What time we need to break fasting and what time we need to sleep after jagaram? Hi This is my first time doing fasting and jagaram please help me with these doubts 4 6 replies
Today was special day but I ended up mas*****ing and I'm regretting I have addiction of doing it everyday and not able to stop it. I did pooja in the morning and thought today would be the day I'll slowly reduce it. But I ended up doing it again. I'm wondering would God punish me for that because I couldn't even take a control on my urges? How do I end this addiction and resent what I did today? 3 16 replies
Prāyaścitta (atonement and repentance) Namaskaram and Greetings to everyone here! As the title suggests, this post is about ***Prāyaścitta***, for our bad deeds. Many people of our faith argue that the concept of sin doesn't exist in our culture, I just believe that concept of sin is different in our culture from those in Abrahamic religion. While those religions focus more on blasphemous acts, our faith teaches us that any act committed against the calling of our atma/soul is a sin. Keeping in mind above view, I believe I have committed a few... 2 3 replies
Maha Shivratri for a newcomer in Hinduism Hello everyone, maybe some of you remember me: i am that Italian who opened a post a few days ago in this subreddit asking about Hinduism. I feel a strong spiritual need to get closer to this religion but, in that topic, I explained that I am very inexperienced: in Italy Hinduism is almost unknown and I have difficulties to get in touch with a local community or a guru I wanted to ask you: on the occasion of Maha Shivratri which mantra is most appropriate to recite ?... 1 11 replies
Maha ShivaRatri: Shree Pashupatinath Temple, Nepal https://preview.redd.it/5cpwcpntchle1.jpg?width=1668&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=228fda8c1284988c1290408bbfbc7a7ff4e3a769 https://preview.redd.it/drsrwqntchle1.jpg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6df6bf2a7af2f3596af0363d58b8b856d6d1e242 https://preview.redd.it/7oc1gontchle1.jpg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9d7a6d22878e200c6f18d5665081b9cf71509c0 1 0 replies
Crazy story my grandmother told me today, is it real? guys everything i will say would be 100% real as told by my grandmother , this story is from the starting of the 80s, my grandmother was in a boat with her family ( there were various other families there too so around 6 boats all together ) they were sailing over ganga mata. one of them was a elder cousin of my grandmother, she had a child of age 5 years with her, that child was creating some nuisance so out of frustration she said " shaant hoja... 2 7 replies
What to do with Jal offered at Shiv Ling in temple? Har Har Mahadev Wishing everyone a Happy Mahashivratri I have gradually begun my journey of spirituality and connecting with God via Hinduism. I visited temple today morning to offer milk and jal(water) to Shiv Ling on the occasion of Mahashivratri. There were many devotees in the temple and to manage the crowd there were volunteers, after I was done offering the milk and water to Shiv Ling, one of the volunteer took the lota from my hand and filled it with jal from the jaladhari. This jal is a... 2 0 replies
O Girisha, when You took the form of a pillar of fire, Brahma trying from above and Vishnu trying from below failed to measure You. Afterwards, when they praised You with great faith and devotion, You revealed yourself to them of Your own accord; does not surrender to You bear fruit? 4 0 replies
