Source INDIA, April 23, 2015 (Economic Times by Sadanand Dhume): Is India’s overwhelming Hindu majority shrinking? A recent survey by the Pew Research Center echoes news reports based on leaked figures from the 2011 census. For the first time since independence in 1947, fewer than four in five Indians self-identifies as a Hindu. The Pew survey suggests a more nuanced…
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…
Source Hinduism is ultimately about experiencing things yourself. Understanding another person’s wisdom does not make one wise. — Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today
Source CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, December 3, 2016 (BBC): A vegetarian cafe is refusing to accept the new #5 note after it emerged the currency contains animal products. Sharon Meijland, owner of the Rainbow Cafe in Cambridge, has put up signs warning customers about the policy. Mrs. Meijland said she had made a “promise” to customers that the cafe was an “ethical…
Source LEICESTER, ENGLAND, November 30, 2016 (BBC): The Shree Sanatan Mandir, one of Leicester’s oldest and largest Hindu temples, has urged worshippers not to give new five pound notes in donations after the Bank of England confirmed they contain animal fat. The notes are made from small amounts of tallow, derived from animal waste products, which has angered a number…
Source A happy man is he who desires nothing, claims nothing, expects nothing and is free from hatred and fear. — Dada Vaswani, leader of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission
Source HYDERABAD, INDIA, December 1, 2016 (The Hindu): The Temple Protection Movement has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to implement the recommendation of the Supreme Court for creation of a daily puja fund scheme for every temple. Movement convener M.V. Soundarrajan, in a statement, said it will be in tune with the demonetization exercise initiated by the prime Minister…
Source There is no place more powerful for practice, more blessed or more marvelous than Mount Kailash. — Milarepa (c.1052‚Äì1135), Tibet’s most revered yogi
Source PUDUCHERRY, INDIA, November 28,, 2016 (The Hindu): Yoga has now become part of the nursing curriculum at the Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (MGMCRI) under the Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (SBV). The Centre for Yoga Therapy, Education and Research (CYTER), SBV, which had pioneered the incorporation of Yoga concepts in the MBBS curriculum two years ago and later…
Source INDIA, November 30, 2016 (Swarajya, by Aravindan Neelakandan): In April, 2016, in the renowned journal Frontiers of Psychology, Anthony Trewavas, a molecular biologist from University of Edinburgh, who has been working on plant perceptions, published a paper in which he stated: “Environmental awareness likely indicates consciousness. Spontaneity in plant behavior, ability to count to five and error correction indicate…