Daily Inspiration
Source The real change must happen within us. For only when conflict and negativity are removed from within can we play a truly constructive role in establishing peace. — Mata Amritanandamayi Ma, India’s Kerala-based hugging saint
Ramdev Gives Diksha for Sanyas to First Batch of 92 Disciples
Source DEHRADUN, INDIA, March 26, 20178 (Indian Express): In a grand ceremony organized at the VIP ghat of Haridwar’s Hari Ki Pauri on Sunday, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev gave diksha for sanyas, or renunciation, to his 92 disciples — the first batch of the 1,000 sanyasis that Ramdev wants to “give the country to make it a spiritual superpower by…
Daily Inspiration
Source Remember, your own soul knows the reasons why you were born in this life. It knows what you need to accomplish in this birth. As a soul, you know what obstacles and challenges you need to face and overcome to grow stronger and conquer past karmic patterns through fulfilling your chosen dharma.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism…
Bulletproof Vests Must for Amarnath Yatris from Gujarat
Source VADODARA, INDIA, March 23, 2018 (Times of India): People from Gujarat planning to go on the Amarnath yatra this year, will have to shell out more money, with the state government issuing a new guideline making it mandatory for pilgrims using tour bus operators to wear bulletproof jackets. Less than a year after a terror strike in J&K’s Anantnag…
Dancing Monks of Assam Descend on Drexel’s Campus to Perform Sattriya: An Odyssey of the Spirit
Source PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, March 22, 2018 (Drexel): Sattriya has historically been a hidden form of dance. Cultivated by Hindu monks as a way to worship the supreme Deity, Krishna, it originated in the monasteries of Assam, India. This spring the public will have the opportunity to experience the ancient ritual for the first time in Philadelphia. The Westphal College of…
Daily Inspiration
Source Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.— Ramana Maharshi, (1879-1950), South Indian mystic
Karnataka Decides to Grant Minority Status to Lingayats
Source BENGALURU, INDIA, March 19, 2018 (Live Mint): HPI Note: Among the benefits of being granted minority status is the freedom to run educational and religious institutions without interference or takeover by the State government. This is possible because actual “freedom of religion” is only granted to minority religions in India and not to the majority Hindus. Additionally in the…
Daily Inspiration
Source It is easy to tame the rogue elephant. It is easy to tie the mouth of a bear. It is easy to mount the back of a lion. It is easy to charm poisonous snakes. It is easy to conquer the celestial and the noncelestial realms. It is easy to trek the worlds invisible. It is easy to command…
Why My Grandfather Has Been Writing the Same Phrase in Tamil over and over for the Past 31 Years
Source INDIA, March 13, 2018 (Scroll, by Rohan Venkataramakrishnan): My grandfather, my thatha, has always been a man of habit. At age 89, he still goes out for a walk every morning. He still counts the exact amount of money in his pocketbook before stepping out and accounts for every anna spent when he returns home. And, for as long…
This Website Takes You Closer to Gita
Source INDIA, March 1, 2018 (The Hindu): It is never too late to start learning Srimad Bhagavad Gita. Members of the team that built the website https://gitachanting.wixsite.com/gita believe in this as they add their attempt to numerous prior ones by so many others in bringing Bhagavan Sri Krishna’s Kurukshetra upadesa closer to a seeker. What perhaps differentiates this free-online-access, user-friendly…