Guru Mantra: Its Significance "Today is Guru Purnima. What its significance? Gurur-Brahma Gurur-Vishnu Gurur-Devo Maheshwara Guru Saakshaat Param Brahma Tasmui Shri Guruve Namah. The Trinity of Brahma‚ Vishnu and Maheshwara are within us. That is why I often say you are not one‚ but three. This is the meaning of the three words Bhur‚ Bhuvah‚ Svaha in the Gayatri Mantra. Bhur means Bhu-loka (earth). The earth is made up of matter. Therefore human body‚ which is also made up of matter
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inspired in men a feeling of respect and regard which was reflected in their worship of women as goddesses. Despite this elevated position that she enjoyed‚ and are still enjoying in the form of being worshipped as goddesses Durga‚ Kali‚ Lakshami‚ Saraswati‚ etc. However‚ a woman is fated to be subjected‚ owned‚ and exploited like the very
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Access Provided by National University of Singapore at 11/02/11 1:28AM GMT SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia Vol. 25‚ No. 2 (2010)‚ pp. 262–80 DOI: 10.1355/sj25-2e © 2010 ISEAS ISSN 0217-9520 print / ISSN 1793-2858 electronic Research Notes and Comments Zee TV and the Creation of Hindi Media Communities in Singapore Arunajeet KAUR and Faizal YAHYA Indian communities in Singapore‚ especially of non-Tamil sub-ethnicity‚ have received renewed impetus to replenish their
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Biography of Khalil Gibran On January 6‚ 1883 Gibran Khalil Gibran was born in Bcherri‚ Lebanon. He was the son of Khalil ben Gibran and Kamila. He had two sisters‚ Mariana and Sultana‚ a half brother‚ Peter‚ who was from his mother’s previous marriage. They were part of the Maronite Catholic Church. Gibran Khalil Gibran’s father was a shepherd who had hardly any intellectual impact on Gibran. His mother was the one who played a huge role in the "intellectual maturation" of Gibran. His first
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INTER CASTE RELATIONS *Ms. Shailja Saxena **Abhishek Kumar According to Oxford dictionary‚ Caste means “any class or group of people who inherit exclusive privileges or are perceived as socially distinct “or” each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society
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The striking similarities between Greek and Indian mythology Although the general topic of my interpretation presentation and my 5 essays is Greek mythology and considering how vast Greek mythology is I could talk strictly about Greek mythology in all 5 of them; I decided to base my first essay on the similarities between Indian and Greek mythology since I felt simply talking about Greek mythology would become too monotonous. I will begin my essay with a basic introduction of what mythology
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backgrounds. The need therefore is to understand this cultural diversity‚ the factors which bring about unity in this diversity and the appropriate means to harness it in order to enhance effectiveness. All sailors from Bengal want to celebrate Durga Puja and all sailors from Kerala want to be home for Onam. In between there are the agonistic few who seem to be happy to perpetually remain on board ship. The Divisional Officer is on the first rung of the decision making process. It is his decision of
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and corporate‚ prayer‚ preaching‚ sacrifice and meditation. It also includes practices such as yoga. Examples include the celebration of the Eucharist in Christianity‚ participating in the Hajj‚ or pilgrimage to Mekkah (Mecca) in Islam‚ or offering puja in Hinduism. • The experiential and emotional dimension: Bringing together a range of religious phenomena ranging from conversion experiences to shamanistic trances. It also includes less
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Africa Middle East Europe East Asia South Asia Southeast Asia Political The European Imperialism was the first instance that outsiders gained control and began to establish and elite culture. The Nile cataracts and swampland blocked movement south. The Romans sent expeditions against pastoral peoples in the Libyan Sahara‚ but couldn’t incorporate them into the Roman world. IRAN The Parthians were established by a nomadic leader‚ and became a major force by 247 BCE. They helped foster the
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vices‚ impurities‚ and defects) dresses in red and mounted on a lion. The next three day set is devoted to Goddess Lakshmi (the giver of spiritual and material wealth) dressed in gold and mounted on an owl‚ and the last set is devoted to Goddess Saraswati (the goddess of wisdom) dressed in milky white and mounted on a pure white swan. In some communities people undergo rigorous fasts during this season that lasts for the nine days of the festival‚ only to be opened on the tenth day of Dussehra. Traditionally
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