Soc.Religion.Hindu Archives by Date
Starting: Mon 27 Jan 1997 - 18:31:01 EST
Ending: Fri 28 Feb 1997 - 08:57:51 EST
Messages: 117
- Re: Question: Worship of the Mother - Fri Feb 28 08:57:51 1997 EST
>>>Sally Raven wrote:
>
> We are a group of English girls who want to worship the SupreMe Goddess
> in our everyday lives. Can any one tell us what is the authentic way of
> doing this?
...
- Tales of Prison Life - Part 4 - Fri Feb 28 07:57:12 1997 EST
>>>This is a part of a series of postings from Sri Aurobindo's writings
on his experiences in Alipore jail.
__________________________________________________________________
(Continued from an earlier posting...)
"..This was my first lesson...to see the cruelty and futility
...
- Re: Third Community of Khalsas - Thu Feb 27 10:28:10 1997 EST
>>>In message <ghenE64Bto.DwE@netcom.com>
rajwi@bu.edu (Rajwinder Singh) writes:
> Rajinder Nijjhar (gnostic@zetnet.co.uk) wrote in article
<ghenE5yuJ4.ML1@netcom.com> on Fri, 21 Feb 1997 18:40:16 GMT :
I am not a super donkey carrying Holy Books. Do you think the BEERR
...
- Re: REQUEST : Gayatri meditation? - Thu Feb 27 10:25:58 1997 EST
>>>hlf@hotmail.com wrote:
> Manufactured mantras and mantras received from sources outside the
> authorized disciplic successions (apasampradayas) will not be
> effective or produce the desired results. Thus, receiving the mantra
> from a bona fide source, is as, or more important than the chanting of
...
- Re: REQUEST : Gayatri meditation? - Wed Feb 26 23:17:53 1997 EST
>>>Daly de Gagne <ambika@mbnet.mb.ca> wrote:
>Namaste.
>Chandima de Silva wrote:
>>
>> I would appreciate it if someone could provide me some references to Gayatri meditation.
- Moksha - Wed Feb 26 21:51:58 1997 EST
>>> Hi,
Question: If Astrology were to be true , Is there any strong reason why INDIA
has such large population who are below middle class can't afford basic
needs. So can we conclude that all poor people in india are born with bad
charts?
...
- Tales of Prison Life - Wed Feb 26 08:16:05 1997 EST
>>>This is a part of a series of postings from Sri Aurobindo's writings
on his experiences in Alipore jail. Below he describes some rare samples
of the younger generation who were working for India's freedom, and who
were with him in the prison.
________________________________________________________
...
- Updated Free HSC Website - Wed Feb 26 07:57:03 1997 EST
>>>Newsgroups:soc.religion.hindu
Subject: Tales of Prison Life
Path: news
From: Srinivasa Chakravarthy <srini@monod.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 09:51:54 -0600
...
- Updated Free HSC Website - Tue Feb 25 19:31:37 1997 EST
>>>Subject: Updated Free HSC Website
Hello Everyone,
The Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have put
together an Indian Web Site. The URL is
http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/HSC
...
- The vishvarUpa - Tue Feb 25 18:54:34 1997 EST
>>>Dear Friends:
This is a question I had for a long time. What did arjuNa really see in
the battlefield of kurukshetra? Did he see God the kilo-limb giant? Or
did he see something else?
There were at least three occassions when Sri kR^ishhNa showed vishvarUpa;
...
- Re: REQUEST : Gayatri meditation? - Tue Feb 25 18:05:59 1997 EST
>>>I suggest you check out this fabulous web site:
http://www.hubcom.com/tantric/
Look up Gayatri on the index list they have. It can also link you to
other interesting sites.
Namaste,
...
- Re: Question: Worship of the Mother - Mon Feb 24 21:19:51 1997 EST
>>>In article <ghenE64Bts.DxB@netcom.com>, Sally Raven
<embassy@pro-net.co.uk> wrote:
> We are a group of English girls who want to worship the SupreMe Goddess
> in our everyday lives. Can any one tell us what is the authentic way of
> doing this?
...
- Tales from the Prison - Mon Feb 24 07:41:56 1997 EST
>>>A lot of people know about Sri Aurobindo in connection with the Alipore
bombingcase. Sri Aurobindo was falsely accused of plotting the
assasination of
a British officer and imprisoned for an year in the Alipore jail. The
one year term in the prison happened to be a turning point in his life.
- Murugan - Mon Feb 24 04:54:07 1997 EST
>>>Could someone give me some information on the god Murugan please ? Is it possible to send me an image of him ? Was he associated with Alexander the Great ?
Rather than posting the info, please send it directly ( if possible ) to me:
shafiur.rahman@socstud.oxford.ac.uk
Many thanks
Shafiur Rahman
...
- Help: The story of Valmiki's conversion. the Rama vs mara mantra - Sun Feb 23 15:11:37 1997 EST
>>>I am trying to find the scripture in which the story of Valmiki's
(author of the Sanskrit Ramayana) conversion is first reported. Can
someone please give me chapter and verse?
The story, approximately, goes like this. Valmiki used to be a
highway robber. Once three rishis came along. He tried to rob them
...
- Question: Worship of the Mother - Sat Feb 22 14:29:56 1997 EST
>>>We are a group of English girls who want to worship the SupreMe Goddess
in our everyday lives. Can any one tell us what is the authentic way of
doing this?
...
- Re: Third Community of Khalsas - Sat Feb 22 10:26:34 1997 EST
>>>Rajinder Nijjhar (gnostic@zetnet.co.uk) wrote in article <ghenE5yuJ4.ML1@netcom.com> on Fri, 21 Feb 1997 18:40:16 GMT :
>Further, a person cannot be a Sikh of a Satguru unless he is a
>disciple of a Pandit guru who imparts the
>worldly knowledge of his physical parents and how to lead your life
>in the political circles. The duty of a
...
- Re: "Stupid" Questions about Hinduism - Sat Feb 22 08:18:33 1997 EST
>>>Balasubramaniam santhanam (santhan@ee.gatech.edu) writes:
> Paul Ciszek wrote:
> 1) Philosophy wise in Hinduism there
> is only one Supreme Being (Bhraman).
> All creation and everything else emanates from this being.
...
- Re: ARTICLE : What's going on? Help - Fri Feb 21 17:35:17 1997 EST
>>>Namaste, Vivek.
Vivek Sadananda Pai wrote:
>
> In article <ghenE57CEJ.4uu@netcom.com>,
> Daly de Gagne <ambika@mbnet.mb.ca> wrote:
...
- Re: Water Buffalo Meat - Fri Feb 21 12:58:29 1997 EST
>>>In article <ghenE5yuJA.MMs@netcom.com>, tcwb@clover.cleaf.com says...
>
>Do Hindu's eat water buffalo meat ?
>
Did you mean "Hindus" or "humans?"
...
- Hindi Bhajans - Indian Devotional Songs - Fri Feb 21 12:14:41 1997 EST
>>>Check this out:
Hindi Bhajans - Indian Devotional Songs in Real Audio format
and links to Bhajan Texts
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/4637/
If you know of any other Bhajan Sites, please let me know.
- Re: REQUEST : I need information! - Fri Feb 21 11:42:36 1997 EST
>>>You can look up the site on world scripture - A Comparative Anthology of
Sacred Texts at http://www.rain.org/~origin/wscon.html
As an example refer to the following in the section "THE TRUTH IN MANY
PATHS" on the page http://www.rain.org/~origin/ws/theme00a.htm;
"This section gathers passages from various scriptures which affirm that
...
- Water Buffalo Meat - Fri Feb 21 07:27:29 1997 EST
>>>Do Hindu's eat water buffalo meat ?
...
- Third Community of Khalsas - Fri Feb 21 06:39:49 1997 EST
>>>THIRD KHALSA PANTH.
This fact is well known to all the people but which are the other two?
Thinking logically, Khalsas do the philanthropic work of God and,
thus he must have a knowledge of God.
This knowledge he acquires from Ad-Granth, which is for the Sikhs.
...
- Re: "Stupid" Questions about Hinduism - Thu Feb 20 14:22:24 1997 EST
>>>Paul Ciszek wrote:
1) Philosophy wise in Hinduism there
is only one Supreme Being (Bhraman).
All creation and everything else emanates from this being.
This attributes of
...
- Re: THE HOLY QURAN - (NOT) THE WORD OF GOD ! PROOF ! - Thu Feb 20 11:30:34 1997 EST
>>>rafiq@ksc9.th.com wrote:
>
> In Sura Al ANBIYA of the Holy Quran it is written:
>
> " Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth
...
- WEB : The Fall of Abhijit (the star Vega) - Wed Feb 19 09:53:10 1997 EST
>>>The Fall of Abhijit (the star Vega)
The article, kindly provided by Prasad Gokhale, is available at
http://members.tripod.com/~Jyotishi
Jai Maharaj
Jyotishi, Vedic Astrologer
...
- "Stupid" Questions about Hinduism - Tue Feb 18 21:22:49 1997 EST
>>>The various textbooks I have read in high school and college classes
were not terribly consistant regarding Hindu beliefs. One implied that
Brahma had the status of "supreme being" (my terminology, not theirs)
distinct from the many other gods. A later textbook implied the same
thing about Vishnu, and in a later section, Shiva. So, I have some
...
- Sri Satyasandha's commentary on Sri Vishnu Sahasra Naama - Tue Feb 18 21:14:20 1997 EST
>>>:: Sri Vishnu Sahasra Nama & its Commentaries ::
1. Here is a list of commentaries given by Sri R Anantha Krishna Shastry in his introduction to the translation of Sri Vishnu Sa=
hasra Nama (hereafter abbreviated in this article as 'VSN') (along with Shankara Bhashya) published by the Adyar Library & Research =
Center, 1980 Edn, pp. xx-xxi).
" According to Aufrecht's Catalogue Catalogorum, the last part of which appeared in 1903, the following commentaries on the S=
...
- Nirvaana-Shatka by Acharya Sri Shankara - Tue Feb 18 21:09:28 1997 EST
>>>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
---------------------------------19411131721929
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Here is an interesting philosophical poem of six stanzas by Acharya Sri
...
- Please post this on soc.religion.hindu - Tue Feb 18 12:32:06 1997 EST
>>>In article <ghenE5HBKA.54M@netcom.com>,
Heidi Pickman <hap117@ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi, does anyone know anything about the goddess Kali? basics and
> references would be great
...
- Devadasi makes young girls become prostitutes? - Tue Feb 18 07:42:00 1997 EST
>>>Hello,
I'm a Swedish journalist having some question about prostitution among
poor, young women in Karnataka.
I read in an article that the Devadasicult should lead thousands of
girls to become prostitutes. Is that really correct? If it is - is
...
- Re: ARTICLE : What's going on? Help - Mon Feb 17 13:56:40 1997 EST
>>>In article <ghenE57CEJ.4uu@netcom.com>,
Daly de Gagne <ambika@mbnet.mb.ca> wrote:
>I like your emphasis. If spirituality and not religious studies is our
>interest, we need to move into the realm of experience and dare to seek
>the vision of God. It's interesting that the young Vivekanandaji,
...
- Re: REQUEST : Gayatri meditation? - Fri Feb 14 09:03:19 1997 EST
>>>Namaste.
Chandima de Silva wrote:
>
> I would appreciate it if someone could provide me some references to Gayatri meditation.
There is a wonderful little booklet from Vedanta Press called _Om,
...
- Re: REQUEST : Goal of Hinduism in a paragraph - Fri Feb 14 07:10:14 1997 EST
>>>Namaste.
> >Carlos Silva wrote:
> >
> >If anybody can contribute some of their time to give me in aparagraph > >what is the goal of Hinduism as it is perceived by you (a Hindu), I > >would greatly appreciate it.
durgaprasad ayyalasomayajula wrote:
...
- Re: REQUEST: Hinduism Today - Fri Feb 14 06:07:33 1997 EST
>>>> In message <ghenE5Fn3v.15M@netcom.com>
> Erik Ballagh <ballagh@erols.com> writes:
> What do you think are the most pressing issues in the world today that
> relate to Hinduism? Any response to this question would be much
> appreciated. Thank you-
...
- Re: REQUEST : Goal of Hinduism in a paragraph - Thu Feb 13 20:17:32 1997 EST
>>>Carlos Silva (csilva@slip.net) wrote:
: If anybody can contribute some of their time to give me in a paragraph
: what is the goal of Hinduism as it is perceived by you (a Hindu), I
: would greatly appreciate it.
Carlos, the goal of life is to realize that indeed we are eternally
...
- Re: ARTICLE : What's going on? Help - Thu Feb 13 20:00:01 1997 EST
>>>Phantom of the Opera (dr5w@faraday.clas.virginia.edu) wrote:
[...]
: I'd like to know however, how and why it matters who is right
: and who is wrong as long as you haven't seen God/Brahman/Krishna/Om
: face to face.
- ARTICLE : The Cosmology/Creation Hymn in Rgveda - Thu Feb 13 17:53:37 1997 EST
>>>The Cosmology Hymn in the Rigveda
There is a hymn in the Rigveda (10:129) known as The nAsadIya sUkta, starting with : "nAsad AsInno sad AsIt tadAnIm, ...." (Ref. 1=
), meaning, "Then neither Being nor Non-Being was..." has, for several reasons, attracted the attention of many Vedic scholars, ph=
ilosophers - both eastern and western. (I am giving the translation of this mantra at the end of this article.)
This sUkta of Cosmology (sometimes referred as the Creation Hymn) has generated volume...
- ARTICLE : Arunachal Pradesh - an ornament of Bharat - Thu Feb 13 16:49:04 1997 EST
>>>Title : Arunachal Pradesh - an ornament of Bharat
Author : Editorial
Publication : Yuva Bharat
Date : January 1997
Arunachal Pradesh is a beautiful ornament of Bharat. This gifted
...
- NEWS : Vedas rich in science knowledge : Sharma - Thu Feb 13 16:48:07 1997 EST
>>>Title : Vedas rich in science knowledge : Sharma
Author :
Publication : The Hindu
Date : January 22, 1997
The President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, today called upon Vedic
...
- NEWS : Epoch making Hindu, Buddhist and Shinto meet - Thu Feb 13 16:47:01 1997 EST
>>>Title : Epoch making Hindu, Buddhist and Shinto meet
Author :
Publication : Hindu Heritage
Date :
KYOTO, the cultural capital of Japan. was witness to a unique
...
- NEWS : Seeking closer ties with Hinduism - Thu Feb 13 16:45:30 1997 EST
>>>Title : Seeking closer ties with Hinduism
Author :
Publication : Hindu Heritage
Date :
The Japanese religious scholars and intellectuals representing the
...
- NEWS : Mewat Jogis return to Hindu fold - Thu Feb 13 16:41:35 1997 EST
>>>Title : Mewat Jogis return to Hindu fold
Author : Pramod Kumar
Publication : Organiser
Date : January 19, 1997
Amidst slogans like Garva se kaho ham Hindu hain, Guru Goraksha
...
- ARTICLE : Two rivers that spring from a common source - Thu Feb 13 16:29:28 1997 EST
>>>Title : Two rivers that spring from a common source
Author : Rajesh Kochhar
Publication : The Times of India
Date : February 8, 1997
The Parsis arrived in India in the 8th century AD as refugees from
...
- ARTICLE : DIMENSIONS OF CONVERSION - Thu Feb 13 16:21:44 1997 EST
>>>DIMENSIONS OF CONVERSION
Reproduced by VHP (UK)
The problem of religious conversion has been dogging humanity
throughout modem history. Islam and Christianity are the main
accused. Conversion has ceased to be a simple, holy, beneficial
...
- Re: ARTICLE : Is it the action or the result which leads to action - Thu Feb 13 14:25:36 1997 EST
>>>In article <ghenE5K4An.3As@netcom.com>, saibaba@ccs.neu.edu says...
>
>Namaste,
>I some times wonder at the action-result theory.(KARMA theory or
>Newtons third law of motion).
...
- Re: REQUEST : Goal of Hinduism in a paragraph - Thu Feb 13 14:00:16 1997 EST
>>>In article <ghenE5K4At.3C2@netcom.com>, saibaba@ccs.neu.edu says...
>
>Sir each religion is an ocean and the deeper you fathom it, the tougher
>it becomes to put it in a single statement.
Religion isn't so hard to define. The Bhagavata has already done it
...
- REQUEST : Questions on Dualism (dvaita) - Thu Feb 13 13:14:13 1997 EST
>>>Hi folks,
It is good to see that this newsgroup is visited by people familiar
with the dvaita (dualist) tradition of Sri Madhvaachaarya, because I am not
very familiar with it. I'll say what I have understood of this system and
I'll appreciate if the knowledgeable can correct me.
- Re: REQUEST : hindu goddess kali??? - Thu Feb 13 11:53:17 1997 EST
>>>Heidi Pickman wrote:
> Hi, does anyone know anything about the goddess Kali? basics and
> references would be great
Kali is probably one of the few deities for whom the methodology of worship
varies between two extremes. One the one hand you have vaidika (adhering to
...
- Re: REQUEST : Goal of Hinduism in a paragraph - Thu Feb 13 11:05:15 1997 EST
>>>> Carlos Silva wrote:
> >
> > If anybody can contribute some of their time to give me in a paragraph
> > what is the goal of Hinduism as it is perceived by you (a Hindu), I
> > would greatly appreciate it.
- NEWS : HSC NYC Temple trip - Thu Feb 13 10:42:40 1997 EST
>>> The Hindu Students Council of Hunter College in Manhattan, New
York recently organized a mini-yatra. Members of Queens College and NYU
HSC's also participated in the event.
The mini-yatra was held on Sunday, January 12-a cold and icy but
unforgettable day for the group of 17 who visited 5 mandirs and 2
...
- Re: ARTICLE : Raising Vegetarian Children in America - Thu Feb 13 02:27:47 1997 EST
>>>In article <ghenE5Fn4C.1BH@netcom.com>, ambika@mbnet.mb.ca wrote:
> Namaste.
>
> Will Shetterly wrote:
> > Americans
...
- ARTICLE : Is it the action or the result which leads to action - Wed Feb 12 15:59:21 1997 EST
>>>Namaste,
I some times wonder at the action-result theory.(KARMA theory or
Newtons third law of motion). The problem I face is on the question
"does the result lead to action or does action lead to result(s)(but always
plural)?".
- Re: REQUEST : Goal of Hinduism in a paragraph - Wed Feb 12 15:39:36 1997 EST
>>>Namate,
Sir each religion is an ocean and the deeper you fathom it, the tougher
it becomes to put it in a single statement.
I wouldn't commit the mistake of stating which religion is better
but I can tell you that "INFINITY CANNOT BE PUT INTO A SINGLE
...
- REQUEST : Is there mention of binary number in ancient texts? - Wed Feb 12 11:35:09 1997 EST
>>> About ten years back in India, there were articles in many newspapers
about the finding of binary number in vedic texts. I have not been
able to locate the source, or whether it is true. Does anyone know
more about this.
Raja
...
- REQUEST : Gayatri meditation? - Wed Feb 12 04:08:48 1997 EST
>>>I would appreciate it if someone could provide me some references to Gayatri meditation.
Thanks,
Chandima de Silva
chandima@cee.hw.ac.uk
--
...
- Re: ARTICLE : What's going on? Help - Tue Feb 11 08:18:09 1997 EST
>>>Namaste.
Phantom of the Opera wrote:
>
> When I chanced upon this newsgroup a while back, I thought I
> found a forum for people interested in exchanging ideas and
...
- Re: REQUEST : Goal of Hinduism in a paragraph - Tue Feb 11 08:15:24 1997 EST
>>>Namaste.
Carlos Silva wrote:
>
> If anybody can contribute some of their time to give me in a paragraph
> what is the goal of Hinduism as it is perceived by you (a Hindu), I
...
- ARTICLE : God in the 90's - Mon Feb 10 20:51:35 1997 EST
>>>Hi!
I am posting this message because I believe that there is a major change
happening in the Universe, we are starting to believe in God again! God
doesn't seem to be the same God brought to us by our parent's religion.=20
God seems to be more of a personal, spiritual experience of the heart,
...
- REQUEST : hindu goddess kali??? - Mon Feb 10 18:52:48 1997 EST
>>>Hi, does anyone know anything about the goddess Kali? basics and
references would be great
thanks
...
- Re: NEWS : Women priests overtaken male counterparts in Maharashtra - Mon Feb 10 10:02:40 1997 EST
>>>This is fantastically good news.
Hats off to Shankara Seva Samiti for their dedication and excellent
work. I am sure that there are more organisations around India
who are achieving social reform in their own way - I wish there
was some way of knowing about them
...
- Re: REQUEST : hinduism and rock music - Mon Feb 10 06:14:06 1997 EST
>>>Gary Stevason (caitanya@torfree.net) wrote:
: P. Patel (UGM4PP@leeds.ac.uk) wrote:
: : More recently, the UK band Kula Shaker have released a song entitled
: : "Govinda", using the familiar Hare-Krishna movement chant "Govinda Jay Jay,
: : Gopal Jay, Jay" as its lyrics. Also the album sleeve carries a picture of
...
- REQUEST: Hinduism Today - Sun Feb 9 22:32:18 1997 EST
>>>What do you think are the most pressing issues in the world today that
relate to Hinduism? Any response to this question would be much
appreciated. Thank you-
...
- REQUEST : Info on Gurumayi - Sun Feb 9 17:32:53 1997 EST
>>>Can anyone give me info on Gurumayi. Are they good guys or do they
need to be treated with caution? I am particularly interest in contacts
in Australia with both postive and negative experiences.
Thanks
Alice.
- Re: ARTICLE : What's going on? Help - Sun Feb 9 08:58:49 1997 EST
>>>Phantom of the Opera <dr5w@faraday.clas.virginia.edu> wrote in article
<ghenE542B5.A2x@netcom.com>...
> Looks more like soc.hindu.rhetoric to me. But of course, I
> could be wrong, or I could be right.
>
...
- Re: ARTICLE : Shrii Shankaraacaarya's commentary on Gita 4.34 (was Re: - Sun Feb 9 08:49:41 1997 EST
>>>Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu> wrote in article
<ghenE57CDr.4oG@netcom.com>...
> I am not sure if you are saying that Lord Krishna or Lord Shiva are _not_
> established in the truth. sha.nkara does not support that the guru has to
be
...
- Re: ARTICLE : Max Muller - A Missionary Bigot! - Sat Feb 8 22:24:43 1997 EST
>>>Vaaheguroo ji ka Khalsa Vaaheguroo ji ki Fateh!
A very interesting book, whose very title will make
lots of people squirm, is "The Vedic Harappans"
by Bhagwan Singh. It is a massive treatise, and
an important book for anyone interested in the
...
- REQUEST : just curious - Origion of Bhagwad Gita - Sat Feb 8 07:55:27 1997 EST
>>>Hi,
I am just curious to know the origins of Bhagwad Gita
XXX
-Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.
.
- REQUEST : MUKTAPHALA SIGNIFICANCE?? - Sat Feb 8 02:01:49 1997 EST
>>>Hi,
i was wondering if anyone could tell me anything about the origins and/or
significance of objects called MUKTAPHALA, such as those sculpted at the
Temple of Somanathpur in Mysore.
My thanks in advance.
- Re: ARTICLE : Raising Vegetarian Children in America - Fri Feb 7 19:30:16 1997 EST
>>>Namaste.
Will Shetterly wrote:
> "Racist" seems a rather strong word. I'd suggest "thoughtless."
I agreee -- racist is a strong word, and one sometimes used too quickly
and too often. You are also right about thoughtless as an alternative.
...
- Re: ARTICLE : Raising Vegetarian Children in America - Fri Feb 7 17:36:19 1997 EST
>>>When I came to America, I was advised by a few Indians who
have been here for some time that "It's so cold here you
can not survive if you do not eat meat".
I recall the same advise was given to Gandhi when he arrived
in England.
- NEWS : City doctors join Vedic association - Fri Feb 7 12:39:32 1997 EST
>>>Title : City doctors join Vedic association
Author :
Publication : Mid-day
Date : February 1, 1997
About 50 city doctors became members of the newly formed Vedic
...
- NEWS : Americans bring Vedic medicine to India - Fri Feb 7 12:38:37 1997 EST
>>>Title : Americans bring Vedic medicine to India
Author :
Publication : The Times of India
Date : February 2, 1997
In an irony of sorts, doctors from the United States are seeking to
...
- NEWS : The learned pandit - Fri Feb 7 12:38:00 1997 EST
>>>Title : The learned pandit
Author : Rajlakshmi Iyengar
Publication : Mid-day
Date : February 1, 1997
Sanskrit shlokas roll off his tongue as easily as scribbling a
...
- ARTICLE : Caste-away - Fri Feb 7 12:36:56 1997 EST
>>>Title : Caste-away
Author : Rajinder Puri
Publication : Mid-day
Date : January 31, 1997
If From India Gate we take a taxi to Parliament House and pass
...
- NEWS : Women priests overtaken male counterparts in Maharashtra - Fri Feb 7 12:33:24 1997 EST
>>>Title : Women priests overtaken male counterparts in Maharashtra
Author : PTI
Publication : The Hindu
Date : February 5, 1997
With an increasing number of men of religion taking up other more
...
- ARTICLE : The Cosmology/Creation Hymn in Rgveda - Fri Feb 7 04:13:16 1997 EST
>>>The Cosmology Hymn in the Rigveda
There is a hymn in the Rigveda (10:129) known as The nAsadIya sUkta, starting with : "nAsad AsInno sad AsIt tadAnIm, ...." (Ref. 1=
), meaning, "Then neither Being nor Non-Being was..." has, for several reasons, attracted the attention of many Vedic scholars, ph=
ilosophers - both eastern and western. (I am giving the translation of this mantra at the end of this article.)
This sUkta of Cosmology (sometimes referred as the Creation Hymn) has generated volume...
- REQUEST : MUKTAPHALA SIGNIFICANCE - Fri Feb 7 02:40:29 1997 EST
>>>Hi,
i was wondering if anyone could tell me anything about the origins and/or
significance of objects called MUKTAPHALA, such as those sculpted at the
Temple of Somanathpur in Mysore.
My thanks in advance.
- Re: ARTICLE : Shrii Shankaraacaarya's commentary on Gita 4.34 (was Re: REQUEST : - Thu Feb 6 09:26:21 1997 EST
>>>H. Krishna Susarla wrote:
> A certain advaitin offered once the following pearl of so-called advaitst
> wisdom
> (http://rbhatnagar.ececs.uc.edu:8080/srh_home/1995_12/msg00255.html):
>
...
- INFO : book Symbols, mythology and the gods - Thu Feb 6 08:25:19 1997 EST
>>>Announcement
If you are interested in symbols and their influence on the mind,
please visit my Website. I wrote an English-language book on the
subject that might be of interest to you. You can download the
book via the Website. The Dutch-language version will follow
...
- Re: REQUEST : I need information! - Wed Feb 5 23:40:46 1997 EST
>>>c2659 (c2659@rea-alp.com) wrote:
: I'm doing a report on Hinduism and I don't know where to start!! I am
: supposed to compare the Bhagavad Gita's teachings to those of Christianity.
: If anyone has any input whatsoever, I would appreciate it. Thank you!
Hi C2! What a great straight line. I spent a lot of time revelling in
...
- REQUEST : Hindu cosmology? - Wed Feb 5 19:35:30 1997 EST
>>>Hello, I need information about how the hindus viewed the earth and the
universe for a project on ancient indian astronomy (esp. about
Brahmagupta, the 7th century, and how he changed the ancient beliefs).
I've heard that ancient hindus viewed the earth as a half-shere, supported
by elephants, sitting on top of a giant turtle. Can someone give me more
...
- REQUEST : Saint Dnyaneshwar! - Wed Feb 5 18:14:53 1997 EST
>>>Hello Everybody:
A colleague of mine told me a few days back that there was a big
conference/convention in India fairly recently with regards to the Sant
(Saint) Dnyaneshwar! I was wondering if anyone had heard about it this
and if so can you please send me some information. Any help would be
...
- Re: ARTICLE : What's going on? Help - Wed Feb 5 16:26:08 1997 EST
>>>Namaste.
Phantom of the Opera wrote:
>
> When I chanced upon this newsgroup a while back, I thought I
> found a forum for people interested in exchanging ideas and
...
- Re: REQUEST : Goal of Hinduism in a paragraph - Wed Feb 5 16:26:00 1997 EST
>>>Namaste.
Carlos Silva wrote:
>
> If anybody can contribute some of their time to give me in a paragraph
> what is the goal of Hinduism as it is perceived by you (a Hindu), I
...
- Re: ARTICLE : Raising Vegetarian Children in America - Wed Feb 5 13:58:56 1997 EST
>>>In article <ghenE542Ay.A0L@netcom.com>, ambika@mbnet.mb.ca wrote:
> I was on a panel recently with a dietitian who questioned whether it was
> healthy to raise children under 5 as vegetarians. As our discussion
> progressed, it struck me as increasingly racist to even ask that
> question given it is no secret that Indians of Asian origin have for
...
- Re: ARTICLE : Bhagwad Gita Commentary - Tue Feb 4 20:40:15 1997 EST
>>>In article <ghenE51w99.686@netcom.com>, susarla.krishna@tumora.swmed.edu
says...
>
>Furthermore, as Ramakrishnan has repeatedly characterized Prabhupada's
>writings as "comic book translations,"
...
- Re: ARTICLE : Raising Vegetarian Children in America - Tue Feb 4 11:08:37 1997 EST
>>>Namaste.
Y. Malaiya wrote:
>
> Raising Vegetarian Children in America
> --------------------------------------
...
- Re: ARTICLE : Max Muller - A Missionary Bigot! - Tue Feb 4 10:50:14 1997 EST
>>>Namaste.
S.L. wrote:
>
> Max Muller was a Missionary Bigot!
...and went on to describe how the religious and colonial motivations of
...
- ARTICLE : What's going on? Help - Tue Feb 4 09:10:55 1997 EST
>>>When I chanced upon this newsgroup a while back, I thought I
found a forum for people interested in exchanging ideas and
experiences with Hinduism. Little did I realize until recently
that what is Hinduism to a lot of active "posters" is the
upholding of their traditional opinions. I do agree that once
...
- Re: REQUEST : Refs. Wanted: Hindu Sacred Music - Tue Feb 4 07:23:48 1997 EST
>>>In article <ghenE51wC3.70y@netcom.com>, pdixon@darkwing.uoregon.edu says...
>
>Hi all. I'm looking for references, etc, for Hindu music. What I'm
>hoping to find are diety-specific ragas, and their requisite performance
>practice. Tips or references to books, web pages and liner notes on
...
- Re: ARTICLE : Max Muller - A Missionary Bigot! - Mon Feb 3 23:23:09 1997 EST
>>>S.L. wrote:
>
> Max Muller was a Missionary Bigot!
> clip clip
I guess you said it all in your first line. You must have a really
...
- REQUEST : Philosopher Varday???? - Mon Feb 3 22:29:48 1997 EST
>>>Was wondering, a friend asked of me and I wasn't sure of the spelling of
the name, let alone where to find info, but could someone please tell me
where I can find info on the Hindu philosopher Varday? Also, if I have
mispelled the name, could you also provide the correct spelling. Thanks
and much appreciated.
- REQUEST : Goal of Hinduism in a paragraph - Mon Feb 3 20:45:56 1997 EST
>>>If anybody can contribute some of their time to give me in a paragraph
what is the goal of Hinduism as it is perceived by you (a Hindu), I
would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks
C. Silva
...
- Re: ARTICLE : About Bhagavad gita - Mon Feb 3 18:42:53 1997 EST
>>>ntiwari@rs3.esm.vt.edu (N. Tiwari) writes:
> Mani Varadarajan (mani@be.com) wrote:
> : gokhale@interlog.com (Prasad Gokhale) writes:
> : >
> : > It is now established that the Mahabharar War took place in 3138 B.C., that
...
- ARTICLE : Raising Vegetarian Children in America - Mon Feb 3 09:39:41 1997 EST
>>>Raising Vegetarian Children in America
-------------------------------------How hard it is to raise vegetarian children in America?
How many minutes do you have to watch TV to see an ad
showing how much fun it is to eat a Big Mac or to
o
...
- REQUEST : Wanted Srimad Bhagavatam - Sun Feb 2 09:12:22 1997 EST
>>>Hare Krsna. PAMHO AGTSP
Hello. The Ottawa Temple is looking to buy copies of the one volume Srimad
Bhagavatam. Neither the BBT nor Krishna Culture have any in stock. If any
individuals who read this newsgroup are affiliated with temples or persons
who have extra copies of the one volume Bhagavatam available for sale,
...
- ARTICLE : Shrii Shankaraacaarya's commentary on Gita 4.34 (was Re: REQUEST : Sai - Sat Feb 1 21:24:06 1997 EST
>>>A certain advaitin offered once the following pearl of so-called advaitst
wisdom
(http://rbhatnagar.ececs.uc.edu:8080/srh_home/1995_12/msg00255.html):
"I consider the Brahman or Lord Krishna or Lord Shiva as wish you to call
it, my guru."
...
- Re: ARTICLE : Bhagwad Gita Commentary - Sat Feb 1 17:58:31 1997 EST
>>>Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu> wrote in article
<ghenE4wEt1.77E@netcom.com>...
> "Form over substance " comes to mind. One thing, sha.nkarAchArya assumes
is
> knowledge of pUrva mimA.nsa and basic common sense. He is not interested
...
- Re: REQUEST : Sai baba - Sat Feb 1 17:45:42 1997 EST
>>>Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu> wrote in article
<ghenE4wEt5.78J@netcom.com>...
> I'll also take the opportunity to answer HKS's claim that the Gaudiya
tradition
> has great respect for the vedas since Baladeva wrote commentaries on the
...
- REQUEST : Hindus and Euthanasia-HELP!! - Sat Feb 1 08:56:22 1997 EST
>>>Hello, ppl.
In my Religious Eduaction class at school (I am in yr 10), We
are currently studying Euthanasia.
I have been asigned the task of researching the view of the Hindus on
this subject.
- INFO : Mailing List to Learn Samskrit ! - Fri Jan 31 22:53:50 1997 EST
>>>namaste,
Learn Samskrit through simple e-mails !
Samskrita Bharati has set-up a new mailing list called
"sanskrit" to assit learning of Samskrit through simple sentences.
This is a moderated list to promote conversational Samskrit.
- NEWS : Gandhi Ashes Strewn in Ganges -
>>> By RANJAN ROY
Associated Press Writer
ALLAHABAD, India (AP) -- Helped by Hindu priests smeared with
vermilion paste, a great-grandson of Mohandas Gandhi today
scattered the last handful of the independence leader's ashes into
...
- NEWS : Gandhi Ashes Strewn in Ganges - Fri Jan 31 22:51:54 1997 EST
- Re: REQUEST : Bhagavad Gita commentary - Fri Jan 31 19:36:26 1997 EST
>>>In article <ghenE4r42H.B2n@netcom.com>, mani@be.com says...
>
>> Shrisha Rao (shrao@nyx.net) wrote:
>> : There certainly does. No example can be found in any statement of the
>> : six Gosvamis of the occurrence of the phrase "the science of Krishna
...
- NEWS : An important advance in Indian history - Fri Jan 31 16:27:08 1997 EST
>>>Title : An important advance in Indian history
Author : A Jayaram
Publication : The Hindu
Date : January 16, 1997
An American Vedic scholar, Dr. David Frawley, and his Indian
...
- ARTICLE : Quest for divinity - Fri Jan 31 16:24:05 1997 EST
>>>Title : Quest for divinity
Author : K Shreedhar Rao
Publication : The Observer
Date :December 14, 1996
The radiant smile, the bright face, the saffron robes and
...
- NEWS : Goa tank excavation kicks up controversy - Fri Jan 31 16:23:07 1997 EST
>>>Title : Goa tank excavation kicks up controversy
Author : Sanjay Banerjee
Publication : The Times of India
Date : January 24, 1997
A tank near the ancient Saptakoteshwar temple has suddenly become
...
- NEWS : Kanshi ridicules Ramayana to rein in Hindutva brigade - Fri Jan 31 16:14:47 1997 EST
>>>Title : Kanshi ridicules Ramayana to rein in Hindutva brigade
Author :
Publication : Telegraph
Date : January 13, 1997
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh has adopted a novel strategy
...
- ARTICLE : Max Muller - A Missionary Bigot! - Fri Jan 31 08:22:42 1997 EST
>>>Max Muller was a Missionary Bigot!
Max Muller is greatly admired for his translation of Sanskrit works. Wh=
en
Duke of Argyll was appointed Secretary of State for India in December 186=
8,
...
- WWW : Srila Prabhupada Uvaca Webpage - Fri Jan 31 07:43:31 1997 EST
>>>Hare Krsna. Srutikirti Prabhu's "Srila Prabhupada Uvaca" series is now
available on a web page. This is intensively nectarian reading. If you
have access to the web, then check it out:
http://swami.simplenet.com/uvaca
Your servant,
...
- Re: ARTICLE : About Bhagavad gita - Fri Jan 31 07:15:43 1997 EST
>>>Mani Varadarajan (mani@be.com) wrote:
: gokhale@interlog.com (Prasad Gokhale) writes:
: >
: > It is now established that the Mahabharar War took place in 3138 B.C., that
: > is, approximately 5000 years before today.
...
- Re: REQUEST : hinduism and rock music - Thu Jan 30 19:47:17 1997 EST
>>>P. Patel (UGM4PP@leeds.ac.uk) wrote:
: More recently, the UK band Kula Shaker have released a song entitled
: "Govinda", using the familiar Hare-Krishna movement chant "Govinda Jay Jay,
: Gopal Jay, Jay" as its lyrics. Also the album sleeve carries a picture of
: Lord Krishna on the cover. The song also contains a George Harrison sample,
...
- REQUEST : Mahabharata - Thu Jan 30 18:24:54 1997 EST
>>>Hello Everybody:
Boy am I glad that a newsgroup like this exists. I am currently a student
in my fourth year of University. I am also taking an independent study
course on the Mahabharata. Living in the electronic information age, I
decided to try the net to tap into some potential resources. In my
...
- ARTICLE : tom petty & the hindubreakers - Wed Jan 29 12:06:39 1997 EST
>>>I've read that Tom Petty's gradma or greatgrandma was an Indian.
Not Indian but a Cherrocee, Soiux or whatever.
Might be an attachment.
Note that he's also a close friend of George Harrison
...
- REQUEST : Refs. Wanted: Hindu Sacred Music - Mon Jan 27 18:31:01 1997 EST
>>>Hi all. I'm looking for references, etc, for Hindu music. What I'm
hoping to find are diety-specific ragas, and their requisite performance
practice. Tips or references to books, web pages and liner notes on
albums, tapes and CDs would be extremely helpful.
Thanks for your time,
...
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