Source YUGOULIANG, CHINA, June 24, 2018 (New York Times): As the top Chinese official in this village, Lu Wenzhen had a problem. The young people had all moved away. The elderly farmers left behind were ailing. His aging hamlet needed money. Life. A spark. Then, two years ago, he watched a 60-year-old woman sit cross-legged for about half an hour…
Source HAMM, GERMANY, June 24, 2018 (WDR, autotranslated from German): According to the police about 13,500 Hindus peacefully celebrated the temple festival in Germany’s largest Hindu temple in Hamm on Sunday (24/06/2018). The highlight of the two-week temple festival is the procession in honor of the Goddess Kamadchi, after whom the temple is named. A statue of the Goddess is…
Source It is the unique and all-encompassing nature of Hinduism that one devotee may be worshiping Ganesha while his friend worships Subramaniam or Vishnu, and yet both honor the other’s choice and feel no sense of conflict. The profound understanding and universal acceptance that are unique in Hinduism are reflected in this faculty for accommodating different approaches to the Divine,…
Source UGANDA, June 24, 2018 (Uganda Radio Network): Sanatan Dharam Mandir, (SDM), a Hindu temple in Jinja district is embarking on a campaign to sensitize school going children on the importance of yoga exercises in their daily lives. Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice whose origins are traced to ancient traditions in India and the Himalayan Shamans in…
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, June 22, 2018 (Hindustan Times): Several Hindu outfits in Maharashtra have opposed the state government’s move to take control of the Shri Shaneshwar Devasthan at Shingnapur in Ahmednagar district. These outfits allege that the move is “anti-Hindu” and aimed at getting control over the huge donations given by devotees. “Why should a secular government manage Hindu temples?…
Source Devotion must not be like the flood of the rainy season in which all get washed away. Devotion should be like the river that retains water even in the hottest season.— Saint Kabir (1440-1518)
Source LOPBURI, THAILAND, June 2, 2018 (Latin American Herald Tribune): Monkeys, said to be descendants of the Hindu God Hanuman, continued to live a life fit for kings on Saturday in the Thai city of Lopburi, where local authorities give them food twice a day by and allow them to roam freely in the streets and around temples. An estimated…
Source INDIA, June 21, 2018 (The HIndu): June 21 is being observed as International Yoga Day every year, after the United Nations accepted India’s proposal in 2014. This year, the national event was held at Dehradun’s Forest Research Institute with the participation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Modi highlighted the importance of yoga, a gift from India to the…
Source Look at the man who walks on a tight rope. He is performing various tricks, but his mind is only on the rope. So also, we may be doing various things, but our minds must be on God.” Sri Sri Sri Sivaratnapuri Tiruchi Mahaswamigal (“Trichyswami”) founder of Kailasa Ashram, Bangalore
Source INDORE, INDIA, June 17, 2018 (Times of India): Opposing the concept of “grihasth sant”, or householder saints (ie, married men who claim to be sadhus), the Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad has said that they do not accord “saint” status to married persons. The ABAP is an apex body of 13 major akhadas, or religious orders, of Hindu saints and…