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Significance of numbers in Hinduism!

"The ingenious method of expressing every possible number using a set of ten symbols (each symbol having a place value and an absolute value) emerged in India. The idea seems so simple nowadays that its significance and profound importance is no longer appreciated. Its simplicity lies in the way it facilitated calculation and placed arithmetic foremost amongst useful inventions."  -Laplace, a French mathematician In this new series and post we will try to explain the symbol ic significance of numbers from one to ten from Hindu perspective and their association with some important concepts and divinities of Hinduism. It also explores how ancient Indians used these numbers to organize the information they had about creation and the order of divinities in a systematic way to arrive at a picture of Hindu cosmology from a numerical perspective. Most of the information that is provided in this article is a product of this writer's intuitive awareness and personal study and i...

Dhamma for everyone...

Talk given on October 5, 1960 by Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo (Phra Suddhidhammaransi Gambhiramedhacariya) Translated from the Thai by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Dhamma for everyone...  Now I'm going to remind you of some of the Buddha's teachings as a way of encouraging you to be intent on practicing correctly in line with the Buddha's instructions. These teachings are called Dhamma. The Dhamma is an ornament for the mind. It's also a means for developing the faculties of the mind. The teachings I'm about to discuss come in the OvadaPatimokkha, the Patimokkha Exhortation. This is a talk that deals with the duties of those who have ordained in line with the Buddha's instructions, but these practices also apply to lay people as well. Lay people can take these practices and train themselves to be good people, so that they can be eyes and ears, legs, feet, and hands, to help look after the work of the religion and to help it prosper. These guidelines, which apply to all of us,...

CHINA BREEDS THEM AND KILLS THEM JUST SO YOU CAN WEAR A FURRY PAIR OF BOOTS.

' DO YOU OWN A PAIR OF UGGS?  WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY COME FROM? EVER HEARD OF A RACOON DOG? CHINA BREEDS THEM AND KILLS THEM JUST SO YOU CAN WEAR A FURRY PAIR OF BOOTS.  THEY ARE SKINNED ALIVE TO GET BLOODLESS/SPOT LESS FUR!!  THINK LADIES. YOUR FASHION IDEAS ARE COSTING AN ANIMALS LIFE. THINK..................... ... NEXT TIME YOU BUY ANYTHING FURRY, MAKE SURE IT SAYS "SYNTHETIC"/"FAUX" FUR !! Pledge Never to Wear UGGs! https://secure.peta.org/ site/ Advocacy?cmd=display&page=U serAction&id=3472 Animals Skinned Alive for 'UGGs' http://www.peta.org/b/ thepetafiles/archive/tags/ Uggs/default.aspx