Daily Inspiration
Source G-o-d, d-o-g. both the same. Top and bottom. See God in everything. You must do that!— Satguru Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lanka’s revered contemporary mystic
Community Award For Hindu Youth
Source NEW ZEALAND, May 29, 2013 (Scoop Independent News): Rotorua District Community Awards were presented last night in recognition of outstanding achievements and outstanding service to the Rotorua community. This year Murali Krishna Magesan, a volunteer of Hindu Youth New Zealand, the youth division of Hindu Council of New Zealand, was one of the youth recognized by the Rotorua District…
Vegetarians Live Longer Than Meat-Eaters, Study Finds
Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, June 3, 2013 (Wall Street Journal): Vegetarians live longer than meat-eaters, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, a Journal of the American Medical Association. The authors tracked 73,308 members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for almost six years. The church is known for promoting a vegetarian diet, though not all of…
Indonesia Gifts U.S. Saraswati Statue
Source WASHINGTON, D.C., June 10, 2013 (PTI): Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, has gifted an imposing 16-foot-high statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of education and wisdom, to Washington DC. The Goddess’ statue, on top of a lotus, stands in front of the Indonesian Embassy just a block away from the Indian Embassy and…
Hindu American Foundation Report Draws Attention To Hindu Hate Crimes
Source United States, June 5, 2013 ( Corrie Mitchell,Washington Post) With the release of their ninth annual report, members of the Hindu American Foundation are pushing policymakers to take action against international human rights violations directed at Hindus.The four countries the report categorized as egregious violator are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Pakistan — are all Muslim-majority countries. Samir Kalra, author…
Bangladesh Law To Halt Illegal Transfer of Hindu Temple Land
Source DHAKA, June 3, 2013 ( Haroon Habib): The Sheikh Hasina Cabinet on Monday gave final approval to a draft law to ensure proper development and management of the “Devottar property” ( Hindu Charitable Endowments) and make the transfer of those property, donated to Hindu places of worship, completely illegal. Once the law comes into effect all such property will…
Daily Inspiration
Source Happiness eludes us if we run after it. In fact, happiness comes only from within. It is not a commodity to be bought from outside.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Historic Firsts as Hindus Celebrate a Decade of Advocacy on Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C. (June 6, 2013) — A Hindu monk offered the opening prayer for the House of Representatives and the birth sesquicentennial of Swami Vivekananda, considered Hinduism’s first ambassador to the West, was marked in the Congressional record Tuesday morning. These two historical firsts led up to a gala celebration attended by over 300 as the Hindu American Foundation (HAF)…
Daily Inspiration
Source One must seek the shortest way and the fastest means to get back home–to turn the spark within into a blaze, to be merged in and to identify with that greater fire which ignited the spark.— Swami Nityananda of Ganeshpuri (1885-1961), South Indian Mystic
Mahabodhi, Vishnupad temples in Bihar to have CCTV cameras
Source New Delhi, Mon, 03 Jun 2013NI Wire Bihar’s pride and Buddhism’s holiest shrine, 1500 year old Mahabodhi temple and famous Hindu temple of Vishnupad in Gaya would soon get CCTVs in their premises, Bihar’s Urban Development Minister Prem Kumar said on Monday.The move has been taken following a threat of a terrorist attack at these places. “I have instructed…