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  • ...Tibet. Diplomas would be awarded to the proficient students, including the monks. Many [[Sanskrit]] works were translated here into the Tibetan language. Th *[[Hindu Post-Secondary Institutes]]
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  • ...Barabar Hill near [[Gayā]] in Bihar dedicated by [[Aśoka]] to the Ājīvika monks, the cave at Karli and some Buddhist caves at [[Ajanta]] (both in Maharasht # The third phase from the 7th to the 10th cent. A.D. - The [[Hindu]] and Jain [[temples]] at [[Ellora]], [[Elephanta]] and Salsette islands ne
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  • ...g a sect of militant monks, the Nāgā [[sādhus]], in order to protect the [[Hindu]] sanyāsins and other Hindus.
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  • The buildings were well-designed and constructed to [[house]] the monks and students along with all the conveniences like living rooms, tanks for b ...ding to Hiuen Tsang, there were ten thousand students and several thousand monks as teachers. According to some accounts, there were 1500 teachers, and at l
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  • ...us organization of modern India. It is devoted to the propagation of the [[Hindu]] spiritual culture not only in the Swami's native land, but also in Americ
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  • ...], others do not but they still recognize the [[Buddha]] as an important [[Hindu]] [[guru]], [[Gyana Marga|sanyas]]i, [[yoga|yogi]], and one whose teachings Pan-Hindu [[Kingdoms|monarchs]], while being devout to a particular sect themselves w
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  • ...ms were checked and repelled when they tried to invade Orissa, where the [[Hindu]] King Narasimha [[Deva]] defeated Tugan Khan who invaded Orissa from Benga ...1310 and was led by his general Malik Kafur. This invasion trampled the [[Hindu]] [[Kingdoms]] of the Yadavas of Devgiri in Maharashtra, the Kakatiyas of W
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  • Eco-friendly symbolisms can be seen in [[Hindu]] architecture, artwork, and even dances. Ecofeminist Mallika Sarabhai, a p ...en documented in excellent texts. Plants and trees are valued so highly in Hindu sacred texts that their destruction is connected with doomsday scenarios."
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  • ...ory below from Indian history shows one such incident, and how the great [[Hindu]] Queen Ahilyabai Holkar dealt with it. Stealing is not always a bad thing to do and [[Hindu]] scriptures allow it under certain circumstances. For example, if one is s
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  • ...of the Ain-e-Akbari, the game of cards was a very popular pastime in the [[Hindu]] courts when the Muslims came into India. According to Abul Fazal's descri ...xposed to dangers from bandits and fanatics from other religions. Buddhist monks seem to have tempered the originally violent character of this art. The vio
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  • [[Gyāna Mārga]] or Jnāna Mārga - the path of Jnāna or knowledge and it is [[Hindu]] asceticism. The other 2 paths towards achieving Mokṣa are [[Karma Mārg ...thor2=Larry D. Shinn|title=Lustful Maidens and Ascetic Kings: Buddhist and Hindu Stories of Life|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5-7loxsf3WAC |year=198
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  • ...it, I have told to the monks, nuns, men and [[women]] lay-followers, even monks, this Brahma-faring [[brahmacharya]] that is prosperous and flourishing, wi ...universities, the outlawing of [[Hindu]] asceticism and the slaughter of [[Hindu]] clergy, they had no resources to continue their tradition and Buddhism wa
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  • ...were 2 types of [[Brahman]] clerics; Priests and paravrajakas (monks.) The monks were further divided into 2; categories Karmandinas and Parasarinas. Buddha ...he Odantapuri Buddhist learning centre was attacked; he advised a group of monks in Nalanda of the Muslim threat, and helped them flee to safety.<ref>P. 563
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  • ...on the basis of it, but it must be noted that this division has helped the Hindu religion to preserve itself successfully against all onslaughts. ...nd secure--instead of all the individual sticks being fastened together--[[Hindu]] society is a well-knit union of a number of small groups which are themse
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  • ...s visit to Varanasi, Sri Ramakrishna discovered the ‘how’ of the age-old [[Hindu]] belief that death in Varanasi gives liberation. The pilgrims took a boat ...visited first in September 1886, on her way to Vrindavan, like any other [[Hindu]] widow of her time, to assuage her grief at her separation from Sri Ramakr
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  • ...Brahman]],or in various combinations of these qualities depending on the [[Hindu Philosophy|philosophical school]]. According to [[Advaita]], a liberated hu ...son associated with Brahman, and from [[Brahmā]], the creator God of the [[Hindu]] Trinity, the [[Trimurti]]. Brahman is thus a gender-neutral concept that
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  • ...s was aimed at preventing the [[conversion]] of peasants into unproductive monks. Agricultural production was not even to be disturbed by non-agricultural p * Sudheer Birodkar, "A [[Hindu]] History: A Search for our Present History". Reprinted with permission.
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  • ...himalayanacademy.com/media/books/the-history-of-hindu-india/the-history-of-hindu-india.pdf The History of India - From Ancient to Modern Times]'', Himalayan ...sa]]">[http://www.sanskrit.org/www/Hindu%20Primer/nonharming_ahimsa.html A Hindu Primer], by [http://www.sanskrit.org/www/shukavak.htm Shukavak N. Dasa]</re
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  • ...nd further supports Out of India theory and [[History of ancient geography|Hindu myths]] of the sons of Emperor Priyavrata inheriting the eastern world isla In the most ancient of [[Hindu]] scriptures, one can notice racial variations among the Vedic seers and co
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  • ...nd further supports Out of India theory and [[History of ancient geography|Hindu myths]] of the sons of Emperor Priyavrata inheriting the eastern world isla ...ted India and later preached similar messages as the Greeks who had become Hindu.
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