Conqueror: To gain or acquire by force of arms. Q4. Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge‚ music and all the creative arts. Saraswati is also called Vak Devi‚ the goddess of speech. In order to create the world and produce the human race‚ Brahma made a goddess out of himself. The Greek God is different. Pan‚ the noisy goat-footed god of the greeks‚ look after shepherds and woods‚ is a capable musician‚ and invented the instrument named for him‚ panpipes. He leads the nymphs in dances. He
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Practiced in primarily India‚ Hinduism is an older religion which honors many gods and goddesses. One tries to free themselves from an on-going cycle known as samsara (a cycle of reincarnation) so that they can reunite with Brahman (a theological idea where which one can reach a superior or divine state). Hindus believe that each and every action will result in some form of karma‚ and bad karma will often prevent liberation from samsara. Because one is believed to reincarnate after death‚ bad karma
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one founder or sacred text. Instead‚ it developed from overlapping beliefs of the diverse groups in India. One of the beliefs in Hinduism is there are many gods‚ but they are part of a single being‚ brahman. The most important gods in Hinduism are Brahma‚ the Creator; Vishnu‚ the Preserver; and Shiva‚ the Destroyer. Another belief in Hinduism is reincarnation. The goal of life‚ the Hindus believe‚ is moksha‚ or union with brahman. They believe that in each existence‚ people can get closer to moksha
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The origin of the state is shrouded in mystery. It lies in the limbs of the obscure past. History does not help authentically in tracing the origin of the state‚ why and when it came into existence. It is because of the lack of historical evidence that a political thinker has to depend upon sociology‚ biology‚ ethnology and anthropology for any suggestion as to the circumstances and conditions under which the state came into being. But the material at our disposal is so inadequate that we have to
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the birthday of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. He is one of the great teachers. He is the second president of our country. So his birthday is celebrated as Teachers Day. The word teacher is a word divine. The Vedas regard guru as God. He is seen as Brahma‚ as Vishnu and as Maheshwara‚ nay‚ as Parabrahma. In the word guru‚ ‘gu’ means darkness of ignorance and ‘ru’ means dispeller of that darkness of ignorance. So guru means one who destroys ignorance and radiates knowledge. The teacher is an architect
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INTRODUCTION The word ‘Caste’ is originally derived from the Latin word Castus‚ which means chaste and pure. From ancient times the Indian society was divided into Jatis or small groups which are distinct from classes. Due to the complexity of Jatis‚ the Portuguese who came to India gave the name castas‚ referring to the pure/impure divide. Thus the word caste came into being in the Indian society. The translation of the terms Varna and Jati into caste seems obscures the real difference between
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their worship experience they have bonfires that are lit on the eve of the festival‚ also known as Holika Dahan or burning of Holika. The Hindu people believe that Holika was a Demoness in Hindu mythology who was burnt to death with the help of God Brahma by Prahlad. This conflict suggests the victory of good over evil. At the end of the winter season on the day of the last full moon of the lunar month Phalguna Holi is celebrated. Historians also believe that Holi was celebrated by all Aryans but
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of time travel. Ancient folk tales and myths sometimes involved something akin to travelling forward in time; for example‚ in Hindu mythology‚ the Mahabharata mentions the story of the King Raivata Kakudmi‚ who travels to heaven to meet the creator Brahma and is shocked to learn that many ages have passed when he returns to Earth.[2][3] The Buddhist Pāli Canons also mention time moving at different pace‚ in the Payasi Sutta‚ one of Buddha’s chief disciples Kumara Kassapa explains to the skeptic
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Siddhama Gotama‚ who will later be known as the world-renowned religious icon‚ Buddha (founder of Buddhism)‚ lived in the 6th century BCE. He was born in the foothills of the Himalayas in the town of Kapilavatthu‚ where Suddhodana (Gotama’s father) was a prominent leader. This meant that as a boy Gotama was surrounded by luxury‚ and if he chose‚ someday he could become a World Leader‚ as his father had wanted. (Armstrong‚ Buddha‚132) Suddhodana refused to accept it when his son left‚ but even the
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Cause Of Depression And How To Cure It H : Yesterday you were talking about depression and how to cure it. Baba Ji: "Naam bina sabh mithia hai - bereft of Naam all is temporary." “I am” is a depression. What you call normal life is actually all depression. Ask anybody how they feel. Children will say that they are bored or fed up. Fed up already at such a young age? Why? Because of the desires for more toys. More desires means more depression‚ more anxiety and more stress. Unfulfilled wishes
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