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10 Dec

There is not one good reason for a Hindu man to be consuming alcohol. Not one. I can write a lengthy thread on how it is condemned in the Shastras, on how in ancient & medieval times the society had a very low opinion on the ones consuming it.

So when one sees men here proudly sharing their drinks stack or whatever they call it, one cannot help but not think highly of such behaviour.

Usual justification given by alcoholics is "In Rigveda people consumed Soma"

But what they will not tell you is that Soma & Sura are two entirely different things. Rigveda itself make out a distinction between the two

Sura is condemned by all major Dharmashastras.

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@_ugra_

10 Dec

Indian men in the 1930's. One of them in the picture(striking the front double bicep pose) is Bishnu Charan Ghosh. He was brother of Paramahamsa Yogananda. He was a practitioner of Hatayoga. In 1930 he authored a book called Muscle control where he details various exercises.

Simple instructions given in the book which are applicable even today.

1)Avoid over exertion
2)Perform the exercise in correct form.
3)Good ventilation & breathing techniques
4)Healthy eating.
5)Proper sleep of atleast 7 hours.

Most pertinent point of all. He tells us alcohol is NERVE POISON & to avoid it.

Note that anabolic steroids were not developed until 1935. All these Indian men built strength & muscle naturally. With a combination of Hatayoga & weight training.

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@_ugra_

3 Dec

https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1466705337885630469

Sharing a few excerpts from Sitaram Goel's book, Francis Xavier : The man & his mission.

"Xavier lived up to this tradition of the Church on the Coromandel Coast. He discovered that, though baptised in 1534, the Parava fisherman could hardly be called...

https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1466705337885630469

..Christians in practice. Some of the still made their living by making images of Hindu deities. All of them were worshipping these “evil spirits”. According to the History ofChristianity in India published by the United Theological Seminary, Bangalore, in 1982...

..When the boys informed him that
someone had made an idol, he went with them and had it broken
into a thousand pieces. In spite of all his advice someone persisted in
making idols, he would have them punished by the patangatis
(heads of Parava villages)...

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Ugra

@_ugra_

2 Dec

Haven't stepped foot into a public gym since the pandemic began. Brought home some basic equipment to workout last may. Since then started tracking out every single workout. After a year & a half, feel am much stronger than ever before. Tracking exercises is as imp as calories.

Key to getting stronger is a concept known as progressive overload. Graph shows my progression on the bench press since last may.Had pressed 100 kgs in the gym before the pandemic.The lockdowns resulted in a little loss of strength. 2nd dose vaccine screwed my strength completely

Today is a landmark day of sorts because i could press 100 for a rep for the first time since feb 2020. To lift more one simply needs to eat more (not junk though) eating on a calorific surplus of around 250-300 calories since aug resulted in strength coming back.

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@_ugra_

20 Nov

Finally the admission that the Panchayatana temples of the Vishwanath temple complex were indeed demolished. The way some of these people were brazening it out for weeks, it would have put even Marxist distorians to shame.

The aerial shots were clear as daylight, yet so many tried to brazen this out. No conscience left in these people or what? If this is the fate of premier temples within the main complex, shudder to think what would have happened to all those smaller shrines elsewhere.

What was the need for demolishing functional Temples whose antiquity is as old as Vishwanatha?Did they show any signs of structural weakness to be pulled down?Especially when you consider the fact that the white abomination built by barbarian aurangzeb still stands tall next door

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7 Nov

It is said in the Skandapuranam that Dhyana(meditation) gives Moksha in Satyayuga; in Tretayuga Dhyana & Tapas (penance) gives Moksha; in Dvaparayuga, Dhyana, Tapas and Yajnas are the causes of Moksha but in Kaliyuga it is bathing in Ganga alone that results in Moksha. #Ganga

It is said in the Puranas that even worms, insects & locusts that die on the banks of Ganga, the trees that fall into Ganga from the river bank, they all attain Moksha.

Shiva also says that naastikas with eyes spoiled by paapa see Ganga like an ordinary river filled with ordinary water.

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