As the Story Will Tell Itself: To Become the Mouth Which Holds the Universe

Is Dharma another name for the god Yama? What if this thing with the deer people has the normal deer plead and warn by day, but then by nightfall, Bheema, who had not left or gave up the taste for deer is visited by vengeful anthropomorphic deer. It would end up like something from a horror movie. "...the world is in danger from dancing itself to death." from page 127. That reminds me of the dancing plague of 1518, where people literally were dancing themselves to death for unknown reasons. Mankanaka's blood had become green sap from eating only plants. Shiva's blood is ash. Arjuna is sent to acquire the bow of Gandiva by going to Shiva on Mount Kailash and meditating there without giving in to distractions. He sees bejeweled trees and an old man who offers peace and bliss, but Arjuna ignores these temptations. The old man, actually Indra, offers him a drink, and Arjuna accepts this. What if the drink was actually a potion? What if taking it was actually a bad ...

While it is sad to see the abused state that the snake ended up in, you can't say he did not deserve it. Imagine the grand place the hermits found as something too good to be true. It could all be an illusion or curse. How often does my mind wander to these tragic ideas? These Brahmins hanging around Guha sound like the mean, old, evangelical Christians seemingly everywhere. I though Hinduism was more open-minded about how one could worship the Gods. Even some of the gods themselves do not seem to care about this. I suppose in earlier times, like many things, this was partially used to control people. The image of a world tree where the three Gods make up it and all worlds are interconnected: it is like Yggdrasil. I guess the story of Guha really proves how Hinduism is more open-minded about how one worships, especially in his case to where kicking the statue of Shiva every day was considered worship. I still blame Gautama for his wife, Ahalya, choosing someone else who could...