Ganesh and Skanda - the first Gods

Om Shri Ganeshaya Namah

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Sanatana means eternal, never ending and never starting...
The word Dharma also means the Way to Liberation; in Mahabharata, Dharma is the God of Justice. Sanatana Dharma is eternal community.

Life on Earth has only ONE history of its Beginning...

The main focus of this article is the author's view about the abuse of svastika by the Western civilization. Its use is prohibited in Germany and several countries have already legislation that may put an innocent person to prison only because of using this symbol. There is a petition to the European Union, as German MP's are calling to ban the svastika sign across all Europe. Most Europeans do not know what is the origin of this ancient symbol - it is the (Hindu) sign of prosperity and good luck.

Ganesh and Skanda are important Hindu Gods. Hinduism is one of the oldest documented religions in the world. Images of Ganesh were also found in South America from times of the pre-Columbian era. Some say that one cosmological system could be here that had been developing in ancient times all over the world.

Ganesh pictured in a female principle Vinayaki.

Mushikavaahana modaka hastha,
Chaamara karna vilambitha sutra,
Vaamana rupa maheshwara putra,
Vighna vinaayaka paada namasthe

The word Ganesha means Lord of Hosts. This God is the Lord of good fortune; He is the Remover of obstacles.

"Gana" means a group or host. Ganapati was decapitated and reanimated by Shiva one day, when He returned home after fighting with demons. Ganesh - created by the Shiva's consort Parvati - wanted to stop Him. Shiva got infuriated and severed the Ganesha's head with His trident. Parvati demanded that Shiva restore Ganesha's life, but Shiva could not find his head. Instead, it was an elephant that came into His view. After decapitating it, Ganesh received a new head and was reanimated.

Shiva has coarse manners. His true followers do not wear splendid garments; they do not drive expensive cars. Shiva has also skulls and cobras around His neck and His manners are startling even for gods. His adherents wear Holy Ash on their bodies - this only typifies simplicity and self-dependence even in time when fire burns everything to dust.

Sanatana Dharma

The etymological origin of the word "Hinduism" was developed later and its roots had originated from language of the conquerors of the then Indian subcontinent. Slavic people have several common things with Indians - for example, the word "Hindu" originally also had something to do with the word "slave" (Slavic). The Slavic pre-Christian sun god, Swarog, is tightly associated with swastika too.

The "Hands of God" - the old pre-Christian symbol of Swarog - Slavic god of the Sun. In neo-pagan religions, Swarog is often the supreme god-creator and the central part of the (holy) trinity Triglav. A very interesting similarity with Swarog has the word "Swarga", which is a set of nether worlds located on the svastika mountain - Mt. Kailash in Tibet.

 (More information about this god, as well as about the swastika symbol, can be found in Wikipedia.)

Every country has rich history. In Slovakia, the oldest surviving archeological artifacts date back to some 270,000 BCE - the Early Paleolithic Era. The artifacts were found near Nové Mesto nad Váhom (source: www.slovakia.org). These excavations confirm the existence of very ancient inhabitants in the geographical region known today as Slovakia. Our national flag has a double cross and three hills almost identical to hills on the Slovenia's flag, which picturizes Mt. Triglav - the mountain with the name of the ancient Slavic Trinity of Gods (similar to Hindu Trimurti) in the beautiful terrain of the Julian Alps (Slovenia/Italy).

A better term for Hinduism is therefore *Sanatana Dharma*. Of this belief, evolutional forms such as Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism... evolved. There are three mainstream religions in India: Hinduism, Islam and Christianity (in addition to smaller denominations like Zoroastrianism, Jainism, etc.).

Before the arrival of Buddhism to Tibet, Bön religion (Zhang Zhung Kingdom), described as a shamanistic one, had flourished in the Himalayas. This religion used (and is using today) svastika too.

Hinduism or Sanatana Dharma is a faith in God that underpins the basic humane principles of brotherhood, kind-heartedness and pursuit of good life in search of God. This religion believes in eternal reincarnation of which you may set yourself free by various practices and come to a higher state of being called moksha - liberation. Christians have salvation, Hindus moksha, and Buddhists nirvana. Hindus believe that God is ONE, but He has many forms (actually roles).

Birth of Ganesh and some history

 

Ganesha is understood to be the first God in that sense that if someone wants to come up to Shiva, he must first get through the Ganesha's doorstep. He is mentioned in the oldest Veda - Rig Veda, where He is identified with Brahmanaspati (or Brihaspati - the guru of the gods), and sometimes with Indra, Maghavan, Agni, or even Rudra.

Ganesh was born on the fourth day in the Hindu month Magh and He has many powerful aspects. He is also considered to be the master of astrology. According to the Hindu calendar of religious events, His birthday is celebrated in August/September. This date is variable similarly like Christian Easter (based on the lunisolar calendar).

Hinduism consists of four basic (mainstream) denominations of which 1) Shaivism is the oldest one. Hence, God Shiva is the absolute God; in other Hindu denominations it is Shakti (female principle) - 2) Shaktism; or Vishnu and His avatar (incarnation) Krishna - 3) Vaishnavism. 4) Smartism is a school that follows Smriti.

The Hindu "Trinity" or TRIMURTI represents three aspects of God: Brahma - the Creator; Vishnu - the Protector; Shiva - the Destroyer. Furthermore, along with shAktam (Shakti), shAivam, and vAishnava systems, there are also:

gANApatyam     - followers of Lord Ganesh (they consider Ganapati to be the Absolute God)

kaumAram         - followers of Lord Kumara (Ganesha's brother)

sAuram               - followers of Surya

Adi Shankara, a famous Indian teacher (born in the year 686), propagates the Shanmata - "six opinions" tradition: Ganesha, Shiva, Shakti, Vishnu, Surya and Skanda (other name of the Ganesha's brother) - these are the most important Hindu Gods.

Contrary to homogenous Christianity or Buddhism, Hindu schools/sects are forked rivers. Albeit there are many Christian denominations, they all focus on CHRIST. Contrary to Hinduism (where you may choose a path from a variety of opinions), Buddhism is an unambiguous and relatively very homogenous path to liberation - the Four Noble Truths clearly define it. The difference between Buddhism and Hinduism is that Buddhists do not consider Gods so important as Hindus do; for Buddhists the relevant is only the path (to liberation or to nirvana) the direction of which described Buddha.

In Hinduism, mainstream Vaishnava, Shakta and Shaiva schools are well documented. Cults of sUrya, skAnda and gAnApAtyA are poorly documented. Ganesh, while being one of the most extensively worshiped deities of the Pan Hindu religion, is one of the most poorly understood ones in terms of origins and history. The sectarian worship of Ganapati and Kumara is principally extinct. The literature and practices of these cults are also largely unknown to most Hindus.

Some words about Buddhism

 

Buddha, too, is pictured with svastika. People have always committed evil acts throughout history - some Hindus sacrificed people to Goddess Kali; others meditated in dumb ascetism, and Buddha understood that this could not be the only way to remedy all human problems. At times when proud Brahmans liked to be superior to others, Buddha was looking for a way of coming out of such a pressurizing circle.

In esoteric Buddhism, Ganesh in Japan is pictured as a Twin-God - two figures joined to one, often with sexual connotation. These statues are not seen publicly. In Japan, there are more than 250 temples dedicated to Lord Ganesh and He has names such as Kanki-Ten, Kangi-Ten, Shooten, Vinayaaka, or Daishoo Kangiten. In Kamakura (a city in Japan), there is a temple (Hookaij-Ji) with allegedly the oldest statue of Ganesh in Japan; it is locked and supposed to have been preserved safe and sound there from the year 1333. The Twin God is Nanten - male Ganesha, Nyoten - female Ganesha. The two elephant-head symbolization also represents His ego.

Many historians date the first presence of Ganesh in Japan back to times when a great monk Kukai (774- 834) started the Shingon sect in Japanese Buddhism. The means of worshiping Ganesha, Ganabachi, Vinayaka or Kangiten embody something that makes this cult different from other Buddhist streams. The teaching, rituals and beliefs of the cult have many parallels with the cult of Ganapatyas, to which also saints such as Gajanan Maharaj of Shegao belonged: http://www.gajananmaharaj.org/

On the picture you can see the influence of a possible shaiva branch in Ancient Greece - the cult of god Dionysus, which later transformed to a secret cult of god Bacchus - it is freedom, sex, inebriation - something similar to a left-handed path, or Vamachara tantra. This is not a joke, but a way to express one's freedom and to get completely "naked" before God; to have the courage to ridicule the rigidity of the blind obedience to Kali Yuga's bonds. However, there were also secret cults of the Egyptian goddess Isis and there is a term such as "Vedic Egypt", too, which - for example, Swami Krishnapada described. Western Christian scholars have difficulties to accept the fact that some ancient Egyptians were under the influence of the Vedic Dharma and Vedic Gods. Look here: http://www.vnn.org/

Hanuman and other Gods

 

In India, there are many gods, but quite a number of them often represent only one deity - for example, Hanuman - believed to be the avatar of Lord Shiva - is a monkey god who appeared in the epos Ramayana.

Symbolism of Ganesh - the First Syllable of the universe

In the Ganesha Purana it is written:
At His command Lord Brahma creates the universe. At His command Lord Vishnu maintains the universe. At His command Lord Shiva destroys the universe. At His command the Sun, Lord of the day, moves throughout the universe. At His command Vayu directs the wind. At His command Varuna causes the waters to flow in all directions. At His command the stars shine in the sky...

Ganesha is the first sound - OM, in which all hymns were born. When Shakti (Energy) and Shiva (Matter) meet, then Sound (Ganesh) and Light (Skanda) are born. The number FOUR is the principle message of svastika. Ganesha's head symbolizes atman. His big body represents the earthly existence of humankind, but also maya - "illusion of this world". His elephant head indicates that He is the wisest and most powerful Being among animals; His wide ears indicate that He can hear anything in the universe...

This God wrote Mahabharata as a scribe when the sage Vyasa dictated the text of this ancient Indian epos to Him. He has a trident on His forehead, which some authors consider to be a link to Atlantis, as it is also the Poseidon's symbol (Greek god of the sea).

Svastika is in His right hand; the mouse at the bottom of His body indicates that He can get secretly anywhere.

Skanda

In Chinese Buddhism, Skanda Bodhisattva or Wei Tuo is a devoted celestial protector of temples who protects Dharma...

The pillar of Shaivism, Buddhism, and other denominations, too, is Mt. Kailasa - a 6638-meter high mountain in the Himalayas (Tibet). It is also called the "Svastika Mountain".

Tantra and tantric sex

The decadent European and US culture, which is focused on various flashy forms of brainwashing, is using the system of tantric techniques mostly for profit. From the money earned in thousands of sundry seminars and courses going on out there, a lecturer can easily buy a house, but his/her "pupils" will hardly ever learn what a (real) tantra is.

With various concepts of tantra, there are some basic pillars:

Tantra is a religious modus operandi and practicing it requires an unconditional belief in God; without this aspect, tantra's effects are beyond one's reach.

From this point of view, it is not possible to attain a real tantric experience, or to submerge in the tantra's religious depth by cheap Western production of New-Age practitioners who sell tantra techniques like Viagra pills as promise for "sexual" pleasure. The dollar, not tantra is their god. Practicing tantra - a collection of rituals on one's path to achieving moksha - is not possible without receiving Shiva deep into one's heart. Most Westerners are simply degenerated and they are interested in tantra not because they have faith in God, but because they think it is an "unmatchable" technique to satisfy their hedonistic sexual wishes. They also abuse it as a spiritual obscurity they use to overwhelm other people who have never heard about it (mental exhibitionism).

Tantra is actually an experiential form of religious worship and it does not necessarily involve only a sexual practice as most Westerners think. If you read some works of a few famous European philosophers, you must have noticed a dilemma these philosophers brought to our attention in relation to rational cognition and empirical cognition - these philosophers question themselves if rational knowledge without the empirical one is enough in one's understanding of the world. Tantra is thus a form of empirical approach to God on the direction of which we nurture our faith by experiencing it.

Lord Krishna says to Arjuna:

Bhagavadgita, 49
O Dhananjaya, keep all abominable activities far distant by devotional service, and in that consciousness surrender unto the Lord. Those who want to enjoy the fruits of their work are misers.

It is known that Ganesha had esoteric worshippers who worshipped Him like linga. This cult was one of the few PRIMARY tantric traditions.

To say it very simply, tantra is worshiping of God; it is derived of a "dialogue", or "communication" between Shiva and Shakti when they "go crazy" in love; this way of knowing opens a secret door both for our mind and body - the Sound and Light is born.

Black magic

Today, gays may adopt children in some European countries. However, law strictly prohibited homosexuality in the past. Shall also pedophiles be allowed to commit their misdeeds some decades later in a distant future?

The cult of Ganapati has many hidden mysteries. In ancient times, the origin of this cult could be traced to the era of Sage Yajnavalkya. Then one of the important leaders of the cult was girijAsuta, who founded the Mahaganapati sect. The other great Acharya was Herambasuta, who founded the vAmAchArA cult, which may seem very obscene for most Hindus.

Jesus

First Christians used the svastika symbol too, but official church judgments do not favor the opinion that God of other religions has the same identity as Christian God.

Pictures on this website show more svastikas in the Jesus' tomb in Jerusalem - one of them you can see also here (image on the right).

Lord Jesus is mentioned in the Bhavishya Purana, which belongs to the 18 main Puranas and which is the eleventh among them. "The king asked, 'Who are you sir?' 'You should know that I am Isha Putra, the Son of God'. He replied blissfully, and 'am born of a virgin.'"

Abuse of svastika

Not all people do know that Adolf Hitler was a mystical lunatic who used various elements of occultism to set up a bizarre theory about an ancient arrival of a "higher race" the origin of which had been the far north. A nonsensical term appeared - the "Aryan race", which Hinduism rather condemns, as there is not such a thing, although for occultists the "Aryan race" is this Super Race and it lives in our Earth, which is hollow. However, if we consider that even such an unthinkable concept may be based on some truth, than such a "race" would definitely never follow any racist theories, as making oneself superior to others only on the basis of one's color lacks any logic. Soviet Union, after conquering the Nazis, never applied any adjustments in their ideology that would make them believe they were superior as a race only because they won World War II.

The first element of the Nazi occultism was built upon a reference to a mythical land - Hyperborea-Thule, which is also analogical to the Plato's Atlantis, but with one difference - Herodotos described Hyperborea somewhere in the far north. Thus, a Thule society (Thule-Gesellschaft) was founded in 1918, and its mainmast stood on the above-mentioned notion that Germans are "descendants" from this continent. The official purpose of the Thule society was to study the origin of all Germans.

Other secret societies such as Vril and DHvSS got involved (in German: Die Herren vom Schwarzen Stein) - "men of black stone". They built their beliefs upon something like Greeks - but instead of Titans they spoke of Teutons, an ancient Germanic tribe. Greek and Roman authors had documented this tribe, too, with statements that they had migrated from the north somewhere to the river Danube some few hundred years before Christ. Nazi occultists considered this tribe to be the proto-Germanic one of the so-called "pure Aryan nature". They said that Teutons' race purity had weakened as a consequence of the tribe members copulating with other tribes.

Teutons are often referred to in many encyclopedias as "magic" or "occult" people whose art of sorcery, especially practiced by women, predominated over any other tribe in the ancient past of Europe. Nazis made svastika their symbol because they believed this Super Race (ancestors of Germans) had left it here as their "mark". However, what Nazis did was a big abuse of svastika, as it has always been a symbol of good life and what is apparent from it is that this Super Race wants good life too.

There is a connection between Shamballa, Tibet and Nazi Germany also documented by historians. There are a few valuable links, too, which document Nazi close relationship to Buddhism.

Unfortunately, not all people do know that the Nazi ideology was based on occultism and this article's purpose is to show how svastika was abused. In his attempt to initiate a contact with this Race, Hitler invested to the research of South America and Tibet more money than is in the budget of a small country today. Superpowers found (dead) Tibetan monks in Berlin at the end of World War II (referred to as "The Monks in Green Gloves", or members of the "Order Of The Green Dragon").

Svastika is the ancient symbol of prosperity, innocence and good life, but Nazis used this symbol to spread it viciously worldwide with wars and against the message it contains. The "Super Race" had once used this symbol all over the Earth, and the Nazis had "proofs" for its existence - the "Super Race" left this holy sign in Tibet; "they" marked South America with this symbol too.

"Proofs" for the esoteric theory of "Hollow Earth"

 

Information included herein does not intend to prove or confirm the concept of Hollow Earth Theory, but only to outline how this ancient symbol (svastika) was abused by ever overconfident white civilization.

Hopi tribe

These Indians say that a "Spider Woman" saved them from the destruction (flood) of the second World. The Spider Woman (a very similar representation of Lord Ganesh, who has a trunk and four hands) led them out of the underground world where they had been kept under protection.

Even today, Hopis have an aperture on the floor of their dwellings as proof that they came up to this world from the bowels of Earth. The famous "Hopi Prophecy", which captivates minds of many people and scholars, contains the symbol of svastika.

Admiral Byrd and his secret diary

Admiral Byrd was one of the greatest US military explorers. He was an excellent voyager, pilot, and air instructor. This man also became famous with his "secret diary", the origin of which cannot be proved with absolute confidence, as US military bodies are not opened to public questioning. This diary contains a description of exploration flight over the North Pole and here are some excerpts:

They are close enough now to see the markings on them. It is a type of Swastika!!!

11:35 Hours - Our radio crackles and a voice comes through in English with what perhaps is a slight Nordic or Germanic accent! The message is: 'Welcome, Admiral, to our domain. We shall land you in exactly seven minutes! Relax, Admiral, you are in good hands.' I note the engines of our plane have stopped running! The aircraft is under some strange control and is now turning itself. The controls are useless.

From this point I write all the following events here from memory. It defies the imagination and would seem all but madness if it had not happened.

...We descend downward for some moments, the machine stops, and the door lifts silently upward! We then proceed down a long hallway that is lit by a rose-colored light that seems to be emanating from the very walls themselves! One of the beings motions for us to stop before a great door. Over the door is an inscription that I cannot read. The great door slides noiselessly open and I am beckoned to enter. One of my hosts speaks. 'Have no fear, Admiral, you are to have an audience with the Master...'

'We have let you enter here because you are of noble character and well-known on the Surface World, Admiral.' Surface World, I half-gasp under my breath! 'Yes' - the Master replies with a smile, 'you are in the domain of the Arianni, the Inner World of the Earth. We shall not long delay your mission, and you will be safely escorted back to the surface and for a distance beyond. But now, Admiral, I shall tell you why you have been summoned here. Our interest rightly begins just after your race exploded the first atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. It was at that alarming time we sent our flying machines, the "Flugelrads", to your surface world to investigate what your race had done... Now you have been chosen to be witness here that our world does exist. You see, our Culture and Science is many thousands of years beyond your race, Admiral.' I interrupted, 'But what does this have to do with me, Sir?'

The Master's eyes seemed to penetrate deeply into my mind, and after studying me for a few moments he replied, 'Your race has now reached the point of no return, for there are those among you who would destroy your very world rather than relinquish their power as they know it...' I nodded, and the Master continued, 'In 1945 and afterward, we tried to contact your race, but our efforts were met with hostility, our Flugelrads were fired upon. Yes, even pursued with malice and animosity by your fighter planes. So, now, I say to you, my son, there is a great storm gathering in your world, a black fury that will not spend itself for many years...

Smoky God

Olaf Jansen, a fisherman from Norway, after going astray in the sea, visited the underground world too. The book entitled "Smoky God", or "A Voyage to the Inner World" by W. G. Emerson, describes the underworld as a domain inhabited by intelligent beings with very advanced technology: http://www.ourhollowearth.com/SmokyGod.htm

Dr. Raymond Bernard

From among the many authors that promote the concept of the hollow earth theory, Dr. R. Bernard assures us that enigmatic tunnels exist in a great number under Brazil; in Mato Grosso, fierce Murcego Indians guard the Roncador tunnel opening into the underground empire. The city of Posid, an Atlantean outpost, supposedly lies beneath this plain.

Vril

This book written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (published in 1870) describes an account of the author who was interested in various aspects of mining and who with his friend, a miner, entered a subterranean realm where they saw lights. The author meets a superior subterranean master race which introduces to him the energy form called Vril. The book can be found in the Gutenberg archive here. It had been written with such details that most readers believed that it had indeed happened. The Nazi occultists, too, used this book as a source for their eccentric theories.

Alleged entrances to Agartha

Agartha is the name of the underground world and Shambala its alleged capitol.

- Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Kentucky, Mommoth Cave, USA
- Manaus, Brazil
- Igua Waterfalls, Argentine/Brazil
- Mount Epomeo, Italy
- Himalayas, Tibet, also Mount Kailash, the Shiva's mountain
- Rama, India
- Giza Pyramid
- the North and South Pole
- Mount Shasta, California

What will happen when the Mayan calendar ends?

The Mayan calendar does not end, only its cycle, but many people speak of the END. The end of the Mayan calendar (cycle) is December 23, 2012. However, there are two correlations; this one comes from Lounsbury. Another one, from Goodman, Martinez-Hernandez and Thompson, suggests that the end of the cycle in the Mayan calendar is December 21, 2012.

It is very interesting that Mayans worked with dates touching such a distant future and past. Their calendar starts in the year 3114 BC - very close to the date of Krishna's disappearance, but also close to the beginning of Kali Yuga - the age of darkness (January 23, 3102 BC). If you try to fish out some correlations between the Hindu and Mayan calendar, a twelve-year difference between the onset of the Mayan calendar and the Krishna's disappearance is really startling.

Some scientific opinions suggest that a planetary anomaly may happen either on December 21, or December 23, 2012. Some other people believe that this could be the end of the world in the shape and form we have been used to live in.

Is there a gap between Christians and non-Christians, or we only make it?

Had the country like Germany with several thousand Christian churches around really breathed life as the Christ wished, no such a thing as Nazism would have ever come there.

As rivers always show people their paths, there are Ganga (Hinduism, Buddhism...) religions and Jordan religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam).

In the Jordan-river religions, only Christ does command nonviolence with ubiquitous emphasis. And albeit Holy Fathers (Popes) have ruled the world for so many years, it was not so long ago when possession of Bible was a crime punished by death.

Christianity is the religion with history of wars and bloodshed. Barbarous occupation of South America by Spaniards - conquistadors, brought many innocent Indians to death. They not only destroyed cultures in Egypt, South America; they also destroyed the Pan Slavic culture here without which it is difficult to trace the origin and thinking of the pre-Christian era of this part of Europe. But I see a big difference between the "Christ" - the Perfect Teacher, and "Christians", who have often led lives of millions of people to death.

The barbaric and xenophobic obliteration of historical records (statues, inscriptions, any indications to other gods), which Christians performed everywhere with their cross often by means of death punishment, put the history of Slavic people to darkness. Ancient people of Europe could have a very close contact with the Aryans (look above at the svastika of the Slavic god of the sun - Swarog). The Illyrians, for example, lived in parts of central Europe together with Celts. The part of Europe I live in was the Roman province of Illyricum, the map of which can be found here (in Wikipedia). In the Illyrian pantheon of gods we can identify the Vedic/Persian god Mithra (Illyria spread around present countries like Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldavia, Ukraine, Austria and western Slovakia; Illyrians had settled this region in the middle to late second millennium BC).

There are not many differences in the Jesus' teaching and in being in harmony with the Vedas. Here is a little summary of common Christian and Hindu beliefs:

        Christians                                                         Hindus

Paradise, Eden Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus Christians await the second coming of Jesus The word "Christ" is often pronounced with "K" as "Kristo" Christ/God elevates justice above everything Early Christians carved swastikas on their tombs

Satya Yuga, the age when humans lived with Gods Some great Indian women gave birth to sons of Gods while preserving their virginity (Kunti) Kalki is, for example, the tenth and final avatar of Vishnu, who will come to end the current Kali Yuga.  The word Kalka denotes "Destroyer of Darkness"  Some regional language idiosyncrasies in Asia - for example, in Bengal,  use "Krsto" or "Kristo"  pronunciation for Krishna Dharma or Justice has its significant place in the heart of every relevant Hindu God and a true worshipper Swastika is a religious symbol of Hinduism

Thus, the righteous teaching of Jesus is in line with the Vedas. It is not Jesus that makes people xenophobic, but rather people's ignorance and various language-interpretation pitfalls. Jesus' benign words to a felon on the cross, who kindly asked Him to remember him in His paradise, say it simply (Luke 23:43): "Verily, I say onto you, today you will be with me in paradise".

Witnesses of Jehovah, who do not believe in life after death, but in a visible - materialized Kingdom of God on Earth, interpret the above sentence as follows: "Verily, I say onto you today, you will be with me in paradise". Their interpretation is that Jesus says it "today" and the felon's coming to paradise is likely to happen some day...

Thus, the most important aspect in understanding the truth is when a person has the ability to interpret various sentences, ideas, and opinions correctly. And knowledge of what is correct or incorrect must come from impulses of our heart.

Our European and US culture is Christian only by its name. Christ explicitly commands nonviolence. How can the president of the most powerful nation come out of church and start war a few days later? 

Ku Klux Klan uses the symbol of Christian Cross for their misdeeds. Will it be a new topic for banning the Christian Cross across all Europe?

Interesting links

Lord Murugan's website:
http://murugan.org/

Hollow Earth Theory:
http://www.crystalinks.com/hollowearth.html

Rig Veda, Atharva Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Upanishads:
http://www.ishwar.com/hinduism/

Video gallery of God Shiva with beautiful ancient temples; striking video of His Holy Mount Kailash in Tibet:
http://www.shaivam.org/gallery/video/video.htm

Epos Ramayana:
http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/extra/bl-ramayana1.htm?nl=1

Ganesha's homepage in France with rich picture gallery:
http://ganapati.club.fr/anglais/indexe.html

Panchangam - the Hindu calendar:
http://www.panchangam.com/