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  1. Jainarayan

    Do any of you live in a town as big as a city?

    No, and I miss being able to walk in a small downtown area to sit on a bench and see people in business casual or traditional business dress. Where I am currently (and probably will be until I have a toe tag) is the hind-end of the galaxy. Until I was 14 I grew up in the Vailsburg section of...
  2. Jainarayan

    Religious Attire and Dress

    It doesn't. For work, I wear a uniform of sorts ... white polo or button up shirt, black pants, black ball cap with store logo. Irl at home it's gym shorts and t-shirt; going out it's a polo or button up shirt, jeans or chinos, or shorts in the summer. Sometimes even staying home I get dressed...
  3. Jainarayan

    Speak Only in Random Song Lyrics

    You got to lose to know how to win (no, not election related, I just like the lyric).
  4. Jainarayan

    Your suggestions for relocation places for Americans post election

    How about Realitystan? Elections happen. Someone loses, someone wins. Some are elated, some are disappointed. Some throw temper tantrums and threaten to leave (by bye :shrug:). When GW Bush won people said (Whoopi Goldberg comes to mind) they would leave the US. There are plenty of places to go...
  5. Jainarayan

    Did you ever buy one of those old chemistry sets for kids?

    Possibly copper sulfate.
  6. Jainarayan

    Did you ever buy one of those old chemistry sets for kids?

    Me too. I had one that turned into a hobby. I learned a good bit. I never stereotypically blew up the house, but I did stink it up ... bad .. one time. I lit a large amount of sulfur, which wafted around the house. My father wanted to kill me. :D
  7. Jainarayan

    If Trump loses the election, will he accept it?

    And he’ll do that how, exactly? We heard the same thing about George W. Bush. Next.
  8. Jainarayan

    .. and there it is ..

    Most of the time I get a feeling of "glad I did puja". I feel a sense of protection when I'm with "the family", i.e. in my shrine area among the gods. There are times, however, and I'm embarassed and ashamed to admit that I find it a pain in the ***. :facepalm: I think maybe it's because my puja...
  9. Jainarayan

    Our Virtual Ashram

    @Aupmanyav I'm so sorry to hear about your brother. My late mother-in-law had Parkinson's, so I know what your family experienced. It is a terrible condition. May he take a happy and healthy rebirth. oṃ śāntiḥ
  10. Jainarayan

    Speak Only In Movie/TV Script

    I know what it is you saw. But it is not this day. You cannot pass! (usually shouted out my window at another driver).
  11. Jainarayan

    Why do most men shave?

    I'm bearded, so can I play? :D I think it goes in waves, fashion and style dictates, and a matter of monkey-see-monkey-do. Mostly monkey-see-monkey-do. Something starts the wave and men follow. Hairstyles are no different. I wonder how long the bald-by-choice and its variations (bald w/full...
  12. Jainarayan

    The Pagan, Buddhist, and Hindu Thread

    That's a big part ... I have no one to celebrate with. The crowds at the temple are intimidating to me. Not that anyone has been unkind or unwelcoming, but I just don't feel like I fit in. I console myself with listening to bhajans and mantras, thinking of the gods, finding pics to look at. I...
  13. Jainarayan

    Oklahoma schools in revolt over Bible mandate

    Eliminating prejudice, misinformation, ignorance ... y'know. Consider the rampant Islamophobia. I've known Muslims who are the salt of the Earth, who are hard-working and devout. Just after 9/11 I sat next to a Muslim woman in a hospital waiting room, watching the tv with her children. She was...
  14. Jainarayan

    The Pagan, Buddhist, and Hindu Thread

    No, another festival I'll miss and feel badly about. Janmāśtami blew right by me (again). :cry:
  15. Jainarayan

    Lets Talk About Spirit Possessions

    How about us possessing spirits? Jameson, Johnny Walker, Jack Daniel's? :D Seriously, I don't reject the idea of being possessed by a spirit. But it's not the western idea of Satan's demons. Hinduism and Buddhism have their own ideas of unsavory spirits. Btw, I thought the movie The Exorcist...
  16. Jainarayan

    The Bhakti Thread

    Great, thanks!
  17. Jainarayan

    The Bhakti Thread

    Another one of my overthought questions: Can I snuff out incense and offer it again, or is it a one and done? I think @Vinayaka once said he and Boss are snuffers. I don’t think he said if they use it again.
  18. Jainarayan

    The Bhakti Thread

    My cubicle at my last job was virtually a shrine. I had picture collages and small brass statues. My Indian coworkers always came by to take darshan. On one bring-your-child-to-work-day one of my coworkers brought her son to my cubicle to show him.
  19. Jainarayan

    The Bhakti Thread

    So, I composed my own upachara sloka... in Sanskrit (Latin alphabet with diacritics, I still can't read Devanagari). oṁ śrī kṛṣṇāya namaḥ patram samarpayāmi tulsi patram idam gruhān bhagavan pritya tav priyam tulsi devyai yat premnah tav sadā mam bhavatu Om Reverence to Lord Krishna I offer...
  20. Jainarayan

    Finally set up shrine … finally!

    That is beautiful! I love the different levels design. I'm actually going to do that for the current altar. The picture I posted isn't a good quality and may not show that I have two rows of statues.They're not in any order of "importance", except that Sri Krishna is center and elevated a bit...
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