Source FIJI, June 24, 2014 (Fiji Times): About 2,300 Hindu devotees gathered at the Lovu Sangam Temple on the outskirts of Lautoka early on Sunday morning for the annual firewalking ceremony. Temple committee president Daniel Raju said preparations for the event began with the procession of a statue of the Goddess Mariamman to devotees’ homes in the five days leading…
Source Stop all your attachments to false values. In an ever-changing world there is nothing worthwhile for us to desire or weep for. Joys and sorrows are bound to come in human life; they are just two sides of the same coin.— Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1992), founder of the Chinmaya Mission
Source UNITED KINGDOM, June 24, 2014 (Daily Mail): Married couples are in decline, fuelled by changes in social attitudes and the arrival of families from abroad. The proportion of families with a couple who have tied the knot fell from 70 per cent in 2001 to 65 per cent in 2011, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. However, there…
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, June 20, 2014 (Times Of India): Exactly 6,099 years from today, when future inhabitants of planet earth crack open a time capsule in an American university, they’ll find four books on yoga — in the form of microfilms — published by a Santa Cruz institute. These publications found their way into the Crypt of Civilization in 1940,…
Source JAMMU, INDIA, June 27, 2014 (India Today): The first batch of Shri Amaranth pilgrims will leave Jammu Yatri Niwas, the base camp for the yatra, on June 27 and these pilgrims, who will go through the Baltal route, are expected to have first darshan on June 28. Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Shantmanu said Shri Amarnath Yatra will be allowed only…
Source The syllable gu means shadows. The syllable ru, he who disperses them. Because of the power to disperse darkness, the guru is thus named.— Advayataraka Upanishad
Source USA, June 24, 2014 (NBC): HPI Note: The system of “Confucius Institutes” set up by the Government of China in 2004 to promote Chinese culture and language at established universities and colleges is now a network of hundreds in dozens of countries, mostly the US, Japan and South Korea. It has been mentioned — before the reaction described below…
Source INDIA, June 23, 2014 (Press Information Bureau): The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, received a copy of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Auditorium. Speaking on the occasion, the President complimented Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji of the Parmarth Niketan, who is the founder chairman of India Heritage Research Foundation, for undertaking the massive effort…
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 NEW ZEALAND, April 10, 2014 (Indian Weekender): The inaugural World Hindu Congress will be held in New Delhi, India, later in the year. The November 21-23 conference has been organized by the World Hindu Foundation. Leaders and representatives of various Hindu organizations, temples and associations are invited to attend the congress. The number of delegates is limited to 1500,…