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,…
Source The fragrance of the flower is never borne against the breeze, but the fragrance of human virtues diffuses itself everywhere.— Ramayana
Source MADURAI, INDIA, August 23, 2016 (The Hindu): When you travel to Madurai next time, there will be no need to research through online and offline material to know about the world famous Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple. Your mobile phone will be a virtual guide to take you on a tour of the temple, besides providing a peek into the ancient…
Source This body of mine brought seeds with it. Illness is one of them. Activity passes on and so does the body. Of what concern is it to us? All this was settled long ago. Don’t be afraid of anything.— Satguru Siva Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lankan mystic, speaking near the end of his life
Source AUSTRALIA, September 5, 2016 (Gay News Network): The Australian Council of Hindu Clergy has proclaimed its support for marriage equality. Whilst the council acknowledges that marriage, (vivaha) as defined by Hindu Dharma Shastras is between a man and a woman for the purpose it acknowledges that in Australian secular law, marriage is not a sacrament (samskara). In a statement…