Can anyone help me in finding where to buy books on architecture and books related to architecture materials. Idk which tags to put. Is this the right space to ask this? If you want to know which books i am talking about its on wikipedia under vastu shastra. Thanks

Hello and Namaste to all.. I was looking for Upanishads in Hindi and i found that there's a collection of 108 Upanishads in three parts along with Sanskrit slokas and Hindi explanation done by Pandit Shri Ram Sharma. But I'm not sure if I should buy this version or not. I was not able to find any other Hindi translation either. Most books are too costly for me to afford so i though of getting the one (collection of 108 Upanishads in three parts) that I found on Amazon. However, due to very few reviews available on Amazon and i was not able to find reviews on other platforms either I'm not sure whether i should buy this translation or not. Can you please guide me here. Here I'm sharing the Amazon link of those Upanishads. Please guide me. Thank you.

Here I'm sharing the link. (I'm not sure what is the difference but i found two products both are of three books containing 108 Upanishads but the price difference is huge. So I'm sharing both the links.)

https://www.amazon.in/Upnishad-vols-Khand-Sadhna-Bramha/dp/B0BCQ4JS3P/ref=pd_vtp_h_pd_vtp_h_d_sccl_3/262-9504168-9620050?pd_rd_w=yy2PB&content-id=amzn1.sym.6c9a4279-ad42-4fd6-b9a9-3cd14ede34c9&pf_rd_p=6c9a4279-ad42-4fd6-b9a9-3cd14ede34c9&pf_rd_r=YSPC32FN3Q4H41039XSE&pd_rd_wg=uX79n&pd_rd_r=5f3896d8-ec1b-4b0f-8f9f-10152a5f716c&pd_rd_i=B0BCQ4JS3P&psc=1#customerReviews

https://www.amazon.in/Upanishads-3-Pieces-Saral-Hindi-Bhavarth/dp/B08SWJ11F3?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A2ZD346TNLBX47#customerReviews

Hello there, I wanted to ask if I can join 10 day vipassana meditation course as a follower of vedanta, does it create conflict?

Please answer in a very simple, practical and layman’s way.

Hello & Namaste to all I want to start reading Vedas, Puranas, and Upanishads. I don't know where to start.. so I decided to start with Vedas and start searching for them on Google. I found many translations (because I'm not able to understand Sanskrit) in English and in Hindi. So in which language I should read? And who's translation is most authentic and easy to understand? English is my study language but I think I can understand Hindi better but then I get to know that English translations are better. So I'm confused in which language I should read, and, whose translation I should read?

How is the quality of karma (action) determined? What differentiates good karma (punya) from bad karma (papa)? What makes good karma good and bad karma bad?

Is it caused by some attribute(s) of the action itself? Is it decided by God? Is it simply determined by whether it leads to a beneficial or harmful result, and if so is the quality of the karma then sometimes determined by what the person would consider beneficial or harmful based on their personal preferences?

Hello everyone. Mahashivratri is approaching soon, and I read recently that the wedding of Shiv and Parvati took place at Triyuginarayan village where the Triyuginarayan Temple stands today, in Uttarakhand. The Wikipedia entry for this shows the source as a Himalaya Handbook that's written after 2000. I wish to know if there is any primary source available for this information and whether the fact of their marriage being held at "Triyuginarayan" finds mention in any Veda, Purana or Upanishad or otherwise. Thank you.

Who is that, which hears the soft roars of the ocean? Who is it that feels the gentle breeze caressing the face? Who is it, that when the light is fully extinguished can still fully see? It is the self, inside everything that has no need to see, no need to hear, no need to taste, no need to touch. For it is in all things and all things are in it, for the self indeed is!

Hi everyone

I'm hoping this reddit can help, please refer me to another you may know of if not. I'm really getting into spirituality and wanting to learn more about it

Eastern traditions have said 1000s of years ago that we all came from space, everything is connected, we're all one etc and science is now proving a lot of that to be correct but where can I find this stuff written down? I'm just reading the Bhagavat Gita and there's an odd snippet in there of useful stuff but are the vedas a better place for me to look?

As far as I know the Hindu stuff is some of the earliest records so if not here where else should I look?

Thanks.

I've been reading a lot of short (<200 pages) books on philosophy and thought and really enjoying them, reading the source material further once I get through the intro books. Started with How to Read Marx by Osborne (120 pages) and then started reading original texts like Descartes's Meditations and Twighlight of the Idols (both sub 150 pages) among others. The three I mentioned inspired me to read longer, more thorough works, either as summaries/academic interpretations or the original material.

I'm a 2nd Generation Indian-American in the US (college student), and although I've read the Mahabharata and the Ramayana (English translations), I'm looking for a short book that can introduce me to the works at the foundation of Hinduism. Interested for obvious reasons, but I don't have a lot of time so shorter books help me figure out what to spend time reading.

Any recommendations? Books from a philosophical/ethical/historical/scholarly perspective are preferred over religious books. This was the most convincing recommendation I've seen in a while and an explanation like this is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Ganapati Atharvashirsha

Is there a proper way to chant Ganapathi Atharvashirsha? Mudra,Nyssa,Puruscharana,proper date and time. If anyone has benefited from chanting this mantra please share as to how you did it.

I really identify with Vishishtadvaita as a Unitarian Universalist panentheist panpsychist. I hold in the universe is like one big cosmic mind made up of little minds (those of humans, animals, insects, plants, and even objects and atoms) and it all connects subconsciously back to the cosmic mind of the universe, if that makes sense. And Ramanuja and his theology of Vaishnavism believe that Vishnu is Brahman who isn't a conscious-less pantheist naturalistic pantheist allegory for the beauty of reality like in Advaita Vedenta nor another anthropomorphic monotheistic god like in Dvaita Vedanta; but is instead a transcendent yet immanent cosmic spirit who, while not anthropomorphic, is conscious and does think separately from sentient life. And I think it's so cool how similar our trains of thought are.

I've read the Isha Upanishad and really enjoyed it. It was one of the best works of poetry or philosophy I've ever read. But Wikipedia says Advaita and Dvaita use it. There is no mention of Vishishtadvaita. But it mentions Brahman being transcendent yet immanent it would be so fitting! So are there specific Upanishads that Ramanuja drew from when forming his theology? Can any followers of Vishishtadvaita, or Sri Vaishnavism in general, provide any good answers? Thanks.

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I am looking for recitations of all mukhya upaniShads. So far I have found this link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLijMydAUHQZXaU3yObg3aqZNA9KCbLub6 , which is very useful.

But it doesn't have the complete versions of brihad AraNyaka and Chandogya upaniShads. There are a few other links that have bits and pieces (such as this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOYjOi-A368 ), but I am unable to find the complete upaniShads chanted.

Does anyone know where I can find complete recitations for Chandogya and brihad AraNyaka upaniShads? _/\_

Kathaka and Maitrayaniya shakhas are rarer and nearly forgotten branches of Krishna Yajur Veda. Much of their Brahmana and Aranayaka portions are gone and are not available. I have attached their Samhitas below.

It is said that the Katakakam and the first three chapters of the Aranyaka from the Taittiriya shaka are borrowed from the Kathaka shakha.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GFteXs6v0ijHQy3jAM6DAvJxY0Uzrhnp/view?usp=drive_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vUf0oLpJIOQyqRYo7Tdoe8T8UVn7_KlI/view?usp=drive_link

could you link me a good set of vedas ?

i am planning on getting these for now :

Buy SAMPOORAN VEDA 9 Vol. set (SANSKRIT TEXT,ENGLISH TRANSLATION,NOTES & INDEX OF VERSES ) Book Online at Low Prices in India | SAMPOORAN VEDA 9 Vol. set (SANSKRIT TEXT,ENGLISH TRANSLATION,NOTES & INDEX OF VERSES ) Reviews & Ratings - Amazon.in

Subject to change if your recommendations are better

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A bit of an overstatement, but nonetheless.

I’ve been looking into studying the proto Indo Europeans, looking into the beliefs of my ancestors (Germanic, English, Celtic, etc.) and learned about the Indo aryans and the vedas. I am devoting my life to these studies and scriptures, however, I have some questions.

We’re the priests the only ones allowed to perform rituals?

Additionally, mantra recitation is probably the biggest “practice” outside of rituals through my overviews of the texts. Are all of the verses considered to be “mantras”?

I'm in my mid 30s and don't have even sanskrit knowledge. I would like to change course of my life from corporate to learning and chanting vedas. Is there a guru who accepts such people? Of course the first thing I have to do is resume sandhyavandhana which I abandoned in my 15 or 16. Appreciate any help and guidance on this. Thank you.