Source COIMBATORE, INDIA, October 1, 2012 (India Times): It was a defining moment for Coimbatore’s dalits when several of them entered the 120-year-old Mariamman temple at Kalapatti for the first time on Sunday with the support of the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF) and Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) activists. Located three miles away from Coimbatore airport, the…
Source MASSACHUCETTS, USA, October 12, 2012 (Harvard Business Review, article by Peter Bregman): This morning, like every morning, I sat cross-legged on a cushion on the floor, rested my hands on my knees, closed my eyes, and did nothing but breathe for 20 minutes. People say the hardest part about meditating is finding the time to meditate. This makes sense:…
Source Man arrives at immortality by breaking beyond the limitations not only of his physical self, but of his mental and his ordinary psychic nature into the highest plane and supreme ether of the Truth: for there is the foundation of immortality and the native seat of the triple infinite.— Sri Aurobindo (1879-1950)
Source Like a tortoise withdrawing five limbs into its shell, those who restrain the five senses in one life will find safe shelter for seven.— Tirukkural 126
Source KOLKATA, INDIA, October 12, 2012 (ANI): A festive fever has gripped West Bengal, with artisans decorating makeshift temples and giving final touches to statues of the Hindu Goddess Durga ahead of the popular Durga Puja festival. Agradut Uday Sangha’s Durga Puja pandal in Bhawanipur in Kolkata is planning to make Swami Vivekananda’s statutes with an aim to pay tribute…
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, October 11, 2012 (Indo-Asian News Service): The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) has lifted its two-week-old ban on Indian films in Nepali theatres, the group announced Thursday. The ban has been lifted due to the upcoming Hindu festival Dashain, Xinhua quoted CPN-Maoist as saying. The Indian Embassy here had urged the breakaway group of UCPN-Maoist, which is…
Source JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, October 11, 2012 (The Star): Parents of several pupils at Parkdene Primary School in Boksburg assert their children have suffered racial discrimination and verbal abuse because they wore red strings around their wrists, as part of their Hindu religion. For years parents had been afraid to speak out, from fears of retaliation against their children. One…
Source The average man of the world goes about his daily life not knowing that subconsciously he is seeking the Absolute Truth, the Beloved in the jiva. The mind-body equipment of man contains this Beloved, yet he seeks for it everywhere else but within. The musk deer attracted by its own scent searches for it in the woods. Little does…
Source THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, October 7, 2012 (The Hindu): Head priests (Melsanthi) of the Ayyappa temple and Malikappuram Devi temple, both in Sabarimala, will be selected through draw of lots to be held on October 17, the first day of the Malayalam month of Thulam. For this, the Travancore Devaswom Board has drawn up a shortlist of nine priests for the…
Source SRINAGAR, JAMMU, October 11, 2012 (Economic Times): J&K is all set to create another autonomous board to manage the lesser known Machail Yatra (click http://www.paddar.com/machail_yatra.html for more on this Yatra) that is conducted yearly in the Chenab Valley. Around 350 thousands Hindu pilgrims trek a long distance to a high altitude Goddess temple set up not more than forty…