Source BHOPAL, INDIA, April 6, 2017 (New Indian Express): The Madhya Pradesh Government-run Maharshi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan will launch a diploma course in “Hindu Purohityam” or priestly duties for all irrespective of caste or religion, its director said today. “From July this year, we are launching the one-year ‘Diploma in Purohityam’ for teaching priesthood. This course would be open for…
Source UNITED STATES, April 6, 2017 (Tuckerman Times): Hindus will witness a “dramatic” drop-off in births between 2055 and 2060 due to declining fertility in India, which is home to 94 per cent of the community’s global population, according to a new Pew research. The Pew Research Centre study also said that the number of babies born to Muslim women…
Source The Lord is in me, the Lord is in you, as life is in every seed; put false pride away and seek the Lord within. — Saint Kabir (1440-1518), mystic poet
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 6, 2017 (Economic Times): A group of 42 members of Japanese Parliament on Tuesday launched a Parliamentary League for Promotion of Yoga, a first of its kind institutional mechanism which will promote both the ancient discipline and ties between India and Japan. The league, launched by India’s ambassador to Japan Sujan Chinoy in the presence…
Source WINTERTHUR, SWITZERLAND, April 4, 2017 (kath.ch): There are 50,000 Hindus in Switzerland. Until recently they had no common voice. On April 2nd, however, various organizations have joined forces to form the “Schweizerischen Dachverband fuer Hinduismus” – the Swiss Hindu Association. With the Swiss Hindu Association the various groups and communities have “a unified, equitable and official place in multi-religious…
Source Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved. — Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950), Indian guru
Source INDIA, June 7, 2016, (Speaking Tree): A land of diversified cultures and religion, India is believed to be blessed with edifices that are traced since ancient times. The country not only has the oldest religion in existence, but some magnificent temples, including the Kailasa Temple in Ellora, Maharashtra, carved out of solid rock back in the 8th century AD.…
Source CANADA, April 4, 2017 (Angus Reid Institute): Canada is often held up as the paragon of a diverse society. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has proclaimed that “diversity is Canada’s strength.” A new study from the Angus Reid Institute finds not only support for, but also limitations to that narrative when it comes to both faith and the visible role…
Source Realize the truest reality, the real power, that you are; Infinite you are, above all danger and difficulty. — Swami Rama Thirtha (1873-1906), Hindu teacher and lecturer
Source LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, April 3, 2017 (LA Times): Varun Soni straightened his shoulders and grasped the podium, his dark suit flanked by the stately white robes of priests and ministers. A beloved professor had been stabbed to death. As USC’s head chaplain, it fell to Soni to help the hundreds gathered outside that day to process their loss. And…