Religion News Service PORTLAND, OREGON, August 9, 2007: If you wanted to be crass about it, you might explain River View Cemetery’s dilemma this way: People just aren’t dying to get in there anymore. They’re still dying, of course. But more and more, particularly on the West Coast, consumers are choosing cremation over burial. That slow, steady change in the…
www.time.com UNITED STATES, August 7, 2007: The claim always seemed too good to be true: park your infant in front of a video and, in no time, he or she will be talking and getting smarter than the neighbor’s kid. In the latest study on the effects of popular videos such as the “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby” series, researchers…
www.hindusangam.org.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, August 8, 2007: An ecumenical council bringing together Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and Taoists recently met with the Parliamentary Select Committee that represented the political parties in Malaysia to express their concerns over freedom of religion in Malaysia. The Council believes the “fundamental reason for our harmonious co-existence has been the mutual respect we display for…
www.hindu.com BEIJING, CHINA, August 9, 2007: After Bollywood films, classical Indian dance has caught the imagination of the Chinese, with a young woman actively promoting Bharatnatyam among her compatriots, especially the children. For 33-year-old Jin Shan Shan, a Jawaharlal Nehru University alumnus, it has always been a passion to become an exponent of Bharatnatyam, and she has established a school…
www.hinduonnet.com TIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, August 5, 2007: A record 50 million people are expected to visit the Sabarimala temple during the three-month pilgrimage season starting in mid-November, Kerala’s Devaswom Minister G. Sudhakaran said. Addressing a meeting of heads of departments to discuss arrangements for the pilgrimage Sudhakaran said detailed plans should be worked out well in advance for its smooth conduct.…
www.HAFsite.org WASHINGTON, D.C., August 7, 2007: On August 5, 2007, the landmark Siewdass Sadhu Shiva Mandir, also known as the Temple-in-the-Sea for its dramatic location just off the coast of the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, was the site of a break-in, vandalism and attempted arson. The Hindu temple is internationally renowned, and recognized as the spiritual center for…
www.marxists.org USA, August 7, 2007: (HPI note: Following is the beginning of an article by Karl Marx published in the August 8, 1853, issue of the New York Daily Tribune, for which he was their London correspondent. The Marxist critique of India continues to have influence today.) How came it that English supremacy was established in India? The paramount power…
muktalib.org PONDICHERRY, INDIA, August 9, 2007: An amazing resource to the world scholarly community through a collaborative agreement between the Muktabodha Indological Research Institute, the French Institute of Pondicherry and the Ecole Francaise d’Extreme-Orient (French School of Asian Studies) is now made available on the Internet. These 1144 recent paper Devanagari transcripts (containing over 2000 mostly Shaiva texts and over…
hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 5, 2007: Dr. Satwant K. Pasricha, a NIMHANS Professor of Clinical Psychology and a leading national authority on reincarnations, has been using rigorous scientific methods to investigate reincarnation claims since 1974. Here are excerpts from an interview with Neha Tara Mehta: “It is important to first understand what we mean by reincarnation. For the purpose…
www.timesonline.co.uk BEIJING, CHINA, August 4, 2007: Tibet’s living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China’s atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing’s authority over Tibet’s restive and deeply Buddhist people. “The so-called reincarnated living Buddha without government approval is illegal and invalid,” according to the order, which comes into effect on…