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Source Can he rectify false weight whose own scales are uncertain? Can you enlighten your neighbor while you yourself have no light? — Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886), 19th-century mystic and guru to Swami Vivekananda

Source INDIA, April 9, 2019 (DNAIndia): The Supreme Court Monday asked as to why should government officials manage religious places and temples in the country while taking note of the fact that several devotees visiting the Jagannath temple in Puri were being harassed. A bench of Justices SA Bobde and SA Nazeer observed this while hearing a plea which has…

Source Stop identifying with the world created by your mind and a new world will open up before you. — Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, spiritual leader, guru, humanitarian of Kerala

Source UNITED STATES, April 5, 2019 (New York Times): Mindfulness — the practice of using breathing techniques, similar to those in meditation, to gain focus and reduce distraction — is inching into the military in the United States and those of a handful of other nations. This winter, Army infantry soldiers at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii began using mindfulness to…

Source BENGALURU, INDIA, April 8, 2019: Excellent video of Rajiv Malhotra’s keynote address to a conference organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru and IGNCA Regional Centre, Bengaluru. We suggest started at about 2:50 where he discusses “the general problem of colonization.” YouTube description: “Hindu performing arts are facing extinction due to rapid distortion in the name of modernization into Christian,…

HPI/Paras Ramoutar PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD/TOBAGO, April 8, 2019 (HPI by Paras Ramoutar): Even though Hindus came here 174 years ago from several parts of India, they still adhere to the basic tenets of Hinduism, one of which is the annual observance of Nau Raatri. Out of a population of 400,000 East Indians, of which 25 per cent are Hindus, Trinidad and…

Source Even in rags I am a God, fallen I am divine, high I triumph when down-trod, long I live when slain! — Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950), Indian philosopher and poet

Source JAFFNA, SRI LANKA, March 24, 2019 (Asian Tribune): His Holiness Bodhinatha Veylanswami, 163rd Head of the Nandinatha Sampradaya’s Kailasa Paramparaand Guru at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery – a sprawling 382-acre temple-monastery complex on Hawaii’s Garden Island, was last Friday at Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Kovil, with a busload of his disciples and devotees from America to participate in the special puja held…

Source UTAH, USA, April 2, 2019 (Salt Lake Tribune, by Peggy Fletcher Stack): In a land of fast food restaurants, strip malls and car washes, the new tower of the Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple suggests a world apart. The gleaming tiers of the 34-foot spire, bedecked with sculpted figures and gold cones, hint at what will greet visitors inside the…

Source Many Western ideals and goals are based on the underlying attitude that there is only one life–so we had better do everything we can in this life. We had better achieve God Realization in this life, just in case. The Hindu attitude, based on the confidence that we have many lives, is: “I know I’m coming back; no rush.…