One God Note #596. 2013/10/14. All men are created equal, but nowhere more so than in a sauna. Finnish saying. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More on sauna can be found at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauna -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 14 - Thanksgiving Day (Canada). October 14 - Columbus Day (USA). October 14 - Dasehra or Vijay Dasami celebrates the victory of good over evil, in particular of Lord Ramas victory over the demon Ravan. It also marks the end of Navaratri - the nine days celebration of the Divine Mother in many of her forms. October 14 - Day of Hajj, commemorates the last revelation to the Prophet at Mount Arafat shortly before his death. Muslims on Hajj attend a service on the plains in front of Mount Arafat. October 15 - Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is the concluding act of pilgrimage and is observed even when not on pilgrimage. As Abraham offered his son Ishmael to God, Muslims offer sheep, goat and camels. They distribute the meat to the poor. October 15 – International Day of Rural Women (UN). October 16 – World Food Day (UN). October 16 – Ilm (Knowledge), the 12th month of the Bahai Calendar. October 17 - International Day for Eradication of Poverty (UN). October 18 - Full Moon. Lunar Eclipse. October 20 - Birth of Bab, herald of the new age for Bahais. His shrine is at the Bahas World Centre, Hajfa, Israel. October 20 - Installation of the Guru Granth Sahib - this day celebrates the passing on of the guruship to the Holy Scriptures (the Guru Granth Sahib Ji) by the tenth Guru of Sikhism, Gobind Singh Ji. Source: 2013 Multifaith Calendar, multifaithcalendar.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One God Notes are quotations from spiritual, philosophical, poetical writings of many traditions. Their purpose is to inspire and to create a sense of human and religious unity. In Truth, Simplicity and Love, Pritam. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit also onegodsite.net/ for more inspirational quotations. For the previous Notes you may visit: onegodsite.net/archives.html. For the Testimonials: onegodsite.net/testimonials.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I encourage you to forward this Note to anyone who may be interested in it. This person/s can subscribe to the Notes by sending email to: [email protected] If you receive this Note for the first time, please, consider it to be a kind invitation. If you are not interested in the subject of these Notes you may easily unsubscribe by sending email to: [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You may also consider visiting the blog inspired by One God Notes - onegodnotes.blogspot.ca/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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