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Importance of Lotus in Hinduism 🌷

In Hindu spiritual contemplation the lotus has a special place. It is not only considered pure and beautiful, but also a symbol of goodwill, peace, prosperity and happiness. @GunduHuDuGa @chittukuruvi4

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It helps get rid of unpleasant things and is referred to as the king of flowers.

According to the Puranas, it is said that a lotus emerged from the navel of Lord Vishnu. Brahma was seated on the lotus. Thereafter, he proceeded to create mankind. @nsbchd @khanna248

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Brahma, Saraswait, Lakshmi and other Gods and Goddesses have used the lotus as a seat. When it was important to them, could it be any less to others?The symbol of Lakshmi and prosperity, it is customary to offer the lotus in prayer to several Gods. @AnkitaBnsl @sadhavi

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In many instances, the number of flowers to be offered is also mentioned as a condition for conducting certain yagyas and ceremonies. The lotus grows in mud and water, yet it is untouched or affected by either of them. @ShwetaA06735841 @NandiniVenkate3 @BaluSreevidya

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This quality motivates one to live a life and is symbolic of the fact that undesirable elements can be refined and converted into superior and useful items. The blossoming of the lotus is considered auspicious and blesed. @MuraliAthreya @sridhariyer5 @swamy64

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Warren Buffett is a treasure trove of wisdom.

But contrary to what you have been told, most of it has nothing to do with investing.

10 powerful lessons for life from the Oracle of Omaha:

Wait For A Juicy Pitch

“You don't have to swing at everything - you can wait for your pitch."

Life doesn’t reward you for the number of swings you take.

Focus on identifying the juiciest pitch.

When it comes, swing hard and don’t miss it.

Just Stop Digging

“The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging."

When things aren’t working, change course and try something different.

Be nimble. Be agile.

When you find yourself at the bottom of a hole, stop digging and climb out of it.

Exploit Disconnects

“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”

Seek out situations where there is a clear disconnect between price and value.

This applies to investing, but it’s more broadly a mental model for life.

Identify disconnects. Exploit them to your advantage.

Be Contrarian

“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.”

Following the crowd is easy, but it can be a trap.

Learn to think independently. Come to your own decisions. Develop your own mental models.

Your unique perspectives are your superpower.

TYPES OF BRAHMINS AS PER SKAND PURAN:

1) Matra (मात्र) Brahman is the one who took birth as Brahmin but has no inclination towards Knowledge.

2) Brahmins (ब्राह्मण) follow the rules ascribed to him as a Brahmin and has positive qualities.

3) Shrotriya brahman(श्रोत्रिय) are considered to be those who possess knowledge of a particular Veda, and has positive qualities

4) Anuchang (अनुचांग) are those Brahmins who impart vedic knowledge and have the qualities of Shrotriya as well, are pure with clear thinking.

5) Bhruun (भ्रून) is that Brahmin who stays in an Ashram and knows the vedas well.

6) Rishikalp(ऋषिकल्प) is that Brahmin who follows rules and is a scholar of Vedas.

7) Rishi(ऋषि)is that Brahmin who follow Brahmcharya and are pure, capable of bestowing boons and curses

Muni(मुनि)is the one that who is totally detached having attained true Knowledge.

A #story from #Thiruvilayadal puranam-one of divine leelas of Bhagwan Shiva

#threadseries #Madurai

Story 9- it about how Shiva as Sundara Pandyan confluenced seven oceans in a pond/well in Madurai to fulfill wish of Kanchanamala
ஏழுகடல் அழைத்த படலம்

Bhagwan Shiva himself ruled Pandya Kingdom as Sundara Pandyan.Kingdom flourished well,all people there were happy.Many scholers,rishis visited Pandya kingdom to see Sundareswarar.Once Gouthama Rishi visited Madurai.After worshipping Sundareswarar,he went to meet Kanchanamala.

Kanchanamala,mother of Meenakshi devi welcomed Rishi Gouthama with all devotion&they were discussing about various things.She asked about ways& means to get rid of cycle of birth& re-birth.Gouthama rishi told her to be very fortunate&had done great penance in her previous births.

As a result, she has got Meenakshi devi as her daughter & Sundareswarar as her son-in-law in this birth.Rishi then told there are 3 types of Penance -namely Maanatham,Vaasikam & Kaayikam
Maanatham -involves doing charity,speaking truth,controlling senses&meditating Shiva namam.

Vaasikam -chanting Panchakshara matra-Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya,mantras from vedas, singing devotional songs/bhajans.

Kaayikam- doing daily pooja,going to temples,punya shetrams, helping physically in renovation &construction of temples,taking snan in ocean as all rivers merge there.

Highlights of what happened after 36/9 - a thread.

#AUSvIND

Boxing Day Test - we lose Virat, Ajinkya takes over captaincy, with a forgettable loss still lurking. We carry a record of not winning at the 'G while chasing. Aussie win the toss & elect to bat, meaning we'd have to bat fourth.

#AUSvIND

With Shami gone due to injury, Bumrah leads from the front making sure the Aussies bundle out within 200 with the other bowlers chipping in at regular intervals. Ashwin picking Smith for a blob is the most special part of it all.

#AUSvIND

At 64/3 & in the danger of conceding a lead yet again and under immense pressure, captain Rahane chips in with a 💯 which is at par with his Lord's knock & with Jaddu's contribution lower down, India manage a lead of 131.

#AUSvIND

Siraj, the son of an auto rickshawman, having lost his father before the series & not being able to attend the funeral, plays his debut Test, tears up during the national anthem. He was the highest wicket taker for India in the 2nd innings wrapping up Aussies for 200.

#AUSvIND

SOUND OF THE SUN!

NASA found that the sound from the sun resembles the Vedic mantra 'Om'. It is the most sacred mantra of Brahman, the highest Universal Principle, the Ultimate Reality. Om connotes the metaphysical concept of Brahman.

The sound is often chanted either independently or before a mantra; it signifies the Brahman as the ultimate reality, consciousness or Atman. The Om sound is the primordial sound and is called the Shabda-Brahman (Brahman as sound).

Om is one of the most important spiritual sound in Hinduism. Our Vedas and Shastras are the most scientific and the Rishis who composed them were super Scientists! Be proud of your ancestors!

THE MEANING OF THE OM SYMBOL 

‘Om’, ‘Ohm’ or ‘Aum’ is a sacred sound that is known generally as the sound of the universe. Om is all encompassing, the essence of ultimate reality, and unifies everything in the universe.

The vibrations that the Om sound creates are thought to energize the chakras throughout the body, especially the third eye and crown chakras, which help us connect with our Divine selves.

पाञ्चजन्य भगवान विष्णु का शंख है। विष्णु के अवतार श्रीकृष्ण पाञ्चजन्य नामक एक शंख रखते थे ऐसा वर्णन महाभारत में प्राप्त होता है। श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता जो कि महाभारत का अङ्ग है उस में वासुदेव द्वारा कुरुक्षेत्र युद्ध के दौरान इसका इस्तेमाल किया जाना बताया गया है।

महाभारत में श्रीकृष्ण के पास पाञ्चजन्य,अर्जुन के पास देवदत्त,युधिष्ठिर के पास अनंतविजय,भीष्म के पास पोंड्रिक,नकुल के पास सुघोष, सहदेव के पास मणिपुष्पक था। सभी के शंखों का महत्व और शक्ति अलग-अलग थी।

शंखों की शक्ति और चमत्कारों का वर्णन महाभारत और पुराणों में मिलता है।

शंख को विजय,समृद्धि,सुख,शांति, यश, कीर्ति और लक्ष्मी का प्रतीक माना गया है।सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात यह है कि शंख नाद का प्रतीक है।शंख ध्वनि शुभ मानी गई है।हालांकि प्राकृतिक रूप से शंख कई प्रकार के होते हैं।इनके 3 प्रमुख प्रकार हैं-दक्षिणावृत्ति शंख, मध्यावृत्ति शंख तथा वामावृत्ति शंख।

पाञ्चजन्य का रहस्य : पाञ्चजन्य बहुत ही दुर्लभ शंख है। समुद्र मंथन के दौरान इस पाञ्चजन्य शंख की उत्पत्ति हुई थी। समुद्र मंथन से प्राप्त 14 रत्नों में से 6वां रत्न शंख था।
श्रीकृष्ण के गुरुपुत्र पुनरदत्त को एक बार एक दैत्य उठा ले गया। उसी को लेने के लिए वे दैत्य नगरी गए।

वहां उन्होंने देखा कि एक शंख में शंखासुर नाम का दैत्य सोया है।उन्होंने दैत्य को मारकर शंख को अपने पास रखा और फिर जब उन्हें पता चला कि उनका गुरुपुत्र तो यमपुरी चला गया तो वे भी यमपुरी गए।वहां यमदूतों ने उन्हें अंदर नहीं जाने दिया तब उन्होंने शंखनाद किया जिसके चलते यमलोक हिलने लगा।

Inter-Religious (Interfaith) marriages in India.

The study suggests that 2.21% of all married women between the age of 15-49 had married outside their religion.

The proportion of inter-religious marriages in different age groups.

1. Women of the young age group 15-19 -- 2.8% (Highest)

2. In the age group 20-24 -- 2.3%

3. in the age group 25-29 -- 2%

4. Above the age of 30 -- 1.9%

Interreligious marriages in

1. Urban Areas 2.9%

2. Rural Areas 1.8%

Interreligious marriages State wise data

1. Punjab 7.8% (Highest)
2. Jharkhand 5.7%
3. Andhra Pradesh 4.9%
4. Rajasthan 0.7%
5. Chhattisgarh 0.6%
6. West Bengal 0.3% (Lowest)

The survey was conducted in 41,554 households in 1503 villages and 971 urban neighborhoods across India. It was jointly organised by researchers from the University of Maryland and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi.

Source:

Students and faculty of the Central Government-run International Institute for Population Sciences had presented a paper on interfaith marriages in India in 2013.

*The 10th Apple effect*

A hunter once lost his way deep inside the jungle while chasing a deer. He used all his navigation skills but neither did he find any way out of the jungle nor could he find any food to eat for 8 days at a stretch.

@anexcommie

He started feeling so damn hungry that he could eat an entire elephant at one go. Disappointed, he lost all hope. And that is exactly when an apple tree caught his sight. He collected a dozen apples to feed him for the rest of his search.
@shreekanth2020 @HelloNNewman

As he ate the 1st apple, his joy knew no bounds and he just couldn't stop feeling grateful and blessed. He thanked life. He thanked God. He could not believe his luck when he ate the 1st apple but he was less grateful while having the 2nd apple and even lesser grateful...

...when he had the 5th apple. Somehow, with each passing apple, the hunger still kept on increasing and the joy kept on reducing drastically. He just could not enjoy the 10th apple.

Why? He had already taken for granted the gift of having found...

@chittukuruvi4 @GunduHuDuGa

#Vedas #SantiMantra

In majority of common and lesser-known mantras, we always end with

OM SANTIH SANTIH SANTIH

What is SANTIH? What is the significance of chanting this at the end of mantras? Why do we repeat it thrice?

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* SANTI doesn't mean "Peace"

* There is no translation which can describe the total sense of this word

* Combination of 3 words SANTI = SA + ANTA + I

* SA = Joy

* ANTA = End of these

* I = Understanding - IN GATAU

* Very ultimate is SANTI

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* SANTI is a chant of the trinity - GOD

* Ultimate / Very infinite form of knowledge of bliss which is God

* It's saying my life too moving towards totality - May it be filled with knowledge and bless how much ever it can hold like a bowl in front of ocean

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* Why do we repeat it 3 times?

* Phases of Life are 3 : Consciousness, Dream & Sleep

* Times are 3 : Past, Present & Future

* God who controls the 3 times & phases of life, may he fill me with knowledge and bliss that wouldn't be lost for ever

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* Worlds are 3 : Bhu, Bhuvah, Suvah

* God who is omnipresent across the 3 worlds fill me up with knowledge & bliss

* Gunas / Qualities are 3 : Sattva, Rajas, Tamas

* God who controls these 3 qualities, performs creation, sustenance & dissolution, may he fill me with ...

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I've been seeing a lot of discussion around the dosage gaps recommended by government for the Astra/Oxford & Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines. My thoughts on the potential benefits & risks of such an approach, and the need for much greater transparency around these decisions. Thread.

The UK govt announced recently that both the Oxford & BioNTech vaccines would be now administered with a gap of between 4-12 weeks (so prioritise administration of first dose, given limited resources).

What is the basis of this?

The basis that's been discussed seems to be that
1) the first dose is likely to confer some degree of protection against disease, so better to roll this out as fast as possible, and
2) that for Oxford/Astra efficacy may be higher when the gap between doses is greater.

I discuss some of the technical details around the Oxford trial below for those interested in these. If you'd just like a summary of this, please skip to the summary tweet titled 'SUMMARY'.

What does published evidence show? The Astra/Oxford data are a bit messy because of protocol changes during the trial. This is because the trial was originally planned as a single dose trial, but a booster dose was added when developers realised that this would likely help.

𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒚 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔
𝑁𝑎𝑘𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑

Most of the fairy tales are ancient folklores & it's hard to trace back to it's original creators. Still I wanted to see which nakshatra natives has contributed to this field.
* all charts calculated using cosmic insight app & lahiri ayanamsa

Jacob Grimm

Purva Asadha ☀️
Chitra 🌙
Magha ketu

Wilhelm Grimm

Shatabhisa ☀️
Purva Asadha 🌙
Pushya ketu

These German scholars are perhaps the most famous fairy tale collectors of all time. This collection was actually done as a part of their academic work.

Many popular tales reached a wider audience through their collection, including:

⭐Little Red Riding Hood
⭐Hansel and Gretel
⭐Snow White
⭐Sleeping Beauty
⭐The Frog Prince
⭐Rapunzel

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5/ This book is the public record of the public investigation into Trump-Russia collusion. That means it's composed of the best investigative reporting done on this topic—including any leaks directly from Congressional and DOJ/FBI sources that were later published in major media.

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Divine Thread

When || Shri Ram || mentioned || Shri Krishna || in Ramayan

I repeat “Untold Unsung now Unearthed”

Go through entire thread carefully.

Stay Tuned
RT & spread the knowledge.

Starting the thread with Jai Shri Ram

Shri Krishna is stated straightforwardly in Uttara Kanda of Valmiki Ramayan. Once Shri Ram did not see his subjects for 4 days & spent his time alone. Shri Ram then commands Lakshman to check if anyone was waiting to see him.

“O Dear Saumitri, 4 days have gone by since I concerned myself with the interests of my people & my soul is tormented; now call together family priests & ministers The king who does not fulfil his duties in regard to his people each day, undoubtedly falls into the darkest hell.”

Shri Rama then tells a tale to Lakshman about a king named Nriga who was cursed by Brahmanas to become a lizard. 2 Brahmanas were having a quarrel over a cow,so they went to approach King Nriga. Sadly they were not given entrance to the palace even after waiting for a long time.

Having tarried there many days and nights, they became greatly enraged and those two illustrious ascetics, furious at not achieving their purpose, uttered the following dreadful malediction :—

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Shocking Connection Between The Vatican city (Italy) & Shiva Linga

The Vatican city is shaped in the form of a Shiva linga!
This shocking claim was made by historian P.N. Oak who said that the word Vatican has actually come from the Sanskrit word 'Vatika'

and that Christianity has come from 'Krishna Neeti'.

We have often heard that all the religions have emerged from one Sanatana Dharma. It does not matter which faith you follow because ultimately you are praying to the same God

The connection between the Vatican city and Shiva linga is quite interesting.

The striking similarities between the two symbols of the world's greatest religions is sure to make your mind blow away. Let us take a look at the shocking connection between them.

The Striking Similarity:

Take a look at the picture above. You will see the similarity between the shape of the linga and the compound of the Vatican city. The pathway is shaped like a phallus. On looking closer you will find a tripundara (three lines on Bhagwan Shiv's forehead)

and a bindu incorporated into the design of the Piazza San Pietro of the Vatican city.

Vatican- What's In A Name:

The word Vatican has been derived from the Sanskrit word 'Vatika' which means Vedic cultural centres. Such words and a few excavations prove that Vatican was

Dollar Cost Averaging 101

Many of the brightest minds in the investing world share one common trait: they recommend dollar cost averaging as an investment strategy.

But what is dollar cost averaging and how does it work?

Here's Dollar Cost Averaging 101!

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1/ Dollar cost averaging, or "DCA" for short, is a simple investment strategy in which an investor splits the total amount to be invested in a given asset across regular periodic purchases.

The regular purchases occur regardless of price, volatility, or economic conditions.

2/ The goal is to remove the complexities of market timing from the process, allowing an investor to build their desired position without concern for external factors.

Its simplicity removes behavioral and psychological biases from the equation.

Let's look at an example.

3/ Imagine you want to build a $10,000 position in bitcoin. You have done your research and believe in the long-term story.

You aren't sure if it will go up or down in the near-term, so you decide to dollar-cost average.

Great decision! How will you do it?

4/ You split the $10,000 up into 20 pieces ($500 each). You could have done any number of pieces, but 20 felt right.

You decide on a weekly DCA, so every Monday, you buy $500 of $BTC, regardless of price. After 20 weeks, you have built your desired $10,000 cost basis position.

1/ The #Tesla Model 3 is one of the most efficient #EV on a range/kWh basis, followed closely by the Bolt. Meanwhile the “Tesla Killers” lag significantly.

2/ “But they’re different types of cars so they aren’t comparable!” That’s why we put them into our physics based model that simulates EPA range to separate out form factor from battery/drivetrain efficiency.

3/ Even accounting for the fact that the Jaguar iPace is an SUV, it’s far less efficient than the Model 3.

4/ Which means Tesla should be able produce a car of a given range (or at least the drivetrain) for cheaper than its competitors. (This doesn't even take into account that Tesla is likely making batteries for less than its competitors).

5/ Why is the Bolt so efficient? Perhaps it sacrifices performance to achieve it. Either way the “Tesla Killers” look like they’re throwing everything out the window to try & match Tesla performance.

#Avadhūtagītā #SrimadBhagwatham #Dattātrēyanuḍi

In Srimad Bhagwatham, there is a discussion between Sri Krishna & Uddhava about Brahma Jnana.

In this context, a very famous aspect called Avadhūta Gītā / Dattātrēya Nuḍi is described.

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Personal anecdote:

This is my 5th attempt in last 6 months to write a thread. I hope I am successful in completing this endeavor. Along with Yama Geetha, these are some of the most wonderful philosophies captured in Srimad Bhagwatham.

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Context:

Krishna and Uddhava would be having a discussion, the basis of which would be to impart the Brahma Jnana to Uddhava

During one such discussion, Krishna describes Anumana and Pratyaksha through a story, which is the Avadhūta Gītā

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As described by Krishna, this incident traverses back in time to his ancestor Yadu (from whom Yadavas originated).

Yadu would be roaming the earth and comes across a young man, barely clad but completely fearless. He had a serene smile on his face

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Yadu recognised him as the Avadhuta , one who has found inner peace and whose face is a sea of tranquility. Yadu requests to know the path through which the enlightened man reached this state.

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