PARIS, FRANCE, February 6, 2011: Claims that there could currently be up to two million Christians in Nepal are considered exaggerated by several observers of the local religious scene. But the growth of Christianity is real, reports the news agency Eglises d’Asie. The figure of two million was quoted in the recently released 2010-11 edition of the Nepal Catholic Directory:…
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NEW YORK, February 4, 2011: In recent years, so-called ‘yoga for fertility’ classes have become increasingly popular. They are the latest in a succession of holistic approaches to fertility treatment. No study has proved that yoga has increased pregnancy rates in infertility patients. But students of yoga-for-fertility classes say that the coping skills they learn help reduce stress on and…
CRESTONE, COLORADO, January 31, 2011: Belinda Ellis’ farewell went as she wanted. One by one, her family placed juniper boughs and logs about her body, covered in red cloth atop a rectangular steel grate inside a brick-lined hearth. With a torch, her husband lit the fire that consumed her, sending billows of smoke into the blue-gray sky of dawn. The…
BALI, February 02, 2011: Dozens of people protested in front of Bali Police headquarters in Denpasar on Tuesday over what they said was the light jail sentence given to a man convicted of stealing hundreds of Hindu statues and murtis. Protesters from two Hindu groups, Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia and Sandhi Murti, gathered outside the headquarters with banners reading ‘Respect…
INDIA, January 21, 2011: Sheldon Pollock, a renowned scholar of Sanskrit and Indian literary history, warned that in literary terms, India is on the verge of becoming a country as brand-new as America. He gave the keynote speech opening the Jaipur Literature Festival Friday morning. ‘It is now entirely legitimate to ask, if dismaying and disturbing, if within two generations…
NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 28, 2011: The the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had asked, three months ago, that the Shiva Murti near IGI Airport’s newest runway be reduced from its 86 foot-high statue’s height, or relocated. The request produced no response and the AAI on Friday referred the matter to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation for action. The…
ALABAMA, USA, January 29, 2011: You would think Julia Roberts would not be the icon conjured up in you rmind when envisioning humanity’s oldest living religion. And yet the star of Eat, Pray, Love, about a woman’s spiritual journey through India and other places, became just that when she revealed that she, her husband and their three children were Hindu.…
Be happy with your achievements, which are done with willpower. That will help accomplish your goals and, further, give you confidence to carry out more tasks. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001) Source