Source A person’s growth begins with dissatisfaction. Not content with the world, he seeks satisfaction by prayers to God; this purifies his mind and he longs to know God more than to satisfy his carnal desires. Then God’s grace begins to manifest. God will take the form of a guru and appear to the devotee, to teach him Truth so…
Source CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, January 26, 2016 (University of Chicago): As the University of Chicago prepares to celebrate two major anniversaries in South Asian studies, a new gift will help to ensure UChicago’s continued leadership in the study of the Indian subcontinent. The Anupama and Guru Ramakrishnan Professorship in Sanskrit Studies, established by a US$3.5 million gift from Guru and Anupama…
Source Only the guru is father, mother and brother. He is also friend, well-wisher and the only wealth. Thus everything should be surrendered to him. The disciple, fully surrendered to the guru, sees him as God, and then becomes God himself.— Chandra Jnana Agama, 2.68
Source PAKISTAN, February 1. 2016 (by David Frawley): Which religious group has the least amount of human rights in South Asia? The probable answer, perhaps surprisingly, is a group that few think about or recognize as existing – Pakistani Hindus. The plight of Pakistani Hindus is among the direst of any community in the world and has been so for…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 2, 2016 (Press Trust of India): Sanskrit would have survived had it become the language of commoners, Union minister Najma Heptulla noted here today while asking people to shun their “colonized” mindset to conserve the country’s oldest language. “Sanskrit would have survived had it been the language of commoners and not only elites. Colonization here…
Source ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, February 1, 2016 (Press Trust of India): Pakistani lawmakers’ lack of political will to pass the pending Hindu marriage bill despite a Supreme Court directive came in for criticism today, with a leading newspaper questioning the government’s commitment to minority rights, especially for Hindu women. “While many politicians are quick to issue public statements about the rights…
Source INDIA, January 31, 2016 (The Hindu): The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) on Saturday has approved its annual budget for the year 2016-17 with an estimated revenue of US$394.5 million. For the first time in the history of the TTD, the income derived from the temple Hundi by way of offerings is put at Rs. 1,010 crore (US$148.8 million), surpassing…
Source INDIA, January 31, 2016 (Babaji’s Kriya Yoga): “The Treasure Trove of Tamil Yoga Siddha Manuscripts” is a guide and a large collection of verses composed by Tamil Yoga Siddhars during the medieval Sangam period. These verses, found only on palm leaf manuscripts, were collected, scanned, transcribed into modern Tamil and edited by an eminent team of scholars and manuscriptologists…
Source Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches– knowledge is limitless and also limitless is the application of Truth.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Source MALAYSIA, January 25, 2016 (The Star): Thousands of devotees took part in colorful and vibrant processions during the Thaipusam celebration in Ipoh. Carrying kavadis of various colors, shapes and sizes, many of these devotees walked about six miles from Jelapang to Buntong and to the Sri Subramaniar Temple in Gunung Cheroh on a bright Sunday morning. Chants of “Vel…