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Spiritualist Anand Krishna’s Speech on Sufi Night – Nov 15, 2009 in IBMF 2009
Author: Anand Krishna
On Sufi Night in International Bali Meditator’s Festival (IBMF) 2009 — 15th of November 2009 — , at Bale Banjar, Ubud-Bali, Spiritualist Anand Krishna explained that Sufis had been running away from life because of trauma that had occurred after Mansyur Al-Hallaj was prosecuted in Baghdad, in 922 M.
Unlike his fellows, Al-Hallaj was Sufi master who shared his vision of God with the masses in his writings and through his teachings. Sometimes, by occasions, Al-Hallaj would fall into traces, which one of the traces, he would utterred “Ana-l-Haqq” (meaning : I am The Truth). Since Al-Haqq (The Truth) was one of the Ninety Nine Names of Allah, he was accused to claim to be God. His controversial statement led him to gallows, and death.
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read comments (0)Meditations on an Island
Author: Anand Krishna
Interview with Anand Krishna, Founder of the Bali Meditators Conference November 14-16, 2009.
Bali News: Meditations on an Island
(11/7/2009) As reported on balidiscovery.com, Bali will host the First Annual International Bali Meditators Festival in downtown Ubud November 14-16, 2009. [See: Think on These Things]
The creation of Indonesian author, educator and spiritual leader Anand Krishna, the Bali conference will seeks to explore and expand the role meditation plays in the world’s great faiths and religions.
The Interview: Anand Krishna
Recently we caught up with Anand Krishna in order to ask him more about the planned conference.
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I am sorry
Author: Anand Krishna
I apologize for my inability to be a good host to foreigners living in my country. I am sorry that I could still find time to say my prayers before rushing to the scene or to the hospital where the wounded were being treated. I realize now, that I was being insensitive to the cries and tears of the bereaved family members of the deceased and the injured victims in the hospital.
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The morning fog has not cleared away when at His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama inaugurated and blessed a 2.5m high Buddha statue humbly offered by Indonesian interfaith spiritualist Anand Krishna. Conducted at the Central Institue of Higher Tibetan Studies (Deemed University), Sarnath (Uttar Pradesh), India, the inauguration was covered by several Indian media, e.g. K TV, Z News, DD News and Hindustan Times. The Buddha statue is made of the same source materials used to build the 9th CE Borobudur Temple in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia, and was offered to reaffirm the spiritual and cultural ties between the peoples of Indonesia and Tibet, also to support His Holiness’ non-violent struggle to protect the cultural heritage of Tibet.
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Indonesia-based spiritualist offers unique Buddha statue to Dalai Lama
Author: Anand Krishna
Sarnath, January 9: His Holiness the Dalai Lama Friday inaugurated the installation of a unique handcarved 2.5 meter-high stone statue of Buddha in the compound of the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (Deemed University) here before carrying on with the second-day of a week-long teachings here.