Ordaining New Priests In Vibrant Fiji

Source: www.fijitimes.com FIJI, August 02, 2010: About 40 priests of the Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji were given certificates indicating their ordination yesterday. Sabha General Secretary, Vijendra Prakash, priests are be well trained before they went out into communities to perform prayers. All the priests fcome under the Shree Sanatan Dharm Brahman Purohit Sabha of Fiji, the governing…

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India Moves Away from Plastic Bags – 1: Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com VARANASI, INDIA, July 10, 2010: Plastic bags inside the premises of the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple will soon be a thing of the past as the local Trust has proposed a total ban on the use of plastic material inside the premises. While the proposal is being viewed as an environment-friendly measure to restore the sanctity of the…

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India Moves Away from Plastic Bags – 2: Rajasthan

Source: www.businessgreen.com INDIA, July 28, 2010: India’s largest state has become the latest to announce a complete state-wide ban on the use of plastic bags this week. From the beginning of August the manufacture, storage, import, sale and transport of plastic carry-bags will be illegal in Rajasthan. No shopkeeper, retailer, trader, hawker or vendor will be allowed to supply goods…

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India’s Potential for “Soft Power”

Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 21, 2010: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is focused on building soft power — the attractiveness of a country’s civilization, culture, values and political system — as well as ensuring that China is respected and admired for its achievements since reforms began in 1978. In contrast, India puts little emphasis on promoting the country’s…

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Featured Article: Miracle in Mauritius

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Mauritius is one of the most beautiful places in the world. If you visited it 30 years ago, you would be equally charmed by its natural allure and hartbroken by the state of Hinduism on the African Island. The ancestral religion of most Mauritians was forlorn, seemingly destined to disappear. Until a miracle happened. Vel Mahalingum tells the…

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Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com One who is established in a comfortable posture while concentrating on the inner Self naturally becomes immersed in the Heart’s ocean of bliss.    Siva Sutras III, 16

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Featured Article: Miracle in Mauritius

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Mauritius is one of the most beautiful places in the world. If you visited it 30 years ago, you would be equally charmed by its natural allure and hartbroken by the state of Hinduism on the African Island. The ancestral religion of most Mauritians was forlon, seemingly destined to disappear. Until a miracle happened. Vel Mahalingum tells the…

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Another Look at the Blue God of Judaism

Source: thebluegodofjudaism.blogspot.com USA, JUly 30, 2010 (By Rabbi Robert dos Santos Teixeira, LCSW): Striking similarities exist between YHWH, the God of Judaism (whom Christians often refer to as Yahweh), and Shiva. Both, for instance, appear as a “pillar of fire;” both are associated with a bull, YHWH with a golden calf and Shiva with Nandi; and both have a blue…

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HPI Delivery Problems

Source: HPI KAPAA, HI, USA, July 30, 2010: The HPI staff has detected some technical issues that affected the delivery of HPI emails in the last two weeks. We apologize for the inconvenience and expect the service to be normalized soon.

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