Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal #temple -Gunaseelam,Near Trichy,TN #Thread
Gunaseela Mahatmyam,a chapter of Bhavishyottara Purana describes greatness of this place.
Venkatachlapathi of Tirumala Tirupati appeared b4 Gunaseela Rishi here,so Gunaseelam is known as Ten(South)Tirupati
Thalpiya Maharishi along with his disciple Gunaseela Rishi once went to Himalayas.On his way back, Gunaseela Rishi stayed back at Tirupathi.
He came back, bathed in the Cauvery,took blessing from his guru &undertook severe penance here in his ashram in Gunaseelam.
Raja shifted capital from Uraiyur to Kallur,near Gunaseelam &built the temple here.
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Source text - based on various blogs/news articles related to Gunaseelam Temple
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A #story from Bhagavatham
- #Krishna's childhood leelas
This sculpture depicts Krishna leela that happened when he crawled around with Ural/mortar that was tied with rope on his waist.
#Thread
📸 - A panel from Sri Amruteshwara Temple , Amruthapura,Karnataka
Bhagwan Krishna was a very naughty child.Yashoda being fed up by pranks of Krishna tied him to a mortar/ural with a rope after a great https://t.co/AgI4HLU48u Krishna is called as Damodara- दाम(dam) means-rope,उदर (udara)means stomach. Later,Yashoda goes inside to do her work.
Left alone in the courtyard,
Krishna started moving about around with the mortar rolling behind him on the move.
On the way,there were 2 huge trees close to each other. Krishna crawled in between the trees & mortar got stuck in between.He tried to pull with all his strength.
As result,uproots twin trees causing them to fall down.The trees transform into 2 Gandharvas - Nalakuvara & Manigriva (sons of Kubera). They were cursed by Rishi Narada into becoming Arjuna trees.Liberated from curse,they thank Bhagwan Krishna.
📸- sculpture at Cheluvanaryana Temple,Melukote,Karnataka
All 📸 in this thread credit to TeamGsquare,stonestories and google
Source text - based on details in TeamGsquare,stonestories blogs
- #Krishna's childhood leelas
This sculpture depicts Krishna leela that happened when he crawled around with Ural/mortar that was tied with rope on his waist.
#Thread
📸 - A panel from Sri Amruteshwara Temple , Amruthapura,Karnataka
Bhagwan Krishna was a very naughty child.Yashoda being fed up by pranks of Krishna tied him to a mortar/ural with a rope after a great https://t.co/AgI4HLU48u Krishna is called as Damodara- दाम(dam) means-rope,उदर (udara)means stomach. Later,Yashoda goes inside to do her work.
Left alone in the courtyard,
Krishna started moving about around with the mortar rolling behind him on the move.
On the way,there were 2 huge trees close to each other. Krishna crawled in between the trees & mortar got stuck in between.He tried to pull with all his strength.
As result,uproots twin trees causing them to fall down.The trees transform into 2 Gandharvas - Nalakuvara & Manigriva (sons of Kubera). They were cursed by Rishi Narada into becoming Arjuna trees.Liberated from curse,they thank Bhagwan Krishna.
📸- sculpture at Cheluvanaryana Temple,Melukote,Karnataka
All 📸 in this thread credit to TeamGsquare,stonestories and google
Source text - based on details in TeamGsquare,stonestories blogs
Kanhopatra and Panduranga Vittala #Thread #story
Bhakti of Kahnopatra is matchless.
Kahnopatra was daughter of a daasi,she mastered the art of singing &dancing.She was not interested to perform in front of Rajas.Once she saw a group of devotees singing the praise of Vittala
They were travelling to Pandharpur to see Vittala Panduranga.Kanhopatra wanted to go along with them,she went home informed mother&took her tambura& joined those devotees. After Darshan,decided to stay there itself.She would always remain in of the temple & sing vittala's praise.
One man told Badshah of Bedar about her &her beauty.On hearing this,Badshah sent his guards to go get Kanhopatra from Pandharpur temple.Guards reached temple gates&told Kanhopatra Badshah’s orders&that if she failed to listen to them,they would have to take her away forcefully.
She then told guards that she would visit Vittal for one last time&come back.She went in & prayed to Vittal&told that if he abandons her now whole world will blame https://t.co/frNkzsgWZg she pleaded to Vittala,her soul got united with him.Took her in his lap&she died on his lap.
Vittala then asked Pujari to bury her body at southern gate of https://t.co/rFYF7AjZyO soon as they buried her a tarati tree sprang up in that very place & everyone were surprised. We can till date see this tree in Vitthal Rukmani #temple in Pandharpur.
Bhakti of Kahnopatra is matchless.
Kahnopatra was daughter of a daasi,she mastered the art of singing &dancing.She was not interested to perform in front of Rajas.Once she saw a group of devotees singing the praise of Vittala
They were travelling to Pandharpur to see Vittala Panduranga.Kanhopatra wanted to go along with them,she went home informed mother&took her tambura& joined those devotees. After Darshan,decided to stay there itself.She would always remain in of the temple & sing vittala's praise.
One man told Badshah of Bedar about her &her beauty.On hearing this,Badshah sent his guards to go get Kanhopatra from Pandharpur temple.Guards reached temple gates&told Kanhopatra Badshah’s orders&that if she failed to listen to them,they would have to take her away forcefully.
She then told guards that she would visit Vittal for one last time&come back.She went in & prayed to Vittal&told that if he abandons her now whole world will blame https://t.co/frNkzsgWZg she pleaded to Vittala,her soul got united with him.Took her in his lap&she died on his lap.
Vittala then asked Pujari to bury her body at southern gate of https://t.co/rFYF7AjZyO soon as they buried her a tarati tree sprang up in that very place & everyone were surprised. We can till date see this tree in Vitthal Rukmani #temple in Pandharpur.
#sculpture #story
Kirata-Arjuniyam episode in Vana Parva - of #Mahabharata serves as a proof of the persistence & focus of Arjuna & the playfulness,generosity of Bhagawan Shiva.Also Shiva wished to test Arjuna,so appears as Kirata/hunter along with Devi as a huntress.
📸 1 - Sculpture in the gopuram of Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Chennai,TN
📸 2 - A panel in Beautiful Amruteshwara Temple, Amruthapura,Karnataka
Sculptures depicts Arjuna doing tapas,Killing of boar,battle between Kirata(Shiva) &Arjun after which Arjuna obtained Pashupatastra.
#story #Thread -In Vana Parva,Arjun sets out to attain the Pashupatastra from Shiva.He was doing tapas,was distracted as he saw a wild boar(asura) rushing towards him to slay him.Arjun took his Gandiva & pointed it at the boar.A hunter(kirata)&his wife were present at that spot.
Both #Arjun & Kirata shot an arrow at the boar & it fell dead.The boar revealed its true form,which was a rakshasa named https://t.co/Ptq7Q6FsmQ argument erupted between hunter & Arjuna as to who shot the boar first.Arjun showered arrows at the hunter & a fierce battle started.
📸 -Sculpture depicting the battle of Kirata & Arjuna at Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram TN
Arjuna kept showering arrows towards kirata.Awestruck as his arrows had no effect on the hunter,Arjuna stood still.He soon realised that this must be none other than - Shiva himself.
Kirata-Arjuniyam episode in Vana Parva - of #Mahabharata serves as a proof of the persistence & focus of Arjuna & the playfulness,generosity of Bhagawan Shiva.Also Shiva wished to test Arjuna,so appears as Kirata/hunter along with Devi as a huntress.
📸 1 - Sculpture in the gopuram of Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Chennai,TN
📸 2 - A panel in Beautiful Amruteshwara Temple, Amruthapura,Karnataka
Sculptures depicts Arjuna doing tapas,Killing of boar,battle between Kirata(Shiva) &Arjun after which Arjuna obtained Pashupatastra.
#story #Thread -In Vana Parva,Arjun sets out to attain the Pashupatastra from Shiva.He was doing tapas,was distracted as he saw a wild boar(asura) rushing towards him to slay him.Arjun took his Gandiva & pointed it at the boar.A hunter(kirata)&his wife were present at that spot.
Both #Arjun & Kirata shot an arrow at the boar & it fell dead.The boar revealed its true form,which was a rakshasa named https://t.co/Ptq7Q6FsmQ argument erupted between hunter & Arjuna as to who shot the boar first.Arjun showered arrows at the hunter & a fierce battle started.
📸 -Sculpture depicting the battle of Kirata & Arjuna at Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram TN
Arjuna kept showering arrows towards kirata.Awestruck as his arrows had no effect on the hunter,Arjuna stood still.He soon realised that this must be none other than - Shiva himself.
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just a my thought...
❶/12 Roughly speaking, primitive Buddhism was about liberation from the inner suffering of the ordained individual. In contrast, Mahayana Buddhism, especially the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, emphasises 'the salvation of all people, together'.
❷/12 In short, people of Mahayana Buddhism do Practice as Bodhisattva for all in the secular world. Strictly, these are different religions, and primitive Buddhism is not well suited to being associated with the state or secular communities.
❸/12 I believe that if anti-secular primitive Buddhism had arrived in ancient Japan it would not have spread very far. In Japan, where rice cultivation is very important, the idea of destroying the community would have been a threat of people's survival.
❹/12 By the way, it's perhaps inevitable that the purity of the teachings will diminish depending on how they are disseminated in society. In other words, I think that, roughly speaking, what develops away from the original form can even become a civilization.
❺/12 But anything that significantly reduces the quality of the original should be called a degeneration. I think that Christian civilization, although flawed, has built a civilization in tension.
❶/12 Roughly speaking, primitive Buddhism was about liberation from the inner suffering of the ordained individual. In contrast, Mahayana Buddhism, especially the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, emphasises 'the salvation of all people, together'.
Bodhisattva is also important for understanding the Japanese. It was a very developed in Mahayana Buddhism. Liberators keep putting off and dedicating until all people are saved. This is an ideal prototype. But this devoted tradition is disappearing under the Weimar Constitution. https://t.co/uBTcwOjlWt
— Atsumori \u6566\u76db (@atsumori5834) January 9, 2020
❷/12 In short, people of Mahayana Buddhism do Practice as Bodhisattva for all in the secular world. Strictly, these are different religions, and primitive Buddhism is not well suited to being associated with the state or secular communities.
❸/12 I believe that if anti-secular primitive Buddhism had arrived in ancient Japan it would not have spread very far. In Japan, where rice cultivation is very important, the idea of destroying the community would have been a threat of people's survival.
❹/12 By the way, it's perhaps inevitable that the purity of the teachings will diminish depending on how they are disseminated in society. In other words, I think that, roughly speaking, what develops away from the original form can even become a civilization.
❺/12 But anything that significantly reduces the quality of the original should be called a degeneration. I think that Christian civilization, although flawed, has built a civilization in tension.
