Dalai Lama Says India a Model of Religious Harmony

Source INDIA, September 20, 2014 (Hindustan Times): The Dalai Lama says the enduring harmony between India’s many religions is proof to the world that different communities can live peacefully and solve problems together. The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader has lived for decades in exile in India’s Himalayan foothill city of Dharamsala, after fleeing China after a failed 1959 uprising. He…

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Popular Swami from Europe Visiting Mexico

www.advaitavidya-mexico.org MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, September 28, 2014: Swami Satyananda Saraswati will be visiting Mexico City, September 25th to November 30th, 2014. He’ll be giving talks in Spanish, a meditation seminar and presenting his new book, El Hinduismo. He’ll also be appearing at the Encuentro Nacional de Yoga conference to speak about the HIndu Roots of Yoga. More info:

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Understanding Navaratri

Source UNITED KINGDOM, September 26, 2014 (National Council of Hindu Temples UK): Hindu spiritual philosophy suggests that the Universe and everything therein that we can see and feel, is Feminine (creative and dynamic) in nature. Further we humans can “connect” with this aspect of the Universe by connecting with its highest expression i.e. Energy (called Shakti), its next largest local…

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Navratri Mandals in Mumbai Provide Wi-Fi to Feature on Social Media

Source MUMBAI, INDIA, September 26, 2014 (Hindustan Times): Every festive season, cultural events take the city by storm. Now, to ensure that the buzz and excitement spreads on social media as well, mandals across the city are providing Wi-Fi connections in their venues this year. This new trend can be attributed to the fact that young visitors to the mandals…

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Daily Inspiration

Source The sages, being filled with universal love for all beings, did not want to keep their enlightenment to themselves. They declared to all: “O mortals, striving and struggling upon this Earth plane, weeping, wailing, buffeted by the vicissitudes of life: we have come upon a great discovery. There is something beyond these appearances, these vanishing names and forms that…

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Warning: The 21st Century May Get a Lot More Crowded than Previously Thought.

Source U.S., September 18, 2014 (National Geographic): In a paper published Thursday in Science, demographers from several universities and the United Nations Population Division conclude that instead of leveling off in the second half of the 21st century, as the UN predicted less than a decade ago, the world’s population will continue to grow beyond 2100. And for the first…

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Navaratri Fast, a Nine Day Observance begins in Trinadad and Tobago

HPI PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, September 24, 2014 ( by Paras Ramoutar for HPI): Religious leaders see the urgent need to enrich society by enhancing cosmic values aimed at fighting injustice and spiritual decay that haunt mankind. Hindus believe that special oblation, penance, meditation, devotion and prayers to their goddesses will provide a new manifestation for a spiritually-charged humanity. This…

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Ninth Hindu Mandir Executives Conference Concludes

Source ORLANDO, FLORIDA, September 26, 2014 (HMEC): Over 200 adult and youth delegates representing over 85 Mandirs (Temples) and Hindu organizations, from across the world, attended the ninth annual Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference (HMEC) that was held from September 19 through 21, 2014 in Orlando, Florida. The 9th HMEC was co-hosted by a record 47 Hindu temples and Hindu organizations…

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