Daily Inspiration
Source How do you describe the constantly cheerful person? Grinning from year to year!— Anonymous
Preschool Children Adjust To Vegetarianism in Russia
Source RUSSIA, January 3, 2012 (by Natalya Radulova): Only a few years ago, Tina-Sad vegetarian preschool founder and director Tina Trusova worked at a Moscow publishing house and was bringing up her three children on typical meals like borsch and roast beef. Today she is a devout vegetarian. Private preschools are becoming more and more common in modern Russia. They…
Daily Inspiration
Source Can you weep for Him with intense longing of heart? Men shed a jugful of tears for the sake of their children, for their wives, or for money. But who weeps for God?— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)
It’s 2012, and Another Doomsday Hangs Upon Us
Religion News Service USA, January 7, 2012: Last year saw two widely publicized, widely embarassing failed predictions for “the end of the world” by evenagelical pastor Harold Camping. But more may be coming: on December 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar reaches the end of its 5,126 epoch. That’s a cause of consternation among some end-times adherents, and amusement among some…
Indian Anthem Jana Gana Mana Turns 100
Source INDIA, December 26, 2011 (BBC): The song has been as feted as it has been vilified. Jana Gana Mana, India’s national anthem, has seen millions on their feet, standing to reverential attention, every time it is played. Among its critics are those that consider the song to be deferential to the British monarchy; others find it fails to fully…
Hindus Denounce Ad Attacking Presidential Hopeful Huntsman’s Values
Source USA, January 7, 2012 (CNN): Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman called it stupid. His rival Ron Paul denounced it. But perhaps most appalled by a “China Jon” ad on YouTube were Hindus in America. The ad also shows images of Huntsman with his two adopted daughters — one from China and the other, India. The Huntsmans adopted Indian daughter…
Ancient Temple Restored 107 Years After Quake
Source INDIA, January 7, 2012 (gulfnews): A 400-year-old Hindu temple in Himachal Pradesh that had been partly damaged more than a century ago in a devastating earthquake has been reconstructed in its original style and will be open to the public this month. The foundation of the Bharari Devi temple, located in Sarah village near Dharamsala town in Kangra district,…
Daily Inspiration
Source O Mother! Let all my speech be your prayer; let all my crafts and technology be your worship and be the mystic gestures of my hand, adorning you. May all my movements become your devotional circumambulations. May everything I eat or drink be oblations to you. Let my lying down in rest and sleep be prostrations to you. Mother!…
The Dangers of Hatha Yoga without Discrimination
Source NEW YORK, January 5, 2011 (NY Times): Glenn Black is, in many ways, a classic yogi: he studied in Pune, India, at the institute founded by the legendary B. K. S. Iyengar, and spent years in solitude and meditation. He now lives in Rhinebeck, N.Y. And Black, I’d been told, was the person to speak with if you wanted…
The Influential UK Vegetarian Society
Source The Vegetarian Society, off Dunham Road, Altrincham, Trafford attracts visitors from all over the country UK, January 4, 2011 (messengernewspapers): A Victorian mansion just off leafy Dunham Road in Altrincham is home to an organisation whose appeal is so far and wide, it gets more hits on its website from overseas than it does at home. It is the…