Source TAMIL NADU, INDIA, December 11, 2015 (by Ayub Dawood, ScoopWhoop): While religion is considered as a very personal thing for an individual, certain regulations regarding public worship have been in place for a while and have also invited criticism in recent times. Now, the Madras High Court has come out with a verdict, introducing a dress code for temple…
Source You are God. I am God. Only one. You cannot separate me from you.— Satguru Siva Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lanka’s most revered contemporary mystic
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, December 14, 2015: Today’s Google Doodle marks the birthday of renowned Indian yoga guru, B.K.S. Iyengar. Iyengar, who passed away last year, would have been 97 today. The doodles are animations of a cartoon Iyengar doing Trikonasana, Kapotasana, and Parivrrtaikakapada Sirsasana. If it’s not moving, click the image.
Source About many things in Hinduism I had once been inclined to believe that there was much of dream in it, much that was delusion and maya. But now day after day I realized in the mind, I realized in the heart, I realized in the body the truths of the Hindu religion. They became living experiences to me, and…
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, December 9, 2015 (Asia News): A dozen young people will be baptized on Christmas Eve in Kathmandu’s Assumption Cathedral. Many reasons are behind their decision they told AsiaNews [a Catholic website], ranging from discriminatory Hindu traditions to the Missionaries of Mother Teresa who “care for the needy.” San Shrestha Sharma and Sonika B.K. are two of them.…
Source CAMBODIA, December 9, 2015 (Gizmodo): A new excavation on an iconic Cambodian temple reveals who worked there, how they lived, and how they may have been conquered. The Temple at Angkor Wat is an icon, both within Cambodia and around the world. Even people who don’t know anything about it often recognize the image. Today, the temple is a…
Source CAMBODIA, December 11, 2015 (Canindia): Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat Temple, originally built as a Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Vishnu, posted a revenue of US$53.5 million from ticket sales to foreigners during the January-November period this year, the authority managing the 12th century temple complex said on Tuesday. In November alone, the temple welcomed 200,085 tourists. Angkor Wat Temple,…
Source To enter into the spiritual life is a rare blessedness, it is a great good: to take it seriously and engage in active spiritual sadhana is a second blessedness and a still greater good: but to persevere in the spiritual life, to be ever progressive and ceaseless in one’s spiritual life, is the greatest good, the crowning blessedness.— Swami…
Source WASHINGTON, USA, Dec 1m 2015 (Indo-Asian News): An Indian-American couple has gifted $4.4 million to the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) of Berkeley to establish and endow the first Center for Dharma Studies in the US. Ajay and Mira Shingal chose the GTU for their historic gift because “this is a school that incorporates both deep scholarship and interest in…
Source ENGLAND, December 11, 2015 (Christian Post): The Church of England is calling out U.K. cinemas for what it says is hypocrisy and “double standards,” after theater chains rejected the Lord’s Prayer ads, but now are playing animations it believes are promoting Hinduism. “There is an unfortunate combination of double standards and hypocrisy on display in this decision making process…