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I was just wondering honestly you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to and I’m not doing this for anything I just wanted to know
Was gonna post a crazy dream I had, but I forgot it, so instead, have this picture of an owl I painted.
Religions In Indonesia
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Indonesia is quite an interesting country! It is known for one of their islands; Bali, and their vast number of languages. Fun fact! Indonesia is the country with the most islands and probably the country with the most languages that belong to them. There are a lot of islands, a lot of cultures that reside with the islands in the country, like Javanese and Balinese. But there is one language that is used by everyone there is Bahasa Indonesia. Their capital is Jakarta which isn’t as known as Bali but is still the capital of Indonesia.
Another thing that Indonesia is known for is their religions! It’s actually not permitted to NOT have a religion and that you must pick a religion out of 6 religions: Hindu, Kong Fu Cu, Islam, Buddha, Christian, and Catholic. Afterall, Indonesia is a secular democratic country that has a Muslim-majority population. The Indonesian constitution guarantees all people in Indonesia the freedom of worship, each according to his or her own religion or belief. It also stipulates that the state shall be based upon the belief in "the one and only God" (a condition which also forms the first principle of the Pancasila, the Indonesian state philosophy introduced by Soekarno in 1945).
Indonesia is always open to thousands of things! But there are some things that aren’t allowed and aren’t legalized by its government. Not only that, but religions in Indonesia have conflict despite having a lot of religious freedom. And although some religions are fighting over doctrinal differences, most conflict stems from more secular causes- a desire for political power, a struggle for resources, ethnic rivalries, and economic competition.
Just like I said earlier, some religions are having conflict. And although some religions are fighting over doctrinal differences, most conflict stems from more secular causes- a desire for political power, a struggle for resources, ethnic rivalries, and economic competition. Their reasoning for this conflict had caused a lot of problems in Indonesia.
Here’s a few of the conflicts that have been going on in Indonesia:
The conflict in the Malaccas, where, according to Indonesian Red Cross data, over 500,000 people have been displaced and over 4,000 people have died in Christian-Muslim combat over the previous two years. Even if it is undoubtedly the greatest of the problems we are currently experiencing, it would be inaccurate to attribute it to a long-standing religious disagreement. The underlying causes of it are actually numerous historical, political, and economic ones.
Although West Kalimantan is currently quiescent, hundreds of people were murdered in a new outbreak that occurred in 1999. Furthermore, there was a prior incident in 1997 that resulted in numerous fatalities and involved native Dayaks and some native Malays fighting the Madurese immigrant group. The topic of migrants against indigenous people is a recurring motif in conflicts within Indonesian communities.
There is a conflict going on in Poso in Sulawesi. Again the worst episode was this past spring when there were about 300 people killed. Again there was Christian-Muslim fighting but this conflict was based more on local elites struggling over power that ended up in communal conflict.
Community conflicts occasionally break out in Couchon Pandang in West and East Java, Kupang in West Timor, Lombok in Eastern Bali, and other places where the conditions are right. Of course, the ethnic Chinese are also a constant target whenever societal turmoil occurs.
Of course, there is a way to resolve all of these problems. It won’t be easy, neither will it be quick to resolve. But with time, it can be done. There are few solutions that I know of to overcome religious conflict and receive religious harmony:
Followers of different religions should exercise moderation and tolerance towards each other and their beliefs, and not instigate religious enmity or hatred.
Religion and politics should be kept separate.
Overall, we should learn how to tolerate and respect other religions. Considering they are all in the same country, with Bhineka Tunggal Ika has their meaning for unity in all religions. I do hope for the best outcome of any religious conflict in Indonesia. The people and its scenery is truly a beauty.
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Here's the resources that I used!
Indonesia Investments (2019). Religion in Indonesia | Indonesia Investments. [online] Indonesia-investments.com. Available at: https://www.indonesia-investments.com/culture/religion/item69.
Jones, S. (2023). Causes of Conflict in Indonesia. [online] Asia Society. Available at: https://asiasociety.org/causes-conflict-indonesia.
opentext.wsu.edu. (n.d.). 6.4 RELIGIOUS CONFLICT – Introduction to Human Geography. [online] Available at: https://opentext.wsu.edu/introtohumangeography/chapter/6-4-religious-conflict/#:~:text=Although%20some%20religions%20are%20fighting.
Ministry of Home Affairs (2023). Maintaining Racial and Religious Harmony. [online] Ministry of Home Affairs. Available at: https://www.mha.gov.sg/what-we-do/managing-security-threats/maintaining-racial-and-religious-harmony.
Although, I'm Shravana Nakshatra...i loved this post TOO TOO much and I really wish I were one of these Nakshatras instead 😮💨🥲
SHIVA’S ENTOURAGE:
Ardra, Mula, Purvabhadrapada and Uttarabhadrapada
The truth-bringers, psychics, mystics and occultists.
All of these Nakshatras connect back to Shiva, but how?
Let’s learn more about the lore surrounding the deity Shiva, and how he is the key thread between all of these Nakshatras.
THE ORIGINS OF SHIVA:
In Vedic lore the big 3 creator gods are: Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva. They are thought to create the reality we live in now.
However, Shiva wasn’t always known as “Shiva” here’s how he came to be:
Firstly, Brahma was creating the world and needed help, so he created more people to help him with the task of creating earth.
However, once these people were in existence, they disobeyed him, dismissed his commands, and pursued their own journeys.
This made Brahma angry, so angry that his brows furrowed together so hard that and little purple baby-like enitity popped out from inbetween his eyebrows.
This entity that appeared is known as “Rudra”.
Brahma named him “Rudra” which means “howler” “the crier” “the one who howls”. Since when he was born he was screaming and howling. He was born out of anger and distress.
However, Rudra went on to help Brahma in his task of creating the earth. Rudra began populating Earth with people. Except the “people” he populated it with were angry monster-like creatures. He was causing destruction inadvertently.
So Brahma told him he needed to control his anger and he that could master himself through the discipline of yoga.
So Rudra takes his advice and goes on a pilgrimage to the top of a mountain, where he mastered the practice of yoga and then returns to Brahma.
Upon returning to Brahma, Brahma gives him the new name “Shiva” which means: “calm, benevolent, peaceful”.
Through his evolution he maintained his true essence of being a “destroyer” but ultimately learned how to control and direct his energy in a positive way. His tendencies are to destroy in the name of truth, knowledge and enlightenment.
It’s important to note that Rudra is the same deity as Shiva, just in his raw, unfiltered form.
RUDRA’S VIBE:
Rudra is the fierce and powerful deity associated with storms.
He is the untamed version of Shiva.
He is known to be angry, wild, destructive and fierce.
Whilst other deities have luxurious dwellings, Rudra lives in crematoriums and graveyards. He’s thought to be a vagabond, he doesn’t have a singular resting place. He is considered the outcast amongst other deities.
His physical appearance is said to be unkempt and wild, uncombed hair, smeared face with crematorium ashes.
Rudra doesn’t care about the superficial desires, yet constantly strives to discover spiritual truth, discarding whatever doesn’t align with that truth.
He strives to destroy falsities and illusions.
This is not a deity known to bestow prosperity or grants superficial wishes. He’s a deity that’ll destroy illusions that reveal truth.
He won’t maintain the comfort your delusions bring you. He will pull you out of them, violently.
He’s interested in the deeper parts of life, the occult, mysticism, philosophy etc.
*KEY NOTE: Rudra has 11 avatars that manifest different forms of his energy. *
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HOW ARE THESE FOUR NAKSHATRAS CONNECTED?
Ardra, Mula, Purvabhadrapada and Uttarabhadrapada.
Remember Rudra/Shiva are the same thing, just different forms. Rudra has 11 avatars.
ARDRA’S deity is: Rudra
Rudra is the fierce form of Shiva
MULA’S deity is: Nirriti
Nirriti is thought to be a similar form of Rudra
PURVABHADRAPADA’S deity is: Eja Ekapada
Eja Ekapada is one of the 11 Rudra avatars
UTTARABHADRAPADA’S deity is: Ahir Budhya
Ahir Budhya is one of the 11 Rudra avatars
ARDRA, MULA and THE BHADRAPADAS: COSMIC SOULMATES. 🪐
You’ll find that these Nakshatras are always bound together, in relationships, friendships and family lineages. Where one of them exists, they are somehow involved with the other.
Check If you have Mula, Ardra, Purvabhadrapada or Uttarabhadrapada in your big three or as Atmakaraka, then you are attracted to other individuals with this same placements.
THEIR COMMON PURPOSE IN LIFE:
➤ These individuals all hold a common purpose: bringing truth to the world.
➤ These individuals struggle especially in early life. They usually have to overcome some harrowing obstacles before achieving true success in life.
➤ They are burdened with the ability to see beyond the veil, so much so that it alienates them from others, due to the knowledge they possess.
➤ They are often outcasted amongst their peers, they are seen as different, unusual and mystical. They don’t fit into mainstream society.
➤ Metaphorically they are the shamans dwelling on the outskirts of society, meant to guide others bc of the truth they hold.
➤ They help to wake people up, and elevate society with knowledge and truth.
➤ They are meant to be teachers.
➤ Much like Rudra/Shiva himself they strive for truth often ignoring the superficial pleasures in life. They prefer not to get drunk in the illusion of Maya but they prefer getting to the bottom of things, ripping the veil away.
➤ From a young age, they intuitively know there’s a deeper meaning life, and they strive to discover it.
➤ Getting to the root of it all, because for them life is meaningless without truth.
➤ They each have a destructive tendencies each in their own ways. But their destructiveness has purpose to it, leading to transformation of their lives and those around them with the behavior.
What Ardra, Mula and The Bhadrapadas all have in common:
Truth seekers
Students of the occult
Masters of occult knowledge
Prioritizes spiritual path in life
Spiritualists
Knows what it is like to be outcasted and rejected by peers
Spiritually powerful
Psychic abilities
Teachers
Knowledge- bringers
Loners
I was just looking at my natal chart and thought to myself: "wow I'm an astrological mess". I have found a perfect sentence to describe myself. 😂
It's the myth of the “perfect victim” — the one who has never done anything mildly questionable, doesn't have an iota of supposed privilege, and, above all, is dead. Because the dead can be eulogised, not the living. A minority facing an attack can grieve openly, exact revenge, but the supposed privilege of the victims who were members of the majority must be considered when discussing their deaths, you see. Because we simply cannot be victims of a rabid hate crime. Our death and suffering will be re-contextualised, discussed, everyone and their mothers will use the term “nuance” without knowing what it means. We cannot grieve, we cannot mourn our dead. We can only apologise for dying. For being victims that don't fit the narrative. For the dead can be eulogised. The extinct civilization can be celebrated. But the one that keeps on surviving despite repeated attempts to end it all for good will always face their rabid hatred.
I tried to share my views on my Instagram story too. The message came out much clearer. So just sharing it here on Tumblr.
And some additions I made to put across my point
The rage I have towards this post is truly out of this world. Stop trying to justify the violence of Muslims on Hindus. And, by the way, the father-son duo hacked to death were CPI(M) workers/supporters. They weren't involved with the BJP, the RSS, or any pro-Hindu organisations. They weren't killed because of their politics, they were killed because they were Hindus.
Here we have a hindu hating blog justifying bengal violence and the deaths of Hindus-
A friend sent this to me yesterday and I’m not surprised at all that these Hindu hating tumblr blogs are justifying even the islamist mob violence in Bengal! I’m just so disgusted…@/curtwilde is a disgusting person and everyone who follows them are directly contributing to hinduphobia and violence on innocents. TWO HINDUS WERE LITERALLY HACKED TO DEATH. HINDUS HAVE SUFFERED YEARS AND YEARS OF OPRESSION UNDER ISLAMIC RULERS SHOULD WE ALL RESORT TO VIOLENCE AND TRANSLATE IT ON INNOCENTS??? Would you justify that Curtwilde? 🤡
Also the muslim waqf board has been claiming entire villages and handing out notices to people including poor hindus to vacate their land, you would of course support this too because you are SO FYCKING DISGUSTING.
I NEED YOUR HELP 🫵
(Reblog for bigger sample size pls)
Im writing a poem for my literature assignment and I need as many water Goddesses as you can find.
Any and every culture is welcome though I already have Greek, Norse, Indian, Chinese and Aboriginal (indigenous Australian)
ANY AND EVERY ONE COUNTS EVEN IF THEY WONT MAKE IT TO THE FINALE COPY
(I’m a huge mythology nerd so I’ll read into them anyway)
IF THIS POST WORKS AND DOES WELL I’LL ADD THE POEM ONCE THE ASSIGNMENT IS DONE
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Alabama Fixin To Keep Yoga Ban
by Da Bob In Alabama they don’t… Call you “Pretentious”… They say you’re “too big for your britches.” Don’t say “I’m about to”… They say “I’m fixin to.” Don’t get “Upset”… They “Throw a hissy fit.” Don’t say “It’ll be okay”… They say “God willin’ and the creek don’t rise.” And fervently believe that “Yoga”… Will make their chitlins Hindu! Read More...
I invite you to read!
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A little philosophical question for you guys!
I personaly believe that morality is an subjective matter.
Firstly, as the friend of the person mentioned, it is highly influenced by society and generaly the environment we suround ourselfs in. Not only that, there are situations where people connect morality with feelings, which we all know is highly subjective topic.
Like for example, when they consider whether causing harm to someone from our family is right or not. Usualy we would say, it's obviously wrong, because of our love towards our close ones. But there are situations when in order to protect yourelf from patological situations, you need to attack them, and someone might say it is totaly alright.
The fact that we can't all agree about what is good and bad, is enough of a prove that morality is not an objective matter. That is because, for me to find it objective, we would all need to treat it like a fact that, the sky is blue for exmaple. It would need to be something that we can't question.
But I do wonder what do you guys think ? How would you aproach this topic from a hindu perspective? I can't wait to read your opinions on that!
⁂ The sources I’m going to use this year, that I also reccomend to others ⁂
So I decided to give some structure to the way I'm going to study hinduism, I think for at least the end of this year if not even longer. If you are feeling lost with the amount of sources there are out there, you can use what I share here as a possible strategy to know where to start out your journey.
Firstly, I want to highly reccomend a certain account on youtube called "By Janani". She is, obviously, a hindu girl who shares SO much knowladge about Sanatana Dharma, and spirituality in general, that it would be a shame to not tell you about her work. I specificly recomend the videos listed down below, because firstly, I really do believe the scriptures are the first place where one should begin their reaserch! We will never find a better source about our faith, let's not kid ourselfs.
Secondly, as someone who doesn't know even the slightest bit of Hindi, especialy Sanscrit, dictonaries like that are a life saver ! How can we understand Sanatana Dharma, if we don't know at least the basic words that are being used among scriptures, mantras and prayers ? The language is a pillar of culture and faith, and so we need to start incorporating it into our life <3.
A quick note to remember about her order of books though, she doesn't mention Vedas at all. Apparently, she is from South India, and they have a custom where women are not educated about that. Basicly, they go straight to Puranas. It personaly doesn't bother me, I think I'll go along her order, and leave Vedas at the end of the list. If it's a problem for you though, then obviously folloe your heart and read what is right for you <3. If you want to better understand the tradition about Vedas, then watch her dictionary video, she explains it at the begining ;)
If you want to read something more compact in it's form, I'm currently reading "Introducing Hinduism - A graphic guide" by Borin Van Loon and Vinay Lal. It's a really good position when you don't have the energy for intense thinking, or if simply some concept in Sanatana Dharma seems really complicated. In my opinion, the way the author is explaining things is amazing, it helped me a lot in understanding the concept of Omnipresence for example, which I found quite confusing at first after years of living in a christian worldview.
Lastly, if you are interested in Yoga, and want to practice it at home, then you need to check an account on youtube called "Sanskirt Yoga". It's an amazingly cute and wholesome project, of a daughter and mother, who's mission is to decolonise Yoga! It's an authentic, begginer friendly experiance, in which I'm sure you fall in love just as much as I did !
That's all for today! I hope I helped some of you, and that soon enough I'll be able to share even more sources then that! As always, I'm more then eager to engage with you in the comments, so I hope to hear from you soon!
Sending love and blessings <3
For who this is an account for?
As someone who doesn't come from a hindu family, or country, I understand there is a lot of reaserch that I have to go through.
So I basicly treat this blog as my journal, where I can write down and share my knowladge with other people who are starting their journey with Sanatana Dharma like me. Obviously, the best case scenario for being introduced to hinduism, would be attending regulary to the temple, where I could find a guru who would be the most reliable source.
Unfortunatly though, I'm unable to have such an uportunity, since I live in a city where the closest thing to a temple is a buddhist meditation center. That's why I also hope, that if any of my knowladge I gain about hinduism would need correction, that people will come in comments to help me out here.
I hope we'll about to have an amazing journey together
See you in the future posts <3
Hey! I'm journeying deeper into the beautiful teachings of Ram Dass, the vast wisdom of Sanatana Dharma, and the profound insights of the Bhagavad Gita. It's an incredible path, but sometimes it feels like I'm walking it solo!
I'm reaching out to connect with fellow travelers who resonate with these teachings. I'd love to find friends to share insights, ask questions, and just explore these amazing concepts together in a space free of judgment. Maybe we can even learn from each other and help light the way forward?
If your heart beats a little faster thinking about Ram Dass, Dharma, or the Gita, I'd be so grateful to connect!
Did y'all know that there are many many sages that we, as a society consider men, whereas they were women irl because earlier many people had gender-neutral names? Like sage dhruva isn't a rishi but a rishika (that's just one of thousands) ? AND ITS NOT KNOWN TO SO MANY PEOPLE
“women weren’t allowed to study in Vedic times” crowd has never heard of Gargi, Ahalya, Maitreyi, Lopamudra, Ghosha, Swaha, Haimavati, Uma , Gautami, Hemalekha, Sita and it’s a shame
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सुर्यकोटि समप्रभ
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा।।
Fuck Ai and dare to pick up a damn pencil 🗿
💕Radhakrishna💕
Drew them for my bestfriend's birthday thought to post it here as well!
Drew in my sketchbook after a long time
And well drew my beloved peacock boy🦚💕
" मेरा दिल यही बोला, मेरा दिल यही बोला
यारा, राज ये उसने है मुझ पर खोला
के है इश्क़ मोहब्बत, जिसके दिल में
उसको पसंद करता है मौला मेरा.."
(This song is made for him you can't tell me otherwise )
Sorry tumblr ruined the quality
🌷🦚Krishna in Vrindavan🌷🦚
Tried something new! The background could have been better
Reference under the cut:
💕🏹Sayvasachi 💕🏹
Arjuna 🏹💕
#rough sketch
Late night sketches 🦚
Krishna crossdressed as a gopi :3
Bonus:
Arjun, you ok my guy?
It's not radha's first time seeing it lol