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Starting: Fri 29 Aug 1997 - 06:16:40 EST
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Messages: 117
REQUEST : Looking for spiritual friend(s) - Posted By sadhu - Sun, 28 Sep 1997 23:50:35 GMT
>>>Namaste. I am a practicer of Raja Yoga and I am looking for spiritual
friendship with other men who are following the same or a similar
path. I am male, 30, and single. I live a life of spiritual
discipline, inner renunciation, and control of all the senses. My
commitment to liberation and God-realization is total and complete,
...
REQUEST : Looking for spiritual friend(s) - Posted By nisha suresh parikh - Fri, 26 Sep 1997 23:19:50 -0500 (CDT)
>>>to whom it may concern:
i am hoping this will go to the owners of the club Karma. all i have to
say is that if you do not understand the purpose of the Hindu religion
and the indian culture, why do you use these symbols or icons to create a
theme. if you want to cater to indians, fine. all that other stuff is
...
INFO : Advent Day of Srila B.P.Puri Maharaja - Posted By Eliseo Franco - Sat, 27 Sep 1997 12:37:32 -O5
>>>Dear Vaishnavas:
On Octuber, the 2nd we are celebrating the 100 Vyasapuja
of Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Maharaj. Srila Puri Maharaj, as the
president of the WVA, has insipired many devotees from many missions
in all the world to join and participe in all the meetings to further
...
REQUEST : HINDU FRIENDS - Posted By Mizar - 27 Sep 1997 11:51:06 GMT
>>>Hello! I am an Italian girl and would like to find
Hindu friends to talk about our respective traditions.
I'm Catholic and curious to know about other religions.
Please write me to theta_scorpii@hotmail.com
Mizar.
...
REQUEST : Hindu Wedding - Posted By ChristRM@aol.com - Thu, 25 Sep 1997 23:01:16 -0400 (EDT)
>>>I am a student at Lakeland College in Wisconsin. I am doing a paper
comparing the traditions of Hinduism,Buddism and Christian marriage
traditions. I would like information on the vows and on the traditions of
marriage for my paper. I would really like it if someone could help my out.
Thank you!!!
...
Re: REQUEST: Jesus in India Question - Posted By me - Thu, 25 Sep 1997 14:36:45 -0700
>>>The theory that Jesus visited India during his lost years and after his
crucifiction is very thought provoking and interesting. However, I have
found this to be simply a theory not founded in evidence. Many stories
have circulated but I have not come across any hard evidence of
this(i.e. first hand accounts by disciples or Indian historians, etc.).
...
REQUEST : Meaning of the name 'Meera'?
REQUEST: day-to-day Hindu life, religious activities, names - Posted By Arwen Dayton - Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:53:10 -0700
>>>I am beginning character research for a screenplay, and I would like to
discuss the following subjects with anyone who would care to:
1) I am aware that Hindus engage in a very broad array of religious
activities, but I would like to discuss some specifics in day to day life,
such as when one might worship in a temple, when at home, and what form
...
Re: INFO : Club Karma Defames Hindu Values! - Posted By Gautham - Wed, 24 Sep 1997 17:03:52 -0500
>>>EVERYONE PLEASE GO TO THIS WEBPAGE AND SIGN THE PETITION PROTESTING THIS
UNRULY ACT AGAINST OUR DEITIES.
On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Rajiv Pandit wrote:
>
> Check out this website for shocking photos of club Karma and what you can do
...
REQUEST : Meru bead
REQUEST: day-to-day Hindu life, religious activities, names - Posted By Arwen Dayton - Wed, 24 Sep 1997 14:18:13 -0700
>>>I am beginning character research for a screenplay, and I would like to
discuss the following subjects with anyone who would care to:
1) I am aware that Hindus engage in a very broad array of religious
activities, but I would like to discuss some specifics in day to day life,
such as when one might worship in a temple, when at home, and what form
...
REQUEST : festivals
Re: REQUEST : hindu temples - Posted By Gautham - Tue, 23 Sep 1997 21:51:17 -0500
>>>Anita,
If you go to this page, it may be a beginning for you to find the temples
in North America
http://www.yahoo.co.uk/Society_and_Culture/Religion/Hinduism/Temples/
It has some of the temples listed. I will e-mail you if I find a
...
REQUEST : Without my permission nothing happens..... - Posted By Arun - Tue, 23 Sep 1997 12:40:38 -0600 (MDT)
>>>hi all,
Could anyone of you enlighten me of a doubt I have? I and my friend had
a small argument as regards to a statement made by Lord Krishna either
in Gita or elsewhere. I am pretty sure (or I thought I read it
somewhere) that he makes a statement saying that nothing happens on this
...
Request: "The Toy Cart"
REQUEST : Brahma Astotara
REQUEST : Hindu Children - Posted By Gautham - Mon, 22 Sep 1997 23:23:42 -0500
>>>Hi Everyone,
I have a question for all Hindu parents who have had children here in the
U.S. I was wondering why parents are not taking the time to teach the
children about Hinduism and instilling the values that their own parents
did in them. Why are children of this generation becoming more and more
...
INFO : Club Karma Defames Hindu Values!
WWW : Temples on Web
REQUEST : Unusual Harihara iconography - Posted By Andrew F. R. Rogers - Mon, 22 Sep 1997 20:23:56 +0700
>>>I have recently seen a Khmer early 8th century stone sculpture of
Harihara, where the one remaining hand, the proper upper right, is
holding Vishnu's chakra rather than the trident or other attribute of
Shiva. Aberrant iconography is not that unusual in Khmer sculpture but
this is the first Khmer example of this form I have seen in stone,
...
INFO : Religion and Science - Posted By Art D'Adamo - Sun, 21 Sep 1997 22:18:19 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
...
Re: REQUEST : Hindu equivalent of Sabbath - Posted By E. R. RAMDASS - Sat, 20 Sep 1997 21:26:41 -0400
>>>You wrote:
> I am producing a television documentary, and am trying to find out if the
> Hindu faith has such a day as a Sabbath, where worship is particularly
> encouraged (as in, for example, Christianity), or whether worship is
> encouraged at any time.
REQUEST: Tamil-Hindu Weddings - Posted By Ramesh Kumar - Sat, 20 Sep 1997 16:57:46 +0800
>>>I would be very grateful if anyone out there can give some information
regarding the DETAILED meanings and the significances behind the
rituals, ceremonies which take place in a Tamil-Hindu wedding. I'd be
equally obliged if any references (translations in English ) which goes
in depth regarding the matter.
Announcement: A Symposium on sIta (of Ramayana) in Coumbia
ARTICLE : ramayana - Posted By Gautham - Fri, 19 Sep 1997 21:27:26 -0500
>>>Claire,
You pose some of the very essential questions that I myself have
questioned and I think I have found the answers to these questions, or at
least good enough answers to satisfy myself.
Ok, you read right in the version that your read that Ravana was killed
...
REQUEST : mala and mantra - Posted By OCFUser - Fri, 19 Sep 1997 17:02:10 -0400
>>>I'm not sure who I am sending this to, but I am looking for information
on the use of a mala in the Hindu faith and if it coincides with
mantras. I am not Hindu and would like to learn more about these
things.
Please email me back at wiecher@bc.edu.
REQUEST : Hindu equivalent of Sabbath - Posted By Tara Cleary - Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:37:01 +0200
>>>I am producing a television documentary, and am trying to find out if the
Hindu faith has such a day as a Sabbath, where worship is particularly
encouraged (as in, for example, Christianity), or whether worship is
encouraged at any time.
I look forward to your reply.
ARTICLE : Mother Theresa's State Burial - Posted By Kainam.Thomas.Wong@mozo.cc.purdue.edu - 18 Sep 1997 14:55:16 GMT
>>>The state burial of Mother Theresa unquestionably represented a very
magnanimous gesture from the Indian government and the nation of India
towards a "lowly" (in terms of material riches and in terms of rank in
worldly economic power structure). I have difficulties comprehending
the national psychology (and maybe the political calculation) behind
...
ARTICLE : Religious conversion of Hindus - Posted By distressed - 18 Sep 1997 11:52:32 GMT
>>>here are some of the interesting sites that I found about religious
conversions on the net:
LIGHTSOURCE:
"Never before have we seen such blatant, hard-core worship of worthless
idols," they recall. "The streets are congested with cows and sadhus (holy
...
REQUEST: pain rituals - Posted By Carolyn Moon - 18 Sep 1997 03:45:49 GMT
>>>I recently saw a documentery concerning pain rituals. I am interested in
the one I saw concerning Hinduism. On the "god's" feast day people
participate in a procession, in which men and woman put fish hooks or
large pins in their flesh. there support team put ash on them. They
enter the temple and hooks etc. are removed.
REQUEST : Brahma consciousness
WWW : Sri Oppiliappan Temple Home Page - Posted By Shreyas Sarangan - Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:48:41 -0400
>>> I am pleased to announce that the home page of the Sri Boomi Devi
samEtha Sri Oppiliappan is ready for viewing and online at
http://www.temple.net/oppili/
Oppiliappan Sannidhi, located near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, is
one of the most important of the 108 sacred Sri Vaishnavite shrines
...
REQUEST : What makes an action intrinsically sinful? - Posted By remembrance@mailcity.com - 17 Sep 1997 00:09:40 GMT
>>>I would like to know what hindus think makes an action sinful.
It seems to me that the only thing that makes an action bad
is that it hurts human relationships. ie., if I am on a tropical
island and pick a fruit off a tree that belongs to no one,
nobody is going to say that I sinned. But if the tree belongs
...
REQUEST: Any known program to generate horoscopes on the internet???
REQUEST : Teej! - Posted By Kalpana Subedi - Tue, 16 Sep 1997 13:47:33 -0400
>>>Hello freinds!
Namaste!
I am doing a small research in Hindu religion and I have picked TEEJ as a
festival for discussion. Can anybody help me by telling me the
significance of teej, and of fasting that day? I would appreciate it
...
REQUEST : HINDUISM & AIDS
NEWS : Hindus in South Africa protest against conversion attempts
NEWS : Jain Samaj Rebuffs move to Divide Hindus
REQUEST : Indian Civilization
REQUEST : hindu temples
INFO : 'Annamayya' (For temple fund raising) - Posted By GANI POLA - Sun, 14 Sep 1997 20:12:23 -0500
>>>""""""""""""""""""HINDU TEMPLE AND CULTURAL SOCIETY OF USA
,INC"""""""""""""""""""""""
''''"""SRI VENKATESWARA TEMPLE(BALAJI MANDIR) AND COMMUNITY CENTER""""""
============================================================================
raising money for Temple construction through SCREENING " ANNAMAYYA "
...
INFO : Q&A Forum to Learn Hindu Dharma with Bansi Pandit
Request: Purusha & Prakriti - Posted By Thomas Roy Trumbull - 13 Sep 1997 20:32:16 GMT
>>>Can anyone give me an answer to the questions: Why under any circumstance
can't Purusha & Prakriti be Causal? Also why can't Purusha & Prakriti be
relateted?
These questions where asked to me in my non-western philosophy class--I
am taking this semester. Please reply to my email address
...
REQUEST : What Do You Think?
Re: ARTICLE : bindi - Posted By Jane A Matthew - Sat, 13 Sep 1997 10:05:25 -0400
>>>Dear Syyoon,
I have not heard any stories about the bindi being a mark of slaves and
that being why women wear them. Now, in some families it is tradition to
wear them, but more commonly now younger women wear them either only or
special occaisions or daily for fashion reasons. Of course, the
...
ARTICLE : Hindu deities on Hercules TV show - Posted By tkd - Fri, 12 Sep 1997 21:22:10 -0700
>>>Namaste. I thought you might be concerned to find out that the producers
of the Hercules TV show are intending to do a series where Hercules
encounters "Hindu deities." The hero or main character of the
"Hercules" show is supposedly the Greek god Hercules. The program
regularly features fictional accounts of him fighting with other Greek
...
REQUEST : Hindu goddesses again - Posted By robert young - Fri, 12 Sep 1997 15:51:19 -0400
>>> I found some intriguing 1995 postings on the Web from this newsgroup
regarding Hindu goddesses, the fact that they are all manifestations of
one God, information on Lalita the Playful, Ambika, etc.
I'm going to be reading up on all of this--fortunately there are 77
books at Harvard that have been assigned the subject heading "Goddesses,
...
REQUEST : Indian Babudom discriminates against Indians -50 years after freedom :(
INFO : ROOTS - An orientation program on Hindu culture for Students outside India
REQUEST : Marma Chikitsa
Re: REQUEST : Looking for volunteeropportunities
Re: REQUEST : Hiindu Women
Re: REQUEST : Hindu-Muslim Issue
NEWS : Tamil to unseat Sanskrit in TN temples
ARTICLE : color of God - Posted By Sumasundram - Fri, 12 Sep 1997 02:54:21 +0800
>>>if you wanted the colour potrayed by krishna then its blue(dark blue)
and rama as blue but frankly the colour indicates darkness in skin
colour megha varnam and hence is only a variation of the normal human
skin colour blue may add to the beauty
...
ARTICLE : janamajeya
ARTICLE : an excerpt from the movie mahabharata...by peter brooks - Posted By dayu knopfler - Thu, 11 Sep 1997 01:47:48 -0700
>>> Arjuna throws his bow and arrows on the ground as he feels the emotion of
going into war to kill his cousins,uncles,and teacher....
Krishna says:What is this maddened shameful weakness? stand up
and fight..
Arjuna says: I am in anguish....I cant see where my duty
...
ARTICLE : Internet Religion Survey! Please help. Thanks.. - Posted By Tom Beaudoin - Wed, 10 Sep 1997 19:31:42 -0400
>>>I'm writing now to ask folks for the favor of
a response in a survey i'm conducting across the Net. Please feel free
toforward this message to friends or acquaintances! I would like as
many responses as possible. Responses must be in by September 15.
I am working on an article about the religious or theological importance
...
WWW : Krishna Conscious Sites On The WWW (new ones) - Posted By Krsna Kirtan Das - Tue, 2 Sep 1997 19:07:10 -0400
>>>Dear Prabhus at BTG,
Please make a note of the new and updated address of Krsna Conscious sites
on the web. It is great to see the support of BTG for Internet preaching
with a new section of sites on the web recently placed on the magazine.
As ISKCON.NET is now responsible for the Hare Krishna Index and trying to
...
REQUEST : Sri Sarada Devi
Re: REQUEST : Color of God
Re: REQUEST: mantra for opening the heart chakra - Posted By Anshuman Pandey - Tue, 9 Sep 1997 02:15:31 -0700
>>>On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, mushroom wrote:
> Do you have mantras specifically for opening the heart charkra?
> If yes then please e-mail me with them. I am also seeking mantras
> for opening all other chakras as well.
Some caution ought to be exercised when handling chakras. It might seem
...
Request : About Ramayana and Mahabharat - Posted By RAVINESH C DEO - Tue, 09 Sep 1997 18:50:19 +1200
>>>I am a Hindu. I have never been to India though I love it from within my
heart.Can anyone answer the following questions forme please?
1.Is the "Setu" (Bridge) that lord Rama built from India to Sri Lanka still
there? Or is there any sign of this at the Sindhu Bank?
2.People say that the "KuruShrtra" (the place where the Pandavs fought the
...
REQUEST : interested in Hinduism - Posted By Lo Wan Ling - 9 Sep 1997 05:20:31 GMT
>>>Hi, everyone, I am a non-Indian, but very interested in hinduism. I had
done History in college on the ancient civilization of India. The ancient
religion of induism mesmerises me and I am very keen in getting to know the
religion. Can anyone recommend any books or serve as a mentor to me and
guiding me in my path of achieveing knowledge?
...
WWW : Announce Your Events on Hindu Universe
REQUEST : Color of God
REQUEST: mantra for opening the heart chakra
REQUEST : World creation
WWW: New Web pages for Hare Krishna Index, Houston temple - Posted By houston@iskcon.net - 6 Sep 1997 03:53:12 GMT
>>>We're pleased to announce that the popular Hare Krishna Index
and Houston temple home pages have moved to a new server. Please
include the following URLs in your bookmarks or links:
A Hare Krishna Index
http://www.iskcon.net/hkindex/
...
Re: ARTICLE : The call of divine duty
REQUEST : Renovation of ancient Shiv temple, pls. HELP ! - Posted By R.Nagarajan - Thu, 10 Apr 1997 04:54:10 -0400 (EDT)
>>>Dear Sir,
I am collecting funds for an ancient Shiv temple in MAthur, South India. We plan to conduct the KHUMBHABHISHEHAM ( sacred purification ) of this temple next month. I would like you to advise me how to post this msg. for funds, so that the holy mission can be an unqualified success. My student, Sainath Athreya Nagarjan has already posted a msg. on the 'hindunet' . Kindly spread the msg. around as we need funds urgently. Every dollar and dime will help our dream come true. My addre...
INFO : Chat w/author Jeff Zaleski
REQUEST : Hindu temples in LA
ARTICLE : A deeper look... - Posted By homernoh@aol.com - Thu, 04 Sep 1997 11:29:38 -0700
>>>My friend,
You are taking the issue of "halal" as a racist dogma against Hindus
and Sikhs. On the contrary, it is not. Yes, the animal must go through
"ziba" by a Muslim to be considered halal. However, you will realize
this tradition started much sooner with the Jews! Kosher is the Jewish
...
REQUEST : Vedic syllabification? - Posted By JOHN P. GIUNTA - 4 Sep 1997 14:05:33 GMT
>>>Hello,
Does anyone on the list know of an English Language work that would name
and describe the rhythms in the Vedas, numbers of syllables per line, and
any related information?
I am a musician and yoga teacher living in Vienna, Virginia.
REQUEST : Percentage of Hindus
ARTICLE : Dog is one, names are many - Posted By bgupta@traveltales.com - Wed, 03 Sep 1997 15:48:42 -0800
>>> [Article taken from clari.news.religion]
BOMBAY, Sep 3 (AFP) - A Hindu cult near Bombay is worshipping a
pet dog as the "reincarnation" of a holy man who died many years
ago, a newspaper said Wednesday.
The Asian Age said a two-year-old white Pomeranian, named "Sai"
...
REQUEST : Snake charming? - Posted By Manda Clair Jost - Wed, 03 Sep 1997 13:15:30 -0400
>>>I am trying to find out how snake-charming is done.
I know that some snakes can and can't be "charmed", and that the music
itself has nothing to do with it.
Is there a method by which you can train a snake to "charm"?
Any info would be appreciated, thanks.
REQUEST : Hindu Temple
REQUEST : Shambho
REQUEST : The New Mythos
REQUEST : The New Mythos
REQUEST: Sati help!!! - Posted By Kevin Rae - Mon, 01 Sep 1997 11:51:36 +0100
>>>Hi my name is Kevin Rae and I am a a 4th year student who is about to
embark on a study into the Hindu practice of sati, with particular
reference to Roop Kanwar and the areas of Rajasthan and Bengal. I would
also like to find out who was the last sati before Roop Kanwar as well
as were I might find statistical information on 'reported' accounts of
...
REQUEST : Vishnu Upnishad
REQUEST : Help about Shankara for a frenchman - Posted By Pradip Gangopadhyay - Fri, 29 Aug 1997 14:12:52 -0700 (PDT)
>>>atmasurfer" <david.dubois@hol.fr> wrote:
Subject: REQUEST : Help about Shankara for a frenchman
>Hi, I'm new on the web and I'm very interested in Shankara.
>I'm looking for all the texts of vedanta, and all their shankara's comments
>( upanishads, bhagavad gita, brahmasutra, ... ). There are nearly nothing
...
REQUEST : Questions on Ramayana - Posted By Claire - 29 Aug 1997 20:31:46 GMT
>>>Hi everyone,
I have been doing some research on the Ramayana but am finding each
version I read the ending seems somewhat vague. For example, one version
I read states that Rama kills Ravana after having trouble cutting off ten
heads. It says he eventually kills Ravana with a "Brahma weapon"
...
ARTICLE : GAYATRI METER - Posted By library - Fri, 29 Aug 1997 13:19:19 -0700
>>>Gayatri Mantra has to have 8 syllable meter in every line
I question the first line
"Om Bhur Bhuvaha Svaha" as read by North Indians.
It constitutes only 7 syllables and does not fullfill the gayatri meter
It should be read
...
REQUEST : Linga
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