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Times change and with new information new opinions form, and if they are spiritually reasonable, the task for devotees is to support them with scriptural logic—sastra-yukti—or the logic that supports the essential conclusions of revelation.
With news of Dove World Outreach’s “Islam is of the Devil” campaign and “International Burn a Quran Day”, we are called to inquire, “What makes something ‘of the Devil?’”
Assuming that vegetarians and vegans—because of their underlying moral philosophies—show greater empathy towards animal suffering, it is very well possible that this enhanced empathy extends to other humans also.
Even in the best of relationships one thing is for sure: our connections will come to an end. It is this fact that is readily acknowledged at wedding nuptials with the ominous phrase “until death do us part.”
To slow down or stop aging , today’s longevity scientists have been trying to figure out how to manage deadly cellular gunk by re-engineering either its production, a cell’s repair system or the garbage itself.
Yes !! Hebrew kirtan. Why not ? We’ve been preaching all these years just to chant the names of God, any bonafide name. In this VDO you can feel the genuine spirit of glorification of God, just as it should be. Of course, we can also see the obvious influence of Krishna kirtan, with harmonium and dancing and calling it “kirtan” and all. But imitation of a good thing is a good thing. As it is said “Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.” They’ve already got the Star of Laxmi and prayer shawls and Aleph represents Brahman. Why not kirtan ? And, BTW, what a lovely temple.