Source Hinduism is the only ancient religious tradition on the Earth which talks about the right time-scale. In the West, people have the sense that what is natural is for the universe to be a few thousand years old, and that billions are numbers no one can understand. The Hindu concept is very clear. Here is a great world culture…
Source ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, May 20, 2012 (Hindustan Times): Unidentified men on Sunday vandalized a historic Hindu temple in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan that was reopened on the orders of a court last year, police officials and local residents said. The attackers burnt pictures and damaged a Shivling inside Gorakhnath Temple and took away statues from the shrine located within…
Source MADURAI, INDIA, May 13, 2012 (The Hindu): There is nothing wrong in treating musicians who had completed a certificate or degree course in a Government Music College on a par with those who had received informal training from ace performers when it comes to appointment in Temples managed by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, the Madras High…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, May 17, 2012 (BBC): Bristol’s Hindu community may be able to scatter the ashes of loved ones in the River Avon in future rather than travelling to India’s River Ganges. The city’s new Lord Mayor Peter Main said providing a consecrated site was one of his first priorities. The Environment Agency and Bristol City council are trying…
Source God Siva is Immanent Love and Transcendent Reality.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source KERALA, INDIA, May 2012 (The Hindu): Sidelining of the sublime concept and rich values of family life by the young generation and creation of a self-centered world, coupled with the Western influence on native culture, have left the institution of family somewhat in a disarray, T.K. Rameshkumar, District Family Court Judge, has said. Mr. Rameshkumar was inaugurating a seminar…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, May 9, 2012 (Hindu Businessline): To check encroachment the Tamil Nadu government today said it will create a database of 478,000 acres of temple land coming under its control. The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister, Mr. M.S.M. Anandan informed the state assembly that software detailing movable and immovable property belonging to temples, mutts and trusts under…
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, May 10, 2012 (ndtv.com): Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil has said the state government would provide temple trusts license for possessing weapons. This announcement comes in the wake of theft of a Deity from Dive Agar. “Government provides security to some important temples. Some of these are under threat from terrorists and dacoits,” Patil said on Thursday.…
Source In the end, the Great Mystery is known as one, as two, as neither one nor two. Most people try to experience God through other people. Disciples see a guru as God. Wives see their husband as God. Devotees see the Deity in the temple as God. But all the time, behind the eyes of their seeing, is God.—…
Source NEW ZEALAND, May 17, 2012 (Press Release): Hindu Council of New Zealand (HCNZ) held the fourth National Hindu Conference on 12th and 13th of May, 2012, in Auckland. Hon. Judith Collins, Minister of Ethnic Affairs, and Hon. David Shearer, Leader of Opposition in NZ Parliament, along with Parliamentarians Kanwaljeet Bakshi, Su’a William Sio and Melissa Lee were present at…