Source DUBAI, UAE, July 12, 2015 (BBC): There is little outward sign of any religion other than Islam in Dubai, but the city is quietly (and modestly) tolerant of other faiths. Rulers have ensured people with different beliefs have a place to worship. The UAE, of which Dubai is a part, has crippling restrictions on freedom of speech. There’s widespread…
Source JAMMU, INDIA, July 12, 2015 (India Today): The annual Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir was stopped on Sunday due to inclement weather, police said. Heavy rainfall triggered landslides leading to the blockade of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway at Gangroo in Udhampur district. It has been raining heavily in the Jammu region and the valley since Sunday…
Source The mind alone is man’s cause of bondage or release: it leads to bondage when attached to the sense objects, and to release when freed from them.— Krishna Yajur Veda, Maitri Upanishad
Source There was once a wise man who lived simply. His spartan food habits reflected this. He had a friend who, being a sycophant of the king, lived in great luxury. One day this friend called on the wiseman while he was eating. Looking at the food, the friend said, “My friend, if you can please the king like me,…
Source UNITED STATES, July 5, 2015 (USA Today): Through the big eyes of a little boy, director Sanjay Patel has animated his journey from a California kid watching cartoons to a man respecting his father’s Indian traditions. Premiering in front of The Good Dinosaur (in theaters Nov. 25), the Disney/Pixar short film Sanjay’s Super Team begins with a scene similar…
Source MADRID, SPAIN, July 8, 2015 (El Faro Digital): On June 20 and 21 the third convocation of Hindus in Spain took place in Madrid. The meeting was held at the Jhulelal Mandir, a Hindu temple headed by Lal Chandnani, which gave its facilities for free for the event. The meeting was organized by the Hindu priest Juan Carlos Ramchandani…
Source CHINA, July 6, 2015 (China Post by Raja Murthy): At 3:30 p.m. eastern time on July 3, U.S. President Barack Obama was online on Twitter, taking questions on his new health care and Affordable Care Act. Quite likely Obama is unaware of his importing from his India visit this January a lesser known but significant practice to health care:…
Source Do not be proud of wealth, people, relations and friends, or youth. All these are snatched by time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme.— Adi Shankara, 9th century Indian philosopher and saint
Source MOSCOW, RUSSIA, July 9, 2015 (New York Times): President Vladimir Putin avowed on Wednesday that he was ready to add yoga, the ancient discipline of mindfulness and gentle stretching, to his repertoire of strictly macho sports. “I have tried many things, but never yoga, but it cannot fail to attract,” Mr. Putin told Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India…
Source NEPAL, April 29, 2015 (sociocheck.com): The massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday, not only killed more than 5000 people but also destroyed some of the country’s most iconic landmarks and flattened many of the country’s historic structures. The massive earthquake – the worst to hit Nepal in 80 years – devastated the capital of Kathmandu. Its…