By Anand Krishna For The Bali Times Atmano Mokshartham Jagat-Hitaya cha. Those in Bali who are still committed to the spiritual values and cultural heritage of their ancestors consider this the quintessence of their belief. Iti Dharma: this is righteousness; this is religion. But what does the maxim mean? Literally, it means “For one’s own [...]

By Dr Robert Goldman For The Bali Times Longevity News and Review provides readers with the latest information in breakthroughs pertaining to the extension of the healthy human lifespan. These news summaries are compiled by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M; www.worldhealth.net), a non-profit medical society composed of 22,000 physician and scientist members from [...]

A Day for Sartorial Splendour TODAY is Batik Day, following the United Nations’ decision to recognise Indonesian batik as one of the world’s most important cultural traditions. And among the many hotels in Bali and throughout the country making a sartorial statement is the Ayana Resort and Spa. Staff will support an appeal from President [...]

By Paulo Coelho For The Bali Times About Changing A holy man gathered his friends. “I am old,” he said. “And wise,” answered one of his friends. “We have always seen you pray through all these years. What do you talk about with God?” “In the beginning I had the enthusiasm of youth. I used [...]

Local Hero Gets on Board Three Months to Finalise Plans LEGIAN ~ Bali bombing hero and Muslim community leader Haji Bambang, who risked his life to help people caught up in the 2002 terrorist bombings in Kuta, has joined the campaign to turn the former Sari Club site in Kuta into a peace park. And [...]

The only link between deadly earthquakes in Indonesia and the South Pacific was the stretch of seismic activity where they struck – the site of most of the world’s quakes, experts said on Thursday. They said Tuesday’s 8.0-magnitude quake that hit the remote Pacific islands of Samoa and Western Samoa and a 7.6 tremor the [...]

KUTA ~ A man who presented himself as a police officer is believed to have brutally bashed, raped and murdered a female Japanese tourist whose partly clothed body was recovered from scrub in a vacant lot on Jl Mertanadi, Kuta, on Monday. Rika Sano, 33, went missing on Friday from a Legian hotel where she [...]

Stepping Stones: Tourists at Tirtagangga this week. The water garden is one of Karangasem regency’s biggest attractions and is also the site of a Hindu temple, from where the source of the holy water emerges.