who asked if there has been any decision made regarding the capitalization of the "divine pronouns". He received a response from Nagaraja dasa, who stated: "Yes, we're going back to the capitalization."

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I think we need to clearly differentiate between karma and karma-yoga. Yoga indicates to link, so karma yoga is when one has linked to Krishna through his works. In one sense it refers to offering the results of one's actions to Krishna, and in another it refers to specifically acting for Krishna. Karma on its own refers more to punya-karma, or pious activities for attaining material results. This is criticized throughout the Gita by Lord Krishna as the action of foolish people.

Arjuna had participated in many past incarnations of the Lord. Lord Krishna being beyond illusion was aware of all of them, but Arjuna, being a conditioned soul, was not aware of them. This highlights the difference between jiva and Bhagavan.

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All threads on Islam are automatically closed. In regards to the Hinduism aspect, Sri Rama is glorified for having taken eka-patni vrata.

Na generally always means no, not, nor, a negative. But there are variations, like which word is it refering to, etc. There will always be a crazy person who refuses to take the direct meaning and tries to force some other meaning in a simple sentence.