The 12 division based Rashi system is believed to be an import from outside of India a couple of thousand years before while Vedic astronomy and astrology developed on 27 divisions of 13.33 degree each ( called Nakshatra ) much more earlier and it is mentioned in Vedas and Puranas . This is the angle…
No, you can't recognize a bottomless pit. You just fall it is a freefall. Buddha called it Shunya. If you can recognize the emptiness - who will recognize it? Your mind - when mind is there then it is not emptiness, nothingness or Shunya. Observer, observed and observation all dissolve. Experience, experiencer and experiencing all…
As per Tantraa philosophy there are eight bondages/chains which bind soul to the Maya. These bondages are Ghrina (Hate), Lajjaa (Shame), Bhaya (Fear, shankaa(Doubt), Jugupsaa(censure/reproach), Kula (caste), Jaati(creed) and Sheela (Modesty). Any consciousness which is bound by these 8 bondages is called Jiva (Individual soul) and the consciousness who is free from all these chains…
Here’s an interesting aspect of Dharma which makes Hindus the best possible migrants (apart from their technical skills of course!) Dharma is not only changeable as already conveyed by previous responders, Dharma subject to democratic consensus According to the Mahabharata, actions opposed by the people (loka-viruddha) are as sinful as those condemned by the Veda…
