Source CHINA, June 23, 2-15 (Ecns–this is a Chinese government announcement): Fifty people have started a 12-day journey using a new path that makes it easier for Indian pilgrims to visit sacred religious sites in the Tibet autonomous region. The pilgrims are using the Nathu La Pass, which was officially opened in Dromo county, Tibet, on Monday. Hindus regard Tibet’s…
Source COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, June 24, 2015 (Sri lanka Times): The Sri Lankan government will take part in the International Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction scheduled to be held on 25th June in Kathmandu. The Sri-Lankan Minister of Disaster Management, A.H.M Fowzie accompanied by the Secretary for Resettlement and Reconstruction Affairs will represent the Sri Lankan government at the international conference…
Source Only in the depth of pure silence can we hear God’s voice. Silence is like an upright empty glass that is capable of being filled with, and retaining, the water of knowledge.— Mata Amritanandamayi Ma,
Source INDIA, June 22, 2015 (Deccan Chronicle): With ‘Yoga Across the Oceans’ as the theme for the First International Yoga Day, various benefits of yoga were amply demonstrated by the conduct of yoga on board all Indian Naval ships deployed from the South China Sea in the East to the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday Morning. A beautiful photo gallery at…
Source KUALA TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA, June 25, 2015 (The Star): Only schools without any Hindu students and teachers are allowed to bring forward two out of four days from their Deepavali holidays, state Education director Shafruddin Ali Hussin said. “The recommendation does not apply to schools with Hindu students or teachers as they will still follow the gazetted holidays,” said Shafruddin.…
Source KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, June 25, 2015 (CanIndia): A recent attempt by Malaysia’s Terengganu state education department to include Diwali holiday dates in the summer to extend the Hari Raya break has faced the ire of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). The MCA political party expressed its disapproval of the education department’s directive allowing schools to bring forward the November…
Source The sages, being filled with universal love for all beings, did not want to keep their enlightenment to themselves. They declared to all: “O mortals, striving and struggling upon this Earth plane, weeping, wailing, buffeted by the vicissitudes of life: we have come upon a great discovery. There is something beyond these appearances, these vanishing names and forms that…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, June 25, 2015 (Hinduism Today): Each quarter our photographers and journalists take us on great journeys to Hinduism’s cultural and religious centers. In this issue, our feature article unravels the complex city of Varanasi, Siva’s Citadel. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited city on Earth, to which pilgrims flock for a glimpse of God on…
Source MAURITIUS, June 23, 2015, (by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Slate Magazine): (HPI note: 48% of Mauritians are Hindus and the largest religious group on the island.) Suppose someone were to describe to you a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for school children, and free health care–including heart surgery–for all. You might…
Source Sattvic knowledge sees the one indestructible Being in all beings, the unity underlying the multiplicity of creation. Rajasic knowledge sees all things and creatures as separate and distinct. Tamasic knowledge, lacking any sense of perspective, sees one small part and mistakes it for the whole.— Bhagavad Gita 18:20-22