Daily Inspiration
Source Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.— Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), Founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
At Adventist Restaurants, Meals Good For the Body and the Planet
Religious News Service LEWISTON, MAINE, December 21, 2013 (by G. Jeffrey Macdonald, RNS): [HPI Note: The Christian Seventh-Day Adventists advocate a vegetarian diet.] On a main drag dotted with fast food joints, a new Christian church-run restaurant is breaking the mold: It offers vegan fare as a healthy alternative in a low-income neighborhood. But for Seventh-day Adventists, who opened The…
Namrata Shodhan: The Singing Angel Whose Music Heals
Source AHMEDABAD, INDIA, November 18, 2013 (Times Of India): Some sing for fame, some for pleasure. But Namrata Shodhan sings to heal — she has devoted her singing to the cause of helping needy patients of renal failure get life-saving dialysis. In the past five years, the 50-year-old’s music has helped raise around US$81,000 for hospitals for dialysis. In the…
Bali Sees India as a Potential Market
Source BALI, December 18, 2013 (by Desy Nurhyati, the Jakarta Post): India has become an emerging tourism market for Bali as the number of Indian visitors has shown continuous increase over the last several years. The latest data from the Bali office of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) showed that the number of Indian tourists to Bali increased by 51.1…
Daily Inspiration
Source For seven lives in seven bodies the grateful will remember friends who relieved their anguish and affliction. Saint Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural, verse 107
500,000 Saplings Planted On Vaishnodevi Hills
Source JAMMU, INDIA, December 14, 2013 (Business Standard): As a result of the directions issued by Chairman of Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board N. N. Vohra, Shri Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board (SMVDB) has planted over 550,000 saplings, including forest, horticulture, floriculture, medicinal and ornamental species of plants during the last 4 years, a spokesman of SMVD said. The initiative is…
Hindus Protest Demolition Of Temple In Karachi
Source KARACHI, PAKISTAN, December 19, 2013 (Outlook India): A large number of Pakistani Hindus today joined a protest outside the Press Club here over the demolition of an 80-year-old temple in the city’s Soldier Bazar area. The Krishna or Rama Peer Mandir at Dholi Khata in Soldier Bazar has become a bone of contention between the minority Hindu community and…
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…
Indian Population Up By 48% In New Zealand
Source WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, December 12, 2013 (Times Of India): The population of Indian ethnic group in New Zealand has risen by 48 percent to 155,000, latest census statistics show. The Chinese population rose by 16 percent to 171,000 while the number of Filipinos more than doubled to 40,000, reports Xinhua. New Zealand authorities said the country has more ethnic…
City Council Gives 7,400 Square Meter Parcel to Build a Hindu temple
Source TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, November 3, 2013 (By Lawrence Ylenia, La Opinion): The Adeje City Council has approved the transfer of a plot of government property measuring 7,400 square meters to the Hindu Cultural Center to build a new temple and leisure facilities. The local socialist government decision has triggered criticism from the political opposition which does not look favorably…