Source Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.— Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, July 30, 2018 (ANI): Hindu devotees from across Nepal and India thronged various shrines of Hindu Lord Shiva as part of Bol Bom, a holy pilgrimage ritual that is observed every year in the month of Shrawan. During this pilgrimage, devotees walk for miles barefooted before offering the water to Lord Shiva. Nepal every year welcomes thousands…
Source The test of a man is how much he can bear and how much he can share and how soon he confesses a mistake and makes amends for it.— Dada J.P. Vaswani
Source BALI, INDONESIA, July 29, 2018 (Architectural Digest): Known for attracting five million tourists every year, Bali now has one more hidden gem — the Garuda Wisnu (Balinese spelling of Vishnu) statue, which will be unveiled later in August, this year. Statues are more than fine works of architecture — they represent the culture, history and heritage of the land…
Source Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.— Rabindranath Tagore, (1861-1941) celebrated Bengali writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
Source LONDON, ENGLAND, July 18, 2018 (hansard.parliament.uk): HPI Note: On July 18, Virendram Sharma, MP for Ealing and Southall, raised the issue of the impending closure of the Swaminarayan School attached to the BAPS Neasden Temple in London. The complete transcript is at “source” above and covers the situation in some detail. A key issue in the discussion was whether…
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, July 22, 2018 (DNA India): Reshma Khatu is on a mission. In a week’s time, it will be the first death anniversary of Mumbai’s popular Ganesh statue maker Vijay Khatu, who died at a time when mandals usually wait for the delivery of their statues. His death came as a surprise, and also brought fear, but his…
Source I’ve always been a supporter of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source UNITED KINGDOM, July 23, 2018 (Financial Express): Sikhism is being considered as a separate ethnicity in the next UK census in 2021, following a long-standing demand by some British Sikh groups. The UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) had opened a public consultation over whether to add the separate box for Sikhs under ethnicity, instead of just as a…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, July 23, 2018 (The Hindu): The British government has decided that it will not recognize caste as an aspect of race in anti-discrimination legislation, in a move that was condemned by Dalit organisations and other campaign groups. Following a consultation last year, the government pointed to “the extremely low number” of cases involved and the “clearly controversial…