how cults use thought-reform as a means to manipulate and control the masses. If people are left uneducated‚ senseless acts of self and social destruction will continue to be carried out by followers of proclaimed prophets. Shoko Asahara’s cult_ _“Aum Shinrikyo‚” which translates to “teaching of the supreme truth” (Wessinger 121)‚ an organized and violent group‚ has correlating similarities to Tyler Durden’s following. Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club_ _is a book about a man that creates a following
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A cult‚ an unorthodox religious sect whose members distort the original doctrines of religion‚ they are not always dangerous or destructive‚ they can just be `variations of religion. However certain cults such as‚ Children of God‚ Aum Shinrikyo‚ and the People’s Temple‚ practice destructive devotion to a belief. These cults share one belive‚ the apoclypes is coming‚ they use this fear of doomsday to scare members into conforming to beliefs and customs. These beliefs border on illegal and terrorism
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faces of others but most of the peoples attract towards religious or spiritual aspects of life to get peaceful life. There are some examples when direction less peoples disturbed the societies. For example in 1995‚ Shoko Asahara‚ leader of the Japanese Aum Shrinrikyo religious sect‚ ordered his followers to release the poisonous sarin on Tokyo underground. Twelve peoples died and 5000 were injured. In 1978 the leaders of a new religious group Jim Jones ordered his followers to drink fruit juice laced
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John Hall’s Theory: Violence in Aum Shinrikyo Despite whether these actions have justification are no‚ new religious movements all across the globe have been at some point under scrutiny by those outside their realm of beliefs. Aum Shinrikyo is no exception. It was subject to violence when it suffered attempts to destruction and vengeance. In 1995‚ a Tokyo subway was the hit with a nerve gas attack. It was targeted towards devotees of Aum Shinrikyo‚ who were riding it. With many ways to examine
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uncertainty is that people might judge based on stereotypes and pre-determined frameworks (Dai‚ 2009). Although these stereotypes can be both positive and negative‚ it often comes with a stigma and creates stresses for the individual. It is tightly linked to AUM because as mentioned‚ anxiety can be caused by conceptions for oneself. Through successful communication cross-culturally‚ it does not only allow for the individuals to have a positive identity‚ but also
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of meditation takes its absolute form. His seated posture is similar to the posture one sits in while they are meditating. The sound “AUM” that is repeated over and over again‚ is meant to express ultimate reality in the cosmos‚ in the Lord of Yoga - Shiva‚ and in the individual. The quote “His sound is the reverberating the syllable AUM” (1.26)‚ suggests AUM is the Lord of
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Indian Mutual Fund Industry – The Future in a Dynamic Environment Outlook for 2015 JUNE 20 09 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. The Indian Mutual Fund Industry - Current State 3. Challenges and Issues 4. Voice of the Customer 5. Future Outlook in a Dynamic Environment 6. Action Plan for Achieving Transformational Growth 7. Summary 01 03 10 15 20 26 32 Preface The Indian mutual fund industry has witnessed significant growth in the past few years driven by several favourable
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Gold Loans ‘Lending with comfort’ Muthoot Finance – BUY CMP: Rs154 Target: Rs202 Largest gold financing company in the country with 20%+ market share AUM growth to moderate but remain strong on higher base NIM to decline on steep increase in funding cost; yield to be relatively resilient Earnings CAGR to remain brisk at 39% over FY11-13E RoA to marginally come-off; RoE to normalize India - a huge gold loan market India is one of the largest markets for gold accounting for ~10%
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mutual fund industry has evolved over the years. Though‚ it has grown at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 15 per cent from FY07 to FY13‚ the growth performance in the recent years have been rather subdued. However‚ Assets Under Management (AUM) as a per cent of GDP for India is about 5 to 6 per cent‚ significantly lower than some other emerging economies‚ for example‚ 40 per cent for Brazil and around 33 per cent for South Africa2. This indicates significant headroom for growth. However
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onwards.Investement in Indian Matual Market The Indian mutual fund industry has significantly high ownership from the institutional investors. Retail investors comprising 96.86 per cent in number terms held approximately 37 per cent of the total industry AUM as at the end of March 2008‚ significantly lower than the retail participation.Out of a total population of 1.15 billion‚ the total number of mutual fund investor accounts in India as of 31 March 2008 was 42 million (the actual number of investors is
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