I have been thinking recently about our state of temples. They have changed their forms from being cultural and binding factors to just business centres. mostly people who are visiting the temples are doing mechanical things. how can we revive the temples as discussion forums for arts, culture, social responsibilities from being just "transactional" in nature. there are satsangas being organized in the temples, but they just follow the bhakthi movement. how can we revive usage of sanskrit, learning of vedas, and then to create a more responsible generation than ours? ideas are welcome...
Gods names all are true representation (sound and meaning) of the meanings. Such as Shiva - meaning Auspicious /Pavitra or some other rare occations Anomaly, Vishnu means sarva vyaapi /being- present everywhere, Shankara - sham (good) Kara (karoti-doer), Ganesha - means leader of a group (group of devas). Deva means that which is in the akaasa /celestel beings (means not in earth but floats above, near or far in sky) - Air, Rain, Sun, etc. Vibhu means vishesha being - no birth /no death. Brahman means - that which is huge and also in som case sound, shakti - the power /latent energy in everything, Krishna means the one who attracts and also the one who is black in skin colour (black attracts). Rama means the one who creates happiness in people's mind /simply happiness, Vaani - both speach /devi, Sri /lakshmi - Real wealth, Paarvati - parvata-putri, Muraari - Mura's enemy, Maadhava - Maa's (earth's) husband, the list goes on... We equate all that is good is as God. Not just us,in Bhagavadgita itself this kind of classification is seen in both 10th chapter and also in 7th chapter
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