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Reading Notes: Mahabharata B

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-Vidura, brother of Pandu and Bhristarashtra. -His mother was a slave so he could never be named king -Member of and devotes himself to the Pandavas -Pandava brothers living in the wilderness -Bhima and Hidimbi have  a love afair even though they are on opposing families -Bhrima battles with an asura named Baka - Pandavas are disguised as brahmins  - swayamwara of Draupadi -Arjuna won Draupadi as his bride at the swayamwara -Although all five brothers will become her husband -Yudhishthira becomes a king of Indraprastha on the river of Yamuna -Arjuna is exciled for breaking the rules and he meets the Naga princess Ulupi -Arjuna and Chitra, who is the daughter of the king on Manipur -Arjuna and her have a son whom he leaves at the city to become King -Arjuna marries subhadra who is the sister of Krishna -Adventure of Arjuna of Krishna involve meeting Maya who is the architect of the gods. -The burning of the forest -Maya building a palace for the Pandavas, and ...

Reading Notes: Ramayana Notes, Part D

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- Hanuman jumped to Lanka using his powers, but Rama and the army still needed to get across the water. - Garuda, the great winged mount ( vahana ) of the god Indra, heals Ramas men after they were attacked by Ravanas son ( Indrajit). - Ravanas brother is a great worrier but they have to wake up and satisfy his hunger (   Kumbhakarna). -Another attack on the army by Indrajit leaves everything up to Hanuman. -Indrajit has powers of illusion and tries to make it seems as Sita is dead, although  Vibhishana explains the tricks behind this and tells Rama to go to a secret place where he can attack Indragjit. -Lakshmana attacks and kills Indragjit. -Ravana rides into a battle on his chariot, in return I ndra decides to send his own chariot, Matali, to Rama. - Agastya gives Rama advice on how to win to the war -Using a  Brahma-weapon, Rama defeats Rama. -To prove Sitas ongoing respect to her husband, she calls upon a fire god to attest to her promise. (Agni) -Rama take...

Reading: Week Two Anthology

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Bibliography: Vanarinda Jataka, in The Jataka: Volume 1 translated by Robert Chalmers, The Crocodile in The River This takes place a story of the past during a story of the present where Buddha is a monkey and is plotting against by a crocodile. He starts off by mentioning that this is not the first time Devadatta has plotting against him and begins to tell a story of the past to his fellow monks. The  Bodhisatta reincarnated as a monkey and was large and strong. Every day the monkey took the same pattern from the island he rested on from a rock and another piece of land. We now see the monkey has developed a habitual routine of going from this rock to the land. The crock in this story has a mate that asked him to do her a favor by catching this monkey for her pleasure, so the crock perches on the rock to wait for the monkey-king to arrive back. The Bodhisatta noticed the change in the rocks height and calls to the rock and the crock returned with an answer back revealing his tru...

Week Two, Reading Overview

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I have choosen option two of the Ramayana: the PDE. Mostly because I would like to read it and experience it as an audio tape as well. If you read and listen to something, you call recall details of the story better. I also like that its online so no need to leave my house. I would most likely enjoy the story of  Shiva Parvati  because I enjoy the topic of reincarnation and want to read a story about that topic. I also enjoy a good love story! The other comic that caught my eye is the  ancestors of rama . I enjoyed the summary of the story and think I would be intrested in that type of story or sacrafice. The first video that caught my eye was the was  The Story of Diwali  because I still watch cartoons and animated movies because they make me happy. The other video im imtretsed in is the  Underwater Cities . Im intrested in the city of Atlantis and Its always been one of my top wonders since watching Waterworld (1995). I enjot this picture because...