Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Wealth and happiness are not related to each other as cause and effect. An attempt to secure happiness by securing wealth is as futile as it is absurd.    Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal (1912-1954), 34th pontiff of the Sarada Peetham

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Supporting the World’s Leading Hindu Websites

source: https://www.himalayanacademy.com/donations/ddd/index.irev?taka KAUAI, HI, USA, October 2, 2010: The websites for Hinduism Today magazine and Himalayan Academy together form what are, to our knowledge, the world’s largest Hindu resources online. More than a hundred thousand pages with accurate information about Hinduism. The key is, it’s all available for free. To support the websites a campaign is being launched with the…

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Supporting the World’s Largest Hindu Websites

source: https://www.himalayanacademy.com/donations/ddd/index.irev?taka KAUAI, HI, USA, October 2, 2010: The websites for Hinduism Today magazine and Himalayan Academy together are, to our knowledge, the world’s largest Hindu resources online. More than a hundred thousand pages with accurate information about Hinduism. The key is, it’s all available for free. To support the websites a campaign is being launched with the fairly modest…

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Excerpts from the Decision

source: http://rjbm.nic.in/ INDIA, September 30, 2010 : Here are key excerpts from the summary of the court’s ruling: “The disputed site is the birth place of Lord Ram. “The disputed building was constructed by Babur, the year is not certain but it was built against the tenets of Islam. Thus, it cannot have the character of a mosque. “The disputed…

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America, a Religious Nation, Knows Little About Religion

Source: http://www.voanews.com/ The independent Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says it asked 3,400 Americans to answer questions about their religious knowledge, and on average their answers were correct only 50 percent of the time. Survey results released Tuesday show that atheists and agnostics scored the highest. They answered about 21 of the 32 questions, followed by Jews and…

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America, a Religious Nation, Knows Little About Religion

Source: http://www.voanews.com/ The independent Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says it asked 3,400 Americans to answer questions about their religious knowledge, and on average their answers were correct only 50 percent of the time. Survey results released Tuesday show that atheists and agnostics scored the highest. They answered about 21 of the 32 questions, followed by Jews and…

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Buddhist Bhutan Bans Clergy from Voting in Elections

Source: Religion News Service BHUTAN, September 29, 2010: (RNS) Officials in Buddhist-majority Bhutan have barred Hindu and Buddhist clergy from voting in upcoming elections in order to “keep a clear distinction between religion and politics.” The country’s regulatory authority on religious organizations is now busy identifying Buddhist and Hindu clergy who should be barred from voting. The landlocked Himalayan nation…

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Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.    Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

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America, a Religious Nation, Knows Little About Religion Unevenhttp://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Survey-Shows-Americans-Knowledge-of-Religion-Uneven—103956964.html

Source: The independent Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says it asked 3,400 Americans to answer questions about their religious knowledge, and on average their answers were correct only 50 percent of the time. Survey results released Tuesday show that atheists and agnostics scored the highest. They answered about 21 of the 32 questions, followed by Jews and Mormons,…

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Get Rid of Illegal Shrines, Orders the Supreme Court

Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 15, 2010: Taking exception to states’ tergiversation on the removal of illegal religious structures, the Supreme Court threatened to summon the respective chief secretaries if they failed to comply with directions to remove or relocate places of worship built on public land. A bench gave two weeks to the states to file their response,…

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