Source SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, December 21, 2011 (Smithsonian Magazine): Sanjay Patel, 36-year-old pop artist and Pixar veteran, arrives at the entrance of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, breathless. His vahana, or vehicle, is a silver mountain bike; his white helmet is festooned with multicolored stickers of bugs and goddesses. The name of the show–Deities, Demons and Dudes with ‘Staches–is as…
Source KOCHI, INDIA, March 9, 2013 (India Times): The Kerala high court has ruled that the Arya Samaj cannot conduct marriages between people if they are not followers of the samaj, and it will not be legally valid if it takes place. Arya Samaj mandirs are found in all Indian cities and towns and solemnize love, arranged, inter-religion and inter-caste…
Source You shine, all living things emerge. You disappear, they go to rest. Recognizing our innocence, O golden-haired Sun, arise; let each day be better than the last. Rig Veda (X, 37, 9)
Peers backed an Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill amendment to add caste to race discrimination laws. The government opposed the move, saying it had set up an education programme to tackle caste discrimination. But peers said this was not enough, and the law needed to be changed. The government was defeated by 256 to 153. As the debate took place,…
Source DHAKA, BANGLADESH, March 13, 2013 (Times of India): Islamic activists have attacked dozens of Hindu temples and hundreds of homes across Bangladesh since an Islamist leader was sentenced to death for war crimes last month, a Hindu group said Wednesday. Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad, a group which looks after Hindu temples, said 47 temples and at least 700 Hindu…
Source As your mind releases its desires and cravings, it releases the hold that it has on you. You dive deeper, fearlessly into this blazing avalanche of light, losing your consciousness. And as you come back into the mind, you see the mind for what it is, and you are free. You find that you are no longer attached because…
Source Text Size: TRINIDAD, March 9, 2013 (The Guradian, by Paras Ramoutar): Hindus in Trinidad and Tobago will celebrate Mahasivaratri tonight. It is the night of the great awakening of Lord Siva according to the Hindu holy books. He is also the Absorber of the Universe, and the third force in the Hindu pantheon of the Godhead. Hindus are expected…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, March 9, 2013 (Hinduism Today): Mahasivaratri is the most important festival dedicated to Lord Siva. This holy day, which takes place on March 9 this year, is observed by millions of Hindus all over the world. It is one of Hinduism’s most esoteric holy days, when yoga practices, mantras and meditation take the devotee closer to God’s…
Source Surrender can never be regarded as complete so long as the devotee wants this or that from the Lord. True surrender is the love of God for the sake of love and nothing else, not even for the sake of salvation. Love Him unconditionally.— Sri Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950), South Indian mystic
Source PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA, February 25, 2013 (The Star): Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) has obtained a magistrate court order to demolish Sivan Temple in Bukit Gasing after a council report recommended it to be torn down as it posed an imminent danger to people’s lives and properties in the surrounding area. Petaling Jaya mayor Datin Paduka Alinah Ahmad said…