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Week 11 Story: The Magical Cow

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(A picture of some very cute 'Guernsey' cattle. Guernsey is a type of cattle. Image can be sourced  here ). The most updated version of this story can be found here:  https://sites.google.com/view/indianepicsgalore/the-magical-cow Long ago in a village lived a grandmother, granddaughter, and their. The three were once part of a larger family that had a lot of wealth, but lost it when their village. The mother had given up many possessions for food, but she was running out of ideas. She was too old to work and her granddaughter too young. She realized she would have to give up their beloved cow as it was the only valuable thing they had. She did consider using the cow for food, but she could not imagine doing so as the cow was like a second grandchild. The grandmother took the cow to a local merchant. The merchant carefully inspected the cow, ensuring there were no defects. He fed the cow some lettuce, and notice while the cow was eating some of its saliva got on hi...

Reading Notes Week 11: Krishna Part B

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Summary of Part B of the Krishna series of the Epified Videos series. (Photo of Balram, Krishna's brother. There were honestly not many images of him as you would expect considering he accompanied Krishna during the Mathura journey and was a large part of his life. Image can be sourced  here ) Episode 11:  Krishna is out enjoying his day when Brahma appears. Brahma finds it funny a god would share his food with mere commoners (elitist much). Krishna then decides to do a social experiment where he creates cows and their herders from himself. No one notices and Brahma was impressed. Brahma realized Krishna is omnipotent and had respect (this is a kind of fundamental part of Hinduism, divine omnipotence). Episode 12:  Krishna's brother wanted to kill a bull named Hastin (it would be a feat and a benefit for the community). I guess the bull was not nice so the reader is supposed to be on Balram's side (Krishna) to kill which I thought was interesting because a l...

Reading Notes Week 11: Krishna

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I watched the Krishna series from the Epified videos. Part A does a good job discusses his birth and upbringing. These give good insight into who he is and why. (Image of a toddler Krishna. Image can be sourced  here ). Episode 1 : Krishna is to help the Pandavas and help end the ongoing war. Kansa was a cruel king that no one liked. One day he heard a voice that he was going to die, and that his cousin's child would slay people. Kansa, probably out of fear, threw his cousin in prison and killed their children. He killed 6 kids, the 7th was a miscarriage, and the 8th was a reincarnation of Vishnu. Being Vishnu, he was protected and therefore incapable of being harmed. Word would eventually get to Kansa.  Episode 2 : Vasudev is holding the newborn, wondering what is to happen. Something mysterious happens, his cell opens up and his son is taken from him.  He hears a voice telling him to go to Yamuna and when he gives himself to the rivers a serpent appears t...