Daily Inspiration
www.hinduismtoday.com We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Hindu Monk Strives to Save Mahabodhi Temple
www.ibnlive.com BODH GAYA, INDIA, May 8, 2008: The Mahabodhi temple is one of the holiest shrines for more than 376 million Buddhists around the world. However, in the last few years this place has been in news for all the wrong reasons. Today the situation is so grim that it is threatening the very existence of this holy site, including…
Giant Wrestler Finds Fame in India
news.bbc.co.uk NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 8, 2008: A giant former laborer from India who has become an international wrestling sensation is now a star in his homeland too. The Atlanta-based Dalip Singh Rana, who is from Himachal Pradesh, stands over 7ft tall and weighs nearly 200kg. Nicknamed the “Great Khali”, Rana is a top draw at the hugely popular World…
Daily Inspiration
www.hinduismtoday.com It was the beginning of term at a primary school in Brooklyn. The teacher asked the children their names, one at a time, and for each to spell the name out loud. When she came to a young boy and asked his name. Ravishankar Venkataraman Bannerjee, he replied. “Wow. How do you spell that?” asked the teacher. “Well,” said…
“Om Namah Jesus” Resounds in India’s Catholic Churches
indiaview.wordpress.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 8, 2008: Om Namaha Jesus could well reverberate inside hundreds of Catholic churches in India very soon, if the changing physical face of these places of worship is anything to go by. The Vatican-blessed process of enculturation being implemented by the 168 Catholic dioceses in India has already seen Jesus acquiring the form of a…
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Begins on June First
www.ddinews.gov.in NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 7 2008: (HPI note: This pilgrimage is for the rugged foot route directly from India to Kailash.) The annual Kailash Mansarovar Yatra will commence as scheduled on June one, the External Affairs Ministry announced in New Delhi today. Preparations have begun for the 26-day pilgrimage with the nod from the Chinese government, External Affairs Ministry…
Vegetarian is the New Prius
www.huffingtonpost.com USA, May 7, 2008: Last month, the United Nations published a report on livestock and the environment with a stunning conclusion: “The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.” It turns out that raising animals for food is a…
Daily Inspiration
www.hinduismtoday.com Though many people use God as a spare wheel, but we need God in each and every moment of our life. His Divine Holiness, Pramukh Swami Maharaj, spiritual head of Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Puroshottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
Nepal’s Living Goddess Tradition in Peril
sify.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, May 2, 2008: Nepal’s newly elected constituent assembly will hold its first meeting next month and officially begin the process of abolishing the Hindu king’s 239-year-old crown and turning him into a commoner. “The people have mandated us to transform Nepal into a federal democratic republic and end the feudal monarchical system,” Maoist lawmaker and winner of…
Spoken Sanskrit Camp for Youth in June in New Jersey
www.speaksanskrit.org SAYLORSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, May 5, 2008: Samskrita-Bharati USA will conduct “Shraddhaa 2008” the second annual East Coast spoken Sanskrit residential camp for youth (ages 12-16), from June 22 to June 28, 2008, at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Saylorsburg. The camp conducted by the youth and for the youth will involve teaching to speak in Sanskrit through interactive workshops. Even activities like…