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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
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…
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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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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Indian Court Says Hindu Gods Can’t Trade in Shares
Source: www.google.com MUMBAI, INDIA, July 30, 2010: An Indian court ruled that Hindu Gods cannot deal in stocks and shares, after an application for trading accounts to be set up in their names. Two judges at the Bombay High Court on Friday rejected a petition from a private religious trust to open accounts in the names of five Deities, including…
Pyramids for Safer Roads?
Source: www.theage.com.au MUMBAI, INDIA, July 14, 2010: Pyramids have been credited with supernatural or paranormal properties since the days of ancient Egypt. Now their power is to be harnessed to cut road accidents. Traffic officers in Nagpur have agreed to allow small pyramids to be placed at 10 accident-prone sites in the city to see if their claimed positive energy…
Supreme Court Ruling On Shivaji Book Sparks Protests
Source: www.hindustantimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, July 11, 2010: A day after the Supreme Court decision to lift the ban on the sale of American author James Laine’s controversial book on King Shivaji, protests took place in several parts of the state, especially in western Maharashtra — former stronghold of Shivaji’s Maratha empire. Amid protests at his hometown in Nanded, Chief Minister…
British Children To Study Asian Cultures
Source: sify.com UNITED KINGDOM, July 28, 2010: A novel initiative called Global Leicester has been launched here to teach British children about Asian cultures that abound the city’s diverse ethnic population. The promoter, Leicestershire Education Business Company (LEBC), says the new venture will promote multi-culturalism from an early age by understanding local cultural differences and dismantling boundaries communities construct around…
Millions At Puri For The Rathyatra
Source: www.ddinews.gov.in PURI, INDIA, July 18, 2010: Millions of devotees from across the country and abroad thronged this pilgrim town when Lord Jagannath set off on his annual sojourn to his aunt’s house accompanied by elder brother Lord Balabhadra and sister Devi Subhadra on three majestic wooden chariots. Special rituals like Mangla arati and Mailam were held before the Deities…