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Source Nonviolence is all the offerings. Renunciation is the priestly honorarium. The final purification is death. Thus all the Divinities are established in this body. — Krishna Yajur Veda, Pranagnihotra Upanishad 46.413

Source We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know…

Source PUDUCHERRY, INDIA, June 29, 2019 (Facebook post): The French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) on behalf of the entire staff extends its deepest condolences on the sad demise of Sri S. Sambandasivacharya on 16/06/19 at his house in Cuddalore at the age of 92. S. Sambandasivacharya’s solid dedication to service and his devotion to ethics and integrity made him a…

Source The Lord is in me, the Lord is in you, as life is in every seed; put false pride away and seek the Lord within. — Saint Kabir (1440-1518), mystic poet

Source HYDERABAD, INDIA, June 26, 2019 (Deccan Chronicle): For the first time ever, the Khairatabad Ganesh statue will stand 61 feet tall, with 12 heads of Ganesha. The model of this year’s statue, named Dwadashaditya, was released by the Ganesh Utsav Committee on Tuesday, after conducting special pujas. Every year, the making of the Ganesh statue starts three months before…

HPI PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD/TOBAGO, June 25, 2019 (HPI by Paras Ramoutar): Murtis representing nine Hindu Gods and Goddesses were critically damaged by fire at the Shree Dhaam Hindu Temple in Diego Martin earlier this week. Murtis included Lord Rama, Mother Sita, Lord Hanuman, Mother Sarsawati. Mother Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh. According to SWAHA Shree Ram Dhaam Temple founder and former Trinidad…

Source In shallow men the fish of little thoughts cause much commotion. In oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle. — Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855-1936), guru of Satyananda Giri and Paramahansa Yogananda

Source UNITED STATES, June 21, 2019 (Industry Leaders Magazine): Yoga’s share in the fitness industry becomes apparent in the sheer number of yoga practitioners around the world. According to a 2016 research by Yoga Alliance, there are 300 million Yoga practitioners around the world with 36 million practitioners in the US alone. Yoga Alliance also noted that in 2016, there…

Source YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA, June 21, 2019 (Deccan Chronicle): It is widely known that Indonesia was once ruled by a Hindu kingdom. However, centuries after the fall of that kingdom, the values of Hinduism are still being preserved by locals in the region. In many parts of the country which has a predominant Muslim (approximately 83 per cent) population, Hindu temples,…

Source Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved. — Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950), Indian guru