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Goterna kom tydligen från Sverige, eller åtminstone Skandinavien. Detta enligt DNA-tester. Jag har aldrig DNA-testat mig, men ett av namnen i min släkt kommer från en grupp spanska korsriddare som påstod sig härstamma från Theoderik den store.
Vilket såklart inte bevisar ett skit, men det vore roligt om min förfäder (och anmödrar) faktiskt var goter från bronsålderns Mälardalen. Apropå etno-nationalism och så vidare.
The commentary section is...something to behold. Apparently, this man was God. Shiva, to be more precise. Like having moving pictures of Jesus or something. So who was he? ChatGPT knows.
Who or what is Maha Periyava at Kanchi? A Saint who lived until he was 100 years old?
Yes. You are thinking of Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati (1894–1994), one of the most revered Hindu spiritual figures of twentieth-century India. He is popularly known as Maha Periyava, the Sage of Kanchi or simply Periyava.
He lived for almost a century, although technically he died aged 99, not 100. He was born on 20 May 1894 and died on 8 January 1994.
His birth name was Swaminathan. At the remarkably young age of thirteen, he was appointed the 68th head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, a major Advaita Vedanta monastic institution in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.
He occupied that position from 1907 until his death in 1994: an extraordinary 87-year tenure.
His formal religious title was:
Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Mahaswamigal.
The various names have different meanings:
Maha Periyava: roughly, "the great revered elder" (Tamil).
Paramacharya: the supreme or foremost teacher.
Jagadguru: teacher of the world.
Nadamadum Deivam: "the walking God", a particularly affectionate Tamil designation used by devotees.
He belonged to the Advaita Vedanta tradition associated with Adi Shankaracharya. However, his religious outlook was not simply abstract philosophical non-dualism.
Some important themes were:
Preservation of Vedic tradition: He regarded the transmission of the Vedas and traditional Sanskrit learning as enormously important.
Advaita Vedanta: The ultimate reality is Brahman, and spiritual liberation comes through realisation of this truth.
Devotion: He placed great importance on worship, particularly of Shiva, Devi and Vishnu, within the traditional Hindu religious framework.
Simplicity and renunciation: He personally lived an exceptionally austere life.
Compassion and service: He encouraged charity, care for the poor and concern for all living beings.
The Kanchi institution describes his central concerns as the preservation of the Vedas, tradition and dharma.
Absolutely. He is regarded by many devotees as a realised sage, a jivanmukta (one liberated while still living), and even an embodiment of Shiva.
His devotees often speak of him with a degree of reverence comparable to that accorded to major Hindu saints such as Ramana Maharshi or Ramakrishna, although their spiritual traditions and teachings were quite different.
His recorded discourses were collected in an enormous Tamil work called Deivathin Kural ("The Voice of God").
Maha Periyava was not an exclusively Shaiva teacher, despite his association with Kanchipuram and its temples. He belonged to the Smarta tradition, which generally accommodates worship of Shiva, Vishnu, Devi, Surya and Ganesha as different manifestations or approaches to the one ultimate reality.
He was also closely associated with the worship of Tripurasundari, the Divine Mother, and Chandramouliswara Shiva, the principal deity worshipped by the Kanchi Peetham.
Given your interest in both Shaivism and Shaktism, I think you might find his religious outlook particularly interesting: it combines Advaita philosophy, traditional Vedic orthopraxy, and deeply devotional worship of both Shiva and the Goddess.
You can explore his life and teachings through the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham´s official website.
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Stackars-stackars-stackars Gunnar Hökmark som nu måste förhandla med Jimmie i fyra år till. Stackars-stackars, det var *så hårt* för lille Gunnar att förhandla med dem i 4+ år, och nu måste han alltså fortsätta med det efter Magdas "nya besked" i helgen. Dutta-dutta.
I själva verket var Magdas pressträff en power move som effektivt demaskerade de borgerliga partierna. Eller drog ner brallerna på dem! LOL.
Ten years ago, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States of America. Has it been *that* long? It frankly feels like yesterday. And I´m tired of winning...
Centerpartiet vill alltså ha besked om hur M tänker regera utan stöd av SD, och hur SAP tänker regera utan stöd av V. Båda alternativen är som bekant omöjliga. Och det vet Thand Ringqvist. Såklart. Så varför återupprepar hon samma gamla visa om "mittens rike"? Det måste vara ett sätt att vinna tid.
Men vinna tid för vad? Pågår det interna fraktionsstrider inom Centern som måste lösas innan partiet sätter sig i koalition med Kristersson? Eller är det tvärtom? Kan det hela vara en del av Centerpartiets "chicken race" med Vänsterpartiet för att få dem att släppa kravet på ministerposter i en SAP-ledd regering?
Medan vi begrundar detta, en liten påminnelse om en tidigare (C)-ledares s.k. värdegrund. Året var 2021.
Kan vi sluta snacka om Tone Schunnessons "Ultravåld" och David Druid? Tack så mycket. Och ärligt talat vill jag inte höra något om Thand R eller Ida heller.
Vänsterpartiet måste hjälpa sitt nya kommunalråd i Malmö att bli bättre på att ljuga. Ska de hålla henne i handen också? LOL. Pinsamheterna fortsätter oförtrutet...
Det heter förresten "konspirationsteorier", inte "konspirationer".
I linked to these crazy hippies before, LOL. Here, they worship the spear of the Tamil god Murugan. Because of course they do. In the Welsh countryside, of all places. They seem to be having fun, too!
