Bhagavad Gita
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This asana excercises the back muscles. it excercises the abdominal muscles and improves digestion. The neck, shoulder and the spine are also exercised. It improves the functioning of the liver. Method Stand straight. The feet should be kept apart at 18″ to 20″. Raise the arm and claspo the fingers while inhaling, bend backwards. Remain…
A Vishnudas and a Sambhudas once to shelter from the rain in an old, desert house, on the road-side. By the vertical a horizontal marks on their foreheads, that showed themselves to be one a devotee Vishnu, and the other a Shiva-bhakta. They would, therefore, not speak to each other and put the maximum possible…
In the sixth century before the Christian era, religion was forgotten in India. The lofty teachings of the Vedas were thrown into the background. There was much priest craft everywhere. The insincere priests traded on religion. They duped the people in a variety of ways and amassed wealth for themselves. They were quite irreligious. In…
Hindu Fasts: The Shravana Dvadashi Vrata Said The God Of Fire: Now I shall describe the process of performing the Shravana Dvadashi Vrata, which should be per- formed on the day of the twelfth phase of the moon’s increase in the month of Bhadra. By observing a fast on the occasion of such a Dvadashi,…
In one of the caves near-by, there lived an old eagle called Sampati who was the brother of Jatayu. He had not eaten for quite a while since he had lost the strength to look for food. Hearing the noise made by the monkeys, he came out of his cave and found them all lying…
The empire of the Mughals founded in the early years of the sixteenth century began to break up in the later years of the seventeenth century. Two people who hastened its end were Shivaji and his Marathas in the Deccan and Guru Gobind Singh and the Sikhs in the north.Guru Gobind Singh?s short career was…