<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2308304739910492190</id><updated>2012-02-01T23:25:54.567-08:00</updated><category term='religion'/><category term='zen'/><category term='japan'/><category term='buddhism'/><category term='buddha'/><category term='china'/><category term='eastern religion'/><category term='chan'/><title type='text'>Amazing Religion Facts</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://religz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2308304739910492190/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://religz.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>John The Monk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01503831435441344467</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2308304739910492190.post-6807883601706290983</id><published>2006-12-13T05:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T05:29:34.041-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bunch Of Hindu Gods</title><summary type='text'>Bunch Of Hindu Gods Part 1, or simply     Brahma  It is one of the Hindu gods, a member of Trimurti (Hindu Trinity) (the others are Vishnu and Shiva). His first functions is to be the God of Creation. He is usually confused with the Supreme Cosmic Spirit of Hindu philosophy (named Brahman), but the words are akin to each other. His wife is named Saraswati, the goddess of learning.  Brahma is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://religz.blogspot.com/feeds/6807883601706290983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2308304739910492190&amp;postID=6807883601706290983' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2308304739910492190/posts/default/6807883601706290983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2308304739910492190/posts/default/6807883601706290983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://religz.blogspot.com/2006/12/bunch-of-hindu-gods.html' title='Bunch Of Hindu Gods'/><author><name>John The Monk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01503831435441344467</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HbffypkLTmo/RX__c6ZgesI/AAAAAAAAAAs/1mqjQTOkcm4/s72-c/275px-Brahma_Halebid.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2308304739910492190.post-652618495229472942</id><published>2006-12-08T06:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-08T06:47:45.526-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eastern religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buddhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chan'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Why Does Zen have such a name?  To answer this question we have to have a bit of a look through the history of that very special and interesting religion.    Zen, as you might already know, is a branch of Buddhism, which emerged in the East (Bodhidharma is believed to be a Chinese Zen (Chan) founder, 6 AD). He is also believed to be a South Indian monk who travelled to China and established his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://religz.blogspot.com/feeds/652618495229472942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2308304739910492190&amp;postID=652618495229472942' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2308304739910492190/posts/default/652618495229472942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2308304739910492190/posts/default/652618495229472942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://religz.blogspot.com/2006/12/why-does-zen-have-such-name-to-answer.html' title=''/><author><name>John The Monk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01503831435441344467</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HbffypkLTmo/RXl6kdeekWI/AAAAAAAAAAM/w30g-uBl9aE/s72-c/200px-Japanese_buddhist_monk_by_Arashiyama_cut.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
