Indian Epics 2018

( source ) If you can't tell by the image, I took a look at Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences . The concept is that humans can have different types of intelligence. For example, I could be good at one thing, but not at another. This is an important concept to grasp because we often forget that we have our own talents. So, if I were to fail at math, that doesn't mean that I am a complete failure. It simply means that I need to find something else that I could be good it.

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Once upon a time, there was a prince that ruled over all of the lands. He was seen as a kind and fair prince. But underneath his exterior, he was a vile man.   He would pick new laws that would only benefit him. The people did not know his true personality. One day, there was a big storm that hit the town that he lives in. Usually, rain would not be a problem. On this particular day, the prince was taking a stroll by the river. Suddenly he fell in. His staff could not catch him in time. He began to float down the river. Not long after being in the water, the prince found a log. As he floated downstream, 3 rabbits got on the log too. A couple of villages down, there was a poor man that had a shack on the side of the river. He did not have a job or a proper house. He was just surviving. When he walked outside, he heard screaming. “HELP US!!,” they shouted. Immediately, the man ran to save everyone stranded in the river. Luckily, they made it all to shore. But because they were...

Title : Seven Secrets of the Goddess Author : Devdutt Pattanaik Year : 2016 Source Chapter 2.1 Kali's Secret "Nature is Indifferent to Human Gaze" -Kali is a part of Hindu mythology -Devi worship -Devotion to gods is important -Kali's tongue is seen as wisdom and shame -Woman are more put together -Wild vs Tame -Stories of long tounges -Long lives, happiness, and wealth -Sumita tries to kill Dirgha during sex -Buddism reject impulses -Puranas can be found in the epics -Goddess with flames for hair; rage and violence -Kali is a goddess that is very primal Chapter 2.2 -Kali is seen standing or sitting on Shiva -Sex and Violence -Popular -Women are sexually liberated -The woman is seen to be on top of the man during intercourse -But, sex is to reproduce -Compassion to Buddha -Everything is controlled -The human ability to be sensitive -'Everything and everyone has a soul that needs to be respected' ...

Title : Seven Secrets of the Goddess Author : Devdutt Pattanaik Year : 2016 Source Chapter 1.3 -Urbanization was a masculine idea -The Earth is feminine -Confucious ideas say that culture is more important, which instills a more masculine society -Culture domesticates nature, ie men domesticates women -Women=demons, men=humans -In Japanese mythology, women are of lower status compared to men -The story of how a brother and sister god take each other's items and produce offspring, the woman produced fewer men and the brother produced more females. The sister thought that she won because she produced men -There is a masculine rivalry, where women are the prize -Men should be aware of women -Women were eventually seen  as property -Women were put into isolation -'untouched by the rays of the sun' -Swift from material to patriarchy in mythology -The honor of women is brought to Indian epics -Rama rescued Sita to protect the honor of the ...

Title : Seven Secrets of the Goddess Author : Devdutt Pattanaik Year : 2016 Source Chapter 1.1 -Gaia is the earth mother -The only way she would have a son, she had to castrate the father -Gaia saved one son -Primal -Story of a girl that wanted to go back home by boat. The father kicked her off the boat and each time she tried to climb back he would cut her fingers and hands. Her limbs sunk to the bottom of the ocean and turned into animals -Brama thought that Adya was his mother -Stories around the world compete for women -Low status of women, even in Indian culture -But, in the stories, women are powerful -Culture revolves around the idea that a group of women only need one male to survive Chapter 1.2 -Rejection of sex = god of death -Humanity is at the mercy of goddesses -But, women were not seen highly -Men would turn to celibacy for strength -Reject women gives men freedom from suffering -Men are supposed to have children before they b...