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.Hinduism is the predominant religious tradition[1] of South Asia, especially in the Republic of India,Nepal and Mauritius.^ The wedding rituals of a Hindu-Sikh couple honor the religious traditions of both.
  • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

 .Hinduism is often referred to as Sanātana Dharma (a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law") by its adherents.^ The existing law means that rapists often escape punishment.
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 ^ In this sense Jihad is the struggle for the cause of spreading Islam, using all means available to Muslims, including violence.  This kind of Jihad is often referred to as " Holy War".

 [2] .Generic "types" of Hinduism that attempt to accommodate a variety of complex views span folk and Vedic Hinduism to bhakti tradition, as in Vaishnavism.^ Many people nowadays are spiritually inclined, but take a broad inclusive view to religion, believing that a variety of religious traditions and practices all have some validity.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 .Hinduism also includes yogic traditions and a wide spectrum of "daily morality" based on the notion of karma and societal norms such as Hindu marriage customs.^ The elected include practitioners of many spiritual traditions including: Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Taoist, and Indigenous traditions, to name a few.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Every religion is based on conjectures about the nature of God, soul, morality, salvation, heaven, and such.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and most of Judaism and Christianity see responsible parenthood in marriage, including the use of contraception, as a moral good.
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Hinduism is formed of diverse traditions and has no single founder.[3] Among its roots is the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India, and as such Hinduism is often called the "oldest living religion"[4] or the "oldest living major tradition".[5][6][7][8]
.Demographically, Hinduism is the world's third largest religion, after Christianity and Islam, with approximately one billion adherents, of whom approximately 828 million live in the Republic of India.^ The one world religion is a revival of the Babylonian one world religion.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Most monks, of any religion, whether christianity or buddhism, actually live perpetually with other monks.
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 ^ In the sweep of the long history of the Islamic assault on the Christian world, it is sobering to consider how close the latter has come to annihilation on more than one occasion.

 [9] Other significant populations are found in Nepal (23 million), Bangladesh (14 million) and the Indonesian island of Bali (3.3 million).
.A large body of texts is classified as Hindu, divided into Śruti ("revealed") and Smriti ("remembered") texts.^ That is, although the Yorb divide the person into the body and soul, the soul is made up of various attributes such as: Or, m, and s.

 ^ Reincarnation into the body of a baby or body jumping into another living body are talked about in many ancient texts..
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ The Yorb conception of personhood divides a person into two parts: the body, and the soul.

 .These texts discuss theology, philosophy and mythology, and provide information on the practice of dharma (religious living).^ Abstract This paper provides a philosophical assessment of two institutions and their practices: the institution of traditional medicine and the ethical issues generated by its practice; and, the institution of contemporary African philosophy and the relevance of its practice to African societies.

 ^ In this same vein, the works of these three visionaries provide great insight and a foundation into Taoist philosophy.
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 ^ However, other contributors think it provides lots of information on specific practices, but can be overwealming.
  • Judaism Reading List: Introduction and General (Pt. I) 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: General]

 Among these texts, the Vedas are the foremost in authority, importance and antiquity. .Other major scriptures include the Upanishads, Purāṇas and the epics Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa.^ I can refer you to numerous passages of Scripture to confirm what I say, but I have been asked by other atheists not to include Scripture in my dialog.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 The Bhagavad Gītā, a treatise from the Mahābhārata, spoken by Krishna, is of special importance.[10]

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Etymology

Further information: Names of India
.Hindū is the Persian name for the Indus River, first encountered in the Old Persian word Hindu (həndu), corresponding to Vedic Sanskrit Sindhu, the Indus River.^ The first naming of the divine, netcher, god, or netcheru divinity from which some say the English word nature is ultimately derived.

 [11] The Rig Veda mentions the land of the Indo-Aryans as Sapta Sindhu (the land of the seven rivers in northwestern South Asia, one of them being the Indus). This corresponds to Hapta Həndu in the Avesta (Vendidad or Videvdad 1.18)—the sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism. The term was used for those who lived in the Indian subcontinent on or beyond the "Sindhu".[12] In Arabic, the term al-Hind (the Hind) also refers to 'the land of the people of modern day India'.[13]
.The Persian term (Middle Persian Hindūk, New Persian Hindū) entered India with the Delhi Sultanate and appears in South Indian and Kashmiri texts from at least 1323 CE,[14] and increasingly so during British rule.^ Jainism received great royal support in the South from the various ruling dynasties of the Deccan during this period.
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 ^ Ultimately, the Lodi Sultan Ibrahim of Delhi uprooted this ruling dynasty of Gwalior.
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 ^ During the Delhi Sultanate period, several Jaina temples were built, and numerous images were installed in them.
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 .Since the end of the 18th century the word has been used as an umbrella term for most of the religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions of the sub-continent, usually excluding the religions of Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism as distinct.^ For these African philosophers, the role of religion and spirituality in African ethics can be encapsulated by the following questions: From whence does ethics derive its moral force of appeal?

 ^ I will argue that the issues of applied ethics that arise in Yorb culture (traditional and contemporary) are by far more complex than anything ventured by most contemporary African philosophers.

 ^ By the end of the third century A.D., Jainism had taken firm roots throughout India.
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.The term Hinduism was introduced into the English language in the 19th century to denote the religious, philosophical, and cultural traditions native to India.^ In early 19th century Germany, many communities found themselves in conflict between traditional Judaism and the new Reform movement.
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 ^ It was translated from its original hieroglyphic text into the English language by several Europeans since the latter part of the 19th Century A.D. The easiest one to read is called.."The" (Egyptian) "Book of the Dead."

 ^ I will argue that the issues of applied ethics that arise in Yorb culture (traditional and contemporary) are by far more complex than anything ventured by most contemporary African philosophers.

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.The term Brahminism was also introduced in the 19th century, describing a limited subset of the traditions subsumed under "Hinduism", viz.^ In early 19th century Germany, many communities found themselves in conflict between traditional Judaism and the new Reform movement.
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 ^ Sam needs to study the experiences and teachings of the 19th-century Hindu saint Ramakrishna.
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 ^ Written in a church cemetery early last century by a brave atheist it seems to me to describe a form of reincarnation that is not an insult to reason in the way such as Hinduism and Buddhism are.
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 the principles and practices of the Hindu Brahmin caste. .The term is somewhat ambiguous and may either refer to Brahminical Hinduism, the current-day practices of Brahmins, or to Vedic Brahmanism, the historical religion from which medieval and modern Hinduism has evloved.^ Hence, unless otherwise stated, I will use traditional medicine to refer to holistic medicine, and I will use alternative (or orthodox) medicine to refer to medicine as currently practiced by the Western doctor in a standard hospital or clinic.

 ^ At both these places, there are the ruins of both Jaina and Hindu temples which indicate that the followers of Brahmanical religion and Jainism lived in peace and amity in this region.
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 ^ Muslims would have others believe that Islam is a religion of peace, but this is problematic both in view of its past history and its current policies and practices.

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Typology

Main article: Hindu denominations
.Hinduism as we know it can be subdivided into a number of major currents.^ What’s more, as far as we know, no new species has formed as a result of humans releasing small numbers of organisms into alien environments."
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 ^ Contemporary Hinduism is traditionally divided into four major divisions, Saivism , Shaktism , Vaishnavism , and Smartism .

 ^ Thus Hinduism which is the religion of the majority in India has imbibed many concepts and beliefs from the religions it came into contact with.
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 .Of the historical division into six darshanas, only two schools, Vedanta and Yoga survive.^ Of the Nikaya schools, only the Theravada survives.

 ^ Theravāda is the only surviving representative of the historical early Buddhist schools .
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 ^ Split into Two Sects - Mahayana (Greater Vehicle) and Hinayana (Lesser Vehicle) By the time the fourth religious council was held, the religion had vertically split up into two schools.
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 The main divisions of Hinduism today are Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Smartism and Shaktism[17].
.Contemporary Hinduism is predominantly monotheistic, but Hindu tradition includes aspects that can be interpreted as panentheistic, pantheistic, polytheistic and even atheistic.^ I think most people from the Judeo-Christian tradition posit, even if they're not aware of it, some permanent aspect of that "soul" that goes on, that is unchanging somehow.
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 ^ The elected include practitioners of many spiritual traditions including: Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Taoist, and Indigenous traditions, to name a few.
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 .Other notable characteristics include a belief in reincarnation and karma, as well as in personal duty, or dharma.^ For a person, such as you, who thrives on facts, insists on facts and uses facts incessantly to defend his own point of view, he ought to consider them as well, when others use them to argue their points.
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 ^ These antiquities include about twenty images of Jaina Trthakaras Nemintha, ishabhantha and others, and a Dharma Chakra .
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 ^ Includes general information on historical chassidism, as well as specific information on Lubavitch (Chabad), Satmar, Breslaw (Breslov), and other approaches.
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McDaniel (2007) distinguishes six generic "types" of Hinduism, in an attempt to accommodate a variety of views on a rather complex subject:[18]

Definitions

.Hinduism does not have a "unified system of belief encoded in declaration of faith or a creed",[19] but is rather an umbrella term comprising the plurality of religious phenomena originating and based on the Vedic traditions.^ Evolution is not a belief system or religious system of faith that you hold "allegiance" to.
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 ^ YOU: "Evolution is not a belief system or religious system of faith that you hold "allegiance" to.
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 ^ The quantity we refer to as "atheism" is, in fact, not a quantity at all - rather, it is the very absence of subscription to belief systems that are uniformly ridiculous.
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 [20][21][22][23]
.The term Hindu in origin is a Persian word in use from the time of the Delhi Sultanate, referring to any tradition that is native to India as opposed to Islam.^ The word "hell" originally referred to a garbage dump outside the city of Jerusalem.
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 ^ Islam itself was welded together by Muhammad, using his limited knowledge of both Christianity, Judaism, Samaritan and ancient Persian Zoroastrism.
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 ^ It is believed that "al-llah" in Muhammad's time before Islam referred to a vague moon god and that Muhammad believed that al-Uzza was a daughter of this "al-llah".
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 .Hindu is used in the sense of "Indian pagan" in English from the 17th century,[24] but the notion of Hinduism as an identifiable religious tradition qualifying as one of the world religions emerged only during the 19th century.^ "The universal world religion will inevitably emerge.
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 ^ But apparently his world-view is the only one that can make sense of it all.
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 ^ It is the only way that this world can be made sense of.
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.The characteristic of comprehensive tolerance to differences in belief, and Hinduism's dogmatic openness, makes it difficult to define as a religion according to traditional Western conceptions.^ What is religion but the deification of ancestors, the making sacred of traditions within the context and history.

 ^ Philosophical Taoism's embrace of every way, depending on the circumstances, doesn't make this philosophy a defined belief system.
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 ^ However, they developed a novel way of keeping their old beliefs alive by substituting each Orisha of their traditional Afrikan religions with a corresponding Euro-Christian Saint.

 [25] .Although Hinduism is a clear practical concept to the majority of its adherents,[citation needed] many express a problem arriving at a definition of the term, mainly because of the wide range of traditions and ideas incorporated within it or covered by it.^ Many conflicts have arrived by the practices of Santeria.

 ^ Many traditions within the religion recognize different equivalencies.

 ^ That’s because there’s no problem needing to be solved.
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 [19] .While sometimes referred to as a religion, Hinduism is more often defined as a religious tradition.^ Now, it is not often that I find myself in a room full of people who are more or less guaranteed to agree with me on the subject of religion.
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 ^ A third, more general meaning is the integral human life expressed in the world's religious traditions prior to modern times.
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 ^ Many people nowadays are spiritually inclined, but take a broad inclusive view to religion, believing that a variety of religious traditions and practices all have some validity.
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 [1] .It is therefore described as both the oldest of the world's religions, and the most diverse.^ Traditional African religion is the oldest religion in the world.

 ^ The crucifixion continued until Heru, the Heavenly Father of all humankind, became one of the most obscure figures in both Egyptian and world history.

 ^ Most religious individuals simply think that an atheist is anti-religious and therefore against everything in religion including the moral codes and values.
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 [5][26][27][28] .Most Hindu traditions revere a body of religious or sacred literature, the Vedas, although there are exceptions.^ There are certain themes, they get expressed in the stories/fables/oral traditions of most religions.
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 ^ The Circular Sacred Thread traditionally worn around the body, over the shoulder and around the genitals, by the Hindu Brahmins who are Brahmacharya, celibate and working under the tutelage of a Guru.
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 ^ Oriental view of the universe, which is in fact, the view of the ‘perennial philosophy’, the cosmic vision which is common to all religious tradition from the most primitive tribal religions to the great world religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity.
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 .Some Hindu religious traditions regard particular rituals as essential for salvation, but a variety of views on this co-exist.^ That is most likely the source of his irrational guilt regarding sexuality which has nothing to do with his views on celibacy in Hinduism.
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 ^ Many people nowadays are spiritually inclined, but take a broad inclusive view to religion, believing that a variety of religious traditions and practices all have some validity.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Oriental view of the universe, which is in fact, the view of the ‘perennial philosophy’, the cosmic vision which is common to all religious tradition from the most primitive tribal religions to the great world religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity.
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 .Some Hindu philosophies postulate a theistic ontology of creation, of sustenance, and of destruction of the universe, yet some Hindus are atheists.^ The point being that some people are atheist to God because of a lack of evidence for God, combined with historical and sociological evidence that strongly suggests that man created God.
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 ^ Some ancient Gnostics believed that the Creator of the universe was a blind idiot God.
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 ^ Said Soja John Thaikattil: Hinduism in its essence as a religion has a universal philosophy and that is its greatest strength.
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 .Hinduism is sometimes characterized by the belief in reincarnation (samsara), determined by the law of karma, and the idea that salvation is freedom from this cycle of repeated birth and death.^ Something happened to these men in their belief in the birth, life, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ that changed the world.
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 ^ Accordingly, the world should have ended sometime between 1070-1132 AD, approximately 500 years after the birth and death of Muhammad.

 ^ Our lives eternally go through a cycle of Birth, Maturity, Decline, and Death.

 .However, other religions of the region, such as Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, also believe in karma, outside the scope of Hinduism.^ A comparison of Nichiren Buddhism with other religions .

 ^ Buddhism believes in reincarnation and karma.
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 ^ Most monks, of any religion, whether christianity or buddhism, actually live perpetually with other monks.
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 [19] .Hinduism is therefore viewed as the most complex of all of the living, historical world religions.^ Indeed, Islam’s sole objective is to forcefully spread its heretical religion throughout the world and to subjugate all people of other faiths.

 ^ Looking at it this way, all the worlds major religions are equal.

 ^ "The whole concept of resurrection is the new and most important revelation which is coming to humanity, and which will lay the basis for the new world religion ..."
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 [29] .Despite its complexity, Hinduism is not only one of the numerically largest faiths, but is also the oldest living major tradition on earth, with roots reaching back into prehistory.^ There is only one true faith.
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 ^ "There is only one true faith.
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 ^ The complex religion that people developed later, with all its trappings, incorporating the experiences and beliefs of those that came after Buddha, is a human attempt to translate Buddha’s teachings into a basis for society (that was rooted in Hindu traditions) and the life of the ordinary human being who needs images and rituals as part of his life.
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.A definition of Hinduism, given by the first Vice President of India, who was also a prominent theologian, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, states that Hinduism is not "just a faith", but in itself is related to the union of reason and intuition.^ Any given object/thing--a mountain, space, a bathtub--it's just particles of matter, energy, with none of the qualities we project onto it inherent in itself...
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 ^ ME - Just to be clear, I am not your typical religious adherent who inherited his faith.
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 ^ Rational scientists can nurse a corner of their mindworld that hosts the most egregious religiosity just because their first years were illuminated by faith.
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 Radhakrishnan explicitly states that Hinduism cannot be defined, but is only to be experienced.[31] .Similarly some academics suggest that Hinduism can be seen as a category with "fuzzy edges", rather than as a well-defined and rigid entity.^ We should be committed to reason rather than some sort of "anti-dogma" dogma.
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 ^ We should be cmmitted to reason rather than some sort of "anti-dogma" dogma.
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 ^ Since some Indians consider his books controversial because it introduces the Western idea, it must refer to the nature of the relationship rather than technicalities of sex.
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 .Some forms of religious expression are central to Hinduism, while others are not as central but still remain within the category.^ Even if we eradicated the term ,,atheist" form our language, wouldn't it be that religious people reinvent some other, probably offensive, term as a substitute, or just continue using the old name?
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 ^ While some pharmacists cite religious reasons, others believe life begins with fertilization and see contraceptives as capable of causing an abortion.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ It is Pride - the wish to be richer than some other rich man, and (still more) the wish for power.
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 Based on this, Ferro-Luzzi has developed a 'Prototype Theory approach' to the definition of Hinduism.[32]
.Problems with the single definition of what is actually meant by the term 'Hinduism' are often attributed to the fact that Hinduism does not have a single or common historical founder.^ In actual fact, reasoning pretends to make a definite statement on God (yey or nay) is really rhetoric .
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Maybe with time you could come to terms with the fact that not every Christian needs to interpret every single Bible verse like you in order to be a real Christian.
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 ^ When the term "God" is used in the Bible without any further definition, it very often is used in reference to the Father.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 .Hinduism, or as some say 'Hinduisms,' does not have a single system of salvation and has different goals according to each sect or denomination.^ It is easy to overlook, but followers of Islam place their eternal salvation entirely on the whimsical sayings of only one single man - the imperfect and violent man Muhammad.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Some people ask: "What difference does a little water make?"
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 .The forms of Vedic religion are seen not as an alternative to Hinduism, but as its earliest form, and there is little justification for the divisions found in much western scholarly writing between Vedism, Brahmanism, and Hinduism.^ There is much more that I found downright erroneous (and tedious in the extreme)but it would take an article at least a quarter the length of his article to properly refute him.
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 ^ There are found a number of dilapidated Jaina and Hindu temples which seem to have been of the 8th to the 11th century A.D. .
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 ^ I don't believe in religion, but I agree there are other forms of enlightenment out there that we haven't tapped yet as atheists.
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 [8][33]
A definition of Hinduism is further complicated by the frequent use of the term "faith" as a synonym for "religion".[19] Some academics[34] and many practitioners refer to Hinduism using a native definition, as Sanātana Dharma, a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law", or the "eternal way".[2][35]

Beliefs

Temple carving at Hoysaleswara temple representing the Trimurti: Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu.
Hinduism refers to a religious mainstream which evolved organically and spread over a large territory marked by significant ethnic and cultural diversity. .This mainstream evolved both by innovation from within, and by assimilation of external traditions or cults into the Hindu fold.^ Sikhism is a tradition developed within Hinduism.
  • Khushwant Singh and His Continuing Distortion of Sikhism 8 January 2010 6:58 UTC www.sikhspectrum.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Pat Kohli has maintained a consistent web presence since the late 1990s, particularly on USENET, addressing both external critics and dissenters within the Haifan Baha'i Faith tradition to which he belongs [5].
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 ^ It was, however, the last phase of Buddhism in India, where the religion - partly by reabsorption into the Hindu tradition, partly by persecution by the Muslim invaders - ceased to exist by the 13th century.
  • http://www.mb-soft.com/believe/txo/buddhism.htm 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.mb-soft.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The result is an enormous variety of religious traditions, ranging from innumerable small, unsophisticated cults to major religious movements with millions of adherents spread over the entire subcontinent.^ The fundamentalist materialist cult is a historical quirk and aberration, now in decline, and going the way of the now dead "Shakers" religious movement.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Quote: The fundamentalist materialist cult is a historical quirk and aberration, now in decline, and going the way of the now dead "Shakers" religious movement.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Many people nowadays are spiritually inclined, but take a broad inclusive view to religion, believing that a variety of religious traditions and practices all have some validity.
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 .The identification of Hinduism as an independent religion separate from Buddhism or Jainism consequently hinges on the affirmation of its adherents that it is such.^ In fact, I have experimented with various forms of "meditation" myself along with studying the various religions that incorporate some form of it into their rituals, such as Buddhism.
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 ^ "If I am wrong then billions of others who profess no religion, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, primitive religions, Wicca, and on and on and on are all destined to burn in hell.
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 ^ I'm not interested in seeing the whole world abandon religions such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism--only that part of the world where religions have substantial power, and only to the point where the balance of power shifts.
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 [36]
.Prominent themes in Hindu beliefs include (but are not restricted to), Dharma (ethics/duties), Samsāra (The continuing cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth), Karma (action and subsequent reaction), Moksha (liberation from samsara), and the various Yogas (paths or practices).^ Hindus try to develop enlightenment by practicing various types of Yoga.

 ^ Something happened to these men in their belief in the birth, life, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ that changed the world.
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 ^ The fear of death, even when this is not likely to happen, can cause you to take the stupid slave-like path in life.
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Concept of God

Main article: God in Hinduism
.Hinduism is a diverse system of thought with beliefs spanning monotheism, polytheism,[38] panentheism, pantheism, monism, and atheism, and its concept of God is complex and depends upon each particular tradition and philosophy.^ Atheism is simply the lack of belief in god/gods.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ So where is the belief and where is the system in atheism?
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 ^ The quantity we refer to as "atheism" is, in fact, not a quantity at all - rather, it is the very absence of subscription to belief systems that are uniformly ridiculous.
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 .It is sometimes referred to as henotheistic (i.e., involving devotion to a single god while accepting the existence of others), but any such term is an overgeneralization.^ There is no other God in existence.

 ^ Is not God beyond all that it has created and involve not its existence in the carnal wishes and desires of that which it has created?

 ^ It is generally accepted to be true and univseral, and can sometimes be expressed in terms of a single mathematical equation.
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 [39]
.Most Hindus believe that the spirit or soul — the true "self" of every person, called the ātman — is eternal.^ The Hindus had believed that the soul or Atma was identical with Brahman or God, and that it was eternal.
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 ^ Another problem with calling ourselves “atheists” is that every religious person thinks he has a knockdown argument against atheism.
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 ^ We depend on God, the Persons of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, not a cosmic force called awareness.
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 [40] .According to the monistic/pantheistic theologies of Hinduism (such as Advaita Vedanta school), this Atman is ultimately indistinct from Brahman, the supreme spirit.^ Hindus chant it as a means of meditating on the ultimate reality and connecting with the innermost self ( atman ) and Brahman.
  • Hinduism - Search View - ninemsn Encarta 19 November 2009 17:23 UTC au.encarta.msn.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "When the Supreme Ultimate and the Immaterial Spirit unfold, the Point at the crown of your head opens and the light or tunnel or shaft leading to the Cosmic Egg is revealed" .
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ According to a theory accepted in the Yogâcâra school, the person capable of such compassion has the good nature or lineage ( gotra ) of a bodhisattva.

 .Hence, these schools are called non-dualist.^ Zhuang-zi explained that these schools quibbled over logical questions and called each other heretics, but they all respected the writings of Mo-zi and the "Elder Master."
  • Ethics of Daoism and Mo-zi by Sanderson Beck 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Out of these, Guru Nanak chose the Non-dualist (Advaitic or Nirguna ) Path, which had been already used by Santa Naamadeva and Santa Kabir etc.
  • Sikhism-Hinduism : Philosophical Relationship by Vishwa Mohan Tiwari, Air Vice Marshal (Retd) 8 January 2010 6:58 UTC www.boloji.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ These views do not receive the approval of most other schools of the Shari`a which hold that non-Muslims are not allowed to assume any position which might bestow on them any authority over any Muslim.

 [41] .The goal of life, according to the Advaita school, is to realize that one's ātman is identical to Brahman, the supreme soul.^ According to Vedanta, Brahman alone is real.
  • Hinduism - Search View - ninemsn Encarta 19 November 2009 17:23 UTC au.encarta.msn.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The central doctrine of the Saiva Siddhanta philosophy is that Siva is the Supreme Reality, and that the Jiva or the individual soul is of the same essence as Siva, but not identical.
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 ^ Conclusion -- to interpret Brahman (the ultimate reality) as a kind of god who may become manifest if one meditates upon him.
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 [42] .The Upanishads state that whoever becomes fully aware of the ātman as the innermost core of one's own self realizes an identity with Brahman and thereby reaches moksha (liberation or freedom).^ "Autonomy has to do with a sense of one's own identity.

 ^ There is one Brahman which is Truth’s self.
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 ^ It meant self realization in freedom from Karma.
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.Dualistic schools (see Dvaita and Bhakti) understand Brahman as a Supreme Being who possesses personality, and they worship him or her thus, as Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva, or Shakti, depending upon the sect.^ My concern is that our disagreements are a matter of degree and yet they are very important differences (and I am concerned because you seem not to be able to see those differences, acknowledge those differences and understand those differences).
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 ^ It is just one person’s subjective idea opposed to another with the victor being the one who can amass the most votes in favor of his/her side or the one who can voluntarily conscript the most opposition.
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 ^ Maybe his witnesses (the men traveling with him) can back up his story, let's see what they saw.
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 .The ātman is dependent on God, while moksha depends on love towards God and on God's grace.^ You need God’s grace to respond because of your hatred towards Him.
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 ^ Because of God's love and grace, Deity came to earth in the form of man (Jesus) and died as a sacrifice to pay the penalty of man's sins.
  • Hinduism and Christianity: Hindu Teaching or the Bible? 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.gospelway.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Notice how Paul considers them together: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you" (2 Cor.
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 [44] .When God is viewed as the supreme personal being (rather than as the infinite principle), God is called Ishvara ("The Lord"[45]), Bhagavan ("The Auspicious One"[45]) or Parameshwara ("The Supreme Lord"[45]).^ Timmy, you were the one who labeled it inconsistent, and you were the one who is unable to give a standard that is anything other than you own personal feelings and preferences.
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 ^ Rather than a sign of God’s blessing, material wealth is treated as a sign that someone isn’t heeding God’s will.
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 ^ God is infinite and we get to perceive only glimpses of Him in many ways as He reveals Himself in different ways to different persons."
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 [41] .However interpretations of Ishvara vary, ranging from non-belief in Ishvara by followers of Mimamsakas, to identifying Brahman and Ishvara as one, as in Advaita.^ This reading list cannot claim to list them all; however, we can identify some of the largest ones.
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 ^ But fortunately we are Identified as Buddhists because we have a philosophy to follow without a belief in a God or Gods and wonders.
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 [41] .In the majority of traditions of Vaishnavism he is Vishnu, God, and the text of Vaishnava scriptures identify this Being as Krishna, sometimes referred to as svayam bhagavan.^ GUEPAS 05-18-2007, 02:25 PM The institutionalization of God, through texts, scriptures, and any other form of indoctrination, is religion.
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 ^ The institutionalization of God, through texts, scriptures, and any other form of indoctrination, is religion.
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 ^ They are mostly spoken of in Scripture in reference to possession; but in ( Ephesians 6:12 ) find them sharing the enmity to God and are ascribed in various lights.
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 There are also schools like the Samkhya which have atheistic leanings.[46]

Devas and avatars

Krishna (left), the eighth incarnation (avatar) of Vishnu or svayam bhagavan, with his consort Radha, worshiped as Radha Krishna across a number of traditions - traditional painting from the 1700s.
.The Hindu scriptures refer to celestial entities called Devas (or devī in feminine form; devatā used synonymously for Deva in Hindi), "the shining ones", which may be translated into English as "gods" or "heavenly beings".[47] The devas are an integral part of Hindu culture and are depicted in art, architecture and through icons, and mythological stories about them are related in the scriptures, particularly in Indian epic poetry and the Puranas.^ The source of the conflict is the animal sacrifices, which form an integral part of some of their rituals.

 ^ Surely the time has come to purge the earth of this criminal insanity, and establish the kingdom of our Heavenly Father on earth as the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of the true brotherhood of man being one and the same.

 ^ It was translated from its original hieroglyphic text into the English language by several Europeans since the latter part of the 19th Century A.D. The easiest one to read is called.."The" (Egyptian) "Book of the Dead."

 .They are, however, often distinguished from Ishvara, a supreme personal god, with many Hindus worshiping Ishvara in a particular form as their iṣṭa devatā, or chosen ideal.^ They had altars and objects to worship many different gods.
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 ^ Would they worship a Negro God?

 ^ Do Hindus worship one God or many?
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 [48][49] The choice is a matter of individual preference,[50] and of regional and family traditions.[50]
.Hindu epics and the Puranas relate several episodes of the descent of God to Earth in corporeal form to restore dharma to society and to guide humans to moksha. Such an incarnation is called an avatar. The most prominent avatars are of Vishnu and include Rama (the protagonist in Ramayana) and Krishna (a central figure in the epic Mahabharata).^ In the Yorb cosmos, instantiations of evil are the handiwork of natural beings (such as humans) and supernatural beings (such as the anti-gods, Ajogun , who attacked rnml in the If poem above).

 ^ For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
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 ^ Epiphany was traditionally a Christian feast to celebrate the 'shining forth' or revelation of God to humanity in human form, in the person of Jesus Christ.
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Karma and samsara

Main article: Karma in Hinduism
.Karma translates literally as action, work, or deed,[51] and can be described as the "moral law of cause and effect".[52] According to the Upanishads an individual, known as the jiva-atma, develops sanskaras (impressions) from actions, whether physical or mental.^ No justice for what ever you can get away with, no accountability for any inhumanity you have committed, whether verbally, physically, mentally or morally.
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 ^ In Nichiren Buddhism, accountability is achieved by telling people that all their actions, good and bad, will eventually come back to them as effects, whether later in this lifetime or in a future lifetime.

 ^ "Humans can reflect on their own desires, actions, and beliefs and understand cause and effect.
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 .The linga sharira, a body more subtle than the physical one but less subtle than the soul, retains impressions, carrying them over into the next life, establishing a unique trajectory for the individual.^ More than one version?
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 ^ But evil is far more subtle than this.

 ^ A person can be more than a body.
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 [53] .Thus, the concept of a universal, neutral, and never-failing karma intrinsically relates to reincarnation as well as to one's personality, characteristics, and family.^ God remain constant and is of no respect to any particular person, yet there are particular persons that is of respect to God and in so being should be particular about God, the one and only constant in the Universe and beyond.

 ^ I agree that the label athiest is not a good one (as if any lable is) mostly because (as Richard Dawkins has pointed out) it labels a person in relation to that which he/her considers nonexistant.
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 ^ And when he said, “As “atheists” we give others, and even ourselves, the sense that we are well on our way toward purging the universe of mystery,” I was stumped, because I never sensed that that about atheists.
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 Karma binds together the notions of free will and destiny.
.This cycle of action, reaction, birth, death and rebirth is a continuum called samsara.^ Our lives eternally go through a cycle of Birth, Maturity, Decline, and Death.

 ^ But I cannot accept the birth, suffering, death, mantra .......futility indeed--and repeat the cycle every generation.
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 .The notion of reincarnation and karma is a strong premise in Hindu thought.^ [Credits : Acquired from Vast Video] Learn about the basic principles and goals of Hinduism, including reincarnation and karma.
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 ^ Hindus believe in one transcendent Supreme Being, reincarnation and karma.
  • Hinduism: a guide to U.S. experts and organizations | ReligionLink 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.religionlink.com [Source type: Academic]

 ^ The Theosophical Society under Dr. Besant's guidance spread the fundamental principles of the Hindu religion - Karma, Reincarnation, Yoga and spiritual evolution.
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 The Bhagavad Gita states that:
“ As a person puts on new clothes and discards old and torn clothes,
similarly an embodied soul enters new material bodies, leaving the old bodies.(B.G. 2:22)[54]
 ”
.Samsara provides ephemeral pleasures, which lead people to desire rebirth so as to enjoy the pleasures of a perishable body.^ The covetous and ambitious desires allured by power distance the spirit from the body and close off the heart from higher influences, leading to actions contrary to justice and disasters.
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 ^ It says that he desires to lead people astray (Surah 6:39, 126; 43:36-37).
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 ^ The cause of suffering: The desire which leads to renewed existence (rebirth) (the cycle of samsara) The cessation of suffering: The cessation of desire .
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 .However, escaping the world of samsara through moksha is believed to ensure lasting happiness and peace.^ However, it is not "testimony alone" that persuades a believer to accept a miracle as valid, it’s the philosophical assumptions within the framework of an accepted (as opposed to a fringe view) world view.

 ^ The Qur'an is the final Book of Divine Guidance, revealed by Allah through His Last Prophet, Muhammad (peace be upon him).

 ^ I pray for peace throughout the world and the happiness of all living beings.

 [55][56] .It is thought that after several reincarnations, an atman eventually seeks unity with the cosmic spirit (Brahman/Paramatman).^ Life is evil and obscures our real unity with Brahman-Atman -- we must seek deliverance from its traps and not follow outward pleasures or look for anything enduring among things unstable.
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 ^ According to his philosophy, which is a type of Bhedabhedavada, that is, the theory of the Absolute as Unity-in- difference, Brahman or the Absolute has transformed itself into the world of matter and spirit.
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 ^ By achieving awareness of our atman and its unity with Brahman, we attain not only happiness, but also moksha , or liberation.
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.The ultimate goal of life, referred to as moksha, nirvana or samadhi, is understood in several different ways: as the realization of one's union with God; as the realization of one's eternal relationship with God; realization of the unity of all existence; perfect unselfishness and knowledge of the Self; as the attainment of perfect mental peace; and as detachment from worldly desires.^ God is the source of all life and intelligence.
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 ^ God is the author of all knowledge.
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 ^ Life came from the eternal living God.
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 .Such realization liberates one from samsara and ends the cycle of rebirth.^ To be truly delusional, one would have to be delusional about much of reality, not simply an experience such as the one I am describing.
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 ^ The modern 'standard' scientific version of the origin of life on earth is one such idea, and we would be wise to check its real merit with great care.
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 ^ The invocation of such force starts and ends from the same source… YOU are the center of existence…reality…perception .

 [57][58]
.The exact conceptualization of moksha differs among the various Hindu schools of thought.^ Within Hinduism there are various schools of thought, which Hindu scholars have systematized in different ways.
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 ^ Various schools of thought have explained this in different ways.
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 ^ Various schools have contributed to Hindu thought, each school with a different emphasis.
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 .For example, Advaita Vedanta holds that after attaining moksha an atman no longer identifies itself with an individual but as identical with Brahman in all respects.^ He said, "I am no longer interested in all that."
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 ^ There were the greatest of all adepts who by taking the road of Chuang Tzu and Lao Tzu renounced personal immortality for the higher state identified with Tao itself where no corporal containment was possible.
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 ^ The liberation of the individual jīva occurs when it undoes the error of superimposition, and no longer identifies itself with a body, or a particular person with a natural history, but with Brahman .
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 .The followers of Dvaita (dualistic) schools identify themselves as part of Brahman, and after attaining moksha expect to spend eternity in a loka (heaven),[59] in the company of their chosen form of Ishvara.^ If you reject Jesus and the salvation He made possible -- and follow Islam, your entire salvation (where you will spend eternity) is at stake.
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 Thus, it is said that the followers of dvaita wish to "taste sugar", while the followers of Advaita wish to "become sugar".[60]

Objectives of human life

Main article: Purusharthas
Classical Hindu thought accepts the following objectives of human life, known as the puruṣārthas: dharma "righteousness, ethikos;" artha "livelihood, wealth;" kāma "sensual pleasure;" mokṣa "liberation, freedom (from samsara)".[61][62]

Yoga

Main article: Yoga
A statue of Shiva in yogic meditation.
.In whatever way a Hindu defines the goal of life, there are several methods (yogas) that sages have taught for reaching that goal.^ How do we define the Christian way of life?
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 ^ Hinduism and all the sub religions originating from it are characterized by having a common goal, that of achieving divine bliss and they offer several paths for achieving this.
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 ^ But, owing to its vastness and riches, the origin of this ancient way of life, Hinduism cannot be ascribed to a single founder or a single time.
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 Texts dedicated to Yoga include the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Sutras, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and, as their philosophical and historical basis, the Upanishads. Paths that one can follow to achieve the spiritual goal of life (moksha, samadhi or nirvana) include:
.An individual may prefer one or some yogas over others, according to his or her inclination and understanding.^ What is agility for one, may not be agility to an other.
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 ^ Other factors that may have been important to consider include ethnic backgrounds of state residents, according to Adamczyk, the City University of New York sociologist.
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 ^ In any case, it is important that we realize that two or more different concepts (revelations) may all have merit; all may shed light on important perspectives; but one may in fact be superior to the others, according to that which bears the most fruit of righteousness.

 .Some devotional schools teach that bhakti is the only practical path to achieve spiritual perfection for most people, based on their belief that the world is currently in the Kali Yuga (one of four epochs which are part of the Yuga cycle).^ As well as teaching in mosques, the women will be able to support people in prisons, schools and hospitals.
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 ^ Into this new church other peoples of the world, for they only await the resurrection of Europe to join and become citizens of the celestial kingdom.
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 ^ Some within the church are teachers or preachers who help others to grow spiritually by teaching them more of the truth (Eph.
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 [64] .Practice of one yoga does not exclude others.^ What the hell does one have to do with the other?
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 ^ What does one have to do with the other?
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 ^ One does not need to know where morals originate to practice morality.
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 .Many schools believe that the different yogas naturally blend into and aid other yogas.^ I believe in the one Eternal Source or Ultimate Reality, called by many names, which flows through all forms of nature and can be known through spiritual realization and experience.
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 ^ I believe man's natural spirituality is best expressed in loving and practical aid to his fellow man, rather than metaphysical inquiry (Humanitarianism).
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 ^ That is what I meant when I said that the best that we can hope for is to convert the soft believers into sort of abstract deists who see God as nature and that inner voice.
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 .For example, the practice of jnana yoga, is thought to inevitably lead to pure love (the goal of bhakti yoga), and vice versa.^ The paths of karma yoga and jnana yoga lead to bhakti yoga.
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 ^ And vice versa, I like your blog!:) Sylwia, I love your work.

 ^ There are many examples of the cyclical nature of good deeds and thoughts, but as many examples of 'bad, evil' people leading privileged lives.
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 [65] .Someone practicing deep meditation (such as in raja yoga) must embody the core principles of karma yoga, jnana yoga and bhakti yoga, whether directly or indirectly.^ The paths of karma yoga and jnana yoga lead to bhakti yoga.
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 ^ SMARTISM: Preparatory sadhanas are bhakti, karma, raja yoga.
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 ^ The core of the practical import of the Yoga philosophy is what it calls the Astāṅga yoga (not to be confused with a tradition of physical yoga also called Astāṅga Yoga , popular in many yoga centers in recent times).
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 [63][66]

Practices

Main articles: Puja (Hinduism), Yajna, Murti, Mandir, Hindu iconography, Japa, and Mantra
The visarjan (nimarjan) ceremony of Lord Ganesha during the Chaturthi festival.
.Hindu practices generally involve seeking awareness of God and sometimes also seeking blessings from Devas.^ Being generally given to incontinence, polygamy , deeds of violence , and even to cannibalism, they have naturally attributed the same sentiments and practices to their gods.
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 ^ Yet a distinctively Kantian mode of engaging these questions can be articulated from the moral and anthropological focus he gives to his general treatment of God, faith and religious practice.
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 ^ Similarly, when a person seeks after God according to Hinduism, becomes One with God when he attains salvation.
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 .Therefore, Hinduism has developed numerous practices meant to help one think of divinity in the midst of everyday life.^ I don't think I've met anyone who's life was one hundred percent evil.

 ^ I think we're connected, as cultural beings, to a plethora of attachments and baggage; seems perfectly reasonable if one can be a non-practicing Jew that one can also be a non-practicing Catholic.
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 ^ I think Buddhist practice helps you at work because it unleashes your Buddha wisdom and life force.

 Hindus can engage in pūjā (worship or veneration),[45] either at home or at a temple. .At home, Hindus often create a shrine with icons dedicated to their chosen form(s) of God.^ One of the shrines in the Kaaba was also dedicated to the Hindu Creator God, Brahma ...

 ^ Hindus have represented God in innumerable forms.
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 ^ Hinduism is often labeled as a religion of 330 million gods.
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 .Temples are usually dedicated to a primary deity along with associated subordinate deities though some commemorate multiple deities.^ Though we tend to associate the concept of nonviolence with ancient Asian thought, some of the most notable instances of nonviolent political action have occurred in the West during this century .
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 ^ Some Jaina idols are said to have been broken in Gujarat, though Akbar later on sent a firmn to the governor asking him to protect the Jaina temples from further injury.
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 ^ According to Hasmukh Shah, a member of the Board of Trustees, he and many of the members of the temple are members of the Gujarati Samaj of New York, though a formal association between the temple and the Samaj does not exist.
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 .Visiting temples is not obligatory,[67] and many visit temples only during religious festivals.^ I was only drawing to your attention the fact that debates with anti-theists/atheists has never ever been brought to a conclusion although debates have been carried on by many religious scholars for many centuries.
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 ^ Only when we reclaim our history will we be able to see that the origins of many religious ideas are African.

 ^ An inscription of 1134 A.D., in the Jaina temple of Sheragarh, records how a great festival of the Jaina Trthnkara of Nemintha was celebrated at the new Chaitya during the reign of Naravarman.
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 Hindus perform their worship through icons (murtis). .The icon serves as a tangible link between the worshiper and God.^ Mecca might be real after all, serving as saints or angels to mediate between God and man .

 ^ "They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator - who is forever praised.
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 ^ Thus all humankind was held in darkness concerning the only direct link between their souls and the Pure and Perfect Mind of God the Creator himself.

 [68] .The image is often considered a manifestation of God, since God is immanent.^ This short introductory book reveals the secrets of this complex form in all its manifestations: symbol of the universe, image of God and aid to inner peace.

 ^ Since man was made in the image and likeness of God, [96] the philosopher could comprehend himself by obtaining an intellectual knowledge of his Creator.
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 ^ Hindus worship of images and idols is not idolatry, since Hindus do not consider the images and idols as God, but symbols of God.
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 The Padma Purana states that the mūrti is not to be thought of as mere stone or wood but as a manifest form of the Divinity.[69] .A few Hindu sects, such as the Ārya Samāj, do not believe in worshiping God through icons.^ Only a few of the miracles of Jesus are recounted in the four Gospels, but they are "written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name" (Jn.
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 ^ Walk into a catholic church and tell them that they believe in the same God as the Hindus, but just from a different perspective.
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 ^ For me, I don't need such evidence to believe the global flood happened, for I trust everything that God says, and the Bible alone is enough evidence for me.Good arguments in this thread?
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.Hinduism has a developed system of symbolism and iconography to represent the sacred in art, architecture, literature and worship.^ Other sacred literature, especially the Hindu epics, may be more popular with readers, but the Vedas, written in Sanskrit, are the oldest and most respected scriptures.
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 ^ The four Vedas constitute the most important body of sacred Hindu literature, at least in theory.
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 ^ Vivekananda, a representative Hindu product of India’s new English-language education system, became a devotee of Ramakrishna and renounced the world after the priest’s death.
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 .These symbols gain their meaning from the scriptures, mythology, or cultural traditions.^ All people find personal meaning by situating their personal narrative in (or occasionally against) a larger cultural tradition, and that is religion's franchise.
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 ^ These materials may be of interest to those studying Taoism, the history of Chinese science, and comparable traditions in other cultures."
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 ^ These claims are based on subjective beliefs and traditions that are as fallacious as Greek mythology.
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 .The syllable Om (which represents the Parabrahman) and the Swastika sign (which symbolizes auspiciousness) have grown to represent Hinduism itself, while other markings such as tilaka identify a follower of the faith.^ Like the Choku Rei Symbol and the Prayer Wheel the swastika represents the spiral flows of energy around a central stem.
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 ^ Jim Powell's " Deconstruction for Beginners " contains a nice description of how Taoism and Buddhism undermined the traditional religiosity of Hinduism and other logocentric faiths.
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 ^ The following is a copy of an email I received from a Miyka'el ben Yisra'el as spiritual evidence and a strong sign of such hope: .

 Hinduism associates many symbols, which include the lotus, chakra and veena, with particular deities.
.Mantras are invocations, praise and prayers that through their meaning, sound, and chanting style help a devotee focus the mind on holy thoughts or express devotion to God/the deities.^ The Holy Spirit is also God, that is, deity, or divine.
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 ^ It is through man's sense of thought that the Church of Smyrna receives knowledge of and from God that is processed into forming the intelligence through which it gives life to the other churches.

 ^ In Independent Nichiren Buddhism, the Eightfold Path consists of chanting the mantra and sutra to the mandala, study, and helping other people.

 .Many devotees perform morning ablutions at the bank of a sacred river while chanting the Gayatri Mantra or Mahamrityunjaya mantras.^ We see Haridwar and the Hindu arati ceremony there at dusk on the banks of the River Ganges where crowds of thousands view the sacred flame and chant the songs of enlightenment.
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 [citation needed] The epic Mahabharata extols Japa (ritualistic chanting) as the greatest duty in the Kali Yuga (what Hindus believe to be the current age)..December 2007" style="white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed] Many adopt Japa as their primary spiritual practice.^ Many people nowadays are spiritually inclined, but take a broad inclusive view to religion, believing that a variety of religious traditions and practices all have some validity.
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 ^ This cycle of spiritual and natural events has many practical consequences for the treatment and control of smallpox in Yorbland.

 [citation needed]

Rituals

Traditional diyas and other prayer items during a Hindu wedding ceremony.
.The vast majority of Hindus engage in religious rituals on a daily basis.^ The wedding rituals of a Hindu-Sikh couple honor the religious traditions of both.
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 [70] Most Hindus observe religious rituals at home.[71] but observation of rituals greatly vary among regions, villages, and individuals. .Devout Hindus perform daily chores such as worshiping at dawn after bathing (usually at a family shrine, and typically includes lighting a lamp and offering foodstuffs before the images of deities), recitation from religious scripts, singing devotional hymns, meditation, chanting mantras, reciting scriptures etc.^ Traditional Yorb society operated on a four day week, and as such there is no fifth day that is "set apart for the worship of the Deity".

 ^ Keep in mind that a lot of the "mumbo jumbo" (mantras, deity worship, statues, etc) are for inspiration.
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 ^ Building temples, feeding groups of monks, worship of the Jaina images and celebration of festivals formed the time-honoured mode of showing religious zeal.
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 [71] .A notable feature in religious ritual is the division between purity and pollution.^ Requirements of ritual purity may seem to restrict a woman's access to religious life, but are viewed as concessions.

 .Religious acts presuppose some degree of impurity or defilement for the practitioner, which must be overcome or neutralised before or during ritual procedures.^ In the disorganized times during and after World War II they acted in political and military roles, often largely controlling some provinces.

 ^ Before leaving this subject I must guard against some possible misunderstandings: .
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 ^ Recent scholarship is moving toward a consensus that the persons who developed and collected the teachings of the DDJ played some role in civil administration, but they may also have been practitioners of ritual arts and what we would call religious rites.
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 .Purification, usually with water, is thus a typical feature of most religious action.^ I generally feel a sense of solidarity with most atheists, but they usually dismiss me as a religious moron right out of the gate.
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 ^ The view that fear is in most instances the spring of religious action is untenable.
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 ^ Secularization is thus very limited in scope, for as Peter Berger (2001) observes, most of the world is bubbling with religious passions.
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 [71] .Other characteristics include a belief in the efficacy of sacrifice and concept of merit, gained through the performance of charity or good works, that will accumulate over time and reduce sufferings in the next world.^ Exploring Islam explains the basic fundamental beliefs of the Islamic way of life and how Islam is associated with the world's other leading religions.

 ^ Others will find much more value in almost any other work on Taoism, for founding history and a good background of Taoism's early development go with Elements of Taoism (Martin Palmer).
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 ^ I think Bernie Bee made some very good points, and his central point, that religions view pain and suffering as "we have to go through Hell to get to Heaven", was spot on!
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 [71] .Vedic rites of fire-oblation (yajna) are now only occasional practices, although they are highly revered in theory.^ Arab_Persian_Al-Razi 05-18-2007, 05:50 PM GUEPAS, If they present evidence for a theory, then its obviously not a theory anymore, now is it.
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 ^ "Now this is eternal life: that they may KNOW You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent."
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 ^ So now the only reason they would leave is if they are no longer in love.
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 .In Hindu wedding and burial ceremonies, however, the yajña and chanting of Vedic mantras are still the norm.^ We see Haridwar and the Hindu arati ceremony there at dusk on the banks of the River Ganges where crowds of thousands view the sacred flame and chant the songs of enlightenment.
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 ^ A Hindu wedding consists of ceremonies performed over several days, culminating in the joining of the bride and groom.
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 ^ The mass wedding ceremony, however, was attended by only the grooms and the brides' guardians who had arranged the matches.
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 [72] The rituals, upacharas, change with time. .For instance, in the past few hundred years some rituals, such as sacred dance and music offerings in the standard Sodasa Upacharas set prescribed by the Agama Shastra, were replaced by the offerings of rice and sweets.^ Worship in temples consists of prayer and puja before images of the tirthankaras ; the devotee circumambulates the image, chants sacred verses and makes offerings of flowers, sandalwood paste, rice, sweets and incense.

 ^ In contrast to what Guru Arjan achieved 400 hundred years ago, some modern scholars/writers indulge in plagiarism, manipulation, deception and hypocrisy.
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 ^ Gynecologists say that in the past few years, more Muslim women are seeking certificates of virginity to provide proof to others.
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.Occasions like birth, marriage, and death involve what are often elaborate sets of religious customs.^ I have set up this page in order to facilitate our students and other people interested in the Internet to built their own view of the situation and the religious tradition involved."
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 ^ The Death Penalty in America 19 Dec 07 Religious communities have been deeply involved on both sides of the capital punishment issue.
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 ^ All the Sikh ceremonies like birth, baptism, marriage and death, are simple, inexpensive and have a religious tone.
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 .In Hinduism, life-cycle rituals include Annaprashan (a baby's first intake of solid food), Upanayanam ("sacred thread ceremony" undergone by upper-caste children at their initiation into formal education) and Śrāddha (ritual of treating people to feasts in the name of the deceased).^ The complex religion that people developed later, with all its trappings, incorporating the experiences and beliefs of those that came after Buddha, is a human attempt to translate Buddha’s teachings into a basis for society (that was rooted in Hindu traditions) and the life of the ordinary human being who needs images and rituals as part of his life.
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 ^ While I have no doubt that the Amish are mistreating their children, by not educating them adequately, they are not likely to hijack aircraft and fly them into buildings.
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 ^ But I think people want to go through these rituals, ceremonies and symbolic ways of expressing their love because it is something that makes them feel good.
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 [73][74] .For most people in India, the betrothal of the young couple and the exact date and time of the wedding are matters decided by the parents in consultation with astrologers.^ When most people hear of the term abuse, they do not think about being slapped, being chilly, being ignored or, for that matter, having someone stare at you in the shower.
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 ^ This book describes the Buddhist idea of heaven and hell prevalent amongst the people of northern India at the time of Buddha and later incorporated in the Buddhist scriptures.

 ^ Naturalism is also the basis for how all people live their lives most of the time.

 [73] .On death, cremation is considered obligatory for all except sanyasis, hijra, and children under five[75].^ And an alarming number of over 4.3 Muslim children worldwide under the age of five die every year.
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 Cremation is typically performed by wrapping the corpse in cloth and burning it on a pyre.

Pilgrimage and festivals

Main article: Hindu festivals
Diwali, the festival of lights, is a prime festival of Hinduism. Shown here are traditional Diyas that are often lit during Diwali
.Pilgrimage is not mandatory in Hinduism, though many adherents undertake them[76] Hindus recognise several Indian holy cities, including Allahabad, Haridwar, Varanasi, and Vrindavan.^ He demanded that Ganga Sagar, a place of Hindu pilgrimage, be declared a holy place like Haridwar, and that the Left Front government in West Bengal should respect the sentiments of the Hindus and take steps to ban non-vegetarian food at the holy site.
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 ^ He built twenty Jaina temples of the Trthakaras at Sammeda ikhara and led pilgrimage to this holy place several times.
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 Notable temple cities include Puri, which hosts a major Vaishnava Jagannath temple and Rath Yatra celebration; Tirumala - Tirupati, home to the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple; and Katra, home to the Vaishno Devi temple. The four holy sites Puri, Rameswaram, Dwarka, and Badrinath (or alternatively the Himalayan towns of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri) compose the Char Dham (four abodes) pilgrimage circuit. .The Kumbh Mela (the "pitcher festival") is one of the holiest of Hindu pilgrimages that is held every four years; the location is rotated among Allahabad, Haridwar, Nashik, and Ujjain.^ Four babies are born every minute, only eight of 100 are planned, 20 are unwanted and some 400,000 fetuses are aborted every year.
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 ^ Four babies are born every minute or almost two million a year.
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 ^ Every year 17,000 women die due to pregnancy-related complications and one child in four does not reach his/her fifth birthday.
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 .Another important set of pilgrimages are the Shakti Peethas, where the Mother Goddess is worshipped, the two principal ones being Kalighat and Kamakhya.^ The two have nothing to do with one another.
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 ^ It is just one person’s subjective idea opposed to another with the victor being the one who can amass the most votes in favor of his/her side or the one who can voluntarily conscript the most opposition.
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 ^ One cannot eat or die for another human being.
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.Hinduism has many festivals throughout the year.^ The Hindus, according to him, were Spinozists more than 2,000 years before the advent of Spinoza, Darwinians many centuries before Darwin.
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 ^ Many years back I had certain silly notions about Hindus.

 ^ But most of these invaders acculturized themselves in a few years after their coming and many of their kings embraced either Buddhism or Hinduism.
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 The Hindu calendar usually prescribe their dates. .The festivals typically celebrate events from Hindu mythology, often coinciding with seasonal changes.^ These distinctions are not rigid and generally all Hindus participate and celebrate all these festivals.
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 ^ Less common, but often drawing many more devotees, are the temple's celebrations of festivals.
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 ^ A festival was held by Deala, Samar Shh's father to celebrate this event.
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 .There are festivals which are primarily celebrated by specific sects or in certain regions of the Indian subcontinent.^ Suppose there is a specific species of herbivores which has occupied a certain habitat for thousands or hundreds of thousands of years.
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 .Some widely observed Hindu festivals are Maha Shivaratri, Holi, Ram Navami, Krishna Janmastami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Dussera, Durga Puja and Diwali.^ Ankh, Sword in the Stone, Squaring the Circle, Tree of Life, The Holy Trinity, The Hindu Trimurthy, Vishnu/Krishna and Son/Christ, Shivalingam, Kundalini Key!!
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Scriptures

Main articles: Śruti and Smriti
The Rig Veda is one of the oldest religious texts. This Rig Veda manuscript is in Devanagari
.Hinduism is based on "the accumulated treasury of spiritual laws discovered by different persons in different times".[77][78] The scriptures were transmitted orally in verse form to aid memorization, for many centuries before they were written down.^ They have all been answered many times.
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 ^ They were fulfilled centuries after they were first written.
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 ^ Which will be different for every time, for every person, for every situation.
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 [79] Over many centuries, sages refined the teachings and expanded the canon. .In post-Vedic and current Hindu belief, most Hindu scriptures are not typically interpreted literally.^ This entire, very sobering, article is posted and reviewed here , and we have a most revealing quote from this review about Lewontin’s a priori materialistic belief.
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 ^ Other sacred literature, especially the Hindu epics, may be more popular with readers, but the Vedas, written in Sanskrit, are the oldest and most respected scriptures.
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 ^ The relationship could be due to the fact that communities with such religious beliefs (a literal interpretation of the Bible, for instance) may frown upon contraception, researchers say.
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 .More importance is attached to the ethics and metaphorical meanings derived from them.^ The doctrine which assumed great importance later - that custom has the force of law - is also exemplified by the twofold meaning, in Panini's Astadhyayi, attached to Dharma.
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 ^ But the word Kurmayaee literally means the coming or the meeting of the parents of both the boy and the girl, and this shows the importance attached to the union of the two families.
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 ^ That I don't believe in God.The humanist bit means,according to my dictionary,"attaching greater importance to human rather than divine,or supernatural matters."
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 [80] .Most sacred texts are in Sanskrit.^ The Tao Te Ching The Tao te Ching is one of the most widely read sacred texts, due to its simplicity and depth.
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 ^ Other sacred literature, especially the Hindu epics, may be more popular with readers, but the Vedas, written in Sanskrit, are the oldest and most respected scriptures.
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 .The texts are classified into two classes: Shruti and Smriti.^ Hindu scriptures can be classified into two types: shruti and smriti .
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 ^ Our investigation will focus on two main themes: the role of the I Ching in the discussion of Confucian-Shinto relations and the project of transforming the text from a Confucian classic into a Shinto text.
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 ^ The world was divided into two classes, Muslims and others, and only Islam counted...Indeed the general feeling was that the leavings of the Muslims were good enough for the dhimmis.
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Shruti

Shruti (lit: that which is heard)[81] primarily refers to the Vedas, which form the earliest record of the Hindu scriptures. .While many Hindus revere the Vedas as eternal truths revealed to ancient sages (Ṛṣis),[78] some devotees do not associate the creation of the Vedas with a god or person.^ We believe the revealed truth of God instead.
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 ^ In the Old Testament (Exodus 34:6) the real God revealed Himself as " merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth ".
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 ^ Therefore, this intelligence reveals that fulfillment of the Law of Love is a prerequisite to becoming one with the Pure and Perfect Mind of God the Creator himself, and one with the Creation of the Universe, which is Eternal Life.

 .They are thought of as the laws of the spiritual world, which would still exist even if they were not revealed to the sages.^ They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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 ^ But under Brazilian law they were Brazilians even so.
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 ^ She said they had been in love and she thought they would marry, but their relationship petered out after he failed to leave the priesthood.
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 [77][82][83] .Hindus believe that because the spiritual truths of the Vedas are eternal, they continue to be expressed in new ways.^ They are ways of expressing the sense th...
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 ^ The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
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 ^ But I am not going to accept that they are better because you happen to believe it.
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 [84]
There are four Vedas (called Ṛg-, Sāma-, Yajus- and Atharva-). .The Rigveda is the first and most important Veda.^ The book is considered the most important document ever published and it reveals God's true identity for the first time in human history.

 [85] .Each Veda is divided into four parts: the primary one, the Veda proper, being the Saṃhitā, which contains sacred mantras.^ The Yorb conception of personhood divides a person into two parts: the body, and the soul.

 ^ This advance into new territory has the ability to unify to integrate the mother, the father and all the internal children into one energetic, soul infused and peaceful being.
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 ^ Since one of my posts kept getting rejected and it had absolutely nothing to do with my language or content, I thought perhaps it was due to length, so I am going to divide this one up into two parts and see if it accepts them.
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 .The other three parts form a three-tier ensemble of commentaries, usually in prose and are believed to be slightly later in age than the Saṃhitā.^ Although btl, just as the other gods, is lesser than Oldmar, it is quite clear from If poems that three divinities have always co-existed with Oldmar.

 ^ I believe you can experience a connectedness---somehow our brains are wired to experience this---just as we are wired to experience other phenomenon like love, compassion....this is after all, part of being human."
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 ^ According to some Heracles was the only person to steal the apples, other than Perseus , although Athena later returned the apples to their rightful place in the garden.
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 These are: the Brāhmaṇas, Āraṇyakas, and the Upanishads. .The first two parts were subsequently called the Karmakāṇḍa (ritualistic portion), while the last two form the Jñānakāṇḍa (knowledge portion).^ This is part of the first amendment called the establishment clause.
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 ^ I agree with the last part, the first part is still a mystery.
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 ^ I agree with the last part, the first part is still a mystery.'
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 [86] .While the Vedas focus on rituals, the Upanishads focus on spiritual insight and philosophical teachings, and discuss Brahman and reincarnation.^ The most significant doctrine expressed in the Vedas and the Upanishads (the first philosophical explorations of Hinduism) is that Reality is One or Absolute, changeless, perfect and eternal, Brahman.
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 ^ His teachings on ethical, spiritual, and philosophical problems are fairly well known.
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 ^ These lofty teachings of the Vedas and Upanishads had to be clothed in symbolism, and presented in allegories.
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 [80][87][88]

Smritis

The Naradeya Purana describes the mechanics of the cosmos. Depicted here are Vishnu with his consort Lakshmi resting on Shesha Nag. Narada and Brahma are also pictured.
.Hindu texts other than the Shrutis are collectively called the Smritis (memory).^ In many ways, labelling the other dharmic traditions as non-Hindu has a basis that derives more from politics than from philosophy.
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 ^ He has two concluding Books; the one containing a collation of various readings, and the other a collection of articles on the history and genius of Kwang-dze, and different passages of his Text.
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 ^ As part of the Mahabharata , the Bhagavad-Gita technically falls in the category of smriti rather than shruti .
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 The most notable of the smritis are the epics, which consist of the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyaṇa. .The Bhagavad Gītā is an integral part of the Mahabharata and one of the most popular sacred texts of Hinduism.^ One part of the Mahabharata , the Bhagavad-Gita, functions virtually as a text on its own in Hinduism.
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 ^ Such a thing is integral part of Hinduism.

 ^ "Why is most of the energy/matter seemingly dead, but this one tiny part of it is alive?
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 It contains philosophical teachings from Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu, told to the prince Arjuna on the eve of a great war. .The Bhagavad Gītā, spoken by Krishna, is described as the essence of the Vedas.[89] However Gita, sometimes called Gitopanishad, is more often placed in the Shruti, category, being Upanishadic in content.^ The Upanishads really form the essence of the Vedas.
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 ^ Brahma-Sutras In the Hindu philosophical tradition Vedanta means the essence of the Vedas, as described in the Upanishads, the Brahma-Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gita.
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 ^ Tai chi is often described as "meditation in motion," but it might well be called " medication in motion."
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 [90] The Smritis also include the Purāṇas, which illustrate Hindu ideas through vivid narratives. .There are texts with a sectarian nature such as Devī Mahātmya, the Tantras, the Yoga Sutras, Tirumantiram, Shiva Sutras and the Hindu Āgamas.^ Freewill is an idea a concept, it is not a force a substance or an essences, there is no such thing as freewill in the natural (causal) world, and there cannot be unless you go supernatural.
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 ^ But equally there is such a thing as benefit of prayer, apart from whether it alters outcomes of the prayer request without a natural explanation.
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 ^ There is no such thing as freewill in the natural (causal) world, and there cannot be unless you go supernatural.
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 A more controversial text, the Manusmriti, is a prescriptive lawbook which epitomizes the societal codes of the caste system.[citation needed]

History

Main article: History of Hinduism
Sacred Mount Kailash in Tibet is regarded as the spiritual abode of Shiva.
.The earliest evidence for prehistoric religion in India date back to the late Neolithic in the early Harappan period (5500–2600 BCE).^ The early dating of the manuscripts is significant too, for legend usually takes a longer period of time to be established, for the facts have to first be embellished...."
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 ^ It is this early period that he credits with shaping his sense of the inner unity of all religions and providing him with a permanent and inspiring vision of a world infused with the sacred.
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 ^ The early dating of the manuscripts is significant too, for legend usually takes a longer period of time to be established, for the facts have to first be embellished.
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 [80][91] .The beliefs and practices of the pre-classical era (1500–500 BCE) are called the "historical Vedic religion". Modern Hinduism grew out of the Vedas, the oldest of which is the Rigveda, dated to 1700–1100 BCE.[92] The Vedas center on worship of deities such as Indra, Varuna and Agni, and on the Soma ritual.^ Indeed, this is the false foundation of practically all religions - the belief that we can 'understand' the world by prayer, worship or submission to an All-powerful God.
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 ^ AG religion is such a pure expression of Dawkinsian biology that the Christian God could almost be called Gene.
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 ^ The old Christian wisdom tended to enclose itself within a historical architecture of archaic religion and classical thought.
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 .They performed fire-sacrifices, called yajña, and chanted Vedic mantras but did not build temples or icons.^ They do not worship, offer sacrifices, nor build temples for Oldmar.

 ^ It is true that the Muslim rulers were not in favour of erecting new temples, but at times, they gave their consent to the erection of new temples or did not object to the repair of old ones.
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 ^ Mantras Speech is born of tapas (austerity) and throughout the Vedic literature is related to Agni (fire).
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 .December 2007" style="white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed] The oldest Vedic traditions exhibit strong similarities to Zoroastrianism and other Indo-European religions.^ Traditional African religion is the oldest religion in the world.

 ^ If on the other hand such spirituality is indeed practiced and tolerated, why not the same extended to other mystic traditions or religions?
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 ^ That is to say, historically, the Europeans had no genesis of religion to claim as their own, other than what came up 'out of Africa', Christianity, which was brought to them by the so-called Jews.

 [93]
.The major Sanskrit epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata, were compiled over a protracted period during the late centuries BCE and the early centuries CE. They contain mythological stories about the rulers and wars of ancient India, and are interspersed with religious and philosophical treatises.^ In addition, the major epics—the Ramayana and Mahabharata —received their present form.
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 ^ This is the way of the ancient sage kings to bring about safety for the rulers and officials and to assure ample food and clothing for the people.
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 ^ They were around during the events described, no twentieth century armchair liberal theologian was.
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 The later Puranas recount tales about devas and devis, their interactions with humans and their battles against demons.
.Three major movements underpinned the naissance of a new epoch of Hindu thought: the advent and spread of Upanishadic, Jaina, and Buddhist philosophico-religious thought throughout the broader Indian landmass.^ At the center of the canon of Hindu texts is the Vedas, followed by a large body of literature of secondary religious importance, which largely derive their legitimacy from Vedic thought.
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 ^ I've sometimes thought about how Europe has lost its religious ferver, and I noticed that it wasn't because an atheist movement wiped it out.
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 ^ Finally, it is the synthetic vision of Indian philosophy which has made possible the intellectual and religious tolerance so pronounced in Indian thought throughout the ages.
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 [94] .Mahavira (24th Tirthankar of Jains) and Buddha (founder of Buddhism) taught that to achieve moksha or nirvana, one did not have to accept the authority of the Vedas or the caste system.^ Accepting the absolute authority of one messenger and one book is unscientific.
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 ^ Poverty, disease, hunger, war, caste system, killing in the streets to show whose version of "Ultimate Reality" is the right one.
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 ^ Dogen, one of the founders of zen buddhism in Japan, spent three years at Tien-tng in China, entering whole heartedly into zazen practice.
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 .Buddha went a step further and claimed that the existence of a Self/soul or God was unnecessary.^ Kant terms immortality and the existence of God “postulates” in order to distinguish them from the “ideas” of the soul and of God that rationalist metaphysics had made objects of theoretical proofs.
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 ^ YOU: "By saying there is no permanent self, you are just seconding the atheist claim that there is no soul.
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 ^ He even went further, claiming to be the latest manifestation of God and teaching that his revelation superseded all previous revelations of God and manifestations of God on earth, including Muhammad, the Lord Jesus Christ and a host of other founders of world religions that he claimed were manifestations.
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 [95] .Buddhism peaked during the reign of Asoka the Great of the Mauryan Empire, who unified the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BCE. After 200 CE several schools of thought were formally codified in Indian philosophy, including Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Purva-Mimamsa and Vedanta.^ An inscription of 1134 A.D., in the Jaina temple of Sheragarh, records how a great festival of the Jaina Trthnkara of Nemintha was celebrated at the new Chaitya during the reign of Naravarman.
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 ^ The Jaina temples at unascribed to the eleventh and twelfth centuries, appear to have been built during the reign of the later Paramra kings of Malwa.
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 ^ During their reign, the copies of the Jinadatta Charitra 515 and the Holireuk Charitra 516 were written respectively in 1549 and 1551 A.D. by the rvakas for presentation to Lalitakrti who visited this place.
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 [96] .Charvaka, the founder of an atheistic materialist school, came to the fore in North India in the sixth century BCE.[97] Between 400 BCE and 1000 CE Hinduism expanded at the expense of Buddhism.^ Like Jainism and Buddhism earlier on, it tried to relax the rules in Hinduism and end the rivalry between Hinduism and Islam.

 [98]
.Sanskritic culture went into decline after the end of the Gupta period.^ In the Gupta period, Jainism received no royal patronage, and therefore declined.
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 .The early medieval Puranas helped establish a religious mainstream among the pre-literate tribal societies undergoing acculturation.^ Religious fanatics are bent on perverting the structure of society to conform to their rigid belief systems, which are based on literal interpretations of mythical literature.
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 ^ Ascribing the long history of homophobia in mainstream society to religious influence alone isn't tenable.
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 The tenets of Brahmanic Hinduism and of the Dharmashastras underwent a radical transformation at the hands of the Purana composers, resulting in the rise of a mainstream "Hinduism" that overshadowed all earlier traditions.[99]
Akshardham Temple in Delhi.
.Though Islam came to India in the early 7th century with the advent of Arab traders and the conquest of Sindh, it started to become a major religion during the later Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent.^ Bernie if you believe anything that you yourself say about Islam, then you should know that the muslim populous are victims of that religion.
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 ^ It did not take long for the Plas to decline after Devapla in the twelfth century A.D. Before the advent of the Muslims, the Senas of Bengal built up their power in the twelfth century A.D., and finally destroyed the power of the Plas.
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 ^ During the thirteenth century the capital of the Sntaras was shifted to Kalasa, and later to Karkala in Tuluva.
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 [97] .During this period Buddhism declined rapidly and many Hindus converted to Islam.^ When his end was near he had acquired a large following among the Hindus and also among some Muslims who had recently been converted to Islam at the point of the sword by the Sultans and Mughals who then were in power at Delhi.
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 ^ It could not be more clear exactly what Judaism, Christianity, Islam Hinduism, and Buddhism are.
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 ^ The reasons for this decline could be many but the principal one was to be the absence of royal patronage since the Gupta period, although there was no persecution either.
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 .Numerous Muslim rulers such as Aurangzeb destroyed Hindu temples and persecuted non-Muslims; however some, such as Akbar, were more tolerant.^ Timmy, I was glad to see that you do question some of the more important matters of life, such as purpose and meaning!
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 ^ I have to agree with Gilbert: we need a MORE militant stance to fight institutionalized racism, classism and persecution of "non-Christians" in our own country and around the world.
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 ^ It is appalling that some dishonest Muslim apologists actually have the audacity to dishonestly cheat non-Arabic speakers to such an extent.
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 .Hinduism underwent profound changes, in large part due to the influence of the prominent teachers Ramanuja, Madhva, and Chaitanya.^ Women are largely unaware of their rights, due in part to educational weaknesses and failure by governments to engage in public education campaigns.
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 ^ But what I'm saying is that for God to do anything, to have some awareness of what's going on, to be a part of it all, able to influence things, to create, whatever, then some aspect of Him must be capable of change, it must be part of the flow.
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 [97] .Followers of the Bhakti movement moved away from the abstract concept of Brahman, which the philosopher Adi Shankara consolidated a few centuries before, with emotional, passionate devotion towards the more accessible avatars, especially Krishna and Rama.^ Granted, Schonborn was one of the most 'friendly' towards U.S. Intelligent Design partisans, but he was warned away from endorsing the movement.
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 ^ The original temple of Sambhavantha was probably built probably a few centuries before the birth of Christ.
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 ^ Women won’t have to be promiscuous, but if the norm changes toward promiscuity, then there will certainly be more “pressure” to follow the norm.
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 [100]
.Indology as an academic discipline of studying Indian culture from a European perspective was established in the 19th century, led by scholars such as Max Müller and John Woodroffe.^ White Light (such as in European Intelligence) is the master in the study of the effects of Creation, but it can never master the study of the cause of Creation.

 ^ It would be the Europeans of the 15th through 19th centuries that wouild try to divorce Europe from its African origin and deny Africa any role in civilizing the world .

 ^ English language by many Europeans since the latter part of the 19th Century A.D. The easiest one to read is called...

 .They brought Vedic, Puranic and Tantric literature and philosophy to Europe and the United States.^ They were in somewhat a similar situation to what we find ourselves in here in the United States.

 .At the same time, societies such as the Brahmo Samaj and the Theosophical Society attempted to reconcile and fuse Abrahamic and Dharmic philosophies, endeavouring to institute societal reform.^ Much of contemporary African philosophy is impoverished because it fails to assess the conduct of institutions and individuals on the basis of the moral theories upheld by individuals in contemporary African societies.

 ^ Abstract This paper provides a philosophical assessment of two institutions and their practices: the institution of traditional medicine and the ethical issues generated by its practice; and, the institution of contemporary African philosophy and the relevance of its practice to African societies.

 This period saw the emergence of movements which, while highly innovative, were rooted in indigenous tradition. They were based on the personalities and teachings of individuals, as with Shri Ramakrishna and Ramana Maharshi. .Prominent Hindu philosophers, including Sri Aurobindo and Swami Prabhupada (founder of ISKCON), translated, reformulated and presented Hinduism's foundational texts for contemporary audiences in new iterations, attracting followers and attention in India and abroad.^ Judaica Press, NY. [A new, modern, traditional translation of text and classic commentaries, including all of Rashi, with Hebrew text.
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 ^ Presents the Hebrew text and English translation of the Torah and the Haftorahs.
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 ^ [This popular Chumash presents the Hebrew text and English translation along with a commentary digest which presents midrashic, philosophical and literary interpretations by such commentators as Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Rambam, Sforno, Nachmanides and Gersonides.
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 Others such as Swami Vivekananda, Paramahansa Yogananda, B.K.S. Iyengar and Swami Rama have also been instrumental in raising the profiles of Yoga and Vedanta in the West. .Today modern movements, such as ISKCON and the Swaminarayan Faith, attract a large amount of followers across the world.^ In this age of such highly advance science and technology, education has no doubt become the most universal exercise in faith known to modern man.

 ^ In his new book, Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice, he questions commonly held beliefs about the nature and origins of postural yoga and suggests a radically new way of understanding the meaning of yoga as it is practiced by millions of people across the world today.
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 ^ Publishers of a large amount of material dealing with the Reform movement.
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Society

Denominations

Main article: Hindu denominations
A view of Meenakshi Temple in Tamil Nadu
.Hinduism has no central doctrinal authority and many practising Hindus do not claim to belong to any particular denomination.^ Archbishop Lagdameo said no matter how many surveys claim the increasing support for family planning methods, the Church will never waver in its support for natural methods to plan families.
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 ^ Science has thrown doubt on many claims in the Bible in particular in relation to miracles and general decline in gross superstition.

 ^ There are no distinctive Bahá'í names, so many Indian Bahá'ís will be identified as Hindu or Muslim.
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 [102] However, academics categorize contemporary Hinduism into four major denominations: Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and Smartism. .The denominations differ primarily in the god worshipped as the Supreme One and in the traditions that accompany worship of that god.^ Do Hindus worship one God or many?
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 ^ To paraphrase the atheist argument "the only difference is we've gone one god further" I've gone one choose further...
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 ^ While for some Hindus, while they worship many deities, they believe in the existence of one deity who is the most supreme.
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.Vaishnavas worship Vishnu as the supreme God; Shaivites worship Shiva as the supreme; Shaktas worship Shakti (power) personified through a female divinity or Mother Goddess, Devi; while Smartas believe in the essential oneness of five (panchadeva) or six (Shanmata, as Tamil Hindus add Skanda[103]) deities as personifications of the Supreme.^ Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son."
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 ^ And we know that the definition of an atheist is "one who believes that God does not exist."
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 ^ YOU: "God can not be omniscient, and want his creation to believe in him, and have even one member of his creation doubt his existence for even a second."
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.The Western conception of what Hinduism is has been defined by the Smarta view; many Hindus, who may not understand or follow Advaita philosophy, in contemporary Hinduism, invariably follow the Shanmata belief worshiping many forms of God.^ To worship God you must have an accurate understanding of who He is.
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 ^ Christians worship God who came to earth in the form of a man.
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 ^ Without an accurate understanding of who He is, as He Himself has revealed Himself, we are guilty of worshiping false gods.
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 .One commentator, noting the influence of the Smarta tradition, remarked that although many Hindus may not strictly identify themselves as Smartas but, by adhering to Advaita Vedanta as a foundation for non-sectarianism, are indirect followers.^ Do Hindus worship one God or many?
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 ^ It may be noted that the Hindus never gathered the courage to demolish this assumed piece of insult during last 400 years.

 ^ The Upanishadic thinkers considered themselves in the line of descent from Vedic seers, while the followers of Buddhism and Jainism tended to question Vedic authority, although they retained many concepts from the Vedas.
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.Other denominations like Ganapatya (the cult of Ganesha) and Saura (Sun worship) are not so widespread.^ His comparison of 'self-evidence', like the sun (for example), is ridiculous since we can measure the intensity, radiation, and many other factors of the sun.
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 ^ It's absurd TO YOU. His comparison of 'self-evidence', like the sun (for example), is ridiculous since we can measure the intensity, radiation, and many other factors of the sun.
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.There are movements that are not easily placed in any of the above categories, such as Swami Dayananda Saraswati's Arya Samaj, which rejects image worship and veneration of multiple deities.^ Since you have not reached the point of Nirvana you do not know whether there is such a point or place.
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 ^ It means that Rvaa worshipped the image of Prvantha at this place.
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 ^ A person can act deliberately to satisfy a known prophecy.There are no prophecies in the Bible that cannot easily fit into one or more of those categories.
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 It focuses on the Vedas and the Vedic fire sacrifices (yajña).
The Tantric traditions have various sects, as Banerji observes:
“ Tantras are ... also divided as āstika or Vedic and nāstika or non-Vedic. In accordance with the predominance of the deity the āstika works are again divided as Śākta (Shakta), Śaiva (Shaiva), Saura, Gāṇapatya and Vaiṣṇava (Vaishnava).[105] ”
.As in every religion, some view their own denomination as superior to others.^ I think Bernie Bee made some very good points, and his central point, that religions view pain and suffering as "we have to go through Hell to get to Heaven", was spot on!
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 ^ For a person, such as you, who thrives on facts, insists on facts and uses facts incessantly to defend his own point of view, he ought to consider them as well, when others use them to argue their points.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.
  • Religion - Wikiquote 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC en.wikiquote.org [Source type: Original source]

 .However, many Hindus consider other denominations to be legitimate alternatives to their own.^ However, devotion to Confucian principles has led to a lack of consciousness by women who are either unaware of an alternate mode of behavior or consider any other lifestyle inappropriate.
  • The Impact of Parents’ Confucian Ideas on Their Child’s 19 January 2010 18:22 UTC bcramond.myweb.uga.edu [Source type: Academic]

 ^ Despite a superficial resemblance to the rites of many theistic religions, however, these activities are neither prayers nor pleas for salvation directed towards a transcendent Other.
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Buddhism 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.accesstoinsight.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ For a person, such as you, who thrives on facts, insists on facts and uses facts incessantly to defend his own point of view, he ought to consider them as well, when others use them to argue their points.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 [citation needed] Heresy is therefore generally not an issue for Hindus.[106]

Ashramas

Main article: Ashrama
.Traditionally the life of a Hindu is divided into four Āshramas (phases or stages; unrelated meanings include monastery).^ Ashramas - four stages of life .
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The 4 Ashramas (Stages of life) Traditionally, life of a person was divided into four stages viz.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ A Sanyasi was supposed to rise above the requirements of normal material life and devoted himself to the seeking of truth Society among the Hindus has been divided into four Varnas Brahmin (clergy), Kshatriya (nobility), Vaishya (traders and cultivators) and Shudra {menials).
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 .The first part of one's life, Brahmacharya, the stage as a student, is spent in celibate, controlled, sober and pure contemplation under the guidance of a Guru, building up the mind for spiritual knowledge.^ One of the first things a Tai Chi student learns is circularity.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ One of the first things I learned when pushing hands is that tensing up offers the other person a marvelous means of manipulating me.
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 ^ This shows respect for the sanctity of human life, which is part of being one with the universal law.

 .Grihastha is the householder's stage, in which one marries and satisfies kāma and artha in one's married and professional life respectively (see the goals of life).^ This shows respect for the sanctity of human life, which is part of being one with the universal law.

 ^ We may travel back to, see and fix one life problem in one of our past lives, but what about the other thousands of life-times, each with their own traumas, deaths and problems.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ That is why the Gita has become a handbook for the Hindu, a kind of New Testament, because it is a teaching for the householder, the man living his ordinary life in the world, married and with children.
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 .The moral obligations of a Hindu householder include supporting one's parents, children, guests and holy figures.^ The private nature of puja may arise from the extremely personal relationship that Hinduism nurtures with the divinity, as parent, friend, or other supportive person.
  • Hinduism - Search View - ninemsn Encarta 19 November 2009 17:23 UTC au.encarta.msn.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ One instance of this is the ire against the constitution of India wherein the term 'Hindu' includes Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Christianity offers support, and in fact the Holy Spirit is the one who does the change within you if you let him.
  • The Evil of Christianity | Progressive U 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.progressiveu.org [Source type: Original source]

 Vānaprastha, the retirement stage, is gradual detachment from the material world. .This may involve giving over duties to one's children, spending more time in religious practices and embarking on holy pilgrimages.^ GAD: "One more time!
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 ^ One more time.
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 ^ One more time!
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 .Finally, in Sannyāsa, the stage of asceticism, one renounces all worldly attachments to secludedly find the Divine through detachment from worldly life and peacefully shed the body for Moksha.^ Divination in Yorb culture is an attempt to make a connection with the spiritual world through one’s Or.

 ^ The key is basing ones existence on the 10th life state, Enlightenment, which allows all nine lower life states, such as Hell, to express their enlightened aspect.

 ^ Oldmar in Yorb theology cannot be all-knowing because Oldmar frequently consults If (i.e., the god of wisdom) for knowledge and advice through divination!

 [107]

Monasticism

Main article: Sannyasa
.Some Hindus choose to live a monastic life (Sannyāsa) in pursuit of liberation or another form of spiritual perfection.^ These blockages normally prevent people from growing spiritually and living a more harmonious and peaceful life.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ ME: "God could not hold you accountable if you had lived a perfect life in submission to what He revealed as good.
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 ^ Unless an all energy life form could live in all the energy of our universe compressed to an infinite point and at infinite temperature.
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 .Monastics commit themselves to a life of simplicity, celibacy, detachment from worldly pursuits, and the contemplation of God.^ Worshippers of Krishna were expected to neglect all worldly duties to devote themselves single-mindedly to the adoration of the god.
  • Hindu Wisdom - Symbolism in Hinduism 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.hinduwisdom.info [Source type: Original source]

 ^ You are dealing in worldly wisdom in your answers to the complexities of life, which is not wise at all for it has no base to attach itself to, if not to the solid and unchanging bases which is God,..."
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 ^ How easily the principle of ascetic detachment from the world may lead to a community life in which celibacy as observed, may be seen in the monastic systems that have prevailed not only among Buddhists, Essenes, and Christians, but also among the early Aztecs and Incas in the New World.
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 [108] A Hindu monk is called a sanyāsī, sādhu, or swāmi. A female renunciate is called a sanyāsini. .Renunciates receive high respect in Hindu society because their outward renunciation of selfishness and worldliness serves as an inspiration to householders who strive for mental renunciation.^ The Hindu is not satisfied merely to accept Christ in theory, but he strives hard to live the life, which Jesus lived, to lead a life of renunciation, of self-control and of love to all.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "You hear it from your parents, from your teaches, from your peers and from those who are the respected intellectual elite of society; all of whom are subjective and limited in their understanding."
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 ^ It is the householder who sustains society whereas an ascetic is a parasite.
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 .Some monastics live in monasteries, while others wander from place to place, trusting in God alone to provide for their needs.^ You've got the innocent child with some terrible disease, and God's up there saying, "I really need to test some people here.
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 ^ God has revealed Himself to us by His perfect, true, living Word and in order to hear what He says we need to correctly interpret that word.
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 ^ If a church is a manifestation of the living body of Christ, you can't have loose body parts all over the place: a congregation needs to congregate, in small groups and in large.

 [109] It is considered a highly meritorious act for a householder to provide sādhus with food or other necessaries. .Sādhus strive to treat all with respect and compassion, whether a person may be poor or rich, good or wicked, and to be indifferent to praise, blame, pleasure, and pain.^ Mahavir attracted people from all walks of life: rich and poor, kings and commoners, men and women, princes and priests, touchables and untouchables.
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 ^ I have heard that a good merchant, though he have rich treasures safely stored, appears as if he were poor; and that the superior man, though his virtue be complete, is yet to outward seeming stupid.
  • The Texts of Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC terebess.hu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ We also share many key social values in common; including a respect for knowledge and justice, compassion towards the poor and the underprivileged, and a respect for the importance of family life.

 [108]

Varnas

Main article: Varna in Hinduism
Hindu society has traditionally been categorized into four classes, called Varnas (Sanskrit: "colour, form, appearance"):[45]
  • the Brahmins: teachers and priests;
  • the Kshatriyas: warriors, nobles, and kings;
  • the Vaishyas: farmers, merchants, and businessmen; and
  • the Shudras: servants and labourers.
.Hindus and scholars debate whether the so-called caste system is an integral part of Hinduism sanctioned by the scriptures or an outdated social custom.^ It is well known that Hinduism has been historically associated with the caste system in India .

 ^ Elements of their beliefs including the caste system, circumcision, magic, and witchcraft combined with the influence of the Osirian Mystery System of earlier epoch, produced Hinduism.

 [110] Among the scriptures, the Shrutis do contain verses that mention the Varna system, but very sparingly and descriptively (i.e., not prescriptive). Indeed, the only verse in the Rigveda which mentions all four varnas is 10.90, the Purushasūkta. The other varnas, the Brahmā (i.e. Brahmins) and Rājanya (i.e. Kshatriyas) are mentioned separately in some other verses in the Rigveda (e.g. RV 10.80.1) and the other Vedas, and rarely in the Upanishads. .Some—definitely including most Smriti texts—have interpreted these as prescribing the division of society in the four varnas.^ We have the luxury of sitting at our computers, living in western societies, to exchange and debate these ideas because we live in countries that respect some of the most anti religious views ever played out in the history of mankind.
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 ^ All you are doing is ensuring that it will definitely not be you, who discovers some new idea about these questions that we currently do not have conclusive answers for.
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 ^ These are the lines Idowu interprets as the four days of creation.

 A verse from the Rig Veda indicates that a person's occupation was not necessarily determined by that of his family:
“ ."I am a bard, my father is a physician, my mother's job is to grind the corn."^ My father, a medical doctor by profession, was a disciple of Schopenhauer and Freud, and my mother was an ardent disciple of my father.
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 ^ Vis a vis Kaddish, I did have a man say kaddish for my mother (I don't know who said it for my father because I was very young when he passed away).
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 ^ Khaleda Begum laughs ] Khaleda Begum: Son, if my parents were not my own mother and father, I would have gone on cursing them till the end of my life.

 (Rig Veda 9.112.3)[111]		 ”
.In the Vedic Era, there was no prohibition against the Shudras listening to the Vedas or participating in any religious rite, as was the case in the later times.^ There were no Samaritans at that time.
  • Islam The Lies and Deceptions 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC islamlies.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ There is no religious overtone to this whatsoever.
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 ^ There will be plenty of time to be dead later.
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 [112] .Some mobility and flexibility within the varnas challenge allegations of social discrimination in the caste system, as has been pointed out by several sociologists.^ In other words Guru Nanaks philosophy challenged old religious traditions, and political, economic and social systems of his time.
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 ^ They accepted the authority of Vedas and Upanishads and all the doctrines and systems prescribed therein including the caste system and its social ramifications.
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 ^ After you disclose what you believe I will point out to you some of the evidences.
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 [113][114]
.The Smritis, having interpreted the Vedic mentions of the varnas as prescriptive, clearly sanction the division of the society into the four varnas, and also mention various sub-divisions within these varnas, which would later emerge as the present birth-based caste system.^ Religious fanatics are bent on perverting the structure of society to conform to their rigid belief systems, which are based on literal interpretations of mythical literature.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Now the fact is, if it hadnae been for that upstart Will Shakespeare having a hand in writing the Authorised Version o’ the Bible the lotta o’ ye would be speakin’ Scots these days!
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 ^ So indulge me as I enter into a duel conversation with the god within, as I engage on various level of consciousness.
.Many social reformers, including Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar, criticized caste discrimination.^ Many groups, including Reform, use him as a source because of this superiority.
  • Judaism Reading List: Introduction and General (Pt. I) 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: General]

 [115] The religious teacher Sri Ramakrishna (1836–1886) taught that
“ "Lovers of God do not belong to any caste . . . . .A brahmin without this love is no longer a brahmin.^ So now the only reason they would leave is if they are no longer in love.
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 ^ (And remember this started out as a no-strings-attached relationship---x without love.
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 ^ Men don’t just cheat because one day they wake up and no longer are in love with their mate.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .And a pariah with the love of God is no longer a pariah.^ I believe in infinity, and I call that power God, but I do not engage in the primitive ritual of worship and I am no longer blinded by the darkness of such spiritual cancers as churches.
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 ^ Since Adam’s sin, our wills are no longer free and unbiased; they have a propensity to do that which is evil in God’s sight and in that action man was no longer able to do that which is perfect.
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 ^ He is loved and venerated by Muslims, although in no manner to suggest that he is worshipped, for worship is to God alone.

 Through bhakti (devotion to God) an untouchable becomes pure and elevated."[116]		 ”

Ahimsa and vegetarianism

Main articles: Ahimsa and Vegetarianism and religion
.Hindus advocate the practice of ahiṃsā (non-violence) and respect for all life because divinity is believed to permeate all beings, including plants and non-human animals.^ All futures are made by human beings.

 ^ Level 3: Humans; plants and animals.

 ^ We define man's soul as being a divinely inspired sphere of knowledge, light (intelligence), life and energy retained in the mental, molecular, and motor activity of the human brain--until the transformation or of death of the brain.

 [117] .The term ahiṃsā appears in the Upanishads,[118] the epic Mahabharata[119] and Ahiṃsā is the first of the five Yamas (vows of self-restraint) in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.^ Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation, Samadhi and Samyama are part of the Eight Limbs of Yoga in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Samyama is talked about from over 5000 years ago in the THIRD AND FOURTH Chapter of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali .
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 ^ They may not be able to do this very much at first but the effort "for a long time, without break and with enthusiasm" is that which is prescribed in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
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 ^ This technique comes from the Ninth Limb of the Eight Limbs of Yoga from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,- an Ancient Yogic Text predating Buddhism.
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 [120]
.In accordance with ahiṃsā, many Hindus embrace vegetarianism to respect higher forms of life.^ Many images of women relationships passed in front of me some of them pregnant and I saw that I had no respect for the women in my life.
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 Vegetarianism is propagated by the Yajur Veda and it is recommended for a satvic (purifying) lifestyle.[121] .Estimates of the number of lacto vegetarians in India (includes adherents of all religions) vary between 20% and 42%.^ And it is the religion of unity and agreement on the obedience to Allah, and total equality between all people, without regarding their colour, sex, or language."
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ I think we can spend eternity disputing the numbers and we will find some variance between different surveys completed over the last few years.
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 ^ The one commonality we all have, is the white man religion, broken up into various categories of religious persuasion, as it serve to be the Black Nation Achilles heel.

 [122] .The food habits vary with the community and region, for example some castes having fewer vegetarians and coastal populations relying on seafood.^ Let us examine some examples of his radical reinterpretation – alternately referred to as intentional misrepresentation – based on various aspects of this principle.

 ^ JM [To the viewer]: Having discussed the various arguments that have been offered in favour of the existence of God, I asked Colin to summarise some of the best reasons for not JM believing.
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 ^ The historic origins of some of the various Hindu festivals revolve around their special significance for each of the four castes.
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 [123][124] Some Hindus avoid onion and garlic, which are regarded as rajasic foods.[125] .Some avoid meat only on specific holy days.^ But then some people lose their mind and say, "not only does this creator entity certainly exist, but we know who he is and we know very specific things about him.
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.Observant Hindus who do eat meat almost always abstain from beef.^ Whether they be big (“enlightenment”) or small (“eat a snack”) intentions we’re almost always engaged in getting from here to there .
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 The cow in Hindu society is traditionally identified as a caretaker and a maternal figure[126], and Hindu society honors the cow as a symbol of unselfish giving[127].
.Cow-slaughter is legally banned in almost all states of India.^ He elevated Buddhism to the level of a state religion and sent missionaries not only to all parts of India but also to Sri Lanka, West Asia, Central Asia and China.
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 ^ Well the fact is that not so long ago the majority of the people supported witch burnings, slavery and raping one’s wife was legal in all 50 states.
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 ^ LJ: “Well the fact is that not so long ago the majority of the people supported witch burnings, slavery and raping one’s wife was legal in all 50 states.
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 [128] .See further discussion at Cattle in Religion and Food taboo.^ This adds nothing to further our discussions about atheism/religion in general or Sam’s writings in particular.
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 ^ Thanks Sam, this gives me a much better way to approach discussing religion with others I meet and to break the taboo of criticising, not religion, but the many various and very different religions.
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Conversion

See also: List of converts to Hinduism
.Concepts of conversion, evangelization, and proselytization are absent from Hindu texts and in practice have never played a significant role, though acceptance of willing converts is becoming more common.^ But it would take a real film buff to remember the other "holy" roles Heston played, including St. Thomas More in a 1988 TV ...
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 ^ Unusual weather phenomena have captured the evangelicals and made many more willing to listen to scientific warnings.
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 ^ TIMMY: "And so anomalies that help a creature survive to reproduce more and more, will become more and more common in that species until it becomes not and anomaly, but a part of the new species.
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 .Early in its history, in the absence of other competing religions, Hindus considered everyone they came across as Hindus and expected everyone they met to be Hindus.^ I have come across many priests, and it was, in the beginning, a great shock to me that they are people who know nothing about religion; they are the people who know nothing of prayer; they are the people who have never meditated.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ If I came across as moralizing other's behaviors that don't prescribe to my view, it was not meant i .
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 ^ I am only suggesting they consider the other side of the coin instead of always insisting they have the correct and righteous view of the world.
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 [129][130]
.Hindus today continue to be influenced by historical ideas of acceptability of conversion.^ The culture of the country has also been much influenced by Hinduism and animist ideas.

 ^ The influence of Islamic ideas of God (Allah) being an abstract power, on some strains of Hindu thought cannot be ruled out.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 .Hence, many Hindus continue to believe that Hinduism is an identity that can only be had from birth, while many others continue to believe that anyone who follows Hindu beliefs and practices is a Hindu, and many believe in some form of both theories.^ Many other gross forms of Hindu superstition were also adopted.
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 ^ Some believe, and others do not.
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 ^ The concept of magical initiation was as valid for a runemaster as for anyone else, and the knowledge imparted orally and in practical demonstration would only have been communicated to the worthy, who would have to prove their worth.
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 .However, as a reaction to perceived and actual threat of evangelization, prozelyzation, and conversion activities of other major religions most modern Hindus are opposed to the idea of conversion from (any) one religion to (any) other per se.^ Most monks, of any religion, whether christianity or buddhism, actually live perpetually with other monks.
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 ^ I'm actually happy to see by the reaction to these posts that most atheists are not like the one's that I refer to, but more like me.
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 ^ However, those communications merely were being transmitted from one side of the brain to the other and were mistakenly construed as coming from an outside source.
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 [131]
.Hindus in Western countries generally accept and welcome willing converts, whereas in India acceptance of willing converts is becoming more common.^ The common language of the country at that time had become assimilated to the Semitic dialect, especially through the influence of the Assyrians, and was the language that was used for all civil purposes.

 ^ TIMMY: "And so anomalies that help a creature survive to reproduce more and more, will become more and more common in that species until it becomes not and anomaly, but a part of the new species.
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 ^ I am assuming that if women do not want to be in non-monogamous relationships because their partners are now being promiscuous then monogamy will become scarcer and promiscuity more common.
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 With the rise of Hindu revivalist movements, reconversions to Hinduism have also risen.[132] .Reconversions are well accepted since conversion out of Hinduism is not recognized.^ Not a single current Hindu sage or intellectual has ever uttered a word against the injustices meted out the Sikhs since 1947.
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 [133] .Conversion into Hinduism through marriage is well accepted and often expected in order to enable the non-Hindu partner to fully participate in their spiritual, religious, and cultural roles within the larger Hindu family and society.^ This is long before God found it necessary to restrict marriage within the immediate family because the gene pool was weakening from the effects of the Fall.
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 ^ According to Shi’ite religious law, unmarried women may enter into temporary marriages for hours to an entire lifetime.
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 ^ I have often used the awkward description of myself as spiritual, but not religious.
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 [citation needed]
.There is no formal process for converting to Hinduism, although in many traditions a ritual called dīkshā ("initiation") marks the beginning of spiritual life.^ There's no "rejection" involved in the process.
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 ^ So hypothetically (not as an alarmist) I would say that it could affect me personally although there is no way of knowing that until the “honesty” becomes a reality.
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 ^ "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are IN CHRIST JESUS, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
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 .A ritual called shuddhi ("purification") sometimes marks the return to spiritual life after reconversion.^ By 1977 Andrew Harvey had become disillusioned with life at Oxford and returned to his native India, where a series of mystical experiences initiated his spiritual journey.
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 ^ What you describe - that spontaneous contentment and feeling of spiritual unity with nature and the universe - is sometimes called revelation .
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 .Most Hindu sects do not seek converts,[134][135][136][137] as they believe that the goals of spiritual life can be attained through any religion, as long as it is practiced sincerely.^ "They seem to believe that you can argue people out of religion."
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 ^ It doesn't matter what you do in your life, as long as you admit before you die that you believe, and ask for forgiveness, it's all good with JC." .
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 ^ Discipline is a life long (and welcomed) practice in my life.
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 [134][138] .However, some Hindu sects and affiliates such as Arya Samaj, Saiva Siddhanta Church, BAPS, and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness accept those who have a desire to follow Hinduism.^ The government’s tubal ligation program only caters to women 45 years and below, but some of those who came are as old as 52.
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 ^ His call sparked angry retorts from church leaders who said that Temu was asking the churches to act against their consciences.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Such gods do not mind the sins of those who have made them up.
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.In general, Hindu view of religious freedom is not based on the freedom to proselytize, but the right to retain one’s religion and not be subject to proselytization.^ Freedom was not the right always to do what one pleased.” .
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 ^ Freedom was not the right always to do what one pleased.
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 ^ Why is one view right over another?
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 .Hindu leaders are advocating for changing the existing formulation of the freedom of religion clause in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights since it favors religions which proselytize.^ Actions that selectively exclude groups or individuals from basic human and civil rights and that deny people their freedom and happiness are the antithesis of moral.
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 ^ The Religion and Technology Project has produced a liturgy on climate change, and took part in a silent protest outside Gleneagles, where leaders concluded a climate agreement.
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 ^ Said Soja John Thaikattil: Hinduism in its essence as a religion has a universal philosophy and that is its greatest strength.
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See also

Hinduism portal
Hinduism
Related systems and religions
Hinduism in popular culture

Notes

  1. ^ a b Hinduism is variously defined as a "religion", "set of religious beliefs and practices", "religious tradition" etc. For a discussion on the topic, see: "Establishing the boundaries" in Gavin Flood (2003), pp. 1-17. René Guénon in his Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines (1921 ed.), Sophia Perennis, ISBN 0-900588-74-8, proposes a definition of the term "religion" and a discussion of its relevance (or lack of) to Hindu doctrines (part II, chapter 4, p. 58).
  2. ^ a b The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. Ed. John Bowker. Oxford University Press, 2000; The modern use of the term can be traced to late 19th century Hindu reform movements (J. Zavos, Defending Hindu Tradition: Sanatana Dharma as a Symbol of Orthodoxy in Colonial India, Religion (Academic Press), Volume 31, Number 2, April 2001, pp. 109-123; see also R. D. Baird, "Swami Bhaktivedanta and the Encounter with Religions", Modern Indian Responses to Religious Pluralism, edited by Harold Coward, State University of New York Press, 1987); less literally also rendered "eternal way" (so Harvey, Andrew (2001). Teachings of the Hindu Mystics. Boulder: Shambhala. xiii. ISBN 1-57062-449-6. ). See also René Guénon, Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines (1921 ed.), Sophia Perennis, ISBN 0-900588-74-8, part III, chapter 5 "The Law of Manu", p. 146. On the meaning of the word "Dharma", see also René Guénon, Studies in Hinduism, Sophia Perennis, ISBN 0-900588-69-3, chapter 5, p. 45
  3. ^ Osborne 2005, p. 9
  4. ^ Morgan, Sarma 1953
  5. ^ a b Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Encyclopedia. Merriam-Webster. 2000. p. 751. 
  6. ^ Laderman, Gary (2003). Religion and American Cultures: An Encyclopedia of Traditions, Diversity, and Popular Expressions. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO. pp. 119. ISBN 1-57607-238-X. "world's oldest living civilization and religion" 
  7. ^ Turner, Jeffrey S. (1996). Encyclopedia of relationships across the lifespan. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. pp. 359. ISBN 0-313-29576-X. "It is also recognized as the oldest major religion in the world" 
  8. ^ a b Klostermaier 1994, p. 1
  9. ^ "Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents". Adherents.com. http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html. Retrieved 2007-07-10. 
  10. ^ The Gita Dhyanam is a traditional short poem sometimes found as a prefatory to editions of the Bhagavad Gita. Verse 4 refers to all the Upanishads as the cows, and the Gita as the milk drawn from them. (Chidbhavananda 1997, pp. 67–74)
  11. ^ Lipner 1998, pp. 7–8
  12. ^ See Indo-European sound laws for a discussion of the transition from "Sindhu" to "Hindu"
  13. ^ Thapar, R. 1993. Interpreting Early India. Delhi: Oxford University Press. p. 77
  14. ^ David Lorenzen, Who Invented Hinduism? New Delhi 2006, pp. 24-33; Rajatarangini of Yonaraja : "Hinduka"
  15. ^ "...that many-sided and all-enfolding culture which we in the West have chosen to call Hinduism" Jan Gonda, Visnuism and Sivaism, Munshiram Manoharlal. 1996, ISBN 812150287X p. 1. cited by Welbon, G.R. (Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 43, No. 1, 98+100. March, 1975.). Review: Love of God According to Saiva Siddhanta: A Study in the Mysticism and Theology of Saivism by Mariasusay Dhanamoy. 
  16. ^ "Hinduism: The polytheistic religion of the Hindus, a development of the ancient Brahmanism with many later accretions." (OED).
  17. ^ Adherents.com, which itself references many sources; The World Almanac & Book of Facts 1998 being especially relevant.
  18. ^ J. McDaniel Hinduism, in John Corrigan, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Emotion, (2007) Oxford University Press, 544 pages, pp. 52-53 ISBN 0195170210
  19. ^ a b c d Flood 2001, Defining Hinduism
  20. ^ Smith, W.C. (1962) The Meaning and End of Religion. San Francisco, Harper and Row. p. 65
  21. ^ Stietencron, Hinduism: On the Proper Use of A Deceptive Term, pp.1-22
  22. ^ Halbfass, (1991) Tradition and Reflection. Albany, SUNY Press. pp. 1-22
  23. ^ Smart, (1993) The Formation Rather than the Origin of a Tradition,in DISKUS: A Disembodied Journal of Religious Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 1
  24. ^ OED cites J. Davies, tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 74 (1662) The King of Cambaya, who was a Hindou, or Indian, that is, a Pagan. and Sir T. Roe's Voy. E. Ind. in P. della Valle's Trav. E. Ind. 374 (1665) The Inhabitants in general of Indostan were all anciently Gentiles, called in general Hindoes.
  25. ^ Bryan S. Turner "Essays on the Sociology of Fate - Page 275"
  26. ^ Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions, p. 434
  27. ^ Vaz, P. (2001), "Coexistence of Secularism and Fundamentalism in India", Handbook of Global Social Policy: 124, http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&id=opHYPSvPpWYC&oi=fnd&pg=PA123&dq=oldest+major+tradition+Hinduism&ots=dvtYVKGW2O&sig=evj3yKYq4oNkrZDX1tQ_UrKLTb8, retrieved 2008-06-26, "Hinduism is the oldest of all the major world religions." 
  28. ^ Eastman, R. (1999). The Ways of Religion: An Introduction to the Major Traditions. Oxford University Press, USA. 
  29. ^ Joel Beversluis (2000). Sourcebook of the World's Religions: An Interfaith Guide to Religion and Spirituality (Sourcebook of the World's Religions, 3rd ed). Novato, Calif: New World Library. pp. 50. ISBN 1-57731-121-3. 
  30. ^ Weightman & Klostermaier 1994, p. 1
  31. ^ Bhagavad Gita, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan: "Hinduism is not just a faith. It is the union of reason and intuition that can not be defined but is only to be experienced."
  32. ^ Ferro-Luzzi,(1991)The Polythetic-Prototype Approach to Hinduism in G.D. Sontheimer and H. Kulke (ed.) Hinduism Reconsidered. Delhi: Manohar. pp. 187-95
  33. ^ "JSTOR: Philosophy East and West, Vol. 34, No. 2 (April, 1984 ), pp. 234-236". www.jstor.org. http://www.jstor.org/pss/1398925. 
  34. ^ Hinduism in Britain Kim Knott, (2000) The South Asian Religious Diaspora in Britain, Canada, and a United States.
  35. ^ Harvey, Andrew (2001). Teachings of the Hindu Mystics. Boulder: Shambhala. xiii. ISBN 1-57062-449-6. 
  36. ^ Weightman 1998, pp. 262–264 "It is Hindu self-awareness and self-identity that affirm Hinduism to be one single religious universe, no matter how richly varied its contents, and make it a significant and potent force alongside the other religions of the world."
  37. ^ Brodd, Jefferey (2003). World Religions. Winona, MN: Saint Mary's Press. ISBN 978-0-88489-725-5. 
  38. ^ "Polytheism". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2007. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-38143/polytheism. Retrieved 2007-07-05. 
  39. ^ See Michaels 2004, p. xiv and Gill, N.S. ""Henotheism"". About, Inc. http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/egyptmyth/g/henotheism.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-05. 
  40. ^ a b Monier-Williams 1974, pp. 20–37
  41. ^ a b c & Bhaskarananda 1994
  42. ^ Vivekananda 1987
  43. ^ Werner 1994, p. p37
  44. ^ Werner 1994, p. 7
  45. ^ a b c d e Monier-Williams 2001
  46. ^ Sen Gupta 1986, p. viii
  47. ^ For translation of deva in singular noun form as "a deity, god", and in plural form as "the gods" or "the heavenly or shining ones", see: Monier-Williams 2001, p. 492. In fact, there are different ranks among the devas. The highest are the immortal Mahadevas, such as Shiva, Vishnu, etc. The second-rank devas, such as Ganesha, are described as their offspring: they are "born", and their "lifespan" is quite limited. In ISKCON the word is translated as "demigods", although it can also denote such heavenly denizens as gandharvas. See: "Vedic cosmology". Vedic Knowledge Online. VEDA - Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/planetarium/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-25. . For translation of devatā as "godhead, divinity", see: Monier-Williams 2001, p. 495.
  48. ^ Werner 1994, p. 80
  49. ^ Renou 1961, p. 55
  50. ^ a b Harman 2004, pp. 104–106
  51. ^ * Apte, Vaman S (1997), The Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary (New ed.), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas, ISBN 8120803000 
  52. ^ Smith 1991, p. 64
  53. ^ Radhakrishnan 1996, p. 254
  54. ^ Bhagavad Gita 2.22
  55. ^ See Bhagavad Gita XVI.8-20
  56. ^ See Vivekananda, Swami (2005), Jnana Yoga, Kessinger Publishing, ISBN 1-425482-88-0  301-02 (8th Printing 1993)
  57. ^ Rinehart 2004, pp. 19–21
  58. ^ Bhaskarananda 1994, pp. 79–86
  59. ^ The Christian concepts of Heaven and Hell do not translate directly into Hinduism. Spiritual realms such as Vaikunta (the abode of Vishnu) or loka are the closest analogues to an eternal Kingdom of God.
  60. ^ Nikhilananda 1992
  61. ^ as discussed in Mahābhārata 12.161; Bilimoria et al. (eds.), Indian Ethics: Classical Traditions and Contemporary Challenges (2007), p. 103; see also Werner 1994, Bhaskarananda 1994, p. 7
  62. ^ The Philosophy of Hinduism : Four Objectives of Human Life ; Dharma (Right Conduct), Artha (iRght Wealth), Kama (Rght Desire), Moksha (Right Exit (Liberation)). Pustak Mahal. 2006. ISBN 81-223-0945-3. 
  63. ^ a b Bhaskarananda 1994
  64. ^ For example, see the following translation of B-Gita 11.54: "My dear Arjuna, only by undivided devotional service can I be understood as I am, standing before you, and can thus be seen directly. Only in this way can you enter into the mysteries of My understanding." (Bhaktivedanta 1997, ch. 11.54)
  65. ^ "One who knows that the position reached by means of analytical study can also be attained by devotional service, and who therefore sees analytical study and devotional service to be on the same level, sees things as they are." (Bhaktivedanta 1997, ch. 5.5)
  66. ^ Monier-Williams 1974, p. 116
  67. ^ Bhaskarananda 1994, p. 157
  68. ^ Bhaskarananda 1994, p. 137
  69. ^ arcye viṣṇau śīlā-dhīr. . . narakī saḥ.
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  72. ^ "Hindu Marriage Act, 1955". http://www.sudhirlaw.com/HMA55.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-25. 
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  74. ^ Banerjee, Suresh Chandra. "Shraddha". Banglapedia. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/S_0516.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-20. 
  75. ^ Garces-Foley 30
  76. ^ Fuller 2004
  77. ^ a b Vivekananda 1987, pp. 6–7 Vol I
  78. ^ a b Vivekananda 1987, pp. 118–120 Vol III
  79. ^ Sargeant & Chapple 1984, p. 3
  80. ^ a b c Nikhilananda 1990, pp. 3–8
  81. ^ See, for instance, René Guénon Man and His Becoming According to the Vedanta (1925 ed.), Sophia Perennis, ISBN 0-900588-62-4, chapter 1, "General remarks on the Vedanta, p.7.
  82. ^ Note: Nyaya-Vaisheshika believe that the Vedas were created by God, not eternal.
  83. ^ Harshananda, Swami (1989), A Bird's Eye View of the Vedas, in "Holy Scriptures: A Symposium on the Great Scriptures of the World" (2nd ed.), Mylapore: Sri Ramakrishna Math, ISBN 81-7120-121-0 
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  85. ^ Rigveda is not only the oldest among the vedas, but is one of the earliest Indo-European texts.
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  93. ^ The Ṛgvedic deity Dyaus, regarded as the father of the other deities, is linguistically cognate with Zeus—the king of the gods in Greek mythology, Iovis (gen. of Jupiter) —the king of the gods in Roman mythology, and Tiu/Ziu in Germanic mythology[1], cf. English 'Tues-day'. Other Vedic deities also have cognates with those found in other Indo-European speaking peoples' mythologies; see Proto-Indo-European religion.
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  122. ^ Surveys studying food habits of Indians include: "Diary and poultry sector growth in India", "Indian consumer patterns" and "Agri reform in India". Results indicate that Indians who eat meat do so infrequently with less than 30% consuming non-vegetarian foods regularly, although the reasons may be economical.
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  • Bowes, Pratima (1976), The Hindu Religious Tradition: A Philosophical Approach, Allied Pub, ISBN 0710086687 
  • Flood, Gavin (Ed) (2003), Blackwell companion to Hinduism, Blackwell Publishing, ISBN 0-631-21535-2 
  • Klostermaier, K (1994), A Survey of Hinduism (3rd (2007) ed.^ The wedding rituals of a Hindu-Sikh couple honor the religious traditions of both.
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     ), .State University of New York Press;, ISBN 0791470822, http://www.oneworld-publications.com/books/texts/hinduism-a-short-history-ch1.htm 
  • Lipner, Julius (1998), Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, Routledge, ISBN 0415051819, http://www.google.co.in/books?id=HDMLYkIOoWYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=sindhu+hindu&as_brr=3, retrieved 2007-07-12 
  • Michaels, A (2004), Hinduism: Past and Present (5th ed.^ In his book, "Islam and Terrorism", doctor Gabriel (not his Muslim name), an ex-professor of Islamic history at Al-Azhar University, Cairo , and an ex-Muslim, tells us what the world press has been ignoring for decades.
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     ^ In my technical book Mindworlds (google rosssblog), I describe worldviews as consistent sets of statements modeled in momentary states of a world.
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     ), .Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-08953-1 
  • Monier-Williams, Monier (1974), Brahmanism and Hinduism: Or, Religious Thought and Life in India, as Based on the Veda and Other Sacred Books of the Hindus, Elibron Classics, Adamant Media Corporation, ISBN 1421265311, http://books.google.com/books?id=U5IBXA4UpT0C&dq=isbn:1421265311, retrieved 2007-07-08 
  • Morgan, Kenneth W., ed.^ In my 2005 book "Scientific and Religious Habits of Mind" (Peter Lang Press) I identify habits of mind that characterize scientific approaches to life's questions and problems and compare them to religious habits of mind.
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     ^ While some pharmacists cite religious reasons, others believe life begins with fertilization and see contraceptives as capable of causing an abortion.
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  • Werner, Karel (1994), "Hinduism", in Hinnells, John (Ed.^ Said Soja John Thaikattil: Hinduism in its essence as a religion has a universal philosophy and that is its greatest strength.
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     ^ At both these places, there are the ruins of both Jaina and Hindu temples which indicate that the followers of Brahmanical religion and Jainism lived in peace and amity in this region.
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.Hinduism is Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent.^ The wedding rituals of a Hindu-Sikh couple honor the religious traditions of both.
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 Hinduism is often referred to as Sanātana Dharma (सनातन धर्म) by its practitioners, a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law."

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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975), first Vice President of India (1952-1962), and the second President of India (1962-1967).
    • Hinduism is not just a faith. It is the union of reason and intuition that can not be defined but is only to be experienced. Evil and error are not ultimate. .There is no Hell, for that means there is a place where God is not, and there are sins which exceed his love.^ I don't "believe there is no god."
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       ^ That is what I mean when I say there are no absolutes.
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       ^ When I say I am an atheist, I mean that I believe that there are no god or gods.
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Klaus L. Klostermaier, Professer Religious Studies at the University of Manitoba, former director of Oxford Centre of Hindu Studies
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    • Hinduism has proven much more open than any other religion to new ideas, scientific thought, and social experimentation.^ But we are all much more than that.
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       ^ So, I have no more reason to believe in your religion than I have to believe in any other.
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       ^ When we can do this then any thought we have becomes so much more powerful.
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       .Many concepts like reincarnation, meditation, yoga and others have found worldwide acceptance.^ Like many others you say you couldn’t bring yourself to torture a baby, but depending on the circs it is quite possible for any of us to do that awful thing.
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       ^ You haven't noticed Gad and Jeff and many other posters not only criticizing people like Sam and Lindajean for experimenting with meditation but eluding that Sam the great atheist is backsliding into supernatural thought?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ So it might not seem so to you Bernie, but from the outside looking in, it sure seems like you have a need for all others to appreciate poetry and disregard meditation.” .
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .It would not be surprising to find Hinduism the dominant religion of the twenty-first century.^ The twenty first century game.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ It would be the first religion oriented toward the future,and not a slave and messenger of the past,it will be humanistic, tolerant and creative.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I would invite you to first find an answer (good luck besides God) for these questions, before denying that He exists.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .It would be a religion that doctrinally is less clear-cut than mainstream Christianity, politically less determined than Islam, ethically less heroic than Buddhism, but it would offer something to everybody.^ Islam claims to be a religion of the people of " T he B ook" , or Ahel al-Kitab, which would have one believe it is a continuance of that B ook God revealed to H is Jewish Prophets.
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Quote: If something so simple as cause/effect here can not be measured, than why would any scientifically minded person have an opinion on the topic.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Categories: Around America , Christianity , Islam and Muslims , Judaism , News from afar , Politics , Quote of the day .

       .It will appear idealistic to those who look for idealism, pragmatic to the pragmatists, spiritual to the seekers, sensual to the here-and-now generation.^ 'Look, here is the living Shiva.’ How can He who is the Absolute Brahman, omnipresent and pervading the whole universe, incarnate Himself as man?
      • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The Pope said he is spiritually close to those who suffer as a result of HIV-AIDS, as well as to their families, and that he offers prayers for them all.
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       ^ As I gazed on the picture of those first Western believers, a huge banquet hall with what looked to be at least a thousand believers, I noticed a man in the very front who looked so familiar.

       Hinduism, by virtue of its lack of an ideology and its reliance on intuition, will appear to be more plausible than those religions whose doctrinal positions petrified a thousand years ago.

Quotes on Hinduism

Romain Rolland (1866-1944) French Nobel laureate, professor of the history of music at the Sorbonne and thinker.
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    • If there is one place on the face of the earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India....For more than 30 centuries, the tree of vision, with all its thousand branches and their millions of twigs, has sprung from this torrid land, the burning womb of the Gods.^ There is only one God (Deut.
      • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Yes, there is more than one version of the 10 commandments.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ More than Dreams on DVD .
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       .It renews itself tirelessly showing no signs of decay.
    • Let us return to our eagle's nest in the Himalayas.^ There is no boasting on our part before God, but thankfulness in His mercy to us who deserve His justice for doing what is wrong in His sight.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ What would have us tell our children, you ain't got no hope in hell of ever having everlasting love so just take what you can get when it comes along.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Show me the gods we Africans worship and I will show the extent of our moral and ethical decay .

       .It is waiting for us, for it is ours, eaglets of Europe, we need not renounce any part of our real nature...whence we formerly took our flight.
    • Religious faith in the case of the Hindus has never been allowed to run counter to scientific laws, moreover the former is never made a condition for the knowledge they teach, but there are always scrupulously careful to take into consideration the possibility that by reason both the agnostic and atheist may attain truth in their own way.^ Arabs have always coveted Israel, and in the Christian Gospel, they will never get their way there.
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Each of us must find our own nature and flow with it where it leads us.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ They do not understand the Spiritual Nature of their Teaching!!
      • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

       .Such tolerance may be surprising to religious believers in the West, but it is an integral part of Vedantic belief.
    • The true Vedantic spirit does not start out with a system of preconceived ideas.^ Believing is such things is religious thinking.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ In what other parts of life does "belief" hold such power over reason?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ But I’m of the opinion that such a relationship should form part of a love relationship, not merely a commitment to have a sexual relationship, no matter how spiritual, free and without constraints it may be.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .It possesses absolute liberty and unrivalled courage among religions with regard to the facts to be observed and the diverse hypotheses it has laid down for their coordination.^ They cannot set an absolute standard unless they follow the one laid down by God.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ They cannot set an absolute standard, they can only follow the one laid down by God.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Grahasthya (Householder) From The Mahabharata) As regards the domestic mode of life, four kinds of conduct have been laid down by the learned.
      • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

       .Never having been hampered by a priestly order, each man has been entirely free to search wherever he pleased for the spiritual explanation of the spectacle of the universe.
    • The greatest human ideal is the great cause of bringing together the thoughts of Europe and Asia; the great soul of India will topple our world.
    • The vast and tranquil metaphysics of India is unfolded; her conception of the universe, her social organization, perfect in its day and still capable of adaptation to the demands of modern times; the solution which she offers for the feminist problem, for the problems of the family, of love, of marriage; and lastly, the magnificent revelation of her art.^ "And the Temple of God [which is represented of earth by the 90% of the functions and dynamics of the human brain that belongs the spiritual universe, or the divinely inspired mental universe, of pure and perfect thought and thought energy] was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the Ark of his Testament [which is the Ark of the Covenant that Moses never fully understood]; and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail."

       ^ To accomplish great achievements, during this time in history, men and women were gathered together by spiritual concept, or a declaration of the Word of God.

       ^ And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
      • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

       The whole vast soul of India proclaims from end to end of its crowded and well ordered edifice the same domination of a sovereign synthesis." There is no negation. All is harmonized. .All the forces of life are grouped like a forest, whose thousand waving arms are led by Nataraja, the master of the Dance.^ Well my point was that we all have groups or (stereo) types of people that we don't like, I was dividing by don't like, not the degree of dislike or badness of a group or type.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Daoist philosophy, as I hoped to show, generally affirms the world of "presence" ( you ), that is, all the "ten thousand things <' life and death, even action and speech.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Like all groups of humans some men are bent on evil, some bent on good and some rather neutral.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Everything has its place, every being has its function, and all take part in the divine concert, their different voices, and their very dissonances, creating, in the phrase of Heraclitus, a most beautiful harmony.^ It's the most beautiful place in all of life.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ For such is the divine order the Creator himself placed in Creation, and all of Creation had to follow his divine order.

       ^ Symbolising all your levels of the Auric Body which need to be fed and created, so that we can function at our full capacity.
      • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

       .Whereas in the West, cold, hard logic isolates the unusual, shutting it off from the rest of life into a definite and distinct compartment of the spirit.^ "And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them."

       ^ What I don't want to do is shut myself off to new knowledge, understandings, truths, insights into reality.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       .India, ever mindful of the natural differences in souls and in philosophies, endeavors to blend them into each other, so as to recreate in its fullest perfection the complete unity.^ Science is the perfect tool to "measure and quantify" not only music and other arts but also religion because science just is the business of measuring and quantifying natural phenomena in all their variety.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ From my perspective, what people do in their lives to seek different states of mind is their business as long as they are not causing harm to others.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Of its eight chapters, one is about the strongly pro-nature face of the Bible, and it briefly mentions other religions and philosophies that stress the great importance of nature.
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       .The matching of opposites produces the true rhythm of life.
    • Of course, this entire fabric of Indian life stands solidly on faith, that is to say, on a slender and emotional hypothesis.^ Experiments with electromagnetic stimulation that produces emotions indistinguishable from religious bliss would seem to confirm this hypothesis.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ So you don't force your one true faith on your wife (as the bible says) and children?"
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Which is what you say when you say something that makes no sense and you have no way to explain but claim is true in any case, which is what the term "faith" was invented to hide.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .But amid all the beliefs of Europe, and of Asia, that of the Indian Brahmins seems to me infinitely the most alluring.^ YOU: "Men seem to be able to have X without all the emotional stuff in non-committed relationships, but I argue most women cannot.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Men seem to be able to have X without all the emotional stuff in non-committed relationships, but I argue most women cannot.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Me: "Men seem to be able to have X without all the emotional stuff in non-committed relationships, but I argue most women cannot.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .And the reason why I love the Brahmin more than the other schools of Asiatic thought is because it seems to me to contain them all.^ It has not been any more standard than other moralities."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ One is more than the other.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ But we are all much more than that.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Greater than all European philosophies, it is even capable of adjusting itself to the vast hypotheses of modern science.       Our Christian religions have tried in vain, when there were no other choice open to them, to adapt themselves to the progress of science.^ But that is religion, no different than any other religion, fundamentally.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ That is how science progresses unlike religion.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ If we were all programmed there would be no choice in the matter.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .But after having allowed myself to be swept away by the powerful rhythm of Brahmin thought, along the curve or life, with its movement of alternating ascent and return, I come back to my own century, and while finding therein the immense projections of a new cosmogony, offspring of the genius of Einstein, or deriving freely from the discoveries, I yet do not feel that I enter a strange land.^ And feel free to come back here and comment -- or to weigh in there.

       ^ Please feel free to ignore my questions if they come across to you as too personal.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Because of my conversation with Gad, I had to find out for myself what most atheists thought.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .I yet can hear resounding still the cosmic symphony of all those planets which forever succeed each other, are extinguished and once more illumined, with their living souls, their humanities, their gods – according to the laws of the eternal To Become, the Brahmin Samsara – I hear Siva dancing, dancing in the heart of the world, in my own heart.
    • In the great philosophy of Brahma, such violent turns of the scale are quite unknown.^ First of all, God is living, loving, personal and warm hearted.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Life came from the eternal living God.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ A celestial body such as a planet: the possibility of life on other worlds.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       It embraces vast stretches of time, cycles of human ages, whose successive lives gravitate in concentric circles, and travel ever slowly towards the center...."

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) was an advocate and pioneer of nonviolence.
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    • I am a proud staunch Sanatani Hindu.
    • Hinduism has made marvelous discoveries in things of religion, of the spirit, of the soul.^ The wedding feast, therefore, is the new thing which God is doing in the earth at this time, in which He, the Spirit of God, is overshadowing the elect and INSEMINATING their souls with His own DIVINE NATURE..."
      • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ He was with God in the beginning [again showing the difference between Father and Son and Holy Spirit] Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ In the ninety years since Darwin we have made stupendous discoveries; with a spirit of scientific humility and of faith grounded in knowledge we are approaching even nearer to an awareness of God.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       We have no eye for these great and fine discoveries. We are dazzled by the material progress that Western science has made. .Ancient India has survived because Hinduism was not developed along material but spiritual lines.
    • Hinduism is a relentless pursuit of Truth.^ Below is a Shiva Lingham and Yoni from the india and the Ancient, 5000 years old Hindu religion.
      • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

       ^ If that's what he wants to do, OK, yes disappointing, but the anger is not with him, it's with the people who tell you you are on the wrong side of "the line" for not going along with him because he is on the right side of "the line".
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ H.G. Wells in the Outline of History describes him as 'the greatest of Kings' because he tried not only for the material but also spiritual welfare of the people.
      • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

       ."Truth is God" and if today it has become moribund, inactive, irresponsive to growth, it is because we are fatigued; and as soon as the fatigue is over, Hinduism will burst upon the world with a brilliance perhaps unknown before.
    • I believe that the civilization India has evolved is not to be beaten in the world.^ He was influenced by both God and Satan and he chose to believe a lie instead of the truth.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ It is believed that "al-llah" in Muhammad's time before Islam referred to a vague moon god and that Muhammad believed that al-Uzza was a daughter of this "al-llah".
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ YOU: "The truth be told: Creationist and ID believers hold that accepting a scientific view of evolution will challenge their faith in god.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestry. .Rome went; Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation.
    • The Geeta is the universal mother.^ Unless science is able to prove that something can come out of nothing, we are still left with the scientific explanation of God as the uncreated Creator of the Universe.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Soja said: " Believers have nothing against any kind of explanation that atheists might think up."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Although some aspects of the elevator visibly change, and at varying rates, something about the elevator is still the same, uniquely identifying it, visibly designating it as an elevator and distinguishing it from other elevators.

       I find a solace in the Bhagavadgeeta that I miss even in the Sermon on the Mount. .When disappointment stares me in the face and all alone I see not one ray of light, I go back to the Bhagavad Gita.^ I see nothing at all to back up this kind of remark and find it deeply annoying."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ "More allegations that no one was around to see or knows exactly what happened, except for God who made it all and understands it completely.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Think about all those "dead" ovaries and sperm our parents produced that never made it to see the light of day.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .I find a verse here and a verse there , and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming tragedies - and my life has been full of external tragedies - and if they have left no visible or indelible scar on me, I owe it all to the teaching of Bhagavadgeeta.
    • Hinduism is a living organism liable to growth and decay subject to the laws of Nature.^ Life is meant to be lived full throttle.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Divorced women are often left with no financial means to support themselves and often without a place to live.
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       ^ There is no natural harmony between these two, for they go in opposite directions.

       .One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches.^ Darwin had a vision of the tree of life branching over geological time into countless species, all struggling to prevail.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ With Roots in Heaven: One Woman's Passionate Journey into the Heart of Her Faith.
      • Judaism Reading List: Introduction and General (Pt. I) 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: General]

       The changes in the season affect it. .It has its autumn and its summer, its winter and its spring.^ We know that summer and autumn and winter and spring will continue because God has promised such things in His word and He does not lie.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       It is, and is not, based on scriptures. .It does not derive its authority from one book.^ Accepting the absolute authority of one messenger and one book is unscientific.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The artifact is a one-page translation from the Latin Vulgate Bible and is a section derived from the book of Job.
      • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

       .Non violence has found the highest expression and application in Hinduism.
    • I think I have understood Hinduism correctly when I say that it is eternal, all-embracing and flexible enough to suit all situations.
    • I am a Hindu because it is Hinduism which makes the world worth living.^ Could be, was all I could think tae say.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ When I say "we", I mean all living things.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The point mjf was making was that scientists embracing different theories have never attacked each other because of their differences.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       .I am a Hindu hence I Love not only human beings, but all living beings.
    • Hinduism is a living organism.^ All futures are made by human beings.

       ^ As for your contention that the only meaningful love we can have is that for another human being.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ We are human beings living in the physical world.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       .One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches.^ Darwin had a vision of the tree of life branching over geological time into countless species, all struggling to prevail.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ With Roots in Heaven: One Woman's Passionate Journey into the Heart of Her Faith.
      • Judaism Reading List: Introduction and General (Pt. I) 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: General]

       Knowledge is limitless and so also the application of truth. .Everyday we add to our knowledge of the power of Atman (soul) and we shall keep on doing so.
    • I am unable to identify with orthodox Christianity.^ Though our studies have been so different, I believe that we both earnestly desire the extension of Knowledge, & that this is in the long run sure to add to the happiness of Mankind.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ YOU: "If God is, as you report, our perfect creator, all knowing, all powerful and omniscient, then we ARE doing things his way."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ He sought this power that they might forever have faith in the knowledge of eternal life given to humanity by our African ancestors.

       .I must tell you in all humility that Hinduism, as I know it, entirely satisfies my soul, fills my whole being, and I find solace in the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads that I miss even in the Sermon on the Mount....I must confess to you that when doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and when I see not one ray of light on the horizon I turn to the Bhagavad Gita, and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow.^ Not even telling you!
      • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I must confess to being a lousy blogger.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ A group of beings approached from my right and turned to face me one by one.
      • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

       .My life has been full of external tragedies and if they have not left any visible and indelible effect on me, I owe it to the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita.
    • I have no other wish in this world but to find light and joy and peace through Hinduism.
    • Hinduism insists on the brotherhood of not only all mankind but of all that lives.
    • Hinduism is like the Ganga,, pure and unsullied at its source but taking in its course the impurities in the way.^ And of course, finding a way to get there.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Fear CAN be the result with all OTHER courses.
      • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

       ^ I have been searching for you all my life!"
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       Even like the Ganga it is beneficent in its total effect. .It takes a provincial form in every province, but the inner substance is retained everywhere.
    • On examination, I have found it to be the most tolerant of all religions known to me.^ Which form of all is the most difficult to obtain?
      • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

       ^ "The way into the kingdom is found by questioning and answering, by seeking and finding, and by the obedience to that inner voice which can be heard when all other voices are stilled.
      • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Take away all of the religion, and a theist is just one who answers the big unanswered questions.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Its freedom from dogma makes a forcible appeal to me inasmuch as it gives the votary the largest scope for self-expression.
    • Hindu Dharma is like a boundless ocean teeming with priceless gems.^ Mawdudi's views are not accepted by most Islamic schools of law, especially in regard to freedom of expression like criticism of Islam and the government.

       ^ Ancient Hindus saw consciousness as like an ocean that we swim in, and the sheep of monotheism see their own souls as immersed in the heavenly glory.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ You still have the freedom to chose, in that you make choices everyday, of your own volition, but you will never choose God unless He gives you the ability.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .The deeper you dive the more treasures you find.
    • Hinduism is like Ganges, pure and unsullied at its source, but taking in its course the impurities in the way.
    • It is impossible for me to reconcile myself to the idea of conversion after the style that goes on in India and elsewhere today.^ I'm finding myself liking Harris more and more every day.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ YOU: "I think it is more likely the reverse i.e.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ And of course, finding a way to get there.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .It is an error which is perhaps the greatest impediment to the world’s progress toward peace … Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu to Christianity?^ URI (www.uri.org) is based in San Francisco, CA. Its purpose is to build global interfaith cooperation by seeking peace and cooperation among religions toward a more peaceful world.
      • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Although, perhaps we could grant the claim: if atheists want to argue that atheism requires no more intellect than that which an infant can muster, why should we argue?
      • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Halfway through it, a gentlemen peddled advertising in his Christian Business Directory saying “we can’t trust the world and we should want to do business with those who share our same values.” Needless to say he (Bradley) got upset.
      • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

       Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man?

B. R. Ambedkar, Indian politician and founder of the Indian Constitution
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    • The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual.^ That idea creates religions which are divisive.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ When Constantine in 325 A.D. took ideas from African spirituality and created a control mechanism at Council of Nicea he was trying to organize a system for using African spiritual ideas.

       ^ So we seek out a religion or spiritual system that promises a solution to the problem that we’ve created ourselves.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       .This being the situation, it is clear that you cannot develop your personality at all in Hinduism.
    • In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
    • My religious conversion is not inspired by any material motive.^ When you practice independently, your Buddhist practice is self motivated.

       ^ Remember: For each character, you can click on the link in the "religious affiliation" column to see supporting material, excerpts from the comics, images, discussion, etc.
      • Religion of Comic Book Characters (esp. Super-Heroes) 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.adherents.com [Source type: General]

       ^ And my death is exactly what the believers want if I cannot obey them or perhaps to be homeless and then you can turn to your children and say look, that's what happens when yopu do not believe.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       This is hardly anything I cannot achieve even while remaining an Untouchable. .There is no other feeling than that of a spiritual feeling underlying my religious conversion.^ Praise Allah, for there is no other but he!
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ There have been no others.
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ There is no other God in existence.

       Hinduism does not appeal to my conscience. My self-respect cannot assimilate Hinduism. .In your case change of religion is imperative for worldly as well as spiritual ends.^ The demonstrators, including women and men, are demanding an end to discrimination based on gender, as well as changes to Islamic laws that protect men at the expense of women.
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       ^ Most religions would have us believe that spirituality is other-worldly, a state to be achieved by denying physical desires, ignoring physical sensations, eschewing physical wisdom.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ If, after acquiring spirituality, you lead a worldly life, you will never lose your peace of mind.
      • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

       .Do not care for the opinion of those who foolishly ridicule the idea of conversion for material ends.^ We reserve the right to ridicule, ban, or generally ignore and then delete those who burst our bubble.

       ^ The idea that the label "Atheist" was not helping but hurting the efforts of those who have been using it as their label had never occured to me.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ That person who bears in his understanding merely the texts of the Vedas and other scriptures without being conversant with the true sense or meaning of those texts, bears them fruitlessly.
      • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

       .Why should you live under the fold of that religion which has deprived you of honor, money, food and shelter?
    • Law and religion are two forces which govern the conduct of men.^ You asked me why you should believe me?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ How do you force them to obey His laws?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ You cannot live under the laws of God and be free.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .At times they act as handmaids to each other.^ They have their head bowed down so as to no longer remain in control of their acts, whilst on the other hand, the victims keep for longer their vivid memories’ (Gatwa, 17).

       ^ I see atheists call other atheists agnostics all the time on these blogs, and they don't call them that because they think that they are wishy washy about Jehovah.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Here you are telling other people what they should do with their time.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .At other times they act as check and counter-check.^ They have their head bowed down so as to no longer remain in control of their acts, whilst on the other hand, the victims keep for longer their vivid memories’ (Gatwa, 17).

       ^ At other times people tell me they are glad to see that practicing independently is a viable option without any kind of bad consequences attached to it.

       .Of the two forces, Law is personal while religion is impersonal.^ The committee for Kurdistan, is leaning toward having one personal status law that can be applied to all regardless of religion.
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       ^ Whereas Nichiren Buddhists believe in a Universal Law which is not a personality, but more like a force or like a law of physics.

       ^ However, Article 39 of the national constitution says the personal status law should be applied according to one's religion.
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       Law being personal it is capable of being unjust and iniquitous. But religion being impersonal, it can be impartial, it is capable of defeating the inequity committed by law. .Religion is believed to ennoble man and not degrade him.^ I believe the dichotomy gained acceptance during the Enlightenment when man tried to separate science and religion, faith from reason.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The man whose mind is pure is competent to tread the path of knowledge, and to him comes knowledge; and thus (indirectly) the religion of Works forms also a means to the Supreme Bliss.
      • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Quite simply because all his religionists have been converted to another religion, and there is no one left to make children believe they need him.
      • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

       Hinduism is an exception.

Niels Bohr, (1885-1962) Danish nuclear physicist who developed the Bohr model of the atom. His received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1922, for his theory of atomic structure
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Erwin Schrödinger (1887--1961) Austrian theoretical physicist, was a professor at several universities in Europe.^ Jeffrey S. Wicken, Professor of Biochemistry, Pennsylvania State University, "The Generation of Complexity in Evolution: A Thermodynamic and Information-Theoretical Discussion," Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 He was awarded the Nobel prize Quantum Mechanics, in 1933. During the Hitler era he was dismissed from his position for his opposition to the Nazi ideas and he fled to England. He was the author of Meine Weltansicht
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    • This life of yours which you are living is not merely apiece of this entire existence, but in a certain sense the whole; only this whole is not so constituted that it can be surveyed in one single glance.^ I hope you will one day come to your senses Lindajean.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ You have your explanation that you seem certain of.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ When you lose your blood, you lose your life.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .This, as we know, is what the Brahmins express in that sacred, mystic formula which is yet really so simple and so clear; tat tvam asi, this is you.^ And what did knowing " Ultimate Reality sustaining the whole universe" do for India, not a mystical dam thing!
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ But although I gave you an answer Bernie, my answer isn't really credible, or clear, nor could anyone's be, really.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The real meaning of these will not necessarily be clear unless you’ve looked at more detailed explanations.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Or, again, in such words as "I am in the east and the west, I am above and below, I am this entire world."
    • The unity and continuity of Vedanta are reflected in the unity and continuity of wave mechanics.^ It is entirely wrong to think that we have done, or can do, good to the world, to think that we have helped such and such people.
      • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

       ^ A more pertinent reflection would be that if they did not escape such blindness, we are no more likely to, as indeed the daily record of our behaviour continues to show.

       In 1925, the world view of physics was a model of a great machine composed of separable interacting material particles. .During the next few years, Schrodinger and Heisenberg and their followers created a universe based on super imposed inseparable waves of probability amplitudes.^ A few years ago, Al-Jazeera reported that roughly six million Muslims are leaving Islam and becoming followers of Jesus every year in Africa.
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Based on the U.S. Bureau of Census rate of growth, the U.S. population will double again within the next 75 years and will reach 540 million people.
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       ^ So, as you just read, this proves that the baby Jesus was born during the summer, in the year 7 A.D. based on the death of Herod.

       .This new view would be entirely consistent with the Vedantic concept of All in One.
    • Vedanta teaches that consciousness is singular, all happenings are played out in one universal consciousness and there is no multiplicity of selves.
    • Nirvana is a state of pure blissful knowledge..^ There is no consistency in what good is.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ If we were all programmed there would be no choice in the matter.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Also, there's a couple of new ones for you above.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       It has nothing to do with individual. The ego or its separation is an illusion. .The goal of man is to preserve his Karma and to develop it further – when man dies his karma lives and creates for itself another carrier.
    • There is no kind of framework within which we can find consciousness in the plural; this is simply something we construct because of the temporal plurality of individuals, but it is a false construction....The only solution to this conflict insofar as any is available to us at all lies in the ancient wisdom of the Upanishad.
    • The multiplicity is only apparent.^ Should it be simply that there is no God?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ So there is no common language dividing us at all.
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      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ There is no law that say something can only come from nothing.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       This is the doctrine of the Upanishads. And not of the Upanishads only. The mystical experience of the union with God regularly leads to this view, unless strong prejudices stand in the West.

Dr. Carl Sagan, (1934-1996) famous astrophysicist.
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    • The Hindu religion is the only one of the world's great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite, number of deaths and rebirths.^ There is only one true faith.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ "There is only one true faith.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The one world religion is a revival of the Babylonian one world religion.
      • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

       .It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond, to those of modern scientific cosmology.^ II.Tim.4:3-4 "...it is suggested that not only demythologizing religion is necessary, but that the Church should play a part in remythologizing Christianity to make it credible to modern man."
      • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ At times I will teach these people the immeasurable length of the Buddha's life, and to those who see me only after a long while I will explain how difficult it is to meet the Buddha."

       ^ We only know our time here is limited, that's what all religions and most philosophies have tried to address, and one thing science can't.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       .Its cycles run from our ordinary day and night to a day and night of Brahma, 8.64 billion years long.^ It took Homo sapiens 2 million years to reach our first billion in about 1800 but only about a century to add the second billion in 1927.
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       ^ Their vision is of a natural time machine, because the light from those stars can take from minutes (our Sun) to billions of years (the edge of the universe) to reach us.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Longer than the age of the Earth or the Sun and about half the time since the Big Bang.^ These people are so hell bent on "RELIGION", that they've long since forgotten about the pure Spirit of a loving God a looooooooong time ago.

       ^ Every since that time, the Spiritual Evolution of Man and the history of God on earth has been governed through that very same baptism.

       ^ It takes about eight and a half minutes for light to reach Earth from the sun.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       .And there are much longer time scales still.
    • The most elegant and sublime of these is a representation of the creation of the universe at the beginning of each cosmic cycle, a motif known as the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva.^ I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ If time (and the universe) had a beginning, what caused that beginning?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ We can not create flaws in ourselves that were not there from the beginning.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       The god, called in this manifestation Nataraja, the Dance King. In the upper right hand is a drum whose sound is the sound of creation. In the upper left hand is a tongue of flame, a reminder that the universe, now newly created, with billions of years from now will be utterly destroyed.
    • A millennium before Europeans were willing to divest themselves of the Biblical idea that the world was a few thousand years old, the Mayans were thinking of millions and the Hindus billions.

Count Hermann Keyserling (1880-1946) philosopher, author, public speaker. He is the first Western thinker to conceive and promote a planetary culture, beyond nationalism and cultural ethnocentrism, based on recognition of the equal value and validity of non-western cultures and philosophies.
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    • Hinduism at its best has spoken the only relevant truth about the way to self-realization in the full sense of the word.
    • Hinduism has produced the profoundest metaphysics that we know of.
    • The absolute superiority of India over the West in philosophy; poetry from the Mahabharata, containing the Bhagavad-Gita, “perhaps the most beautiful work of the literature of the world".
    • Benares is holy.^ The only way to be secure is to have full faith in the Way.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Do all atheists really have a sense of superiority?
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ That's partly what I was referring to way back on this thread, when I suggested you can have "secular Christians" in a cultural sense, in the same way a "secular Jew" is an accepted reality.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       .Europe, grown superficial, hardly understands such truths anymore.....I feel nearer here than I have ever done to the heart of the world; here I feel everyday as if soon, perhaps even today, I would receive the grace of supreme revelation...The atmosphere of devotion which hangs above the river is improbable in strength; stronger than in any church that I have ever visited.^ Perhaps, even more than a jolt.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ We both would agree this could (and even in today’s world can ) turn on a dime.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I know I'm pushing it here, even for me, but we'll see if anybody feels the need to talk me down from this one with some physics or something.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       Every would be Christian priest would do well to sacrifice a year of his theological studies in order to spend his time on the Ganges; here he would discover what piety means.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) also known as Samuel Clemens, one of the most widely loved and celebrated American writers since his first books were released in the late 1860s.
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    • Land of religions, cradle of human race, birthplace of human speech, grandmother of legend, great grandmother of tradition.^ There are many instances where spirituality and religion are uprooting the veery fabrics of the human race.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ But the general undervaluation of the human soul is so great that neither the great religions nor the philosophies nor scientific rationalism have been willing to look at it twice.” .
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Harris would do well to heed it -- as he would the subjugation of more than half the human race, the female half, under religion.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .The land that all men desire to see and having seen once even by a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of the rest of the globe combined.
    • It is a good and gentle religion, but inconvenient.
    • India had the start of the whole world in the beginning of things.^ But in the extreme all things can begin to unravel.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ It is a whole new way of seeing the world.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ God is sovereign and works his will in history, and the goal of all things in this world is the complete glorification of Jesus Christ as Lord (Phil.
      • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

       .She had the first civilization; she had the first accumulation of material wealth; she was populous with deep thinkers and subtle intellects; she had mines, and woods, and a fruitful soul.
    • Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India.
    • "Land of religions, cradle of human race, birthplace of human speach, grandmother of leagacy, great grandmother of tradition.^ In attempting to encompass what religions provide humanity, it appears that much of known faith-based scriptures are intended to act as a platform for clarifying the rights of people on one another, obligations and responsibilities towards others, towards their wealth, life, intellect, as well as towards the most sacred resource humanity has, environment.
      • In Good Faith: Judaism - A blog for news and discussion on matters of faith - baltimoresun.com 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC weblogs.baltimoresun.com [Source type: General]

       ^ His most recent book, A Most Holy War: The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom, looks at a pivotal moment in world history, the world’s first genocide.
      • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

       ^ A great example of this is Jimmy Carter's book, Our Endangered Values.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       The land that all men desire to see and having seen once even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of the rest of the globe combined."

Dr. Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975) the great British historian. .His massive research was published in 12 volumes between 1934 and 1961 as `A Study of History'. Author of several books, including Christianity: Among the Religions of the World and One World and India.^ Volume 1, Book 12, Number 711.

 ^ Studies in World Christianity 6:1-20.

 ^ The one world religion is a revival of the Babylonian one world religion.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 Toynbee was a major interpreter of human civilization in the 20th century.
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    • It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending if it is not to end in self-destruction of the human race.^ Genesis: A history of the beginning of the world, the human race, and God's early dealings with mankind through the Patriarchal Age.
      • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

       .At this supremely dangerous moment in human history , the only way of salvation is the ancient Hindu way. Here we have the attitude and spirit that can make it possible for the human race to grow together in to a single family.
    • So now we turn to India.^ Only on the principled issues of the violation of human dignity and the commercialization of the human person is the Church at odds with modern science in any fundamental way.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ But if they say no, and this is so often the case, the only way to make them share everything is to take away their free will.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The aggression that powered human evolution has now become a perilous legacy, an original sin, transmitted not only in our education but in our genes.

       .This spiritual gift, that makes a man human, is still alive in Indian souls.^ This chain of events was started by other spiritual entities when they exhibited w bbur (bad character) by laughing the old man who was trying to make merry.

       ^ But even great souls like Moses are not exempted from making mistakes while still on earth in the flesh.

       ^ The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment: 'For who has known the mind of the Lord that He may instruct him?'
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Go on giving the world Indian examples of it.^ You are going to define away any example I give you, aren't you?
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       .Nothing else can do so much to help mankind to save itself from destruction.
    • There may or may not be only one single absolute truth and only one single ultimate way of salvation.^ I contend that there is only one.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ There is only One who does.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ We can have it only one of two ways; either there is an ID or there is chance."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       We do not know. .But we do know that there are more approaches to truth than one, and more means of salvation than one.’’‘‘This is a hard saying for adherents of the higher religions of the Judaic family (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), but it is a truism for Hindus.^ More than one version?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ What can I say, there is no higher appeal.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ There is no difference in speaking of Ptare as one religion and speaking of Christianity or Islam as one religion.

       The spirit of mutual good-will, esteem, and veritable love ... is the traditional spirit of the religions of the Indian family. This is one of India’s gifts to the world.
    • At the close of this century, the world would be dominated by the West, but that in the 21st century "India will conquer her conquerors."

Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) Scientist, philosopher, bohemian, and radical. A theoretical physicist and the Supervising Scientist for the Manhattan Project, the developer of the atomic bomb. Graduating from Harvard University, he traveled to Cambridge University to study at the Cavendish Laboratory.
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    • Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.
    • The general notions about human understanding… which are illustrated by discoveries in atomic physics are not in the nature of things wholly unfamiliar, wholly unheard of or new.^ Which one is right about human nature?
      • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

       ^ That is all I am saying (about women in general).
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I can accept that as humans we may not understand presently all there is to understand.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Even in our own culture they have a history, and in Buddhist and Hindu thought a more considerable and central place.^ "Yes, and in all instances it reduces to dreaming about our own immortality, even if it is by proxy" .
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I have to agree with earlier posters who lament that the religionists (majority of the US population) lack even the BASIC tools needed to fathom our world and our places in it.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The first and only life form in the billions of years history of life on this planet that can imagine the likelihood of other life forms existing elsewhere in the universe, or even outside of our universe.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       What we shall find [in modern physics] is an exemplification, an encouragement, and a refinement of old wisdom.
    • The juxtaposition of Western civilization's most terrifying scientific achievement with the most dazzling description of the mystical experience given to us by the Bhagavad Gita, India's greatest literary monument.

Klaus L. Klostermaier professor of Religious Studies at the University of Manitoba.
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    • Hinduism has proven much more open than any other religion to new ideas, scientific thought, and social experimentation.^ But we are all much more than that.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ So, I have no more reason to believe in your religion than I have to believe in any other.
      • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

       ^ When we can do this then any thought we have becomes so much more powerful.
      • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

       .Many concepts like reincarnation, meditation, yoga and others have found worldwide acceptance.^ Like many others you say you couldn’t bring yourself to torture a baby, but depending on the circs it is quite possible for any of us to do that awful thing.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ You haven't noticed Gad and Jeff and many other posters not only criticizing people like Sam and Lindajean for experimenting with meditation but eluding that Sam the great atheist is backsliding into supernatural thought?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ So it might not seem so to you Bernie, but from the outside looking in, it sure seems like you have a need for all others to appreciate poetry and disregard meditation.” .
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .It would not be surprising to find Hinduism the dominant religion of the twenty-first century. It would be a religion that doctrinally is less clear-cut than mainstream Christianity, politically less determined than Islam, ethically less heroic than Buddhism, but it would offer something to everybody.^ First he gives a clear-cut analysis of the spiritual and natural dimensions of the disease called smallpox.

       ^ Some argue that Buddhism is a philosophy rather than a religion.

       ^ Islam would have Christians and Jews believe that this pagan Allah who insists on world domination and death to non-believers -- and who is the same god who offers Muslim terrorist martyrs hedonistic sex with virgins in heaven - is the same Christian and Jewish "holy God of the Book".
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       .It will appear idealistic to those who look for idealism, pragmatic to the pragmatists, spiritual to the seekers, sensual to the here-and-now generation.^ As I gazed on the picture of those first Western believers, a huge banquet hall with what looked to be at least a thousand believers, I noticed a man in the very front who looked so familiar.

       ^ We reserve the right to ridicule, ban, or generally ignore and then delete those who burst our bubble.

       ^ The purification and perfection of such knowledge also gave him power to appear before those whom he loved the most, as one who was resurrected from the dead.

       Hinduism, by virtue of its lack of an ideology and its reliance on intuition, will appear to be more plausible than those religions whose doctrinal positions petrified a thousand years ago.

George Bernard Shaw, (1856-1950) a vegetarian and Nobel Laureate in Literature.
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    • The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life.^ The way I see it, everything real is natural.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ But when it's the foundation of religious or spiritual faith, we're out of balance, way up there in our own head, not grounded in natural reality.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       We veil ourselves with unnatural masks. .On the face of India are the tender expressions which carry the mark of the Creators hand.
    • The apparent multiplication of gods is bewildering at the first glance, but you soon discover that they are the same GOD. There is always one uttermost God who defies personification.^ There is only one God (Deut.
      • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

       ^ There is only one God and one baptism.

       ^ Sarfati, J., If God created the universe, then who created God ?
      • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

       .This makes Hinduism the most tolerant religion in the world, because its one transcendent God includes all possible gods.^ Those are your possibilities and only ONE can make sense of all of this.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ But apparently his world-view is the only one that can make sense of it all.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ That is not possible because religion invented marriage.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       In fact Hinduism is so elastic and so subtle that the most profound Methodist, and crudest idolater, are equally at home with it.

Sir Charles Eliot (1862-1931), British diplomat and colonial administrator, a famous scholar and linguist of Oxford.
    • Let me confess that I cannot share the confidence in the superiority of Europeans and their ways which is prevalent in the West. .European civilization is not satisfying and Asia can still offer something more attractive to many who are far from Asiatic in spirit.
    • I do not think that Christianity will ever make much progress in Asia, for what is commonly known by that name is not the teaching of Christ but a rearrangement of it made in Europe and like most European institutions practical rather than thoughtful.^ I resonate to notions of the One much more than the Many.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Each re-reading offers up new insights, with some thoughts popping out of a page with much greater vigor than before.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Conversely, the more marked intellectualism of Christianity, especially in Western Europe, can be a challenge to Japanese Buddhists to think beyond cherished practices and to pose afresh questions of religious truth, in more open dialogue with contemporary philosophies.

       And as for the teaching of Christ himself, the Indian finds it excellent but not ample or satisfying. .There is little in it which cannot be found in some of the many scriptures of Hinduism..."
    • The claim of India to the attention of the world is that she, more than any other nation since history began, has devoted herself to contemplating the ultimate mysteries of existence and, in my eyes, the fact that Indian thought diverges widely from our own popular thought is a positive merit.
    • Hinduism has not been made, but has grown.^ There, this man found some people.
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ It has not been any more standard than other moralities."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ It is found from within and we become aware of it from our own and others' experiences and contemplation.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       It is a jungle, not a building. .It is a living example of a great national paganism such as might have existed in Europe if Christianity had not become the state religion of the Roman Empire, if there had remained an incongruous jumble of old local superstitions, Greek philosophy, and oriental cults such as the worship of Sarapis or Mitras.
    • Compared to Islam and Christianity, Hinduism’s doctrines are extraordinarily fluid, and multiform.^ There are many national variations to this religion.

       ^ Religion in such cases becomes a cocoon.

       ^ If there is progress it is in the direction of pragmatic efficacity, of bringing the religion closer to the lives and the needs of the people.

       India deals in images and metaphors. .Restless, subtle and argumentative as Hindu thought is, it is less prone than European theology to the vice of distorting transcendental ideas by too stringent definition.^ It has less to do with theses than with a wisdom enacted in daily life, a sensibility as prone to esthetic as to religious expression.

       ^ You say earlier: "He gives our side of the argument credibility by being so open minded and willing to explore transcendental thought.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Logically, by definition you cannot be less than 100% human, if you are human, just as Jesus cannot be less than completely God and still be God.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       It adumbrates the indescribable by metaphors and figures. .It is not afraid of inconsistencies which may illustrate different aspects of the infinite, but it rarely tries to cramp the divine within the limits of a logical phrase.
    • The Hindu has an extraordinary power of combining dogma and free thought, uniformity, and variety.^ "GAD: "The thing to note is that they are trying to make free will work within the physical world laws."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ It's just my way of illustrating that there may be a higher (or different if you prefer) purpose that we serve that we are not aware of like the bee."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The thing to note is that they are trying to make free will work within the physical world laws.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       Utmost latitude of interpretation is allowed. In all ages Hindus have been passionately devoted to speculation. It is also to point out that from the Upanishads down to the writings of Tagore in the present day literature from time to time enunciates the idea that the whole universe is the manifestation of some exuberant force giving expression to itself in joyous movement.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar founder of the Bangalore based Art of Living an International Foundation. He recently addressed the UN Peace Summit on Aug 28.
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    • Hinduism is not a religion; it is just a way of life that thousands of Rishis have written about.^ We need a lot of media coverage to let people know that the spindoctors only represent a small part of the population, and that all the hoopla about religion is just that B.S. .
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The Seven Stages of the Hierarchy of Needs is just a plagiarism on the Theories of Tantric or Kundalini Yoga known about in India for thousands of years.
      • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

       ^ On Religion: It's not just about paying lipservice to an unknowable Essence that we think will punish us if we act 'wrong' .

       .It is such a democratic religion where everybody has the freedom to think, write or say whatever they want.^ If you say you are against their religion, they think your are bad.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ If you say your are for their religion, they think you are good.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I don’t think so yet they are saying what they think he wants, says and desires….
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .We have no opposition for any other philosophy coming into us.^ What would have us tell our children, you ain't got no hope in hell of ever having everlasting love so just take what you can get when it comes along.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The other, and less bad, vices come from the devil working on us through our animal nature.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Yes there are other ways to know about God for God speaks to us by what He has created, but only through His Son and by His Spirit can we truly come to know Him in Person.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .We have no opposition for the Bible to be part of our own study.^ No we do not exist by our own power.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ There is no boasting on our part before God, but thankfulness in His mercy to us who deserve His justice for doing what is wrong in His sight.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ We close our eyes to the big problems in our own part of the world with pathetic policies that promote more problems and more pathetic policies.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Nobody here will say, 'If you read the Bible, you will go to hell'. It is an inclusive way of looking at life, and that is what we need in the world today.^ Do you see that we are going in circles here?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ That is because of the way you look at the evidence.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ It is when you look at the nature of this world and the living.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .We have no objection taking food from every part of the world, listening to music from every part of the world.^ They take part in rites, they listen to sermons, they repeat prayers; but their thirst remains unassuaged.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I have also saved eight other stray cats and one stray dog by feeding them, getting to know them, and then taking them to a no-kill shelter, where every one was eventually adopted.

       ^ You have no absolutes in your world view, in your morals, so whose position are you going to take as the "good"?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .So we need to globalize wisdom too.
    • Indian astronomers had calculated that life started 1 billion, 955 million, 818 thousand and 501 years ago and that 28 cycles of yugas have already happened.^ That need will still continue on in our genes for thousands or millions of years.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Yet, they all want to believe that such things literally happened thousands of years ago.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Anti-abortion rights activists who equate global oral contraceptives to chemical abortion are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths of unborn children, every year.
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       The ancient sages knew these facts. .This is why they devised the mala (necklace) with 108 beads, which stand for the 12 constellations and the nine planets and the 108 different permutations which affect one's life."^ Can you tell me why they are different?"
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Can you tell me why they are different?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The Judeo-Christian, I have contended all along, is the only one that can make sense of why things are the way they are.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       Everything is this universe is interconnected.

Annie Wood Besant (1847-1933) was an active socialist on the executive committee of the Fabian Society along with George Bernard Shaw.
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    • After a study of some forty years and more of the great religions of the world, I find none so perfect , none so scientific, none so philosophical and none so spiritual that the great religion known by the name of Hinduism.^ URI (www.uri.org) is based in San Francisco, CA. Its purpose is to build global interfaith cooperation by seeking peace and cooperation among religions toward a more peaceful world.
      • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ For these African philosophers, the role of religion and spirituality in African ethics can be encapsulated by the following questions: From whence does ethics derive its moral force of appeal?

       ^ Some within the church are teachers or preachers who help others to grow spiritually by teaching them more of the truth (Eph.
      • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

       .Make no mistake, without Hinduism, India has no future.^ And make no mistake, I am an atheist and advocate for the "secular" society.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ So He is under no obligation to make you see what He says is obvious, for all humanity is without excuse, "for what be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Make no mistake that what is at stake here in the battle for the hearts and minds so that the atheist can have their way, which will result eventually in total chaos.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Hinduism is the soil in to which India's roots are stuck and torn out of that she will inevitably wither as a tree torn out from its place.^ After He drove the man out, He placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .And if Hindus do not maintain Hinduism who shall save it?^ NEW HEAVENS & NEW EARTH Only the saved will inhabit the New Jerusalem; none shall dwell there who 'defileth or worketh abomination or maketh a lie'.
      • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

       .If India's own children do not cling to her faith who shall guard it.^ A people who refuse to express its love and appreciation for its ancestors will die because in traditions, if you are not expressing your own, you are participating in and expressing faith in someone else's ancestors.

       ^ "How shall Allah guide those who reject faith after they accepted it and bore witness that the Apostle was true and the clear sign had come unto them.

       ^ What about the damage to the souls of men who use this to "legally" abuse these women and children, just to satisfy their own lust?
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       .India alone can save India and India and Hinduism are one.
    • This is the India of which I speak - the India which, as I said, is to me the Holy Land.^ India's leading population expert said that between 1991 and 2001, the Muslim community's growth rate has declined at a greater rate than the Hindus.
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       ^ The Bible even speaks about predestination, but this does not involve choosing one person to be saved and another person to be lost.
      • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

       ^ And one cried to another and said:"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!"

       .For those who, though born for this life in a Western land and clad in a Western body, can yet look back to earlier incarnations in which they drank the milk of spiritual wisdom from the breast of their true mother - they must feel ever the magic of her immemorial past, must dwell ever under the spell of her deathless fascination; for they are bound to India by all the sacred memories of their past; and with her, too, are bound up all the radiant hopes of their future, a future which they know they will share with her who is their true mother in the soul-life.
    • India is the mother of religion.^ Yet, even then; how do they know?
      • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ He said, “I was born on dry land and feel content on the land, where I know what I know.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ They all want to feel good!
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .In her are combined science and religion in perfect harmony, and that is the Hindu religion, and it is India that shall be again the spiritual mother of the world.
    • During the early life of a Nation, religion is an essential for the binding together of the individuals who make the nation.^ To accomplish great achievements, during this time in history, men and women were gathered together by spiritual concept, or a declaration of the Word of God.

       ^ Science is the perfect tool to "measure and quantify" not only music and other arts but also religion because science just is the business of measuring and quantifying natural phenomena in all their variety.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Based on a recent joint statement made by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and 57 other nations' academies of sciences, serious imbalances already exist between the level of world population and the basic resources that support human life.
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       .India was born, as it were, in the womb of Hinduism, and her body was for long shaped by that religion.^ Below is a Shiva Lingham and Yoni from the india and the Ancient, 5000 years old Hindu religion.
      • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

       ^ Calcutta Hindus have been urged by their representative body to stop using contraceptives so that India remains a Hindu-majority nation.
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       Religion is a binding force, and India has had a longer binding together by religion than any other Nation in the world, as she is the oldest of the living Nations.
    • Based on knowledge it need not fear any advance in knowledge; profound in spirituality, the depths of the spirit find in it deeps answering into deep, it has nothing to dread, everything to hope, from growth in intellect, from increasing sway of reason.

Queen Fredricka of Greece (1931- 1981) The wife of King Paul of Greece.
    • It was my advanced research in physics that had started me on a spiritual quest. .It culminated in me accepting the non-dualism or absolute monism of Shankara as my philosophy of life and science.
    • You are fortunate to inherit such knowledge.^ God said let those who truthfully seek after Knowledge find it and from such discovery may you become wise with understanding.

       ^ Daoist philosophy, as I hoped to show, generally affirms the world of "presence" ( you ), that is, all the "ten thousand things <' life and death, even action and speech.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ White racism and the fact that knowledge is currently increased of earth under an ungodly philosophy of white supremacy, the world has been made blind to such truth.

       I envy you. While Greece is the country of my birth, India is the country of my soul.

Alfred B. Ford grandson of Henry Ford (founder of the Ford Motor), and Trustee member of Ford Motor Company.
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    • For me the most important thing is to spread the Hindu knowledge about the soul.^ Other, more intelligent Muslims, knowledgeable about the sources, respond by saying that the shock of the experience caused him to attempt suicide; it was a natural thing to do.

       ^ This is about ideas and ideas that most people on this blog think are important.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ By persistent questioning he persuades Yama to part with the mystic knowledge about the soul and the Supreme Spirit.
      • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

       This is more important than any other knowledge and is my main priority.

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932 - ) Nobel Laureate
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    • The key Hindu concept of dharma - the right way, the sanctioned way, which all men must follow, according to their natures - is an elastic concept.^ Me: "And if it is natural for men to be promiscuous then by all means be promiscuous.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ And if it is natural for men to be promiscuous then by all means be promiscuous.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ According to Muslim jurists, the following legal ordinances must be enforced on Zimmis (Christians and Jews alike) who reside among Muslims: .

       .At its noblest it combines self-fulfillment and truth to the self with the ideas of action as duty, action as its own spiritual reward, man as a holy vessel.^ The results of the Enlightenment, where man was moving away from looking to God for the answers and as evolutionary thinking was coming into its own; the consequence of such ideas.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ When a conglomerate of people claim this atheistic idea as their own, and collectively decide that all (or certain) "spiritual" ideas are ridiculous and must be denounced with "reason"...
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ EGO If a man knows his own self, he knows other beings and God.
      • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

       India was trampled over, fought over. You had the invasions and you had the absence of a response to them. .There was an absence even of the idea of a people, of a nation defending itself.^ Prayer can even through there is no god, positive thinking can (people are making Millions selling it) the placebo effect etc, etc.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Agreed, there weren't people on Earth a billion years ago to see the slime where it all began, but even if there were, who would believe them?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ And if there's going to be an addressing of why people hold to crazy ideas in religion, there's got to be an addressing of all the horrendous bad institutions at the source of this.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Only now are people beginning to understand that there has been a great vandalizing of India.^ Right now, only a few people believe it.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ This applies to the string theory or to wart removal (now there is one of the great unsolved mysteries--never mind the purpose of the universe.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ It is only now, as the dust begins to settle, that the deepest theological lessons can be drawn from the conflict.

       The movement is now from below. It has to be dealt with. .It is not enough to abuse these youths or use that fashionable word from Europe, 'fascism', There is a big, historical development going on in India.^ But some atheists are skeptical that these ideas don't go far enough in engaging the public consciousness.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ There's something ingenuous about boasting that "we're going to put Harper on his heels", and then citing issues which are historical in nature and certainly had nothing to do with "Harper".
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Again, is there a real contradiction between Suzuki’s stress on the ‘ahistorical nature of Zen’ and his explanation of the uniqueness of Zen through its historical development (65)?

       .What is happening in India is a new historical awakening....Indian intellectuals, who want to be secure in their liberal beliefs, may not understand what is going on.^ God said let those who truthfully seek after Knowledge find it and from such discovery may you become wise with understanding.

       ^ "You hear it from your parents, from your teaches, from your peers and from those who are the respected intellectual elite of society; all of whom are subjective and limited in their understanding."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ In your new honest world, for women who don’t want to be promiscuous and don’t/can’t separate x from love it will change.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .But every other Indian knows precisely what is happening: deep down he knows that a larger response is emerging even if at times this response appears in his eyes to be threatening.
    • Indian intellectuals have a responsibility to the state and should start a debate on the Muslim psyche, To speak of Hindu fundamentalism, is a contradiction in terms, it does not exist.^ I don't know that free will does not exist.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ And He confirms that deep down we know He exists but we suppress that truth in unrighteousness.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ And we know that the definition of an atheist is "one who believes that God does not exist."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       Hinduism is not this kind of religion. .You know, there are no laws in Hinduism.
    • I think when you see so many Hindu temples of the tenth century or earlier time disfigured, defaced, you know that they were not just defaced for fun: that something terrible happened.^ I mean, you can guess that something will happen and it will happen!
      • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

       ^ And there are a great many, which you will see below.
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ You know, just in time to get a tax break.
      • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

       .I feel that the civilization of that closed world was mortally wounded by those invasions.^ By following this feeling we may move close enough to the border of the fourth dimensional world to get a glimpse of that reality.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       .And I would like people, as it were, to be more reverential towards the past, to try to understand it; to preserve it; instead of living in its ruins.^ I would like to comment more.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I would have liked to think this over more.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Mom and dad are having X with other people and it is consensual and this is considered "normal" and dad is more likely to stick around?"
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       The Old World is destroyed. That has to be understood. The ancient Hindu India was destroyed.
    • The older I get, the more Hindu I become.

Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) aide-de-camp to George Washington and first secretary of the Treasury.
    • When we read in the valuable production of those great Oriental scholars...those of a Jones, a Wilkings, a Colebrooke, or a Halhed, - we uniformly discover in the Hindus a nation, whose polished manners are the result of a mild disposition and an extensive benevolence.

Christopher W. B. Isherwood (1904-1986) Translator, biographer, novelist, and playwright.
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    • I believe the Gita to be one of the major religious documents of the world.^ For one thing the vast majority of people do believe in God.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Which I do everyday, which you refuse to believe or accept because that would collapse your world view which is based on no one who doesn't believe as you do being able to do that.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Where do you ever see something coming from nothing and yet your world-view expects one to believe that all this just happened without any reasonable explanation?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .If its teachings did not seem to me to agree with those of the other gospels and scriptures, then my own system of values would be thrown into confusion, and I should feel completely bewildered.^ My own and others.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ My own and others."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Be that as it may, I must confess (it is Sunday morning--an appropriate time to bear all), and I would be totally awry if I did not stand up to speak my own thoughts, while defending all others' right to do so.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       The Gita is not simply a sermon, but a philosophical treatise.

David Frawley
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    • The Hindu mind represents humanity's oldest and most continuous stream of conscious intelligence on the planet.^ (Most) humans do") Intelligence comes from a mind Timmy.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ But there is definitely no reason to believe that anyone on this planet has ever connected to transcendent consciousness and it is most logical that they haven't.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I am not saying that inanimate objects, the rock, the minerals, the sky, the clouds, the stars, the planets, etc..have consciousness and humans can "tap" into it through our experiences.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Hindu sages, seers, saints, yogis and jnanis have maintained an unbroken current of awareness linking humanity with the Divine since the dawn of history, and as carried over from earlier cycles of civilization in previous humanities unknown to our present spiritually limited culture.
    • The Hindu mind has a vision of eternity and infinity.^ Since throughout history, women were perceived by men as "property" , and therefore, it was important to have cultural (and religious) constraints to prevent women from having multiple fathers of their children.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ As we consider Christ's position in heaven at the right hand of God, we ought to obey God and set our minds on spiritual things instead of worldly things (Col.
      • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Wherefore, Christ (Maashua) has been present throughout the entire Spiritual Evolution of Man and the entire history of God on earth-even in the New World before the coming of Columbus.

       It is aware of the vast cycles of creation and destruction that govern the many universes and innumerable creatures within them.

Muhammad Dara Shikoh (1627-1658 AD) the favorite Sufi son of Moghul emperor, Shah Jehan.
    • After gradual research; I have come to the conclusion that long before all heavenly books, God had revealed to the Hindus, through the Rishis of yore, of whom Brahma was the Chief, His four books of knowledge, the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda and the Atharva Veda.The Quran itself made veiled references to the Upanishads as the first heavenly book and the fountainhead of the ocean of monotheism.

Sylvain Levi (1863-1935) French scholar, Orientalist who wrote on Eastern religion, literature, and history.
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    • From Persia to the Chinese Sea, 'from the icy regions of Siberia to the islands of Java and Borneo, from Oceania to Socotra, India has propagated her beliefs, her tales and her civilization.
    • She has left indelible imprints on one fourth of the human race in the course of a long succession of centuries.^ Racing to ‘put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes,’ he never stops long enough to argue in detail any one of his suggestions.

       ^ It comes from one source alone; a supposedly nazil ( or tanzil - the belief it has been sent down from God, unfettered by human hands) revelation to Muhammad only.
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ For there is no way for that to occur on earth as long as one race is promoted as being superior and another race is put down as being inferior.

       She has the right to reclaim in universal history the rank that ignorance has refused her for a long time and to hold her place amongst the great nations summarizing and symbolizing the spirit of humanity.

Solange Lemaitre author of several books, including Le Mystère de la mort dans les religions d'Asie and Râmakrishna et la vitalité de l'hindouism
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    • The civilization of India, at root purely religious, is only now becoming known in Europe; and as the mystery surrounding it is unveiled it emerges as one of the highest achievement in the history of mankind.^ And it seems like I am the only one who marvels at the significance of the fact that humanity now finds itself dealing with a problem that no other living creature in the billion year history of life on earth has ever had to deal with.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The only one religious around here is Peter Huff.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ He is one strange and peculiar atheists that believes religion is the “bedrock” of our civilization, of our achievements, of our legacies and even of our gratitude.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .By the very breadth of the outlook it affords on to the destiny of man the Vedic religion offers in abundance the spiritual experience that has inspired the Indian people since the dawn of their history.^ That very simple experiment is not within the reach of people who have to make a living.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Both Satchiji and Devi are beautiful and inspiring souls, passionately committed to helping people grow spiritually and accelerating each students progress towards enlightenment.
      • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

       ^ Thus we have The Five Books of Emmanuel -not in contradiction to the Bible, but rather in harmony and unity with the Bible, as a part of the continuing evolution of the history and presence of God on earth-for such is the spiritual evolution of man (or the divinely inspired mental evolution of man).

       The vocation of India is to proclaim to the world the efficacy of religious experience.

Stephen Cross, in his book on Hinduism, pg 1, says,
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    • It is no secret that we in the West live in a time of spiritual crisis.^ To me it is a spiritual guide, and the God I worship is a living God, He is not frozen in time and compressed into the pages of the Bible."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ To me it is a spiritual guide, and the God I worship is a living God, He is not frozen in time and compressed into the pages of the Bible.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ No doubt the people living at that time thought he was inspired by a devil, so Muhammad spoke these words, as the Quran, in self-defense.

       .Western civilization has been guided by Christianity.^ The Destruction of Western Civilization, As Seen Through Islam, Christianity and Judaism.

       Now it appears that this period is drawing to a close. Both religious institutions and social structures are in disarray. .A great many things that were considered basic assumptions of western thought are being challenged.^ There is such a thing as “good/great” x; “bad” x which is x that is not satisfying on many different levels; and there is is also x that just sucks!
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ He is basically stating that he believes that all spiritual and transcendent thoughts are supernatural thinking and challenging LindaJean prove otherwise.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ For it is atheists who have accused him of backsliding into religious and supernatural thought for simply being open minded and willing to try things before criticizing them.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       The reality of the external world, the soul, the linear nature of time.

W. J. Grant
    • India indeed has a preciousness which a materialistic age is in danger of missing. .Some day the fragrance of her thought will win the hearts of men.^ We in thought will join your throng, Ye that pipe and ye that play, Ye that through your hearts to-day Feel the gladness of the May!
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Such are the initiations through which all men must some day pass.
      • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I'm pretty sure that all of the men of the day thought that verse to be absolutely God's wishes.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .This grim chase after our own tails which marks the present age cannot continue for ever.^ Yet, he cannot even admit, or fails to see enveloped in his own prism of unreality, that our arguments are much more evidence-based than his ever will be.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Not surprisingly, our present day atmosphere has many, many more times the amount of CO2 than it did in past ages.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Not surprisingly, our present day atmosphere has many, many more times the amount of CO2 than it did in past ages."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .The future contains a new human urge towards the real beauty and holiness of life.^ In several verses in the New Testament we are urged to live a life "worthy" of something else.
      • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Human life is much, much more than a fleeting pastiche of existential angst, genital urges, bowel movements and a repetitive succession of other animal functions.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Pope Benedict XVI urged the faithful to develop a new respect for life even when it is "sick or damaged."
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       When it comes Hinduism will be searched by loving eyes and defended by knightly hands.

Robert R. C. Zaehner (1913-1974) British historian of religion.
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    • In the family of religions, Hinduism is the wise old all-knowing mother.^ The fundamentalism of the eighties and nineties is just a reawakening of the old-time American religion that's been there all along.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ He pointed out that the people of the Bible were Black and that in all the early Catholic Churches of Europe: "the God Christ, as well as his mother, are described in their old pictures to be black (peoples).

       ^ Limited in knowledge, since God made us in His likeness, but not all knowing, all wise, all powerful, everywhere present, as He Himself is.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Its sacred books, the Vedas, claim, 'Truth is one, but sages call it by different names.'^ Number 1 is calling a rose by a different name.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ For him to claim that he was without sin was either one of the most arrogant claims ever made by a human being, or it was the truth.
      • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Osiris spoke unto God, the force who know the destiny of all that is created and said , the son of man (Caucasian)has a book that is call the Bible and claim that the contents in the book which is claimed to be sacred and holy is written by God.

       .If only Islam, and all the rest of the monotheistic 'book' religions, had learned that lesson, all the horror of history's religious wars could have been avoided.^ Think of all the nonsense us oversexed galoots could avoid if only it could be so!
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ His most recent book, A Most Holy War: The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom, looks at a pivotal moment in world history, the world’s first genocide.
      • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

       ^ Science is the perfect tool to "measure and quantify" not only music and other arts but also religion because science just is the business of measuring and quantifying natural phenomena in all their variety.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       Which other religion has its God say, as Krishna does in the Bhagavad Gita, 'All paths lead to me.'
    • If only the Church had the sense to allow so many different and seemingly contradictory approaches to God, how much saner its history would have been!
    • It was the sublime ancient tolerance of Hinduism that he often stressed, that was the true proof of the wisdom and mature dignity of the Hindu tradition.

Vecente Avelino who was the Consul General for Brazil in India in 1930.
    • India is the only country which has known God and if anyone wants to know God he must know India.

B B Lal (1921- ) On joining the Archaeological Survey in January 1946, he held charge of the Excavations Branch and participated with Sir Mortimer Wheeler in the excavations at Harappa, now in Pakistan. In 1951 he was deputed for advanced studies at the Institute of Archaeology, London. In 1961, under a UNESCO project, he conducted excavations in Nubia, Egypt, and brought to light valuable evidence relating to prehistoric and protohistoric periods of that country.
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    • The great civilization of the Indian subcontinent, has had its roots deep in antiquity, some seven to eight thousand years ago, and its flowering in the third millennium B.C. still lives on.^ Yet, they all want to believe that such things literally happened thousands of years ago.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ "When I began my career as a cosmologist some twenty years ago, I was a convinced atheist.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ A year ago I packaged some raw notes for a Sam chapter as: http://www.andyross.net/gash.pdf .
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .In contrast, when we look round the world we are surprised by the fact that the Egyptian and Mesopotamia civilizations that flourished alongside this Indic Civilization have all disappeared, leaving hardly any trace behind.^ The crucifixion continued until Heru, the Heavenly Father of all humankind, became one of the most obscure figures in both Egyptian and world history.

       ^ Until I'd done enough looking around, both inside and outside of me, and realized that this world is all there is.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Look at all the highly respected people over the last two centuries who voiced their opinions and hardly achieved anything.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       Why? .The Indian psyche has indeed been pondering over this great cultural phenomenon of 'livingness', and this quest.
    • What is that ‘something’, some inherent strength?^ With the impact of the Muslim culture, some sections of the Jainas began to denounce idol worship with great vehemence.
      • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

       ^ A bodhisattva should cultivate certain modes of thought and ponder on some great principles, so that he may understand why he should forgive others...

       .Doubtless it lies in the liberal character of the Indian civilization, which allows for cross-fertilization with other cultures, without losing its own identity.^ Accept the incoming with little tension, then redirect it without losing your own center.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ But he concludes that when man loses the respect for life, he ends up "losing his own identity."
      • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       ^ He helps Christians to engage in meaningful dialogue with other religions, learn from them without giving up their own Christian faith.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Even time (kala), the great devourer, has stood testimony to the fact that the deep foundations of Indian culture could not be shaken either by internal upheavals, however great may have been their magnitude....^ The Indian sources draw me more powerfully, because of their foundational status, their penetrating analytical style, and their connections with the wider web of Indo-European culture and thought.

       ^ I've argued many times that the long-standing faith traditions in the West have internalized this imperative, and have even actively upheld it.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ In fact, the West will even help the wolves to devour them.

       " the soul of India lives on!"

General Joseph Davey Cunningham (1812-1851) author of A history of the Sikhs, from the origin of the nation to the battles of the Sutlej
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    • Mathematical science was so perfect and astronomical observations so complete that the paths of the sun and the moon were accurately measured.^ Science is the perfect tool to "measure and quantify" not only music and other arts but also religion because science just is the business of measuring and quantifying natural phenomena in all their variety.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Archeology is just one branch of science that is used to prove the Bible accurate in what it says, although God is the perfect standard, not archeology.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Although His word is perfect, you do not need a complete and perfect understanding of it, just an accurate one on what are the essential teachings of God.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .The philosophy of the learned few was perhaps for the first time, firmly allied with the theology of the believing many, and Brahmanism laid down as articles of faith the unity of God, the creation of the world, the immortality of the soul, and the responsibility of man.^ The Hindus had believed that the soul or Atma was identical with Brahman or God, and that it was eternal.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ As the Lawgiver God will hold man responsible.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ If God created man, God is responsible for man's flaws.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       The remote dwellers upon the Ganges distinctly made known that future life about which Moses is silent or obscure, and that unity and Omnipotence of the Creator which were unknown to the polytheism of the Greek and Roman multitude, and to the dualism of Mithraic legislators, while Vyasa perhaps surpassed Plato in keeping the people tremblingly alive to the punishment which awaited evil deeds."

Professor Arthur Holmes (1895-1965) geologist, professor at the University of Durham. He writes regarding the age of the earth in his great book, The Age of Earth (1913)
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    • Long before it became a scientific aspiration to estimate the age of the earth, many elaborate systems of the world chronology had been devised by the sages of antiquity.^ I made my appearance teaching in many different worlds using different names, and explaining how long a period my teaching would be efficacious.

       ^ First is finding a sitting position that is comfortable for a long duration and second is squaring the body to tap into the earth's energy system.
      • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

       ^ There are many souls on this earth (whatever faith or belief systems they come from) who could hugely benefit from this unique course.
      • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

       The most remarkable of these occult time-scales is that of the ancient Hindus, whose astonishing concept of the Earth's duration has been traced back to Manusmriti, a sacred book.
    • When the Hindu calculation of the present age of the earth and the expanding universe could make Professor Holmes so astonished, the precision with which the Hindu calculation regarding the age of the entire Universe was made would make any man spellbound.
Count Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) was a Belgian writer of poetry, a wide variety of essays. He won the 1911 Nobel Prize for literature. In his book Mountain Paths, says
    • he falls back upon the earliest and greatest of Revelations, those of the Sacred Books of India with a Cosmogony which no European conception has ever surpassed.
Huston Smith born in China to Methodist missionaries, a philosopher, most eloquent writer, world-famous religion scholar who practices Hatha Yoga.
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    • The invisible excludes nothing, the invisible that excludes nothing is the infinite – the soul of India is the infinite.
    • Philosophers tell us that the Indians were the first ones to conceive of a true infinite from which nothing is excluded.^ I think the third option is the only one open to us; the first will lead to disaster, the second will not stand long in the courts.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Unfortunately there's no such thing as a group that represents all atheists so we can never take a vote that tells us what the true collective atheist position is.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ "The one true God is mentioned in places like Genesis 1:26, "Let US make man in our image, in our likeness..."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       The West shied away from this notion. The West likes form, boundaries that distinguish and demarcate. .The trouble is that boundaries also imprison – they restrict and confine.
    • India saw this clearly and turned her face to that which has no boundary or whatever.India anchored her soul in the infinite seeing the things of the world as masks of the infinite assumes – there can be no end to these masks, of course.^ There is no need for this marriage thing.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Of course there is tradition with these gods!

       ^ There is no they.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       If they express a true infinity. .And It is here that India’s mind boggling variety links up to her infinite soul.
    • India includes so much because her soul being infinite excludes nothing.” It goes without saying that the universe that India saw emerging from the infinite was stupendous.”
    • While the West was still thinking, perhaps, of 6,000 years old universe – India was already envisioning ages and eons and galaxies as numerous as the sands of the Ganges.^ To say the universe is 19 billion years old is far fetched.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Lindajean says that I am being dogmatic because: .
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Horror that goes without saying.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       The Universe so vast that modern astronomy slips into its folds without a ripple.”

Alan Watts (1915-1973) a professor, graduate school dean and research fellow of Harvard University
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    • To the philosophers of India, however, Relativity is no new discovery, just as the concept of light years is no matter for astonishment to people used to thinking of time in millions of kalpas, (A kalpa is about 4,320,000 years).^ No one has ever witnessed matter thinking.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ And that's just 20,000 years.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ About 10,000 people showed up at Bangor Auditorium, so I only saw his 5 minute stump out in the snow.

       The fact that the wise men of India have not been concerned with technological applications of this knowledge arises from the circumstance that technology is but one of innumerable ways of applying it.
    • It is, indeed, a remarkable circumstance that when Western civilization discovers Relativity it applies it to the manufacture of atom-bombs, whereas this Oriental civilization applies it to the development of new states of consciousness.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American Philosopher, Unitarian, social critic, transcendentalist and writer.
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    • In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial.--Walden
    • What extracts from the Vedas I have read fall on me like the light of a higher and purer luminary, which describes a loftier course through purer stratum.^ LJ says: "LOL, do you actually think the world is reading our blogs and that they are going to “get it” after digesting a Timmy or LJ post?"
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Like a big, prosperous, modern city growing up around a little old tumbledown churchhouse, the world has moved on.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ In Isaiah 64, we read that our righteousness are like filthy rags to God.
      • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

       .It rises on me like the full moon after the stars have come out, wading through some far stratum in the sky.
    • Whenever I have read any part of the Vedas, I have felt that some unearthly and unknown light illuminated me.^ Surely ye’ll all agree coming away with stuff like that at a Burns Supper of aw places is completely out o’ order!
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I also appreciate the fact that he didn't just preach to the choir but instead pointed out some problems that come with proclaiming yourself an atheist.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .In the great teaching of the Vedas, there is no touch of sectarianism.^ "There is no teaching by Jesus that prohibits women from fulfilling any role they wanted" .
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Atheism teaches that humans are just a biologically advanced animal, that there are no absolute standards for ethics, that meaning is what you create meaning to be and that ultimately life has no purpose.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ There is no teaching by Jesus that prohibits women from fulfilling any role they wanted.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .It is of all ages, climes and nationalities and is the royal road for the attainment of the Great Knowledge.^ Millennium (end): All nations will worship God at the Great White Throne judgment.
      • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

       .When I am at it, I feel that I am under the spangled heavens of a summer night.
    • The Vedas contain a sensible account of God.The veneration in which the Vedas are held is itself a remarkable feat.^ Wouldn't it be more sensible and beneficial to unite under the one thing that we do have in common, the disbelief in God or gods.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Is it acceptable or sensible to think that God changes His mind during the night?
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I guarantee that by the third such beverage you'll be well in orbit with that wonderful feeling that God's in his Heaven and all's weel wi' the wurld.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Their code embraced the whole moral life of the Hindus and in such a case there is no other truth than sincerity.^ Praise Allah, for there is no other but he!
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ I say that that is a lie and there is no truth in it.

       ^ There is no such thing possible.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Truth is such by reference to the heart of man within, not to any standard without.
    • The Hindus are most serenely and thoughtfully religious than the Hebrews.^ The philosophical dialogue, in contrast, can treat disinterestedly of such themes as the self, causality, time and space, knowledge and language, logic and ethics, relative and absolute truth, without any worry about religious issues.

       ^ Without Him there would be no matter, no reasoning, no logic, no truth, no universals, and no ethical standard, and for that matter, nothing would matter.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Where does he get off spewing such hostilities at a man who has some of the most sound arguments one can read on the internet and in print (about religion/atheism)?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .They have perhaps a purer, more independent and impersonal knowledge of God.^ They believed that the knowledge was revealed to them from God.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ They believed that the knowledge was revealed to them from God."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Beside this law written in their hearts, they received a command, not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which while they kept, they were happy in their communion with God,and had dominion over the creatures.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Their religious books describes the first inquisitive and contemplative access to God.
    • One sentence of the Bhagavad Gita, is worth the State of Massachusetts many times over.
    • Most books belong to the house and streets only, .^ I have stated many times that it is, and so has lindajean.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ There is only one God by nature, .
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ There is only one true God.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       . . .But this(Bhagavad Gita) . . . . addresses what is deepest and most abiding in man. . . . .Its truth speaks freshly to our experience.^ What we believe is modulated by our own experience, experiments, speculation and on on, and this activity refines our inherited beliefs in the general direction of better reflecting the truth.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       [the sentences of Manu] are a piece with depth and serenity and I am sure they will have a place and significance as long as there is a sky to test them by.

Will Durant (1885-1981) American historian.
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    • It is true that even across the Himalayan barrier India has sent to us such questionable gifts as grammar and logic, philosophy and fables, hypnotism and chess, and above all our numerals and our decimal system.^ Even if a sky god were responsible for creating and shaping us, we humans are in the epistemological predicament of starting from where we are and from what we are in our journey toward the truth.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ "Yes, and in all instances it reduces to dreaming about our own immortality, even if it is by proxy" .
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Weve seen that even the mega method of cleansing karma leaves a small residue of our karmic accumulation for us to expiate now.

       .But these are not the essence of her spirit; they are trifles compared to what we may learn from her in the future.
    • Perhaps in return for conquest, arrogance and spoliation, India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of the mature mind, the quiet content of the unacquisitive soul, the calm of the understanding spirit, and a unifying, a pacifying love for all living things.
    • India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy.^ I vow to study all teachings however limitless they may be.

       ^ Thus the Spirit of Knowledge is the Father of our souls, and the Spirit of Love is the Mother of our souls.

       ^ It is our imagination and creativity that separate us from all other living things.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.^ Maybe, LindaJean, many of the people there are different than many of the people here in ways neither of us know about.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ The introduction of a book or a gun caused us to lose our footing, to stumble on our way, to denounce our fathers and mothers.

       ^ However, we also affect the ecosystem in many other ways--we have probably caused the extinction of many species, however those extinctions have not hurt us much.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Nothing should more deeply shame the modern student than the recency and inadequacy of his acquaintance with India....This is the India that patient scholarship is now opening up like a new intellectual continent to that Western mind which only yesterday thought civilization an exclusive Western thing.
    • "As flowing rivers disappear in the sea, losing their name and form, thus a wise man, freed from name and form, goes to the divine person who is beyond all."^ It's all interesting, but nothing that a sensible modern person should base their lives on, imho.
      • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Things are flowing along as they should.
      • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Westerners should keep this in mind.
      • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

       .Such a theory of life and death will not please Western man, whose religion is as permeated with individualism as are his political and economic institutions.^ Much of contemporary African philosophy is impoverished because it fails to assess the conduct of institutions and individuals on the basis of the moral theories upheld by individuals in contemporary African societies.

       ^ Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires...The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace..."
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ For the most part religion is man's attempt at knowing God in which he/she invents a god that is suitable to his/her view of life based on earning the favor of that god by what he/she does.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       But it has satisfied the philosophical Hindu mind with astonishing continuity.
    • Even in Europe and America, this wistful theosophy has won millions upon millions of followers, from lonely women and tired men to Schopenhauer and Emerson.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) an author, essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister who lectured on theology at Harvard University.
    • I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad-Gita. .It was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us.
    • It is sublime as night and a breathless ocean.^ Samantabhadra (about second century A.D.) dilates on sallekhan which consists in abandoning the body for the accumulation of merit in calamities, famines, extreme old age and incurable diseases.
      • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

       ^ So let us cast off our old sinful "night life"- outrageous behavior, drunkenness, lustfulness, infidelity, contentiousness and envying.
      • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

       ^ I firmly believe in reincarnation, so when death comes (hopefully in advanced old age), I can face it with serenity.

       .It contains every religious sentiment, all the grand ethics which visit in turn each noble poetic mind....
    • The Indian teaching, through its clouds of legends, has yet a simple and grand religion, like a queenly countenance seen through a rich veil.^ GAD: "First of all, not all the wishful thinking of the religious nor the most advanced science has yet to provide a single shred of evidence for the "non-material" in this "material universe".
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ After all no one would ever think of taking harmless musings of god and mind powers and turn them in to a religion(s), would they?
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       ^ Like Andy most people have a "soft spot" for the idea of freewill, yet, despite all the hopping through of hoops, I haven't seen a truly convincing argument for it.
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
      • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

       .It teaches to speak truth, love others, and to dispose trifles.^ Others boldly proclaim the truth as journalists or newscasters, many teach our children, or teach at the college level; still others serve in hospitals as doctors and nurses.

       ^ From the Speaking the Truth in Love archives, Fr.
      • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

       ^ Speaking the Truth in Love .
      • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

       The East is grand - and makes Europe appear the land of trifles. ...all is soul and the soul is .Vishnu .
    • All science is transcendental or else passes away.^ "Men of devout faith during this time I taught people about Nento Buddha and others saying that I would end all sufferings and pass away.

       ^ I pray for my deceased relatives and for all those who have passed away, particularly for these individuals: (Sound the bell continuously while offering prayers.

       Botany is now acquiring the right theory - the avatars of Brahman will presently be the text-books of natural history.
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  • "Many Hindu intellectuals are just not able to comprehend the fact that there is no human aspiration or experience which lies outside the range of Hinduism; it provides for even demon-Gods.^ Are you or are you not convinced that there is no god?
    • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
    • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ I don't "believe there is no god."
    • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
    • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Should it be simply that there is no God?
    • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
    • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

     In contrast, all religions are in the nature of sects, though they cannot be so defined because of their insistence on their separateness and, indeed, hostility to Hinduism " [2]

On relation of Hinduism with Jainism and Buddhism

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  • "In view of deliberate attempts in recent decades to project Buddhism and Jainism as separate religions, distinct from Hinduism, it would be in order to deal with them in passing.^ At both these places, there are the ruins of both Jaina and Hindu temples which indicate that the followers of Brahmanical religion and Jainism lived in peace and amity in this region.
    • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Muslims would have others believe that Islam is a religion of peace, but this is problematic both in view of its past history and its current policies and practices.

     ^ The deliberate attempt by the European to separate Africans from the classical civilizations of the Nile is one of the biggest falsifications in history.

     the attempts have clearly been motivated by the design to separate their followers from the parent body called Hinduism just as Sikhs have been to an extent. Though not to the same extent as in the case of Sikhs, the attempts have succeeded in as much as neo-Buddhists and at least some Jains have come to regard themselves as non-Hindus.
In reality, however, Buddhisms and Jainism have been no more than movements within the larger body of Hinduism, not significantly different from Lingayats, Saktas or Bhaktas of more recent times." [3]
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  • "Over time, apparent misunderstandings have arisen over the origins of Jainism and relationship with its sister religions of Hinduism and Buddhism.^ The major religions of the world, such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism are all imperialistic and seek to spread their views and ethics and power as wide as possible.
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     ^ The kings used to worship both Hindu gods and Jaina Trthakaras at the same time and used to participate in the affairs and functions of both the religions.
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     ^ If I am wrong then billions of others who profess no religion, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, primitive religions, Wicca, and on and on and on are all destined to burn in hell.
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     .There has been an ongoing debate between Jainism and Vedic Hinduism as to which revelation preceded the other.^ And there is a non-duality between spiritual bondage and freedom on the one hand and political and economic bondage and freedom on the other.

     ^ There is a direct historical continuity between the romantic tradition and the new paradigm in science of Fritjof Capra and others.
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     ^ At both these places, there are the ruins of both Jaina and Hindu temples which indicate that the followers of Brahmanical religion and Jainism lived in peace and amity in this region.
    • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

     .What is historically known is that there was a tradition along with Vedic Hinduism known as Sramana Dharma.^ Why should we care how far the main threads of ancient Hindu tradition can be said to parallel historic threads in Christian belief?
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     ^ It is well known that Hinduism has been historically associated with the caste system in India .

     ^ There is a direct historical continuity between the romantic tradition and such new paradigms in science as quantum holism and transpersonal psychology.
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     .Essentially, the sramana tradition included it its fold, the Jain and Buddhist traditions, which disagreed with the eternality of the Vedas, the needs for ritual sacrifices and the supremacy of the Brahmins."^ The elected include practitioners of many spiritual traditions including: Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Taoist, and Indigenous traditions, to name a few.
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     [4]
  • " As to Jains being Hindu dissenters, and, therefore governable by Hindu law, we are not told this date of secession [...] Jainism certainly has a longer history than is consistent with its being a creed of dissenters from Hinduism." [5]
  • "Jainas themselves have no memory of a time when they fell within the Vedic fold. Any theory that attempts to link the two traditions, moreover fails to appreciate rather distinctive and very non-vedic character of Jaina cosmology, soul theory, karmic doctrine and atheism" [6]

References

  1. ↑ Bhagavad Gita - By S. Radhakrishnan
  2. ↑ Page 5, The Hindu Phenomenon, ISBN 81-86112-32-4.
  3. ↑ page 24-25, The Hindu Phenomenon, ISBN 81-86112-32-4.
  4. ↑ Harry Oldmeadow (2007) Light from the East: Eastern Wisdom for the Modern West, World Wisdom, Inc. ISBN 1933316225
  5. ↑ . L. Jaini, (1916) Jaina Law, Bhadrabahu Samhita, (Text with translation ) Arrah, Central jaina publishing House p.12-13
  6. ↑ .S. Jaini, (1979), The Jaina Path to Purification, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, p. 169

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 ^ In the Tao, you are blind, and you have to learn how to be blind.
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 ^ In interpretation, how do you learn how to differentiate?
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 ^ A big thank you also to everyone who has helped me out in one way or the other.

 ^ MBIOF - You did not place that statement in quotes, and I tuned out your links after you started re-posting them ad nauseum.
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 .This will help you find materials such as information, media and quotations on which to base the development of "Hinduism" as an educational resource.^ Lindajean said: "You have not answered my question about other non-material experiences such as love, compassion, etc."
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 ^ Are you telling me that you can not find $500.00 a month to help out the third world.
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 ^ For you to make such a statement as that while you type on a computer which would not exist if it wasnt for science,more specifically quauntum mechinics, I find laughable.
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 .However, please do not simply copy-and-paste large chunks from other projects.^ To take just one post (it is not possible to highlight, copy and paste so many others, all just as ridiculous or even more so this sample will have to do): .
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 ^ But please, continue to point out to everyone how it is not good enough for me to simply be against things that are harmful to others.
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 ^ A large chunk of the population was finding other ways to experience their "spirituality".
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 .You can also use the links in the blue box to help you classify this page by subject, educational level and resource type.^ Timmy, when you use language like this to describe God it shows a level of sophistication that is not appreciated and you do not represent your cause well.
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 ^ Gad replied: "It's your term, "monkey brain" or more correctly "monkey mind" that you have used often, from your very first post on this subject.
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 ^ But you seem (and I use that word because it is my subjective perception) to like to hurl "crap" when I don't agree with you.
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.HINDUISM, a term generally employed to comprehend the social institutions, past and present, of the Hindus who form the great majority of the people of India; as well as the multitudinous crop of their religious beliefs which has grown up, in the course of many centuries, on the foundation of the Brahmanical scriptures.^ So I understand criticizing people's religious beliefs.
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 ^ The philosophy of Bhakti seeks contact with the personal form of Brahman, which explains the proliferation of so many Gods and Goddesses in India, often reflecting the singular inclinations of small regions or groups of people.
  • Hinduism Hindu Religion: Discussion Metaphysics Philosophy of HinduismBeliefs, Hindu Gods 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.spaceandmotion.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It is widely recognised that most elements of present day Hinduism descended from the amalgam of the religious beliefs of the Aryans who are said to have come into India (West Punjab) around 1750 B.C.E. and those of the earlier peoples who reportedly were the founders of the Indus valley civilization.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 .The actual proportion of the total population of India (294 millions) included under the name of "Hindus" has been computed in the census report for 1901 at something like 70% (206 millions); the remaining 30% being made up partly of the followers of foreign creeds, such as Mahommedans, Parsees, Christians and Jews, partly of the votaries of indigenous forms of belief which have at various times separated from the main stock, and developed into independent systems, such as Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism; and partly of isolated hill and jungle tribes, such as the Santals, Bhils (Bhilla) and Kols, whose crude animistic tendencies have hitherto kept them, either wholly or for the most part, outside the pale of the Brahmanical community.^ India's Muslim community is 13.4% of the population, Christians 24 million and Sikhs 19 million.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Is he a Christian or something like a deist?
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 ^ Being of such a nature, he was also impressed by Jainism.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 .The name "Hindu" itself is of foreign origin, being derived from the Persians, by whom the river Sindhu was called Hindhu, a name subsequently applied to the inhabitants of that frontier district, and gradually extended over the upper and middle reaches of the Gangetic valley, whence this whole tract of country between the Himalaya and the Vindhya mountains, west of Bengal, came to be called by the foreign conquerors "Hindustan," or the abode of the Hindus; whilst the native writers called it "Aryavarta," or the abode of the Aryas.^ He applies it to the Beings whom he introduces as .
  • The Texts of Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC terebess.hu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ In this speech of Confucius we have, I believe, the origin of the name Lo-dze, as applied to the master of Toism.
  • The Texts of Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC terebess.hu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ We have the ability to comprehend spiritual things and to believe in a supreme being whom we call "God."
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]
.But whilst, in its more comprehensive acceptation, the term Hinduism would thus range over the entire historical development of Brahmanical India, it is also not infrequently used in a narrower sense, as denoting more especially the modern phase of Indian social and religious institutions - from the earlier centuries of the Christian era down to our own days - as distinguished from the period dominated by the authoritative doctrine of pantheistic belief, formulated by the speculative theologians during the centuries immediately succeeding the Vedic period (see Brahmanism).^ Likewise, Robert Aitken Rōshi traced the roots of contemporary engaged Buddhism to the Judeo-Christian West when in 1984 he wrote, “We do not find Buddhist social movements developing until the late nineteenth century, under the influence of Christianity and Western ideas generally.” ( 17 ) Queen is even more specific about the origins of this modern East-West blend.
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 ^ They were around during the events described, no twentieth century armchair liberal theologian was.
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 ^ We have access to information in this modern era,that our ancestors could only dream of.
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 .In this its more restricted sense the term may thus practically be taken to apply to the later bewildering variety of popular sectarian forms of belief, with its social concomitant, the fully developed caste-system.^ Midianites, which may make more sense...
  • The Simpsons Archive: Religion on the Simpsons 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.snpp.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The processes by which the establishment changed belief and practice at the time were much the same in both religions and are still used and applied today.
  • ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY and JUDAISM 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.solhaam.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ By the end of this essay, I hope to have synthesized some methodological approaches that may have the potential to bear more fruitful conclusions concerning the status of Buddhist social teaching and practice.
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 .But, though one may at times find it convenient to speak of "Brahmanism and Hinduism," it must be clearly understood that the distinction implied in the combination of these terms is an extremely vague one, especially from the chronological point of view.^ It is incredibly difficult to find these little points and extremely difficult to cultivate them.

 ^ Be that as it may, I must confess (it is Sunday morning--an appropriate time to bear all), and I would be totally awry if I did not stand up to speak my own thoughts, while defending all others' right to do so.
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 ^ The objects of veneration and worship in Hindu temples are very startling to those not familiar with the history of this hoary religion (One has to remember that the term religion is very loosely applied to Hinduism.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 .The following considerations will probably make this clear.^ I just want to make perfectly clear that although religion can be helpful in creating a way to live, coping with hard situations, and supplying happiness to its followers, I myself, and probably others as well, do much better with the understanding that I have of the world.
  • The Evil of Christianity | Progressive U 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.progressiveu.org [Source type: Original source]
.The characteristic tenet of orthodox Brahmanism consists in the conception of an absolute, all-embracing spirit, the Brahma (neutr.^ Yet these ultra-microscopic genes and their companions, the chromosomes, inhabit every living cell and are the absolute keys to all human, animal and vegetable characteristics.
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 ^ In the Buddhist conception of Nirvana no account was taken of the all-god Brahma.
  • http://www.mb-soft.com/believe/txo/buddhism.htm 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.mb-soft.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Kangiten symbolised the union of the Individual with the Universal Spirit and consists of two Vinayakas embracing each other.
  • Hindu Wisdom - Symbolism in Hinduism 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.hinduwisdom.info [Source type: Original source]

 ), being the one and only reality, itself un- .Connexion conditioned, and the original cause and ultimate with goal of all individual souls (jiva, i.e. living things).^ All living things die.

 ^ When I say "we", I mean all living things.
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 ^ And perhaps the species is all living things.
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 .Brah- Coupled with this abstract conception are two other manism* doctrines, viz.^ The other couple that comes to mind is an Aussie one: The man was eighty two years old and his wife eighty years old when I met them.
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 ^ A widely prevalent conception of Islam's doctrinal and historical treatment of Jews rests on two false pillars ...
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 first, the transmigration of souls .(sainsara), regarded by Indian thinkers as the necessary complement of a belief in the essential sameness of all the various spiritual units, however contaminated, to a greater or less degree, they may be by their material embodiment; and in their ultimate re-union with the Paramatman, or Supreme Self; and second, the assumption of a triple manifestation of the ceaseless working of that Absolute Spirit as a creative, conservative and destructive principle, represented respectively by the divine personalities of Brahma (masc.^ In fact they are not the same situation at all.
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 ^ Second, if that were true, we're all in the same boat.
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 ^ How can this be, if they all get the same divine words from the same god?

 ), .Vishnu and Siva, forming the Trimurti or Triad.^ The Hindu Trinity also called Trimurti (meaning three forms), is the representation of the three manifestations of the Supreme Reality , as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
  • Hindu Wisdom - Symbolism in Hinduism 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.hinduwisdom.info [Source type: Original source]

 .As regards this latter, purely exoteric, doctrine, there can be little doubt of its owing its origin to considerations of theological expediency, as being calculated to supply a sufficiently wide formula of belief for general acceptance; and the very fact of this divine triad including the two principal deities of the later sectarian worship, Vishnu and Siva, goes far to show that these two gods at all events must have been already in those early days favourite objects of popular adoration to an extent sufficient to preclude their being ignored by a diplomatic priesthood bent upon the formulation of a common creed.^ The Dai-Gohonzon is not the foremost object of worship for all mankind.

 ^ Of course there is tradition with these gods!

 ^ In fact, I have very little to say about them.

 .Thus, so far from sectarianism being a mere modern development of Brahmanism, it actually goes back to beyond the formulation of the Brahmanical creed.^ The pantheist mystic knows with sharp clarity far beyond the mere disbelief of the atheist that the male ruler of the universe, the ogre in the sky god is a myth.
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 ^ And some of the things that it poisons run so deep, and so far back, that a great raising of awareness is necessary to see beyond what has become accepted norms.
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 ^ His topic was, in fact, the Western God but the argument goes far beyond that.
  • Religion: The Appendix of Modern Society 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.adequacy.org [Source type: Original source]

 .Nay, when, on analysing the functions and attributes of those two divine figures, each of them is found to be but a compound of several previously recognized deities, sectarian worship may well be traced right up to the Vedic age.^ I mean, you're right, things are too complex and may always be well beyond our understanding, but that doesn't preclude the existance of some kind of "god".
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ This is one of those cases where you've just gotta acknowledge the good as well as the bad and chalk it up to human perversity.
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 ^ There’s several reasons offered: The two Books of Maccabees are in the Alexandrian Greek version, and only those Books in the original Hebrew are included.

 .That the theory of the triple manifestation of the deity was indeed only a compromise between Brahmanical aspirations and popular worship, probably largely influenced by the traditional sanctity of the number three, is sufficiently clear from the fact that, whilst Brahma, the creator, and at the same time the very embodiment of Brahmanical class pride, has practically remained a mere figurehead in the actual worship of the people, Siva, on the other hand, so far from being merely the destroyer, is also the unmistakable representative of generative and reproductive power in nature.^ It limits the number of embryos created for each treatment to three, all of which have to be implanted at the same time.
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 ^ It means that people are not being honest with each other.
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 ^ So very very far from the same argument.
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 In fact, Brahma, having performed his legitimate part in the mundane evolution by his original creation of the universe, has retired into the background, being, as it were, looked upon as functus officio, like a venerable figure of a former generation, whence in epic poetry he is commonly styled pitamaha, " the grandsire." But despite the artificial character of the Trimurti, it has retained to this day at least its theoretical validity in orthodox Hinduism, whilst it has also undoubtedly exercised considerable influence in shaping sectarian belief, in promoting feelings of toleration towards the claims of rival deities; and in a tendency towards identifying divine figures newly sprung into popular favour with one or other of the principal deities, and thus helping to bring into vogue that notion of avatars, or periodical descents or incarnations of the deity, which has become so prominent a feature of the later sectarian belief.
.Under more favourable political conditions, the sacerdotal class might perhaps, in course of time, have succeeded in imposing something like an effective common creed on the heterogeneous medley of races and tribes scattered over the peninsula, just as they certainly did succeed in establishing the social prerogative of their own order over the length and breadth of India.^ Are you just asking people to be more polite when they disagree with you?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ They are just like your worldview.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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 ^ Sounds more like something I'd say" .
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .They were, however, fated to fall far short of such a consummation; and at all times orthodox Brahmanism has had to wink at, or ignore, all manner of gross superstitions and repulsive practices, along with the popular worship of countless hosts of godlings, demons, spirits and ghosts, and mystic objects and symbols of every description.^ They have all been answered many times.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ They did so, however, in a clandestine manner.

 ^ They have worshipped any object which they prefer, or practically none.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 .Indeed, according to a recent account by a close observer of the religious practices prevalent in southern India, fully four-fifths of the people of the Dravidian race, whilst nominally acknowledging the spiritual guidance of the Brahmans, are to this day practically given over to the worship of their nondescript local village deities (grama-devata), usually attended by animal sacrifices frequently involving the slaughter, under revolting circumstances, of thousands of victims.^ Well, if it is for the "elites" then chances are most religious people are not going to practice it, let alone believe it.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ According to the four Pattavalis 219 , Bhadalapura is in Malwa, while the fifth Paval tells us more corrcetly, that it was in the South.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Mystical realism means that Dôgen’s thought is always directed to and anchored in zazen practice, and that language and conceptuality are given their due role in the spiritual process.

 .Curiously enough these local deities are nearly all of the female, not the male sex.^ SAIVISM: Personal God and temple Deity is Siva, neither male nor female.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The fact of the matter is that, taken all together, If poems suggest that Oldmar is, in essence, a spiritual entity; as such, describing Oldmar as male (or female) is inappropriate.

 ^ In a world where the male has physical dominance over the female, the combination of the male sex drive to spread the seed, and the male jealousy, was a conflict causing problem that found a solution in religion.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .In the estimation of these people "Siva and Vishnu may be more dignified beings, but the village deity is regarded as a more present help in trouble, and more intimately concerned with the happiness and prosperity of the villagers.^ The angel tale or story is no more than the attempt to help muslims understand the nature of being able to do good and bad.

 ^ After ten or so generations people would be regarding as factual that which they were being told was factual.
  • ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY and JUDAISM 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.solhaam.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Abdu'l-Bahá was not a manifestation of God, but he is regarded as more than ordinary human being, Thus his writings are not considered revealed word, but are regarded as sacred and as scripture.
  • Baha'i Faith - encyclopedia article - Citizendium 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC en.citizendium.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .The origin of this form of Hinduism is lost in antiquity, but it is probable that it represents a pre-Aryan religion, more or less modified in various parts of south India by Brahmanical influence.^ Hindus have represented God in innumerable forms.
  • Hindu Wisdom - Symbolism in Hinduism 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.hinduwisdom.info [Source type: Original source]

 ^ We might note here that the Eastern religions described here all originated in India, and that Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism were offshoots of Hinduism.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ He elevated Buddhism to the level of a state religion and sent missionaries not only to all parts of India but also to Sri Lanka, West Asia, Central Asia and China.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 .At the same time, many of the deities themselves are of quite recent origin, and it is easy to observe a deity in making even at the present day."^ At the same time many phonies have been exposed.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Many deities are themselves a result of amalgamation of two or more deities.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ On the contrary, Bat Ye'or multiplies comparable passages from Islamic sages of many times and locales, from the time of Muhammad to the present day.

 2 It is a significant fact that, whilst in the worship of Siva and Vishnu, at which no animal sacrifices are offered, the officiating priests are almost invariably Brahmans, this is practically never the case at the popular performance of those "gloomy and weird rites for the propitiation of angry deities, or the driving away of evil spirits, when the pujaris (or ministrants) are drawn from all other castes, even from the Pariahs, the out-caste section of Indian society." As from the point of view of religious belief, so also from that of social organization no clear line of demarcation can be. drawn between Brahmanism and Hinduism. .Though it was not till later times that the network of class divisions and subdivisions attained anything like the degree of intricacy which it shows in these latter days, still in its origin the caste-system is undoubtedly coincident with the rise of Brahmanism, and may even be said to be of the very essence of it.3 The cardinal principle which underlies the system of caste is the preservation of purity of descent, and purity of religious belief and ceremonial usage.^ Kodie, where have I said anything that even resembles that?
  • Does Atheism Make Life Meaningless? | Unreasonable Faith 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC unreasonablefaith.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Is the caste system an eternal principle?
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Though psychiatrists and psychologists may choose to use quite different jargon and terminology, the scientific essence of this conclusion should be obvious truth to any psychiatrists and psychologists whose degree is worth the paper it is written upon, as well as being fundamental to the very science they practice.

 .Now, that same principle had been operative from the very dawn of the history of Aryanized India.^ Ram occupies a very reverential place in the religious life of India and in the religious history of the world.
  • Hindu Wisdom - Symbolism in Hinduism 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.hinduwisdom.info [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Here we find the same universal principle of not harming that in India is called ahimsa .
  • Ethics of Daoism and Mo-zi by Sanderson Beck 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.san.beck.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLS: Vedanta, Sankhya, Lokayata In the history of religious beliefs in ancient India, philosophical and speculative thought played a very important role.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 .The social organism of the Aryan tribe did not probably differ essentially from that of most communities at that primitive stage of civilization; whilst the body of the people - the Vis (or aggregate of Vaisyas) - would be mainly occupied with agricultural and pastoral pursuits, two professional classes - those of the warrior and the priest - had already made good their claim to social distinction.^ What if all people did not agree on what is civilized.
  • The Evil of Christianity | Progressive U 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.progressiveu.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ For him to claim that he was without sin was either one of the most arrogant claims ever made by a human being, or it was the truth.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Millions of years ago, atmospheric CO2 concentrations may have been more than 10 times today’s, but the climate probably would have been entirely different too.
  • Copenhagen climate summit: 'most important paper in the world' is a glorified UN press release – Telegraph Blogs 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC blogs.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]

 .As yet, however, the tribal community would still feel one in race and traditional usage.^ Yet, this is a traditional definition and one found in various dictionaries, encyclopedias, philosophical textbooks.
  • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Perhaps I have not fully read up on all of the subjects yet, but I have one issue that still keeps nagging at me.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ However, those communications merely were being transmitted from one side of the brain to the other and were mistakenly construed as coming from an outside source.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 But 1 "It is, perhaps, by surveying India that we at this day can best represent to ourselves and appreciate the vast external reform worked upon the heathen world by Christianity, as it was organized and executed throughout Europe by the combined authority of the Holy Roman Empire and the Church Apostolic." Sir Alfred C. Lyall, Asiatic Studies, i. 2.
2 Henry Whitehead, D.D., bishop of Madras, The Village Deities of Southern India (Madras, 1907).
.The effect of caste is to give all Hindu society a religious basis."Sir A. C. Lyall, Brahmanism. when the fair-coloured Aryan immigrants first came in contact with, and drove back or subdued the dark-skinned race that occupied the northern plains - doubtless the ancestors of the modern Dravidian people - the preservation of their racial type and traditionary order of things would naturally become to them a matter of serious concern.^ All are natural, and all can be shown to have measurable effects.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.” Albert Einstein .
  • The Democratic Party | PartyBuilder | Buddhism 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC my.democrats.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The complex religion that people developed later, with all its trappings, incorporating the experiences and beliefs of those that came after Buddha, is a human attempt to translate Buddha’s teachings into a basis for society (that was rooted in Hindu traditions) and the life of the ordinary human being who needs images and rituals as part of his life.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .In the extreme northwestern districts - the Punjab and Rajputana, judging from the fairly uniform physical features of the present population of these parts - they seem to have been signally successful in their endeavour to preserve their racial purity, probably by being able to clear a sufficiently extensive area of the original occupants for themselves with their wives and children to settle upon.^ Rational minded folks, often intelligent and scientific-minded persons, seem fond of being "agnostic" or "atheist" these days.
  • Izabael Muses: Ramblings of a Renegade Djinn (Genie,Djinni,Jinn): Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC izabael.typepad.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Part of reading with understanding is entertaining the propositions presented sufficiently seriously to give the impression to a casual observer of having embraced the truth of those propositions.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ And then explain why these "they" should be described in such a way that makes them seem so threatening?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The case was, however, very different in the adjoining valley of the Jumna and Ganges, the sacred Madhyadesa or Middle-land of classical India.^ His true meaning, however, as He himself clearly announced, was very different.

 ^ In fact, the sacred river Ganges in India is named after an Ethiopian king called Emperor Ganges who conquered Asia as far as India.

 ^ These were removed from classical and Christian buildings in Spain and North Africa, but were of very unequal height, so had to be sunk in the floor at different levels.

 Here the Aryan immigrants were not allowed to establish themselves without undergoing a considerable admixture of foreign blood. .It must remain uncertain whether it was that the thickly-populated character of the land scarcely admitted of complete occupation, but only of a conquest by an army of fighting men, starting from the Aryanized region - who might, however, subsequently draw women of their own kin after them - or whether, as has been suggested, a second Aryan invasion of India took place at that time through the mountainous tracts of the upper Indus and northern Kashmir, where the nature of the road would render it impracticable for the invading bands to be accompanied by women and children.^ If, however, the teacher decided that all students who made from 90 to 100 would get an "A" rating, all who got between 80 and 89 would receive a "B" grade, and so forth, this would be fair.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Lesson of the story : In India, you could kill innocent Muslim men, rape their women, burn their children and still could become the country's prime minister.

 ^ LJ, you remind me of those people who think that if they legalize marijuana, the people will go crazy and start smoking pot all over the place.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Be this as it may, the physical appearance of the population of this central region of northern India - Hindustan and Behar - clearly points to an intermixture of the tall, fair-coloured, fine-nosed Aryan with the short-sized, dark-skinned, broad-nosed Dravidian; the latter type becoming more pronounced towards the lower strata of the social order.'^ "There is a strong reason the think," declares Joseph McCabe, "that man was at first very dark of skin, wooly haired and flat nosed."

 ^ Conclusion That is the type of Knowledge that Jesus had to purify and perfect in order to become the Messiah (or the Maashua), the Savior of other identities and individualities.

 ^ It's a good starting point toward a more specific worldview, but it is inadequate in and or itself.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 Now, it was precisely in this part of India that mainly arose the body of literature which records the gradual rise of the Brahmanical hierarchy and the early development of the castesystem.
.The problem that now lay before the successful invaders was how to deal with the indigenous people, probably vastly outnumbering them, without losing their own racial identity.^ When people believe things without evidence, they are left with no way to accurately judge whether or not what they believe reflects how things really are.

 ^ You have still offered no practical specific ideas of how to deal with the problem that any of us have not already thought of and moved beyond.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Lindajean, if you were "deeply annoyed" before your probably going ballistic now, I recommend meditation, I heard it can help you transcend the harsh facts of reality so you don't have to deal with them.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .They dealt with them in the way the white race usually deals with the coloured race - they kept them socially apart.^ Hippie soul), but it was something they did and kept to themselves and didn't push it in social situations.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ There are, by the way, likely many experiences people are to have if they spend prolonged time in social isolation--loneliness will probably the the most significant experience.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ While better ways of living socially and politically and better utilisation of nature around us may be termed civilization, they are not enough to be a cultured individual.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 The land being appropriated by the conquerors, husbandry, as the most respectable industrial occupation, became the legitimate calling of the Aryan settler, the Vaisya; whilst handicrafts, gradually multiplying with advancing civilization and menial service, were assigned to the subject race. .The generic name applied to the latter was Sudra, originally probably the name of one of the subjected tribes.^ In this speech of Confucius we have, I believe, the origin of the name Lo-dze, as applied to the master of Toism.
  • The Texts of Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC terebess.hu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It seems to me that Atheists don't need to cast off their generic name, they need to realize that this generic name is not an appropriate one size fits all solution.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Three of those uses generally apply in the Bahá'í context: "scripture" as referring to sacred Bahá'í texts, "scripture" as works used scripturally in a devotional context, and "scripture" as texts used to determine one's faith and practice.
  • Baha'i Faith - encyclopedia article - Citizendium 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC en.citizendium.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .So far the social development proceeded on lines hardly differing from those with which one is familiar in the history of other nations.^ And so it was with others, each one finding different things.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ If he chooses to break those laws, just like in any other society, there are consequences (And without Christ in the long run, eternal ones)."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ But could one trace similar developments in social theory in Buddhist discourse prior to the modern era, and if so, might other (traditionist) engaged Buddhists be justified in emphasizing more continuity?
  • Engaged Buddhism: New and Improved!(?) Made in the U. S. A. of Asian Materials 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.buddhistethics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 The Indo-Aryans, however, went a step farther. .What they did was not only to keep the native race apart from social intercourse with themselves, but to shut them out from all participation in their own higher aims, and especially in their own religious convictions and ceremonial practices.^ They all convinced themselves of their views just as I did.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ They did not call themselves 'Atheists'.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ In other words, we should all consider that our own perspective is only one of the millions of sides to the Truth.
  • The Evil of Christianity | Progressive U 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.progressiveu.org [Source type: Original source]

 .So far from attempting to raise their standard of spiritual life, or even leaving it to ordinary intercourse to gradually bring about a certain community of intellectual culture and religious sentiment, they deliberately set up artificial barriers in order to prevent their own traditional modes of worship from being contaminated with the obnoxious practices of the servile race.^ Concerns are being raised in religious communities about the ethics of denying services.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ We need worship in order to fulfill our nature as spiritual beings.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Just a set-up for the punishment after this life.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The serf, the Sudra, was not to worship the gods of the Aryan freemen.^ Aryanism was sun-worship and the Holocaust was a sacrifice to the Aryan sun god.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 The result was the system of four castes (varna, i.e." colour "; or jati," gens "). .Though the Brahman, who by this time had firmly secured his supremacy over the kshatriya, or noble, in matters spiritual as well as in legislative and administrative functions, would naturally be the prime mover in this regulation of the social 4 Thus, in Berar," there is a strong non-Aryan leaven in the dregs of the agricultural class, derived from the primitive races which have gradually melted down into settled life, and thus become fused with the general community, while these same races are still distinct tribes in the wild tracts of hill and jungle."Sir Alfred C. Lyall, As.^ One who is of the nature of time itself .
  • Hindu Baby Boy Names - Hindu Boy Name List - Hindu Baby Boys Names Meaning 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC babynames.indobase.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ These are all words of the same nature.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ As her illness progressed we witnessed her loss of mobility, her pleasures in her remaining abilities, the indignities of a body shutting down and the dignity that can still remain as life ebbs.

 St., i. 6.
order, there seems no reason to believe that the other two upper classes were not equally interested in seeing their hereditary privileges thus perpetuated by divine sanction. .Nothing, indeed, is more remarkable in the whole development of the caste-system than the jealous pride which every caste, from the highest to the lowest, takes in its own peculiar occupation and sphere of life.^ Atheism is nothing more than a conclusion.

 ^ It has been seen from the eighteenth of the Books of Kwang-dze what affinities there were between Toism and the Indian system; and there can be no doubt that the introduction of the latter into China did more than anything else to affect the development of the Toistic system.
  • The Texts of Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC terebess.hu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ These striking and beautiful methods are just a part of a complete system of mathematics which is far more systematic than the modern 'system'.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 .The distinctive badge of a member of the three upper castes was the sacred triple cord or thread (sutra) - made of cotton, hemp or wool, according to the respective caste - with which he was invested at the upanayana ceremony, or initiation into the use of the sacred savitri, or prayer to the sun (also called gayatri), constituting his second birth.^ Sacred Thread (Upanayana) After those periods men of these three (castes) who have not received the sacrament at the proper time, become Vratyas (outcastes), excluded from the Savitri (initiation) and despised by the Aryans.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ We get an insight into the boy's mind when during his thread ceremony he riddled the officiating priest, with questions as to how the mere placing of a thread around his body could initiate him into the religion.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ In 1971, when I was initiated into the mystico-spiritual Radha Soami Satsang Beas path, I made some supposedly lifetime vows myself.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Whilst the Arya was thus a dvi-ja, or twice-born, the Sudra remained unregenerate during his lifetime, his consolation being the hope that, on the faithful performance of his duties in this life, he might hereafter be born again into a higher grade of life.^ Thus, the embodied being becomes the performer of many actions and is helplessly bound by their consequences.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Out of this organic life personality came into being, the culmination to date being man.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I've been in some scary, some heartbreaking and some dangerous situations during my long life and never has it occurred to me to seek help from a supernatural being.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 .In later times, the strict adherence to caste duties would naturally receive considerable support from the belief in the transmigration of souls, already prevalent before Buddha's time, and from the very general acceptance of the doctrine of karma (" deed "), or retribution, according to which a man's present station and manner of life are the result of the sum-total of his actions and thoughts in his former existence; as his actions here will again, by the same automatic process of retribution, determine his status and condition in his next existence.^ As Jainism was prevalent in Mathura in early times, it may have been in existence here also.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Karma’ is an Eastern religious concept in contradistinction to ‘faith’ espoused by Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), which view all human dramas as the will of God as opposed to present – and past – life actions.
  • Copenhagen climate summit: 'most important paper in the world' is a glorified UN press release – Telegraph Blogs 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC blogs.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ Without it, divisions would blur with passing generations; children would adapt to new times, mingle, intermarry, forget ancient wounds.

 .Though this doctrine is especially insisted upon in Buddhism, and its designation as a specific term (Pali, Kamma) may be due to that creed, the notion itself was doubtless already prevalent in pre-Buddhist times.^ This returns to the To that gave it, and may be regarded indeed as that To operating in the body during the time of life, and in due time receives a new embodiment.
  • The Texts of Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC terebess.hu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ This may not be so surprising when we consider that the term “Hinduism” itself is not in traditional, pre-colonial Hindu literature.
  • Hindu Philosophy [The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.iep.utm.edu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Like most people (especially those raised Christian, like I was), I had always assumed that Jesus had really existed, even though he may not have been divine.

 .It would even seem to be necessarily and naturally implied in Brahmanical belief in metempsychosis; whilst in the doctrine of Buddha, who admits no soul, the theory of the net result or fruit of a man's actions serving hereafter to form or condition the existence of some new individual who will have no conscious identity with himself, seems of a peculiarly artificial and mystic character.^ No theories, just the belief in God who does not change.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ According to some it would seem that way.

 ^ ME: "No theories, just the belief in God who does not change.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .But, be this as it may," the doctrine of karma is certainly one of the firmest beliefs of all classes of Hindus, and the fear that a man shall reap as he has sown is an appreciable element in the average morality.^ It’s all one mans preference over another’s.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ If they nuke one city, we shall have a pretext to glaze over half the Middle East with radioactive silicate and thus bury the hotheads once and for all.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Our morals now may not be much better, but they are certainly different.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .. the idea of forgiveness is absolutely wanting; evil done may indeed be outweighed by meritorious deeds so far as to ensure a better existence in the future, but it is not effaced, and must be atoned for "(Census Report, i. 364).
.In spite, however, of the artificial restrictions placed on the intermarrying of the castes, the mingling of the two races seems to have proceeded at a tolerably rapid rate.^ Experiences that seem transcendent, however we finally place them in the Rumsfeldian recursion, are what makes life seem worth living.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Indeed, the paucity of women of the Aryan stock would probably render these mixed unions almost a necessity from the very outset; and the vaunted purity of blood which the caste rules were calculated to perpetuate can scarcely have remained of more than a relative degree even in the case of the Brahman caste.^ Daily life at the more than 100 Islamic schools for girls and women in the Northwest Frontier Province of Palistan is discussed.
  • Islam 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ According to statistics, about 80% of the more than 2,000 women currently in prison were convicted under Hudood laws.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Gen Musharraf announced last week that he would amend the existing laws that place an almost impossible burden of proof on women bringing a case of rape.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Certain it is that mixed castes are found referred to at a comparatively early period; and at the time of Buddha - some five or six centuries before the Christian era - the social organization would seem to have presented an appearance not so very unlike that of modern times.^ Nothing ever happened to me like that before, but after some time I was afraid, very afraid.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ According to some it would seem that way.

 ^ In modern times, he might have been referring to the BBC. .
  • Copenhagen climate summit: 'most important paper in the world' is a glorified UN press release – Telegraph Blogs 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC blogs.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]

 .It must be confessed, however, that our information regarding the development of the caste-system is far from complete, especially in its earlier stages.^ These striking and beautiful methods are just a part of a complete system of mathematics which is far more systematic than the modern 'system'.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ This decision, however locally embarrassing, in the present stage of our development, may be regarded as an initial step taken by our very opponents in the path of the eventual universal acceptance of the Bahá’í Faith, as one of the independent recognized religious systems of the world.

 ^ However, we must realize that this is just our viewpoint, our interpretation.

 .Thus, we are almost entirely left to conjecture on the important point as to the original social organization of the subject race.^ And most important, acquiring knowledge in this way is losing the natural spontaneity and becoming subject to social control.
  • Taoism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Though doubtless divided into different tribes scattered over an extensive tract of land, the subjected aborigines were slumped together under the designation of Sudras, whose duty it was to serve the upper classes in all the various departments of manual labour, save those of a downright sordid and degrading character which it was left to vratyas or outcasts to perform.^ The difference is that, when their works are killed, they will have managed to have drawn all colors of Light (or Intelligence) into the event horizon of the black-hole.

 ^ Al-Din and above all Saladin - formed a close bond with the religious classes and, together, they made jihad the focus for their anti-Crusader initiatives.

 ^ But I’ve united these various schools together for you to see how it all fits together.

 .How, then, was the distribution of crafts and habitual occupations of all kinds brought about?^ But I was having a great time, for I was telling all the Jewish shrinks and rabbis all about how they missed the coming of the Jewish Messiah!
  • Why I Left Judaism | Real Zionist News 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC www.realjewnews.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ So, it’s all about seeing things how they really are, and ironically modern science doesn't do this, from a Buddhist point of view.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "You can only decide not to reply if you think about it, and if you think about it, your thinking is based on all past actions in your life that brought you to this blog on this subject, the posts that have been exchanged, etc.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Was the process one of spontaneous growth adapting an already existing social organization to a new order of things; or was it originated and perpetuated by regulation from above?^ "It is towards this goal -- the goal of a new World Order, Divine in origin, all-embracing in scope, equitable in principle, challenging in its features -- that a harassed humanity must strive."
  • SourceWatch article "Bahai Faith" (mentioning legal action against OBF) - talk.religion.bahai | Google Groups 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC groups.google.de [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The Bahá'í Administrative Order exists to organize and direct the Bahá'í community.
  • Baha'i Faith - encyclopedia article - Citizendium 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC en.citizendium.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ In the New Testament this plurality is more explicitly revealed to be a Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, One in Essence, Every-existing, Undivided and Indivisible.

 .Or was it rather that the status and duties of existing offices and trades came to be determined and made hereditary by some such artificial system as that by which the Theodosian Code succeeded for a time in organizing the Roman society in the 5th century of our era ?"^ But gradually the followers of Guru Nanak and of the, Gurus, who succeeded him acguired the status of a distinct religion which was one among the many others which had existed till then.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ And it's time that we learned the secrets of the Christian world, in order to better improve things for our slice of society.
  • Christianity | Jewcy.com 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The entrance of Buddhism, moreover, into the country in our first century, was very injurious to Toism, which still exists, but is only the shadow of its former self.
  • The Texts of Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC terebess.hu [Source type: Original source]

 .It is well known "(says Professor Dill)" that the tendency of the later Empire was to stereotype society, by compelling men to follow the occupation of their fathers, and preventing a free circulation among different callings and grades of life.^ My own prudent and hybrid Scottish ancestry compels me to follow the straight and narrow: Sam Harris is a predicable and methodical known quantity.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Later, as time goes on, if you can cultivate the sushumna within the sushumna within the sushumna and so on …, the stage of chi you can reach is called “ immaculate .” At this stage, breathing is free and clear.

 ^ T he Quran says that one of the righteous men of Gods servants saw the sun set in a certain place of the earthin particular a well full of water and mud.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The man who brought the grain from Africa to the public stores at Ostia, the baker who made it into loaves for distribution, the butchers who brought pigs from Samnium, Lucania or Bruttium, the purveyors of wine and oil, the men who fed the furnaces of the public baths, were bound to their callings from one generation to another.^ It’s all one mans preference over another’s.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ One man’s food is another man’s poison.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ One man's barbarism is another man's civilization.
  • Religion: The Appendix of Modern Society 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.adequacy.org [Source type: Original source]

 It was the principle of rural serfdom applied to social functions. Every avenue of escape was closed. .A man was bound to his calling not only by his father's but also by his mother's condition.^ Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Vis a vis Kaddish, I did have a man say kaddish for my mother (I don't know who said it for my father because I was very young when he passed away).
  • Conservative Judaism at a Crossroads – Forward.com 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC www.forward.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Since Jesus Christ was to be both God and man at the same time, he came into the world by means of a unique birth with a human mother and a heavenly Father.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 .Men were not permitted to marry out of their gild.^ Still, it’s fascinating that in both communities it’s the men that are marrying out, and the women who are mostly staying in.
  • Islam | Jewcy.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 .If the daughter of one of the baker caste married a man not belonging to it, her husband was bound to her father's calling.^ On the matter of non destructive IVF--That is, sperm fertilizing one egg outside the married couple and then transferring it to the uterus-- I disagree with the Church but am bound to support its position.

 ^ As a married man, I'd like to hear your take as a husband on what she (Lindajean) wrote to me about fidelity in marriage from the perspective of a wife.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Calling God the "Father" does not mean that God was married or that he and a heavenly wife had a son.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 .Not even a dispensation obtained by some means from the imperial chancery, not even the power of the Church could avail to break the chain of servitude."It can hardly be gainsaid that these artificial arrangements bear a very striking analogy to those of the Indian caste-system; and if these class restrictions were comparatively short-lived on Italian ground, it was not perhaps so much that so strange a plant found there an ethnic soil less congenial to its permanent growth, but because it was not allowed sufficient time to become firmly rooted; for already great political events were impending which within a few decades were to lay the mighty empire in ruins.^ Perhaps by birth, but by the time he rose to power he had become atheist.
  • Religion: The Appendix of Modern Society 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.adequacy.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ There, this man found some people.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Very ahead of their time, these Indians.
  • Izabael Muses: Ramblings of a Renegade Djinn (Genie,Djinni,Jinn): Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC izabael.typepad.com [Source type: General]

 .In° India, on the other hand, the institution of caste - even if artificially contrived and imposed by the Indo-Aryan priest and ruler - had at least ample time allowed it to become firmly established in the social habits, and even in the affections, of the people.^ (This should cause shame to those in Japanese institutes who have failed to develop their libraries even though ample funds were available.

 ^ ME: "Your presuppostions do not allow you to see the world in any other way other than the one you have been indoctrinated into from the time you were a child," .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Your awareness can be placed in space/time, and they even say you can pinpoint the moments where the awareness first realizes emptiness and when it become fully enlightened.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .At the same time, one could more easily understand how such a system could have found general acceptance all over the Dravidian region of southern India, with its merest sprinkling of Aryan blood, if it were possible to assume that class arrangements of a similar kind must have already been prevalent amongst the aboriginal tribes prior to the advent of the Aryan.^ He has no form but at the same time, all forms are His.
  • Hindu Wisdom - Symbolism in Hinduism 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.hinduwisdom.info [Source type: Original source]

 ^ We do not know, we do not understand how one can teach it.
  • Hindu Wisdom - Symbolism in Hinduism 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.hinduwisdom.info [Source type: Original source]

 ^ GAD: "One more time!
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Whether a more intimate acquaintance with the manners and customs of those rude tribes that have hitherto kept themselves comparatively free from Hindu influences may yet throw some light on this question, remains to be seen.^ The statistics of the Hindus, who constitute more than 80% of the total population, should be kept in perspective while comparing these figures.

 ^ And some may argue he is more style than substance, but even if this were true ( I argue it isn't) it is his style --his word, and yes, even his passion, that elevates the substance to a level of compelling reality.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ If it is a passionately felt symbol for the reality of genetic influence on our lives, it may have a reality that survives the bright light and deserves celebration as a mental image of the Dawkinsian truth."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .But, by this as it may, the institution of caste, when once established, certainly appears to have gone on steadily developing; and not even the long period of Buddhist ascendancy, with its uncompromising resistance to the Brahman's claim to being the sole arbiter in matters of faith, seems to have had any very appreciable retardant effect upon the progress of the movement.^ Once when he had gone to have his morning bath, he disappeared into a nearby forest where it is said, God appeared before him and said "I am God, the primal Brahm" and you are the Guru.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It presence in Mayan tradition has solely to do with the baptism of pure and perfect thought and thought energy poured upon Quetzalcoatl from a Pass-Over of the Star of Christ (Halley's Comet)-yet the very same baptism is at the root of its presence being observed in all three traditions.

 ^ To profess a faith in a supreme being even when the evidence is illusional or even delusional seems far more reasonable than rejecting its existence based upon science that in no way negates such a possibility.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .It was not only by the formation of ever new endogamous castes and sub-castes that the system gained in extent and intricacy, but even more so by the constant subdivision of the castes into numerous exogamous groups or septs, themselves often involving gradations of social status important enough to seriously affect the possibility of intermarriage, already hampered by various other restrictions.^ Even if it is only an interest it is more than enough!
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The purpose of this cultivation is to attain final release, but there is another, and even more important purpose, which Viévard discusses in his second chapter.

 ^ I don't buy that either, as that 'fear' only seems to make some of us even more dangerous.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 .Thus a man wishing to marry his son or daughter had to look for a suitable match outside his sept, but within his caste.^ There is an ancient Greek myth about Hercules, (a Son of God, Zeus), wanting to marry Persephone the Daughter of the King of the underworld.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ "And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of Man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle."

 ^ The Jaina Krtistambha at Chittore was built by Punnasiha, the son of Jj of the Bagheravla caste, at the persuasion of his daughter in the 15th century.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 .But whilst for his son he might choose a wife from a lower sept than his own, for his daughter, on the other hand, the law of hypergamy compelled him, if at all possible, to find a husband in a higher sept.^ Is this one 0.000000001% possible, or higher than that?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Timmy, you were the one who labeled it inconsistent, and you were the one who is unable to give a standard that is anything other than you own personal feelings and preferences.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ If he chooses to break those laws, just like in any other society, there are consequences (And without Christ in the long run, eternal ones)."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .This would naturally lead to an excess of women over men in the higher septs, and would render it difficult for a man to get his daughter respectably married without paying a high price for a suitable bridegroom and incurring other heavy marriage expenses.^ I have had to pay a heavy price for my indifference.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ YOU: "Men seem to be able to have X without all the emotional stuff in non-committed relationships, but I argue most women cannot.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ So would the existence of a higher dimension beyond the three of space and one of time that we're familiar with be natural, or supernatural?
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 .It can hardly be doubted that this custom has been largely responsible for the crime of female infanticide, formerly so prevalent in India; as it also probably is to some extent for infant marriages, still too common in some parts of India, especially Bengal; and even for the all but universal repugnance to the re-marriage of widows, even when these had been married in early childhood and had never joined their husbands.^ We are all part of the universe.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ And just to stir the pot a bit, I would argue that as a society we have an ethical responsibility to promote "healthy" marriages, give large tax breaks to people who stay married with young children, subsidize daycare and early childhood education, promote marriage as a civic responsibility as we do with voting, paying our taxes, obeying the law, etc...
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ YOU: "And just to stir the pot a bit, I would argue that as a society we have an ethical responsibility to promote "healthy" marriages, give large tax breaks to people who stay married with young children, subsidize daycare and early childhood education, promote marriage as a civic responsibility as we do with voting, paying our taxes, obeying the law, etc..."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Yet violations of these rules are jealously watched by the other members of the sept, and are liable - in accordance with the general custom in which communal matters are regulated in India - to be brought before a special council (panchayat), originally consisting of five (pancha), but now no longer limited to that number, since it is chiefly the greater or less strictness in the observance of caste rules and the orthodox ceremonial generally that determine the status of the sept in the social scale of the caste.^ You are now no longer perfect" .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Love has no numbers limit.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ You are now no longer perfect.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Whilst community of occupation was an important factor in the original formation of non-tribal castes, the practical exigencies of life have led to considerable laxity in this respect - not least so in the case of Brahmans who have often had to take to callings which would seem altogether incompatible with the proper spiritual functions of their caste.^ "God is the One who gives life and He is the One who takes it away by His judgment."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ As for the the argument that it would be better to take the good practices (meditation, etc) out of Buddhism (and other religions) and simply get rid of the dogma, the rituals, the "mumbo jumbo"...
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Do you believe that all life originated from non-living material matter?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Thus," the prejudice against eating cooked food that has been touched by a man of an inferior caste is so strong that, although the Shastras do not prohibit the eating of food cooked by a Kshatriya or Vaisya, yet the Brahmans, in most parts of the country, would not eat such food.^ And at such a time men will seek those countries where wheat and barley form the staple food.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Bad is a choice, and since God offered man that choice in the Garden, "If you eat of the tree of good and evil" that choice would mar mans perfection.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ And not knowing who else is a part of their devotional group, I am a bit concerned that most of them are also educated professionals and academics, which would put me smack-dab in the middle of that demographic.

 .For these reasons, every Hindu household - whether Brahman, Kshatriya or Sudra - that can afford to keep a paid cook generally entertains the services of a Brahman for the performance of its cuisine - the result being that in the larger towns the very name of Brahman has suffered a strange degradation of late, so as to mean only a cook "(Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya, Hindu Castes and Sects). In this caste, however, as in all others, there are certain kinds of occupation to which a member could not turn for a livelihood without incurring serious defilement.^ These contractions can result in different meanings being attributed to words.

 ^ All the while expecting other men to keep it?
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Fear CAN be the result with all OTHER courses.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 .In fact, adherence to the traditional ceremonial and respectability of occupation go very much hand-in-hand.^ However the traditional story of Laozi undermines the argument for placing too much emphasis on the fact that after this opening stanza, he goes on to write a text.
  • Taoism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ In many respects, Buddhism is very much like a science.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Although, a very new field, there's still much to be learned, but it seems better than going back 2,500 years for answers.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Thus, amongst agricultural castes, those engaged in vegetable-growing or market-gardening are inferior to the genuine peasant or yeoman, such as the Jat and Rajput; whilst of these the Jat who practises widow-marriage ranks below the Rajput who prides himself on his tradition of ceremonial orthodoxy - though racially there seems little, if any, difference between the two; and the Rajput, again, is looked down upon by the Babhan of Behar because he does not, like himself, scruple to handle the plough, instead of invariably employing low-caste men for this manual labour.^ Big difference between the two.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ For those who turned to a Protestant tradition, the numbers are a bit different.

 ^ The differences between the two are enormous as to their validity.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .So also when members of the Baidya, or physician, caste of Bengal, ranging next to that of the Brahman, farm land on tenure," they will on no account hold the plough, or engage in any form of manual labour, and thus necessarily carry on their cultivation by means of hired servants "(H. H. Risley, Census Report). The scale of social precedence as recognized by native public opinion is concisely reviewed (ib.^ The way you recognize it is that they can give no reason for holding it.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ His reason to “abandon knowledge” is that knowledge is a form of social control that instills unnatural desires, stimulates unnatural action thus it constrains and distorts natural spontaneity.
  • Taoism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Thus, they discern a continuity between modern forms of Buddhism (including so-called engaged Buddhism) and the Buddhisms of the past.
  • Engaged Buddhism: New and Improved!(?) Made in the U. S. A. of Asian Materials 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.buddhistethics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ) as revealing itself" in the facts that particular castes are supposed to be modern representatives of one or other of the original castes of the theoretical Hindu system; that Brahmans will take water from certain castes; that Brahmans of high standing will serve particular castes; that certain castes, though not served by the best Brahmans, have nevertheless got Brahmans of their own whose rank varies according to circumstances; that certain castes are not served by Brahmans at all but have priests of their own; that the status of certain castes has been raised by their taking to infant-marriage or abandoning the remarriage of widows; that the status of others has been modified by their pursuing some occupations in a special or peculiar way; that some can claim the services of the village barber, the village palanquin-bearer, the village midwife, &c., while others cannot; that some castes may not enter the courtyards of certain temples; that some castes are subject to special taboos, such as that they must not use the village well, or may draw water only with their own vessels, that they must live outside the village or in a separate quarter, that they must leave the road on the approach of a highcaste man and must call out to give warning of their approach." The first point to observe is the predominance throughout India of the influence of the traditional system of four original castes. In every scheme of grouping the Brahman heads the list. .Then come the castes whom popular opinion accepts as the modern representatives of the Kshatriyas; and these are followed by the mercantile groups supposed to be akin to the Vaisyas.^ Compare your beliefs, as they are today, with all those cataloged in this synopsis, and come to terms with the supreme dedication that each of these paths demands of its followers.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ From this Surah comes the popular belief of Muslims that Allah cast the likeness of Jesus onto another man and that this man was the one crucified while Jesus was snatched into heaven.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ For a Sudra practising all these duties as also for a Vaisya, O king, and a Kshatriya, the Bhikshu mode of life has been laid down.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 When we leave the higher circles of the twice-born, the difficulty of finding a uniform basis of classification becomes apparent. .The ancient designation Sudra finds no great favour in modern times, and we can point to no group that is generally recognized as representing it.^ Granted it has taken man a long time to get to this point, and we still have a ways to go, but that is no reason to claim that we cannot live "good" without god.
  • The Evil of Christianity | Progressive U 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.progressiveu.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The rhinoceros finds no place in him into which to thrust its horn, nor the tiger a place in which to fix its claws, nor the weapon a place to admit its point.
  • The Texts of Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC terebess.hu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The concept of God is generated by a brain designed by evolution to find design in nature (a very recursive idea).

 .The term is used in Bombay, Madras and Bengal to denote a considerable number of castes of moderate respectability, the higher of whom are considered ` clean ' Sudras, while the precise status of the lower is a question which lends itself to endless controversy."In northern and north-western India, on the other hand," the grade next below the twice-born rank is occupied by a number of castes from whose hands Brahmans and members of the higher castes will take water and certain kinds of sweetmeats.^ During the reign of forty years, he occupied the position of paramaount ruler in North India.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Alternative medicine is a generic term used to describe any other approach that employs principles and methods that are different from those of orthodox medicine.

 ^ In general, throughout the reading lists, North American (US/Canada) terms are used to refer to the movements of Judaism.
  • Judaism Reading List: Introduction and General (Pt. I) 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: General]

 .Below these again is rather an indeterminate group from whom water is taken by some of the higher castes, not by others.^ This will provide us with enough raw material to begin to observe some of the patterns of thought characteristic of these two groups.
  • Engaged Buddhism: New and Improved!(?) Made in the U. S. A. of Asian Materials 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.buddhistethics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Some of these women see hebab as an expression of modesty and morality that liberates them in other ways.
  • Islam 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ With some great exceptions, these new Muslim groups came under the influence, less of Islam’s rational and universal, and more of its dogmatic and intolerant elements.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 .Further down, where the test of water no longer applies, the status of the caste depends on the nature of its occupation and its habits in respect of diet.^ They have their head bowed down so as to no longer remain in control of their acts, whilst on the other hand, the victims keep for longer their vivid memories’ (Gatwa, 17).

 ^ The dependently co-arising world is no longer just an icon that points beyond itself but is the very place where the divine dwells.

 ^ The liberation of the individual jīva occurs when it undoes the error of superimposition, and no longer identifies itself with a body, or a particular person with a natural history, but with Brahman .
  • Hindu Philosophy [The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.iep.utm.edu [Source type: Original source]

 .There are castes whose touch defiles the twice-born, but who do not commit the crowning enormity of eating beef.^ Nearly all of the news business is out of touch with 46% of Americans who call themselves born-again Christians.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The Muslims are required to pray 5 times a day in Arabic to a God who is not there, from the moment they embrace Islam; and when they do so they touch their head to the floor.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ In the aftermath, the local temple was defiled, and "700 beautiful females who had sought for shelter there, were all captured".
  • Islam | Jewcy.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ... .In western and southern India the idea that the social state of a caste depends on whether Brahmans will take water and sweetmeats from its members is unknown, for the higher castes will as a rule take water only from persons of their own caste and sub-caste.^ I do not take what Dawkins said as counter to what Darwin said and I think (only Dawkins knows for sure) it was stated in a way to make it more politically appealing.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Doesn't belief in God depend on only one factor: whether you think there really is a God?

 ^ Only our own minds and states of consciousness.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 In Madras especially the idea of ceremonial pollution by the proximity of an unclean caste has been developed with much elaboration. Thus the table of social precedence attached to the Cochin report shows that while a Nayar can pollute a man of a higher caste only by touching him, people of the Kammalan group, including masons, blacksmiths, carpenters and workers in leather, pollute at a distance of 24 ft., toddy-drawers at 36 ft., Pulayan or Cheruman cultivators at 48 ft., while in the case of the Paraiyan (Pariahs) who eat beef the range of pollution is no less than 64 ft."In this bewildering maze of social grades and class distinctions, the Brahman, as will have been seen, continues to hold the dominant position, being respected and even worshipped by all the others." The more orthodox Sudras carry their veneration for the priestly class to such a degree that they will not cross the shadow of a Brahman, and it is not unusual for them to be under a vow not to eat any food in the morning, before drinking Bipracharanamrita, i.e. water in which the toe of a Brahman has been dipped. .On the other hand, the pride of the Brahmans is such that they do not bow to even the images of the gods worshipped in a Sudra's house by Brahman priests "(Jog.^ Would they worship a Negro God?

 ^ They clasp each other’s hands and laugh.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I believe in infinity, and I call that power God, but I do not engage in the primitive ritual of worship and I am no longer blinded by the darkness of such spiritual cancers as churches.
  • The Evil of Christianity | Progressive U 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.progressiveu.org [Source type: Original source]

 Nath Bh.). .There are, however, not a few classes of Brahmans who, for various reasons, have become degraded from their high station, and formed separate castes with whom respectable Brahmans refuse to intermarry and consort.^ There are many many reasons of various complexity.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The temple was of Krishna in his childhoodbecause when Krishna becomes a young man he creates many troubles and many questions, so there are many people who worship Krishna as a childhence the temple was called the temple of Balaji.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ But the truth is that there are very few people, even among religious fundamentalists, who will happily admit to being enemies of reason.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Chief amongst these are the Brahmans who minister for" unclean "Sudras and lower castes, including the makers and dealers in spirituous liquors; as well as those who officiate at the great public shrines or places of pilgrimage where they might be liable to accept forbidden gifts, and, as a matter of fact, often amass considerable wealth; and those who officiate as paid priests at cremations and funeral rites, when the wearing apparel and bedding of the deceased are not unfrequently claimed by them as their perquisites.^ But access to contraceptives will be restricted for most of those who cannot pay and for many who might be willing to pay.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ In fact many great Yogis and teachers in answering the call of God ran away from their homes against the wishes of their families who wanted them to get married.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I will never understand these people who's attitude is, "it doesn't matter if it's true".
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .As regards the other two" twice-born "castes, several modern groups do indeed claim to be their direct descendants, and in vindication of their title make it a point to perform the upanayana ceremony and to wear the sacred thread.^ The point mjf was making was that scientists embracing different theories have never attacked each other because of their differences.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ To keep things a bit simpler here, the arguments I make regarding religion will probably not apply to essential Buddhism or any other religion without a supernatural component.

 ^ He explained that he noted two extremes: one was the atheist who positively affirmed God’s non-existence (claiming to know that God did not exist) and the other was the theists who positively affirmed God’s existence (claiming to know that God exists).
  • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

 .But though the Brahmans, too, will often acquiesce in the reasonableness of such claims, it is probably only as a matter of policy that they do so, whilst in reality they regard the other two higher castes as having long since disappeared and been merged by miscegenation in the Sudra mass.^ What they really claim is God did it!

 ^ After all, since when do they need any facts or reason to support their claims?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ And that the only reason they believed in the first place is because they were brainwashed (not voluntarily) as children.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Hence, in the later classical Sanskrit literature, the term dvija, or twice-born, is used simply as a synonym for a Brahman.^ The four secular sections embody the latter developments in classical Sanskrit literature.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Grammar, Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology Sanskrit was the classical literary language of the Indian Hindus and Paniniis considered the founder of the language and literature.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The term 'Sikh' used to describe tbem means 'disciple' of the Guru and is derived from the term 'Shishya' which in Sanskrit means 'disciple'.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 .As regards the numerous groups included under the term of Sudras, the distinction between" clean "and" unclean "Sudras is of especial importance for the upper classes, inasmuch as only the former - of whom nine distinct castes are usually recognized - are as a rule considered fit for employment in household service.^ This denies the distinction that we are usually quick to make between an offender and the rest of us.

 ^ Thomas Aquinas drew the extremely useful and accurate distinction between theology based on the Bible (revealed theology) and theology based only on the use of human intelligence (natural theology).
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Hidayat, 45, was arrested under the Hudood ordinance after being accused of adultery by her former husband with whom she had a bitter financial dispute.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.The picture thus presented by Hindu society - as made up of a confused congeries of social groups of the most varied standing, each held together and kept separate from others by a traditional body of ceremonial rules and by the notion of social gradations being due to a divinely instituted order of things - finds something like a counterpart in the religious life of the people.^ Marriage is a religious institution that demands monogamy.Monogamy is a separate thing by itself.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Mormon faithful most conservative religious group in U.S., poll finds .
  • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

 ^ And so it was with others, each one finding different things.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .As in the social sphere, so also in the sphere of religious belief, we find the whole scale of types represented from the lowest to the highest; and here as there, we meet with the same failure of welding the confused mass into a well-ordered whole.^ Can’t say the same for religious belief.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ There is confusion here.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Find an atheist who is comfortable with his life and has the same relaxation of attitude that some religious folks have, and he'll skew your data.
  • Religion: The Appendix of Modern Society 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.adequacy.org [Source type: Original source]

 .In their theory of a triple manifestation of an impersonal deity, the Brahmanical theologians, as we have seen, had indeed elaborated a doctrine which might have seemed to form a reasonable, authoritative creed for logy. a community already strongly imbued with pantheistic notions; yet, at best, that creed could only appeal to the sympathies of a comparatively limited portion of the people.^ He adopted the policy of trying to appease the nobles, the army and the theologians and of asserting his authority over only such areas which could be easily administered from the centre.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Nonthinking through thinking and not-thinking, with a thorough praxis orientation’ is ‘that thinking which explicates the expressible, by way of the creative interaction between the already expressed and the not yet expressed/the inexpressible’ (p.

 ^ Muhammad is also insidiously making himself seem very kind for having spared the lives of the prisoners, when in fact he only let them live so he could get more money from the Ransom for them.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Indeed, the sacerdotal class themselves had made its universal acceptance an impossibility, seeing that their laws, by which the relations of the classes were to be regulated, aimed at permanently excluding the entire body of aboriginal tribes from the religious life of their Aryan masters.^ Stress is on the brotherhood of believers, nondifference of religious and secular life, obedience to God's Law, abstinence from alcohol, good conduct and the limitation of all except Allah.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The deification which is the aim of all religious life takes place...
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ One of my college professors, Dr. Cary Mills, once asked the class did any of us think that there was intelligent life in the universe.

 .They were to be left for all time coming to their own traditional idolatrous notions and practices.^ They have all been answered many times.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Also take away notions of past, present and future; in fact take away all notions of time.

 ^ We better have been thinking about this for a long long time when this day (coming sooner than we all think) arrives.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .However, the two races could not, in the nature of things, be permanently kept separate from each other.^ Marriage and monogamy are two separate things.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Other, more intelligent Muslims, knowledgeable about the sources, respond by saying that the shock of the experience caused him to attempt suicide; it was a natural thing to do.

 ^ One who follows the Tao follows the natural order of things, not seeking to improve upon nature or to legislate virtue to others.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Indeed, even prior to the definite establishment of the caste-system, the mingling of the lower race with the upper classes, especially with the aristocratic landowners and still more so with the yeomanry, had probably been going on to such an extent as to have resulted in two fairly well-defined intermediate types of colour between the priestly order and the servile race and to have facilitated the ultimate division into four" colours "(varna). In course of time the process of intermingling, as we have seen, assumed such proportions that the priestly class, in their pride of blood, felt naturally tempted to recognize, as of old, only two" colours,"the Aryan Brahman and the non-Aryan Sudra.^ Many deities are themselves a result of amalgamation of two or more deities.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Islamic law allowed up to four wives, and it was customary for a wealthy aristocrat such as he to have more than one.
  • Baha'i Faith - encyclopedia article - Citizendium 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC en.citizendium.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ "If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice," (4:3).

 .Under these conditions the religious practices of the lower race could hardly have failed in the long run to tell seriously upon the spiritual life of the lay body of the Brahmanical community.^ The universe was not designed for life; in practically the entire universe conditions are extremely hostile to life.

 ^ Unfortunately, the American Life League agenda doesn't appear to take these issues seriously.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ While the higher Brahman is the eternally existing reality, lower Brahman is a result of the same creative error that results in the construction of normal integrated egos in bodies: superimposition.
  • Hindu Philosophy [The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.iep.utm.edu [Source type: Original source]

 .To what extent this may have been the case, our limited knowledge of the early phases of the sectarian worship of the people does not enable us to determine.^ But our lack of comprehension does not suggest (by any means) that scientists ought to close up their books, burn their labs or give up seeking knowledge.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ But there is always a danger when our knowledge is not accurate that we are not worshiping the same God revealed in the Scriptures, would you not agree?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ In 'The Aryan Myth: A History of Racist and Nationalistic Ideas in Europe, Leon Poliakov revealed that knowledge of the people of the Bible as Black people was common in Europe and in early European scholarship.

 .But, on the other hand, the same process of racial intermixture also tended to gradually draw the lower race more or less under the influence of the Brahmanical forms of worship, and thus contributed towards the shaping of the religious system of modern Hinduism.^ It is more a collection of attitudes and forms of worship).
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ He is suggesting that we avoid forming groups and holding conventions under that or any other name.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Stats show the more education a woman has the fewer children and the less religious she is.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The grossly idolatrous practices, however, still so largely prevalent in the Dravidian South, show how superficial, after all, that influence has been in those parts of India where the admixture of Aryan blood has been so slight as to have practically had no effect on the racial characteristics of the people.^ I suppose that (for instance), a cat, no matter how well-fed, will still chase birds as if its life depended on it, is a subtle indication that at least part (possibly a very large part) is genetically preprogrammed into the juicy, dual, multitasking RAM chip that we like to call brain.
  • Religion: The Appendix of Modern Society 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.adequacy.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ LJ, you remind me of those people who think that if they legalize marijuana, the people will go crazy and start smoking pot all over the place.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ But what I am saying to Gad is "How do you (Gad) explain the "connection" I feel to the universe realizing we are all connected on the physical world to it, since I hold no claims that it is supernatural?"
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .These presentday practices, and the attitude of the Brahman towards them, help at all events to explain the aversion with which the strange rites of the subjected tribes were looked upon by the worshippers of the Vedic pantheon.^ Lord make me so pure and strong That all creatures may look upon me With friendship.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ This helps explain why I'm so attracted to Taoism and Tai Chi, which I've been practicing regularly for almost four years.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ But the effect of these practices is to break the hold of this reification and delusion, for it replaces one set of attitudes toward the past with another set that lays a better basis for present and future relationships.

 .At the same time, in judging the apparently inhuman way in which the Sudras were treated in the caste rules, one has always to bear in mind the fact that the belief in metempsychosis was already universal at the time, and seemed to afford the only rational explanation of the apparent injustice involved in the unequal distribution of the good things in this world; and that, if the Sudra was strictly excluded from the religious rites and beliefs of the superior classes, this exclusion in no way involved the question of his ultimate emancipation and his union with the Infinite Spirit, which were as certain in his case as in that of any other sentient being.^ Being Progressive is, well, a good thing .
  • The Democratic Party | PartyBuilder | Buddhism 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC my.democrats.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ He has no form but at the same time, all forms are His.
  • Hindu Wisdom - Symbolism in Hinduism 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.hinduwisdom.info [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The Great Way is formless; the Universe is the Way with form…There is nothing in the world but one mind.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 .What it did make impossible for him was to attain that union immediately on the cessation of his present life, as he would first have to pass through higher and purer stages of mundane existence before reaching that goal; but in this respect he only shared the lot of all but a very few of the saintliest in the higher spheres of life, since the ordinary twice-born would be liable to sink, after his present life, to grades yet lower than that of the Sudra.^ Lower than 50% but not very low.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Higher than 50% but not very high.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ No, life is as ordinary as it was before.
.To what extent the changes, which the religious belief of the Aryan classes underwent in post-Vedic times, may have been due to aboriginal influences is a question not easily answered, though the later creeds offer only too many features in which one might feel inclined to suspect influences of that kind.^ I have a hard time is answering some questions.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ You are not answering may question.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I have answered that question many, many times.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The literary documents, both in Sanskrit and Pali, dating from about the time of Buddha onwards - particularly the two epic poems, the Mahabharata and Ramayana - still show us in the main the personnel of the old pantheon; but the character of the gods has changed; they have become anthropomorphized and almost purely mythological figures.^ They become God-like.

 ^ I think they are wrong about god.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "Buddha," the founder of Buddhism, was a man, not a god, despite his earned sacred status; and in any case, Buddhists don't "pray to Buddha" for things they want.
  • The Democratic Party | PartyBuilder | Buddhism 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC my.democrats.org [Source type: Original source]

 .A number of the chief gods, sometimes four, but generally eight of them, now appear as lokapalas or world-guardians, having definite quarters or intermediate quarters of the compass assigned to them as their special domains.^ Like I said before, I don't like having the word "god" in the definition of the word that describes me.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Thus when the intelligence of God appeared on earth again, it appeared among the black race, red race, and yellow race in general, and within Noah in particular.

 ^ All that we now understand about the physical universe, the world of biology and the great amorphous domain of culture can be transformed almost beyond recognition with amazing speed.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .One of them, Kubera, the god of wealth, is a new figure; whilst another, Varuna, the most spiritual and ethical of Vedic deities - the king of the gods and the universe; the nightly, star-spangled firmament - has become the Indian Neptune, the god of waters.^ One God, universal message" .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ All mankind will dwell together as one family, blend as the waves of one sea, shine as stars of one firmament, and appear as fruits of the same tree."
  • Baha'i Faith - encyclopedia article - Citizendium 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC en.citizendium.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

 .Indra, their chief, is virtually a kind of superior raja, residing in svarga, and as such is on visiting terms with earthly kings, driving about in mid-air with his charioteer Matali.^ He instructed Daruka, his charioteer, to go to Dwaraka and break the news to the residents about his end.
  • Hindu Wisdom - Symbolism in Hinduism 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.hinduwisdom.info [Source type: Original source]

 ^ If there is no fixed reality then how do you know there is such a thing as reality - a term you banter about?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .As might happen to any earth-lord, Indra is actually defeated in battle by the son of the demon-king of Lanka (Ceylon), and kept there a prisoner till ransomed by Brahma and the gods conferring immortality on his conqueror.^ There’d be nobody left on earth if this were to happen.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I am disputing claims that he is immortal and he is the son of God.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 .A quaint figure in the pantheon of the heroic age is Hanuman, the deified chief of monkeys - probably meant to represent the aboriginal tribes of southern India - whose wonderful exploits as Rama's ally on the expedition to Lanka Indian audiences will never weary of hearing recounted.^ The rich Indian imagination has created a vast number of gods and goddesses whose incarnations and exploits are the subjects of fantastic tales, collected in epics of huge dimensions.
  • Hindu Wisdom - Symbolism in Hinduism 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.hinduwisdom.info [Source type: Original source]

 ^ He was deified and became the chief representative of the supreme being.

 ^ Born during the second age of the world called Treta Yuga, he is the immortal hero of the great religious epic of India, the Ramayana .
  • Hindu Wisdom - Symbolism in Hinduism 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.hinduwisdom.info [Source type: Original source]

 .The Gandharvas figure already in the Veda, either as a single divinity, or as a class of genii, conceived of as the body-guard of Soma and as connected with the moon.^ Eventually these (now divorced and already single) monogamous-prone women are going to either begin practicing promiscuity themselves or they are going to stop having x.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .In the later Vedic times they are represented as being fond of and dangerous to, women; the Apsaras, apparently originally water-nymphs, being closely associated with them.^ It's origin is traced to Vedic times.
  • Hindu Customs in Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism - Socio-cultural Interchange between Religious Communities in India 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.hindubooks.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The men are not being monogamous, but the women think that they are and are being duped.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Thus, for a long time Pāli (Theravāda) Buddhism was seen to be the “pure, original” form of Buddhism of which Mahāyāna Buddhism was a “later, degenerate” form.
  • Engaged Buddhism: New and Improved!(?) Made in the U. S. A. of Asian Materials 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.buddhistethics.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 In the heroic age the Gandharvas have become the heavenly minstrels plying their art at Indra's court, with the Apsaras as their wives or mistresses. .These fair damsels play, however, yet another part, and one far from complimentary to the dignity of the gods.^ Otherwise I'll have to assume this is yet another one of your straw-men.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ These striking and beautiful methods are just a part of a complete system of mathematics which is far more systematic than the modern 'system'.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ If WS had written just the one play, the shortest one, which is tae say ‘Macbeth’ and even as we have it with the missing parts, it would still seem tae me the work o’ a god!
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .In the epics considerable merit is attached to a life of seclusion and ascetic practices by means of which man is considered capable of acquiring supernatural powers equal or even superior to those of the gods - a notion perhaps not unnaturally springing from the pantheistic conception.^ The main point is this… if consideration is given to the unproven notion that everything of order, including life, came from pure chance and thus God doesn’t exist, or that perhaps extraterrestrial intelligence were somehow involved in such order (even extradimensional beings), then why not consider the notion of the existence of a God or Gods?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ This is known as the Problem of Evil (also known as theodicy), and it is one of the biggest problems for those attempting to prove the existence of a loving, all-powerful god.

 ^ The point of singularity and the event horizon all rest in the peace of having fulfilled the Works of God and left only peace, and an equal distribution of power.

 .Now, in cases of danger being threatened to their own ascendancy by such practices, the gods as a rule proceed to employ the usually successful expedient of despatching some lovely nymph to lure the saintly men back to worldly pleasures.^ Some men have love with their cheating.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "It may be objected that to classify as monotheistic any doctrine which refers to men in some positive sense as 'gods' is self-contradictory; and strictly speaking such an objection is valid.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The God you conceive of is not the God of the Scriptures, but a god you have made out of your own mind, as you perceive such a god to be.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 Seeing that the epic poems, as repeated by professional reciters, either in their original Sanskrit text, or in their vernacular versions, as well as dramatic compositions based on them, form to this day the chief source of intellectual enjoyment for most Hindus, the legendary matter contained in these heroic poems, however marvellous and incredible it may appear, still enters largely into the religious convictions of the people." These popular recitals from the Ramayan are done into Gujarati in easy, flowing narrative verse. .. by Premanand, the sweetest of our bards. .They are read out by an intelligent Brahman to a mixed audience of all classes and both sexes.^ They pollute the air and all the land they spew out over.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ The difference is that, when their works are killed, they will have managed to have drawn all colors of Light (or Intelligence) into the event horizon of the black-hole.

 ^ Both make me feel better temporarily and they probably have a general positive effective overall; however, so does exercise, having friends, and sex.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 It has a perceptible influence on the Hindu character. .I believe the remarkable freedom from infidelity which is to be seen in most Hindu families, in spite of their strange gregarious habits, can be traced to that influence; and little wonder "(B. M. Malabari, Gujarat and the Gujaratis). Hence also the universal reverence paid to serpents (raga) since those early days; though whether it simply arose from the superstitious dread inspired by the insidious reptile so fatal to man in India, or whether the verbal coincidence with the name of the once-powerful nonAryan tribe of Nagas had something to do with it must remain doubtful.^ Are we the most pathetic family in the universe or what!
  • The Simpsons Archive: Religion on the Simpsons 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.snpp.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ If Nirvana is possible to reach, I highly doubt that, in order to get there, it is necessary to convince yourself to fully believe in something that you don't know for sure is true.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Most of those were similar to these words from President Obama: "This outrageous act reminds us that we must remain vigilant against anti-Semitism and prejudice in all its forms."
  • In Good Faith: Judaism - A blog for news and discussion on matters of faith - baltimoresun.com 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC weblogs.baltimoresun.com [Source type: General]

 Indian myth represents them as a race of demons sprung from Kadru, the wife of the sage Kasyapa, with a jewel in their heads which gives them. their sparkling look; and inhabiting one of the seven beautiful worlds below the earth .(and above the hells), where they are ruled over by three chiefs or kings, Sesha, Vasuki and Takshaka; their fair daughters often entering into matrimonial alliances with men, like the mermaids of western legend.^ Women may not be equal in the manner defined by Western feminists, but their core differences from men are acknowledged, and they have rights of their own that do not apply to men.

 ^ They would not give Nobel prizes to men (like Einstein, Bohr, etc.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Accountability in the western deistic religions is obtained by telling people that if they are good, they will go to heaven after they die, whereas if they are bad, they will go to hell.
.In addition to such essentially mythological conceptions, we meet in the religious life of this period with an element of more serious aspect in the two gods, on one or other of whom the religious fervour of the large majority of Hindus has ever since concentrated itself, viz.^ Do Hindus worship one God or many?
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Karma’ is an Eastern religious concept in contradistinction to ‘faith’ espoused by Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), which view all human dramas as the will of God as opposed to present – and past – life actions.
  • Copenhagen climate summit: 'most important paper in the world' is a glorified UN press release – Telegraph Blogs 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC blogs.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ "Rama, the popular God of Hinduism, had two sons; the Bud-dha had one son; Mahavira, the last prophet of Jainism, had one daughter (if that); Confucius had one son; Lao-tzu, the founder of Taoism, none.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 Vishnu and Siva. .Both these divine figures have grown out of Vedic conceptions - the genial Vishnu mainly out of a not very prominent solar deity of the same name; whilst the stern Siva, i.e. the kind or gracious one - doubtless a euphemistic name - has his prototype in the old fierce storm-god Rudra, the" Roarer,"with certain additional features derived from other deities, especially Pushan, the guardian of flocks and bestower of prosperity, worked up therewith.^ Can one not name both as worthy of protection?
  • Islam | Jewcy.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ SAIVISM: God Siva is one with the soul.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The exact process of the evolution of the two deities and their advance in popular favour are still somewhat obscure.^ Basically there are two main views of origins; special creation or evolution starting from a random chance processes.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "Much evidence can be advanced in favour of the theory of evolution – from biology, biogeography and paleontology, but I still think that to the unprejudiced, the fossil record of plants is in favour of special creation.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .In the epic poems which may be assumed to have taken their final shape in the early centuries before and after the Christian era, their popular character, so strikingly illustrated by their inclusion in the Brahmanical triad, appears in full force; whilst their cult is likewise attested by the coins and inscriptions of the early centuries of our era.^ Kwang Khng-dze heads the list of characters in Ko Hung's 'History of Spirit-like Immortals (###),' written in our fourth century.
  • The Texts of Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC terebess.hu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It prevailed in Southern India even before the Christian era.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ And if we had not been shaped by war, is it possible we might not have the immense human suffering we see before our eyes?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The co-ordination of the two gods in the Trimurti does not by any means exclude a certain rivalry between them; but, on the contrary, a supreme position as the true embodiment of the Divine Spirit is claimed for each of them by their respective votaries, without, however, an honourable, if subordinate, place being refused to the rival deity, wherever the latter, as is not infrequently the case, is not actually represented as merely another form of the favoured god.^ That just means that certain aspects of God are unchanging, that might be true.
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 ^ God does respect rights and freedoms.
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 ^ That does not mean their belief in God is real.
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 .Whilst at times a truly monotheistic fervour manifests itself in the adoration of these two gods, the polytheistic instincts of the people did not fail to extend the pantheon by groups of new deities in connexion with them.^ The Bible also contains failed prophecies, in the sense that things God said would happen did not (Skeptic's Annotated Bible n.d.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Since he is a Jew there is no new covenant, therefore he is bound by two things, that god is only for the Jews and the Jews are under the laws of the OT." .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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 ^ It said that the law for the Jewish people had been a kind of harsh babysitter who saw to it that they did not raid the kingdom until it was Gentile time, so that the Gentiles could also be in on the deal.
  • Christianity | Jewcy.com 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Two of such new gods actually pass as the sons of Siva and his consort Parvati, viz.^ Since he is a Jew there is no new covenant, therefore he is bound by two things, that god is only for the Jews and the Jews are under the laws of the OT." .
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 ^ The church would claim that Nestorius made it appear, in his emphasis on the reality of the humanity of Jesus, that Christ was two persons or 'two sons' the son of Mary and the son of God.
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 ^ They believe in Jesus the Christ as the Son of God, and know that he did not teach such things.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 .Skandaalso called Kumara (the youth), Karttikeya, or Subrahmanya (in the south) - the six-headed war-lord of the gods; and Ganese, the lord (or leader) of Siva's troupes of attendants, being at the same time the elephant-headed, paunch-bellied god of wisdom; whilst a third, Kama (Kamadeva) or Kandarpa, the god of love, gets his popular epithet of Ananga," the bodiless,"from his having once, in frolicsome play, tried the power of his arrows upon Siva, whilst engaged in austere practices, when a single glance from the third (forehead) eye of the angry god reduced the mischievous urchin to ashes.^ Then the Prophet said the same for the third time.

 ^ He was both God and man at the same time.
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 ^ So once again "logically" you can't be 100% god and 100% man at the same time."
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 .For his chief attendant, the great god (Mahadeva, Mahesvara) has already with him the" holy "Nandi - presumably, though his shape is not specified, identical in form as in name with Siva's sacred bull of later times, the appropriate symbol of the god's reproductive power.^ And that the Holy Spirit is "a symbol of God's power or presence but is not a living entity."

 ^ Some time later, I asked my father what I should do when I was required to provide my religious affiliation on official forms.
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 ^ Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son."
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .But, in this repect, we also meet in the epics with the first clear evidence of what in after time became the prominent feature of the worship of Siva and his consort all over India, viz.^ Then they will meet their brides for the first time.
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 ^ We are happy to inform you that for the first time our book have been published in India in Bangolore.

 ^ It was the first time since he became Pope that Benedict has ignored the prepared text of his homily, sent to the media beforehand, and instead spoken at length off the cuff.
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 the feature represented by the .linga, or phallic symbol.^ The linga is certainly a bisexual symbol but not a phallic symbol alone.
  • Hindu Wisdom - Symbolism in Hinduism 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.hinduwisdom.info [Source type: Original source]
.As regards Vishnu, the epic poems, including the supplement to the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa, supply practically the entire framework of legendary matter on which the later Vaishnava creeds are based.^ The poems of If are not regarded as an inflexible dogmatic creed.

 ^ In practice it is "devotion to material needs or desires to the neglect of spiritual matters; a way of life, opinion or tendency based entirely upon material interests" (Oxford Eng.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The theory of Avataras which makes the deity - also variously called Narayana, Purushottama, or Vasudeva - periodically assume some material form in order to rescue the world from some great calamity, is fully developed; the ten universally recognized" descents "being enumerated in the larger poem.^ Many religions teach that a fertilized human egg should be accorded all the protections of a fully developed human being.

 ^ After the creation and destruction of the universe over and over again for aeons after aeons, these are the many various forms that have developed over time, and must be ejected/cleaned out of your chi channels so that you can attain the most primordial possible form of the five elements.

 ^ Daoist theory does introduces the tokens most dramatically with Shen Dao who focuses on what he calls Great Dao — the actual history of the world past, present and future.
  • Taoism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Though Siva, too, assumes various forms, the incarnation theory is peculiarly characteristic of Vaishnavism; and the fact that the principal hero of the Ramayana (Rama), and one of the prominent warriors of the Mahabharata (Krishna) become in this way identified with the supreme god, and remain to this day the chief objects of the adoration of Vaishnava sectaries, naturally imparts to these creeds a human interest and sympathetic aspect which is wholly wanting in the worship of Siva.^ The temple was of Krishna in his childhoodbecause when Krishna becomes a young man he creates many troubles and many questions, so there are many people who worship Krishna as a childhence the temple was called the temple of Balaji.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ One day you will bow before the throne of Almighty God which reminds me of the hymn by the same name and of Him who has been merciful to me.
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 ^ And so the four Gospels are wonderful lessons in the fact that God is not pedantic when it comes to telling the story; rather, God wants it told a little different to catch as many aspects as possible.
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 .It is, however, unfortunately but too true that in some of these creeds the devotional ardour has developed features of a highly objectionable character.^ Later on, however, the Sntaras adopted the creed of Vraaivism, and this affected the progress of Jainism in that region to some extent.
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 ^ Signatories included highly visible, opinion-swaying evangelical leaders and some are to meet in March to develop a position on global warming.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.Even granting the reasonableness of the triple manifestation of the Divine Spirit, how is one to reconcile all these idolatrous practices, this worship of countless gods and godlings, demons and spirits indwelling in every imaginable object round about us, with the pantheistic doctrine of the Ekam Advitiyam," the One without a Second "? The Indian theosophist would doubtless have little difficulty in answering that question.^ These are the questions that you have not been able to answer.
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 ^ You would not be able to answer this question.
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 ^ They are all about answering questions that no one has the answers to.
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 .For him there is only the One Absolute Being, the one reality that is all in all; whilst all the phenomenal existences and occurrences that crowd upon our senses are nothing more than an illusion of the individual soul estranged for a time from its divine source - an illusion only to be dispelled in the end by the soul's fuller knowledge of its own true nature and its being one with the eternal fountain of blissful being.^ There is only one God (Deut.
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 ^ Yes, there is more than one version of the 10 commandments.
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 ^ There is nothing new here at all.
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 .But to the man of ordinary understanding, unused to the rarefied atmosphere of abstract thought, this conception of a transcendental, impersonal Spirit and the unreality of the phenomenal world can have no meaning: what he requires is a deity that stands in intimate relation to things material and to all that affects man's life.^ All that relates to or affects the life of a person: He saw his world collapse about him.
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 ^ When I say "we", I mean all living things.
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 ^ All things have no inherent existence.
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 .Hence the exoteric theory of manifestations of the Supreme Spirit; and that not only the manifestations implied in the triad of gods representing the cardinal processes of mundane existence - creation, preservation, and destruction or regeneration - but even such as would tend to supply a rational explanation for superstitious imaginings of every kind.^ And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
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 ^ "Many Kabbalists conceive of God as embodying both male and female energies, which were divided during creation as part of the process of emanation.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Is not God beyond all that it has created and involve not its existence in the carnal wishes and desires of that which it has created?

 .For" the Indian philosophy does not ignore or hold aloof from the religion of the masses: it underlies, supports and interprets their polytheism.^ It is the Indian masses, the millions upon millions of people who genuinely and sincerely support Hindutva.

 ^ He does not seem to consider that the fact that the concept which holds that “There is no moral interpreter in the cosmos, nothing cares and nobody cares … we’re all gonna be gone.
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 ^ The term “Neo-Hinduism” refers to a conception of the Hindu religion formed by recent authors who were learned in traditional Indian philosophy, and English.
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 .This may be accounted the keystone of the fabric of Brahmanism, which accepts and even encourages the rudest forms of idolatry, explaining everything by giving it a higher meaning.^ "One hundred and fifty years have already passed during which it has been said that the evolution of the species is a fact but, without giving real proofs of it and without even a principle of explaining it.
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 ^ Swami Vivekanada explained, "Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible.
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 ^ Giving everything a natural explanation does not mean that the origin of nature itself is not supernatural.
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 .It treats all the worships as outward, visible signs of some spiritual truth, and is ready to show how each particular image or rite is the symbol of some aspect of universal divinity.^ For Sikhs there is no image worship, no symbol of Divinity.
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 ^ Most of the universe is nearly empty, and almost all of the visible (non dark) matter is in stars, nebulae, or intergalactic gas.

 ^ The Energy Enhancement Course involved learning how to connect with the Universal Energy (some would call it the Life Force, Spiritual Energy or God) and being able to tap into this powerful energy.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 .The Hindus, like the pagans of antiquity, adore natural objects and forces - a mountain, a river or an animal.^ While all Hindu philosophers hold that there is something like an individual self, they differ radically in their account of the reality and nature of this individual.
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 .The Brahman holds all nature to be the vesture or cloak of indwelling, divine energy, which inspires everything that produces awe or passes man's understanding "(Sir Alfred C. Lyall, Brahminism). During the early centuries of our era, whilst Buddhism, where countenanced by the political rulers, was still holding its own by the side of Brahmanism, sectarian belief in the Hindu gods seems to have made steady progress.^ God made all human ills.
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 ^ He still owns it all and sets the standard for it all.
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 ^ It seems so obvious to me that man made god.
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 .The caste system, always calculated to favour unity of religious practice within its social groups, must naturally have contributed to the advance of sectarianism.^ Both Taoism and Buddhism experience from within systems of understanding that must finally negate and abandon themselves; both practices can only happen when they are free of the constraints of themselves.
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 ^ One group that must be commended for its pooling of religious wisdom from Buddhist, Christian, and secular sources within a broad concern for social justice is Rissho Koseikai, probably the most respected of the New Religions, if indeed it should not rather be considered as simply a liberal branch of Tendai Buddhism.

 ^ Bush had campaigned on expanding the role of religious groups in using federal dollars for social services.
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 .Even greater was the support it received later on from the Puranas, a class of poetical works of a partly legendary, partly discursive and controversial character, mainly composed in the interest of special deities, of which eighteen principal (maha-purana) and as many secondary ones (upa-purana) are recognized, the oldest of which may go back to about the 4th century of our era.^ Can we go back to our house?"

 ^ One inscription dated about sixth century A.D., has been discovered from Tiruntharkunru 268 in Ginger Tluk of South Arcot.
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 ^ The effect on warming would be zero, negligible, or even negative (pick one — there is excellent science to support all three).
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 .It was probably also during this period that the female element was first definitely admitted to a prominent place amongst the divine objects of sectarian worship, in the shape of the wives of the principal gods viewed as their sakti, or female energy, theoretically identified with the Maya, or cosmic Illusion, of the idealistic Vedanta, and the Prakriti, or plastic matter, of the materialistic Sankhya philosophy, as the primary source of mundane things.^ EASTERN VIEW: Man is free to choose his form of worship, for all paths lead ultimately to God.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Heracles first caught Nereus , the shape-shifting sea god, to learn where the Garden of the Hesperides was located.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ "Many Kabbalists conceive of God as embodying both male and female energies, which were divided during creation as part of the process of emanation.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The connubial relations of the deities may thus be considered" to typify the mystical union of the two eternal principles, spirit and matter, for the production and reproduction of the universe."But whilst this privilege of divine worship was claimed for the consorts of all the gods, it is principally to Siva's consort, in one or other of her numerous forms, that adoration on an extensive scale came to be offered by a special sect of votaries, the Saktas. In the midst of these conflicting tendencies, an attempt was made, about the latter part of the 8th century, by the distinguished Malabar theologian and philosopher Sankara Acharya to restore the Brahmanical creed to ?'^ Thus, the claim is that we are all born lacking a belief in God.
  • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ We are all part of God’s plan.
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 ^ "Since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
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 something like its pristine purity, and thus once more to bring about a uniform system of orthodox Hindu belief. .Though himself, like most Brahmans, apparently by predilection a follower of Siva, his aim was the revival of the doctrine of the Brahma as the one self-existent Being and the sole cause of the universe; coupled with the recognition of the practical worship of the orthodox pantheon, especially the gods of the Trimurti, as manifestations of the supreme deity.^ There is one Brahman which is Truth’s self.
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 ^ I want to believe..and like any human of faith I desire to be ’saved’ by God and partake in eternal life..but I do not want to be lied to..and if being saved/eternal life is only on offer via becoming or adhering to doctrine that compels me to be a judgmental self hating person, or is at the expense of humanity, then its nothing more than a bribe isn’t it?
  • Why I Left Judaism | Real Zionist News 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC www.realjewnews.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "It may be objected that to classify as monotheistic any doctrine which refers to men in some positive sense as 'gods' is self-contradictory; and strictly speaking such an objection is valid.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The practical result of his labours was the foundation of a new sect, the Smartas, i.e. adherents of the smriti or tradition, which has a numerous following amongst southern Brahmans, and, whilst professing Sankara's doctrines, is usually classed as one of the Saiva sects, its members adopting the horizontal sectarial mark peculiar to Saivas, consisting in their case of a triple line, the tripundra, prepared from the ashes of burnt cow-dung and painted on the forehead.^ One class consisted of the great feudatories like the Konglvas, the Changlvas, the Sluvas of Sangtapura, the kings of Gerasoppe and the Bhairrasa obeyars of Krkala.
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 ^ The tradition does not confront one with a challenging doctrine to be accepted or rejected.

 ^ One interesting Greek word in the New Testament is usually translated "worthy."
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 .Sankara also founded four Maths, or convents, for Brahmans; the chief one being that of Sringeri in Mysore, the spiritual head (Guru) of which wields considerable power, even that of excommunication, over the Saivas of southern India.^ It prevailed in Southern India even before the Christian era.
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 ^ The top reasons were "spiritual needs not being met" (71 percent) and "Found a religion they liked more" (70 percent).

 ^ KJV - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead ; so that they are without excuse.
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 .In northern India, the professed followers of Sankara are mainly limited to certain classes of mendicants and ascetics, although the tenets of this great Vedanta teacher may be said virtually to constitute the creed of intelligent Brahmans generally.^ It is not an individual predestination, but a general predestination of certain classes or types of individuals.
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 ^ (For the serious student of Vedanta, by way of introduction, the following eleven pages, from the many, may be recommended.
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 ^ The teacher, (I will never forget this scene as long as I live), Mrs Schecter, who was built like a bull dog, got up in front of the class and said: .
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.Whilst Sankara's chief title to fame rests on his philosophical works, as the upholder of the strict monistic theory of Vedanta, he doubtless played an important part in the partial remodelling of the Hindu system of belief at a time when Buddhism was rapidly losing ground in India.^ Avatar Incarnation of God in Christianity and Hinduism By Swami Abhedananda Two great religions of the world advocate the belief that God, the supreme Ruler of the universe, incarnates in human form to help mankind- the one is Christianity, the other is the religion of Vedanta (Hinduism), which prevails in India.
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 ^ "Each time there is an important play, he makes his cross the Orthodox way.

 ^ If WS had written just the one play, the shortest one, which is tae say ‘Macbeth’ and even as we have it with the missing parts, it would still seem tae me the work o’ a god!
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Not that there is any evidence of Buddhists ever having been actually persecuted by the Brahmans, or still less of Sankara himself ever having done so; but the traditional belief in some personal god, as the principal representative of an invisible, all-pervading deity, would doubtless appeal more directly to the minds and hearts of the people than the colourless ethical system promulgated by the Sakya saint.^ Now, what some people want is that God show Himself to us.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Is there objective evidence that God exists?
  • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ But the OBJECTIVE evidence is for you having a mind.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

 .Nor do Buddhist places of worship appear as a rule to have been destroyed by Hindu sectaries, but they seem rather to have been taken over by them for their own religious uses; at any rate there are to this day not a few Hindu shrines, especially in Bengal, dedicated to Dharmaraj," the prince of righteousness,"as the Buddha is commonly styled.^ Once the URO is created, they predict, it will be given the task of creating a ' New Covenant ' for the planet: "'The URO...will discern the nature of that covenant, and with it the responsibilities, rather than the rights, of planetary citizenship.'
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The old lady died a few days later and the niece stated to the interviewer she hoped her own death would be that peaceful and welcomed.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ There are difficulties in promoting condom use in some colleges, and some pharmacies and supermarkets refusing to stock condoms, on religious grounds.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .That the tenets and practices of so characteristic a faith as Buddhism, so long prevalent in India, cannot but have left their marks on Hindu life and belief may readily be assumed, though it is not so easy to lay one's finger on the precise features that might seem to betray such an influence.^ Their minds would have, as such been influenced by their beliefs.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Their minds would have, as such been influenced by their beliefs.” .
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Practicing Nichiren Buddhism changed my compassionless view of life.

 .If the general tenderness towards animals, based on the principle of ahimsa, or inflicting no injury on sentient beings, be due to Buddhist teaching, that influence must have made itself felt at a comparatively early period, seeing that sentiments of a similar nature are repeatedly urged in the Code of Manu.^ The angel tale or story is no more than the attempt to help muslims understand the nature of being able to do good and bad.

 ^ You keep saying "no Timmy, God made you perfect but you screwed it up by being bad".
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Science has come closely aligned with the Buddhist belief that many animals are sentient creatures.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 Thus, in v. .46-48," He who does not willingly cause the pain of confinement and death to living beings, but desires the good of all, obtains endless bliss.^ But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
  • The Democratic Party | PartyBuilder | Buddhism 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC my.democrats.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ He dances with the motes of dust and radiates with the sun; he rises with the dawn, surges with the wave, is fragrant with the rose, rapt with the nightingale: he knows and is all being, all strength, all joy, all desire, all pain in all things inseparably."
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Since innumerable merits are contained in this sutra, all living beings are benefited by this sutra without hindrance as implicitly as incense is perceived by a thing put nearby.

 .He who injures no creature obtains without effort what he thinks of, what he strives for, and what he fixes his mind on.^ Unlike Catholics, they did not think of themselves as lowly and evil creatures who were destined for purgatory, if not hell itself.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ In any event, for those atheists who have their minds made up as to God’s non-existence, it follows that there is no evidence for God’s existence.
  • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ No rational creature, he says, would be able to do without unexamined, sacred things … This sounds to me a little like the religion of reason that Harris foresees.
  • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Flesh-meat cannot be procured without injury to animals, and the slaughter of animals is not conducive to heavenly bliss: from flesh-meat, therefore, let man abstain."Moreover, in view of the fact that Jainism, which originated about the same time as Buddhism, inculcates the same principle, even to an extravagant degree, it seems by no means improbable that the spirit of kindliness towards living beings generally was already widely diffused among the people when these new doctrines were promulgated.^ Salvation is living in the spirit world with these divine beings, the Kami.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Even this animal is not slaughtered regularly.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ He seems spiteful and mean-spirited.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .To the same tendency doubtless is due the gradual decline and ultimate discontinuance of animal sacrifices by all sects except the extreme branch of Sakti-worshippers.^ Ritual sacrifice of animals was a extensively practiced in ancient Israel and was only discontinued after the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in the eighth decade A.D. .

 ^ In this context, the karma khaṇḍa promotes the practice of animal sacrifices to the gods, to ensure that conditions on earth are livable and fruitful for all of its inhabitants.
  • Hindu Philosophy [The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.iep.utm.edu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I don't want to put all atheists in the same boat so know that I am referring to these extreme atheists.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .In this respect, the veneration shown to serpents and monkeys has, however, to be viewed in a somewhat different light, as having a mythical background; whilst quite a special significance attaches to the sacred character assigned to the cow by all classes of Hindus, even those who are not prepared to admit the claim of the Brahman to the exalted position of the earthly god usually conceded to him.^ Those who have not been touched by God.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ And, that God will curse all those who curse the Jews, and bless those who bless the Jews.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ This is consistent with the character of God who wants all to be saved (2 Pet.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 .In the Veda no tendency shows itself as yet towards rendering divine honour to the cow; and though the importance assigned her in an agricultural community is easily understood, still the exact process of her deification and her identification with the mother earth in the time of Manu and the epics requires further elucidation.^ You state: "Science divorced itself from religion only recently and yet 60% of scientists are still believers.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "From one man [Adam] He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ And you still have yet to show that religion is causing more harm than good.
  • Religion: The Appendix of Modern Society 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.adequacy.org [Source type: Original source]

 .An idealized type of the useful quadruped - likewise often identified with the earth - presents itself in the mythical Cow of Plenty, or" wish-cow "(Kamadhenu, or Kamadugha, i.e. wish-milker), already appearing in the Atharvaveda, and in epic times assigned to Indra, or identified with Surabhi," the fragrant,"the sacred cow of the sage Vasishtha.^ So often atheists wish to pose as objectively scientific and to characterise Christians (especially the young earth kind) as ‘biased against reality’.
  • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The original altar was built above the Grotte des Druides , which housed a sacred dolmen, and was identified with the 'Womb of the Earth'.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Because the Energy Transmitted by the Enlightened is used to raise the frequency level of the Earth itself and all the people on it.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 .Possibly the growth of the legend of Krishna - his being reared at Go-kula (cow-station); his tender relations to the gopis, or cowherdesses, of Vrindavana; his epithets Gopala," the cowherd,"and Govinda," cow-finder,"actually explained as" recoverer of the earth "in the great epic, and the go-loka, or" cow-world,"assigned to him as his heavenly abode - may have some connexion with the sacred character ascribed to the cow from early times.^ Usaymi claims that being under the authority of a Christian may force Muslims to flatter him and humiliate themselves to this infidel on the hope to obtain some of what he has.

 ^ This may remove some of the magic of the universe, but for many it can create deep feelings of amazement and wonder of the world around us.

 ^ First, I think there may be some misunderstanding of Chinese terminology going on here.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
.Since the time of Sankara, or for more than a thousand years, the gods Vishnu and Siva, or Hari and Hara as they are also.^ His argument is more than a denial of God.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Each year this malaise claims the lives of thousands and condemns millions more to lives of abject poverty and misery, while at the same time affecting every human being on the planet.
  • Religion: The Appendix of Modern Society 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.adequacy.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Michael Shermer stated that his study of evolution was, “far more enlightening and transcendent, spiritual, than anything I had experienced in seven years of being a born again Christian.” 8 .
  • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

 commonly called - with their wives, especially that of the latter god - have shared between them the practical worship of the vast majority of Hindus. .But, though the people have thus been divided between two different religious camps, sectarian animosity has upon the whole kept within reasonable limits.^ It is a religious doctrine ---- a vast difference between the two.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Big difference between the two.
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 ^ The differences between the two are enormous as to their validity.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .In fact, the respectable Hindu, whilst owning special allegiance to one of the two gods as his ishta devata (favourite deity), will not withhold his tribute of adoration from the other gods of the pantheon.^ Do Hindus worship one God or many?
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "Rama, the popular God of Hinduism, had two sons; the Bud-dha had one son; Mahavira, the last prophet of Jainism, had one daughter (if that); Confucius had one son; Lao-tzu, the founder of Taoism, none.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Apu: I do not worship one god, OK? I worship a whole stupid team of deities, that...
  • The Simpsons Archive: Religion on the Simpsons 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.snpp.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The high-caste Brahman will probably keep at his home asalagram stone, the favourite symbol of Vishnu, as well as the characteristic emblems of Siva and his consort, to both of which he will do reverence in the morning; and when he visits some holy place of pilgrimage, he will not fail to pay his homage at both the Saiva and the Vaishnava shrines there.^ There are also some intensely powerful guides to life and its decisions that are coded within the narratives of the world's holy books.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ There might be other holy scriptures-and that might not be as threatening as some people think.
  • Christianity | Jewcy.com 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Some know that God loves gays, and there is a place for them in heaven.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Indeed," sectarian bigotry and exclusiveness are to be found chiefly among the professional leaders of the modern brotherhoods and their low-caste followers, who are taught to believe that theirs are the only true gods, and that the rest do not deserve any reverence whatever "(Jog.^ There is only one true God.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Not only because I believe it comes from God and is true but because it is.
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 ^ We are not people who don't believe in god.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 Nath). .The same spirit of toleration shows itself in the celebration of the numerous religious festivals.^ It found that "about 10% were not sure what it [Auschwitz] was, 8% thought it was a country bordering Germany, 2% thought it was a beer, the same proportion said it was a religious festival and a further 1% said it was a type of bread."

 ^ Building temples, feeding groups of monks, worship of the Jaina images and celebration of festivals formed the time-honoured mode of showing religious zeal.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It made sense, therefore, to alter the festival itself, to make it a Christian celebration as converts were slowly won over.

 Whilst some of these - e.g. the .Sankranti (called Pongal, i.e." boiled rice,"in the south), which marks the entrance of the sun into the sign of Capricorn and the beginning of its northward course (uttarayana) on the ist day of the month Magha (c. Jan.^ The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Nimach Panchang begin new lunar month from first day of Krishna Paksh Gujarat Panchang begin new lunar month from first day of Shukla Paksh .
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It begins with establishing a relationship between the Seven Spirits of God, through which the Word of God comes, and the Seven Days of Creation, the Seven Senses of Man, and the Seven Churches, the Works of God into which the Word of God is received.

 .12); the Ganesa-caturthi, or 4th day of the light fortnight of Bhadra (August - September), considered the birthday of Ganesa, the god of wisdom; and the Holi, the Indian Saturnalia in the month of Phalguna (February to March) - have nothing of a sectarian tendency about them; others again, which are of a distinctly sectarian character - such as the Krishna janmashtami, the birthday of Krishna on the 8th day of the dark half of Bhadra, or (in the south) of Sravana (July-August), the Durgapuja and the Dipavali, or lamp feast, celebrating Krishna's victory over the demon Narakasura, on the last two days of Asvina (September-October) - are likewise observed and heartily joined in by the whole community irrespective of sect.^ And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.

 ^ Shravan is a Holy Hindu month that often falls on July-August.

 ^ December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 This weblog is licensed under a Creative Commons License .

 .Widely different, however, as is the character of the two leading gods are also the modes of worship practised by their votaries.^ EASTERN VIEW: Man is free to choose his form of worship, for all paths lead ultimately to God.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ By the very definition of the word "God" -- really, how can you have two different omnipotent, omniscient creators of the universe?
  • Religion: The Appendix of Modern Society 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.adequacy.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ In modern Mandarin, the character has two different tones.
  • Taoism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.Siva has at all times been the favourite god of the Brahmans,' and his worship is accordingly more widely extended than that of his rival, especially in southern India.^ But we are all much more than that.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ His argument is more than a denial of God.
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 ^ Sorry, I ran out of time this week but will try to respond this coming weekend, since I have more to say on your last comments, God willing.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Indeed there is hardly a village in India which cannot boast of a shrine dedicated to Siva, and containing the emblem of his reproductive power; for almost the only form in which the" Great God "is adored is the Linga, consisting usually of an upright cylindrical block of marble or other stone, mostly resting on a circular perforated slab.^ There is only one God by nature, .
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Great compared to other gods?
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 ^ There is only one true God.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The mystic nature of these emblems seems, however, to be but little understood by the common people; and, as H. H. Wilson remarks," notwithstanding the acknowledged purport of this worship, it is but justice to state that it is unattended in Upper India by any indecent or indelicate ceremonies, and it requires a rather lively imagination to trace any resemblance in its symbols to the objects they are supposed to represent."In spite, however, of its wide diffusion, and the vast number of shrines dedicated to it, the worship of Siva has never assumed a really popular character, especially in northern India, being attended with scarcely any solemnity or display of emotional spirit.^ The deficiencies are real, they will never be filled."
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 ^ They seemed entirely natural to me.
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 ^ If absent, no living being is imaginable.
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 .The temple, which usually stands in the middle of a court, is as a rule a building of very moderate dimensions, consisting either of a single square chamber, surmounted by a pyramidal structure, or of a chamber for the linga and a small vestibule.^ Many famous mosques of the Middle East incorporate ancient columns from churches, classical temples and other public buildings.

 ^ My position on the role of religion in the justification of moral rules and principles in Africa can be stated very easily because I do not always accept the law of excluded middle.

 .The worshipper, having first circumambulated the shrine as often as he pleases, keeping it at his right-hand side, steps up to the threshold of the sanctum, and presents his offering of flowers or fruit, which the officiating priest receives; he then prostrates himself, or merely lifts his hands - joined so as to leave a hollow space between the palms - to his forehead, muttering a short prayer, and takes his departure.^ She presents her case as if her wish were merely to join them.
  • In Good Faith: Judaism - A blog for news and discussion on matters of faith - baltimoresun.com 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC weblogs.baltimoresun.com [Source type: General]

 ^ On the upper right is a literal translation, while on the left side of the page is an in-depth translation and commentary; It's like having your own private Talmud teacher.
  • Judaism Reading List: Introduction and General (Pt. I) 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Then, ever so slowly pick up the stepping leg and move your foot outward just above the ground, putting it down ever so gently, heel first.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Amongst the many thousands of Lingas, twelve are usually regarded as of especial sanctity, one of which, that of Somnath in Gujarat, where Siva is worshipped as" the lord of Soma,"was, however, shattered by Mahmud of Ghazni; whilst another, representing Siva as Visvesvara, or" Lord of the Universe,"is the chief object of adoration at Benares, the great centre of Siva-worship.^ Abhisheka (Siva) Abhisheka is a part of the worship of Lord Siva.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ W hen one searches the Internet regarding the image of the woman in the modern world, he encounteres many essays written by Muslims defending their treatment of women.

 ^ The Rule of Righteousness (Mahabharata) One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one’s own self.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 The Saivas of southern India, on the other hand, single out as peculiarly sacred five of their temples which are supposed to enshrine as many characteristic aspects (linga) of the god in the form of the five elements, the most holy of these being the shrine of Chidambaram (i.e." thoughtether ") in S. Arcot, supposed to contain the ether-linga. .According to Pandit S. M. Natesa (Hindu Feasts, Fasts and Ceremonies)," the several forms of the god Siva in these sacred shrines are considered to be the bodies or casements of the soul whose ' Siva is said to have first appeared in the beginning of the present age as Sveta, the White, for the purpose of benefiting the Brahmans, and he is invariably painted white; whilst Vishnu, when pictured, is always of a dark-blue colour.^ SAIVISM: God Siva is one with the soul.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "The god whose emblem is the phallus first appears as a shepherd god...
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ These, of the many attributes He reveals in the pages of Scripture, does not stop God from knowing all things and judging according to His nature.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
natural bases are the five elements - earth, water, fire, air and ether. .The apprehension of God in the last of these five as ether is, according to the Saiva school of philosophy, the highest form of worship, for it is not the worship of God in a tangible form, but the worship of what, to ordinary minds, is vacuum, which nevertheless leads to the attainment of a knowledge of the all-pervading without physical accessories in the shape of any linga, which is, after all, an emblem.^ God is the author of all knowledge.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ That is the history of all the form schools.

 ^ Bahai's say all faiths lead to God but want all the religion's to come > under the umbrella of the Bahai faith.
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 .That this is the case at Chidambaram is known to every Hindu, for if he ever asks the priests to show him the God in the temple he is pointed to an empty space in the holy of holies, which has been termed the Akasa, or ether-linga."But, however congenial this refined symbolism may be to the worshipper of a speculative turn of mind, it is difficult to see how it could ever satisfy the religious wants of the common man little given to abstract conceptions of this kind.^ If God wanted to he could save everyone.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I don't see how it could be both.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ How ever you want to term it "beauty is in the minds eye of the beholder".
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
.From early times, detachment from the world and the practice of austerities have been regarded in India as peculiarly conducive to a spirit of godliness, and ultimately to a state of ecstatic communion with the deity.^ Yet in this same Juryo Chapter Shakyamuni states: Once I also practiced the Bodhisattva austerities.

 ^ And while vegetarianism was alien to early Hindu practice, it has become an integral part of Hindu orthodoxy in many parts of India.
  • Hindu Philosophy [The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] 11 January 2010 23:23 UTC www.iep.utm.edu [Source type: Original source]

 ^ On curses he states that, "A curse can originate from such things as maledictions by close relatives, a habit of blaspheming, membership in the Freemasonry, spiritic or magic practices, and so on.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 .On these grounds it was actually laid down as a rule for a man solicitous for his spiritual welfare to pass the last two of the four stages ((anima) of his life in such conditions of renunciation and self-restraint.^ For such is the spiritual evolution of man.

 ^ The oldest ilhra house ruled over South Konkan from the last quarter of the eighth century A.D. The second family held sway over Northern Konkan for roughly four centuries.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Therefore, if is also associated with man's sense of thought, the first of man's two spiritual senses.

 .Though there is hardly a sect which has not contributed its share to the element of religious mendicancy and asceticism so prevalent in India, it is in connexion with the Siva-cult that these tendencies have been most extensively cultivated.^ But I don’t think the people who write about these things hardly ever get there.

 ^ TIMMY: "Even though it appears as though these people are under the impression that God did not kill their baby, they are in fact the most brilliant actors in the world.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ These are traits that most intelligent mammals share.
  • Religion: The Appendix of Modern Society 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.adequacy.org [Source type: Original source]

 .Indeed, the personality of the stern God himself exhibits this feature in a very marked degree, whence the term mahayogi or" great ascetic "is often applied to him.^ This crowd of Hindu gods, with their different talents and personalities, seems pretty distant from the stern, lonely god-of-all-trades of the Abrahamic tradition.

 ^ Truth, however maintains the unity of God in such a way as to insist that whatever belongs to God Himself belongs to Him alone.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Presupposing the existence of the Christian God is indefensible unless you dilute Him to nothing by talking about the omnipotent creator of the universe rather than in Christian terms that apply specifically to the God under discussion.
  • Religion: The Appendix of Modern Society 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.adequacy.org [Source type: Original source]
.Of Saiva mendicant and ascetic orders, the members of which are considered more or less followers of Sankara Acharya, the following may be mentioned: (I) Dandis, or staff-bearers, who carry a wand with a piece of red cloth, containing the sacred cord, attached to it, and also wear one or more pieces of cloth of the same colour.^ Consider, for instance, the following claims of Bolaji Idowu, one of the most cited scholars on Yorb theology: .

 ^ But while it may grab a few headlines, some quiet work in the trenches may achieve alot more, even though it may feel less righteous and powerful.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ All the philosophical debates on the reality or otherwise of free will fall in one way or another into more or less subtle confusion as to what exactly free will is supposed to be.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .They worship Siva in his form of Bhairava, the" terrible."A sub-section of this order are the Dandi Dasnamis, or Dandi of ten names, so called from their assuming one of the names of Sankara's four disciples, and six of their pupils.^ "The order of the geological age names is, therefore, the supposed order of a set of index fossils based on the assumed order of the evolution of life.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ One form of the Argument From Design is called Intelligent Design (ID), which has evolved from biblical creationism .

 ^ Therefore, these four fundamental forms of radiation represent the spirits of the four living creatures, and give testimony of why they had four faces (Ezekiel 1:12-21).

 .(2) Yogis (or popularly, Jogis), i.e. adherents of the Yoga philosophy and the system of ascetic practices enjoined by it with the view of mental abstraction and the supposed attainment of superhuman powers - practices which, when not merely pretended, but rigidly carried out, are only too apt to produce vacuity of mind and wild fits of frenzy.^ Experiments are conceived of in the minds of highly trained and intelligent scientists who entertain the thought, conceive of the experiment, carry out experiments utilizing equipment produced by highly trained and intelligent engineers for a preconceived purpose, they manipulate conditions, etc.
  • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ But first let me reiterate that the establishment of the first four churches to carry out their functions completes the creation of the mental neutron star.

 ^ The simplicity of Vedic Mathematics means that calculations can be carried out mentally (though the methods can also be written down).
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 .In these degenerate days their supernatural powers consist chiefly in conjuring, sooth-saying, and feats of jugglery, by which they seldom fail in imposing upon a credulous public.^ During these days I realized how the strategies control people and how they were controlling myself.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ They claim that science only deals with the material and therefore, has nothing to say about the immaterial or supernatural.
  • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ A person can say "yes" here, and it requires no belief in supernatural powers.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 (3) Sannyasis, devotees who" renounce "earthly concerns, an order not confined either to the Brahmanical caste or to the Saiva persuasion. Those of the latter are in the habit of smearing their bodies with ashes, and wearing a tiger-skin and a necklace or rosary of rudraksha berries (Elaeocarpus Ganitrus, lit." Rudra's eye "), sacred to Siva, and allowing their hair to grow till it becomes matted and filthy. .(4) Parama-hamsas, i.e." supreme geese (or swans),"a term applied to the world-soul with which they claim to be identical.^ However, Haifan Baha'is claim that what they refer to as a "World > > Commonwealth" should not be considered as having any distinct partisan > > political agenda.
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 ^ The central doctrine of the Saiva Siddhanta philosophy is that Siva is the Supreme Reality, and that the Jiva or the individual soul is of the same essence as Siva, but not identical.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ However, Haifan Baha'is claim that what they refer to as a "World > Commonwealth" should not be considered as having any distinct partisan > political agenda.
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 .This is the highest order of asceticism, members of which are supposed to be solely engaged in meditating on the Brahma, and to be" equally indifferent to pleasure or pain, insensible of heat or cold, and incapable of satiety or want."Some of them go about naked, but the majority are clad like the Dandis.^ I thought you'd like to know that Priest blogger, Fr Joe Jenkins of Father Joe's Blog received some bad news about his cardiac C-T scan.
  • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

 ^ But some atheists are skeptical that these ideas don't go far enough in engaging the public consciousness.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ If you want to search for the Big One then be my guest, but I am going to stay with the subjective and try to find some meaning in it.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 (5) Aghora Panthis, a vile and disreputable class of mendicants, now rarely met with. .Their filthy habits and disgusting practices of gross promiscuous feeding, even to the extent of eating offal and dead men's flesh, look almost like a direct repudiation of the strict Brahmanical code of ceremonial purity and cleanliness, and of the rules regulating the matter and manner of eating and drinking; and they certainly make them objects of loathing and terror wherever they are seen.^ And your partner can eat something else if they don't like it.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I dare say that you are revealing some personal vendetta with this ridiculous attempt to make it look like most divorces are the result of men wanting a younger piece of ass.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ But even great souls like Moses are not exempted from making mistakes while still on earth in the flesh.
.On the general effect of the manner of life led by Sadhus or" holy men,"a recent observer (J. C. Oman, Mystics, Ascetics and Saints of India, p.^ And I knew, despite disbelief in a Creator G_d, an absence of religious upbringing in my childhood and a general belief that this-is-all-there-is-to-life-get-used-to-it, that I had an encounter with the Holy.
  • Christianity | Jewcy.com 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ By 1977 Andrew Harvey had become disillusioned with life at Oxford and returned to his native India, where a series of mystical experiences initiated his spiritual journey.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ And when I read about anything today about improving life in India it's due to science, not once have I read where Mysticism has came up with a cure for disease or feed the hungry...........!
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .273) remarks:" Sadlzuism, whether perpetuating the peculiar idea of the efficiency of austerities for the acquisition of far-reaching powers over natural phenomena, or bearing its testimony to the belief in the indispensableness of detachment from the world as a preparation for the ineffable joy of ecstatic communion with the Divine Being, has undoubtedly tended to keep before men's eyes, as the highest ideal, a life of purity, self-restraint, and contempt of the world and human affairs.^ Self-restraint, according to all virtuous persons, is the highest of virtues in this world.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Salvation is living in the spirit world with these divine beings, the Kami.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Something happened to these men in their belief in the birth, life, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ that changed the world.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .It has also necessarily maintained amongst the laity a sense of the righteous claims of the poor upon the charity of the more affluent members of the community.^ The Jewish communal infrastructure has sought to seek a balance between the larger Jewish Left and the more active Jewish Right.
  • Islam | Jewcy.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Quote: the members of the agnostic/faith community represented in this thread are asking for the right to ask those questions without generalizations, disrespect or suppression.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Those with sense and the righteous stay prayed up for you need God more today than yesterday.

 .Moreover, sadhuism, by the multiplicity of the independent sects which have arisen in India, has engendered and favoured a spirit of tolerance which cannot escape the notice of the most superficial observer."An independent Saiva sect, or, indeed, the only strictly Saiva sect, are the Vira Saivas, more commonly called Lingayats (popularly Lingaits) or Lingavats, from their practice of wearing on their person a phallic emblem of Siva, made of copper or silver, and usually enclosed in a case suspended from the neck by a string.^ Independent of the legal disabilities of the Jews, they are in Algiers a most oppressed people; they are not permitted to resist any personal violence of whatever nature, from a Mussulman; they are compelled to wear clothing of a black or dark color; they cannot ride on horseback, or wear arms of any sort, not even a cane; they are permitted only on Saturdays and Wednesdays to pass out of the gates of the city without permission; and on any unexpected call for hard labor, the Jews are turned out to execute it.
  • Islam | Jewcy.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ As for my so called "pointless claim, the problem you have in your worldview Gad is that you cannot determine why morality is anything more than personal preference and feelings that are governed by the might of those in control.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Or, more commonly, one can forget that the prophecy was ever made.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

 Apparently from the movable nature of their badge, their Gurus are called Jangamas (" movable "). .This sect counts numerous adherents in southern India; the Census Report of 1901 recording nearly a million and a half, including some 70 or 80 different, mostly endogamous, castes.^ ADHERENTS: Estimated at nine million, mostly in India's state of Punjab.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ ADHERENTS: About 12 million worldwide, over half in the United States.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The world's population is increasing by some 80 million yearly and 90% is Africa, Asia and Latin America.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .The reputed founder, or rather reformer, of the sect was Basava (or Basaba), a Brahman of the Belgaum district who seems to have lived in the 11th or 12th century.^ It may seem that way to you and your peers, and it may have seemed that way to the bishops who signed off on it all those centuries ago, but to me it has a more limited significance.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Pope Benedict XVI beatified a woman known as “Mamma Rosa,” who lived in the early 20th century and raised 11 kids.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ There are found a number of dilapidated Jaina and Hindu temples which seem to have been of the 8th to the 11th century A.D. .
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 .According to the Basava-purana he early in life renounced his caste and went to reside at Kalyana, then the capital of the Chalukya kingdom, and later on at Sangamesvara near Ratnagiri, where he was initiated into the Vira Saiva faith which he subsequently made it his life's work to propagate.^ The 'infant life,' newborn into the kingdom of God, starts on the struggle and the experience which will lead him step by step from one initiation to another till he too has attained."
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The Epiphany, or showing forth of the inner person, is a spiritual initiation into the mystery of the inner life of the soul, which brings the revelation of the innate divinity of man .
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ As she began to study the early Church fathers, and through the witness of her brother already a Roman Catholic, Rosyln made the full conversion into the fullness of Faith to Roman Catholism.
  • Why I Left Judaism | Real Zionist News 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC www.realjewnews.com [Source type: Original source]

 .His doctrine, which may be said to constitute a kind of reaction against the severe sacerdotalism of Sankara, has spread over all classes of the southern community, most of the priests of Saiva temples there being adherents of it; whilst in northern India its votaries are only occasionally met with, and then mostly as mendicants, leading about a neatly caparisoned bull as representing Siva's sacred bull Nandi. Though the Lingayats still show a certain animosity towards the Brahmans, and in the Census lists are accordingly classes as an independent group beside the Hindus, still they can hardly be excluded from the Hindu community, and are sure sooner or _later to find their -way back to the Brahmanical fold.^ They all are Hindus.

 ^ Delhi: Hindu Pocket Books, 1969 [ his memoirs dictated after release from Pakistani prison; mostly on his independence activities against the British ].

 ^ "The way into the kingdom is found by questioning and answering, by seeking and finding, and by the obedience to that inner voice which can be heard when all other voices are stilled.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]
.Vishnu, whilst less popular with Brahmans than his rival, has from early times proved to the lay mind a more attractive object of adoration on account of the genial and, so to speak, romantic character of his mythical personality.^ AM It proves more than that.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It proves more than that.
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 ^ At which you have been the historical early winners, but we've been coming on and gathering strength in quantity and quality in later, more "scientific" times.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 .It is not, however, so much the original figure of the god himself that enlists the sympathies of his adherents as the additional elements it has received through the theory of periodical" descents "(avatara) or incarnations applied to this deity.^ The source or origin of scripture is God himself.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Much of the Torah traces the ancestry of Abraham through Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and finally to Moses, the foremost of God's prophets in Hebrew history.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Truth, however maintains the unity of God in such a way as to insist that whatever belongs to God Himself belongs to Him alone.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Whilst the Saiva philosophers do not approve of the notion of incarnations, as being derogatory to the dignity of the deity, the Brahmans have nevertheless thought fit to adopt it as apparently a convenient expedient for bringing certain tendencies of popular worship within the pale of their system, and probably also for counteracting the Buddhist doctrines; and for this purpose Vishnu would obviously offer himself as the most attractive figure in the Brahmanical trinity.^ By loving and serving Vishnu and meditating upon Him and His incarnations, our spiritual hunger grows and we experience His Grace flooding our whole being.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Since not all living beings serve a purpose, it wouldnt logically follow that we do--or even logically follow if they did, anymore than the fact that because most mammals are quadrupedal, it would logically follow that humans are too.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "I don’t think you are saying it would be a supernatural purpose, but my point was that most people would think that a mulituniverse, with a purpose, would be a supernatural concept."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Whether the incarnation theory started from the original solar nature of the god suggestive of regular visits to the world of men, or in what other way it may have originated, must remain doubtful.^ God would have it no other way.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "It may be objected that to classify as monotheistic any doctrine which refers to men in some positive sense as 'gods' is self-contradictory; and strictly speaking such an objection is valid.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Apart from Him, whom God has made Lord and Christ, there is no other name under heaven given to men, by which we are to be saved.

 .Certain, however, it is that at least one of his Avatars is clearly based on the Vedic conception of the sun-god, viz.^ If the god of a speeding bullet is the body into which which it will embed itself, the mystery is the standard one that the future is never certain and the process by which it unfolds is scientifically inexhaustible.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ We then spin up big thoughts from little ones, and so on up to god concepts.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ And logically, you do not know everything, so unless God reveals Himself to you, you are the one with the blind faith, never knowing anything for certain.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 that of the .dwarf who claims as much ground as he can cover by three steps, and then gains the whole universe by his three mighty strides.^ But I have much to gain from remembering the one who created me in love."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ 'Look, here is the living Shiva.’ How can He who is the Absolute Brahman, omnipresent and pervading the whole universe, incarnate Himself as man?
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ But I have much to gain from remembering the one who created me in love.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Of the ten or more Avatars, assumed by different authorities, only two have entered to any considerable extent into the religious worship of the people, viz.^ But "into it" and dedicated are two different things.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It contains two very different lists of Ten Commandments (in three sets) and three sets of paternal ancestors for Jesus (with one lineage just being the Holy Ghost).

 ^ Absolutism is a mentality to which religious people are very prone, and the only religion that seriously tries to counter this tendency is Buddhism.

 those of Rama (or Ramachandra) and Krishna, the favourite heroes of epic romance. .That these two figures would appeal far more strongly to the hearts and feelings of the people, especially the warlike Kshatriyas, 1 than the austere Siva is only what might have been expected; and, indeed, since the time of the epics their cult seems never to have lacked numerous adherents.^ If only he would have circumscribed all these people, too.

 ^ The statistics of the Hindus, who constitute more than 80% of the total population, should be kept in perspective while comparing these figures.

 ^ In times such as these, I am honoured to trace my ancestry to two European signs of contradiction, Poland and Ireland; though my pride is these heritages cannot be delimited by purely political considerations, in an age dominated by malign political ideologies and their votaries, political considerations are bound to factor more highly than they would in healthier times.

 .But, on the other hand, the essentially human nature of these two gods 1 As in the case of Siva's traditional white complexion, it may not be without significance, from a racial point of view, that Vishnu, Rama and Krishna have various darker shades of colour attributed to them, viz.^ Of course there is tradition with these gods!

 ^ I, on the other hand, see the evidence everywhere that points to God's existence.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ These, of the many attributes He reveals in the pages of Scripture, does not stop God from knowing all things and judging according to His nature.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 blue, hyacinthine, and dark azure or dark brown respectively. .The names of the two heroes meaning simply" black "or" dark,"the blue tint may originally have belonged to Vishnu, who is also called pitavasas, dressed in yellow garment, i.e. the colours of sky and sun combined.^ London, UK: A Sikh man of Indian origin who was killed while confronting two muggers who were running away after snatching a woman’s handbag has been described as a hero by the British police.
  • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

 ^ But it is simply that they happen to have blue eyes and blond hair, not that I chose them because of the colour of their hair or eyes.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ But this only means that what men call mystery is due simply to the mechanical shortcomings of the human brain.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
would naturally tend to modify the character of the relations between worshipper and worshipped, and to impart to the modes and forms of adoration features of a more popular and more human kind. .And accordingly it is exactly in connexion with these two incarnations of Vishnu, especially that of Krishna, that a new spirit was infused into the religious life of the people by the sentiment of fervent devotion to the deity, as it found expression in certain portions of the epic poems, especially the Bhagavadgita, and in the Bhagavatapurana (as against the more orthodox Vaishnava works of this class such as the Vishnupurana), and was formulated into a regular doctrine of faith in the Sandilya-sutra, and ultimately translated into practice by the Vaishnava reformers.^ VAISHNAVISM: Vishnu has ten or more incarnations.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Jews, which has its origins in the role assigned to Jews in certain Christian writings and beliefs concerning the genesis of their faith, and which has found modern expressions in such works as the Protocols and similar portrayals of a universal Jewish plot against both God and mankind.
  • Islam | Jewcy.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Because these two mentalities work together to rob man of his divine nature or to sway him against his divine nature, Jesus, in Revelation 12:9, described them as "that old serpent," a serpent within man himself which does just that, rob man and woman.
.The first successful Vaishnava reaction against Sankara's reconstructed creed was led by Ramanuja, a southern Brahman of the 12th century.^ The first is the vague reaction against the demanding scheme of traditional Confucian rules.
  • Taoism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC plato.stanford.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .His followers, the Ramanujas, or Sri-Vaishnavas as they are usually called, worship Y Y, P Vishnu (Narayana) with his consort Sri or Lakshmi (the goddess of beauty and fortune), or their incarnations Rama with Sita and Krishna with Rukmini.^ The temple was of Krishna in his childhoodbecause when Krishna becomes a young man he creates many troubles and many questions, so there are many people who worship Krishna as a childhence the temple was called the temple of Balaji.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ In their worship, they are learning to respond to to call of their genes, above and beyond that of their individual selves.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Ramanuja's doctrine, which is especially directed against the Linga-worship, is essentially based on the tenets of an old Vaishnava sect, the Bhagavatas or Pancharatras, who worshipped the Supreme Being under the name of Vasudeva (subsequently identified with Krishna, as the son of Vasudeva, who indeed is credited by some scholars with the foundation of that monotheistic creed).^ "It may be objected that to classify as monotheistic any doctrine which refers to men in some positive sense as 'gods' is self-contradictory; and strictly speaking such an objection is valid.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Maybe you have been prejudiced against Christianity in the past, because you were turned off by an inadequate example of it in a church or in the lives of some individuals who called themselves Christians.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The government’s tubal ligation program only caters to women 45 years and below, but some of those who came are as old as 52.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .The sectarial mark of the Ramanujas resembles a capital U (or, in the case of another division, a Y), painted with a white clay called gopichandana, between the hair and the root of the nose, with a red or yellow vertical stroke (representing the female element) between the two white lines.^ When black and white paint are mixed together, the result is something in between, grey paint.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Evolutionary biologists recognize these as rooted in the same evolutionary processes -- more like a continuum or spectrum of the scale of change between two taxa.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Therefore, we must be mindful of the fact that many of those memory locations fell under the dominion of Red Light, Yellow Light, and White Light-representing the other three original races of men.

 .They also usually wear, like all Vaishnavas, a necklace of tulasi, or basil wood, and a rosary of seeds of the same shrub or of the lotus.^ They are not at all like "true theists".
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ He was not born in the usual manner, a seed from a male for then He would have inherited Adams nature and disposition after the Fall like the rest of us have.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ First, its important to note that humans concocted all of these qualities of Yahweh, and they have no examples in the real world much like the capabilities of Superman.

 .Their most important shrines are those of Srirangam near Trichinopoly, Mailkote in Mysore, Dvaraka (the city of Krishna) on the Kathiawar coast, and Jagannath in Orissa; all of them decorated with Vishnu's emblems, the tulasi plant and salagram stone.^ "To believe or disbelieve is existentially the most important choice of all.

 ^ The Qur'an is the single most important authority in all of Islam.

 ^ "In my opinion these views are profoundly mistaken, and those who subscribe to them are under a serious misapprehension on a most important matter.

 .The Ramanuja Brahmans are most punctilious in the preparation of their food and in regard to the privacy of their meals, before taking which they have to bathe and put on woollen or silk garments.^ The most interesting aspect of dreams is that they take place entirely within one's own mind.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ For most who take the time to really pay that kind of attention to right now, it's one of the hardest things they'll ever do.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It was not strange that they were the most malignant against the Holy Prophet because they had played a similar role against the Prophets before the advent of Islam.
  • Islam | Jewcy.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Whilst Sankara's mendicant followers were prohibited to touch fire and had to subsist entirely on the charity of Brahman householders, Ramanuja, on the contrary, not only allowed his followers to use fire, but strictly forbade their eating any food cooked, or even seen, by a stranger.^ He not only himself renounced the joys and pleasures prohibited by the Jaina scriptures but also induced his subject to follow his path.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Atheists are the same people who are fond of using science to support their belief system, which, by the way, is the only belief system they allow in academe,...
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It is easy to overlook, but followers of Islam place their eternal salvation entirely on the whimsical sayings of only one single man - the imperfect and violent man Muhammad.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 .On the speculative side, Ramanuja also met Sankara's strictly monistic theory by another recognizing Vishnu as identical with Brahma as the Supreme Spirit animating the material world as well as the individual souls which have become estranged from God through unbelief, and can only attain again conscious union with him through devotion or love (bhakti). His tenets are expounded in various works, especially in his commentaries on the Vedantasutras and the Bhagavadgita.^ There is only one God and we are not Him.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Bhakti is intense love for God.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Through the path of devotion and love, Jesus attained to the realization of oneness of the individual soul with the Father or the universal Spirit, which is the ideal of a Jnana Yogi as well as the ultimate goal of all religions.
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 .The followers of Ramanuja have split into two sects, a northern one, recognizing the Vedas as their chief authority, and a southern one, basing their tenets on the Nalayir, a Tamil work of the Upanishad order.^ Nichiren Shoshu and Soka Gakkai used to be one sect, but they split apart in 1991 and have had an ugly, often vicious rivalry ever since.

 ^ "The change from one state into the next is in fact...a death or dissolution of the first state followed by rebirth in a new state.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I had no idea that not only were we all of those two sects, but also that within those sects, that there was no one deserving of respect or anyone of a rational mind.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 .In point of doctrine, they differ in their view of the relation between God Vishnu and the human soul; whilst the former sect define it by the ape theory, which makes the soul cling to God as the young ape does to its mother, the latter explain it by the cat theory, by which Vishnu himself seizes and rescues the souls as the mother cat does her young ones.^ You are the one making distinctions between man and ape.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ That is one of the differences between us.
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 ^ "They have no right to make us follow their point of view.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.Madh y a Acharya, another distinguished Vedanta teacher and founder of a Vaishnava sect, born in Kanara in A.D. 1199, was less intolerant of the Linga cult than Ramanuja, but seems rather to have aimed at a reconciliation of the Saiva and Vaishnava forms of worship.^ I believe that no priest should intervene in the relationship of man and God, nor should God be represented in any form, nor should any being be worshiped other than the One God, Yahweh.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ While I thought you brought up some very good points, intolerance (which is sometimes, but not always, borne from religion) should have been the focus rather than religion.
  • Religion: The Appendix of Modern Society 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.adequacy.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ What was happening in the Bible Study I attend was a form of censorship rather than a study and training in righteousness.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The Madhvas or Madhvacharis favour Krishna and his consort as their special objects of adoration, whilst images of Siva, Parvati, and their son Ganesa are, however, likewise admitted and worshipped in some of their temples, the most important of which is at Udipi in South Kanara, with eight monasteries connected with it.^ The most important is the inscription which mentions the aka Mahkshatrapa osa 80 , son of Mahkshatrapa Rajuvula.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Some agnostics actually admit that humans are the most evil living beings on earth.
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Nichiren Shoshu reveres the Dai-Gohonzon, which is in the possession of Nichiren Shoshu at Taisekiji , Japan , as the foremost or main Gohonzon, the one and only special object of worship for all mankind.
.This shrine contains an image of Krishna which is said to have been rescued from the wreck of a ship which brought it from Dvaraka, where it was supposed to have been set up of old by no other than Krishna's friend Arjuna, one of the five Pandava princes.^ One is more than the other.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ One no more real than the other.

 ^ Timmy said: "Set her up for the kill?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 Followers of the Madh y a creed are but rarely met with in Upper India. .Their sectarial mark is like the U of the SriVaishnavas, except that their central line is black instead of red or yellow.^ Are not most of the people on earth red and yellow instead of black and white?

 ^ Therefore, the red, yellow, and white Adamic families will produced isotopes of the black Adamic families within the Seven Churches; some may even join the churches.

 ^ It is reddish black in color, and has red and yellow particles.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 Madhva - who after his initiation assumed the name Anandatirtha - composed numerous Sanskrit works, including commentaries on the Brahma sutras (i.e. the Vedanta aphorisms), the Gita, the Rigveda and many Upanishads. .His philosophical theory was a dualistic one, postulating distinctness of nature for the divine and the human soul, and hence independent existence, instead of absorption, after the completion of mundane existence.^ Union—complete absorption in the divine.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Which one is right about human nature?
  • The real God is HOLY [Archive] - Lebanese Forces Official Forums 20 September 2009 1:46 UTC www.lebanese-forces.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Humankind needs to be brought on board to the teachings of God for this day one soul at a time, and the independent investigation of truth cannot be rushed.
The Ramanandis or Ramavats (popularly Ramats) are a numerous northern sect of similar tenets to those of the Ramanujas. .Indeed its founder, Ramananda, who probably flourished in the latter part of the 14th century, according to the traditional account, was originally a SriVaishnava monk, and, having come under the suspicion of laxity in observing the strict rules of food during his peregrinations, and been ordered by his superior (Mahant) to take his meals apart from his brethren, left the monastery in a huff and set up a schismatic math of his own at Benares.^ What would have us tell our children, you ain't got no hope in hell of ever having everlasting love so just take what you can get when it comes along.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Check with the poet who has been voted in these parts as the greatest of all 20th century poets, which is tae say, Phil Larkin, and see what he has tae say about parents in his ‘This Be the Verse” .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It was translated from its original hieroglyphic text into the English language by several Europeans since the latter part of the 19th Century A.D. The easiest one to read is called.."The" (Egyptian) "Book of the Dead."

 The sectarial mark of his sect differs but slightly from that of the parent stock. .The distinctive features of their creed consist in their making Rama and Sita, either singly or conjointly, the chief objects of their adoration, instead of Vishnu and Lakshmi, and their attaching little or no importance to the observance of privacy in the cooking and eating of their food.^ However, there are parallels wherein the divine consorts are conceived as the inseparable powers of Vishnu and His incarnations: e.g., Krishna's Radha Rani and Rama's Sita.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ No the "best" translation is not "understood" it is "heard", "understand" is what you like because it makes it a little less contradictory to your beliefs.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ A little religion makes no sense at all.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Their mendicant members, usually known as Vairagis, are, like the general body of the sect, drawn from all castes without distinction.^ These distinctions are not rigid and generally all Hindus participate and celebrate all these festivals.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It is now known that all newly hatched chicks become bonded to whatever casts a large shadow on them which is usually the mother bird and something like that must have happened here.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Without an absolute truth all truth claims are mere speculation and truth can never be known as certain.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Thus, the founder's twelve chief disciples include, besides Brahmans, a weaver, a currier, a Rajput, a Jat and a barber - for, they argue, seeing that Bhagavan, the Holy One (Vishnu), became incarnate even in animal form, a Bhakta (believer) may be born even in the lowest of castes.^ "They seem to believe that you can argue people out of religion."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ YOU: "God can not be omniscient, and want his creation to believe in him, and have even one member of his creation doubt his existence for even a second."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ They were both very ordinary on the one hand but possessed a vigour and passion you rarely see.

 .Ramananda's teaching was thus of a distinctly levelling and popular character; and, in accordance therewith, the Bhakta-mala and other authoritative writings of the sect are composed, not in Sanskrit, but in the popular dialects.^ The problem with religion is not that it teaches belief in deity, rather that it doesn't sufficiently use that to teach its believers to be better to other people and to move to higher levels of belief.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .A follower of this creed was the distinguished poet Tulsidas, the composer of the beautiful Hindi version of the Ramayana and other works which" exercise more influence upon the great body of Hindu population than the whole voluminous series of Sanskrit composition "(H. H. Wilson).^ A person can be more than a body.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ He exercised great influence at court.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I trust Hindus more than Muslims.
.The traditional list of Ramananda's immediate disciples includes the name of Kabir, the weaver, a remarkable man who would accordingly have lived in the latter part of the 15th century, and who is claimed by both Hindus and Moslems as having been born within their fold.^ But then, this character did not have any relative who would have had to take part in the alternative invasion plan.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Check with the poet who has been voted in these parts as the greatest of all 20th century poets, which is tae say, Phil Larkin, and see what he has tae say about parents in his ‘This Be the Verse” .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The only comment I made was "Sam Harris who slams Islam and theists" as part of a larger argument which was stated as a fact not an inflammatory or derogatory remark.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The story goes that, having been deeply impressed by Ramananda's teaching, he sought to attach himself to him; and, one day at Benares, in stepping down the ghat at daybreak to bathe in the Ganges, and putting himself in the way of the teacher, the latter, having inadvertently struck him with his foot, uttered his customary exclamation" Ram Ram,"which, being also the initiatory formula of the sect, was claimed by Kabir as such, making him Ramananda's disciple.^ What authority does he have to make such claims?
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 ^ "Again, you do not understand the teaching of the Bible to make such claims.
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 ^ Islam goes one step further.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Be this as it may, Kabir's own reformatory activity lay in the direction of a compromise between the Hindu and the Mahommedan creeds, the religious practices of both of which he criticized with equal severity.^ What we believe is modulated by our own experience, experiments, speculation and on on, and this activity refines our inherited beliefs in the general direction of better reflecting the truth.
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 ^ Conceivably, therefore, both trends may have drawn “support” from reading the early texts as expressing ideas compatible with their own.
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 ^ And although the magnitude of the association between religious attendance and mortality varies by cause of death, the direction of the association is consistent across causes.” 127 .
  • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

 .His followers, the Kabir Panthis (" those following Kabir's path "), though neither worshipping the gods of the pantheon, nor observing the rites and ceremonial of the Hindus, are nevertheless in close touch with the Vaishnava sects, especially the Ramavats, and generally worship Rama as the supreme deity, when they do not rather address their homage, in hymns and otherwise, to the founder of their creed himself.^ Would they worship a Negro God?

 ^ Do Hindus worship one God or many?
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 ^ They were so greatly influenced they didn’t even mention god in the constitution which is the supreme law of the land.
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 .Whilst very numerous, particularly amongst the low-caste population, in western, central and northern India, resident adherents of Kabir's doctrine are rare in Bengal and the south; although there is hardly a town in India where strolling beggars may not be found singing songs of Kabir in the original or as translated into the local dialects."^ Sankaracharya It may be safely stated that Sankara’s interpretation of Hinduism is, even today, India’s original and unsurpassed contribution to the philosophical thought of the world.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Hegel's philosophy translated very well into evolutionary terms, and the history of European philosophy over the last century or so has indeed been the further refinement of that general outlook.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The raids of Mahmud into India were aimed at plundering the rich temples and cities of Northern India.
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 .The mendicants of this creed, however, never actually solicit alms; and, indeed, "the quakerlike spirit of the sect, their abhorrence of all violence, their regard for truth and the inobtrusiveness of their opinions render them very inoffensive members of the state" (H. H. Wilson).^ However, what you’re never going to be able to do, convincingly, is to establish full equality for women, gays, and very often members of other religions.
  • Islam | Jewcy.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ You throw your opinion around which is indeed ignorant as though you actually know something about IT. .
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 ^ Yup, James evolutionary evidence regarding selection mechanisms is all based upon opinion, speculation and conjecture.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 .The doctrines of Kabir are taught, mostly in the form of dialogues, in numerous Hindi works, composed by his disciples and adherents, who, however, usually profess to give the teacher's own words.^ If, however, the teacher decided that all students who made from 90 to 100 would get an "A" rating, all who got between 80 and 89 would receive a "B" grade, and so forth, this would be fair.
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 ^ Timmy, you were the one who labeled it inconsistent, and you were the one who is unable to give a standard that is anything other than you own personal feelings and preferences.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ He helps Christians to engage in meaningful dialogue with other religions, learn from them without giving up their own Christian faith.
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.The peculiar conciliatory tendencies of Kabir were carried on with even greater zeal from the latter part of the 15th century by one of his followers, Nanak Shah, the promulgator of the creed of the Nanak Shahis or Sikhs - i.e. (Sanskr.^ It was translated from its original hieroglyphic text into the English language by several Europeans since the latter part of the 19th Century A.D. The easiest one to read is called.."The" (Egyptian) "Book of the Dead."

 ^ English language by many Europeans since the latter part of the 19th Century A.D. The easiest one to read is called...

 ^ If WS had written just the one play, the shortest one, which is tae say ‘Macbeth’ and even as we have it with the missing parts, it would still seem tae me the work o’ a god!
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 ) .sishya, disciples, whose guru, or teacher, he called himself - a peaceful sect at first until, in consequence of Mahommedan persecution, a martial spirit was infused into it by the tenth, and last, guru, Govind Shah, changing it into a political organization.^ The first prince to bring the family into prominence was Prolarja, one of whose records is dated 1117-18 A.D. He distinguished himself in warfare against the Western Chlukyas and ruled for a long time.
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 ^ Guru means that which changes darkness into light.
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 ^ Faith leaders agreed to the first event of its kind last month as part of three-point plant to promote peace in Baltimore this summer.
  • In Good Faith: Judaism - A blog for news and discussion on matters of faith - baltimoresun.com 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC weblogs.baltimoresun.com [Source type: General]

 .Whilst originally more akin in its principles to the Moslem faith, the sect seems latterly to have shown tendencies towards drifting back to the Hindu pale.^ "It is towards this goal -- the goal of a new World Order, Divine in origin, all-embracing in scope, equitable in principle, challenging in its features -- that a harassed humanity must strive."
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 ^ To me Mohammedanism seems no more or less insane as the extreme, enthusiastic sects of Christianity.
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 ^ "It is towards this goal -- the goal of a new World Order, Divine in > origin, all-embracing in scope, equitable in principle, challenging in > its features -- that a harassed humanity must strive."
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.Of Ramananda's disciples and successors several others, besides Kabir, have established schismatic divisions of their own, which do not, however, offer any very marked differences of creed.^ However, what you’re never going to be able to do, convincingly, is to establish full equality for women, gays, and very often members of other religions.
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 ^ His true meaning, however, as He himself clearly announced, was very different.

 ^ Several other Jaina temples erected at different places in the ilhra Kingdom find mention in the records of the age.
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 .The most important of these, the Dadu Panthi sect, founded by Dadu about the year 1600, has a numerous following in Ajmir and Marwar, one section of whom, the Nagas, engage largely in military service, whilst the others are either householders or mendicants.^ It's either one or the other.
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 ^ The U.S. Department of Energy and others project that in about 15 years, we will be importing approximately 100% of the oil we need.
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 ^ Consider, for instance, the following claims of Bolaji Idowu, one of the most cited scholars on Yorb theology: .

 .The followers of this creed wear no distinctive sectarial mark or badge, except a skull-cap; nor do they worship any visible image of any deity, the repetition (japa) of the name of Rama being the only kind of adoration practised by them.^ The burden of proof lies with you to prove that the physical world is the only reality and that no supernatural being exists.
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 ^ They wear the sacred marks, tilaka, on their foreheads as sacred symbols, though each wears a distinct mark.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ God remain constant and is of no respect to any particular person, yet there are particular persons that is of respect to God and in so being should be particular about God, the one and only constant in the Universe and beyond.
.Although the Vaishnava sects hitherto noticed, in their adoration of Vishnu and his incarnations, Krishna and Ramachandra, usually associate with these gods their Brot wives, as their saktis, or female energies, the sexual element is, as a rule, only just allowed sufficient scope to enhance the emotional character of the rites of worship.^ These absolutes only come from God.
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 ^ Notice that the research indicated , “Our findings show that the brain areas activated when someone looks at a photo of their beloved only PARTIALLY OVERLAP (my emphasis) with the brain regions associated with sexual arousal.
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 ^ We are commanded to worship God not only in spirit but also in truth, for these are the kind of worshipers that God seeks.
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 .In some of the later Vaishnava creeds, on the other hand, this element is far from being kept within the bounds of moderation and decency.^ LJ: "You on the other hand must show some evidence that there is one and you have not done that sufficiently.
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 ^ According to some Heracles was the only person to steal the apples, other than Perseus , although Athena later returned the apples to their rightful place in the garden.
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 ^ For God to guess that the Byzantines would win at some time within "a few years" as opposed to specifying the exact year, is inconsistent with the belief in an Omniscient, Omnipotent Being.

 The favourite object of adoration with adherents of these sects is Krishna with his mate - but not the devoted friend and counsellor of the Pandavas and deified hero of epic song, nor the ruler of Dvaraka and wedded lord of Rukmini, but the juvenile Krishna, Govinda or Bala Gopala, "the cowherd lad," the foster son of the cowherd Nanda of Gokula, taken up with his amorous sports with the Gopis, or wives of the cowherds of Vrindavana (Brindaban,near Mathura on the Yamuna), especially his favourite mistress Radha or Radhika. .This episode in the legendary life of Krishna has every appearance of being a later accretion.^ If you do get married and cheat, (because you discover later in life you are promiscuous) then at least be honest with your spouse that you are promiscuous or you are going to start being promiscuous.
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 ^ Of abortion, it said that it is a violation of the right to life which is the right of every human being from the moment of conception.
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 .After barely a few allusions to it in the epics, it bursts forth full-blown in the Harivansa, the Vishnu-purana, the Narada-Pancharatra and the Bhagavata-purana, the tenth canto of which, dealing with the life of Krishna, has become, through vernacular versions, especially the Hindi Prem-sagar, or "ocean of love," a favourite romance all over India, and has doubtless helped largely to popularize the cult of Krishna.^ HINDUS believe that all life is sacred, to be loved and revered, and therefore practice ahimsa, "noninjury."
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 ^ Through total self-surrender, prapatti, to Vishnu, to Krishna or to His beloved consort Radha Rani, liberation from samsara is attained.
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 ^ I believe that all life is sacred, to be loved and revered, and therefore practice ahimsa, noninjury in thought, word and deed.
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 .Strange to say, however, no mention is as yet made by any of these works of Krishna's favourite Radha; it is only in another Purana - though scarcely deserving that designation - that she makes her appearance, viz.^ Yet some our people make the false claims that these pyramids exist in the Americas because African people traveled to the Americas before Columbus.

 ^ All credit to Sam for brightening my day, for making me think and for having the courage to say, in public, with no barriers, exactly what so many people think but do not say or are afraid to say for reasons known only to themselves.
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 ^ But if they say no, and this is so often the case, the only way to make them share everything is to take away their free will.
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 in the Brahma-vaivarta, in which Krishna's amours in Nanda's cow-station are dwelt upon in fulsome and wearisome detail; whilst the poet Jayadeva, in the 12th century, made her love for the gay and inconstant boy the theme of his beautiful, if highly voluptuous, lyrical drama, Gita-govinda. The earliest of the sects which associate Radha with Krishna in their worship is that of the Nimavats, founded by Nimbaditya or Nimbarka (i.e. "the sun of the Nimba tree"), a teacher of uncertain date, said to have been a Telugu Brahman who subsequently established himself at Mathura (Muttra) on the Yamuna, where the headquarters of his sect have remained ever since. .The Mahant of their monastery at Dhruva Kshetra near Mathura, who claims direct descent from Nimbarka, is said to place the foundation of that establishment as far back as the 5th century - doubtless an exaggerated claim; but if Jayadeva, as is alleged, and seems by no means improbable, was really a follower of Nimbarka, this teacher must have flourished, at latest, in the early part of the 12th century.^ According to Muslim jurists, the following legal ordinances must be enforced on Zimmis (Christians and Jews alike) who reside among Muslims: .

 ^ For Nazism we must note that Germany was largely Christian , their army and badges had Christian themes , and even Adolf Hitler said he was Catholic and followed Christ .

 ^ But what I am saying to Gad is "How do you (Gad) explain the "connection" I feel to the universe realizing we are all connected on the physical world to it, since I hold no claims that it is supernatural?"
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 .He is indeed taken by some authorities to be identical with the mathematician Bhaskara Acharya, who is known to 'have completed his chief work in A.D. 1150. It is worthy of remark, in this respect, that - in accordance with Ramanuja's and Nimbarka's philosophical theories - Jayadeva's presentation of Krishna's fickle love for Radha is usually interpreted in a mystical sense, as allegorically depicting the human soul's striving, through love, for reunion with God, and its ultimate attainment, after many backslidings, of the longed-for goal.^ Of course God who created nature works in it and through it.
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 ^ At a time when stupendous undertakings are being given up for lack of funds, when all the human institutions are crumbling down and failing to inspire hope in their followers, the world will see our Temple completed, not through the donations of wealthy people, but through the sacrifices of humble souls who have the love of God burning in their hearts .

 ^ Dr Sa'eed Khan [was] a highly-respected physician...who had as a doctor treated the second widow of the Bab, and had for a lifetime known intimately both Babis [i.e.
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 .As the chief authority of their tenets, the Nimavats recognize the Bhagavata-purana; though several works, ascribed to Nimbarka - partly of a devotional character and partly expository of Vedanta topics - are still extant, Adherents of this sect are fairly numerous in northern India, their frontal mark consisting of the usual two perpendicular white lines, with, however, a circular black spot between them.^ Several Jaina temples were built and numerous images installed in them during the Sayyid period and the Lodi period at several sites in Northern India.
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 ^ However, by way of the four Aryan beasts and the ten kings (who are black men and not white men), their works will also be killed.

 ^ Still, the main emphasis in Faure’s writing falls on the more promising topic of the performative and historically embedded character of truth.
.Of greater importance than the sect just noticed, because of their far larger following, are the two sects founded early in the 16th century by Vallabha (Ballabha) Acharya and Chaitanya.^ In early 19th century Germany, many communities found themselves in conflict between traditional Judaism and the new Reform movement.
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 ^ These striking and beautiful methods are just a part of a complete system of mathematics which is far more systematic than the modern 'system'.
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 ^ That I don't believe in God.The humanist bit means,according to my dictionary,"attaching greater importance to human rather than divine,or supernatural matters."
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 .In the forms of worship favoured by votaries of these creeds the emotional and erotic elements are allowed yet freer scope than in those that preceded them; and, as an effective auxiliary to these tendencies, the use of the vernacular dialects in prayers and hymns of praise takes an important part in the religious service.^ They take part in rites, they listen to sermons, they repeat prayers; but their thirst remains unassuaged.
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 ^ Back in the day my family would drive up to Wilmette for a religious service at the Baha'i House of Worship.

 ^ I believe that no priest should intervene in the relationship of man and God, nor should God be represented in any form, nor should any being be worshiped other than the One God, Yahweh.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 The Vallabhacharis, or, as they are usually called, from the title of their spiritual heads, the Gokulastha Gosains, i.e. " the cow-lords (gosvamin) residing in Gokula," are very numerous in western and central India. .Vallabha, the son of a Telinga Brahman, after extensive journeyings all over India, settled at Gokula near Mathura, and set up a shrine with an image of Krishna Gopala.^ In V.S. 1394 (1337-1338 A.D.), Mantr Bhaka, son of Mantr Jagasiha and grandson of Mantr Abhayasimha, set up an image of Ambikdev in Vimalavasah of Mount-Abu.
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 ^ The honour of performing the ceremony at the time of setting up the images is shared by Siddhasri of Upakeagachchha and Ratnkarasri of Tapgachchha.
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 ^ In V.S. 1381 (1315 A.D.), Samara set up the image of dintha in the completed temple on the holy hill.
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 .About the year 1673, in consequence of the fanatical persecutions of the Mogul emperor, this image was transferred to Nathdvara in Udaipur (Mewar), where the shrine of Srinatha ("the lord of Sri," i.e. Vishnu) continues to be the chief centre of worship for adherents of this creed; whilst seven other images, transferred from Mathura at the same time, are located at different places in Rajputana.^ The U.S. Department of Energy and others project that in about 15 years, we will be importing approximately 100% of the oil we need.
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 ^ Aristotle thought so 2300 years ago, and for over 1900 years, his ideas were what was taught about this and many other subjects.

 ^ Another inscription 185 from Mathura dated in the year 299 of an unknown era refers to the erection of an image of Mahvra and a temple ( devakula ) by Okh, Sarika and ivadin.
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 Vallabha himself went subsequently to reside at Benares, where he died. In the doctrine of this Vaishnava prophet, the adualistic theory of Sankara is resorted to as justifying a joyful and voluptuous cult of the deity. .For, if the human soul is identical with God, the practice of austerities must be discarded as directed against God, and it is rather by a free indulgence of the natural appetites and the pleasures of life that man's love for God will best be shown.^ Man can and ultimately must know God during earthly life.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ We define man's soul as being a divinely inspired sphere of knowledge, light (intelligence), life and energy retained in the mental, molecular, and motor activity of the human brain--until the transformation or of death of the brain.

 ^ John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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 .The followers of his creed, amongst whom there are many wealthy merchants and bankers, direct their worship chiefly to Gopal Lal, the boyish Krishna of Vrindavana, whose image is sedulously attended like a revered living person eight times a day - from its early rising from its couch up to its retiring to repose at night.^ There are many experiences you have had that I would have a hard time following.
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 ^ On the contrary, Bat Ye'or multiplies comparable passages from Islamic sages of many times and locales, from the time of Muhammad to the present day.

 ^ There are many areas of confusion on this issue which I must clear up.
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 .The sectarial mark of the adherents consists of two red perpendicular lines, meeting in a semicircle at the root of the nose, and having a round red spot painted between them.^ In reality my car cannot actually be painted two colors, red and black, if in fact it is only painted with one color.
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 ^ The oldest of these inscriptions is of about 600 A.D. Two inscriptions of about 900 A.D. describe the hill at ravaabelagol as having its summit marked by the impress of the feet of Bhandrabhu and Munipati Chandragupta.
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 ^ Then, aren't even the smallest of contradictions between the two, very big red flags?
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Their principal doctrinal authority is the Bhagavata-purana, as commented upon by Vallabha himself, who was also the author of several other Sanskrit works highly esteemed by his followers.^ And I base this on the work of other researchers who believe that bacteria have the ability to repair sequencing errors.
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 ^ One who follows the Tao follows the natural order of things, not seeking to improve upon nature or to legislate virtue to others.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Those who want to include the god of other religious worldviews are ignoring what God has said about Himself and about His Word.
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 .In this sect, children are solemnly admitted to full membership at the early age of four, and even two, years of age, when a rosary, or necklace, of 108 beads of basil (tulsi) wood is passed round their necks, and they are taught the use of the octo-syllabic formula Sri-Krishnah saranam mama, " Holy Krishna is my refuge."^ It is early morning as I'm writing this piece and not even 12 hours have passed since the burning of that Mussalmaan.

 ^ Hundreds of years ago they were against autopsies and medical use of cadavers for research.

 ^ YOU: "But at least they wont have to worry about being raped by a Christian priest when they get to that sexy age of 8 years old.
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 .Another special feature of this sect is that their spiritual heads, the Gosains, also called Maharajas, so far from submitting themselves to self-discipline and austere practices, adorn themselves in splendid garments, and allow themselves to be habitually regaled by their adherents with choice kinds of food; and being regarded as the living representatives of the "lord of the Gopis" himself, they claim and receive in their own persons all acts of attachment and worship due to the deity, even, it is alleged, to the extent of complete self-surrender.^ For it will all be a matter of their own free will and free choice.

 ^ Each individual has his/her own personal divinity called Or.

 ^ However even if those terrorists had Pakistani origins, nobody knows about their families: whose sons they were, from where they came and did their families tried to claim their bodies.

 In the final judgment of the famous libel case of the Bombay Maharajas, before the Supreme Court of Bombay, in January 1862, these improprieties were severely commented upon; and though so unsparing a critic of Indian sects as Jogendra Nath seems not to believe in actual immoral practices on the part of the Maharajas, still he admits that "the corrupting influence of a religion, that can make its female votaries address amorous songs to their spiritual guides, must be very great." A modern offshoot of Vallabha's creed, formed with the avowed object of purging it of its objectionable features, was started, in the early years of the 19th century, by Sahajananda, a Brahman of the Oudh country, who subsequently assumed the name of Svami Narayana. .Having entered on his missionary labours at Ahmadabad, and afterwards removed to Jetalpur, where he had a meeting with Bishop Heber, he subsequently settled at the village of Wartal, to the north-west of Baroda, and erected a temple to LakshmiNarayana, which, with another at Ahmadabad, forms the two chief centres of the sect, each being presided over by a Maharaja.^ He erected another temple at Kolhapur and named it Rpanryaa which was a Biruda of his suzerain Gaarditya.
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 ^ On another subject, having read through more than half of these posts, I see only two from believers.
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 ^ He erected two more Jaina temples in Kolhapur.
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 .Their worship is addressed to Narayana, i.e. Vishnu, as the Supreme Being, together with Lakshmi, as well as to Krishna and Radha.^ Through total self-surrender, prapatti, to Vishnu, to Krishna or to His beloved consort Radha Rani, liberation from samsara is attained.
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 ^ SMARTISM: Personal God and temple Deity is Ishvara, male or female, worshiped as Vishnu, Siva, Shakti, Ganesha and Surya or any Deity of devotee's choice, e.g., Kumara or Krishna.
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 ^ However, there are parallels wherein the divine consorts are conceived as the inseparable powers of Vishnu and His incarnations: e.g., Krishna's Radha Rani and Rama's Sita.
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 The sect is said to be gaining ground in Gujarat. .Chaitanya, the founder of the great Vaishnava sect of Bengal, was the son of a high-caste Brahman of Nadiya, the famous Bengal seat of Sanskrit learning, where he was born in 1485, two years after the birth of Martin Luther, the German reformer.^ After Seth was born Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters."
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 ^ Jesus birth was predicted hundred of years before he was born.
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 ^ She was spiritual leader of Chevrei Tzedek for 15 years, and then spent two years as the only Jewish faculty member at St. Frances High School.
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 .Having married in due time, and a second time after the death of his first wife, he lived as a "householder" (grihastha) till the age of 24, when he renounced his family ties and set out as a religious mendicant (vairagin), visiting during the next six years the principal places of pilgrimage in northern India, and preaching with remarkable success his doctrine of Bhakti, or passionate devotion to Krishna, as the Supreme Deity.^ Gachchha visited this place from time to time and performed various religious functions.
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 ^ In 1600, the Christian authorities in Rome took him out of the dungeon he had been in for eight years, drove a nail thru [1] his tongue, tied him to a metal post, put wood and some of his books under his feet, and burned him to death.

 ^ What changed everything was the doctrine of the Gita (mine - composed between 500 – 50 BC), that the householder, living an ordinary life but having bhakti, devotion to God, could reach this state of supreme union, not only as well as, but even more easily than the sannyasi.
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 .He subsequently made over to his principal disciples the task of consolidating his community, and passed the last twelve years of his life at Puri in Orissa, the great centre of the worship of Vishnu as Jagannatha, or "lord of the world," which he remodelled in accordance with his doctrine, causing the mystic songs of Jayadeva to be recited before the images in the morning and evening as part of the daily service; and, in fact, as in the other Vaishnava creeds, seeking to humanize divine adoration by bringing it into accord with the experience of human love.^ The Incarnation brings everyday human life into conjunction with the divine.

 ^ Abhisheka (Siva) Abhisheka is a part of the worship of Lord Siva.
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 ^ Human existence; life: brought a child into the world.
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 .To this end, music, dancing, singing-parties (sankirtan), theatricals - in short anything calculated to produce the desired impression - would prove welcome to him.^ Maybe its the meditation, but I will certainly keep reading anything he writes and hear him anytime I can and would urge any rational thinker (sorry for the label) to do the same .
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 ^ By producing a body of their crucified Lord would have ended the spread of Christianity.
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 ^ Man needs redemption from the forces which would enslave and destroy him -- fear, selfishness, hopelessness, desire and the supernatural forces of the Devil, sin and death against which he is powerless.
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 His doctrine of Bhakti distinguishes five grades of devotional feeling in the Bhaktas, or faithful adherents: viz. .(santi) calm contemplation of the deity; (dasya) active servitude; (sakhya) friendship or personal regard; (vatsalya) tender affection as between parents and children; (madhurya) love or passionate attachment, like that which the Gopis felt for Krishna.^ I know that you are probably avoiding getting between Gad and I, like the plague, but I would love for you to weigh in on our current debate.
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 ^ SMARTISM: Ishvara appears as a human-like Deity according to devotees' loving worship, which is sometimes considered a rudimentary self-purifying practice.
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 ^ This night, then, let us think especially of those children who are denied the love of their parents.

 .Chaitanya also seems to have done much to promote the celebration on an imposing scale of the great Puri festival of the Ratha-yatra, or "car-procession," in the month of Ashadha, when, amidst multitudes of pilgrims, the image of Krishna, together with those of his brother Balarama and his sister Subhadra, is drawn along, in a huge car, by the devotees.^ An inscription of 1134 A.D., in the Jaina temple of Sheragarh, records how a great festival of the Jaina Trthnkara of Nemintha was celebrated at the new Chaitya during the reign of Naravarman.
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 ^ The inscription of 1607 A.D. ponints out that the consecration ceremony of the images on a large scale was celebrated at Maujambad by Jet with his sons and grnadsons when Mna Siha was ruling.
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 ^ Along with my brother and his girlfriend we mulled over what sort of mental process could produce those sick claims and inventions.
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 .Just as this festival was, and continues to be, attended by people from all parts of India, without distinction of caste or sex, so also were all classes, even Mahommedans, admitted by Chaitanya as members of his sect.^ Just alone I cannot carry his cot, and I am asking you because you are all strong people.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Or even Christians with a nice suit to wear on Sunday when people are homeless and starving all around them.
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 ^ But the truth is that there are very few people, even among religious fundamentalists, who will happily admit to being enemies of reason.
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 .Whilst numerous observances are recommended as more or less meritorious, the ordinary form of worship is a very simple one, consisting as it does mainly of the constant repetition of names of Krishna, or Krishna and Radha, which of itself is considered sufficient to ensure future bliss.^ One does not have to be in a sacred place or a certain building to worship God (Jn.
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 ^ They were both very ordinary on the one hand but possessed a vigour and passion you rarely see.

 ^ The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural, original state.
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 The partaking of flesh food and spirituous liquor is strictly prohibited. .By the followers of this sect, also, an extravagant degree of reverence is habitually paid to their gurus or spiritual heads.^ Though he was a devotee of iva, he paid due respect also to the followers of Jaina sects.
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 .Indeed, Chaitanya himself, as well as his immediate disciples, have come to be regarded as complete or partial incarnations of the deity to whom adoration is due, as to Krishna himself; and their modern successors, the Gosains, share to the fullest extent in the devout attentions of the worshippers.^ So glad ye liked the wee poem so as well a Soja there'll be more to come and thereby send Gad and Timmy completely ballistic!
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 ^ His son and successor r Mara-r Vallabha (C. 815-62 A.D.) distinguished himself by defeating the king of Ceylon as well as a combination of the Pallavas, Gahcas and the Cholas, etc.
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 ^ If I come to the agreement that we only play by your rules, I might as well shut up completely.
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 .Chaitanya's movement, being chiefly directed against the vile practices of the Saktas, then very prevalent in Bengal, was doubtless prompted by the best and purest of intentions; but his own doctrine of divine, though all too human, love was, like that of Vallabha, by no means free from corruptive tendencies, - yet, how far these tendencies have worked their way, who would say?^ Who is saying they can't have X with love?
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 ^ They are all just ways of explaining how the universe works.
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 ^ That is what I mean when I say there are no absolutes.
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 .On this point, Dr W. W. Hunter - who is of opinion that "the death of the reformer marks the beginning of the spiritual decline of Vishnu-worship," observes (Orissa, i.^ The mental darkness that surrounded the Mind of God in the beginning of Creation was full of spiritual (or mental) ignorance and death, which we can call the Power of Darkness.

 ^ But Dr. Mark Dybul, who oversees PEPFAR, said funding decisions are made on merit, but he considers faith-based groups to be crucial partners.
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 ^ Mark Goodacre, who teaches New Testament at Duke University Divinity School, will hold online office hours tomorrow, beginning at 11 a.m.

 .III), " The most deplorable corruption of Vishnu-worship at the present day is that which has covered the temple walls with indecent sculptures, and filled its innermost sanctuaries with licentious rites". ..^ EASTERN VIEW: Worship is individual, highly ritualistic and meditative, centering around the holy temple and the home shrine all days of the week.
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 ^ A very interesting and well-argued piece by one of the most incisive thinkers of the present day.
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 ^ SMARTISM: Personal God and temple Deity is Ishvara, male or female, worshiped as Vishnu, Siva, Shakti, Ganesha and Surya or any Deity of devotee's choice, e.g., Kumara or Krishna.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 yet. .. ."it is difficult for a person not a Hindu to pronounce upon the real extent of the evil.^ If God can abolish evil, and God really wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?” Evil is indeed a very difficult problem.
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 .None but a Hindu can enter any of the larger temples, and none but a Hindu priest really knows the truth about their inner mysteries"; whilst the well-known native scholar Babu Rajendralal Mitra points out (Antiquities of Orissa, i.^ All education does this by simplifying the messy truth about reality into a nice just-so story.
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 ^ But in reality, Communism became an extreme dogmatic belief system (not unlike religion in certain circumstances) that was based on irrational beliefs about the well-being of humans.
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 ^ I thought you'd like to know that Priest blogger, Fr Joe Jenkins of Father Joe's Blog received some bad news about his cardiac C-T scan.
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 .III) that "such as they are, these sculptures date from centuries before the birth of Chaitanya, and cannot, therefore, be attributed to his doctrines or to his followers.^ Therefore, these four fundamental forms of radiation represent the spirits of the four living creatures, and give testimony of why they had four faces (Ezekiel 1:12-21).

 ^ And then explain why these "they" should be described in such a way that makes them seem so threatening?
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 ^ It remains for individuals who do feel such an interest to follow it as far as they can.

 .As a Hindu by birth, and a Vaishnava by family religion, I have had the freest access to the innermost sanctuaries and to the most secret of scriptures.^ For this week’s Peek, I’m taking a look at two of the major religion news stories of the moment: The Jesus Family Tomb and The Secret .

 ^ The CBCP knows that the poorest of the poor are those with large families and most of them do not have access to information on natural and artificial methods and birth control devices, the least the Catholic Church could do is offer a solution to the runaway population.
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 ^ Most women desire two to three children but they give birth to more than three, even five children due to lack of access to contraceptives.
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 .I have studied the subject most extensively, and have had opportunities of judging which no European can have, and I have no hesitation in saying that, ' the mystic songs' of Jayadeva and the ' ocean of love ' notwithstanding, there is nothing in the rituals of Jagannatha which can be called licentious."^ That is what I mean when I say there are no absolutes.
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 ^ There is no disputing that it is the study of data.
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 ^ You say love is love and there are no differences.
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 .Whilst in Chaitanya's creed, Krishna, in his relations to Radha, remains at least theoretically the chief partner, an almost inevitable step was taken by some minor sects in attaching the greater importance to the female element, and making Krishna's love for his mistress the guiding sentiment of their faith.^ Every time you make-up your version of how it would go, it is a very childish and angry vision of male female relations.
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 ^ That I don't believe in God.The humanist bit means,according to my dictionary,"attaching greater importance to human rather than divine,or supernatural matters."
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 ^ But, at least theoretically, we have some common epistemic ground here.
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 Of these sects, it will suffice to mention that of the Radha-Vallabhis, started in the latter part of the 16th century, who worship Krishna as Radhavallabha, "the darling of Radha." The doctrines and practices of these sects clearly verge upon those obtaining in the third principal division of Indian sectarians which will now be considered.
.The Saktas, as we have seen, are worshippers of the sakti, or the female principle as a primary factor in the creation and reproduction of the universe.^ In both of these examples, it is the young age distribution and the large number of females who will be at reproductive age that create the population problem.
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 .And as each of the principal gods is supposed to have associated with him his own particular sakti, as an indispensable complement enabling him to properly perform his cosmic functions, adherents of this persuasion might be expected to be recruited from all sects.^ The natural reaction is to turn to God and ask him to serve as a cosmic Santa.
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 ^ Obedience to God's commandments based on love for Him and love for all human beings is what real religion is about.
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 ^ In particular, we need to explain the power of the Abrahamic God (let me call him AG).
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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 .To a certain extent this is indeed the case; but though Vaishnavism, and especially the Krishna creed, with its luxuriant growth of erotic legends, might have seemed peculiarly favourable to a development in this direction, it is practically only in connexion with the Saiva system that an independent cult of the female principle has been developed; whilst in other sects - and, indeed, in the ordinary Saiva cult as well - such worship, even where it is at all prominent, is combined with, and subordinated to, that of the male principle.^ In all If poems (and other traditional Yorb genre such as Ijala and Iwi Egungun), Oldmar is gender neutral.

 ^ Indeed, teaching.baha'i.us is where you can read of Barmak's teaching efforts and others such as this one from right here in Western Washington...

 ^ Even other primates such as chimpanzees, monkeys, and apes exhibit empathy and morality.

 .What has made this cult attach itself more especially to the Saiva creed is doubtless the character of Siva as the type of reproductive power, in addition to his function as destroyer which, as we shall see, is likewise reflected in some of the forms of his Sakti.^ For verification purposes please type the characters you see in the picture below or the numbers you hear by clicking the accessibility icon.
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 ^ Atheists should study the people who come up with some of the silly forms of meditation as much as the practice of meditation itself.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ You state: "What we call consciousness is not some ability we have evolved to see, feel or understand some special property of the stuff, it is a byproduct of the configuration of the stuff that we are made out of.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The theory of the god and his Sakti as cosmic principles is perhaps already foreshadowed in the Vedic couple of Heaven and Earth, whilst in the speculative treatises of the later Vedic period, as well as in the post-Vedic Brahmanical writings, the assumption of the self-existent being dividing himself into a male and a female half usually forms the starting-point of cosmic evolution.'^ "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.."
  • The Simpsons Archive: Religion on the Simpsons 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.snpp.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It is the point where we quit living for self and start obeying God.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 .In the later Saiva mythology this theory finds its artistic representation in Siva's androgynous form of Ardha-narisa, or "halfwoman-lord," typifying the union of the male and female energies; the male half in this form of the deity occupying the right-hand, and the female the left-hand side.^ Don’t attack with your left hand, use your right !
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "Many Kabbalists conceive of God as embodying both male and female energies, which were divided during creation as part of the process of emanation.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Recall Bach's keyboard, and imagine the left hand as Word and the right hand as Spirit.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .In accordance with this type of productive energy, the Saktas divide themselves into two distinct groups, according to whether they attach the greater importance to the male or to the female principle; viz.^ In it she took filered water and divided it into two parts.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "Many Kabbalists conceive of God as embodying both male and female energies, which were divided during creation as part of the process of emanation.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ There is no distinction between rich and poor, male and female, ugly and beautiful, kin and stranger – to all we direct the same energy of goodwill in the moment of encounter.

 the .Dakshinacharis, or "right-hand-observers" (also called Dakshina-margis, or followers "of the right-hand path"), and the Vamacharis, or "left-hand-observers" (or Vama-margis, followers "of the left path").^ Don’t attack with your left hand, use your right !
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Maybe one day there will be a change within the church, a nun from the Netherlands, said, adding that many religious people working in the field follow the practice of, "Your Bible in your left hand, your common sense in your right hand."
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ "Peace be upon the one who follows the right path!

 .Though some of the Puranas, the chief repositories of sectarian doctrines, enter largely into Sakta topics, it is only in the numerous Tantras that these are fully and systematically developed.^ Gad, you make it sound as though Peters challenge: "if you can not answer these unanswerable questions, then how do you know that my answer is wrong", has some merit.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ These children and young adults will soon come into reproductive age and will produce a large number of offspring.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Therefore I feel I can prescribe these agents in some form of good conscience, though I have my moments.

 .In these works, almost invariably composed in the form of a colloquy, Siva, as a rule, in answer to questions asked by his consort Parvati, unfolds the mysteries of this occult creed.^ These are the questions that you have not been able to answer.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ To ask the questions is to answer them.

 ^ To ask the question is to foreclose the answer.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]
.The principal seat of Sakta worship is the north-eastern part of India - Bengal, Assam and Behar.^ SHAKTISM: Geographically widespread, most prominent in North India, especially Bengal and Assam.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Kabul and Qandhar became integral parts of an empire comprising North India.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 .The great majority of its adherents profess to follow the right-hand practice; and apart from the implied purport and the emblems of the cult, their mode of adoration does not seem to offer any very objectionable features.^ Maybe one day there will be a change within the church, a nun from the Netherlands, said, adding that many religious people working in the field follow the practice of, "Your Bible in your left hand, your common sense in your right hand."
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ And if you think that society does not teach our children right now that it is practically their birth right, you are wrong.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The Catholic idea of insisting that couples stay together till death does them part is a very practical thing for children, y’know."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .And even amongst the adherents of the left-hand mode of worship, many of these are said to follow it as a matter of family tradition rather than of religious conviction, and to practise it in a sober and temperate manner; whilst only an extreme section - the so-called Kaulas or Kulinas, who appeal to a spurious Upanishad, the Kaulopanishad, as the divine authority of their tenets - persist in carrying on the mystic and licentious rites taught in many of the Tantras.^ It is composed of information rather than matter.

 ^ For these African philosophers, the role of religion and spirituality in African ethics can be encapsulated by the following questions: From whence does ethics derive its moral force of appeal?

 ^ Archbishop Lagdameo said no matter how many surveys claim the increasing support for family planning methods, the Church will never waver in its support for natural methods to plan families.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .But strict secrecy being enjoined in the performance of these rites, it is not easy to check any statements made on this point.^ Quote: Isn't that the point being made?
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Isn't that the point being made?
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Usually I do all this robotically, looking forward to being done with these unwelcome chores so I can move on to doing something else, at which point I’ll be thinking about how nice it will be to… And so on.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The Sakta cult is, however, known to be especially prevalent - though apparently not in a very extreme form - amongst members of the very respectable Kayastha or writer caste of Bengal, and as these are largely employed as clerks and accountants in Upper India, there is reason to fear that their vicious practices are gradually being disseminated through them.^ However, what you’re never going to be able to do, convincingly, is to establish full equality for women, gays, and very often members of other religions.
  • Islam | Jewcy.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I said "they believe that physics disproves the possibility of there being any reason for our existence besides, "we're here just cuz, so get used to it!"
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I intentionally used purpose and not reason because most atheists, including myself, believe that there are reasons for people being here.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
.The divine object of the adoration of the Saktas, then, is Siva's wife - the Devi (goddess), Mahadevi (great goddess), or Jagan-mata (mother of the world) - in one or other of her numerous forms, benign or terrible.^ The other couple that comes to mind is an Aussie one: The man was eighty two years old and his wife eighty years old when I met them.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ ME: "Your presuppostions do not allow you to see the world in any other way other than the one you have been indoctrinated into from the time you were a child," .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ As the Great Goddess, she is not per se a mother or a fertility deity; she has a far wider concept -- that of Cosmic Creatrix.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 The forms in which she is worshipped in Bengal are of the latter category, viz. .Durga, " the unapproachable," and Kali, " the black one," or, as some take it, the wife of Kala, " time," or death the great dissolver, viz.^ This may take some time.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Anti-theists should take Scientology the "science fiction - master race" religion apart one teaching at a time.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Ntelek: You should take some time and research the culture of the ancient egyptians.

 Siva. .In honour of the former, the Durga-puja is celebrated ' This notion not improbably took its origin in the mystic cos - mogonic hymn, Rigv.^ This practical character of the notion of emptiness clarifies the enigmatic and much-discussed statement of Nâgârjuna: ‘Dependent co-origination is what we call emptiness.

 x. 129, where it is said that - "that one (existent, neutr.) breathed breathless by .(or with) its svadha (? inherent power, or nature), beyond that there was nothing whatever.^ Whatever purpose there is (up to this point) beyond the biological, it is still subjective experience.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Because of the subjective nature of spiritual ideas, there is really nothing to fight against!
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ For, of course, power is what Pride really enjoys: there is nothing makes a man feel so superior to others as being able to move them about like toy soldiers.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .. that one live (germ) which was enclosed in the void was generated by the power of heat (or fervour); desire then first came upon it, which was the first seed of the mind. .. fertilizing forces there were, svadha below, prayati (? will) above." during ten days at the time of the autumnal .equinox, in commemoration of her victory over the buffalo-headed demon Mahishasura; when the image of the ten-armed goddess, holding a weapon in each hand, is worshipped for nine days, and cast into the water on the tenth day, called the Dasahara, whence the festival itself is commonly called Dasara in western India.^ A few days ago I ran into an old meditation buddy who I hadn’t seen for at least ten years.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Their demons are in thier own mirrors and own heads not those they call atheists with a slanderous snicker.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ A group calling itself the "Christian Anti-Defamation Commission" has published its list of " Top Ten Instances of Christian Bashing in America, 2008 ."

 .Kali, on the other hand, the most terrible of the goddess's forms, has a special service performed to her, at the Kali-puja, during the darkest night of the succeeding month; when she is represented as a naked black woman, four-armed, wearing a garland of heads of giants slain by her, and a string of skulls round her neck, dancing on the breast of her husband (Mahakala), with gaping mouth and protruding tongue; and when she has to be propitiated by the slaughter of goats, sheep and buffaloes.^ But what other poet has us all joining hands on Hogmanay night as we welcome in a New Year singing his Auld Lang Syne?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ However, because the mental neutron star that forms the black-hole involves the colors of Light that represents the original four races of men, and the colors of Light that represents the Intelligence of heaven and earth, the Law of Love must be extended to all the races of men and to the earth itself.

 ^ Transmigration : Life can change form (species) during the process of Reincarnation.

 .On other occasions also Vamacharis commonly offer animal sacrifices, usually one or more kids; the head of the victim, which has to be severed by a single stroke, being always placed in front of the image of the goddess as a blood-offering (bali), with an earthen lamp fed with ghee burning above it, whilst the flesh is cooked and served to the guests attending the ceremony, except that of buffaloes, which is given to the low-caste musicians who perform during the service.^ The animal's blood is collected and offered to the Orisha.

 ^ S howing again and again that God is not a single person, but several persons in one divine being: .
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ That we can criticize one as being more violent and dangerous that others.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Even some adherents of this class have, however, discontinued animal sacrifices, and use certain kinds of fruit, such as coco-nuts or pumpkins, instead.^ Some animals or species serve a purpose, specifically to other animals that are capable of consciously using things for their own benefit, like humans.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The source of the conflict is the animal sacrifices, which form an integral part of some of their rituals.

 ^ Ritual sacrifice of animals was a extensively practiced in ancient Israel and was only discontinued after the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in the eighth decade A.D. .

 .The use of wine, which at one time was very common on these occasions, seems also to have become much more restricted; and only members of the extreme section would still seem to adhere to the practice of the so-called five m's prescribed by some of the Tantras, viz.^ GAD: "One more time!
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ When we can do this then any thought we have becomes so much more powerful.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ One more time.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .mainsa (flesh), matsya (fish), madya (wine), maithuna (sexual union), and mudra (mystical finger signs) - probably the most degrading cult ever practised under the pretext of religious worship.^ Most probably, it came under their sway when Surtna Siha was reduced to submission by Srya Siha.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ After the disintegration of the Mauryan empire, most of the tribes settled in Punjab, but others moved to Rajasthan and elsewhere, probably under the pressure of foreign invaders.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I agree with Dr Kakar that a sexual union based on love maybe the only form of transcendence that most human beings may ever know.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
.In connexion with the principal object of this cult, Tantric theory has devised an elaborate system of female figures representing either special forms and personifications or attendants of the "Great Goddess."^ Old Testament Period : The Druids worshipped the Great Goddess, Isis, in the form of the Black Virgin in France; Isis was the female side of the androgynous Lucifer; the Goddess was worshipped in Palestine as Astarte/Ashtoreth, whose symbol was the six-pointed star.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The core doctrine of the system remained as in Thoth"s alchemy, which was the theory of salvation emphasising that the deification of man was the most important object.

 .They are generally arranged in groups, the most important of which are the Mahavidyas (great sciences), the 8 (or 9) Mataras (mothers) or Mahamataras (great mothers), consisting of the wives of the principal gods; the 8 Nayikas or mistresses; and different classes of sorceresses and ogresses, called Yoginis, Dakinis and Sakinis. A special feature of the Sakti cult is the use of obscure Vedic mantras, often changed so as to be quite meaningless and on that very account deemed the more efficacious for the acquisition of superhuman powers; as well as of mystic letters and syllables called bija (germ), of magic circles (chakra) and diagrams (yantra), and of amulets of various materials inscribed with formulae of fancied mysterious import.^ Mothers have a very special place in Islam.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ They generally acknowledged that the gods existed.

 ^ In a letter wishing Americans who celebrate Passover a "peaceful and relaxing holiday," Obama said the biblical account of the Israelites' ascent from slavery to freedom was "among the most powerful stories of suffering and redemption in human history."
.This survey of the Indian sects will have shown how little the character of their divine objects of worship is calculated to exert that elevating and spiritualizing influence, so characteristic of true religious devotion.^ The effective object of worship is the bottle and the sole religious experience is that state of uninhibited and belligerent euphoria which follows the ingestion of the third cocktail."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The Spiritual Satanist Blog offers a great little "how-to" kind of post entitled "5 Ways to Improve your Occult Practice."
  • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

 ^ It is no soothsayer's divination: how little you reflect!

 .In all but a few of the minor groups religious fervour is only too apt to degenerate into that very state of sexual excitation which devotional exercises should surely tend to repress.^ Master states, “is kneaded into the very clay of man.” ( 1 ) The ego, termed by Him the “insistent self”, ( 2 ) resists instinctively constraints imposed on what it conceives to be its freedom.

 ^ But the truth is that there are very few people, even among religious fundamentalists, who will happily admit to being enemies of reason.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The other religious groups did not have a universal mission, and the holy war was not a religious duty for them, save only for purposes of defense...
  • Islam | Jewcy.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.jewcy.com [Source type: Original source]

 .If the worship of Siva, despite the purport of his chief symbol, seems on the whole less liable to produce these undesirable effects than that of the rival deity, it is doubt- less due partly to the real nature of that emblem being little realized by the common people, and partly to the somewhat repellent character of the "great god," more favourable to evoking feelings of awe and terror than a spirit of fervid devotion.^ Really these people you have to feel sorry for them.
  • Why I Left Judaism | Real Zionist News 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC www.realjewnews.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ God is great in his being and character.
  • What is Christianity? 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.afn.org [Source type: Original source]

 ^ It is that Spirit which is real God and not the many gods that people worship.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 .All the more are, however, the gross stimulants, connected with the adoration of his consort, calculated to work up the carnal instincts of the devotees to an extreme degree of sensual frenzy.^ Keep up the good work and may God richly bless you in all ways.
  • Why I Left Judaism | Real Zionist News 28 January 2010 0:12 UTC www.realjewnews.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ However, the Muslim fundamentalists rigidly obey the more extreme verses of the Koran, including those that call for Jihad against all non-Muslims.

 ^ Of course you like that because you like to count all such posts up to show that far more people believe what Sam believes, like you do, then not.............
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .In the Vaishnava camp, on the other hand, the cult of Krishna, and more especially that of the youthful Krishna, can scarcely fail to exert an influence which, if of a subtler and more insinuating, is not on that account of a less demoralizing kind.^ On the other hand, the particular kind of bureaucratic or one-person-based or clique-based dictatorship of Stalin arose in a quite different material sort of scarcity.
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 ^ On the other hand, Christianity would try to eradicate these practices, and because of this, the people were more receptive to Islam, except in some parts of Indonesia.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ They more or less just assumed everyone was in some kind of church.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Indeed, it would be hard to find anything less consonant with godliness and divine perfection than the pranks of this juvenile god; and if poets and thinkers try to explain them away by dint of allegorical interpretation, the plain man will not for all their refinements take these amusing adventures any the less au pied de la lettre. No fault, in this respect, can assuredly be found with the legendary Rama, a very paragon of knightly honour and virtue, even as his consort Sita is the very model of a noble and faithful wife; and yet this cult has perhaps retained even more of the character of mere hero-worship than that of Krishna.^ Anything less than this is out of character for you.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ No one would be at fault.
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 ^ This is all very unkosher, young man!
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Since by the universally accepted doctrine of karman (deed) or karmavipaka (" the maturing of deeds") man himself - either in his present, or some future, existence - enjoys the fruit of, or has to atone for, his former good and bad actions, there could hardly be room in Hindu pantheism for a belief in the remission of sin by divine grace or vicarious substitution.^ There is no good or bad about it.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ What the fruits are of good deed?
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ 'The man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition...who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God,...so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God' (II Thess.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 .And accordingly the "descents" or incarnations of the deity have for their object, not so much the spiritual regeneration of man as the deliverance of the world from some material calamity threatening to overwhelm it.^ Wherefore, Christ (Maashua) has been present throughout the entire Spiritual Evolution of Man and the entire history of God on earth-even in the New World before the coming of Columbus.

 ^ I think that Lindajean has been watching too many science fiction movies if she thinks that some mad man could get ahold of this science and rule the world, and force us to be what he wants us to be.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Therefore, for the perfect man there are two kinds of birth: the first, physical birth, is from the matrix of the mother; the second, or spiritual birth, is from the world of nature.

 .The generally recognized principal Avatars do not, however, by any means constitute the only occasions of a direct intercession of the deity in worldly affairs, but - in the same way as to this day the eclipses of the sun and moon are ascribed by the ordinary Hindu to these luminaries being temporarily swallowed by the dragon Rahu (or Graha, " the seizer") - so any uncommon occurrence would be apt to be set down as a special manifestation of divine power; and any man credited with exceptional merit or achievement, or even remarkable for some strange incident connected with his life or death, might ultimately come to be looked upon as a veritable incarnation of the deity, capable of influencing the destinies of man, and might become an object of local adoration or superstitious awe and propitiatory rites to multitudes of people.^ Your mindset will not look upon it that way.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The same way that fingers come from non fingers.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "One of the initial acts of the reappearing Christ and of the Hierarchy will be to erase this particular fear [of death] and to confirm in people's minds the idea that incarnation and the taking of a form is the true place of darkness to the divine spirit which is man ; it is death to the spirit temporarily, and imprisonment.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 .That the transmigration theory, which makes the spirit of the departed hover about for a time in quest of a new corporeal abode, would naturally lend itself to superstitious notions of this kind can scarcely be doubted.^ Without it, divisions would blur with passing generations; children would adapt to new times, mingle, intermarry, forget ancient wounds.

 ^ So would the existence of a higher dimension beyond the three of space and one of time that we're familiar with be natural, or supernatural?
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Nonduality, and perhaps emptiness itself, are here historicized and seen as pragmatic notions of limited scope, which makes for ecumenical modesty.

 .Of peculiar importance in this respect is the worship of the Pitris (" fathers") or deceased ancestors, as entering largely into the everyday life and family relations of the Hindus.^ His mother and father (a space scientist and a math professor, respectively) moved the family to the United States when Sergey was 6, to get away from anti-Semitism in Russia.

 ^ I decided to enter into one of them and saw that past life gaining much experience.
  • The Kundalini Kriyass of Kriya Yoga!! Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Level 1 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC www.energyenhancement.org [Source type: General]

 ^ The Incarnation brings everyday human life into conjunction with the divine.

 .At stated intervals to offer reverential homage and oblations of food to the forefathers up to the third degree is one of the most sacred duties the devout Hindu has to discharge.^ Jihad is one of the most sacred duties Muslims perform.  The word "Jihad", is an Arabic word which means "struggle."

 ^ One of the most interesting parts of the book is a section in which the author discusses the racial identity of Jesus and offers evidence that the Christian Savior was a black man.

 ^ One of the first things I learned when pushing hands is that tensing up offers the other person a marvelous means of manipulating me.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 The periodical performance of the commemorative rite of obsequies called Sraddha - i.e. an oblation "made in faith" (sraddha, Lat. .credo) - is the duty and privilege of the eldest son of the deceased, or, failing him, of the nearest relative who thereby establishes his right as next of kin in respect of inheritance; and those other relatives who have the right to take part in the ceremony are called sapinda, i.e. sharing in the pindas (or balls of cooked rice, constituting along with libations of water the usual offering to the Manes) - such relationship being held a bar to intermarriage.^ Doing what is right is good even to those who do not see it as such.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Those who submit are called Muslims.
  • How to Become a Hindu, Chapter 6: Beliefs of All the World's Religions 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.himalayanacademy.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Those who have the Son have life.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The first Sraddha takes place as soon as possible after the antyeshti (" final offering") or funeral ceremony proper, usually spread over ten days; being afterwards repeated once a month for a year, and subsequently at every anniversary and otherwise voluntarily on special occasions.^ And that the only reason they believed in the first place is because they were brainwashed (not voluntarily) as children.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Anti-abortion rights activists who equate global oral contraceptives to chemical abortion are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths of unborn children, every year.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ There has been an explosion of places offering fatwas, from web sites, to satellite television shows that take phone calls, to radical and terrorist organizations.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Moreover, a simple libation of water should be offered to the Fathers twice daily at the morning and evening devotion called sandhya (" twilight").^ The Practice for Oneself consists of a twice-daily ritual, best performed at the start of the day, and the early evening.

 ^ The reading is from a daily devotional book with Baha'i readings called "Nearness to God".

 ^ Unlike some who call themselves pro-life, I believe an unborn baby should live even if conceived in rape or incest.
  • Alltop - Top Religion News 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC religion.alltop.com [Source type: General]

 .It is doubtless a sense of filial obligation coupled with sentiments of piety and reverence that gave rise to this practice of offering gifts of food and drink to the deceased ancestors.^ Let us, Sam, you and I, look at the literature of any of the "mystics" and say, with intellectual honesty, that a clear sense of extraordinary reverence does not buttress the practices that you speak of.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Hence also frequent allusion is made by poets to the anxious care caused to the Fathers by the possibility of the living head of the family being afflicted with failure of offspring; this dire prospect compelling them to use but sparingly their little store of provisions, in case the supply should shortly cease altogether.^ It is also possible none of this is the case, that we dont have a purpose external to the ones humans establish for themselves, that no other being created our lives or life in general.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Authentic creativity is very much a matter of living in the present and of not being shackled by past failures or future ambitions.

 ^ A grand piano, twenty stores up could fall on your little old head" .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .At the same time one also meets with frank avowals of a superstitious fear lest any irregularity in the performance of the obsequial rites should cause the Fathers to haunt their old home and trouble the peace of their undutiful descendant, or even prematurely draw him after them to the Pitri-loka or world of the Fathers, supposed to be located in the southern region.^ YOU: "God can not be omniscient, and want his creation to believe in him, and have even one member of his creation doubt his existence for even a second."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ (This should cause shame to those in Japanese institutes who have failed to develop their libraries even though ample funds were available.

 ^ John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
  • True History of Islam, Mohammed and the Koran 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bibleprobe.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Terminating as it usually does with the feeding and feeing of a greater or less number of Brahmans and the feasting of members of the performers' own caste, the Sraddha, especially its first performance, is often a matter of very considerable expense; and more than ordinary benefit to the deceased is supposed to accrue from it when it takes place at a spot of recognized sanctity, such as one of the great places of pilgrimage like Prayaga (Allahabad, where the three sacred rivers, Ganga, Yamuna and Sarasvati, meet), Mathura, and especially Gaya and Kasi (Benares).^ More than one version?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The first step is to recognize that the number one is a concept.
  • Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC creation.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ No one jokes around more often than I do.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .But indeed the tirthayatra, or pilgrimage to holy bathing-places, is in itself considered an act of piety conferring religious merit in proportion to the time and trouble expended upon it.^ The religious fervor of the Knights had of late diminished, much as the chivalric piety of the medieval age itself was dying, and many of them had become worldly, sensuous, and arrogant.

 ^ Next time you look down into a dark place, consider the vermin you find there.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The story could start out with once upon a time but it is a true story and it took place in 1977 when I was Chief of the Boat of the Abraham Licnoln.
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 The number of such places is legion and is constantly increasing. .The banks of the great rivers such as the Ganga (Ganges), the Yamuna (Jumna), the Narbada, the Krishna (Kistna), are studded with them, and the water of these rivers is supposed to be imbued with the essence of sanctity capable of cleansing the pious bather of all sin and moral taint.^ Why are these supposed "truths" ignored while the sanctity of the Biblical books are revered into perpetuity?
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ To the secularist, all of this information and these moral insights are available in a truly honest light.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .To follow the entire course of one of the sacred rivers from the mouth to the source on one side and back again on the other in the sun-wise (pradakshina) direction - that is, always keeping the stream on one's right-hand side - is held to be a highly meritorious undertaking which it requires years to carry through.^ Punishment supposes a righteous self on one side and a reprobate self on the other.

 ^ Freedom was not the right always to do what one pleased.” .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Freedom was not the right always to do what one pleased.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .No wonder that water from these rivers, especially the Ganges, is sent and taken in bottles to all parts of India to be used on occasion as healing medicine or for sacramental purposes.^ I wonder why all these scientific journals, biological courses, graduate theses always make reference to evolution in the context of a process or mechanism.
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 ^ And he used all these descriptions prior to you.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Check with the poet who has been voted in these parts as the greatest of all 20th century poets, which is tae say, Phil Larkin, and see what he has tae say about parents in his ‘This Be the Verse” .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .In Vedic times, at the Rajasuya, or inauguration of a king, some water from the holy river Sarasvati was mixed with the sprinkling water used for consecrating the king.^ And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The kings used to worship both Hindu gods and Jaina Trthakaras at the same time and used to participate in the affairs and functions of both the religions.
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 ^ By the time that the river reaches the Gulf of California, the river is nothing but a trickle because 99% of its total water has been consumed.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Hence also sick persons are frequently conveyed long distances to a sacred river to heal them of their maladies; and for a dying man to breathe his last at the side of the Ganges is devoutly believed to be the surest way of securing for him salvation and eternal bliss.^ Christ Himself is the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father except by Him (John 14:6).

 ^ God is infinite and we get to perceive only glimpses of Him in many ways as He reveals Himself in different ways to different persons."
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ YOU: "Why do you tell us that we better believe in God if we want to avoid eternal hell, when you know that we don't have any say in the matter of whether or not we believe in him?
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
.Such probably was the belief of the ordinary Hindu two thousand years ago, and such it remains to this day.^ For a thousand years the capital remained at Memphis."

 ^ About two years ago, Nigeria was once again returned to civil democratic rule.

 ^ A thousand two hundred and threescore days (1,260) is approximately three and one half years, which is approximately the number of years that Jesus preached his Gospel in Palestine before he was crucified by the Romans, who invaded Palestine in the order of Babylon.

 .In the light of facts such as these, who could venture to say what the future of Hinduism is likely to be ?^ The statistics of the Hindus, who constitute more than 80% of the total population, should be kept in perspective while comparing these figures.

 ^ This is true, but it's like saying that quantum mechanics provides no such values.

 ^ Check with the poet who has been voted in these parts as the greatest of all 20th century poets, which is tae say, Phil Larkin, and see what he has tae say about parents in his ‘This Be the Verse” .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Is the regeneration of India to be brought about by the modern theistic movements, such as the Brahma-samaj and Arya-samaj, as so close and sympathetic an observer of Hindu life and thought as Sir A. Lyall seems to think ?^ I found this interesting, I never thought about I but I always tilt right, tilting left seems unnatural......
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ "You can only decide not to reply if you think about it, and if you think about it, your thinking is based on all past actions in your life that brought you to this blog on this subject, the posts that have been exchanged, etc.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The modern 'standard' scientific version of the origin of life on earth is one such idea, and we would be wise to check its real merit with great care.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ."The Hindu mind," he remarks, "is essentially speculative and transcendental; it will never consent to be shut up in the prison of sensual experience, for it has grasped and holds firmly the central idea that all things are manifestations of some power outside phenomena.^ Now His word of power sustains all things and holds them together.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ For Allah hath power over all things.

 ^ Lindajean: “We definitely do things out of love and choice but sometimes they require giving up some freedoms.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .And the tendency of contemporary religious discussion in India, so far as it can be followed from a distance, is towards an ethical reform on the old foundations, towards searching for some method of reconciling their Vedic theology with the practices of religion taken as a rule of conduct and a system of moral government.^ The Springfield Reformation The Simpsons, Christianity, and American Culture by Jamey Heit (get it at Amazon.com ) Discusses how The Simpsons articulates a `systematic theology' that blends important elements of contemporary American religious culture with a clear critique of the institutions and individuals that participate in and uphold that culture.
  • The Simpsons Archive: Religion on the Simpsons 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.snpp.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ In fact, much of contemporary scholarship on ethics from an African point of view is preoccupied with the question of whether moral rules and principles arise out of religion (in which case, they are valid because the gods command them), or whether these rules arise out of reason (in which case they derive their validity from some non-religious base).

 ^ Reciprocity and mutuality in relationships is the appropriate moral and ethical foundation for policies related to sexuality.
  • Faith, Religion and Population of WOA!! World Population Awareness 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC www.overpopulation.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 One can already discern a movement in various quarters towards a recognition of impersonal theism, and towards fixing the teaching of the philosophical schools upon some definitely authorized system of faith and morals, which may satisfy a rising ethical standard, and may thus permanently embody that tendency to substitute spiritual devotion for external forms and caste rules which is the characteristic of the sects that have from time to time dissented from orthodox Brahminism." Authorities. - Census of India (1901), vol. i. part i.; India, by H. H. Risley and E. A. Gait; vol. i. Ethnographical Appendices, by H. H. Risley; The Indian Empire, vol. i. .(new ed., Oxford, 1907); J. Muir, Original Sanskrit Texts (2nd ed., 5 vols., London, 1873) Monier Williams, Religious Thought and Life in India (London, 1883); Modern India and the Indians (London, 1878, 3rd ed.^ They also want to believe because their arch opponents - religious fundamentalists such as creationists - do not believe in life's spontaneous origin.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ A third, more general meaning is the integral human life expressed in the world's religious traditions prior to modern times.
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The magazine ended its accompanying article on the opinion poll by concluding 'when India is terrorized, Indians want to save the life of the nation rather than the life of the terrorist'.

 .18 79); Hinduism (London, 1877); Sir Alfred C. Lyall, Asiatic Studies '(2 series, London, 1899); "Hinduism" in Religious Systems of the World (London, 1904); "Brahminism" in Great Religions of the World (New York and London, 1902); W. J. Wilkins, Modern Hinduism (London, 1887); J. C. Oman, Indian Life, Religious and Social (London, 1879); The Mystics, Ascetics and Saints of India (London, 1903); The Brahmans, Theists and Muslims of India (London, 1907); S. C. Bose, The Hindus as they are (2nd ed., Calcutta, 1883); J. Robson, Hinduism and Christianity (Edinburgh and London, 3rd ed., 1905); J. Murray Mitchell, Hinduism Past and Present (2nd ed., London, 1897); Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya, Hindu Castes and Sects (Calcutta, 1896); A. Barth, The Religions of India (London, 1882); E. W. Hopkins, The Religions of India (London, 1896).^ Religion was a brilliant way to explain a world they were unable to explain.
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 ^ When I see the news releases about persecuted individual Christians from elsewhere in the world, I sigh.

 ^ Numerous modern day pronouncements by leading Muslim theologians confirm (see Yusuf Al-Qaradawi's, "The Prophet Muhammad as a Jihad Model") that Muhammad has been the major inspiration for jihadism, past and present.
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Noun

Singular
Hinduism
Plural
countable and uncountable; plural Hinduisms
Hinduism (countable and uncountable; plural Hinduisms)
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  1. A religion, philosophy and culture native to India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation and a supreme oneness personified in many forms and natures.

Translations

Hinduism
  • Japanese:
    Kanji: ヒンズー教
    Hiragana: ヒンズーきょう
    Romaji: Hinzu-kyō
  • Latin: Hinduismus la(la)
  • Lithuanian: induizmas lt(lt) m.
  • Norwegian: hinduisme no(no)
  • Russian: индуизм ru(ru) (induízm) m.
  • Slovene: Hinduizem sl(sl) m.
  • Spanish: Hinduismo es(es) m.
  • Telugu: హిందూ మతం (hiMdoo mataM), హిందుత్వం (hiMdutvaM)
  • Urdu: ہندو مذہب (Hindū maz'hab)

See also


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.A reader requests that this book be expanded to include more material.
You can help by adding new material (learn how) or ask for help in the reading room.^ In the Tao, you are blind, and you have to learn how to be blind.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ In interpretation, how do you learn how to differentiate?
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ What more can you ask from a skeptic?
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  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
The Hindu deity Lord Krishna advising his friend and brother-in-law, Arjuna, the warrior hero of the Mahabharata
Hinduism is a religion from the Indian sub-continent. .It is a polytheist anthropomorphic religion with a highly ritualized form of worship.^ In fact, I have experimented with various forms of "meditation" myself along with studying the various religions that incorporate some form of it into their rituals, such as Buddhism.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Satan (aka Lucifer, the Dragon) worship will be final form of false religion into which people will be initiated.
  • Heeding Bible Prophecy: New Religion 28 January 2010 0:44 UTC watch.pair.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The canon of books and poems that define Hinduism were written in Sanskrit and are of ancient origin.^ Lastly, the council of Valabh met under Devardhi Gain Kshamramaa (Vra 980-513 A.D.) and the Jaina canon was written down in book form.
  • CHAPTER - VI 14 January 2010 7:18 UTC www.jainworld.org [Source type: Original source]

 .They range from Epics about the lives and loves of the Gods, philosophical treatises on metaphysical questions, and law books.^ I think they are wrong about god.
  • The Tyee — Preaching the Word of Atheism 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC thetyee.ca [Source type: Original source]

 ^ You said: “I noticed that you did not answer my question about the different kinds of love that you referred to.” .
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ They are all about answering questions that no one has the answers to.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The Hindu religion has absorbed practices and ideas from other religions and in turn has provided the roots of Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism.^ A comparison of Nichiren Buddhism with other religions .

 ^ Religions are just collections of ideas and practices.
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 ^ Most monks, of any religion, whether christianity or buddhism, actually live perpetually with other monks.
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
  • On Faith Panelists Blog: The Problem with Atheism - Sam Harris 19 January 2010 8:48 UTC newsweek.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]

 In the West it can be found in the Hare Krishna movement. .Hinduism is the majority religion of India, Nepal, and Mauritius and a significant minority religion in Fiji, Suriname, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Singapore.^ It’s fashionable among thinking people to say that religion isn’t the real cause of today’s strife in Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland, India and Iran — that sects merely provide labels for combatants.

 ^ Nasa Images Discover Ancient Bridge Between India & Sri Lanka The bridge's unique curvature and composition by age reveals that it is man made.
  • http://www.hinduism.co.za 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.hinduism.co.za [Source type: Original source]

 ^ I’ve philosophized my way through the world’s major religions and quite a few of the minor ones.
  • Church of the Churchless: Taoism 14 January 2010 9:19 UTC hinessight.blogs.com [Source type: Original source]

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