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Source All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark. — Swami Vivekananda, (1863-1902) founder Ramakrishna Mission

Source KAUAI, HAWAII, December 9, 2016 (HPI): Now five weeks into its two month run, Himalayan Academy’s Digital Dharma Drive has raised $33,000. Among several of the Academy’s projects supported by the drive is the one you are reading: Hindu Press International, so please donate today at “source” above. In announcing the drive November 1st, Hinduism Today publisher Satguru Bodhinatha…

Source BOLTON, UNITED KINGDOM, August 9, 2016 (The Bolton News): Bolton made its debut as the venue for a national celebration of the links between the Hindu community and the Armed Forces. Members of Britain’s Army, Navy and Air Force, Hindus from Bolton and people who travelled from as far as India, gathered at the Krishna Temple yesterday for a…

Source Himself will create, Himself will protect, Himself will annihilate, Himself will obscure. Having done these, He will bestow liberation, pervading and ruling all. — Tirumular, Saiva rishi, author of the Tirumantiram

Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, December 4, 2016 (Nikkei Asian Review): Saturday is the one day off in Nepal’s working week and therefore has become the holy day for Nepal’s growing Christian community. At the Nepal Isai Mandali-Gyaneshwor Church in Kathmandu about 300 Christians gather every Saturday to pray, sing hymns, listen to bible sermons and praise the Lord. M.J. Shah remains…

Source DHAKA, BANGLADESH, December 4, 2016 (Dhaka Tribune): Unidentified criminals vandalized two Hindu temples in Pabna and Netrakona early yesterday, amid attacks on Hindu worshipping places and houses at different places across the country carried out in the last couple of months. Locals of Mymensinghorohi village under Shingherbangla union of Netrakona sadar told the Dhaka Tribune’s Hanif Ullah Akash that…

Source SINGAPORE, December 4, 2016 (Straits Times): Nearly 20,000 Hindus queued up under the morning sun to enter the renovated Sri Siva Durga temple after a special consecration ceremony on Sunday Dec 4. The temple in Potong Pasir had undergone a two-year, US$2.7 million reconstruction. All Hindu temples undergo renovations and repairs every 12 years, and the temple and its…

Source No one can describe the Truth adequately. Even the great Shankara failed to do it. — Satguru Siva Yogaswami (1872‚Äì1964), Sri Lankan mystic

Source INDIA, April 23, 2015 (Economic Times by Sadanand Dhume): Is India’s overwhelming Hindu majority shrinking? A recent survey by the Pew Research Center echoes news reports based on leaked figures from the 2011 census. For the first time since independence in 1947, fewer than four in five Indians self-identifies as a Hindu. The Pew survey suggests a more nuanced…

Source Hinduism is ultimately about experiencing things yourself. Understanding another person’s wisdom does not make one wise. — Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today