www.umassd.edu HOUSTON, TEXAS, June 6, 2006: A conference is scheduled for July 8,9, and 10, 2006 at the University of Houston by the World Association for Vedic Studies (WAVES). The conference theme this time is “Vedic Ideas for Harmony and Peace.” It features talks on a variety of subjects related to Indian history, civilization, science, religion etc. Participants come from…
www.thestar.com WASHINGTON, June 3, 2006: After 9-11 the government of Saudi Arabia was pressured into reviewing what their students were being taught in schools about other religious traditions. The news release says, “A 2004 Saudi royal study group recognized the need for reform after finding that the kingdom’s religious studies curriculum ‘encourages violence toward others, and misguides the pupils into…
video.google.com USA, June 5, 2006: A 39 minute video presentation of the California textbook controversy is available on Google videos at the URL above. It is a narrated powerpoint presentation that is quite thorough.
By Paras Ramoutar TRINIDAD, June 6, 2006: For 37 long years, the East Indian and Muslim communities have been protesting the controversial “Trinity Cross” being given out as Trinidad and Tobago’s premier national award on Independence Day Augsut 31 annually. But it took a High Court Judge, Peter Jamadar, himself a Christian, to tell the black-dominated government led by Prime…
www.divyajivan.org AHMEDABAD, INDIA, June 5, 2006: (HPI note: See our Hinduism Today article on the popular swami here.) Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad, is pleased to announce Pujya Swami Adhyatmanandaji’s “Divya Tour” to USA, Canada & UK (June 9, 2006 – August 30, 2006). Yoga, pranayam and meditation sessions in the morning and spiritual discourses in the evening are being organized all…
Press Release UNITED KINGDOM, May 31, 2006: The OM Day program for unity and peace was started in 2000 as a millennium project by Swami Nirliptananda of the London Sevashram Sangha for global Hindu unity. In the same year the Unity forum of the Indogenic Religions was also founded by Swami in association with the Ven Vagiragnana of the London…
www.rediff.com WASHINGTON, DC, June 2, 2006: Thirteen-year-old Katharine Close won the 79th Scripts National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling “ursprache.” Her previous correctly spelled word was “kundalini,” accurately defined as “the yogic force at the base of the spine, which when raised to the head, triggers enlightenment.” Katharine, from New Jersey, spelt a raft of complex and not-so-complex words and…
ibdco@sancharnet.in LUCKNOW, INDIA, June 2, 2006: Suneel Gomber has released two marvelous books on Lord Hanuman. The first, which recounts all the stories of Hanuman is “The World of Lord Hanuman” (188 pages). The second is a picture book, “The Visual Encyclopaedia of Lord Hanuman” (247 pages). The Encyclopaedia contains hundreds of rare images of Lord Hanuman. We recommend both…
www.lokvani.com MASSACHUSETTS, USA, May 30, 2006: Saturday, May 13, was declared a day of Hindu Heritage by the Governor of Massachusetts. Over 1,350 people attended the tenth anniversary celebration mela made auspicious by life-giving rain, a record assembly for Hindu Heritage Day, and second largest gathering of people of Indian origin to take place in the Boston area to date.…
Hinduism Today KAUAI, HAWAII, June 2, 2006: As part of its on-going project to promote the Agamas, Hinduism Today is seeking any current information on the late Dr. Rama Ghose or Pundit Vrajavallabh Dwivedi and the Shaiva Bharati Shodha Pratishthanam, D35/77, Jangamawaimath, Varanasi – 221 001, India, Ph +91 542 450546. The organization produced a number of translations of Sanskrit…