Source: HPI KAUAI, HI, USA, September 6, 2010: Himalayan Academy, which publishes Hinduism Today magazine, has just released its first eBook. Called “Gurudeva’s Spiritual Visions,” the book is a rare window into the inner life of an enlightened mind. It is a compilation of the extraordinary mystical experiences of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, founder of Hinduism Today and Kauai’s Hindu Monastery.…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, September 3, 2010: The rush of injured “govindas”– who form human pyramids to reenact what Lord Krishna’s butter theft — stunned doctors at public hospitals in Mumbai on Thursday. As many as 170 govindas were taken to emergency rooms in civic hospitals. Doctors said dangerously high handis (butter pots) this year — some up to 50…
Source: www.treehugger.com UNITED STATES, August 16, 23010: Graham Hill’s (founder of treehugger.com) Weekday Vegetarian concept is controversial among some, who don’t think people should eat meat at all. But Time Magazine says that only 2.5% of Americans are strict vegetarians or vegans, and Graham’s idea is that any cutback in meat consumption is good for the environment. According to Vegetarian…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Sitting in a state of meditation, you must be more alive and alert than a tightrope walker suspended without a net on a taut cable three hundred feet above the surface of the Earth. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Source: www.thaiwaysmagazine.com THAILAND, August 25, 2010: The Thailand Vegetarian Festival is observed nationwide on a grand scale. The most well known place holding this festival is Phuket province, where the event takes place yearly. In other provinces such as Trang, Songkhla (Hat Yai) and Chon Buri (Pattaya), people of the Chinese descendants observe the festivals. The festival has a religious…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, August 2010: Thousands of people from across the world have visited a Hindu Temple in the Black Country for a special ceremony. They came to the Shri Venkateswara (Balaji )Temple in Tividale for the consecration and installation of the Shiva Lingam, the sacred symbol of the Hindu Deity Lord Shiva. Dr. Kandiah Somasundarrajah, one of the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If our country is to produce robust, intellectual, and long-lived children who believe in God, we must, in my humble opinion, learn ways to control our sense organs. Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, from his book, Yoga Mala
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, August 2010: Thousands of people from across the world have visited a Hindu Temple in the Black Country for a special ceremony. They came to the Shri Venkateswara (Balaji )Temple in Tividale for the consecration and installation of the Shiva Lingam, the sacred symbol of the Hindu Deity Lord Shiva. Dr. Kandiah Somasundarrajah, one of the…
Source: www.hinduonnet.com CHENNAI, INDIA, August 25, 2010: The change that has come over the 1,200-year old Kailasanathar temple at Uttaramerur, about 56 miles from Chennai, is unbelievable. The temple, which was in total ruins, with dense vegetation growing over its vimana (the tower above the sanctum) and collapsed mandapams, looks as good as new today. The vimana has been restored…
Source: www.sahilonline.org UDUPI, INDIA, September 2, 2010: [HPI note: Krishna Janmastami, the birthday of Lord Krishna, was celebreated with fervor by Hindus across the world. HPI brings you a few reports.] Krishna Janmastami was celebrated with love and gaiety on Wednesday with thousands of devotees ascending on this temple town known for its Krishna temple. The entire town and the…