www.hindustantimes.in SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, March 17, 2007: Hinduism, one of the oldest religions of the world, is now a subject of study at the University of Sydney. Julian Droogan, a lecturer with the department of studies in religion, will take a group of his students for a tour of the local Sri Venkateswara temple to introduce them to the vibrant, dynamic…
purnima@shivayoga.org MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, March 16, 2007: (HPI note: The following press release is from Swami Shankarananda’s ashram.) In February Swami Shankaranand led a group of 60 Shiva Yogis from Melbourne, Australia to India. The group spent two weeks in Ganeshpuri in the ecstatic environs of Bhagawan Nityananda’s shrine and Baba Muktananda’s ashram. Thirty of the group then travelled to Kankhal,…
www.alternet.org UNITED STATES, March 15, 2007: Eating a plant-based diet is an easy, cheap way to end animal cruelty and clean up the environment. Why, then, are so many progressives still clinging to their chicken nuggets? The report released this week by the world’s leading climate scientists made no bones about it: Global warming is happening in a big way…
www.washingtonpost.com TIRUCHIRAPALLI, INDIA, March 14, 2007: (HPI note: This article appeared in the Washington Post, one of America’s leading newspapers.) Balaji, a Hindu priest, stood before the reclining god and offered a plate of coconut and bananas. His chest bare and his face adorned with red and yellow sacred paste, he set the food at the foot of a statue…
info@hindusangam.org.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, March 15, 2007: The Malaysia Court of Appeals recently ruled 2-1 that Subashini, wife of a Muslim-convert seeking to dissolve their marriage and convert their son to Islam, will have to state her case in the Syariah Court. The Malaysia Hindu Sangam President, Datuk A. Vaithilingam, has released the following press release. “With respect, it is…
sify.com JAMMU, KASHMIR, March 14, 2007: Pilgrimage to the Vaishno Devi shrine was stopped on Tuesday with weather conditions turning grim after the season’s first heavy snowfall in Trikuta hills of Jammu and Kashmir. Authorities have also begun evacuating over 5,000 stranded pilgrims at different places en route to the holy cave shrine from Katra in view of severe cold…
www.andhracafe.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 10, 2007: Leaders of several social groups from within the Hindu community, the Dalits included, were among the 4,000 who gathered at the open air theater in Pragati Maidan here Friday evening and took a pledge to end the caste divide that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar warned would harm India’s progress in the long run.…
www.himalayanacademy.com KAUAI, HAWAII, March 14, 2007: Under the Hindu kings, palm leaf manuscripts upon which are recorded Hinduism’s scriptures were recopied every 100 years or so to preserve them. Since British times, this process has ceased and existing manuscripts, even in the best-preserved collections, are deteriorating, some already to the point of uselessness. Microfilm is relatively expensive and requires bulky…
worldcongressps2008.org DELHI, INDIA, March 12, 2007: The World Congress on Psychology and Spirituality, 2008 will take place in Delhi beginning on January 5, 2008. Lama Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of Tibet-in Exile, will give the Inaugural Address on Dharma and Governance, on behalf of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Keynote speakers will include B.K.S. Iyengar, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and…
The Toronto Star TORONTO, CANADA, March 3, 2007: Adrienne Duff noticed them three years ago, drifting in a Brampton branch of the Credit River. Clusters of flowers, plastic statues, coconuts–some still wrapped in plastic–even jewelry and money. “We started receiving calls from landowners, not just on Fletcher’s Creek but also in the main Credit area,” said Duff, a watershed-monitoring specialist…