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No wonder, Thevaram is extolled as sweeter than honey. Theninum iniya thevaram.

Sadly, there is no link between “constructive activities” and “sticking with the right path” in terms of values, Carnatic music, etc are purely performative for many of these kids—something to master & carve out a niche place for oneself in terms of skill and something to serve

We see many cases where a child is brought up in a very wholesome, traditional environment (traditional but not autistically absurd/harsh; firm but loving) and yet goes astray. Problems which arise at the level of Svābhāvika machinery cannot be combatted by a purely

You can partake in zero “constructive” or cultural things and instead play sports or read books or watch anime as a child and still turn out alright. The sauce is not in these “constructive hobbies”. You want your kids to do it because you consider them as domains to manifest

The mantras and other subtle entities involved in these things below—they can combat svābhāvika evil in a way purely worldly solutions are simply impotent to handle: x.com/ghorangirasa/s…

only when one truly realises the challenges that one is beset with, at all levels of society, does one truly start to understand the ethos of Hindu dharma in daily life. the good part is that these challenges provide one with so many opportunities to do dharma at every scale.

Unless one conflates genuine morality with introversion/shyness/social awkwardness that you think may be enhanced through certain activities and thereby prevent him from going down on some degenerate path, such activities are no solutions. “Let me get him or her addicted to

One of the things that can be done and I think we can learn from those we consider our enemies or rivals is to better organized in terms of “collective self-spiritual care”, finding inspiration in our religion’s own resources. For example, we can create societies/groups

Or one could imagine Śaiva women having a Mangayarkkarasiyār, Kāraikkāl Ammaiyār, Isaijñāniyār (Sundaramūrti Nāyanār’s mother) or Tilakavatiyār (Appar’s elder sister who literally led him from Nāstika path to Śaivam) “cell groups” which are particularly devoted to Śaiva communal

Also, at the risk of sounding like an “I hate people for being different” (& I don’t), I genuinely think it’s actually better to encourage extroversion & a healthy social life & camaraderie for boys. I find it rather pernicious that extroversion is seen as being incompatible with

In Śaiva-Siddhānta, although the evolutes of Māyā & Prakrti (the Vidyātattvas & Ātmatattvas such as Kalā, Rāgā, Aśuddhavidyā, Kāla, manas, buddhi, indriyas, etc) are all considered bonds, they are also considered sources/instruments of illumination, not obscuration, because they

I think some self-declared gurus feel superior when they vilify religion to obsess over “spirituality,” but this really just shows ignorance on what a bhāratiya religion is in contrast to colonizing ideologies. This happens when you borrow western ideas but don’t have the context

On the unique character of the Vadhula sutra (possibly shakha)

na nadyo madyavāhiṇyo na ca māṃsamayā nagāḥ na ca nārimayaṃ viśvaṃ kathaṃ nīlapaṭaḥ sukhī There are no rivers carrying wine/spirits; there are no mountains made of meat; the world is not filled with women — so how is the Nīlapaṭa happy?” The last words uttered by a