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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)

Source KARNATAKA, INDIA , May 27, 2016 (Euro News):The site of Hampi, in India’s southwestern state of Karnataka, was the capital of the last great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar. The empire prospered between the 14th and 16th centuries until destroyed by Muslim armies. It received UNESCO World Heritage status in 1986. To this day, it remains a very popular destination…

Source Love is the source of understanding. You know intellectually that within you resides the potential, expressed or not, for all human emotion, thought and action. Yet, you no doubt meet or observe people occasionally whose life and actions are repellent or unacceptable to you. The absence of love has created a vacuum of understanding. For the meditating person, there…