WASHINGTON, D.C., September 21, 2016 (Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty): Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty is expressing gratitude to the Department of Veterans Affairs for its recent memorandum to key officials that updates the policy guidance on religious exercise and expression in VA facilities and property. The updated policy guidance allows outside groups and individuals to sing religious songs during…
Source CANADA, September 20, 2016 (Canada Mint): The Canadian Mint has issued a Diwali coin by Canadian artist Meera Sethi. The coin is inspired by the colorful Indian folk art of Rangoli, which traditionally adorns entrances and floors during Diwali. Within the geometric and floral-inspired pattern lie numerous cultural symbols that represent the “Festival of Lights” as a cherished multi-ethnic…
Source The practice of yoga is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature into the life of humanity. It is not personal ananda, but the bringing down of the divine ananda, the Satya…
Source When in despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end they always fall–think of it, always.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Source JAKARTA, BALI ,September 18, 2016 (Antara News): ali Island, Indonesia’s most famous tourist resort, and India, share a striking similarity: both have a Hindu majority population. The people of Bali, and even those in several parts of Indonesia, also share the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics of India. Bali and India, however, also have their own unique culture, traditions and…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, September 18, 2016: Hinduism Today’s October/November/December 2016 issue has gone to press and is now available online free of charge at hinduismtoday.com. You can also download our free Hinduism Today app and get the full magazine on your mobile device at http://www.himalayanacademy.com/apps/hinduism-today. The magic of India’s spiritual geography comes to life as senior correspondent Rajiv Malik and…
Source We who have come from the East here have been told day after day in a patronizing way that we ought to accept Christianity because Christian nations are the most prosperous. We look about us and see England as the most prosperous nation in the world, with her foot on the neck of 250 million Asiatics. We look back…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, September 14, 2016 (by Arjit Barman, Economics Times): Britain’s newest peer swore his oath of allegiance on an ancient book–the Rig Veda. At 46, Jitesh Gadhia is currently the youngest Briton of Indian origin in the House of Lords, where the average age of 800 peers is about 69. An investment banker of repute, Gadhia has been…
Source As long as someone cries out “O God! O God!” be sure that he has not found God, for whoever has found Him becomes still.— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)
Source BRICKFIELDS, MALAYSIA, September 10, 2016 (The Star): Decked out in finery with devotees at his side, Lord Ganesha strolled through the streets of Brickfields on a silver chariot to mark his birthday, the Vinayagar Chathurthi festival. Hindus converged at the Sri Sakthi Karpaga Vinayagar Temple in Jalan Berhala in Brickfields to celebrate the birth of the elephant God, Vinayagar,…