Source UNITED STATES, March 24, 2013 (Huffington Post, by Anantanand Rambachan): We recently lost a beloved family elder. He lived out his life within the structures of meaning and ritual provided by the Hindu tradition. These guided his commitment to work, his devotion to family, and his sense of justice. The beginning and the end of his life were marked…
Source True gurus are available in every religion. They may not be in the ordinary world of strife, for such a world does not want them, nor have they any use for it. Go, therefore, in search of a true master. He is ever available and is only waiting for a symptom of real earnestness in you. If you have…
Source INDIA, March 22, 2013 (The Hindu): More than 100 million people from across the world, including 10 million from India, would like to move permanently to the U.S., which remains the most popular global destination, according to a latest opinion poll. Potential migrants who would like to move to the U.S. are logically the most likely to come from…
Source VALENCIA, SPAIN, March 19, 2013 (elmundo.es, translated from the original Spanish): Controversy erupted over a tableau created for the annual Las Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, when two Hindu groups complained to the mayor that their cultural and religious feelings were being being insulted. Ninots, huge wood and cardboard “puppets,” depicting Saraswati, Ganesha and Lord Shiva Nataraja had been…
Source At this time in the Kali Yuga, ignorance is equally distributed worldwide, and wisdom has become an endangered species.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source MALAYSIA, March 18, 2013 (Khabar Southasia): Planning the first Hindu temple in Putrajaya has required patience, perseverance and faith on the part of Kanagaraja Raman, president of the Federal Territories Maha Mariamman Devasthanam Devotees Association. Submission plans alone cost the association RM 180,000 ($58,000). According to Kanagaraja, they were rejected three times due to their initial failure to meet…
Source BANGLADESH, March 20, 2013 (The Daily Star): Yet again religious fanatics have attacked temples, houses and shops of Hindus in four districts. Since Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee was handed down a death sentence in a war crimes case on February 28, more than 26 temples, 175 houses and dozens of shops of the minorities across the country have…
Source Hinduism does not see sins, but only mistakes.— Mother Sarada Devi, as quoted by Swami Gautamananda
Source PATHANAMTHITTA, INDIA, March 17, 2013 (The Hindu): A two-day intensive cleaning drive launched by the Amala Bharatam volunteers of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math at Sabarimala came to a close on Sunday afternoon. Math sources said 1,529 Amala Bharatam volunteers were deployed for the cleaning program at the Sannidhanam, while 1,219 volunteers, a majority of them women, took part in…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 15, 2013 (Greater Kashmir): Government today ruled out granting refugee status to Pakistani Hindu immigrants who have crossed over to India to escape persecution there. “At the moment, we cannot grant them refugee status,” Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran said replying to a discussion on a private members’ resolution in the Lok Sabha.…