Source CHENNAI, INDIA, August 27 2015 (Times of India): India has 2.87 million people who have no faith in any religion — 0.24% of the country’s population of 1.21 billion — according to the 2011 census, which was the first to include a non-faith category . The figure includes atheists, rationalists as well as those not interested in any religion…
Source NEW YORK, U.S., September 2, 2015 (Oswego): In a newly published book, physics professor Alok Kumar and his co-author seek to set the record straight on how Europe’s scientific revolution depended profoundly on ideas and innovations passed down from ancient cultures. “A History of Science in World Cultures: Voices of Knowledge,” published by Routledge, traces the origins of European…
Source August 29, 2015 (Sutra Journal): Sutra Journal introduces their free, monthly online magazine with a Dharmic focus, featuring articles on yoga, vedanta, tantra, Buddhism, ayurveda and Indology. Yoga arose and exists within the Dharma, which is a set of timeless teachings, holistic in nature, covering the gamut from the worldly to the metaphysical, and from science to art and…
Source INDIA, August 31, 2015 (by Hari RajivKumar, Daily O): From the limited information available about our past, we know that Hinduism is the oldest religion (or “way of life”, as some people prefer to call it) and in this tradition, the Rigveda Samhita is the oldest work. Perhaps the most famous verse from the Rigveda is the savit? g?yatr?…
Source INDIA, August 13, 2015 (Press Information Bureau): The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today released the digital version of Ramcharitmanas, as a set of digital CDs produced by All India Radio. Praising the efforts of the artistes who had contributed to this musical production, the Prime Minister said they had performed not just sangeet sadhna, but also sanskriti sadhna…
Source BANGKOK, THAILAND, August 31, 2015 (Zee News): A free mobile app showing simple yoga exercises has been launched by the Indian Embassy here and will be available for enthusiasts in Hindi, English and Thai languages. The app – compatible for Android – was formally launched here by India’s Ambassador to Thailand Harsh Vardhan Shringla. The ‘Common Yoga Protocol’ can…
Source Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. Proneness to exaggerate, to suppress or modify the truth, wittingly or unwittingly, is a natural weakness of man and silence is necessary in order to surmount it.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian spiritual leader
KAUAI, HAWAII, August 21, 2015 (HPI): Hinduism Today is seeking a bit more assistance the Educational Insight on that subject in the Jan/Feb/March issue. We are seeking inspiring quotes from youth and children, sharing testimony of the benefits that they have experienced from doing karma yoga (seva) in their community, temple, ashram. Please email our deputy editor: kumar@hindu.org.
Source UNITED STATES, August 28, 2015 (Daily O by Vamsee Juluri): Whatever extreme imagination the 2011 census might inspire in ideologues in India, reports about Indians in America only seem to affirm the idea of an endlessly cheerful Indian American Dream. Hindu Americans in particular have acquired a reputation as a wealthy community. News reports in India and abroad admiringly…
Source KERALA, INDIA, August 30, 2015 (Lassi With Lavina by Lavina Melwani): Monkeys are especially beloved because of Lord Hanuman, the monkey God and diehard devotee of Sri Rama. In any Indian town or city, monkeys can do a lot of mischief but get away without punishment due to this divine connection. During the festival season of Onam, there is…