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Holi 2013
By
Reed Hall
Today (as I write, Wednesday, March 27, 2013), Hindus worldwide are observing the spring religious festival known as Holi, or the “festival of colors.” Holi always begins on the final full moon of the lunar month of Phalguna on the Hindu calendar. However, that fixed starting date on the Hindu religious calendar does not always…
On Teaching About Hinduism (Part Five)
By
Reed Hall
When encountering Hinduism for the first time, Westerners (including many of the students in my community college Eastern religions classes) find themselves faced with a major world faith which in many ways differs drastically from the major Western faiths with which most of them are familiar. For one thing, unlike Judaism or Christianity or Islam…
On Teaching About Hinduism (Part Four)
By
Reed Hall
In sharp contrast to Christianity, which has long maintained that there is but one single, unique path to salvation (via Christ alone), the Hindu view has long been that there are actually a multiplicity of equally valid spiritual paths which can ultimately lead one to “salvation” (or, in the Hindu context, to “liberation,” or final…
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