Source INDIA, December 17, 2016 (BBC): In the mid-1990s, millions of Hindus around the world were gripped by reports in New Delhi of sacred statues “drinking” milk. In the early morning of September 21, 1995, rumors of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha sipping milk from a spoon spread across the country. Offering food and drink like milk to the gods is…
Source WASHINGTON, December 17, 2016 (by Carol Zimmerman, CNS): A new study showing the disparity of education levels among religious groups ranks Jews as the faith group with the most formal education and Muslims and Hindus with the least years of formal schooling. Christians are the second-highest educated religious group in the world, followed by the religiously unaffiliated and Buddhists,…
Source During the Kali Yuga, man, being completely dependent on food to live life, cannot altogether shake off the idea that he is the body. But truly he is Brahman. — Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836‚Äì1886), Indian mystic
Source The outer worship is approaching God properly, presenting ourselves acceptably. It is to offer our love, our adoration and then to speak out our prayer, our petition. The inner worship is to enjoy God’s presence and not rush away, to stay, to sit, to meditate awhile and bask in the shakti, endeavoring to realize the Self within. — Satguru…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 11, 2016 (Homify by Ritika Tiwari): In Hinduism, each day of the week is dedicated to a God or Goddess. People fast on particular days in order to please the Lords. In this ideabook we present 7 designs of Pooja rooms to appease the Gods this week. Sunday is dedicated to Sun God. Surya Dev…
Source SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, December 13, 2016 (Creative India Mag, by Vamsee Juluri): Hanuman, the “monkey grammarian” of Octavio Paz’s book by the same name, stands beautifully in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. His eyes look sparkling and alive, his face reveals the enunciation of a word, wonderful and pleasing, no doubt. His body is alert and finger raised.…
Source A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches and thoughts, the consequences of even the least of them is far-reaching. — Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963) founder of the Divine Life Society
Source ORLANDO, FLORIDA, December 10, 2016 (Press Release): The Mahatma Gandhi Center for Non-Violence, Human Rights and World Peace at the Hindu University of America is launching an online Master of Arts program in conflict, peace and Hindu philosophy starting in January 2017. The program aims at enriching the discipline of conflict and peace studies by providing a Hindu perspective.…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, December 7, 2016 (Flux Hawaii by Jon Letman): The monks of Kauai’s Hindu Monastery [home of Hinduism Today and HPI] live a quiet life of prayer, meditation, and asceticism in pursuit of divine consciousness, begins this article that recently appeared in Flux Hawaii as part of their “Good Life” series. In 1969, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami set foot…
Source The mind cannot know what is beyond itself; but the mind is known by what is beyond, that essence of timelessness and spacelessness which makes everything perceivable, yet itself is beyond perception. — Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), Hindu sage