Historically, India-Cambodia relations come courtesy of Hindu and Buddhist religious and cultural influences, emanating out of India in the 4th-6th century AD, to various parts of South-East Asia. The pervading influence of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Indian architecture, is borne out by the structures at Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Bayon, Baphuon, and other religious and historical sites in Cambodia. Also, the Government of India agreed to preserve Angkor Wat temple when the Government of Cambodia appealed, between 1986 and 1993 and spent around four million dollars during this conservation. Continue reading
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alte Menschen Weisheit – victor ribeaux
alte Menschen Weisheit – victor ribeaux anton newcombe work in progress berlin de 2012 anton newcombe victor ribeaux Third eye From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Third eye (disambiguation). A Cambodian Shiva head showing a third eye. The third eye (also known as the inner eye) is a mystical and esoteric concept referring to a speculative invisible eye which provides perception beyond ordinary sight.[1] In certain dharmic spiritual traditions such as Hinduism, the third eye refers to the ajna, or brow, chakra.[2] In Theosophy it is related to the pineal gland.[3] The third eye is referred to the gate that leads within to inner realms and spaces of higher consciousness. Continue reading
British composer Jonathan Harvey dies at 73
LONDON (AP) Jonathan Harvey, a British modernist composer whose operas and other works reflected a deep engagement with spirituality, has died at age 73. Faber Music, which published many of Harvey’s compositions, said he died Tuesday Continue reading
Institute for Spirituality and Health to Offer “Spirituality in HealthCare” Series
John K. Graham, M.D., D.Min., President/CEO of the Institute for Spirituality and Health at the Texas Medical center (ISH) has announced that the Institute will offer a fourteen-talk series on Spirituality in Healthcare Continue reading
Spirituality on the way to globalisation
People gathering in New York City’s Times Square to salute the sun at the summer solstice. Ancient spiritual teachings such as yoga are very popular in the western world Continue reading
Safed college to offer mysticism degree
July 3, 2012 TEL AVIV (JTA) — Safed Academic College, in northern Israel, will offer a bachelors degree in mysticism and spirituality. Continue reading