In the various schools of Mahayana (the 'greater vehicle') Buddhism (which includes Tibetan Buddism, Chinese Ch'an and Japanese Zen, etc.) most of the Buddhas mentioned below are recognised. Theravada (or Hinayana, 'the lesser vehicle' ~ the Buddhism of Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma) Buddhism just recognises Sakyamuni (and perhaps Maitreya and a few others) and so Amoghashiddi will be referred to as Sakyamuni (or Shakyamuni) with hands in Abhaya Mudra, etc., rather than Amoghashiddhi....

Starhawk's New Moon Chant for Diana: "Waxing, waxing, growing, growing, Diana's power is flowing, flowing."

Growth of the pagan movement during the mid 20th Century was strongly supported by the rapidly escalating feminist movement of that time. The 1950s marked a 100 years of campaigning for women's rights and the refusal to be treated by society as second rate citizens. Women were asserting their rights and finding their voices. Some went as far as to cut men out...

If you have a First Communion on the way you'll have your hands full of food, decorations, gifts and clothing, and one thing that you'll need is the First Communion Banner. We'll show you how to choose the right banner, and how to save a little bit of money on this necessity as well as some neat First Communion Banner ideas to make your banner unique and special.

You'll need to figure out what words you want on the banner, whether it be your child's name and the words First...

Did you know that you have a unique job description? And, in putting it into practice it can be one of life's greatest delights.

So, what is your job description? Here it is: When you join a company you are typically given a job description that outlines the purpose and objectives of the position, and the tasks and skills required. All people have a unique God given job description and it consists of two parts.

First is a general job description that is relevant...

For a long time the Loch Ness Monster has been a creature of cryptozoology that has been sighted in the Lake (Loch) Ness in Scotland. This creature resembles a large aquatic serpent plesiosaur, which today is best known as Nessie, a nickname given by its fans, whether existing or not, the monster is a celebrity today. In fact, there are video cams and web cams on different points of the lake waiting for Nessie to be caught. Many people have relocated to tents and mobile homes nearby...

Recently, we had a few trolls sign up for the forum with the intent to defame, declare takfir on us for sympathizing with kufar and disrupt the forum. Alhamdulillah, Allah has protected us from their sin.

In the process, one of the accusation levied against us was that we were "modernist". Somehow, being called a "modernist" was a bad thing.

We were modernist as opposed to what? The opposite to "modern" is "primitive". So...

Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of a Hebrew calendar year. It is a serious occasion, more akin to the first day of school than the first day of January. It is a time to see how much we have grown over the year, in a Jewish sense – a time for accounting for spiritual, ethical and religious growth. Hence, the shofar, the ram's horn: like the alarm clock on the morning of the first day of school, the piercing sounds of the shofar are a wake-up call, challenged to examine the lives...

Cancers are great lovers. When they fall in love with someone they are capable of making this a relationship for the lifetime. They are very supportive and loyal to their partners. This is not an easy task to make the Cancerians fall in love as they have a tough to crack shell around themselves. But once you are able to crack that they will becomes extremely caring towards their lovers and their main point of concentration is focused on their partner.

In fact their mood...

Big Bang tries to explain the origin of the universe. At present there seems to be a general consensus that universe began with a big bang. What does Hinduism say about this? Before we discuss that let us discuss the main theory about Big Bang.

Big Bang idea came into play after it was found that the universe is expanding constantly. It has been found that the heavenly bodies are running away from us. The speed is proportional to their distance from us. Those that are...

"Who you gonna call"? Do you remember that line from the movie Ghostbusters? If you are in trouble would you call on Richard Dawkins god who he claims is, "Petty, sadomasochistic, vindictive, and genocidal"? Or maybe you'd call on the Thomas Jefferson god that he described as "Cruel, vindictive (there's that word again), capricious, and unjust? Nope, not me!

If one takes the Old Testament particularly as LITERAL then God is one who MILITATES whatever He...