Arab-American Christian Activist Theodore Shoebat has posted a series of blogs and articles railing against Hinduism, suggesting it is Satanic. The extremist activist and blogger also said if he was a dictator he would invade India and force all Hindus to convert to Christianity just like Portuguese Christians did during the 1500s where thousands of Hindus were tortured […]
How Spiritual Experience has Transcended Religious Belief in Yoga
Many North Americans and westerners are turning to practices that promote spiritual experience rather than religious beliefs. One such widely practiced phenomenon that contributes to this transition from religious belief to spiritual experience is the practice of Yoga. Amidst this transition there are also many who have taken on Yoga without any religious beliefs preceding […]
Hindus Groups Lobby Health Insurers to Cover Yoga Since It Provides Many Provides Health Benefits
Hindus are asking health insurance companies to cover yoga in health plans. Calling including yoga in healthcare a “step in the positive direction”, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, suggested all health insurers to incorporate yoga in the lives of their members. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of […]
Hindus Urge California Schools to Launch Yoga to Help Build Focus, Strength and Calm to Students
After a California appeals court ruled on April three regarding yoga classes in a school district, Hindus are urging all the California schools, public as well as private, to launch yoga for students. Calling introducing yoga a “step in the positive direction”, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, suggested all […]
US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Video Reveals Science Behind Ancient Yoga
United States National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of the world’s foremost medical research centers, has released a video which reveals “science behind yoga”. An NIH release announcing this has said that “there is a growing body of evidence that yoga may be beneficial for low-back pain”. “Due to a growing body of evidence-based research, […]
The Origins of Yoga (Part 1)
By Sarvesh K Tiwari (CHAKRA) On Pata~njali And His Works || namaH bhagavate pata~njalaye || “…we know little about the yoga author Patanjali. We know of Patanjali the grammarian and have good reason to date him to the 2nd century BC. Apart from the name, we have no solid reason for assuming that he was […]
Catholic Priest States Yoga is from the Devil and Satanic
(CHAKRA) Yoga, an exercise meant for calming ones sense of being to reach inner peace, has recently been disapproved by a Vatican Priest who claims that Yoga is a work of the devil. The chief exorcist of the Vatican, Father Gabriele Amorth who is 86-years-old said he has cleansed hundreds of people from evil spirits. […]