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
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…