The image above really got me this week. I have been fighting procrastination quite hard recently and it is time to get motivated again. Along this same kind of self improvement ideology, I found this video in the announcements on positive mindsets, and it is nice reminder to be positive and what benefits that can have on a person.
Arjuna The main focus of this reading was a large gambling match. It was actually awful to read how carried away they got with the betting. Yudhistira bet away their entire kingdom and even his brothers and wife. Then, the old king took pity and gave it all back, but what did Yudhistira do? He bet again and he and his four brothers were exiled. While exiled, Arjuna acquires a bunch of divine weapons, but also becomes a eunuch. Bibliography: Title: The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic Author: R. K. Narayan Year: 1978 Link
From what I can tell so far, this version of the Ramayana is very similar to Narayan's. The key differences are in the details. Most of the stories in this version have more dialogue, and more development of setting and character. However there are slightly different variations in the plot of the overarching story, such as Ravana taking Sita away by her hair rather than by picking the earth up underneath her. This version is shorter, but it seems more enthralling than the first version I read. There are also stories such as the one with Vali and Rama, that don't get any detailed discussion whatsoever. A story told in this one that I had not seen in the other version of the Ramayana, is the short bit when Hanuman is leaping across islands towards Lanka, and is caught by a sea demon. He grows even larger in size and kills her, before proceeding upon his way to Lanka. Sinhikha Bibliography: Title : Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists: Ramayana Author : Sister Nived...
I watched a rather strange video on the feed, and I think I can say that I wasn't a fan. It was simply too odd for me to really enjoy. I can't pin down anything specific, but here's the video: It is just an odd little video of two different nonsense poems. They are tiny little stories that don't say much, and have no moral. This is to be expected from a nonsense poem I suppose. Additionally, I found this neat image: Role Playing This pretty much describes how I feel in leadership positions. People keep coming up to me with questions, so I have to pretend like I have some kind of idea what I'm doing.
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