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Starting: Mon 30 Jun 1997 - 14:26:44 EST
Ending: Thu 31 Jul 1997 - 12:44:56 EST
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- Posted By Adrian Hands
- ARTICLE : Dignity and Peace Tue, 01 Jul 1997 10:42:10 -0400
>>> DIGNITY AND PEACE
When the joint family system is breaking in India, there is the need
for development of an alternative system to take care of the elders.
We came across a project which addresses itself to the issue, and is
implementing a MODEL SENIOR CITIZENS' HOME PROJECT, structured around a
...
- Posted By ajay@mercury.aichem.arizona.edu
- NEWS : Art Thieves Plague Cambodia Wed, 2 Jul 1997 02:43:01 -0400 (EDT)
>>>[Excerpts from a recent news item about a Hindu temple complex in Cambodia]
By CARL HARTMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) - A millennium after Angkor emerged in
Cambodia's jungle as capital of a great empire, thieves are still
sawing pieces off the ruins of the world's biggest religious
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- Posted By Amir Kost
- Posted By Anand
- Re: Request : for info on substances 14 Jul 1997 21:31:44 +0700
>>>In article <ghenEAzCLM.80p@netcom.com>, knut.movik@iks.uio.no wrote:
>Hello.
>I am a student of contemporary religion, and I wonder if anyone has any
>information about the part of Shaivism where sadhus use
>consciousnessexpanding substances like ganja, charas ,bhang or datura. I
...
- Posted By Anand Singh
- Re: ARTICLE : Nike Bends for Muslims, What About Hindus? Tue, 08 Jul 1997 16:48:26 -0500
>>>The sarcastic tone of Vivek's letter indicates his lack of understanding
about the larger issue of Muslim muscle flexing. They always get what
because politicians succumb to the pressure of vote bank politics.
There is a dangerous axis of Islamic Terrorism emerging in Indian
Subcontinent. Pakistan, Bangladesh and border towns of Nepal have become
...
- Re: ARTICLE : Nike Bends for Muslims, What About Hindus? Wed, 16 Jul 1997 15:38:39 -0500
>>>> Then it should be extremely easy to convert these people to Hinduism
> by providing longer-term medical care, right? So why protest when it's
> so much easier to send them a big bottle of aspirin?
You seem to implicitly say that missionaries provide long term service
to tribals. Then why is it that most of the converted tribals are still
...
- Posted By Anshuman Pandey
- Re: Question: Sanskrit & Amba Mata Wed, 16 Jul 1997 21:52:55 -0700
>>>Welcome Vicki,
On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Vicki Jerome wrote:
> 1. I notice that in Sanskrit, the letters m and n sometimes appear to be
> used interchangeably - e.g. Sanskrit/Samskrit, and recently in a posting
> someone referred to Ahinsa (non-violence, harmlessness) which I have always
...
- Re: REQUEST : Guru Dakshina Wed, 16 Jul 1997 21:57:03 -0700
>>>On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Howard Robinson wrote:
> Can you post me the name of the great archer who sacrificed his thumb to
> his guru Dronacharaya as Guru Dakshina.
>From the Mahabharata: the great archer was named Ekalavya. Well,
"sacrificed" doesn't really convey the sentiment of the dakShiNa. It was
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- Posted By Anu
- Posted By Art D'Adamo
- INFO : An online book Thu, 17 Jul 1997 11:56:39 GMT
>>> For a long time we have been accustomed to the compartmentalization
of religion and science as if they were two quite different and
basically unrelated ways of seeing the world. I do not believe that
this state of doublethink can last. It must eventually be replaced
by a view of the world which is neither religious nor scientific
...
- Posted By Balasubramaniam santhanam
- Posted By Barsana Dham
- INFO : Janmashtmi Celebrations at Barsana Dham, Austin, TX 14 Jul 1997 23:21:36 GMT
>>>Janmashtmi Celebrations at Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani Temple, Barsana
Dham, Austin, TX on Saturday August 23,1997 from 6:00 pm - midnight arti.
Program includes Discourse by H.D. Swami Prakashanand Saraswati, Jhulan
darshan of Bal Gopal, Nam-Sankirtan and Cultural Program of Krishn Leelas
and devotional dances. Please dress suitably for a Hindu Temple. For
...
- Posted By Bill & Anne
- Posted By Dan
- Posted By David Garvin
- Posted By Dhanvin
- Posted By Dr. Jai Maharaj
- Posted By durgaprasad ayyalasomayajula
- Re: Request : for info on substances 29 Jul 1997 20:09:47 GMT
>>>Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu> wrote:
: I have never heard it being claimed that lopamudra, the wife of sage
: agastya was a follower of vAma mArga. In fact, canonical daxiNa mArga
: texts like the lalitA trishatI mention lopamudra. Usually the vAmAchara
: texts claim that they were revealed by shiva to devI or devI to shiva.
- Re: Request : for info on substances 23 Jul 1997 18:58:13 GMT
>>>Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu> wrote:
: matsya - fish. The collective five is called the pa.ncha makra. However,
: note that this is not "the shakta path" but rather vAmachAra, _one_ of
: the branches of shaktism. This is _not_ mainstream shaktism and has been
: denounced vociferously by the classical commentator laxmIdhara.
- Posted By eppi@prodigy.net
- REQUEST : A ritual question Tue, 08 Jul 1997 23:36:28 GMT
>>>This afternoon I received an invitation from a new neighbor (whom I
have not really officially met), inviting me to attend "Geeta and Shiv
Puran"...I assume (probably incorrectly) that this is an event of some
nature....I would appreciate as much information as you could supply
so I do not approach this with total ignorance.
- Posted By FISU
- Posted By Hans
- Re: REQUEST : Mahabharata - the ending of the story 26 Jul 1997 22:46:14 GMT
>>>Please, tell me, where did you get the Peter Brook film ? I have it at
home on video, but I want to buy the video. Do you know where to get it ? I
live in Holland. It is my favorit film ! Actually, I have a Dutch televised
edition which was a world premiere at that time ! But it is only a 6 hour
version. Can you help me how to get a full version of Peter Brooks's
...
- Posted By Hemal Pathak
- Posted By Howard Robinson
- REQUEST : Guru Dakshina Sat, 12 Jul 1997 14:03:35 -0700
>>>Can you post me the name of the great archer who sacrificed his thumb to
his guru Dronacharaya as Guru Dakshina.
Hope this question makes some sense...
please mail me the reply at vagrawal@cody.gac.peachnet.edu
...
- Posted By Illi Billi
- Posted By ILVU16@aol.com
- help wanted : ISKCON Membership Mon, 28 Jul 1997 01:28:14 -0400 (EDT)
>>>Dear sir or madam:
My name is Vijay Kumar Garg and I am a member of the
ISKCON INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS in CHANDIGARH, PUNJAB,
INDIA. We used to live in India and moved to USA. We still are the members,
but we would like to convert the membership to that of the USA. My membership
...
- Posted By Irshadul Islam
- REQUEST : Durga 30 Jul 1997 23:58:20 GMT
>>>I am looking for basic information on Goddess Durga. Any
information in the form of e-mail or web site referral would
be highly appreciated.
Thank you.
- Posted By JAHNAVA NITAI BRAHMACARI
- Posted By Jerzy Tarasiuk
- Posted By JOHN P. GIUNTA
- REQUEST : what is religion 3 Jul 1997 15:19:44 GMT
>>>Hello,
I would like to contribute that this question can be answered from the
standpoint of differentiating between the kinds of sources of "truth".
I view religion as the following of other people's ideas about
cosmogeny--priests, rabbis, ministers, imams, etc, i.e., taking their
...
- Posted By Karthik Venkataraman
- REQUEST : Hindu Temple Listing 24 Jul 1997 22:50:43 GMT
>>>Namaskaram,
Does anyone know of where I may get a complete Directory of all the Temples
in North America, including mailing address. I need it as a complete list
and not as the html format that is put up, superb on hindunet. Thank
Karthik
...
- Posted By kelly
- Posted By Krishnakant Udavant
- Posted By LTDJT@aol.com
- Posted By m desjardins
- REQUEST : Revelation in Hindu Dharma Tue, 29 Jul 1997 19:52:26 -0400
>>>I AM LOOKING FOR HELP IN COMPLETING A BOOK. IN ORDER TO GET ALL FACT
RIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE HINDU RELIGION'S BOOK HAS A SECTION
ON THE END OF THE WORLD[EXAMPLE THE REVELATION IN THE BIBLE]
PLEASE E-MAIL ME WITH INFO THE NAME NAME OF THAT BOOK OR A PLACE ON THE
ENTERNET TO FIND IT.
- Posted By Melody C. Pfeiffer
- Posted By Michael Plumecocq
- ARTICLE : Reincarnation & Karma 20 Jul 1997 15:41:41 GMT
>>>>From what I get:
Knowledgeable apprehension about those essentials has been:
1) Lost, misunderstood, or not updated by hind* representatives.
2) Skipped, buried, forgotten, not rediscovered by most/any christian
confessions.
- Posted By Murugesh Vyravanadan
- Posted By MVN Krishna
- Posted By neves
- Posted By Niran Rajaratnam
- Posted By Onduma Faloon
- Posted By Paul Merriam
- Posted By Perwesh Sharma
- Posted By Pradip Gangopadhyay
- REQUEST : Desires Wed, 9 Jul 1997 11:28:49 -0700 (PDT)
>>>Willk1@aol.com wrote:
Subject: REQUEST : Desires
> I know the Hindu religion is highly concerned with trying to get rid of
>selfish desire and replace it with good desire. I was just wondering, how do
>you go about replacing those selfish desires with good desires? What are some
...
- Posted By R.Baskran Raman Nair
- Posted By Rajiv Varma
- Posted By Ram V Chandran
- Re: The Essence of Bhagavad Gita - Reply Thu, 31 Jul 1997 15:44:26 -0400
>>>Ram Chandran <chandran.burke@juno.com> wrote: "The most important
message of Gita is the assertion that actions are inevitable and excuses
are unforgivable."
In his reply Sankar Jayanarayanan <kartik@Eng.Auburn.EDU> wrote:
> ................................................................
- Posted By Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian
- Re: Request : for info on substances Wed, 30 Jul 1997 11:14:53 -0500
>>>durgaprasad ayyalasomayajula wrote:
> Lopamudra is founder of Haadi School (which is mainly VamaMarga).
> (Dattatreya is the topmost ofcourse).
> Agastya learned From Haigreva after already Lopamudre knew the SriVidya.
> (please follow the discussion between HayaGreva and Agastya.
- Re: Request : for info on substances Wed, 23 Jul 1997 22:22:57 -0500
>>>durgaprasad ayyalasomayajula wrote:
> VamaMarga and DakshinaMarga are the right and left followers.
> The VamaMarga people tend to follow and great souls followed it.
> But as you said it is not necessary.
> (Wife of Agasthya is an example. She followed Vamamarga, also she is
...
- Posted By Ranjana
- Posted By Rocana dasa
- WWW : Hare Krsnas Website Wed, 30 Jul 1997 00:52:42 -0700
>>>Dear Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
We are pleased to announce a re-launch of The Hare Krsnas website, marking
the site's one-year anniversary. For the present time, the site will
continue to be located at http://www.islandnet.com/krsna. Happily, we just
...
- Posted By Roy Raja
- Posted By Sankar Jayanarayanan
- Re: The Essence of Bhagavad Gita - Reply Mon, 28 Jul 1997 14:01:56 -0500
>>>A long time ago, a very great scholar, renowned for his learning, went to a
king and said, "I have studied and understood the essence of the Gita. I can
teach it to you in a way no other teacher can." The king praises him, but
requests him to study it again for a year and then return. The scholar leaves,
and after a year, arrives in the king's court and makes the same announcement
...
- Posted By scuratolo@hoexch.ho.lucent.com
- REQUEST : vedic aryan hindu god Indra Wed, 9 Jul 1997 10:55:32 -0400
>>>To whom it may concern:
I need your assistance in locating a color photograph/lithograph of the
Vedic Aryan Hindu god Indra. I understand it is much revered in
Kathmandu Nepal. The Indrajatra is coming up in Aug-Sep and it would
mean a lot to me if you could help me locate a quality representation
...
- Posted By Sim Thiam Chye
- Posted By Srini Pichumani
- Posted By ss0u@lehigh.edu
- Posted By Svenholm
- Posted By Tomas Wennstrom
- Posted By Vendruscolo Michele
- Posted By Venkatesh Jagadeeshwara
- Posted By Vicki Jerome
- Question: Sanskrit & Amba Mata Sun, 13 Jul 1997 23:01:48 +1200
>>>Please could anyone help me with a couple of questions (totally unrelated):
1. I notice that in Sanskrit, the letters m and n sometimes appear to be
used interchangeably - e.g. Sanskrit/Samskrit, and recently in a posting
someone referred to Ahinsa (non-violence, harmlessness) which I have always
seen written as Ahimsa. Are they indeed interchangeable, or are there some
...
- Posted By Vidhyanath K. Rao
- Re: Hindu Marriages Act and cousins marrying each other 23 Jul 1997 15:46:12 GMT
>>>In article <ghenEDowrL.61D@netcom.com>, Illi Billi <ilibili@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is there any bar on marrying cousins according to the Hindu Marriages
>Act in India? More accurately, a friend of mine and his cousin want to
>marry: she is his mother's brother's daughter and they are both in love,
>and apparently very deeply so. There is some dispute here: while some of
...
- Posted By Vivek Kumar
- Posted By Vivek Sadananda Pai
- Re: ARTICLE : Nike Bends for Muslims, What About Hindus? 9 Jul 1997 15:23:44 GMT
>>>In article <ghenED1HC1.C6o@netcom.com>, Anand Singh <singha@cray.com> wrote:
>The sarcastic tone of Vivek's letter indicates his lack of understanding
>about the larger issue of Muslim muscle flexing. They always get what
>because politicians succumb to the pressure of vote bank politics.
The sarcastic tone of my letter indicates my lack of respect for
...
- Re: REQUEST : please tell me about your faith 18 Jul 1997 16:35:53 GMT
>>>So what do people think from reading something like:
http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion/Hinduism/Tantra/
It seems that so many Hindus are worried about what Aerosmith says
that they ignore the words of the words and teachings of Swami
Nostradamus Virato, who heads the "Nepal Institute", reachable by
...
- Posted By vj3@ix.netcom.com
- Posted By Vulture200@aol.com
- Request for information : Wedding Thu, 3 Jul 1997 09:25:21 -0400 (EDT)
>>>I am trying to gather information regarding a Hindu wedding ceremony. I have
attempted to read some of the information available on the web, but it seems
to be inconsistent and hard to find.
My brother is marrying a Hindu women, we are Roman Catholic. They plan on
having two ceremonies; one Catholic and one Hindu. I would like to know what
...
- Posted By Willk1@aol.com
- REQUEST : Desires Tue, 1 Jul 1997 11:30:15 -0400 (EDT)
>>> I know the Hindu religion is highly concerned with trying to get rid of
selfish desire and replace it with good desire. I was just wondering, how do
you go about replacing those selfish desires with good desires? What are some
of the various methods you use to replace your selfish desires with good
desires? How do these methods work? If you could answer these questions, I
...
- Posted By Y. Malaiya
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