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GTA Hindus Let Lights Shine

October 18, 2009

Author: Tom Godfrey

Source: The Toronto Sun

http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/10/18/11438616-sun.html

Hindus across the GTA are celebrating Diwali, a festival of lights, that marks the beginning of a new year for believers of the world's oldest religion.

Toronto-area temples were filled last night as worshippers celebrated an end of the old and beginning today of a new year in the Hindu calendar.

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Hindus In Golders Green Give Money, Food And Blood for Diwali

October 18, 2009

Author: Tristan Kirk

Source: Times

http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/4689056.Hindus_in_Golders_Green_give_money__food__and_blood_for_Diwali/

A Hindu temple in Golders Green has celebrated Diwali this weekend by encouraging its members to give blood.

The Shree Swaminarayan Temple, in Finchley Road, opened its doors for the annual festival of light, in which Hindus are encouraged to give...

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Diwali Unites Hindus And Muslims In Olaver Village

October 18, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Statesman

In a welcome break from religious fanaticism that has become the order of the day, Muslims from a sleepy hamlet downstream the Brahmani river joined hands with Hindu villagers in observing the week-long Kalipuja festivities. Observing Kali puja is a major festival in this far-flung Olaver hamlet of Kendrapara district’s Rajkanika Tehsil and the striking feature of annual puja here is the spontaneous participation of a large number residents from Muslim community, said...

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Hindu Celebration Diwali Sheds Light On Goodness

October 16, 2009

Author: Annysa Johnson

Source: Journal Sentinel

http://www.jsonline.com/features/religion/64652562.html

Fireworks will brighten the night sky over the Hindu Temple in Pewaukee on Saturday night, its interior ablaze in light, as more than a thousand people gather for Diwali, the annual celebration of light over darkness, of goodness over evil.

"It's meant to arouse the light within," said Lakshmi Bharadwaj, who teaches sociology and...

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Pets Get Buddhist Blessing

October 13, 2009

Author: Dana Brown

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Hamilton Spectator

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=60,8613,0,0,1,0

Gillian Jakubowski wanted to make her nearly 15-year-old dog's path to death easier.

Valerie Cousens wanted to help with her cat Monty's seizures. Kayte Cleary's dog just had surgery on her leg.

All had their pets blessed by a Zen Buddhist nun using sacred relics, during the Maitreya Project Heart...

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Military Buddhist Chapel Represents Tolerance

October 13, 2009

Author: Jeff Brady

Source: The Buddhist Channel/wbur.org

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=63,8609,0,0,1,0

The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., is home to the only Buddhist chapel on a U.S. military base.

After a controversy over religious intolerance during the summer of 2005, the chapel was built in the basement of the academy's iconic Cadet Chapel.

In 2005, conservative evangelical Christians were...

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Prison Inmates Go Zen to Deal With Life Behind Bars

October 9, 2009

Author: Stephanie Chen

Source: CNN

http://us.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/09/prison.meditation/index.html

In his darkest moment, Kenneth Brown lost it all. His wife and kids, the housebroken dog, the vacation home on Cape Cod all vanished when he was sent to prison for an arson in 1996.

Trapped in his gloomy cell and serving a 20-year sentence that felt like an eternity, Brown, then 49, found himself stretched out on the floor. He was...

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Revellers Flock to Diwali Celebration

October 5, 2009

Author: David Trayner

Source: Evening Telegraph

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A colourful display of singing, dancing and fireworks was enjoyed by Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists at the county's biggest Diwali celebration.

About 200 people crowded into the Swansgate Centre in Wellingborough yesterday to see the Diwali lights switched on in the Market Square and Market Street.

Members of the Indian community and passing...

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