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Lent

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Since last Wednesday, many people around the world, both Christians as well as some non-Christians, decided to give up a bad habit for the period of forty days and forty nights known as Lent. The symbolism behind Lent is that Jesus traveled the desert for forty days and forty nights and did not succumb to [...]

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Nirjala Ekadashi and the Benefits of Fasting in Hinduism

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Yesterday was Nirjala Ekadashi, a major fasting day for many Hindus, so I thought it would be fitting to write about it. Ekadashi, meaning “eleventh” in Sanskrit, refers to the eleventh day of the lunar cycle and occurs twice a month. People observing the Ekadashi fast are generally supposed to abstain from grains, beans, and [...]

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