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www.hinduismtoday.com Refuse to be miserable.    Swami Swaroopananda, Chinmaya Mission, Australia

www.organiser.org INDIA, March 03, 2009 : India is a secular republic, and secularism commands separation of state and religion. Yet State governments have taken over all prominent Hindu temples and shrines. This is an anti-secular act–and it is clearly discriminatory and anti-Hindu, since no Christian church or Muslim mosque has been touched, only Hindu temples. Article 25 of the Indian…

www.hindu-blog.com PURI, INDIA, March 3, 2009: Gobinda Dwadasi is an auspicious day which falls on the 12th day during the waxing phase of the moon in the Phalguna month. Gobind Dwadasi is considered highly auspicious by Vishnu devotees. In 2009, the date of Gobinda Dwadasi is March 8, which is of great significance at the Puri Jagannath Temple, because a…

www.hinduismtoday.com The future is the continuing summation of all our past actions and reactions, for there is only the moment in which we live. The eternal now is the only consciousness we have when living in the higher states of mind.    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

www.thenews.com.pk KARACHI, PAKISTAN, February 28, 2009: Though the Sindh government claims that the Shri Varun Dev Mandir in Manora is protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage Act, controversy persists over its jurisdiction. The Pakistan Navy claims that the temple falls in their jurisdiction, and also the powers to renovate and change it. In January this year, The News had learnt…

www.hinduismtoday.com There is one thing God cannot do. He cannot separate Himself from the soul.    Yogaswami of Jaffna (1872-1964)

www.theatlantic.com In October 1908, a brilliant article discussing India’s new nationalist movement appeared in The Atlantic. A summary follows; read the whole article at “Source” above. BOSTON, USA, January 1908: What is India’s Nationalist Movement? What has brought it into existence? What does it portend for the future of India, and the future relations between India and Great Britain? India…

www.dailytexanonline.com AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA, February 24, 2009:The sounds of Bollywood music Monday accompanied an educational rally that launched the annual Hinduism Awareness Week at the University of Texas campus here. The rally, presented by the Hindu Students Council, aims to educate students and dispel common misconceptions about the religion; it is followed by a week of events, including guest speakers,…

www.hinduyuva.org WINSCOSIN, USA, February 27, 2009 (by Abhipsa Kar): Sewa is any act one performs for the benefit of others. In Sanskrit, it is described in the shloka “Paropakaraya Punyaya, Papaya Parapeedanam” (any action resulting in the good of others is noble and should be performed). Every service done to others is a service done to oneself and, in effect,…

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