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Nepalese Buddhist nuns will kick your tail

A group of Buddhist nuns in Nepal say their confidence is up and they’re getting more respect these days because they’ve taken up fight training. The BBC reports that women of the 800-year-old Drukpa...

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Study of Jainism gets a lift at Florida International University

Some South Florida adherents of Jainism, a small Indian religion with perhaps 10 million believers throughout the world, have donated $600,000 to Florida International University to facilitate study of...

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Today in religious observance: Diwali begins

Today begins Diwali, the five-day Hindu festival of lights. Diwali is the celebration that commemorates the return of Rama, one of the avatars for God, after a 14-year absence. The celebration usually...

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Orlando among nation’s most Hindu metro areas

A study seeking to detail religious affiliation in the U.S. has determined that Orlando has one of the nation’s highest percentages of residents who describe themselves as Hindu. Orlando is the 20th...

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Prayer service for Christian Unity on Friday, Jan. 25

Pastors from several Orlando churches will gather Friday, Jan. 25, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., for a Christian Unity prayer service at  the Episcopal Diocese’s Cathedral Church of St. Luke, 130...

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