Source INDORE, INDIA, February 25, 2013 (daily.bhaskar.com): Unidentified miscreants struck at three different temples situated under Annapurna area and decamped with booty worth thousands of dollars late on Saturday night. The thieves targeted Sai Mandir and Sri Ram Mandir situated in the vicinity of Bank Colony and also broke open the locks of a Shiv Mandir situated in adjacent, Vishwakarma…
Source TORONTO, February 16, 2013 (News East West): Prof. Hiroshi Yamashita from Tohuku University in Japan must have been an Indian in his previous birth. Very few Indian scholars can match him in his knowledge of Indian civilization, culture and Hinduism. A Ph.D in Indian philosophy, Hinduism and Tamil literature from the University of Madras where he studied from 1981…
Source Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.— Ramana Maharshi, (1879-1950), South Indian mystic
Source LONDON, ENGLAND, February 24, 2013 (This Is Local London): Nagendram Seevaratnam, with priests, will not be moving to an industrial estate in south Wimbledon. Plans to build a Hindu temple in an industrial estate have been thrown out, prompting the backers to blame to council for giving decision makers “flawed information”. Merton Council’s planning committee refused planning permission to…
Source ALLAHABAD, INDIA, February 24, 2013 (BBC): What is a farm owner from Australia doing with a boat at the Kumbh Mela festival in India? Andrew Turner has built the boat and is ferrying pilgrims for free at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, where the festival is held. Millions of people bathe at Sangam in what…
Source ALLAHABAD, INDIA, February 25, 2013 (Indian Express): Unmindful of tight security arrangements, elaborate traffic diversions and consequent jam-like situation, devotees in large numbers have begun reaching Sangam for the Maghi Purnima snan (bathing), virtually the last main snan day of Kumbh, Monday. The mela authorities are expecting around ten million to take the holy dip. Maghi Purnima snan marks…
Source God is within you. He has no eyes, no ears, but we place Him outside and worship. God has become father, mother and guru. God has become this mango tree also. God has become you and He has become I.— Satguru Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lanka’s most revered contemporary mystic
Source ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA, February 20, 2013 (utsandiego.com): The National Center for Law & Policy, a nonprofit law firm, announced Wednesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the Encinitas Union School District over a district yoga program that the plaintiffs argue is a form of religious indoctrination. Dean Broyles, the attorney who runs the center, said the lawsuit doesn’t seek…
Source WEST BENGAL, INDIA, February 21, 2013 (niticentral.com): Amidst a near-complete media blackout and distressing silence from statutory bodies like the National Human Rights Commission, a serious communal flare up has taken place in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, with more than 200 Hindu homes torched and looted in four villages — Naliakhali, Herobhanga, Gopalpur and Goladogra, in…
Source There was once a time when all human beings were Gods, but they so abused their divinity that Brahma decided to take it away from them and hide it where it could never be found. Where to hide their divinity was the question. So Brahma called a council of the Gods to help him decide. “Let’s bury it deep…