Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, December 14, 2020 (Nepal 24 Hours): Atonement worship is to be offered at the Pashupatinath Temple tomorrow morning, seeking forgiveness as the shrine had to be shut to the devotees for nine months over the risk of coronavirus infection. Entry of devotees inside the temple, which was continued on a regular basis since ancient time, was forbidden…
Source If you would walk the way of love, never feel hurt nor yield to anger, but accept pain as a part of life.— Dada J.P. Vaswani, spiritual head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission
Source COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, December 3, 2020 (Tennessee Tribune): Sri Lankan military and police have cracked down on celebrations of the Hindu festival of Karthikai Deepam in the northern parts of the island nation, claiming that it could be related to the commemoration of former rebels. The festival includes lighting lamps and ringing bells in temples and public places. This…
Source According to karma yoga, the action one has done cannot be destroyed until it has borne its fruit; no power in nature can stop it from yielding its results. If I do an evil action, I must suffer for it; there is no power in this universe to stop it or stay it. Similarly, if I do a good…
Source INDIA, December 4, 2020 (The Hindu): The precincts of the Sri Sabanayagar Temple, popularly known as Sri Natarajar Temple in Chidambaram in Cuddalore district witnessed stagnation of rain water to a depth of four feet on Friday, following heavy rains that pounded Chidambaram and its suburban areas from Cyclone Burevi. The sanctum sanctorum of the temple and the outer…
Source Many people are afraid of silence. They have to be doing something all the time. Many people also are afraid of being alone. But actually no one ever is alone. He’s always with his great divine Self. Every person has a great, divine Self within him an absolutely perfect, shining, sublime being of light. The voice of this being…
Source INDIA, November 28, 2020 (Hindustan Times): The Uttar Pradesh government has banned “unlawful religious conversions” with immediate effect as governor Anandiben Patel promulgated the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance on Saturday. The ordinance has stricter provisions to check religious conversions carried out by allurement, coercion, use of force or fraudulent means, and for marrying women…
Source HYDERABAD, INDIA, November 27, 2020 (Telangana Today): For many decades in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, temples used to be in shambles, with many historic ones beginning to fall apart with no repair, conservation or maintenance works taken up. Priests, too, struggled to stay afloat, with the mediocre salaries being barely enough for two square meals a day. From 2014,…
Source He cannot be seen by the eye, and words cannot reveal Him. He cannot be reached by the senses, or by austerity or sacred actions. By the grace of wisdom and purity of mind, He can be seen, indivisible, in the silence of contemplation. This invisible Atman can be seen by the mind wherein the five senses are resting.—…
Source INDIA, November 25, 2020 (The Guardian): [HPI note: this story doesn’t have a particular “Hindu” angle, but we found it an innovative example of environmental activism.] Every morning, students in Assam’s Pamohi village go to school clutching a bag of plastic waste, in exchange for which they will get their day’s lessons. Akshar School, founded by Mazin Mukhtar, 32,…