Hindus should restart worshipping Indra

[Sb1995]

"You are such a hindutvavAdI terrorist! Those poor, poor mujahideen, they're so oppressed by the Indian government which doesn't let them steal the land for "Allah." The only way they can vent their anger is by butchering kashmIrI paNDits in cold blood, so we should let them do that. The people who are being murdered are the real terrorists, not the murderers." -Arundhati Roy, Marxist-Naxalite Extraordinaire

Honestly can you please stop WriTiNG liKE this with weird font colour yaar...It's becoming difficult lol. Funny you mention that quote because I am Kashmiri and it is India's land. We will fight blood for blood. Jai Shri RAM.

 

[Jaskaran Singh]

Honestly can you please stop WriTiNG liKE this with weird font colour yaar...It's becoming difficult lol. Funny you mention that quote because I am Kashmiri and it is India's land. We will fight blood for blood. Jai Shri RAM.

That quote isn't real. It's a joke; I'm making fun of stuff Arundhati Roy says...

 

[Sb1995]

That quote isn't real. It's a joke; I'm making fun of stuff Arundhati Roy says...

she's an idiot.

 

[Jaskaran Singh]

she's an idiot.

It's funny though that you couldn't tell whether it was a real quote by her or not. It seems she really is that crazy...

 

[Sb1995]

It's funny though that you couldn't tell whether it was a real quote by her or not. It seems she really is that crazy...

She's mad in the head lol..

 

[Poeticus]

"You are such a hindutvavAdI terrorist! Those poor, poor mujahideen, they're so oppressed by the Indian government which doesn't let them steal the land for "Allah." The only way they can vent their anger is by butchering kashmIrI paNDits in cold blood, so we should let them do that. The people who are being murdered are the real terrorists, not the murderers: that's what my hero, Mao Tse-Tung, taught me." -Arundhati Roy, Marxist-Naxalite Extraordinaire

You almost forgot the usual --

If you disagree with us, you are
an evil, evil, evil person of mass
evilness!​

 

[Sb1995]

You almost forgot the usual --

If you disagree with us, you are
an evil, evil, evil person of mass
evilness!​

What fools JAI SHRI RAM

 

[Tyaga]

I think Hindus should restart worshiping Visvedevas instead of claiming my Ishta Devata is better than your Ishta Devata

 

[Poeticus]

I think Hindus should restart worshiping Visvedevas instead of claiming my Ishta Devata is better than your Ishta Devata

Psssstt.

My Ishta brings all the bhakta-s to the yard --
and they're like, Ours is better than yours,
darn' right; Ours is better than yours.

La la-la la la,
ārti it up.
La la-la la la,
the bhakta-s are waiting.

*credit for inspiration: Kelis' Milkshake​

 

[Tyaga]

Psssstt.

My Ishta brings all the bhakta-s to the yard --
and they're like, Ours is betters than yours,
darn' right; Ours is better than yours.

La la-la la la,
ārti it up.
La la-la la la,
the bhakta-s are waiting.​

You see kavita in everything !

 

[Poeticus]

You see kavita in everything !

I'm glad you liked it! But, it was a
failed attempt in expressing satirical
agreement of your earlier message.
I, too, am not fond of the usual
'My Ishta' vs. 'Your Ishta'.

Perhaps, this is another reason among
many of why I am a polytheist.​

 

[Tyaga]

I'm glad you liked it! But, it was a
failed attempt in expressing satirical
agreement of your earlier message.
I, too, am not fond of the usual
'My Ishta' vs. 'Your Ishta'.

Perhaps, this is another reason among
many of why I am a polytheist.​

Same here.I am not a polytheist though.I believe all Devatas are reflections of Sat or Ekam as expressed in many Rig Vedic hymns.I adore and respect every Devatas,this includes the folk deities.This is the advantage of not following any specific Sampradaya :beach:

And no,it was not a failed attempt.Just need to autotune it

 

[Aupmanyav]

"The only way they can vent their anger is by butchering kashmIrI paNDits in cold blood, .." -Arundhati Roy, Marxist-Naxalite Extraordinaire

Arundhati Roy, Romila Thapar, Vikram Seth, and many other men and women like them, traitors, opportunists, masochists. I think she usurped forest land in Panchamarhi and constructed her house. Well, it is good that Kashmiri hindus managed to get out without much losses. I am sure, one day we will return to our land.

Milkshake

That is a nice song.

 

[Sb1995]

Arundhati Roy, Romila Thapar, and so many men and women like them, traitors, opportunists, masochists. I think she usurped forest land in Panchamarhi and constructed her house. Well, it is good that Kashmiri hindus managed to get out without much losses. I am sure, one day we will return to our land.

Tension mat le yaar. Modiji is on the way. We will return soon.

 

[Aupmanyav]

I really can't understand why Hindus have stopped worshiping Indra. I am not saying that his worship has entirely stopped. But he has been reduced to a minor deity.

Indra's position has been very seriously compromised, I think it is irretrievable. His chair has been made a rotating one. During this manavantara it is Purandara, in the next manavantara it would be King Bali (Mahabali). He erred greatly in meddling with a Rishi's wife and in trying to be one-up on Krishna.

 

[NobodyYouKnow]

Namaste. :namaste

A personal thought and observation? - not necessarily a correct one...

Back in historical times, even the Greeks had their 'pantheon of deities' which included Zeus (the main 'God' associated with thunder and lightning like Indra and/or Thor), Agni, the 'fire deity' was associated with prometheus (fire), Vulcan (metallurgy and alchemy) and hermetic tradition (after the god, Hermes), Poseidon, the water God, and a deity for the sun, moon, certain planets or planetary aspects associated with harvests or festivals - In times of Rig Veda, nature worship (and the personification of 'natural forces') was quite widespread throughout the world, with a similar pantheon of Gods (just with different names, but very similar attributes) popping up all over the world along certain trade routes....faith and beliefs were exchanged and personalised along with goods and reputation.

After a while, the beliefs became more secular and refined away from those 'foreign Gods with different names' to more tribal and local gods and the focus became towards more of a religious and spiritual upheaval revolution (it was probably documented somewhere).

After that, all of the 'gods' lost status and just became 'devas' or 'divine beings' but under the control of a more omnipotent power - I mean, the lightning and thunder may be awesome and terrifying and all that, but that's all it is - lightning and thunder...now what made that happen? Instead of asking 'why'? we should begin to ask 'how?'

Thus, gods like Indra (and later, Brahma) fell out of favour with being worshiped by mainstream Hindus. They became (or were made) 'redundant', 'superfluous' then 'superceded' by 'better models'.

I still include Lord Indra in some of my prayers, in Havan and Nav Graha puja, but I don't pray to him directly. They ever say he is an emanation of Lord Siva anyway.

Om Namah Shivaya

 

[Breathe]

Thus, gods like Indra (and later, Brahma) fell out of favour with being worshiped by mainstream Hindus. They became (or were made) 'redundant', 'superfluous' then 'superceded' by 'better models'.

Something I've seen as a claim is that humans find it quite difficult to approach "on high" gods, and so many go to "lesser" gods.

I've seen it in real life with some people, when told to pray about something. "I don't think God/that god has time to deal with my [minor] problems".

Do you think this could've played a factor?

 

[NobodyYouKnow]

Something I've seen as a claim is that humans find it quite difficult to approach "on high" gods, and so many go to "lesser" gods.

I've seen it in real life with some people, when told to pray about something. "I don't think God/that god has time to deal with my [minor] problems".

Do you think this could've played a factor?

Namaste.

That is interesting to speculate on, and I feel that it may be a contributing factor, but not the main one.

It's difficult to explain it, but Hinduism is a belief that's not too fond of letting go of old concepts and ideas once and when ever a new one comes along.

Om Namah Shivaya

 

[Aupmanyav]

I've seen it in real life with some people, when told to pray about something. "I don't think God/that god has time to deal with my (minor) problems". Do you think this could've played a factor?

That is right. One prays to the main deity, but the specific request is given to one who is close to the deity. For example, in Ganesha temples in Mumbai, you would find people whispering into the ears of the silver mouse in the temple kept right opposite the idol of the deity. The mouse (Mushaka, Mushakasura, a demon straightened by Ganesha) is the deity's mount and he is supposed to make the deity work on the request. Similarly in some Shiva temples one whispers in the ears of the bull (Nandi, Chief of one of the cohorts of Shiva, Ganadhyaksha) which is the mount for Shiva to inveigle support of some one who is always close to the deity so that the request is promptly attended to.

 

[NobodyYouKnow]

That is right. One prays to the main deity, but the specific request is given to one who is close to the deity. For example, in Ganesha temples in Mumbai, you would find people whispering into the ears of the silver mouse in the temple kept right opposite the idol of the deity. The mouse is the deity's mount and he is supposed to make the deity work of the request. Similarly in Shiva temples one whispers in the ears of the bull which is the mount for Shiva.

...or one goes straight for the Devi statue going 'Ma, He just won't listen to me, but He listens to You always...'

Om Namah Shivaya