Soc.Religion.Hindu Archives by Author
Starting: Fri 21 Nov 1997 - 11:26:05 EST
Ending: Sun 04 Jan 1998 - 13:26:53 EST
Messages: 77
- Posted By Ajay Shah
- Posted By Anand-Gurdas Singh
- Posted By Anshuman Pandey
- Re: REQUEST: Jesus in India Question Wed, 10 Dec 1997 21:05:06 -0800
>>>> Sankaran Jayanarayanan <kartik2001@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Undoubtedly, that would be good evidence or justification for the
> beliefs for the person who touched Christ's hand. But hardly any reason
> for another not to reject the claim as mere hallucination.
>
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- Posted By athiest
- Re: REQUEST : Hindu Creation Story 6 Dec 1997 06:12:47 GMT
>>>>From what I understand, there are more than one views, depending on the
systems you are dealing with (Hinduism does not consist of one
philosophy or theology. There were, according to Buddhist texts, 62 of
them around the time of Buddha - in fact the term makes little sense
theologically.) One of the oldest hymn (and my favourite) is plainly
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- Posted By Balasubramaniam santhanam
- Re: REQUEST: Krishna historical? Fri, 5 Dec 1997 12:40:36 -0500 (EST)
>>>Gary Stevenson wrote
> I believe that the idea that material creation is annilhilated after
>each yuga is not correct though. It is actually after many many cycles
>of the four yugas - the entire lifetime of Lord Brahma before the material
>world is dissolved. The Vedas reveal that the four yugas cycle a thousand
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- Posted By Berrett W Rice
- REQUEST : Hindu University in Iowa 30 Nov 1997 19:13:16 GMT
>>>Does anyone know anything about the hindu university in iowa? I
understand that it's one of the largest hindu centered organizations in
the US. Does anyone know the name, location, phone number, or any other
information about this place? If so please let me know -- i prefer
replies by email, but i'll check the group periodically if you want to
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- Posted By Bhanot
- Posted By Bhaven
- Posted By Biswas, Saikat
- Posted By CHERBIT PIERRE
- Tr: karma bad /good Sat, 20 Dec 1997 01:53:29 +0100
>>>Don't worry too much about a concept that hindus push on the side of fate
and buddhists on deliberate action; both have a goal: make believers
feel uncomfortable . The next step will be to teach believers how to think,
speak, and act (for a radious future of course!).
- Posted By CO-TRAIN
- Posted By Dennis Curran
- REQUEST : Hindu Creation Story Wed, 03 Dec 1997 23:54:10 -0800
>>>What do Hindus believe regarding the creation of the earth and life upon
it? I heard (somewhere) that of the world's major religions, the Hindu
creation story was the only one that gave an age for the earth close to
the current scientifically accepted age. The number I vaguely remember
was some tens of millions of years. Is my memory correct? Could you
...
- Posted By Dipak Basu
- ARTICLE : Shinto and Hindu ism Thu, 04 Dec 1997 17:53:46 -0800
>>>Shinto is the ancient way of life in Japan, not exactly religion. Those
who believe in Shinto are also Budhist at the same time. almost all
Japanese are Budhists and Shinto, except a minute number of Catholics,
mainly in Nagasaki area. Shinto deities are different natural forces,
just like ancient Greek and Vedic religion. Different people have created
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- Posted By Dipendra N. Lamichhane
- Posted By Dr.S.Kalyanaraman
- Posted By Edward Sevcik
- Posted By Elsie Bucovetsky
- Posted By Fearless Books
- ARTICLE : A Scholarly Look at the "New Age" Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:01:05 GMT
>>>The ill-defined, much-maligned social movement called the "New Age" is
the subject of a new scholarly study just released by a prominent
American university. You can read more about it in the upcoming issue
of THE CONTINUING STORY, which will be posted to the Usenet newsgroup
"talk.religion.course-miracle" on Dec. 15 and e-mailed directly to
...
- Posted By FISU
- Posted By Frederick Glaysher
- Posted By Gary Stevason
- Posted By gautham
- Re: REQUEST: Shiva's ows Fri, 19 Dec 1997 07:49:15 -0600
>>>Well, the breaking of Shiva's bow signifies the obstacles that Shiva has
put on the earth such that only Vishnu is able to overcome them. For
example, at Sita's swayamvar, there were many powerful kings and princes
present among the suitors of Sita and only Rama was able to break that
bow. Without breaking that bow, Sita would not be married to Rama and
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- Re: REQUEST : Hindu Creation Story Fri, 19 Dec 1997 08:25:44 -0600
>>>The Hindus believe that the world was created a very long time ago, as
you already seem to know. As you may know, Hinduism belives heavily in
the cyclical nature of things and so, it is said that the world has been
created 9 times. I am not sure when (the number of years) it is said
that the earth was created, but I can tell you that it was much bigger
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- Posted By Global Hindu Electronic Network
- ADMINISTRIVIA : SRH Resumes Sun, 4 Jan 1998 13:26:52 -0800 (PST)
>>>Namaskar and Happy New Year
Soc.Religion.Hindu newsgroup has now resumed its activities after our
customary year-end two-week break. I will be posting all the articles
received in past two weeks (since Dec. 16, 1997) in next couple of days.
regards,
...
- Posted By Hagen
- Posted By HERR Jerome
- Posted By JAI_HIND
- Re: REQUEST : What is the "bread and butter" of Hinduism? Fri, 21 Nov 1997 19:19:21 +0000
>>>> I am interested in learning more about Hinduism as a religion that is
> PRACTICED. What are its guideposts? I am familiar with Vedanta, which looks
> at all religions with an emphasis on Hinduism, but what is the "bread and
> butter" daily life of Hindu practice like? Christianity, for example, has
> the Ten Commandments. Is there a similar bedrock of "moral behavior" in
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- Posted By Jerzy Tarasiuk
- Re: Of Vedas, Gurus and The Supreme Truth 30 Nov 1997 19:47:48 +0100
>>>>>>>> Pradip Gangopadhyay <pradip@lism.usc.edu> writes:
>means is that it is very difficult for most people to comprehend the Vedas on
>their own. Suppose someone gives you a book by Professor Hawking on the latest
>ideas about theory of Gravitation. Would you be able to understand the book
>without undergoing rigorous training?
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- Re: REQUEST: Krishna historical? 10 Dec 1997 12:17:22 +0100
>>>>>>>> Balasubramaniam santhanam <santhan@ee.gatech.edu> writes:
> I do remember reading that when Lord Krishna is killed by
> the arrow of a hunter that strikes his padam (inner portion of
> his foot) and that the entire lineage of both the Pandavas, the
This seems to be similar to ancient Greek myth of Achilles who
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- Posted By jody s weissler
- REQUEST : Question regarding Jainism 1 Dec 97 05:43:52 GMT
>>>I am currently in the process of trying to discover information about
Jainism. One of the greatest challenges of my research is distinguishing
whether or not Jainism is a denomination of Hinduism or a sect.
If you have any information, references, or personal knowledge of this
matter please send me or post a reply.
- Posted By lorraine whitehead
- Posted By Luis Aquino
- Posted By Mani Varadarajan
- Posted By mary@dragontree.com
- Posted By Michael Plumecocq
- Re: Life after Death 12 Dec 97 13:59:16 GMT
>>>In soc.religion.hindu James Herbert <jmnherbert@miracles.win-uk.net> wrote:
: I have a web site pointing at guidance from various religions about Life
: After Death, My link for Islam seems to be old and I would also like a link
: for Hinduism if available. If anybody could point me to such resources I
: would be grateful.
- Posted By mike@sporitu.compulink.co.uk
- Posted By Mikkel Wrang
- REQUEST : School report 10 Dec 1997 13:44:39 GMT
>>>Hallo,
I am from Denmark in Europe, i would like to write with who knows some
things about hindus. If you know any one from Denmark who does that, pleas
tell him to write me, because i have to do a school report
Mikkel Wrang
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- Posted By N.Jagannathan
- Posted By NEVPETE
- ARTICLE : Jesus in India Sun, 28 Dec 1997 14:21:16 EST
>>>I am currently reading A Search for the Historic Jesus. The author is from
Kashmir and goes into this in great detail.
There is also an interesting web site called Geoff and Heidi's homepage
(Towbridge is in the address).
Good luck.
- Posted By Nitin Paul Batra
- Re: REQUEST : Hindu Creation Story Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:47:24 -0800
>>>On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Dennis Curran wrote:
> What do Hindus believe regarding the creation of the earth and life upon
> it? I heard (somewhere) that of the world's major religions, the Hindu
> creation story was the only one that gave an age for the earth close to
> the current scientifically accepted age. The number I vaguely remember
...
- Posted By OEM
- Posted By Personal
- Posted By Pradip Gangopadhyay
- Posted By rahul desikan
- INFO : Moksha Sat, 20 Dec 1997 09:44:17 -0500
>>>Hello,
I am pleased to announce from HSC-Boston, MOKSHA, a journal of Indian
philosophy and religion. We at HSC-Boston have started a scholarly
publication concerning itself with Indian philosophy and religion and
called it Moksha. The goal of this journal is to invoke the powers of the
...
- Posted By Raj Vadigepalli
- Posted By rajwanim@cl.uh.edu
- Re: Halal Haram Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:45 -0600 (CST)
>>>> ghen@netcom.com
>
> I read the comments regarding halal haram and would like to further comment on them.
> 1. Hinduism has the most well known cast system. Within this cast system hindu's themselves are divided and the lowest cast system are "shudurs" which are considered to be deprived of all sort of basic human rights. The person who is not a hindu, I dont know what level he resides, this seems to be full of racism to me.
> 2. You contradict your own statement as you said
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- Posted By Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian
- Re: REQEST: Shiva's Gita Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:00:47 -0500 (EST)
>>>In article <ghenELExpH.Ao3@netcom.com> you write:
>I heard in passing of Shiva's Gita. Does anyone know of an English
>translation and where I might get it from?
The shiva gItA is from the padma purANa. There is brief description of the text
in "The Puranas", by Ludo Rocher. There is a commentary on this by some
...
- Posted By Ranjani Ramamurthy
- REQUEST : Sanskrit sloka from Yajur Veda. 29 Dec 1997 12:05:48 -0500
>>>Hi,
Sometime back a friend of mine read this prayer - a part of the
Sandhya Vandhanam portion of the Yajur Veda - and shared it with
me. I was able to recognize a couple of the verses as those
I had memorized as a child. I would be very happy if somebody could
...
- Posted By Raven
- Posted By S.V.Bhaganagarapu
- Posted By SAL
- Re: REQUEST : Hindu Creation Story Mon, 8 Dec 1997 13:18:51 -0500
>>>Here is a great site to explore on this subject:
http://www.hawaiian.net/~durgadas/Barrier/6000yb.html
HINDU COSMOLOGICAL TIME CYCLES
The structure of Hindu astronomy is built upon the foundation of their
unique concept of cosmological time cycles. No other culture on Earth has or
...
- Posted By Shikaripura Harihareswara
- Posted By Shree
- Posted By Siddhartha Rajput
- Posted By sohna
- REQ: Matri devo bhava, pitri devo bhava Wed, 10 Dec 1997 20:04:16 +0000
>>>Namaste _/I\_
I am looking for any scriptural mantras, shlokas, shabads, etc. dealing
with praise of and respect for (a) the mother, (b) the father and (c) both
together. Also, I would like if anyone could provide any dealing with
duties/responsibilities/qualities of a son wrt his parents, and also any
...
- Posted By sporitu.compulink.co.uk@chlorine.compulink.co.uk
- REQUEST: Shiva's ows Tue, 16 Dec 1997 18:35:37 GMT
>>>In the Ramayan Rama breaks Shiva's bow. In the Mahaharat Krishna
breaks another of Shiva's bow. What is the significance of Rama and
Krishna breaking these bows? Leads to any literature on these bows,
however brief, greatly appreciated.
Ashok
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- Posted By Srinivasa Chakravarthy
- INFO : A Note to Shirdi Sai Devotees 21 Dec 1997 17:52:16 GMT
>>>Sairam Devotees!
Many of us might be aware of the heightened ongoing Shirdi Sai activity in
U.S.
Shirdi Sai temples have come up in the states of New York (in FLushing),
Florida (in Inverness) in the recent years. Another huge temple project is
...
- Posted By Sulochana Vellasamy
- Posted By Tarunjit S. Butalia
- INFO : 1998 Interfaith Calendars available 29 Dec 1997 21:38:48 -0500
>>>The 1998 Interfaith calendars are here. The full size colorful calendar runs
from December 1997 to January 1999. The Interfaith Association of Central
Ohio is in its fourth year of distributing interfaith calendars.
The calendar lists hundreds of religious holidays from 14 faith traditions.
It highlights one religious community each month. It features the following
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- Posted By Umakant Kori
- Posted By VAL
- Posted By Veena S Nayak
- Posted By Y. Malaiya
- Re: REQUEST : Krishna historical? Thu, 04 Dec 1997 16:55:14 -0700
>>>mary@dragontree.com wrote:
> Could someone kindly tell me whether Krishna is a historical figure like
> Buddha and Mahavir? If so, when did He live?
Yes. The date would depend on dating of the Mahabharata war.
Puranas mention that Mahapadma-Nanda became king 1,050 after
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