Source Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. Proneness to exaggerate, to suppress or modify the truth, wittingly or unwittingly, is a natural weakness of man and silence is necessary in order to surmount it.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian spiritual leader
Source HOUSTON, TEXAS, December 8, 2015 (Chron): Shri Shri Sugunendra Theerta Swamiji, pontiff of the Shri Krishna Vrundavana branch of the international Hindu group Shri Krishna temple, recently attended the inaugural ceremonies for the Shri Krishna Vrundavana temple in Sugar Land. The new location for the temple still looks like what it once was – an event hall for hosting…
Source INDIA, December 8, 2015 (Bollywood Helpline): Chinmaya Mission has dedicated the upcoming year to a celebration of spirituality and its various nuances. Chinmaya Ananda Utsav from December 13 to 20 is a part of the year long celebrations. Chinmaya Ananda Utsav begins with “Spirit of India” organized by Chinmaya Mission Mumbai as a musical evening on December 13, 2015…
Source You can gain an intricate control of the various things that change in and about you. Lean your thoughts and feelings in the right direction, and discover how quickly your circumstances will change their direction.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source UNITED KINGDOM, December 7, 2015 (The Telegraph): Britain is no longer a Christian country and should stop acting as if it is, a major inquiry into the place of religion in modern society has concluded, provoking a furious backlash from ministers and the Church of England. A two-year commission, chaired by the former senior judge Baroness Butler-Sloss and involving…
Source INDIA, December 5, 2015 (Hindustan Times): The richest Hindu temple in the world could soon come to the rescue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to recycle tons of idle gold and cut economy-hurting imports. The gold monetization scheme, aimed at persuading individuals, institutions and rich temples to deposit some of their gold stash with banks to recycle, has…
Source The biggest sorrow is poverty. The greatest happiness is that of meeting with a saint, which is beyond compare.— Tulsidas in the Ramacharitamanasa, 16th century
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 4, 2015 (Telegraph): India’s supreme court has ruled that a man cannot divorce his wife if she is terminally ill, even if she consents, because he is duty-bound under Hindu law to care for her. The landmark ruling came as justices turned down the divorce application of a man whose wife, it emerged, had breast…
Source As the political turbulence set off by former Union minister Kumari Selja’s remarks [which are not quoted in this article] refused to subside in Delhi, the storm created ripples of disbelief at the Dwarkadhish shrine in Bet Dwarka, an island off Okha coast in Gujarat’s Devbhoomi Dwarka district. The tirth purohits, or pandas, who show pilgrims around the temple,…
Source Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.— Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), Founder of Self-Realization Fellowship