Monthly Archives: June 2009

Britain’s first state-sponsored Hindu school

Sunday, June 21, 2009

In a country like America, where secular public education is a principle, something like Britain’s first state-sponsored Hindu school simply could not exist.
After reading the article, I wondered: is it right for British taxpayers to fund faith-based education? I don’t think it is — why should taxpayers have to finance religious institutions when not everyone [...]

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Emerson and the Bhagavad-Gita

Saturday, June 20, 2009

While I was reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Spiritual Laws,” I came across a quotation that reminded of a verse from the Bhagavad-Gita.  The quote was:
“I would distinguish what is commonly called choice among men, and which is a partial act, the choice of the hands, of the eyes, of the appetites, and not a [...]

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OMNI film: “Mystic India”

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Last Friday, I went with a friend to the Boston Museum of Science to see the OMNI film, Mystic India.  Apparently the film, narrated by Peter O’Toole, was made in 2004, but has only recently come to the Museum of Science.  I was particularly intrigued when I heard that the film, ostensibly about “majesty and [...]

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