Source SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, July 14, 2020 (Courthouse News): HPI Note: This is a more thorough summary of the hearing than the information published in yesterday’s HPI. The fight to revive a lawsuit over how California portrays Hinduism in public school lessons largely hinges on whether state educational standards are policies — which can be reviewed by courts — or…
Source INDIA, July 14, 2020 (Hindustan Times): The impact of the Supreme Court judgment in the Padmanabhaswamy temple case on other cases relating to Shebait [temple manager] or religious rights may be limited because the ruling is based on the existence of a 1950 law enacted by the state of Travancore-Cochin, which was the precursor to the Kerala state, legal…
Source I know you are busy. At least, your mind has made you think so. Even so, can you not find some time to invite God, your Supreme Guest, to bless you–you and your life–with His all-illumining and all-fulfilling presence?— Sri Chinmoy, renowned spiritual leader, author, poet, artist, musician and athlete
Source BALI, INDONESIA, July 6, 2020 (Independent): Bali has held mass prayers as the Indonesian resort island prepares to reopen to tourists who have been shut out due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than a thousand people attended a prayer at Besakih Hindu temple in the town of Karangasem, expressing gratitude for the handling of Covid-19 on the island and…
Source SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, July 14, 2020: At source above one can watch the on-line appeal by CAPEEM (California Parents for Equality in Educational Material) before the Ninth Circuit Court of the US regarding the earlier dismissal of CAPEEM’s lawsuit against the California State Board of Education for its disparagement of Hinduism in the State’s Standards and Framework for middle…
Source Adversity and prosperity never cease to exist. The adornment of great men’s minds is to remain unswervingly just under both.— Tirukkural 115
KAUAI, HAWAII, July 9, 2020 (HPI): Hinduism Today is doing a story on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our individual and collective practice of religion. We request HPI readers to send us a two paragraph report on their own experience. How has the lockdown impacted you on a personal and and religious level? Some we know have been…
Source INDIA, April 30, 2016 (Francois Gautier): Every 6th person on this planet is a Hindu and Hindus still constitute the overwhelming majority in India – nearly 80% of the population. Humanity needs thus to re-discover the wonder that is Hinduism, the oldest spirituality still in practice in the world. It is also true that Hindus must rise to the…
Source INDIA, July 6, 2020 (Yahoo News): Special prayers were held Sunday at Pahalgam on the occasion of Ashad-Purnima, marking the traditional commencement of the annual Amarnath yatra in South Kashmir. Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam on Saturday said keeping in view the prevailing circumstances, the pilgrimage this year would have to be undertaken in a restricted manner. In view of…
Source Hindu Dharma was a great reconciler. It reconciled various viewpoints, various doctrines. It knew how to look at things from various angles and viewpoints. It knew no conflict between science and religion, between rationalism and spiritualism. It was so because it was not dogmatic in reason or religion.— Ram Swarup (1920-1998), distinguished spokesperson of Hindu spirituality and culture in…