Darśana
Darśana (also darśan or darshan) is the auspicious sight of a deity or a holy person.
The term also refers to six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy, their literature on spirituality and soteriology.
Etymology and definition
Darśana, also darśan or darshan, Sanskrit: दर्शन from a root dṛś "to see", vision, apparition, or glimpse.
Darshan is "auspicious sight" of a holy person, which bestows merit on the person who is seen. "Sight" here seeing or beholding, and being seen or beheld, at the same time.
It is most commonly used for theophany, "manifestation / visions of the divine" in Hindu worship, e.g. of a deity (especially in image form), or a very holy person or artifact. One can "receive" darshana or a glimpse of the deity in the temple, or from a great saintly person, such as a great guru.
In the sense "to see with reverence and devotion," the term translates to hierophany, and could refer either to a vision of the divine, or to being in the presence of a highly revered person. In this sense it may assume a meaning closer to audience: "by doing darshan properly a devotee develops affection for God, and God develops affection for that devotee."
Podcasts:
Sun Probe
by: DarshanThe vast side of the sun. Over 100 million miles from
earth. Hidden from the eyes of radio telescopes by the
sun itself. Now this morning (...) a strange thing
happened. The gyro-mechanism (...) where influenced by
another magnetic field. The captual city camera was
panned over the sun, towards the force (...) attracted.
That force gentlemen, was the gravitational pole of
another planet. A new planet in our solar system.
Preliminary orbit 34.000 miles from planet surfaces
planet right? Right.
Mass gravitational pole, similar to earth. There's an
atmosphere. (...) Suitible landing site? Established.