Daily Inspiration
Source “Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child, the whole world is your own.”— Sri Sarada Devi (1853-1920) wife of Sri Ramakrishna
Gujarati Translator Sought
KAUAI, HAWAII, June 13, 2016: Hinduism Today is seeking a volunteer to translate the quarterly Publisher’s Desk editorial to Gujarati, four annually. The pieces are about 1,500 words long. Please contact our editor, Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami, at sadasivanatha@hindu.org.
PM Modi Arrives in Mexico for Talks and a Mexican Vegetarian Dinner with the President
Source MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, June 9, 2016 (Indian Express): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived at Mexico City on the final leg of his five-nation tour. PM Modi held restricted talks with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at Los Pinos. In a very special gesture, Mexican President Nieto personally drove Narendra Modi to a restaurant for Mexican vegetarian fare.…
No Suryanamaskar This Yoga Day, Om Not Compulsory
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 8, 2016 (Deccan Chronicle): Suryanamaskar asana will not be part of this year’s Yoga Day celebrations and chanting of Om won’t be compulsory even though yoga is incomplete without it, Ayush Minister Shripad Naik said on Wednesday about the June 21 event which is expected to entail a collective cost of hundreds of crores of…
India to Go All Out Celebrating International Day of Yoga 2016
Source INDIA, June 10, 2016 (Press Information Bureau): HPI Note: We were struck by this long press release listing what appear to be tens of thousands of events being set up by the government for the Day of Yoga. Addressing a press conference at Chandigarh today regarding the preparations for International Day of Yoga, which is to be celebrated at…
The Ruin of India Under British Rule
Source UNITED KINGDOM, June 10, 2016 (Marxists.org): HPI Note: This extraordinary 1907 report by a Britisher details the deadly exploitation of India people and resources by the British Raj. The British Empire in India is the most striking example in the history of the world of the domination of a vast territory and population by a small minority of an…
Daily Inspiration
Source The whole path is a total surrendering. All four sects of Hinduism meet in surrender, prapatti, to the Divine.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Daily Inspiration
Source At this time in the Kali Yuga, ignorance is equally distributed worldwide, and wisdom has become an endangered species.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Mizoram Churches Asks Members to Not Practice Yoga
Source INDIA, June 8, 2016 (Northeast Today): In a diktat which could snowball into a major controversy, leaders of 13 major churches of Mizoram have appealed to church members to refrain from practicing yoga. Mizoram Kohhran Hruaitute Committee (MKHC) leader and senior executive secretary of Mizoram Synod of Presbyterian Church Rev. Lalramliana Pachuau said that the churches regarded yoga as…
Yoga Helps Cancer Survivors Sleep Better
Source UNITED STATES, June 7, 2016 (SBS): Yoga can improve the sleep of people who have battled cancer, research suggests. Two 75-minute sessions a week for four weeks helps people feel less tired, while they also report better social, physical and emotional wellbeing. Researchers behind the small study said sleep problems typically occurred in 30 per cent to 60 per…