deshgujarat.com AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA, DECEMBER 20, 2008: For international peace and unity, Gujarati Ram kathakar Morari Bapu will organize a World Religion conference at Gujarat’s Mahuva from January 6 to 11th 2009. The six-day conference happens at Kailash Gurukul in Bhavnagar district, seeking ways to find harmony among world religions. According to the details announced in Mumbai press conference, Tibetan…
www.abpnews.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, December 18, 2008: A majority of American Christians believe that at least some non-Christian faiths can lead to eternal life, according to a new survey released today by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. This inclusive belief is common even among evangelicals, a branch of Protestant Christianity whose doctrine specifically contradicts this more inclusive…
www.hinduismtoday.com To say “through silence He is realized” is not correct, because Supreme Knowledge does not come “through” anything. Supreme Knowledge reveals Itself. Anandamayi
pib.nic.in DELHI, INDIA, December 21, 2008: (HPI note: When previously announced, this article had the title “Number of Christians in India Did Not Grow In the 1990s”, which is incorrect. The minority was stable as a percentage of the total population.) Answering a written question resulting from a legal inquiry, Union Minority Affairs Minister Shri A.R.Antulay stated that the percentage…
www.hinduismtoday.com The mystery is no mystery to the mystic. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
www.phnompenhpost.com PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, December 17, 2008: Cambodia was home to one of the greatest Hindu empires, until the fall of the Khmer empire in 1431. Ancient carvings in local temples show yogis in deep meditation. The art is long forgotten, but today, yoga studios in the capital are increasingly reaching out to disadvantaged communities to share the health benefits…
www.siddhaconference2008.com CHENNAI, INDIA, December 22, 2008: “The Second World Congress on Siddha Philosophy: the Way and View of Life of the Siddhas” will be held at Sathyabama University, 20 south of Chennai on the Mahabalipuram Road from December 26 to 29. It is organized by General Secretary Professor T.N. Ganapathy, PhD. The conference will feature many international speakers and exhibits…
p class=”source”a HREF=”http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/business/20nocera.html?pagewanted=all”www.nytimes.com/a/p p class=”summary”MUMBAI, INDIA, December 22, 2008: So far, India’≥ banking and real estate market remains steady and secure amidst the economic turmoil affecting many other countries. “ân India, we never had anything close to the subprime loan,”†said Chandra Kochhar, the chief financial officer of India’≥ largest private bank, Icici. “Åll lending to individuals is based on their…
www.indiajournal.com ANAHEIM, CA, USA, December 19, 2008: At an informal gathering recently at the Chinmaya Mission center,Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, head of the Kauai Hindu Monastery, met with members of the mission and exchanged some thoughts with Swami Ishwarananda, the head acharya of CMLA. Swami Bodhinatha who oversees among other things the well acclaimed magazine, “Hinduism Today” spoke to the gathered…
www.hinduonnet.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 22, 2008: Mobile entertainment company Nazara Technologies has launched a game that can be played on the new generation iPhone. Based on the Mahabharata, the 2D game portrays original incidents from the epic and gives an opportunity to gamers to know more about Hindu heritage. “Epic content is very acceptable in the market. With it,…