Source BANGLADESH, November 11, 2014 (Bdnews24): Five temples have been vandalised in a Brahmanbaria village following allegation that a Hindu man had defamed Prophet Muhammad on Facebook, police say. The temples — Loknath Mandir, Kali Mandir, Ramthakurer Mandir, Doyamoy Mandir, and Anukul Thakurer Mandir — are located at Lalpur village in Ashuganj Upazila. Police have detained three Lalpur residents –…
Source Discipline your speech. Speak the truth at all costs. Speak little. Speak sweetly. Always utter encouraging words. Never condemn, criticize or discourage. Do not raise your voice and shout at little children or subordinates.— Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh (1887-1963)
Source FINLAND, November 7, 2014, (By Samuli Kangaslampi): Despite the prevalence of autonomous (“love”) marriages in “Western” countries, most marriages in the world are still arranged by parents or matchmakers. Quite a number of studies have been conducted comparing and contrasting arranged marriages and autonomous marriages. Such studies have arrived at somewhat mixed results as regards love and satisfaction in…
Source VIETNAM, November 24, 2013 (Thanhnien News): A Hindu lingam with Shiva’s face carved into it was placed on display at the My Son Champa ruins in central Vietnam Saturday, becoming the first intact mukhalinga to be exhibited in Southeast Asia. The statue is estimated to date back to the 7th or 8th centuries. It was uncovered in November of…
Source The son’s duty to his father is to make the world ask, “by what great austerities did he merit such a son?”— Tirukkural
Source INDIA/RUSSIA, November 3, 2014 (by Rakesh Krishnan Simha, In.Rbth): When was the last time you had a shot of vodka? Well, next time you have one, remember that this Russian word has its origins in the Vedic Sanskrit word for water – udaka. The striking similarities in Sanskrit and Russian indicate that during some period of history, the speakers…
Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, November 1, 2014 (New York Times): In 1968, on a trip to his native India, Alagappa Alagappan dreamed that an ancient Hindu God told him to visit a medium. So he did, and on his first visit the medium read palm leaves to tell him that Lord Ganesha wanted to settle in a city beginning…
Source Years ago, I used to walk for miles to meet my Guru. The distance appeared no longer than a few furlongs.— Dada J.P. Vaswani
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, July 27, 2014 (Telegraph India): Tamil Nadu’s leaders, for all their prickly championing of Tamil culture, let the 1,000th anniversary of the coronation of the greatest Tamil king ever pass without a flutter last week. It was left to a group of writers, historians, retired archaeologists and academics to honour the memory of Rajendra Chola I (960-1044),…
Source Listen for silence in noisy places; feel at peace in the midst of disturbance; awaken joy when there is no reason.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today