> > Om, how bout a Tao Jones Index of spiritual energy or experience >for places, > spiritual movements, gurus, preachers, llamas, ayatollahs, saints >and > spiritual healers? The Tao Jones Index of shakti for spiritual > experience. Something like a shakti meter of spiritual >experience. > Could be sector indexes. Regions, countries, religion, spiritual > practices. > > Gov't of Bhutan apparently has an index of `happiness that they > keep. Being a Buddhist country, would be an index of `no=thing'? > > The Tao Jones Index of Shakti
Tao Jones Index of Shakti fell over night on on published accounts that administrators of Maharishi International University are having sex, with their students. Currency of the Global Country for World Peace fell further on this news. Analysts of the Tao-Jones Index observe that shakti when once lost is very hard to regain in the market. > > > > Rama Krishna <aram_1903@> wrote: > > > > Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and Dharma > >Investments, a leading private investment firm pioneering the > >development of faith-based investment, today announced the launch of > the Dow Jones Dharma Indexes. The new indexes measure the performance > of companies selected according to the value systems and principles > of Dharmic religions, > > > > > http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=134246 > > > especially Hinduism and Buddhism. > > The Dow Jones Dharma Index series includes the Dow Jones > Dharma Global Index, as well as four country indexes for the U.S., > the U.K., Japan and India. The indexes are designed to underlie > financial products such as exchange-traded funds and other investable > products that enable investors to participate in the performance of > companies which are compliant with Dharmic religious traditions. > > "The Dow Jones Dharma Indexes are the first faith-based indexes > created to measure Dharma compliant equities. As faith-based and > socially responsible investing continues to grow worldwide, our goal > is to provide the investment community with the most comprehensive > benchmarks that comply with these principles," said Michael A. > Petronella, president of Dow Jones Indexes. "The launch of the new > Dow Jones Dharma Indexes marks a major step in our effort to further > expand our range of faith-based indexes. Dow Jones Indexes pioneered > this space by launching the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes in 1999 - > - today the leading Islamic market indexes worldwide." > > "We are honored to be serving a demand for faith-based > investing," said Nitesh Gor, CEO of Dharma Investments. "India and > Asia have made remarkable advances economically over the last few > years and in parallel we believe that bringing our religious values > onto the global stage offers sustainable solutions to the problems > facing the world today. The principle of Dharma contains precepts > relevant to good conduct, but also the implicit requirement of > mindfulness about the sources of wealth -- and therefore responsible > investing," he added. "The Dow Jones Dharma Index brings together a > combination of environmental, social, governance and traditional sin > sector filters. As such, the Index is unique and will not just have > appeal to the religious, but to a far broader audience as well. We > are also very grateful to the broad array of the most eminent > spiritual leaders within the Dharma religions for their continuing > involvement and blessings. Their endorsement of this Index gives > > us great confidence in its authority and eventual success." > > The index universe for the Dow Jones Dharma Indexes is defined as > the top 5,000 components of the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Total > Market Index as measured by float adjusted market capitalization, and > all components in the Dow Jones Wilshire India Index. To be included > in the Dow Jones Dharma Indexes, stocks must pass a set of industry, > environmental, corporate governance and qualitative screens for > Dharmic compliance. > > Industry screens include unacceptable sectors and business > practices. Environmental screens take account of a company's impact > or policies with respect to emissions, climate change and carbon > footprint analysis, oil and chemical spills and waste management and > recycling. Corporate Governance screens comprise the handling of > labor relations/disputes/discrimination allegations, human rights > violations, working conditions/wages. > > Excluded from the index are companies from sectors that are > deemed unacceptable due to the nature of their business activities > and operations. Excluded are also companies that have exposure to > unacceptable business practices. Some examples of unacceptable > sectors are aerospace and defense, brewers, casinos and gaming, > pharmaceuticals, tobacco. Some examples for unacceptable business > practices are alcohol, adult entertainment, animal testing and > genetic modification of agricultural products. > > To ensure the quality of the indexes and the integrity of the > underlying index methodology, three boards were established to > define, build and implement the screening criteria: the Dow Jones > Dharma Academic Advisory Committee, the Dow Jones Dharma Supervisory > Board and the Dow Jones Dharma Religious Council. > > The Dow Jones Dharma Academic Advisory Committee provides > guidance and establishes the principles for the methodology. Members > include: > > > > Prof. Francis X. Clooney SJ, Parkman Professor of Divinity > and Professor of Comparative Theology, Harvard University; Dr. > Jeevan Deol, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK; Prof. > Gavin Flood, Professor at Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies; Prof. > D. Gold, Lecturer in South Asian Religions, Cornell; Prof. > Richard Gombrich, Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies; Prof. Pema > Gyalpo, Professor of International Relations at Toin Yokohama > University, Japan; Dr. Peter Harvey, University of > Sunderland; Prof. John Stratton Hawley, Ann Whitney Olin > Professor of Religion and Department Chair at Barnard College, > Columbia University; Dr. Kabilsingh, Head of the Department of > Philosophy and Religion at Thammasat University, Bangkok; > Prof. Damien Keowen, University of London; Prof. Shashiprabha > Kumar, Chairperson, Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, > Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Prof. Julius Lipner, > > Professor of Hinduism and of Comparative Study of Religion, and > Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge University; Dr. Angelica > Malinar, SOAS, Lecturer in Hinduism, Department of Study of > Religions, School of African and Oriental Studies; Prof. Werner > Menski, SOAS, Professor of South Asian Laws, School of Law, > University of London; Dr. Godavarisha Mishra, Professor in the > Department of Indian Philosophy, University of Madras, > Chennai; Dr. Ved Prakash Nanda, Vice Provost for > Internationalization and a John Evans University Professor at the > School of Law, University of Denver; Prof. Vasudha Narayanan, > Professor of Religion at the University of Florida and a past > President of the American Academy of Religion; Prof. Patrick > Olivelle, Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions in the > Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at > Austin; Prof. Lord Bhiku Parekh, a fellow of the Royal Society > of Arts and of > > the Academy of the Learned Societies for Social Sciences, as > well as a Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of > Westminster; Prof. T.S. Rukmani, Chair of Hindu Studies, > Department of Religion, Concordia University; Prof. Michael > Shackleton, Director of International Studies, Osaka Gakuin > University, Japan; Dr. Sharada Sugirtharajah, Senior Lecturer in > Hinduism at Birmingham University, UK, and Research > Postgraduate Welfare Tutor; Dr. Nick Sutton, Oxford Centre > for Hindu Studies; Prof. Tom Tillemans, Professor at the Faculty > of Letters and Chair of Buddhist Studies at the University of > Lausanne in Switzerland. > > The Dow Jones Dharma Supervisory Committee interprets the > principles and creates and implements the screening criteria in > accordance with the methodology. Members include: > > > > Dr. Lokesh Chandra, Director of the International Academy of > Indian Culture; Venerable Khammai Dhammasami, the incumbent of > the Oxford Buddha Vihara -- he heads the International Secretariat > for the UN Day of Vesak based in Bangkok; Lord Navnit > Dholakia OBE DL, served as member of the Commission for Racial > Equality and has been involved in the Sussex Police Authority, > Police Complaints Authority and Howard League for Penal > Reform; Prof. Gavin Flood, Professor at Oxford Centre for Hindu > Studies; Alfred Ford, a Hindu and philanthropist; Prof. > Richard Gombrich, British Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit, > Pali, and Buddhist Studies; Prof. Pema Gyalpo, Professor of > International Relations at Toin Yokohama University Japan; > Dr. Kabilsingh, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Religion > at Thammasat University, Bangkok; Prof. Shashiprabha Kumar, > Chairperson, Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal > > Nehru University, New Delhi; Dr. Ved Prakash Nanda, Vice > Provost for Internationalization and a John Evans University > Professor at the School of Law, University of Denver; Prof. > Vasudha Narayanan, Professor of Religion at the University of > Florida and a past President of the American Academy of > Religion; Dr. V.R. Panchamukhi, Chancellor of the Rashtriya > Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh; Prof. T.S. > Rukmani, Chair of Hindu Studies, Department of Religion, Concordia > University; Venerable Hiek Sopheap, A Royal Monk and Director of > the Association of Buddhists for the environment. > > The Dow Jones Dharma Religious Council ratifies and endorses the > established guidelines and methodology. Members include: > > > > His Holiness Srimat Vanamamalai Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami, > represents the most popular math belonging to the Tengalai > tradition; His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, heads the > Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha of > the Swaminarayana tradition; His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami, > leading member and respected teacher within the International > Society for Krisha Consciousness; Venerable Sangharaja, the > Patriarch of Cambodia, Chief Spiritual Advisor to the King of > Cambodia and the most senior of the two Patriarchs of Cambodian > Buddhism; Jagannath Temple, a Krishna temple located in Orissa > (East India); His Holiness Sri Pejawar Math Swami, one of the > most respected saints of the Madhva faith; Sri Sri Ravi > Shankar, a spiritual and humanitarian leader, founder of the > International Art of Living Foundation; Venerable Prof. Dr. > Chisho Mamoru Namai, Director of the Institute of Esoteric > Buddhist Culture; > > Venerable Dr. Ashin Nyanissara, chancellor of Sitagu > International Buddhist Academy (SIBA). > > > > http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=134246 > > > > > ,o
