Hinduism

When devotees head for a 150-year-old Shiva temple in Uttar Pradesh, they come armed with brooms - not to clean the premises but to offer them to the lord. At the Shivpataleshwar temple in Beehajoi village near Moradabad, some 250 km from state...  

The planets found on the astrological(horoscope)chart are the sun, themoon,Saturn,venus,Jupiter,mars,mercury,rahu,ketu,Neptune,Uranus and Pluto. The earth is not considered because it is the point in the universe from which we view the other planets ...  

Related concepts in other languages: is this accurate about Chinese? ← Previous revision Revision as of 10:03, 6 December 2009 Line 76: Line 76: Similar concepts in other languages include Greek ''[[pneumatology|pneuma]]'' and Sanskrit ''[[akasha]]/[[Ātman (Hinduism)|atman]]'', ''see also'' [[Prana]]. Similar concepts in other languages include Greek ''[[pneumatology|pneuma]]'' and Sanskrit...  

U.S. Olympic speedskater Shani Davis, hardly a class act himself, is calling comedian (and speedskating sponsor) Stephen Colbert a jerk. Davis declined to elaborate, making the comment while vetting potential questions from The Canadian Press before rejecting an interview request...  

Pune, Oct. 31 (ANI): Scores of devotees jumped onto heaps of thorns to appease Lord Shiva to celebrate the annual ‘thorns festival’ at a Pune temple. According to devotees, the ritual would please the god of destruction and he will fulfil their wishes. “I am an ardent believer of Lord Shiva, all the devotees come here to [...]  

My friend took me there for an open house; I took a meditation class with Kyoko, she was an amazingly compassionate person. There are no charges for the classes, and the people are really nice there.  

Dattatreya (wörtl.: âder dreifach Begabteâ, Kurzform: âDattaâ) ist eine Gottheit des Hinduismus. Er ist eine Verkörperung der âDreigestaltâ (Trimurti); d.h., er vereint die Aspekte von Brahma (Schöpfung), Vishnu (Erhaltung) und Shiva (Auflösung) in sich....This item belongs to: texts/opensource.This item has files of the following types: Abbyy GZ, Animated GIF, DjVu, DjVuTXT, Djvu XML, Flippy ZIP, Metadata, Scandata, Single Page Processed JP2...  

sāndrānanda-viśeṣātmā — brahmānando bhaved eṣa cet parārddha-guṇīkṛtaḥ | naiti bhakti-sukhāmbhodheḥ paramāṇu-tulām api ||1.1.38|| Bhakti is composed of a special condensed bliss. The bliss of brahman realization accumulated by samādhi lasting half a lifetime of Brahmā cannot be compared to one drop of the ocean of happiness of bhakti. yathā, hari-bhakti-sudhodaye — tvat-sākṣāt-karaṇāhlāda-viśuddhā bdhi-sthitasya me...  

Removed category International football (soccer) competitions in North America (using HotCat) ← Previous revision Revision as of 13:45, 24 November 2009 Line 285: Line 285: [[Category:CONCACAF Gold Cup]] [[Category:CONCACAF Gold Cup]] - [[Category:International football (soccer) competitions in North America]] + [[Category:International football (soccer...  

New Academic Movement Champions AstrologyCaymanMama.com (press release)“Although many are quick to reject the truth claims of astrology, striking evidence of correlations between planetary cycles and the major patterns of world ...  

... CONCACAF president Jack Warner said Monday. Warner is a member of FIFA’s 24-man executive committee, which will decide the 2018 and 2022 hosts in December 2010. Australia, England, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands-Belgium ... Copa Libertadores,  

Mantras to pronounce ← Previous revision Revision as of 13:36, 25 November 2009 Line 94: Line 94: | 12 || ''IAST|om hraḥ'' (ॐ ह्रः) || ''IAST|om bhāskarāya namaḥ'' (ॐ भास्कराय नमः) || [[Anahata]] | 12 || ''IAST|om hraḥ'' (ॐ ह्रः) || ''IAST|om bhāskarāya namaḥ'' (ॐ भास्कराय नमः) || [[Anahata]] |} |}   +   + Mantra After Suryanamaskar...  

he form of slokas or poems in Sanskrit verse. A number was encoded using consonant groups of the Sanskrit alphabet, and vowels were provided as additional latitude to the author in poetic composition. The coding key is given as Kaadi nav, taadi nav, paadi panchak, yaadashtak ta ksha shunyam Translated as below  

India's biggest movie stars often come from its Muslim minority community. Though religious fault lines can sometimes rupture into violence and discord in India, the success of Muslim actors in its massive film industry stands in contrast to those divisions. NPR's Bilal Qureshi recently met one of the country's most respected Muslim stars, Naseeruddin Shah.  

A new report in Ireland — the second such report this year — says the Roman Catholic Church in the Dublin Archdiocese covered up decades of child abuse committed by priests. The inquiry accuses Catholic bishops of protecting the Church's reputation at the expense of the children in its care.