Source GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA, November 8, 2015 (Grand Forks Herald): The Bhutanese Society of Grand Forks held the event to celebrate the Festival of Lights, a Hindu festival that extends over a five-day period, celebrating victory over evil, or light over darkness. “It’s a major festival of our people, kind of like your Christmas,” society Treasurer Laxman Rasaily said.…
Source SAUDI ARABIA, November 8, 2015 (Times of India): Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry has banned 50 names they argue contradict the culture or religion of the Kingdom, according to reports by local media. Parents in the Kingdom will reportedly no longer be able to call their children by names such as Linda, Alice, Elaine or Binyamin (Arabic for Benjamin) after…
Source INDIA, November 8, 2015 (Christian Messenger): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Friday demanded that religious places belonging to Muslims and Christians should be brought under the State Endowment Commissioner’s purview to keep an eye on their sources of income. “For Hindus there is an Endowment Commissioner. But there is no such body or public authority for Muslims and Christians.…
Source By constantly repeating, “I am free, I am free,” a man verily becomes free. On the other hand, by constantly repeating, “I am bound, I am bound,” he certainly becomes bound. The fool who says only, “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” verily drowns himself in worldliness. One should rather say: “I praise the name of God.…
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, November 6, 2015 (New York Times, by Akhilesh Upadhyay, editor in chief of The Kathmandu Post): Just before the annual festival season began across Nepal last month, nearly a decade after a civil war, and six months after a catastrophic earthquake, the country ushered in a new constitution. Ideally, its long-awaited arrival would have brought relief, if…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 6, 2015 (India Today): Diwali, a festival every Indian looks forward to throughout the year. It is considered to be a Festival of Lights that eradicates all darkness and despair of the world. Diwali is celebrated differently in different cultures across India and even abroad. People from different communities and regions observe Diwali in their…
Source KUWAIT, November 8, 2015 (Kuwait Times, By Meshaal Al-Enezi): Eleven Indian nationals remain in detention after being arrested for celebrating a puja (Hindu religious ceremony) without having a permit. Noise from the puja reportedly attracted the attention of several citizens who filed a complaint with police. The Indian Embassy in Kuwait has reached out to authorities regarding the men…
Source As long as there is searching, Parasiva has not been found, for searching is two, while It is one.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source UNITED STATES, November 2, 2015 (RNS): They can be found on the battlefield, at a chicken-processing plant and behind the locked gates of a prison. They are chaplains, and as a two-hour, two-part documentary airing on some PBS stations beginning Tuesday (Nov. 3) points out, they minister to people of all religions and none in places where they work…
Source UNITED STATES November 4, 2015 (NCCIH): People who practiced yoga or took natural products (dietary supplements other than vitamins and minerals) were more likely to do so for wellness reasons than to treat a specific health condition, according to analysis of data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Yoga users reported the most positive health benefits, compared…