Shankaracharyas and the Traditional Religious Sceptre

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com LUCKNOW, INDIA, August 29, 2010: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad high court has asked the Central government to consider that Shankaracharyas are permitted to carry a religious sceptre with them during air travel. A division Bench of Chief Justice F.I. Rebello and Justice S.N. Shukla, however, did not agree with the view that all the Hindu saints…

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Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconvenience, and I was frequently chided for my singularity, but with this lighter repast I made the greater progress, from greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension.    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), inventor, founding father of America, on his vegetarianism

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Daily Inspiration

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)

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Leicester’s First Female Hindu Priest

source: BBC LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, August 2010: Women are becoming more and more prominent as worship leaders in all faiths in England. And now a woman from Leicester is taking on the largely male strong hold of Hindu priesthood. In her fifties Chanda Vyas achieved her childhood dream, when she became the first female Hindu priest to conduct weddings in…

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sou http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leicester/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8544000/8544260.stm LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, August 2010: Women are becoming more and more prominent as worship leaders in all faiths in England. And now a woman from Leicester is taking on the largely male strong hold of Hindu priesthood. In her fifties Chanda Vyas achieved her childhood dream, when she became the first female Hindu priest to conduct weddings in…

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Meet the UK Hindu Academy

source: hinduacademy LONDON, U.K., August 2010: In the United Kingdom students can study Hinduism in schools and gain accreditation that can help them apply for places at top universities. 16 to 18-year-olds can sit for Advanced level examinations in Hinduism. The results count in their favor when they apply for university places. Each year the Hindu Academy trains perhaps the…

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|Meet the UK Hindu Academy

source: http://www.hinduacademy.org LONDON, U.K., August 2010: In the United Kingdom students can study Hinduism in schools and gain accreditation that can help them apply for places at top universities. 16 to 18-year-olds can sit for Advanced level examinations in Hinduism. The results count in their favor when they apply for university places. Each year the Hindu Academy trains perhaps the…

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Court Decision On Disputed Ayodhya Land Due In September

source: sify LUCKNOW, August 27, 2010: A special bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday concluded the hearing related to ownership of a disputed land in Ayodhya to which Hindus and Muslims have made rival claims for over a century. The decision is likely to be delivered in September. While Hindus claim the land to be the site of the…

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Court Decision On Disputed Ayodhya Land Due In September

http://sify.com/news/court-decision-on-disputed-ayodhya-land-in-september-news-national-kh0x4cefaci.html LUCKNOW, August 27, 2010: A special bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday concluded the hearing related to ownership of a disputed land in Ayodhya to which Hindus and Muslims have made rival claims for over a century. The decision is likely to be delivered in September. While Hindus claim the land to be the site of the birthplace…

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Leicester’s First Female Hindu Priest

source: BBC LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, August 2010: Women are becoming more and more prominent as worship leaders in all faiths in England. And now a woman from Leicester is taking on the largely male strong hold of Hindu priesthood. In her fifties Chanda Vyas achieved her childhood dream, when she became the first female Hindu priest to conduct weddings in…

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