http://fading-scars.blogdrive.com/ fading-scars Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:05:43 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. http://fading-scars.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Sat, 30 Apr 2005 09:00:50 GMT Jharkhand (झारखंड) is a state of India. It was carved out of the southern portion of Bihar state on 15th November, 2000. The region is also known as Vananchal. The word Vananchal is derived from combination of two Hindi words: "Vana" meaning forests, and "anchal" meaning area - thus the word Vananchal indicates a land mass of green forests and cool fountains. Jharhkand is bordered by the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east. The industrial city of Ranchi is its... (more) http://fading-scars.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2 http://fading-scars.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:51:59 GMT Hoa Hao Buddhism is a religious tradition founded in 1939 by Prophet Huynh Phu So, a native of the Mekong River Delta region of southern Vietnam. Adherents consider Hoa Hao a continuation of a 19th century Buddhist ministry known as Buu Son Ky Huong ("Strange Perfume from Precious Mountains," referring to the That Son range on the Vietnam-Cambodia border). The founders of these traditions are regarded by Hoa Hao followers as living Buddhas, destined to save mankind from suffering and to protect the Vietnamese nation. Hoa Hao claims approximately two million followers throughout Vietnam; in... (more) http://fading-scars.blogdrive.com/comments?id=1