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Sudir Shah explains what Jainism refers to as our inner enemies. The Kashay.

September 28th, 2008

These inner enemies (the Kashay) are: -
Anger (krodh),
Greed (lobh),
Ego (man) and
Deceit (maya).
These arise out of attachment (rag) which leads to greed and pride and aversion (dvesh) which leads to deceit and anger.
For this reason Jainism encourages us to minimise as many attachments as possible. This will then result in us feeling likes (rag) and dislikes [...]

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Event - Food versus Fuel

September 22nd, 2008

Taken from Green Events
Date: Monday 29 Sep 2008
Time: 6.45 - 8.30 (doors open 6.30)
Description: FOOD VERSUS FUEL with Malcolm Shepherd. The production of biofuels from agriculture to replace fossil fuels was originally widely applauded, but concerns over the displacement of food production, doubts about carbon savings, and dismay over deforestation land use have now changed [...]

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Red Bull - associated dangers.

September 6th, 2008

The Independent have written an article which describes the history of Red Bull including the known issues with it. However, there are new dangers that have come to light. Read on to find out more!
Red Bull: it promises energy, but doesn’t mention sticky blood…
Sunday, 17 August 2008
Australian researchers have found that the sugar-free version of [...]

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Vegetarianism in Hinduism

August 18th, 2008

This blog post is all about Hinduism and vegetarianism - as referred to in scriptures and Hindu leaders

Food for the Spirit, Vegetarianism and the World Religions, observes, “Despite popular knowledge of meat-eating’s adverse effects, the non vegetarian diet became increasingly widespread among Hindus after the two major invasions by foreign powers, first the Muslims [...]

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Taare Zameen Par. Every child is special

August 1st, 2008

Taare Zameen Par is a Hindi film. It was directed and produced by Aamir Khan. So what I hear you ask? Well, I would probably have said the same. I don’t watch many Hindi films unless they are ‘different’ i.e. not the typical love story focusing on heartbreak, issues with in laws etc.
This film is [...]

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