Word: hindus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This Thursday the group will be celebrating Diwali, literally translated as the Festival of Lights. The holiday commemorates the occasion of the Hindu New Year and has tremendous spiritual and cultural significance for many Hindus, Shah said...
While the club is dominated by Hindus of Indian descent, Malhotra said that Dharma programs are sometimes attended by non-Hindus, including some of his Christian friends and students studying comparative religion...
There have been charges that her sisters not only give succor to the dying but also ask if they want "tickets to heaven," surreptitiously baptizing lifelong Hindus and Muslims for Jesus. The sisters deny these accusations; in India such conversions would be met with outrage, and the charge is widely disbelieved. But such acts would be in keeping with Teresa's fervent devotion to the cause of Christ...
Congratulations on your inspiring cover story. Yet nowhere did the story even hint at the millions of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, agnostics and atheists worldwide who may have had a glimpse of heaven--a near-death experience--and lived to tell about it if we had taken the time to listen. For thousands of years, these people have told us of meeting loved ones, of undergoing instantaneous, panoramic life reviews of every thought and deed, of the effects of such things on themselves and others, and encountering the Light, which has transformed their lives. BRUCE J. HORACEK Omaha, Nebraska...
...years ago, we assembled at our center leaders from about 20 Christian denominations, plus groups of Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Bahais and other faiths. Despite our differences, there was one goal on which we could all agree: the prevention and alleviation of suffering. From this has grown the center's national Interfaith Health Program, within which many congregations now share ideas and experiences through regional meetings, periodicals and the Internet...