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Sir, I would like to know from you about Karni Mata. Her temple is very popular, which is located in Deshnok near Bikaner city in Rajasthan. The temple is also famous in a way that there are lots of mice in the temple, which did not cause any disease to the people. I have seen people taking ‘Jyoth’ not only in this temple on even other temples in Rajasthan. what is the significance of taking ‘jyoth’?🛕🔱🌅🏜️

Karni Mata is one of the emanations of Maa Durga who was born in a family connected with the royal family. Among the many miracles

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Dear sir , why Sri Rama asked sugriva to fight with bali, poor fellow had no chance of winning , Rama could have killed bali without sending sugriva to fight. I think it was an example of active surrender. But in the case of vibhishan, it was different, he was not asked to fight ravana , may be because he was not a warrior, although vibhishan was passively engaged in the battlefield giving secrets and building strategies to help rama . Rama even took a giant hit which was meant for Vibhishan while sugriva was beaten mercilessly by bali . Please share your thoughts?

Vali had no personal enmity with Rama. Hence the only way his killing could have been justified according to the dharma of the Age was

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I’ve been pondering this question for a little while. About 3 months back, I saw the Netflix animated series Kurukshetra. In it, when the Pandavas had to bring down Dronacharya, finding it difficult Krishna suggested to Yuddhistira that he lie (Aswatthama hato hata). It’s only when Yuddhistira refuses to lie that Krishna asks him to tell a half truth (Nara ba Gunjara). My question is how can a God endorse lying, when the Mother herself has forbidden us to lie?☸️🐎🏹⚔️

Netflix is known to be a platform with an agenda. According to the story as told by Vedavyas ji Sri Krishna goes step by step

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During family discuss about god and the creation. I said that Divine Mother is the Mother of all gods and Lord Sri Aurobindo is the Father of them all. And Sri Aurobindo is Kalki Avatar. So my aunt asked if he is the Kalki Avatar he must be the 10th Avatar of Vishnu so he must have came out of Vishnu as Lord Krishna was and must be lower in consciousness which I know is not true. Kindly elaborate🪷✨🔽🌏

According to the Vishnu Purana, the 10 Avatars are the Avatars of Vishnu. It means that the Divine comes down pressing upon the aspect of

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What does this mean? “This is indeed the note of Bengali literature and the one high thing it has gained from a close acquaintance with European models. The hideous grotesques of old Hindu Art, the monkey-rabble of Ram and the ten heads of Ravan, are henceforth impossible to it.”Sri Aurobindo has spoken highly of Valmiki’s aesthetics.. then what does this “hideous-grotesque” refer to here?🏹☀️🌳🐒

Here he is mainly referring to Bankim’s imagery in which Sri Aurobindo finds ‘beauty, terseness, strength and sweetness’. The hideousness is not about Valmiki’s Ramayana.

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Gopis loved Krishna but all of them except Radha experienced all the typical elements of lower nature such as jealousy, longing to tie him near them, possessiveness and all the rest. It is the typical human love transfered towards the Divine. That is why perhaps the personality of Radha has been brought in. Of course Radha does exist but in the Bhagawat she does not find a direct mention. Radha’s love is entire self-giving. Is it little wonder that Sri Krishna reveals the one and only Gita only to Arjuna, calls him His eternal Companion as Nara- Narayana. 🦚🪈🌸🏹

Bhakti is simply a general term indicating one who takes joy in God. Relations are the shades it takes.

As to Adwait, Sri Krishna clarifies

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