Source FIJI, March 19, 2015 (Fiji Times): Reciting tales from Hindi religious books through song has long been the domain of tambura bhajan masters armed with decades of experience tucked under their belt.This form of traditional Hindu music is normally performed by mature men devoted to the study of Hindu scripture. But this Saturday, a 17-year-old Lautoka boy will defy…
Source BALI, INDONESIA, March 19, 2015 (Jakarta Post): Preparations are gearing up for Nyepi, the Balinese Hindu Day of Silence, which falls on Saturday. This year’s celebration will offer another demonstration of Bali’s strong interfaith relations, as the celebration coincides with the Catholic period of Lent, where adherents fast and make penitence in preparation for Easter. Chairman of Bali’s Interfaith…
Source Sectarianism, bigotry and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful Earth. They have filled the Earth with violence, drenched it often with human blood, destroyed civilizations and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), disciple of Sri…
Source COLOMBIA, March 16, 2015 ( by Lila Maclellan, Quartz.com): In New York or L.A., it’s pretty common to learn that a yoga teacher used to be a dancer, an actor, or even a former Wall Street banker. In Bogota and Medellin, the same is true. Except that here, the teacher may also be an ex-member of a Colombian death…
Source JAMAICA, NEW YORK, March 14, 2015 (Sachi Dastidar): The Indian Subcontinent Partition Documentation Project, Inc. (ISPaD) invites you to send articles, essays, poems, short stories, photographs or documents for the 2015 issue of the Journal. We plan to publish well before the October 2015 Partition Center Conference. Our past journals contained articles from the U.S., India, Bangladesh and Pakistan…
Source INDIANAPOLIS, USA MARCH 16, 2015 (by Sravanth Verma, Digital Journal): A new temple being built will be formally established and opened to public on June 3, in Indianapolis, after an elaborate ceremony called the Maha Kumbhabhishekam. The ceremony will involve elaborate Hindu rituals by 30 priests, over a period of five days, and will mark the official consecration of…
Source VIETNAM, March 17, 2015 (by Amanda Mcinerney, InDaily): “Officially, Vietnam is an atheist state, but a significant section of the population practices traditional religions; some adhere to Buddhism and there are quite a few Catholics left over from the French occupation. However, tucked away not far from Hoi An, is My Son, a UNESCO World Heritage site, once the…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, March 15, 2015 (Hinduism Today): The new issue of Hinduism Today has been released and is now available for free online. In this issue, our team of writers and photographers take you deep into Rajasthan for a giant festival in honor of the India cow, considered to be sacred. Our reporter, a 20s-something city-girl from Delhi, is…
Source We want to claim that which we already are. You are already the Self. You are just not aware of it. Do not put it off based upon some concept that we are not ready, we are not worthy, we need more of this or that. None of those principles apply when it comes to Self-realization.— Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami,…
Source HOUSTON, TEXAS, March 17, 2015 (Sewa International): Sewa International has launched its annual Yuva for Sewa (YFS), 8 to 10-week volunteer (unpaid) summer internship opportunity for college students to travel to India to contribute their time to serve humanity. Since its inception in 2006, 52 YFS youth interns have volunteered their time for healthcare, education, environment, women’s empowerment, rural…