Daily Inspiration
Source As to a mountain that’s enflamed, deer and birds do not resort–so, with knowers of God, sins find no shelter.— Krishna Yajur Veda, Maitreya Upanishads 6.18
$224 Million Projects for Religious Tourism Okayed
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 13, 2016 (Times of India): The government has cleared projects worth over US$ 224 million under three schemes – Ramayana circuit, Krishna circuit and Buddhist circuit – as part of its focus on religious tourism. The projects helmed by the tourism ministry are spread primarily over UP, and Bihar and will develop infrastructure including road…
Tulsi Gabbard Asks California Board to Describe Hinduism Accurately
Source WASHINGTON, U.S., July 12, 2016 (Silicon India): California State Board of Education is in the final stages of revising and updating the K-12 History-Social Science Framework for public schools. Tulsi Gabbard, the first ever Hindu elected to the US House of Representatives, has asked a Californian educational board to give Hinduism its due place in school textbooks and not…
Education Board in California Includes Richer Content on Ancient India and Hinduism
Source SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, July 16, 2016 (India Live Today): The State Education Board in California has approved a new school curriculum framework which will include richer content on ancient India and Hinduism for the first time. The framework, which will update and upgrade history and social science instruction in California, was developed over a period of two years, went through…
Daily Inspiration
Source If you have not seen your own Self, if you have not pierced the knots of your Heart and washed away the filth of your mind, then what does it matter if you are a human being?— Kabir
Meat is Horrible
Source USA, July 10, 2016 (by Rachel Premack, Washington Post): It may be delicious, but the evidence is accumulating that meat, particularly red meat, is just a disaster for the environment — and not so great for human beings, too. By 2050, scientists forecast that emissions from agriculture alone will account for how much carbon dioxide the world can use…
Statues Falling off Temple Gopurams Cause Panic
Source ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, July 7, 2016 (The Hindu): While the free fall of statues from various towers in the Srikalahastheeswara temple over the last few months, though brushed aside as sporadic instances, continues unabated, a similar incident witnessed in the Pallikondeswara Swamy temple in Surutupalle village of Nagalapuram mandal triggered further panic. The latest incident was attributed to heavy…
Amarnath Yatra Stays Suspended as Kashmir Remains Tense
Source JAMMU, INDIA, July 10, 2016 (Hindustan Times): The Amarnath Yatra remained suspended for the second day on Sunday due to security measures in the valley following the death of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on Friday. “No yatri will be allowed to move from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu to the Kashmir Valley on Sunday due to…
Kashmir: Amarnath Yatra Suspended after Hizbul Mujahideen Commander’s Death
Source KASHMIR, INDIA, July 9, 2016 (Indian Express): Thousands of Amarnath pilgrims were stranded at Jammu and various other places on Saturday after the state government suspended their movement to Kashmir Valley apprehending trouble as a fall out of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. Amidst tight security every morning, pilgrims in a convoy leave Jammu for Pahalgam…
Daily Inspiration
Source One party says thought is caused by matter, and the other says matter is caused by thought. Both statements are wrong; matter and thought are coexistent. There is a third something of which both matter and thought are products.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)