Tag: Sanatana Dharma

  • Skanda The Protector Of Chinese Buddhism, Wei Tuo Pú sà

    I had earlier posted that Shiva , as Nataraja,is considered one of the Protectors of Buddhism.

     

    Skanda is considered as a General who protects and defends the Chinese Buddhism.

     

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    Lord Subramanya .Image Credit.http://murugan.org/

     

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    Skanda s BodhiSathva.

     

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    Muruga as Bodhi Sathva.

     

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    Skanda, a colored sculpture in the Shuanglin Temple, China

     

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    Wei Tuo Pú sà (Bodhisattva Skanda),Baima Monastery

     

    The difference between Buddhism and  Santana Dharma(Vedic Hinduism) is so great that Buddhism is regarded as Nastika    System since Buddhism does not accept the authority of the Vedas as a Pramana, source of Knowledge .

     

    However excepting this point  and Sunya Vada,many similar and in some areas identical views concurring with the Vedas are found in the Buddhism.

     

    And Buddhism is profoundly influenced by Hindu Purana.

     

    Wei Tuo Pú-sà (bodhisattva Skanda)is recognized as one of the eight divine protectors in Chinese Buddhism. Iconographically, he appears as a majestic general in his armor.

    Before entering Nirvana, Buddha ordered the general, who remained in this world, to protect the Buddha Dharma. After the death of Buddha, the relics were robbed by evil demons. The bodhisattva Wei Tuo managed to overcome the demons and recovered the relics of Buddha.

    Wei Tuo Pú Sà is regarded as a devoted guardian of Buddhist monasteries who guards faithfully the Buddhist treasures and the objects of the Dharma.

    Baima (White Horse Monastery in Luoyang, Henan province) is the earliest monastery established in China with a long history of more than 1,000 years. According to legend a white horse carried Buddhist scripture here, and so it got the name.

    Followers of Buddhism have always acknowledged Baima Monastery as their ‘ancestral temple’ and the ‘source of Buddhism’ in China. Two life-sized statues of Wei Tuo Pú sà (Bodhisattva Skanda, at left) are also among the deities represented at Baima Monastery.

     

    Citation.

    Wei Tuo Pú sà 

     

     

     

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  • Hinduism Fifty Thousand Years Old Rig Veda

     

    The first Human Literature of th world, The Rig Veda of the Hindu’s is dated around 5000 BC

     

    It refers to River Sarasvati which flowed once in India and joined the Arabian Sea.

     

    Satellite  images have confirmed that river Sarasvati existed and there have research papers stating that a Civilization flourished on the banks of the River Sarasvati.Please

    read my posts on this.

     

    Now there are research papers quoting the Rig Veda , and the recent archaeological  evidence , state that there existed another River from the Himalayaso joining the Arabian Sea.

     

    And there were urban settlements , numbering around 800!

     

    And the same research also states that The RigVeda has also been speaking of this Land mass’ culture.

     

    And adds that the Hindus lived even 50, 000 years ago practicing Sanatana Dharma.

     

    So, the scientists noticed that it
    appeared to be older than the European cultures. Since the European
    languages were related to the Indian language Sanskrit of the Vedas
    that could only mean that the European peoples had to have come out
    of India somehow and then gone to Europe with their languages that
    differentiated into Russian, English, Spanish, German and the rest of
    them. The European investigators didn’t like that idea because it would
    have given the Vedic culture a position superior to their own. So, these
    early cities in the Indus Valley like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro have
    been identified by archaeologists such as Richard Meadows and others
    as being non-Vedic. They think the Vedic culture came into India maybe
    3500 years ago.Isn’t that inconsistent with the concept of the Vedas of
    the Krishna character who comes and says the universe is teeming with
    life and appears to have knowledge about other habitations in the cosmos
    and is talking from an age that would go back at least 9,500 years?In these
    ancient Sanskrit writings, there is no hint at all that the culture came from
    anywhere else.And if they are the prime source and if the Vedic literature
    can be taken literally, then it implies that there were cities there inhabited
    at least several thousand years ago.

    Yes, and there has been other research going on in that area. For
    example, the Rg Veda, which is one of the earliest Vedic literatures,
    talks about a mighty river called the Saraswati that flowed from the
    Himalayan mountains down to the Arabian Sea, down in that area of
    northwestern India. And such a river doesn’t exist there today. So,
    what happened is that people thought therefore the Rg Veda cannot
    be talking about India. It has to be talking about some other place
    outside of India where there was some kind of river.

    But what happened that is quite interesting a few years ago is that
    archaeologists in India started studying the satellite photographs from
    American satellites like LANDSAT had been providing and they
    noticed there was a dry river channel that began up in the Himalayas,
    a huge river that went down almost to that Bay of Khambaht
    (Cambay) we are talking about (the location of the underwater
    city site). And then later, they found that on the banks of that river
    there were 800 to 1000 urban sites, archaeological sites.So, it does
    appear that what the Rg Veda was talking about, a mighty river lined
    with cities in India over 5,000 years ago – that has to be true. The last
    time that river had water in it was over 5,000 years ago?Is there a
    possibility that there could have been some sort of non-human
    co-habitation on the continent of India let’s say 50,000 years ago
    that could explain all of the Vedas?

    Yes. In Kashmir, the valley of Kashmir, it appears it was many years
    ago a lake. Now, there is an ancient Sanskrit manuscript that tells of
    a lake that existed in that area, so that account is there in some ancient
    writings. Now, according to modern geological reporting, about 40,000
    years ago Kashmir was indeed a lake in the valley of Kashmir in northern
    India. It was covered by a huge lake and it was blocked on the southern
    end by a little range of mountains. And at a certain point, something
    happened and it broke open and the lake drained out. That happened
    about 40,000 to 50,000 years ago. So, it is interesting that you’ve got
    this ancient historical record that talks about this lake. And if it is to be
    taken literally, then it means that somebody must have seen this lake
    as it existed 50,000 years ago and wrote about it.”

    Sources.

    Forbidden Archaeology

    Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race by Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson quickly became a best selling underground classicwith over 200,000 copies sold and translations in more than 13 languages  This massive work spawned waves of resistance and wonder amongst the scientific community, with over 900 pages of well-documented evidence suggesting that modern man did not evolve from ape man, but instead has co-existed with apes for millions of years!

    Michael Cremo lectures to academic, popular, and scientific audiences around the world in a continuing challenge to Darwinian evolution.

    I shall be writing on this in detail.

    Hinduism is over 50,000 years Old.

    http://ramanisblog.in/2013/08/16/rig-veda-date-components-details/

     

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  • Who Is a Hindu FAQs Hinduism.

    I have written a few posts on Hinduism,Indian Philosophy.

    Questions arising out of these posts are being answered by me in the comments column.

    Apart from the questions in the blogs ,I have been receiving questions at my email and I have been replying them.

    One of our readers suggested I start a Post devoted to questions and answers in Hinduism.

    I will try to answer some frequently asked questions on Hinduism .

    1.Who is  a Hindu?

    The Religions of the world have minimum requirement expected of,  to be a part of a Religion.

    Islam,’Belief in Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger”

    Christianity,’Belief in Christ as the Saviour,

    Buddhism, ‘Faith in Buddha’,

    Jainism,Belief in Sakya Muni’

    Judaism,’Faith in The Talmud’

    Hinduism does not have any of these conditions.

    Hindu Texts rather the Wisdom of the Hindus,are open to Humanity-there are no written texts, all thoughts have been transmitted by the word of Mouth.

    There are no restrctions.

    There is, in fact, no single text is ordained to be followed.

    One can have any faith and be still a Hindu.

    Atheism is also recognised as a faith.

    Gross materialism is also a faith.

    India has Carvakas who deny the existence of God and do not believe in the Vedas.

    The utmost Hinduism prescribes is that one has to follow the Vedas.

    Even if you do not follow thje Vedas, you can still be a Hindu.

    When you do not follow the Vedas , you are called a Nastika, one who Denies.(Denying the authority of the Vedas.

    On this basis , Buddhism and Jainism are called Nasika andd yet are considered a part of Hinduism.

    Then who is a Hindu?

    Hinduism , as Doctor Radhakrishnan says.’is not a view of Life ,but a way of Life’

    It lays down certain rules which, people have found out, are for the welfare of the Individual, both materially and spiritually. and the Society.

    If one follows them it is for his good,if not’No comment’.

    In the Bhagavad Gita which consists of 700 slokas, Lord Krishna, after explaining  the Indian Thoughts to Arjuna, asks Arjuna whether all his doubts are cleared.

    Arjuna replies that all his doubts are cleared and his mind is Free from Confusion.

    Krishna then informs him, in the 664th Sloka!

    ‘I have explained to you the secret of all secrets, Now you follow aht you think as Best for You!’,

    He does not say ‘you have to follow this, else you will be doomed to Hell”

    In the Ramayan, Lord Rama discusses with Jabali, a well known Atheist and a Charvaka, explains to him the Concept of Dharma and Duty.

    Please read my post on this.

    Another curious fact is that the Hindu Gods are not above the Cosmic Law.

    Once born, they Die and they face the consequences of their actions.

    Lord Rama killed Vali. hiding behind a Tree and he was killed by a Hunter surreptitiously during the Krishnavatar.

    Laksmana served Lord  Rama during Ramayana  and Lord Rama , in His Avatar as Krishna, served Balarama, an incarnation of Laksmana(both Lakshman and Balram were the Avatars of Adi Sesha, Lord Vishnu’s Bedroll,Snake!

    Lord Krishna helped Draupadi when she was being stripped in Public because she had helped Lord Krishna earlier. when he was in need of a Cloth to hide his Nudity!

    Such are the Cosmic Laws that even Gods, once born , have to obey and suffer the consequences of their actions, good or Bad.

    Then who is a Hindu?

    And Who is Not?