Misogyny: literally "hatred of females," figuratively promoting separation of the sexes or normative sex role stereotyping [or saying there are only two genders]
On the one hand, Radha is seen as Krishna's lover-consort (although in some beliefs Radha is considered to be Krishna's married consort).
On the other hand, Rukmini and Krishna's many other consorts are already said to be married to him.
PolygynistLord Krishna had eight chief wives, known as ashtabharyas. Regional texts vary in the identity of Krishna's wives (consorts), some presenting them as Rukmini, some as Radha, all gopis ("milkmaids"), and some identifying all as different aspects or manifestations of the goddess Lakshmi [8, 9].
Within India’s complex tapestry of spirituality, numerous revered gurus (spiritual teachers) and babas (father figures) stand out, their teachings resonating far beyond the confines of their ashrams (temples) and devotees.
Sad guru: I make a lot of money. lol
Boasting millions of followers worldwide, these spiritual leaders have amassed substantial wealth and wield immense influence, molding the country’s spiritual terrain.
Let’s delve into the lives of the seven wealthiest and most influential spiritual gurus and babas, starting with "Sadhguru."
Renowned for his flippantly pragmatic outlook on spirituality and yoga, Sadhguru ("true guru") Jaggi Vasudev, the founder of the Isha Foundation, stands as a prominent spiritual figure.
With a global following numbering in the millions, his estimated net worth, according to the Times of India, stands at Rs 18 crore [1 Rs crore = ten million rupees, so he had 180 million rupees], as of 2023. [His fortune has increased since then].
Sadhguru’s influence extends across yoga centers, educational institutions, and ecological projects within his financial empire. Through his teachings, he imparts "wisdom" on inner engineering and holistic living principles. More
The 14th Dalai Lama, more a Hindu Mahayana Buddhist teacher preaching Tibetan Vajrayana than Buddhism, demonstrates a poor grasp of what the historical Buddha taught about "self" (anatta).
What Hinduism calls the soul/self or Ātman (Pali Atta, Ātman (Hinduism Buddhified), what to followers of the pre-Hindu Old Vedic Religion (the Brahmin priests' Brahmanism) is ultimately the same as Brahman(GOD), comparing drops of water to the vast ocean they merge with and ultimately return to after experiencing a sense of separation. The historical Buddha did not talk like this at all.
ANY explanation of what happens to the "self" (soul, ego, personality, essence of a person) after death (indeed of what happens in this very life from moment to moment) must include reference and a discussion of Dependent Origination. For what arises and what seems to arise is not the same; similarly, what passes away and what seems to pass away is not the same.
The one bad habit the Buddha feared most (Little Light of Wisdom) Dec. 6, 2025: In this episode we explore a powerful teaching the Buddha gave to his son, Rahula, now a young monk. He used a simple glass of water and a royal war elephant. Together we learn:
Why the Buddha said there is one bad habit that opens the door to every other bad action
How an empty glass shows what happens to our good qualities when we lie
How a king’s elephant teaches us about trust, courage, and honesty
Why lying creates confusion, blame, and karmic trouble in our lives
How telling the truth protects our heart, our friendships, and our future
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In conversation with Lion’s Roar magazine Editor Andrea Miller, Richard Gere -- American Zen and Vajrayana Buddhist, actor, humanitarian, and one of the executive producers of the film -- reflects on the nature of true happiness, the roots of suffering, and how meeting the Dalai Lama transformed his life.
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The Christian and Jewish Bibles have so little to say about masturbation that in a mindboggling reach, Church officials (guilty Catholics or officious Protestants or killjoy Jews) could only come up with the story of Onan and the awkward, inapplicable synonymous term "onanism." Nothing could be less connected to masturbation.
A Jewish man's brother dies, leaving his wife without a child. By Jewish custom and (levirate) law, he has to impregnate her in his absence. But just as he finishes the fun part his duty, he thinks better of it, reflecting on how troublesome another child and/or wife will be for him and not wanting to be burdened by those responsibilities, he withdraws as he finishes. God is so p'd off, we're told, that He smites (murders) him on the spot for "spilling his seed" on the ground rather than the fertile woman. Voila! Masturbation. Which as we all know involves having procreative sex with a partner but then changing your mind, right? 🙄
Buddhism and sexuality In Buddhism, prohibitions against masturbation apply to monastics. By extension lay people may undertake to avoid them, and that is healthy and good, but one can no more find a "commandment" against it for ordinary people in Buddhist texts as one could locate one in Christian texts. Inciting lust, particularly through porn, is terribly harmful, and the Buddha did say something to the effect that it would be better to swallow a red-hot iron ball. But even that is in reference to being an "immoral monastic" swallowing food offered as alms by laypeople. If one insists on having sex (or fornicating, which means doing it without being married), go Tantric.
A man nudged his wife for some nookie in front of their child. She asked him, "What?" - "How about we, you know?" - "What, are you crazy? You're going to ask me for that in front of our baby?!" - "Well, what do you want me to do?" - "Next time you want some whoopie, ask me to do 'a load of laundry.'" - "Oh, O.K." - Later that night, the wife primps and preps and makes a dramatic entrance in the bedroom. But the husband rolls over, turning his back to her. She pokes him and angrily and says, "I thought you wanted me to do a load of laundry!?" - "Oh, that's O.K. It was a small load. I did it by hand."
Fortunately, Wiki has this caveat: The word onanism is not based on the biblical story of Onan itself but on an interpretation of that biblical story. For the word onanism is not found in any form in biblical texts. Thus, the etymological connection of onanism (as masturbation) with Onan's name is religiously misleading" [62][47]. More
If the great problem in life is clinging (upadana) to illusions -- such as things being able to satisfy/fulfill us, things being permanent, and things being personal -- then the great awakening to their true nature as suffering, impermanent, and impersonal, we suddenly are able to let go, internally renounce (nekkhamma), and awaken (bodhi). The great awakening to Truth sets us from and allows us to lay down the burden we have carried in this samsara, this wheel of life after life meeting with suffering in this form or that, in this plane or that, within this sphere or that. It is like breathing a sigh of relief with tears of joy that there is an escape, a freeing oneself from the thicket of views, and finding peace. That is one way to look at it. But it is much more joyful and blissful than Anand is letting on. Imagine years of imprisonment then being released. Imagine painful illness then getting well. Imagine being in a shadowy world or illusions and goblins then stepping into the light. Nirvana is like that.
You'll look at sexuality differently after this video: A monk's spiritual perspective
(TRS Clips) June 18, 2024: Website: bbsh.in/trsclips-launch-cpyt. The Ranveer Show (TRS) welcomes Hindu monk Gauranga Das to enlighten us with his knowledge of spirituality and life. He was an IIT engineer who turned monk known for being a leadership consultant, corporate coach, inspirational speaker, and much more.
Make the sound of the universe: aum (om)
He worked for the Kirloskars before ordaining as a monk, after which he joined ISKCON (International Society of Krishna Consciousness), Mumbai (Bombay).
In this episode, Gauranga Das shared some beautiful aspects of spirituality, including the purpose of life, the purpose of sexuality, how monks live their lives, the different stages of life of a monk, Sanatan Dharma ("Eternal Doctrine," which is what Hindus call Hinduism) guidelines, the life of new generation with technologies, and how can one detach him or herself from worldly things and achieve enlightenment (nirvikalpa samadhi).
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Amma (India's Mata Amritanandamayi) is world famous for her compassion, distributing free hugs around the world. She has hugged more people than anyone else in the world. She is on a campaign wishing, "May all beings everywhere be happy," the Buddha's own sentiments of universal loving-kindness (metta).
She is on an annual tour and is coming to Southern California to meet anyone in need of a blessing. It is good to see such beings [as have attained samadhi, which in Buddhism refers to anyone who has mastered the meditative absorptions, which would make them "saints" in most of the world's religions, including Hinduism, but very much excluding Buddhism.
A "saint" or arhat in Buddhism is anyone who has reach stream entry or beyond through insight or vipassana. Only this higher seeing uproots the defilements and liberates one, whereas the absorptions merely temporarily suppress them and make one seem saintly for the time being.
Ancient Vedic seers (rishis) inherited by Hinduism
Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen monk, uses his arm.
This distinction was one of the great contributions of the Buddha to the Dharmic religions and spirituality in ancient India.] Nevertheless, it is still good and a blessing to see beings who have gained samadhi. This may include Amma, who has done so many wonderful and selfless things that it is possible she has gained super-consciousness.
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Amma is also conducting a retreat between July 14-16, 2024. It will also be held at the site of the free hugs:
What has happened to Boudhanath, the Eyes of Wisdom, in Kathmandu, Nepal?
Deadly earthquake hits western Nepal
(Reuters/Guardian News) Nov. 4, 2023: BHERI, Nepal (Himalayas) Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their hands, searching for survivors after the country's worst earthquake in eight years killed at least 137 people and shook buildings as far away as New Delhi, India (reut.rs/40rrSBa).
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American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation: How Indian Spirituality Changed the West
Om (aum) symbol flag (Vedic Hinduism)
This paperback has a 4.6 out of 5 stars with 236 ratings. Huston Smith wrote the foreword. It's a fascinating look at India’s remarkable impact on Western culture.
This eye-opening popular history shows how the ancient philosophy of Vedanta (the best of the ancient Vedas or "Knowledge Books") and the mind-body methods of yoga have profoundly affected the worldview of millions of Americans and radically altered the religious landscape of the U.S.
US yoga today: selfies and butt-pants (lol)
What exploded in the 1960s, following the Beatles' trip to India for an extended stay with their new guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, actually began more than 200 years earlier, when the United States started importing knowledge -- as well as tangy spices and colorful fabrics -- from Asia.
The first translations of Hindu and pre-Hindu (Brahminical) texts found their way into the libraries of John Adams and Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson.
From there the ideas spread to Henry David Thoreau (On Walden Pond), Walt Whitman, and succeeding generations of receptive Americans, who absorbed India’s “science of consciousness” and wove it into the fabric of their lives.
Trump meditates on "om" syllable.
Charismatic teachers like Swami Vivekananda (World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, 1893) and Paramahansa Yogananda (Self Realization Fellowship) came west in waves, prompting leading intellectuals, artists, and scientists such as Aldous Huxley, Joseph Campbell, Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, J. D. Salinger (Catcher in the Rye), jazz musician John Coltrane, Dean Ornish, and Harvard Prof. Richard Alpert (aka Ram Dass), to adapt and disseminate what they learned from them.
The impact has been enormous, enlarging our current understanding of the mind and body and dramatically changing how we view ourselves and our place in the cosmos.
Goldberg paints a compelling picture of this remarkable East-to-West transmission, showing how it accelerated through the decades and eventually moved from the counterculture into our laboratories, libraries, and living rooms.
Now physicians and therapists routinely recommend meditation, words like karma and mantra are part of our everyday vocabulary, and yoga studios are as ubiquitous as Starbuckses.
The insights of India’s sages permeate so much of what we think, believe, and do that they have redefined the meaning of life for millions of Americans—and continue to do so every day.
Rich in detail and expansive in scope, American Veda shows how we have come to accept and live by the central teaching of Vedic wisdom: “Truth is one, the wise call it by many names.” More
There are sattvic, rajasic, and tamasic foods, just as there are three body types (or doshas, of vata, pitta, and kapha or air, fire, and water). These are the basics of Ayurvedic eating for health and longevity.
Avoid harmful foods
(Sadhguru Ji Yogic Life) Premiered Aug. 7, 2023, In modern terms, there are positive-, negative-, and zero-pranic foods. Prana is our invisible lifeforce energy, the spiritus (holy spirit), breath, or unseen animating energy that makes life possible. We could think of it as chi.
Yogini Shlloka explains that in Yoga (with its traditional Eight Limbs or Ashtanga that form a complete ancient science) we do not look at foods in terms of proteins, vitamins, or minerals as is focused on in the West.
Ayurveda (the "Science of Life") categorizes food in three ways:
positive pranic food
negative pranic food
zero pranic food.
Positive substances, when consumed, add prana to the human system. Prana, the vital energy in the body, will increase.
If we consume negative pranic substances, they take prana away from the system. They stimulate the nervous system but take away vital energy.
Zero pranic food neither adds nor takes away energy. It is only eaten for taste.
Negative pranic substances:
Garlic is a powerful medicine if used properly. But if we put it into everyday food and eat it, it causes much damage.
Onion is similar. The body does not prefer it. It shows this dislike by irritation the eye feels when we chop it.
Asafoetida (a plant that acts as an onion substitute) is also a negative pranic item but is generally used in small quantities for taste.
Eggplant (brinjal) is a vegetable that has some poison in it [as part of the deadly nightshade family, that also includes tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco, etc., similar to toxic cashews] There is a certain enzyme in eggplant that is capable of damaging the hypothalamus. Children should avoid this vegetable.
Chili peppers can be experimented with. However, if we abstain from them for some time and then take them, the body will reject them with a strong reaction.
Coffee
Tea (Camellia sinensis which, like coffee, contains caffeine) are very powerful nervous system stimulants. Constant abuse of such common stimulants destroys stamina in the long run.
Tobacco
These stimulants reduce our ability to store energy and our ability to do things. They make old age very difficult. Needless to say, all stimulant drugs and other nervous aggravators are negative pranic items.
Emotional stability very much depends on the foods we eat. If we refrain from foods with negative pranic substances, we find that it becomes easy to maintain our emotional balance. These seven items are negative pranic foods; the rest are positive.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:18 - Pranic foods in Ayurveda
04:42 - Outro
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00:00 - Introduction
00:05 - Ayurvedic Medicines
07:00 - Outro
Ayurvedic medicines for common health ailments
◆ 01:00 - Laxmi Vilas Ras
◆ 01:13 - Septlin Tablets
◆ 01:29 - Guduchi Tablets
◆ 01:38 - Godanchi Bhasma
◆ 01:56 - Mahasundarshanavati
◆ 02:15 - Haridrakhanda
◆ 02:30 - Lavangadi Vati
◆ 03:02 - Pranadhara
◆ 03:24 - Shirashula Vajradi Ras
◆ 03:51 - Hingavashthaka Churna
◆ 04:05 - Himcospas
◆ 04:13 - Mahashankha Vati
◆ 04:34 - Pravala Pashti
◆ 04:47 - Kamadhura Ras
◆ 05:13 - Yograj Guggulu
◆ 05:27 - Dashamulariahta
◆ 05:58 - Lakshadi Guggulu
◆ 06:13 - Abhraloha
Ayurveda, a natural system of health maintenance, originated in India more than 3,000 years ago. The Sanskrit term Ayurveda is derived from the words ayur ("life") and veda ("knowledge" or "science").
Ayurveda translates to "Knowledge of Life." Based on the idea that disease is due to an imbalance or stress and strain on a person's consciousness, Ayurveda encourages certain lifestyle interventions and natural therapies to regain balance between body, mind, spirit (prana), and the environment.
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