Should Vegetarians Pay Less For Insurance Premiums?

news.bbc.co.uk VERMONT, UNITED STATES, November 14, 2008: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is calling on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont to raise health insurance premiums for people who eat meat, and lower the premiums for vegetarians. In a letter sent Monday to Bill Milnes Jr., president of Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Vermont, PETA’s Executive Director…

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A Seminar on Bhakti Yoga and Hinduism in Spain

www.elfaroceutamelilla.es VALENCIA, SPAIN, November 14, 2008: Hindu priest and yoga teacher J. Ramchandani gave a seminar on Bhakti Yoga at the Hindu Temple of Valencia on Thursday November 6th. Ramchandani, born in Spain, is the son of a Hindu father and a Catholic mother. The title of the conference was: “Bhakti-yoga, The Magic of Devotion.” He also presented his new…

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Forthcoming Congress on World’s Religions After September 11 (2nd Announcement)

worldsreligionsjamia.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 17, 2008: The congress on “World’s Religions After September 11 – An Asian Perspective” will meet in New Delhi from January 17-20, 2009 at the Jamia Millia Islamia University campus. The Congress is being hosted by the recently established Center for the Study of Comparative Religion and Civilizations at the university. This Congress is a…

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Lecture on Interfaith Marriages

www.arshabodha.org SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, USA: Dr. Dilip Amin will give a lecture entitled, “Interfaith Marriages and Future of Their Progeny: What Our Young Adults Should Know.” More than one third of our young adults marry a person from outside of Indic faith traditions. Religious differences bring complexities in married life, including unintended religious conversion to the faith of their spouse.…

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Ganga To Be Declared A “National River”

pib.nic.in NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 4, 2008: At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with Ministries of Water Resources, Environment and Forests and Urban Development in New Delhi today, a decision was taken to declare the Ganga a National River. It also created the Ganga River Basin Authority as an empowered planning, implementing and monitoring authority for…

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Temple’s Treasures Wiped Out

www.hindu.com CHENNAI, INDIA, November 8, 2008: A 1,200-year-old Siva temple of the Pallava period at Tiruppulivanam village in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, has been wiped clean of its beautiful Chola-period paintings. The frescoes, about 975 years old, have been sand-blasted out of existence. The frescoes were painted perhaps during the rule of Rajendra I, on the northern prakara wall. Dr.…

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Daily Inspiration

www.hinduismtoday.com O God of mercy who performs the dance of illimitable happiness in the hall of inconceivable intelligence! The Rig and the other Vedas are thundering forth in words, announcing to us that all are thy slaves, all things belong to thee, all actions are thine, that thou pervades everywhere, that this is thy nature. Such is the teaching of…

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Daily Inspiration

www.hinduismtoday.com In the midst of great joy do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger do not answer anyone’s letter.    Chinese Proverb

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