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Legend of Nagarjuna and The Two Truths Doctrine.

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The South Asian continent can boast of its robust religious and spiritual movement. You might have heard of sacred domes, relics as well creatures reputed for their remarkable benevolence or dreaded malevolence and mischief. There are also tales of creatures, places and beings you can agree that are of a rarely entire mystery as well as the search for proof of a hint of their existence in reality. Like the other mysterious mythological legends, tales of the naga existential being is one, we can only imagine in book texts of fiction.   You could counter such notions from stories of claims by mystics, priests and great thinkers from the ancient and medieval times who happened have an epic encounter with these creatures. Like Jesus and the basilisk, th e life of Nagarjuna and the sutras obtained from the land of the nagas is one to reckon with. The Nāgas are of utmost prominence in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain mythology. They typically signify intelligent serpents or dragons. These snake-like

A Veda Story, Legend of Hanuman

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 The Indian hindu myths holds a  plethora of  zoomorphic characters but only one of them have ever been equated with the status of a god today. Hanuman the monkey child is son of the wind god. Mythic texts speaks of Hanuman possessing enormous strength, keen intellect and a mastery over the Ancient Hindu scriptures, (the three vedas) and other branches of learning. Not to mention having an extremely pleasant visage, perfect diction, elegant speech, and perfectly pleasant manners.  He is also a loyal devotee of Rama, the hero of the epic Ramayana, and has the ability to take on any form he wishes and can increase and decrease his body size at will. Hanuman is renowned for his heroic deeds in the epic folklores. These include the epic Ramayana, epic Rama-Ravana battle, epic Mahabharat, and the epic Puranas.  The name Hanuman means "he of disfigured chin" as explained in the epic puranas in a duel with the sun god.  The Hanuman Chalisa hymn, continues to be recited today b