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• 19:41, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Death by Suicide and Euthanasia (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} In general, suicide as a means of escaping one’s responsibilities and challenges of life is considered a sin. Hindu tradition states that no funeral ceremonies or annual post-mortem ceremonies be performed for someone who has committed suicide, except if it is one’s mother. Sons are obligated to perform the funeral and post funeral rites of their mother, no matter what. There are no injunctions against suicide in the Vedic scriptures as s...")
• 19:34, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Time taken for a Jīva to be reborn (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} According to Hindu scriptures and modern research, there is no fixed time that elapses between death and rebirth because there are numerous factors that determine this duration, ''People wish to know the exact period that elapses from the time of leaving the body and being born again... Now, there is no definite period of time in this matter. In main two factors decide this issue viz., the nature of the individual Karma and the last impressio...")
• 19:20, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Memories of Life between two deaths (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} '''Individuals who have past life recollections general report the following three types of memory of the time between their two lives (i.e. between death in the previous life and their rebirth)<ref>Carter, Chris. ''Science and the Afterlife Experience.'' Inner Traditions, 2012, Rochester (Vermont, USA). p. 35-36.</ref>:''' #No memory at all: Most people have no memory at all of the intervening period between two lives. #A memory of having s...")
• 19:16, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Between Death and Rebirth (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} Just as we feel nostalgic about and attached to our old home that we have abandoned, the departed ātmā also feels attached to its old body and to the friends and dear relatives whom he had known when alive. But the ātmā realizes soon that the bonds he had with his friends and relatives are over and they were temporary anyway. According to some accounts, the ātmā is assisted by beings of light after death to its next abode, which may be a...")
• 19:12, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Interfaith Perspectives: Funeral Practices in Different Religions (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} Within the Dharmic traditions, cremation is the norm for funeral. They all also share the same cremation grounds. This is in contrast to the Abrahamic religions in which different sects have separate burial grounds. E.g. Catholics and Protestants have their own graveyards among Christians, as do Shia and Sunnis among the Muslims. Hindu teachers offer the following reason why cremation should be preferred over burial- ''“If the body is burie...")
• 19:07, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Non-Typical Funeral Practices in the Hindu Society (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} The following are not accorded cremation<ref>Pandey, Rajbali. ''Hindu Samskaras (2nd Revised Edition).'' Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited, 1969, Delhi. p. 243 </ref>: #Children younger than the age of two years are buried or cast away in water. #Victims of epidemics are cast away in water. #Pregnant women. #Ascetics are buried in soil, or their bodies are tied with weights and immersed in holy rivers like the Ganga. They are...")
• 18:58, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony: Annual Remembrance (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} Every year, a fortnight (15 lunar dates) is set aside to remember the departed ancestors, pay homage to them, and offer them food and drink ceremoniously. Many Hindu families will not observe any festivities or schedule any social gatherings or parties during this period. Today, this custom is not observed by most Hindus. However, the purpose of these annual remembrances is not merely to honor and provide relief only to one’s own forefather...")
• 18:54, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony: One Year Remembrance and Ceremony (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} In the eleventh or twelfth month of the lunar calendar since the death of the relative, his sons or nephews perform a shrāddha ceremony similar to the one performed on the twelfth day. In that ceremony, he and the prior two generations of dead ancestors are offered food, and worship is performed for the welfare of their invited ātmā-s. They are said a final goodbye and requested to proceed on their onward journey. During this period of 11-12...")
• 18:53, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony: Alms Giving (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} The family members should also fulfill the last wishes of the dead person and fulfill any duties and obligations that he may have left unfulfilled. This relieves the soul of any guilt and remorse. When someone meets a traumatic or violent death, he may not have time to prepare for his onward journey to the afterlife. It is then the duty of his children to offer worship on his behalf, give alms, and organize recitations of scriptures in the hope...")
• 18:51, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony: End of Mourning (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} On the thirteenth day, a ceremony is performed to complete the entire funeral. Shanti Mantras are recited for peace and happiness. The family members now wear new clothing and give up their mourning. ==References== Category:What Happens when We Die - Ātmagatividyā and Punarjanma")
• 18:50, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony: Sapiṇdikaraṇa (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} On the twelfth day, a shrāddha ceremony is performed to unite the departed person with his ancestors who are not reborn yet. During this ceremony, pindas or rice balls are offered to three prior generations of dead ancestors, and then these balls are united. A feast is given to the Brāhmaṇas, and charity is made in the memory of the dead relative. His personal belongings like clothing etc., are donated to the poor. ==References== Categ...")
• 18:49, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony: Post Cremation Ceremonies (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} Depending on family and regional traditions, the ceremonies can last several days. It is believed that the ātmā of the dead person acquires a temporary subtle body called ‘preta’ which takes nine days to form. The deceased ātmā has still not overcome its attachments to people, places and objects that it encountered during its life in the cremated body. It is still in a state of shock and pain of having lost its body, and imagines itsel...")
• 18:46, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony: Prayers for the Departed (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} The surviving family members make donations in the memory of their lost relative, and organize prayer ceremonies in the belief that these noble acts would lessen his evil karma and enhance his good karma as well as ensure a safe passage to his next life. The importance of keertan for the benefit of the departed has been described thus- ''“Prayer, or better yet is kirtan, which is the chanting or singing of the Lord’s holy names, can be ex...")
• 18:44, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony: Post Cremation Immersion of Ashes (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} The remains that are collected from the pyre are then taken to a holy river, or pond or to the ocean for immersion. Or, they may be buried in a forest or in a field. This step is again accompanied by the performance of a ceremony, and is done within four days of the death of the departed person. ==References== Category:What Happens when We Die - Ātmagatividyā and Punarjanma")
• 18:43, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony:Collecting the Funeral Remains (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} The fire consumes the body leaving a pile of ashes and bones within two days. Thereafter, the son and other male relatives go to site to collect those parts that are not destroyed completely, like ribs and some parts of the skull and fingers. The son first pours milk on what is left of the pyre – the pile of ashes. Thereafter, he is guided by an experienced person to sift out the bone remnants with his own hands and collect them in a containe...")
• 18:41, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony:Consolation of the Family Members (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} For several days, no food is cooked in the home of the immediate family members. All food for them is brought by their friends, relatives and neighbors. The visitors provide consolation to the family members during the difficult time, reflect upon the meaning of life, the transitory nature of this world and the eternity of the ātmā and Bhagavān. It is recommended that our grieving be moderate so as not to cause pain to the ātmā of the depa...")
• 18:39, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony:Departing from the Cremation Ground (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} All the participants then leave the cremation ground without looking back. Before entering their homes, they must purify themselves (or preferably, bathe). The immediate family members make offerings of water in the southern direction to the Devas. ==References== Category:What Happens when We Die - Ātmagatividyā and Punarjanma")
• 18:37, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs moved page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony:Preparing and Lighting the Pyre: to Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony:Preparing and Lighting the Pyre
• 18:37, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony:Preparing and Lighting the Pyre: (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} A stack of wood is piled on a demarcated area (either a platform, or an area of loose dirt whose boundary is marked with bricks etc.) that has been purified by sprinkling of Ganga water and chanting of mantras. The bier is placed on the pyre, and several more logs of wood are placed over it with the chanting of mantras, and pouring of ghee. In the Vedic scriptures therefore, the descriptions prescribe digging of a rectangular cavity in the ea...")
• 18:34, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony:Pre Cremation Ceremonies (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} Led by a Pundit, the male family members (especially the sons, or nephews of the deceased) perform a shrāddha ceremony in which the Devas are invoked and pleaded with to provide a safe passage to the ātmā of the deceased. They are given offerings of rice balls (‘piṇda’), which are placed at cross-roads on the way, within the home and also at the cremation grounds. ==References== Category:What Happens when We Die - Ātmagatividyā...")
• 18:33, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony: Journey to the Cremation Grounds (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} The body is placed on a simple bier that is constructed with the help of bamboo or other wooden sticks tied together with reeds or ropes. The body is wrapped with cloth sheets and then tied to the bier. The bier is lifted at its four ends by his family members, especially his sons and those belonging to the same or the younger generation, and carried to the cremation ground. At the front of the procession is a person who carries a pot containin...")
• 18:32, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Major Steps in Hindu Funeral Cremation Ceremony: Preparing for Cremation (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} If a person had died in away from his home (e.g., in a hospital), his body is brought to his home and is purified by bathing it, or sprinkling it with water. It is covered with new clothes, and often sprinkled with sandalwood powder, tulsi leaves and so on. Mantras or names of Bhagavān are chanted in the right year of the corpse to soothe the ātmā which might still be within the body, and remind it that the ātmā is eternal and the body is...")
• 18:29, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:The Hindu Funeral Ceremony (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} '''Antyeṣhṭi Saṃskāra''' The word ‘Antyeṣhṭi’ means the final Ishti (=Yajna). A human being’s entire life, if lived according to the guidelines of scriptures, is one continuous Yajna – worship to the Divinity. Therefore, it is very fitting that when he dies, his very body, that had performed acts of Dharma while living, should itself be cremated as an offering to the Divine powers. In the Rigveda and in other Hindu traditio...")
• 18:25, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Objections against the Rebirth Theory and Responses (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} As with any doctrine of any faith tradition, the Rebirth theory has also attracted objections and criticisms. We note some of them below and attempt to respond to them- '''Objection:''' The human population has been increasing constantly in the history of our planet. From a few hundred thousand, there are now billions of humans inhabiting the earth today. Where did all these extra souls come from? '''Answers:''' “Those who do not accept...")
• 16:41, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Rebirth or Resurrection:Resurrection is a Mind Deadening Philosophy (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} The Semitic Philosophy of resurrection is opposed to logical reasoning, to observed facts, to commonsense, to all ideas of fairness/justice and to modern science. The only leg it stands upon is blind faith. During the heydays of Christianity, such blind faith plunged Europe into dark ages and the rise of modern Western civilization began only after Humanism and the Age of Reason commenced in Europe. Muslims no doubt say that the same was not th...")
• 16:36, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Rebirth or Resurrection:Frightening Prospects in Semitic Theology of Heaven (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} The Semitic Heaven is a place limited by space. No intelligent person would like to dwell in a finite space for infinity, no matter how blissful that place is. So, the Semitic heaven is not better than an eternal jail and is therefore as scary as the Semitic Hell. ''“….it is hell that makes heaven so heavenly…..If you gorge on a favorite food day and night, that food will eventually become a torture to swallow; it is only in its absenc...")
• 16:30, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Rebirth or Resurrection:No Purpose served by an Eternal Hell (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} Modern states punish criminals either to chastise and reform them, or to set an example before the society (deterrence effect) and also to prevent them from repeating criminal activity. Retribution (on behalf of victims of the crime) is not regarded as an honorable reason for punishing criminals. Thus, the punishment meted out to criminals is intended to serve a positive purpose. But no positive purpose is apparent in eternal damnation of sinne...")
• 16:27, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Rebirth or Resurrection:Non Verifiability of the Theory of Resurrection (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} According to the Semitic texts, no one but the Prophets can visit Heaven or Hell before the Day of Judgment. So, basically there is no proof that Christian or Muslim Heaven/Hell exist. The accounts of these places given by Biblical prophets like Ezekiel and St. John and by Muslim texts are selfcontradictory and quite childish and laughable. On the other hand, there have been numerous cases recorded in which people have come to recollect their p...")
• 16:26, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Rebirth or Resurrection: Based on a Geocentric theory of the Universe (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} The Christians believe that by accepting Jesus Christ as the Son of God alone can we go to heaven. Muslims hold that we must believe in the Prophet-hood of Muhammad. Now, both of these gentlemen were born on this earth. So, if there is any life on some other planet, how do the people in those planets attain salvation? Obviously, the Bible and the Koran are based on a geocentric notion of the Universe or they preclude the existence of any intell...")
• 16:24, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs uploaded File:Abrahamic beliefs of resurrection.jpg
• 16:24, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page File:Abrahamic beliefs of resurrection.jpg
• 16:22, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Root of Religious Persecution and Fear Psychology of Abrahamic Religions (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} Islam and Christianity allow us only one life. They also exhort their followers to spread their religion. Great rewards are promised by the Bible to Christians and by the Koran to Muslims if they spread their religions. Finally, both Islam and Christianity declare that their religions alone lead to salvation and that people who do not subscribe to their beliefs are condemned by God and are destined for eternal Hell. The first factor, combined w...")
• 16:16, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Rebirth or Resurrection: Opposed to the Notion of a Just God: No Abrahamic Explanation of Evil and Suffering (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} People who subscribe to the Abrahamic belief in Resurrection often feel great distress and anguish when they suddenly undergo suffering (say due to an accident) although they know that they have not committed any sin. "Why did I have to suffer although I did not do any wrong?" They find no solution to this vexing problem. On the other hand, a Hindu discerns that suffering, whose cause is not known, could be due to some Karma that he did in his...")
• 16:12, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Rebirth or Resurrection: Opposed to Human Nature (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} Some human beings naturally take more time to understand certain things. Obviously then, some people will take more time to understand and believe in the "right doctrines" of Christianity and Islam, while others will take less time for the purpose. But these faiths allow us only one life to understand these ‘profound truths.’ Is it not unfair that God condemns such people, otherwise good intentioned and noble hearted, to everlasting Hell? O...")
• 16:09, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Rebirth or Resurrection: A Whimsical Abrahamic God (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} We see that in this world, some people are born rich, whole other are born poor. Some are born in virtuous and noble households while others are born amongst sinners. Some live amongst Christians (or Muslims) while others have never met any member of these faiths. In all these pairs, the former alone will attain salvation (according to Christians and Moslems) while the rest will go to hell since they have lost the only chance they had to hear t...")
• 16:08, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Rebirth or Resurrection: Logical Inconsistencies and wrong assumptions (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} Belief in the doctrine of Resurrection and Passage to Heaven and Hell leads to several contradictions as it is based on false assumptions. For instance, in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus commands a fig tree to bear fruit out of season. When it does not bear fruit, Jesus curses the tree and as a result, the tree withers away and dies. Jesus states arrogantly that whosoever does not listen to him will perish likewise. This incident should lead to the...")
• 16:06, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Rebirth or Resurrection: Gateway to Evil and Ego (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} In Chapter 16 of Gita, Bhagavan Krishna warns (to paraphrase): "The egoistic people say- ‘I have done this action today. I will do this tomorrow. I practice charity, perform religious rites for attaining Heaven’. Indeed, overcome with ego, such people bring about their ruin." The warning of our Lord is so very true and it clearly depicts the dangerous mentality that naturally results from the doctrines preached by the Semitic faiths. These...")
• 16:00, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Unanswered Questions in Abrahamic Paradigm (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} The theory of resurrection is riddled with several inconsistencies and leads to more questions than solving any. '''First''', it does not answer the question—Why did God create the Universe? Hinduism provides an answer and says that this Universe is only one in a beginning-less and endless cycle of creation and destruction and was created so that the souls can bear the fruits of their ‘unripe’ actions in the previous creation. ''The L...")
• 15:59, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs uploaded File:Krishna blesses Karna after he was shot by Arjuna in the war and offers to perform his funeral.png
• 15:59, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page File:Krishna blesses Karna after he was shot by Arjuna in the war and offers to perform his funeral.png
• 12:49, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Rebirth or Resurrection (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} Hindus believe that in order to be valid, any spiritual philosophy must be personally verifiable, and it should not be opposed to logic or commonsense. Also, since souls are unchangeable themselves, any philosophy concerning them also must not be dependent on ideas or objects that are restricted in space or time. In technical parlance, Hindu texts state that all spiritual truths must pass the text of direct perception that is free from any faul...")
• 12:46, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:Benefits of Believing in the Doctrine of Rebirth (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} A conviction in the doctrine of rebirth has several potential benefits as discussed below: #The person has a reduced fear of death. Even though death is inevitable for all of us, we fear it greatly. Knowing that death is not the end of life, and is just a doorway to the next life is a comforting belief that helps us cope with the fear of our death. Likewise, the death of a beloved relative or friend can cause immense grief in one’s life. K...")
• 12:08, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs created page Talk:What shapes our Personality:Effects of Previous Lives (Created page with "{{Author|Vishal Agarwal}} Whereas modern theories of personality acknowledge the first three factors, they do not include the last fact now being discussed – which is the effect of our previous lives on our personality. Although modern psychology indicates that the child develops his personality only by the age of four, it is seen that each child appears to be born with an inherent nature even before he turns four years of age- “And yet, why does it appear that chi...")
• 12:08, 25 January 2025 Sachi Anjunkar talk contribs uploaded File:Bharata born as a Brahmin teaches the king about life and death.png
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