Source (AFP) – 4 hours ago CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, January 27, 2012 (AFP): The Art Institute of Chicago has won a major grant from the government of India in honor of a landmark 1893 speech there by a monk, Swami Vivekananda, who introduced Hinduism to the United States. The $500,000 grant will be signed over Saturday at the opening of a…
Source In India I found a race of mortals living upon the Earth, but not adhering to it. Inhabiting cities, but not being fixed to them, possessing everything but possessed by nothing.— Appolonius of Tiana (2-97 ce), Greek philosopher and occultist. His work deeply influenced Western mysticism.
Source Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, ASSAM, INDIA, January 28, 2012 (Assam Tribune): Saraswati Puja, the occasion of paying obeisance to the Goddess of Learning, was celebrated with festive fervor and gaiety all over the State. Educational institutions and other learning institutes observed the puja with religious rituals on their campuses. Students turned up in large numbers in the venues to seek…
Source DHAKA, BANGALADESH, January 28, 2012, (bdnews24.com): Heralding the season of Spring, Saraswati Puja is being celebrated across the country, with Dhaka University’s Fine Arts faculty students claiming their 35-foot idol is the biggest in the world. A Hindu festival meant to seek the blessings of Saraswati, students and educationists cutting across religious divide join in the festivities to honor…
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, January 28, 2012 (Times of India): The color yellow fills the air as the city prepares to celebrate the festival of Basant Panchami on Saturday. The festival welcomes the onset of spring on the fifth day of the Hindu month of Magh. Spilling over from Makar Sankranti, kite-flying is a routine practice this day, particularly in north…
Source VARANASI, INDIA, January 28, 2012 (Times of India): Two big religious ceremonies of the city, but both vary in many ways for artisans. Yes, the festival of Saraswati Puja fetches more profits for the artisans who are engaged in preparing idols of the deity worshipped on the occasion of Basant Panchami as compared to grand celebration of Durga Puja.…
Source There is not a fellow under the sun who is my disciple. On the contrary, I am everybody’s disciple. All are the children of God. All are His servants. As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee’s feet.— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)
Source SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, January 26, 2012 (Mercury News): In a quintessentially Californian move that could provoke a groan from some in the red states — officials inaugurated a public yoga studio Thursday for passengers at San Francisco International Airport, possibly the world’s first inside an airport. After the official opening for the 150-square foot former storage closet Airport Director…
Source One must be patient like the Earth. What iniquities are being perpetuated on her! Yet she quietly endures them all.— Mother Sarada Devi (1853-1920)