Source What is the instant? That is what we have to discover through a moment of concentration. What is the moment? We all know what the past is, many people live in the past, over and over again, and they never catch up with the present. Other people live in the future, but of course when they do, they are…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, June 21, 2012 (USC Press Release): The USC School of Religion will establish the first chair of Hindu studies in the United States funded by the Indian-American community. The Dharma Civilization Foundation’s $3.24 million gift to the USC School of Religion, housed within the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, will establish the Swami Vivekananda…
Source IANS/Srinagar SRINIGAR, INDIA, June 25, 2012 (Gulf Times): Kashmir authorities yesterday allowed Hindu pilgrims to trek towards the Amarnath cave shrine as the weather improved along the north Kashmir Baltal route. “More than 6,000 pilgrims have moved ahead of Dumail towards the holy cave. We had stopped the pilgrims at Dumail, 3km ahead of Baltal base camp, because of…
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, June 25, 2012 (Reuters): Thousands of Nepalis threw coins and marigolds at a giant chariot over the weekend in a centuries-old ritual to appease the God of rain and assure a good harvest, as well as guaranteeing good omens for the country’s rulers. The annual two-month chariot festival for Rato Machhindranath, revered as the God of rain,…
Source You have been born in this world as a human being to worship God; therefore try to acquire love for His Lotus Feet. Why do you trouble yourself to know a hundred other things? What will you gain by discussing philosophy?— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)
Source Devotion must not be like the flood of the rainy season in which all get washed away. Devotion should be like the river that retains water even in the hottest season.— Saint Kabir (1440-1518)
Source INDIA, June 19, 2012 (wakingtimes.com): The ministry of consumer affairs in India issued a gazette notification early this month indicating that every food package containing genetically modified food shall bear at the top of its principal display panel, the words ‘GM.’ Indian consumers will soon have something that most of the world has been urging their governments for a…
Source MALAPPURAM, INDIA, June 21, 2012 (business-standard.com): The ashes of renowned Indologist and Vedic scholar Frits Staal, who died in Thailand recently, have been immersed in the waters of the Bharathapuzha in Malappuram district, as per his wishes. The immersion yesterday at Thirunavaya was in accordance with Hindu rites with a local temple priest performing the rituals at the initiative…
Source TRIPLICANE, INDIA, June 20, 2012 (The Hindu): Residents of Triplicane, visiting devotees and heritage enthusiasts are at loggerheads with the Parthasarathy temple authorities. They are protesting against the ongoing construction at the temple meant to cover the parakara or circumambulatory passage.In their opinion, the construction is impairing the architectural character of the temple and denying the faithful a venerable…
Source Happiness eludes us if we run after it. In fact, happiness comes only from within. It is not a commodity to be bought from outside.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)