Author: Jay Reeves

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020201052_pf.html

Deep inside an overcrowded prison with a reputation for mayhem, convicted killers, robbers and rapists gather in a small room. Eyes closed, they sit silently with their thoughts and consciences.

Their everyday life is just...

Author: Wes Little

Source: CNN Belief Blog

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/25/fight-emerges-over-yogas-religious-roots/

Sheetal Shah, an official with the Hindu American Foundation, hears a lot about the physical practice of yoga these days - but not much about its religious roots.

So her group, which seeks to provide what it calls "a progressive voice for American Hindus," recently mounted...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Press-Telegram

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,9836,0,0,1,0

The Rev. Kong Chhean was surrounded by a sea of orange, white and yellow flowers as hundreds paid their respects to the late Buddhist monk on Sunday.

They remembered him as a man who was devoted, compassionate and spiritual - a man who worked to help heal the Cambodian community.

Author: James Coffey

Source: The Tampa Bay Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/religious-spiritual-diversity-in-tampa-bay/shinto-japan-s-oldest-religion

While driving around the Tampa Bay area, you may have spotted the picturesque wooden arches that are turning up in neighborhoods and dotting the countryside. These are signs of a growing spiritual influence around the Bay area, that of Japanese Shinto....