Religion News – Newsletter for November 13, 2010

Dalai Lama calls for a world free of war

DHARAMSALA – Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has called for eliminating nuclear weapons and for creating a world free of war, according to a post on the Central Tibetan Administration’s website Saturday.

“We all must seek and work for a world without nuclear weapons, we also need to work for demilitarisation of each …. Original source  : Dalai Lama calls for a world free of war.

Millions pray to rising sun as Chhath concludes in Bihar

PATNA – The four-day long Chhath festival ended Saturday morning in Bihar with millions of people, mostly women, braving the chill and taking a dip in the river to offer prayers to the rising sun.

Devotees, locally known as ‘varti’, wore new clothes, and sang folk songs as they prayed to the sun god and … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Millions pray to rising sun as Chhath concludes in Bihar.

Religious fanaticism threat to globalisation: Lord Meghnad Desai

NEW DELHI – Globalisation today faces a big threat from religious fanaticism, noted economist and professor emeritus of the London School of Economics Lord Meghnad Desai said while delivering a lecture in the capital Friday.

“Globalisation has had a check to its progress by the financial meltdown. However, today it faces a threat from another … Read more : Religious fanaticism threat to globalisation: Lord Meghnad Desai.