Source LONDON, ENGLAND, July 30, 2012:Lizzie Armitstead was just 10 years old when she told her parents she wanted to become a vegetarian. Yesterday, she won Great Britain’s first medal of the Olympic Games, taking silver in the grueling 87-mile road cycling race, no less. She said, “I was brought up as vegetarian from birth and have been a long…
Source INDIA, July 14, 2012 (Ariseasia Blog): The ice-formation in Amarnath cave is worshipped by believers to be the manifestation of Shiva in lingam form. Though, this is not unique. The ice-formation in caves is found across the world. The phenomena have been documented by the scientists. But, everyone admits that it is rarest of the rare phenomena and it…
https://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNewsArchive/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/22874/Default.aspx MAINE, USA, July 20, 2012 (Maine News Archive): The former First Universalist Church of Scarborough and South Buxton is a classic old New England church, small, white, and wooden, with a tall steeple. It’s been vacant for the past few years, so it’s a little worn around the edges. But last night, the old church was brought back to…
Source HYDERABAD, INDIA, July 27, 2012 (India Today): The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which manages the affairs of the country’s richest temple of Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh, has now banned the entry of all non-Hindus into the temple if they do not declare their faith in Lord Venkateshwara, the presiding Deity. The decision was taken by the TTD at a…
Source You have to want the Self more than your life, because that’s what it is–more than your life.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, July 29, 2012 (NY1): An ancient form of exercise for the body and soul is being used to help improve the lives of children with special needs. For five-year-old Hiro Saburi, sitting serenely for even a few minutes is no easy task. The Queens boy has autism. “He was really like up and over there…
Source Actions are the louder expression of thought. The quality of thought is ordered by the nature of our inner belief and faith.— Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1993), founder of Chinmaya Mission
Source NEPAL, July 2012 (onenewsnow.com): 15 years ago, Christians were put in jail for their faith. However, a change in government in 2008 meant that Christmas could be openly celebrated. The Church and groups like the Nepal Bible Society have been officially recognized. While persecution is less acute than in the past, it remains. There are some who are hostile…
Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, July 27, 2012 (New York Daily News): State Taxation and Finance Department officials have ruled that that Yoga is not a “true exercise” activity under the tax code and therefore not subject to sales taxes. The Tax Department ruled that Yoga Salons, unlike gyms and other fitness centers, practice more spiritual activities, including “meditation and…
Source SRI LANKA, July 2012 (sundaytimes.lk): One monk’s big idea will soon be a reality as Sri Lanka’s version of the Bamiyan Buddha — a 67.5 foot high granite Samadhi Buddha statue– takes shape in a little village in Kurunegala. Here, Ven. Egodamulla Amaramoli Thera relates the beginnings of a gigantic task that started with the chance meeting of an…