Source: sify.com BANGLADESH, September 2, 2010: Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna, is being celebrated Wednesday across Muslim-majority Bangladesh. The day’s programmes include worship of Lord Krishna, puja, Gita Jagna, kirtan, discussions and peace processions. The day is a public holiday in the country. Bangladesh has the third largest population of Hindus, who constitute less than 10 percent of the…
Source: www.financialexpress.com VRINDAVAN, INDIA, September 2, 2010: Amid blowing of conch shells, the famous Radha Raman temple at Vrindaban today reverberated with “Hare Krishna” as thousands of devotees thronged the premises to celebrate Janmashtami A large number of devotees gathered in the temple courtyard to have a glimpse of ‘abhishek’ of the Lord with milk, curd, honey and ghee amid…
Source: www.southasiamail.com AUSTIN, TEXAS, September 2, 2010: A Texas appellate-court ruling that a newly built Sikh temple near Austin must be razed or moved has sparked an international outcry from members of the religious group, some of whom claim discrimination is at the heart of the case. While disputes over buildings between municipal officials and religious groups are common, this…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Never do anything which you would not wish to do during the last hour of your life. Dada J.P. Vaswani
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HI, USA, September 1, 2010: The October-November-December edition of Hinduism Today magazine has been released, both in printed and digital form. You can read it online here or see the visually rich digital edition. The magazine is now available for free on your desktop. This issue of Hinduism’s flagship spiritual magazine brings you an unusual mix of…
Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com USA, September 1, 2010 (By Loriliai Biernacki): As we move into the 21st century, with a shrinking world, an entangled economy, and instantaneous communications with the other side of the planet, religious life is changing as well. Religious groups are able to meet the needs of adherents far away and minister to communities separated spatially from each other.…
Source: www.newsindia-times.com USA, September 1, 2010 (by Francis Xavier Clooney, S.J., a professor and a Roman Catholic priest) I recently came across a column by Loriliai Biernacki [HPI note: see previous post]. A friend of mine, she is a professor of Indian religions at the University of Colorado, and a specialist in the study of Hinduism. She suggests that Hinduism…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him. Swami Chinmayananda (1917-1993), Hindu writer, lecturer and founder of Chinmaya Mission International
Source: www.nytimes.com USA, August 27, 2010 (By Lisa Miller, the religion editor for Newsweek): According to data released last year by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, a quarter of Americans now believe in reincarnation. (Women are more likely to believe than men; Democrats more likely than Republicans.) At Cannes in May, a Thai film about reincarnation, “Uncle…
Source: blogs.wsj.com INDIA, August 24, 2010: As the pilgrimage season to visit Amarnath in India-controlled Kashmir draws to a close today, the state government can count its blessings that the annual high-security event has not been embroiled in the troubles in the state. Rakhi, the festival that celebrates the bond between sisters and brothers, is the official end to the…