The expectation that success in meditation will come quickly is incorrect. Not only must you sustain your practice for a long time, but without interruption and with devotion. Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of HINDUISM TODAY
KATHMANDU, NEPAL, September 3, 2021 (My Republica): Preparations are currently underway to reopen the Pashupatinath Temple around the Teej festival on September 9. According to Rewati Raman Adhikari, Administrative Officer of the Pashupatinath Area Development Trust (PADT), the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the District Administrative Office of Kathmandu have been consulted. The Pashupatinath Temple along with…
We cultivate purity by thinking, speaking and doing only that which is conceived in compassion for all. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of HINDUISM TODAY
PIROJPUR, BANGLADESH, August 28, 2021 (Dhaka Tribune): Unidentified miscreants vandalized four statues of Hindu Goddesses at a temple in Nesarabad upazila of Pirojpur on Friday. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Nesarabad police station Abir Mohammad Hossain said that members of law enforcement agencies visited the spot and an investigation is underway to identify those responsible for the vandalism. According to local sources,…
INDIA, September 2, 2021 (Deccan Chronicle): World Coconut Day on September 2 is an ode to the quintessential ingredient coconut that has shifted gears outside the kitchen. The humble coconut is having its moment as it is being lapped up across the world as a super ingredient that is making its way across industries. The ubiquitous nature of coconut is…
“Eventually, all that one has learned will have to be forgotten”Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)
PURI, INDIA, August 24, 2021 (Daily Pioneer): Finally, after a gap of four months, the Jagannath Temple here reopened for devotees on Monday. The devotees had a darshan of the Holy Trinity from 7 am. “The devotees will be allowed to have darshan of the Lords from 7 am to 7 pm from Monday to Friday. The temple will remain…
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 26, 2021 (The Diplomat, by Shareen Joshi): The Washington, D.C.-based Pew Research Center recently released a landmark survey on religion and society in India. Administered to 29,999 respondents in 17 languages between November 2019 and March 2020, the survey is certainly a formidable endeavor. The final report provides fascinating insights into the coexistence of religiosity, pluralism, and…
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. Rumi (1207-1273), Sufi mystic and poet
MADURAI, INDIA, August 23, 2021 (The Hindu): Sri La Sri Harihara Sri Gnanasambanda Desika Swamigal took over as the 293rd pontiff of the Madurai Adheenam at a grand coronation ceremony that took place on Monday. After the recent death of the 292nd pontiff, Sri La Sri Arunagirinadha Sri Gnanasambanda Desika Paramacharya Swamigal, the historic Shaivite mutt had announced that Harihara…