’Satya Shodhak Samaj’ (Society of Seekers of Truth) with himself as its first president and treasurer. The main objectives of the organisation were to liberate the Shudras and Ati Shudras and to prevent their ’exploitation’ by the upper caste like Brahmans. Through this Satya Shodhak Samaj‚ Jotirao refused to regard the Vedas as sacrosanct. He opposed idolatry and
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LECTURETTE - IS THERE GOD ? 1. ‘O God‚ help us to keep ourselves physically strong‚ mentally awake and morally straight‚ that in doing our duty to Thee and our country we may keep the honour of the Services untarnished’ …..it is the way we started our life everyday for three very important years of our life‚ I am just reciting it so as to refresh your memory….and to seek out the first line….”Oh God‚ help us to”……GOD…who is GOD….what is GOD….is it something that justifies our existence‚ something
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Rey Chow in her essay Where Have all the Natives Gone?(Chow‚1993)‚ reminds us that‚ for Gayatri Spivak‚ the subaltern discourse is ultimately not translatable to the dominant episteme‚ the power- knowledge is unable to hear the actual voice of the subaltern–that is what Spivak’s “silent” subaltern means. According to Spivak the subaltern cannot speak because they do not “speak” in a “language” that is already recognized by the dominant culture or power regime. The subaltern who cannot speak is not
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I. Muhammad (pbuh) prophesised in Bhavishya Purana According to Bhavishya Purana in the Prati Sarag Parv III Khand 3 Adhay 3 Shloka 5 to 8. "A malecha (belonging to a foreign country and speaking a foreign language) spiritual teacher will appear with his companions. His name will be Mohammad. Raja (Bhoj) after giving this Maha Dev Arab (of angelic disposition) a bath in the Panchgavya and the Ganga water (i.e. purifying him of all sins) offered him the present of his sincere devotion and showing
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Primary Sources - Hinduism‚ Jainism‚ and Buddhism For more background information on religions see: http://home.comcast.net/~mruland/WHAP/Notes/foundations/wreligion.htm The Aryan invasion of the subcontinent around 1‚500 B.C.E. brought with it a new religion that featured a pantheon of gods that the Aryans worshiped through ritualism and with burnt sacrifices. Over the next thousand years‚ the religion matured‚ probably incorporating some elements of Harappan theology and certainly establishing
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Where do Hindus worship? Hindus commonly conduct pujas in shrines in three different environments: in temples‚ in the home‚ and in outdoor public spaces. It is equally common for any of the deities to be worshiped in any of these three types of shrines. Hindus believe that if proper care is not taken of a temple’s images‚ the deity will abandon the temple. Hence priests reside at the temple and take care of the gods’ needs. Priests perform puja at sunrise‚ noon‚ sunset‚ and midnight. For a layperson
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In the world‚ there are many types of “religious professionals”. Sometimes one religion profession is derived from another religion. In this essay I will show the similarities and differences of Hinduism priests and religion to Buddhism in general. Also the comparison between Aluk To Dolo Chinese priest and religions‚ and Japanese Zen master. Buddhism and Hinduism have various similarities and differences that effects the way that its followers live and think. The Buddhists and Hindus both have
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A Tiv woman obtains “a firm place in a household only as a mother of sons” (Hsu‚ 49; 1971). The value of sons in the Tiv culture is similar to one of the principles that are important to the Nepali patrilines. The Nepali Brahmans value continuity‚ for in order to continue the patriline‚ they too must have sons as well (Stone‚ 98; 2014). In the Tiv culture the mother’s role in procreation is to determine the sex of the child. After Tiv women give birth to a child‚ the mother
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गभर् उपिनषद् Garbha Upanishad Translation and notes by Subhash Kak (सुभाष काक) ॥ गभ पिनषत ् ॥ ॐ सह नाववतु । सह नौ भुन ु । सहवीय करवावहै । तेज ःव नावधीतमःतु । मा व षावहै ॥ ॐ शा तः शा तः शा तः ॥ Om! May we be protected; may we be nourished; may we act together with energy; may our study be vigorous and effective; may we not mutually dispute. Om! śāntiå‚ śāntiå‚ śāntiå. ॐ प चा मक प चसु वतर्मानं षडाौयं ष गुणयोगयु म ् । ं त स धातु ऽमलं योिन चतु वर्धाहारमयं शर रं ॥ The body is fivefold
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Non- Brahmin perspective of Dr.BR. Ambedkar Introduction: “My social philosophy may be said to be enshrined in three words: liberty‚ equality and fraternity. My philosophy has roots in religion and not in political science. I have derived them from the teachings of my master‚ the Buddha.” – Dr. B.R.Ambedkar. Ambedkar was both a prolific writer and an avid reader and it was the ideas of Buddha‚ Saint Kabir‚ Jyoitba Phule and John Dewey that deeply influenced his thinking. It was Buddha’s realist
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