Source KAUAI, HAWAII, May 30, 2013: Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami today offered the opening prayer before the US House of Representatives, the first Hindu monk and only the third Hindu in history to do so as Guest Chaplain for the Congress (click source above for the video). The prayer is given each day the House is in session, immediately after it…
Source If you are going to control your income, start by controlling your emotions. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source MANGALORE, INDIA, May 29, 2013 (Times of India): The Kukke Sri Subramanya temple, has again emerged as the richest muzrai (government-run) temple in Karnataka. Figures released by the office of commissioner for religious endowments show the temple had a revenue of US$11.8 million during the last fiscal. Coming in a distant second in terms of revenue is the Male…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 30, 2013 (New Indian Express): The newly-constructed Lord Sri Venkateswara temple was opened in the national capital city of New Delhi on Wednesday. Constructed in a 1.17 acre area in Udyan Marg, at a cost of approximately US$2 million. The temple was opened amidst chanting of vedic hymns by temple priests with religious aplomb, an…
Source MICHIGAN, U.S., May 31, 2013 (Free Press): Gazing at a new Hindu temple in Novi, Anand Gangadharan reflected Thursday on what the all-granite building means to him. “It feels emotionally right,” said Gangadharan, the temple’s vice chair. “It’s extremely gratifying for our community. It makes America our home in a rock-solid fashion.” That feeling is echoed by thousands of…
Source LONDON, May 31, 2013 (Evening Standard): A fire at a Hindu temple in west London is being treated as suspicious and police patrols in the area have been stepped up after traces of inflammable liquids were discovered at the scene. Police said they are keeping an open mind as to whether the incident was race related. Officers were called…
Source FIJI, June 1, 2013 (Fiji Times): Hundreds of people around the country are taking the time to learn the Sanskrit language in seven days. The free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, describes Sanskrit as a historical Indo-Aryan language, the primary liturgical language of Hinduism and a literary and scholarly language in Buddhism and Jainism. Sanskrit is listed as one of the…
Source The biggest sorrow is poverty. The greatest happiness is that of meeting with a saint, which is beyond compare.— Tulsidas in the Ramacharitamanasa, 16th century
Source Austerity is the powerful bath of fire and bright rays of showering light that washes the soul clean of the dross of its many past lives, and of the current life, which have held it in the bondage of ignorance, misgiving, unforgivingness and the self-perpetu-ating ignorance of the truths of the Sanatana Dharma. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder…
Source OXON HILL, MARYLAND, May 30, 2013 (Star Tribune): Arvind Mahankali has conquered his nemesis, the German language, to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 13-year-old from Bayside Hills, N.Y., correctly spelled knaidel, a small mass of leavened dough, to win the 86th version of the competition. The bee tested brain power, composure and, for the first time, knowledge…