Monday, December 14, 2009

Mythology oy Swyambhu Nath Temple

According to Swayambhu Purana, the entire valley was once filled with an enormous lake, out of which grew a lotus. The valley came to be known as Swayambhu, meaning "Self-Created." The name comes from an eternal self-existent flame over which a sūpa was later built
Swayambhunath is also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in parts of the temple in the north-west. They are holy because Manjushree, the bodhisattva of wisdom and learning was raising the hill which the Swayambhunath Temple stands on. He was supposed to leave his hair short but he made it grow long and head lice grew. It is said that the head lice had transformed into these monkeys.
The Bodhisatva Manjushri had a vision of the lotus at Swayambhu and traveled there to worship it. Seeing that the valley can be good settlement and to make the site more accessible to human pilgrims, Manjushri cut a gorge at Chovar. The water drained out of the lake, leaving the valley in which Kathmandu now lies. The lotus was transformed into a hill and the flower become the Swayambhunath stupa.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Quran

The Qur'an states that all Muslims must believe in God, his revelations, his angels, his messengers, and in the "Day of Judgmentimproper synthesis?Also, there are other beliefs that differ between particular sects. The Sunni concept of predestination is called divine decreewhile the Shi'a version is called divine justice. Unique to the Shi'a is the doctrine of Imamah, or the political and spiritual leadership of the Imams.Muslims believe that God revealed his final message to humanity through the Islamic prophet Muhammad via the archangel Gabriel (Jibrīl). For them, Muhammad was God's final prophet and the Qur'an is the holy book of revelations he received over more than two decades.In Islam, prophets are men selected by God to be his messengers. Muslims believe that prophets are human and not divine, though some are able to perform miracles to prove their claim. Islamic prophets are considered to be the closest to perfection of all humans, and are uniquely the recipients of divine revelation—either directly from God or through angels. The Qur'an mentions the names of numerous figures considered prophets in Islam, including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus, among othersIslamic theology says that all of God's messengers since Adam preached the message of Islam—submission to the will of God. According to the Quran the will of God is brought to the nations by the descendants of Abraham and Imran. Islam is described in the Qur'an as "the primordial nature upon which God created mankind and the Qur'an states that the proper name Muslim was given by Abraham.As a historical phenomenon, Islam originated in Arabia in the early 7th century. Islamic texts depict Judaism and Christianity as prophetic successor traditions to the teachings of Abraham. The Qur'an calls Jews and Christians "People of the Book" (ahl al-kitāb), and distinguishes them from polytheists. Muslims believe that parts of the previously revealed scriptures, the Tawrat (Torah) and the Injil (Gospels), had become distorted—either in interpretation, in text, or both

Diwali in Sikihism

According to Sikhism
According to Sikhism, Diwali has been greatly significant since the illumination of the Holy town of Amritsar commemorating the homecoming of Guru Har Gobind Ji (1595-1644). He was the sixth Guru of Sikhism, who was imprisoned by Emperor Jahangir along with other m.Hindu kings at Fort Gwalior. After releasing the other prisoners, Guru ji went to the Harmandir Sahib which is popularly known as the Golden Temple in the holy city of Amritsar in Punjab, where the Guru ji was welcomed happily by the people who lit thousands of candles and divas to warmly greet the Guru. Due to this, Sikhs often refer to Diwali festival day as “Bandi Chhorh Divas”that is “the day of release of detainees.”


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