A Wisdom Archive on Clays

mridanga
a two-headed clay drum, traditionally used in kirtana.

 
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Mrdanga - a double-headed clay drum which is used in the performance of devotional songs.

 
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kamandalu
A clay or wooden waterpot, as carried by sannyasis and brahmacaris.

 
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Repichage: A combination of herbal, clay, seaweed or mud face-packs to cleanse and moisturize.

 
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Vedas are four in number: The Rig Veda , the Sama Veda , the Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda . Each of these four Vedas has four parts: the Samhita, the Brahmana, the Aranyaka, and a number of Upanishads. The first three parts of all the Vedas are collectively called the Vedas , and the fourth and the last, the Upanishads, are collectively called Vedanta .
 
These four parts of the Vedas represent the historical order of their development over millennia. The Samhitas are the most ancient, and of them, the Rig Veda Samhita is the earliest. The Samhitas are considered the Vedas proper; the Brahmanas , the Aranyakas and the Upanishads are periodic additions, made by way of growing with the changing times.

 
(See also: The Vedas, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul )

Read more here: » The Vedas: Physics is the New Bhashya of Vedanta  

Our actions are based on the seeking of results. We are engaged in a process of causation, trying to produce one thing through another. Such action is, in a sense, dishonest. We are doing one thing only to arrive at something else. The result is more important than our regard for what we are actually doing.
 
We seldom do anything for its own sake. Our action is not direct and present. It follows an ulterior motivation and a looking to the future. Our action works through time, which is the past and the future, and the denial of the present that is awareness.

 
(See also: Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul )

Read more here: » Peace of Mind: Action and the Process Of Transformation

tilaka
Auspicious marks, of sacred clay and other substances, applied daily on the forehead (and sometimes on various limbs as well) to dedicate one’s body to God.

 
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FITH FATH: Gaelic for a small image of clay or wax formed in the image of a specific human being for the purpose of Magick.

 
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Tilaka - clay markings worn on the forehead and other parts of the body by Vaisnavas, signifying their devotion to Lord Krsna or Visnu, and consecrating the body as the Lord’s temple.

 
(See also: Tilaka, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul )