{"id":3509,"date":"2014-07-06T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/?p=3509"},"modified":"2014-08-22T16:04:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T21:04:29","slug":"searching-for-spirituality-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/07\/searching-for-spirituality-in-india.html","title":{"rendered":"Searching for Spirituality in India: Gurus, Swamis, &#038; Yogis"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/api\/embed.html#\/video\/international\/2014\/06\/05\/orig-indian-awakenings-rishikesh.cnn\" width=\"416\" height=\"234\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Studying Hinduism? Want to show your students a glimpse of the spiritual nature of India\u2019s holy cities?<\/p>\n<p>These cities are a colorful mix of seekers searching for meaning from gurus, astrologers, swamis, and yogis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2014\/06\/world\/rishikesh\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNN\u2019s Jessica Ravitz spent two weeks in the holy city of\u00a0Rishikesh<\/a> along the Ganges River on what she calls, \u201ca personal mission:\u00a0to write about this place and what it means to those who flock here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The result is a colorful and fascinating feature story called \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2014\/06\/world\/rishikesh\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Indian Awakenings.<\/a>\u00a0 She introduces us to \u00a0an interesting \u00a0mix of personalities. 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