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Do scriptures specify how animals should be killed during the sacrifice?
Yes, the horse in the Ashwamedha is suffocated with a cloth.
Taittiriya Brahmana 3.9.20:
tArpyeNAshvam samjnapayanti | yajno vai tArpyam | yajnenaivainam samardhayanti | yAmena samnA prastotA'nUpatiSThate | yamalokam evainam gamayati
They (the Samitars, the slaughterers) kill ...
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There is no concept of judgment day in Hindu scriptures. jeeva or individual soul goes through the process of repeated births and deaths till it attains liberation or moksha.
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I don’t remember where but I read somewhere that Pandava were of greater height than present human beings. Lord Krishna showed his huge size to Arjun. Gods were big but how big that is not clear.
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Rig Veda X.72.4 says
Earth sprang from the Productive Power the regions from the earth were
born. Dakṣa was born of Aditi, and Aditi was Dakṣa's Child.
Satapata Brahmana
6:1:1:5 says
That same Person became Pragâpati (lord of generation). And that
Person which became Pragâpati is this very Agni (fire-altar), who is
now (to be) built.
6:1:2:26 ...
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Chaitra Navaratri starts with pAdyami (1st day) of Chaitra month/mAsa.
King Dasaratha wanted to coronate Sri Rama in chaitra month.
चैत्रः श्रीमानयं मासः पुण्यः पुष्पितकाननः | यौवराज्याय रामस्य
सर्वमेवोपकल्प्यताम् || २-३-४ राज्ञस्तूपरते वाक्ये जनघोषो महानभूत् |
"This is the glorious and auspicious month of Chaitra, in which the
forests bloom ...
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The following are the excerpts from the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Once ‘A’ asked: How can one be worshipful while engaged in daily work?
Sri Bhagavan did not reply. Ten minutes passed. A few girls came for
darsan of Sri Bhagavan. They began to sing and dance. Their song was
to the effect: “We will churn the milk without losing thought of
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