Paras Ramoutar PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD/TOBAGO, October 31, 2016 (Paras Ramoutar): Trinidad was ablaze on Saturday night as the Hindu community celebrated, Diwali, the annual Festival of Lights as homes, public places, corporate, government and individuals lit hundreds of thousands of diyas. There were the bursting of bamboo and fireworks, banners, plays and, Lakshmi Puja, literally in every home and the like,…
Source Offer oblations in love, light golden lamps. Spread incense of fragrant wood and lighted camphor in all directions. Forget your worldly worries and meditate. Worshiping thus, there is nothing that you cannot attain. Worshiping thus, you shall inherit the wealth of Indra, heaven’s king. Worshiping thus, you shall gain miraculous powers. Worshiping thus, you shall attain moksha. — Tirumantiram,…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, October 28, 2016 (Himalayan Academy): Today we are officially announcing the version 1 release of our free Spiritual Workout App. The app was inspired by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami’s publisher’s desk article the Ten Minute Spiritual Workout. While today nearly everyone appreciates the need for daily exercise to stay fit and healthy, many don’t realize the need to…
Source UNITED STATES, October 26, 2016 (BuzzFeed, by Mat Mcdermott): The swastika is a symbol as old as humanity itself, one which to this day, despite its appropriation and use by the Nazis, has a powerful positive message, with an amazing history. In Sanskrit, the word swastika is a combination of su (meaning good) and asti (meaning to exist). Popularly,…
Source UNITED STATES, October 30, 2016 (Scroll.in, by Lavina Melwani): In the old days, the Indian immigrant in America was likely to experience excruciating loneliness on Diwali — cut off from the large, extended family, and making do with a patched-together group of strangers, new acquaintances and distant relatives. Diwali celebrations were limited to a few people contributing sabzis, Indian…
Source Being upset reflects the lack of a strategy. — Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today
Source WASHINGTON, D.C. October 26, 2016 (Pew Forum): Although the majority of U.S. adults report that they were raised in families with a single religious faith, roughly one-in-five (21%) say they were raised by parents who came from different religious traditions, according to a new Pew Research Center study. The study helps outline the changing religious landscape in the United…
Source INDIA, October 13, 2016 (New Indian Express by Michel Danino): Studies of India’s ancient scientific accomplishments have seen two extremes: At one end of the spectrum, daydreamers fancy that the Vedas knew everything from electricity to interplanetary travel, that vimanas crisscrossed Indian skies millenniums ago, or that Aryabhata invented all mathematics. At the other end, gainsayers bristle at the…
Source God defined is God denied. To define is to limit. Yet, the deepest of my consciousness calls on Him as pure love. — Sadhu Vaswani, (1879-1966) founder of Sadhu Vaswani Mission
Source INDIA, October 24, 2016 (Hindu Human Rights by J. Sai Deepak): A closer look at today’s political and social arena clearly reveals how Hindu institutions and Hinduism in India are unfairly targeted by a combination of vote bank politics and unscrupulous politicians and businessmen. Particularly alarming is the destruction of Hindu institutions and the illegal mass conversions by other…