we jumped from hinduism to buddhism, and now we're going to jump back to hinduism. in the first beliefs and believers teleclass, we had a professor here at governor state, dr. dave- i believe he teaches in psychology; maybe some of you know him - and he came down to our class, and we asked him - he's a great intellect, he's a teacher here, a writer; but he had learned the myths of his culture exactly where you should learn them, on the knee of his parents - and we asked him, "could you tell us some myths?" and what he did he came into class and told us what we will come to term a "creation myth" - he told us about, from the hindu perspective - how the mother of all rivers, the great, glorious ganges, the ganga river was created, and how, to him, it's the most meaningful thing in the world. now, a key in here, if you'll listen for it, is i want to talk about in this relationship between experience, myth, and ritual, that experience starts the need - the boundary questions start the need for the great stories. the great stories, in turn, answer those questions about m

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>> yes, i mean, it comes from most power lineally from hinduism but it also comes from the greeks.there actually was a discussion early on in christianity about whether there was a way to coordinate reincarnation beliefs with the greeks for christianity and the folks who wanted to lost. >> is there a religionian christns are practicing other beliefs and definitions o other religions? >> definitely. >> true of christians, one out of four believe in reincarnations, doest work the other way, does a buddhist in any way seek out and adopt the beliefs of christians? >> yes, they do and that's one of the themes of my book that the drama has said jesus is a boddi saki a great spiritual giant. and incorrespondlar thing, a natured in earth. you can find hindu temples that will have christmas eve devoted to jesus. >> you know about the doctrine of the virgin birth. >> yes, i doí >> that means that mary conceived independently of any male traditionally instrumentality. how many non-christians believe in the virgin birth? >> you're really quizzing me aren't you. >> thi is all in your book. >> i

something to appeared on in terms of their claims about silly deaths and weighing in on the side of the hinduism and then the researchers if the parts that the government really decides that it's going to stop the drone strikes in pakistan the government can do that we may be seeing the government moving in that direction. at the time to autopsy. and now concerning a. marina good to see you today how do you tell us though i d k p p it's always some sort of drama surrounding it now there's even more from what i understand. well what's happened in this time is one of the top managers of team g.b. has been detained right here in moscow and that's not legations awful corruption within the company itself and basically we're trying to on the side to how this will affect the deal if it will happen of course between the roles that and b.p. and we have here all of our is standing by for us there the headquarters of ross that there he is hello peter now can you tell us will this a bad deal this will be p.r. also that in every way. well the short answer to that is no it shouldn't really affect the deal at

problem giving the 35,000-year-old master and ramtha equal stature with christianity, buddhism, hinduism. i mean, you name any of these others, the earth based religions and so forth, i have a hard time considering them in the same category- with the others, i really do. and so, you know, that said, i guess- i guess that's all i have to say right now. >> but you know, that's a good point in its own right, and just so no one gets confused looking back on our ramtha class, my instinct and what, you know, i found very inspirational is that you could kind of put yourself at the start of a new religious movement. you know, we're talking about religions with millennia behind them when we're speaking, of course, buddhism, christianity. that's not a place we want to enter into comparisons- i believe you're quite right there- but that impulse is what we were looking at. now i notice that i didn't get to some folks, and we will, but in the interest of getting on to a very interesting piece that i wanted to share with you here about doctrine and interpretation- and i mentioned it to chris in the la

. >> it's based on hinduism, and of course it came from india.westernized now, and we as americans have really brought it into our culture to gain the actual physical and mental benefits of it. >> while some don't approve, the district has had a lot of support from other parents. >>> an east bay teenager was denied his dream of becoming an eagle scout because he's gay. >> i've been looking up to you for so long. >> now he receives a big surprise when he takes his story to the national talk shows. >>> take a look outside. there you have more gray skies out there this morning. however, steve says a warmup is in the future. the forecast for your neighborhood is next. >>> looking at very slow traffic because of an earlier problem on the bay bridge and the backup is still very strong. we are the sons and daughters of farmers who made cheese; the keepers of the loafs. the people who will never lower the bar. our world started in deep green grass and rain and the hills and the waves and the big, tall trees of tillamook, oregon. we make cheese of an exqu

i don't know about the parents worrying about hinduism, but how about doing the stuff schools are supposed to do? is that too much? >> no, that is too much. that's not enough. jedediah, you are a teacher, or was a teacher, probably will be a teacher. >> of something. i have to learn something. >> is this offensive to you? >> no, i like it. it destresses the kids. it gets their mind in the right place. they could be doing a lot worse things. it is not mandatory. if they mandated it -- you don't like the idea? >> i just like making noises. >> he is doing yoga. >> make a big, toothy grin. >> you are into that. is our world going to pieces when little kids are doing yoga? >> it is the end of time. i wish i could do yoga because i can't get dressed in the morning. i agree with mr. gibson. yoga is cool. i don't think you are indoctrinating them to be hindus. >> you can't go to yoga if you can't write a paragraph. >> you do nude yoga in the park on top of elderly rich men. >> yes. >> is that exercise? >> no. i am not going to get into detail of what it is, but it is lucrative. >> this is the equi

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. >> yes the roots of yoga are based on some hinduism and it came from india. but it's very westernized now. so we as americans have really brought it into our culture to gain the actual physical and mental benefits of it. >> while some don't approve it, the district says they have seen a lot of support from other parents. >>> academic achievement appears to be improving at public schools the state. that 53% of schools met or surpassed the test score goal for this year. that is a 4% increase from last year. schools met the challenge despite obstacles by budget cuts. >>> a judge is expected to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit filed against the city of oakland by one of the own officers. chauncey bailey project reports a tentative decision a judge rejectioned discrimination claims by sergeant doe win longmire. longmire investigated the investigation of chauncey bailey. >>> now a story you will only see here on 2. a moraga boy scout condition denied the -- scout denied the rank of eagle scout because he is gay. >> i'm so proud of you. i think you're an amazing you

. >> in the course of the exercising, what they are teaching is eastern hinduism. and they claim they're indoctrinating the students with this type of education. if that's the case, fred, this program is going to be discontinued ands the federal court will take it and there is -- >> it's not going to happen. >> there is a viable claim if that's the case. i don't know what's going on in the classrooms. >> nothing. nothing. not going to happen. >> there is a statement coming from the union school district in ense nita, tim barrett saying this -- it's as if he was listening to you. >> that's the point. >> even if they don't say nam ma stay or not using some of the trigger words that really are talking about the poses, at least that's the interpretation of a lot of yogis that it's -- >> that's right. >> it's communicating what the poses are, not necessarily, you know, the hindu religion. are you saying on those grounds it would be okay then? >> if they strip away that and if that's an accurate statement which we heard, then the exercise will continue and there is no la