Paranormal experiences during vrat I've done 16 Somvar vrat a few times, over the past 4 years. The thing I've been praying for, still hasn't happened. I'm planning to start the next one, in a few days. Whenever I do the vrat, I get nightmares on and around Mondays. As my pooja time gets closer in the evening, my anger starts going up. I used to get sleep paralysis attacks on every Sunday and Monday, during the vrat, but they stopped when I started reciting kavacha. Nothing scary happens during the day but... 2 3 replies
Meditation bringing adverse changes in my life suddenly I have been regularly meditating from a year but from few weeks my meditating time increased and I started feeling less focused,negative,detached(not in positive manner) and extreme sexual urges. Anyone here who faced such situations and how did you tackled it? 1 8 replies
Bengali Hindus and their historical devotion to Sanatana Dharma has been really intense, if you think of Bengal's history. Joy Maa Kali 3 7 replies
Good books to start with? I only speak English and a little bit of German, no Sanskrit or Indian scripts, so I'm looking for something that isn't exact but at least gets the same message across as the original. Also, I've heard the books are somewhat seperated into three categories, although I forget them. Anyway, if you would could you say which category the book is in? Thanks 3 0 replies
Is this Real? So my parents bought me this necklace or whatever it's called when we traveled to India in 2011. Are these real rudraksh beads? I honestly can't tell. What even is the reason for owning this necklace? My apologies for the bad photos🫠. 2 9 replies
Dance with me The title of this post, “dance with me.” My poetry. Love. Cliche perhaps? No, I don’t suppose so. My love, selfish? I don’t think so. Who deserves love? You there? Do you deserve love? Perhaps not… is that what you think? Dance with me? Please?… Why? Well, because I love you. Who deserves love? You there! Yes you! The person I’m looking at🤭. Do you deserve it? Maybe… I can’t tell you how much I love you… love? A deceit, a lie, a con! Maybe. Trust me… When I... 5 0 replies
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Question about shipping a small brass Shiva statue. I sold a smaller sized Shiva figure that'd I'd found at a thrift store. Any particular things I should avoid when shipping it? I'm not Hindu and usually sell things I'm more knowledgeable of...paper and bubble wrapping it is the plan but I figured I'd ask just to make sure I could avoid a simple faux pas of a custom. Thanks in advance. 1 4 replies
Non Veg in Hinduism Let's not deny the fact or say it's mixing from invaders, Meat consumption has been mentioned in our texts from Veda, Mahabharata to Ramayan. I don't find issue thet humans consume it, but I can't understand why it is mentioned in our texts to offer it to god's, Surely bhagwan doesn't need us to kill animals for him, and we also find some verses saying we shouldn't kill animals, so why is there two versions where one says not to kill animals but many verses say to offer them... 3 18 replies
Do Vedas or Puranas talk about shape of the universe? I was reading about the meaning of Bhugol and how we had an understanding of spherical shape of mother Earth. Does it mean I can translate the wors Khagol to mean Universe is also round? I understand Khagol means study of celestial bodies. 4 2 replies
Do Western scholars give too much importance to the Manusmriti? Hello, I'm from Argentina, and I'm currently reading the Rig Veda in a Spanish translation. After finishing it, I was planning to read the Manusmriti. Sadly, the edition I have is an indirect translation through a French version, so I assume a lot will be lost in translation. I got the impression—though I might be wrong—that Western academia discusses this text extensively. But in reality, is it as important as it seems? I’ve seen in previous posts that this might not be the case. From what I’ve read, it’s... 5 15 replies
In my desire to get closer to Hinduism i have encountered several difficulties that i am now going to expose to you Hello everyone, I have read all the valuable information you have put in your starter pack. They were really very helpful, however I still have several doubts because I am in a bit of a peculiar situation. I am Italian and here Hinduism is very little practiced: there is obviously a community of believers from India or neighboring areas however they usually lead a rather separate life from the rest of the Italian community. In my desire to get closer to Hinduism I have encountered several difficulties that I... 2 16 replies
Am I being tested? I have recently found Hinduism and it has spoken to me in a profound way, that no other literature has. It has felt like being welcomed home after a hard day. Probably due to my own lack of nurturing growing up, I was drawn to Kali and while studying the important texts, I have been reading at length about her. I know that she will challenge and burn away all that keeps a person from the correct path. I have veered from the path, as I cope with trauma... 5 12 replies
A Hindu without a Hindu name. Hey guys I bear a Christian name , my parents are christian dad is a converted christian, but his entire family is Hindu, and I too believe only in my Hindu deities and the religion, now I want to fully get rid of my association with Christianity, by changing my name and religion legally, so what gotra will apply to me and what is a way to legally do this and also any rituals that need to be done? 3 21 replies
