timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, July 11, 2008: An estimated crowd of over a million people have walked together in the Waari — a holy pilgrimage in Maharashtra that is perhaps the world’s longest pilgrimage. Waari is undertaken in the Hindu month of Ashadhi Ekadashi. Every year, devotees walk along the 280 mile route from Alandi (near Pune) to Pandarpur (near Kolhapur)…
www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/3214642.Temple_man_quits_over_beating_scandal/ LONDON, ENGLAND, July 19, 2008: The president of a Hare Krishna temple in Letchmore Heath has been forced to resign after being found guilty of beating students in India. Gauri Das, president of Bhaktivedanta Manor, in Hilfield Lane, inflicted “inappropriate and excessive corporal punishment”, according to a report published this week. The abuse occurred during his time teaching at…
www.nytimes.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, July 18, 2008: “We’re borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet,” said former Vice-President Al Gore on Thursday. “Every bit of that’s got to change.” In his speech at an energy conference in Washington, Mr. Gore cited military-intelligence studies warning of “dangerous national…
www.hinduismtoday.com What is the secret of the true life? To remain still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly awake while in meditation. Dada Sadhu Vaswani
www.iht.com UBUD, INDONESIA, July 15, 2008: It was the most spectacular royal funeral in Bali in at least three decades. In a roar of orange flames, the body of Agung Suyasa, head of the royal family of Ubud, was reduced to its earthly elements Tuesday in a mass cremation that included three royal figures and 68 commoners. In a Balinese…
www.newindpress.com KERALA, INDIA, July 5, 2008: The Congress party in Kerala on Saturday decided to strengthen agitation against the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of the state over a controversial Class 7 textbook. The Congress, which is on a campaign demanding withdrawal of the social science book, would organize a series of meetings across the state against teaching from the…
news.bbc.co.uk PREAH VIHEAR, CAMBODIA, July 15, 2008: Two hundred Thai and 380 Cambodian troops are said to be deployed at Preah Vihear temple, which sits on disputed territory along the border. The build-up happened after Cambodia said Thai troops had crossed to its territory – a charge Thailand denies. It comes days after Unesco listed the temple as a World…
www.hinduismtoday.com Everybody knows that we have five senses. But there is one more sense–the sixth sense which is common sense, which should be devoid of nonsense. Swami Adhyatmananda of the Divine Life Society
www.youtube.com KAUAI, HAWAII, USA, July 15, 2008: Marking its full entrance onto the stage of online video, Kauai’s Hindu Monastery launched its new monthly podcast. It is a 10-minute video highlighting the activities of Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today, and the many events happening at the monastery including the progress of Iraivan Tmeple, America’s first all-stone Hindu temple.…
Among the most splendid works on display are four folios belonging to a Persian translation of the Ramayana prepared during around 1600 CE. “The work, created for the emperor’s mother by the most respected painters of the time, is an excellent example of the fusion of the Persian and Indian artistic traditions,” said Eberhard Fischer, the director of Rietberg museum.…