Daily Inspiration
Source For seven lives in seven bodies the grateful will remember friends who relieved their anguish and affliction.— Saint Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural, verse 107
Last Rites Performed for Cove and John Ashram Swami
Source GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, November 5, 2015 (Stabroek News): Swami Vidyanandaji Maharaj, spiritual director of the Cove and John Ashram and the America Sevashram Sangha, was remembered yesterday as a holy man who influenced everyone who he came in contact with positively, as hundreds flocked the Cove and John Ashram to pay their last respects. (The name is that of the…
Renovated Historic Mandir Enhances Diwali Festivity
Source KARACHI, PAKISTAN, November 11, 2015 (Daily Times): For jubilant Maalsi, visiting Karachi’s Darya Lal Mandir on Eduljee Dinshaw Road on Diwali is something special this year. Almost renovated it would be one of the port city’s historic mandirs having the biggest gumbad (dome) of Jhoolay Lal, which makes Diwali celebrations more colourful for Maalsi and his family. Hindu communities…
Early Release for Prisoners who Pass Yoga test at Indian Jail
Source PUNE, INDIA , December 1, 2015 (by Andrew Marszal, Telegraph News):An Indian jail is to release prisoners early if they earn top marks in yoga exams at the end of a course. The scheme involves inmates at the Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, where Mahatma Gandhi was twice imprisoned, and prisoners will be eligible for release three months early…
Argentina University Offers Degree in Yoga and Integral Health
Source ARGENTINA, November 9, 2015 (Rosario 3): The University Institute of Gran Rosario (IUGR), announces the opening of a new undergraduate program for the 2016 cycle: the Technical University Degree in Yoga and Integral Health. This undergraduate program aims to train upper level technicians in Yoga, with theoretical-practical knowledge on integral health based in traditional and current academic contents; with…
Daily Inspiration
Source Build your inner environment. Practice silence!— Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
Can Eating Less Meat Help Reduce Climate Change?
Source UNITED KINGDOM, November 24, 2015 (BBC): As the Paris Conference of the Parties (COP21) draws near, the international spotlight is more focused on climate change than at any time since the Copenhagen talks of 2009. But amid all the talk of decarbonizing energy and transport systems, one crucial area remains in the shadows. The livestock sector produces about 15%…
Daily Inspiration
Source The practice of yoga is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature into the life of humanity. It is not personal ananda, but the bringing down of the divine ananda, the Satya…
Religious Education in England “Needs Overhaul”
Source ENGLAND, November 27, 2015 (BBC): Religious belief has changed sharply in recent years but religious education has not kept pace, says the Goldsmiths, University of London, report. “Content should reflect the real religious landscape,” said co-author Prof. Adam Dinham. The report comes after a High Court ruling that the government made “an error of law” in leaving “non-religious world…
Over Two Million People Pledged to Observe 25th November as International Meatless Day
Source INDIA, November 27, 2015 (Sadhu Vaswani): Every year, November 25th, Sadhu Vaswani’s birthday, is celebrated as International Meatless Day and the number of pledges and supporters are growing increasingly. This year pledges were received from all across the globe including; Germany, Spain, London, St. Maarten, Casablanca, Singapore, and the West Indies. A total of 2,731,424 people pledged to observe…