This can't be true
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)The decision of Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to support same-sex marriage after learning that his son was gay has inspired hundreds of other Republican lawmakers to stop speaking to their children immediately, G.O.P. leaders confirmed today...
This is a fun article with some ABCs of Hinduism
I thought of revisiting my own conception of Hinduism to arrive at the following ABC verse on Hinduism.
A: Altruism or happiness of all or "Loka Samastha Sukino Bhavantu. Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti"
B: Being an atheist or a non-religious person...
I think even the NRA card carrying (also gun totin) right wing folks must find this just plain nuts.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) has two passions: preserving the second amendment, and protecting Americans from Islamic law. He's now managed to bring his two enthusiasms together by asserting that...
NATE SILVER the genus statistician who predicted the Minnesota Senate race with in 250 votes. Said this about Obama's chances to be reelected.
President Obama, who got good news in Thursdays health care ruling, received more overnight on Friday when European leaders agreed to terms on a...
NPR says some Hindus feel like people don't want to talk about yogas Hindu roots.
About 20 million people in the United States practice some form of yoga, from the formal Iyengar and Ashtanga schools to the more irreverent "Yoga Butt."
But some Hindus say yoga is about far more than...
Climate change wiped out one of the world's first, great civilisations more than 4,000 years ago
Read more: Climate change wiped out one of the world's first, great civilisations more than 4,000 years ago | Mail Online
Followers of the Path of Vishnu quote the statistic that 70% of all Hindu's are Vaishnava. At the same time they say that there are only four authentic sampradayas that are Vaishnava. The Ramanandi Sect is Vaishnava, yet this group claims Kabir as an off shoot. Kabir spurned murti-puja and...
The Kadi Mantra is the Mantra of Sri Yantra (I my tradition at least)
Ka E I La Hrim
Ha Sa Ka Ha La Hrim
Sa Ka La Hrim
The bija sounds of the 3 lines mean the following:
1 The One looking to the One.
2 One looking to the many the many looking to the One
3 The many looking to the...
Shakta philosophy is technical and practical. Then idea of meditation asana (posture) is if you train the body to sit properly you can sit quietly for longer time periods and make it easier to forget the body so you can transcend the mind. This information is from the 7th chapter of the Devi...
The New York Times says.
Hindus are the best-educated and among the richest religious groups, the survey found.
Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report Finds - New York Times
Your ideas
Unlike most other schools of Indian schools of thought, (like Advaita and Buddhism) the Devi-Bhagavatam (scripture of the Goddess) portrays Maya in a Much more positive light; as an integral feature of the Goddess's power. Maya or illusion is seen both positively and negatively. It is an...
I am not an expert on labor Law but I do know a little about Unions.
I was raised in a Union Home. I was my local Union Chapter President and I had a position on the executive board of my local for 4 years. My favorite part of this position was to help over see a multi-million dollar budget to...
Ok my fellow liberals lets give credit were it belongs.
The Patriot act got sunk (for now) by the Tea Party. :clap
Many liberals tag the tea party movement as nativist, potentially racist, and out of step with progressive ideals. But some found themselves giving a nod of approval to...
This is an interesting view of Hinduism but I do not agree with some of his points.
As Hinduism is an idol-centric religion, its core principles are of no consequence to science. Christianity is a creation-centric religion. This is why it had to oppose modern science which, too, is...
Long-simmering tensions within the Republican Party spilled into public view Wednesday as the pragmatic and conservative wings of the GOP blamed each other in blunt terms for the partys failure to capture the Senate.
With tea party-backed candidates going down in Delaware, Colorado and...
Hi LDS folks
I have a question.
My son went to a boy scout meeting in a LDS church. It has built in a way that there were many small rooms around one very large room that had a wood floor and had no religious images at all. I could not tell that it was a place of worship. It would have...