Dharma

[close] Join the weekly meet by registering at https://forms.gle/pu8RjTEYXtHApF9Z8 Welcome to Kasmira the most beautiful place on earth and its 5500 year old people and their culture From 2500 BC up to early fourteenth century Kashmir is acknowledged to have been the Lighthouse of Asia with China, Korea, Japan, India, Tibet, Nepal, Indonesia, Cambodia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan drawing their inspiration from it. With Central Asia emerging as the epicenter of the New Great Game an appreciation of this civilization is critical in terms of what answers its emphasis on Knowledge, Consciousness, Non Violence, Meritocracy and living a full life across all thirteen dimensions of human existence has to offer contemporary issues. The nova of Kashmir is not limited to Central Asia but extends globally. Today we see it in the Forty Four million Americans who follow Patanjali the father of Yoga; in Panini the formulator of Sanskrit Grammar which made Kashmir the crest jewel of the Indic civilization; in aesthetics the pioneer of which was the peerless AbhinavaguptapAdA; in its scholars which Kashmir sent more to China, Greece, Java than the rest of India combined. This group will especially focus on those creative activities which are by the dharmic civilization, of the dharmic civilization and for the dharmic civilization.

[close] This Goodreads group is a venue for the discussion and contemplation of religious texts, to include the bible and other accounts of the life of Jesus, the Quran, teachings of the Buddha, and others. This is an interfaith group welcome to open-minded people of all religious and non-religious affiliations. The underlying theme is that of cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction to promote the understanding of the compassionate teachings of all religions.

[close] A private study group on Ven. Yin-Shun's The Way to Buddhahood.

[close] A book club for Universal Compassion Foundation members, Eastern Washington University student's Buddhist club, and anyone interested in exploring Buddhism, vegetarianism, and animal rights through literature.