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 INDIA, April 5, 2015 (The Hindu): Independent India was born an extraordinarily young country. The median age was just a little over 21, and nearly 60 per cent of the population was under 25. With life expectancy just 36 years, the issue of managing an ageing population must have seemed like challenges for the distant future. Much has changed…
Source LOS ANGELES. USA, April 4, 2015 (Agence France-Presse): A California court said Friday that yoga classes taught at an elementary school do not violate students’ right to religious freedom, after parents complained Hindu and Buddhist doctrines were being promoted. The parents of two students at an Encinitas district school near San Diego said the yoga classes, which were taught…
Source UNITED STATES, April 2, 22015 (Pew Forum): The religious profile of the world is rapidly changing, driven primarily by differences in fertility rates and the size of youth populations among the world’s major religions, as well as by people switching faiths. Over the next four decades, Christians will remain the largest religious group, but Islam will grow faster than…
Source By practicing tolerance of those who insult us, we will feel honor and insult as the same. Just as we feel good when someone praises us, we should feel just as good when we are insulted. Stability in honor or insult is the ability to still have love for our aggressor.— Sri Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Spiritual Guru of BAPS…
Source SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, April 7, 2015 (Press Release, Dharma Civilization Foundation): The event will feature talks by Professor Ananatanand Rambachan on transmitting Hindu Dharma across the generations in the diaspora and by Professor Rita Sherma on the progress of activities at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, where she has recently been appointed associate professor of Dharma Studies and director…
Source SINGAPORE, April 4, 2015 (by Jeanette Tan, Singapore News): Hindus in Singapore are not only not discriminated against, they are in fact in a “privileged” position, said Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs K. Shanmugam. In a lengthy status update on his Facebook page on Friday evening, the minister, himself a Hindu, was saying this in response to many…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, April 4, 2015 (Express News): An air of festivity pervaded over Mylapore on Thursday as lakhs of people from various parts of Chennai and a significant number of them from neighboring districts congregated at the Sri Kapaleeswarar temple to take part in the Arupathu Moovar Festival, the culmination of Panguni Peruvizha. Roads leading to the temple were…
Source One does not suddenly reach a point where desire goes away. Desire is life. Desire can be directed according to the personal will. Through sadhana you can gain mastery over all the forces of your mind and body.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, April 1, 2015 (Huffington Post by Sutheshna Mani): As a young brown girl growing up in suburban San Diego, I was an anomaly at times, being one of few Hindus in a town that was proudly Judeo-Christian. I wanted to be an “all-theist,” dabbling into every religion. I saw myself as the girl version of young…