Source UNITED STATES, December 28, 2011 (Scientific American): Our meat consumption habits take a serious toll on the environment. According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the production, processing and distribution of meat requires huge outlays of pesticides, fertilizer, fuel, feed and water while releasing greenhouse gases, manure and a range of toxic chemicals into our air and water. Livestock…
Source BHOPAL, INDIA, January 28, 2012 (news bharati): The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to include summaries of sacred books of all other religions in the academic curriculum along with the Gita. It ruled the scripture Bhagwad Gita was a book on Indian philosophy. When the Catholic Bishop’s Council filed the PIL…
Source INDIA, January 2102: The petition filed by Catholic Bishop’s Council against the introduction of ‘Geeta Sar’ or Essence of Bhagavad Geetha in the school curriculum, has been dismissed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday. The petition was filed in August 2011 by the Council spokesman Fr. Anand Muttungal. The court upheld the fact that the Bhagavad Geeta…
Source SINGAPORE, January 2, 2012 (by George Martin Jacobs): Singapore has more than 500 vegetarian outlets, and many non-veggie eateries offer a growing variety of veggie options. Unfortunately, stereotypes discourage people from enjoying veggie food. Two of these stereotypes: Only people of certain religions eat veggie food and being vegetarian is an either/or situation. One idea gaining favour worldwide, arising…
Source SRI LANKA, February 2, 2012 (babajiskriyayoga.net): Babaji’s Kriya Yoga is a synthesis of Yoga Siddhantham, the teaching of the Yoga Siddhas. This synthesis was created by Babaji Nagaraj, beginning with what he learned from his first Siddha guru, Boganathar, at Katirgama, Sri Lanka. Recently, Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas Trust has translated, published and distributed in Lanka several…
Source The right temperature in a home is maintained by warm hearts, not by hot heads.
Source VRINDAVAN, INDIA, January 7, 2012 (vrindavantoday.org): A group of 33 undergraduate students from Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA, is enjoying a Christmas break at the Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies in Sheetal Chaya. The program is a part of Rutgers’ University Study Abroad program, which gives these America students the opportunity to get an authentic cultural experience in…
Source SEEYAMANGALAM, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, January 27, 2012 (The Hindu): “It is rare to find people from the city interested in a small village like ours,” she says, as I explain that I am in Seeyamangalam, 80 km from Chennai, with friends to visit some of the ancient cave temples, built by the Pallava king Mahendravarman I in the 7th…
Source Do not resist change. Accept change as one of the prerequisites in your life to spiritual illumination. A positive mental attitude overlooks many things that happen and sees the overall picture of what is progressing in your life. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source BENGALURU, INDIA, January 23, 2012 (samvada.org): [HPI note: the author is a Christian freelance journalist]. A retired judge of Karnataka High Court, M.F. Saldanha has recently said that Christians in Karnataka State are under an unprecedented wave of persecution. He has also termed Karnataka as “the Rogue State No.1.” Unfortunately for Saldanha, he himself admits that the State has…