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Source UNITED STATES, May 9, 2020 (The Sun): Between 12,000 and 13,000 of the 17,000 US Catholic churches applied for PPP (federal Paycheck Protection Program) loans. Pat Markey, the executive director of the Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference, an association of finance officers from Catholic dioceses, estimates that around 6,000 Catholic parishes had their applications for federal funding approved in the…

Source UNITED KINGDOM, May 8, 2020 (Eastern Eye): The BAPS Neasden Temple in London has launched a video paying tribute to UK’s key workers battling the Covid-19 pandemic. The video — based on a poem titled “Serving Together in the Joy of Others” — features British Hindu key workers who are part of the BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic…

Source Sattvic knowledge sees the one indestructible Being in all beings, the unity underlying the multiplicity of creation. Rajasic knowledge sees all things and creatures as separate and distinct. Tamasic knowledge, lacking any sense of perspective, sees one small part and mistakes it for the whole.— Bhagavad Gita 18:20-22

Source In India I found a race of mortals living upon the Earth, but not adhering to it. Inhabiting cities, but not being fixed to them, possessing everything but possessed by nothing.— Appolonius of Tiana (2-97 ce), Greek philosopher and occultist. His work deeply influenced Western mysticism.

Source KAUAI, HAWAII, May 9, 2020 (HPI): Just released today, “The British Raj” is the eleventh song in Hinduism Today’s History of Hindu India Music Video series. It is a song for children intended to complement the fourth of our popular History of Hindu India documentaries, “Hindu India: 1850 to 1947.” The documentaries and songs neatly supplement the study of…

Source WASHINGTON D.C., May 8, 2020 (India.com): The sacred Vedic Shanti Path or peace prayer was recited by a Hindu priest in the Rose Garden of the White House on the occasion of National Day of Prayer Service to pray for the health, safety and well-being of everyone affected by the coronavirus pandemic. At the invitation of US President Donald…

Source I loved my motherland dearly before I went to America and England. After my return, every particle of dust of this land seems sacred to me.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)

Source INDIA, May 5, 2020 (YouTube): To this day the entire knowledge system of Sanatana Dharma rests on a single entity–the guru. The tradition of the guru and disciple is the core of this dharma. This video is a tribute to Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji of Sringeri Sharada Peetham. He is the current and 36th Acharya of…

Source UNITED STATES, April 29, 2020 (Market Watch): Practicing Hindus across the United States have almost seamlessly transitioned worship to home and virtual settings, finding comfort and guidance through digital means amid pandemic-induced temple closures. At the same time, temple leaders are plotting how to reopen safely — especially leading up to major fall holidays that traditionally draw big crowds.…

Source A person’s growth begins with dissatisfaction. Not content with the world, he seeks satisfaction by prayers to God; this purifies his mind and he longs to know God more than to satisfy his carnal desires. Then God’s grace begins to manifest. God will take the form of a guru and appear to the devotee, to teach him Truth so…