Source UNITED STATES, December 17, 2012 (KOSU): These days, just about everyone seems to be looking for more natural alternatives to what they eat and drink. So it’s easy to see the appeal of traditional medicine. But as two recent cases from New York City highlight, just because a remedy is ancient or holistic doesn’t necessarily mean it’s safe. Last…
Source INDONESIA, December 17, 2012 (Jakarta Post): After months of fruitless investigation and mounting public pressure, Bali Police announced on Sunday that investigators had smashed a ring believed to be responsible for most of the thefts targeting sacred objects kept in Hindu temples across the island. The first burglary of sacred objects this year took place in March. Since then,…
Source “Think twice before you talk. Think thrice before you act.”— Sri Sri Sri Sivaratnapuri, Tiruchi Mahaswamigal, spiritual head of Kailasa Ashrama, Bangalore
Source ENGLAND, December 16, 2012 (BBC): The Beefsteak chapel hardly sounds like a place where vegetarians would be welcome, but more than 200 years ago, this tiny chapel in Salford was the British birthplace of the meat-free diet. In an even greater twist, the cleric who preached the moral virtues of vegetarianism was the Reverend William Cowherd. His Beefsteak Chapel…
Source INDIA, December 2, 2012 (Deccan Herald): The Government of India-assisted monumental project, “Encyclopedia Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historic Principles,” is languishing not only for want of adequate funds, but also due to the over-modesty of the Sanskrit Pundits, laments the eminent 79-year-old Sanskrit scholar and authority on “Vaishnava Agamas,” Dr. Pandurang Prabhakar Apte, now Emeritus Professor, Deccan College, Pune,…
Source Only when we remain equipoised in praises and persecutions shall we be able to fulfill our objectives.— His Divine Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, spiritual head of Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 15, 2012 (The Hindu): The leading risk factors for global disease burden in 2010 were high blood pressure, tobacco smoking (including second-hand smoking) and alcohol use; 20 years earlier, they were childhood underweight, household pollution from solid fuels and tobacco smoking, including passive smoking. Globally, 9.5 million lives were lost in 2010 due to high…
Source TRINIDAD/TOBAGO, December 16,2012 (Trinidad Express): The Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS), under its company the Hindu Broadcasting Network, has been granted a television licence by the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT). However, it is not a free-to-air licence but rather one to operate only on cable TV networks. Sat Maharaj, secretary general of the SDMS, yesterday confirmed…
Source Even in search of extraordinary gains, the wise will never speak trivial or useless words.— Tirukkural 198
Source PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, December 14, 2012 (Bernama): Cambodia’s Preah Vihear Hindu temple received more than 90,000 visitors in the first 11 months of the year, an 87 percent increase over the same period last year. Xinhua news agency reports the world heritage site attracted some 86,950 local visitors and 6,390 foreigners from January to November, up 84 percent and…