Source KAUAI, HAWAII, December 2, 2014: The Editors of Hinduism Today and HPI announce our 2014 “Digital Dharma Drive” to raise funds to support our free websites, and this HPI service. The editors write: From the first day of his life’s mission, in 1957, our Gurudeva, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, placed much emphasis on publications. What began with a mimeograph machine…
Source India has come to preserve spiritual traditions which many ancient cultures and countries have lost. Today Hinduism represents not only India but the ancient wisdom of humanity. In Hinduism many ancient countries can still rediscover their religious past, their old Gods and their old spiritual traditions.— Ram Swarup (1920-1998), Indian writer and scholar
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 28, 2014 (World Hindu News): In the concluding session of World Hindu Congress 2014, the apex body announced the World Hindu Congress 2018 to be held in the USA under the stewardship of Dr. Abhaya Asthana. the USA has a myriad of Hindu organization with an estimated 3 million Hindu population and nearly two thousand…
Source DELHI, INDIA, November 27, 2014 (report supplied to HPI by Dr. J.K. Bajaj, Center for Policy Studies): Dilip K. Chakrabarti prepared this a summary of the talk by given by him at Lala Diwan Chand Trust in Delhi and sponsored by the Centre for Policy Studies and the Diwan Chand Institute of National Affairs. Dr. Chakrabarti is Emeritus professor…
Source This body of mine brought seeds with it. Illness is one of them. Activity passes on and so does the body. Of what concern is it to us? All this was settled long ago. Don’t be afraid of anything.— Satguru Siva Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lankan mystic
Source DELHI, INDIA, November, 2014 (World Hindu News): Never before in recent decades of Hindu history has such a conference been implemented with such a far reaching worldwide scope and magnitude. At World Hindu Congress-2014 we witnessed the intellectual might of Hindu leaders. History was made when under the stewardship of Swami Vigyananand ji (President – World Hindu Foundation), World…
The report squarely blames the railways for the deaths on platform number 6 of the station. The report says that the railway administration was aware that more than 30 million pilgrims would be present for Shahi Snan on Mauni Amavasya and 410 thousand passengers might travel via trains. However, the railway administration failed to coordinate with government authorities regarding crowd…
Source The way to freedom is a way of silence–of silent resolve and silent service.— Sadhu Vaswani, (1879-1966) founder the Sadhu Vaswani Mission
Source NADI, FIJI, November 28, 2014 (Fiji Times): The lack of spiritual learning in schools prompted the Ramakrishna Mission to build a US$1 million universal meditation center in Nadi as part of its long-established center there. The centre was inaugurated by leaders of the Hindu, Christian, and Muslim faiths yesterday and will serve as a meditation spot for people of…
Source MALAYSIA, November 20, 2014 (Yahoo News):A decade-long battle for a Hindu temple in Kajang to obtain a piece of land has ended on a happy note through an out-of-court settlement. The Sri Maha Mariamman Ladang Baemar (Saujana Impian) temple was given 0.44 ha of land, about 300m from its current location by land owner Bandar Subang Sdn Bhd.Besides the…