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Starting: Mon 30 Jun 1997 - 14:26:44 EST
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Messages: 100
Re: Meaning of Prayer - Reply to Jerzy (conclusion)
REQUEST : Durga
Re: Request : for info on substances
WWW : Hare Krsnas Website - Posted By Rocana dasa - 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
...
REQUEST : Revelation in Hindu Dharma - Posted By m desjardins - 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.
Re: Request : for info on substances - Posted By durgaprasad ayyalasomayajula - 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: The Essence of Bhagavad Gita - Reply - Posted By Sankar Jayanarayanan - 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
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REQUEST : Ancient Hindu Mathematics - Posted By Amir Kost - Mon, 28 Jul 1997 22:34:34 +0300
>>>Hi.
I'm a computer science & philosophy student at the university of Tel
Aviv, Israel, and I'm doing a paper on ancient Hindu mathematics. Any
references to articles dealing with that topic would be very helpful to
me. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
REQUEST : gandhi translation
Info wanted: Ishwar & the Truth - Posted By kelly - 28 Jul 1997 10:57:01 GMT
>>>I am trying to find the source of a story about Ishwar hiding the Truth in
men's mouths. I am helping to edit a book of religious parables and need to
check the accuracy of the story details.
thanks, Lee
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help wanted : ISKCON Membership - Posted By ILVU16@aol.com - 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
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WWW : http://www.dattapeetham.com/
REQUEST : Durga
REQUEST : Rozabal & Nebu Ball
REQUEST : Hindu wedding ceremony - Posted By Bill & Anne - Sat, 26 Jul 1997 08:58:32 -0400
>>>Hello -- I wonder if anyone has an English translation of the Hindu wedding
ceremony?
My husband and I participated in a wedding in Bangalore and would like to
share the text with my niece who is getting married soon.
Thanks for your help.
REQUEST : skanda purana
WWW : Leela Prabhu Theater Arts
REQUEST : Hindu Temple Listing - Posted By Karthik Venkataraman - 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
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REQUEST : Mahabharata - the ending of the story - Posted By Perwesh Sharma - Fri, 25 Jul 1997 06:33:41 GMT
>>>Just been watching Peter Brook's Mahabharata. The ending intrigued
me. All the Kauravs ending in heaven and Pandavs in hell. Can
someone throw any light on this??
Also, Abhimanyu's widow's son is saved and is supposed to be the only
survivor. What's his name and who he does he reproduce with??
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REQUEST : The Gita: verse 3:35 (= also 18:47) - Posted By Svenholm - Thu, 24 Jul 1997 18:25:10 GMT
>>>Hej,
Can someone provide me commentories on verse 3:35 of The Gita:
"It is far better to discharge one's prescribed duties, even though
faultily, than another's duties perfectly. Destruction in the course
of performing one's own duty is better than engaging in another's
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Re: Request : for info on substances
Re: ARTICLE : Nike Bends for Muslims, What About Hindus? - Posted By Hemal Pathak - Wed, 23 Jul 1997 18:14:55 -0700
>>>This is a little off topic, but I noticed the article mentioned
Pandurangshashtri Athvale. I was wondering if you are familiar with
Swadhyay (I'm assuming this is the same Athvale) and what you think of
it. Is it considered a "right-wing" group, etc?
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Re: Request : for info on substances - Posted By durgaprasad ayyalasomayajula - 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.
Re: Hindu Marriages Act and cousins marrying each other - Posted By MVN Krishna - Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:37:20 -0500
>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Illi Billi 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,
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REQUEST : Sanskrit Language CD-ROM?
ARTICLE : Reincarnation & Karma - Posted By Michael Plumecocq - 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.
REQUEST : Looking for volunteeropportunities
Hindu Marriages Act and cousins marrying each other - Posted By Illi Billi - Sat, 19 Jul 1997 06:23:57 PDT
>>> Hi,
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
...
ARTICLE : Threat to temples in Russia - Posted By Rajiv Varma - Fri, 18 Jul 1997 20:06:39 -0500 (CDT)
>>>Namaste all,
Here is what I faxed to Russia. However, I did not appeal in the
name of Hinduism or freedom of religion itself as such. Others
might have done this already. Instead, I appealed in the name of
Russia and its nascent democracy alone, linking it to Freedom of
...
Re: The Essence of Bhagavad Gita -Reply
Re: ARTICLE : Nike Bends for Muslims, What About Hindus? - Posted By Vivek Sadananda Pai - 18 Jul 1997 16:27:49 GMT
>>>In article <ghenEDI8Cn.16M@netcom.com>, Anand Singh <singha@cray.com> wrote:
>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
>poor suffering from diseases and lack of education.
[...]
...
INFO : An online book - Posted By Art D'Adamo - 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
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WWW : MEDITATION WEB SITE - WWW.FISU.ORG - Posted By FISU - Thu, 17 Jul 1997 10:56:16 GMT
>>>SPIRITUAL UNFOLDMENT
MEDITATION WEB SITE AT :
http://www.fisu.org
Our first reaction in life when faced with problems be it health,
stress or just unhappiness is to seek a remedy from an external
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Re: ARTICLE : Nike Bends for Muslims, What About Hindus? - Posted By Anand Singh - 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
...
Re: REQUEST : Guru Dakshina - Posted By Anshuman Pandey - 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
...
Re: Question: Sanskrit & Amba Mata - Posted By Anshuman Pandey - 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
...
INFO : Krishn Janmashtmi, Barsana Dham, TX
REQUEST: Copy of Hindu pantheism
REQUEST : Hindi Web Site
Re: Request : for info on substances
INFO : Janmashtmi Celebrations at Barsana Dham, Austin, TX - Posted By Barsana Dham - 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
...
REQUEST : Copy of Hindu pantheism
Re: Request : for info on substances - Posted By Anand - 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
...
REQUEST : Guru Dakshina
Question: Sanskrit & Amba Mata - Posted By Vicki Jerome - 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
...
REQUEST : please tell me about your faith
Re: ARTICLE : Nike Bends for Muslims, What About Hindus? - Posted By Vivek Sadananda Pai - 11 Jul 1997 15:32:30 GMT
>>>In article <ghenED52yB.9C1@netcom.com>, Anand Singh <singha@cray.com> wrote:
>
>Coversion to Christianity does not alleviate the sufferings of tribals.
>I have been to Jharkhand region and Madhya Pradesh where many tribals
>have been converted and there situation still remains the same. The
...
Answer : Darshan and Satsang
ARTICLE : Dignity and Peace - Posted By Adrian Hands - 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
...
NEWS : Dholavira excavations throw new light on Harappan
ARTICLE : Seva projects of VHP of America
NEWS : Giant Vishnu statue on vacation island
ARTICLE : Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram to the fore
ARTICLE : Seva (Service) Projects of RSS Inspired Organizations - Posted By Krishnakant Udavant - Wed, 02 Jul 1997 23:10:38 +0500
>>>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SERVICES ACTIVITIES (1995 A.D.) BEING CARRIED CUT IN
BHARAT BY THE RSS-INSPIRED ORGANISATIONS. (RSS. i.e., Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh, is now interpreted by many as: RSS = (Always) Ready for Self-less
Service)
RSS Vanvasi Vishva Vidya Others Total
...
REQUEST : Time Management and Empowerment in Hinduism - Posted By R.Baskran Raman Nair - 10 Jul 1997 17:24:05 GMT
>>>Dearest any good soul out there,
Hari AUM. I am in the midst of writing a Masters Thesis on the subjects
above based on educational setting. I am sincerely looking for answers to
the questions below:
1. Is there any time management and empowerment in the Hinduism
...
REQUEST : Wedding vows
Re: ARTICLE : Nike Bends for Muslims, What About Hindus? - Posted By Anand Singh - Thu, 10 Jul 1997 09:48:11 -0500
>>>Vivek Sadananda Pai wrote:
>
> The sarcastic tone of my letter indicates my lack of respect for
> people who carp about minor issues when there are so many major ones
> wide open. A few weeks ago, there was an article about how the "evil"
...
REQUEST : Desires - Posted By Pradip Gangopadhyay - 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
...
ARTICLE : Meaning of Prayers - Reply to Jerzy - Posted By Ram V Chandran - Wed, 9 Jul 1997 14:15:23 -0400
>>>Jerzy Tarasiuk (jt@fuw.edu.pl) wrote:
> Is here the term "energy" used in symbolic only, or in some
> spiritual or material sense?
When tragedy strikes us, human beings tend to lose our mental
strength and look for outside help. Such loss of mental strength can
...
Re: ARTICLE : Nike Bends for Muslims, What About Hindus? - Posted By Vivek Sadananda Pai - 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
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REQUEST : vedic aryan hindu god Indra - Posted By scuratolo@hoexch.ho.lucent.com - 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
...
QUESTION: Darshan/Satsong
Re: ARTICLE : Nike Bends for Muslims, What About Hindus? - Posted By Anand Singh - 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
...
REQUEST : A ritual question - Posted By eppi@prodigy.net - 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.
REQUEST : Information about FHA Activities - Posted By Dr. Jai Maharaj - Mon, 07 Jul 1997 11:46:50 -1000
>>>Namaskaar!
Brief research shows that the activities of the Federation
of Hindu Associations (FHA) include intense political
campaigning and similar activism. In the interests of
honesty, compliance with regulations on the organization's
...
REQUEST : Mahendri
Re: ARTICLE : Meaning of Prayer - Reply to Jerzy - Posted By Jerzy Tarasiuk - 04 Jul 1997 14:33:57 +0200
>>>>>>>> Ram Chandran <chandran@nmaa.org> writes:
Dear Ram Chandran,
thanks a lot again - seems your answer explained me a lot, maybe
next will explain some things, too. Let me ask more:
> important, it gave all of us hope. The prayers gave us the energy to
...
REQUEST : what is religion - Posted By JOHN P. GIUNTA - 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
...
ARTICLE : The Essence of Bhagavad Gita - Part I - Theme - Posted By Ram V Chandran - Thu, 3 Jul 1997 15:23:42 -0400
>>> The Essence of Bhagavad Gita: Part I - The Theme
Bhagavad Gita synthesizes Hindu Philosophical themes into a
single thesis comprising eighteen chapters. Gita was compiled by Sage
Vyaasa who was blessed by the Lord to complete this monumental task for
the benefit of humanity. Gita is a comprehensive summary of the profound
...
Request for information : Wedding - Posted By Vulture200@aol.com - 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
...
REQUEST : Hinud Wedding Ceremony - Posted By - Wed, 02 Jul 1997 16:25:35 GMT
>>>Hi,
I am looking for a book or any other
source that describes all of the activities
and rituals surrounding a hindu wedding. I will
be getting married soon and would like to know
...
NEWS : Art Thieves Plague Cambodia
Re: Question on Darsanas
Re: ARTICLE : Nike Bends for Muslims, What About Hindus? - Posted By Vivek Sadananda Pai - 1 Jul 1997 19:42:34 GMT
>>>Has it occurred to anyone that Nike is in fact the name of the Greek
Goddess of victory? How is this relevant, you may ask - simple:
- Nike is a Greek Goddess
- we know that there was interaction between the ancient Greeks
and the ancient Indians
...
REQUEST : Desires - Posted By Willk1@aol.com - 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
...
INFO : Swamiji Bala Siva Yogindra Maharaj - Posted By Murugesh Vyravanadan - Mon, 30 Jun 1997 17:33:26 -0400
>>>GREETINGS,
HIS HOLINESS DR. BALA SIVA YOGINDRA MAHARAJ WILL GRACE THE TELUGU
ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA CONFERENCE IN LOS ANGELES, ANAHEIM
CONVENTION CENTER ON JULY 3, 4 AND 5.
HIS HOLINESS WILL BE PLEASED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON SPIRITUALISM DURING
...
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