Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, December 24, 2012 (Himalayan Times): Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has plans to open a bank for its development and it is targeting Hindu communities to develop the temple heritage site. The council meeting, chaired by Culture Minister Post Bahadur Bogati yesterday approved the nearly Nepalese Rs. 500 million budget (US$5.7 million) and programs for the current…
Source USA, December 27, 2012 (Live Science): While on his death bed, the brilliant Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan cryptically wrote down functions he said came to him in dreams, with a hunch about how they behaved. Now 100 years later, researchers say they’ve proved he was right. “We’ve solved the problems from his last mysterious letters. For people who work…
Source An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God.” — Srinivasan Ramanujan, Mathematician
HPI HOUSTON, TEXAS, January 1, 2013: Organizations around the world are preparing conferences and events in connection with the 150th birth celebration of Swami Vivekananda. A Youth convention will be held January 12, Swamiji’s birthday, at the Vedanta Society of Greater Houston with discussion on Vivekananda’s Message for the West, Science and Technology in the Light of Vedanta, Harmony of…
HPI RISHIKESH, INDIA, December 29, 2012 (Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas): Paramahamsa Omkarananda Saraswati’s Jayanti (birthday) celebration was held December 25th at Omkarananda Ashram in Rishikesh. Hinduism Today correspondent Rajiv Malik was a guest at the event. Shri Malik was welcomed and introduced to the audience by Dr. Quaylee Chakravorty, a dedicated teacher of the Omkarananda Saraswati Nilayam Inter-College, and then along…
Source Until we have peace in our own heart, we can’t hope for peace in the world. Peace is the natural state of the mind. It is there, inside, to be discovered in meditation, maintained through self-control, and then radiated out to others. The best way to promote peace is to teach families to be peaceful within their own homes…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, December 31, 2012 (HPI): An article in the Daily Pioneer (here) published December 30 reads: “Hindu groups and tantrik scholars in Tamil Nadu have questioned the propriety of midnight pujas and homams held in Government controlled temples in the State to usher in the New Year. Temples coming under the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department (HR&CE)…
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, December 27, 2012 (travelbizmonitor.com): The Indian Railways is gearing up to facilitate the rush of passengers during the Maha Kumbha Mela at Allahabad in February next year and is expected to run around 750 special trains and make arrangements for additional 1,800 coaches to ensure seamless travel for devotees, as per a TOI report. As Railways is…
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
Source CHINO, CALIFORNIA, January 4, 2013 (India Abroad, by Arthur J. Pais): Even as hundreds of devotees gathered for the dedication of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Mandir in Chino Hills, California, December 23, and thousands watched the Web cast as the murthis were installed inside the temple, for the local organizers, there was also a satisfaction of having…