M K Ramadoss's Blog – April 2010 Archive (3)

Iowa Swami Who Beguiled the Jazz Age

An interesting account of the first Swami Entrepreneur of Yoga in the USA. Looks like the same old technique is working well today making many Swamis rich. Read the full article on the book.

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Added by M K Ramadoss on April 19, 2010 at 11:55pm — No Comments

Olcott Memorial School in the News

An interesting news item in the Hindu Newspaper. The link is:

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article402968.ece?homepage=true

Added by M K Ramadoss on April 19, 2010 at 12:50am — No Comments

Article about H S Olcott - New Religion Could End All Human Suffering

New Religion Could End All Human Suffering

(excerpted from Sun, 4/5/2010)

HENRY Steel Olcott was a Civil War colonel who played a key role in the investigation into the brutal assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

One of America's greatest visionaries, he was also the first person of European descent to officially convert to Buddhism and the founder of the Theosophical Society, which was at the forefront of the Spiritualist movement in the U.S.

He…

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Added by M K Ramadoss on April 6, 2010 at 9:20am — 1 Comment