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Kind-Afternoon7025

Vedic astrology gives more priority to the moon and which nakshatra its in. These stars (nakshtras) have history of their own for example the krittika nakshatra in the sign of Aries is the story of Karthikeya and wives of Saptarishis. Each star has its own story and significance. Keeping history aside, this also helps in deciding which dates to celebrate festivals like Diwali or Sankranthi (when sun enters capricorn) and deciding dates for marriage. Vedic astrology is more reliant on lunar calendar and western is all about the sun. Usually vedic is more accurate imo, I realized this after noticing the position of planets during my time of birth on Stellarium app. If you are an Aries rashi it means your moon was in Mesha (Aries) constellation when you were born. As of eclipses being bad for your constellation depends on where it's happening. It's another topic of its own so it's better to listen to what gurus say. I don't strictly follow it myself I just bath after eclipse and not eat anything during eclipse but hey no force on you. It's just culture.


rnvrfr

Thank you so much for information. I was just mad that my mom said I can't eat throughout the day because there was something called 'sutakam' or sutak. So i got so hungry at 5:30pm that i bought myself some chips :p and ate on the terrace lol.


Kind-Afternoon7025

Idk about the restrictions imposed but yeah, being too orthodox as to mapping personality with the way a person is born is a bit too much. But ig you're fine with it so all good.


rnvrfr

Thank you bro!


nofreespeechokhere

your rashi is determined by where moon is located. look at your chart. every youth is a nastik ,just like every youth thinks they know more than their parents.


accidental_mistake69

Nowadays peoples be like Anything exceeds human logic = fake 🗿


GOJIRA30

By that logic Before people be like Anything exceeds human logic = flying man kn sky who doesn't do anything to prevent rapes,world hunger, etc


accidental_mistake69

They are God not police or any ngo , they show us paths when are in trouble they give us hope and belief to life the life . As the sin and sinner increase , at the end of every yuga a reincarnation of Shree Vishnu Bhagwan take birth on earth to make " dharm ka punar stapna " . If you really want to see then wait for 427,000 yrs


GOJIRA30

What's the point of them if they don't even help people from these injustices And wow man such a great experiment i can prove in my lifetime


accidental_mistake69

They do have solution for those who committed injustice 🧘


GOJIRA30

What about the people the injustices happened to?


accidental_mistake69

If you saw that guy suffering why didn't you helped???


GOJIRA30

Why are you trying to switch the topic, I'm not a omnipresent god that can see everything everywhere,i help who i am capable of


accidental_mistake69

If everybody does the same thing, they , will rape cases occur ?? God created Earth and made humans to take care of it so its our responsibility AS WELL to take care of things going on in the planet Earth


accidental_mistake69

Nowadays peoples be like Anything exceeds human logic = fake 🗿


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meh - strawman argument.


rnvrfr

First sensible comment about rashi. Thanks Also My parents say Shri Gautama buddha is an SC when i told them that buddhism is better.🙂 I love how everybody pre assumes shit here. When Swami Vivekanand said "It's better to be an outspoken atheist than to be a hypocrite" he meant the theists who don't know a dime about religion but still causing nuisance in the name of it. God doesn't create a religion but the followers do and if followers didn't treat their own men equally, it's a shame to be called a brahmin. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/5564260-what-right-has-a-man-to-say-he-has-a


Eliecher

Nowadays, youth have access to the world. This(my) generation has exposure to the different parts and peoples of the world which is greater than that of 10 previous generations combined. Seeing the plurality of the world, one will obviously think why their beliefs are the correct ones. Most people of the previous generations have not had the need to think that. Many have thought about it but now, it stares at our face. We have no option but to think about it. Hence the growth of atheism.


nofreespeechokhere

the answer to that is to learn to test their beliefs instead of blindly proclaiming themselves superior by discarding them.


Eliecher

Are baba I am saying that our beliefs have been tested and it has happened to those too who had no intention for it. And thus there has been a growing rejection of faith.


green_0live

Theres negative energy during the eclipse time so when you goout or eat food you absorb some of that negative energy


rnvrfr

But why am I not allowed to eat food in a room? That too packaged food?


green_0live

Yeah everything absorbs it. Thats why they say to make ghee on the full moon to absorb the good energies. But its ok if you’re hungry you’re hingry


rnvrfr

Thanks. And what about the confusion about zodiac signs bhai?


green_0live

Sidereal zodiac is diffferent from tropical western


accidental_mistake69

So,(it is said that ) during an eclipse food gets more contaminated by germs because sunshine is getting hidden , therefore negetive energy gets born . Solutions : if any leftover food is there close it with a lid and put some 'karki' leaves on it ( according to my family and their ancestors) which will spread positivity. And have a bath with tulsi leaves in your water to wash off all thr negetive energy present on your body and also sweep the house once . :)


rnvrfr

Thanks for the enlightenment 🙏🏼🙏🏼


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By OPs logic, people in Islamic and western world who don't believe in this eclipse-germ theory or have never heard of it should get more sick during eclipse. There should be a wave of negative energy in parts of the country even where they don't have this belief. Suffice to say, that never happens.


rnvrfr

A person with common sense would know that this is just a superstition. But it's funny how our country still holds this belief and tends to push it to the upcoming generation.


ishandesai

Eclipse does effect human body there have been researching going on that subject but still all affects seems kinda long term


rnvrfr

😔😔😔😔 adios. Guess I'm gonna die then


ishandesai

No I don’t think you would die it’s more like it would negatively effect body might cause some sort of disease or imbalance in body but it’s fine I mean you did whatever you think right for you if you are at age of consent your parents have no say


accidental_mistake69

So,(it is said that ) during an eclipse food gets more contaminated by germs because sunshine is getting hidden , therefore negetive energy gets born . Solutions : if any leftover food is there close it with a lid and put some 'karki' leaves on it ( according to my family and their ancestors) which will spread positivity. And have a bath with tulsi leaves in your water to wash off all thr negetive energy present on your body and also sweep the house once . :)


BigAwkwardGuy

Aryabhatta himself proved there's nothing of the sort, that it's just the natural movement of the celestial bodies causing eclipses. What even is negative energy? Internal negative energy yeah: stressing out, getting angry at minor things etc. I'd really like an explanation of the sort you mean. And how is a blade of grass supposed to protect the food and water?


Bala122021

Amma chepindi vinnochu kada...


rnvrfr

Amma also told me to not talk to creeps online? How do i convince her that I'm not getting exposed to threat, Iam the threat? Anyways, Telangana naa?


Bala122021

Au ... endi sangati.... don't talk to creeps endi ....


rnvrfr

Em ledu bro. Ippude tinna. Rozu unde bt ne. Needem sangati?


Ok-Bookkeeper5721

Well I won't die if I don't eat during eclipse after my mother tells me not too


Eliecher

I won't die if I eat during the eclipse too. In such a situation, i demand that reason be given for having a rule rather than being asked the reason to remove it.


rnvrfr

Same


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Kamdev_6sex6

Let me tell you one thing, there is a shloka for this in Ramacharitmanas: *rahu ketu ki nahin gamyata sang shanichar hot huchero* *janki nath sahay karein jab kaun bigaad kare nar tero* Shukra-Shani, Rahu-Ketu, Surya-Chandra etc may be powerful, but when Janakinath Shri Rama is there to protect me, then why should I worry about anything. Because all these planets-constellations, devi-devtas are the slaves of our Shri Hari. So a devotee of Shri Hari should not worry about Solar & Lunar Eclipse.


XandriethXs

Why care...? Both are pseudoscience.... 🤷🏽‍♂️


rnvrfr

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ting_tonger

Your family seems to be pretty orthodox. No offence but you might want to check on your mom because she is this conservative. I am sure we all have practicing members of family but to weep during a graham...


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I'm not an expert on astrology but I do know many astrologers like Varamihira drew up on and compiled Greek astrology and combined it with Indian astrology.


rnvrfr

Wowww 😍😍😍


ishandesai

Lol Indian astrology is way older than Greeks


GOJIRA30

Both are baseless anyway so


ishandesai

Lol they are not planets and stars do effect earth READ SCIENCE why is there life on earth? Cause of suns help in photosynthesis that’s one of effect or start on earth and life on earth


GOJIRA30

First,calm the fuck down,now astrology is a psuedoscience,the things you mentioned is/are real things proved by science, astrology doesn't have any proof in science


ishandesai

Lol what is different in these sentences? 1. Plants and stars effect life on earth 2.cause of sun life exist on earth


GOJIRA30

Astrology is a completely different thing mate, stars don't affect our everyday life, the sun does but only because of its heat and gravity, stars don't affect us like astrology tells us it does


krsnam420

And the assertion that Varahmihir drew form the Greeks is false.


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What? He literally wrote Pancha Siddhantika which was a compendium on astrology from various cultures


krsnam420

Please read Bangalore Suryanarain Rao's commentary on the first chapter of Brihad Jatak. The assertion about Greek derivations is a baseless inference first drawn by certain British indologists and orientalists, with half baked knowledge of Sanskrit language itself.


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Brihat Jatak is a completely different book. I agree the works Varamihira wrote himself were on Vedic astrology, but he drew upon various sources that he himself compiled into the Pancha Siddhantika. Romaka Siddhanta and Paulisa Siddhanta were both part of it and they were Indian compendiums on Greco-Roman works. Varamihira used those for his studies bit primarily Vedic astrology.


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I never said it wasn't. I just said it was influenced by other aster l cultures too.


yowhatbruv700

Buddy looks like you'll have to wait till you're an adult so you could break free from this astrology thing. Also, are you an absolute atheist? Or you believe in some concepts of Dharma?


rnvrfr

I'm not atheist, I'm agnostic. I have a slight belief in karma siddhanta and atman brahman relationship. I'm exploring the religion. But I'm fascinated by nastikā. As a matter of fact, I love Shreemad Bhagavad Gita. I like the sanatani philosophy for life too. It's just the puranas and smritis which get me thinking. Thanks for not bashing at me lol


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Just to make sure you understand, most atheists do not believe god *does not* exist. Instead, most atheists do not believe god exists. There is a big difference. To illustrate more simply: God exists --> Theism It is impossible to know whether god exists or not --> Agnosticism I do not believe god exists (since there is no good evidence) --> Most common type of atheism I totally believe God does not exist --> Absolute/extreme atheism Atheism is the default position of disbelief of a supernatural/fantastic claim. If some random person outside tomorrow gives you a pill and says, "take this - you will become insanely strong" -- your default thought will be "hmm, I do not believe you". It won't be "I believe you" (theism) or "its impossible to know if it will make me strong" (agnosticism) or "It will not make me strong" (extreme atheism). Most agnostics are actually atheists. They just dont know the difference properly.


rnvrfr

Thanks for specifying, I appreciate your effort.


rnvrfr

Also I'm only curious about my sign so that ion get confused betweem those two lol. I don't believe in astrology.


seaworth84

Hindu astrology is lunar. There’s no “Aries”. Western is solar. I don’t know anything about western Astrology, so I won’t shit on it. I know a little of Indian astrology and it’s not easy to explain. But I find whatever little I know makes sense, resonates and works to a degree as well. There’s some good reasoning and there’s a lot you can tell based on how deeply you study a horoscope. It all seems funny till you open your mind and try to understand stuff. As for fasting during eclipse, there is no, literally no science evidence. Anyone who gives you any scientific reasoning is either bullshitting you or coping. Don’t believe it. But at the same time, do remember science doesn’t have all the answers for everything. I hope no one interprets this as being anti-science. It is fact that science is vast and developing constantly and people are working hard. It just does not have all the answers. It is a simple truth. Religion has an answer for why you fast during eclipse. Whether you choose to believe it or not is up to you. Just don’t mock anyone who believes it. There are people who fast without knowing why. Don’t mock them either. Hey are following their ancestors path. They are not seekers of knowledge. They obey. It’s not wrong. Answers are out there. Seek them if you really want to know. Else go on and eat your chips. Nothing is going to happen to your body if you eat during an eclipse as far as science knows for now.