RNS [HPI note: These Vatican statistics are relevant to Hinduism because they show the Catholic Church’s need for conversion and aggressive proselytism in India.] VATICAN CITY, March 2, 2009: The number of Catholic priests rose slightly in 2007, but only because of dramatic growth rates in Africa and Asia, according to new statistics released by the Vatican. “The number of…
www.chinmaya-chicago.org CHICAGO, IL, USA, March 2, 2009: From June 30 to July 5, Chinmayananda Yuva Kendra (CHYK) at Chicago will be holding their tenth annual Hindu youth camp for college students and young professionals. The week will be filled with wonderful and fulfilling experiences to help today’s Hindu youth reconnect with their culture and religion and rediscover some of those…
www.hinduismtoday.com In the great teaching of the Vedas, there is no touch of sectarianism. It is of all ages, climes and nationalities and is the royal road for the attainment of the Great Knowledge. American philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
www.sindhtoday.net LONDON, ENGLAND, March 5, 2009: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles visited the massive Swaminarayan temple in northwest London Wednesday to celebrate Holi with all the color, music and dance of the festival. The royal couple watched as white-robed students at the nearby Neasdon school celebrated Holi by throwing colored powder and water at each other while Indian…
www.hindu-blog.com INDIA, March 5, 2009: Gobinda Dwadasi (Govinda Dwadashi), considered highly auspicious by Vishnu devotees, falls on the 12th day during the waxing phase of the moon in Phalguna (Falgun) month. This year it falls on March 8, and Hindu astrology indicates a situation that last occurred in 1961, 48 years ago. This rare combination in Hindu Almanac associated with…
www.yomiuri.co.jp TOKYO, JAPAN, March 6, 2009: An increasing number of famous temples that attract large numbers of visitors have banned smoking throughout their premises, echoing antismoking measures adopted by public facilities in recent years. Some temples have merely restricted smoking to designated areas inside their grounds; but at the Sotoshu sect’s Koganji temple in central Tokyo–popularly known as Toge-nuki Jizo-son–a…
www.hinduismtoday.com O Mother! Let all my speech be your prayer; let all my crafts and technology be your worship and be the mystic gestures of my hand, adorning you. May all my movements become your devotional circumambulating. May everything I eat or drink be oblations to you. Let my lying down in rest and sleep be prostrations to you. Mother!…
www.hinduonnet.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, March 5, 2009: For the first time in Nepal’s history, the young girl worshipped as a living goddess by Hindus and Buddhists alike (and a major attraction for foreign tourists) has discontinued her much-awaited daily public appearances. Also for the first time, tourists have been stopped from entering her palace. “We took the decision Monday to protest…
www.hinduonnet.com BALI, INDONESIA, March 5, 2009: Despite all the talks about the ban on certain elements of yoga by the country’s top Muslim body, Indonesia formed its first yoga association on Thursday at the International Bali India Yoga festival. Formed under the aegis of Somvir, an Indian spiritual guru and academic who formed the Bali India Foundation to teach yoga…
Religion News Service NEW YORK, U.S., March 5, 2009: More than 40 years after they traveled to India to study transcendental meditation, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will reunite for the cause. The only two surviving Beatles, who rarely appear in public together, will perform at “Paul McCartney and Friends: Change Begins Within,” an April 4 benefit at New York’s…