Wikipedia Trails From Perfection to The Vaisnavism

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Vishnu to Krishna

11.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfection

I talked about perfection being an issue of mine in my growth mindset post, so I decided to look it up on Wikipedia. The definition is broadly, a state of completeness and flwalessness. They are sometimes kindred concepts and in many subjects, such as math and ethics to name a couple. There is a paradox they say, “the greatest perfection is imperfection” because that would mean there is no room to improve. In the middle ages they claimed that the world was created in six days because it was a perfect number.

22.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God

God, in monotheism – not what we have studied, is one supreme being or object of faith. He is the ultimate creator and sustainer of life. Even though there is a trinity in Christianity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; they all represent one God. So it is believed that other theists, such as Hindus, no matter how many gods they worship all represent one God. I guess that kind of is how Narayan would be seen.

33.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence_of_God

So what about the existence of God? Arguments exist for all reasons, logical, empirical, subjective. Plato and Aristotle began Western discussions. Scientists try to follow the scientific method. Catholics say that God is “the natural light of human reason.” It lists the existence for absolute truth as something outside of Western thought. Which, according to what I learned the other day, Hindus do not need logic. Absolute truth sounds like logic to me. But I also found another branch of Hinduism, Vaisnavism.

44.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaishnavism

Vaisnavism is the belief by Hindus that Vishnu is the supreme lord. Which as I learned is an Avatar of Narayan. There are also branches of this Vaisnavism called Bhagavatism and Krishnaism due to the avatars told in the Hindu epics. Vishnuism is because of the Puranic texts.  

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Snakes and Ladders
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I want to play this game!

Snakes and Ladders Snakes and Ladders was a board game in India. The game Chutes and Ladders originated from this game. Snakes and Ladders were based on virtues and vices, virtues being the ladders, vices being the snakes. Apparently, Chutes and Ladders had morals in the game, but I do not ever remember learning anything like that when I played it as a kid or with my children over a decade ago. I think Snakes and Ladders would have been much more interesting to play.

Midnight's Children Midnight’s Children was a book that was written in 1981 by Samuel Rushdie. It was about the transition of India from ownership by Britain to their own country. The characters were children. If the children were born on the day that India was emancipated, they had special powers. The book won many awards but also caused a lot of controversies.

Sanjay Ghandi Sanjay Ghandi was an Indian politician. His mother filed a lawsuit against the author of Midnight’s children because she felt falsely accused. He originally did not plan on becoming a politician, but instead wanted to be an automotive engineer. He even had an apprenticeship at Rolls-Royce. As he became more entwined in politics his automotive career took a backseat.

Maruti 800 The Maruti 800 was the first affordable car for people in India. It was about five feet tall, five feet wide, and almost 11 feet long. The gas tank was only 7.4 gallons and it could seat five people. It was manufactured from 1983 to 2014 but is only the second longest production car in India. Suzuki was the company that built it even though it was originally offered to Volkswagen so that it could be modeled after the beetle. Instead, it was modeled after the Suzuki Fronte.

That's a small car!
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