Source UNITED KINGDOM, October 21, 2015 (editorial by Dr. Prakash Shah): The caste system is one of the most prevalent and powerful markers of Indian culture and society. It is most closely associated with Hinduism and seen as hierarchical and oppressive, particularly for those who are at the bottom of the system. This is a stereotype, founded on Christian theological…
Source BIHAR, INDIA, December 1, 2015 (Big News Network): Ancient statues of Mahavira and Buddha have become a soft target of antique smugglers in Bihar, with nearly 200 statues stolen in the state in the last five years. According to police officials, many cases of thefts were never reported due to lack of knowledge of their value in the international…
Source VRINDAVAN, INDIA, December 1, 2015 (New Kerala): Temple priests in this Hindu holy town are protesting the Uttar Pradesh government’s move to bring some of the main shrines of Braj Bhoomi under administrative control. Priests of Sri Bankey Bihari temple, the Brahmin Sabha, the Brajbasi Panda Mahasabha and members of several other groups have been protesting over the past…
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…
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…
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…
Source For seven lives in seven bodies the grateful will remember friends who relieved their anguish and affliction.— Saint Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural, verse 107
Source Build your inner environment. Practice silence!— Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
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%…
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…