Author: Promod Puri

Retired after 40 years of career in journalism. Former publisher and editor of The Link, a South Asian Canadian weekly newspaper from Vancouver, BC. Now a freelance writer. Published my first book titled "Hinduism:beyond rituals,customs and traditions". The book is educational dealing with all the facets of Hinduism. Websites: promodpuri.com progressivehindudialogue.com promodpuri.blogspot.com

EGO: AN OVERVIEW

(Warning: 992 words to step on this reading. Only 5 mts. read) What is ego? It is the nature of a person’s attitude and expression of opinion where I, me or mine dominates. “What I want, “what satisfies me,” or “it is mine,” all these simple assertions exhibit ego or self-interest. Ego means ‘I.’ In…

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WE ALL EVOLVING AND DISSOLVING IN ONE BIG POT CALLED UNIVERSE

Things get created; things get destroyed. In other words, what seems to be created is a step towards its destruction, leading towars another creation and the cycle goes on. We human beings reside in this big void called the universe, along with the rest of the constituents: plants, animals, mountains, rocks, rivers, etc. and with…

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The Dynamics of Satnam Waheguru

Two simple words, Satnam Waheguru, carry profound spiritual significance. A companion in solitude, Satnam Waheguru, offers the universal Truth of His wonders, accepted with utmost reverence. The adoration becomes a prayer: Satnam Waheguru, Satnam Waheguru. ‘Sat’ stands for Truth, and ‘Nam’ identifies the Truth. ‘Wahe’ is a feel of a ‘wow’ moment, an exclamation of…

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“In God We Trust.” WAS CHALLENGED IN US COURT

“In God We Trust.” WAS CHALLENGED IN US COURT: Guess Who Won. Almost 70 years ago, Walter Plywaski fought for the right of atheists to become U.S. citizens – and won. He died of the Coronavirus early this year. In August 1952, Plywaski, a Hungarian refugee, petitioned for U.S. citizenship while in Hawaii. All he…

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Health Benefits of Fasting Beside Its Ritual Values In Religions

Fasting may have become a health fad, but religious communities have been doing it for millennia Iqbal Akhtar, Florida International University The practice of fasting has entered popular culture in recent years as a way to lose extra pounds. Featured in the bestselling book “The Fast Diet,” it advocates eating normally on select days of the…

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SANT KABIR’S CONTRIBUTION TO EVOLVING MODERN WORLD

“It did not take long to realize that the ‘modern’ world we inhabit had evolved not in one of its provinces, namely Europe, nor in a limited frame of time, between the 17th, 18th and 20th centuries; indeed all societies and all civilizations had contributed to its evolution through all periods of human habitation in…

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