Nous avons proposé cette année d’offrir une initiation au śivaïsme, destinée principalement aux étudiants de master, à travers la lecture d’un texte du śivaïsme non dualiste Cachemire, datant fin xe ou début xie siècle : le Pratyabhijñāhṛdaya « Cœur reconnaissance » Kṣemarāja. Pour notre conférence, nous divisé les deux heures en parties indépendantes, comme précédemment. Ainsi avons‑nous conti...

BACKGROUND We examined independent influences of contextual variables on cardiovascular risk factors in Shilin county, Yunnan province, South-west China. METHODS Three villages were selected from each of the ten townships based on probability proportional to size. In each selected village, 200 individuals aged > or = 45 years were chosen based on simple random sampling method. From 6006 indiv...

This paper examines the concept of “diversity” as mentioned in the Qur’an and how commonalities in diverse religions may be used as a model for civilizational dialogue towards achieving harmony. This study reveals that religious and cultural diversity are laws of nature which cannot be changed while the concept of “identity” is a contested issue in modern discourse. Results also show that peace...