In the Regeneration and Divinisation of Human Beings

===================================================================================== 1.#Opinion : Friday 01, November 2024, 05:30. 3721. / Yoga & Meditation 2.#Yoga System: 2.  Chapter 1: Psychological Presuppositions - 2. Swami Krishnananda. =================================================================================== Beyond the mind there is another faculty, called the intellect. It judges whether a thing is good or bad, necessary or unnecessary, of this kind or that, etc. It decides upon the value of an object, whether this judgment is positive or negative, moral, aesthetic or religious. One assesses one's situation in relation to the object. Some psychologists hold that the mind is an instrument in the hands of the intellect. Manas is the Sanskrit word for mind, which is regarded as the karana or instrument, while buddhi is the Sanskrit term for intellect, which is the karta or doer. The intellect judges what is cognized by the mind, and makes a decision as to the na...

=================================================================================== Thursday, 31 October 2024, 05:30.  In the Regeneration and Divinisation of Human Beings HINDU FASTS & FESTIVALS: 15.Dattatreya Jayanthi Post-11. =================================================================================== 15.Dattatreya Jayanthi: Om Namo Bhagavate Dattatreyaya DATTATREYA Jayanthi falls during December-January on the full moon day of the month of Margaseersha. His story is told as follows. Anusuya is quoted as the model of chastity. She was the wife of Atri Maharishi, a great sage and one of the seven foremost seers and sages. She was well established in the Pativrata Dharma, the main elements of which are devotion to husband and regard of him as God Himself. She did severe austerities for a very long time in order to beget sons equal to Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, the Hindu Trinity. Once, Saraswathi, Lakshmi and Parvati requested their husbands (the Trimurtis) to test the Pa...