27. Freedom as to payment of taxes for promotion of any particular religion.
29. Protection of interest of minorities.
Hanuman chalisa and Vishnu Sahastranam!
1. Forty verses praising Hanuman were composed by Goswami Tulsidas, author of Ramcharitmanas. The climax declares: in the end the reader is born in Raghuvarapur as a devotee of Hari which is a name for Vishnu. Solar dynasty. It also declares that anyone reading it 100 times gets liberated and experiences great bliss.
2. 1000 names of Vishnu were composed by Ved Vyasa, son of sage Parashara, grandson of Bhrigu who was a son of Brahma the creator. The treatise claims that devotees of Vaasudev( one in whom reside all gods) are neither born nor die, nor become subject to any diseases or bondage.
3. There are no facts only interpretations. Nietzsche
4. This post has four blocks. It’s a fact.
Another Dark Night Ends!
1. Took me 54 minutes to register 20 books.
2. Couldn’t bypass conversation of Nachiketa with Yama. The lure of Brahmavidya. I read about it in a book when I was six years old. The word Moksha means liberation. I later developed a vocabulary with at least 40 words for the concept of enlightenment or awakening. Did a guest post on James Harbeck’s blog on the same. The book “Tales From Upanishads,” has been written by Shri Shankar Dattatreya Dev and translated by Shrimati Shakuntala Pathak.
3. Came across Belgian author Matter link’s play Shab-e-taar or Dark Night. The book has been translated by Premchand. The standard preface in Urdu has been rendered beautifully with glossary of terms in the footnote. I clearly recall getting this book issued in the last iteration of registration. I enjoyed it a bit. Premchand was master of Hindu as well as Urdu prose.
4. Another dark night ends. It’s the truth realm. I know the way in and out of it. I had a brief discussion with the librarian as we sat outside his naturopathy clinic. It’s the dawn of the gods as per the Hindu calender.
Dancing light of grace 