Source DELHI, INDIA, December 19, 2018 (HPI): The Conference on Soft Power conducted by India Foundation’s Center for Soft Power concluded today in Delhi. The high level event was attended by several hundred participants and featured dozens of speakers including the Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu, who opened the event. The Daily Excelsior (source above) reported that the Vice…
sourceBHUBANESWAR,INDIA, December 12, 2018 (RNS) Brigitte Viollet,a French businesswoman, spends three months of every year in thecompany of the Sun Temple in Konark, an ancient settlement on theeast coast of India. Built in the 13th century by King NarasinghaDeva I, the Sun Temple was designed as a colossal chariot mountedon 12 pairs of ornamented wheels to honor the Hindu God…
Source The heart does not talk, it is the intellect that does all the talking. We have become like machines. Life has lost its naturalness, like a garland of plastic flowers. Only when hearts come together does true life blossom. — Mata Amritanandamayi, mystic and hugging saint, Hindu of the Year 1993
Source SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, December 10, 2018 (Hindu Council by Dr. RajMaheshwari): Bioethics addresses specific ethical issues relatingto science and medicine. With the advancement in technology, we areconstantly faced with new scientific scenarios where ethicaldecisions need to be made. The principals of ethical decisionmaking in Hinduism is informed by some of the ancient texts, namelyVedas, Upanishads, and two main epics: Ramayana…
Source A happy man is he who desires nothing, claims nothing, expects nothing and is free from hatred and fear. — Dada Vaswani, leader of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission
Source CALIFORNIA, U.S., March 18, 2018 (DCF USA): After sustained engagement with the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity (OEOD), the University of California has issued a letter to Dharma Civilization Foundation, expressing both regret for any misunderstanding as well as continued interest in working with the Hindu community to establish Chairs at UCI. The letter begins: “t the current…
Source STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, November 19, 2018 (The Inquirer): Every day, a joyful man in dung-covered boots tries to balance the world’s karma by dishing out love, compassion, and the occasional fried Indian delight to his ragtag herd of cows. The mighty Krishna, a tall and hefty Angus, appears to be a favorite, but Sastri said each of his 23 cows…
Source Our nerve system is just like a harp. It can be played by us or by other people. Others can cause many tones to be heard in our nerve system; that is why it is imperative for those on the path to be in good company. But we want it to be played from the inside out through the…
Source UNITED STATES, June 20, 2018 (DCF USA by Kundan Singh): The Roundtable discussion at the World History Association Conference examined the ongoing problems associated with the Aryan Invasion/Migration Theory, and the controversies involving the late 18th and 19th-century origins of this theory and its explicit service to European national and colonialist interests and agendas. This historiographical controversy centers on…
Source VIJAYAWADA, INDIA, December 10, 2018 (Deccan Chronicle): Come January 1, devotees to the famous Kanaka Durga temple on the Indirakeeladri hill here will have to wear traditional dresses for darshan. From next year, the temple is banning Bermudas, shorts, mini-skirts, low-waist jeans and short-length T-shirts, middies, sleeveless tops. According to the code, a woman devotee has to wear a…