Source BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, June 2, 2011: Bonnie Farmer, M.S., R.D. for PlantWise Nutrition Consulting in Plainwell, MI has gained national recognition of her research completed at the School of Health Sciences of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. About to be published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Dietetic Association, her article, “A Vegetarian Dietary Pattern as a Nutrient-Dense…
Source USA, June 13, 2011 (Huffington Post, by Rajiv Malhotra): The word “dharma” has multiple meanings depending on the context in which it is used. Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary lists several, including: conduct, duty, right, justice, virtue, morality, religion, religious merit, good work according to a right or rule, etc. Many other meanings have been suggested, such as law or “torah”…
Source PALERMO, ITALY, May 26, 2011: The former garage space on Imperatore Federico street, which was converted into a place of worship by the Hindus in Palermo, is suffering the stress of success. Too many people are coming to worship! So Viky Sahy, after searching in vain for a rental space, has decided to set up a temple for the…
Source To give love is true freedom; to demand love is pure slavery.— Swami Chinmayananda
Source UNITED STATES, May 31, 2011: (by Lavina Melwani in her blog) Thomas L. Kelly, an American from Santa Fe, New Mexico, was only 21 when he first visited Nepal as a US Peace Corps volunteer. This two year stint has coalesced into a lifelong sojourn where Kelly, now 54, has dedicated his life to chronicling the hidden beauty and…
Religion News Service UNITED STATES, June 18, 2011 (RNS): Southern Baptists on Wednesday (June 14) called hell an “eternal, conscious punishment” for those who do not accept Jesus, rebutting a controversial book from Michigan pastor Rob Bell that questions traditional views of hell. Citing Bell’s book “Love Wins,” the resolution urges Southern Baptists “to proclaim faithfully the depth and gravity…
Source GUADELOUPE, June 2, 2011 (The Guardian of Trinidad): People of Indian Origin living on the island of Guadeloupe, which is part of the Republic of France, celebrated the arrival of Indian indentured workers to that country last weekend. Vayalar Ravi, the Indian minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and minister of Civil Aviation, opened a memorial dedicated to the Indian…
Source INDIA, June 2, 2011 (The Hindu): “There is actually no difference between a temple and a house in terms of vaasthu,” begins R. Selvanathan, Chief Executive Sthapati, Sri Vaidyanatha Sthapati Associates and Panchami Associates. The architect of many well-known temples in India and abroad, Selvanathan is the nephew of veteran V. Ganapathy Sthapati, with whom he worked for over…
Source INDIA, June 3, 2011: (by Chelsea Cooley, greenanswers.com) Those in the Chipko Movement are commonly referred to as “tree-huggers.” “Chipko” means literally “to embrace,” and these activists, a group made up mostly of village women, practice Gandhi’s method of non-violent resistance, satyagraha, by standing between trees and loggers, often literally embracing the trees. Chipko began in northern India’s Uttar…
Source When culture is flooding out of the temple, our actions are productive and our minds are creative, our speech is pure, our hearts rejoice and we become good citizens. Religion makes us good citizens, because we are peaceful inside and want peace in our land. Peace comes first from the individual. It is unrealistic to expect peace from our…