Daily Inspiration
Source Love is seeing and feeling life everywhere. When your heart is full of love, you sense life pulsating through all creation.— Mata Amritanandamayi Ma, Kerala-based hugging saint
Hinduism and Youth Need Our Attention
Source TORONTO, CANADA, August 27, 2020 (Kreately by Tushar Unadkat): As parents, we need to ask ourselves whether our children in North America have access to the deep-rooted knowledge of dharma? What makes them distant from Hinduism? Some young Hindus say that they are leaving the faith for science, believing that Hinduism is incompatible with what they are learning in…
Daily Inspiration
Source At a national and international level, we will enjoy more peace as we become more tolerant. Religious leaders can help by teaching their congregations how to live in a world of differences without feeling threatened, without forcing their ways or will on others. World bodies can make laws which deplore and work to prevent crimes of violence. It is…
California’s Devi Mandir Napa Ashram Burned Down
Source YUBA CITY, CALIFORNIA, August 25, 2020 (Temple of the Divine Mother, Inc., by Swami Satyananda Saraswati): This year 2020 has been the most challenging year I think any of us have ever experienced – from the Covid-19 pandemic, to rioting in the streets, and now to the California wildfires. Tragedy struck over the weekend and yesterday we found that…
Pew Forum Studies Intersection of Science and Religion in Malaysia and Singapore
Source MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE, August 26, 2020 (Pew Forum): Over the centuries, the relationship between science and religion has ranged from conflict and hostility to harmony and collaboration, while various thinkers have argued that the two concepts are inherently at odds and entirely separate. But much recent research and discussion on these issues has taken place in a Western context, primarily through…
Daily Inspiration
Source Joys and sorrows are time-born and cannot last. Therefore, do not be perturbed by these. The greater the difficulties and obstructions, the more intense will be your endeavor to cling to His feet and the more will your prayer increase from within. And when the time is ripe, you will gain mastery over this power. — Anandamayi Ma (1896-1982),…
China Desecrates Religious Sites Near Mt. Kailash to Deploy Surface-To-Air Missiles
Source INDIA, August 22, 2020 (India Today): China’s enhancement of military facilities near Mt. Kailash includes deployment of surface-to-air missiles (SAM) with fresh constructions that started in April this year being completed now, satellite images show. Not being spared are religious sites, as satellite images show how Kailash Manasarovar, a place of religious importance to Hindus, Buddhists, Bon religionists and…
Antique Statues Worth More than US$4.9 Million Seized by Indian Customs Officials in Kolkata
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 26, 2020 (Wion News): In a major breakthrough, Kolkata Customs, the Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive) made the biggest seizure of antiques in recent times. The agency seized as many as 25 antique statues valued at US$4.9 million. On August 23 night, officials of the Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), West Bengal intercepted a truck at South…
Daily Inspiration
Source Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I’ll walk up to God in a manly way and say, “Sir, I made an honest mistake.”— H. L. Mencken (1880-1956), American journalist, satirist and critic
Coronavirus: Bali Closed to Foreign Tourists Until End of 2020
Source BALI, INDONESIA, August 25, 2020 (BBC): The Indonesian island of Bali will not open to foreign tourists again this year, due to coronavirus concerns. Authorities of the popular holiday destination had earlier said foreign visitors would be allowed to return from next month. But the plan has been scrapped over concerns about Indonesia’s mounting Covid-19 cases. The move has…