Source Whenever I have read any part of the Vedas, I have felt that some unearthly and unknown light illuminated me. In the great teaching of the Vedas, there is no touch of sectarianism. It is of all ages, climes and nationalities and is the royal road for the attainment of the Great Knowledge. When I am at it, I…
Source GUJARAT, INDIA, September 30, 2012 (Daily Mail): Gujarat’s Somnath Temple is set to receive a grand gift, of a size more often associated with the Tirumala Temple in Tirupati. Two diamond merchants, who have chosen to remain anonymous, have pledged a gold-plated Gauripeeth (the rounded elevated area around the Shivalingam) for Lord Somnath. P.K. Lahiri, secretary of the Somnath…
Source TORONTO, ONTARIO, September 30, 2012 (Marketwire): The Board of Directors at the Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization were awarded the Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service today for their role in creating a monument for fallen soldiers. The memorial, called Monument to the Fallen, was built by the Indo-Canadian community to offer respect and gratitude to the Canadian Forces.…
Source BANGLADESH, September 29, 2012 (khabarsoutheastasia.com): Torulata Rani, 24, is having a tough time raising her six-year-old son by herself in Dokshin Chowra village in northern Nilphamari district, 217 miles from Dhaka. Her husband Sreepodo deserted the young family six years ago. Without a marriage registration, she cannot seek divorce or obtain compensation from her estranged husband. Because she is…
Source The highest form of grace is silence.— Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1922), founder of the Chinmaya Mission
Source UNITED STATES, September 25, 2012 (scientificamerican.com): New research by psychologists at Stanford and the University of Minnesota shows that the experience of awe can increase the sense of well-being, by giving people the perception that they have more time available–a real stress-buster in today’s hurry-hurry world. A 2003 research paper concluded that awe is characterized by the perception of…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, September 2012 (The Telegraph): A new report found the divorce rate among couples who shared housework equally was around 50 per cent higher than among those where the woman did most of the work. “What we’ve seen is that sharing equal responsibility for work in the home doesn’t necessarily contribute to contentment,” said Thomas Hansen, co-author of…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, September 26, 2012 (BBC): A priest has banned yoga from a church hall because the class was “not compatible” with the Catholic faith. Instructor Cori Withell from Hampshire said her yoga and Pilates classes at St. Edmund’s Church building in Southampton were cancelled with 10 days to go. Father John Chandler said that the hall had to…
Source SOUTH ASIA, September 28, 2012 (Asia Times): River Ganga, or the Ganges — the most sacred river for Hindus and India’s national river — remains filthy despite whopping sums being pumped into the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) for the last 26 years, a damning report has revealed. “Since 1986, there is not even a 1% improvement in the river’s…
Source Hinduism today is a religion of today and tomorrow. It is not just a religion of history books and yesterday. Our religion gives us strength today. It is a religion which worships one Supreme God, with vast scriptures that prescribe the worship and illumine our minds with knowledge about the one Supreme God. Never forget this. Never forsake your…