www.news24.com BERLIN, GERMANY, August 23, 2008: About 150 supporters of Germany’s far-right National Democratic Party demonstrated on Saturday in Berlin against the building of a Hindu temple. Construction work on the Hindu temple is scheduled to begin early next year, in the multi-ethnic district of Neukoelln in south Berlin. A member of an extreme-right group, who had been subject to…
www.himalayanacademy.com KAUAI, HAWAII, August 25, 2008: Himalayan Academy Publications, an organization of Kauai’s Hindu Monastery, released yesterday its traditional panchangam. It has precise dates and times calculated according to Vedic astrology adjusted for hundreds of cities worldwide. The Vedic Calendar is a public service to the worldwide Hindu community, made possible by the efforts of the monastics under the guidance…
www.hinduismtoday.com Science sometimes runs the risk of not seeing the truth, because it does not want to know about miracles. Jacques Cousteau
dailypioneer.com ORISSA, INDIA, August 24, 2008: Swami Laxmananda Saraswati, the 80-year-old monk who spearheaded the anti-conversion movement in Orissa’s tribal dominated areas for decades, was shot dead at his Jalespata Ashram under Tumudibandha block in Kandhamal district late Saturday night. Director-General of Police Gopal Nanda confirmed the murderous attack on Swami Laxmananda Saraswati’s ashram. The police suspect the killers to…
www.hafsite.org WASHINGTON, DC, USA, August 20, 2008 (Press release): Unrest and violence has gripped the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir once again over a Hindu shrine, raising grave concern among Hindu Americans. The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) weighed in today as the Government of India failed to gain control of the situation and events continued to escalate. The recent…
www.guardian.co.uk KATHMANDU, NEPAL, August 20, 2008: A centuries-old tradition in Nepal of worshipping a virgin girl-child in a palace as a “living goddess” has been challenged after it was condemned as outdated by the country’s supreme court, which has ruled that the deity-girl must go to school. Earlier this year, religious authorities started a search for a new Kumari, chosen…
www.hindu.com BANGALORE, INDIA, August 11, 2008: It has been described as one of the world’s biggest lexicography work, begun in 1948 and expected to be completed in another 50 years from now. The Sanskrit dictionary project undertaken by the Deccan College of Pune has already seen three generations of lexicographers at work and many more to go. The only other…
www.hinduismtoday.com There is no good and bad karma; there is self-created experience that presents opportunities for spiritual advancement. As long as we react to karma, we must repeat it. That is the law. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
hinducentre.org.sg SINGAPORE, August 20, 2008: How does Hinduism reconcile its messages with the challenges of change facing it everyday? To address these and other questions facing Hinduism today, the Hindu Centre, an independent organization that is committed to the spiritual evolution of Hindus in Singapore, will bring together several eminent scholars and teachers from abroad for a two-day Conference. Entitled…
specials.rediff.com INDIA, August 14, 2008: [HPI note: these are the first paragraphs of a first-hand account of this year’s Amarnatha Yatra, by Swapnil Bhumkar. You can read the whole diary by clicking on the link above.] Sri Ganganagar was where we came across our first langar, where free food is distributed to anyone and everyone. We were in Jammu, six…