Source SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, June 23, 2017 (Press Release): To guide youths in interfaith love, the author Dr. Dilip Amin established a non-profit forum, www.InterfaithShaadi.org, in 2009. He has since assisted countless individuals and couples, and through which he has personally guided 1200 youths. This new book is a summary of his research of the past 12 years in this…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, June 25, 2017 (Deccan Chronicle): A Sivalingam made of maragatham (emerald), valued over US$310,000 from the 400-year-old temple in Thiruporur was stolen by unidentified men on Friday night in the darkness of the new moon. The theft happened at Swayambulingeswara temple in Illaloor located on Thiruporur-Guduvancherry Road. According to the police, the statue was the main deity…
Source GUWAHATI, INDIA, June 23, 2017 (NDTV): With China refusing to open the gates to the first batch of about 50 pilgrims scheduled to travel to Kailash Mansarovar through Nathu La in Sikkim, the devotees have returned to Sherthang after waiting for a week. The second batch of pilgrims has been held up in Gangtok. “Yes, there are some difficulties…
Source Life should be chiefly service. Without that ideal, the intelligence that God has given you is not reaching out toward its goal. When in service you forget the little self, you will feel the big Self of Spirit. — Paramahamsa Yogananda (1893-1952)
Source KOLKATA INDIA, June 18, 2017 (Times of India): Swami Atmasthananda Maharaj, 99, president of the Belur-headquartered Ramkrishna Math and Mission, also believed to have initiated Prime Minister Narendra Modi into politics, died of age-related ailments in Kolkata’s Ramkrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan on Sunday evening. The monk had been in the hospital since February 2015 due to health issues. He…
Source WHARTON, PENNSYLVANIA, June 15, 2017 (Knowlege @ Wharton): Can an Indian yoga master and spiritual guru pose a threat to established multinationals in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market in the country? Baba Ramdev, a 51-year-old politically networked saffron-robed yoga expert and astute businessman, certainly believes so. Patanjali Ayurved, the company he front-ends, recently posted revenues of Rs.10,561…
Source ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, June 21, 2017 (India TV News): The third International Yoga Day was celebrated in Pakistan but on a muted scale. The organizers said a much bigger event will follow after Ramadan ends. Pakistani yoga guru Shamshad Haider, who runs over 50 clubs across the country, said in a telephone interview from Islamabad: “Due to Ramadan and people…
Source GUWAHATI, INDIA, June 23, 2017 (NDTV): With China refusing to open the gates to the first batch of about 50 pilgrims scheduled to travel to Kailash Mansarovar through Nathu La in Sikkim, the devotees have returned to Sherthang after waiting for a week. The second batch of pilgrims has been held up in Gangtok. “Yes, there are some difficulties…
Source The key to unusual success lies in one’s ability to be sensitive to opportunities as they arise, and more so, in one’s courage and willpower to actually act on them. These moments pass quickly and if not seized will often not come again. We are in a flow and must willfully act at the appropriate times to be successful.…
Source KOCHI, INDIA, June 16, 2016 (Religion News Service): A high court in southern India has ruled that Christian priests and nuns are entitled to their right to property despite their vows of poverty, signaling an end to a centuries-old tradition that has left many in the clergy destitute. In its order last week in favor of a priest whose…