{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Om Sweet Om","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omsweetom","author_name":"sheetal","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omsweetom\/author\/sheetal","title":"Columbia's Hindu Chaplain on TEDx - Om Sweet Om","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EndPslsg40\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omsweetom\/2012\/06\/columbias-hindu-chaplain-on-tedx.html\">Columbia&#8217;s Hindu Chaplain on TEDx<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omsweetom\/2012\/06\/columbias-hindu-chaplain-on-tedx.html\/embed#?secret=EndPslsg40\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Columbia&#8217;s Hindu Chaplain on TEDx&#8221; &#8212; Om Sweet Om\" data-secret=\"EndPslsg40\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"My friend, Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, the Hindu Chaplain at Columbia University was invited to speak at TEDx. \u00a0In his talk, Pandit shares with us his riches to rags life story, which eventually led him to the Bhagavad Gita and to monkhood. \u00a0As the Hindu Chaplain at Columbia, he organizes the ever popular vegetarian cooking classes.&hellip;"}