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	The Watchman Expositor: Index of Cults and Religions
		In most cases the group claims to be Christian, but because of their aberrant beliefs on central doctrines of the faith (God, Jesus, and salvation), the organization is not considered by Watchman Fellowship to be part of orthodox, biblical Christianity.
		The basic theology of the group is Protestant but, according to former members and other critics, the group exercises inappropriate control over the members and practices shunning and other forms of spiritual abuse.
		Modern groups that claim to revive Celtic Christianity are frequently a mixture of Protestantism and Roman Catholicism, with few legitimate ties to the early Celtic church.
	www.watchman.org /cat95.htm (14256 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aleph arranges studies in accordance with a special kogaku (learning) system, in which each new stage is reached only after examinations are passed successfully, as in university education.
		Despite the highly negative public image that followed the group since the time it decided to participate in municipal elections, the group attracted a considerable number of young intellectuals and was dubbed a "religion for the elite" by the press due to the abundance of graduates from Japan's top universities.
		Aleph's activities aimed at the popularization of Buddhist texts were also noted by the governments of Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Tibetan government-in-exile located in Dharamsala, India.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aleph_%28Buddhist_group%29 (1636 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tokyo subway sarin gas attack (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, usually referred to in the Japanese media as the 地下鉄サリン事件 (chikatetsu sarin jiken "subway sarin incident") was an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated by a group of members of AUM Shinrikyo on March 20, 1995.
		The group gained international notoriety in 1995, when its founder and a group of followers were accused of masterminding the poison gas attack.
		Aleph has announced a change of its policies, apologized to victims of the subway attack, and established a special compensation fund.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tokyo-subway-sarin-gas-attack (2450 words)

	Aleph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aleph or Alef, first letter of many Semitic alphabets including Phoenician, Hebrew and Aramaic.
		Aleph was an operating system kernel, notable primarily for being one of the steps in the evolution of Mach.
		Members of the Aleph Zadik Aleph are referred to as Alephs.
	en.wikipedia.org /?title=Aleph (293 words)

	wiki/Aleph (Buddhist group) Definition / wiki/Aleph (Buddhist group) Research (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In fact, the Aleph's Lord Shiva (also known as Samantabhadra, Kuntu-Zangpo, or Adi-Buddha) derives from Tibetan VajrayanaVajrayāna Buddhism, also known as Tantric Buddhism, Mantrayana, and Esoteric Buddhism, is often viewed as the third major school of Buddhism, alongside the Theravada and Mahayana schools.
		In the view of Shoko Asahara, the group's founder, the doctrine encompasses all three major Buddhist schools: Theravada (aimed at personal enlightenment), MahayanaMahāyāna (literally Great Vehicle; Chinese:大乘, Dàshèng; Japanese: Daijō) is one of the major branches of Buddhism (See Yana for the classification of Buddhism into vehicles, and Schools of Buddhism for further information.).
		The group also had several centers in Moscow, RussiaThe Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: Росси́я, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Aleph_(Buddhist_group) (3399 words)

	Aum Shinri-kyo Updates (CESNUR) - January-May 2005
		Aleph issued a statement Sunday to express a ``heartfelt apology'' for the Aum attack and a commitment to compensate victims.
		She describes the movement as "true blue Buddhism," and distinguishes it from Soka Gakkai, the giant lay Buddhist group founded in 1930 that is behind the ruling bloc's New Komeito party.
		Aleph's membership was recently estimated at as high as 2,000 and monitoring of the group by the Public Security Intelligence Agency continues - as does the controversy surrounding the group.
	www.cesnur.org /2005/aum_01.htm (6620 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo :: Poison Gas Group in Japan Distances Itself From Guru
		TOKYO, Jan. 18 -- The religious group responsible for a deadly nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995 said for the first time today that its founder and leader had probably been involved in the attack and that he would no longer serve as the group's leader.
		The group said today that it was making "drastic reforms," including changing its name from Aum to Aleph, which is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and purging itself of doctrine that condoned murder for the benefit of the group.
		Aleph, which members said signifies renewal, is also the name of a company affiliated with the group, which is believed to have about 2,100 followers.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /10558 (1105 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The group gained notoriety when its founder and a number of senior members were convicted of masterminding the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway 1995 poison gas attack on a Tokyo subway.
		Aleph is not a successor group, it is the same group.
		Aleph claims to base its doctrine on the ancient Buddhism Buddhist Pali Canon, although they also venerate the Hindu god Shiva.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Aum_Shinrikyo.html (8039 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It gained international notoriety in 1995, when its founder, Shōkō Asahara, and a group of followers were accused of carrying out a poison gas attack on a Tokyo subway.
		Many refuse to classify Aleph as Buddhist for the fact that scriptures from other traditions are being used complimentary to Buddhist sutras.
		Aleph arranges studies in accordance with a special kogaku (learning) system, in which every next stage is approached only after examinations are passed successfully, similar to university education.
	aum-shinrikyo.biography.ms (1298 words)

	ALEPH - OneLook Dictionary Search
		ALEPH, Aleph : Free On-line Dictionary of Computing [home, info]
		Aleph : Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics [home, info]
		Phrases that include ALEPH: aleph zero, aleph detector, egyptian aleph
	www.onelook.com /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=ALEPH (192 words)

	Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The group reportedly still has about 2,100 members, and continues to recruit new members under the name Aleph (the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet).
		Group followers operate several businesses, though boycotts of known Aleph-related businesses, in addition to searches, confiscations of 'possible evidence' and picketeering by right-wing groups, have resulted in closures.
		Aleph had successfully sued municipal governments but Aleph is still in limbo in Japan.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/sa/Sarin%20gas%20attack%20on%20the%20Tokyo%20subway.htm (2397 words)

	Fumihiro Joyu
		Fumihiro Joyu (上祐史浩; Joyu Fumihiro; born 17 December 1962) was the spokesperson and public relations manager of the controversial Japanese Buddhist religious group Aum Shinrikyo, and has been the de facto chief of the organization since 1999.
		A few years later, he joined the monastic order of Aum Shinrikyo, at the time a little known Buddhist religious group founded by Shoko Asahara.
		The organization has taken responisibility for the various incidents involving some of its former senior members, apologized to the victims and established a special compensation fund for the victims.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Fumihiro_Joyu (451 words)

	Shoko Asahara biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shōkō Asahara (麻原彰晃 Asahara Shōkō), March 2, 1955 is the founder of the Japanese Buddhist religious group Aleph (formerly called Aum Shinrikyo).
		The group was granted legal recognition after an appeal, in 1989.
		As some of the disciples testified against Asahara, he was found guilty on 13 charges out of 17 (three were dropped) and sentenced to death on February 27, 2004.
	chizuo-matsumoto.biography.ms (1180 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Death penalty for Japan cult guru
		The group mixed Buddhist, Hindu and Christian tenets and believed some kind of Armageddon was imminent.
		The group had also begun to feel threatened by the police at the time of the subway strike and some analysts believe it was in part designed to delay and confuse the authorities.
		Aum is still operating, albeit under the new name of Aleph and with a supposedly benign new remit.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3491488.stm (383 words)

	Aleph
		Aleph or Alef (א) the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet; ʾalif is the equivalent letter of the Arabic alphabet.
		aleph null ( $\aleph_0), the cardinality of countable infinite sets;$
		aleph one ( $\aleph_1), the cardinality of certain uncountably infinite sets, possibly including the real numbers?$
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Alef (220 words)

	Ecology News
		One might certainly plead that it is a much needed restatement of the Buddhist vision in modern times; one might side with the poets (among them, the Buddha himself) and agree that truth gets lost in the words and therefore needs restating anew from age to age.
		Buddhist monks still performs state ceremonies, but they have to be careful to confine their sermons to subjects that provide solace to political leaders and have little or no relevance to society.
		The Buddhist practice of equanimity toward all beings helps practitioners to extend the love and compassion for their own pets, to the farm animals with which we are so directly connected through food and markets.
	www.nbo.org.uk /ecology/ecology%20news.htm (11376 words)

	AUM SHINRI KYO (SUPREME TRUTH)
		Many of them were drawn to the group because of a promise that they would develop supernatural powers; others were attracted by the group's rejection of the corruption and materialism which they saw throughout modern Japan.
		The group established a number of chemical factories and stockpiled various chemicals, as preparation for this Armageddon.
		The group apparently believes that she has great spiritual abilities because she was born after her father was "enlightened" in 1982.
	www.religioustolerance.org /dc_aumsh.htm (1142 words)

	No alla Pena di Morte - NO to the Death penalty - Comunità di Sant'Egidio
		The group's attacks "destroyed this myth among Japanese people that we all live in harmony, at peace with one another in this community," said Tatsuo Inamasu, a professor of social psychology at Hosei University in Tokyo.
		Aum Shinrikyo renamed itself Aleph in February 2000 in an effort to create a new image under the leadership of Fumihiro Joyu, Aum's former spokesman, who completed a 3-year prison sentence in 1999.
		The Aleph Web site condemns the gas attack, saying the group deeply apologizes to the victims and their bereaved families.
	www.santegidio.net /pdm/news2004/28_02_04.htm (2557 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo :: 10 years after Aum sarin attacks, pseudo-religions thriving in Japan
		Founded in 1984 in Shibuya, Aum was a mixture of Hindu and Buddhist mysticism topped with millenarian teachings about the creation and destruction of the universe.
		Aleph's membership was recently estimated at as high as 2,000 and monitoring of the group by the Public Security Intelligence Agency continues — as does the controversy surrounding the group.
		In January, a senior Aum member who had been imprisoned for participating in a deadly 1994 Aum sarin attack on Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, was found dead after undergoing "thermal training," which involved bathing in 50ºC water for long periods of time.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /10538 (2204 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo : Apologetics research resources
		Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese religious movement currently operating under the name 'Aleph,' is best known for its March 20, 1995 terrorist attack on the Tokyo subway system.
		The group reveres Shiva as their chief god, and is involved in ancient yoga, primitive Buddhism and Mahayanist Buddhist teachings.
		The group's ultimate aim is to 'save all living things from transmigration.' The group is often referred to as a new Buddhist sect, but it also claims to be an original religion based on Hinduism and created by Mr.
	www.cultfaq.com /a06.html (791 words)

	MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
		Group for Social Resistance to the State Mechanism
		Group of Guerilla Combatants of Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon (CGNJMMP)
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	www.tkb.org /GroupComparisonReport.jsp (419 words)

	UUA Remembering September 11th One Year Later: Big Questions, Big Answers by Rev. Michael McGee (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We also organized 15 covenant groups with an average of about 8 people per group, that met monthly to discuss each of these questions (we also had 10 other covenant groups focused on other issues).
		Other groups in the church also entered into the discussion, including the youth group, the Buddhist group, and the humanist group.
		The participants of the covenant groups will discuss those answers to see which are relevant and useful and which are not.
	www.uua.org /news/2002/91102/covenant1.html (366 words)

	Prison Resource Di
		The New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) is an association of Buddhist Centers and practitioners that derive their inspiration and guidance from the example of the ancient Kadampa Buddhist Masters and their teachings, as presented by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
		The National Buddhist Prison Sangha is a nationwide support network offering personal guidance, support, and instruction for prisoners interested in Zen Buddhist practice through correspondence, books, audio tapes, and a series of training manuals specially designed for prison practitioners.
		Aleph is a not-for-profit national organization which has created and implemented a host of programs over the past 20 years that provide alternatives to incarceration, rehabilitate inmates, counsel and assist their families, and provide moral and ethical educational programs inculcating universal truths and concepts common to all of humanity.
	www.cellpals.com /resourcedirectory.htm (11435 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Buddhism
		In Buddhist terms, a relic is the physical remains of someone believed to have reached the highest level in Buddhism.
		The group's controversial structures - which given it the nickname "teapot cult" - are said to combine architectural elements from Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism.
		Chamlong, who says he is chairman of the Dharma Army Foundation -- a reference to Buddhist faith -- and coordinator of 172 anti-alcohol groups plus 67 religious organizations including Muslim, Christian and Sikh groups opposed to the listing, has shifted his campaign from a religious argument to a legal dispute.
	religion.surfwax.com /files/Buddhism.html (4578 words)

	NPO Empowering Women Empowering Society -KEYWOMAN OF JAPAN
		That is how most of the Japanese grew familiar with the face of Shoko Egawa, a young female journalist who accurately reported on TV news shows how the little quasi-Buddhist group grew rapidly into a dangerous cult of monstrous ambitions.
		She analyzed how and why bright young Japanese were allured to it, warning it was born from the Japanese contemporary society itself.
		Although Asahara and other Aum Shinrikyo leaders are behind bars now, their group has yet managed to survive under a new name of Aleph.
	www.jksk.jp /e/keywomen/200301.htm (1151 words)

	2000 Annual Report for International Religious Freedom: Japan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		However, to receive official recognition as a religious organization, which brings tax benefits and other advantages, a group must register with local or national authorities as a "religious corporation." In practice almost all religious groups register.
		However, in June 1998, the Nagoya High Court upheld a lower court ruling ordering the Toyama prefectural government to pay monetary damages to 88 followers of a Buddhist group for violating their rights by ignoring for more than 10 years their application for certification as a religious group.
		In July 1998, the Kochi District Court ruled that using village government funds to repair two Shinto shrines was tantamount to allocating public funds to a religious group and therefore was unconstitutional.
	www.cesnur.org /testi/irf2000/japan.html (716 words)

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