Source UNITED STATES, December 27, 2014 (Press Release): Hindu University of America (HUA), in conjunction with Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America, is pleased to present the first Training Course for American Hindu Leaders to become Certified Volunteer Chaplains of the Hindu Faith. The course will be presented at Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville, in Buckingham, VA, Monday 5 Jan. -Friday 9 Jan. 2015.…
Source KOTTAYAM DISTRICT, KERALA, INDIA, December 26, 2014 (Indian Express): On Christmas Day, around 58 persons, most of them belonging to Christian families, embraced Hinduism at two temples in Kottayam district under the initiative of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). According to VHP District President, Balachandran Pillai, at least 42 members belonging to 20 families embraced Hinduism at the Puthiyakavu Devi…
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 CHINA, December 16, 2014 (Huffington Post): November 18, 2014 is a day that should live forever in history. On that day, in the city of Yiwu in China’s Zhejiang province, 185 miles south of Shanghai, the first train carrying 82 containers of export goods weighing more than 1,000 tons left a massive warehouse complex heading for Madrid. It arrived…
Source Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow before children.— Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), mystic, poet and artist
Source UTNOOR, INDIA, December 23, 2014 (Deccan Chronicle): Yoga became an experience of a lifetime for tribal women who had never before been exposed to the exercise regime. Around 80 tribals, including a few Schedule Caste women, of all ages, have been practicing Surya Namaskarams and stretching exercises for joint, knee and back pains, and they are now capable of…
Source KOCHI, KERALA, INDIA, December 24, 2014 (Deccan Chronical): Even as the wrangle over conversion and Ghar Vapas (“return to home) continues, a temple in Kaviyoor in Kottayam district has on its notice board “conversion” as an item of offering for the Deity of the temple. The Thrikkaviyoor temple under Travancore Devaswom Board has listed conversion in a long list…
Source Do you realize now the sacred significance and the supreme importance of the guru’s role in the evolution of man? It was not without reason that the India of the past carefully tended and kept alive the lamp of guru-tattva. It is therefore not without reason that India, year after year, age after age, commemorates anew this ancient concept…
Source INDIA, November 3, 2014 (Swarajya, by Sanjeev Sanyal): Sanatana Dharma or Hinduism has long suffered from a very basic problem – the difficulty of defining it. One can describe a particular sect, or philosophy, but it is not easy to explain the whole. Thus, it is not uncommon for people to ultimately fall back on saying that it is…
Source INDIA, December 23, 2014 (The Hindu): Kolar district is set to take a big leap forward to eradicate untouchability. Enthused by the response for Grihapravesha — a campaign that made Dalits’ entry into the houses of upper caste people possible in several villages in the district in the last five months — the organizers have now devised a program…