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There are 41 posts tagged religion (this is page 5 of 9).

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Top-Gro$$ing Movies Embrace Hinduism

Interstellar, Matrix, and Star Wars are just a few of the top-grossing blockbuster movies with Hinduism as the driving philosophy (probably without you even noticing).

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in New Age Religion | 470 Words

Raja Rammohan Roy: Herald of New Age

Rammohan Roy (1772-1833), a Hindu monotheist, who published early translations of Vedic scriptures into English, co-founded the Calcutta Unitarian Society, and later founded the Brahmo Samaj: a society that promoted rational, non-authoritarian, humanism, and social-reform by “Westernizing”  Hinduism and Vedanta.

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in Yoga | 599 Words

Religious Foundations of Modern Yoga

The way Modern Yoga has been practiced throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is worlds apart from all the forms of classical Yoga.

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in Yoga | 761 Words

Mindfulness Meditation in Public Schools

What does it mean to “secularize” mindfulness?

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in Meditation | 641 Words

Mindfulness: Stealth Buddhist Strategy for Mainstreaming Meditation?

Promoters of “secular” mindfulness avoid using the loaded words “Buddhism” or “religion,” and may even steer clear of mentioning “spirituality” or “meditation.” But the practice is essentially similar to that taught in many Buddhist basics classes, says Candy Gunther Brown in Huffington Post.

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in Meditation | 314 Words

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