Source ENGLAND, May 23, 2016 (The Guardian): The number of people who say they have no religion is rapidly escalating and significantly outweighs the Christian population in England and Wales, according to new analysis. The proportion of the population who identify as having no religion — referred to as “nones” — reached 48.5% in 2014, almost double the figure of…
Source DEHRADUN, INDIA, June 1, 2016 (Times of India): A technical committee formed by the State Disaster Management Department has raised serious questions over the reconstruction work undertaken at Kedarnath, which was devastated by flash floods in 2013. The committee, comprising scientists and civil engineers from agencies, such as Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Geological Survey of India, and National…
Source Listen for silence in noisy places; feel at peace in the midst of disturbance; awaken joy when there is no reason.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source If you are going to control your income, start by controlling your emotions. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source INDIA, May 30, 2016 (swarajyamag.com): HPI note: Our thanks to several readers who sorted out the misleading Times of India article published in yesterday’s HPI. This article in Swarjaya Magazine was written today by Arihant Pawariya to expressly to correct the errors of the Times article: The Times of India tells us that it’s time to rewrite the history…
Source MADURAI, INDIA, May 29, 2016 (Times of India): With structure after structure surfacing from under the soil, the massive scale of an ancient urban centre that lies buried at Pallisanthai Thidal in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu is emerging. The second phase of the work undertaken by excavation branch VI, Bangalore, of the Archaeological Survey of India suggests that…
Source There are only two things you can really depend on: one is the changeableness of life, and the other is the unchanging Self within you.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source INDIA, April 7, 2016 (Nature by Andrew Robinson): The Indus civilization flourished for half a millennium from about 2600 bc to 1900 bc. Then it mysteriously declined and vanished from view. It remained invisible for almost 4,000 years until its ruins were discovered by accident in the 1920s by British and Indian archaeologists. Following almost a century of excavation,…
Source KOLKATA, INDIA, May 29, 2015 (Times of India): HPI Note: This article says it comes from a report published in Nature journal on May 25, but we’re unable to find the report on their web site. So this may need to be taken with a grain of salt until confirmed. If anyone finds the Nature article, or the actual…
Source “Just as a man will use a staff to climb a mountain, so should virtue be used in life.”— Yogaswami of Jaffna (1872-1964)