Ia berkenaan tapak warisan Hindu Vivekananda Ashram yang berusia 110 tahun kerana isu berkenaan termasuk di bawah bidang kuasanya

PETALING JAYA : Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) Malaysia menggesa agar Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor tidak mengamalkan sikap lepas tangan berkaitan tapak warisan Vivekananda Ashram kerana isu berkenaan termasuk di bawah bidang kuasanya.

Menurut Exco Sayap Pemudanya, Jestin Raj Savarimuthu, bangunan warisan Ashram yang berusia 110 tahun itu adalah merupakan simbol ikon spiritual di mana ia merupakan sumber kebanggaan masyarakat India di Malaysia

AMK membantah keras berkenaan isu ini di mana kami turut berkongsi sentimen komuniti dan identiti mereka di Malaysia.

Kami juga menuntut Lembaga Pemegang Amanah untuk bekerjasama bersama-sama Kementerian Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan bagi menggazetkan bangunan tersebut kerana mereka telah ditawarkan untuk menggazetkan bangunan itu pada April 2008 tetapi tawaran tersebut ditolak oleh pemegang amanah pada November 2008, katanya pada sidang media di Ibu Pejabat PKR di sini hari ini.

Baru-baru ini, media melaporkan kerajaan tidak boleh menghentikan projek yang dibangunkan pihak swasta di tapak warisan Vivekananda Ashram kecuali menasihatkan pemilik tanah mengekalkan bangunan itu.

Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor berkata, bangunan warisan Hindu itu terletak di tanah persendirian, oleh itu kementerian akan menasihatkan pemaju dan pemegang amanah untuk mengekalkan bangunan asalnya.

Jestin berkata, pihak Lembaga Pemegang Amanah seharusnya telus dan memberikan maklumat terperinci cadangan pembangunan kerana mereka menyatakan ia adalah untuk manfaat masyarakat India.

Dalam pada itu, Naib Ketua Angkatan Muda KEADILAN, Fahmi Fadzil berkata perkara tersebut merupakan salah satu masalah yang sering berlaku di Kuala Lumpur.

Umum kita mengetahui di Kuala Lumpur banyak mempunyai bangunan-bangunan bersejarah dan tapak warisan.

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Welcome to Eat Pray Love Ashram. Here at the homepage we have shared a few different ideas we feel might be helpful to those who are on the path to awakening their inner-self. The major ideas we explore are:

If you would like to get a taste of what an ashram is like, please visit the following page: http://www.tureya.com which is one of the ashrams we recommend for spiritual seekers.

Like many of the curiously adventurous soul seekers that have emerged in the last century, I have been looking for answers. From meditation retreats to daily 6 a.m. yoga classes Ive been weaving through the prowls of material life looking for something that I know to be far greater than what my worldly life could encompass. There, inside of my heart, was a secret garden of wisdom that was waiting to bloom, it just needed a little sunlight, water, and nutrients.

And like many I have also done my fair share of travels, wondering through the vibrant rays of the holistically unique cultures dispersed throughout the world, each with their own beauty and wisdom. But for me, India was my resting ground. Like a seed in the wind waiting to find fertile ground to land upon, India presenting a pristine opportunity for me to plant roots and begin to sprout a key that could unlock my inner spiritual garden.

Although I had many premonitions of visiting, it was not until a train ride from Brussels to Madrid that my dream began to manifest itself as a reality. Ive been on European trains many times throughout my life, but what made this trip unique was my encounter with a kind hearted women from Italy who had with her a book published by one of her dear friends, Elizabeth Gilbert.

She was a diamond in the rough my co-traveller gleamed as she reminisced upon treasured memories of the past. You share the same eagerness to venture the depths of your soul as Elizabeth did.

Flattered by the possibility that I shared qualities with someone who had the knack to write a book about India, I asked my new friend if she would be willing to lend me the book. Of course she replied Ive already gone through it several times. Maybe it will shed some light on your own awakening she giggled.

She was right, and the eloquent dance of Elizabeths life in India set of a spark in heart that was so strong I could never consider turn back. I quit my job at the European Consulate and dove head first into a journey into the unknown world of a mystic life in India.

Elizabeth Gilbert was right: if you want walk the path of a yogi in India you need to visit an ashram. But there are so many to chose from, and if you spend even a few minutes on the internet you will find that most ashrams appear to be big frauds that pocket peoples money in the name of spirituality. One person ever writes about how ashrams are centres for drugged up hippies and trendy do-gooders.

But such an image of Indian ashrams is incomplete and narrow minded. It neglects to even entertain the simple fact of life that what is true for one thing may not be true for another. A basic example would be to compare a professor from some small town community college with a Department Head at Harvard University; they are both professors, but their ability to teach and their academic knowledge is going to vary quite drastically. Making a generalization that all things sharing the same name are good or bad is presumptuous and belittling.

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Welcome to Swami Dayananda Ashram

Dayananda Ashram Rishikesh is situated on the banks of the Holy Ganga, away from the major tourist attractions. It is a unique centre for the study of Vedanta and Sanskrit; unique in the sense that the classes are conducted in English yet the adherence and reverence to the ancient tradition of teaching (Sampradaya) is total. There is a temple dedicated to Lord Siva as Gangadharesvara facing the Ganga. The main lecture hall also faces the Ganga. There is a library with more than 5000 titles on various subjects, i.e. Vedanta, Sanskrit Grammar, Indian and western philosphies, Religion and Yoga. There is also a Yoga studio where regular Iyengar Yoga camps are conducted.

The ashram was established during the 1960s by Swami Dayananda Saraswati, who is an internationally recognised teacher of Vedanta and foremost scholar of Sanskrit. Swamiji and his disciples conduct regular residential courses at the ashram with the focus on Bhagavad Gita and the ten principal Upanishads as commented upon by Adi Shankaracharya. These and selected ancillary texts are analysed and taught along with Sanskrit grammar in the Paninian style. Vedic chanting is also taught during courses.

In addition, throughout the year, a resident acharya holds daily discourses on the Upanishads, incorporating analytical examination of Adi Shankaracharya's commentaries.

Dayananda Ashram is the parent Vedanta institute of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam group, established by Swami Dayananda. Known as Arsha Vidya Pitham it means a centre of learning based on the teaching of the ancient rishis.

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Waytha tells Tengku Adnan to act in the public interest instead of acting powerless.

KUALA LUMPUR: Hindraf Chairman P Waytha Moorthy expressed his shock at the Federal Territory Ministers blatant ignorance regarding the laws and his responsibility to protect and save Malaysias heritage.

He said in a statement that Tengku Adnans claims that the government has no power to stop the private development and can only advise the land owner to retain the Vivekananda Ashram building in Brickfields clearly shows the minister is ignorant on the laws available and demonstrates his shallow attitude towards our national heritage.

Waytha pointed out that it was widely known that the National Heritage Department had gazetted the Ashram earlier in 2008 & 2009.

He said the argument put forward by the FT minister and KL mayor that the board of trustees could go ahead with the development plans while maintaining the heritage site was utter rubbish.

It does not take a rocket scientist to tell that the planned development would cause permanent destruction to the heritage building, said Waytha.

He was disappointed with Tengku Adnans lackadaisical attitude towards the fight to save the Ashram and accused him of making a mockery of Malaysias status as a committee member of the World Heritage Committee. The minister seems to have conveniently ignored and failed to consult the heritage department on the buffer zone requirement, and whether a prior study existed following the guidelines set by the relevant authorities.

As a Minister, he should not open his mouth if he is not aware of the facts, the laws and the need to protect our national heritage, said Waytha who felt that the public would not be so foolish as to accept his passing the buck statement.

He told Tengku Adnan to invoke his powers to suspend the development plan and to do what is best to serve the public interest.

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The FT Minister says his ministry cannot do anything as the ashram is on private land.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Territories Ministry has no power to stop development at Vivekananda Ashram in Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Brickfields, as it sits on private land.

Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said the ministry would discuss the issue with the parties concerned.

We will talk to them (property owner, project developer and Vivekanda Ashram (board of trustees) and hope they listen to the public outcry (on development of the area).

We will advise them to retain the heritage elements but dont expect the government to take over the project. The people will be outraged, he told reporters after launching the Sarapan Pagi 1Malaysia programme organised by Federal Territory Wanita Barisan Nasional (BN).

News reports said that a 23-storey apartment building and an eight storey car park would be constructed on a 0.4 hectare land in the ashram area.

The ashram area has a facade over 100 years old and a bronze statue of Swami Vivekananda.

The Vivekanda Ashram board of trustees reportedly sold the land to F3 Capital with commitment the ashram was retained while the funds obtained were to be used for operating SJKT Viveknanda (Brickfields) and SJKT Thamboosamy Pillai (Sentul).

Kuala Lumpur Mayor Ahmad Phesal Talib who was also present said Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) did not have the right to reject any application to develop the area.

As the planning authority, we have to process the developers application. If the public says it cannot be developed as it is sensitive and has heritage value, it is up to the trustees to reconsider the decision (development plan).

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VANCOUVER, Sept. 23, 2014 /CNW/ -Commerce Resources Corp. (TSXv: CCE, FSE: D7H) (the "Company" or "Commerce") announces that it has initiated a program of downstream hydrometallurgical processing for material from the Ashram Rare Earth Deposit. This hydrometallurgical testing will demonstrate the entire conceptualized flowsheet with a target of producing a mixed rare earth carbonate (REC) product. Once the hydrometallurgical flowsheet is fully bench tested, and mineral processing further optimized, a mini pilot plant will commence to generate feed for the production of a cerium and lanthanum depleted mixed REC concentrate for evaluation by a potential joint venture and/or off-take partner.

The testwork also allow for a deeper evaluation of other potential end-product options with ready markets.

After a detailed review of the flowsheet, as well as a third party in-depth review of marketable rare earth products and potential end-users, the work is now focusing on the following objectives:

The metallurgical programs will be conducted at UVR-FIA GmbH in Germany, and Hazen Research Inc. in Golden, CO. Both the hydrometallurgical and mineral processing programs will be completed in a parallel and cooperative manner between Hazen and UVR for optimal advancement of the schedule.

Commerce President Chris Grove states: "Through our understanding of industry interests and requirements, we are excited to be initiating these advanced metallurgical programs with Hazen and UVR."

NI 43-101 DisclosureDarren L. Smith, M.Sc., P.Geol., Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd., a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, supervised the preparation of the technical information in this news release.

Eric Larochelle, Eng, and Alain Dorval, Eng., Manager- Process, Mining and Mineral Processing., of Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, Qualified Persons as defined by National Instrument 43-101, reviewed the technical information presented in this news release.

About Commerce Resources Corp.Commerce Resources Corp. is an exploration and development company with a particular focus on deposits of rare metals and rare earth elements. The Company is focused on the development of its Ashram Rare Earth Element Deposit in Quebec and the Upper Fir Tantalum and Niobium Deposit in British Columbia

On Behalf of the Board of Directors COMMERCE RESOURCES CORP.

"Chris Grove"Chris Grove President Tel: 604.484.2700 Email: mailto:cgrove@commerceresources.com

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Like water in a mountain brook traveling towards the ocean, our soul is the expressive movement of life towards something divine and eternal. Whether we recognize it or not, our heart beats the song of the eternal heart, our mind hums with the song ofomnipotence, and our body breaths the celestial breath of life and nature.

Eat Pray Love Ashram is about our most essential quality of life; uniting our little individual-self with the eternal-self. This holistic union is an expression of theinherent desireingrainedin the universe that stimulates bliss, joy, and everlasting life.

Eat Pray Love Ashram was created with the hope of providing a source of illumination for spiritual seeks who have come to the internet in search ofknowledgeand information about the joys of spiritual living and the beauty of ancient India.

About The Author

Dr. Susan Goodrich is a curiously adventurous soul who has spent the last 10 year of her life in search of liberation for her mind, body, and spirit. After exploring the various spiritual traditions of the west, Susan began her inquisition into eastern traditions which seems to posses a more universal understand of the inner-world. Upon reading Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Susan embarked on an adventure to India where she met her life teacher Guru Tureya at the Tureya Ashram in Southern India. Today Susan teaches meditation classes and Chakra healing in her home town Portland, Organ.

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