Word: ashram
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...impish eye for the spirit trade; a multinational convocation of celibates meets in Delhi under the motto ROYALTY is PURITY PLUS PERSONALITY; downtown, hundreds of Children of God are demonstrating for the principle of making love for Jesus. A California touch therapist attends a session in an ashram only to discover that his Indian counterparts use 2-ft.-long clubs. The visitor emerges with a broken arm. At a Delhi football stadium the followers of one guru await the miraculous proof of God from their master. His evidence: "God exists because if you look in the Oxford English Dictionary under...
...Near the Ashram, however, the houses are designed for multiple families, and nearby residents said they were pleased with the group's occupancy...
Fabrizio said taxes on the $145,000 house are more than $5000 per year. The Ashram is supported through members' fees and donations from the 30 official members...
Fabrizio said that the Ashram could not possibly operate without a common dwelling place. The Ashram is like a seminary, although the two are not equivalent, he added...
...Ashram offers a rigorous meditation schedule, with meetings every morning and evening. It also holds a six-hour meditation on the first Sunday of each month, and takes periodic retreats...