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Dalai
Lama teaches Tantrik Yoga to Buddhist clergy
Dharamsala:
The Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader, has
begun a course in Tantrik Yoga for the senior members
of the Buddhist clergy here. The Tibetan leader gave
a commentary on the "Chakrasamvara Text", the highest
Tantrik Yoga teaching in Tibetan Buddhism. The text,
which is not open to all Buddhists, is meant only
for The highest clergy among them. There will be six
sessions of teaching and each session will be followed
by three purification ceremonies. "Once you are taking
this Tantrik teaching, you have to thoroughly obey
without any gap, the routine practised. This teaching,
this Tantrik teaching is very special," Yeshi Phuntshok,
a Tibetan monk, said. The Dalai Lama will continue
his teaching for ten days.
March
26, 2004
Tazia processions mark Moharram
New
Delhi: The Muslims took out processions on Tuesday
to observe Muharram. Muharram marks the martyrdom
of Imam Hussain, grandson of Prophet Mohammed. Every
year Muslims across the world mourn the tragedy of
Karbala on the tenth day of the month of Muharram.
It was on this day in the 13th century that Imam Hussein
was killed by the army of Yazid, who was said to be
an usurper of the Caliphate or a self- appointed successor
to Prophet Mohammed. Imam Hussain was killed in the
battle of Karbala alongwith 72 of his relatives, friends
and supporters. But his sister is reported to have
escaped alongwith some children from settlements set
on fire by the army of Caliph. The "martyrdom" day
of Imam Hussain is marked by prayers, processions
led by Tazia or replica of the Imam Hussain's tomb
at Karbala in Iraq, and self-flagellation by mourners.
In Srinagar, hundreds of protestors were arrested
for taking out a procession, banned since 1989 when
an armed rebellion broke out. In Jammu, too, security
forces maintained tight vigil around mosques. In Gujarat,
police detained at least 400 people in a pre-dawn
swoop across the state, to prevent Hindu-Muslim clashes
during the mourning processions. Riot police and paramilitary
personnel have also been deployed in Ahmedabad, Surat
and Baroda which have sizeable Muslim populations
and a history of religious violence. Gujarat was the
scene of India's worst religious riots in a decade
two years ago, when more than 1,000 people, mostly
Muslims, were killed in a series of revenge attacks
after a suspected Muslim mob torched a train, burning
alive 59 Hindus. March 2, 2004
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