www.hindu.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA, June 25, 2008: A group of sannyasins met the Governor of Kerala, urging him to direct the government to take action against the attack on ashrams in different parts of the State. Young militants, presumably from communist groups, have violently assaulted several religious institutions. Swami Gangesananda (Vidyadhiraja Ashram, Panmana, Kollam), Swami Bodhi Theertha (Sivagiri Madhom), Swami…
www.HAFsite.org MILPITAS, CA, USA, Jun 25, 2008: The Hindu American Foundation is planning an evening with speakers from Kashmir, Malaysia and Fiji to discuss Hindu rights worldwide. The event also will focus on the group’s annual survey, “Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights 2007,” as well as the foundation’s first supplement on federal funding…
www.ndtv.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA, June 24, 2008: In Kerala, a controversy hauls over a seventh standard social studies text. The chapter “Life without religion” has raised staunch opposition from religious leaders in Kerala, both Hindu and Muslim. Religious groups and opposition parties allege that the chapter undermines the role of religion and had been deliberately included to propagate the Marxist…
www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, June 27, 2008: HPI has learned of a new movie, ä”Dancing with Shiva,” written by Jenny Lumet, directed by Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia) and starring Anne Hathaway (The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, etc.) and Debra Winger. The meagre information available says it will start filming in September in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. ¢r /br /The…
www.hinduismtoday.com Sandalwood perfumes even the axe that hurls it down. The more we rub sandalwood against a stone, the more its fragrance spreads. Burn it, and it wafts its glory through the entire neighborhood. Such is the enchanting beauty of forgiveness in life. Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1993)
news.bbc.co.uk UK, June 24, 2008: A group of Indians are planning to present a statue of the revered Indian monkey God, Hanuman, to U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The group decided to order the Deity after they read a Time magazine report saying that Mr Obama carried a good luck “monkey king” charm. Convinced in their belief that the…
www.hinduismtoday.com If even a single one of the senses is uncontrolled, all knowledge leaves a person just as water drains from a leaking water vessel. Manu Samhita, Verse II.99
www.hinduismtoday.com WASHINGTON, DC, July 23, 2008 (RNS and RPRS ): [HPI note: While the results of this telephone survey are representative of major tendencies in the USA, we remind our readers that telephone interviews tend to neglect non-native speakers, who can not or will not hold a fluent conversation on the phone. This could lead to an underestimation of groups…
www.chicagotribune.com BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTES, June 23, 2006: A cramped room inside a locked school for juvenile offenders does not seem like the ideal setting in which to find inner peace. And yet, five teenage boys, each with a history of violent behavior, have gathered here to focus on their breath, test their strength in yoga poses and to escape. “You lose…
www.hinduismtoday.com O resplendent Lord, if I were the sole monarch of wealth as you have been, then my worshippers would have been rich in kine. Rig Veda 8.14.1