Source Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practice even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action. — Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886), famed guru of Swami Vivekananda
Source BANGKOK, THAILAND, March 14, 2017 (South China Morning Post): Thailand’s best craftsmen are hard at work producing monuments to King Rama IX. “The graceful walk of Ratchasi (a mythical lion) implies that Thai people must move on after our late King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away,” said sculptor Nopparat Bunmee. Craftsmen are now hard at work at the sculptural hall…
Source NEW JERSEY, U.S., March 13, 2017 (Press Release): Hindu students from all over the United States have expressed strong disappointment and opposition towards CNN’s “Believer” Episode on Hinduism, which aired on March 5th and showed a heavily derogatory and out-of-context depiction of Hinduism and India. In the episode, contributor Reza Aslan visits the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, India…
Source Do not run away. Face the world and get hit by the world. Let the world drop you again and again. It is the means to destroy the Ego. — Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1993), founder of Chinmaya Mission
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, March 10, 2017: 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 (and seven back issues) on your mobile device at bit.ly/HT-APP. Our feature story this issue is a tour de force taking…
Source Dharma can be defined as the opposite of chaos, the order behind everything that exists. — Swami Satyananda Saraswati, head of Advaitavidya, Barcelona, Spain
Source UNITED STATES, March 9, 2017 (Indiafacts by Prashant Parikh): From colonial times, Indians have been characterized as predominantly savage, otherworldly, uncivilized, and by implication, in need of civilizing. These long perpetuated portrayals of Hindus did not remain merely confined to voluminous tomes and academic cliques, but rapidly percolated into the wider pop-cultural domain. This is quite evident through films…
Source Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life–think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success; this is the way great spiritual giants are produced. — Swami Vivekananda,
Source INDIA, March 8, 2017 (Swarajya, by Aravindan Neelakandan): Compassion International, a US organization leading and funding Christian proselytization in India, has recently declared that it would shut down its operations in the country after facing tough restrictions related to foreign funding. Here is an account of how the Christian organisation has been secretly pursuing its missionary work in India…
Source UNITED STATES, March 1, 2017 (Christianity Today): HPI Note: At issue here is foreign funding coming into India and being used for the purpose of conversion of Hindus to Christianity. Compassion International only works through evangelical churches (as stated in this full article), churches whose aim is conversion. The 2011 crackdown on foreign funds entering India was intended to…