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There is a fire temple 21 km east of Baku Azerbaijan, with permanent natural gas flowing from under the ground. The temple was built by Indian merchants in the 18th century. After Discovering the source of gas, the Hindus from the Ganges started visiting the site to pray. As the merchants praised the place, the number of visitors increased. According to historian Sara Ashurbayli, the Ateshgah fire temple was built on an ancient fire worshipping site. Ateshgah resembles like a small fortress. There are cells inside the stoned – fenced courtyard, while the shine is in the centre. Fire Worshippers led an ascetic lifestyle here. ateshgah fire templeateshgah fire temple Expecting nothing from the material world, people confined themselves to the cells. Ateshgah fire temple has always attracted travellers and writers. The most detailed account of it is encountered by Alexander Duma’s book «Caucasus trip» written in 1858. Tourists don’t leave Baku without visiting this place. Ateshgah of Baku consists of a temple, Indian monastic cells and visitor areas. The exterior blank wall that embraces all the Ateshgah’s cells and houses provide it with an old Persian caravanserai appearance. Ateshgah seems to have been built by local masters working on a plan by the Indians who funded this monument. After İslam came to Azerbaijan some of the fire-worshippers refused to acknowledge Islam and were eventually compelled back to India, where the fire-religion legacy continued. After Islam was introduced, the majority of the Caucasus population stayed fire-worshippers. At the 10th century, fire-worshippers lived not far from Baku. The fireplace is located natural gas ventilation in the centre, igniting a massive fire in the middle and four smaller fires on the pavilion’s rooftop corners. A number of small cells circling the Temple Fireplace contained ascetic believers and pilgrims. The discussion continues as to whether this temple was built as a Zoroastrian or Hindu place of worship, because the structure combines architectural features of both religions, without either adhering completely to it. The most popular hypothesis brings the temple is in the style of Zoroastrian, However that it has changed over time into a primarily Hindu religious building. In 1902 the natural flames were put our because a gas well drilled in the vicinity led to the blowout. Fifteen LEDs had to be drilled and a pipeline laid, which led to Ateshgah losing its uniqueness. In 1975 it was turned into a museum. On 30 September 1998, the Ateshgah fire temple was listed on the official list of UNESCO World Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding and was given “improved protection” approval. In 2007 by the act of the President of Azerbaijan, the temple was proclaimed a state historical-architectural reserve.

According to Srimad Valmiki Ramayana neither Indrajit received such a boon nor did Lakshmana serve Sri Rama without sleeping. The following narrations in Slokas 1 to 3 of Sarga 56 of Ayodhya Kanda did confirm that Lakshmana slept during his stay in forest. अथ रात्र्याम् व्यतीतायाम् अवसुप्तम् अनन्तरम् | प्रबोधयाम् आस शनैः लक्ष्मणम् रघु नन्दनः || "Then, Sri Rama gently woke up Lakshmana, who was sleeping without break, even when the night was passing away." सौमित्रे शृणु वन्यानाम् वल्गु व्याहरताम् स्वनम् | सम्प्रतिष्ठामहे कालः प्रस्थानस्य परम् तप || "Oh, Lakshmana! Hear the sound of wild animals, resounding beautifully. It is time for our journey. Let us start." स सुप्तः समये भ्रात्रा लक्ष्मणः प्रतिबोधितः | जहौ निद्राम् च तन्द्रीम् च प्रसक्तम् च पथि श्रमम् || "Lakshmana, who was sleeping, being woken up by his brother at the right moment, had relinquished sleep, sloth and strain, which resulted on the way." There is a difference between being alert while in forest and not sleeping. Lakshmana was alert during his stay in forests. But in other Ramayana we can find that Laxmana did not slept for 14 years due to his brother Rama security and the time of his sleeping period was added to his wife Urmila so Urmila slept for 14 years continiously. ---------------------------------------- If you are searching for analogy for Lakshmana's sleep , you could say it was a psychiatric trick of some kind. Its like hypnotising someone to be awake, by convincing him that someone else is sleeping on his behalf. I could give you the mythological version of how he managed to stay awake. So, Lakshmana was all set to accompany Rama, on his exile. His reason, going with them was to protect Sita & Rama, 24×7 for 14 years. That wouldn't be possible if he had to sleep. So, he devised a clever plan. When Nidra devi ( Thats right, Nidra was a Goddess) approached him on the first day of Aranya Vaasa, he asked her to go to his wife Urmila, who was glad to take up her husbands share of sleep. ( You see, Sleep can neither be destroyed nor created. It can just be transferred from one person to another). That way, Urmila Devi was asleep for 14 years , while Lakshmana was awake protecting his brother. The funny part is, when Rama's coronation was in progress, Lakshmna had used up his 14 years of "No sleep" deal, and he had to miss the Crowning, while Urmila got to attend the same. There are great poems written in praise of Urmila Devi's sacrifice( In South Indian tales of Ramayana ) Some of them are : 1. Urmila Devi Nidra 2. Urmila Devi Viraham Sources : [1]. Urmila Devi Wikipedia. [2]. Devdutta Pattanaik's Ramayana

We all know about The Great Wall of China, but we dont know about the Great Wall of Benin, The Guinness Book of World Records (1974) describes the walls as the world's second largest man-made structure after China's Great Wall, it covered a border distance of 16,000km. It was once thought to be larger than the Great Wall of China. The wall was for protection from invaders, the construction started around 800AD and was completed in 1460AD, it covered a 6500km² of community land. 20 June 2020 Kathmandu

Because Hinduism (Sanātana Dharma) is the only religion which:– does not derive from an imaginary Sky Dictator and has no divine commands. ensures complete freedom of thought and belief encourages doubt as the portal to wisdom guarantees freedom of speech and encourages rigorous debate encompasses every belief from atheism to pantheism is grounded in reason and logic and has a sound philosophy and psychology is completely in harmony with science has a universal ethic encompassing all sentient beings no concept of “thought-crime” and eternal damnation. freedom from all religious compulsion has an environmental ethic from its inception does not have a concept of the “chosen” or the “elect” has guidelines for living the “good” life is focused on happiness in the here and now. has a complete regime for health care (Yoga and Ayur-veda) Has a vast storehouse of spiritual techniques and practices for every level of aspirant and varieties of disposition. Is totally inclusive - welcoming and supporting all other belief systems (The Hindu lands are the only places in which there has never been persecution of minorities such as Jews or Parsis). Has the most colourful festivals and delicious vegetarian feasts Supports the arts - dancing, singing, architecture, sculpture, painting etc. Has the richest library of sacred literature Has the greatest epics and stories still being told, dramatised and enacted. It is the only religion which has a text book on sex some of which is illustrated in temple sculptures. And the list goes on - exhaustively. Kathmandu Nepal 06-18-2020

Historically, there were two buddhas who took birth in ancient India, but Vedic religious gurus and historians tried to project both of them as same person because the purpose of both of them was same.The first Avatara Buddha, who was incarnation of Lord Vishnu, established the philosophy of Ahimsa(nonviolence) and convinced those followers of Vedic customs, who by that time had become bent toward animal sacrifice, to give up such rituals and become kind to animals. He did not establish any godless or monist philosophy like the latter one. This Avatara Buddha was born to his mother Anjana in a place, what became known as Bodhgaya in later years. He is the actual avatara of Vishnu. Infact, he was mentioned even by asura king Ravana many years ago.The second Buddha known as Gautama or Siddhartha was born as a prince in Lumbini, now in Nepal, to Mayadevi in 1887 BCE. He is the one buddhists refer about, the prince who left home to do austerities to find enlightenment. He went to Bodhgaya to meditate because of its spiritual potency as the birthplace of the avatara Buddha. Then he became enlightened to the reasons for suffering in this world, and developed a godless way of becoming free from suffering. Since then, he established the monist and godless philosophy of Buddhism, which became named after him by his followers. The word Buddha in Sanskrit means “The Awakened One“, one who is awakened to Reality, who understands true nature of the mind, the world, and all sentient beings. The Theravadin texts refer to six preceding Buddhas (those who have awakened) as Vipasyin, Sikin, Krakuccanda, Konagamara, Kashyapa, and Maitreya as the Buddha of the future. Everyone who is awakened his Buddhi(sense) can become a Buddha. “Bodhi” means “Awake”, and “Sattva” means “sentient”. The term “Bodhisattva” refers to the awaked ones who has sympathy for the humanity absolutely as well as show empathy for them and be ready to help them. Generally, people often use the word “Bodhisattva soul” for those who are good-hearted. In order to become the Buddha, the Buddhist must go on the Bodhisattva path. But here, we are talking about the Vishnu’s avatar Buddha and Gautama Buddha, whose teachings are followed by Buddhists worldwide at present. Infact, Gautama Buddha himself did not create a religion. His followers went to other kings, mentioned that Gautama was born as Siddhartha in Ikshvaku dynasty in which Lord Rama also was born 55 generations ahead. So, he is incarnation of Vishnu and we all should follow him. Biggest irony at that time was that, while Gautama Buddha wanted everyone to equally practice his principles irrespective of caste, his followers convinced Kshatriyas (Kings) that Siddhartha was born in their caste, so they should take pride in that matter and follow him. Adi Sankaracharya, while discussing or arguing with others, did not discriminate between the purpose of one or the other. Sankaracharya, who was born more than 1300 years after Gautama Buddha, developed his own sunya philosophy, which was very much like the Buddhist philosophy, replacing the Buddhist nirvana with his Vedic Brahman, to defeat Buddhism and drive it out of India. He succeeded most effectively, as at that time many were leaving Vedic culture and converting to Buddhism. But with this new Mayavadha philosophy from Sankaracharya, Buddhism bowed, conversions stopped, and Buddhism itself started to decline. This is one main reason why these two Buddhas became merged into one identity. Later many Acharyas in India defeated Sankaracharya’s monist or impersonalist Mayavada philosophy but the purpose of stopping conversions of hindus into buddhism was already achieved. Srila Jayadeva Goswami’s composition “Gita Govinda” describes 10 avatars of Vishnu as : vedan uddharate jaganti vahate bhugolam udbibhrate daityam darayate balim chalayate kshatra kshayam kurvate paulastyam jayate halam kalayate karunyam atanvate mlecchan murccayate dasaktikrite krishnaya tubhyam namaha Translation : Krishna, He who took ten incarnations! I offer my obeisances unto You for saving the Vedic scriptures as Matsya-incarnation; You help up the universe as Kurma-incarnation, and lifted up the world as Varaha, the Boar incarnation; as Nrishimha You vanquished Hiranyakashipu; as Vamana You deceived Bali Maharaja; as Parasurama You exterminated the corrupt warrior class; as Rama You slew Ravana; as Balarama You took up the plough; as Buddha You bestowed compassion, and as Kalki You kill the Mlecchas. In his Dasa Avatara Stotram, Srila Jayadeva writes in the ninth verse: nindasi yajna vidherahaha shrutijatam sadaya hridaya darshita pashughatam kesava dhrita bhuddha sarira jaya jagadisha hare jaya jagadisha hare Translation : O Lord of the universe, Kesava! You took the form of Lord Buddha Who is full of compassion and stopped the slaughter of animals which is strictly forbidden in the Vedas. The above Buddha is clearly the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Infact, puranas do not mention concept of Dasavataras. Vishnu had many other avataras like Hayagreeva, Mohini, Venkateswara which were not included in that list of 10. Books like Amara Kosa, Prajna-Paramita Sutra, Astasahastrika Prajna-Paramita Sutra, Sata-shastrika Prajna-Paramita Sutra, Lalita Vistara, etc describe multiple Buddhas. Above books reveal the existence of three categories of Buddha, namely: Human Buddhas: like Gautama, who came to be known as Buddha after enlightenment. Bodhisattva Buddhas: Personalities like Samanta Bhadraka, who were born enlightened. Adi (original) Buddha: the omnipresent Vishnu’s Avatara of Lord Buddha. Lankavatara Sutra is a famous and authoritative Buddhist scripture. From the description of the Buddha in this book, it can be concluded that he is not the more recent Sakya Simha or Gautama Buddha. In the beginning of this book we find Ravana, King of Lanka, praying first to the original Vishnu incarnation Buddha and then to the successive future Buddha. A part of this prayer is : lankavatara sutram vai purva buddha anuvarnitam smarami purvakaih buddhair jina-putra puraskritaihi sutram etan nigadyante bhagavan api bhashatam bhavishyatyanagate kale buddha buddha-sutas cha ye Translation : Ravana, the king of Lanka, at first recited in the Totaka metre, then sang the following – ‘I invoke in my memory the aphorisms known as Lankavatara-sutra, compiled and propagated by the previous Buddha (Vishnu’s incarnation). The son of Jina (Lord Buddha) presented this book. Lord Buddha and his sons, who will appear in the future, as well as Bhagavan, the Vishnu incarnation, will continue to instruct all from this book.’ Lankavatara Sutra is wrongly depicted as conversation between Gautama Buddha and a Bodhisattva named Mahamati. Infact, it is conversation between Aadi Buddha (original Buddha) and his follower Mahamati. It is set in Lanka, which Ravana ruled later. This proves that the first original avatar of Vishnu came on earth long long before Gautama Buddha and Ravana, who lived in Treta Yuga knew about him. As the cycle of four yugas keep repeating, Ravana, in some treta yuga must have worshipped Buddha (who came much earlier in Krita Yuga) from one of his previous Kali or some other Yuga. Content courtesy:- BooksFact - Ancient Knowledge & Wisdom - Archaeology, History, Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Technology, Science.

जिन्दगी चल्दाे रहेछ जसरी पनि अाकाश खुल्दा पनि अाकाश बन्द भए पनि जहाज हप्ताैँ उडेनन् गाडी महिनाैँ चलेनन् तर पनि जीन्दगी चल्न छाेडेन छाेड्न त प्रदुषण हुन छाेड्याे अनावश्यक भीड हुन छाेड्याे अनि दुर्घटना पनि धेरै मात्रामा हुन छाेड्याे केहि सुर्य बहादुर हरुलाइ छाेड्ने हाे भने भाेकले अरु काेहि मरेन। अस्पताल शान्त भए कार्यालय माैन बसे पुग्नु कसैलाइ कहिँ भएन साँच्चै याे बन्दाबन्दि भरी हामीलाइ किन कहिँ जान परेन? बाँझाे खेत जाेतियाे गाउँमा रंग पाेतियाे बाअामा खुशी भए अनेकन संझना रहे तर अब फेरि त्याे समय सकियाे उहि पुरानै दिनकाे पुनरावृत्ति चल्नेछ युगाैँ युग सम्म फेरि कहिले दाेहाेरिएला र काेराेना जस्तै अर्काे कहर दुख दिए पनि एउटा मिठाे छाप छ काेराेनाकाे धेरै पुस्ताले नदेखेकाे एउटा अनुभव रहिरहने भाे याे मनभित्र युगाैँ युग हेराैँ यस्ताे दिन फेरि त नभेटिएला र नभेटियाेस् मानव मात्रकाे लागि तर चाहिने रहेछ पृथ्वीकाे लागि प्रकृतिकाे लागि।। असार ०१ २०७७ काठमाण्डाै

सरकारले भारतद्वारा अतिक्रमित नेपाली भुमि फिर्ता ल्याउन जुन पहल गर्दै छ त्याे सह्राहनिय छ।संसदमा देखिएकाे एकजुटता राष्ट्रिय संकटका बेला अपरिहार्य हाे र त्याे मिल्याे पनि। कालापानी,लिम्पियाधुरा र लिपुलेकका लागि सम्पुर्ण देश लागेकाे छ।तर महाकाली तिर मात्र हैन भारतले त पुरै देशमा पाएसम्म भुमी मिचिरहेकाे छ त्यता तर्फ हाम्राे ध्यान पुगेकाे छैन।भारत सँगकाे वार्ता पछि लिपुलेक सहित लिम्पियाधुरा त अाउला तर त्यता मात्र हामीले ध्यान दिए सुस्ता,फालेलुङ्ग तिर कब्जा फेरि कालापानीमा झैँ जमाउन सक्छ त्यसैले भारतसँगकाे अबकाे वार्तामा फेरि देखि सीमा विवाद नअाउने गरि सुल्झाउन सरकारले पहल गर्न पर्छ। हातमा नेपाली जग्गाधनी प्रमाणपत्र लिएर देशकाे सीमाबाट बाहिर बस्न पर्ने समस्या छ त्याे समस्या समाधान गर्न नि सरकारले पहल गरेर भारतीय अतिक्रमण बाट पिडित बनेका जनतालाइ पनि देशमा सरकार भएकाे महशुस गराउन सक्नु पनि सरकारकाे दायित्व हाे सरकारले यसलाइ नि मनन गराेस्। अर्काे तर्फ सरकार अहिले नै अमेरिकी सहयाेग एमसिसी पारित गराउन लागेकाे छ कतिपय बुँदामा स्पष्ट नभइकन एमसिसी पारित गर्न हुँदैन।एमसिसी पारित नगरे अमेरिका सँगकाे सम्बन्ध बिग्रन्छ भन्ने अर्थमन्त्री खतिवडाकाे भनाइले पनि सरकार दबाबमा छ कि भन्ने देखिन्छ तर राष्ट्रिय हितका लागि,अखण्डताका लागि कसैसँग सम्झाैता गर्न हुन्न भन्ने कुरा सरकारले बुझ्न जरुरी छ। राष्ट्रिय हितमा हामी सबै लागाैँ बाँकी हाम्रा समस्या हामी घरभित्रै बसेर सुल्झाउँला।