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 Vyadha Gita, literally means Song of the Butcher,  is part of Mahabharat and is actually a collection of  teachings  imparted by a Butcher to a Brahmin Sannyasi. This is our heritage and none less than Swami Vivekananda extolled Vyadha Gita as the essence of Karma Yoga. A Butcher , a housewife and a Brahmin Sannyasi are the three characters in this mystical story occurring in Vana Parva section and is told by Sage Markendeya to Yudhistra, the Pandava Prince. Lord Krishna, it seems, says in Srimad Bhagavata Purana that this Butcher is someone who attained perfection /realisation/emancipation by Satsanga. So let us dvelve a little into that incredible story where a Brahmin Sanyaasi is taught Dharma and Ahimsa by a Butcher of all the beings!! In terms of social heirarchy Vyadha is at the lowest status when compared to a brahmin and yet this story finds a prominent place in Mahabharata ,which is acclaimed as the Fifth Veda. A young Sanyasi went to the forest,meditated, ...

  "Buddha always called his way to salvation the 'Aryan Path'. "- says Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in Discovery Of India , while writing about "What is Hindusism"(Page 74). If Buddha had held "Aryan" which means Noble in Sanskrit, in such a high esteem, will it pass muster if anybody says Aryan Invasion Theory as being correct or calls Aryans Invaders of Dravidian India. All these Western theories(AIT) are nothing short of a great conspiracy who termed Aryans , a race. Those of us who hold Buddha as a fighter against Brahminical hegemony tends to unnaturally convert him as a crusader against Vedas and Vedantas. I would like to give few counterpoints and leave the rest to the best judgment of the readers of this post: 1)Buddha accepted Kapila's Sankhya Yoga's principles of this metaphysical arrangement of the world including the universe but without accepting its Prakriti and Purusha connections, as they are not easily verifiable. Kapila rishi,...

  The two major loved deities of the Hindu pantheon are Hanuman and Ganesha. Let us dwell into the concepts and significance of these two dieties. Ganesha, the son of Parvati and Shiv, is worshipped first before starting any new job or work. Even if you want to start writing or reading , you invoke the blessings of Lord Ganesha who goes under various names- Ganapathi, Vigneshwar, Vinayak, and  Pillayar in Tamilnadu. Ganesha Gayathri, Pancharatnam are some of the important Ganesha mantras and hymns. Adi Ganesha idol is in a Temple near Tiruvarur in Tamilnadu with a human face.The mythological story says that Shiv slew His head and then fixed the head of the animal that He saw first after this beheading of His son. Ganesha after that with the elephant head is worshipped as the wisdom god by Hindus. Why only Hindus. He is worshipped in Indonesia where He finds Himself in their currency notes. He is considered the destroyer of evil in Japan. In Mexico, Ganesha idols were said to h...