108 Upanishads in 4 Vedas

 


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Golwalkar Mission of Hindu Rashtra

Laya Yoga: the Supreme Consciousness

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Laya Yoga   Laya Yoga is an ancient branch of yoga focused on dissolution or absorption (laya) of the individual self (ego, mind, and limited identity) into the Supreme Consciousness or universal divine. The Sanskrit word "laya" means to dissolve, merge, or suspend, referring to the process of transcending ordinary awareness and achieving a state of deep absorption, often leading to samadhi (enlightened union). Meaning and Goal Laya Yoga emphasizes merging the practitioner's consciousness with higher reality by dissolving mental fluctuations, attachments, and the sense of separation. It leads the mind from its manifested state back to its original source ( moola prakriti ). The ultimate aim is spiritual liberation through complete absorption, where the individual self reunites with the divine. This path is closely linked to Tantric traditions , particularly Shaktism, where it involves awakening the dormant kundalini energy (coiled serpent power at the base of the ...
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Using History to Create a Dalit Identity

According to Phule, the most important stories of popular Hindu mythology were actually the distorted reflections of the ancient struggle between the Brahmans, who originally came from some region beyond the river Indus, and the Kshatriyas, the original inhabitants of this land, who came to be called kshatriyas by the invaders because they lived in ‘kshetras’ or fields. Phule explained how the mythological accounts of the ten incarnations of Vishnu and Parshuram’s extirpation of the kshatriyas from the earth were deliberately distorted versions of the actual historical conquest and defeat of the natives. Phule devotes the first nine chapters of Slavery to reconstructing the past and reinterpreting the 10 incarnations of Vishnu in historical terms (Phadke, 1979). According to Phule, the Aryans first attacked in small boats that moved in water like fish or ‘masa’ and hence the nickname of the first Aryan leader to attack the Kshatriyas came to be ‘Matsya’ (the first incarnation of Vishnu...
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Causes of Diseases of Genital Organs in Ashtanga Hridyam

 Causes of Diseases of Genital Organs (Penis)  Indulging in copulation suddenly (for the second time) immediately after retiring from the first, copulating with women having their menstrual tract (vaging) vitiated by the dosas, congested, contaminated and greatly narrowed, copulating with the other vagina (of animals); with the woman who is unwilling, who is forbidden, who has just delevered; touching (washing the penis in) dirty water, not washing it at all after copulation, applying strong acting pastes (of drugs etc.) on the penis desiring its increase in size ; (penis) getting injured (bruised) from assault by the fist, teeth, nails and application of paste of poisonous insects, suppression of the urges, long contect with very rough materials, hit or blow (by accident)-by these causes the dosas become aggravated, get localised in the genital organ (penis) and produce 23 diseases such as upadamsa etc. 1-4.  Upadamsa Upadamsa is of five kinds; one from each dosa seperat...
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