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	Network of Women in Media > Law > Commentary
		The judgment of the Sati Court, Jaipur pronounced on 31 January 2004, acquitting all the accused charged for glorifying the practice of sati in four,out of 22 cases, full of lacunae.
		When in these cases the accused were hailing Roop Kanwar as sati and raising slogans in her honour, it was clearly an offence of glorifying the practice of sati in the legal sense of the term.
		In challenging a practice as retrogressive as widow immolation called sati, and a judgement as biased as this, the state of Rajasthan demonstrated its concern for women, and its commitment to uphold the laws of the land that clearly do not allow either the practice of widow immolation or its glorification as sati.
	www.nwmindia.org /Law/Commentary/sati.htm (2984 words)

	Sati (practice) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The practice of jauhar, known from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh was the collective suicide of a community.
		Although the myth of the goddess Sati is that of a wife who dies by her own volition on a fire, this is not a case of the practice of sati.
		The practice of sati, and its later legal abolition by the British (along with the suppression of thuggee) went on to become one of the standard justifications for British rule.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sati_(practice) (5258 words)

	Kamat's Potpourri: The Tradition of Sati in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sati was prevalent among certain sects of the society in ancient India, who either took the vow or deemed it a great honor to die on the funeral pyres of their husbands.
		One finds a large number of satis committed just after the war (like the Johar in Rajasthan (map - topics), when the women must have died to protect their honor from the invading enemies after their men perished in the battlefield.
		The ritual of sati was banned by the British Government in 1829 (see a timeline of Sati).
	www.kamat.com /kalranga/hindu/sati.htm (486 words)

	Sati in Hinduism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The rite of sati was prevalent in India until it was prohibited by the British Government in 1829.
		Regulation XVII of 1829 declared sati illegal and punishable by the criminal courts as 'culpable homicide' amounting to manslaughter,' for which a death sentence could be awarded.[ 2 ].
		The sati which accompanied the cremation of the body of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Punjab in 1839 is a case in point.
	muslimsonline.com /babri/sati.htm (653 words)

	Sati Was Started For Preserving Caste
		The practice existed among the higher castes mainly, though it was given a honorable and prestigious outlook among the masses by various means adopted by the Brahmins.
		Sati, enforced widowhood and girl child marriage along with prohibition of education of women and reduction of age of marriage of women are the various points so inter-related that they must be discussed together.
		Sati, enforced widowhood and girl marriage are customs that were primarily intended to solve the problem of the surplus man and surplus woman in a caste and to maintain its endogamy.
	www.ambedkar.org /research/Sati_Was_Started_For_Preserving_Caste.htm (3445 words)

	Anapana Sati
		This is an amplified paraphrase of the passage from the Maha-satipatthana Sutta on anapana sati.
		The key to the practice is to set up mindfulness naturally at the spot where the in-breaths and the out-breaths are felt entering and leaving the nostrils.
		The wisdom that distinguishes between the exhilarating results of the practice and the task of detached contemplation is called "purification by knowledge and vision of the true path and the false path." His mind, so purified, sees very clearly the rise and cessation of mind and matter.
	www.accesstoinsight.org /lib/authors/ariyadhamma/bl115.html (4022 words)

	The practice of sati in India
		For example, shortly after Kanwar’s sati, the Sati Dharma Raksha Samti (the “Committee for the Defense of the Religion of Sati”) was formed (Hawley 1994: 9).
		Though the origin of sati is questionable, Megasthenes, the Greek chronicler recorded cases of sati as early as the fourth century B.C. (Oldenburg 1994: 166).
		Furthermore, a greater incidence of satis were evident during the early years of British rule, primarily in East India where as many as five deaths a day where documented during the height of this “epidemic” (Dalrymple 1997: 16).
	www.csuchico.edu /~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/spring99/parrilla/parr1.htm (1756 words)

	To one that feels
		The meaning of this: the practice that led to the arising of the Buddha was the going against the stream of thought all the way to its origin, the source of thought, and it was there that Awakening occurred.
		And I practiced the method of the rising and falling of the abdomen: this is also a method of inhalation and exhalation.
		The method of practice is to know the movements of the body – we don’t have to watch the movements of our breathing – we have to know the movements of the physical body and then see the movement of the mind.
	www.baus.org /sati/to_one_that_feels.htm (18350 words)

	Sati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to Hindu mythology, Sati the wife of Dakhsha was so overcome at the demise of her husband that she immolated herself on his funeral pyre and burnt herself to ashes.
		Especially in the medieavel ages Sati was given the status of an act of honour.
		Sati was even committed by women before their husbands were actually death when their city or town was beseiged by the enemy and faced certain defeat.
	www.vivaaha.org /sati.htm (2115 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Sons arrested in sati death probe
		She is believed to have belonged to the upper-caste Hindu Rajput community, where acts of sati are reported to have continued even though the practice was banned in India during British rule.
		Sati is a an ancient Hindu act of devotion which translates as "faithful wife".
		Her death sparked a national outcry, and led to the government issuing a ban on the glorification of sati with a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment and a fine of up to 30,000 rupees ($650).
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/5366506.stm (501 words)

	Concentration leads to Absorption
		Mindfulness (Sati) practice is defined in the Sati suttas as attentive awareness of the breath, body, senses and mind.
		Mindfulness is the common translation of the Pali term 'Sati.' However, I prefer to use the word 'awareness' for a translation of the Pali term 'Sati,' because that is what we are doing when we are practicing Satipatthana, developing awareness.
		The Sati suttas are a series of concentration exercises that lead to the development of awareness (Sati), which leads to absorption (jhana), which leads to cessation (nibbana).
	www.greatwesternvehicle.org /concentration.htm (996 words)

	Central Sati Act - An analysis
		The regulation was clear, concise and unequivocal in its condemnation of Sati, declaring it illegal and punishable by the criminal courts.
		Depending again on the circumstances, the crime may be attempt to murder (section 307); attempt to culpable homicide not amounting to murder (Section 308); or abetment to suicide punishable with one year's imprisonment and attempt to commit suicide which is an offence for the woman as well.
		The degree of culpability should matter but under the new law the latter person is as liable to the death sentence as the person who actually holds down the widow and prevents her from escaping from the pyre.
	www.pucl.org /from-archives/Gender/sati.htm (2709 words)

	Outlawed Hindu practice of `Sati' resurfaces in Madhya Pradesh village
		Madhya Pradesh Police on Tuesday confirmed that a village woman had committed `Sati', the ancient but outlawed Hindu practice of wife burning to death on her husband's funeral pyre.
		Sati, or the practice of a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre, is believed to have originated 700 years ago among the ruling class or Rajputs.
		Although the practice of sati has been virtually non-existent elsewhere in India after the British banned it, about forty cases have taken place since India's independence in 1947.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060822/428545.html (366 words)

	Amazon.com: Sati - Widow Burning in India: Books: Sakuntal Narasimhan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		She further illustrates how, throughout Indian history, sati rituals must be seen as part of a wider canvas of social attitutes that denigrate women; a widow's lot is particularly wretched and even today widows are routinely excluded from various religious functions and festivities.
		Although sati was officially outlawed in 1829, the rite persists: the book points to the 1987 self-immolation of 18-year-old Roop Kanwar in the presence of a crowd of 4000, an act that incited nationwide pro- and anti-sati sentiment.
		A well-researched book, Sati explores the historical background of the practice of sati; a widow's self-immolation on the funeral pyre of her husband.
	www.amazon.com /Sati-Widow-Burning-Sakuntal-Narasimhan/dp/0385423179 (1508 words)

	Sati in India, Sati - the Burning of The Widow bride
		Sati is the practice through which widows are voluntarily or forcibly burned alive on their husband's funeral pyre.
		There was another revival of the practice in 1981 with another prevention ordinance passed in 1987 (Morgan 1984).
		Sati, the wife of Daksha, was so overcome at the demise of her husband that she immolated herself on his funeral pyre.
	www.indianchild.com /sati_in_india.htm (585 words)

	Food for the Heart
		Their content would be decided by the current situation — slackness in the practice, confusion about the rules, or just plain "unenlightenment." In a lifestyle characterized by simplicity and contentment with little, complacency is an ongoing tendency, so that talks for arousing diligent effort were a regular occurrence.
		This is the cause for the decline of the practice.
		To say "real practice" or "ardent practice" doesn't necessarily mean you have to expend a whole lot of energy — just put some effort into the mind, making some effort with all the feelings that arise, especially those which are steeped in sensuality.
	www.accesstoinsight.org /lib/thai/chah/heartfood.html (22090 words)

	S.S. Kshatriy's Blog : Sati or not to Sati, S.S. Kshatriy blogs on sulekha, Religion blogs, S.S. Kshatriy blog from ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is important to look at the practice of Sati and such stray incidents in the right perspective.
		Whenever a new bride came into the village, she'd first be taken to Sati Chaura to pay obeisance to the mother and pray for the well being of her husband.
		Even in the past, but for the evil practice in Bengal, it was not an issue.
	s-s-kshatriy.sulekha.com /blog/post/2000/01/sati-or-not-to-sati.htm (1132 words)

	Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, Fall, 2006
		Because chaplains regularly meet with people in personal crises, chaplaincy is a powerful form of service and, for Buddhist practitioners, a challenging situation for their practice.
		He returned to the USA in 2000 and currently resides at Liberation Park outside Chicago, where he leads a lay life of practice and teaching.
		A significant part of the day will be an introduction to Pastoral Counseling, which was first developed within Christian seminary training to bring the knowledge and skills of psychotherapy and counseling to priests and ministers who act as counselors, ethical guides, and spiritual mentors, within the context of their religious practices and traditions.
	www.sati.org (751 words)

	Sati Center Chaplaincy Program
		As Buddhist spiritual practice finds an increasing presence within American society, there is both an opportunity and a need to train Buddhist practitioners to serve as spiritual caregivers and chaplains.
		The Sati Center for Buddhist Studies is offering a yearlong training program to provide an introduction to spiritual care skills from a Buddhist perspective.
		This is a unique opportunity to study Buddhist principles and practices relevant to spiritual caregiving, as well as an introduction to the psychological, social, and ethical issues related to chaplaincy.
	www.sati.org /chaplaincy06.html (828 words)

	My Home Page
		The "Sati" page demonstrates scripturally that sati is an inherent part of being a Hindu widow.
		The Euthanasia organization website contains a webpage that argues the Roop Kunwar case as an example of euthanasia, releasing a widow from a life of misery.
		The universality of human rights is at the core of the intervention question, a question still relevant to the consideration and practice of human rights in an international or supranational context.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/religion/mcgee/SATI.html (221 words)

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