Reading Notes: Seven Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art: Genesha's Secret

Ganesha's Secret: Devdutt Pattanaik
Shiva and Family

 -Shiva: A mountain mendicant
-Parvati: Shiva's wife, a mountain princess
-Ganesha: Shiva's child, head of an elephant
-Kartikeya: Shiva's child, holds a spear (not shown above)

-gods and goddesses are individual pieces to God
-Myth: idea churned in my world
-Mythology: stories symbols and rituals that communicate a myth
-The pictures are not meant to make sense to non-hindus

-Gods are greater than gods, per the capitol "g"
-Divinity is formless: however, we require forms to comprehend it
-Brahma: first being who sang the Veda and transmitted it through sages, Rishis
-Veda is a set of hymns, non-human origin
-Vyas: compiler of Vedas
-Saraswati: mother of Vedas, a part of Brahma
-four bhead of Brahma: four expressions of Veda

Four goals of life, each a head of Brahma
-Dharma: Righteous conduct
-Artha: economic activity
-Kama: pleasurable pursuits
-Moksha: Spiritual practices

-Khandoba: manifestation of god
-Mhalsa: daughter of a merchant
-Mani & Mallha: two demons
-Kshetrapala: a guardian of land, fights demons

-local god: local manifestation of a more cosmic god
-Khandoba: communicates the belief of the believers
-A god: provides for them and protects them

-Vishnu: a king who reclines on the coils of a serpent that floats on the ocean of milk
-Shri and Bhu: wives of Vishnu, Goddesses of wealth and earth
-Vishnu has to stay on the seven hills until a debt is repaid

-village gods: local heroes deified by legend
-tries to put faith into question, saying they are not actually avatars of the gods

-Greek mythology is different than Hindu mythology through subjective truths
-The Devas never feared the humans would overthrow them

-Amravati: abode of Devas, swarga, paradise
-Bahuchara: intolerance in society, inclusive divinity

-Annapurna: mother who feeds, goddess, becomes godess of welth

-Gayatri Hymn: saluting the divine, seeking the light of knowledge to pierce the dark
        -embodied in goddess Gayatri, becomes goddess of knowledge

-Genesha: life full of power and prosperity
-form of Genesha: container of an idea

-Shiva represents spiritual aspiration, the desire to focus on the soul within
-Parvati represents material aspiration, the desire to focus on the family and the world around.
-Genesha represents a balance between the two goal above

-images try to capture the infinite divine.

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