Archive for the ‘Religion and Faith’ Category
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 |
Dattatreya Siva Baba, a siddha master and mystic guru with a rapidly growing fan base on YouTube, is a believer in both miracles and divine intervention. His followers agree, having been won over by him and also by the miracles they say result from his teachings.
This time, however, Baba, as he is known to YouTubers, has proclaimed that ‘Grace Light’ is coming and it will do what nobody has been able to do, in the history of mankind, namely: remove anxiety, disease, and problems. Baba plans to welcome the ‘Grace Light’ with a 20-city tour, beginning in New York City on July 2 and continuing across the United States, Asia and Australia. In each city, he says he will ‘transmit Grace Light’ for physical, mental and emotional healing. Along the way, interested participants will also learn how to transmit this ‘Grace Light’ and become healers for their communities.
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Monday, June 16th, 2008 |
The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the oldest Sikh American civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, in collaboration with Matthew Sarelson of Sarelson, P.A., has filed a class action religious discrimination lawsuit against Walt Disney World Company on behalf of Mr. Sukhbir Channa and the Sikh American community.
Mr. Channa, a practitioner of the Sikh religion, applied for a job with Disney in the Fall of 2006 but was not hired and was allegedly told that he did not have “the Disney look” — a negative reference to his religiously-mandated dastaar (Sikh turban). Witnesses have filed affidavits in his support. The lawsuit seeks financial damages and a court order barring Disney from ever discriminating against prospective Sikh employees.
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 |
The largest-ever nationwide survey of Indian scientists shows that many are as comfortable with seeking the blessings of the resident Hindu God at Tirupati before a space rocket launch as they are with embracing stem cell research and the theory of evolution.
The study, “Worldviews and Opinions of Scientists in India,” which was released at the United Nations in New York on June 5, was conducted by Professors Ariela Keysar and Barry A. Kosmin of the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture (ISSSC) of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., with assistance from the Centre for Inquiry India. It sampled 1,100 participants from 130 universities and research institutes in India between July 2007 and January 2008. It is believed to be the first major study of the beliefs of scientists from outside the Judeo-Christian Western tradition.
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008 |
Groundbreaking ceremony, combined with a small religious ceremony that asks forgiveness from the earth before any building commences was performed to mark the beginning of its construction. The Krishna-Avanti Primary School proposes to be UK’s first Hindu faith-based Voluntary Aided state school and as such will not charge fees.
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008 |
The computerized draw for the selection of the yatris for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra,2008 was conducted in the Ministry of External Affairs on April 25, 2008 by Minister of State for External Affairs Shri Anand Sharma. The Yatra is scheduled to begin on June 1, 2008. Applicants for the Yatra had been invited earlier this year through an open advertisement in major national and regional media. Yatris have been selected through a computer-generated, gender-balanced random selection process for a total of 960 slots across 16 batches.
Yatra is organized by the Ministry of External Affairs, in coordination with various State and Central Government agencies, since 1981 under a bilateral arrangement between India and China. The Yatra is undertaken every year from June to September. The arrangements on the Chinese side are made by the authorities of the Chinese Occupied Tibet.
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008 |
A living monument of spiritual and historical traditions of Sikhs, the Harimandir Sahib, popularly called the Golden Temple, has been a source of inspiration to the Sikhs. Ever since it was founded, the Golden Temple has been the most sacred shrine of Sikhs. Devotees, come here from all over the world to offer their prayers. The Golden Temple sits on a rectangular platform, surrounded by the Amrit Sarovar after which the city is named. The temple building has four entrances instead of the usual single entry. This is symbolic of the openness of Sikhism and indicates that followers of all faiths are allowed inside. The walls within are decorated with carved wooden panels and elaborate inlay work in silver and gold. The Adi Granth compiled by Guru Arjan Dev, rests on a throne beneath a jewel encrusted canopy. Priests (Granthi) conduct continuous recitation of verses from the holy book.
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