Indian Epics

Once upon a time, Hanuman was relaxing in the forest with his fellow tribe of monkeys. Hanuman's followers respected him and considered Hanuman as their god since he was the son of Vayu, the wind god. A tricky asura wondered into the forest one day and noticed the tribe of monkeys. He was hungry but he couldn't out right attack the monkeys, since Hanuman was around them all the time. Asura decided to use his head instead of his strength this time to fool the monkeys. The demon disguised himself as a wounded deer near the camp of the monkeys. Hanuman noticed the wounded deer and approached the deer with the other monkeys. "Are you okay?" asked Hanuman. Deer told Hanuman that he will be fine as long as he can rest here for couple of days.  Hanuman felt bad for the deer, so Hanuman came where the deer was resting often to provide the deer with water and food. Other monkeys also followed Hanuman to care for the wounded deer. Every time the monkeys headed back to their hom...

- Kali is nature, Gauri is culture - Prakriti came first then Brahma then brahmanda then sanskriti - Male form is mind and female form is the object around it - Only water exists when the world was born - Vishnu was sleeping in the serpant - Twin Asura emerged from Vishnu's earwax and caused trouble - Brahma saw that the twin asuras were killed by a goddess Yoga Nidra - Negative thought is considered to be Asuras - Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva creates, destroys, and sustains the nature - Brahmins are the record keepers of the brahmanas. - Shiva and Vishnu kills Brahmins. - Shiva kills Brahma when he tries to go after his own daighter - Vishnu kills Brahma when he kills Ravana - Brahma's ritual of yagna was abandoned over the ritual of puja - Gauri is wife of Shiva - Kali turns into Gauri after she is domesticated by Shiva. - Shiva is hermit thus not fit into civilized society - When asura attacked devas, Indra invited Shiva to command them - Parviti moves Shiva h...

- Kali is often portrayed with vulgar imagery - Kali's tongue was a weapon than it was a symbol for a wisdom and finally turned in to a symbol of shame. - Women's clay statue represented tamed nature - Nirriti was seen as a goddess of death and despair. Considered to be a predecessor of Kali - Dirgha Jihvi was killed by Sumitra that was sent by Indra. Dirgha Jihvi is also considered to be proto Kali because of the use of the vulgar tongue. - The Devi Mahatmya is the most famous story relating to Kali's tongue - In nature, violence is the nourishment - Shiva competes with Kali in a dance competition. Shiva tames Kali since women was controlled by men - Shiva and Shakti makes love and in one version she covers her head with lotus flower. - The version that Shakti is not shy, she sticks her tongue out, which shows that the nature is soverign - She became forbidden force after relating with Tantra - Ravana tries to offer sacrifice to Kali - Westerners saw Kali as a ...