Texas Baptist Columnists Disagree About Yoga

Source: www.abpnews.com DALLAS, TEXAS, October 20, 2010: Texas Faith, a regular feature of the Dallas Morning Newswebsite, invited panelists Oct. 19 to react to a column by Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, warning that “Christians who practice yoga are embracing, or at minimum flirting with, a spiritual practice that threatens to transform their own spiritual lives into…

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Wi-Fi Radiation Killing Trees

Source: www.thehindu.com LONDON, U.K., November 24, 2010: Radiation from Wi-Fi networks which enable our burgeoning online communications may be killing off magnificent trees. Trees planted close to a wireless router had bleeding bark and dying leaves, says a Dutch study. The revelation will raise fears that Wi-Fi radiation may also be having an effect on the human body and supports…

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Complimentary Books for Temple and Ashram Libraries

Source: HPI KAUAI, HI, USA, November 30, 2010: Himalayan Academy is offering complimentary paperback sets of the Master Course trilogy of books; Dancing with Siva, Living with Siva and Merging with Siva to temple and ashram libraries. The books are courtesy of the Hindu Businessmen’s Association Trust, a fund with Hindu Heritage Endowment. Send an email to books@hindu.org with your…

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Comments on the “A Debate Over Yoga’s Soul”

Source: community.nytimes.com USA, November 30, 2010: [HPI note: The New York Times article “A Debate Over Yoga’s Soul,” summarized on November 28’s edition of HPI, spawned a prolific and intelligent debate among the readers, who posted hundreds of comments. You can see them here . Some examples are below, edited for brevity. reader Manas, from San Francisco:Chopra, Debbie Desmond and…

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A Debate Over Yoga’s Soul

Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, November 27, 2010: Yoga is practiced by about 15 million people in the United States, for reasons almost as numerous. Religion, for the most part, has nothing to do with it. But a group of Indian-Americans has ignited a surprisingly fierce debate in the gentle world of yoga by mounting a campaign to acquaint Westerners…

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A Hindu American’s Thanksgiving

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com USA, November 24, 2010 (by Saumya Arya Haas): I am vegetarian. I am American, but there is no turkey on my table. At Thanksgiving, my house today is as confusing, chaotic and lively as my childhood. But it’s not “turkey day.” Traditionally, we make lasagna. I’m not sure how that started. But it’s perfect: an Italian dish, a…

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Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com You can’t stop people from using and transforming yoga, but you should know where yoga came from and respect those origins. Lisa Miller, Religion Editor of Newsweek

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Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Even as water becomes one with water, fire with fire, and air with air, so the mind becomes one with the Infinite Mind and thus attains final freedom.    Krishna Yajur Veda, Maitreya Upanishad 6.34.11

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