Kathiresan Ramachanderam

According to the Bon faith Tonpa Shenrab was born approximately 18000 years ago in a land called Olmo Lungring. Legend has it that Olmo Lungring occupies one-third of the known world. The kingdom is described as an eight petaled lotus that sits beneath a sky that resembles a dharma wheel. There is a tall mountain with snow clad peaks, located in the middle of the kingdom, and at the base of the mountain there are four springs that flow into four sacred rivers that run concurrently in four different directions. Each spring bursts forth from four different rocks, each shaped like a different animal. The river Nara flows from a lion shaped rock and continues towards the east. The river Pakshu flows from a horse shaped rock and continues towards the north. The river Kyim-shang flows from a peacock shaped rock and surges to the west and the river Sindhu flows from an elephant shaped rock and journeys to the south. Tonpa Shenrab was the son of King Thodkar and therefore a prince by bir...

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With the advent of the Christian church and post the Renaissance Period of the 16th century the “spirit” edge of the older religions had been blunted by a cultural revolution dictated by modern philosophies and the codification of preexisting myths into a comprehensive form of literature leading to a general dismissal of the spirit world as nonexistent or the product of a society that has not yet reached the pinnacle of its evolution. Often however it is the rituals and practices of these “lesser evolved communities” that provides an answer when none other exists and it only stands to reason that when there is no other scientific or medical explanation available, the answer lies in the field of the occult. Occult practitioners and black magicians continue to earn a reasonable living preying on the calamities that befall others and isolated schools continue to exist for the astute pupil who is unable to afford the inflated cost of a college education. These schools provide a means to e...

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Sikhandini is an intriguing character that appears in the Mahabharata. She was the reincarnation of Amba, one of the three daughters of the King of Kasi that were spirited away by Bhisma just after a Swayamvara (a test of strength held to find a suitable husband for a bride, usually a princess), and the route or the path that she took to gain her revenge is interesting, to say the least.   Bhisma by spiriting away Amba, had caused her to be spurned by the person that she had set her heart on, the Prince of Saubala, Salva, and a distraught Amba, pleaded with Bhisma to reunite her with the person that she loved most, and despite Bhisma’s attempts to do so, Salva wouldn’t have her back. She then asked Bhisma to marry her but he could not do so because he had taken the vow of celibacy. Her unrequited love eventually turned to anger, and an angry Amba sought her revenge by first looking for suitable warriors to take on Bhisma but no warrior was brave enough to test his mettle agains...

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