In 2000, a gem-mining company discovered the largest boulder of a gem-quality jade, called polar jade, south of the Yukon border. When miners cut open the boulder to haul it down a mountain, they found a virtually flawless, translucent green stone that became known as Polar Pride. An internationally known gemologist said it was perhaps the find of the millennium. In 2003, Ian Green, chairman of The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, an Australian Buddhist organization, heard of the boulder and embarked on a long journey to raise money to buy it and carve a Buddha statue. The sculpting was done in Thailands oldest jade factory, which made four prototypes in clay and fiberglass. When the final one was approved by Nepalese Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Greens spiritual adviser, the actual carving with diamond saws began. It took two years, until December 2008, to finish, and every chip remaining was made into mementos for sale at tour venues. The Dalai Lama consecrated the Jade Buddha in Sydney, Australia, in December 2009. From there, it went to Vietnam, where 4 million people viewed it. When the touring is done, the Jade Buddha is expected to stay in the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Australia, Green said. The statue is 8 1/2 ft high and wieghs 4 1/2 tons. This display was at Phap Vuong Monastery in Escondido, CA (North San Diego County). (Above summary from San Diego Tribune Article by Angela Lau) Video Rating: 4 / 5
Saturday's Centerville Holistic Healing Fair featured vendors and practitioners of various health alternatives including reiki, theta healing, cranial sacral therapy, massage, yoga, toe readings, aura clearings and more. Jennifer Trescott, co-creator of United Whole Health, said the fair was aimed at making alternative medicine easily available. "More and more people are starting to seek holistic health alternatives," she said. For more information on holistic healing, go to www.facebook.com/unitedwholehealth. Read More @ Source Reason Behind your Birth- A buddhist song Universal Wisdom Foundation - 'Science & Yoga' (1998) A collection of Stress Reduction songs by the Universal Wisdom Foundation (Phillipines). The title track 'Science and Yoga was first sung publicly in the inter-religious dialogue held in Manilla on May 4th 1997. Video Rating: 4 / 5
l like hearing deconversion stories. Deconversion, as I've noted, is as natural as conversion. Here's a tale that came to me in an email message. Jesse was pleased to let me share it with others. Thanks, Jesse. I've added a few explanations of unfamiliar terms [in brackets]. Hi Brian, Since your blog is the go-to place for anti-Radha Soami Satsang Beas stuff I thought I'd share this with you, you fuckadilly pigfuck. (I'm kidding. That's an insulting and hilarious line directed at you from a hater who left a comment on your I Hate Church of the Churchless site.) Anyway, I'm not sure how to articulate this but I'll try. Earlier today a friend and I went to the local Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) meeting in Minnesota. I'd decided to donate two boxes of RSSB books which I had already read. I never thought anything about donating the books since I'd been collecting free books and magazines for years. Though I hadn't attended satsan
Money (lots of it) and spirituality (questionable amount of it) continue to mix at Radha Soami Satsang Beas, the Indian religious organization I used to be a part of. Someone just emailed me a link to this news story, "Religare Health Trust names Gurpreet Dhillon as CEO." Religare Health Trust (RHT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Delhi-based Religare Enterprise Ltd (REL), has named Gurpreet Dhillon as CEO of the company. Earlier, Dhillon was working as the executive director and COO of RHT. ...Gurpreet Dhillon is also a second cousin of the billionaire brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Singh who are the promoters of Religare and Fortis Group. Moreover, Gurpreet is one of the two sons of Gurinder Singh Dhillon, leader of the spiritual group Radha Soami Satsang Beas. The Singh brothers are followers of the spiritual group and their maternal grandfather had previously served as one of the gurus of the group. It's a tangled web -- the connections between Guru Gurinder
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