Verse 29 - From this episode: भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् । सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ॥ Tune in every Sunday for a new episode of this philological and philosophical analysis of the Bhagavad Gita! Texts referenced in the series: 1. Gita Rahasya by Lokmanya Tilak 2. Gita Discourses by Osho 3. Gitamritam, Gita Pathey, and Gita Discourses by Rev. Athavale Dadaji 4. Gita interpretation by Mahatma Gandhi 5. Gita commentary by Adi Shankaracharya 6. Sargeant Winthrop and Christopher Key Chapple. The Bhagavad Gita. State University of New York Press, 2009. 7. Goldman Robert ..read more

From Chapter 4: चातुर्वर्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः। तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्धयकर्तारमव्ययम् ॥13॥ catur-varnyam maya srstam, guna-karma-vibhagasah tasya kartaram api mam, viddhy akartaram avyayam Tune in every Sunday for a new episode of this philological and philosophical analysis of the Bhagavad Gita! Texts referenced in the series: 1. Gita Rahasya by Lokmanya Tilak 2. Gita Discourses by Osho 3. Gitamritam, Gita Pathey, and Gita Discourses by Rev. Athavale Dadaji 4. Gita interpretation by Mahatma Gandhi 5. Gita commentary by Adi Shankaracharya 6. Sargeant Winthrop and Christopher Key Chappl ..read more

The Narada Falls at Mt. Rainier, WA, USA, was named after Narada Muni in 1893, the same year Swami Vivekananda gave his legendary speech in Chicago. "The falls were named Narada by Arthur F. Knight during a week-long trip to Mount Rainier in 1893 for the Narada branch of the Theosophical Society of Western Washington" From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narada_Falls#history #NaradaFalls #ashortaday #shortvideo #explore #Narada #MtRainier ..read more

Verse 43 - From this episode: एवं बुद्धे: परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना | जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् | Tune in every Sunday for a new episode of this philological and philosophical analysis of the Bhagavad Gita! Texts referenced in the series: 1. Gita Rahasya by Lokmanya Tilak 2. Gita Discourses by Osho 3. Gitamritam, Gita Pathey, and Gita Discourses by Rev. Athavale Dadaji 4. Gita interpretation by Mahatma Gandhi 5. Gita commentary by Adi Shankaracharya 6. Sargeant Winthrop and Christopher Key Chapple. The Bhagavad Gita. State University of New York Press, 2009. 7. Goldman Rober ..read more

Nalanda University's first great student was Xuanzang from China ?? https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/the-india-centre/academic-study-of-world-religions-needed-in-india ..read more

कच्छ नहीं देखा तो कुछ नहीं देखा #gujarat #india #discoverindia #religion #rannofkutch #kutch #religiousstudies #travel ..read more

अमेरिकी ग्रांड कैन्यन की कई चोटियों के नाम हिंदू देवी-देवताओं के नाम पर रखे गए थे Many Peaks in the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA, were Named After Hindu Gods and Goddesses. "Little is known of what impelled Dutton to ascribe 'Oriental' names to some of the buttes and peaks in the Grand Canyon, but he did: and so it is that the visitor today may 'worship' at the temples of Mencius, Confucius, and the Buddha, and at these Hindu temples: Vishnu; Shiva; Brahma; Rama; and Manu." https://southasia.ucla.edu/diaspora/hinduism-wild-west/ #grandcanyon #ashortaday #shortvideo #explore ..read more

"Georges Dumézil's Trifunctional Hypothesis proposed a common structure underlying the mythologies and societies of Proto-Indo-European peoples, consisting of three distinct social functions: sovereignty, warfare, and productivity." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Dum%C3%A9zil#Formulation_of_the_trifunctional_hypothesis These three directly correspond to Brahmin, Kshatriya, and Vaishya of the Varna System mentioned in ancient Hindu texts. For more details, watch my detailed presentation at UT Austin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ3rtKIRaFw #VarnaSystem #Dumezil #TrifunctionalHypothesi ..read more

Ambar (sky), Digambar (sky-clad), Shvetambar (white-clad), Peetambar (yellow-clad) #ashortaday #shortvideo #viral #explore #subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/profpankajjain/message ..read more

Zen Gardens: Philological and Philosophical Analysis of the "Meditation Gardens" Zen (Japanese) = Chan (Chinese) = Dhyan (Sanskrit) One of the most widely cited papers by Lynn White, Jr. mentions Japanese Zen Gardens and their influence on European Gardens: The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis Lynn White. 1967. Science 155: 1203-1207 https://www.cmu.ca/faculty/gmatties/lynnwhiterootsofcrisis.pdf #Nature #zen #meditation #zengarden --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/profpankajjain/message ..read more