media.www.dailynorthwestern.com EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, October 20, 2008: At Northwestern University yesterday, more than 100 Hindu students sat with their heads bowed over candle flames, echoing the Sanskrit chants of the priest inviting Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, to bestow prosperity upon the upcoming year of the Hindu calendar. Hindus from around the campus — and a few curious non-Hindus — crowded…
www.gitajayanti.org.sg SINGAPORE, February 3, 2008 [HPI note: though this event happened months ago, HPI has just received this report on the activities of Singaporean Hindus.] About 2,000 devotees — Singaporeans as well as Bengalis, Bhojpuris, Gujaratis, Kannadas, Malayalees, Marathis, Marwaris, Sindhis, Tamils and Telugus — gathered at the Sri Srinvas Perumal Temple to celebrate Gita Jayanti 2008. Gita Jayanti, which…
www.hinduismtoday.com Let your mind cognize itself by turning itself back on itself. Become consciously conscious. All you have to do is to watch your mind think. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
By Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent, India/South Asia NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 20, 2008: His Holiness Sri Swami Vimalananda, 86, a senior monk of the Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, has been elected as the Chairman of the Divine Life Trust Society and ex-officio President of the Divine Life Society with effect from 28th September, 2008. Through a message published in the…
NDTV NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 21, 2008: For those who have invested in and mutual funds, the economic slowdown is making this a very difficult time in which to hold a wedding in the traditionally extravagant Indian style. With their investments evaporated but prices still high, many families are making the decision to reconsider their priorities and make some compromises…
www.argusleader.com UNITED STATES, October 23, 2008: Like many churchgoers in the Bible Belt, Kristy Robinson teaches Sunday school with her husband and helps prepare Communion at their Episcopal church in Franklin, Tennessee. She rounds out her church- and prayer-filled life with another spiritual practice that’s not quite as familiar: meditation. “I’ll see a difference in my day if I don’t,”…
www.hinduismtoday.com Spirituality is neither the privilege of the poor nor the luxury of the rich. It is the choice of the wise man. Swami Chinmayananda
timesofindia.indiatimes.com INDIA, October 19, 2008: The ideal of arranged marriage — in which individuals wishing to find a spouse welcome the chance to meet prospects suggested by their parents and other elders, while retaining veto power — is starting to make sense to more and more Westerners. The West’s high divorce rate gives weight to Reva Seth’s argument in her…
in.reuters.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, October 16, 2008: HINDRAF, a now outlawed Malaysian Hindu rights group, vowed on Thursday to continue its fight. Hindraf chairman Waytha Moorthy, who is living in exile in Britain, said that Hindraf “will continue its struggle against the UMNO regime in Malaysia, as we can no longer be cowed nor are we any longer afraid.” Last…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com JAGATSINGHPUR, INDIA, October 20, 2008: A group of Hindu sadhus has demanded increased security at temples and for priests in Orissa, fearing further attacks against the community after the killing of Swami Laxamananda Saraswati and four of his aides last August. The gunmen remain unidentified, and Hindus want protection for themselves and their temples. Swami Arupananda, president of the…