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23 Jul

On days when the moon is full, its vibration, its feel, is very different than on other days. For a spiritual seeker, this day is like a boon from nature. Earlier, #Gurupurnima was among the most important festive occasions in the country. Over time, it got relegated to the

background due to ignorance and so fewer people were aware of its great significance. However, it is now coming back slowly into prominence with more seekers looking for spiritual guidance. Guru Purnima is the day the first guru was born. Once upon a time, Shiva attained and went

into intense ecstatic dance on the Himalayas. When we say Shiva, in the yogic culture, we do not refer to him as a god. He is seen as the Adiyogi, or the first yogi. When his ecstasy became beyond movement, he became still. When it allowed him some movement, he danced wildly.

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Vedic Gyaan

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21 Jul

Are we eating right? Because what we eat we become. The food we eat nourishes our body, but there is much more than nourishment. Our Vedic scriptures distinguish food into three categories based on its effect on our body on the physical and mental level. Understanding the food

we intake is necessary to ensure it benefits our body. Food in Sanatan Dharma is not just “any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth”.

According to the Vedic scriptures, food is beyond what is eaten

through the mouth and digested by the body. In Sanatan Dharma, food is understood to affect one’s thoughts, emotions, and mind, and food can lead to God-realization. Food is distributed into three categories in Vedic Culture: Sattvic, Rajas, & Tamasic.BA Sattvic diet

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20 Jul

During the month of Shravan, the Vata component of a person gets higher in proportion. During that period, a person must avoid food that increases the Vata component. For example, green leafy vegetable contain higher amounts of Vata in them.

Thus a person is asked to avoid them during the rainy season (especially Shravan month) to avoid the ailments caused due to excess of Vata.
During the rainy season, the cattle also eat lots of green grass, and hence their milk is high in Vata and, in modern times, is succeptible

to viral infections. Hence, milk is considered harmful during the Shravan month. Thus Ayurved advices us against consuming milk during Shravan. Sanatan Dharma says “Feed to others only what you can eat for yourself (Which means, do not offer to others what you will never consume)

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18 Jul

Do you know who formulated the Pythagoras Theorem? You must be thinking about Pythagoras, but if we tell you that it was formulated even before the mathematician stated. The Baudhayana Sulba Sutra in Yajur Veda defines that the area of the diagonal is equal to the sum of the area

of the perpendicular and base side. It is widely believed that Baudhayana was a priest and also an architect of very high principles. It is possible that Baudhayana’s interest in Mathematical calculations stemmed more from his work in religious matters rather than an enthusiasm

for mathematics as a subject itself. Undoubtedly he wrote the Sulbasutra to provide rules for religious rites, and it would appear almost certain that Baudhayana himself was a Vedic priest. The Sulbasutras is like a guide to the Vedas which formulate rules for constructing altars

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16 Jul

Do you know Virupaksha temple at Hampi is one of the best practical examples of science? In this Hampi temple, you can see the gopuram’s inverted image in one of the rooms in the temple. Isn't it quite marvelous to see how advanced our ancestors were in science and technology?

The shadow of the tower of Virupaksha Temple falls inverted inside the wall of the temple through a lens-like hole structure. It is called Pinhole Camera System or camera obscura effect.

A shadow usually forms when an object blocks the path of light. However, the object should

be opaque because transparent and translucent objects do no block the path completely.

As of the temple, when the light falls on the gopuram (object), it blocks light forming shadow. The shadow would have formed in front of the gopuram, but our ancestors were smart enough

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14 Jul

◆ 12:00 बजने के स्थान पर #आदित्या: लिखा हुआ है, जिसका अर्थ यह है कि सूर्य 12 प्रकार के होते हैं...
अंशुमान, अर्यमन, इंद्र, त्वष्टा, धातु, पर्जन्य, पूषा, भग, मित्र, वरुण, विवस्वान और विष्णु।
◆ 1:00 बजने के स्थान पर #ब्रह्म लिखा हुआ है, इसका अर्थ यह है कि ब्रह्म एक ही प्रकार

का होता है।
#एको_ब्रह्म_द्वितीयो_नास्ति।
◆ 2:00 बजने की स्थान पर #अश्विनौ लिखा हुआ है जिसका तात्पर्य यह है कि अश्विनी कुमार दो हैं।
#नासत्य_और_द्स्त्र।
◆ 3:00 बजने के स्थान पर #त्रिगुणा: लिखा हुआ है, जिसका तात्पर्य यह है कि गुण तीन प्रकार के हैं।
सतोगुण, रजोगुण और तमोगुण।

◆ 4:00 बजने के स्थान पर #चतुर्वेदा: लिखा हुआ है, जिसका तात्पर्य यह है कि वेद चार प्रकार के होते हैं।
ऋग्वेद, यजुर्वेद, सामवेद और अथर्ववेद।
◆ 5:00 बजने के स्थान पर #पंचप्राणा: लिखा हुआ है, जिसका तात्पर्य है कि प्राण पांच प्रकार के होते हैं।
अपान, समान, प्राण, उदान और व्यान।

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