The man who jolted the whole world just by saying “Sisters and Brothers of America”At the World’s Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 11 September 1893.
His life teach us many things, but one is most important among them, Imp. of knowledge of "DHARMA" #SwamiVivekananda
‘धृ धारयति’ means to bear, or to support. The word ‘Dharma’ (धर्म) has been derived from the root ‘dhru (धृ)’. ‘धरति लोकान् ध्रियते पुण्यात्मभिः इति वा धर्मः ।’, meaning Dharma is that which sustains the people or that which is adopted by meritorious souls.(1/n) #SwamiVivekananda
धारणाद्धर्ममित्याहुः धर्मो धारयति प्रजाः । – Mahabharat, Karnaparva, Adhyaya 49, Shloka 50
Meaning : Dharma is that which nurtures the subjects and, in turn, the society.(2/n) #SwamiVivekananda #स्वामीविवेकानंद
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(1/n) Seeing tweets of people about how women are not allowed to do rituals, upanayan e.t.c.
I know I may face some backlashes on this topic.
I AM READY FOR THAT
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(2/n) The oldest literature of the world is the Veda, composed in India over many millennia ago and last recompiled 5100 years ago by the banks of the river Sarasvati.
The Veda had not been a male preserve alone. About 24 of the Vedic Rishi were women, who had themselves composed
(3/n) some of the Vedic verses. Their names, as authors of respective verses can be traced in the Veda 👇👇
(/n) [THREAD] According to the famous Japanese academic of Veda and Buddhism, Hajime Nakamura, India had a great influence on Japanese culture. In his book, ‘Gotama Buddha’, he says,
“Without Indian influence, Japanese culture would not be what it is today.”
(2/n) The first samskrt text in Brahmi script arrived in Japan in 552 CE, which is now preserved in the Sutra godown of Zenkouji temple. Pic 1
In 607 CE, Prince Shotoku began lecturing in Samskrt at Nara College. Pic 2
(3/n) In the medieval period, around 760 CE, there was a great Buddhist monk by the name Bodhidharma, Daruma as he was called in Japan, who travelled from Kanchipuram in South India, over the seas, eastwards taking with him the teachings of Buddha and meditation, dhyana.
(2/n) He had secured a boon from Lord BRAHMA that he can be vanquished only by a woman, this made him felt invincible.
Mahishasura had established his rule in Amravati ( the kingdom of Indra)
(3/n) This is what Mahishasura had said to Maa Durga👇
The biggest mistake of Mahishasura was that he thought that this is just a mere woman she can't defeat her, so he has all the right to see her as a property.
(2/n) such a high pedestal has to face miseries and failures regardless of howsomuch noble deeds they perform otherwise.
(3/n) Manu smriti 3.55
पितृभिर्भ्रातृभिश्चैताः पतिभिर्देवरैस्तथा ।पूज्या भूषयितव्याश्च बहुकल्याणं ईप्सुभिः
A father, brother, husband or brother-in-law should keep their daughter, sister, wife or sister-in-law happy and pleased through gentle words, respectful behavior,
(1/n) Indica was originally written in Latin and Greek.
The original book is now lost, but its fragments have survived in later Greek and Latin works.
The earliest of these works are those by Diodorus Siculus, Strabo (Geographica), Pliny, and Arrian (Indica)
(2/n) The root of caste is the Latin castus, which means "chaste" or "pure, separated."
So the word used by Megasthenes was referring to pure or separated.
That's also the Word ‘Varna’ refers to.
The word was later used by Britishers, no one said that it was invented by British
(3/n) The term “Caste System” was first used by the British colonial rulers in the 1871 census of India as one more of their ploy to divide and rule India.