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Santkumaras-The four adorable kids of the Universe.

The Kumaras r the four sages who roam the Universe as children from the Puranic texts of Hinduism named,Sanaka, Sanatana,Sanandana& Sanatkumara.They r described as the first mind-born creations &sons of the creator God Brahma.

 Brahma,who had received the knowledge of Puranas from the Universal being(God Himself), imbibed this to his 4 Kumaras.
Sanat Kumaras then taught the Puranas to Narada.Narada transmitted it to Krishna Dwaipayana who in turn scripted them in monumental epic documents of 18 Puranas.
The Vishnu Purana is recorded in two parts,the Vishnu Purana & Naradiya Purana.The teachings of Sanaka of the Kumara brothers r contained in the Naradiya Purana which is also divided in two parts, the first part containing the teachings of Sanaka &second part,teachings of others.
Born from Brahma's mind,4 Kumars took lifelong vows of celibacy against their father's wishes.They r said to wander throughout materialistic &spiritualistic universe without any desire but with the aim to teach.All 4 brothers studied Vedas from their Childhood&travelled together.
The Bhagwata Purana lists the Kumaras among the 12 Mahajanas(great devotees or bhaktas) who although being eternally liberated souls from birth, still became attracted to the devotional service of Vishnu from their already enlightened state.
They play a significant role in a number of Hindu spiritual traditions, especially those associated with the worship of Vishnu &his Avatar Krishna, sometimes even in traditions related to the God Shiva.

KUMARA SANAKA says that there is no greater pilgrimage like the river Ganga.
There is no great teacher like one own's mother, no other deity like Bhagwan Vishnu and the Guru is the greatest of all. There is no other brother like peace, no other penance like truth, no other gain better than salvation of the soul and there is no river like the Ganga.
Charity,enjoyment&destruction r only 3 movements of wealth.Wealth which is neither used in doin charities,nor is cherished gets destroyed.Plants too hav lives&nourish&protect the human society with their fruits,roots &branches.If man doesn't chant holy,then he is like dead person
KUMARA SANANDANA says Bhagwan Krishna means, one who is full of all the splendors, all the virtuousness and religiousness, all the fame, all the knowledge, all the wealth and fortune and also possesses all the apathy and who also knows the cause of the creation and destruction.
KUMARA SANATANA says one must follow the rules as they have been described in the sacred texts on Dashami(Tenth Day), Ekadashi(Eleventh Day) and Dwadashi(Twelfth Day). One should avoid the following things on Dashmi Day:
-Pots and Vessels made of Bronze
-Eating Grains
-Eating Honey,Spinach,Pumpkin, Lentils
- Eating food given by others
-Having food second time in a day
-Making sexual contacts with wife

Following things must be avoided on Ekadashi:
-Gambling,Sleeping,Chewing beetle leaves,brushing of teeth, violence,copulating &untruthfulness
Following to be avoided on Dwadashi:
-Items made of Bronze
-Wine,Honey,Oil,Lentils
-Untruthfulness
-Doing exercise
-Going abroad
-Having food twice during day
-Copulating &touching those things which are not worth touching.

KUMARA SANATKUMARA says one who has self-realized...
...neither sees the death of the body, diseases nor sorrows bcoz he understands that the real self is the soul(Atma). When the diet is pure then the innerself becomes pure and when the innerself becomes pure then he acquires remembrance of his past lives(smriti) and he attains...
...eternal knowledge about the permanence of the soul and the ephemeral nature of the physical body.Fools and ignorant people are fearful of thousands of things but the learned man who knows self-realization is not affected by the fear as death and fear have been conquered.
The 4 Kumaras are the eldest sons of Creator God Brahma.When Brahma undertook the task of creation of the Universe,he first created some beings from different parts of his body to aid him.The Kumaras were the first such beings.They were created from his mind &appeared as infants.
Brahma ordered them to aid creation but due to manifestations of Sattva(Purity) and no interest in the worldly life, they refused and instead devoted themselves to God and Celibacy, against their father's wishes.

Some texts like the Devi Bhagwata Purana and Bhavishya Purana...
...narrates that the 4 Kumaras appeared even before the Brahma of present age. As per some texts,Brahma dies &is reborn in a cycle of time.

The 4 Kumaras learnt Vedas at the age of 4 or 5 &thus became great Gyanis(learned beings), yogis & siddhas(the perfect enlightened ones).
The Kumaras remained in the form of children due to their spiritual virtues.The age of the sages varies in various sacred texts. While 5 is the most popular, they are also mentioned as being fifteen or sixteen years old youths. They practiced the vow of renunciation(Sanyasa)...
...and celibacy(brahmacharya) and remained naked. They are sometimes included in the list of Siddhars.
The 4 Kumaras are said to reside in Jana Loka(World of intellectuals in the present parlance) or in the Vishnu's abode Vaikuntha. They constantly chant the Mantra-Hari Sharnam.
They sing Vishnu's praises.The hymns&glories of Vishnu serve as their only food.
Another son of Brahma,Devarshi Narada,who is described as their disciple,extolled their virtues in Padma Purana &says,"Though they appear as 5yr old children,they r the great ancestors of the World".
The Shanti Parva of Mahabharata describes the discourse given by the 4 Kumaras to the Demon King Vritra and his Guru- the sage Shukra. The King and his Guru worship the Kumaras and then Shukra asks them to describe the greatness of Vishnu. Sanat-Kumara starts with describing...
...Vishnu as the creator and destroyer of all beings.He equates Vishnu's body parts with parts of the Universe & the elements,eg the Earth is Vishnu's feet and water is his tongue. Sanatkumara categorises all beings into six colours depending upon the proportion of the 3 gunas.
3 Gunas being Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. From the lowest to the foremost beings, the colours are dark(Tamas is high, Rajas is mild and Sattva is low), blue( Rajas is high, Tamas is mild and Sattva is low), Red(Rajas is high, Sattva is mild and Tamas is low), Yellow(Sattva is high,
Tamas is mild, Rajas is low) and white(Sattva is high,Rajas is mild and Tamas is low). The Vishnu Purana gives non-living things, lower animals and birds, humans, Prajapatis,Gods &the Kumaras r respective examples of the above colours.Sanatkumara elaborates further how a Jeeva...
...journeys from dark to white in his various births, ultimately gaining Moksha if he does good deeds, devotion and yoga.
One should be free from material objects, live a simple life of devotion towards Vishnu and follow the teachings of Guru and attain self-realization.
One should be freed from material objects, live a simple life of non-violence, devotion to Vishnu and follow the teachings of good Guru and undergo self-realization. One should realize that all living things are forms of God. Without knowledge and devotion, humans are incomplete.
Out of 4 Purusharthas( Goals of life), only Moksha is eternal, while religious duty, wealth and pleasure decay with this life. While all beings are subject to destruction, the soul and God in our bodies is eternal. So, it's paramount that you surrender to God , says Sanat Kumara.
The first section or Purvabhaga of Naradiya Purana has 4 padas or sections, each told by the 4 Kumaras respectively to Narada.
The 4 Kumaras roamed around at their free will with their cosmic powers all over the Universe.

During one of their Sojourns, they arrived at Vaikuntha.
The city with the residence of Vishnu located at the center of seven circular walls is considered as a place of bliss and purity. It has seven gates of entry. The 4 Kumaras passes through the first six gates without any hindrance. The seventh gate was guarded by Jaya and Vijaya..
...two dwarpalas of Vishnu's palace.
The angry guardians stopped the four Kumaras and laughed at them since they looked like children and were also naked, and didn't permit them to enter through the 7th gate. The kumaras were perplexed by such ridicule and arrogant behaviour.
They expected Jaya & Vijaya to be like their master Vishnu who doesn't differentiate among beings. The Kumaras cursed them to be born on earth thrice, three villains with characteristics of lust, anger and greed. Gatekeepers begged for their forgiveness. They requested them...
..that they should be devoid of Moha ( infatuation) last they forget their lord Vishnu. Vishnu who learnt of the incident appeared before the Kumaras in all his glory. The 4 Kumaras took in by the sight and divinity of Vishnu appealed to him to accept them as his devotees...
...and allow them to worship him at all time to come and let his feet be their final emancipation. Vishnu agreed to their request and also assured Jaya Vijaya that they will be born as demons on earth but will be released from all births by an Avatar of Vishnu.
These two guards were born on earth in an inauspicious hour to sage kashyap and his wife as Asuras Hiranyakashipu and Hirnyaksh.

Sanaka, Sanandan, Sanatan and Sanat were learned Brahmins. They were the sons of Lord Brahma. They were very proud of their father bcoz he was the...
...creator of the holy books, Vedas. They knew Vedas by heart.

An incident about the meeting of 4 Kumaras with Vishnu's avatar Rama is narrated in 'Uttarkanda' of the 'Ramcharitmanas'.The Kumaras once stayed in the Hermitage of Sage Agastya who told them about the glory of Rama.
So, to meet Rama, they went to a forest Grove where Rama with his brothers and disciple Hanuman had come. Rama and his brothers were so pleased with the meeting with 4 Sages that they paid obeisance to them. The sages were wonderstruck looking at the divinity of Rama that they..
..started shredding tears of happiness. Rama looking at the sages was deeply impressed and asked them to be seated and praised them for their great achievements and their erudite knowledge of the Vedas and Puranas. The 4 Kumaras were also delighted to hear the words of...
...praise showered on them by Rama. They in turn extolled his great virtues in a hymn.

🌺 ऊँ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय 🌺

🚩Meaning, " I bow to the Lord who lives in the hearts of all".🚩

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तब नारद ने आँखें बन्द कर ध्यान लगाया ।


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In Vedic Shastras it is explained that performing a "Mrityunjaya Homa" is indeed the panacea for any type of disease. The feeding and worship of brahmins as an supportive to all homas is also recommended.


Mrityunjaya mantra gives relief to intermittent and all baneful influences of evil spirits and it even conquers death.

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Severe illness, dangerous abhicharas, madness, fainting and fits and other diseases can all be got rid off by performing mrityunjaya japa for certain numbers as per the need.

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When the priest or Purohit performs the rites, the idol converts into a deity by the invocation of life energy or Prana. There are elaborate discussions in different Vedic and ancient scriptures on the importance as well as the ways of conducting the Pran Prathishta.


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Mostly will work on Monday to Wednesday. Sometimes on Friday.
Why to pay your money to learn this if u can get it here.
U need only practice.
Let’s go.

Say bank nifty future is at 32000.
Sell both 32000 call and put.
Considering current volatile market lest say premium on Monday morning is 350 on both sides.
Sold with 700 points combine premium.
If bank nifty will trade in narrow range say +\- 100 hold it.
If moving 200 points

then exit previous sold straddle. Sell new one. Let’s say BN moved +200
Now sell 32200. If bank nifty will move here within range then u will get profit through theta decay. Follow same procedure for next 150-200 pts move.

This is only for single straddle sell position.

Now in second case sell three straddle. 31900/32000/32100
In case of 100 points move no need to change.
If 200 + then future is 32200.
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If moving another 100 then exit 32000 and sell 32300. Continue same with 100 points move.
If no move then

it will consolidate between 32000-32200 or 32100 to 32300 and u will get theta decay.

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So here is a secret: Not everything I write goes anywhere. I have at least 4 books completely written and edited that never went on submission. I have books that stalled out at 20k. I have docs on my computer with opening paragraphs I don't remember writing. But! 1/

Every now and then an idea sticks with me like that corner of tortilla chip that just won't go down your throat. It happened with SPARROWHAWK, which began as 40k of a YA story, died, and was reborn as a comic, thanks to @christopher_j_r and @boomstudios. And now... 2/

It's happening with THE WILLOWS, a short story that you'll see in @UncannyMagazine next year. This Southern Gothic horror story began as an attempt to sell my next Romance to @AbZurdity after the Blud books in 2014 or so. And she didn't buy it. Guess why? 3/

Turns out, it wasn't a Romance! It was Southern Gothic Horror. Even the bones of it screamed strangeness, not sexiness. I loved the taste of the world, but I hadn't found the right story yet. Tried to write it 2 more times and failed. Until I finally understood what it was. 4/

So I took the 50 pages I'd written and cut half of them, twisting the story around from a gothy Romance inspired by the band the Civil Wars and turned it into a spooky descent into madness. And it looked back at me from the abyss as if to say, DUH. Sometimes... 5/
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Kanekoa
Kanekoa
@KanekoaTheGreat
*The Evidence Collection*

There is overwhelming evidence of election fraud. Therefore it is the duty of the Executive, Legislative, & Judicial branches to throw out the fraudulent votes & to honor their oath to protect & defend the Constitution of the USA.🇺🇸🦅

A list below.🔻


1/ Navarro Report: The Immaculate Deception - Six Key Dimensions of Election Irregularities -

2/ Analysis of 3,000 U.S. counties shows Joe Biden received 5.6 % more votes in counties using Dominion Voting Systems (Video) -

3/ Antrim Michigan Dominion Voting Systems Forensics Report -

4/ Evidence Grows: ’20 Election Was Rigged -
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Laurie Voss
Laurie Voss
@seldo
The 2018 State of JavaScript survey is out. They got 20,000 responses and have some delicious, delicious data. I'mma thread in some highlights:

First up: JavaScript flavors. There's TypeScript at 47% adoption, a tad higher than npm's own survey results (which said 46%). npm's survey is coming up again soon and will ask about TypeScript in a lot more detail.


I really, *really* like SoJ's "would not use again" question, which lets people who've abandoned a tech self-identify. This is noticeable in the graph above with Flow users -- 41% of people who've used Flow say they wouldn't use it again.

Now JavaScript frameworks. It's been a full year since npm's survey, so these numbers differ from ours in the directions I expected:
React 65% (vs. 60%)
Vue 29% (vs. 24%)
Ember 5% (vs 4%, I was expecting a bigger rise)

But there's a shocker in here: Angular.


npm's survey had Angular at 40% last year and SoJ has it at either:
- 58% (if you include those who don't want to use it again)
- 24% (if you count only those who like it)
Since npm's question didn't ask if they intend to *continue* using it I think that might explain this.
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Invest Like the Best
Invest Like the Best
@InvestLikeBest
In 1937, a trucker got frustrated waiting for his cargo to be unloaded. He later sold his company for $1.1 billion.

Here’s the story of how Malcom McLean made a billion dollars and which startup could be following in his footsteps. (Inspired by our episode with @laurabehrenswu)


In the early 1950s, the shipping industry was a dying business.

New York’s docks were handling half as much domestic cargo in the early 1950s as they had been in the depressed 1930s.

In thirty years, no one had invested significant money in coastal shipping.

Why?

As McLean found out, loading ships was difficult and slow.

A truck or train would deliver items to the port. Each item was unloaded separately, recorded, and carried to storage.

When a ship was ready, each item was taken from storage, counted again, and hauled on-board.


The cost of this labor was significant. As one expert at the time explained:

“A four-thousand-mile voyage for a shipment might consume 50 percent of its costs in covering just the two ten-mile movements through two ports.”


Yet, despite the industry’s issues, it felt little pressure to change.

Foreigners were barred from operating domestically. Cartels ran international routes. And gov. subsidies eased the pain of labor costs.

Reshaping the industry needed an outsider.

Enter Malcolm McLean.
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Lumina\u2728
Lumina✨
@Anaphora_Lumina
I present to you all, my (possibly) superthread On how and why the Unknown God from Genshin Impact, and The Herrscher of Void/God Kiana/Sirin from Honkai Impact!

First off! We’ll start with the obvious things that constitute a possible connection.

They share the same Japanese Voice actress! Rie Kugimiya.
Usually this is a stretch reason, but considering everything else, it’s not unlikely that it’s the same character.

Secondly, their Appearances.
The both have very long white hair with identical bang style, and a very noticeable small piece of hair on top that curls upwards. That’s a defining part Of all of Kiana’s hairstyles, and for it to be shared with this god says something.


Another notable thing is their eyes. They both have Glowing golden eyes with very similar appearances. They contain a ring, and a 4-point star pupil. Resemblant of a scope if you will. That’s The Herrscher of Void’s defining characteristic


If you’d even like to take a look at their outfits, there’s resemblances including the black fur collar, the designs on the torso and chest, and the use of something similar to coat tails/skirt. The Herrscher can change their outfit and they aren’t stuck with one. Sirin does this
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