... “Arranged marriages are still common in cultures like the Muslim and Hindu. And even worse, suspected indiscretions of Muslim girls, even in mo... ...ic philosophies and religions that are usually strongly influenced by the philosophers of the Enlightenment period. It is particularly true when tho... ...u trying to teach? “Our major films show the lives of composers, philosophers, artists and others who show courage and intellect. There is ...

...N ................................................................ 38 THE HINDU RELIGION AND POPULATION CONTROL ........................................ ...h Pakistan surviving on foreign aid and some industry, and with us as the Hindu Bangladesh. ―In India with over a billion people, only a quar... ...ilemma.‖ —―True Lee. We feel that we must start with education. As Hindus we are sending family planning technicians to every village once a ... ...ve reduced the activity, but certainly they pushed it underground. In our Hindu society it has also been frowned on, but as is the way with us humans... ... question. ―Like India, Indus is a democracy with a nearly universal Hindu population. But being a much smaller country we are working on solvi... ... and infinite. You may have heard of Shankara, he was the greatest of the philosophers or theologians of Juana. He taught us to use the intellect to...

...Testament. If it is a Muslim society we believe in the Qur‘an. If it is a Hindu society we believe in the Upanishads and the Gita. If it is a truly ... ...r beliefs by thinking deeply about them. ―Few Jews, Christians, Hindus or Muslims change their religions. Few democrats want a totalitaria... ...ur thinking. They are absolutely basic to our thinking and our behavior. Philosophers generally realize that they have such assumptions. They call t... ... They call them metaphysics--meaning beyond the physical world. ―Philosophers usually see the world as basically ‗matter‘ or as basically ‗i... ...Matter then comes from God, the ultimate idea. ―Certainly not all philosophers agree. Plato saw the basis, the primary starting point, as ‗i... ...in the world believe in a religion that they sincerely think is true. The Hindus believe that God is the totality of the universe. This is called pan... ...st adherents to most religions have had similar mystical experiences--the Hindu who has united with the Brahman through years of correct meditation.... ...God or Allah. And they speak of their experiences just as do Buddhists or Hindus who have united with the oneness of nature. These saints are close ... ..., God or matter. Is there a God. ―Naturally some theologians and philosophers have attempted to prove that a Supernatural exists by using e...

...buktu and to the Muslim scholars to its east. There was a history of great philosophers of Greece—Democritus, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates. There were ... ...l power of educated, wise and socially conscious citizens. Wise political philosophers expected that the electorate‘s decisions would evolve heaven... ...ity, it can get into the way of progress. Having more Muslims, Christians, Hindus and Falun Gongs gives more competing ideas as to how society can p... ...istians, Muslims versus Muslims, Muslims versus Christians, Muslims versus Hindus, Christians and Muslims 49 for or against Jews, Jews versus Jew...

...ily. Only then can we reach the utopian goal that has been the dream of the philosophers and saints who have preceded us. “But I want to see ... ... and Asia—the areas of lower education levels and greater poverty. “Hindus have lost some ground, especially to the Muslims. This worries som... ... to the Muslims. This worries some. Politicians in Calcutta, concerned that Hindus are losing population, condemned birth control and proposed insti...

...7% that same as a chimpanzee and about 60% the same as a chicken, we would have to assume that we have some instincts. ―Psychologists, philos... ...d our reliance on faith and hope. Theologians have given us many ideas of what we are and what approaches to life we need to take to be happy. Philos... ...tive use of power to overcome inferiorities. It is obvious that ‗power over‘ is common in all societies. Whether it is the power of the oldest Hindu ... ...s against Christians or other Muslims—each being THE TRUE religion, has all the answers. When was the last time you heard of a war to advance Hindui... ...ance Hinduism? The Hindus, believing that all is One, or all is God, tolerate all beliefs as being within the One. This doesn‘t mean that some Hindus... ...ther it is the tolerant belief system or the poverty of the country that reduces the fanaticism found in the religions of the richer West—most Hindus... .... POWER THRU SOCIAL TRADITIONS SANCTIFIED BY RELIGIONS ―Muslin women may be killed if they don‘t marry the man their parents pick out. Hindu ... ...ove as it is now defined. The idea of love can be based primarily on the knowledge of science, but is tempered by insights and speculations of philos... ...s meaning in life, or searches for meaning, it is a sign of being psychologically healthy and happy. One might look at the artists and poets, philos...