Showing posts with label Sri Lanka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sri Lanka. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Dragons and giants

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  For the record, I don´t believe in this kind of stuff. I think...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Thursday

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  Vaishnavas paying homage to Shiva? Rama, Sita, Lakshama and Tumburu worship a lingam! Narada seems to be missing, though. 
Friday, January 23, 2026

Crazy stuff White folk do

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  Some White dudes all but un-ironically worshipping an idol of Ganesha. Yes, it´s Skanda Vale again. I asked ChatGPT to translate the devot...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Destroy Shambo

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  A somewhat shambolic controversy back in 2007 involving the religious sect I mentioned earlier, Community of the Many Names of God and its...

The Vel of Saint Francis

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  Some more content (partially overlapping) from Skanda Vale a.k.a. the Community of the Many Names of God. These guys seem more "far o...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

The many names of God

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  I admit that I never heard of this particular Hindu sect before. It´s called the Community of the Many Names of God and has ashrams in Wal...
Friday, December 5, 2025

Karthika Deepam

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  Vishnu and Brahma see Shiva manifesting as a pillar of light!  
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Theory of anything

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  Well, some people have interesting hobbies, I suppose...
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Buddha blasphemy

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  There is a YouTube video called "Rude Buddha" or something to that effect. The commentary section is full of supposed Buddhists ...
Friday, February 14, 2025

Comments and conspiracies

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  The mystery man currently known as Dev Bhagavan complains that nobody comments on his videos...again. I think his complaints and constant ...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Hanuman attacks Lanka

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  This is not *really* funny, but I couldn´t help myself... Monkey blamed for nation-wide power cut in Sri Lanka
Saturday, January 25, 2025

Topless nuns?

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  Shocking, shocking I say! Is this interpretation correct? It seems so, judging by the artwork. Short form: Buddhist nuns are allowed, nay,...
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Thursday, January 9, 2025

Bad boy devotee

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  Somehow, I can´t leave this topic alone. Once again: how can the *bad* guy from the Hindu epic Ramayana be worshipped by some Hindus?  Rav...
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Will the real Buddha plz stand up?

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  Zen Buddhist Brad Warner has apparently been hassled by some Theravada fundamentalist (yawn) in the commentary. This is his response. Shor...
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Are you kidding me?

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  So the Pali Canon was written down 500 years after the Buddha´s death, in another country, in a language the Buddha never spoke, and which...
Sunday, January 5, 2025

The Ravanisation of Aryavarta

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  OK, this just got even stranger than I expected! So apparently there are a number of temples in the "Aryan" northern part of Ind...

From Lanka with love

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  Good guy? Ravana is the demon-king and ruler of Lanka who is the chief protagonist of Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana. In other words: Rav...

Planet of the Apes

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  Many Hindus want to believe stuff like this. It´s sheer speculation, of course. Probably not true. It´s highly unlikely, to say the least,...
Sunday, September 22, 2024

Whoa

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  President-elect Anura Dissayanaka Credit: Eranga Jayawardena Look who won the recent presidential elections in Sri Lanka. I´m old enough t...
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Monday, August 12, 2024

My little cottage

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  The mysterious YouTube content-creator who is currently known as Adyashakti swami has shared this short clip of a goddess temple in the vi...