Source ARIZONA, USA, May 12, 2016 (YogaDork): This is some much-needed fantastic news you can share with all your friends and family … and, no, it has nothing to do with putting your feet over your head, Uncle Charlie. A recent study found that yoga, yes yoga, is better at keeping your memory sharp than all those puzzles and brain…
Source CALIFORNIA, May 11, 2016 (press release): The Scholars for People sent in a letter to the California Board of Education critiquing academically the suggestions on Framework Narrative Review coming the South Asia Faculty Group. The letter and the analyses may be downloaded at “source” above. The Scholars for People group objects to suggestions they believe seriously misrepresents the history…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 11, 2016 (by Jyotika Sood, Livemint): The kumbh is a Hindu religious fair where the highlight is a bath in the holy river, which is supposed to cleanse one’s sins. With smart parking, virtual darshan, coded entry, e-rickshaws, high-tech cooking, live video streaming, drone monitoring, 6,000 closed-circuit cameras with face and behavior detection, this year’s…
Source BHOPAL, INDIA, May 10, 2016 (Daily Pioneer): The Second Shahi Snan during Simhastha at Ujjain began with fervor, enthusiasm and great devotion. Saints and seers of various Nirwani Akhara had the holy dip in Kshipra at Ramghat. Running while raising slogans praising Mahadev, saints and seers had mass holy dip. Naga Sadhus’ holy dip was a special attraction at…
Source There is something beyond our mind which abides in silence within our mind. It is the supreme mystery beyond thought. Let one’s mind and one’s subtle body rest upon that and not rest on anything else.— Maitri Upanishad
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, May 9, 2016: The editors at Hinduism Today are celebrating today the availability of the fourth issue of the magazine on our mobile app, whether Apple or Android. You can download the free app at “source” above And you can get a short tutorial on use and features here: http://www.himalayanacademy.com/blog/taka/2015/08/12/the-amazing-ht-app-is-born/
Source BHOPAL, INDIA, May 9, 2016 (Daily Pioneer): On the eve of the second Shahi Snan of Simhastha at Ujjain, a large number of devotees from elsewhere within the country and abroad enjoyed various arts all night by listening to spiritual and religious discourses at various akharas. Tribal artistes from various states of the country with their unique musical instruments…
Source It is the unique and all-encompassing nature of Hinduism that one devotee may be worshiping Ganesha while his friend worships Subramaniam or Vishnu, and yet both honor the other’s choice and feel no sense of conflict. The profound understanding and universal acceptance that are unique in Hinduism are reflected in this faculty for accommodating different approaches to the Divine,…
Source LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, May 4, 2016 (New York Times): Victors are said to write history. But in California, history is being written by a committee that is at the center of a raging debate over how to tell the story of South Asia as it tries to update textbooks and revise curriculums for Grades 6 and 7. The dispute…
Source UJJAIN, INDIA, May 5, 2016 (Outlook): Seven people were killed and around 90 others injured when heavy rains accompanied by lightning and squalls flattened and uprooted makeshift tents of pilgrims in and around the site of ongoing Simbatha Kumbh Mela here this evening. According to police official B.S. Chauhan, nearly a third of the tents put up by the…