The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (969 page)

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Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization
, (3HO).
A movement founded by Yogi Bhajan (Harbhajan Singh) in California in 1969. A Sikhderived movement, 3HO aims at cleansing the subconscious mind and the whole person of all impurities principally through the practice of
ku
alin
and
Tantric yoga
,
meditation
, and mantric chants, thereby preparing the individual for the reception of that ‘pure consciousness’ of which Yogi Bhajan is the vehicle.
Heart, Sacred
(object of Christian devotion)
:
Heart S
tra
(Mah
prajñap
ramit
-hridaya-s
tra).
A short Buddhist text, which, like the
Diamond S
tra
, may be regarded as a distillation of the essential teachings on emptiness (
nyat
). The
Heart S
tra
may be dated at around 350 CE.

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