>>>Namaskar and Happy New Year
Soc.Religion.Hindu newsgroup has now resumed its activities after our
customary year-end two-week break. I will be posting all the articles
received in past two weeks (since Dec. 16, 1997) in next couple of days.
regards,
...
>>>The 1998 Interfaith calendars are here. The full size colorful calendar runs
from December 1997 to January 1999. The Interfaith Association of Central
Ohio is in its fourth year of distributing interfaith calendars.
The calendar lists hundreds of religious holidays from 14 faith traditions.
It highlights one religious community each month. It features the following
...
>>>Hello,
It is purely logical.Cows were probably endangered species &
probably a religious way of protecting animals.
Some more examples:
A daughter is married within an year of father's death.
>>>Hi,
Sometime back a friend of mine read this prayer - a part of the
Sandhya Vandhanam portion of the Yajur Veda - and shared it with
me. I was able to recognize a couple of the verses as those
I had memorized as a child. I would be very happy if somebody could
...
>>>Hello !
I'm looking for the "original" text of Krishna's birth story.
Does anyone know where I can find that text?
I read that there were similarities between his birthstory and that of
Jesus?
...
>>>Om Shanti !
I am a Filipino who practices Raj Yoga meditation. I stumble here on my
search for angels. In Brahma Kumaris angels are called Avyakt. The
Brahma Kumaris Founder Prajapita Brahma (Dada Lekraj) is now an Angel.
BTW, we are going to celebrate Day of Remebrance on the 18th of
...
>>>I am currently reading A Search for the Historic Jesus. The author is from
Kashmir and goes into this in great detail.
There is also an interesting web site called Geoff and Heidi's homepage
(Towbridge is in the address).
Good luck.
>>>> ghen@netcom.com
>
> I read the comments regarding halal haram and would like to further comment on them.
> 1. Hinduism has the most well known cast system. Within this cast system hindu's themselves are divided and the lowest cast system are "shudurs" which are considered to be deprived of all sort of basic human rights. The person who is not a hindu, I dont know what level he resides, this seems to be full of racism to me.
> 2. You contradict your own statement as you said
...
>>>One copy of "The Mahatma Letters to A.P.Sinnett"
3rd edition revised, Adyar, 1962. In fair-good
condition with slightly stained and torn
dust jacket. first reasonable offer gets it.
thanks - Ed
...
>>>Hello
I´m looking a book:
Vaisheshika from Kanada (or Kaneda).
To see if somebody can help me to find it, some bookstore, place, any
thing would be worth me
...
>>>Dear Sir or Madam,
I hope that you can help me on this one: can a person of the Hindu
faith divorce from their spouse? Is polygamy recognized? I's
appreciate it if you could please respond with the answers to the
questions that I seek.
...
>>>[The month of December-January (Margashirsha) is famous
in many parts of India for the recitation and celebration
of Andal's "Tiruppavai", a lyrical, philosophical poem
dedicated to Vishnu, the Universal Beloved God. This
short article describes Andal's life and poetry.
...
>>>[ Today, December 23, is the 8th day of Margashirsha.
(December-January). On each day of Margali,
one verse from Andal's divine poem ``Tiruppavai''
is savored. Today's verse "keezh vaanam".
What I have presented is the surface meaning.
>>>Umakant Kori wrote:
> Does anyone know the words to Mirabai's bhajan "Mohe lagi lataka guru
> chranaa na ki...:
mohi laagii lagana guru charanana kii ..
charana binaa mohi kachhu nahi.n bhaave
...
>>>Download skandha sashti song into the internet
can you please download skandha sashti song into the internet for hindu's
like me would sure like to listen whenever we would like to pray
...
>>>Hello,
I am pleased to announce from HSC-Boston, MOKSHA, a journal of Indian
philosophy and religion. We at HSC-Boston have started a scholarly
publication concerning itself with Indian philosophy and religion and
called it Moksha. The goal of this journal is to invoke the powers of the
...
>>>[From Times of India]
All Indians are Hindus
By Srichand P Hinduja
India is a land with a radiant past. Indian culture is more than five
thousand years old and the Vedas are the oldest tradition of knowledge,
...
>>>The validity of the law of karma does not depend on it being
documented in an original scripture any more than the validity of the
law of gravity depends on its formulation in Newton's origianal notes.
The law of karma is best described in the Gita. The Gita is widely
mis-understood as a religious book which should be worshipped and this
...
>>>Sairam Devotees!
Many of us might be aware of the heightened ongoing Shirdi Sai activity in
U.S.
Shirdi Sai temples have come up in the states of New York (in FLushing),
Florida (in Inverness) in the recent years. Another huge temple project is
...
>>>Don't worry too much about a concept that hindus push on the side of fate
and buddhists on deliberate action; both have a goal: make believers
feel uncomfortable . The next step will be to teach believers how to think,
speak, and act (for a radious future of course!).
>>>In article <ghenELExpH.Ao3@netcom.com> you write:
>I heard in passing of Shiva's Gita. Does anyone know of an English
>translation and where I might get it from?
The shiva gItA is from the padma purANa. There is brief description of the text
in "The Puranas", by Ludo Rocher. There is a commentary on this by some
...
>>>The Hindus believe that the world was created a very long time ago, as
you already seem to know. As you may know, Hinduism belives heavily in
the cyclical nature of things and so, it is said that the world has been
created 9 times. I am not sure when (the number of years) it is said
that the earth was created, but I can tell you that it was much bigger
...
>>>Well, the breaking of Shiva's bow signifies the obstacles that Shiva has
put on the earth such that only Vishnu is able to overcome them. For
example, at Sita's swayamvar, there were many powerful kings and princes
present among the suitors of Sita and only Rama was able to break that
bow. Without breaking that bow, Sita would not be married to Rama and
...
>>>Hello
I´m looking a book:
Vaisheshika from Kanada (or Kaneda).
To see if somebody can help me to find it, some bookstore, place, any
thing would be worth me
...
>>>Namasté,
Could someone please share with me, if they know, the different markings
for the worship of the different deites, I am wondering if Ma Kali has
a particular marking, often in her images she has just a bindu and above
it a crescent moon.
>>>These are some messages I have send to ISKCON (Hare Krishna),
and other experts on Hindu beliefs.
Until now, I have not received any response that has showed me wrong
on my conclusions regarding the concept of the law of karma.
Maybe someone in this newsgroup can proof my wrong, about the invented
...
>>>In the Ramayan Rama breaks Shiva's bow. In the Mahaharat Krishna
breaks another of Shiva's bow. What is the significance of Rama and
Krishna breaking these bows? Leads to any literature on these bows,
however brief, greatly appreciated.
Ashok
...
>>>The 3rd RFD for talk.religion.bahai has been posted to
news.announce.newgroups and elsewhere. Please feel
free to join the discussion on news.groups.
-Frederick Glaysher
r
...
>>>Hello
I´m looking a book:
Vaisheshika from Kanada (or Kaneda).
To see if somebody can help me to find it, some bookstore, place, any
thing would be worth me
...
>>>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--------------C630688D5E148D4AE2DD537E
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Please check out
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>>>laquino@arrakis.es (Personal) wrote:
Subject: REQUEST : Looking Vaisheshika from Kanada
>Hello
>I am looking a book:
>Vaisheshika from Kanada (or Kaneda).
>>>In soc.religion.hindu James Herbert <jmnherbert@miracles.win-uk.net> wrote:
: I have a web site pointing at guidance from various religions about Life
: After Death, My link for Islam seems to be old and I would also like a link
: for Hinduism if available. If anybody could point me to such resources I
: would be grateful.
>>>Jay Shri Swaminarayan.
An interesting shlok I found relevant was
YAAVJIVVAM CHA SHUSHRUSHA KARYA MATUHU PITURGURO
ROGARTASYA MANUSHYASYA YATHASHAKTI CHA MAAMAKIHI
"One shall serve their mother, father, guru and ill person to the best of
...
>>>> Sankaran Jayanarayanan <kartik2001@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Undoubtedly, that would be good evidence or justification for the
> beliefs for the person who touched Christ's hand. But hardly any reason
> for another not to reject the claim as mere hallucination.
>
...
>>>In article <ghenEKzqGF.K4L@netcom.com>, JAI_HIND <mt6@st-andrews.ac.uk> wrote:
>Namaste _/I\_
>
<snip>
>is, and therefore, we are able to define "rose" as "a type of flower".
>>>Hello
I´m looking a book:
Vaisheshika from Kanada (or Kaneda).
To see if somebody can help me to find it, some bookstore, place, any
thing would be worth me
...
>>>Namaste _/I\_
I am looking for any scriptural mantras, shlokas, shabads, etc. dealing
with praise of and respect for (a) the mother, (b) the father and (c) both
together. Also, I would like if anyone could provide any dealing with
duties/responsibilities/qualities of a son wrt his parents, and also any
...
>>>Namaste _/I\_
In response to Priti ji's request for something to relieve her boredom
(must be the time of yearor something...seems like the boredom thing is
doing the rounds these days!!), I am forwarding an article I wrote a few
months ago, about the nature of well...call it what you will - God, Aum,
...
>>>The ill-defined, much-maligned social movement called the "New Age" is
the subject of a new scholarly study just released by a prominent
American university. You can read more about it in the upcoming issue
of THE CONTINUING STORY, which will be posted to the Usenet newsgroup
"talk.religion.course-miracle" on Dec. 15 and e-mailed directly to
...
>>>Hallo,
I am from Denmark in Europe, i would like to write with who knows some
things about hindus. If you know any one from Denmark who does that, pleas
tell him to write me, because i have to do a school report
Mikkel Wrang
...
>>>>>>>> Balasubramaniam santhanam <santhan@ee.gatech.edu> writes:
> I do remember reading that when Lord Krishna is killed by
> the arrow of a hunter that strikes his padam (inner portion of
> his foot) and that the entire lineage of both the Pandavas, the
This seems to be similar to ancient Greek myth of Achilles who
...
>>>Here is a great site to explore on this subject:
http://www.hawaiian.net/~durgadas/Barrier/6000yb.html
HINDU COSMOLOGICAL TIME CYCLES
The structure of Hindu astronomy is built upon the foundation of their
unique concept of cosmological time cycles. No other culture on Earth has or
...
>>>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--------------FFC10003ED82EF5D027E24A7
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
I request you to re-visit the path-breaking website at:
...
>>>>From what I understand, there are more than one views, depending on the
systems you are dealing with (Hinduism does not consist of one
philosophy or theology. There were, according to Buddhist texts, 62 of
them around the time of Buddha - in fact the term makes little sense
theologically.) One of the oldest hymn (and my favourite) is plainly
...
>>>SPIRITUAL UNFOLDMENT
MEDITATION WEB SITE AT :
http://www.fisu.org
Our first reaction in life when faced with problems be it health,
stress or just unhappiness is to seek a remedy from an external
...
>>>Raven wrote:
> Ah, a simalarity between our two beliefs, The Wiccan (a pagan
> path) statement : "If that which thou seekest, thou findest not
> within thee, thou wilt never find it without thee" would be akin
> to your 'self-enquiry'?
...
>>>On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Dennis Curran wrote:
> What do Hindus believe regarding the creation of the earth and life upon
> it? I heard (somewhere) that of the world's major religions, the Hindu
> creation story was the only one that gave an age for the earth close to
> the current scientifically accepted age. The number I vaguely remember
...
>>>Hi,
I am not sure if someone has already informed you, but there is a
Maharishi University in Fairfield, IA. Is that what you were looking for?
Hope this helps.
Nina Jagannathan
...
>>>Gary Stevenson wrote
> I believe that the idea that material creation is annilhilated after
>each yuga is not correct though. It is actually after many many cycles
>of the four yugas - the entire lifetime of Lord Brahma before the material
>world is dissolved. The Vedas reveal that the four yugas cycle a thousand
...
>>>mary@dragontree.com wrote:
> Could someone kindly tell me whether Krishna is a historical figure like
> Buddha and Mahavir? If so, when did He live?
Yes. The date would depend on dating of the Mahabharata war.
Puranas mention that Mahapadma-Nanda became king 1,050 after
...
>>>What do Hindus believe regarding the creation of the earth and life upon
it? I heard (somewhere) that of the world's major religions, the Hindu
creation story was the only one that gave an age for the earth close to
the current scientifically accepted age. The number I vaguely remember
was some tens of millions of years. Is my memory correct? Could you
...
>>>Does anyone know the significance of having a templemade into an octagonal
shape? What does an octagon signify/represent?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>>Shinto is the ancient way of life in Japan, not exactly religion. Those
who believe in Shinto are also Budhist at the same time. almost all
Japanese are Budhists and Shinto, except a minute number of Catholics,
mainly in Nagasaki area. Shinto deities are different natural forces,
just like ancient Greek and Vedic religion. Different people have created
...
>>>hi i am studing mohenjo-daro and all that stuff in school i am 12 years old
i would really love it if you can send me some cool fact please write back
or send the facts to me
thank you
lauren
...
>>>" BHUTAN" a small country of south asia and half of its population
are hindu. The DURK government of bhutan is kicking all the hindu out of
their own country.
Lets show our support and faith for 200,000 of hindus
living in refugee camp of Nepal and India.
>>>I am currently in the process of trying to discover information about
Jainism. One of the greatest challenges of my research is distinguishing
whether or not Jainism is a denomination of Hinduism or a sect.
If you have any information, references, or personal knowledge of this
matter please send me or post a reply.
>>>Hello
I´m looking a book:
Vaisheshika from Kanada (or Kaneda).
To see if somebody can help me to find it, some bookstore, place, any
thing would be worth me
...
>>>Does anyone know anything about the hindu university in iowa? I
understand that it's one of the largest hindu centered organizations in
the US. Does anyone know the name, location, phone number, or any other
information about this place? If so please let me know -- i prefer
replies by email, but i'll check the group periodically if you want to
...
>>>>>>>> Pradip Gangopadhyay <pradip@lism.usc.edu> writes:
>means is that it is very difficult for most people to comprehend the Vedas on
>their own. Suppose someone gives you a book by Professor Hawking on the latest
>ideas about theory of Gravitation. Would you be able to understand the book
>without undergoing rigorous training?
...
>>> Sankaran Jayanarayanan <kartik2001@hotmail.com> wrote:
Namaste
Hi Sankaran,
I have been lurking here for a short while, to try and get a
better understanding of your religion. (If the only interaction
...
>>>>>>>> athiest <noone@nowhere.com> writes:
> Jerzy Tarasiuk wrote:
>> hello, nice to meet you again
> Your pleasure entirely.
Yours not? It's a pity... :-(
...
>>>Namaste _/I\_
I agree entirely, you didn't mention alot of the things I said in that
article - the reason for them being there were because the article wasn't
written in response to what you said, but some of the things in the
article were relevant to what you said, and I therefore forwarded it to
...
>>> One Syllable with Triple Connotations
"da, dA, da - dama, dAna and dayA"
[Instructions For All The Three Disciplines of Mankind !]
by
S K Harihareswara
...
>>>> I am interested in learning more about Hinduism as a religion that is
> PRACTICED. What are its guideposts? I am familiar with Vedanta, which looks
> at all religions with an emphasis on Hinduism, but what is the "bread and
> butter" daily life of Hindu practice like? Christianity, for example, has
> the Ten Commandments. Is there a similar bedrock of "moral behavior" in
...
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