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     Tilak Megastar Username: Tilak Post Number: 25979 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 49.207.190.100 Rating: N/A |
If Yoga is not a gateway to Hinduism, then what is? Can the court identify any one particular gateway? Narendra Modi, Pradhan Mantri, Bharata Ganarajya - www.pmindia.nic.in - www.narendramodi.in | ||
| 111 Hero Username: 111 Post Number: 10265 Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 216.251.53.20 Rating: |
vellaki Yoga ante ento sarigga teleedhu... in Atlanta i goto a zym which is part of church school , there they teach 3 Yoga classes per week. Teachers are not indians [white people , may be american or someone else..]. I am the only indian in that class , we used to have 15-20 people per class. First they shyd attend before commenting.. | ||
| Vishvak Comedian Username: Vishvak Post Number: 1330 Registered: 01-2007 Posted From: 69.141.91.90 Rating: N/A |
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/04/yoga-classes- do-not-violate-students-religious-rights-californian-court-r ules Yoga taught in a public school is not a gateway to Hinduism and does not violate the religious rights of students or their parents, a California appeals court has ruled. An appeal court in San Diego upheld a lower court ruling that tossed out a familyâs lawsuit that tried to block Encinitas Union school district from teaching yoga as an alternative to traditional gym classes. âWhile the practice of yoga may be religious in some contexts, yoga classes as taught in the district are, as the trial court determined, âdevoid of any religious, mystical, or spiritual trappings,ââ the court wrote in a 3-0 opinion. Stephen and Jennifer Sedlock and their two children had brought the lawsuit claiming yoga promoted Hinduism and inhibited Christianity. They were disappointed with the ruling and considering their options. âNo other court in the past 50 years has allowed public school officials to lead children in formal religious rituals like the Hindu liturgy of praying to, bowing to, and worshipping the sun god,â attorney Dean Broyles said in a statement. Paul V Carelli IV, a lawyer for the district, said there were no rituals occurring in the classroom and no one was worshipping the sun or leading Hindu rites. The district said the practice was taught in a secular way to promote strength, flexibility and balance. Yoga is now taught at schools across the US, but the district is believed to be the first with full-time yoga teachers at all schools. A three-year grant from the KP Jois Foundation, a nonprofit group that promotes Ashtanga yoga, provides twice-weekly, 30-minute classes to the districtâs 5,600 students. About 30 families opted out of the classes begun in 2011. Vi veri universum vivus vici My Blog: The Power Of One |
