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Karmasya – Storehouse Of Past And Present Karma

Asya means a reservoir or resting place. In Hindu tradition, the mind is considered to be the reservoir of which all the deeds (karma) of the past and present are stored in the form of traces (samskaras). The storehouse of the innumerable traces of past and present karma is called karmasya. Deeds are of three types – good, bad, and mixed. This distinction is preserved in their traces also. Each act of karma, good, bad, or mixed, leaves an impression of pleasurable, painful, or mixed feelings in the mind, according to the particular act of karma. There is no escape from experiencing the fruits of karma. This is called the binding effect of karma. The source of karma is the five kleshas or afflictions of the mind – ignorance, ego-feeling, likes and dislikes, and fear of death (or desire for life). These afflictions are themselves without origin or beginning. They cause various karmas. The fruits of the karmas are called karma vipaka. According to yoga sutra (II.12-14), the fruit or r

Eight Types Of Sacred Images Appropriate For Worship In Hinduism

It is declared that there are eight types of sacred images appropriate for worship in Hinduism, namely, those formed of stone of wood of metal of clay of sand of jewels as a painting and in the mind One might well wonder: How is it possible to have devotion for a lifeless image made of material elements? In the practice of Vaishnava tantra, one learns to regard all matter as energy, shakti, of the supreme energetic, shaktiman, person, Bhagavan or Vishnu. Since all energy originates in Vishnu, he can transform or perhaps better, transubstantiate, any material substance for his own purposes, or for benefiting his devotees. The Vaishnava tantra texts, Pancharatra Agamas, provide detailed ritual procedures for invoking Vishnu into an image, either temporarily or permanently. The aggregate of these procedures is called prana-pratishta, literally establishing life. But equally important as such formalities is the devotional attitude of the practitioner, by virtue of which

Jitamtestotra Teachings

Jitamtestotra (1.4-7, 2.10) teachings found in the Pancaratra Agama and the Narada Pancaratra. The wise, attaining to you (Bhagavan Vishnu) alone the surest refuge, cross the terrible ocean of birth and death, the cause of endless pain and misery. You (Bhagavan Vishnu) have no color, no form, no weapons, no particular abode. Yet you reveal yourself to your devotees in a personal form. Nothing is beyond your range of vision and understanding but you are not perceived by any. Everything is realized by you, yet you are not realized by any. The sages know you to be the primary cause of things, the greatest of the objects ever expressed in words and the ultimate goal of all spiritual paths. You are verily the supreme existence. Lord of the universe, lover of your devotees, with your grace, do you somehow save me who am helpless, unhappy and disappointed through my failure to attain the goal.

4 May 2022 Tithi – Panchang – Hindu Calendar – Good Time – Nakshatra – Rashi

Tithi in Panchang – Hindu Calendar on Wednesday, 4 May 2022 – It is Shukla Paksha Chaturthi tithi or the fourth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Hindu calendar and Panchang in most regions. It is Shukla Paksha Tritiya tithi or the third day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 5:18 AM on May 4. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Chaturthi tithi or the fourth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 7:18 AM on May 5. (Time applicable in all north, south and eastern parts of India. All time based on India Standard Time.  Good – Auspicious time on May 4, 2022 as per Hindu Calendar – Good and auspicious time till 8:45 PM.  Nakshatra  – Rohini nakshatra till 1:35 AM on May 4. Then onward it is Mrigasira or Makayiram or Mrigasheersham nakshatra till 4:07 AM on May 5. (Time applicable in north, south and eastern parts of India).  In western parts of India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, north Karnataka and south Rajasthan), Rohini nakshatra till 3:18 AM