It is ironic that the area most closely identified with the Shankaran traditions of India, the Land of the Gods, which encompasses the pilgrimage shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath, and Joshimath (the locality of Jyotir Math monastery) is an area dangerously under- resourced when it comes to health support. Even when the treatment is affordable or free, prescribed drugs must be purchased in the marketplace, no reduction for the poor. I would like to see the contempory spiritual teachers reach out to their devotees and instil in them concern for these people. They carry collosal weight in India. They can influence their followers to change the unhealthy practise of burning plastic bags, and encourage free dispensaries and treatment centres for the disadvantaged.
--- In [email protected], Jason Spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There are 300 million people living in poverty in india, Premanand. China has a much better health care system than india. The socialist system in China has successfully vaccinated every child in China and provided cheap good quality medicines. > > Something has gone terribly wrong in india. Corruption in Government hospitals, kidney stealing rackets, contaminated blood products, infected injection needles etc etc. > > Bill Gates has donated 100 million dollars to indian health care and he has promised much more. But, how these assholes are going to use the money, I don't know. > > --------OriginalMessage--------- > From: "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:58:38 -0000 > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Satya Yug in India.?? > > Indian newspapers all too frequently carry news of man's inhumanity > to man. The reports of murder bring a kneejerk reaction of revulsion, > but the hidden unspoken news is that good healthcare for many is > beyond their pockets. > > Having spent about five weeks recently visiting a Delhi hospital, I > am very impressed by the close co-operation of Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, > and Christian peoples in working together in harmony for the common > good, utilising up-to-date technology and methods. For me this is > cause to feel a measure of optimism for India's future. But they need > help in reaching out to the disadvantaged poor. They need money. They need it to treat the very poor, the sweepers and the skivvies. I am > no Bob Geldorf but anyway please give them your bloody money! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Need Help? Get Help! Tools and Strategies for Healthy Drug-Free Living</a>. http://us.click.yahoo.com/wI.OUB/dbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
