Daily Inspiration
Source Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralyzing ones.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Daily Inspiration
Source Hinduism is the most skeptical and the most believing of all religions. The most skeptical because it has questioned and experimented the most and the deepest, rejecting nothing but insisting on testing and experiencing everything. From this comes our scriptures and our beliefs: the Vedas, the Vedanta, the Gita, the Upanishads… But the most authoritative scripture is in the…
Ram Setu Not a Natural Formation but Man-Made! US TV Show Suggests Citing Scientists
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 12, 2017 (Times Now): The Ram Setu Bridge, also called the Adam ‘s Bridge, between India and Sri Lanka, was not a natural formation as previously thought but man-made, a special show on a popular international channel has claimed citing American scientists. If true, this could be a ground-breaking discovery with far-reaching implications. This finding,…
Hinduism Today’s January/February/March issue goes Online
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, USA, December, 15, 2018: Hinduism Today’s latest issue has gone to press and is now available online free of charge at “source” above. You can also download our free Hinduism Today app and get the entire magazine in a mobile-friendly format for your device at bit.ly/HT-APP. In his Publisher’s Desk editorial, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami returns to the…
Daily Inspiration
Source The whole world is your school. See that all are you. You are the commander. You are the Commander-in-Chief! All are commanders; there is no greater or lesser. All are God. God sees God, God talks to God.— Satguru Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lanka’s most revered contemporary mystic
Five Ways Ancient India Changed the World with Math
Source INDIA, December 8, 2017 (MENAFN): It should come as no surprise that the first recorded use of the number zero, to be made as early as the 3rd or 4th century, happened in India. Mathematics on the Indian subcontinent has a rich history and thrived for centuries before similar advances were made in Europe, with its influence meanwhile spreading…
Hindu Community Makes a Home in Germany
Source MOENCHENGLADBACH, GERMANY, December 6, 2017 (RP, translated from German): Finding a home for the community, that was the ultimate goal of the Hindu community when it first arrived. After 20 years and many relocations within the city, the goal has now come within reach. The foundation stone was laid in a solemn ceremony. On the grounds of the former…
India Seeks Global Checks at WTO Meet on Patenting Neem, Yoga
Source BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, December 13, 2017 (Times of India): The government on Wednesday moved in to check patenting of products using genetic resources such as neem, haldi, aamla or even bhaang, as well as illegal rights over traditional knowledge such as yoga and ayurveda. India circulated a paper at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ministerial meeting to make it…
Daily Inspiration
Source I felt great need of a holy pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.— Saint Kabir (1440-1518)
Spiritual Leader Celebrated
Source SOUTH AFRICA, December 6, 2017 (IOL): Ten years ago, on December 10, Swami Sahajananda, the spiritual head of the Divine Life Society of South Africa, passed away after guiding, inspiring and shaping the lives of thousands for 58 years. In commemoration, the society will celebrate his life with a Ganga arati from 6am followed by breakfast at 6.45am. The…