Source UNITED STATES, January 2, 2017 (Scientific American by James Hartzell): I spent many years studying and translating Sanskrit, and became fascinated by its apparent impact on mind and memory. In India’s ancient learning methods textual memorization is standard: traditional scholars, or pandits, master many different types of Sanskrit poetry and prose texts; and the tradition holds that exactly memorizing…
Source ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 3, 2017 (Religion News Service): The Magh Mela is an annual gathering of Hindu pilgrims in Allahabad, India, on the banks of the Triveni Sangam — the confluence of three rivers considered holy by Hindus: the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims make the journey over the 45-day period of Magh Mela,…
Source JAPAN, December 19, 2017 (YouTube, by Benoy Behi): More than 80% of Japanese Gods are originally from India. Buddhists in Japan have been praying to Hindu Gods as well for many centuries. What seems to be hidden in plain site are the Hindu Gods being worshipped under aliases. Deities such as Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha & Kubera have melted into…
Source G-o-d, d-o-g. both the same. Top and bottom. See God in everything. You must do that!— Satguru Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lanka’s revered contemporary mystic
Source UNITED STATES, December 29, 2017 (Elementa Science): Strategies for environmental sustainability and global food security must account for dietary change. Using a biophysical simulation model we calculated human carrying capacity under ten diet scenarios. The scenarios included two reference diets based on actual consumption and eight “Healthy Diet” scenarios that complied with nutritional recommendations but varied in the level…
Source The more we are conscious of God’s presence in daily life, the more intense is the fullness of the joy we experience. God means infinitely more to our existence than the light of the sun means to the plants and trees.— Swami Omkarananda, (1930-2000), founder of Omkarananda Ashram, Rishikesh
Source UNITED KINGDOM, December 24, 2017 (Daily Mail): More than 250 couples in India tied the knot on Sunday as part of a mass wedding hosted by an Indian diamond trader. The mass wedding in Surat featured 251 young couples, including five Muslim couples, a Christian couple and two women who are HIV positive. The celebration was hosted by Indian…
Source RICHET, NEPAL, December 23, 2017 (eNCA): More than two years after an earthquake flattened the Nepali village of Richet, most residents are still living in makeshift shelters. Only the church has been rebuilt — paid for by Christian missionaries whose influence in the mainly Hindu country is growing. Despite strict laws that ban religious conversion, Christianity has spread rapidly…
Source VIJAYAWADA, INDIA, December 23, 2017 (Deccan Chronicle): : The Andhra Pradesh endowment department put out a circular banning New Year darshan end decorations across temples in the state from 2018. It said that only Ugadi should be celebrated as the New Year and that the temples should replace the English calendar. Ugadi, this year falling on March 18, is…
Source Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches– knowledge is limitless and also limitless is the application of Truth.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)