BJP yoga is bad news for schools, UPA yoga is ... - Michael Prabhu

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2007/APRIL/JULY/NOVEMBER 2013 SURYA NAMASKAR AND YOGA TO BE MADE COMPULSORY IN
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
PAGE NOS. CONTENTS
02 -10 SURYA NAMASKAR AND YOGA TO BE MADE MANDATORY. NEWS REPORTS
03, 06-09 MUSLIMS IN MADHYA PRADESH OPPOSE MOVE, APPEAL TO GOVERNOR, GO
TO COURT
06-08 THE ARCHBISHOP OF BHOPAL MAKES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S FIRST
AND ONLY STATEMENT
09-10 THE MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT PASSES ORDER IN FAVOUR OF THE
MINORITIES
11-12 THE SURYA NAMASKAR AND YOGA ISSUE: JUST THE ONE REPORT IN
THE CATHOLIC MEDIA
12-13 SURYA, THE SUN GOD
14 -17 SURYA NAMASKAR
15 CATHOLIC PRIESTS MAKE A CASE FOR THE SUN GOD
16 TULSI, HOLY BASIL
17-21, 99 GAYATRI MANTRA
20,21 GOA ARCHDIOCESAN COMMITTEE 2000
21 -25 PRANAYAMA. WHAT ARE PRANA, CHI, KI?
24,25 THE DANGERS IN PRACTISING THE BREATHING EXERCISES OF
PRANAYAMA-I
25,26 THE VATICAN DOCUMENT ON THE NEW AGE
26 -34 SURYA NAMASKAR, GAYATRI MANTRA, PRANAYAMA, YOGA IN THE
CATHOLIC ASHRAMS
29-32 MATRIDHAM ASHRAM, VARANASI, AND THE FATHERS OF THE IMS
CONGREGATION: YOGA
32,33 DHARMA BHARATHI ASHRAM: NEW AGE AND YOGA IN CATHOLIC
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
34, 78 BOMBAY ARCHDIOCESE: KRIPA FOUNDATION AND FR. JOE PEREIRA,
YOGI
34-58, 79-80 ST. PAULS BOOKS: LEADING PROMOTERS: YOGA AND NEW AGE [OTHER
PUBLISHERS TOO]
35-41, 47 MANGALORE DIOCESE: THE INTEGRAL YOGA SATSANGH AND V.L. REGO,
YOGI
42-47 MANGALORE DIOCESE: FR. GREGORY D'SOUZA OCD., YOGI
47-48 SWAMI AMALDAS, PRIEST, YOGI
48, 34 SWAMI DEVAPRASAD, PRIEST, YOGI
48, 49 FR. ANTHONY ELENJIMITTAM, PRIEST, YOGI
50-54 BANGALORE ARCHDIOCESE: FR. CHERIAN PUTHENPURA, ORDER OF ST.
CAMILLUS, YOGI
55 FR. JACOB PAREYIL; FR. JOSE MEKAT SJ., PRIESTS, YOGIS
55-56, 16 BOMBAY ARCHDIOCESE: FR. GILBERT CARLO SVD., YOGI
56-58 BANGALORE ARCHDIOCESE: FR. MICHAEL GONSALVES OF THE NBCLC:
YOGA
59-62 THE DANGERS IN PRACTISING PRANAYAMA-II; THE DANGERS IN
DOING KUNDALINI YOGA
62-63 THE DANGERS IN DOING EASTERN MEDITATIONS LIKE YOGA-I
64-65 A RE-APPRAISAL AND A SUMMARY [OF THE REPORT] WITH COMMENTS:
YOGA IS HINDU
65-67 THE ATTEMPT TO COMPULSORY INTRODUCE YOGA: A VERY OLD STORY:
2005, 2001, 1998
67-71 NOT ONE, BUT TWO VATICAN DOCUMENTS WARNING AGAINST THE
DANGERS OF YOGA
71-72 HINDUS OBJECT TO CHRISTIANS DOING YOGA
72-74 YOGA IS HINDU, INSIST DIE-HARD HINDUS
75 OVERSEAS CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCES, THEOLOGICAL
COMMISSIONS OPPOSE YOGA
76-77 CATHOLIC PRIESTS CONDEMN YOGA
77-78 CATHOLIC LAITY CONDEMN YOGA
80, 81 MANGALORE DIOCESE: SANDESHA, A FOUNDATION FOR CULTURE AND
EDUCATION: YOGA
82-84 MORE ON THE DANGERS IN DOING YOGA-II
85-88 MORE ON OPPOSITION TO YOGA IN SCHOOLS, 2007
88-98 MORE ON OPPOSITION TO YOGA IN SCHOOLS BY CATHOLIC LAITY;
OPPOSITION BY MUSLIMS
SUBJECT PAGE NOS.
NBCLC 33, 34, 42, 48, 52, 57, 58, 98
KUNDALINI 21, 22, 23, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 47, 48, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61,
62, 63, 81, 82
'OM' 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 37,
39, 47, 49, 52, 54, 62, 65
Read this report in the New Indian Express of November 13, 2006:
Yoga to be mandatory in schools
Chennai November 12 EXTRACT: Union Minister for Health Anbumani Ramadoss
said that yoga should be made mandatory in schools across the country very
soon, as part of the ministry's initiative to prevent lifestyle diseases...
[He] said, "We have written to the Ministry of Human Resources for making
yoga compulsory in schools because it has been proved good for health. It
would be implemented very soon." Since late last year, there have been several reports in the newspapers, on
the internet, and on television, about various proposals, recommendations
and orders - made by the central and some state governments, by political
parties, and by individuals- for introducing Bills to make the practice of
Surya Namaskar and Yoga mandatory in educational institutions throughout
India. Two recent news reports are reproduced here [the most recent ones are on
pages 86, 87]:
BJP yoga bad, UPA yoga good for schools
By Shubhajit Roy http://www.indianexpress.com/story/24707.html The New
Indian Express, March 03, 2007 Yoga should be compulsory for all school children, says report of panel
which includes Congress, Left MPs New Delhi, March 2 The UPA government's key constituents, the Congress and
the Left, were the most vocal critics when the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh
government, headed by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, started yoga
classes, especially the 'Surya Namaskar' and 'Pranayam', in schools and
colleges across the state. But the latest report tabled by a Parliamentary
Standing Committee that includes high-profile Congress and Left MPs says
the exact opposite.
Headed by Congress general secretary and MP Janardhan Dwivedi, the Standing
Committee of the HRD ministry - with CPM politburo member Brinda Karat and
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi as its members - has recommended that yoga should
be made mandatory for all schoolgoing children in the country.
The report, without any dissent note by any of its members, has said: "The
Committee is of the opinion that yoga is one stream of education, which
will make a permanent and positive impact on a student's life. Yoga has
been gaining immense popularity due to the short-term as well as long-term
benefits that it provides.
"Yoga helps one to achieve all-round development. Considering the vast
potential of this ancient knowledge of India, the committee recommends that
yoga be made compulsory for all school-going children in the country."
The committee's 188th report to the Parliament is in lieu of action taken
on the recommendations or observations contained in the 174th report on
demands for grants 2006-07 of the department of higher education in May
this year. It was tabled in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha yesterday.
In response to the recommendation, Arjun Singh's HRD ministry, in the
report itself, has said that "the National Curriculum Framework for School
Education - 2005 prepared by the NCERT provides for health and physical
education as a compulsory subject from primary to secondary stage and as an
optional subject at higher secondary stage. Yoga is one of the core
components of health and physical education." It may be recalled that
Congress MLAs in MP had boycotted a yoga session held in the MP assembly on
February 20, which was conducted under the supervision of Baba Ramdev. Committee favours yoga in schools
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200703051350.htm
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002hdline.htm
The Hindu New Delhi March 5, 2007 (PTI) At a time when BJP-ruled Madhya
Pradesh's 'surya namaskar' programmes has generated much controversy, a
Parliamentary committee on HRD has favoured going all out to propagate yoga
in schools.
"Yoga has been gaining immense popularity due to short term as well as long-
term benefits that it provides. Yoga helps one to achieve all round
development," the Parliamentary Standing Committee on HRD said in its
report.
The report presented to Parliament last week said "the committee is of the
opinion that yoga is one stream of education, which will make a permanent
and positive impact on a student's life."
The 32-member committee is headed by senior Congress leader Janardan
Dwivedi and includes Rahul Gandhi and Brinda Karat (CPI-M). Its members
said that considering the immense potential of this ancient knowledge of
India that "yoga be made compulsory for all school going children in the
country".
In its action taken report, the Ministry said the National Curriculum
Framework for School Education-2005 prepared by the National Council of
Educational Research and Training has made health and physical education as
a compulsory subject from primary to secondary state. The framework has put
these subjects as an optional subject at higher secondary stage, it said
adding yoga was one of the core components of health and physical
education. The above reports are self-explanatory. Yoga is to be mandatory in schools
across the country. This is the proposal of the UPA government's Congress
party-led alliance, which includes the Left parties, at the Centre.
When the government of the BJP-ruled state of Madhya Pradesh [M.P.] tried
to introduce it earlier, the very same Congress-led opposition in the state
assembly had protested against the order: Madhya Pradesh districts chief directed to prepare for mass yogic exercise http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=78620 Bhopal January 11, 2007 Nearly a month after it announced to hold a mass
'surya namaskar' or yogic exercise programme for school children, the
Madhya Pradesh government today directed district chiefs to prepare for the
event scheduled to be held simultaneously across the state on January 25,
amidst protests from some Muslim bodies.
District collectors have been instructed to form special committees to
monitor 'surya namaskar' and pranayam programmes, planned at the school,
district and state levels, announced by state Health Minister Ajay Vishnoi
last month.
State-level programme scheduled here, will be led by yoga guru Babaramdev,
and will be telecast and aired across the state, official sources said
adding citizens, private organisations and educational institutes, will be
motivated for attending them. Two resources teachers in every block will be
trained to conduct the programme and organise rehearsals between January 13
and 20. The programme has drawn flak from some Muslim bodies, who have
lodged a complaint with Governor Balram Jakhar claiming that community
members were being forced